Steyr RSO & Pak 40 Anti Tank Gun - 2.Pz. Div

Steyr RSO 0/1 & Pak 40 Anti Tank Gun
Tysk bandvagn med Pak40 - WW 2
2nd Panzer Division - Normandei (France) 1944
ref: MiC72-EX16
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Färdig modell i metall

The 2nd Panzer Division Created as one of the original three German tank divisions in 1935, it was stationed in Austria after the Anschluss 
and then participated in the campaigns in Poland (1939) and France (1940) before it returned to Poland for occupation duties (1940–1941). 
It took part in the Balkans campaign (1941) and then transferred to the Eastern Front in September 1941.
The division fought with Army Group Centre in the battles of Moscow (1941) and Kursk (1943). 
After heavy losses on the Eastern Front it was sent to France for rehabilitation (1944). 
It fought in Normandy and was almost completely destroyed in the Falaise Pocket (1944). 
It was rebuilt once more and fought in the Battle of the Bulge (1944) and in the defence of the Rhine (1945), 
surrendering to US forces at war's end.