pzkpfw i ausf c.vk 601 tank -- plastic model military vehicle kit

The gun could fire at up to 100 rounds per minute but lacked in penetration. 141 semi-automatic gun derived from the MG151 cannon and firing the 7.92 mm Patrone round as used in German anti-tank rifles such as the Panzerbuche 38 and Panzerbuche 39 The gun was unique to this tank chosen as it could not carry a 20mm cannon. The chassis design was influenced by Krauss Maffei earlier work with halftracks including the 8-ton Sd.Kfz. Two tanks were deployed to the Panzer I Division.

C units were produced (serial numbers 150101 - 150140), including 6 prototypes. From July to December 1942, 40 Panzer I Ausf.

C was started in the autumn of 1939 by Krauss-Maffei and Daimler-Benz on the instructions of the Wehrmacht to create a light airborne tank. A and B variants - one of the main distinctions being the use of the Schachtellaufwerk inter-leaved track wheels which was used in many later German tanks during the war.ĭevelopment of Panzer I Ausf. This variant has little similarity with earlier Ausf. C was formally designated as a modification of the Panzer I, it was actually a completely new vehicle. C, also known as its prototype name VK 6.01, was a German light tank from the Second World War.

Pzkpfw i ausf c.vk 601 tank -- plastic model military vehicle kit