od.kfz22 1/35 MILITARY MINIATURE SERIES ‘Those who are going to enjoy a sport or game will Rope to know what sort of a man their ‘opponent is, and take interest in his physique {and condition, In actual war for the indepen dence of the country or the freedom of pec ple, apart from movie and television stories of Spies and secret underground agents. itforms an important part of fighting to collect infor- mation about the enemy, Itis the reconnais- ~-sance battalion that performed such 2 very Nisky and important mission on the ground. The reconnaissance mission had been en- trusted to cavalry for along time, Cavalry with Superior mobility and cross-country ability was able to carry out long-distance recon. aissance missior’ as wellas tomakeadashin mass formation which was reterred to as the flower of the battlefield. in World War I, by which time weapons of many countries much increased in fire power, tne mobile attacks by cavalry became nothing but suicidal acts and cavalry came to be used only in secondary Aer the end of the long war, many countries refrained from attaching much importance to horses and started mechanizing their forces — supply troops, artillery and newly born tank troops in this order. On the other hand, cavalry which had been charged with mobile missions so far was trying to maintain its ven- erable traditions and smart appearance. In Germany after the war, there was no competi- tion between arms of service because of the arms limitations placed by the Treaty of Ver- sailles, The Germans, however, soon pushed forward the mechanization of their teoops, In 1939, Germany declared rearmament and signs of another great war ware daily inereas- ing. German cavalry employed mechanical vehicles in place of horses as it thhad been & ‘matter of course anchanged itsel into the re= connaissance battalion, The German Army planned to use the new reconnaissance battalion both in secret re- ‘connaissance on the battlefield and in forced Teconnaissance. The former mission was. as implied by the name, to steal inta the enemy's territory and feel the enemy without being Noticed. Owing to the progress of aircraft, however, its use in this mission became much limited. On the other hand, the latter was a Special mission that could be performed only by ground troops. This mission was to wage a small fight for the purpose of grasping the ‘onT7 ©1977 TAMIYA ‘numerical strength, organization, disposition and counterattack system of the enemy. Thus, the forced reconnaissance was & li= mited attack to expose the enemy's defensive Positions. The interception of the enemy's Code telegrams was also a part of this very risky mission. For these reasons, the recon naissance battalion was referred t0 as the “eye” and “earof the division At the beginning of World War il, the German Army employed armoured reconnaissance ars and armoured radio cars with regimental level wireless equipment as the main body of the reconnaissance battalion. In addition to these two types of cars, small vehicles and motorcycle infantry company were also in- cluded in the battalion, The light armoured radio car SdKtz 223 had been developed as one of the important vehi- cles for the mechanized reconnaissance bat- talion. Like the light armoured reconnais- senee car SdKiz 222. it used the chassis and engine, ie. the most important parts of vet cle, that had been originally designed for use in Auto-Union’s large passenger car and standardized as such. The SdKiz 223 was a light-armed vehicle. It carried a machine gun an the low-silhoustte open-top turret. In addition to this, an MP-38 ‘machine pistol and signal pistol were used as the standard equipment, !tearried a crew of thre men, The driver satin front of the compact vehicle and the radio operator was on his rear left. In the turret on the rear right of the radio operator was the commander who also served as machine gunner. Wireless equipment of great impor- PANZERSPAHWAGEN ITEM 35062 tance to the vehicle was mounted in front of the radio operator. As such equipment, stan- ard vehicles carried a wireless telephone and 30 w medium-wave wireless apparatus FU-8, The FU:8 had a coverage of 50 kw and consisted of a transmitter, receiver and their ower source. Its frequency range was 1.130 {0 3,000 kcis or $80 to 3,000 kis. Some vehi- cles used by the signal platoon of the regi= mental headquarters had an ultra-short wave wireless apparatus FU-7 which could be used even in communication with aircratt The armoured radio car was characterized by its folding square frame antenna of all others. ‘The folding mechanism of the frame antenna was easy to handio but was seldom used. it Seems that the antenna was kept erect in many cases. As a result, the folding mechanism. which was originally considered to be an advantage of this antenna, ironically turned out to have the disadvantage of being f00 weak in construction. Because the an- tenna was not so large as that of the S-wheeled armoured car Sdktz 232, this vehi- ‘le had the further disadvantage of being in capable of carrying long-distance wireless equipment. In the frst half of World War ll when German tank troops took the leadership in battle and swept over the European Continent, German armoured radio cars nat only fulfilled the im. portant mission to feel the enemy but also contributed through their radio net toward bringing out a closer union af fighting power Of all arms of service, which was Indigpensa- ble to modern warfare. Organization of Sth Light Division (later 21st Division), rd Rec. Battalion (Mechanized) Tear Blom lly agli gait. (8rd Rec.Bat) -—_Arm.Ree. Coy. HQ > ap ai Bst HQ — sf 2nd nae: le A mes) 3rd (Kubelwagen Pit.) He Pit. | Motoreyete Infentry con {fbelwagen Pik) ! me Infantey Gun Pi Radio Pie. FBS Sainte 222 Exton Go tr capn Ge poe Engineer Pit MD ssi 20 1 38082 1/85 Salta 228 Arm. (1060080)PARTS A PARTS: Fender Mirror 2.MG 4 rant Visor "20, ide Visor (Lett) ‘Sido Visor (Right) ear 82. Radio Apparatus 2 Helmets coer 38.Bag 8 40 orryean Stay 2Weler tank 1 Shovel 2 Front Hook. Right S$. Tyros, Inside 4 Wheat Covers 5 Front Hook Left 6 (Drum A ? e 12. Jack 12.Pole 14. Side Hoten.Right 15. Side Hatch Left 16. Tool Boxe 17 Rear Fendor, Right 18, Rear Fendor. Left 19.Front Mugavare’ 20! Tyres, Qutsige 21 Teel Bex B c PARTS: 1 Front Gumper 2 Front Underguard 4 lexmauet Pipe Lett 3 lexhaus! Pipes Right @ [Rear Tie Rod "7 .Frant Tie Rod 8 ‘Side Frame.Left 9 "Rear Hook. Right 10.Reer Hook, Left |] Side Frama. Right 12. Upright Arm 12.Fire Extinguisher Td. Diterentist & Shott 19.Lead Arm 8 16.Orake Rod W7.Leed Arm A 1B-Tail Cover BDiMuttler. Lele ZL Muffler, Right 22: Support 35. Reer Mudguerd Study the instructions and photographs before commencing assembly. You will need a sharp knife, 2 pair of tweezers, a file, and a pair of Do not break parts a but cut off carefully wit seUse glue sparingly. Use only enough to make a good bond. Apply cement to both parts to be joined. 4eWhen you paint the model enn ‘Small parts and internal parts should be painted while still on the sprue. from sprue, ir of pliers, This mark shoves the colour this part should be painted. =0 “Make sure that you tix the longer pin of Cie to co. I 2 Se] yas | & a «| a ion of Lower Hull c2e Installation of Wheels Wheat A @ {instalation of Wheels) Whee! Parts 86 are marked with le 1nd Wheel Parts B10 with letter “Check these marks when instell- ing Wheels {Construction of Wheels) Matt eMake each 2 sets. © (ising of Tie Rods) Front and Rear Tie Reds are alle in thape. Make sure of tale munbar and i (Front Hook Fixing lustration) ct @ éFixing of Upper Hull) First, fic AS. AS, A32 and Model Figure 8. Then, firmly coment the Upper Hull to the Lower Hull. Since the hull eo Fixing of Upper Hull halves have large contact surface, it is recommended to hold them together for'a while by means of adhesive tope Upper Hull or the lke ‘Construction end Peintng of Figure 8) Dark Yellow ESR —Matt Black Dork Yellow ‘TAMIA FARBKATALOG IN DEUTSCHER SPRACHE letzte Neubeiten von Autos, Booten, Tanks lund Schiffen. Im Tamiya Katalog in deut Scher Sprache sind alle Modell ob Mot Fislerte,Fergestouerte oder | Museum. Qualtates Modelle farbig Abgebildet A5 (Base for Figure)© (Fixing of Fenders) Before cementing, fit each fender in Fixing of Fenders place by way of trial to meke sure Where to apply cement. BI7 © Construction of Turet) Cement meshes to Turret Mesh Frames. ‘The Frames. should be fied to, the Turret in an open or closed position Iyeu are to put Mods! Figure n the turret, it i Better te keep thom open, Mesh patterns drawn to scale ae given below. Reproduce them an other paper to factitate ure A B © (ixing of Unper Hull Parts) Botore fixing parts.check ther number fand make sure where to fix them. Put the Turret in the direction shown in the figure and then turn it Construction and Painting of Figure A) Mesh A Mesh B Aly A20 Place Figure A here A2B© Criving of Antenna) Before fining parts check thoi number ndivake'sare abere tai am © Crising of Accossory Parts) For fixing of accessory parts, see the figure at right. On real vehicles, these accessories were fixed by means of straps and wires to various places within easy reach of the crew accord ing to their use,ete. «Construction of Jerrycan> Aw AMG Thread Cut te 2 Isem long piece if you apply cement to the rope be: fore stretching it eround Bumper. the rope will be added the natural curve when dried. {Bir Identification Flag) Some German military vehicles car Fied the German mark painted on the top of upper hull or a large German flag tied onto the hull, This was attached so that friendly air crafts could distinguish the vehicle from the enemy. This was of course applied only within the areas where friendly sir force took air supe riority. The figure at right on this page shows one to which an air identification flag was attached. This flag was often seen on the battle field, The drawing at right bottom is the actual flag in 1/35 scale. Refer to this plan and make the flag yourself. What's Now in Finishes? Tamiya acrylic model paints are new. ‘The final, long awaited breakthrough in ‘ate, durable paints forall applications fe now available. Low Flammability, Non toxic, Water based. 0 Fixing of Antenna Wetallic Grey cig LA AIT A2 A30 (Camoutlage Net) ‘This covered the ve biele when parked not te be discovered by Br of B% C5 ca BB BI2 Bil ing of Accessory Parts Jerryean B Wire Rope (Optica. Hang on Hoos) A36 Jerrycan A (Drink Water Tank) Matt White cross A35 (Seat a / A34 yrhie wae fixed 80 Aas (water Bottles) (Helmet urge the light may (Wash Basin) | Aal Used toe White ren Ba) painting otedel ue) XS APPLYING DECALS (Painting of German Military Vehicles) From 1986 to February 1948, German military vehicles for use in Africa wore Uniform painting of dark yellow, camou flage of reddish brown on a dark yellow round or camouflage of dark green on 2 German Grey ground. while those for use in Europe were painted German Gray overall. In 1942, the two kinds of camouflage for Africa were replaced with camouflage of reddish brown on a dark yellow ground. In Russis, German vehicles were painted in water paint of flat white in winter. On 18th February 1948, the military au: thorities decided to accept only dark yellow as the basic colour. Field forces applied other colours on the basic col- ‘our according to the terrains and gave various camouflage patterns. Applied for camouflage on the dark yellow ground were reddish brown, olive drab and dark green. (Marking of Sdktz 228) German marking generally consisted of divisional marks and tactical marks. The “Afrika Korps” used its own mark in addition to them, Divisional Mark Veins ten Cope xX Tk Dssion sn Tok ertocel AN ii an deutschland” Geo Be aR — e Africa Corps Tactical Marks t Arcos @ ere wits | (QS), ve Hien Tak Recrmsinane| [> Beislion 1.0. ie tet vente Combination of divisional and tactieal marks are free, TAMIYA COLOR CATALOGUE The latest In cars, boats, tanks and ships. Motorzed, radio controled and museum {Quality models ae all shown in ful al Tamiya’s latest catalogue. At your nearest hobby supply house. African Theatre Hull colour:Dark Matt Black Merk itor Tactical European Theatre Divisional ut i esa: rman ray exam Aka | Wehrmacht (wae z21767) 108422) a Wehrmacht (5245) 108422)