Unleashing Destruction: The Sd.Kfz 251 Wurfrahmen 40

Hi all....Welcome to my 1/35 Sd.Kfz 251/1 II Wurfrahmen 40 build from Dragon.

History:
For the German army during WW2 the Sd.Kfz.251 was seen as a real improvement for infantry mobility, and added weight to the doctrine of using motorized infantry to accompany the tanks. It was also a well-known propaganda tool in the newsreels, which led most of the Germans into thinking that the bulk of the German infantry was carried by these armoured vehicles. But the reality could not be farther from the truth. Due to its cost and slow production, these vehicles were only allocated to some Panzergrenadier platoons, almost specialized elites within the infantry, and only attached to the best-equipped Panzerdivisions. By September 1939, only the 1st Panzerdivision was partially equipped with these vehicles. By the start of the Western campaign, in May 1940, perhaps five Panzerdivisions were also partially equipped.
The famous rocket-launcher version or 251/1 II (also dubbed “ground Stuka” or ''Stuka on foot''), used massive 320 mm incendiary 280 mm HE, 300 mm HE rockets, which had the same devastating effect as a 500 kg bomb dropped by the Stuka dive bomber.

Take the journey with me to find out what the Dragon Sd.Kfz 251 Wurfrahmen 40 has to offer over other manufacturers of this vehicle type.
This build was quite challenging with many fine detailed parts.
I built the Tamiya version many years ago and it was a much simpler kit to assemble.
Overall the detail in the dragon kit is worth the extra effort it took to complete.