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SDKFZ 231/232 Fu (Radio) Armored Car

8- Rad

Sdkfz 232 8 Rad


Statistics

Country of Orgin/Used by: Germany
First Produced/Service Dates: 1936-1943
Manufactured by: Deutsche Werke, Schichau
Crew: 4
Armament: Main: 2cm KwK30 or 38;  Co-Axial: 7.92mm MG34
Engine: 8 Cylinder Bussig-NAG L8V
Miscellaneous Info: 232 version was pretty much just a 231 with antenna array.
Data Sheet Available:   Sdkfz 232 8 Rad Data Sheet by David Haugh

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
Sdkfz 231/232 8 Rad Armored Car Photos David Haugh - Oregon, USA

References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
   

Printed

Reference Author
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars George Forty
Die Gepanzerten Radfahrzeuge: Des Deutschen Heeres 1905-1945 Walter Spielberger
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two (Revised) Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle
German Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #33 Major General N.W. Duncan
German Armored Cars 1905-1945

Review by Steve Palffy via Hyperscale

Mariusz Skotnicki

German Armoured Cars 1921-1945 Part 2 (Pegaz # 6)

Review by Andrew Dextras via Missing-Lynx

Pegaz Publishing
German Armored Cars and Reconnaissance Halftracks (Osprey New Vanguard #29)

Review by John Prigent via Missing-Lynx

Bryan Perrett
German Armored Cars of World War Two John Milsom & Peter Chamberlain
German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles - World War Two AFV Plans George Bradford
German Eight-Wheeled Reconnaissance Vehicles Horst Scheibert
Military Vehicles in Detail #2: Sdkfz 231/234 8- Rad Terry Gander
Panzerspahwagen: Armored Cars Sdkfz 3 to Sdkfz 263 (Panzer Tracts No. 13) Thomas Jentz
Panzerspahwagen Sdkfz 231/232 Wehrmacht Heavy 6 & 8 Wheeled Armoured Cars and their Derivatives - Tankograd Publishing #4010

Review by Patrick Keenan via AMPS

Henry Hoppe
Puma and Other Heavy Reconnaissance Vehicles Horst Scheibert
Schwerer Panzerspahwagen (Sdkfz 231) 8 Rad (Museum Ordnance Special Number 11) Thomas Jentz

Hobby Modeling

Kits and Accessories

Kit Manufacturer Scale Other Information
SDKFZ 232 Armored Car Kit Tamiya 1/35 Plastic; Older model; Decent.  To make 231 version, just leave off the antenna array and fill in contact point on turret.
"SdKfz.232 (8 rad) On The Eastern Front" Markings (356017) Echelon Fine Details 1/35 Decals
"SdKfz.232 (8 rad) Panzer Divsion Grossdeutchland" Markings (356042) Echelon Fine Details 1/35 Decals
"SdKfz.232 (8 rad) Panzer Divsion Wiking" Markings (356043) Echelon Fine Details 1/35 Decals
SdKfz.232 (8 rad) Detail Set

Review by Frank De Sisto via Missing-Lynx

Eduard Accessories 1/35  
German 2cm KwK 30 Gun Barrel Jordi Rubio Accessories 1/35 Turned Aluminum
Sd.Kfz.231/232/263 (8 Rad) Short Exhaust Pipes Moskit 1/35  
2cm KwK 30 Gun Barrel New Connection 1/35 Turned Aluminum
SDKFZ 231 Late Version Conversion New Connection Models 1/35 Use with Tamiya SDKFZ 232 Kit
SDKFZ 231 Late Version Conversion (F003) Pit Road 1/35 Use with Tamiya SDKFZ 232 Kit
Sdkfz 232 Detail Pt 1 Royal Model 1/35  
Sdkfz 232 Detail Pt 2 Royal Model 1/35  
SdKfz. 231/232 Wheel/Tire Set Royal Model 1/35  
SDKFZ 232 Armored Car Kit Frog 1/48  
SDKFZ 231 Armored Car Kit

Review by Glenn Porter via Hyperscale

Roden 1/72  
SDKFZ 232 Armored Car Kit Roden 1/72  

Model Pictures

Reference Source/Provider
Sdkfz 231 and 232 Model Photos Patrick Keenan - Aurora, Illinois USA
1/72 Roden Sdkfz 231 Armored Car Model Build by Glen Porter via Hyperscale
1/35 Tamiya Sdkfz 232 Armored Car Model Photos by Mark Bannerman via Missing-Lynx
1/35 Tamiya Sdkfz 232 Armored Car Model Photos by Chris Leeman via Missing-Lynx