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Details of model's wheel - axle - chassis, spare
wheels mounted on contour-slots
fitted in the hull. Panzergrenadier (German term for mechanized infantrymen) figure on description plate shows scale of vehicle to person size. Panzergrenadier - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzergrenadier
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Machinengewehr Modell 34 (MG34) machine also displayed. Produced in 1936, MG34 design derived from Swiss Solothurn MG30 machine gun. Weapon can be fired from the hip in via Walking Fire (gradual advancement sweeping entire area with automatic fire), mounted on bipod for light machine gun role (mobile fire concentration), mounted on Dreifuss 34 tripod for anti-aircraft role, attached o sprung-cradle tripod for belt-fed remote-trigger heavy machine gun role (continuous fire for heavy assaults or defense). MG34 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG34
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Rollover : Model size comparison with US Dollar, story of all armored troopers is that storage space is at a premium, thus all items have to cramped inside or hung outside the vehicle. Tarpin covers the front fold-down windshield to prevent scratches and FLAK gun concussion from cracking the glass.
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By
1941, Luftwaffe had 1.7 million men in uniform,
but less than 40% were directly related to air operations (aircrew, ground support personnel). The Heere (German Army) requested transfer of Luftwaffe surplus personnel to replenish their manpower shortage. Goering refused to have his Nazi-indoctrinated Luftwaffe personnel contaminated by the Army's bourgeois mentality, thus he created Luftwaffe Field Divisions for ground combat role controlled by the Luftwaffe.
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In addition, Goering consolidated all aspects of air warfare and defense, thus the Luftwaffe controlled air force personnel, Fallschirmjager (paratrooper) divisions, FLAK
anti-aircraft divisions, FLAK searchlight - radio / sound detection
divisions. Fallschirmjager - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallschirmjager
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The Eastern Front : Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin - www.amazon.com/gp/product/076030923X
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