Barcode: 0 89195 87364 4
Case Pack: 36 Pieces per carton
Box Size: 7.5 x 11.4 x 1.8
Features
Dragon’s newest 1/72 scale kit set features an Sd.Kfz.251/7 Ausf.D
and four German panzergrenadiers. As far as possible, this set reflects
the original scenes photographed on 18 December 1944. The four figures
are completely new toolings, and benefit from the level of detail that
was incorporated in their 1/35 scale ‘brothers’. The grenadiers are
depicted enjoying a cigarette in a lull after their successful ambush.
Each is well researched and sculpted to carry as much detail as
possible in this scale, with a great variety shown in their uniform
items. The soldiers are accompanied by the Pioneer variant of the
famous Sd.Kfz.251 halftrack, complete with assault-bridge sections.
This kit is finely detailed, and offers possibilities such as the rear
doors or vision ports being left open or closed. Convenience has been
guaranteed with features such as DS tracks and road wheels that are
molded as a set. This novel set recreates the events of that historic
day in this otherwise obscure Belgian village!
In a desperate last gamble, Hitler sent massed German units through
the forested Ardennes terrain in an attack against Allied forces in the
Battle of the Bulge. One small event that played out during the epic
battle was the fighting in the small Belgian village of Poteau, a
junction where the roads from Recht and St Vith meet en route to
Vielsalm. On 17 December 1944 this village was the site of a huge
traffic bottleneck as American troops moved to take up defensive
positions while stragglers retreated from the fighting. Kampfgruppe
Hansen attacked and captured the village on the morning of 18 December,
and later that day the German soldiers succeeded in ambushing a convoy
from the U.S. 14th Cavalry Group. What made this event famous were the
numerous movies and photos taken by German propaganda cameramen on that
occasion.