TAMIYA 35020

German Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1 

w/Combat Crew

1/35 Scale – NIB

Liquidating my own collection – I’m not a dealer

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So, glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was a World War II German armored personnel carrier designed by the Hanomag company, based on its earlier, unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the Panzergrenadier (German mechanized infantry) into battle. Sd.Kfz. 251s were the most widely produced German half-tracks of the war, with at least 15,252 vehicles and variants produced by seven manufacturers. The utility of this vehicle lead the German Army to develop the similar looking but shorter and lighter Sd.Kfz. 250 as a supplement.

Some sources state that the Sd.Kfz. 251 was commonly referred to simply as "Hanomags" by both German and Allied soldiers after the manufacturer of the vehicle; this has been questioned and may have been only a postwar label. German officers referred to them as SPW (Schützenpanzerwagen, or armored infantry vehicle) in their daily orders and memoirs.

There were 23 official variants, and sundry unofficial variants. Each variant is identified by a suffix to the model number; however, there was some overlap in the variant numbers.

·       Sd.Kfz. 251/1 - Schützenpanzerwagen. Standard personnel carrier.

o   Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. A Ungepanzerte. Made with plain steel 5mm plates instead of armor, to make up numbers due to slow initial 251 production. Around 350 made up to mid 1940.

o   251/1 I - with intercom facilities

o   251/1 II - Rocket launcher (called "Stuka zu Fuß" (Walking Stuka) or Wurfrahmen 40) equipped with six side-mounted frames for launching 280 mm or 320 mm Wurfkoerper rockets.

o   Sd.Kfz. 251/1 - Falke Infrared imaging equipment for driver and MG 42 or MG 34 machine gun operator, to be used in combination with Sd.Kfz. 251/20 Uhu. Mostly Ausf. D variants. 

Excerpts from Wikipedia

The Tamiya model set offered here is NIB.

All parts are factory sealed and in their original plastic bags. The box shows some storage wear.

Ready to be assembled.

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