About Dragon D6475 Pz.Sfl.IVb 10.5cm le.FH.18/1 1/35 Scale Plastic Model Kit

Dragon 6475, Pz.Sfl.IVb 10.5cm le.FH.18/1 Sd.Kfz.165/1 Ausf.A Smart Kit.

1/35th-scale styrene/multimedia kit containing styrene parts (including 14 clear), two bags of Magic Tracks, one piece of braided metal wire, one photo-etched brass fret, two water-slide decal markings schemes and eight pages of instructions in 20 steps.

Introduction.

Prior to the beginning of the Second World War, as Germany finalized the role of various AFVs within the Panzer-Division, the need for organic self-propelled artillery came to the forefront. One such design mounted the 10.5cm l.FH18 in a partially rotating turret on a chassis that superficially resembled Krupp¡¦s Pz.Kpfw.IV mittlerer Panzer. Several actually saw combat on the Ostfront beginning in the autumn of 1942 with Artillerie-Regiment 16 of the 16.Panzer-Division. Although an apparently efficient design, which carried nearly twice the basic ammunition load as the Wespe and was not burdened with the questionable need for a removable gun as in the Heuschrecke series, the project was terminated by Hitler in favor of the former in November of 1942.

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