Tag Archives: 37mm

Dragon “Chow Time” Antitank Crew Kit

Dragon Models has announced their upcoming 1/35th-scale figure kit depicting a German antitank crew eating a winter meal on the Eastern Front: Item No. 6697 – 1/35th-Scale “Chow Time” German Anti-Tank Gun Crew (Eastern Front). The kit includes three figures … Continue reading

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Sd.Kfz.3a Maultier Half Track mit 3.7cm FlaK 37

November 2012 release from Cyber Hobby: 1/35th Sd.Kfz.3a Maultier Half Track mit 3.7cm FlaK 37.

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37-mm Ammunition Comparison

Comparison of 37-mm Ammunition from WW2 technical manual: TM 9-1901: Artillery Ammunition, War Department Technical Manual, June 1944:   FIXED AND SEMIFIXED ROUNDS AND SEPARATE-LOADING PROJECTILES:      A – MK.II A1, PRACTICE ROUND FOR 37-MM GUN SUBCALIBER, M1916      B – M56 H.E ROUND FOR 37-MM GUNS, … Continue reading

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Loading 37-mm AA Guns on Railroad Cars

Instructions for loading the 37-mm gun and carriage on railroad cars from the WWII technical manual TM 9-235 37-mm AA Gun Materiel, U.S. War Department, January, 1944. LOADING MATERIEL ON RAILROAD CAR. a. General. All loading and blocking instructions as … Continue reading

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Self-Propelled 37-mm Flak

A photograph of a destroyed German self-propelled 37-mm antiaircraft gun mounted on a halftrack, along with a late-model RSO towing an antitank gun. Source: Light, Intense, and Accurate, Headquarters, 65th Fighter Wing, August 1945.  

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