Our good friend Erwin Sell has sent us photos of his next offering from OWN, Chinese Nationalist Artillery team.
Erwin stated the following on the figures to me on the figures.
New OWN Chinese Nationalist set Artillery team set (3 different pose) will be on sale soon. Notice that two figures have mustaches and complete German type coat & helmet without Chinese bullets crossed belt, perfect for late WW1 German artillery/machine gun poses. Also Hungarian WW2 soldier wore a similar uniform as well with similar footwear. Officer also has a Shanxi Type 17 (.45 ACP Mauser type pistol too. Very similar to German Mauser C96 used in WW1-WW2. So this 3 poses set could well be used for Germans, better if painted!!
Erwin told me hopes to have these figures in a month if not sooner. We will let you know when they are available.
I bought the first group of OWN figures and they were all stamped 2000 – 01 so I thought they were old stock some one had come up with. Are these artillary figures old stock or brand new, I,m confused.
I always see photos of WWII Chinese soldiers wearing visored hats?
This I would have preferred over German helmets.
The OWN figures are a perfect match with the 21st Cent. Chinese soldiers.
Hopefully an artillery piece is included with this set?
If it’s just 3 figures to the set the price better come WAY DOWN compared to what OWN figure sets sell for now.And no actual shell loaders and nobody standing unless there are more figures who havn’t been pictured yet.And could we PLEASE stop putting the figures on mountain tops!!LOL.
You can always cut/hide the (Mountain<Hill bases too right!LOL!!
Price will go as per figure versus other set; other price/options will be set as decided.
Cannon/gun is not included (there is plenty to borough from) =open to creativity!!Chinese used many ,included the Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36 from germany as they bough over 350 before 1938.
Kneeling position/poses were made for antitank/light artillery =under direct fire taking cover on close infantry support. Not for long range artillery crew. Could be easy used for mortar/machine gun team too.
Release date is as before, not actual year on base. Mold has the date/year in base stamped of first original production. These are cast off now!!
More poses will be available as they come out later!!
As mention before Chinese nationalist army had many uniform, but more than 8 division were trained and armed with a similar German uniform and helmet plus alpine German/Austrian cap as well in officers. Please Google search pictures of (Chinese nationalist army uniform) you will be able to see actually very close poses of same artillerymen firing a light German antitank gun plus many others..Other army/division unit carry/used British helmet till after 1943 when late us helmet start being used/supplied more often. Visor hats were most used from the 20 till early 30’ and still in use after, from 1936-1945 was more common used by the communist soldiers not nationalist army from the Kuomintang
LINK:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German-trained_divisions_of_the_National_Revolutionary_Army.
Link 2- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-German_cooperation
If you look at the TOP photo, there is a SHELL LOADER holding a shell & a GUNNER.
I wish they would also do a Japanese Artillery Team and include a Type 92 Inf. Cannon!
I thought he was holding a thermos of Green Tea!!
Aldo could you reply to me with pic of that cannon please when u can on facebook, they did the japs crew set, not the cannon, I need to see if that could be done but need more detail!!TX
No, I meant “It would be nice if”
Are you saying they DID do a Japanese artillery crew?!
yes,they did
Aldo ..the poses done are 3 kneeling included officer with katana for small Type 92 Battalion Gun. Not yet to be released. May be end of year…
Anyone doubting the validity of the German-style uniforms should do some research into the war. There were several factions fighting both against each other and against the Japanese during this period. I recommend the film “The Flowers of War” set during the siege (or rape) of Nanking. Great film about a tragic incident. The Nationalist soldiers depicted are wearing the German style helmet and uniforms.
Love these figures – even if they require assembly the sculpting is great.
AGREED!
Here is also few more links and movie data depicting this long forgotten period of history that in fact was the greatest conflict of Asia in terms of casualties, time , destruction and number of countries/people soldier involved. Also between 40-55% of ww2 Japanese casualties happen in this war against the Chinese army, specially the nationalist troops who fought must of all great battles as the communist wage a guerrilla war against Japan most of the time till 1945 when then supported by the soviets decide to take over and in opportunist move, bit the exhaust nationalist army who had done most of fight.
NATIONALIST CHINESE ARMY 1937-1945 UNIFORM/WEAPONS DATA LINKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Changde#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kunlun_Pass
https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AuSZcMri9Ubo9lQHugNBInCbvZx4?p=Eight+Hundred+Heroes+%2Cyou+tube&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-901&fp=1
Read and Google history plus movies in you tube about (Eight Hundred Heroes)
Google and see you tube battle scenes of film (The Flowers of War)
Others film that show a bit of these Chinese soldiers with uniform but not battle/war movies are.
“John Rabe,”-2007,” 1942”-2011 and” City of Life and Death”-2009, All great movies worth seen for acting and true historical facts depicted.
Good examples of both uniforms can be seen in the movie, “City of Life and Death” 2009. It’s set during the 1937 occupation of Nanking, China. The movie, and scenes can be viewed on YouTube.
Nice figures, great sculpting.
The perfect match with the 21st Century Toys Chinese Inf.
Great news,
I missed this post…
Yes, Mauser rifles and German helmets. Soldiers from the 88th Division.
May I use the photos for my forum please?
Best from France.