Product Description
- The Trippel SG6 is an amphibious vehicle developed by German Hans Trippel in the 1930s and used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in World War II.
- In 1935, Trippel built a prototype of an off-road amphibious vehicle with a running gear built into a boat-shaped chassis and showed it to Nazi officials.
- Later, at the company's own factory in Homburg, an amphibious passenger car named SG6 was developed.
- Trippel produced 1938-40 after winning an order for 20 SG6s from the German Army.
- Trippel also promoted the SG6 to the Italian military by demonstrating a ground drive from Homburg to Naples and then floating to Capri.
- The early model produced from 1938 was called SG6/38, and from 1941 the new amphibious vehicle mass-produced at the Molsheim automobile factory in Alsace was called SG6/41.
- Full-scale production of the Typ 166 Schwimmwagen began around the fall of 1942 and was widely deployed, and production of the SG6/41 ended around 1943.
- Although it depends on the material, it is said that the production number of SG6 is about 200 to 1,000 in total of SG6/38 and SG6/41.
- Includes photo-etched parts
- 5 types of marking variations are included.
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Item Size/Weight : 30 x 20 x 6.2 cm / 276g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- USCDW35012
- JAN code
- 4260191520886
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.