Dragon 6260 1/35 Scale, 88mm FLAK 36 Anti-Aircraft Gun and Anti-Aircraft Gunner Crew, Plastic Model Kit (DG6260)

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Model Specifications

• Comprehensive Material Content: Includes high quality "slide-mold" plastic parts, as well as a Photo-Etched (PE) detail set for the armor shield and fine mechanical components. It also includes extra materials such as metal chains for trolleys.
• Dynamic Crew Figures (Crew): Included in the box is a fully equipped German anti-aircraft artillery crew. Figures; It is designed in very realistic poses that reflect action moments such as loading bullets, aiming and waiting for a firing command.
• Two Different Display Options: Depending on the Sd.Ah.20 bogies, the model can be built in the **"Deployment/Transport Position"** or in the **"Fighting/Firing Position"** with its cross-shaped legs firmly planted on the ground.
• High-Level Mechanical Details: The breech block, recoil cylinders, height and rotation adjustment wheels are very finely machined. The rifling details inside the barrel are distinct and are modeled faithfully to the real multi-piece barrel structure.
• Diorama Accessories: The set includes both fired spent casings and loaded 88mm armour-piercing/high-explosive rounds, as well as the wooden and wicker ammunition crates that carry them, to enhance staging realism.
• Rich Decal Options: In addition to the unit markings on different fronts (Afrika Korps, Eastern Front, etc.), "Kill Marks" (destruction rings/victory lines) decals on the barrel, which is one of the details that modelers value most, are also available.

This weapon is a candidate to become a legend! Eighty-eight, probably World War II. It is the most well-known artillery weapon of World War II.
Developed after meticulous research, this BRAND NEW set greatly exceeds the level of detail of other sets on the market and includes many extra features.

About 88mm Flak:
German 88 mm Flak, probably World War II. It is the most well-known, even famous, artillery piece of World War II. It was not a single gun, but a series of anti-aircraft guns, officially designated 8.8 cm Flak 18, 36 or 37. Flak is short for Fliegerabwehrkanone, which means anti-aircraft gun in German, and this was the original purpose of the 88 mm Flak.
Featuring a two-piece barrel for easier replacement of worn internal linings, the Flak 36 featured a new (and heavier) trailer that dropped its base while on wheels, allowing it to be set up much more quickly. This made it much more useful for troops during rapid movement operations, which formed the basis of the concept of lightning warfare (blitzkrieg).
Gun number eighty-eight was used in two roles: one as a mobile heavy anti-aircraft battery and the other in a more static role for the defense of Germany. In this latter role, the guns were arranged in large batteries, directed by a single control device, and rarely moved. Changes made to the Flak 36 increased mobility at the expense of weight.