Modelcollect UA35029 1/35 German E60 Ausf.D Late Production w/Standardlized Tracks

The E-series, was a World War II tank development by Germany to produce a standardised series of tank designs, which intended to reverse the trend of extremely complex tank designs that had resulted in poor production rates and mechanical unreliability.

The E-60 early produciton has 2 typesof the road wheel layout; 7 suspension arms with larger wheels or 8 suspensions arms with middle size wheels and upper road wheels for better traction efficiency. However, these roadwheel layout variations ended up with decreasing parts production efficiency, which ironically contradictory to the concept of the E-series, thus, all the tanks in late production were fitted with the completely identical wheels and the narrower track links originally designed for E-100 super heavy tank, along with the night vision equipment. Some of the Tanks in this E series were said to be exported to imperial Japanese army.