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Sd Kfz 251/17D

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Pack

Product Line: Flames of War - WWII - German - Artillery, AA, AT & AFV's

Late

Last Stocked on 8/4/2021

Product Info

Title
Sd Kfz 251/17D
Sub-category
Publish Year
2008
Dimensions
3.5x5.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147386914
MFG. Part #
BFMGE259
Type
Miniatures Pack
Material
Metal & Resin

Description

Soviet Il-2 Sthurmoviks had caused the Germans much trouble on the Ostfront and the situation didn’t improve in the west with "Jabos", or Allied fighter-bombers. When the German Luftwaffe lost air supremacy over Europe in the summer of 1944, it fell to the ground units to do as much as they could to protect themselves. They started to produce more and more modifications adding light or medium calibre anti-aircraft guns to standard-issue vehicles.

One result was the SdKfz 251/17 D model, which used a very compact gun that dropped into a standard Sd.Kfz. 251/1 hull. Ammo racks were added fir up to 600 rounds of ammunition. While cramped, it did provide the platoon with a powerful anti-aircraft cannon to help keep enemy fighters at bay.

The gun was mounted using the Schwebelafette, or suspended mount, which boosted the 2 cm gun up over the top of the armour. This allowed the gun to be fired from within the half-track’s armoured hull and also engage ground targets in a 360 degree firing arc.

The SdKfz 251/17D (2cm) begins to appear in the Gepanzerte Panzergrenadier platoons found in Cobra. With a few of these protecting your of platoon, Allied aircraft will find it difficult to strafe your forces at will.

The blister includes a SdKfz 251/17 (2cm) halftrack.