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Pzkpfw
The German campaign against
Fr ance, which started
on 10th May 1940 and ended only six weeks later,
showed the wor ld the terrible
power of the blitzkrieg
taeties
again and dealt the deeisive blow on the military of other 'na-ti'OlNi....l!iI~ h~d refused
to eonsider
the tank as lhe main strengtji
of lheir troops.
~e
e~paign
re~ulted in a complete ::';vc,.ie"'t~o-r~y~for the Germans, the battle itself was not eompletely
satisfactory even to the victors. This was because
the battle offered some problems
eoneerning
the tank
and other points.
For instanee,
German light tanks,
even though they exeeeded in number, proved no mateh
for Allied heavy tanks protected
with thiek armour,
and the 3.7 em ant i-tank gun, one of the then German
main weapons,proved eff'ective under no circumstances
against
the heavy tanks.
From
the eampaign, the
Gerrnans learned a lesson that quality mattered
more
than quantity.
r
The German Ordnance
Bureau had not failed to ano
tieipate the problems.
As early as 1937, the Ordnanee
Bureau
ordered
Rheinmetall
to develop
a 5 em
anti-tank gun. Designing
was completed
in 1938, but
the production
line could not produce it in time for
the French campaign.
The 5 em anti-tank
gun model
38 (60 calibres
long}, as well as the 3.7 em ant itank gun model 35/36 also designed
by Rheinmetall,
was r ecogn iz ed in those days as an exceljent
.weap·mt,.,.~
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were used.
The gun earriage
was equipped
with
tor sion bars
and Germa"'rf unique wheel s consi sting
of cast steel di se and rubber tyre.
The shield for
protecting the gunners was also.similar
iJ)( construction to that of the 5 em
gun and hai two 4 mm
armour; plates fix·ed 25 mmtapàr t.
N
armour-plercJ~ec:'trcllr.e~m::"o"'dr.e"J
ro;-tn--et.5'"
em gun was able to penetrate
a 130 mm armour
plate ereeted
at a distance
of 1,000 meters.
The
maximum rate of Iir-e was 14 rounds per minute.
The gun eould be swivelled
by 65· to each side,
elevated by 22· and depressed
by 5·. It was operated
by a crew of eight men.
Around the summer of 1942, the 7.5 em anti-t ank gun
model 40 became the rnain strength
of German antitank gun battalions
and 12 pieees were used by eaeh
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and typical anti-tank
w eapon of the German
Army.
On 22nd June 1941, the Germans
started
"Operation
Barbarossa"
against the Soviet Uníon, To eope with
the invading force, the Russians
sent their new and
powerful T· 34 and KV·1 to alI the fronts and there·
fore ali German
anti-tank
guns became
relatively
outdated.
lt was the 7.5 em ant i-tank gun that moved
T34/76
(1942 produetion
mcdet )
...
3.7 em Anti·Tank
Gun
into
of epoch-making
designo The
5 em gun was to be
soon sealed
up into its sueeessor
7.5 em anti-tank
gun.
At that time, Rheinmetall
was developing
a longo
barrelled
7.5 em tank gun to be mounted
on the
German
Pzkpfw
N in plaee of the original
shortbarrelled
(24 calibres
long ) 7.5 em gun, beeause
the
Germans
had to reinforee
the tank to cope with
tank-to-tank fighting which they eonsidered
inevitable
in lhe coming w ar , Developed
ai lhe sáme time was
the 7.5 em ant i-tank gun whieh later beeame the main
{Formation
of German
Infantry
,
lPlatoon
~
Anti- Tank Gun
Company
the limelight
under
these
of their cornpanies.
It was ~often towed by the 3·ton
tr-actorgSdkfz
11. With the progress
of the war
situation, the ~un eombined with the chassis
of fighting vehicles
including the Pzkpfw N to make up a
circumstances.
As a means to cope with Russian
heavy tanks, the
Germans . began to send the 7.5 em anti-tank
gun
model 39 (48 calibres
long) to the front
in the
autumn of 1941 ~nd deliver
the 7.5 em anti-tank
gun
model 40 (46 calibres
long ), production
type, to troops
in the summer of 1942.
The 7.5 em anti-tank
gun mode! 40 inherited
most
str ong points in mechanism
of the 5 em gun, The
long barrel of 46 length calibre equipped with doubleaction rnuzzle brake w as . of one-piece
construction
w ith no joint.
Horizontal
s!iding bloek breeeh
was
designed for semi-autornatic
loading. Recoil meehanism
was improved and fitted with an additional ihydr aulic
buffer.
Two rear
trai I legs in the German
style
Anti-Tank Gun Company}
(as of November,
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gr eat number
of tank destroyers
or self-propelled
ant i-tank guns that render ed distinguished
services
thereafter.
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Construction
of Gun Barrel
~'---A27
A9
~1+--+~--A3
* Study the instructions
and photogr aphs
before commenc ing assembly.
* You will need a sharp knife, a pair of
!weezers, a file, and a pair of pliers.
* Do no! break parts a way from sprue, but
eut off earefully with a pair of pliers.
*Use
glue sparingly.
Use only enough to
make a good bond. Apply cement to both
par t s to be joined.
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Movable
e
Construction
(Instruction for Painting)
For overall painting, see the box art and
the painting page overleaf. For painting
of parts, see the assembly drawings.
of Muzzle
Brake
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=-"'í..;~--A14
:p'-~o;r---A 29
Fix in the way
inside surface looks
d.
upw ar
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(Const~uction of 7.5 em Gun5
<Left>
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Follow the instructions for construction.
Be careful of movable parts.
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A 15
Construction
of Saddle
<Right>
/"'i<'Q7----A7
A2!
o
Construction
of Shield
A3!
*Fix along the
molded line on A23.
.(Construction of Figures)
The kit contains three model figures:
commander,gunner and loader. Construct
them as shown in the figures below.
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A25
Fixing
of Gun Barrel
Gun Ber r ef:
Slides forward
and backward.
(Commander)
5addle
+-----5-2
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Fixing
Right
of Shield
+----5-1
A34
Saddle
Left
A8
A21
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Construction
HASIUlllIU'llI.IS.WII.J
of Shield
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A31
*Fix
along the
molded line on A23.
.{Construction of Figures}
The kit contains three model figures:
commander,gunner
and loader.
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A25
Fixing
of Gun Barrel
Construct
them as shown in· the figures below.
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.
Gun Barr e! :
Slides forward
and backward.
{Commander}
.'
5-3
5-2·
/
CIO
C2
0
Fixing
A6
of Shield
5-1
C6
A34
{Gunner}
5hield __
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A34
A34
Shield
G
87
Construction
of Trail
Base
81
{Loader}
86
Gun
Metal
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-4
--C3
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C 6
(How to Make 5hield of
Towing Position)
*When the gun was towed,
the shield was folded .
1"-_-- CIO
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+----T-2
{Construction of Ammunition Box}
Model figure parts contain an ammunition
box, shells and empty cartridge cases.
Use them as accessories for diorama.
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830
of Trails
Red
811
82
Fixing
Gloss
821 824
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....--..----820
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(Gunner)
Shield
----~L----'
Shield
Gun
Body
8
B7
Construction
of
Trail
Base
Bl
B4
(Loader)
B6
Gun
Metal
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--C
3
6
(How to Make Shield 01
Towing Position)
*When
the gun was towed,
the shield was folded .
CIO
(Construction
of Ammunition Box)
Model figure par t s contain an ammunition
box, shells and empty cartridge
cases.
Use them as accessories
for diorama.
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B 28 -----'5,'Ç---
--\--------T -2
e
B30
Bll
B2
Fixing
Gloss Red
B21 B24
of Trails
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B 2o
C7
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Trail
Base
---=~-B20
}}---B23
C4
C5
"J/-----B
*C4 can be fixed
position.
in either
18
open or closed
(Construction
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B16
Fixing
of Wheels)
,-------B9
of Gun Body
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B9
Wheel----~I~~
Apply
cement
only
to
shadowed por tions.
Trail
Body------~~
*Fit
App/y cement only to
shadowed portions.
TAMIVA,INC.
3-7,ONDAWARA,SHIZUOKA-CrTY,JAPAN.
ITEM 35047 1/35 MM 75 ~ I)
M~.~(~)
Gun Body
into
Trail
Body.
Wheel
0799
PRINTED IN PHILlPPINF-S
1 Platoon
A
Anti- Tànk
Gun
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Company
- Cer.-.f9õrH.Q.
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of German Infantry Anti-Tank Gun Company} (as of November, 1941)
(Forrnation
Kfz·15
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2 Platoon
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asI)
Kfz-70
-"Sidecar
3 Platoon
5 em Anti
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Motorcycle
4 Platoon
L-
Supply
Platoon
(Paintlng
of 7.5 em Gun)
From 1935 to February
1943, German
weapons and
vehicles
used dark yellow
for Africa
or German
grey as their bacic colour.
On 18th F ebruary
1943,
the German
authorities
accepted
only uniforrr
dark
yellow painting as a standard and after that many
weapons and vehicles
were repainted in this way.
However, various camouflages were worn according
to the season or the terrain
of the battlefield.
These
were applied onto the basic colour by means of a
brush or spray gun,
To camouflage 7.5 em guns, flat white water paint
was generally used in winter and reddish brown or
dark green spots were painted on the dark yellow
ground in other seasons.
Not ali 7.5 cm guns were
camouflaged
in the same way.
Their
camouflages
seem to have varied according
to the terrain
of the
field.
Toward
the end of the war, uniform painting
in German grey was often seen, probably because
the Germans
became short of paint.
{Painting of Figure}
Dark
Yellow
German Grey
{Position of Figures and Names of Various Par t s)
Breech
(This
block lever
lever makes the breech
slide)
Loader
She!l
Towing
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Tyre
Matt
hook
_
Black
Trail
handle