The Aufklarungspanzer 38(t) (designation Sd.Kfz.140/1) was a reconnaissance vehicle based on a 38(t) tank fitted with a "Hangelafette" turret (20 mm KwK 38 L/55 gun and a coaxial MG 42 - adapted from the Sd. Kfz. 222 armoured car); a support version armed with a 75 mm KwK 37 L/24 (and MG 42) gun mounted in the modified superstructure was also designed. Seventy Aufklarungspanzer 38(t) with a 20 mm gun were built in February and March 1944; just two Aufklarungspanzer 38(t) with a 75 mm gun were built in 1944.
THE KIT:
Front of the upper hull has been reworked with the most accurate details available,
Magic Tracks have been added for greater ease of assembly.
There are interior details inside the fighting compartment, and the kit mates Dragon’s 2cm turret masterpiece with the chassis of the Czech 38(t) in this extremely smart combination.
The mesh screens of the turret top are realistically recreated in photo-etched metal too.
