Tamiya 35233 - 1/35 German Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind WWII  [35233]

About the German Flakpanzer IV WirbelwindIn the next half these World War, Germany's losing atmosphere supremacy created a pressing importance of the growth of effective anti-aircraft vehicles to fight the fighter-bombers the Allies. In the beginning, the principal focus of manufacturing had been indeed through the entire Mobelwagen anti-aircraft automobile. It had been built on the framework of Panzer IV tank, and made with somebody 37mm Flak weapon, which has been protected on all sides by light armored meals. Toward springtime of 1944, a fresh standard ended up being laid down to unify the production of a fresh anti-aircraft automobile. The master plan included the annotated following: 1) rotating armored turret good at keeping three of four crewmen, 2) tools with effective shooting collection of 2000m, 3) incorporated mount around two weapons, 4) space for adequate ammuntion, 5) human anatomy of under 3m high, and 6) different cordless products. These criteria caused the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind had been its exceptional rotating turret protected by a minimum of eighteen, 16mm dense armored meals. The open-top turret offer enough space the gunner and two loaders to operate effectively. The Wirbelwind could carry 3200 rounds of ammo the four 20mm Flak firearms, which fired at an angle of level of 90?, an angle of despair of 10? and a speed of 800 shots/min. The Wirvelwind became the scourge of any airplane that travelled too low.

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