KING & COUNTRY WS372 PANZER HJ "MG42 GUN TEAM" ...NORMANDY 1944 MIB!

Description: KING & COUNTRY WS372 WWII 12th PANZER HJ "MG42 GUN TEAM" TWO FIGURE SET MIB!GERMAN WWII HJ... "TEENAGE TERROR IN NORMANDY"... D-DAY JUNE 1944"Swift as a greyhound, as tough as old leather and... as hard as Krupp steel!" *Note: the addition of the King & Country Company Registered Trademark Logo in the photos for this listing certifies that an authorized and licensed King & Country Dealer is offering this item for sale. NEW 2022, AND AVAILABLE NOW FROM PICACHO PEAK COLLECTIBLES! This two-man machine gun team lies prone behind their deadly MG42 machine gun about to open fire the advancing enemy... Allied troops... somewhere in Normandy, June 1944. MINT CONDITION IN THE ORIGINAL KING & COUNTRY BOX! Please Note: The images in this listing of the maps of the Allied Invasion of German occupied France, the additional Soldaten carrying or firing the MG42 Machine Gun, the MG42 photos, the 12th Panzer Division Emblem or ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL WWII IMAGES ARE FOR HISTORICAL / EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE OF THIS TWO-MAN 12th PANZER HJ MG42 MACHINE GUN TEAM SET! *WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING; IF YOU PURCHASE MULTIPLE ITEMS, PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR PAYMENT. HISTORICAL QUOTE: "In war there is no second prize for the runner-up."General Omar N. Bradley HISTORICAL / EDUCATIONAL NOTE CONTINUED: THE HJ TROOPS The HJ in Germany, was the youth organization of the German Political Party and its origins date back to 1922. From 1933 until 1945, it was the sole official youth organization in Germany and was partially a paramilitary organization; was composed of the selected German male youths aged 14 to 18. The German youngsters in the H. Youth (Deutsches Jungvolk in der HJugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14, and for girls it was the League of German Girls (Bund Deutsche Mädel or "BDM"). Originally intended to foster the ideology of the German Party, with the rise of the Führer the organization shifted its focus to become a paramilitary organization training young boys for service in the Reich. Membership in the HJ in 1923 was just over 1200, however by the end of 1933 the number was 2.3 million youths and by 1936 the number in the HJ exceeded 5 million. HISTORICAL / EDUCATIONAL NOTE CONTINUED: MG42 MACHINE GUN The MG 42 (shortened from German Maschinengewehr 42 German or “machine gun 42”) is a 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun designed by Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of WWII. It was intended to replace the earlier MG34, which was more expensive and took much longer to produce, but both weapons were produced until the end of the war.The MG 42 has a proven record of reliability, durability, simplicity, and ease of operation, but is most notable for its ability to produce a high volume of suppressive fire. In German army tactics, the entire squad was responsible for supporting the machinegun. Each man would carry belts of 7.92×57mm (8mm) Mauser ammo for the machine gun. A German squad's purpose was to protect the machine gun, while a US squad's purpose used the machine gun to support the men. In addition to the 6 barrels carried for the MG 42, the squad carried at least 1800 rounds of 7.92×57mm (8mm) Mauser ammo in belts ready to use. One of the weapon's most notable features was in its exceptionally high rate of fire of approximately 1,200 rounds per minute, twice the rate of the Vickers and Browning machine guns, which fired at a rate of about 600 rounds per minute. The ear could not easily discern the sound of individual rounds being fired, instead hearing a sound described as like "ripping cloth" or a buzz-saw, giving rise to the nickname "HJ's buzz-saw". *WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING; IF YOU PURCHASE MULTIPLE ITEMS, PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR PAYMENT. Please Note: The images in this listing of the maps of the Allied Invasion of German occupied France, the additional Soldaten carrying or firing the MG42 Machine Gun, the MG42 photos, the 12th Panzer Division Emblem or ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL WWII IMAGES ARE FOR HISTORICAL / EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE OF THIS TWO-MAN 12th PANZER HJ MG42 MACHINE GUN TEAM SET! MINT CONDITION IN THE ORIGINAL KING & COUNTRY BOX! 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Price: 109 USD

Location: Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-11-14T22:47:23.000Z

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