"The Unic P107 Leichter Schutzenpanzer " Topic

Interesting vehicle with tutorial.
"In the 1920s and 1930s Citroën developed a long line of half-tracks based on the Kégresse patent. In 1934, the company introduced its newest and more powerful P107 model as a successor to the Citroën-Kégresse P17. But before mass production could take place, Citroën went bankrupt and its new owner, Michelin, chose to focus on the civilian markets. Unic was therefore able to acquire a license for Kégresse patent, and took over the production of the P107.

Two main variants of the P107 were accepted in French military service: a light prime mover for the 75 mm and short 105 mm artillery guns, and a platform cargo transport for engineer units. More than 2000 examples were in service in 1940.
During World War II, the Germans used these captured half-tracks extensively under the name Leichter Zugkraftwagen 37. With German half-tracks in short supply, Major Alfred Becker of the 21. Panzerdivision (which in 1944 was stationed near Caen in Normandy) suggested converting captured French vehicles. He ordered the conversion of several hundred Unic half-tracks into U304(f) light armoured personnel carriers."
From Wiki.

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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

The vehicle shown is the command variant. The bulk of these tractor conversions were open-topped and had several LMGs for fire support and close defence.

You can see the both variants in 1/56th scale on our webstore.

There was also a platoon commander variant mounting a 3.7cm Pak 36 similar to the Sd.Kfz 251/10. Gld I saw this thread = reminds me to have that made too!

Cheers,

Paul
warlordgames.com

Many thanks for your guidance Paul.
What about the model. Do you like how he had done it?

Amicalement
Armand

The closed-top command variant was incredibly rare – so much so that it isn't listed anywhere and this example is possibly the only photographic record of it.

To add to the above list of variants; there was also a 2cm flak variant.

It's nicely modelled, but I don't know why he painted it grey. Although it's badly worn and in b&w, you can see the remnants of the camflage scheme on the photos. They were painted in the standard late war dark yellow, with olive green and red brown camouflage applied in various (quite imagintive!) patterns.

Thanks for the photos Mark!.
With cammo looks better.

Amicalement
Armand