K&C BBA109(SE) Sherman M4 'Kraut Killer' #47--tank and three crew figures
This listing is for 1x K&C BBA109(SE) Sherman M4 'Kraut Killer' #47--tank and three crew figures.
During the opening days of the Battle of The Bulge, there were only limited elements of the U.S. 9th Armoured Division (Combat Command B Reserve) ready to oppose the advancing German panzers. A few days later, more tanks from the U.S. 10th Armoured Division moved into and around Bastogne to defend that city from the attacking enemy.
'Kraut Killer' is one of
K&C's 1:30 scale, all-metal SHERMANS complete with flexible, moving
tracks and full suspension together with open and closing hull and
turret hatches plus three partial crew figures to help 'man' the tank.
'Armor In The Ardennes’
As every collector of our ‘Battle of The Bulge’ series
knows, the Nazi offensive into Belgium and Luxemburg in December 1944
was Hitler’s last-ditch gamble to take the Allies by surprise. Only the
willingness of some American units to stand and die prevented a major
German breakthrough that would have prolonged the war.
Because of this, the ‘Battle of The Bulge’
ranks as the single, largest battle ever fought by the United States
Army. More men, vehicles, supplies, and equipment went into this mighty
effort than any other battle in American history.
It was bigger than ‘Gettysburg', greater than the ‘Normandy’ Landings, and even larger than the more recent ‘Gulf War’!
No less than 31 American divisions--fully a third of the entire U.S. Army in WWII--saw action in this battle over 39 days from December 16, 1944 until January 25, 1945.
The human cost for the American forces were over 19,000
killed in action, with many more wounded and thousands taken prisoner.
It’s a momentous battle that deserves to be remembered and immortalized
in miniature, which King & Country has been proud and honoured to
do for many years.
Over these same years, K&C has released a wealth of great fighting vehicles… artillery… and soldiers (both German and American) fighting across the blood-stained snow of the Ardennes in that cruel winter of 1944/45. Here are our two latest ‘recruits’ in the shape of a pair of war-weary M4 Shermans doing their darndest to help hold back the advancing Germans.
Figures are 1:30 scale (humans approx 60mm tall), hand-painted in white non-lead metal.
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