{"product_id":"4950344325702-148-german-panzer-ii-abc","title":"Tamiya 300032570 - 1:48 WWII German tank II, version A,B,C F.C.","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale: 1:48.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious portholes moulded individually in the whole tank.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne figurine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mid 1930s, the German military pushed the production of tanks. The Panzer I designed as a\u003cbr\u003etraining tank, did not have the adequate performance, so a light tank was needed to full the gap until\u003cbr\u003ethe Panzer III could be introduced. Therefore, the German Ordnance Department issued a request for a\u003cbr\u003enew training tank that could be used for combat. In the end, MAN was chosen in 1934 to produce the\u003cbr\u003ePanzer II, a compact 4.8m long, 2.2m wide design with a three man crew. The 8.9 ton tank featured a\u003cbr\u003e2cm Kwk 30 L\/55 cannon and 7.92mm machine gun in the turret, 15mm armor protection for turret\u003cbr\u003eand hull front, leaf spring suspension, and a 140hp Maybach HL 62 TRM engine matched with a\u003cbr\u003eZF SSG46 transmission, which gave it a 40km\/h top speed. The Ausf. A was produced from 1937,\u003cbr\u003efollowed by the Ausf. B and C, which were difficult to distinguish from each other visually. About\u003cbr\u003e1,100 Panzer tanks were produced by April 1940, and due to delays with the Panzer III, they were\u003cbr\u003eimmediately issued as the Panzer divisions\" main tank for the invasion of Poland in September 1939.\u003cbr\u003eBased on lessons learned on the battlefields of Poland and, in May 1940, France, improvements such\u003cbr\u003eas extra armor and a turret cupola were added, and the Panzer II went on to serve in North Africa and\u003cbr\u003eRussia in front line and liaison and reconnaissance duties until the end of 1943. Afterwards, they were\u003cbr\u003eused to police occupied territories and the chassis was also adapted for use as the basis for various self-propelled\u003cbr\u003egun designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41532863021153,"sku":"4950344325702","price":19.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_10747129_2000652_jpg.jpg?v=1712618783","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/4950344325702-148-german-panzer-ii-abc","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}