Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen – The Weald Foundation https://www.wealdfoundation.org Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:05:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/app/uploads/2026/05/cropped-Weald-Icon-1-32x32.png Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen – The Weald Foundation https://www.wealdfoundation.org 32 32 Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.250 Ausf. A https://www.wealdfoundation.org/collection/sd-kfz-250-ausf-a/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:47:17 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?post_type=collection&p=278 Normandy late August 1944. Intense fighting raged around the village of Saint Lambert-sur-Dives. The Allies remorselessly crushed German forces into an ever-tightening pocket around the town of Falaise in the final stages of the Battle of Normandy. One of the units in the desperate drive to break out of the Allied encirclement in the retreat…

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]]> Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.250/3 Ausf. B https://www.wealdfoundation.org/collection/sd-kfz-250-3-ausf-b/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:48:43 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?post_type=collection&p=280 This very complete Sd.Kfz.250 B hull was discovered, by contractors in Eastern Europe, buried in an old shell hole. The vehicle retained all its thin metal internals and externals in addition to its armour. There was no trace of the vehicle’s original markings save for a white shield with what appeared to be an arrow…

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