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Hannants http://alpha.hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35008 Panzerbefhlswagen 35(t) Command tank The Skoda Lt.35 tank, designed and built in Czechoslovakia, was introduced to service with the German Wehrmacht as the Pz.35(t). The Germans had some number of the tanks converted to commander vehicles, designated the Befelswaggen Pz.35(t) and put them to action alongside the standard Pz.35(t) tanks in France in 1940 and a year later in the Soviet Union. The model of the command vehicle comes on five styrene sprues and also contains etches and resin parts. The decal sheet offer two Wehrmacht options, one tank as it fought in 1940 France, the other from the June 1941 attack on the USSR. Nicely detailed model A fret of etches and a set of resin parts already in the box.. Price:£16.70 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35008 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:04:20 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35009 Panhard 178B '47 mm Gun Late Turret' The French Panhard 178 armoured vehicle, fitted with a 25mm cannon, was one of the best pre-war AFVs in its category. This was also the reason for the Wehmacht to have put these captured vehicles to use. When France was liberated in 1944, the production of the type was re-established. The new machines, known as the Panhard 178B, differed by having a new gun turret. While the prototype vehicle was armed with a 75mm cannon, the production ones got 47mm cannons instead. The French military deployed the Panhards in France, Africa, Madagascar and Vietnam. Some of the vehicles went also to Syria where they remained in service until the 1960s. The high quality ICM model of the Panhard 178 is joined here by a new turret of the 1/78 version, a couple of interior details, exterior parts specific for the 178B variety and weighed wheel tyres. The 47mm cannon barel is turned from metal. The 75mm barrel (the Panhard 178B with this sort of armament is a successful vehicle known from the WoT computer game) is resin cast. The decal sheet offers markings for French machines deployed both in Europe and overseas and for a machine fighting in Syria. France/ Syria / post WWII. Price:£39.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35009 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:27:04 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72026 15cm Nebelwerfer 41 'German Multiple Rocket Launcher' The Nebelwerfer 41 six-barrel rocket launcher was one of the German weapons the Allied soldiers were terrified of across all the battlefields it was used on. The German military introduced the Nebelwerfer into the service in 1941 and it remained used until the end of the war. Firing the smoke or explosive shells had also very strong psychologic effect mainly because of the noise the missiles gave out. A single styrene sprue offers finely detailed parts of the rocket launcher. There are paint schemes of as many as five different Nebelwerfers, four of which were found on the Eastern front, the fifth one bearing a two tone scheme was captured by British paratroopers in Troarn near Caen in Normandy following the 1944 Invasion.. Price:£9.50 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72026 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:47:38 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72018 Trailer for the 'Biber' German Midget Submarine. One of the almost 'miracle' weapons that were to stop the victorious advance of the Allies, which they fortunately did not, was also the German Biber midget submarine (designed to be used with Special Navy kits). In 1944, when the mass production of the sub was commenced, also a new type of a road trailer was needed to haul the sub to the area of its combat deployment and a variety of heavy road tractors was used to tow the Biber on the trailer, as were the Hanomag SS-100, Faun or Kaeble. And when off road, half track vehicles such as the Sd.Kfz.7 or Sd.Kfz.8 were used too. The Biber Trailer model was 3D designed and is produced using machine-milled metal moulds. The Biber submarine is not contained in this kit. (designed to be used with Special Armour kits). Price:£14.20 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72018 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:59:51 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35004 kanon 3,7 cm KPUV vz.37M / 3,7 cm Pak M 37 (t) In the 1930s, the Skoda development department came up with a design for a modern 37mm A3 anti-tank gun, which was later accepted by the Czechoslovak army and used under designation 3,7cm KPUV vz.34, (KPUV standing for Kanon Proti Utocne Vozbe, or Anti-Tank Gun). The Skoda design team did not lie back on their laurels and developed a modernised type known as the A4 which gained excellent results while it was being tested and surpassed considerably the original 3,7cm KPUV gun. However, the new type used a different type of ammunition and therefore its breech had to be redesigned to be capable of using the earlier ammo as well. After that, nothing stood against the A4 gun being accepted by the Czechoslovak army, which used it under 3,7cm KPUV vz.37 designation. At that time, this weapon was the world´s best in its category. The production guns were supplied in several varieties, among which was also the Type M which could have been transported behind a motorised vehicles. The A4 guns were also exported to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Hungary, besides others. In 1938, nearly one thousand KPUV guns of both types were ready to defend Czechoslovakia, 390 of them were of vz.37 Type P and 300 of vz.37 Type M. The 3,7cm KPUV Gun vz.37 was capable to shoot through the armour of all Wehrmacht´s tanks. However, in the end, these guns were first used in combat by the German Wehrmacht, which, having realised the Czechoslovak guns were superior to German ones, put them into service under 3,7cm PAK 37(t) designation. And, how effective these guns were, soldiers of Poland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands found out to their detriment. And only the attack against the Soviet Union made the 37mm guns obsolete as they were no longer effective against the new Soviet mid and heavy tank armours. Nevertheless, the guns remained on strenght almost until the end of the war. Amongst their users was also the army of the Slovak State, which had been built on the ruins of former Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Army deployed the 3,7cm guns also against the USSR, but with similar trouble as the Wehrmacht. The model of this anti-tank weapon with pneumatic tyre wheels is made of grey styrene, the instructions offer liveries for guns used by the Czechoslovak army, German Wehrmach (in winter camouflage) and the Slovak State army. The decal sheet brings markings for the Slovak cannon while it saw service on the Eastern front, a double cross (Slovakia's national symbol) and a good luck horseshoe.. Price:£9.50 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35004 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:22:43 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35005 VW typ 83 Kastenwagen In the late 1930s on Adolf Hitlers direct impulse, Ferdinand Porsche, a German automotive designer was developing a car suitable for wide masses of Nazi Germany. This development gave birth to the so called KdF-Wagen vehicle, named after the Kraft-durch-Freude slogan, literally meaning Strength Through Joy, the car to be better known as the VW Beetle in the post war era. In 1938 as the war was getting closer and closer, the development of military versions began, producing two main branches of the type, the first of which was the Typ 82E with rear wheel drive and the other was the Typ 877 with all four wheels drive. These vehicles were widely used by Third Reich's military and other state sectors too all the way through the war. Many various subversions, conversions of the main type and also various improvements and upgrades arose during the war too, some of them being for instance a wood gas drive conversion and others. One of the quite important subversions based on the Typ 82E was the series of Typ 83 and Typ 86 Kastenwagen vehicles, characterised by a box-shaped wooden superstructure mounted on the rear of the car body. The two Types differed from each other by having a different interior of their superstructures depending on the roles the vehicles were used in. The large internal space of the Typ 83 was mostly used for mail transport with the Reichspost while the Typ 86 saw service as an ambulance car. The model of the Typ 83 was once available under CMK label, cat.no T35018. But, as it has been sold out for a rather long time and modellers kept asking for it, a decision was taken to get the model back into our production. Now the model is to be available again as SA35005 within Special Armour range of kits. On opening the kit's box, the modeller will get two sprues with grey styrene parts, the car body with its rear portion cut off to allow for the superstructure to be mounted on and also one sprue of clear parts. The decal sheet brings markings for two options, one grey-coloured mail transport car and one ambulance car with nice camouflage scheme.. Price:£17.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35005 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:49:07 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72017 Scheuch Schlepper The rocket-propelled Messerschmitt Me-163B tailless aircraft was not fitted with a usual undercarriage and so it lacked the ability to taxi to its take off position or after landing by its own power. And thus the Komet needed some other means to get around the airfield and it was found in the form of the Scheuch-Schlepper tractor. This rather diminutive vehicle was originally devised as a low-cost and widely available agricultural tractor by Rudolf and Eugen Scheuch brothers. The Scheuch company was established in the town of Erfurt and the tractor was developed with the help from Auto-Union, a branch of the DKW-Einbau-Motoren firm. The Scheuch-Schlepper was usually used in two configurations, either with a rear auxilliary wheel to tow the Komets or with a specialised device enabling it to recover the Komet after it has landed. Our kit of this quite unique vehicle contains usual styrene injected parts, resin cast ones and also a fret of etches. - highly interesting type - nicely detailed model kit. Price:£16.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72017 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:16:38 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35003 R-2 TACAM Romanian tank destroyer. Price:£20.70 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35003 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:15:15 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35002 75 mm horsky kanon vz.15 (7,5 cm Gerbirgskanone M.15 / 7,5 cm It was a long time tradition for the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to use mountain guns, and in the beginning of the 20th century, mountain guns Mark 75 and Mark 99 were widely used. These types, however, were becoming outdated quite quickly becauseof rapid development of artillery techology of those times. The Skoda Works in Pilsen, a traditional supplier of artillery armament, had since the beginning of the century been developing several projects of mountain guns with various calibers. When a 7cm Gebirgskanone M.9 had been built in small production run, a new and heavier caliber (7.5cm) gun was developed, which eventualy became to be produced in 1912, mainly on basis of an interest from foreign customers. The last production batch of this gun, that had been intended for Chinese government, was taken over by the Austro-Hungarian Army and put into service as a 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M.14. But, already a year ago those guns had been tested by the military and requirements for a new model of a mountain gun had been defined. As the First World War broke out, it accelerated everything. Prototype guns with some improvements made on basis of requirements from the military were tested during 1914 and production of the new model followed shortly. The new gun was put into the service with the Austro Hungarian army as a 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M.15. It was possible to dismantle the weapon to six main components that were to be carried by draught animals. Another three horses or mules carried the ammunition shield, the sights and standby supply of ammunition. These new guns were used for the very first time at the Italian front in the early stages of 1916. They proved to be much better and more reliable then their Italian counterparts. Over 2000 of these guns were produced during WW1, not only by the original manufacturer, but also by Hungarian arsenal works in Győr, under a license there. The guns were also used by allies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, Turkey and Germany. There were only a very few cases just like this one that Germany took over armament designed and produced abroad and it seems to have shown the qualities of this particular weapon. When WWI ended, the 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M.15 got into service with Italy and with armies of the majority of countries in Middle Europe and the Balkans. Both the Skoda Works and the Győr factory kept on producing the gun also after the war. They were used by the army of the Czechoslovak Republic under the designation Horsky kanon vz.15 (or literally Mountain Gun mark 15), in fact they remained in service since the early days of independent Czechoslovakia right up to its occupation by Nazi Germany. The guns were deployed to artillery regiments as well as to mountain artillery units that were part of so called field artillery brigades. They were used also in armoured trains and Danube fleet boats and in 1938, also as a kind of emergency armament of the border strongholds. As the Czechoslovak Republic became occupied, the majority of the guns were handed over to the Wehrmacht and the rest went to the independent Slovak State. In German service, these guns were known as the GebK 15(t) and they were used along ex-Bundesheer weapons of the same type that had been acquired in 1938 following the Annexation of Austria and consequently designated as the GebK 15(ö). In the course of WW2, the same weapons fell into the German hands also from Yugoslavia (these were GebK 259(j)), Italy (GebK 259(i)) and Slovakia and were used at the Eastern Front, in the Balkans and in Italy. The Slovaks operated these guns at the Eastern Front by the side of their German ally and also during the Slovak National Uprising in 1944, but this time against the Germans. Eventually, as the Uprising was defeated, the guns were captured by the Wehrmacht and put into the service. In Italian army, captured 7.5 Gebirgskanone M.15 were used at first, with designation Obice da 75/13, later the Italians decided to buy more of them directly from the Hungarian manufacturer in Györ. These were used during the Ethiopian campaign and also in the Balkans and Africa during WW2. In 1944, some of them were also used against the Germans in Italy. The end of the war did not bring an end of the service for these reliable weapons as they remained with Italian army well up to the fifties and for equally long period of time they were used also by Turkey. Among others, the Gebirgskanone M.15 were used also in Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Colombia, Poland, Romania, Greece and Spain. Parts of the model were designed in 3D and they're pressed in a steel mold. They are distributed into two frames made of grey plastic. Full colour manual offers a cannon in colouring of the Czechoslovak army, Italy, Austro-Hungary and Wehrmacht.. Price:£10.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35002 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:59:22 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35001 Kanon 3,7 cm KPUV vz.37 (3,7 cm PAK 37(t)) The Skoda Works in Pilsen had been a traditional gun manufacturer and supplier already since the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the independent Czechoslovak Republic was established in 1918, the company continued in this tradition and became one of the major armament suppliers for the new Czechoslovak Army and also exported large numbers of weapons world wide. In the 1930s, the Skoda development department came up with a design for a modern 37mm A3 anti-tank gun, which was later accepted by the Army and used under designation 3,7cm KPUV vz.34, (KPUV standing for Kanon Proti Utocne Vozbe, or Anti-Tank Gun). The Skoda design team did not lie back on their laurels and developed a modernised type known as the A4 which gained excellent results while it was being tested and surpassed considerably the original 3,7cm KPUV gun. However, the new type used a different type of ammunition and therefore its breech had to be redesigned to be capable of using the earlier ammo as well. After that, nothing stood against the A4 gun being accepted by the Czechoslovak Army, which used it under 3,7cm KPUV vz.37 designation. At that time, this weapon was the world´s best in its category. The production guns were supplied in several varieties, as Type P for infantry units (P=pěchota, or Infantry) with spoked wheels, for cavalry units as Type J (J for jezdectvo, Cavalry) with pneumatic wheels with standard discs and as Type M which could have been transported behind a motorised vehicles. The A4 guns were also exported to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Hungary, besides others. In 1938, nearly one thousand KPUV guns of both types were ready to defend Czechoslovakia, 390 of them were of vz.37 Type P and 300 of vz.37 Type M. The 3,7cm KPUV Gun vz.37 was capable to shoot through the armour of all Wehrmacht´s tanks. However, in the end, these guns were first used in combat by the German Wehrmacht, which, having realised the Czechoslovak guns were superior to German ones, put them into service under 3,7cm PAK 37(t) designation. And, how effective these guns were, soldiers of Poland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands found out to their detriment. In the end, only the attack against the Soviet Union made the 37mm guns obsolete as they were no longer effective against the new Soviet mid and heavy tank armours. Nevertheless, the guns remained on strenght almost until the end of the war. Amongst their users were also the army of the Slovak State, which had been built on the ruins of former Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Army deployed the 3,7cm guns also against the USSR, but with similar trouble as the Wehrmacht. Parts of the model were designed in 3D and they're pressed in a steel mold. They are distributed into two frames made of grey plastic. Full colour manual offers three different kinds of cannons – one in tricolor camouflage of the Czechoslovak army and two cannons used by Wehrmacht. One of the captured cannons is in the original Czechoslovak army colouring, the second one – called Bertha – is in german panzer grau colouring.. Price:£9.50 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35001 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:59:22 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72014 A4/V-2 Rocket (black and white paint schemes) rocket with launch platform (USE WITH SA72001 AND SA72012). Price:£14.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72014 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:38:03 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72015 A-Stoffanhanger liquid oxygen fuel tank on trailer for V-2 rockets. The A-stoffanhänger is yet another model from our Special Armour range to represent a member of the A4/V2 family of support vehicles and the design of this model was completed using state of the art CAD. The parts of this kit are provided on two sprues of sand coloured plastic which are moulded within high quality injection steel moulds in order to make sure that the parts of this notably large vehicle are of the highest possible standard. Development of the A4/V2 missile was a very demanding project. Besides the design work on the rockets a need also arose to design new equipment and support vehicles to maintain this weapon system, especially on a mobile basis out `in the field'. One of these vehicles was the A-Stoffanhänger trailer. This four wheeled road trailer was used for refuelling of the A4/V2 rockets with liquid oxygen, which was also known as Sauerstoff and code named A-stoff by the Germans. Empty weight of this road trailer with pneumatically operated brakes was 3.100kg, with a full payload of 8.000kg. The fuel tank was welded together with a steel frame construction and this was movably mounted on the chassis. The tank had two main parts, the outer steel envelope and inner pressure tank with capacity of 6000 litres. Between the outer envelope and the pressure tank there was an insulating layer made of Iporka foam. (note – use of glass wool as an insulating material is stated in another source). The tank was filled with liquid oxygen and as this substance was constantly boiling, a pressure valve was fitted in order to allow vapours to drain off the tank. A filling valve and a hose were located at the rear of the tank. The A4/V2 rocket support vehicles were known as "Fahrzeug der Gruppe 4" vehicles in German nomenclature and this trailer was assigned number 402 (Nr.402). Because of its heavy weight, the SS-100 Gigant was the most widely used tractor for towing this trailer.. Price:£15.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72015 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:45:41 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72012 Meillerwagen A4/V-2 transporter (USE WITH SA72001 AND SA72003). We produce 1/72 scale high quality German A4/V2 rocket (kit nos. SA72003 and SA72014) and Hanomag SS-100 tractor (SA72001) in Special Armour line. SS-100 tractor's main purpose was not only rocket transport but it was also used on airfields for other heavy load transport. A4/V2 rockets were transported on low-bed trailers Vidalwagen (SA72010) and Meilerwagen. Meilerwagen trailer also served for rocket erection onto firing stand a service gantry and fuelling and launch preparation. Highly quality and detailed kit of Meilerwagen is produced form metal mould. It can be build both in transport or launch positions. In both positions A4/V2 rocket (not included) can be placed on the Meilerwagen. (designed to used with Special Armour and Revell German A-4/V-2 RV3309 kits). Price:£17.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72012 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:39:36 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72009 Vidawagen Street V-2 rocket transporter. The second kit from the Special Armour series offers the special trailer for transporting the A-4 (V-2 rocket "Revenge Weapon") rocket. The kit contains one sprue with plastic parts and a small fret with photo-etched parts. There are no decals, since the trailer carried no markings.. Price:£14.20 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72009 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72004 Sd.Kfz.11/4 Nebelkraftwagen. Price:£15.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72004 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72002 German Sd.Kfz.11 Leichter Zugkraftwagen 3t. The German Sd.Kfz.11 was the German Wermacht's most widely used unarmored half track. Many particular modifications were made for service use. This kit offers the basic version, an artillery gun-tractor. The kit contains two sprues with gray plastic parts and rubber track links. The decals offer three different camouflaged vehicles. A grey machine with roughly applied winter coat, a sand colored machine from Africa and the last one in three tone camouflage schemes used from 1943.. Price:£15.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72002 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72005 Sd.Kfz.250/1 Ausf.B (Neue Ausführung). The Sd.Kfz.250 was developed to the Wehrmacht requirements to increase the numbers of German half track vehicle units. To speed up the development, the chassis of already existing non-armoured Demag D7 (Sd.Kfz.10) vehicle was used for which the Bussing company designed a new armoured hexagon-shaped hull, consisting of armoured plates joined at rather significant angles. The first prototype vehicle was built in 1939 and after it succeeded in demanding tests, the production was launched in 1941. Large numbers of this vehicle were built during 1942 and also in early 1943, known as the Alte Ausfuhrung (literally the Old Version). In 1943 the Neue Ausführung variety of the Sd.Kfz.250 begun to leave the production lines, differing by the hull shape. A total of almost 6000 of these first rate vehicles was built in several subtypes, fighting in the first lines until the end of the war. They could be found on the Eastern front as well as in the west with some of the vehicles also in Africa. In the post war years, the Sd.Kfz.250 saw service with a couple of armies, too, including that of Czechoslovakia. Our Sd.Kfz.250 model kit offers nice levels of detail and the marking schemes cover three Wehrmacht vehicles wearing various camouflage patters.. Price:£15.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72005 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72001 SS-100/ST-100W Hanomag tow tractor. (USE WITH SA72003 AND SA720012). Price:£15.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72001 http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72003 Re-released! German A-4/V-2 Rocket (camouflage paint schemes) rocket with launch platform (USE WITH SA72001 AND SA72012). Price:£15.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72003 http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72022 Sd.Ah 115 German tank transport trailer. This German Anhanger, or trailer, designated Sd.Ah.115 was widely used for transporting light weight tanks as well as other sorts of military vehicles of similar weights. The Wehrmacht had them in their service throughout the war.. Price:£14.20 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72022 http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72020 Marder II (Sd.Kfz.131) 'German Tank Destroyer'. This Marder II is a really superb model of the German WW2 tank destroyer, the first of a couple of models moulding tools of we have recently acquired from MK72. Rightfully the model was awarded the Model of the Year prize at the time it was released first. The Marder II tank destroyer was developed using the Pz.Kpfw.II tank chassis. The Soviet, heavy armoured KV-1, KV-2 and most importantly the T-34 which had been put to service in large numbers proved nothing but lethal to their lightly armoured German opponents. The Wehrmacht, in consequence, had to start looking for ways to deal sufficiently with this Soviet threat. Based on chassis of various Pz.Kpfw.II versions, Germans developed two types of tank destroyers, the Sd.Kfz132 and Sd.Kfz.131. The Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.G. type chassis formed the basis for the Sd.Kfz.131 which was equipped with the new PaK 40/2 anti tank gun. Beside this gun, the crew also had for their protection a loosely carried MG34 machine gun which could be used either against infantry or attacking aeroplanes. The Sd.Kfz.131 were built from components at Famo plants in Warsaw and Wroclaw in today´s Poland. The production gave a total of 1271 vehicles over the span of two years, from 1942 to 1944. The kit brings two styrene sprues and a sheet of decals for three Eastern Front machines, including the one dubbed the Kohlenklau, which will most possibly be the top successful Marder in service, bearing a wide range of victory bars on its barrel. The other machine from our selection might be interesting for the modeller by the use of two tactical numbers on its hull, besides also featuring a single victory bar on the barrel. The final machine was referred to as "Friedel" the very best 1/72 Marder II available- decals capturing three interesting-looking vehicles resin detail sets in the pipeline already. Price:£15.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72020 http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72024 3,7 cm PaK 36 'German Anti-tank Gun' In the initial stages of the war, the German Wehrmacht was equipped with 3,7cm PaK 36 anti-tank drawn guns. These were designed during the 1930s and first put to service in the Spanish Civil War. Before WW2, the guns were also exported to several countries including China, Finland or the Soviet Union. The latter also bought the licence rights and produced it as the M1930 (1-K) cannon. At the beginning of the war, the PaK36 gun was capable of penetrating the armour of virtually all of the period armoured vehicles. Gradually, as the enemy vehicle's armour protection was becoming more and more efficient, the PaK 36 guns were losing their superiority and new and more powerful guns became to replace them. Nevertheless, the PaK 36 went on serving until the end of the war, its performance sometimes also boosted by the use of the Stielgranate 41 rocket anti-tank projectiles. The model colour schemes comprise guns of the Wehrmacht as well as the Finnish, Slovak and Chinese armies.. Price:£8.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72024 http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72025 7,5 cm PaK 40 'German Anti-tank Gun'. The PaK 40 is arguably one of the most important German anti-tank weapons of the war. Our 1/72 model shows the gun in the wheeled version. Between 1939 and 1945 a total of more than 20,000 examples were built. They were used both with a wheeled chassis or mounted on a wide variety of Wehrmacht military vehicles. The gun was also exported to many German allies. It saw deployment on all fronts where the Wehrmacht fought. Its service with the military did not ceased with the end of the war though. Many of them were captures and found their way to a couple of countries. The very last war the gun saw was most possibly the conflict in Vietnam where they were used against US vessels (the captured PaK 40s had been delivered to Vietnamese communists by the Soviet Union). The kit offers the 7.5cm PaK 40 in the colours of the Wehrmacht, Slovak Army, Finnish Army, Czechoslovak Army and the Vietnamese Army.. Price:£9.50 sales@hannants.co.uk http://alpha.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72025