Tamiya 300032570 - 1:48 WWII Dt.Panzer II Ausf.A/B/C F.C.
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Tamiya 300032570 - 1:48 WWII Dt.Panzer II Ausf.A/B/C F.C.
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In the mid 1930 s, the German military pushed the production of tanks.
The Panzer I designed as a training tank, did not have the adequate
performance, so a light tank was needed to full the gap until the Panzer
III could be introduced. Therefore, the German Ordnance Department
issued a request for a new training tank that could be used for combat.
In the end, MAN was chosen in 1934 to produce the Panzer II, a compact
4.8 m long, 2.2 m wide design with a three man crew. The 8.9 ton tank
featured a 2 cm Kwk 30 L/55 cannon and 7.92 mm machine gun in the turret,
15 mm armor protection for turret and hull front, leaf spring suspension,
and a 140 hp Maybach HL 62 TRM engine matched with a ZF SSG46
transmission, which gave it a 40 km/h top speed. The Ausf. A was produced
from 1937, followed by the Ausf. B and C, which were difficult to
distinguish from each other visually. About 1,100 Panzer tanks were
produced by April 1940, and due to delays with the Panzer III, they were
immediately issued as the Panzer divisions main tank for the invasion
of Poland in September 1939. Based on lessons learned on the
battlefields of Poland and, in May 1940, France, improvements such as
extra armor and a turret cupola were added, and the Panzer II went on to
serve in North Africa and Russia in front line and liaison and reconnaissance
duties until the end of 1943. Afterwards, they were used to police occupied territories and the chassis was also adapted
for use as the basis for various self-propelled gun designs.
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