Takom 1012 Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.B Abwurfvorrichtung 1:16

Takom | No. 1012 | 1:16. I Ausf.B Abwurfvorrichtung

The Panzer I is a five-ton-class tankette that Germany first mass-produced after World War I. The B type replaced the A type's Krupp air-cooled engine to one by Maybach, and the engine room was extended by 40cm; this meant that the induction wheels had to be relocated upward. At the beginning of World War II, about half of the German Army's tanks were Panzer Is, but when the Panzer III/IV was developed, it became the base for various modified vehicles. The explosive installation vehicle was modified to install 50kg of explosives by operating a box at the end of an arm with a wire from the inside of the vehicle protruding behind it.