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ISSUE 64 - 88mm Flak 37 2nd Panzer Division (Germany) - 1941

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - 88

Weight - 7.407 tonnes
Length - 5.79 m
Caliber - 88 mm
Elevation - -3° to +85°
Traverse - 360°
Rate of fire - 15 - 20 rounds per minute
Effective firing range - 7,620 m (effective ceiling) 14,860 m (ground target)
Feed system - One round (manually loaded)
Crew - 10




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The 8.8 cm Flak 37 (commonly called the "eighty-eight") was a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. It was widely used by Germany throughout the war, and was one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Flak is a contraction of German Flugzeugabwehrkanone meaning "aircraft-defense cannon", the original purpose of the eighty-eight.

The versatile carriage Sd Ah 202 used to transport the Flak 37 (consisting of twin wheels on two similar carriages) allowed the eighty-eight to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels or on tow. The gun could be completely emplaced in only two-and-a-half minutes. Flak 37s were often fitted with an armoured shield that provided some limited protection for the gunners.

 

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ISSUE 65 - M21 193rd Tank Battalion 10th Army (United States) - 1945

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - M21

Weight - 9.00 tonnes
Length - 6.32 m
Width - 1.96 m
Height - 2.26 m
Crew - 6
Armour - Front:12 mm Sides: 6 mm
Main Armament - 81 mm M1 mortar
Operational Range - 240 km
Speed - 72 km/h




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The M21 Mortar Motor Carriage (MMC) was a self-propelled artillery mount on a half-track chassis used by the United States Army during World War II. It was equipped with an 81 mm M1 mortar and an air-cooled M2 Browning machine gun. The mortar was able to traverse 30° either side and elevate from 40 to 80°. If required, it could be de-mounted from the vehicle and fired from the ground.

It mainly served on the Western Front in Normandy, and Southern France, and then later in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge. It was deemed to have been outclassed in 1945 when the 81 mm M1 mortar was found to have insufficient power to provide effective artillery support.

 

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ISSUE 66A - Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma 11.SS-Fw.Pz.Gren.Div. “Nordland” (Germany) - 1944

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Puma

Weight - 10.5 tonnes
Length - 6.80 m gun forward
Width - 2.36 m
Height - 2.38 m
Crew - 4
Armour - 9-30 mm
Main Armament - 1 x 50 mm (2.0 in) L/60 KwK
Operational Range - 1000 km
Speed - 80 km/h




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The Sd.Kfz. 234 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 234, or Special Purpose Vehicle 234), was a family of 8-wheeled armored cars designed and built in Germany during World War II. The vehicles were lightly armoured and come in 4 variants designated as Sd.Kfz. 234/1 to 234/4.

The Sd.Kfz. 234/2 variant, used as a reconnaissance vehicle, has a 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 gun in a fully enclosed turret . The turret front was protected by 30 mm armor set at an angle of 20° from the vertical. The sides and rear had 10 mm armor set at 25°, and the top plate was 10 mm armor. The gun mantlet was rounded and was 40 to 100 mm thick.

 

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ISSUE 66B - Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen" (Sd.Kfz.161/3) 11th Panzer Division (Germany) - 1944

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Mobelwagen

Weight - 24.00 tonnes
Length - 5.92 m
Width - 2.95 m
Height - 2.73 m
Crew - 6
Armour - 10 - 80 mm
Main Armament - 4 x 20mm Flak 38 L/112.5 & 7.92mm MG42 (experimental)
Operational Range - 200 km
Speed - 38 km/h




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As the war progressed, German Luftwaffe (Air Force) was no longer in complete control of the airspace over the battlefield. Mobile air-defense was needed for both offensive operations to support fast moving Panzer units and for defensive operations to provide anti-aircraft cover for defending or withdrawing units under attack from the skies. The Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen armed with 4 x 20mm Flak 38 guns was then designed by the Krupp company in early 1943. The raised shields gave the vehicle its boxy appearance resulting in the nickname Mobelwagen - meaning furniture van in German.

While seemingly impressive, the guns held limited value against Allied aircraft which were flying faster and reaching greater altitudes to stay out of the range of German guns. As such only a single prototype of this 4 x 20mm Flak 38 Mobelwagen was produced before the design was rejected altogether i.e. the design did enter into production.

 

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ISSUE 67 - Hummel (Sd.Kfz. 165) Pz.Div. "Feldherrnhalle" (Germany) - 1945

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Hummel

Weight - 24.0 tonnes
Length - 7.17 m gun forward
Width - 2.97 m
Height - 2.81 m
Crew - 6 (1 Driver, 1 Commander and 4 gun crews)
Armour - 10 - 30 mm
Main Armament - 1 × 15 cm sFH 18/1 L/30
Operational Range - 215 km
Speed - 42 km/h




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Hummel (German: "bumblebee") was a self-propelled artillery gun based on the 15 cm howitzer. It was used by the German Wehrmacht to provide mobile artillery support for the tank forces on the battlefield.

The Hummel had an open-topped, high silhouette and lightly armoured fighting compartment at the back of the vehicle, which housed both the 15cm howitzer and the crew. This vehicle lacked a machine gun in the hull, so a single MG34 or MG42 machine gun was carried inside the fighting compartment for defense against advancing enemy infantry/troops. So successful was this assault gun that it was used in the Second World War from early 1943 until the end of the war in 1945.

 

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ISSUE 68 - Krupp L2H143 (Kfz. 69) + Pak 35/36 3rd Panzer Division (Germany) - 1938

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Krupp-Protze Kfz 69

The "Krupp-Protze" (unofficial designation) or Kfz. 69 was a German six-wheeled truck used in in World War II from 1934 and 1941 for transporting personnel and light artillery such as a Pak 36 anti-tank gun. It could carry up to 6 crews in the vehicle.

Weight - 2.60 tonnes
Length - 5.10 m
Width - 1.93 m
Height - 1.96 m
Crew - 1 driver + 5 passengers + 1 light towed gun
Armour - None
Main Armament - None
Operational Range - 450km
Speed - 70 km/h




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This truck was fitted with a compact 3.3 liters air-cooled 50 hp to 60 hp gasoline engine and 4-wheel double wishbone suspensions to provide superior performance. Its fuel consumption was relatively high though (24 Litres / 100 km on road) in comparison to the Opel Blitz 1.5 t truck (16.5 liters / 100 km).

The Kfz. 69 had ammunition boxes/cases for storing ammunition at the rear and on both sides of the vehicle as well. Deployed as standard equipment in anti-tank artillery divisions for motorized infantry, it saw actions in the battlefields of France, Poland, the Balkans, and Russia.

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Pak 35 or 36 Anti-Tank Gun

The 3.7-cm PaK 35/36 ("PaK" for "PanzerAbwehrKanone") was the standard-issue anti-tank cannon of the Wehrmacht (German Army) in the early campaigns of World War II.

Weight - Travel 450 kg Combat 327 kg
Barrel Length - 1.66 m
Width - 1.65 m
Height - 1.17 m
Crew - 2
Caliber - 37 mm
Rate of fire - 13 rpm
Effective firing range - 300 m





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The PaK 35/36 was a light battlefield weapon relatively easily maneuvered into position by its crew and towed to hotspots via pack animals or vehicles. Its relatively small size also allowed for concealment by the gun crews, an advantage when ambushing unsuspecting enemy vehicles.

Prior to the invasion of the Russia during World War II, the German armed forces were not aware of two newly developed Soviet tanks, the T-34 and the KV. As a result, they were surprised when they met them in combat for the first time in June 1941.

However the PaK 35/36 was still kept in frontline service as it still proves effective against the Russian BT-7 and T-26 series of light tanks.

 

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ISSUE 69 - Sd.Kfz. 251/9 Ausf. D 20th Panzer Division (Germany) - 1944

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Half-track 251/9

Weight - 7.81 tonnes
Length - 5.80 m
Width - 2.10 m
Height - 1.75 m
Crew - 2 + 10 passengers
Armour - 6 to 14.5 mm
Main Armament - 75 mm L/24 short-barrel howitzer
Operational Range - 300 km
Speed - 52.5 km/h




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Sd.Kfz. 251/9 or Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm KwK37) is equipped with a 75 mm L/24 low velocity gun, using the same pedestal gun mount employed on the StuG III. The vehicle was committed in great numbers on the eastern front battlefields and first saw action on the Russian plains in June 1942 when two prototypes were issued for testing. It could carry 52 rounds of ammunition for the 7.5cm gun.

Nicknamed "Stummel" ("stump"), in 1944, a revised modular gun mount was introduced to facilitate production that also incorporated a coaxial MG42 machine gun for close defence against enemy infantry or troops. The "Stummel" gave Panzergrenadier formations fast and effective fire support allowing them to smash through enemy defences as STUGs and other fully tracked assault guns could not always be available when the Panzergrenadiers needed them most.

 

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ISSUE 70 - Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger Ausf. E (Sd.Kfz. 181) sch.Pz.Abt. 506 (Germany) - 1943

The Combat Tanks Collection - Tiger I

Weight - 56.9 tonnes
Length - 6.316 m and 8.45 m gun forward
Width - 3.70 m
Height - 3.0 m
Crew - 5
Armour - 25 to 120 mm
Main Armament - 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56
Operational Range - 110 to 195 km
Speed - 38 km/h

 

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Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II deployed from 1942 in Africa and Europe. The Tiger I gave the Wehrmacht its first armored fighting vehicle that mounted the KwK 36 88-mm gun.

Only 1,347 units of this tank were built between August 1942 and August 1944. Production was phased out in favour of the Tiger II. Given the low number of just over 1300 produced, very few Tiger I survived the war and the post-war scrap yards - making it very rare indeed (only 7 known Tiger I survived today being displayed in museums and exhibits).

 

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FREE GIFT - Sd.Kfz. 9 FAMO SS-Pz. Gren.Div. "Das Reich" (Germany) - 1943

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - FAMO

Weight - 18.00 tonnes
Length - 8.25 m
Width - 2.65 m
Height - 2.85 m
Crew - 9
Armour - Not armoured
Main Armament - None
Operational Range - 280 km (road) 100 km (off-road)
Speed - 50 km/h (road) 20 km/h (off-road)




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The Sd.Kfz. 9 (also known as "Famo") was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II, and the heaviest half-track vehicle of any type built in by the Germans. Its main roles were as a prime mover for very heavy towed guns and as a tank recovery vehicle. Approximately 2,500 units of this vehicle were produced between 1938 and 1945.

The Sd.Kfz. 9 has a 270 horsepower engine and was designed to have a towing capacity of 28 tonnes. This was adequate for medium tanks like the Panzer IV, but two or even three or four were necessary for heavier vehicles like the Tiger I, Panther or King Tiger. It also towed the Sd.Anh 116 low-loader trailers (not shown here) to carry disabled vehicles as well (for repair) from the front line.

 

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We had come to the end of the Combat Tanks Collection Series - Local SG Edition consisting of all 70 tanks.

Thank you for enjoying this series - but no we are not done yet - we will be continuing with Combat Tanks Collection Series - UK and/or JP Edition - but would need some time to get these models first.... so stay tuned