GERMAN WWII SELF PROPELLED GUN HUMMEL 1/15

This Bandai model kit has been over 40 years but still considered to be legendary for its extreme precision and good quality. Being R/C playable, the original track, wheels and gear box are replaced by metal ones while all others remained unchanged.

The camouflage, as you'll see below, is not the original plan but it comes to what it is now after some unintentional mistakes. After all the outcome is terrific surprisingly! Many camouflage paintings among German formations during the war were very creative subject to the likings of the tank crew in different seasons and topographies.

Hummels and the Army that created them........

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WWII German Self-propelled Gun Hummel in action

Hummel (German: "bumblebee") was a self-propelled gun used by the German army (Wehrmacht) during World War II. Based on the Geschützwagen III/IV chassis and armed with the 15 cm sFH 18/1 L/30 howitzer, it saw action from early 1943 until the end of the war.

Length. 7.17 meters.
Width. 2.87m/9ft 5in.
Height. 2.81m/9ft 3in.
Weight. 24.3 tons.
Engine. Maybach V-12 198kW/265hp petrol engine.
Speed. 42kph/26mph.
Range. 200 km.
Armor. 15 mm- Max of 30mm/1.18in.

WWII a battery of German Self-propelled Gun Hummel preparing for fire action

A battery of camouflaged Hummels on the Eastern Front.

WWII German Self-propelled Gun Hummel in action. Gunners loading explosive shells.

The explosive shells came in two parts. The explosive was loaded first, followed by canister. In result, only 18 rounds could be carried in each Hummel.