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Rifleman
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 60
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Weathered 5cm German mortar ammo cases
Or the 5cm Leicht Grenatenwerfer W36, as they called it ...
These are the dragon ammo cases, repainted dunkelgelb and weathered. I did these a decade ago. The decals were from Michigan Dawg. I initially assumed a grey metallic primer would have been used under the paint, but I have since learned that many, but not all, used the red-brown primer of the panzers. I haven't yet given them a dusting and a rusting, but still, they came out rather nicely. While the 5cm mortar was falling out of favor with regular infantry units by 1944, many were still utilized by fallschirmjagers and gebirgsjagers, because of their much lighter weight, in addition to their heavier 8cm mortars. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Rifleman
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 60
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Re: Weathered 5cm German mortar ammo cases
Since the above pics were taken, I repainted the buttons on all my gebirgsjagers. Black was wrong. (Bad Dragon!)
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Rifleman
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Camillus, NY
Posts: 97
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Re: Weathered 5cm German mortar ammo cases
Nicely done. Trying to find these nowadays is a tall order and command a high price
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Mortarman
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Re: Weathered 5cm German mortar ammo cases
Those cases do look fantastic. I thought they were the real thing for a minute. Super job, as are all your projects!
Bob |
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Battalion Commander
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Re: Weathered 5cm German mortar ammo cases
The cases look great, Steve!
Nicely done! Fred |
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