SDKFZ 251 with the 75mm cannon

[fullmetalbullet]

I have been wondering why this has not been added as an option for our current 251 halftracks. we have the M3 halftrack with the 75mm cannon option why not the 251?

[Zacherof]

+1

[gyrene81]

that's a Sd.Kfz. 251/22 mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm) PaK Ausf. D, they look cool but, what would you do with it? do you know how many were made? considering the top speed off road was 10kmh, you would be a nice slow target...

[Karnak]

None of the vehicles in AH are limited to their offroad speeds.  35mph cross country in a T-34 would probably kill the crew.

[Zacherof]

And our jeeps would snap with what we do to them.

Not to mention trees stopping tigers at full speed...

[SmokinLoon]

The SdKfz 251 is a chassis in AH that could easily lend another 3-4 gv variants.  The /9 would be a land based LVT-4 (7.5cm infantry support cannon good for leveling a town).  The /22 would be similar to the M3 halftrack with the 75mm dirt clod thrower on it, though the /22 would have the same 7.5cm gun as the Panzer IV H (Pak40) so it would be far more potent, it was a designated TD.  The /5 could be an early war TD in having the 3.7mm AT gun.  The /17 has triple 20mm mounted for AA use (or direct fire support vs towns, etc).  Etc.

The chassis is already there.  HTC couls easily give the SdKfz 251 new life by adding more variants.   

[Butcher]

The SdKfz 251 is a chassis in AH that could easily lend another 3-4 gv variants.  The /9 would be a land based LVT-4 (7.5cm infantry support cannon good for leveling a town).  The /22 would be similar to the M3 halftrack with the 75mm dirt clod thrower on it, though the /22 would have the same 7.5cm gun as the Panzer IV H (Pak40) so it would be far more potent, it was a designated TD.  The /5 could be an early war TD in having the 3.7mm AT gun.  The /17 has triple 20mm mounted for AA use (or direct fire support vs towns, etc).  Etc.

The chassis is already there.  HTC couls easily give the SdKfz 251 new life by adding more variants.   

Which would be a plus considering the Sdkfz rarely gets used as a troop carrier or bombard for towns.

I would +1 this, but I much rather have the Puma first.

[Zacherof]

M8 on steroids!
+1 for a 50mm gun

[Eric19]

+1

[Citabria]

the sdk needs gun variants badly to get it out of the hangar. with its low top speed noone uses it for time critical field captures as its so much slower than m3

[Fish42]

the sdk needs gun variants badly to get it out of the hangar. with its low top speed noone uses it for time critical field captures as its so much slower than m3

Its so rare I have not had a chance to kill it yet 

Here I am giving hours of my time to let others shoot down the weird and wonderful, yet I am still missing a few of the old birds and that SDK!

[Rino]

     Years back I was flying on a commercial airliner and the guy sitting next to me used to be a crewman on one of those Hanomags
with the Pak 40s on it.  He had an interesting opinion about the vehicle.  He said the cannon was great, but you tended to attract
attention from the tanks, which also had big guns, but also had the armor too.    He was happy to make it through the war.

[Lusche]

Its so rare I have not had a chance to kill it yet  

That made me look up my numbers. I killed only 8 of them in the past two years (all time total 64). The rarest thing of equipment I come across in the MA by far

[Karnak]

Hmmm.  Maybe I'll spend some time trying to get a kill in one tonight, and conversely provide kills for those in need.  I can't fly as my desk is still in pieces...

[ReVo]

I use them to run troops sometimes when the town is pretty close to the GV spawn or there are multiple aircraft trying to strafe the GV's. I have survived multiple strafing runs from A-20's before and sometimes it's just fun to be different.  +1 for new variants being added!