ICM 1/35 35405 Typ LG3000, WWII German Army Truck Kit
Markings Typ LG 3000, Poland, September 1939. Typ LG 3000, France, Summer 1940. Typ LG 3000, Ukraine, Winter 1941. Typ LG 3000, Russia, Autumn 1941. Model size (length x height) 204 x 75 mm
Germany began to build the modern army after 1933. The important part of Wehrmacht motorization was manufacturing of three-axle 3 t trucks. One of them was Mercedes-Benz LG63 (LG3000). It was in production lines since 1935 to 1938. This truck had 95 hp 6-cyl. Diesel engine and Knorr air-over hydraulic brakes. All in all there were produced 7434 LG3000 trucks. LG3000 trucks were widely used by all German arms of service up to the 1942 – in Polish and French campaigns, in Balkans, in the Soviet-German front.