1/72 T-34/76 Mod. 1943, Captured by the German Army

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1/72 T-34/76 Mod. 1943, Captured by the German Army

This plastic kit is of an actual captured T-34/76. It has many modifications that the Germans made including a new cupola, Notek light, new storage boxes and the installation of a radio.

Main Features:
- Newly tooled commander’s cupola for German Army version
- Reshaped loader’s hatch can be assembled to open realistically
- Photo-etched side armor plates with mounts
- Newly tooled top plate of turret with splash guard around cupola
- Slide-molded gun barrel
- Accurate turret housing and mantlet
- Newly tooled glacis-mounted Notek headlamp for German Army version
- New on-vehicle storage box
- Commander’s, loader’s and driver’s hatches can be assembled open/closed
- Convenient one-piece road wheels, idler wheels and sprocket wheels
- One-piece Dragon Styrene track links
- Photo-etched parts for engine grill
- New Cartograf decals

About the captured T-34/76:
Urgent series production of the T-34 began in July 1940, and after the German invasion of Russia, production was accelerated even further. This resulted in a lot of defects and mechanical problems. Nevertheless, the 26-ton T-34/76 was a revolutionary and advanced tank design. In fact it was so successful that the German forces at times put captured T-34s into their own national service. When pressed into German service, the tanks received a number of modifications to make them more operable. This included such things as a new cupola, Notek light, new storage boxes and the installation of a radio.