Trumpeter 00374 1/35 German Geschutzwagen IV b fur 10.5cm le.F.H. 18/1(Sf) (Sd.Kfz 165/1)  [TP00374]

In September of 1939, Krupp received a design idea from for a purpose-built self-propelled howitzer. Unlike past motorized artillery, this will be perhaps not an adapted or transformed car, but instead expressly designed for this component. A 10.5cm le.F.H.18/1 was in reality create in an open-topped turret. The light industry howitzer could be rotated inside turret through a 70-degree arc. The edges through the turret ended up being indeed tapered downward toward the trunk, enabling exceptional part visibility. The newest car, at first called Pz.Sfl.IV b, have been definitely afterwards designated Gesch-tzwagen IV b f'r 10.5cm le.F.H. 18/1(Sf) (Sd.Kfz 165/1). Two automobiles is at truth purchased for assessing, of delivered in January 1942. Furthermore before that, during Fall 1941, several 10 with this specific brand new automobiles was in fact purchased for troop studies.

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