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Radio Controlled German Sd. Kfz. 161 PzKpfw IV Ausf. H Medium Tank - Unidentified Unit, Eastern Front, 1943 (1:24 Scale)
Radio Controlled German Sd. Kfz. 161 PzKpfw IV Ausf. H Medium Tank - Unidentified Unit, Eastern Front, 1943

Forces of Valor Radio Controlled German Sd. Kfz. 161 PzKpfw IV Ausf. H Medium Tank - Unidentified Unit, Eastern Front, 1943




 
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Forces of Valor FOV372001 Radio Controlled German Sd. Kfz. 161 PzKpfw IV Ausf. H Medium Tank - Unidentified Unit, Eastern Front, 1943 (1:24 Scale) "If the tank succeeds, then victory follows."
- Major-General Heinz Guderian, "Achtung Panzer!"

Just one month prior to the commencement of "Operation Typhoon" (the German assault on Moscow) the Waffenamt was scheduled to begin installing the long-barreled 7.5cm KwK gun on its new Mark IV Ausf G tanks. However, when the Wehrmacht encountered the superior Russian KV-1 and T-34 tanks during the summer campaigning season, a decision was made to mount the 7.5cm KwK40 L/43 gun onto as many existing Mark IVs as possible. Since the new gun fired larger rounds than the short-barreled gun mounted on the F1 tanks, ammunition storage capacity had to be increased and the crew compartment had to be re-arranged to accommodate the modifications.

Now Forces of Valor has crafted a marvelous 1:24 scale radio-controlled version of the German PzKpfw IV Ausf. H medium tank. Sold Out!


Dimensions:
Length: 12-inches
Width: 5-inches
Height: 5-inches

Release Date: January 2017

Historical Account: "Zitadelle" - Fought between July 4th, 1943 - July 20th, 1943, the Battle of Kursk, also called Unternehmen Zitadelle by the German Army (Operation Citadel), was a significant (deliberate) defensive battle strategy on the Soviets' part in the Eastern Theater during World War II. Having good intelligence on Hitler's intentions, the Soviets established and managed to conceal elaborate layered defense works, mine fields, and stage and disguise large reserve forces poised for a tactical and strategic counterattack end game typical of defensive battle plans.

Overall, the campaign, which included the famous sub-battle at Prokhorovka, remains the largest armored engagement of all time, and included the most costly single day of aerial warfare in history. The Germans saw the Battle of Kursk as Operation Zitadelle only; the Soviets saw Zitadelle as the defensive phase of the battle, followed by Operation Kutuzov and Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev as an offensive phase.

Though the Germans planned and initiated an offensive strike, the well-planned Soviet defense not only managed to frustrate their ambitions but also enabled the Soviets to follow up the succesful defense with counteroffensives -- Operation Kutuzov and Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev -- and exhausted the German abilities in the theater, thereby seizing the initiative for the remainder of the war. In that sense it may be seen as 'Phase II' of the turning point in the front that began with the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad, which aftermath set the table by establishing the Kursk Salient (also known as the Kursk Bulge), the reduction of which was the objective of the German armies entering July. The subsequent counterattacks retook Oryol (August 5th), Belgorod (August 5th) and Kharkov (August 23rd), pushing back the Germans across a broad front, the first successful major Soviet summer offensive of the War.

Kursk further demonstrated that the conflict in the East contained the largest scale of warfare in history, in terms of manpower involved. So well designed was the Soviet defensive planning, that when entering the archetypical counterattack phase, the Soviets were able to attack along four separate axes of advance, and execute a planned stop at a phase line, thus avoiding the pitfalls of overextending during the counterattack and earning this battle's deserved place as a model campaign in war college curricula.

Features
  • Exterior:
  • - Plastic exterior
  • - CNC machined aluminum gun barrel
  • - Hobby grade painting
  • - Weathering effect
  • - Zimmerit pattern on Tiger I tank
  • - Natural casting surface effect on Sherman tank
  • Hardware:
  • - Coils suspension system
  • - Individual track links (Clipping type)
  • - Turret rotates 320 degrees
  • - Gun barrel elevates 25 degrees
  • - Drives forward, backward, left and right (Check our demo video later to see how good the handling is)
  • - Infrared shooting target board (Standard equipment)
  • Electronics:
  • - New 2.4GHz FHSS radio system with a minimum coverage of 60 meters
  • - ARM Based MCU architecture
  • - Remote control volume adjustment
  • - Remote control headlight
  • - Left and right hand throttle interchangeable
  • - 12 steps throttle responsiveness control
  • - Auxiliary control mode: can rotate turret, elevates gun barrel, fire machine guns and main gun
  • - Engine running mode: drive tank forward, backward, left, right, battle with other tanks plus everything you can do in auxiliary power mode
  • Sound:
  • - REAL sound recorded from museums and private tank collectors
  • - Maybach 231 engine sound for Tiger I, Continental V8 for Sherman M4A3 and V-2-34 for Soviet T34/85
  • - Class D amplifier
  • - 1W output speaker
  • - 4 Channels sound chip, can play up to 4 sound effects simultaneously
  • - 14 sound effect profiles
  • 1. Engine ignition
  • 2. Engine shut off
  • 3. Engine idling
  • 4. Acceleration
  • 5. Maximum acceleration
  • 6. Deceleration
  • 7. Machine gun (recorded from real weapons)
  • 8. Main gun - obtained from sound library
  • 9. Turret rotation of 320 degrees
  • 10. Turret braking
  • 11. Gun barrel elevation of 20 degrees
  • 12. Tank explosion (when you get hit by enemy vehicles)
  • 13. Caught fire (after you are defeated)
  • 14. Headlight switch on
  • Power:
  • - 4 x 1.5V Alkaline battery (Transmitter)
  • - 6 x 1.5V Alkaline battery (Tank on board)
  • - Optional Ni-MH rechargeable battery (Tank on board)
  • Battle system:
  • - Shooting range of 4 to 5 meters and driving range of 40 meters
  • - Team A & B battle system, now support up to 16 players. You can form a team up to 15 players against 1 opponent. Team combination can consist of 8v8, 7v5, 4v3 etc...
  • - Team N battle mode: last man standing (Fight everyone, no team)
  • Safety:
  • - Tank shut off reminder system
  • - Automatic power cut off after 4 minutes of idling

Average Customer Review: Average Customer Review: 5 of 5 5 of 5 Total Reviews: 2 Write a review.

  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Accurate Scale WWII Tank RC Model December 20, 2018
Reviewer: John Hrichison from Wilkes Barre, PA United States  
I surfed the web and found this product. Was at a great price and fast delivery (live about 100 miles from store). Was exactly what I wanted.

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  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Great model -- top quality September 12, 2017
Reviewer: Simon Goodall from Portland, OR United States  
Excellent model, very good quality and packed well. Performs nicely although the sounds are perhaps a little tinny. One complaint is the lack of any information or source for a replaceable rechargeable battery but a set of rechargeable AAs works just as well

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