Features: 

• Brand new one-piece 40cm DS tracks 
• 2cm Flakvierling 38 cannon w/accurate detail 
• Gun cradle offers great detail definition 
• Gun sight and hand wheels w/well-defined detail 
• Spent-shell cage made from photo-etched part 
• Slide-molded one-piece gun barrel w/hollow muzzle 
• Gun-sight cover can be assembled open/closed 
• Cannon can be freely posed at different angles 
• 2-directional slide-molded turret for Wirbelwind w/realistic weld seams 
• Scale-thickness fighting compartment armor has extra-thin top edge 
• Ammo magazines inside turret w/great detail 
• Turret ring accurately produced 
• Gun mounting platform realistically produced 
• One-piece lower hull made from slide molds 
• Hull bottom has full and correct details 
• Side fenders w/pattern detail on both top and bottom surfaces 
• Injection-molded fenders made to thinnest possible dimensions 
• Final drive housing w/details on both sides 
• Separate armored cover for final drive housing 
• Sprocket wheels w/breathtaking detail and multiple delicate parts 
• Road wheels and suspension exhibit extreme details 
• Idler wheels w/correctly detailed parts 
• Injection-molded on-vehicle tools w/clasps

With Allied aircraft increasingly dominating the skies over Europe as WWII progressed, there was a need for more effective self-propelled antiaircraft guns for German forces. One solution was the Flakpanzer IV, a vehicle nicknamed Wirbelwind, or "Whirlwind" by the Germans. Development commenced in 1944 as a brainchild of Karl Wilhelm Krause, and the vehicle featured a quadruple 2cm Flakvierling 38 weapon system mounted inside a nine-sided turret. The turret was open-topped to allow fumes generated from the four cannons to dissipate. As can be imagined, the Wirbelwind was a quick-firing weapon, and it could also be employed against ground targets. A crew of five operated it. Approximately 100 of these 22-tonne weapons were produced on rebuilt or repaired Panzer IV tank chassis.