The Marder I was the first Panzerjager of the Marder ('Marten') series of self-propelled anti-tank guns, the need for which arose in the summer of 1941 with the appearance of new Soviet tanks like the T-34 and the heavy KV-1 and KV-2. The Marder I was developed in May 1942 and carried the 7.5cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun on the captured French Tracteur Blinde 37L (Lorraine). This French artillery mover/armoured personnel carrier was captured by the Germans in 1940, with more than 300 seeing their way into German arsenals. The original crew compartment superstructure was removed and the gun placed on top of the chassis. Around this a new open-topped compartment was built to give the gun and crew some protection from small arms fire. Between July and August 1942, 170 Marder I panzerjagers were built on the Lorraine chassis.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 1x German Marder I