Featuring three forward and one reverse gear, the Kettenkrad was used in a variety of roles including a transportation vehicle, power generator, communications vehicle, and towing vehicle. Capable of towing up to 4-tons it was widely used to pull light artillery and other equipment, as well as aircraft when used by the Luftwaffe.

The Goliath tracked mine (complete name: Leichter Ladungstrager Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b)) was a remote controlled German-engineered demolition vehicle, also known as the beetle tank to Allies. Employed by the Wehrmacht during World War II, this caterpillar-tracked vehicle was approximately four feet long, two wide, and one tall. It carried 75-100 kg (165-220 lb) of high explosives and was intended to be used for multiple purposes, such as destroying tanks, disrupting dense infantry formations, and demolition of buildings and bridges.

Pictured here is a 1:48 scale replica of a German Sd. Kfz. 2 NSU Kettenkrad light tractor that was attached to the 1.Skijager-Brigade, 1.Skijager-Division, then deployed to Russia during the winter of 1944. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 2-1/2-inches
Width: 3/4-inches

Release Date: September 2018

Historical Account: "Up the Down Slope" - The 1st Ski Division (German: 1.Skijager-Division) was an infantry unit of the German Army trained to use skis for movement during winter. It was created on the Eastern Front in the autumn of 1943 in preparation for upcoming winter operations. It was enlarged into a full division in the summer of 1944. The division fought exclusively on the Eastern Front as part of Army Group Centre, including an approach to the Vistula river and during the retreat into Slovakia, southern Poland and the Czech lands (now the Czech Republic), where it surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945.

The American writer and publisher George Nafziger states that the 1st Skijager Division was formed on June 2nd, 1944, by expanding the 1.Skijager Brigade, which had been initially formed in September 1943. As was usual for German formations at this point in the war, the division was formed around existing units which were strengthened with new recruits. Elements of the 19th Panzergrenadier Brigade, the 65th Heavy Artillery Regiment, the 152nd Panzerjager Battalion and the 18th Werfer (Rocket) Battalion with the 615th Flak (anti-aircraft) Battalion which was used to expand the brigade into a division.