Tamiya 31805 - 1/700 Gerrman Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen WWII 田宮軍事模型食水綫系列 雙星孖星  [31805]

About the Prinz Eugen

The Germania Belst business from Kiel constructed the Prinz Eugen due to the fact 3rd and last Admiral Hipper Class Heavy Cruiser to be commissioned by the Kriegsmarine. Admiral Hipper Class Heavy Cruisers were characteristically bigger than hefty cruisers off their countries, and also the huge Prinz Eugen ended up being elongated an additional 5 meters. With a displacement tonnage calculating at over 14,000tons this enormous German cruiser packed the firepower of four 20.3cm double gun turrets because of its primary armament. In May of 1941 the Prinz Eugen participated in procedure Rheinubung to intercept trade ships into the Atlantic. With this objective she joined forces with all the Battleship Bismarck to greatly help sink the British Battle Cruiser Hood and inflict considerable harm on the British Battleship Prince of Wales. In February of 1942, the Prinz Eugen, alongside the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau left their docks at Brest for Norway on an urgent dash through the British Channel, in broad daylight. Called Operation Cerberus, this is become one of the riskiest, yet most useful prepared and greatest coordinated operations completed by German forces in Second World War. After arriving safely in German waters, Prinz Eugen had been mixed up in strategic withdrawal from Russian front, firing countless shells at encroaching Russian forces whenever she provided support for evacuation ships holding German troops and civilians. One of the few German cruisers to survive World War II, the Prinz Eugen now rests in the hot waters regarding the Marshal Islands. After suffering two atomic bomb tests she lies capsized into the calm shallows for the Kwajelein Atoll.

Specs & Features

• Tamiya gift suggestions a synthetic model installation kit regarding the Heavy German Battle Cruiser, Prinz Eugen.
• 1/700 scale, total size: 303mm, total width: 31mm.
• Equipment and armament faithfully recreated.
• Prinz Eugen is assembled because it appeared in two various operations: Procedure Rheinubung, 1941 and Process Cerberus, 1942. In Operation Cerberus, Prinz Eugen had been designed with 5 extra 20mm AA-gun quadruple turrets for the "Channel Dash."
• Every information of this ship&39;s type is accurately recreated down seriously to the subtle line breaking up the left and right part of ship&39;s hull. Weaponry, searchlight, and minutest onboard gear are portrayed in breathtaking detail.