Trumpeter 1:35 - German Panzertreibwagen No.16

Panzertriebwagen No. 16 (PO PzTrWg 16 or PT 16) - German heavy armoured motor car, powered by a diesel engine with an output of 550 HP driven by a Voith hydraulic transmission. It was produced by the German company Berliner Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Actien vormals L. Schwartzkopff in 1942. It is based on type WR 550 D14 armoured locomotive, then fully encased in amour and equipped with two additional crew members for the armoured artillery positions on the two ends of the unit. They were initially armed with two 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 2cm FlRead More...kvierling 38, but were modified by the crew members. The armament were replaced with Russian 76.2mm FK 295/1 artillery cannon (as found on type BP42 armoured trains). The thickness of the amour of Panzertriebwagen No. 16 ranged from 31 to 84mm. This vehicle was the heaviest single-rail armoured vehicle. Only one copy was built, which fought on the Eastern Front. In 1943, PzTrWg 16 was a reserve weapon, which was used to patrol areas threatened by guerrillas. In the spring and summer of 194 it was deployed to Army Group Centre. It saw action in the battles of Rawa Ruska and Lubin, then withdrawn to Radom after moving the front to the west. From August to September 1944, it ran the stretch of Kielce, patrolling the railway lines to Krakow, Skarzysko and Radom. In April 1946 PzTrWg 16 took part in the battles of Neuruppin. On 1 and 2 May 1945, it was captured intact in Neustadt (Dosse).Model InformationContains: 480+ partsDimensions: Length 631mm, Width 96.5mmRead Less