280046 - SdKfz 3a Maultier 2 ton Half-Track Cargo Truck boat The weapon is being replaced

The weapon is being replaced by the M119-series 105mm howitzer

which was originally developed for the BRDM-2 amphibious armoured scout car

a role which previously was filled by older outdated guns

- Optional tarpaulin top

(after the Ausf D came into service in 1944) in most armored reconnaissance units

280046 - SdKfz 3a Maultier 2 ton Half-Track Cargo Truck boat The weapon is being replacedPlastic Kit ABS Cement Required When the Germans ran into the spring thaw on the Eastern Front they desperately needed more mobile vehicles to provide men and materiel to forward units. One solution was to take reliable wheeled vehicles and modify them to use a tracked drive system. The SdKfz 3 Maultier (Mule) is the name given to series of half track trucks used by Germans during WW2. They were based on Opel, Mercedes Benz, Alfa Romeo or Ford trucks.