In many respects, the Panther tank was viewed as the finest armored fighting vehicle of the Second World War. Based in large part upon the Soviet's highly successful T-34 medium tank, the PzKpfw V Ausfuhrung G was built by several manufacturers including MAN, Daimler-Benz and MNH. Mounting a fearsome 7.5cm KwK42 L/70 cannon and two 7.92mm MG34 machineguns, the Panther Ausf. G represented the third and certainly the most impressive installment in the Panther series.

The weight of the production model was increased to 43 tons from the original plans for a 35 ton tank. Hitler had personally reviewed the final designs and insisted on an increase in the thickness of the frontal armor - the front glacis plate was increased from 60mm to 80mm and the turret front plate was increased from 80mm to 100mm.

Once the problems caused by the vulnerability of the engine and the transmission were solved, it proved to be a very effective fighting vehicle. The crew was made up of five members: driver, radio operator (who also fired the bow machine gun), gunner, loader, and commander.

This particular 1:72 scale replica was attached to the 19.Panzer Division which was defending Warsaw in 1944. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 4-3/4-inches
Width: 2-inches

Release Date: May 2006

Historical Account: Formed from the 19.Infanterie-Division in November 1940, the re-named and re-configured 19.Panzer-Division took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union, fighting on the central sector of the Eastern front until December 1942 when it was transferred south. Throughout the second half of the campaign, it was pushed back though the Ukraine and Poland, eventually ending the war in Czechoslovakia in 1945.