"German Night Hunters Review" Topic

"Late on in the Second World War, one of the many projects Germany was developing was an early night-vision weapon scope for the new Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle. Code-named the Vampir, the Zielgerät 1229 was a large infrared spotlight above an infrared-receptive telescope, both attached to the top of the rifle, allowing the user to see targets in the dark. The device came with two batteries – one each for the light and the scope – and the whole lot weighed almost 16kg (not including the 5kg rifle itself), making it a clumsy device to carry around a battlefield. Nevertheless it did work, and small numbers were used in action on the Eastern Front from February 1945. Those men who used these device were called a ‘Nachtjäger', ‘Night Hunter', from which this set gets its name.

Three of the poses in this set are carrying this bulky device, namely the second, third and fourth figures in our second row. The sculpting of the whole weapon is reasonably good, and all three also have the battery packs on their backs, although the lower battery was actually housed in an old gasmask canister which is not particularly well rendered here. Nevertheless it is clear to see what these weapons are, and the poses are all very reasonable too. This is the first time this rare device has been modelled in our hobby, and while it was never going to change the course of the war, it does provide some intriguing possibilities for wargames set on this front…"

Full Review here
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Amicalement
Armand

Interesting …

Glad you like them my good friend!

Amicalement
Armand

This review site is of simply amazing quality. I regularly visit it, even though I have not handled a plastic 1/72 scale figure in decades

A pity about the wonky Fliegerfaust.

Deadhead the pull of plastic upon you grows and grows.

Ha!…

Amicalement
Armand