Tamiya has announced the forthcoming release of a 1:35 scale German Tank Destroyer Marder I.
The Marder I was one of the early German efforts to update a military that - despite crushing early successes against Poland and the Allied early in WWII - was in sore need of mechanisation.
Based upon the French Lorraine supply tractor, it was one of a number of commandeered vehicles pressed into German service. Around 170 were produced from May 1942, and their 7.5cm Pak40 anti-tank gun was a threat to Allied AFVs in France post- Normandy landings, and also on the Eastern Front and even North Africa.
Summary:
• Compact chassis and bulging upper hull, complete with rivet and weld line details.