Ammunition Carrier “Wespe”
Matchbox 1:76 Scale Vehicle Review
The ACE 1:72 scale Munitionsträger “Wespe” ammunition carrier is a 10.5 cm leichte Panzerhaubitze “Wespe” without main armament, but with additional ammunition racks for 90 cartridges and shells for the 10.5 cm le.FH 18/2 light field howitzer in an open-topped fighting compartment. The gun port in the front armour of the superstructure was closed with an additional armour plate. If a 10.5 cm light self-propelled howitzer “Wespe” was irreparably damaged, the 10.5 cm le.FH 18/2 could be mounted on an ammunition carrier “Wespe” instead, allowing this vehicle to continue operating as a 10.5 cm leichte Panzerhaubitze “Wespe”.
The 1st and 2nd Battery of the Panzerartillerieregiment of a Panzerdivision was equipped with six Panzerhaubitzen “Wespe” self-propelled howitzers and two Munitionsträgern “Wespe” ammunition carriers, which typically translates to two “Wespe” SP howitzers and one “Wespe” ammunition carrier in popular simulation games.