Tamiya 1/35 Krupp Protze 1t Kfz.69 w/3.7cm Pak #35259  [35259]

Krupp Protze

As Germany mobilized its armed forces after Hitler's seizure of power in 1934, the Wehrmacht's Weapons Department began transforming civilian cars into armed forces cars. One light (1.5t and under maximum. load) truck which was chosen was the Krupp Business's L2H43. Popularly known as the "Boxer" due to the air-cooled flat-four square 4-cylinder engine, the L2H43 was massed-produced from 1933. This truck ended up being with the capacity of increases to 70km/h. In 1936, this truck had its horsepower improved from 55hp to 60hp because of the development of the L2H143 variation. This later variation underwent different improvements, and differing variations such as the personnel transport Kfz.70 had been seen. Kfz. figures were regularly designate army transportation automobiles (Kfz. 1-30 relate to passenger vehicles, while Kfz. 31-100 designate trucks). The type refereed to once the Krupp Protze Kfz.69 ended up being built to tow a 3.7cm PAK 35/36 anti-tank gun and might be fitted with ammo cases. "Protze" was the German armed forces term used to describe the front-towed carriage had been accustomed carry ammunition and gunner, and would have a cannon hitched to its rear. From the beginning of WWII, the Krupp Protze Kfz. 69 had been used as standard equipment in anti-tank artillery divisions and ended up being earnestly implemented to battlefronts in France, Poland, the Balkans, and Russia.