Barcode: 0 89195 89129 7
Case Pack: 6 pieces per carton
Box Size: 13" x 20.9" x 3.9"
Features:
- Two complete chassis provided to allow mortar to be built either running or
firing mode
- Bonus German artillery crew of 6 figures
Cyber-Hobby has come up with a monstrous combination for its latest Orange
Box item. The new set features a 1/35 scale kit of the German 54cm Mo"rser
plus a set of crewmen to operate it. This self-propelled mortar was huge! Weighing
in at 124 tons and measuring 11.37m long, a total of six such vehicles were
manufactured by Rheinmetall-Borsig in 1940-41. This vehicle was known as the
Gera"t 041 when the 54cm barrel was fitted, a move designed to increase
the range of the original 60cm mortar. The vehicle was moved by a V12 Daimler-Benz
engine to a maximum speed of 10km/h. The weight of the s Be Granate mortar round
that it fired was 1.58 tons. The maximum rate of fire of six rounds per hour
demonstrates that its ultimate purpose was for usage as a siege weapon. The
specific vehicle featured in this kit is Loki, which was the fifth weapon in
the series to be produced.
This Orange Box set also includes six German soldiers. They are specially designed
to fit this Mo"rser, and each one is sharply molded as he goes about his
business around the artillery piece. The kit of the Gera"t 041 mortar comes
with two complete chassis. This allows modelers to choose whether to show the
mortar in firing mode or in transport mode, since the chassis would be lowered
for firing. As an Orange Box item, this 1/35 scale set has a pricing point that
modelers will find extremely economical. This is indeed one monster of a set…at
one reasonable price!
