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 previous motorized artillery, this will be perhaps not an adapted or transformed automobile, but as an alternative expressly designed for this component. A 10.5cm le.F.H.18/1 was in reality set up in an open-topped turret. The light industry howitzer may be rotated inside turret through a 70-degree arc. The sides from the turret was indeed tapered downward toward the trunk, enabling excellent part exposure. The latest vehicle, initially called Pz.Sfl.IV b, had been certainly later on designated Gesch-tzwagen IV b f'r 10.5cm le.F.H. 18/1(Sf) (Sd.Kfz 165/1). Two cars was at reality bought for assessing, of delivered in January 1942. Additionally before that, during Fall 1941, a few 10 with this new automobiles was in fact purchased for troop studies.

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