SdKfz 251 with strange superstructure

Ron van Wiggen · Ron van Wiggen on Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:33 pm

http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-Panzer-Sdkfz-Rennwegkaserne-Wien-Osterreich-208_W0QQitemZ190202305550QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item190202305550

Anyone know what this was used for?

Maybe it is the front of a dummyturret, used for practice without a barrel?
I remember seeing a picture of troops in the field with a blurry 251 in the background with a turret, which was shaped in a similar way.

Ron van Wiggen · Ron van Wiggen on Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:53 pm

Good that I saved the picture!! the link doesn't work anymore, so here it is again.

And this is the second picture I was referring to:

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