Barcode: 0 89195 86389 8
Packaging: 48 Pieces per carton
Box Size: 6.4"x10.2"x1.5"
El Alamein could rightly take the credit for being the most famous battle of
the North African campaign in WWII. In actual fact, there were two distinct
battles in this end of the railway location in Egypt, the first from 1-27 July
1942, and the second from 23 October – 4 November of the same year. The second
battle saw Generals Montgomery and Rommel facing each other, and many historians
consider it a major turning point in WWII. It led Winston Churchill to comment:
“The Germans have received back again that measure of fire and steel which they
have so often meted out to others.” The second battle involved 220,000 Allied
soldiers and 1100 Allied tanks pitted against 116,000 German soldiers and 559
German tanks.
Dragon is going to release a fantastic new 1/35 scale set featuring German
figures from this famous battle. The four Afrika Korps figures are vividly posed,
each dressed in typical DAK infantry uniforms and equipment. Two of the figures
constitute a machine gun team with an MG34, while the remaining two soldiers
wield a Kar98K rifle and pistol respectively. Of special note, the machine gun
team members have sun-bleached helmet covers. This set is ideal for modelers
wishing to create an action-packed diorama, and it will be an invaluable addition
to the inventory of figures available for the North African theater. Indeed,
this figure set makes the perfect accompaniment to Dragon’s recent Panzer II
Ausf. F kit, a tank that saw action in this theater.
