Dragon 1/35 German Winter Combatants 1943-45 | 6705Germany expected an early conquest of Russia at the time of its attack on 22 June 1941, but when the expected victory did not come as easily as anticipated, the Wehrmacht soon found itself embroiled in Russias brutal and bitterly cold winter. A quarter of a million German soldiers suffered frostbite in that first Russian winter simply because they were ill equipped and poorly supplied with appropriate cold weather gear. Soldiers who survived that

NEW Tooling:

is clad in a raincoat

- Four frontal-armor options available for new assembly

- Metal wire for spare wheel rack

- Protective wicker cases for rounds placed on side fender

With this perfect combination of molding technology

with figure details sharply defined and molded

- detailed transmission cover

- Gun sleeve w/delicated weld and bolt detail made from 3-directional slide molds

weld seams and a specially tooled upper hull

the signal gun held by one soldier can be shown being loaded with a flare cartridge

During WWII