Sd. Kfz. 251 yet? (1 Viewer)

Ok Marc, you are making me super envious with your picture taking skills!

Tom
 
Not a big fan of the "Kills" but a trip to John,s will solve that,otherwise a great looking vehicle.

MRP-K&C-WS217-SdKfz251-Half-Track-01s.jpg

(Sorry Marc for defacing your pic).
 
Thought the same thing since I first saw them however, they would only last five minutes after arriving at mine. Would think this would look really good with a properly applied faded whitewash
Mitch

wayne556517 said:
Not a big fan of the "Kills" but a trip to John,s will solve that,otherwise a great looking vehicle.

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(Sorry Marc for defacing your pic).
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Barney, I really like how you work in the late war troops with the Blitzkrieg to give a nice mid war blend look. Really nice.
 
The last "version" should be the WINTER one...{sm4}

WinterHalfTrack.jpg


Hope KnC can include the rear machine gun in this winter release {sm3}
 
I found this picture which looks like it might have inspired the K&C "Hanomag" or Sd. Kfz. 251 C.

SdKfz-251.jpg

It looks like it actually might be a B version, but it appears to be the reverse angle view of the K&C model.
 
bradleyl30 said:
I found this picture which looks like it might have inspired the K&C "Hanomag" or Sd. Kfz. 251 C.

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It looks like it actually might be a B version, but it appears to be the reverse angle view of the K&C model.
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It looks like a Ausf C because the 3 stowage boxes are at the rear of the mudguards and not in the centre of the body as for the Ausf B.

Terry
 
I see what you are getting at now. {eek3}:redface2: The model K&C made has the same registration number as the vehicle in the photo and the same kill marks. The clues put the actual vehicle not in Poland 1939 or France 1940 but in the initial attack on Russia in 1941. I don't remember ever seeing kill marks on an SdKfz 251 before. Likely at the beginning of the attack while the Russians were in disarray. Nice spot Bradley

Terry
 
I love kill marks, kill rings etc. The markings on the gray half-track made it an instant favorite for me.
 
I'm not sure what the kill marks represent because they don't exactly correspond to the standard pre-1943 tactical markings other than the airplane. Downing 2 airplanes with an MG34 is amazing - they may represent aircraft destroyed on the ground. The 2nd symbol is for sure a fully tracked vehicle but I don't know what - I'm guessing some kind of artillery tractor - but something that could be destroyed by an MG34. The 3rd symbol is for a wheeled vehicle - a car? Maybe a truck. The 4th symbol is one I have never seen. It doesn't look like artillery symbols the Germans used. - maybe a motorcycle? Maybe it was an artillery piece that went with the tractor. You would probably have to ask a member of the unit exactly what they stood for.

The tactical symbol of the model itself is clearly a halftrack. The box shape represents infantry - looks like first company. The pennant is pre-1943 for Panzer. Put it all together for 1st company of armoured or mechanized infantry.

The yellow ribbon symbol is for the 14th Panzer Division which was formed in August 1940 after the Battles of Poland and of France. It saw action in the April 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia and returned in time for Barbarossa in June 1941 as part of Army Group South. The 14th fought at Kiev, Rostov and the Chernigovka Pocket. It was transferred November 1942 to the ill fated 6th Army just in time to be destroyed at Stalingrad January 1943.

Terry
 
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Phantom Warrior said:
I'm not sure what the kill marks represent because they don't exactly correspond to the standard pre-1943 tactical markings other than the airplane. Downing 2 airplanes with an MG34 is amazing - they may represent aircraft destroyed on the ground. The 2nd symbol is for sure a fully tracked vehicle but I don't know what - I'm guessing some kind of artillery tractor - but something that could be destroyed by an MG34. The 3rd symbol is for a wheeled vehicle - a car? Maybe a truck. The 4th symbol is one I have never seen. It doesn't look like artillery symbols the Germans used. - maybe a motorcycle? Maybe it was an artillery piece that went with the tractor. You would probably have to ask a member of the unit exactly what they stood for.

The tactical symbol of the model itself is clearly a halftrack. The box shape represents infantry - looks like first company. The pennant is pre-1943 for Panzer. Put it all together for 1st company of armoured or mechanized infantry.

The yellow ribbon symbol is for the 14th Panzer Division which was formed in August 1940 after the Battles of Poland and of France. It saw action in the April 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia and returned in time for Barbarossa in June 1941 as part of Army Group South. The 14th fought at Kiev, Rostov and the Chernigovka Pocket. It was transferred November 1942 to the ill fated 6th Army just in time to be destroyed at Stalingrad January 1943.

Terry
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And there is no way you would fit all those blokes in the back......................^&grin
 
Here's a photo with 9 in the back and the 2 crew are in the cab. I think the vehicle could hold a full squad of 12 plus the 2 crew.

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