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Roden 719 Opel Blitz (Mercedes L701) 1:72
Cod produs: 1070719
Marca: Roden
Pret: 66.22 Lei
Comanda acum
Livrare in 6-8 zile lucratoare
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Roden 719 Opel Blitz (Mercedes L701) 1:72
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| In 1943, while the positions of Germany in the war against the USSR were fairly even, and the possibility of defeat was not even considered, the German leadership gave great consideration to the possibility of reducing the cost of production of military equipment, and the unification of a huge diversity of types of product, as Germany's industrial capacity was being significantly undermined by continuous bombing of the powerful industrial centers of the country. The Allied air raids on the German cities didn't let up even for a single day, and although they did not greatly damage overall output, the situation gradually began to approach the critical. Continuous reduction of the means of producing heavy and complex engineering necessitated simplification of many designs of equipment urgently needed by the military. The Opel company, which was one of the suppliers of trucks for the Wehrmacht, could not avoid this fate too.Most of the plants were destroyed by bombing, and restoration of production could only be carried out if the design of the vehicle was simplified. At first alterations only concerned the back wall of the cabin, being changed from metal to wood. Some time later the production of 3600mm wheel base trucks transferred under license agreement to Daimler Benz, and Opel received a single payment of compensation, while it had to provide additional resources for all the licensed trucks.Daimler Benz had already developed the single unified wooden cabin (Einheitsfahrerhaus) for its own trucks and after its installation on the Opel chassis it became clear that no major changes to the design were necessary. |
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