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1/72 HummelManufacturer: Dragon
Model: 7244
Scale: 1/72
Our price:
£8.55
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£7.43
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£9.50
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Dragon 1/72 Hummel Description
This Dragon 1/72 Hummel is a plastic model kit in the Dragon 1/72 Military Plastic Models range.
The M1114 is the successor version to the XM1109 HMMWV Up-Armored Armament Carrier. The M1114 is an Up-Armored HMMWV that provides ballistic, artillery, and mine blast protection to the vehicle occupants. The principal modifications to the ECV HMMWV include an armor package, high capacity brakes, upgraded suspension and lift points, a reinforced frame, and a large capacity air conditioning unit. The weapon mount, located on the roof of the vehicle, is adaptable to mount either the M60, 7.62mm machine gun; M2 .50 caliber machine gun; or the MK 19 Grenade Launcher. The weapons platform can be traversed 360 degrees. This confirguration of the HMMWV is equipped with the self-recovery winch. This kit features an early production Hummel and even incorporates moving parts, allowing modelers to traverse and elevate the 15cm gun! We've added some great details to this one, so don't miss it.
The Hummel ('Bumble Bee') was a self-propelled artillery unit based on the Geschutzwagen III/IV chassis, armed with a 150 mm howitzer. It was used by the German Wehrmacht in World War II from late 1942 until the end of the war.
The Hummel was designed in 1942 out of a need for mobile artillery support for the tank forces, the lack of which had first been felt during Operation Barbarossa. There were some self-propelled artillery vehicles already in service with the Wehrmacht at the time, but most were of limited value.
The first option looked at was to mount a 105 mm leFH17 howitzer on a Panzer III chassis, but this was rejected in favour of the same howitzer on a Panzer IV chassis. One prototype was built of this design.
This design was again rejected, this time in favour of a more powerful solution: mounting the 150 mm sFH 18 L/30 howitzer on the specially designed Geschutzwagen III/IV, which took elements of both the Panzer III and Panzer IV chassis. The same chassis was also used for the Nashorn tank destroyer.
The Hummel had an open-topped lightly-armoured fighting compartment at the back of the vehicle which housed both the howitzer and the crew. The engine was moved to the centre of the vehicle to make room for this compartment. Late model Hummels had a sligthly redesigned driver compartment and front superstructure, to offer more room to the radio operator and driver.
By the end of the war 714 Hummels had been built with another 150 ammunition carriers using the same design.
Main Features:
newly tooled lower hull
completely new 15cm howitzer gun with well-defined and crisp details
15cm gun can traverse and elevate just like the real thing
frontal armor plate, gun shield and gun platform are all new
fighting compartment with new storage boxes and ammo racks
metal spare road wheel racks
new gun travelling clamp
Dragon Styrene one-piece tracks
option of photo-etched or plastic parts for hull-side air intake louvers
road wheel hubs are separate pieces, allowing
unparallel crispness of details
one-piece return rollers and road wheels for easier assembly
Cartograf decals for various vehicles
Manufacturer: Dragon
Model: 7244 Hummel
The M1114 is the successor version to the XM1109 HMMWV Up-Armored Armament Carrier. The M1114 is an Up-Armored HMMWV that provides ballistic, artillery, and mine blast protection to the vehicle occupants. The principal modifications to the ECV HMMWV include an armor package, high capacity brakes, upgraded suspension and lift points, a reinforced frame, and a large capacity air conditioning unit. The weapon mount, located on the roof of the vehicle, is adaptable to mount either the M60, 7.62mm machine gun; M2 .50 caliber machine gun; or the MK 19 Grenade Launcher. The weapons platform can be traversed 360 degrees. This confirguration of the HMMWV is equipped with the self-recovery winch. This kit features an early production Hummel and even incorporates moving parts, allowing modelers to traverse and elevate the 15cm gun! We've added some great details to this one, so don't miss it.
The Hummel ('Bumble Bee') was a self-propelled artillery unit based on the Geschutzwagen III/IV chassis, armed with a 150 mm howitzer. It was used by the German Wehrmacht in World War II from late 1942 until the end of the war.
The Hummel was designed in 1942 out of a need for mobile artillery support for the tank forces, the lack of which had first been felt during Operation Barbarossa. There were some self-propelled artillery vehicles already in service with the Wehrmacht at the time, but most were of limited value.
The first option looked at was to mount a 105 mm leFH17 howitzer on a Panzer III chassis, but this was rejected in favour of the same howitzer on a Panzer IV chassis. One prototype was built of this design.
This design was again rejected, this time in favour of a more powerful solution: mounting the 150 mm sFH 18 L/30 howitzer on the specially designed Geschutzwagen III/IV, which took elements of both the Panzer III and Panzer IV chassis. The same chassis was also used for the Nashorn tank destroyer.
The Hummel had an open-topped lightly-armoured fighting compartment at the back of the vehicle which housed both the howitzer and the crew. The engine was moved to the centre of the vehicle to make room for this compartment. Late model Hummels had a sligthly redesigned driver compartment and front superstructure, to offer more room to the radio operator and driver.
By the end of the war 714 Hummels had been built with another 150 ammunition carriers using the same design.
Main Features:
newly tooled lower hull
completely new 15cm howitzer gun with well-defined and crisp details
15cm gun can traverse and elevate just like the real thing
frontal armor plate, gun shield and gun platform are all new
fighting compartment with new storage boxes and ammo racks
metal spare road wheel racks
new gun travelling clamp
Dragon Styrene one-piece tracks
option of photo-etched or plastic parts for hull-side air intake louvers
road wheel hubs are separate pieces, allowing
unparallel crispness of details
one-piece return rollers and road wheels for easier assembly
Cartograf decals for various vehicles
Manufacturer: Dragon
Model: 7244 Hummel
