Sd.Kfz.252 Leichter Bef.Wagen

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 12:53 PM UTC

Following the recently launched ammunition carrier Sd.Kfz.252, Dragon announces now a command variant of this vehicle.

The Sd.Kfz.252 was a lightly armored ammunition carrier that accompanied Sturmartillerie batteries.

From June 1940 through to September 1941, a total of 413 Sd.Kfz.252s were built, though, a small number of these Sd.Kfz.252s were later adapted to the command vehicle role.

The Sd.Kfz.252 Leichter Bef.Wagen version is easily identified externally by the presence of a star antenna on the right side of the vehicle. It is precisely this variant that is represented in Dragon's newest kit.

The star antenna and a new antenna mount are present, while the halftrack interior has been completely revamped. All the ammunition racks have been stripped out of the vehicle interior, and a radio set and bench seat have been fitted in their place.

As a member of Dragon’s updated 250 Alte series, the kit features a one-piece upper hull and a one-piece chassis.

Convenient and easy-to-fit Magic Tracks are supplied too.

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Comments

tatbaqui

SdKfz 257/7, 257

AUG 17, 2017 - 03:08 AM

MrCompletely

You'll have to excuse me, but...257??? I've been in the hobby 5 decades and I know of no Sd.Kfz. 257. Do you not mean 247? Or 251/7?

AUG 17, 2017 - 05:15 AM

brekinapez

Apparently there was a 257, but I can't find much info about it online. May not have been made in large numbers and got lost in the post-war shuffle.

AUG 17, 2017 - 05:24 AM

165thspc

Reproduction 257 seen at Lowell, IN. / Buckley Homestead reenactment:

AUG 17, 2017 - 05:47 AM

brekinapez

When I find that pic online, it is described as a 247, not 257. Is the difference internal? Does anyone have a link to more info?

AUG 17, 2017 - 07:15 AM

tatbaqui

Isn't that supposed to be a 247 Ausf B?

AUG 17, 2017 - 08:05 AM

MrCompletely

Sorry but that's a repro of a 247. I don't usually bet, but in this case I'm willing to wager a month's salary someone's just made a mistake and there never was any such thing as a Sd.Kfz. 257. As I said, I've been in this hobby 5 decades now and never read or seen anything about one in all the mountains of ref material I have, or have read.

AUG 17, 2017 - 08:43 AM

Headhunter506

You won't find any info on the Sd.Kfz. 257 because it didn't exist. Ain't no such animal. If it did exist, there would be at least a few dozen resin kits of it by now. The "257" was, as noted previously, a typo which was never corrected and taken as fact by the non-observant members of the "community" known as "them" or "they". "They" never bothered to notice that photos of this Sd.Kfz. 257 looked exactly like a Sd.Kfz. 247 Ausf.B, which was, indeed, the case. Know your Sd.Kfz's, it may save your life. Well, probably not; but, you can impress your friends the next time the subject comes up during halftime breaks.

AUG 17, 2017 - 11:23 PM

trickymissfit

I think he was meaning the 250/7 mortar track I spoke of. gary

AUG 18, 2017 - 12:06 AM

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