Hannants http://www.hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72028 Rheinbote German WWII tactical ground to ground V4 Rocket. During World War II, many remarkable weapons were developed in Germany. One of them was a four-stage tactical surface-to-surface missile with solid-fuel engines, called the Rheinbote. It was developed at Rheinmetall-Borsig by a team led by technical director Klein and Dr. Vüllers. Development took place from 1941 to 1944. For the Wehrmacht, the work was coordinated by Oberstleutnant Alfred Tröller. The rocket was made of sheet steel, the diameter of the individual stages decreased from the first to the fourth stage. It carried an explosive warhead weighing 40 kg. However, there was only 20 kg of explosives itself. Originally, the rocket was to be launched from a modified 88 mm Flak gun mount, but in the end a modified Meilerwagen carrier was used. The rocket's range was up to 200 km. Serial production, approved by Gen. Kammler, began production in the autumn of 1944. 300 were ordered. Only about 220 were produced by the end of the war. The rockets were tested by the Versuchkommando Tröller test unit. This was transformed into a single combat unit, Artillerie Abteilung 709. It was still led by Oberstleutnant Alfred Tröller. The Abteilung consisted of a staff, a supply platoon, a measuring and computing platoon, and two rocket batteries. Each battery consisted of four Meilerwagen launchers and Sd.Kfz 8 tractors. It entered combat on December 24, 1944, near Nuspeet, Netherlands, when it fired 24 rockets at Antwerp. It continued to fight and fired more than 200 missiles by the end of the war. Since Oberstleutnant Alfred Tröller and his men did not know the exact impact locations, most of the missiles missed their target. Gen. Kammler stopped the development of the Rheinbot in February 1944, as it was clear that it was no longer useful with the end of the war. Some historians state that, alongside the V-1 aircraft missile, the V-2 rocket and the V-3 long-range cannon with reactive shells, the Rheibote ranks among the Vergeltungswaffe, designated V-4.. Price:£18.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72028 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:29:18 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35008 Panzerbefhlswagen 35(t) Command tank The Skoda Lt.35 tank, designed and built in Czechoslovakia, was introduced to service with the German Wehrmacht as the Pz.35(t). The Germans had some number of the tanks converted to commander vehicles, designated the Befelswaggen Pz.35(t) and put them to action alongside the standard Pz.35(t) tanks in France in 1940 and a year later in the Soviet Union. The model of the command vehicle comes on five styrene sprues and also contains etches and resin parts. The decal sheet offer two Wehrmacht options, one tank as it fought in 1940 France, the other from the June 1941 attack on the USSR. Nicely detailed model A fret of etches and a set of resin parts already in the box.. Price:£13.92 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35008 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:04:20 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72026 15cm Nebelwerfer 41 'German Multiple Rocket Launcher' The Nebelwerfer 41 six-barrel rocket launcher was one of the German weapons the Allied soldiers were terrified of across all the battlefields it was used on. The German military introduced the Nebelwerfer into the service in 1941 and it remained used until the end of the war. Firing the smoke or explosive shells had also very strong psychologic effect mainly because of the noise the missiles gave out. A single styrene sprue offers finely detailed parts of the rocket launcher. There are paint schemes of as many as five different Nebelwerfers, four of which were found on the Eastern front, the fifth one bearing a two tone scheme was captured by British paratroopers in Troarn near Caen in Normandy following the 1944 Invasion.. Price:£7.92 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72026 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:47:38 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72018 Trailer for the 'Biber' German Midget Submarine. One of the almost 'miracle' weapons that were to stop the victorious advance of the Allies, which they fortunately did not, was also the German Biber midget submarine (designed to be used with Special Navy kits). In 1944, when the mass production of the sub was commenced, also a new type of a road trailer was needed to haul the sub to the area of its combat deployment and a variety of heavy road tractors was used to tow the Biber on the trailer, as were the Hanomag SS-100, Faun or Kaeble. And when off road, half track vehicles such as the Sd.Kfz.7 or Sd.Kfz.8 were used too. The Biber Trailer model was 3D designed and is produced using machine-milled metal moulds. The Biber submarine is not contained in this kit. (designed to be used with Special Armour kits). Price:£11.83 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72018 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:59:51 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35007 VW type 825 "Pick Up" Ferdinand Porsche, a German automotive engineer, developed his famous "people's car", the VW Beetle on direct Adolf Hitler's impulse. During the Second World War, the vehicle was produced in large numbers and in various verisons and modofications, for both the military and the civil users. The Beetle had either two (rear) wheel drive or even four wheel drive. Besides the civil users, the Beetle saw military service with the Wehrmach, Afrika-Korps, Waffen-SS, the police and state authorities of the Third Reich. In 1941, a pick up version was also built known as the Typ 825. The body of the original Typ 82 version was modified and mounted on a four wheel drive chassis, giving a vehicle for a crew of two and offering a large load area. Later, also a type with a box-shaped superstructure was manufactured under the designation Typ 83. The rear load area resin parts, photo-etched parts and decal sheet acompany the kit's styrene parts. The instruction sheet offers two colour schemes, the first being in sand overall, the other having heavy mottles of green and chockolate brown over the standard sand as the vehicle was operated later in the war.. Price:£16.66 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35007 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:22:43 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72017 Scheuch Schlepper The rocket-propelled Messerschmitt Me-163B tailless aircraft was not fitted with a usual undercarriage and so it lacked the ability to taxi to its take off position or after landing by its own power. And thus the Komet needed some other means to get around the airfield and it was found in the form of the Scheuch-Schlepper tractor. This rather diminutive vehicle was originally devised as a low-cost and widely available agricultural tractor by Rudolf and Eugen Scheuch brothers. The Scheuch company was established in the town of Erfurt and the tractor was developed with the help from Auto-Union, a branch of the DKW-Einbau-Motoren firm. The Scheuch-Schlepper was usually used in two configurations, either with a rear auxilliary wheel to tow the Komets or with a specialised device enabling it to recover the Komet after it has landed. Our kit of this quite unique vehicle contains usual styrene injected parts, resin cast ones and also a fret of etches. - highly interesting type - nicely detailed model kit. Price:£14.00 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72017 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:16:38 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35003 R-2 TACAM Romanian tank destroyer. Price:£17.25 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35003 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:15:15 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35002 75 mm horsky kanon vz.15 (7,5 cm Gerbirgskanone M.15 / 7,5 cm It was a long time tradition for the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to use mountain guns, and in the beginning of the 20th century, mountain guns Mark 75 and Mark 99 were widely used. These types, however, were becoming outdated quite quickly becauseof rapid development of artillery techology of those times. The Skoda Works in Pilsen, a traditional supplier of artillery armament, had since the beginning of the century been developing several projects of mountain guns with various calibers. When a 7cm Gebirgskanone M.9 had been built in small production run, a new and heavier caliber (7.5cm) gun was developed, which eventualy became to be produced in 1912, mainly on basis of an interest from foreign customers. The last production batch of this gun, that had been intended for Chinese government, was taken over by the Austro-Hungarian Army and put into service as a 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M.14. But, already a year ago those guns had been tested by the military and requirements for a new model of a mountain gun had been defined. As the First World War broke out, it accelerated everything. Prototype guns with some improvements made on basis of requirements from the military were tested during 1914 and production of the new model followed shortly. The new gun was put into the service with the Austro Hungarian army as a 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M.15. It was possible to dismantle the weapon to six main components that were to be carried by draught animals. Another three horses or mules carried the ammunition shield, the sights and standby supply of ammunition. These new guns were used for the very first time at the Italian front in the early stages of 1916. They proved to be much better and more reliable then their Italian counterparts. Over 2000 of these guns were produced during WW1, not only by the original manufacturer, but also by Hungarian arsenal works in Győr, under a license there. The guns were also used by allies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, Turkey and Germany. There were only a very few cases just like this one that Germany took over armament designed and produced abroad and it seems to have shown the qualities of this particular weapon. When WWI ended, the 7.5cm Gebirgskanone M.15 got into service with Italy and with armies of the majority of countries in Middle Europe and the Balkans. Both the Skoda Works and the Győr factory kept on producing the gun also after the war. They were used by the army of the Czechoslovak Republic under the designation Horsky kanon vz.15 (or literally Mountain Gun mark 15), in fact they remained in service since the early days of independent Czechoslovakia right up to its occupation by Nazi Germany. The guns were deployed to artillery regiments as well as to mountain artillery units that were part of so called field artillery brigades. They were used also in armoured trains and Danube fleet boats and in 1938, also as a kind of emergency armament of the border strongholds. As the Czechoslovak Republic became occupied, the majority of the guns were handed over to the Wehrmacht and the rest went to the independent Slovak State. In German service, these guns were known as the GebK 15(t) and they were used along ex-Bundesheer weapons of the same type that had been acquired in 1938 following the Annexation of Austria and consequently designated as the GebK 15(ö). In the course of WW2, the same weapons fell into the German hands also from Yugoslavia (these were GebK 259(j)), Italy (GebK 259(i)) and Slovakia and were used at the Eastern Front, in the Balkans and in Italy. The Slovaks operated these guns at the Eastern Front by the side of their German ally and also during the Slovak National Uprising in 1944, but this time against the Germans. Eventually, as the Uprising was defeated, the guns were captured by the Wehrmacht and put into the service. In Italian army, captured 7.5 Gebirgskanone M.15 were used at first, with designation Obice da 75/13, later the Italians decided to buy more of them directly from the Hungarian manufacturer in Györ. These were used during the Ethiopian campaign and also in the Balkans and Africa during WW2. In 1944, some of them were also used against the Germans in Italy. The end of the war did not bring an end of the service for these reliable weapons as they remained with Italian army well up to the fifties and for equally long period of time they were used also by Turkey. Among others, the Gebirgskanone M.15 were used also in Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Colombia, Poland, Romania, Greece and Spain. Parts of the model were designed in 3D and they're pressed in a steel mold. They are distributed into two frames made of grey plastic. Full colour manual offers a cannon in colouring of the Czechoslovak army, Italy, Austro-Hungary and Wehrmacht.. Price:£8.58 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA35002 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:59:22 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72014 A4/V-2 Rocket (black and white paint schemes) rocket with launch platform (USE WITH SA72001 AND SA72012). Price:£12.49 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72014 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:38:03 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72015 A-Stoffanhanger liquid oxygen fuel tank on trailer for V-2 rockets. The A-stoffanhänger is yet another model from our Special Armour range to represent a member of the A4/V2 family of support vehicles and the design of this model was completed using state of the art CAD. The parts of this kit are provided on two sprues of sand coloured plastic which are moulded within high quality injection steel moulds in order to make sure that the parts of this notably large vehicle are of the highest possible standard. Development of the A4/V2 missile was a very demanding project. Besides the design work on the rockets a need also arose to design new equipment and support vehicles to maintain this weapon system, especially on a mobile basis out `in the field'. One of these vehicles was the A-Stoffanhänger trailer. This four wheeled road trailer was used for refuelling of the A4/V2 rockets with liquid oxygen, which was also known as Sauerstoff and code named A-stoff by the Germans. Empty weight of this road trailer with pneumatically operated brakes was 3.100kg, with a full payload of 8.000kg. The fuel tank was welded together with a steel frame construction and this was movably mounted on the chassis. The tank had two main parts, the outer steel envelope and inner pressure tank with capacity of 6000 litres. Between the outer envelope and the pressure tank there was an insulating layer made of Iporka foam. (note – use of glass wool as an insulating material is stated in another source). The tank was filled with liquid oxygen and as this substance was constantly boiling, a pressure valve was fitted in order to allow vapours to drain off the tank. A filling valve and a hose were located at the rear of the tank. The A4/V2 rocket support vehicles were known as "Fahrzeug der Gruppe 4" vehicles in German nomenclature and this trailer was assigned number 402 (Nr.402). Because of its heavy weight, the SS-100 Gigant was the most widely used tractor for towing this trailer.. Price:£12.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72015 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:45:41 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72012 Meillerwagen A4/V-2 transporter (USE WITH SA72001 AND SA72003). We produce 1/72 scale high quality German A4/V2 rocket (kit nos. SA72003 and SA72014) and Hanomag SS-100 tractor (SA72001) in Special Armour line. SS-100 tractor's main purpose was not only rocket transport but it was also used on airfields for other heavy load transport. A4/V2 rockets were transported on low-bed trailers Vidalwagen (SA72010) and Meilerwagen. Meilerwagen trailer also served for rocket erection onto firing stand a service gantry and fuelling and launch preparation. Highly quality and detailed kit of Meilerwagen is produced form metal mould. It can be build both in transport or launch positions. In both positions A4/V2 rocket (not included) can be placed on the Meilerwagen. (designed to used with Special Armour and Revell German A-4/V-2 RV3309 kits). Price:£14.83 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72012 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:39:36 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72009 Vidawagen Street V-2 rocket transporter. The second kit from the Special Armour series offers the special trailer for transporting the A-4 (V-2 rocket "Revenge Weapon") rocket. The kit contains one sprue with plastic parts and a small fret with photo-etched parts. There are no decals, since the trailer carried no markings.. Price:£11.83 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72009 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72004 Sd.Kfz.11/4 Nebelkraftwagen. Price:£12.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72004 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72024 3,7 cm PaK 36 'German Anti-tank Gun' In the initial stages of the war, the German Wehrmacht was equipped with 3,7cm PaK 36 anti-tank drawn guns. These were designed during the 1930s and first put to service in the Spanish Civil War. Before WW2, the guns were also exported to several countries including China, Finland or the Soviet Union. The latter also bought the licence rights and produced it as the M1930 (1-K) cannon. At the beginning of the war, the PaK36 gun was capable of penetrating the armour of virtually all of the period armoured vehicles. Gradually, as the enemy vehicle's armour protection was becoming more and more efficient, the PaK 36 guns were losing their superiority and new and more powerful guns became to replace them. Nevertheless, the PaK 36 went on serving until the end of the war, its performance sometimes also boosted by the use of the Stielgranate 41 rocket anti-tank projectiles. The model colour schemes comprise guns of the Wehrmacht as well as the Finnish, Slovak and Chinese armies.. Price:£6.92 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72024 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72001 SS-100/ST-100W Hanomag tow tractor. (USE WITH SA72003 AND SA720012). Price:£12.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72001 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72022 Sd.Ah 115 German tank transport trailer. This German Anhanger, or trailer, designated Sd.Ah.115 was widely used for transporting light weight tanks as well as other sorts of military vehicles of similar weights. The Wehrmacht had them in their service throughout the war.. Price:£11.83 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72022 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72025 7,5 cm PaK 40 'German Anti-tank Gun'. The PaK 40 is arguably one of the most important German anti-tank weapons of the war. Our 1/72 model shows the gun in the wheeled version. Between 1939 and 1945 a total of more than 20,000 examples were built. They were used both with a wheeled chassis or mounted on a wide variety of Wehrmacht military vehicles. The gun was also exported to many German allies. It saw deployment on all fronts where the Wehrmacht fought. Its service with the military did not ceased with the end of the war though. Many of them were captures and found their way to a couple of countries. The very last war the gun saw was most possibly the conflict in Vietnam where they were used against US vessels (the captured PaK 40s had been delivered to Vietnamese communists by the Soviet Union). The kit offers the 7.5cm PaK 40 in the colours of the Wehrmacht, Slovak Army, Finnish Army, Czechoslovak Army and the Vietnamese Army.. Price:£7.92 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72025 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72003 Re-released! German A-4/V-2 Rocket (camouflage paint schemes) rocket with launch platform (USE WITH SA72001 AND SA72012). Price:£12.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SA72003