A nicely finished project from Ernie who has done a splendid job, beloved by the German infantry as a support vehicle, but where is the MG? as you could be rushed by Partisans at any time.

Ernie only does a few models in a year using a lot of research, care and attention to detail .. nice model Ernie.

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DID YOU KNOW

The GHQ 'A' (Auxillery) was a secret organisation put in place by Churchill in the early summer of 1940 this special order involving MI6 and Col.Colin Gubbins a specialist in Guerilla warfare was to train especially picked men from the home guard to do clandestine if the Germans invaded Britain, know by the Germas as Operation Sealion.

There were special hideouts constructed in secret places in open woods with entrances through barns and buildings etc. so the operatives could move about in secret these deep bunker type shelters were sound proof and required ladders to enter through trap doors and ladders some 30 feet deep.

They were fully equiped for 6 to 8 people with cookers, food, water, beds and weapons of all types for six to eight weeks.

They estimated that these men would not last long under occupation of the German forces some estimated only up to 12 days, there main mission was to eliminate certain people such as the local Mayor or anyone in local Government that seemed risky .. even German Wehrmacht Troops, Gestapo, SS, and all officers.

Many of the men picked were local people such as farm workers, local hunters that knew the lay of the land in detail.

They operatives never told there Home Guard buddies or even there wives about there secret activities some took this secret to there graves the men would simply disappear into thin air, if a coded instruction came from the home office.

If any person saw there hiding place they were told to illiminate them immediately and get rid of the body, whether it be man, woman or child.

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DID YOU KNOW

Over 600,000 Jeeps were made in WW2 one came off the line every 50 seconds day or night, they were a general transport vehicle used by the US forces including British and Soviets and considered expendable in battle.
Designed by the Willy's Co of the USA, but being such a small company they could not supply in quantity to all the main car factories at the time placed production lines to manufacture for the War effort.

If it wants moving load up a jeep up they will go anywhere!

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