This light armored half-track saw service from early 1941 to the end of the War.
Join me for a brief look at this German fighting vehicle.
Half-tracks date back to 1911 and were first designed to make a truck with greatly improved off road capability. They were meant to be faster and cheaper than pure tracked vehicles. But only the US and Germany ever mass produced them (Russia, France, Britain, Japan; possibly others I don’t know, built them in much more limited numbers).
The “/3” part of the designation indicates this half-track is equipped as a command vehicle with long range radios. The overhead mounted “bedframe” antennae is an easy way of seeing that.
Before the War, the large Sd.Kfz. 251 entered service, mostly as a personnel transport. It was used much as an APC today to provide infantry support to fast moving Panzer divisions. But the Sd.Kfz. 251 was expensive and slow to build, so the smaller Sd.Kfz. 250 was ordered to supplement the bigger type. It would especially see service with recon units and as a radio equipped command vehicle.
The vehicle shown here is perhaps the most famous such command half-track. It was used by Erwin Rommel during the summer of 1942 for his drive across North Africa. It is from the Tamiya kit.
The Panzer III at left was the main tank of Africa Korps during the summer, 1942 offensive.
Plane Dave 
The Sd.Kfz series was a stalwart for the German armed forces in WWII. You’ve done a very nice job there Dave!
Thanks Rich!
good Greif! 😀 never a fan of the halftracks mainly because i don’t like building and weathering wheeled vehicles in general for various reasons, they surely look interesting tho and by the looks of it Herr Rommel approves! 🙂
It was definitely an interesting build. All the tedious parts of wheels and tracks.
Its such an iconic sort of vehicle though, it just screams WWII WEHRMACHT!
Nice build Dave.
Thank you Pierre!
I’m not into armored vehicles but I enjoy seeing them.
Well you know I’m a plane guy first!
A nice build!
Thank you!
An excellent model of the ideal vehicle for rush hour traffic.
Absolutely!
I wonder if it’s street legal…
The Half track was a versatile vehicle which was fast enough over any terrain.
Yeah it sure was.