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The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV) Sd Kfz 161, known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during WWII. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161.
Designed as an infantry-support tank, the Panzer IV was not originally intended to engage enemy armour—that function was performed by the lighter Panzer III. However, with the flaws of pre-war doctrine becoming known, and in the face of Soviet T-34 tanks, the Panzer IV assumed the tank-fighting role of its increasingly obsolete cousin. The most widely manufactured and deployed German tank of the WWII, the Panzer IV was used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV tank destroyer, the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun, among others.
Kit features full piece lower hull, complete detailed interior, excellent exterior detail, radio, rear hull with detailed parts, separate turret and hatches, full turret interior (including seats, ammo and ammo bins), drivers and gunners hinged hatch's, detailed suspension (sprockets, boogies, road wheels, idlers) individual track links, side fenders with detail, stowage bins, separately molded on-vehicle tools and equipment, complete transmission and engine with full ammo bins and shells, machine guns, optional injection molded or metal gun barrel, optional antenna, wire tow cable, injection molded transparent parts (lights and vision ports) and extensive photo-etch details. Decals and 5-view color painting reference for (2) camouflage schemes - includes dash panel gauges and interior, ammo data and markings.
- Over 2000 parts
- Multi-slide molded lower hull and upper hull
- Full interior details
- Individual tracks links
- Photo-etched parts included
- Metal gun barrel
