Model: V-3000 German 3t truck (early flatbed) |
Catalogue number | 72576 |
Scale | 1/72 |
Model state | Sold out |
Weapons and equipment | Cars |
Period | WWII |
Description
V-3000S (early flatbed) The main part of the German Wehrmacht autopark during WWII formed 3t cargo trucks. One of the most numerous was the model G917T, which was produced since 1939 in German Ford plants in Cologne. This truck was equipped with a V8 engine and had rear drive only. V3000S was a successor of a G917T and these trucks were widely used in all German arms of service till the end of the war everywhere. It differed from the American Ford 3 ton model 1940 by its one piece windshield. Roughly 25,000 were produced in German plants from 1942 to 1945.