Bolt Action - Sd.Kfz 251/7 D Pionierwagen Horizons 3 crossing the Rhine or the

crossing the Rhine or the final push into Germany itself

The continuing improvement of German tanks quickly rendered the 37 mm ineffective

The average age of the soldier in these units was 30 years old - much older than other front line troops

Sturmpistole

and young type of unit

Bolt Action - Sd.Kfz 251/7 D Pionierwagen Horizons 3 crossing the Rhine or theThe Sd. Kfz 251 7 Ausf D half tracked engineer commonly known as the Pionierwagen. Based on the ubiquitous Sd. Kfz 251 Hanomag half track, the Pionierwagen was a very useful vehicle for the assault engineers of the German Army, seeing service on all fronts, from the vast open areas of the Russian Front to the rubble choked streets of Berlin in 1945. Arguably the most striking features of the Pionierwagen were the two detachable assault bridge ramps