Border Model | BT-043 | Sd.Kfz.251/22 w 7.5cm PaK 40 "Pakwagen" | 1:35

Plastic model kit, glue and paint are not included. What is included:

• PE parts
• Complete interior, including engine. 7.5cm Pak and ammo storage
• Workable single track links
• 4 decal options

The 4 decal options are:

1. Late Version 17. Panzer Division, Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 27, Eastern front, April 1945, Lower Silesia, Steinau an der Oder
2. Early Version 8. Panzer Division, Panzer Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8, Eastern front, April 1945, Brün Czechoslowakia
3. Late Version 11. Panzer-Division, 1. Kompanie Panzerjäger-Abteilung 61, Western Front, March 1945, Remagen / Rhineland-Palatinate
4. Early Version Panzer-Division Müncheberg, Panzerspäh-Kompanie Müncheberg, Eastern Front, April 1945, Reichschauptstadt Berlin

History

The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was a World War II German armoured 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 led 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.

The Sd.Kfz.251/22​

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

The Sd.Kfz. 251/22 - 7.5 cm PaK40 was fitted with a 75 mm PaK 40 anti-tank gun. Probably too big a gun for the carriage, overloaded but effective, and the Yugoslav military was still using captured examples into the 1950s.