Total Detail Sd Kfz 250 Alt - Neu Archive Part 2

The second volume from “Total Detail” the publishers of Vol 1 - Sd Kfz 250 1 Alt – “GD” Living History. This is another fantastic book with 200 pages of archive pictures featuring the second version of the Sd Kfz 250 Alt and 250 Neu presented in big format photographs with close up detail pictures and high contrast inset photos to show you all of the details. Plus a section that includes hand coloured wartime photos that show the camouflage schemes. Another 24 page section show the original loading plan for all the 250 vaiants translated into English and laid out as per the original book. Where possible, units, locations, uniform and crew details are included.

240 pages in total. 200 pages of wartime photographs featuring the Sd Kfz 250 Alt (type 2) and Neu versions. A chapter of hand coloured wartime photographs on 18 pages to show the camouflage schemes.
24 pages of the original loading plan for all the 250 variants translated into English and laid as per the original book. Divisional and tactical information along with historical background information.
Uniform details.

The majority of the photographs in this book have never been published before, probably overlooked because they have not caught any of the German ‘big cats’ in action. Nonetheless, they do contain an important visual record of one of the ‘workhorses’ of the German ground forces, the Sd Kfz 250. This vehicle, in all of its variations, played a vital and universal role for most of the war, and these photographs present it in context within several German armoured formations, both at rest and in action. Surrounded by the mundane, the rare and sometimes the unusual, the 250 is followed through the years, from factory fresh to battered veteran, set against the backdrop of Vichy France, Russia, Italy and Normandy.

As it is thought that the 250 factory records were destroyed during the war, it is difficult to offer precise information such as dates for changes in chassis numbers or manufacturing differences. However, throughout the pages, an attempt has been made to chronologically identify the sub-types of the ‘Alt’, the variations in the classic production models and the design changes in the ‘Neu’, as well as observe rare prototypes and field modifications along the way. Some of the photographs will have been seen before, but are included again because they contain key elements that help to highlight details not referred to before.

As economics have allowed, photographs are offered in a large format, thus allowing the reader to view without the use of a magnifying glass. Where possible, units, locations, uniform and crew details are expanded upon, but where we are not sure about something, the reader is presented with the facts and invited to make up his own mind.

Martin Kogel
Large format hardcover 240pp with 200 pages of archive photos and 18 pages of hand coloured photographs

Book Code:  EX0458