Assembled model 1/16 tank Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf.B Abwurf Vorrichtung TAKOM 1012

Assembly model 1/16 Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf.B Abwurf Vorrichtung TAKOM 1012

PzKpfw I (Panzerkampfwagen I) - a German light tank of the Second World War. The first prototypes of the car were created in 1933, and serial production continued in the period 1934-1939, ending with the release of about 2,000 cars. Tank version A was equipped with one Krupp M305 engine with a capacity of 57 hp. Its main armament was two 7.92-mm machine guns MG 13. fits in the turret.

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First work on the PzKpfw I began in 1930, when the German Armaments Office, contrary to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, ordered work on a tracked vehicle designed for reconnaissance and weapons transportation. The "Krupp" company very quickly took the initiative in these works, following the British developments of the "Vickers" concern, but not having access to English technologies. In 1933, the first tracked chassis were created, which were later used for training drivers, and serial production began in 1934, when the Germans broke the Treaty of Versailles. Two main variants of the PzKpfw I were built: A and B. Variant A was the first production variant, while Variant B featured upgraded suspension and chassis and a new Maybach NL 38 TR engine. Other machines were built on the chassis of this machine, such as the command vehicle (Panzerbefehlswagen I) or the Panzerjager I tank destroyer. PzKpfw I tanks were used during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), in the September campaign, the campaign in Norway.), in France (1940), in the Balkans (1941) and - on a small scale - at the initial stage of the war with the Soviet Union (1941), being by then completely obsolete machines.

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