Trumpeter 01520 - 1/35 - German 3.7cm Flak 43 Flakpanzer IV Ostwind  [TP01520]

The stwind had been indeed days gone by of some Flakpanzers (anti-aircraft tanks) based on the Panzer IV framework to enter manufacturing, albeit in small numbers. The stwind carried one 3.7cm FlaK43 weapon, which definitely better compared to the less efficient 2cm weapons for the irbelwind, and required less area in turret, including simply needing a crew of two (gunner and loader) as opposed to the gunner and two loaders of quadruple weapons. Like irbelwind the stwind had an exceptional angular turret, now six sided, along with the gun growing from a slot in pointed front side using this turret. After studies in July, on 18 August 1944 Ostbau got a contract to generate 100 stwind Is. Under 1 / 2 of those automobiles is produced the very first fifteen of eventual total of forty-three was completed in December 1944, too late to acquire any influence on the war.

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