Sd.Kfz.251D MG34 with armor shields and pivot mount 1/35 for Tamiya and Dragon kits The German Sd.Kfz.251 armored personnel carrier was most often equipped with a pair of machine guns, MG34 or MG42 . The forward firing one had a shield, the other was placed on a hinge in the rear part and was used not only against ground targets but also against planes. Sd.Kfz.251D used a machine gun with a different type of shield than the older Sd. Kfz 251C versions. The same type of machine guns and hinges were used in the smaller Sd.Kfz.250B.