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Dragon Model - WWII German Army - Heer Grenadier 8.8cm Raketenwerfer 43 Puppchen - Wolfgang Knaf

Grenadier Regiment 253, Central Sector (Grenadier) - Eastern Front 1943

The 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 Puppchen was an 88 mm caliber reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Germany during World War II.

The Raketenwerfer 43 was given to infantry to bolster their anti-tank capability. The weapon was fired from a small two-wheeled gun carriage which fired a percussion-primed, rocket-propelled, fin-stabilized grenade RPzB. Gr. 4312] with a shaped charge warhead. The grenade had a shorter tailboom of 490 mm (19 in) compared to the 650 mm (26 in) tailboom for the electrically-primed grenade RPzB. Gr. 4322 for the Panzerschreck. Both grenades used identical warhead and fuzing.

Approximately 3,000 units were completed from 1943 to 1945. It was made in much smaller numbers than either the Panzerschreck, which was based on the American Bazooka rocket launcher, or the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable anti tank recoilless rifle. This is partly because it was realized that a simple hollow tube with an ignition device was all that was needed to launch the 88 mm rocket, rather than an elaborate miniature artillery piece with carriage and breech. Due to the carriage and better sights, the accuracy was better, and the range more than double that of the Panzerschreck. However, Raketenwerfer 43 was more expensive, heavier and had longer production time than Panzerschreck or Panzerfaust.

The figure, uniform, weapons and accessories are Mint In Box, the box is in very good shape with minor shelf wear.

The box is sealed in plastic wrap, so this is why I can not take pictures of the inside contents of the box like I usually do. That I have seen only a few Dragon Model military figure boxes were completely sealed in plastic wrap.

The white spots on the pictures are from the flash of my camera, there is no product defect on those spots.

I will be listing other 1/6th scale figures such as Dragon Model, Twisting Toys, BBI, Armoury, Ultimate Soldier, Cotswold and Ignite in the next few weeks.

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For shipment the figure will be carefully packaged, wrapped in plastic and placed in postal type boxes I ordered

with packing peanuts. So far everything I have shipped has arrived without any issues.

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