Rheinmetall's design was designated the PzKpfw NbFz V ('PanzerKampfwagen NeubauFahrzeug V'), and the Krupp design the PzKpfw NbFz VI. These turrets were slightly adapted Panzer I turrets, with the standard machinegun armament. Both designs had a secondary turret mounted to the front and the rear of the main turret. Rheinmetall's design mounted the second gun above the 75 mm KwK L/24, while the Krupp design had it mounted next to the 75 mm KwK L/24. Each had a main turret armed with a 75 mm KwK L/24 main gun and secondary 37 mm KwK L/45. The two designs resembled each other to a great extent, the main difference being the weapons placement. Grosstractor was a codename for the development of a heavy tank, Germany being still forbidden to develop tanks under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. This inspired the Soviet T-35, which was built in limited numbers from 1933.ĭevelopment of the Neubaufahrzeug (German for "new construction vehicle") started in 1933 when the then Reichswehr gave a contract for the development of a Grotraktor (heavy tractor) to both Rheinmetall and Krupp. The British built a single example of the Vickers A1E1 Independent in 1926. These were primarily used for propaganda purposes, though three took part in the Battle of Norway in 1940.ĭuring the 1920's and 1930's, a number of countries experimented with very large, multi-turreted tanks. Multi-turreted, heavy and slow, they did not fit in with the Blitzkrieg tactics and therefore only five were made. The German Neubaufahrzeug series of tank prototypes were a first attempt to create a heavy tank for the Wehrmacht after Adolf Hitler had come to power. 2, Versuchsfahrzeuge, Norway, 1940 (1:72 Scale) "If the tank succeeds, then victory follows." - Major-General Heinz Guderian, "Achtung Panzer!" Dragon DRR60598 German Neubaufahrzeug Heavy Tank - Nr.
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