Dragon 1/35 Sd.Kfz.161/4 2cm Flakpanzer IV Ausf.G “Wirbelwind” Early Production | 6342 Dragon

Features:
– Four frontal-armor options available for new assembly
– Gun-sight cover can be assembled open/closed
– Cannon can be freely posed at different angles
– 2-directional slide-molded turret for Wirbelwind w/realistic weld seams
– Scale-thickness figting-compartment armo has extra-thin top edge
– Side fenders w/pattern detail on both top and bottom surfaces
– Injection-molded fenders made to thinnest possible dimensions
– Separate front and rear fenders can be posed in a folded-back position
– Injection-molded reflector and convoy light w/optional photo-etched parts
– 2cm Flakvierling 38 w/accurate detail
– Gun cradle offers great detail definition
– Gun sight and hand wheels w/well-defined detail
– Spent-shell cage made from photo-etched parts
– Slide-molded one-piece gun barrel w/hollow muzzle
– Gunner’s seat can be modeled at different angles
– Hull sides w/authentic detail
– Front spare-track bracket for Ausf.G w/optional round or flat handle
– Ammo magazines inside turret w/great detail
– Accurately designed transmission and steering-brake access hatches can be modeled open/closed
– Accurately modeled hull-top armor plating
– Turret ring accurately produced
– Gun mounting platform realistically produced
– Air intake covers have options of injection or photo-etched parts
– One-piece lower hull made from slide molds
– Hull bottom has full and correct details
– Notek headlight w/exquisite detail
– Complete MG w/workable ball mount
– Final-drive housing w/details on both sides
– Separate armored cover for final-drive housing
– Sprocket wheels w/breathtaking detail and multiple delicate parts
– Road wheels and suspension exhibit extreme details
– Idler wheels w/correctly detailed parts
– Realistic molded lines on rubber tires
– Muffler made from separate parts
– Injection-molded on-vehicle tools w/clasps
– Idler adjuster mountings have accurate details
– Extendable jack w/separate parts
– Extremely well-detailed towing-eye brackets w/separate parts
– Towing-cable heads have hollow ends
– Metal towing cable
– 40cm Magic Tracks are detailed on both sides

As Allied aircraft increasingly dominated the skies over Europe as WWII progressed, there was a need for more effective self-propelled antiaircraft guns. One such solution was the Flakpanzer IV, a vehicle nicknamed Wirbelwing, or “Whirlwind” by the Germans. Development commenced in 1944 as a brainchild of Karl Wilhelm Krause, an officer of the “Hitler Jugend” Division, and the vehicle featured a quadruple 2cm Flakvierling 38 weapon system mounted inside a nine-sided turret. The turret was open-topped to allow fumes generated from the four cannons to dissipate. As can be imagined, the Wirbelwind was a quick-firing weapon, and it could also be employed against ground targets. A crew of five operated it. Approximately 100 of these 22-tonne weapons were produced on rebuilt or repaired Panzer IV tank chassis