Scale Military Modeller International – August 2019

Panzerspähwagen

icm

T

his is a new version of this neat armoured

car currently available from ICM and

Revell, who both have VARIENTS ON THE

market, and this time it is presented with a revised turret

and armed with a 47mm main gun. The vehicle itself was a

captured French Panhard armoured car pressed into German

service in 1940/1941 and was quite an advanced design for

the time with around 300 of them being put into use by the

German Army. Some were sent to the Eastern Front as part

of Operation Barbarossa with various modiications, whilst

others were used for security and anti-resistance duties

throughout the war.

The build begins with a pleasant surprise,

as the kit is supplied with a basic

interior and decent engine

bay detail. In fact the irst

eighteen of the ifty-six

build stages are

captured

S c ale 1:35 / and Pressed into German Service

60 SCALE MILITARY MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

ROBIN GILBY BUILDS THE 1:35 ICM PANZERSPÄHWAGEN P 204 (F) WITH CDM TURRET