{"product_id":"cobi-kettenkrad-set-2681","title":"COBI Kettenkrad Set 2681","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOBI's \u003cstrong\u003eKettenkrad\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 1:28 model of the German half-track motorcycle with its trailer, built from \u003cstrong\u003e239 blocks\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a Luftwaffe ground crew figure. The trailer comes loaded with backpacks, shovels, barrels and Mauser 98K rifles. Markings are printed onto the blocks rather than applied as stickers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMade for airfields, kept on for farms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sd.Kfz. 2 is a motorcycle at the front and a tracked tractor behind, and the combination looks like a compromise nobody asked for. It was in fact a specification: NSU had to build a light prime mover small and light enough to fit inside a Junkers Ju 52, so that airborne units could have something to haul guns once they landed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe airborne role barely happened. What the Kettenkrad ended up doing, in numbers, was working airfields — towing aircraft between dispersal and runway. Late in the war that became a necessity rather than a convenience, because the new jets drank too much fuel to be taxied under their own power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround 8,000 were built during the war. The interesting part is what happened afterwards: NSU restarted production in 1946 and kept going until 1949, selling them to farmers and forestry workers who wanted something that could climb a muddy slope with a trailer behind it. The front wheel could be removed entirely for the worst ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the COBI range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet 2680 is the Goliath, the remote-controlled demolition vehicle, at the same scale. Set 2672 is the Panzer III Ausf. H and 2676 the StuG III Ausf. G.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePieces:\u003c\/strong\u003e 239 · \u003cstrong\u003eFigures:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 · \u003cstrong\u003eScale:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1:28 · \u003cstrong\u003eTrailer with accessories\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eNo stickers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COBI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52913055727898,"sku":"2681","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/2681-box-front.png?v=1789837875","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/cobi-kettenkrad-set-2681","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}