Barcode: 0 89195 86260 0
Packaging: 20 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 9.6"x15"x3.1"
1/35 88mm Flak 36 w/Flak Artillery Crew and BONUS features
This release is destined to be a legend! The eighty-eight is probably the most
well known artillery piece of WWII.
After painstaking research, this ALL-NEW kit greatly surpasses the detail of
kits on the market today and is loaded with extra features.
About the 88mm Flak:
The German eighty-eight is probably the best known, even famous, artillery piece
of World War II. It was not one gun, but a series of anti-aircraft guns officially
called the 8.8 cm Flak 18, 36 or 37. Flak is a German short form of Fliegerabwehrkanone,
meaning anti-aircraft gun, the original purpose of the eighty-eight.
The Flak 36, which included a two-piece barrel for easier replacement of worn
liners, and included a new (and heavier) trailer that allowed it to be set up
much more quickly, simply dropping the base while still mounted on the wheels.
This made it much more useful to the troops during fast moving operations, the
basic concept of the blitzkrieg.
The eighty-eight was used in two roles, one as a mobile heavy anti-aircraft
battery, and also in a more static role for the defence of Germany. In this
later role the guns were arranged into large batteries, directed by a single
controller, and were moved only rarely. Changes for the Flak 36 improved mobility
at the price of weight.
