Amusing Hobby | 35A040 | Panther II Rheinmetall Turret | 1:35

Plastic model kit, glue and paint are not included. What is included:

• Movable chassis
• Vinyl tracks
• PE parts

History

The Panther II is a German tank design of the Second World War based on the design of the original Panther tank. It had slightly thicker armour than the Panther and adopted some standardised components from the Tiger II tank design.

The Panther II did not progress beyond prototypes and did not enter production.

Armour

The upgrade to the Panther tank increased the thickness of the glacis plate from 80 mm (3.1 in) to 100 mm (3.9 in), the side hull armour from 40 mm (1.6 in) to 60 mm (2.4 in), and decreased the armour on the top hull from 40 mm (1.6 in) to 30 mm (1.2 in). Production of the Panther II was slated to begin in September 1943. 

On 10 February 1943, Dr. Wiebecke (chief design engineer for Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (M.A.N.) suggested to thoroughly redesigning the Panther II and incorporating Tiger II components such as the steering gear, final drives, the suspension system and turret based on Eastern Front experience. The total weight would have increased to more than 50 tonnes. 

Another meeting on 17 February 1943 focused on sharing and standardising parts between the Tiger II and the Panther II, such as the transmission, running gear, all-steel 80-centimetre diameter road-wheels that only overlapped as on the Tiger II, and not interleaved like the original road-wheel system.