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

Straight following the demonstration of experimental Geraet 400 for Hitler on 24 October, on 21 November 1939 the Luftwaffe ordered 100 become mounted on 8-ton Zugkraftwagen chassis. Originally, the 2 cm Flak 38-Vierling was secured with a central pivot mounting; later, base supports and rachets had been always secure the standard ground mount. Beginning in 1942, an armor radiator shield and team cab had been intriduced as security against shell fragments and little hands fire. The first number of 100 had been completed from April 1940 through mid-1941. Continuing at a low rate of 10 monthly in very early 1942, production accelerated in August 1942 to meet up the incrersed theart of Allied air power. Altogether about 750 to 800 were generated by the finish of December 1944.

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