Airfix JagdPanzer 38 Tonne Hetzer Late Version 1:35 WWII Military Tank Plastic Model Kit A1353

The Jagdpanzer 38(t) (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), later known as Hetzer (“baiter”), was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis. The project was inspired by the Romanian “Mareşal” tank destroyer. The name Hetzer was at the time not commonly used for this vehicle. It was the designation for a related prototype, the E-10. The Škoda factory for a very short period confused the two names in its documentation and the very first unit equipped with the vehicle thus for a few weeks applied the incorrect name until matters were cleared. However, there exists a memorandum from Heinz Guderian to Hitler claiming that an unofficial name, Hetzer, had spontaneously been coined by the troops. Post-war historians basing themselves on this statement made the name popular in their works, the vehicle was never named as such in official documents.

• Airfix is the oldest UK manufacturer of scale model plastic kits and has been producing kits for the mass market since 1952. Airfix produce a wide range of kits aimed at all types of scale modelers with subjects such as; military aircraft, ships, cars, dioramas and military vehicles.
• Skill level: 3. Dimensions of completed kit: length 243mm x width 91mm. A great plastic model kit for the intermediate modeler.
• Primary Scheme: JagdPanzer 38 (T) Hetzer "Late Version" 1:35 Attached to Jagdpanzer Kompanie 1359, 359. Infanterie-Division, after capture Czech insurgents, Hronov, Czechoslovakia, May 1945. Secondary Scheme: JagdPanzer 38 (T) Hetzer "Late Version" 1:35 Attached to the Assault Gun Platoon, First Bulgarian Army, Hungary during the spring 1945.
• Painting and assembly required. Paints and glue need to be purchased separately.
• Humbrol paints needed to complete the plane liveries are listed on the outside of the box.