Ace Model 1/72 Kfz.4 light AA vehicle Plastic Model Kit [72512]

Kfz.4 (full name: Kfz. 4 Truppenluftschutzkraftwagen) is a German, light, military off-road vehicle from the interwar period and World War II. The car entered service in 1938. The drive - most often - was provided by a single 4-cylinder Stöewer engine with a capacity of 2 liters and 50 HP. The car was about 3.9 meters long with a wheelbase of 2.4 meters. The armament consisted of two coupled MG34 machine guns. The Kfz.4 was designed and produced by Stöewer, but later BMW and Hanomag also started licensing production. The design of the vehicle was largely based on the Kfz.1 and Kfz.3 cars. For example, all three vehicles had an almost identical body. The Kfz.4 car was designed to provide direct short and very short anti-aircraft air defense to German motorized and mechanized units. Its armament was mounted on a rotating tow truck (German Zwilingslafette 36). During the service, the Kfz.4 proved to be too heavy, with insufficient power-to-weight ratio, very complicated to operate and causing problems in the field.