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Tom B. (TomsStuff)
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Panzer 38 Weiterentwicklung mit Drehturm
Krupp Project (1944) with 7,5 cm KwK 43 L/48

Scale:
1:72
Status:
Ideas

This particular vehicle is a wonderful little oddity and thus is certainly worth building. Some call this a "turreted Hetzer" or the Panzer 38D, but judging from the reference I have (Spielbergers "Panzer 35(t)/38(t)") it is neither of those. Being conceived in 1944 by Krupp to keep the panzer 38 relevant as a combat tank, the chassis was redesigned with a sloped 50mm frontal plate and a Panzer IV-Turret in a simplified version was to be fitted.
Anyway, the hostory of this thing alone might be worth to write a blog article or something about the build... I will see what I can do 🙂
The kit is from Uni Models and I have not seen a thourough review of it yet, so that´s also one thing to do. You can find said review on my blog here: tomsstuffscalemodels..8t-mit-75cm-kwk.html

Project inventory

Full kits
486
Panzer 38(t) with 7,5 cm KwK 40 L/48
UA UM (Uni Models) 1:72
486 2020 New parts
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Part of my Collection

WW2 Tanks, AFVs and vehicles
Ideas 18×In progress 2×Completed 24×On hold 1×Queued 1×

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21 July 2021, 15:56