DESCRIPTION

Renault AHN2 (AHx) French Truck 1941 WWII

Plastic Model Kit

ICM 35419

1:35 Scale

Manufacturer: ICM

Material: Plastic

Condition: New in original packaging

Historical reference

The Renault AHx was a range of light/medium trucks with carrying capacities from 2 to 5 tonnes manufactured by Renault between 1941 and 1947. Various versions were used in World War II by the German forces.

In 1939 Renault began developing hoodless AH series trucks for the French army. One of them was the AHN with a capacity of 3.5 tons. The first prototype was released in February 1940. The car had a fairly simple design, with a flat cab without a hood. Its serial production began in March 1941, already under the leadership of the German occupation administration. After the Allies liberated the plant that produced these cars in 1944, truck production resumed.

The modification called AHN2 went into the series. The car was used for the military needs of France, but it was also sold to civilians. Production of the truck continued from November 1944 to June 1946. A total of 8,400 units were released.

Prototypes of the first AHx truck, the AHS2, were unveiled by 1939. It was aimed at replacing the similar AGC truck (which had a maximum payload of 1.5 tonnes). The truck was designed to be used by the French military on the 2.5-tonne carrying capacity group, but it was rejected. The Wehrmacht in turn ordered the production of the model, reclassifying it as a 2-tonne payload model and naming it Lastkraftwagen 2 to. The AHN (4-tonne payload) was the successor of the AGR and was produced for the Wehrmacht with the designation Lastkraftwagen 3.5 to. The heaviest AHx model, the AHR, was produced with a 5-tonne payload and, as the two other versions, was used by the Germans. The Wehrmacht was supplied with about 23,000 AHS, 4,000 AHN, and between 1,000 and 2,000 AHR.

After the war, evolutions of the AHS2 and AHN (AHS3/AHS4 and AHN2/AHN3) with 2 and 3.5 tonnes of payload respectively, were produced mainly for the civilian market. In 1947, these trucks were replaced by the Renault Galion. The AHx cabin was also the basis for a 7-tonne payload truck, the Renault 208 E1.

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