{"product_id":"nsm-panzer-iv-ausf-d-germany-ww2","title":"NSM Panzer IV Ausf D (Germany, WW2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(209, 21, 21);\"\u003eNOTE: All 3D models are printed with STANDARD ABS-Like Grey Resin at .05mm layer height, unless Upgraded to Premium (at additional cost)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(209, 21, 21);\"\u003e-Painted version for DEMO puroses only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War; 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction changed to the Ausf. D; this variant, of which 248 vehicles were produced, reintroduced the hull machine gun and changed the turret's internal \u003c\/span\u003egun mantlet\u003cspan\u003e to a 35 mm (1.38 in) thick external mantlet. Again, protection was upgraded, this time by increasing side armour to 20 mm (0.79 in). As the German \u003c\/span\u003einvasion of Poland\u003cspan\u003e in September 1939 came to an end, it was decided to scale up production of the Panzer IV, which was adopted for general use on 27 September 1939 as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSonderkraftfahrzeug\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 161 (Sd.Kfz. 161).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn response to the difficulty of penetrating the thick armour of British infantry tanks (Matilda and Matilda II) during the Battle of France, the Germans had tested a 50 mm (1.97 in) gun — based on the 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun — on a Panzer IV Ausf. D. 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