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GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001

GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
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GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001
GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER 1/35 MENG 001

GERMAN VsKfz 617 MINENRAUMER
MENG SS001

Manufacturer:MENG
Scale: 1/35
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
 

This bizarre armored tractor was jointly designed by Alkett, Krupp and Mercedes-Benz with a silhouette truly worthy of a machine of science fiction.

 

The hull of the vehicle was covered in variable shielding between 10-40 mm, with a floor shielding of 40 mm designed to resist the explosion of multiple mines. The floor itself was reinforced by an additional shielding of 20 mm inside the machine for added protection.

 

The first prototype VsKfz was completed in 1942. The presence of manufacturing plates in the vehicle makes it possible to establish the following conclusions: The manufacturer was Alkett of Berlin and on a plate Nmr VsKfz 617 and Nmr 9537 is engraved. VsKfz 617 refers to a Pzkfw 1 tank and 9537 is the chassis number. That would imply that the turret is of an Ausf. A type but this one has the specific characteristics of an Ausf. B; in particular, the hooks of turret (Traghaken) are located on the top and not the side walls of an Ausf. A. The superstructure possesses a turret of the Pz.Kpfw I tank which is equipped with two 7.92mm MG-34 machine guns ensuring the close defense of the machine. 

 

During these ground displacements, the changes of direction were accomplished by orientation of an aft wheel controlled by a system of chains actuated by a wheel. The mobility of the machine was ensured by two enormous discs on which heavy mobile shoes were fixed which were theoretically resistant to the explosions of all mines. These shoes have a form resembling those which equipped the wheels of heavy pieces of German PAK artillery. The principal role of the vehicle was the detonation of mines to obtain a cleared access path for German infantry and AFVs. This was to be achieved by the exercise of a very strong ground pressure using the nine shoes with permanent ground contact.

 

During the trial tests, it proved that this vehicle was unsuited to the operations of modern mechanized warfare. Its ponderous weight, slow speed, and its awkward size made the Minenrдumer (minesweeper) a large target for opposing artillery and the project was thus abandoned.

 

Scale
Scale 1/35

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