Article number: 300035305
Product: 1:35 Ger. Steyr 1500A/01 Africa (4)
After WWI, the German military discovered the importance of combined
land and air assaults to maximize the damage of the enemy's forces. This
strategy, known as the "Blitzkrieg" strategy, amplified the need for
reliable transport vehicles. The "Schell Programme" was introduced, in
1940, to increase the ease of production of land vehicles for the German
Army. The Austrian-made, 1.5ton, all wheel drive, Steyr 1500A/01 was an
8 passenger vehicle used in a variety of roles such as staff car, HQ
transport, artillery tow truck and ambulance. The vehicle was equipped
with a front torsion bar, lead spring rear suspension, four speed
transmission, air-cooled 8-cylinder 85hp engine, and had a top speed of
100km/h. Towards the end of WWII, some of the vehicles were produced with bulletproof windows, and reinforced steel plate doors.
