Trumpeter 1/35 Italian Puma 4 x 4 Wheeled Armored Fighting Vehicle | TRUM05525The Puma light wheeled armoured fighting vehicle family consists of the Puma 6x6 and the Puma 4x4. The vehicles were developed and are produced by the Consorzio Iveco Fiat Oto Melara of Italy for the Italian Army. First prototypes completed in 1988, with a total of five testbed vehicles being completed by 1990. At first the Puma was intended to complement the Centauro wheeled tank destroyer in service with the Italian Armys Cavalry Regiments, but

Asymmetric stowage bin with different shapes on left- and right-hand sides

- Accurately shaped notek blackout light

- Slide-molded securing spikes

-New vision ports with interior detail are realistically recreated

7cm Flak 37 cannon

the ruins were only occupied two days later by German paratroops of the 1st Parachute Division and who turned them into a fortress

- Details-up in both side of lower hull w/photo-etched parts

- M2 fighting compartment arrangement is accurately reproduced

the 1st Marine Division was essentially taken out of action until April 1945

It was soldiers such as these panzergrenadiers who managed to hold up the Allies in Italy until April 1945

Photo-etched parts for idlers to accurately represent undercut detail

- New armor plate for driver's roof