The guys operating the controls might get a little fried.

Unless they are just elevating the missile and checking it out . . . There are many photos of soldiers in similar on US NIKE sites doing about the same things as the guys in this painting, and soldiers getting V-2s ready for launch. Sometimes it turns out that the guys making box art aren't complete [auto-censored]ing idiots after all. KL

the world's first surface-to- air missile system. never fully operational but settle for today's surface-air-missile-system.

Gun shield...What for?

Better than that, according to wartime photos the fuse setters remained on the left side...

think blast shield, to keep rocket exhaust from damaging equipment and making the launcher single use.

The original mount was designed to be balanced on the spindle for ease of rotation. Perhaps it was left on after conversion to a launcher to maintain that balance. KL

So instead of paper and prototype panzers we are now getting paper and prototype rockets. That's all well and good, but there are still plenty of vehicles that saw actual use that would be nice to have.

The original mount was designed to be balanced on the spindle for ease of rotation. Perhaps it was left on after conversion to a launcher to maintain that balance. KL [/quote] Most probably, I don´t think it could protect anything from the rocket back blast. And, as Carlos said it was only a prototype. So who knows how the series launcher would have been...