Nice idea David and a golden opportunity for me to do something for the reputation again
According to T.L. Jentz in Panzer-Tracts 11-2 the first 3 Sd.Kfz. 250/9 were sent to the Eastern Front by 1 July 1942. Mass production was planned to commence in mid July at a rate of 30 per month. He doesn't go into any details but something must have gone wrong since only a total of at least 310 had been accepted by the Heereswaffenamt by the end of 1943! 318 folowed in 1944 and 109 in 1945.
Unfortunatelythere is no allocation data available for 1942 and so I was not able to establish who actually received the Sd.Kfz. 250/9 first (my guess 1. and/or 2. Pz.Div.) but I do have pretty good coverage for 1943 - 1945 compiled from from units monthly status reports, le.SPW allocation files and Org.Abt. organizational files.
Hope I didn't leave out any units and didn't include too many mistakes in what is written below, but I had to go through a considerable amount of paperwork for this. When I talk about 'vehicles delivered' I mean the full equipment fo a Pz.Späh-Kp. c in accordance with K.St.N. 1162 c, i.e. 16 Sd.Kfz. 250/9 and 9 Sd.Kfz. 250/5 (often replaced by Sd.Kfz. 250/3).
Note that in many cases considerable time passed between authorization and actual deliveries.
Pz.A.A. 1 (1. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Feb 1943, vehicles delivered before May 1943.
Pz.A.A. 2 (2. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Mar 1943, vehicles delivered a) before May 1943 and b) during refit in April 1944.
Pz.A.A. 3 (3. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943 but not carried out, used the Aufkl.Pz. 38 (Sd.Kfz. 140/1) instead.
Pz.A.A. 4 (4. Pz.Div.) used the Pz.Späh-Wg. II 'Luchs' (Sd.Kfz. 123) until the end of the war. In May 1944 a Pz.Späh-Kp. c was authorized in case the 'Luchs' would be used up. Sd.Kfz. 250/9 delivered in Febuary 1945, additional ones probably taken over from Pz.A.A. München in March 1945.
Pz.A.A. 5 (5. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Apr/May 1944
Pz.A.A. 6 (6. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Oct/Nov 1943
Pz.A.A. 7 (7. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Nov/Dec 1943
Pz.A.A. 8 (8. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Aug/Sep 1944
Pz.A.A. 9 (9. Pz.Div.) no Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized, used the Pz.Späh-Wg. II 'Luchs' (Sd.Kfz. 123) instead.
Pz.A.A. 10 (10. Pz.Div.) no Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized, destroyed in North Africa May 1943.
Pz.A.A. 11 (11. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Oct/Dec 1943
Pz.A.A. 12 (12. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Apr 1944, vehicles delivered Jun/Jul 1944
Pz.A.A. 13 (13. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Sep 1943
Pz.A.A. 14 (14. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Feb 1943, vehicles delivered Jul/Aug 1943
A.A. 33 (15. Pz.Div.) no Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized, destroyed in North Africa May 1943.
Pz.A.A. 16 (16. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Feb 1943, vehicles delivered Jun 1943
Pz.A.A. 17 (17. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Jan/Mar 1943
Pz.A.A. 18 (18. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943 but not carried out, division converted into 18. Art.Div.
Pz.A.A. 19 (19. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Aug 1944
Pz.A.A. 20 (20. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Jun 1944
A.A. 580/21 (21. Pz.Div.) no Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized, destroyed in North Africa May 1943.
Pz.A.A. 21 (21. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized ? 1943, vehicles delivered Nov 1943.
Kradschtz.Btl. 24 (22. Pz.Div.) no Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized, division disbanded Feb 1943.
Pz.A.A. 23 (23. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943, vehicles delivered Dec 1943/Jan 1944.
Pz.A.A. 24 (24. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Feb 1943, vehicles delivered Jul/Aug 1943.
Pz.A.A. 25 (25. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Sep 1943, vehicles delivered Sep 1943.
Pz.A.A. 26 (26. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jan 1944, vehicles delivered Apr/Jun/Aug 1944.
27. Pz.Div. had no Pz.A.A. and thus as far as I can tell no Pz.Späh-Kp. c was authorized. , Division disbanded Feb 1943.
Pz.A.A. 116 (116. Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Apr 1944, vehicles delivered May/Jun 1944.
Pz.A.L.A. 130 (Pz.Lehr-Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c came with Pz.Aufkl.Lehr-Abt. from the 'Ersatzheer', vehicles delivered Oct/Dec 1943.
Pz.A.A. 1 HG (Fs.Pz.Div. HG) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized ? 1943, vehicles delivered Oct 1944.
Pz.A.A. Elbe/Döring (Pz.Div. Clausewitz) joined the division in April 1945 with a. o. 24 Sd.Kfz. 250/9
Pz.Div. Jüterbog did not receive any Sd.Kfz. 250/9.
Pz.Div. Müncheberg did not receive any Sd.Kfz. 250/9.
Pz.Div. Schlesien did not receive any Sd.Kfz. 250/9.
Pz.Korps-Aufkl.Abt. FH (Pz.Korps FH): Unit was ordered to be formed in mid March 1945 using Pz.A.A. FH (Pz.Div. FH) which was refitting in Wildflecken and later Milowitz since Oct 1944. 16 Sd.Kfz. 250/9 had alredy been delivered in late January 1945.
233. Res.Pz.Div. received a few Sd.Kfz. 250/9 but date of delivery unknown to me. These vehicles may have later ended up with Pz.Div. Holstein, but that's unconfirmed.
Pz.A.A. 103 (3. Pz.Gren.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Feb 1943, vehicles delivered Jul 1943.
Pz.A.A. 110 (10. Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Pz.A.A. 115 (15. Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Pz.A.A. 116 (16. Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized, division converted into 116. Pz.Div. Apr 1944.
Pz.A.A. 120 (20. Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Pz.A.A. 125 (25. Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Pz.A.A. 129 (29. Pz.Gren.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Feb 1943, vehicles delivered Jul/Nov 1943.
Pz.A.A. 190 (90. Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Pz.A.A. BR (Pz.Gren.Div. BR) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Sep 1944, vehicles delivered Dec 1944 (possibly only little more than half of authorized 16).
Pz.A.A. 160/FH (60. Pz.Gren.Div./Pz.Gren.Div. FH/Pz.Div. FH) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized May 1943, vehicles delivered Oct 1943. No Pz.Späh Kp. c authorized when division was rebuild in March 1945.
Pz.A.A. GD (Pz.Gren.Div. GD) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943 but not carried out, used the Aufkl.Pz. 38 (Sd.Kfz. 140/1) instead.
Pz.A.A. 151 (Pz.Gren.Div. Kmk), the 2 surviving 'Zustandsberichte of the division seem to indicate the presence of a few Sd.Kfz. 250/9 but that's not 100% confirmed. May have come from the stocks of Pz.Gren.Ers.Brig. GD.
Pz.A.A. 2 HG (Fs.Pz.Gren.Div. 2 HG) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Pz.Brig. 101 - 113 did not receive any Sd.Kfz. 250/9.
Pz.Brig. 150? During Nov 1944 the 1./Pz.A.A. 2 was assigned to the brigade. This company was refitting in Germany and had just received 16 Sd.Kfz. 250/9. If these vehicles were actually taken along I do not know for sure.
Führer-Gren.Brig./Div. authorized 2 platoons Sd.Kfz. 250/9 Sep 1944, vehicles delivered Sep/Oct 1944.
Führer-Beg.Brig./Div. did not receive any Sd.Kfz. 250/9.
Pz.A.A. München (Pz.Jagd-Brig. 104) received 16 Sd.Kfz. 250/9 in Feb 1945. Unit incorporated into Pz.A.A. 4 (4. Pz.Div.) in Mar 1945.
SS-Pz.A.A. 1 (1. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943 but no vehicles delivered.
SS-Pz.A.A. 2 (2. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul 1943 but no vehicles delivered.
SS-Pz.A.A. 3 (3. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Jul. 1943 but no vehicles delivered.
SS-Pz.A.A. 4 (4. SS-Pol.Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
SS-Pz.A.A. 5 (5. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized ? 1944, vehicles delivered Sep 1944.
SS-Pz.A.A. 9 (9. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized ? 1943, vehicles delivered Sep/Oct 1943.
SS-Pz.A.A. 10 (10. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized ? 1943, vehicles delivered Sep/Nov 1943.
SS-Pz.A.A. 11 (11. SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized ? 1943, vehicles delivered Nov 1943.
SS-Pz.A.A. 12 (12. SS-Pz.Div.) Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized Oct 1943, vehicles delivered Dec 1943 & Jan/Feb 1944.
SS-Pz.A.A. 16 (16. SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
SS-Pz.A.A. 17 (17. SS-Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
SS-Pz.A.A. 16 (18. SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Div.) No Pz.Späh-Kp. c authorized.
Records of the Gen.Insp.d.Pz.Tr. indicate the delivery of a Pz.Späh-Kp. c to Romania in Feb. 1944, further details unknown to me.
Pz.A.A. 69 (3. Kav.Div.) and Pz.A.A. 70 (4. Kav.Div.) were each allocated 16 250/9 and 9 250/3 in March 1945 while being formed in Milowitz. The vehicles for Pz.A.A. 69 were actually reported as delivered in April 1945. The unit left Milowitz on 20.4.1945 but I do not know if it managed to reach the 3. Kav.Div.
A handwriten note in the allocation files seems to indicate that the vehicles intended for Pz.A.A. 70 were given to Pz./E.u.A.Abt. 3/Pz.A.A. Döring instead and may have ended up with Pz.Div. Clausewitz.
An overview prepared by the Gen.Qu. covering the light armored vehicle status on all fronts as of
30.12.1944 shows Sd.Kfz. 250/9 with the following units:
5. Pz.Div. = 15
6. Pz.Div. = 15
7. Pz.Div. = 3
8. Pz.Div. = 16
12. Pz.Div. = 14
13. Pz.Div. = 1
14. Pz.Div. = 5
16. Pz.Div. = 16
17. Pz.Div. = 16
19. Pz.Div. = 16
20. Pz.Div. = 16
21. Pz.Div. = 7
23. Pz.Div. = 13
24. Pz.Div. = 6
25. Pz.Div. = 18
26. Pz.Div. = 17
116. Pz.Div. = 9
233. Res.Pz.Div. = 2
Pz.Lehr-Div. = 13
Fs.Pz.Div. 1 HG = 11
3. Pz.Gren.Div. = 8
29. Pz.Gren.Div. = 11
Pz.Gren.Div. BR = 10
Fhr.Gren.Brig. = 7
5. SS-Pz.Div. = 15
9. SS-Pz.Div. = 15
10. SS-Pz.Div. = 5
11 SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Div. = 8
12. SS-Pz.Div. = 4
H.Stu.Pi.Brig. 627 = 4 (possibly an entry in wrong column, brigade was authorized to have some le.SPW in its 'Goliath' companies, but actual use of any Sd.Kfz. 250/9 is so far unknown to me)
Kfz.Staffel d. H.Gr.B. = 3 (no further information available about this unit)
Martin Block