#panzer i

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Bring Your Child To Work Day, Germany, 1930s.

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Panzer and a Soviet T26 captured from the Republican army bound for Barcelona, in the final assault on January 26, 1939. Photo taken by Francisco Martinez

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Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen I

Takom 1017 1/16th scale Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen I illustration by Jason Wong.

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#28 Crusader

#30 Panzer I

[comradekatyathecommunistcat]

As I mentioned in my post about the Panzer I Ausf B, I also built the Ausf A, and Spanish 20mm Breda variants of the Panzer I! The Ausf A is easily identifiable from the Ausf B, as it has one less road wheel, and a large trailing idler wheel, as well as a different engine deck due to its less powerful engine. Armour and armament was identical to the later Ausf B variant however. I also took the opportunity to build the Spanish modified Panzer I Breda. During the Spanish Civil War, Nationalist Panzer Is were extremely outclassed by the BT-5 and T-26 tanks fielded by the Republicans, as these had very powerful 45mm guns, capable of knocking out the Panzer I from great ranges, at which the Panzer I couldn’t hope to defend itself. The Breda variant was an attempt to improve the anti-tank capabilities of the Panzer I by fitting an extension to the turret and mounting a 20mm Breda cannon. Several tanks were converted like this, and did see combat, but were ultimately not mass produced, as the performance was deemed to be too lacklustre to make the effort worth it, especially as the Nationalist forces were starting to field T-26 and BT-5 tanks captured from the Republicans. These designs may appear on Omaha Bricks in the future, likely as a pack with each other.

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Soldats japonais sur un char Panzer I de l'armée chinoise pendant la bataille de Nankin – Nankin – Chine – 9 décembre 1937

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‘Panzer I Breda’ (an unofficial name) is a rare conversion from the mid-Spanish Civil War. It was intended as a means of countering the Republican army’s Soviet-supplied vehicles (mainly the T-26 and BA-6). Nationalist forces only typically had CV-35s and Panzer Is armed with machine guns, which were not able to perform AT (anti-tank duties), and as a result, a proposal to mount a 20mm gun onto a tank chassis was put forward.