T-Model TK3501I 1/72 German 80ton Type SSYMS Flatcar with Wooden Pattern

T-Model 1/35 German 80ton Type SSYMS Flatcar with Wooden Pattern

Germany entered World War Two with perhaps the best rail system on the planet. German military planners had been faced with the challenge of fighting on more than one front throughout the country's history, and memories of juggling forces during the Great War were still vivid in the minds of senior staff. Rail transport really came into its own during the First World War when trains were used extensively for moving troops and materiel between fronts, or even along a front. The rise of armored warfare meant that rail transport would be even more crucial, both for getting forces to the right location, as well as resupplying them. And since tanks wear out traveling over roads, rail-heads near the action were required with trains to service them.