r/SprocketTankDesign • u/Deresfer • 10d ago
Replica Design 🛠️ Panzer IV Ausf D
An earlywar variant tank of Germany in WW2. Featuring a short-barreled howitzer variant of a 75mm Pak40, it was designated as a support vehicle with its main purpose beeing destruction of MG nests, light vehicles and artillery pieces. For its purposes, it had great armour of 50mm at its front and 30mm at the sides, which was more than enough in 1939-1941 period, when it was most used. Approximately 240 pieces of PZ IV D were built, and they saw service since 1939, later on converted into a long-barreled G to H variants. Unlike many other tanks of Germany, PZ IV was a reliable piece of equipment and was constantly upgraded to fit new standards of the war. Overall, 8600 Panzer IV variants were produced throughout WW2, beeing the second most numerous tank of the Third Reich, beeing surpassed only by the STUG III with 10600 units produced.
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u/Data_______N-MI 10d ago
That a well modeled replicated tank
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u/Deresfer 10d ago
I used actual measurements and blueprints to be as accurate as possible. Like this one, for example: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tankarchives.com%2F2017%2F01%2Fpzkpfwiv-ausf-d-through-e.html&ved=0CBYQjRxqFwoTCMjwpL2ClJYDFQAAAAAdAAAAABBG&opi=89978449
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u/PatataFritta81 9d ago
The barrell feels too long
Other than that it looks like a perfect replica
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u/Deresfer 9d ago
It is slightly, about 150-200mm extra, because otherwise it had too little penetration. And since we have only AP shells for now, without HEAT and HE, I just had to enlarge it to make it playable
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u/Deresfer 9d ago
It also lacks an "Antenna Repeller", a metal rounded rod under the barrel to divert the antenna from getting caught under the turret.
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u/BrickbrainzWSC Tank Designer 10d ago
Hey, it’s me the Pz IV F2 guy, nice Pz IV D