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HA7406	Corgi	Focke Wulf FW-190F8/R3 - Mk 103 30mm Cannon Tank Buster 1/48	£ 0.00
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	Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7406: Focke Wulf FW-190 F8/R3 Mk.103 30mm cannon-equipped "Tank Buster" In early 1944 with things not going very well on the Eastern Front, the Luftwaffe found itself in dire need of a heavily armed attack aircraft that could destroy armored vehicles including tanks with something other than bombs. Germany had not developed weapons systems that would allow light fighter aircraft to be adapted to this role. This meant a trial and error method of finding the correct weaponry. One of the trials was labeled the Fw-190-8/R3 that along with the regular machine guns in the nose and wing roots, had two 30 mm Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 103 cannons mounted in under-wing pods. There were only two of this variant produced because recoil of the cannons were so great that it would over stress the wing structure and cause it to break apart. The Fw-190F was developed for short-range battlefield ground attack using modified Fw-190A series aircraft fuselages. Of the 12 sub types the most numerous were theF-8s developed from the A-8. These first appeared in March 1944 with a modification allowing for increased performance at low levels for several minutes. Because of poor landing field conditions quite often the lower undercarriage doors had to be removed to prevent snow and mud buildup. Many F-8s were used as a test bed for anti-tank armament trials. Some sources estimate as many as 6,400 F-8s were manufactured.

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