Fiat CR-42 Falco x3The Fiat CR.42 Falco was used in a ground attack role in the desert and the sight of a biplane over the battlefield was certainly one that Italian solders appreciated.
Prezzo Scontato 29,80€Light Mk VI B/C x3 (Desert)with three Light Tank Mk VI (with B/C gun options) & three Commander figures. The Light Tank Mk VI series entered production in 1936; by the outbreak of World War Two, these vehicles were in wide spread use by the British Army. The bulk of the British tank forces serving in France in 1940 with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) were comprised of the Mk VI series.
Prezzo Scontato 18,70€A10 Cruiser Mk IIA (Desert)with one A10 Cruiser Mk IIA tank (2pdr gun and CS gun option) & one Tank Commander figure.
British Cruiser tanks were designed, as their naval title implied, to be able to manoeuvre around the battlefield, operating completely independent of the infantry, who had their own tanks to support them.
Prezzo Scontato 7,70€A13 Cruiser MkIVA (Desert)with one A13 Cruiser Mk IVA tank, Besa Co-ax MG and Vickers Co-ax MG 2pdr gun options and Tank Commander figure.
British Cruiser tanks were designed, as their naval title implied, to be able to manoeuvre around the battlefield, operating completely independent of the infantry, who had their own tanks to support them.
Prezzo Scontato 7,70€Rolls Royce Armoured Car x2with two Rolls Royce Armoured Cars, two Boys anti-tank rifle gunners, two AA MG, two sets of sand channels.
The origins of the Rolls Royce Armoured Car go back as far as 1914 when the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) set-up an airbase in Belgium and required a vehicle in order to rescue downed pilots. After several ad-hoc designs, an official design was produced in December 1914 making use of the chassis of the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.
A steel superstructure was constructed to provide protection for the crew and a rotating open-topped turret place on the top, rear of the vehicle.
Prezzo Scontato 13,60€Morris CS9 Armoured Car x2with two Morris CS9 Armoured Cars, two AA MGs & two Boys Anti-tank rifle gunners.
The Morris CS9 Armoured Car was based on the Morris C9 4x2 15-cwt truck. The chassis was fitted with a riveted hull on top of which sat an open top turret which was able to accommodate two men. The armament for the Morris CS9 was provided by either a Boys anti-tank rifle and a Bren light machine-gun.
Weighing 4.5 tonne, the armoured car was powered by a 96hp Morris 6-cylinder petrol engine and provided a top speed of 45mph (73km/h). The crew of four was made up of a commander, a gunner, a driver and a radio operator. While inside the vehicle they enjoyed 7mm of armour protection.
Prezzo Scontato 13,60€Panzer IIIG x3with three Panzer III G tanks, two stowage sprues, three stowage bins, open and closed cupolas and Tank Commander figures.
Once Germany threw off the shackles imposed by the Treaty of Versailles; prohibiting them from possessing any form of tracked armoured fighting vehicle. Its designers wasted little time in constructing the Panzer divisions that would prove so effective during the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-41.
The German philosophy called for each battalion to consist of one Heavy Company equipped with larger calibre guns to provide close support for the infantry and three Medium Companies armed with a dedicated anti-tank weapon to engage enemy tanks. These Heavy Companies would be made up of the Panzer IV while the Medium Companies were comprised of the Panzer III.
Prezzo Scontato 22,10€Panzer IVD x3with Panzer IV D tanks, two stowage sprues & three stowage bins.
During the inter-war years, the development of armoured warfare was advanced mostly by trial and error. Different nations had differing opinions on how warfare of this nature would be conducted in the future. Despite the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles; forbidding the German Army possessing any tracked fighting vehicles, this didn’t stop its officers from study tactics.
Prezzo Scontato 22,10€Hellfire and Back Stuzpunkt Nestswith two individually sculpted Stützpunkt Nests, one 5cm PaK38 gun with crew and one 2cm FlaK38 gun with crew.
German strongpoints were formed along the Egyptian-Libyan frontier to slow British counter-offensives launched from Egypt. At Halfaya Pass their Luftwaffe 8.8cm Flak36 guns made light work of the then undefeated British Matilda tanks. Each Stützpunkt was based around a key fortified position held by entrenched infantry supported by machine-guns, anti-tank guns and the devastating Luftwaffe 88s. Lurking behind the strongpoints are artillery and mobile reserves of panzers and motorised infantry.
Prezzo Scontato 22,10€M14/41 / M13/40 Platoon x5Contains 5 M13/40 or M14/41 Tanks
Prezzo Scontato 34,00€Self-Propelled Coastal Gun Platoon x2with two Autocannone da 102/35, two sets of crew & two Large bases.
The Autocannone da 102/35 is a 102mm naval gun mounted on a 6-ton FIAT 634N truck for coastal defence. Due to the superior performance of the 102/35 gun it also saw service as a long-range anti-tank gun.
Prezzo Scontato 16,20€M11/39 Platoon x5with five M11/39 tanks and Commander figures.
The M11/39 was the first M series tank built for the Italian Army. The first prototype was completed in 1937 and the vehicle was accepted for service in the following year. The vehicle was armed with a limited traverse 37/40 gun mounted in the right side and two 8mm Breda machine-guns mounted in a turret that provided a 360 degree field of fire.
Prezzo Scontato 34,00€75/27 Cannon Battery x4with four 75/27 guns with crew, Command Rifle team, Staff team and Observer Rifle team.
One of the most common and oldest guns in use by the Italian army during the Second World War was the 75/27 cannon. It was originally a German Krupp export model adopted by the Italian army in 1906. Despite its age, the 75/27 was of sound and sturdy construction; an attribute that saw it stay in service until 1943.
Prezzo Scontato 29,80€105/28 Howitzer Battery x4with four 105/28 howitzer with crew, Command Rifle team, Staff team and Observer Rifle team.
The 105/28 howitzer was a World War One vintage gun of French design (Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider or L13 S); originally starting life as a design on the drafting board of the Russian Putilov Armaments factory. It proved a popular design and was exported to various countries, Italy among them.
Prezzo Scontato 29,80€Hellfire and Back Tobruk Pitswith two resin gun nests, two 47/32 guns, two sets of Italian crew and two sets of Australian crew & four Ammunition boxes.
The vast fronts of the North African battlefields were impossible for either side to completely fortify along the entire length. There simply wasn’t the manpower or equipment. Instead they used a series of mutually supporting fortified posts made up of trenches, machinegun and anti-tank gun positions. These were manned by small sections of infantry and could be encircled by anti-tank ditches, minefields and barbed wire.
Prezzo Scontato 22,10€