Dragon 6816 1/35 WWII PzKpfw.IV Ausf.A mit Zusatzpanzer

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Dragon earlier completed its Panzer IV grand slam in 1/35 scale with the release of the Ausf.A several years ago. That meant Dragon is able to offer a modern and accurate kit of every member of the Panzer IV family ? the A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and J! The Ausf.A was obviously the grandfather, with 35 tanks produced from October 1937 to March 1938. It stemmed from a development contract issued to Krupp in 1935. The design featured a short-barrelled 7.5cm KwK37 L/24 main gun and two MG34 machine guns. As befitting what was essentially a pre-series design, the maximum armour thickness on the 18.4-ton design was just 14.5mm on the hull and 20mm on the turret. With the Panzer IV Ausf.A slated to see service in the 1939-40 campaigns in Poland, Norway and France, there was obviously a need to improve the thickness of its armour. Thus, a number of Panzer IV Ausf.A tanks were up-armoured by adding extra armour plates on the front hull and glacis. Dragon's newest Panzer IV kit allows modellers to reproduce these tanks with applique armour that were slightly better suited to combat.

This 1/35 scale plastic kit is based on Dragon's leading kit of the Panzer IV Ausf.A (item No.6747). This particular variant has been created by supplying the relevant additional armour plates that fit onto the front end of the tank. Indeed, the kit has been up-armoured in precisely the same way as the original was! Additionally, the front inspection hatches have been newly made by photo-etched parts with different details compared to the previously provided ones.