Armory – 72202 – VK 72.01(K) German WWII heavy prototype tank

Description:

VK 72.01(K)
German WWII heavy prototype tank

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a German WWII heavy tank design, part of the Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe proposal by Krupps which was dismissed in favour of the Maus project.

Schwerer Löwe/VK 72.01(K) was a 90 tons tank, initially fitted with a 10.5cm L/70 gun as main armament and later a 8.8 cm (3.5 in) L/71 gun.

The project never entered prototyping phase.

Kit includes PE detail parts and metal barrel. Tracks are link-and-length type. Road wheels, suspension and tracks makes the most number of the parts in the set. Though fictional, decal sheet includes markings for most of the German heavy tank battalion schwere Panzerabteilung (s PzAbt).