Barcode: 0 89195 61009 6
Case Pack: 6 Pieces per master case
Box Size: 15" x 7.1" x 7.1"
Main Features:
- Open window display packaging
- Highly popular and collectible item
- True to 1/35 scale
- Fully accurate mold
- Fully assembled
- Historically accurate markings and insignia
- Includes protective display case
Germany produced some massive pieces of weaponry in WWII, and few were more
massive than the Morser Karl series of 60cm siege mortars. Each of the six mortars
built weighed in at around 124 tons! The weapons could be self-propelled on
their tracks for short distances (normally just for aiming), though they were
generally transported by rail on a pair of bogies. Capable of firing a 2-ton
shell a distance of 6.8km, the 60cm Morser Karl (Gerat 040) was first used on
the Eastern Front against the Brest Fortress. To increase the extremely short
range of the weapon system, a 54cm gun barrel was subsequently manufactured
and fitted to three of the Morser Karls (now designated Gerat 041), which increased
the range to 10.4km.
Dragon Armor has released a mightily impressive 1/35 scale model of the sixth
gun to be built, which was named “Ziu”. This particular gun, “Ziu”, was famously
employed in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The model is fully assembled and pre-painted,
and is ready for immediate display…as long as collectors can clear enough space
for it! It constitutes an impressive model thanks to its sheer size and bulk
though fortunately it doesn’t weigh nearly as much as the original mortar! This
Dragon Armor item is full of intricate detail, and it is presented in firing
mode with the chassis lowered. The three-color camouflage scheme is particularly
well done, and represents the work of true craftsmen. As a special bonus, a
huge shell is included with this assembled model, which gives a sense of the
sheer scale of this weapon. The real gun could attain a rate of fire of only
six rounds per hour, and its strategic success was limited at best, but as a
model, this 135 scale “Ziu” is unbeatable in its “shock and awe” effect!
