During the winter 1941-42 and early 1942, the en masse apparition of the T-34 and KV-1 threw the German OKH into disarray. It was decided, among other things, to bolster the anti-tank capacity of the Panzer Divisions by any means necessary and on a short notice. One of these developments was the Marder (“Marten”) series. These were tank hunter SPGs using the standard 75 mm (2.95 in) Pak 40 or captured 76.2 mm (3 in) Soviet anti-tank gun. First, an attempt was made on captured French Lorraine 37L chassis (Marder I), and later the Panzer II was used as a basis. This gave rise to the Sd.Kfz.132 Marder II. Alkett and Wegmann would produce 201 vehicles based on the Ausf.D & E (removed from service due to the unsuccessful Christie suspension), which were tall (2.60 m/8.5 ft high) and offered little protection for their crews. This led to a redesign of the Marder II, now based on the regular Ausf.F chassis.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
