Tamiya 1/48 German 20mm Flakvierling 38 with Trailer Scaled Plastic Model Kit

Tamiya's 1/48 military miniature series model kits are highly detailed, exciting to put together and great to look at. Originally developed as a light anti-aircraft weapon for the Kriegsmarine, the German army also adopted the 20mm cannon for use on land and it 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 Flakvierling 38 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.