Tristar 35019 German Sd. Kfz. 101 Flakpanzer I A w/. Ammo Trailer

The Flakpanzer I was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun from the Second World War. Serial production lasted only in 1941 and resulted in the creation of 24 examples of this vehicle. The Flakpanzer I was powered by a single engine Krupp M 305 with a power of 57 HP. It was armed with a single 20mm Flak38 anti-aircraft gun.

The idea of creating a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun appeared in Germany probably in 1940, during the campaign in France. However, in connection with the withdrawal in 1941 from the service of tanks Pz.Kpfw. And it was decided to use their chassis for just this purpose - i.e. to create a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. The chassis of the Pz.Kpfw cars were used. And Ausf. A, and the Alkett plants in Berlin were responsible for the conversion. The reconstruction involved the disassembly of the turret with machine guns and the adaptation of the middle and rear parts of the fuselage to the assembly of the Flak38 cannon. The only vessel equipped with carts The Flakpanzer I turned out to be the 614th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Squadron, stationed in Romania at the end of 1941, and with the start of the German offensive in the summer of 1942, marched east. He suffered huge losses during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942/1943), almost certainly losing all Flakpanzer I.