Tamiya German 20mm Flakvierling 38 (1/48)

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Originally developed as a light anti-aircraft weapon for the Kriegs

marine, the German army also adopted the 20mm cannon for use on land

and was widely-used throughout WWII. To compensate for the cannon's low

rate of fire, 4 of these cannons were mounted together to create the

Flakvierling 38. The mount featured collapsible seats, ammo cartridge

racks, a three-legged base, and could be rotated via hand wheels, with

the guns themselves fired via two foot pedals,each of which controlled

a pair of diametrically opposed cannons. In basic form, the

Flakvierling38 was loaded onto a 2-wheeled mount for towing to

deployment points, but it was also fitted onto halftracks, tank

chassis, ships, barges, and trains to provide close-range air defense

against Allied fighter-bombers.