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Sd.Kfz.251 instrument dials
Vierville
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Posted: Monday, July 13, 2020 - 11:14 AM UTC
I recently bought a set of Alliance Modelworks Sd.Kfz.251 instrument dials and I noticed that there are three different designs for the main dial (a speedometer?) which include two types of the white/red/green dial and one which is described as a 'late war low-viz' black and white dial. I was wondering which time periods each dial type would be appropriate for?

Thanks!
SSGToms
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 03:02 AM UTC
Hi Mike,

The large dial is the tachometer. The color versions were used in the Ausf. A - C. The B&W dial was introduced with the 251 Ausf. D in 1943.
Vierville
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 02:08 PM UTC
That is excellent,thank you Matthew.
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