Barcode: 0 89195 89120 4
Case Pack: 20
Box Size: 9.6" x 15" x 3.1"
Features:
- Bonus Waffen Tank Crew 1944/45
On both the Western and Eastern Fronts, Germany relied heavily on an extensive
rail network to keep its war machine supplied and reinforced. Endless convoys
of trains carried armored vehicles and trucks, ammunition, soldiers, food and
miscellaneous supplies towards the frontlines. However, these vital train lines
were vulnerable to attack from the air as well as the activities of partisans
and resistance movements. On the Eastern Front in particular, partisans could
play havoc with supply lines in occupied areas, and attacks on trains and railway
lines were commonplace. To counter such disruptive activities, Germany produced
a variety of specialist rail vehicles to take on the partisans. One such vehicle
was the Schwerer Panzerspahwagen (s.Sp.) Artilleriewagen.
Cyber Hobby is releasing a 1/35 scale Artilleriewagen as an Orange Box item.
This particular vehicle featured a turret taken from a Panzer III that was placed
on an armored hull fitted with railcar wheels. This turret had a short-barreled
7.5cm Kw.K L/24 gun that could take on partisans with high explosive rounds.
There were also multiple machineguns fitted for all-round defense. Combined
with its armored plates, this firepower made the Artilleriewagen a formidable
opponent for any partisan group hoping to take on a supply train. As an Orange
Box item, the kit also includes a set of crew figures readymade to populate
the vehicle and turret. Orange Box is renowned for its value for money, and
so the kit contains a length of railway track and associated embankment too.
As with popularly received railway items such as flatbed and gondola railcars
that have already been released by Orange Box, this latest vehicle allows modelers
to make their trains longer and more powerfully armed!
