This is the Eduard, photo etch sets for the ‘German 3.7cm FlaK 37 auf Selbstfahrlafette‘ from Trumpeter.
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German 3.7cm FlaK 37 auf Selbstfahrlafette (Early version) (Trumpeter)
This is the Trumpeter 01525 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German 3.7cm FlaK 37 auf Selbstfahrlafette – Early version’.
History
Starting in 1942, the 5-ton Zugkraftwagen was superseded by the 8-ton Zugkraftwagen as the selfpropelled mount for the 3.7cm FlaK. The 3.7cm FlaK 36 was replaced by the 3.7cm FlaK toward the end of 1944.
Starting in 1943, an armor radiator shield and crew cab were introduced as protection against shell fragments and small-arms fire.
Production of the Sd.Kfz.7/2 began in 1942, and continued to the end of the war, with about 1000 produced by the end of January 1945. Initially, there were nine Sd.Kfz.7/2 in each FlaK-Kompanie or Batterie; increased to 12 in October 1943.
Source: Trumpeter website
Manufacturer
German 3.7cm FlaK 37 auf Selbstfahrlafette (Late version) (Trumpeter)
This is the Trumpeter 01526 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German 3.7cm FlaK 37 auf Selbstfahrlafette – Late version’.
History
Starting in 1942, the 5-ton Zugkraftwagen was superseded by the 8-ton Zugkraftwagen as the selfpropelled mount for the 3.7cm FlaK. The 3.7cm FlaK 36 was replaced by the 3.7cm FlaK toward the end of 1944.
Starting in 1943, an armor radiator shield and crew cab were introduced as protection against shell fragments and small-arms fire.
Production of the Sd.Kfz.7/2 began in 1942, and continued to the end of the war, with about 1000 produced by the end of January 1945. Initially, there were nine Sd.Kfz.7/2 in each FlaK-Kompanie or Batterie; increased to 12 in October 1943.
Source: Trumpeter website
Manufacturer
German Panzerjäger-Triebwagen 51 (Trumpeter)
This is the Trumpeter 01516 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Panzerjäger-Triebwagen 51’.
History
It was suggested in mid-1943 to make the Triebwagen 51, but by the time design and construction was completed in 1944-45, it was too late to be of any significant use in WWII. It was equipped with an armored railcar 7.5cm KwK L/48 guns (in Panzer IV/H), which provided strong enough firepower to be used for anti-tank purposes.
There were only three of this railcar made (No. 51-53) and all were found at the factory by Allied forces, but it is questionable whether any ever went into service.
Source: Trumpeter website
Manufacturer
German Kanonen und Flakwagen (Trumpeter)
This is the Trumpeter 01511 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Kanonen und Flakwagen’.
History
For the armored train units of Type BP42, the artillery was increased, following Russian and Polish examples, to four guns, which were not, though, mounted two to a car as in the latter types, but one per separately built ten-sided rotating turret, in order to avoid too-great losses from a direct hit.
The two halves of the train, before and behind the locomotive were identical and consisted of one artillery car with one 10cm le.F.H 14/19(p) gun, one command and infantry car and one artillery and anti-aircraft car with one 7.62cm F.K.295/l(r) and one 2cm anti-aircraft quadruple unit.
Source: Trumpeter website
Manufacturer
Tensocrom set 2 (Lifecolor)
This is the Lifecolor TSC-02 effect set, with effect colors for ‘Tensocrom’.
Content
- Oil (TSC 207)
- Smoke (TSC 208)
- Kerosene (TSC 209)
- Fuel (TSC 210)
- Burnt Brown (TSC 211)
- White Oxide (TSC 212)
Russian Tank Destroyer, SU-122, detail set (Eduard)
German Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. F Fahrgestell (Trumpeter)
This is the Trumpeter 00363 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. F Fahrgestell’.
History
A total of 13 Munitionsschlepper were produced on Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. D, E, and F chassis which had been acquired from the normal Pz.Kpfw.IV production run as reported in May 1941.
There were two Munitionsschlepper for each of the six Gerät 040 Nr. I to VI and one for the experimental Gerät Nr. VII.
Source: Trumpeter website
Manufacturer
German Panzerlok BR57 Armoured Locomotive (Trumpeter)
This is the Trumpeter 00219 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Panzerlok BR57 Armoured Locomotive’.
History
Germany had used armored trains in WWI, but prior to the start of WWII the armored train was seen as something of a relic by the German defense force, the Reichswehr, and its government renamed successor in 1935, the Wehrmact.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), or German National Railway between 1920 and 1945, saw armored trains as a way to preserve and advance a military presence. By keeping a strong military face on this state owned railroad.
The BR57 armored trains locomotive was actually based on the Prussian series G10 locomotive first built in 1910 and featuring an 0-10-0 wheel arrangement.
Source: Trumpeter website
