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Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf G by Uncle T
   
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Era: WW2
Category: Military
Type: Tank
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11 Jan @ 10:17am
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Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf G by Uncle T

In 1 collection by Mean Green
WW2 Tanks, Armoured Vehicles, Trucks and Guns
154 items
Description
1,348 bricks.

My take on the iconic German WW 2 Panzerkampfwagen IV / Pz.Kpfw. IV / Panzer IV tank. It's an approximation, not a 1:1 replica, as per usual due to the massive guns and massive Bobs we deal with in the game. E.g. the gun is positioned too low in the turret, but otherwise it'll hit the roof, and I have only 3 seats instead of 5 since there is precious little room inside and the loader and gunner are out of their jobs anyway. I kept the interior super simplistic to save bricks.
This is the Ausführung G/Version G armed with the 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone/KwK 40 L/43 gun.

Info from Wikipedia, edited.
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The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, is a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161.

The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War; 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles. Its chassis was also used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun, the Jagdpanzer IV self-propelled anti-tank gun, the Wirbelwind and Ostwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun.

The Panzer IV saw service in all combat theatres involving Germany and was the only German tank to remain in continuous production throughout the war. The Panzer IV was originally designed for infantry support, while the similar Panzer III was to fight armoured fighting vehicles. However, as the Germans faced the formidable T-34, the Panzer IV had more development potential, with a larger turret ring to mount more powerful guns, so it swapped roles with the Panzer III whose production wound down in 1943.

The Panzer IV was partially succeeded by the Panther medium tank, which was introduced to counter the Soviet T-34, although it continued to be a significant component of German armoured formations to the end of the war.
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The Ausführung G / Version G had a more powerful gun than it's earlier variants with a significantly longer barrel making it much more suitable to combat enemy tanks with its higher velocity AP shells.

CONTROLS
Driver's seat
W/S: Variable persistent throttle. Works backwards and forwards. Use manual gearbox for more control. / Regular throttle. *
A/D: Steering.
Spacebar: Handbrake/brake. Use this as regular brake too.
Alt + Arrow Keys or Mouse: Turret rotation and gun elevation.
Fire action 1 / Num 1: Fire main gun.
Fire action 2 / Num 2: Fire coaxial machine gun.
X / Disable Steering: Switch AP/HE.
L / Headlights: Light.
K / Hazard Lights: Switch between persistent throttle and regular throttle. *

* IMPORTANT! When switching, make sure the engine is as close to idle (1,000 rpm) as possible to avoid issues.

Machine Gunner's's seat
Alt + Left/Right Arrow Keys / Mouse: Aim machine gun. Sadly it can only aim horisontally since the gun is too big to fit and some pirces have really exaggerated hit boxes
Fire action 1 / Num 1: Fire.
Camera 1: Gun view.

Commander's seat
Left/Right arrows: Rotate periscope.
Camera 1-4: Commander's cupola view (front, left, right, rear)
Camera 5: Periscope.

- All hatches opened with buttons on them.

Feel free to edit, but if you reupload publicly in any way please acknowledge the original creation and creator.

Have fun!
8 Comments
melone 12 Jul @ 6:32am 
brick rigs is a great game but with the update in 2022 it kind of destroyed it self, imean the update with the maps was great! but,,the rest just caused bugs and problems for bbuilders
Mean Green  [author] 12 Jul @ 2:14am 
I might build more tanks once Fluppi finally gets around to making smaller/scaleable guns. The massive guns and barrels cause so many issues and I'm a bit sick of trying to fit them into realistically sized turrets ATM.
melone 12 Jul @ 2:06am 
hey buddy, can you please make more german tanks like the STUG series or the Stuh or hetzer stuff? i love your tanks for scenery and also combat games but the variety of german tanks lack abit
sKATik 17 Jan @ 7:34am 
Bro, seriously, you need to train. Go to the gym or something
Mean Green  [author] 17 Jan @ 7:19am 
Erm ok?
sKATik 17 Jan @ 6:52am 
Bro, you need to train. екалемене
Mean Green  [author] 17 Jan @ 6:17am 
No idea what you're saying.
sKATik 17 Jan @ 5:39am 
Бро, тебе надо тренироваться