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1:16 Scale Panzer IV Desert - Heng Long

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1/16 Radio Controlled HengLong Airsoft Tank DAK Pz. Kpfw IV Ausf. F-1. This baby is sweet and highly detailed. The Tank has an All Driving Wheels Suspension System and can perform 7-ways movement. An airsoft auto-rload system gun is equipped in the main cannon, and can fire 6mm BB up to 25 meter range! The turret can be rotated in 320 degrees as well as aiming up and down. Besides all that, the tank also has a 2-Level forward speed control. It is very powerful and equipped with a high gripping caterpillar, allowing to climb steep slopes. Included a Radio Transmitter which is fully functional and easy to control. Great Gift for Tank Collectors! There are not many of these running around, so grab one when you can!!

In The Package
Battery Operated R/C Tank

Full Function Radio Transmitter

Rechargeable 7.2V Battery Pack (For Tank)

Home AC Charger 3Pin UK

One (1) Pack of BB's

One (1) Tank Target Sheet

One (1) Painted Tank Soldier

Instructions Manual

Technical Data

1/16 Battery Operated R/C Battle Tank

Full Set Body Coated with Sand Paint

Max Firing Range of 25 meters

Equipped with Motor Auto-Reload System Airsoft Gun

320 degrees Turret Rotation

Main Cannon can be moved up and down

2-Level Forward Speed Control

Movements: Forward, Backward and Spin

Equipped with High Gripping Caterpillar

Tank Fighting Possible - More than one tank can be run at the same time

Running Time as long as 60 minutes

Holds up to 40 BB bullets

Metal suspension system on each weel

Top Speed: 12-15mph

Dimensions: 15"L x 7.5"W x 7"H

HISTORY
The Panzer IV was the workhorse of the German tank corps, being produced and used in all theatres of combat throughout the war. The design was upgraded repeatedly to deal with the changing threats from enemy forces.

On January 11, 1934, following specifications laid down by Heinz Guderian, the Army Weapons Department drew up plans for a medium tank with a maximum weight of 24,000 kg and a top speed of 35 km/h. It was intended in a support and anti-infantry role, using a low-velocity, large-caliber gun firing high-explosive shells. It was not required to deal with enemy tanks on equal terms.

Krupp, Rheinmetall, and MAN all produced prototypes, which were tested in 1935. As a result of the trials, the Krupp design was selected for full-scale production. The first Panzer IV A came off the assembly line in October of 1937, with a total of 35 being produced over the next six months.

Between 1937 and 1940, attempts were made to standardize parts between Krupp's Panzer IV and Daimler-Benz's Panzer III.

The Panzer IV was originally intended principally to deal with infantry and fortifications, while the Panzer III dealt with enemy armoured units. To this end it was equipped with the 75 mm KwK 37 L/24 gun, which was effective against soft targets but lacked much armour penetration. It had poor accuracy, because the barrel was very short (1800 mm), giving a low muzzle velocity. For comparison the L/48 Gun is 3600 mm long.

Combat experience showed that increasingly the 50 mm L/60 gun mounted on late-model Panzer III was unable to deal with enemy tanks at long range. Panzer IIIs struggled against T-34s of the Soviet Union and M4 Shermans of the United States, both of which had guns in the 75 or 76 mm calibre.

The Panzer IV's design already mounted a 75 mm gun and it was the obvious choice for the next medium tank development. As the Wehrmacht needed a tank with good anti-tank capabilities to deal with the T34, the production of the Panzer IV model F was changed to an improved model with a redesigned turret carrying a new, more powerful 75 mm L/43 anti-tank gun. The sprocket and idler wheels were altered to take wider tracks more able to support the increased weight of a larger gun. This required a change in naming conventions: the old 75 L24-equipped Pz-IV F was renamed Pz-IV F1, and the new 75 L/43-equipped was named Pz-IV F2. The Pz-IV F2 was later renamed Pz-IV G and production continued under this name with minor improvements. In late 1942 the Pz-IV G gun was upgraded to the even longer 75 L/48 gun. Early model Panzer IV tanks were often upgraded for increased combat efficiency. From 1943, for example, surviving Panzer IV models E/F were given additional armor and the 75 L48 gun.

The aforementioned upgrades allowed the Panzer IV to keep pace with newer designs such as the Sherman and the T-34. Production continued and was stepped up even while the more effective Panther medium tank was in service, because of the Panzer IV's low cost and greater reliability.

Small numbers of Panzer IV were supplied by Germany to its allies. Bulgaria received 88 vehicles and used them against Germans in late 1944. Finland bought 15 Panzer IV Ausf Js, which arrived too late to fight against the Soviets the Continuation War (1941-44) or against German troops in the following Lapland War (1944-45) and served as training vehicles until 1962. Small numbers were also given to Hungary, Romania, Spain and Yugoslavia (Chetniks). In 1950s/1960s Syria bought several dozens of Panzer IVs from the USSR, France, Czechoslovakia and Spain and employed them in the 1965 conflict over Jordan headwaters (often referred to as Water War) and in the Six Days War (1967)

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