Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. B medium Armoured Personnel Carrier
Matchbox 1:76 Scale Vehicle Review
The 1:76 scale Matchbox Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251/1 Ausführung B mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen medium armoured personnel carrier is supplied with headlights with Schlitzblende covers, but the Tarnscheinwerfer and Abstandsrücklicht of the Notek Kfz-Nachtmarschgerät night marching equipment are missing.
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- Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. B mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen
- Machine Gunner
- MG 42 Machine Gun with Shield
- MG 42 Machine Gun on Anti-Aircraft Mount
- Panzergrenadier with Carbine 98k, dismounting
- Decals:
- 1. Panzerdivision, Moscow 1941
- 21. Panzerdivision, Afrika Korps, Libya, January 1943
- Diorama Base: Street Corner and ruined House
The armament of two MG 42 machine guns on this Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. B rules out the possibility that the vehicle could have served with the 1st Panzer Division near Moscow in 1941. At that time, the medium armoured personnel carrier would have been armed with two MG 34 machine guns.
The medium armoured personnel carrier pictured above is a wargame model that has long since lost its rear-mounted AA machine gun.
The Matchbox 1:76 scale Sd.Kfz. 251/1 mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen is a must-have for wargamers interested in fielding a German Panzergrenadier armoured infantry company.