1/72 StuG.III Ausf.G Early Production w/Schurzen

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

Features:
- Newly tooled side-skirt armor can be installed separately
- One-piece slide-molded gun can be elevated up and down
- Multi-directional slide-molded superstructure w/bolt detail
- Slide-molded engine deck finely reproduced
- Air deflector authentically represented w/photo-etched mesh
- Two types of cooling air intakes are provided with and without photo-etched air-intake grills
- One-piece slide-molded full frontal armor
- One-piece slide-molded lower hull w/exemplary detail
- Exhaust pipes w/hollow ends
- Road wheels and sprockets finely replicated
- Final drive housing covers are separate parts for maximum detail
- One-piece DS Tracks for ease fof assembly

The improved lethality of the long-barreled 7.5cm KwK40 gun of the Pz.IV Ausf.F2 and Ausf.G was greatly welcomed by German tankers during WWII. The Panzer IV G was supposed to be the first tank installed with the 7.5cm KwK40 L/43 gun in 1942. However, the Wehrmacht needed to urgently counteract the thicker armor of Russian T-34 and KV-1 tanks, so this gun was also fitted to some Ausf.F tanks (where it was known as the F2). A total of 175 F2 tanks were produced from March to July 1942 (with a further 25 converted from F1), while 1687 Ausf.G tanks were manufactured.
Dragon has already released a beautifully crafted 1/35 scale kit of such a Panzer IV Ausf.F2(G), and now it has been reproduced in 1/72 scale. Although the model itself might have been scaled down, there is no corresponding diminution in detail! It builds upon the intensive research and engineering done by the expert design team for the 1/35 kit. This new release has extremely well-detailed parts thanks to the clever employment of slide molds. The gun barrel is slide molded along with the muzzle brake and both fenders are brand new. Accurate markings for tanks operating in diverse theaters such as the Eastern Front, France and Tunisia are supplied in the form of decals created by Cartograf. Impressively easy to assemble thanks to clever mold design, and full of detail, this Panzer IV Ausf.F2(G) is destined to follow in the tracks of its 1/35 scale brother and thus enjoy instant popularity!