FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model armored mine-clearing vehicle kits. In 1940, the Wehrmacht requested Krupp and Alkett each design a mine-clearing vehicle. Alkett was first out of the blocks with the VsKfz 617 in 1942. Testing showed the tricycle vehicle was difficult to steer and bogged down frequently, so the project was canceled. The prototype was armed with a Panzer I turret but had the 617 gone into production, it would have been fitted with a Panzer II turret. The prototype was captured by the Russians in 1945 and is on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum.