Lead Warrior 1/35 Sd.Kfz.7/3 Feuerleitpanzer V-2 Command Veh. Conversion LW35223

Description: Lead Warrior 1/35 Sd.Kfz.7/3 Feuerleitpanzer für V2 Raketen auf Zugkraftwagen 8-ton German V-2 Rocket Observation and Command Post Vehicle WWII Conversion Set (for Dragon Sd.Kfz.7/1 2cm Flakvierling 38 auf Selbstfahrlafette kit No.6525) LW35223 Brand new! This is a pure resin and photo-etch AFV conversion kit from Lead Warrior. Sd.Kfz.7/1 is not included, this is a conversion set only. Kit consists of unassembled and unpainted resin and photo-etch parts, parts are shown in ninth and later pictures. Built and painted one's pictures are for reference only and put for you to enjoy fine detailing of this kit. In 1944-45, German V-2 missiles were launched from various sites to avoid Allied air attacks. The V-2 launch group had to be, therefore, highly mobile and capable of movement off the road. The firing of up to 8-12 missiles per day by some batteries showed the ruggedness in ingenuity of these units. There were different types of specialized support vehicles in the V-2 launching units, such as fuel bowsers (LW35019 and LW35020 kits), generators, pumps, rocket trailers etc. Some vehicles were adapted from existing Wehrmacht equipment and proved quite compatible. Thus, the very widely used in German army half-tracked prime-mover Sd.Kfz.7 made by Krauss-Maffei / Daimler-Benz and Bussing and powered by the 115HP Maybach 'HL 52 TU' engine, converted to the armored launch control vehicle (the Sd.Kfz.7/3 Feuerleitpanzer), became the heart of the V-2 rocket launching units. The vehicle, having an armored shelter superstructure, mounted on the rear of the half-track, would be positioned about 100 meters from the missile launch pad. The protective measures were intended to shield the crew in case the missile collapsed on the pad and exploded (not uncommon event with the early A-4). The Feuerleitpanzer had a crew of four. Three of them -the radio panel engineer, the propulsion unit operator, and the power control operator, were situated in the rear of the armored superstructure, equiped with three armored-glass peepholes to observe the launching field. The the launch commander's compartment in the front area of the superstructure was equipped with a telephone communicator, connected to the other members of the launching unit. Kleinen Klappenschrank zu 10 Ltg. SB-10T mit Amtszusatz und Erdsprechgerat (the 10-lines Field Switchboards SB-10T with Dialing Device and Telephone Set). This set of commander's equipment is presented in the LW35222 kit. The telephone lines connectors were mounted on the port board, outside of the vehicle. along with additional electric batteries, and the connectors to supply power and signal to the rocket. On the starboard side there was a door and a box for instruments and spare parts. The Feuerleitpanzer model is available in two versions: as the Exterior-only LW35223 kit, and the Full-Interior LW35222 kit. Important! This item is unassembled and unpainted. All extra model kit(s) and figure(s) in the pictures are for illustrative purposes only, and they are not included. About Lead Warrior: Lead Warrior is a Russian company famous for their high-quality armor conversions and full kits in 1/35th scale. Established in 2001, Lead Warrior specializes in German AFVs and Soft-skinned Vehicles of WWII and pre-WWII era, especially the rare, unusual and experimental ones. An extensive research is always performed during designing of the kit. Lead Warrior see their mission as developing the most accurate, historically and technically correct model kits, which will allow an experienced modeler to build a museum-quality scale replica of a unique vehicle. Lead Warrior uses their own technology of pressurized resin casting, resulting in the outstanding quality of their kits, which is well known among the modelers.

Price: 75.95 USD

Location: Sterling, Virginia

End Time: 2024-08-24T16:17:55.000Z

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