One of the most interesting military vehicle developments of the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht was without doubt the halftrack tractors. Basing on experiences from the First World War the development started at the end of the 1920’s. From the six types of un-armoured halftrack vehicles (1 tonne / 3 tonne / 5 tonne / 8 tonne / 12 tonne/ 18 tonne) developed from the early years and beginning in 1930, the main vehicle was the 8 ton halftrack Sd.Kfz. 7.

This vehicle, which served in many differing deployments, and which had the highest production numbers, was produced from 1935 – 1945. Dr. Nicolaus Hettler, who has already described the halftrack vehicles 18 tonne Sd.Kfz.9 (N&B 12) / 12 tonne Sd.Kfz.8 (N&B 16) und 3 tonne Sd.Kfz.11 (N&B 20), continues these series with the halftrack 8 tonne Sd.Kfz.7.

• approx. 334 photos, of these 169 contemporary photos from manuals, combat and War fronts in b/w, a number of them previously unpublished
• 133 colour photos of the surviving vehicles in public and private collections
• 32 colour photos of two models from Tony Greenland
• 25 pages of English / German text
• 31 pages of scale drawings of all versions of this machine in 1:35 scale from John Rue
• 20 camouflage schemes from Laurent Lecocq
• tables of organization of units (Kriegstärke-Nachweisungen KStN) having these weapons in their arsenal