Barcode: 0 89195 60498 9
Case Pack: 24 pieces per carton
Box Size: 5.1" x 3.9" x 2.6"
Prior to WWII, Germany introduced a wide range of tracked and wheeled armored
vehicles to equip its powerful military. One family of wheeled vehicles introduced
in 1936 was the Leichter Panzerspa"hwagen (“Light Armored Reconnaissance
Vehicle”). These vehicles were based on a Horch 801 heavy car chassis to which
an armored body was added. Early in WWII they performed well as a reconnaissance
vehicle for panzer divisions in Western Europe, the Balkans and North Africa.
Dragon Armor is introducing a further Sd.Kfz.222 model from the Leichter Panzerspa"hwagen
family. The Sd.Kfz.222 is armed with a 2cm KwK.30 cannon and MG34 machine gun
in an open-topped turret. A crew of three operated the Sd.Kfz.222.
Possessing a superb level of detail, Dragon Armor’s 1/72 scale model of the
Sd.Kfz.222 is impressive in appearance. Different to previous releases, this
model is finished in the sand-colored camouflage of the Deutsches Afrikakorps
(DAK) that fought in North Africa from February 1941 through to May 1943. The
vehicle also bears the palm tree symbol common to DAK vehicles. The little model
has been especially weighted with internal ballast to give it a more realistic
and satisfying ‘feel’. Dragon Armor’s fully assembled Sd.Kfz.222 is full of
detail such as a photo-etched mesh screen covering the open-topped turret and
a hollow gun muzzle. This little DAK model is ready to rove across sand and
desert!
