German Fallschirmjäger 8cm GrW 42 Mortar Team (Italy 1944) Higgins

German Fallschirmjäger 8cm GrW 42 Mortar Team (Italy 1944) HigginsThis kit features a Fallschirmjager 8cm mortar team in Italy 1944. It consists of four team members in combat poses and an accurate 8cm Granatwerfer 34 mortar. All the FJs are dressed in typical FJ jump smock, jump trousers and jump boots. Also included are ammunition boxes and loose rounds of mortar ammunition. One kit creates a great vignette, or use more than one to make a Monte Cassino diorama!

The shape that integrated a fighting compartment within the main body is reminiscent of the Jagdpanther

315 were built

and also the most produced was the Pz

while the remaining two soldiers wield a Kar98K rifle and pistol respectively

in order to give the racing pilot better vision while making crowded pylon turns

From August to September 1944

Design leadership was with both Brequet Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation

Its research started in the 1980s

developed in S

the most numerous was the Sturmgesch

shell loading area in the turret as well as hatch undersides have detailed finish

was particularly appreciated