This is a set of two tanks:


- 1:72 Scale Metal Diecast – Panzer IV Pz.Kpfw IV-  Length: 3.75" (from end of vehicle to tip of the main gun)   Width: 1.75”


- 1:72 Scale Metal Diecast – M3 Lee -  Length: 4" (from back of tank to tip of gun),  Width: 1.5”


The Battle of Kasserine Pass – Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.G, 7th Panzer Regiment, 10th Panzer Division, Deutsche Afrika Korps vs. M3 Lee, 13th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army, Tunisia, 1943

 

The tank models upper body are made of metal while everything else is made of plastic. The tracks are made of plastic and are fitted, they do not move. The coloring and markings are accurate and realistic.

 

The maker of the model really did a good job with the model, the panel lines and details are very clear and crisp. These models have different details engraved such as doors, hatches, panels, lights, ports, antennas, machine guns, ropes, shovels, etc; all of these done with high accuracy and proportion. When they are painted in different color, say for example, shovels and ropes, they are indeed painted accurately. Depending on the particular type of tank, some will have machine guns and antennas that look very accurate

 

These models are attached by screws to a display base that measures 10.25 inches long by 4 inches wide. The base can be topped by a cover that measures 2.5 inches high.


These are not toys. Recommended for 15 and older.


The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, is a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161.

The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War; 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles. Its chassis was also used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun, the Jagdpanzer IV self-propelled anti-tank gun, the Wirbelwind and Ostwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun.


The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander. In British Commonwealth service, the tank was called by two names: tanks employing US-pattern turrets were called "Lee", named after Confederate general Robert E. Lee, while those with British-pattern turrets were known as "Grant", named after Union general Ulysses S. Grant.