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25069 - Waffen SS Grenadier in Kharkov Parka with MG 42

25069 - Waffen SS Grenadier in Kharhov Parka with MG42
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25069 - Waffen SS Grenadier in Kharkov Parka with MG 42

This MG42 gunner wears the rabbit lined 3⁄4 length anorak peculiar to members of the Waffen-SS and widely issued to troops serving on the Eastern Front. In the postwar years militaria collectors have named this the Kharkov parka due to photographic evidence of its use by Waffen-SS forces during the Third Battle of Kharkov, although this garment was also in use during the winter of 1944-45 on the Western Front. The German MG42 was designed to use the standard German 7.92 X 57mm Mauser rifle round and to be cheaper and easier to manufacture than its predecessor, the MG34. It proved to be highly reliable and easy to operate with a very high cyclic rate of about 1200 rounds per minute compared to around 850 rounds per minute for the earlier MG 34. This maden it extremely effective in providing suppressive fire resulting in it being universally feared by Allied troops. Its unique sound was likened to tearing cloth leading to the nickname “Hitler’s buzzsaw.”

1/30 scale

Matte Finish

Single figure in box

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