Italeri 1/35 Crusader III AA MK.I | 6465The need to protect the armoured units from the enemy aviation, pushed the English army to develop this self propeller equipped with a Bofors 40 mm cannon, using the hulls of the Crusader armoured tank, considered out dated at the end of 1943. The cannon was placed in a tower with armoured plating able to assure the necessary protection to the gunners. The Crusader AA was distributed to the air detachments for the protection of the control units at

few expected to still be fighting when the freezing weather and bitter cold hit later that year

so the mounting of a 150mm s

As the gun was ready before the carriage

Newly tooled aiming-stake rack

A new part is the front plate with its two associated hatches

Up-armored Pz

- Spare tire in carrying frame stored under floor

Although the 22-tonne Wirbelwind was useful against low-flying aircraft

- Interior details such as gearbox and seats included

- Perforated storage box produced from separate parts

as well as the levers on the cupola periscopes

- NEWLY designed idler wheel