During WWII Germany developed and used numerous vehicles as staff cars.
These
vehicles were assigned to every branch of the military and depending on the rank
of the
user an appropriate size and degree of comfort and luxury was provided. Senior
officers
and high ranking government officials used large smooth riding vehicles while
the lower
ranks were given rides that went from small but enclosed and semi-comfortable to
open-
topped vehicles designed for battlefield use.
In June 1941 Minsk fell to the invading German Army and after short period
of military
administration a civilian occupation regime was put in place. At the head of the
regime was
a Nazi sympathizer but in reality the control belonged to a Nazi official. The
main objective
was to rid the captured territory of non-Germanic people and make room for
ethnic
Germans. Minsk was recaptured by Soviet troops on July 3, 1944 but not before
the city
infrastructure, homes and roads were turned to rubble.
- True 1/48 scale.
- Professionally painted.
- Great attention to detail.
- All markings are Tampoed (pad applied).
- Rubber wheels.
- Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic.