Description:

The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was an armored fighting vehicledesigned and first built by the Hanomag company during World War II, and based on their earlier, unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The larger of the pair (the Sd.Kfz. 250being the lighter one) of the fully armored wartime half-tracks of the Wehrmacht, the Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the panzergrenadiers of the Germanmechanized infantry corps into battle. Sd.Kfz. 251s were the most widely produced German half-tracks of the war, with at least 15,252 vehicles and variants produced by various manufacturers, and were commonly referred to simply as "Hanomags" by both German and Allied soldiers.

Info: Hanomag Sd.Kfz.251/8 Krankenpanzerwagen Diecast Model German Army sPzAbt 501, Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia, 1943