Tamiya 31805 - 1/700 Gerrman Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen WWII  [31805]

Concerning the Prinz Eugen

The Germania Belst business from Kiel constructed the Prinz Eugen since the 3rd and final Admiral Hipper Class Heavy Cruiser become commissioned by the Kriegsmarine. Admiral Hipper Class Heavy Cruisers had been characteristically bigger than heavy cruisers off their nations, therefore the huge Prinz Eugen ended up being elongated yet another 5 meters. With a displacement tonnage measuring at over 14,000tons this enormous German cruiser packed the firepower of four 20.3cm double weapon turrets for its main armament. In May of 1941 the Prinz Eugen participated in procedure Rheinubung to intercept trade ships into the Atlantic. With this mission she joined forces because of the Battleship Bismarck to help sink the British Battle Cruiser Hood and inflict considerable damage in the British Battleship Prince of Wales. In February of 1942, the Prinz Eugen, together with the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau left their docks at Brest for Norway on an unexpected dash through the British Channel, in broad daylight. Known as Operation Cerberus, this was to be one of the riskiest, yet best prepared and best coordinated operations carried out by German forces in the Second World War. After showing up properly in German waters, Prinz Eugen ended up being active in the strategic withdrawal through the Russian front, firing tens and thousands of shells at encroaching Russian forces when she supplied help for evacuation ships carrying German troops and civilians. Mostly of the German cruisers to endure World War II, the Prinz Eugen now rests inside warm waters of the Marshal Islands. After suffering two atomic bomb tests she lies capsized within the calm shallows of this Kwajelein Atoll.

Specs & Features

• Tamiya presents a plastic model set up kit associated with Heavy German Battle Cruiser, Prinz Eugen.
• 1/700 scale, total size: 303mm, total width: 31mm.
• Equipment and armament faithfully recreated.
• Prinz Eugen can be put together because it starred in two various operations: Operation Rheinubung, 1941 and Operation Cerberus, 1942. In Operation Cerberus, Prinz Eugen had been loaded with 5 extra 20mm AA-gun quadruple turrets for the "Channel Dash."
• Every detail for the ship's type is accurately recreated right down to the delicate line isolating the left and right side of ship's hull. Weaponry, searchlight, together with minutest onboard gear are typical portrayed in breathtaking detail.