Hobbyboss 80137 1:35 Scale German Panzer Kpfw.38(t) Ausf.G Plastic Model Kit

The Pz 38(t) was designed by CKD (Praga) in 1938. The first 150 tanks were produced for the Wehrmacht as the Pz 38(t) Ausf.A from May to November 1939. The Pz 38(t) tanks were used by German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian, Bulgarian armies at the initial period of WWII. They were also exported to Sweden, Switzerland, Peru, Iran and other states. The Pz 38(t) with excellent technical characteristics such as speed, armour protection and high reliability. The Pz 38(t) was the best light tank at the initial period of WWII. The final outgrowth of the demand for heavier armour resulted in the Pz 38(t) Ausf.G, which used basic 50mm armour plate for all frontal surfaces. More extensive use of welding was made in the construction of this model. The Pz 38(t) Ausf.G was mainly served in Russia and various models of the Pz 38(t) series were exported to the German allies. Pz 38(t) command tank was the standard Praga tank with the additional Fu 8, radio station installed instead of the bow machine gun and the frame antenna over motor compartment. Each Wehrmacht panzer division has 7-10 Praga command tanks. The total of 300 Pz were produced.
Contains small parts