Sd.Kfz. 260 Scale Models

Sd.Kfz. 260 German Radio Communication Vehicle

The Sd. Kfz. 260 was an unarmed radio car version of the Sd.Kfz. 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen (German: roughly “light armoured reconnaissance vehicle”) which was a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944.

The Sd. Kfz. 260 along with the similar Sd. Kfz. 261 was equipped with long range radio equipment and a large “bed-frame” antenna over the vehicle. The Sd. Kfz 260 was equipped with radio sets to communicate with aircraft, the Sd.Kfz. 261 with radio sets to communicate with other Heer units. Production ran from April 1941 to April 1943, with 483 vehicles of both types being produced.