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Friday, August 17, 2018 - 05:57 AM UTC
CMK are to release a full resin 1:35 kit of a WWI 7.58 cm leichter Minenwerfer.
German WWI 7.58 cm Leichter Minenwerfer n/A
During WW1, the army of the German Empire used several types of mortars. Mortars were fairly new kind of military equipment and various armies employed them for the first time in the first decades of the 20th century. The 7.58cm Leichter Minenwerfer was a light-weight weapon comparing to other mortars and was produced in two styles, the earlier known as the a/A and the later n/A (standing for alte Art and neu Art). The n/A variety was equipped with a circular firing platform which permitted a full 360 degree traverse. The barrel was longer and allowed for a direct fire too. These mortars were used by engineer units for a siege type of warfare. By the winter of 1916-1917, these mortars were transferred to infantry units and because of their light weight they could be transported on two wheel carts or even carried by a group of six men. They were used against enemy’s tanks too, because of their 0° - 27° elevation direct fire capability.

This nicely detailed model has been designed using 3D and master parts created on a 3D printer and it could be finished in either the transport configuration or firing position (with the barrel positioned for direct or indirect fire).


Item #RA059 will be available soon. Price: 27.40 €

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Cool! / Robin
AUG 17, 2018 - 06:31 AM
Nice!
AUG 17, 2018 - 08:57 AM
Very nice! CMK has always had interesting stuff with marvelous detail. Wonder what's next...
AUG 18, 2018 - 02:31 AM
This mortar is fantastic! I don't know much about this weapon system and will have to read up. Any chance this thing showed up during WW2, perhaps in static emplacements near Germany?
AUG 18, 2018 - 07:24 AM
last night with my son I was watching a very accurate historical film .... Wonder Woman ... and at a certain point you can see the Germans shooting from the trenches with a mortar very similar if not the same.
AUG 18, 2018 - 09:21 AM
And thanks to Hans-Herman we have a walk around for this little gem. https://armorama.kitmaker.net/features/7764
AUG 18, 2018 - 12:41 PM
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