Tamiya 35259 - 1/35 Krupp Protze 1t Kfz.69 w/3.7cm Pak  [35259]

Krupp Protze

As Germany mobilized its armed forces after Hitler's seizure of energy in 1934, the Wehrmacht's Weapons Department started transforming civilian cars into military cars. One light (1.5t and under maximum. load) vehicle which was selected ended up being the Krupp Business's L2H43. Popularly referred to as "Boxer" due to the air-cooled flat-four square 4-cylinder motor, the L2H43 was massed-produced from 1933. This truck finished up being capable of increases to 70km/h. In 1936, this truck had its horsepower enhanced from 55hp to 60hp because of the growth of the L2H143 variation. This later on variation underwent various improvements, and different variations for instance the workers transport Kfz.70 was indeed seen. Kfz. numbers had been frequently designate military transport automobiles (Kfz. 1-30 relate solely to passenger automobiles, while Kfz. 31-100 designate trucks). The kind refereed to when the Krupp Protze Kfz.69 finished up being built to tow a 3.7cm PAK 35/36 anti-tank weapon and could be fitted with ammo instances. "Protze" was the German armed forces term always explain the front-towed carriage have been accustomed carry ammunition and gunner, and might have a cannon hitched to its rear. Right from the start of WWII, the Krupp Protze Kfz. 69 was in fact utilized as standard equipment in anti-tank artillery divisions and finished up being earnestly implemented to battlefronts in France, Poland, the Balkans, and Russia.