Sd.Kfz. 223 Leichter Panzerspähwagen 1st Series

Plastic kit to build a German Sd.Kfz.223 Light Armored Car (1st Series)

• 1:35 scale
• Dimensions LxW (built): 130.6 x 59.3 mm
• 310+ parts
• detailed interior (combat room, engine room)
• Photo-etched and clear parts included
• rubber tires
• Upper and lower hull manufactured using the Slide Mold process
• not built, not painted
• Paint and glue not included

The Leichter Panzerspähwagen were a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944.The rear mounted engine was a 67 kW  Horch 3.5 petrol engine, giving it a road speed of 80 km/h  and a cross-country speed of 40 km/h. It had a maximum range of 300 km.

A radio car version, armed like the 221 with a 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun. Included additional radio equipment, and had a large "bed-frame" antenna over the vehicle. Over 500 of the SdKfz 223 were produced.