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Thomas Gunn Miniatures
Not yet released - expected in early June.
Pak 40 with no crew comes in a striking late war 3 tone camouflage pattern with grey barrel and ammunition accessories.
Limited Run of 40.
During World War II, the primary 75mm anti-tank gun used by German forces was the Pak 40, with 23,303 guns produced. It was the backbone of German anti-tank units from 1942 onwards and was highly effective against almost all Allied tanks, including the Sherman and T-34.
After WW2, the Pak 40 remained in service in several European armies, kept in service into the 1960s. North Vietnam also received some during the Vietnam War. Six ex-Portuguese Army Pak 40s divided into two artillery detachments were stationed in Dili during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975.
German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units used the Pak 40 anti-tank 75 mm gun during World War II, particularly in the latter war years (1943-45). Whilst originally designated airborne forces, the high losses of these elite infantry during the 1941 Crete campaign, forced them to fight as mainly ground-based infantry and Panzerjäger (tank hunter) units in Italy, France, and the Battle of the Bulge, although there were late war airborne drops, they were never on the same scale as Crete.