WWII Heer Grenadier soldiers with 8.8cm Raketenwerfer 43

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I would like to share with you guys Heer Grenadiers with 88mm Raketenwerfer 43 in Eatern front. DML released it called 'Wolfgang Knaf' many years ago. I presume it wasn't very popular as I haven't seen much threads related to this anti-tank rocket launcher on this forum.

To get the natural pose I heavily modified the body and replaced the head sculpts and repainted them.

Here below is the information on Raketenwefer.


The 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 Puppchen called 'Puppchen(little doll)' was an 88 mm calibre reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany during World War II.Raketenwerfer 43 was given to infantry to bolster their anti-tank capability. The weapon was fired from a small two-wheeled gun carriage which fired a percussion-primed, rocket-propelled, fin-stabilized grenade RPzB. Gr. 4312 with a shaped charge warhead. The grenade had a shorter tailboom of 490 mm (19 in) compared to the 650 mm (26 in) tailboom for the electrically-primed grenade RPzB. Gr. 4322 for the Panzerschreck. Both grenades used identical warhead and fuzing.[1]
Approximately 3,000 units were completed from 1943 to 1945. It was made in much smaller numbers than either the Panzerschreck, which was based on the American Bazooka, or the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable-launcher explosive charge-propelled grenade, firing a High Explosive Anti-Tank warhead. This is partly because it was realized that a simple hollow tube with an ignition device was all that was needed to launch the 88 mm rocket, rather than an elaborate miniature artillery piece with carriage and breech. Due to the carriage and better sights, the accuracy was better, and the range more than double that of the Panzerschreck. However, Raketenwerfer 43 was more expensive, heavier and had longer production time than Panzerschreck or [I]Panzerfaust.(from Wikipedia)

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William

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吉良吉影.鸦 发表于 2017-2-3 09:15
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