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Monday, June 03, 2013 - 08:14 AM UTC
Italeri has released a Hf.2 Schwerer Heeresfeldwagen in 1/35th scale onto the market
Taking a closer look at this release; in particular the the figures I believe this to be a re-release of an old product, however I will leave those in the know to answer that for sure. Regardless of old or new this release should be welcomed as it can be used on all fronts throughout World War Two regardless of the year you wish to depict. The model is supplied with decals for four alternate display options.

Here is the introduction that Italeri wrote to accompany this release.
During the Second World War the German Army relied quite heavily on horse-drawn transportation to supply its units, the reason being that industry was unable to produce a sufficient number of vehicles. These wagons were used on all fronts, from the early days of the conflict right up to the Battle of Berlin.

6517 - Hf.2 Schwerer Heeresfeldwagen
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Yes they did. I got two of them when they first came out a few years ago. Kit 6437 - German Horse Convoy.
JUN 05, 2013 - 08:26 PM
Hi Jerry, Did you have a look in the following books: German Light Field Artillery 1935 - 1945, ISBN 0-88740-760-9 German Heavy Field Artillery 1935 - 1945, ISBN 0-88740-759-5 both by Mr. Joachim Engelmann, published by Schiffer Military/Aviation History? Or try German Artillery in World War II 1939 - 1945, also by Engelmann, ISBN 0-88740-762-5, published by Podzun-Pallas Verlag. The last book is mainly focused on SP artillery, but some, though not always very clear, photos show limbers. The first books gave me the impression that limbers were carefully burried under heaps of gear! (and later during the war: folliage). I presume you showed us a partially finished model since the first horse misses its rider! Nevertheless: you made me curious about the rest since it looks very good. Pls., show us more! And help us to make the modeling cies aware that after ICM and MiniArt released their first proper horse teams, a complete German gun is due now! Using the ICM team is no option, since the tack is Russian and differs in a lot of details from German tack. Thanks in advance, P.
JUN 05, 2013 - 08:53 PM
Yes,thanks Paul,I have all of those excellent books already plus a lot of time spent on the internet with search engines running at full speed! Hard to find info on this topic but I made progress. My horse team in not complete. I took a break after I saw the movie War Horse. I was so sad about the plight of military horses that I didn't want to work on my kit any more. My interest is starting to return though! J
JUN 06, 2013 - 01:55 AM
Hi Jerry AFAIK, the Feldhaubitzprotze 18/40 is a simplified variant of the Feldhaubitzprotze 18. Maybe some pics of the latter would be of some help ? http://www.rindeleht.ee/foorum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=79637&sid=9f389648225db0a6656cedd62b60d8bd http://www.rindeleht.ee/foorum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=79585&sid=f4e3d5fb2ecff2b4ebde109d9542ae69 On a side note, Preiser has released a 1/87th scale kit of the leFH 18 howitzer that includes this limber : kit #16527 H.P.
JUN 06, 2013 - 05:04 AM
Hi Jerry AFAIK, the Feldhaubitzprotze 18/40 is a simplified variant of the Feldhaubitzprotze 18. Maybe some pics of the latter would be of some help ? http://www.rindeleht.ee/foorum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=79637&sid=9f389648225db0a6656cedd62b60d8bd http://www.rindeleht.ee/foorum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=79585&sid=f4e3d5fb2ecff2b4ebde109d9542ae69 On a side note, Preiser has released a 1/87th scale kit of the leFH 18 howitzer that includes this limber : kit #16527 H.P. [/quote] Holy cow Frenchie, How do you ALWAYS come up with the perfect ref pics? That first pic was of the 18/40 and the breakdown of the axel that follows was just the item I was missing for my build reference! I even see some nice details that I missed the first time around. This is just too cool. WOW!!! Thanks! Maybe I will also build the earlier all metal version shown in the second link. What language is that? Finnish? J
JUN 06, 2013 - 06:37 AM
Estonian, according to my good friend Google You're welcome Jerry. H.P.
JUN 06, 2013 - 08:03 AM
In fact it is an old kit of the late Mark ESCI, this one product to also release among other horse-drawn ambulance it produced a series of military motorcycle ninth (harley, triumph, BMW and Zundap) jo
JUN 06, 2013 - 08:48 AM
Jerry I've sent you a PM H.P.
JUN 07, 2013 - 02:33 AM
Thanks man, J
JUN 07, 2013 - 05:44 AM
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