Scale Model Info
| Kit Brand | Das Werk |
| Scale | |
| Subject | WWII German Tractor |
| Extras | Miniart figure |
| Paints | – |
Subject Info
The Steyr RSO or Raupenschlepper Ost (German: “Caterpillar Tractor East”, more commonly abbreviated to RSO) was a fully tracked, lightweight vehicle used by the Wehrmacht in World War II. It was conceived in response to the poor performance of wheeled and half-tracked vehicles in the mud and snow during the Wehrmacht’s first autumn and winter on the Soviet Front.[1]
The RSO was a contemporary with somewhat similar Allied full-tracked small artillery tractors in use in other armies (such as the Soviet STZ-5 “Stalingradets”, and the U.S. Army’s M4 tractor), mostly originated from the pre-war light to medium series of Vickers artillery tractors.
Two variants of this vehicle were built: the basic cargo carrier, and a self-propelled antitank vehicle armed with a PaK 40 gun. Both shared the same chassis..
