37mm PAK 35/36 & 42mm PAK 41 
1/72scale plastic model kit
UMmT606

Manufacturer: UMmt (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/72
Material: Plastic
Condition: New in Box

The Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) was a German anti-tank gun that fired a 3.7 cm calibre shell. It was the main anti-tank weapon of Wehrmacht infantry units until mid-1941. It was followed in this role by the 5 cm Pak 38 gun.Design of a horse-drawn, 3.7 cm anti-tank gun (designated 3.7 cm Pak L/45) by Rheinmetall commenced in 1924 and the first guns were issued in 1928.By the early 1930s, it was apparent that horse-drawn artillery was obsolescent, and the gun was modified for motorized transport by substituting magnesium-alloy wheels and pneumatic tyres for the original spoked wooden wheels. Re-designated the 3.7 cm Pak 35/36, it began to replace the 3.7 Pak L/45 in 1934 and first appeared in combat in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. It formed the basis for many other nations' anti-tank guns during the first years of World War II. The KwK 36 L/45 was the same gun but was used as the main armament on several tanks, most notably the early models of the Panzer III. Even the Soviets used the PaK 36 carriage design for their 45mm M1937 AT gun.During May 1940 Western Campaign, the Pak 36 being a small-calibre weapon, it was found to be inadequate against allied tanks like the British Mk.II Matilda, and the French Char B1 and Somua S35. Still, the gun was effective against the most common light tanks, such as the Renault FT-17 during theBattle of France, where the Char Bs and Matildas represented but a small fraction of the total AFVs. In June 1941, the Soviet forces consisted of 10,661 T-26s, 2,987 T-37/38/40/50s, 59 T-35s, 442 T-28s, 7,659 BTs, 957 T-34s, and 530 KVs for a combined total of approximately 23,295 tanks. Thus, during the initial phases of Operation Barbarossa the Pak 36 could still penetrate the majority of Soviet AFVs at ranges up to 1000m from the front, with the notable exception of the T-28s and T-35s which it could only penetrate at under 100m. Here the Pak 36 only had difficulty with the T-34s and KVs which it could not penetrate.

4.2 cm Pak 41

The 4.2 cm Pak 41 was a light anti-tank gun issued to German airborne unitsin World War II. This gun was externally similar to the 3.7 cm Pak 36, and used a modified version of the latter's carriage, but used the squeeze boreprinciple (in German called Gerlich after Hermann Gerlich who developed the principle in the 1920s, reportedly for a hunting rifle) to boost its velocity, and hence armor-piercing ability. The bore had a diameter of 42 mm at the chamber, but tapered down to 28 mm at the muzzle. Production was terminated in May 1942 after the delivery of 136 guns. By November 1944, 41 remained in service.