Tag Archives: antitank

M1 57mm Anti-tank Gun Kit

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Riich.Models has announced a new 1/35th-scale WWII anti-tank gun release: RV 35020: U.S. M1 57mm Anti-tank Gun on M2 carriage （Late Version). The M1 served as the standard towed anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry divisions and over 10,000 guns were … Continue reading →

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Dragon “Chow Time” Antitank Crew Kit

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Dragon Models has announced their upcoming 1/35th-scale figure kit depicting a German antitank crew eating a winter meal on the Eastern Front: Item No. 6697 – 1/35th-Scale “Chow Time” German Anti-Tank Gun Crew (Eastern Front). The kit includes three figures … Continue reading →

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Plusmodel Antitank Grenades & Panzerfaust

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two recent 1/35th anti-tank weapon releases from the Czech company plusmodel — No.: EL055, 1/35 Panzerfaust 60 and No.: EL057, 1/35 Antitank Grenades. Both kits are MSRP: 4.60 USD, 3.30 EUR.  

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Bazooka Emplacement

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bazooka emplacements from the Corps of Engineers’ field manual FM 5-15: Field Fortifications, U.S. War Department, February 1944. 43. ROCKET LAUNCHER EMPLACEMENT. There are two types of emplacement for this weapon, the pit-foxhole type and the pit type. a. Pit-foxhole type … Continue reading →

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Russian Antitank Guns

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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Zvezda British 6 pdr Anti-Tank Gun

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New 1/35th-scale kit from Zvezda of the British Anti-Tank Gun QF 6-PDR MK-II (Item No. 3518).

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37-mm Ammunition Comparison

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Comparison of 37-mm Ammunition from WW2 technical manual: TM 9-1901: Artillery Ammunition, War Department Technical Manual, June 1944:   FIXED AND SEMIFIXED ROUNDS AND SEPARATE-LOADING PROJECTILES:      A – MK.II A1, PRACTICE ROUND FOR 37-MM GUN SUBCALIBER, M1916      B – M56 H.E ROUND FOR 37-MM GUNS, … Continue reading →

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Bazooka Operation in Hot & Cold Climates

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Operating instructions for the Bazooka in tropical and arctic climates from TM 9-294: 2.36-inch A.T. Rocket Launcher M1A1, War Department Technical Manual, Sept. 27, 1943. Section X: OPERATION UNDER UNUSUAL CONDITIONS 32. GENERAL. a. When operating under unusual conditions such … Continue reading →

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Bazooka Versus Tank

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The history of the bazooka from U.S. Rocket Ordnance: Development and Use in World War II, U.S. Joint Board on Scientific Information Policy, 1946. Bazooka Versus Tank Among the now-it-can-be-told weapons of the American rocket family, is the super-bazooka, bigger … Continue reading →

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Ju 87G Kanonenvogel

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Original Bundesarchiv Caption: Sowjetunion.- Flugzeug Junkers Ju 87 G “Stuka” mit 3,7-cm-Kanonen FlaK 18 (“Kanonenvogel”) auf einem Feldflugplatz; PK Lw zbV. This photograph file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-646-5184-26 / … Continue reading →

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