Kit

8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43

Brand DRAGON

SKU DRA-6528 EAN 089195865281

Features

Nation: Germany

Period: WWII

Scale: 1/35

Type: Veicoli Militari

Price 35,70 €

Description

/35 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 Püppchen w/Fallschirmjäger

The 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 Puppchen (German: doll) is a German anti-tank gun using 88 mm missiles. This type of plot could be carried in seven parts. The weapon entered production in 1943. Although generally successful, due to its high weight, manufacturing complexity, and large size compared to the Panzerschreck grenade launcher, it was withdrawn from production in 1944. Most of the remaining Puppchen guns were used in Italy. Technical data: barrel length: 160 cm, range (maximum): 850 m, caliber: 88 mm, combat weight: 100 kg, initial velocity: 150 m/s, rate of fire: 10 rpm.

Fallschirmjäger is the collective term for German airborne units of the interwar and World War II periods. The first parachute unit was organized in Nazi Germany in 1936, perhaps as a result of observations made during Soviet maneuvers the previous year. The first parachute team was created at the initiative of Herman Göring and was assigned to the Luftwaffe. A year later (1937), the first such unit was subordinated to the Wehrmacht, and more specifically to the ground forces. In 1938, these units were combined and expanded to form the 7th Airborne Division under the command of General Kurt Student. It consisted of parachute infantry, troops trained in glider transport, and infantry transported to the battlefield by airplanes. During World War II, more Fallschirmjäger units were created, incl. in 1943, based on the 7th Aviation Division, the 1st and 2nd Parachute Divisions were established. During 1939-1941, the German Fallschirmjäger was used for its intended purpose (e.g., during the fighting in Western Europe in 1940), but after the heavy losses suffered during the fighting in Crete in 1941, German parachute troops began to be used primarily as elite infantry units, in which role they proved very effective, earning them the nickname "Green Devils" among the Allies.