HobbyBoss 84418 1/35 Scale, German 20mm Flak 38 Gunners, Plastic Figure Kit (HOB84418)

German 20mm vial 38 artillery model contents

• Plastic injection parts
• Assembly guide (on the box)

German 20mm vial 38 artillery model features

• Disasted plastic parts.
• Use a frame scissors to remove the parts.
• Use a model knife and sanding to clean the burr in the parts.
• Fill the gaps between the parts with filling material and sanding.
• There is no adhesive and paint in the box.
• You can make the necessary jerking with the assembly guide in it.
• It is recommended to paint it with the colors specified in the guide.

You can find the ingredients you need to finish this product at the bottom of the page

Flak 38 is a 20 mm automatic aircraft weapon from the Second World War. The first prototypes of the land were created in 1938 and soon mass production was started. The maximum vertical range was 3,700 m and the initial rate of the bullet was 900 m/s. The theoretical shooting rate was up to 420 bullets per minute.

The victory 38 was developed by Mauser as a comprehensive modification of the Vial 30 ball. First of all, the theoretical shooting rate of the new ball was increased and the general mechanical structure was improved. This healed the parameters of the gun, but as the 1940-1941 war operations showed, the vial 38 still had very little firepower and it was decided to increase by creating a quadruple cannon - 2 cm flavierling 38 was born in this way. Both versions of the ball in 1940-1945 II. It was used intensively by Wehrmacht during World War II. They also served as a weapon for many vehicles, including Flacpanzer 38 (T), Mobelwagen and Wirbelwind.

The German army had an experience of fighting aircraft with anti -aircraft balls since the Period of the First World War. However, in the 1920s and 1930s, the development of anti -aircraft artillery was not seen as a priority in Germany despite the realization. However, it should be added that in the 1930s, 88 vial 18 balls (with the next versions), as well as 37 mm vial 18 balls and 20 mm vial 30 and vial 38 balls are put into service. Although these weapons assumed that the German Luftwaffe would dominate the air on the battlefield and that the land forces would face a limited threat from enemy aviation, it was primarily responsible for providing air defense to its land units. In addition to other things, such assumptions affected the fact that the German infantry division in 1939 had only 12 20 mm anti -aircraft weapons. However, with the increasing air superiority of the Soviet and especially the Allied Air Force, the German army began to develop its own anti -aircraft defense intensively (especially from 1943). In addition, allies needed to provide air defense to German cities and factories, which had to deal with strategic air strikes. The second threat increased the production of balls such as 10.5 cm vial 38/39 How or 12.8 cm Vial 40.