German World War II tank PzKpfw V - assembly model

German World War II tank PzKpfw V - assembly model

R03171


39.90

Gender: M
Age: over 14 years.
Scale - 1:72
Edition - 2007
Number of parts - 124
Length of the finished model - 122mm

The Panzerkampfwagen V, also known as the Panther or Pantera, is one of the iconic German tanks used by the Wehrmacht in World War II.

The tank in Bulgaria:
The Pz.Kpfw.IV (Sd. Kfz. 161/1) was adopted as the main battle tank in the army of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in 1943, of which 97 units were delivered. For the participation of the Armored Brigade in the second phase of the so-called Patriotic War (1944-1945) (in the composition of the newly formed First Bulgarian Army, which was part of the Third Ukrainian Front), the Soviet command required the creation of one heavy tank company and two medium tank companies. Since at that time the brigade did not have heavy tanks, the Soviet side undertook to supply them from its warehouses with trophy machines. On April 13, 1945, 15 trophy tanks Pz.Kpfw.V modifications Ausf.D2, Ausf.A and Ausf.G were received. They were entered into the Bulgarian army as a "Pantera" combat vehicle. The tanks are covered in oil green paint and marked with red fives. The crews immediately began training on the new equipment, but the end of the war in Europe prevented the tanks from being used in actual combat. After 1947, according to the terms of the peace treaty, they were decommissioned. In the early 1950s, they were dug in along the southwestern borders as long-term firing facilities. Although these facilities are no longer in use, the Panther tanks are still unknown - exactly where they are and what their condition is.

With this release, Revell includes all the extra parts for the early and late versions of the Ausf.G
A finely detailed chain is made up of segments and individual chain links, but the longer segments require several traces of ejectors to be removed before assembly.
Panther is definitely worth ordering because of the value for money.