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                        German Nachtjager 1945 Dragon set

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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        German Nachtjager 1945 Dragon set
                        Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 11:29 PM
                        I have seen pictures of this set, and I was wondering if anyone can say anything about it-like what the soldiers are(unit) and those strange weapons what are they?

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        tigerman
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Saturday, May 1, 2004 11:36 PM
                        I've seen the picture too and sort of wondered myself. Just hasn't been enough information available. Or perhaps it might be more hearsay? Supposedly the Germans limited use of night fighting Panzers were effective, but again I can't find much information about them.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 1:47 AM
                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] with tigerman on this one from what I can find out some troops trained but never deployed. These device weighed quite a lot and troops were hand picked.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 2:29 AM
                        Some saw combat in the closing weeks of the war. The weapon you are probly asking about is the Sturm Gewher 44 (previously called MP 43 to hide it from Hitler) equipped with the "Vampire" IR night sight. To my knowledge only SS troops were issued this weapon.
                        The StG 44 was the first Assault Rifle ever designed and it is still being produced (under a different name) just like the MG 42.
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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Sunday, May 2, 2004 11:01 AM
                        What is that rocket launcher thing? anyone know what I am talking about?

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                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 11:49 AM
                        I have no idea what that 8 barreled rocket launcher thingy is!
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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Sunday, May 2, 2004 12:25 PM
                        I think that is a little bit off the norm for dragon-making up their own special weapon!
                        lol
                        Like a reusable panzerfaust......good probably for troop mass killing or knocking out gun crews-not tanks but maybe tracks...

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                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 2:55 PM
                        The rocket launcher thing is a Anti aircraft gun, its got 8 barrels and fires all 8 one after the other so it send a spay at the aircraft
                        theres also a MP 44 with a barrel for shooting around corners and two MP 44s with night sights
                        they are wearing the latest cammo too
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 7:10 PM
                        the mp-44 with the curved barrel and mirror could shoot around corners, but could only fire 1 magazine before being rendered useless. the 8 barrled thing is a low-flying anti-aircarft rocket launcher. the other soldiers have infrared sights for night fighting.Cool [8D]
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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Monday, May 3, 2004 3:50 PM
                        Thanks guys-I was wondering what was happening with this set!

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                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 11:15 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by hun commander

                        the mp-44 with the curved barrel and mirror could shoot around corners, but could only fire 1 magazine before being rendered useless.

                        There 2 different barrels one with a 30 deg. bend and the other (and much longer) at 60 deg. IIRC. Both weapons used the normal front and rear sights with a mirror mounted in between and required special ammo.
                        A complete waste of research $$ and time, like about 1/2 of Germany's projects!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 2:20 AM
                        Hey Beav, I was thinking of doing an infra-red panther dio in the future, and I was wondering what the poses are like in this kit. Are the all action man type poses, or are they a little more relaxed. (I don't want to do a combat dio, really.)

                        Matt
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 2:41 AM
                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] with phroosh on this one I havnt seen this kit so all info would be appreciated
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 1:25 PM
                        Here's an image (sort of) of the set they are talking about, I think.



                        Image is small, sorry.
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 24, 2004 6:46 PM
                        the rocket launcher is called a Fliegerfaust ("flying fist"). It was a multibarrelled anti-aircraft missile launcher, shoulder-fired, that never saw combat.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 24, 2004 8:28 PM
                        Welcome to the forums PantherG

                        there were a couple of Fliegerfausts made
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