1/35 Sd.Kfz.251/8 Ausf.A 'Krankenpanzerwagen', WWII German Ambulance
ICM 1/35 Sd.Kfz.251/8 Ausf.A “Krankenpanzerwagen” is a plastic kit of the German armoured ambulance half-track. It contains 290 parts and 2 options from 1941–1942. Paints and glues required for assembly are not included.
The Sd.Kfz.251/8 ambulance was based on the half-track that Hanomag designed in 1938 and put into series production the following summer. It evacuated wounded soldiers from the battlefield – for example two lying on stretchers and four seated. The stretchers hung on special mounts, semicircular rails above the body carried a rain cover, the equipment included a drinking water tank, and an extra step at the rear made boarding easier.
Armoured ambulances usually belonged to the Stabskompanie (headquarters company) and were marked with large red cross signs to tell them apart from other vehicles. The first version, the Ausf.A, was built in 1939–1940; in total 15,252 Sd.Kfz.251 of all series were produced.
The ICM kit has 290 parts and builds into a model 169 mm long and 60 mm high. Two colour schemes – North Africa and the Eastern Front, 1941–1942 – offer a choice between a desert scene and a casualty evacuation in Russian terrain. Paints and glues required for assembly are not included.
Nationality: Germany. Period: World War II.
| Category: | Military Vehicles |
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| EAN: | 4823044409679 |
| Scale: | 1/35 |
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