Faced with Russian tanks that their own tanks could not easily penetrate, the Germans hastily mounted captured Russian guns on obsolete Panzer 38(t) tank chassis.
These effective tank-hunters quickly found their way to the desert where their ability as long-range tank killers was appreciated.
Unlike the lighter 7.5cm infantry gun, the 15cm howitzer couldn't be mounted aboard a Sd Kfz 251 half-track, so instead the Germans experimented with using several different out-dated tank chassis.
By 1943, the result was the Grille (Cricket) self-propelled 15cm gun which gave the panzergrenadiers their own high-calibre, mobile guns to shatter enemy strongholds.
Contains 4x Plastic Marder (7.62cm) Tank-hunters or Grille (15cm) Self-propelled Guns and 1x Decal Sheet.
