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Hobby Boss 80134 1/35 German SturmPanzer IV Early Sd Kfz166 Brummbar Plastic Model Kit
After the success of the 15cm Sturm-lnfanteriegeschutz 33 on Stalingrad, the Panzer IV chassis was developed as the next Sturmpanzer to provide direct infantry fire support, especially in urban areas.The Sturmpanzer IV had fixed armored superstructure housing the StuH 43 L/12 gun. This the StuH 43 developed from the best developed Sig 33 15cm infantry gun It can fire both high explosive and shaped charge rounds. The high gross weight, recoil force of the StuH 43 gun firing, massive armored structure overloaded the Panzer IV chassis and made the entire vehicle overweight and inclined to front. The Sturmpanzer IV often suffered from transmission failures and were underpoweredThe Sturmpanzer IVs superstructure and StuH 43 gun was modified successively to fix flaws that based upon on frontline reports and comments. Therefore, the Sturmpanzer IV had many variations Production began in May 1943 and continued until March 1945. More than two hundred Sturmpanzer IVs were built in different variations. The first variation rebuilt by Panzer IV ausfD, ausfE and ausfF chassis. All of them are coming from frontlines for After battle repairing The Sturnpanzer IV saw action in the Eastern Front and rashly joined battle of Kursk On the Western Front, they were issued Italy theatre and joined the German final offensive-Battle of Bulge.