Tasca: 1/24 Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.F

1/24 Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.F

Tasca: 1/24 Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.F

Germany was prohibited by the Versailles treaty to pursue tank development. They were an urgent necessity for Germany when they started rearmament the result was the Panzer II which was not sufficient for an encounter but was good for training.

The Panzer II was considered too light and had a crew of only three. It was planned the Panzer III and IV to be the main force but there were insufficient numbers at the opening of hostilities of the Second World War. So it was decided the Panzer II to join the blitzkrieg When the German Invasion of Russia started in 1941, the main tanks of the German Army were the Panzer III and IV, as the Panzer II was considered too small.

It armament was sufficient for soft targets and was valued at the front for communications and reconnaissance. Production of the Panzer II ended in 1940, but due to a chronic tank shortage production was resumed in 1941 with the Ausf. F., an improved version of the Ausf. C. The Ausf. F had strengthened armor on the front and had more simple silhouette than the Ausf. C.

Production of the Ausf. F ended in December 1942 after building 524 tanks. It became valued at the front in the middle term of the war.

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