Artitec 6870066 Highlights:
Model: Artitec's 6870066 1/87 scale Sd.Kfz. 7 is fully assembled and painted Gelbbraun for Afrika Korps service. All the new Artitec finished models are highly detailed works of art. They are all hand painted and finished using the highest quality resin, plastic and metal parts. Add a few to your collection today before they are sold out. Models are made in small production runs so don't delay in ordering.
Ptototype: The Sd.Kfz. 7 was a half-track prime mover that entered Wehrmacht service in 1938. It was intended as the off-road towing vehicle for the 88 mm Flak 18 gun and the 15 cm sFH 18 150 mm howitzer. It had seating for the gun crew (eleven plus the driver) and stowage for ammunition. It was designed by the Bavarian Krauss-Maffei firm and over 12,100 were manufactured during the war. Sd.Kfz. 7s were primarily assigned to Panzer divisions for towing artillery or transporting Panzergrenadier infantry. While better than trucks for towing artillery in rough terrain, the complex overlapping wheel arrangements of German half-tracks took considerably more construction time and required more maintenance than heavy trucks; thus the Wehrmacht never had enough towing vehicles and much of the artillery accompanying infantry units was horse-drawn, in stark contrast to the mechanized Blitzkrieg perception portrayed in propaganda newsreels. Later in the war, Sd.Kfz. 7s were converted to carry a quad 2 cm Flakvierling 38 L/65 or a single 3.7 cm FlaK 36 antiaircraft gun. In 1944-1945, some Sd.Kfz. 7s were converted into launch command vehicles for mobile V-2 rocket units.
PLEASE NOTE: These models are all handmade and painted which makes every one unique. This means the paint patterns may vary a little and the detail parts like sandbags, turret tracks, antennas, etc. may also be arranged differently. This was also the case in real life. These models are very prototypical. 