303525 Modeler 1/35 German armored car PUMA

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German armored car "Puma", Germany, 1943

armored Cars Sd.Kfz.234/2 were used in the reconnaissance units of the German Panzer and motorized divisions from December 1943 until the end of the war, mainly on the Soviet-German front. Up to September 1944 was released 101 armored car, unofficially known as "Puma".
a tower designed by Daimler-Benz for the reconnaissance tank VK 1602 "Leopard" was installed On the roof of the combat compartment. The main armament was the long-barreled 50-mm semi-automatic gun KwK 39/1, an improved model of the PZ tank gun.Kpfw.III, with a 7.92 mm mg 42 machine gun paired with it. The bearing body was welded from rolled steel sheets, the thickness of which in the frontal projection was 30 mm, on the sides of 8 mm and at the stern of 10 mm. armored Vehicles were installed everywhere with rational angles of inclination, especially accentuated in the front part of the body, which significantly increased the protection of the armored vehicle. On both sides of the tower were mounted on three smoke grenade launchers, three smoke-forming devices were inside the engine compartment and released smoke through the blinds in its walls. "Cougars" usually worked in pairs. One of them had a radio station for communication only at a close distance with a pin antenna installed on the roof of the tower. The second was equipped with radio equipment for close and long-range communication, and was distinguished by the presence of a pin antenna with a "panicle" mounted on the left side of the body. 
the Maximum speed reached 90 km/h, and the fuel supply was enough for 900 km of run on the highway or 600 km on a country road. Feature of "Puma" was the availability of two posts governance. All the wheels are controlled. Four front wheels turned in the direction of rotation, four rear — in the opposite direction, with the front and rear pairs of wheels — at a greater angle than the average.