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Old August 16th, 2015, 08:38 AM
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Default Re: SdKfz 251 Towing

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Originally Posted by Ts4EVER View Post
This site has a pic and also states that production started in August 1944 and it was supposed to replace the 3.7cm armed Halftrack as platoon leader vehicles for Panzergrenadiers.

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I knew the one we had in the game was the over complicated Luftwaffe version but I didn't know how significantly different the later versions were. The game has been changed to allow the 251/17 increased towing capability. The unit itself will likey stay as it is as all 999 unit slots are used ( how may games show 999 units for the German army ? ) the only way to change that is find another unit to remove. There ARE a lot of Brandenburgers.........

If anyone finds a good photo of a 251 with the 2.8cm PB to compare with the one we have there now let me know.....lots of it on a 250, not so much on the 251. I still think that photo of unit 832 is the late model /17 but it would be helpful to compare photos

There's this one but for obvious reasons it's not the best for comparison or reduced to 160x80 pixels




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