00374 1/35 German Geschutzwagen IV b fur 10.5cm le.F.H. 18/1(Sf) (Sd.Kfz 165/1) Trumpeter  [TP00374]

In September of 1939, Krupp received a design proposition from for a purpose-built self-propelled howitzer. Unlike previous motorized artillery, this is perhaps not an adapted or converted automobile, but alternatively expressly made for this component. A 10.5cm le.F.H.18/1 was in fact installed in an open-topped turret. The light industry howitzer might be rotated inside turret through a 70-degree arc. The edges from the turret had been tapered downward toward the trunk, allowing exemplary side visibility. The latest car, at first called Pz.Sfl.IV b, was indeed later designated Gesch-tzwagen IV b f'r 10.5cm le.F.H. 18/1(Sf) (Sd.Kfz 165/1). Two automobiles was in fact purchased for evaluating, of delivered in January 1942. Additionally before that, during Fall 1941, several 10 of this new automobiles had been bought for troop studies.

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