Panzerstahl German Sd. Kfz. 234/2 Puma 8-Wheeled Armored Car

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German Sd. Kfz. 234/2 Puma 8-Wheeled Armored Car - "Red 415" (1:72 Scale)

Panzerstahl German Sd. Kfz. 234/2 Puma 8-Wheeled Armored Car - "Red 415"

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Panzerstahl PS88014 German Sd. Kfz. 234/2 Puma 8-Wheeled Armored Car - "Red 415" (1:72 Scale) "We must do everything we can to promote anti-tank defense, and work just as hard to guarantee successful counter-attacks through the instrument of powerful tank forces of our own."
- Major-General Heinz Guderian, "Achtung Panzer!"

On August 5th, 1940, an order was given to design an eight-wheeled armored car similar in design to the Sd. Kfz. 231. Unlike the previous design, where the armored body was bolted to the chassis, the Sd. Kfz. 234 armored hull was to serve as the chassis, thereby strengthening the overall integrity of the vehicle. Furthermore, the armored car was to have heavier armor and a 12-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine that would enable it to operate in the hot climate of North Africa as well as the cold steppes of western Russia. Two trial versions were built and an initial order was made for 500 vehicles, which was later increased to 1,500. The initial requirement was for a vehicle equipped with the 5cm KwK 39/1 gun (Sd. Kfz. 234/2). In January 1944, the order was cut to limit the Puma production to 100 vehicles so that two new variants could be created, one mounting a 2cm KwK gun and the other a more powerful 7.5cm KwK gun.