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HOBBY KIT
9786
"DESERT RATS" GRENADE THROWER, WWII
(Retail US$14.99)
BRITISH EIGHTH
ARMY'S FAMOUS
"DESERT RATS" 1941 -43
The fluid warfare in the
Western Desert in 1941-42 saw some of the fiercest
fighting of WW II. The skill and daring of Rommel's
famous Afrika Korps were set off against the
courage and tenacity of the British "Tommy". In the
beginning British tanks and tank tactics were no
match for the crack Panzers of the Afrika Korps,
and they suffered a long string of frustrating
defeats before they developed to a point where they
could meet the Germans on equal terms. In the
meantime it was the "poor bloody infantry" who had
to bear the brunt of the fighting. Against
seemingly hopeless odds they dug in around the port
of Tobruk, where, in the course of a bitterly
contested siege, the legend of the "Desert Rats"
was born. The Germans were eventually forced to
retreat from Tobruk, but the desert war would
continue in its see-saw fashion, favoring first one
side and then the other, for ten long months before
the Afrika Korps was finally broken at El
Alamein.
These are
unpainted and unassembled metal hobby kits.
Unless otherwise noted, these kits are in the
International 54mm
Collectors Scale. Standing figurines are approx.
2-1/2" - 3" tall.
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