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Sd.Kfz.251/22 Ausf.D, 7.Panzer-Divison, Poland 1945

By: Dragon Models

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Dragon Armor - Germany (Die-Cast) (1/72)

Last Stocked on 2/6/2023

Product Info

Title
Sd.Kfz.251/22 Ausf.D, 7.Panzer-Divison, Poland 1945
Publisher
Publish Year
2011
Dimensions
6.25x3x3.25"
NKG Part #
2148034224
MFG. Part #
DRR60488
Type
Scale Model
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

This particular Sd.Kfz.251/22 variant mounted a 7.5cm PaK40 gun in what was formerly the halftrack’s troop compartment. Production commenced in December 1944, the aim being to increase as rapidly as possible Germany’s inventory of self-propelled antitank guns. The mounted gun could traverse a total of 38o, and elevate from -3o to 22o. Part of the roof was removed to accommodate the cannon, and there was also room for 22 ammo rounds in the rear. The Sd.Kfz.251/22 was operated by a crew of four men. This is Dragon Armor’s first depiction of this impressive-looking weapon, and it is expected to be an extremely hot item in the 2011 collection. The fully built-up model is portrayed in the colors and markings of 79.Pz.Artillery.Regt, a unit of the 7th Panzer Division. After magnificent successes under General Erwin Rommel in France, this famous “Ghost Division” spent most of the war fighting on the Eastern Front. The actual vehicle the model is based on fought in Gdynia, Eastern Pomerania, in present-day Poland.