556182 - Scale 1:72
1944 BATTLE AT MALINAVA
- BATTLE SET
There are a lot of clashes between armored vehicles that took
place on the eastern front during the Second World War. Some of these, as the
battle of the Kursk during Operation Citadel, saw the participation of an
impressive number of tanks. However, there is a famous skirmish entered in the
Military History thanks to the tank commander Otto Carius's autobiography
"Tiger in the mud". The book describes in detail the battle fought on
July 22, 1944 close to the Malinava village between the Tigers of the Wehrmacht
and the T-34 and JS-2 Soviet Tanks. Carius attacked the Soviet troops, already
occupying the village, in order to recapture Malinava and to speed down the
enemy advance to the West. The speed of German actions caught the Soviet tanks
by surprise. In just half an hour Carius and his wingman Kerscher knocked out
17 enemy tanks, including the new heavy tank JS-2.
Includes:
2x Russian Isba MDF laser cut
Barn MDF laser cut
50 German Infantry figures
2 fast assembly Tiger I Ausf. E
48 Russian Infantry figures
1 fast assembly IS-2
1 fast assembly T-34/85
1 fast assembly ZIS 3 AT Gun & 6 figures
Type: Diorama accessories
Period: Second World War
Skill: 3