1/72 Wehrmacht Light Armored Vehicles
ICM 1/72 Wehrmacht Light Armored Vehicles is a set of four plastic kits of the German light armoured cars Sd.Kfz.222, 223, 260 and 261. Paints and glues required for assembly are not included.
The story of the German light four-wheeled armoured cars (leichter Panzerspähwagen) began in the mid-1930s, when the outdated Sd.Kfz.13 and Sd.Kfz.14 needed replacing. The new series used a standardised Horch chassis (Einheitsfahrgestell) with all-wheel drive, independent suspension and a rear engine. The most numerous variant was the Sd.Kfz.222 reconnaissance car, with 989 built between 1935 and 1943; it carried a 20 mm KwK 30 or KwK 38 cannon with an MG 34 in an open ten-sided turret protected by folding anti-grenade screens, and had a crew of three.
The Sd.Kfz.223 complemented it as a communications car with a powerful radio set and a large folding frame antenna; 550 were produced. The Sd.Kfz.260 and 261 (Kleiner Panzerfunkwagen) were turretless radio cars without main armament for higher headquarters, with a four-man crew; 493 of both were built. Thanks to their reliability, all of these cars remained in service until the end of the war in 1945.
The ICM set in 1/72 scale contains four complete kits with 59, 59, 49 and 53 parts, plus photo-etched parts and decals. Built together, the whole Horch-based family offers a coherent display of Wehrmacht reconnaissance and signal units. Paints and glues required for assembly are not included.
Nationality: Germany. Period: World War II.
| Category: | Military Vehicles |
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| Weight: | 0.232 kg |
| EAN: | 4823044412082 |
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