60cm Morser Karl 040 Production Type with Railway Carrier 1/72 Hasegawa

In June 1942 the Germans began a full scale aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of the Soviet fortifications at Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, said to be among the world’s strongest. 1300 artillery pieces were brought to the siege, and the 60cm mortar Karl’s large caliber munitions gradually turned the formidable Soviet fortress into a pile of pulverized concrete, leading to the Soviet surrender on July 3. This was the largest self-propelled artillery piece in the Germans’ arsenal. The Karl saw its first combat at this siege, two years after its development, and later saw action at the siege of Brest-Litovsk and the Warsaw Uprising. Its tremendous size presented transportation problems; movement by rail involved the Karl being suspended between two specially developed railway cars with five wheel bogies and long-range road movement required a complete breakdown and re-assembly. A total of just six were built.

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Product Details

Scale: 1/72
Skill Level: 3
Parts: 414
Length: 16.4”
Width: 2.2”
– Painting and assembly required
– 15 sprues
– Molded in grey plastic
– Flexible black rubber tracks
– Black vinyl tube
– One-piece upper and lower hulls
– Small decal sheet
– 2 metal springs
– Railway sections
– Details include cranes, shock absorber, balance box and hydraulic jack
– Moveable gun barrel
– Build in railway transport or stationary mode
– Build Car No.VI Ziu or Car No.V Lokia
– Illustrated instructions and paint guide

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Paint Guide:

Silver
Flat Black
Steel
Sandy Yellow
Red Brown
Wood Brown
Dark Green (Kawasaki)
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