TMN: Preview: 1/35th scale German Schützenpanzer Puma from Das Werk

Das Werk adds new decals, workable track links & roof armour to the RFM Schützenpanzer Puma kit. We look at the package in our preview...

Preview: 1/35th scale German Schützenpanzer Puma from Das Werk

German Schützenpanzer Puma

Bundeswehr Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Kit No #DW35046

1/35th scale

Price: 29.95 € at MBK

Product Link on the Das Werk Website

The subject: German Schützenpanzer Puma

The Puma infantry fighting vehicle is the modern successor to the Marder and was developed for the German Army’s Panzergrenadier units. The production standard represented by the 2018 vehicle features an unmanned, remote-controlled turret armed with a stabilised 30 mm MK 30-2/ABM autocannon, capable of engaging targets while on the move, together with a coaxial 5.56 mm MG4 machine gun.

The Puma has a crew of three, a commander, a gunner, and a driver, as well as the space to carry six infantry soldiers. Its modular protection concept combines composite armour with the MUSS soft-kill self-protection system and allows the protection level to be adapted to the mission. In its heaviest configuration, the vehicle can weigh up to approximately 43 tonnes.

Powered by an 800 kW (approx. 1,090 PS) MTU diesel engine, the Puma reaches a maximum road speed of around 70 km/h and has a road range of up to 600 km. Advanced thermal imaging and observation systems, digital networking, and high cross-country mobility make it a highly capable modern infantry fighting vehicle.

The Kit:

This boxing, Das Werk DW35046, includes parts needed to build the German Schützenpanzer Puma; this one is based on the Ryefield Models kit but with new decals and workable individual link tracks, clear and photo-etched parts and detailed rubber roof armour.