The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) was a German World War II half-track armored personnel carrier developed by the Hanomag company based on the unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track vehicle was developed.
The vehicle was designed to transport Panzergrenadiers into battle.
With at least 15,252 vehicles and variants produced by seven manufacturers, the Sd.Kfz. 251 the most produced German halftracks of the war.
The armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251/20 (infrared searchlight) was equipped with a 60 cm infrared searchlight with a range of 1.5 km to illuminate targets at night.
Known as "UHU", they could IR-sighted Panthers to targets that were out of range of their own infrared searchlights.
plastic model kit
- with photo-etched parts
- vinyl tracks
1:35 scale
unbuilt / unpainted
Paint and glue not included
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