WOW258 Winter Henschel

Out of Stock

SKU: 16169 Category: mothballed

Description

The Henschel Hs 129 was a World War II ground-attack aircraft fielded by the German Luftwaffe. The aircraft saw combat in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front.

The design was relatively effective when it was first introduced, and saw service on the Eastern Front in a variety of front-line roles. As the war continued and anti-tank support became the main goal, the aircraft was continually up-gunned, eventually mounting a 75 mm gun in the anti-tank role. Only a small number of these 75mm cannon models were produced towards the end of the war.

It was anticipated that the main source of damage to such an aircraft would be small arms fire from the ground, meaning that the plane had to be well-armored around its cockpit and engines. Similar protection was also needed in the canopy, in the form of 75 mm (2.95 in) thick armored glass.

The aircraft was expected to be attacking in low-level, head-on strafing runs, so the cockpit had to be located as close as possible to the nose, in order to maximize the visibility of its targets.

We have 5 x 75mm cannon version available at the moment, comes in a winter white with mottled green camouflage paint scheme.

Please note that this 1/30 scale aeroplane comes with a FREE display MAT018. The rather excellent figures shown are a mix of Thomas Gunn and K&C and are shown for scale purposes only.

Priced at $525 plus $100 shipping.