SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad with Trailer if.8 & Goliath with Crew- 3 Piece Special

The SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad (plural Kettenkräder) started its life as a light tractor for airborne troops.  The vehicle was designed to be delivered by Junkers Ju 52 aircraft, though not by parachute.  The vehicle had the advantage of being the only gun tractor small enough to fit inside the hold of the Ju 52.   The first units equipped with the SdKfz 2 were not paratroopers but regular Wehrmacht infantry units, often scout detachments by the beginning of 1941.  Most Kettenkräder saw service on the Eastern Front, where they were used to lay communication cables, pull heavy loads and carry soldiers through the deep Russian mud.  Later in the war, Kettenkräder were used as runway tugs for aircraft in order to save aviation fuel.   The Kettenkrad was not armed, although they were sometimes used to carry an infantryman equipped with an MG34 or MG42 machine-gun, acting as a harassing vehicle.  The Kettenkrad was used by the Africa Korps, in Italy, France, in any weather and on all kind of terrai