"WWII German Artillery/Howitzer Crews" Topic

"When German aggression was finally challenged in 1939 and the bullets began to fly, she could call on a number of excellent weapons including many guns. However it was German advanced tactical thinking that brought much of the early successes and in time the Allies would bring to the battlefield a number of guns that were superior to those of Germany. By then, especially on the Russian Front, it was as much about quantity as quality, and over the course of the war Germany used over 200 different types of guns, many of them captured from enemies and used again to serve the Third Reich. Many of those guns have become available in 1/72nd plastic over the years, but most fail to deliver a decent crew to go with them, so this set from Caesar aims to fill that gap.

There are no guns in this set – just a collection of men serving their piece in a variety of poses. Many of them are simply holding something in both hands, and for the most part we would expect these to be shells or part thereof. The set includes the small pieces shown in the last row, which are naturally perfect for placing in all those empty hands. The first item, a shell or projectile, is 10 mm in length (720 mm), while the case or charge is 4 mm long and 2 mm in diameter. The top row also includes a man covering his ears, and there is a man in the second row holding a rammer. However our favourite pose is the man in that row lifting a wicker tube off of some charges – a pose we have not seen before. The third row includes two men that look to be in charge of the gun – certainly the man with hand raised is an officer…"

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