303518 Modeler 1/35 German tank T-I F

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Although it was considered a modification of the light tank Pz Kpfw I, it was actually a completely new machine, which had almost nothing in common with its predecessor. This "light" tank with 80 mm thick frontal armor weighed 21 tons. The tower had an unusual design. It was conical on the outside and cylindrical on the inside. The chassis on each Board consisted of five double support rollers of large diameter, arranged in a staggered order. All the road wheels had individual torsion suspension. Wider 500mm tracks provided increased permeability. Serial production was carried out at Daimler-Benz and Krauss-Maffei plants from April to December 1942. The first PZ I Ausf F tanks were sent to the Eastern front in may 1942. In the first part of the 66th tank battalion special they appeared near Leningrad. In September, the 66th battalion to include the 12th armored division. Later it will be renamed the 8th company of the 29th tank regiment. In 1943, the PzKpfw I Ausf F entered service with the second battalion of the 1st tank regiment of the 1st tank division. By the end of the year, almost all the tanks wheel of these divisions will be lost on the Eastern front. Five tanks PzKpfw I Ausf F in the part of the 2nd police armored company are used in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union to fight the guerrillas. By August 1944, the company will lose all combat vehicles. Several tanks were used against the guerrillas in Yugoslavia. Only 2 tanks could survive. One of them is in a Museum in Belgrade. The second – in Kubinka near Moscow.

Number of parts - 299 PCs.

model Length - 125 mm

model Height - 59 mm