Atlas Editions ATL7550002 East German IFA G5 Truck (1:43 Scale)
"Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy."
- George Frost Kennan, American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War
The IFA G5 is a three-axle conventional truck developed and produced by IFA in East Germany from 1952 until 1964. It was produced from as a prototype in 1952 until 1964 in VEB Kraftfahrzeugwerk "Ernst Grube" Werdau. The work was part of the IFA and walked out of the 1945 resolution Schumann works in Werdau out. The development of the truck began during World War II in the Vogtland Maschinenfabrik AG (Vomag). Since the Soviet occupation forces completely dissolved Vomag shortly after the end of the war however, they did allow further development at Auto Union or at Horch.
The vehicle was also in East Germany for military use are provided. There was also a variety of additional devices can be attached. The vehicle could be compared with the triple-axle Soviet ZIS 151.
Pictured here is a 1:43 scale replica of an East German Army IFA G5 truck.
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Dimensions:
Length: 6-inches
Width: 2-inches
Release Date: October 2017