- The observation car accompanying the German army assault unit, Sd.Kfz.252 light armor observation is the appearance!
- Added new money type
[About actual vehicle]
- German army in World War II developed III attacking gun that used infantry support vehicle.
- It was the ammunition carrying vehicle and the observation car that developed together as the support vehicle.
- One of them was Sd.Kfz.252, with the ammunition carrier type and the observation vehicle type made.
- Developed based on 1 t half track, the smallest type among half trucks produced by Germany in large numbers.
- The chassis was also common with the armored personnel transportation car Sd.Kfz.250 which was developed on the basis of 1 t half trucks, and on top of that, the armored car body of the sealed design was taken in consideration of being active on the front line .
- In anticipation of the action on the front line, the front armor is characterized by being strengthened with 18 mm thick armor, unlike the military transport type.
- Inside the car was equipped with various communication equipment instead of ammunition storage case.
- Together with ammunition carriers, from 1940 to 41, over 400 batches were produced and ran through each line with the assault guns.
[About the model]
- This is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduced Sd.Kfz.252 on 1/35 scale, one of the observation cars deployed by the German Army during the Second World War.
- Dragon has already released an ammunition carrier type, and it is an observation car type of a kit that has gained popularity.
- The unique style, shape and mechanism of the vehicle body are reproduced tightly.
- The upper part of the body where the rear part is obliquely cut in an airtight manner expresses an attractive shape by developing special parts.
- The top hatch and the rear access hatch can be assembled by opening and closing with separate parts.
- In addition, the inside interior of the car body is reproduced with full detail.
- In place of the ammunition storage case, in this model communication equipment, racks and bench sheets for staff are also set.
- In addition to reproducing and equipped with the star antenna in the car body, the antenna mount base is newly modeled. The difference of observation car is surely reproduced.
- And the suspension arm is modeled with separate parts in the lower molded body part.
- Adopting a built-in magic truck for the crawler belt, it realizes a finish full of three-dimensional feeling.
- It is a kit I would like you to add to the German Army Half Track Collection of World War II.
[Major features]
- Sd.Kfz.252 light armored observation car accompanied by German army assault unit in World War II reproduced on 1/35 scale
- The upper part of the body where the rear part is obliquely cut in an airtight manner expresses an attractive shape by developing special parts
- Hatch on the top or access hatch on the rear can be assembled by opening and closing with separate parts
- Newly modeled antenna mount base
- Suspension arms are modeled with separate parts in the lower molded body parts, respectively
- Adopt assembled magic truck for crawler track
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )