Tamiya 32554 - 1/48 German Flakvierling 38  [32554]

About the Flakvierling 38

Originally developed as a light anti-aircraft tool for the Kriegs marine, the German army also adopted the 20mm cannon to be used on land and ended up being widely-used throughout WWII. To compensate for the cannon's low price of fire, 4 among these cannons were mounted together to produce the Flakvierling 38. The mount featured collapsible seats, ammo cartridge racks, a three-legged base, and could be rotated via hand tires, with all the weapons on their own fired via two foot pedals,each of which managed a set of diametrically compared cannons. In basic form, the Flakvierling38 had been packed onto a 2-wheeled mount for towing to implementation points, nonetheless it had been additionally fitted onto halftracks, tank chassis, ships, barges, and trains to offer close-range air protection against Allied fighter-bombers.

Specs & Features

• Top-notch 1/48 scale installation model kit for the German Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun.
• Quad-20mm cannons are connected to gunsight. Weapons may be freely elevated/depressed and gun pedestal may be rotated to enable different firing roles.
• Components are included for the trailer, allowing the weapon become towed by 1/48 scale vehicles such as for example ITEM 32534 6X4 Krupp Protze (Kfz.70).
• 4 figures in realistic poses in addition to detail by detail add-ons particularly ammunition boxes and publications are included and
• Excellent as a stand-alone diorama piece or as a factor in larger shows