New Dragon figures.

Gebirgsjägers? Sweet!

Gustav Line? Sweet!

Poses? Sweet!

One K98, one MP40, one MP41, something that looks like a G43? Sweet!

And that phone!! HAHA!! That's awsome! God do I have memories with those.. Yeah, I've used them alot.. Talked into them often.. Ahhh... They're so awsome! You should get two and try it  It's most awsome with a field setup sentralboard and several of those phones

Anyways, I guess I have to get one myself!!  Thanks for making the heads up.. any knowledge on releasedate? [EDIT:] Never mind.. I read "JUL" ontop..  haha

I got a soft spot for Gebirgsjager figures. Gonna have to get this set too. They look pretty dang good!

now if Dragon will do a 1st Special Service Force set....

model maniac 96 wrote:

Hey everybody, dragon just released this new set of figures, I think I have to pick it up. http://www.dragon-models.com/html/6517poster. Thanks, Jim.

Which one of the figures is it that you guys are thinking has a semi Auto rifle? as far as I can tell there are only two rifleman and both have Kar 98k's?

      Thanks, Jim.

oh yeah, and I do not belive that these figures are Gen2.

          Thanks, Jim.

I was refering to the guy with the signalpistol. It looks like a Semi because of the magazine. Now I realized the bolt, so it is a bolt action rifle..

But the other rifleman on the boxart got a magazine...?  But not in the CAD picture? And why is the muzzel of the barrel so damn thick, and the bolt a little different from the K98??

Weird.. Anyone? 

Well, they are most definitly NOT semi automatics because of the bolt action.

But I don't think it is a Karabiner 98 Kurz. Comeon, the muzzle is very thick, and the end of the bolt is very... well, non K98 looking..

The rest look like a K98

But why the extended magazines in the boxart, and not in the CAD drawings? 

Perhaps some kind of rifle grenade attachment?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-584-2159-20,_Frankreich,_Soldat_mit_Gewehr_in_Stellung.jpg

Don't know about the magazines though... I haven't known Volstad to mess up, but the fact that they are not included in the lower picture makes one wonder...

It may just be an illusion, but it looks like that on the CAD picture Draong has, it looks like the end of the bolt on the K98 makes a big jump in the air and goes steeply down...

You see it goes more smoother on the bolt end there... Doesen't make that big jump..

As said, may be an illusion..

I'd still like to know that fat muzzle..  Like, just to know why? Gebirgsjäger only addition?

And why have extended magazined on the boxart, but not in the kit? 

The weapon in question the is the Gewehr 41 (M). It proved to be a rather unsuccessful design and fewer than 7000 were produced. Hochgebirgsjaeger Batalion 4 was equipped with these in Italy (the inspiration for this figure set) and is confirmed in period photos.

 A Google search will present a few images of this rifle.

 HTH,

Ron Volstad

That explains it.. Thanks alot!!

http://www.fjr2.be/Pagina%2016%20-%20Light%20Infantry%20Weapons.htm

There you can read more if interested.

I knew that it wasn't the K98 for sure  

stikpusher wrote:

Well that is from the man himself. It does not get any more authoritative than that...

What do you mean?  

OOOHHHHHH

Sweet. Ron, you made this?

Man.. I wish I knew how to draw...! 

Huxy wrote:

Man.. I wish I knew how to draw...!