KING & COUNTRY Dispatches -- September 2016 (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

A big ‘Thankyou’ to Neil, for posting my note on HB Forum over here ... much appreciated.

And sincerely hope my friend ‘AIDMAN’ gets to see the revised Wehrmacht Artillery ... and my humble apology – Alas, none of us are perfect!
Best wishes and happy collecting.

Andy

 

[Mark IV]

Hi Guys,

A big ‘Thankyou’ to Neil, for posting my note on HB Forum over here ... much appreciated.

And sincerely hope my friend ‘AIDMAN’ gets to see the revised Wehrmacht Artillery ... and my humble apology – Alas, none of us are perfect!
Best wishes and happy collecting.

Andy

It takes a brave person to admit a mistake and an even braver person to immediately fix.

Well done Mate and I will be getting the artillery set.

Mark

 

[AIDMAN]

Hi Guys,

A big ‘Thankyou’ to Neil, for posting my note on HB Forum over here ... much appreciated.

And sincerely hope my friend ‘AIDMAN’ gets to see the revised Wehrmacht Artillery ... and my humble apology – Alas, none of us are perfect!
Best wishes and happy collecting.

Andy

Andy.....Thanks for your response, and more importantly for the fact that you will rectify the error made on the artillery crew. Indeed none of us are perfect myself included, but i do always strive for..(as far as my talents allow) technical and historic accuracy, I am definately not a "rivet counter" but i do get irritated when a fault is made that could been avoided by a little research....and as i mentioned earlyer this should not happen in a company of KC"s caliber. It all comes down to the fact that i have a passion for all things connected to WWII, i collect all things connected to WWII....and for me it has to be correct!!!!!!!.

PS Andy if you read this post i believe you were yourself once an artillery man????.....could an infantry team with very little training time operate (succesfully) an artillery piece?????.

Steve

 

[NicktheBaggie]

Very disappointing. No interest here.

Given that this is a 'Toy Soldier Forum', is there really such a market for Jack the Ripper, associated prostitutes, and Cowboys?

And yet more Sepp Dietrichs, ceremonial Nazis and streets of Hong Kong do not excite any interest.

Would have expected to see AK, LRDG, Market Garden, BOB, Kriegsmarine and Normandy.

More toy soldiers please.

As a amateur "Ripperologist" and King & Country collector, I say there is a need for said associated things. Good month for me, bad for my bank balance. There are pleanty of bad months where there is nothing of interest, but we live on to fight another day.

 

[King & Country]

Hi Guys, hi Steve (Aidman),

Thanks for your rapid response – Faults ... mistakes ... call them what you will happen to all of us (K&C and myself included) because we are all human and no matter what the caliber of a company all of us occasionally make an error or commit an oversight ... not by intention but purely by accident ... and not laziness either.

The important thing is that the mistake is acknowledged and rectified – which it was in this case within a matter of hours.

Steve, I too have a passion for WW2 and it has to be correct also. Over the years and in multiple WW2 series I would humbly suggest that K&C and yours truly get a lot more right than wrong... but once in a while ...

If, just for a moment, you move outside of WW2, and consider the broad scope and variety of what K&C released this month and previous months, year after year you will recognize that there is a lot more going on than WW2.

Now, as a Royal Marine I was never an artilleryman... just a plain old rifleman ... Although I did have to ‘hump’ the 81mm mortar occasionally!

What I know of the German Army of WW2 was that they were very ‘flexible’ and ‘adaptable’ soldiers who could and would be pressed into service wherever and whenever it was necessary ... artillery gunners as ‘infantry’ and vice versa ... when needs arose.

Best wishes,
Andy

 

[graycap]

Hi Guys,

A big ‘Thankyou’ to Neil, for posting my note on HB Forum over here ... much appreciated.

And sincerely hope my friend ‘AIDMAN’ gets to see the revised Wehrmacht Artillery ... and my humble apology – Alas, none of us are perfect!
Best wishes and happy collecting.

Andy

Full marks to K & C for their prompt and generous action in this matter - I'm impressed!

 

[sammy719]

Anyone have the price on the German 105 Field Gun???

 

[Lo1863]

Dumb question It is typically a four man crew who would man the German 105 Howitzer, correct?

 

[sammy719]

Anyone have the price on the German 105 Field Gun???

A question for Andy, will you have any of the 105s for sale in Chicago?? The date states late Sept\Oct ??

 

[PanzerAce1944]

A question for Andy, will you have any of the 105s for sale in Chicago?? The date states late Sept\Oct ??

Sammy, Usually at the King & Country display areas their items are for show only. Exceptions may be the custom Diorama's they they offer for sale.
Quite sure there will be several K&C dealers in attendance that would sell you one if they are ready.

Wayne

 

[bradleyl30]

Dumb question It is typically a four man crew who would man the German 105 Howitzer, correct?

Wikipedia lists it at 5, but other sites list at 4. Doing a quick scan of pictures of them I can see anywhere from 4 to 6 crew. I think four enlisted crew, plus the officer is pretty accurate. Especially, if the officer were spread across multiple guns.

What is interesting, is when it is clear that it is the horse-drawn version with wooden wheels (which K&C's are not) there appear to be more crew. This makes sense since these were so heavy. With a vehicle you don't need as many hands to man-handle it.

 

[bradleyl30]

Oh, and I think K&C's version is technically a 10,5 CM leFH 18M. The M designates it as the version able to fire higher velocity shells/propellant for greater distance. This is indicated by the muzzle brake, and the single piece lower crew protection shield. This revision came out in 1941, so is more appropriate for Russia 1941/1942 or the Balkans.

 

[Larry Allen]

The AF040 is a welcomed addition. I have been looking for AF06 on Treefrog and eBay, but no luck (except for extremely high priced set). I would have had to do a paint job but now these a perfect.
Thanks Andy for the re-issue!

--- LaRRY

c) “Marine Corps Mechanics”
We received quite a few requests from our USMC Corsair collectors to ‘convert’ our earlier released U.S. Army Air Corps mechanics into USMC air wing mechanics ... And here they are ...
AF040 “USMC Mechanics”
A nice little (and useful) 3 x figure set.
View attachment 198155

AVAILABLE: NOW! Direct From Treefrog Treasures in Minnesota or ... at the “Chicago Show”.

 

[Obee]

I think four enlisted crew, plus the officer is pretty accurate. Especially, if the officer were spread across multiple guns.

You are partially correct.....

4 enlisted men would man the gun, but a senior NCO (sergeant) would be in command of a single gun.

Yes, the officer would be in charge of a section of guns, maybe 3 guns.

So having the figures as separate sets means that a more realistic manning of guns can now be achieved, unlike the older sets that were produced when the gunners and an officer came with each gun.

John

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Oh, and I think K&C's version is technically a 10,5 CM leFH 18M. The M designates it as the version able to fire higher velocity shells/propellant for greater distance. This is indicated by the muzzle brake, and the single piece lower crew protection shield. This revision came out in 1941, so is more appropriate for Russia 1941/1942 or the Balkans.

here is a re-enactment of a crew firing a 10.5 cm gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xld07vJsF_8

One oddity about the K&C set is the gunner with a long rammer. I'm not sure if a long rammer was used on a 10.5 cm gun. The short rammer on the trail of the gun in the photo as is on the K&C model is what the gun was equipped with and you can see it used in the video. A elcome addition to the set is a gunner handling the separate canned propellant charges used by the 10.5 cm gun

Terry

 

[ivanmoe]

here is a re-enactment of a crew firing a 10.5 cm gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xld07vJsF_8

One oddity about the K&C set is the gunner with a long rammer. I'm not sure if a long rammer was used on a 10.5 cm gun. The short rammer on the trail of the gun in the photo as is on the K&C model is what the gun was equipped with and you can see it used in the video. A elcome addition to the set is a gunner handling the separate canned propellant charges used by the 10.5 cm gun

Are the reenactors' uniforms correct?

-Moe

 

[Phantom Warrior]

WH056 “Pz.Kpfw. 35R(F)SPG” is an interesting vehicle as it was one of the few types of German AFVs to serve on British soil during World War II as some were attached to the Channel Islands garrison during the German occupation, 1940-45

About 200 were made and they took part in the opening of Barbarossa in 3 anti-tank battalions. their performance (breakdowns, mobility) wass so poor, the AT Battalions went bback to towed 37mm guns after a few weeks. The remaining 100 were sent to the easier terrain and warmer weather of France. A few went to the Channel Islands, a few went to a couple of Panzer Divisions, but most were assigned to fifteen Infantry Divisions to give them some anti-tank capability. They took an active part in the Battle of Normandy in 1944.

Terry

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Are the reenactors' uniforms correct?

-Moe

Don't know. I'm not an expert on uniforms and it is difficult to see on the video, but I did see one gunner with the red waffenfarbe.

Terry

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Well spotted Terry.....
I was working on my data files to get proof that the rammer looks more like a ram for a Napoleonic gun....( hint may be someone at the K&C logistics team figured out some SKU savings in lieu of accuracy{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4})....but you got it hammered at the nail head.....As it comes, the ram used in these WW2 Guns are - as one can see on the great film that you have loaded, used to ram the projectile into the tube so that then the charge can be ram....- the ram that K&C has added to the set is a Pre WW1 type that carries a sponge type material on the head so as to clean the cannon tube from any remaing burning cloth/material on fire so as to avoid igniting the bagged black powder that would be loaded on the follow up shot.......
So paraphasing Andy.....this is not the one mistake but the second mistake on the same kit.....but as he says...he is a rifleman and not a member of the elite artillery corps.....{sm3}{sm3}{sm3}.....so would not spot the error as fast as we expect.....
Cheers
Artillery Crazy

here is a re-enactment of a crew firing a 10.5 cm gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xld07vJsF_8

One oddity about the K&C set is the gunner with a long rammer. I'm not sure if a long rammer was used on a 10.5 cm gun. The short rammer on the trail of the gun in the photo as is on the K&C model is what the gun was equipped with and you can see it used in the video. A elcome addition to the set is a gunner handling the separate canned propellant charges used by the 10.5 cm gun

Terry

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Answering the question...
The officer´s yes..he has the Artillery red pipping to the epaulettes and collar boards, the gun garrisons no...they are using the infantry white pipping.....:salute::{sm4}^&grin
Cheers
A_C

Don't know. I'm not an expert on uniforms and it is difficult to see on the video, but I did see one gunner with the red waffenfarbe.

Terry