HB 1:35 Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf D / TAUCH

Description

In preparation for Operation Sealion, 42 Panzer Iv Ausf.Ds (and some Pz.IIIs and StuGs IIIs) were converted to Tauchpanzer (“diving tank”) with all openings such as the Commander’s cupola, gun mantlet and machine gun mount covered with rubber sheeting and the turret ring protected by inflatable rubber ring while the exhausts were fitted with non-return valves.

Air was supplied via a flexible 18-meter hose held on the surface by a buoy and they could submerge to a depth of about 15 meters with the maximum underwater speed about 3 mph. With the cancellation of Operation Sealion some were used by the 18th Panzer Regiment during the River Bug crossing in Operation Barbarossa.

1:35 scale plastic assembly kit.

Requires glue and paints to complete.