The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw.IV) Sd.Kfz.161, commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Designed as an infantry-support tank, the Panzer IV was not originally intended to engage enemy armor—that function was performed by the lighter Panzer III. However, with the flaws of pre-war doctrine becoming apparent, and in the face of Soviet T-34 tanks, the Panzer IV soon assumed the tank-fighting role of its increasingly obsolete cousin. The most widely manufactured and deployed German tank of the Second World War, the Panzer IV was used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV tank destroyer, the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun, among others.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/16
Skill Level: 5
Length: 17.3”
Width: 8.2”
Parts: 2000+
- Painting and assembly required
- 74 sprues
- Six photo-etched frets
- Two decal sheets
- Metal gun barrel
- Individual track links
- Clear parts
- Metal springs
- 1.5 x 700mm brass wire
- Three machine guns
- Extensive engine and gearbox assemblies
- Lots of stored shells
- One-piece slide-molded hulls
- One-piece turret
- Fully detailed interior
- Four paint schemes
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide
*Cyanoacrylate glue is required for photo-etched parts*
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Paint Guide:
A. 1st SS Panzer Division, Italy, 1943
Red Brown
Flat Black
Red
Off-White
Medium Gunship Grey
Wood Brown
Metal Black
Khaki
Burnt Iron
Copper
Dark Grey
White
Dark Green
Sandy Brown
Tire Black
Mahogany
B. 1st SS Panzer Division, Russia, 1943
Red Brown
Flat Black
Red
Off-White
Medium Gunship Grey
Wood Brown
Metal Black
Khaki
Burnt Iron
Copper
Dark Grey
White
Sandy Brown
Tire Black
Mahogany
C. 12th SS Panzer Division, 1945
Red Brown
Flat Black
Red
Off-White
Medium Gunship Grey
Wood Brown
Metal Black
Khaki
Burnt Iron
Copper
Dark Grey
White
Light Green
Sandy Brown
Tire Black
D. ‘Windhund’, Normandy, 1943
Red Brown
Flat Black
Red
Off-White
Medium Gunship Grey
Wood Brown
Metal Black
Khaki
Burnt Iron
Copper
Dark Grey
White
Light Green
Sandy Brown
Tire Black
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