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Takom: Skoda 42cm Box Art
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 01:50 AM UTC
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An update in from Takom has the box art for the upcoming 42cm siege gun and a potential delivery date.

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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 02:24 AM UTC
That's one big-assed gun!
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 02:53 AM UTC
Good stuff, I googled it and really like the look of it. Anyone know where this thing would have saw action of any kind?
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 03:12 AM UTC
Sevastopol, 1942
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 06:18 AM UTC
And Leningrad, too, according to Wikipedia.
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 07:35 AM UTC
HOWITER?
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 07:50 AM UTC

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And Leningrad, too, according to Wikipedia.


Not to mention WWI.
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 06:37 PM UTC
Related thread (with period pics inside ! )

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=165686

Looks like it was also used against the French Maginot Line in 1940...

H.P.
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 07:16 PM UTC

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HOWITER?

hope they catch on that one
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 11:43 PM UTC

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HOWITER?

hope they catch on that one

Hey, I'd like to see how good you guys's Chinese is, haha!
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 11:50 PM UTC
Reminds me of the guns at Aqaba as occupied by the Turks, during WWI.
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2015 - 10:45 AM UTC
So if the kit rotates, does that mean we might get a base similar to what's on the box art?
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 09:23 PM UTC

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So if the kit rotates, does that mean we might get a base similar to what's on the box art?

Their Skoda 305mm howitzer rotates, so I suspect this one will have a rotating base.
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