1:144 German 88mm Pak 43 L/71 auf sWS

This vehicle is fully painted in 3 colour disruptive camouflaged scheme. Weathered and no assembling required.

sWS (Schwerer Wehrmachtsschlepper) or Heavy Armed Forces Tractor, was a simple half track vehicle developed and used by Germany from 1943 to 1945. It was designed to replace the SdKfz 6 and SdKfz 11. Initial release was unarmoured and like a lorry resembling the SdKfz 11, later versions were semi armoured and looked like the Sdkfz 251 in front with lorry like flatbed. Side and rear panels are make with wood planks. Later versions had the side panel made with metal screen and an additional storage container overhanging the rear panel. It was this version that the 37 mm Flak 43 auf sWS was developed. The side panel can lock flat horizontally so that there was more space for the gun operators to move around. Fully armoured versions were also developed to carry the Nebelwerfer 42. An improved version continued to be produced by Tatra in Czechoslovakia after the war.
(Read more: http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/half-tracks/sws.asp
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/schwerer-wehrmachtsschlepper.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwere_Wehrmachtschlepper)

This 1:144 German 88mm Pak 43 L/71 auf sWS features a late semi armoured version sWS chassis with 88mm Pak 43 L/71. The anti tank 88mm Pak 43 L/71 carried in this model was specially modified during the development of the Leichter Waffenträger (Leichte Einheitswaffenträger) 88mm Pak 43 L/71 (Ardelt I) and can elevate to a 40 – 45 degree angle so that it can double as a field gun. Side panels can be flipped down to the horizontal to serve as an operation platform. Pak gun can elevate and transverse freely.