Takom brings out one of the biggest of the big guns in 35th scale - the Skoda 42cm M.1917 Heavy Siege Howitzer

 Set for release in late April this new 1/35^th scale Skoda 42cm M.1917 Heavy Siege Howitzer that includes a figure of Erich von Manstein during the Siege of Sevastopol 1942. We have some info on this massive shooter in our preview..

Takom release for April.

“Skoda 42cm M.1917 Heavy Siege Howitzer

w/Erich von Manstein Siege of Sevastopol 1942”

Takom

TKO2018

Scale: 1/35

Release Date: After Late April

Expected price $ 43 USD

Takom’s new kit is the Skoda 42cm M.1917 Heavy Siege Howitzer that includes a figure of the commander of the Siege of Sevastopol in 1942 Field Marshal Erich von Manstein.

Although it’s a 1/35^th scale kit it dwarfs the previous Skoda Howitzer 32cm gun already released by Takom. It is a whole lot bigger as we see by the comparison pictures sent by Takom.

This gun was used to devastating effect by the Germans during the Siege of Sevastopol in 1942. And Von Manstein was in charge of the offensive that saw both sides pay a heavy price in men and machinery.

These ARE the same scale believe it or not.

History of the Skoda 42cm M.1917 Heavy Siege Howitzer

In 1939, the Wehrmacht possessed two 42-cm howitzers M.16 / 17. Howitzers were made ​​in 1917 at the "Skoda" for the Austro-Hungarian army. After 1918 they were in the Czechoslovak and Italian armies. In the Wehrmacht was called howitzer 42 cm H. (t). The length of the barrel howitzer was 6290/15 mm / klb. The weight of the barrel with the wedges 26 tons. The gun, semi. Lafet box, mounted on the platform, a buried into the ground. The angle of vertical guidance from + 40 ° to + 71 °, the angle of the horizontal guidance of 360 °. The length of the rollback 670 mm. Weight mast 22.8 m, and the platform 50 tons. 

The weight of the entire system in firing position 105 tonnes. Rate of 12 shots per hour. The system carried on four carts weighing 44, 38, 40 and 40 m. The loading howitzer separate-case, four charges. In the ammunition 42 cm Czech howitzers were concrete-shell weighing 1020 kg of mortar "Gamma" and two high-explosive shells. The howitzer operated by the 800th Artillery Battalion: one - in the 820th battery and one - in the 830-st battery. Howitzers were used in 1942 in Sevastopol.

The kit features Takom's crisp moulding and high detail, and can traverse, elevate, and depress after assembly.  Not only that, the kit also features a highly detailed figure of German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein.

 There are already two colour profiles from the guys at AMMO for these two guns.

This kit and the plucky Field Marshal will be available towards the End of Apri from Takom’s Distributors