Pz. Kpfw. IV. Ausf. D, Fall „Marita“ - the German medium tank

Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz. Kpfw. IV) - the medium tank of the German World War II. Until the fall of 1942, it was the heaviest tank, used by the III Reich army. Initially armed with a short-barreled 75 mm caliber cannon, but from the experience of collisions with T-34 and KV Soviet tanks, the machines were armed with a long-barreled cannon of the same caliber. For months, it was the best tank in the Axis states, as the only one, that could fight an equivalent battle with any allied tank. Even with the advent of the heavy “Panthers” and “Tigers”, the “Fourth” was not permanently displaced from the armaments of the armored divisions and remained the main tank of the German army until the end of the war. Pz. Kpfw. IV. Ausf. Version D began production during the Polish invasion in September 1939. Of the planned 648 units, only 229 were produced. The tank armor of this modification was slightly thickened, and the cannon mask was covered with additional armor plates.

Sophisticated, well-designed and richly detailed model, with full body, engine compartment and tower detailing.