"Neubaufahrzeug VI" - the German heavy tank

"Neubaufahrzeug" (NbFz) - the German heavy tank, developed in 1933 for the Reichswehr. By 1935 five prototypes were built. The NbFz was a three-turret fighting vehicle. In the central part of the hull was a turret, which was equipped with artillery armament. Two tanks had a Krupp-designed turret (with 105 and 37 mm cannons), three tanks were equipped with Rheinmetall-Borsig turrets (with 75 and 37 mm cannons). The 75 or 105 mm gun (ammunition reserve - 80 rounds) was intended for fighting fortifications and infantry fire positions, the 37 mm gun (ammunition reserve - 50 rounds) was anti-tank. The third type of armament, mounted in the central turret, was the MG 13 machine gun. In addition to the turret, housing the main armament, the tank had two small turrets with MG 13 machine guns. The turrets with machine guns were standard turrets, used in the PzKpfw I light tanks, with the difference, that each turret had only one machine gun, instead of two, like the PzKpfw I. The NbFz tank remained experimental and was not mass-produced. Three of them were used in the 1940 attack on Norway. They were unloaded in the port of Oslo and later participated in battles. One of them was destroyed, the remaining two were taken back to Germany and continued to be tested.

A fairly large, well-designed and richly detailed model of the tank without detalization of internal equipment. Excellently restored chassis, armament, exterior detailing. The model recreates the appearance of a tank, that participated in the Norwegian operation in 1940. There is a considerable supply of color (dark grey), the textual instruction is small and includes only the explanation of the gluing of the most complex parts (in Polish), the graphic one is excellent and detailed. The model is intended only for medium and experienced modelers.