This common 6 x 4 medium duty truck served the Wehrmacht throughout the War years.

Let’s take a brief look.

Krupp was well known as the pre-eminent German arms supplier through both World Wars. In 1934 they won a contract for their new Model 43 truck. It was a general purpose truck and artillery tractor, the “Kfz.70” designation here indicates the troop configuration. The “Protze” name was from a horse drawn artillery carriage.
Prior to the War it was upgraded to a Model 143, which looks exactly the same but the engine went from 53 horsepower to 60. In either case, the engine was flat four “boxer” that allowed for the low hood with good forward visibility. Production was discontinued in 1942 after 7000 examples had been built, in part because its fuel consumption was considered excessive. But it remained in service to the end of the War.

This particular vehicle could be either a Model 43 or 143. It was used by the 4th Sniper Regiment of the 6th Panzer Division during the summer of 1941, Operation Barbarossa.

This is the Tamiya kit.