Marrying the obsolete but reliable chassis of the Czech-built Pz 38(t) tank and the captured Soviet 76.2mm PaK 36(r) L/51 anti-tank gun; the Marder (Marten) provided the Wehrmacht with a potent self-propelled gun. These captured Soviet weapons were rechambered to accept German 75mm PaK 40 ammunition and avoid supply issues. As the war progressed; the main guns were replaced with the PaK 40 anti-tank guns.
This box set contains:
A 1/56th scale hard plastic Marder III tank destroyer
Bolt Action stat cards
Full-colour waterslide decal sheet
Vehicle damage markers
An instruction leaflet
Deployed on both the Western and Eastern fronts; the Marder III also saw action in North Africa where it was one of the few German options to counter the heavily armoured British Matilda infantry tanks.
In all; 1;581 Marder III tank destroyers were produced and would continue to be employed to the war’s end in 1945.
