Panzer Tracts No.15-4: Final development of m.SPW Kätzchen and Final Development of the Schützenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz. 251)
Thomas L. Jentz & Hilary Louis Doyle
Die Reihe Panzer Tracts wird allen Modellbauern bekannt sein. Die Autoren haben in jahrzehntelanger Arbeit in Archiven, Museen und privaten Sammlungen Primärquellen ausgewertet, Fahrgestellnummern katalogisiert und eerhaltene Fahrzeuge exakt vermessen, um detailierte Risszeichnungen im Maßstab 1:35 zu jedem Fahrzeug zu produzieren.
The first part of Panzer Tracts No.15-4 covers the ongoing development of the Sd.Kfz 251 with the objective of turning it into a suitable combat vehicle. By November 1941, a specification was issued for a fully tracked M.S.P. (Mittlerer Schützen Panzerwagen) to replace the Sd.Kfz.251 and designated ‘Kätzchen’ (Kitten). The result was a highly efficient fully-tracked carrier, but from the large number of original documents that we found, we gain a unique insight not only into the design and development of the Kätzchen but the trials and tribulations of developing a new armoured vehicle in the rapidly deteriorating war situation.
With 16 pages of 1:35, 1:20 and 1:10 scale CAD drawings of the HKp 6.03, Munition-und Mannschaftsträger am Fahrgestell 38 M, Kätzchen K1, Kätzchen K2, Kätzchen 38t, Auto-Union Aufklärer, m.S.P.W.(2cm)(Sd.Kfz.251/17), m.S.P.W.(2cm)(Sd.Kfz.251/17) Ausf.B Schwebelafette, m.S.P.W. (Uhu) (Sd.Kfz.251/20), Artillerie Beobachtungs Wagen (Sd.Kfz.251) and m.S.P.W.(7,5cm)(Sd.Kfz.251) AK7B84.
Parallel with the Kätzchen development, the war situation created a demand for solutions based on the readily available Sd.Kfz.251. Ongoing research led to the acquisition of new information that was not available when Panzer Tracts No.15-3 was published and allowed the accurate large-scale drawing of the 2cm Schwebelafette 38 for the Sd.Kfz.251/17 and other final Sd.Kfz.251 projects.
Following Panzer Tracts’ high standards, the text and data are based solely on primary sources. 60 large, clean photos illustrate this ‘must have’ 60-page book.
Format 21,5 x 28 cm, Rückendrahtheftung, 76 Seiten, 64 Abbildungen, 16 Seiten mit Maßstabszeichnungen in 1:35,
englischer Text, Best.Nr. PTra15-4
