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SDKFZ 222
Light Cannon Car
Specifications
Country of
Origin/Used by:
Germany
First
Produced/Service Dates:
1936-1943
Manufactured by:
Chassis:
Auto Union AG, Werk Horch; Assembly: Bussing-NAG,
Daimler-Benz, Duetsche Werke, & Schichau.
Crew:
3
Armament:
Turret: 2cm KwK30 or 38 L/55
Cannon;
Co-Axial: 7.92mm MG34
Machine Gun
Engine:
8 Cylinder
Gasoline (Horch
3.5L or 3.8L)
Miscellaneous
Info:
The Sdkz 222 Light Cannon [leichter
Panzerspahwagen (2cm)] was
closely related to the the
Sdkfz 221,
Sdkfz 223,
Sdkfz 260 & Sdkfz 261
as they were based on the same chassis and had
similar armored hulls.
Data Sheet
Available:
None Available
Photos
Reference
Source/Provider
Sdkfz 222 Light Cannon Car CAD Drawing
Bruce Crosby - Swindon,
Wiltshire UK
Sdkfz 222 Light Cannon Car Photos (Taken
at the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation - Portola Valley,
California USA) Note: Vehicle now at The Collings Foundation -
Stow, Massachusetts USA
Clint Freeman -
Foster City, California USA
Sdkfz 222 Light Cannon Car Photos
The Imperial War Museum
References Available
Online
Reference
Source/Provider
Printed
Reference
Author
4-Wheeled Armoured
Cars in Germany WW2 (MMP Books)
Book Review by Patrick Keenan -
Editor
Alan Ranger
A Photo History of
Armoured Cars In Two World Wars
George Forty
Die Gepanzerten
Radfahrzeuge: Des Deutschen Heeres 1905-1945
Walter Spielberger
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars
Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Encyclopedia of
German Tanks of World War Two (Revised)
Peter Chamberlain
& Hilary
Doyle
German Armoured Cars
(AFV Weapons Profile #33)
Major General N.W. Duncan
German Armored Cars
1905-1945
Mariusz Skotnicki
German Armored Cars
and Reconnaissance Halftracks (Osprey New Vanguard #29)
Bryan Perrett
German Armored Cars
of World War Two
John Milsom & Peter Chamberlain
German Armoured Cars 1921-1945 Part 1
(Pegaz # 5)
Pegaz Publishing
"German Armoured Reconnaissance" (July 2015 Issue of
Classic
Miltiary
Vehicle Magazine)
John Blackman
German Early War Armored
Fighting Vehicles - World War Two AFV Plans
George Bradford
German Light
Reconnaissance Vehicles
Horst Scheibert
"Into the Archives: German Wartime Vehicles" (February 2011 Issue
of Military Machines International Magazine)
James Payne
Leichter Panzerspaehwagen (Sd.Kfz.221, 222, and 223) and Kleiner
Panzerfunkwagen (Sd.Kfz.260 and 261) (Panzer Tracts No. 13-1)
Thomas Jentz & Hilary Doyle
Panzerspahwagen
Uwe Feist & Robert Johnson
(Ryton Publications)
Panzerspahwagen:
Armored Cars Sdkfz 3 to Sdkfz 263 (Panzer Tracts No. 13)
Thomas Jentz
Panzerspahwagen
(2cm) Sdkfz 222 Car Photo Detail CD (#17) CD-ROM
Chris Hughes (Toadman's Tank
Pictures)
Panzersp臧wagen Sdkfz. 221/222/223: Wehrmacht Light 4-wheeled Armoured
Cars and their Derivatives" (4014)
Tankograd Publishing
Panzersp臧wagen Sdkfz. 221/222/223: Wehrmacht Light 4-wheeled Armoured
Cars and their Derivatives" (4014)
Tankograd Publishing
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
Model Kit
Manufacturer
Scale
Other Information
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit (Mid-Version) (80149)
Hobby Boss
1/35
Injection Molded Plastic;
Re-box of Tristar kit?
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit (82442)
Hobby Boss
1/35
Injection Molded Plastic;
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit (1st Series) (83815)
Hobby Boss
1/35
Injection Molded Plastic;
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit (Mid Version) (80149)
Hobby Boss
1/35
Injection Molded Plastic;
Reboxed Tristar Kit #35043.
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit
Tamiya
1/35
Plastic; VERY old model.
Decent, but needs a lot of work.
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit with Photo-Etch (35270)
Tamiya
1/35
Same as kit above, but with
bonus PE set and Aluminum Gun Barrel.
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit "North African Front" (35286)
Tamiya
1/35
Same as kits above, but with
new figures and DKW NZ350 motorcycle.
SDKFZ 222 Armored
Car Kit (35043)
Tristar
1/35
Injection Molded Plastic;
Hobby Boss also re-boxed this kit as #80149.
SdKfz 222 Armored Recon Car Kit (48191)
ICM
1/48
Plastic
German Reconnaissance Set (Sdkfz 222 & Kubelwagen Kits)
Airfix
1/72
Plastic
SdKfz 222 Armored Recon Car Kit
ICM
1/72
Plastic
SdKfz 222 Armored Recon Car Kit
Fujimi
1/76
Plastic
Aftermarket Item
Manufacturer
Scale
Other Information
SdKfz 221/222/223 Tool Set
(A.MIG-8139)
Ammo by Mig
1/35
Resin.
Sd.Kfz. 221/223 Instruments, placards and interior stenciling
(AR35330)
Archer Fine Transfers
1/35
Decals/Transfers For Bronco Kits
but can be used with Hobby Boss models as well.
Width Indicators for German Armoured Vehicles
(S35-008)
Armorscale
1/35
For SdKfz.
SD.Kfz.221, 222, 223, 231, 232, 234, 250, 251
series.
Chinese Tank (AFV) - Part 2 (35003) Decals
Best
Fong
1/35
Has Markings for
Nationalist Chinese Vehicles: Sdkfz 221, Sdkfz 222/223, BA-3, BA-20 and
M3A1 Scout Car)
Sdkfz 222/223 Accessory Set (T35003)
Black Dog
1/35
Resin
SDKFZ 222 Detail Set
Eduard Accessories
1/35
Sd.Kfz.222 Early
Mesh Roof: Model B (35790)
FC Model Trend
1/35
Resin. For the Hobby Boss and Tristar kits
Sd.Kfz.222 Late
Mesh Roof (35791)
FC Model Trend
1/35
Resin. For the Hobby Boss and Tristar kits
2cm Hangelafette 38
Universal Turret Set (35A021)
Griffon Models
1/35
Brass PE set; For Tamiya Sdkfz
222 and Dragon 234/1 Kits.
SdKfz 222 Armored Recon Car Kit Detail Set (48-251)
Hauler
1/48
Brass PE set; For ICM Kit.
SdKfz 222 Armored Recon Car Turret (48-250)
Hauler
1/48
Brass PE set; For ICM Kit.
SdKfz 222 Armored Recon Car Grill/Mesh Screen Set (48-249)
Hauler
1/48
Brass PE set; For ICM Kit.
Sdkfz 222 Type 1
Wheel Set (35087)
Hussar Productions
1/35
Resin. For Tristar Model
Kit
Sdkfz 222 Type 2
Wheel Set (35088)
Hussar Productions
1/35
Resin. For Tristar Model
Kit
2cm KwK 30 Gun
Barrel
Jordi Rubio
Accessories
1/35
Turned Aluminum
2cm KwK 38 Gun
Barrel
Jordi Rubio
Accessories
1/35
Turned Aluminum
Sdkfz. 222 Stowage Set (LF1274)
Legend
Productions
1/35
Resin.
Sdkfz 222
Panzerspahwagen Super Detail
Set (LAS 35006)
Lion Roar
1/35
Brass set includes gun barrel;
For Tamiya Kit.
Sd.Kfz.222 Honeycomb Engine Deck Set
(FP-4)
Kamizukari
1/35
Laser cut "paper" (really closer to cardboard); For
Tamiya kit
Sd.Kfz.222 Honeycomb Engine Deck set (FP-9)
Kamizukuri
1/35
Laser cut "paper" (really closer to
cardboard); For Tristar Kit.
Sd.Kfz.222 Honeycomb Engine Deck set (FP-10)
Kamizukuri
1/35
Laser cut "paper" (really closer to
cardboard); For Hobby Boss
Kit.
Sdkfz 222 Armored Car Accessory Set (MAC-18)
Mantis Miniatures
1/35
Resin. For the Tamiya Kit
Sdkfz 222 Armored Car SS AFV Commander & Accessory Set (35120)
Mantis Miniatures
1/35
Resin. For the Tamiya Kit
Sdfkz 221/222/223/260 Armored CarTire Chains (AVM35036)
Minor Model
1/35
Photo
Etched Brass; For All 1/35 Model Kits.
SdKfz 221, 222 and 223 (Early Hub) Wheel Set (MR-35543)
MR Models
1/35
Resin; For the Hobby Boss Kits.
SdKfz 221, 222 and 223 (Late Hub) Wheel Set (MR-35544)
MR Models
1/35
Resin; For the Hobby Boss Kits.
2cm KwK 30 Gun Barrel
New Connection
1/35
Turned Aluminum
2cm KwK 38 Gun
Barrel
New Connection
1/35
Turned Aluminum
Sd.Kfz.222 Detail Set (P35-074)
Passion Models
1/35
Multi-Media. Also includes Kamizukari Deck Set; For
Tamiya kit
Sdkfz 222 Detail
Set Pt 1 (ro325)
Royal Model
1/35
Sdkfz 222 Interior
Detail Set #2 (ro326)
Royal Model
1/35
Sdkfz 222 Stowage
Set
Royal Model
1/35
Sdkfz 222 Wheels
Royal Model
1/35
SDKFZ
223 Fu Armored Car Wheel Set with Snow Chains
Tank Workshop
1/35
Should work for 222
Sdkfz 222
Panzerspahwagen Detail
Set (PE35204)
Voyager Models
1/35
Brass PE set; For Tamiya Kit.
Sdkfz 222 &250/9
Alte Turret Anti-Grenade Mesh
Set (PE147)
Voyager Models
1/35
Brass PE set; For Tamiya Kit.
Model Photos
Reference
Source/Provider
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