Roden 1/72 Sd Kfz 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42

Roden 1/72 Sd Kfz 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42

Fully factory sealed sprues, including construction instructions and decals. (2010 model)

Decals included for:
Opel Maultier

Panzerwerfer 42 auf sWS

Wehrmacht Heer (German Army 1935-1945)

WH-1108829
1944 Western Front

78 Artillery Rgt., 7 Pz.Div. WH-1409081
1945 East Pomerania

Heeresgruppe Weichsel G
March 1945

De Sd.Kfz. 4/1 Panzerwerfer 42 was a German multiple rocket launcher, built on the halftrack chassis of the Opel Maultier truck in 1943, using the rocket system designed by engineer Rudolf Nebel. The Opel Maultier was converted into a well-protected, fully armoured vehicle with a crew of four that could fire directly on the battlefield. Usually, units consisted of firing vehicles and similar ammunition transporters. A total of about 300 Sd.Kfz. 4/1 Panzerwerfer 42 cars were produced in 1943-1944 that were used on the Eastern Front and in Europe after the opening of the Second Front in 1944. Soviet troops named this car “Vanyusha”, following the name given to the Soviet BM -13 system, “Katyusha”. Compared to the BM-13 “Katyusha”, the Sd.Kfz.4/1 Panzerwerfer 42 was more advanced and very different in its combat effectiveness, but the number was too low to have a serious impact on the war.