SdKfz 251 Half-Track 1939–45

SdKfz 251 Half-Track 1939–45 cover

Description

Following in the best traditions of German ingenuity in design and construction of armoured vehicles, the SdKfz 251 firmly realised the concept of a competent cross-country tactical vehicle for armoured infantry units. So successful was this half-track that not only did a modified version of it remain in use with Czech forces well into the 1980s but also, ironically, the armoured infantry tactics that the Germans pioneered with it were adopted by Allied forces in the Second World War and helped them to achieve the eventual defeat of Germany. This book covers the genesis and development of the SdKfz 251, and details the numerous modifications and variations that sprang from combat experience.

Table of Contents

Design and Development · Variants · Training and Organisation · Tactics: Assault · Tactics: Defence · Serviceability

Product details

Published Nov 27 1998
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781855328464
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 41 b/w; 17 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 25
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jim Laurier

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