Germany

Sdkfz 3 Armoured Personell Carrier

In the Versailles peace agreement, that ended World War One, the seven Divisions of the (much reduced) German Army, the Reichswehr, was henceforth expressly forbidden to have tanks or even Armoured Fighting Vehicles. There was, though, a loophole of sorts. Each of the Divisions were allowed to have armoured wheeled vehicles for the purpose of transporting personell - the name for these was Mannschafttransportwagen, MTW. They were not to be used as Fighting vehicles (so they were allowed any armament). A vehicle intended for this purpose was designed 1919 by the firm of DMG. They were then built by Daimler. It was given the formal name Sonderkraftfahrzeug 3 (Special Motor Vehicle number 3). It was not a very successful vehicle. It was a real monster, weighed 10.6 tons, had a crew of nine, a range of some 350km, a maximum armour of 12mm and a maximum speed of 45 km/h. It had four-wheel drive, but because of its weight and comparatively weak motor the SdKfz 3 was pretty much bound to the roads. This, and its lack of armament, meant that the Reichswehr really hadn't that much use for the vehicle, except for getting some experience in the handling of Armoured Cars. A few were converted to Radio vehicles, and also, during maneuvers, in spite of regulations, they were sometimes equipped with a single MG 08. My model is made from the MGM kit, built pretty much straight from the box. Most of the figures for the crew are also MGM's. (For more info on the Sdkfz 3, click here!) Click on the thumbnails to see more views of this model:

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