Thunder Model 1/35 35101 German Bergepanzer 38 Hetzer Late Plastic Kit

£48.50
MRP £48.50

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Bergerpanzer 38(t) was a recovery vehicle based on Hetzer’s base, with 
lower open-top superstructure, manufactured by BMM company in Prague. 
The plans were approved in September 1944 and called for production of 
170 vehicles until the end of 1944. In fact just 101 vehicles were 
built. To meet the production plans it was decided to convert 64 summer 
production´s Hetzers into armoured recovery vehicles, but it is unknown 
how many were actually converted. Production was much slower than plans,
 and total number of about 180 vehicles was finished until the end of 
the war. The Bergepanzer was equipped with two-ton folding jib crane used to 
handle engines and other heavy components. Additionally the recovery 
vehicle was equipped with five-ton winch of Baumgarten company. The 
winch was driven by the vehicle´s engine through transmission system. At
 the end a blade was installed at the rear of the hull, but it is again 
unclear how many vehicles were equipped with it. There were also some 
development works to install the blade at the front of the vehicle, as 
seen in the company blueprints, but probably these plans were never 
realized.
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