sd. kfz 234/3 help

Anonymous

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sd. kfz 234/3 help

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:35 PM

I have the Italeri model of this armored car and the booklet that comes with it says it was not used in africa, but this site -http://www.bbwargames.co.uk/pages/afv_gmn.htm- says it was! the request for the kind of vehicle was made in 1940, so if it wasnt, it took a longgggggg time to get manufactured! the reason im asking is that im building a Tunisia diorama and i want to know if i can use it in it or not, and did the crew wear the panzer, all black uniforms?
(my comma key is broken so i have to hit it really hard to get a comma)
thanks

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:12 PM

The Sd. Kfz. 234/3 did not enter production until June of 1944, long after the DAK had faded into history.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:15 PM

thank you and do u know if they wore the all black panzer uniforms or just regular infantry uniforms?

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:01 PM

European Armored Car crews wore standard black panzer uniforms, as well as the whole gamut of other clothes common to panzer troops, i.e. reed-green, splinter camo, mouse-gray, field-gray, etc. DAK Armored Car Troops wore the M40 or M42 Tropical Tunic in the faded-olive / khaki color range.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 4:00 AM

Were -any- of the 234 series armoured cars used in Africa? They were designed
for use there AFAIK.

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Rob Gronovius

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From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:02 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Drawde

Were -any- of the 234 series armoured cars used in Africa? They were designed
for use there AFAIK.

This 8-rad was used by the Afrika Korps, the SdKfz 263:
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=RD0708

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:16 PM

The Sd.Kfz. 231(8 wheel), 232, 233 and 263 all served in DAK. The DAK fought it's last battles on April 28th-30th, 1943. The Sd.Kfz. 234/1 did not go into production until July of 1943, even though the first prototype was delivered a year earlier.

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