ICM Models 35137 1/35 Unimog S 404 German Military Radio Truck

Model Kit

In addition to the standard truck versions of the Unimog S, there was also a body-van (Koffer) variant. Some 16,000 vehicles were fitted with these body variants, and they had the longest service life among Unimog S series truck. Most of these vehicles were used as radio communication machines. They were easily distinguished by their special type of hatches, antenna nests on the roof, and a complex large antenna on the rear wall of the body. Internal equipment included various radio stations such as EM 25, SEM 25 or SEM 25. The coloring of the radios was standard for the Bundeswehr, initially it was the standard olive colour RAL 6014, which in the 1980s was gradually replaced by a tricolor camouflage variant. The car was popular in the Bundeswehr and was used by various units until the late 1990s.

FEATURES:

• Scale: 1/35
• Size: 151 x 138 mm
• Marking options:
  • Unimog S 404 in radio truck version, 5th Signal Battalion, 5th Tank Division, Dietz, early 1970s
  • Unimog S 404 in radio truck version, 74th Fighter Squadron, Germany, 1970s
  • Unimog S 404 in radio truck version, 77th Artillery Regiment, 7th Panzer Division, Trutzige Sachsen exercise, northern Germany, 1985
  • Unimog S 404 in radio truck version, 12th Air Defence Regiment, Hardheim, 1991

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