AX025A - GERMAN HUMMEL SDKFZ. 165 HEAVY SELF PROPELLED HOWITZER GUN CREW A K&C Japanese Navy Whenever K&C produce a ‘summer’

Whenever K&C produce a ‘summer’ version of an armoured vehicle (especially German ones) it does not take long before collectors contact us to request the same vehicle in ‘winter garb’ suitable for either ‘Battle of the Bulge’ or the ‘Eastern Front’

For several years (1803-1806) Napoleon’s Armies suffered an amazing shortage of horses… This meant that some cavalry units and Regiments were forced to fight on foot

Special Forces as early as 1954 but was not officially authorized until 1961

As you can see their appearance and some of their weapons are radically different from our US Marines in Hue

When the rest of the WW2 participants were using bolt-action rifles the GI’s had the advantage of being able to fire off an eight round clip in quick succession without having to move their hands on the rifle and disrupt their firing position and point-of-aim

AX025A - GERMAN HUMMEL SDKFZ. 165 HEAVY SELF PROPELLED HOWITZER GUN CREW A K&C Japanese Navy Whenever K&C produce a ‘summer’