35; German Bergepanther with Pzkpfw IV Turret WW II

German Bergepanther with Pzkpfw IV Turret  . World War II. 

1:35  Plastic Model Kit , unbuild & unpainted

Producer : DRAGON

Not suitable for children under 14 years.

The Panther was one of the most important tanks used by Germany during WWII. It was also
converted into an armored recovery vehicle known as the Bergepanther. The Bergepanther was
actually transformed into one other unusual vehicle when a Panzer IV Ausf.H turret was added to an
early Bergepanther hull to create a command tank. This was a one-off conversion performed by the
heavy tank destroyer battalion s.Pz.Abt.653, and the resulting vehicle was called the Bergepanther
mit Aufgesetztem Pz.Kpfw.IV Turm Als Befehlpanzer. It had a fixed turret and dummy gun, with the
extra space inside the turret used for radios and map boards. The vehicle was used in the Ukraine on
the Eastern Front in 1944 alongside the battalion’s Elefant tank destroyers.
Dragon has created a 1/35 scale kit of the phenomenally named Bergepanther mit Aufgesetztem
Pz.Kpfw.IV Turm Als Befehlpanzer. As one would expect, the kit utilizes principal components from
previously issued Panther and Panzer IV kits. These have extremely high standards, so the main
parts come with a fine pedigree. Customers can thus look forward to an accurate, easy-to-build kit
thanks to Dragon’s smart engineering processes. For example, the track links are made from DS
plastic for simple assembly, plus there a number of photo-etched parts such as the engine deck
grills. This unique command tank from s.Pz.Abt.653 does have a most distinctive look, so modelers
can now expand their 1/35 scale Panther (or should that be Panzer IV?) families.