Dragon 1/35 Sd.Kfz.166 Stu.Pz.IV “Brummbar” Mid Production | 6460 Dragon

Featuring a brand new mould for the Panzer IV H/J chassis!

Features:

Fighting Compartment:
– Fighting compartment with pistol ports made by 3-directional slide molds
– Interlocking detail on fighting compartment realistically depicted
– Fighting compartment roof rendered with delicate details
– Fighting compartment roof hatch provided w/options
– Fighting compartment floor has realistic texture
– Pistol port can be assembled open/closed
– Rear fighting compartment hatch can be displayed open/closed
– Accurate reproduced mount of star-antenna is newly tooled
– Star-antenna included

Gun:
– StuH.43/1 L/12 main gun with slide-molded barrel
– Rifling inside gun barrel authentically recreated
– Fully detailed gun w/breech assembly
– Gun breech and recoil guard fully reproduced
– Gunner’s seat plus clear-plastic periscope represented in detail
– Slide-molded periscope with clear plastic parts is newly reproduced

Upper Hull & Engine Deck:
– Glacis plate is newly designed
– Spare track on glacis plate and lower-hull frontal armor
– New spare-track rack on lower-hull frontal armor
– Newly designed jack made by slide molds
– On-vehicle tools new for this vehicle
– Duct shutters reproduced with photo-etched parts
– New fenders with tread pattern on both sides
– Air filter newly tooled for this vehicle
– New tooling for side toolbox
– Slide-molded engine deck w/bolt detail
– Engine hatches can be assembled open/closed
– Photo-etched part for engine-deck exhaust grill
– New spare-wheel rack installed on rear of vehicle

Side-Skirt:
– Newly designed side-skirt armor produced in metal for scale thickness
– Side-skirt armor brackets realistically detailed
– Side-skirt armor plates can be installed separately

Lower Hull, Suspension, wheels and tracks:
– New lower hull made by 2-directional slide mold; bolts and rivets delicately represented on hull bottom
– Brand new running gear for Brummbar – newly tooled road wheels, sprockets, idlers and return rollers authentically reproduced
– Photo-etched parts for idlers to accurately represent undercut detail
– Newly tooled Magic Track

About the “Brummbar”
Alternatively called the Sturmpanzer IV, Sturmpanzer 43 or Sd.Kfz. 166, the Brummbar was an armored vehicle equipped with a 150mm StuH 43 L/12 gun. Brummbar, which means “grizzly bear” in German, was the nickname given to it by the Allies. Based on a Panzer IV chassis, this infantry support gun was especially designed for combat in urban areas. In December 1943, the superstructure, particularly the driver’s position and periscope, and gun (StuH 43/1 L/12) were modified in order to reduce the vehicle’s weight. The resulting upgraded vehicle was known as the Mid-Production Brummbar. The Brummbar saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts, as well as in the Italian theater.