Carro Armato Tedesco Panzer IV Ausf. F1

Recensione del Modello Airfix in Scala 1:76

Carri armati medi Panzer IV were produced throughout the war e they saw service on all fronts. Designed as a support vehicle, the Panzer IV mounted a short 7.5 cm gun con excellent HE capabilities, but which could not penetrate the armour of carri di fanteria britannici Matilda e Churchill. The Ausführung F1 was the most common of the support versions of the Pz. IV, 437 were built, they had much better armour protection than earlier Ausf. A, B, C e D which served in the same support role. The Ausf. E was similar to the F1, except that the armour was applique.

Contenuto

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F1
Tipo: Carro Armato Medio
Lunghezza: 5.93 m
Larghezza: 2.88 m
Altezza: 2.68 m
Peso: 25 t
Armamentoo: 7.5 cm L/24, 2 MG 34
Equipaggio: capocarro, guidatore, cannoniere, caricatore, operatore radio
Year: giugno 1941 - dicembre 1943

Valutazione

Scale model con much raised detail e some external stowage, including spare track links e road wheels, various tools ed a jerrycan.
Good choice of subject, the short-barreled Pz.Kpfw. IV played an important part as a support vehicle.
Choice of open o closed hull e torretta hatches.
Choice of Ausf. F1 o Ausf. F2 con the long 7.5 cm gun which was adopted as a countermeasure to T-34 e KV tanks, e which elevated the Pz.Kpfw. IV to a carro da combattimento in giugno of 1942.
Good quality kit, parts fit well, but flash on some small parts can be difficult to remove.
Compatibile con Fujimi, Matchbox, Nitto, e VAC-U-CAST.

Moderate level of difficulty. The hull e torretta are easy to assemble, tools e small vision slits are cast on. However, track assembly does require a good amount of patience. There are 60 pieces to deal con at this stage alone, more than the entire autoblindo Puma. Road wheels e track support rollers are very small ed it proved difficult to remove flash from them. It is very important that the tracks are not mounted until after the running gear has had at least 24 hours to dry, otherwise the wheels will bend o even break off.
The tracks are still of the old pin-and-hole variety which never seemed to hold together for very long. The manufacturer recommends stitching them con cotton thread, not realizing that young hobbyists e most giocatori wargame are notoriously inept at their needlework. We used a hot glue gun to permanently attach the track to all eight road wheels.
Decalcomanie supplied are for vehicle 141 (1. compagnia, 4th (Heavy) Platoon, 1st Vehicle) of an unspecified unit of the Afrika Korps.
Approximately 5% smaller than the 1:72 scale figure standard. Not a problem in this case, the vehicle will be compatibile con the only other Pz.Kpfw. IV produced by Fujimi as well as Pz.Kpfw. II, III e V produced by Matchbox
Soft plastic tank tracks should be painted on both sides to retard a chemical reaction which is known to dissolve them eventually.

Utilizzo Storico

4th (Medium) Platoon of 4-6 veicoli attached to every compagnia carri, 1939-1940
4th (Medium) compagnia attached to every battaglione carri, 1940-1943
- Company HQ of due Pz.Kpfw. IV F1
- 1st Platoon of cinque Pz.Kpfw. IV F1
- 2nd Platoon of cinque Pz.Kpfw. IV F1 (optional in 1940)
- 3rd Platoon of cinque Pz.Kpfw. II (recon platoon, discontinued in 1943)

Conversione

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. A, 1939-1940
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. B, without Bow mitragliatrice, 1939-1942
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C, without Bow mitragliatrice, 1939-1942
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D, 1940-1943
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. E, con applique armour, 1941-1943
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2, con long 7.5 cm L/43, giugno 1942-1943
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G1, con applique armour e long 7.5 cm L/43, agosto 1942-1945
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G2, con applique armour e long 7.5 cm L/48, agosto 1942-1945
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G3, con long 7.5 cm L/48, agosto 1942-1945
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, con long 7.5 cm L/48, agosto 1942-1945
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J, con long 7.5 cm L/48, luglio 1944-1945

Short-barreled Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F1 ed earlier versions filled a vital support role in the plotoni e compagnie carri medi of the German tank formations. They served alongside carri da combattimento Pz.Kpfw. III mounting a 5 cm long-barreled gun. In settembre of 1943, when the Pz.Kpfw. III was finally considered to be obsolete, Panzer IV Ausf. G e H traded places con it e became the new main battle tank. As a result, short-barreled 7.5 cm guns previously used in the Panzer IV Ausf. F1 support vehicle were then mounted on the Panzer III e Panzer IV production was switched to the more powerful version mounting 7.5 cm L/43 e L/48 guns which had good penetration capabilities against carri armati russi T-34 e KV.

The Airfix kit is the only one available which depicts the Ausführung F1 support vehicle, e we highly recommend it. Giocatori Wargame will require at least a platoon of these carri armati to raise realistically equipped compagnie o battaglioni carri. Il modello di Airfix may also be built as a long-barreled Ausf. F2, the replacement gun is included in the kit. In this case, the spare short-barreled 7.5 cm gun can be used to convert Matchbox’s Panzer III to the IIIN which eventually replaced the Panzer IV F1 in the support role, particularly in the newly designated Panzergrenadier Divisions.

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– Pubblicato: 26.09.1996 – Aggiornato: 27.09.2007
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