01524 1/35 German 2cm Flakvierling 38 auf Selbstfahrlafette (Sd.Kfz.7/1 Late Version) Trumpeter  [TP01524]

Right following demonstration of experimental Geraet 400 for Hitler on 24 October, on 21 November 1939 the Luftwaffe ordered 100 become attached to 8-ton Zugkraftwagen framework. Initially, the two cm Flak 38-Vierling ended up being secured with a central pivot mounting; later, base supports and rachets was always secure the conventional ground mount. Starting in 1942, an armor radiator shield and group cab had been intriduced as sureity against shell fragments and small arms fire. 1st quantity of 100 have been completed from April 1940 through mid-1941. Continuing at a minimal rate of 10 monthly in very early 1942, manufacturing accelerated in August 1942 to meet the incrersed theart of Allied air energy. Altogether about 750 to 800 were produced by the final of December 1944.

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