Marder II Kohlenklau (SdKfz 131)

Images of the well-known Marder II “Kohlenklau“ photographs from Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), photographed Henisch, PK. The decals and figures in the old 1/35th-scale Tamiya Marder II plastic model kit were based on the “Kohlenklau“ vehicle. The Panzerjäger Marder II (. 131) was a lightly-armored, open-topped WWII German tank destroyer with the 7.5 cm Pak 40 antitank gun based on the obsolete Panzer II light tank chassis. The Marder II shown in these photographs was nicknamed