Panzer IV Ausf. F2 - DAK | 1:45 Scale.

Difficulty: 3/5

Model Features:

• Functional rolling tracks.
• 360-degree rotating turret.
• 1:45 Minifig Compatible Scale

Package Features:

• 527 New Construction Elements.
• Paperback printed instruction manual.
• 8 One-sided UV-printed Tiles
• 1 Exclusive Crate: 2x4x1 - 7.5cm KwK 40/StuK 40 Ammunition Crate - DAK Emblem

Kits are prepared and packaged upon purchase. Please allow 5-7 days for processing.

History:
Described as the workhorse of the Wehrmacht, the Panzer IV served from the Invasion of Poland in 1936 until the Siege of Berlin in 1945. Operation Barbarossa was the catalyst that saw the Germans scramble to upgrade their equipment to defeat the notorious T-34 and KV-1 tanks. Germany found that the Panzer III could not fit a larger, more powerful cannon other than the long 50 mm KwK 39 L/60, which was insufficient in dealing with the new armored threat. A decision was made to up-gun the Panzer IV Ausf. F to house a long-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/43 cannon. Variants that maintained the shorter gun were redesignated F1, while the upgraded variants were designated F2. All Panzer IVs after early-1942 would be built with some variation of the longer high-velocity 75 mm cannon. The Panzer IV F2 despite the upgrade did not have an outstanding combat performance; rather, it served as a transitional model and a base for future upgrades that would keep the Wehrmacht a formidable fighting force until the war's end.

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