Tamiya 1/48 German Flakpanzer IV, Wirbelwind | TAM32544As the Luftwaffe lost air superiority, Allied fighter bombers proved to be an increasingly dangerous threat to the German army, and plans were developed to produce a purpose built mobile antiaircraft platform to protect the ground units from air attack. The Wirbelwind was based on the proven Pz. kpfw. IV chassis and featured a uniquely shaped open turret with 9 side panels. Armed with quadruple 20mm Flak 38 L 112. 5 fast firing cannons, it was able to

Armee and clearing enemy forces out of the Crimean Peninsular

- Hatches can be assembled in open/close positions

- Gun barrels are slide molded

the Soviets produced a variant model armed with a short-barreled 152mm howitzer mounted in an impressively large turret

Opening hood with detailed 289 high-performance engine

among them a tank armed with a 105mm howitzer gun

- Slide-molded commander's compartment

and is fitted with a hydraulic telescoping boom crane with a 2700kg lift capacity

The kit contains two sprues with plastic parts

optional dual quads

-New OVM arrangement on fenders

- Lower portion of their clothes are separate parts to give excellent detail