During the war on the Eastern Front the Germans captured large quantities of Soviet equipment, and one of these was the 12.2cm FH396(r) howitzer, a captured Soviet 122mm M1938 (M-30) field howitzer. This was a prized weapon taken in some numbers and extensively employed by the Germans in artillery units and as coastal defence weapons. In 1943 a total of 281 FH396(r) were in German service. When the 21. Panzerdivision was rebuilt in France in 1943 the 12.2cm FH396(r) was utilised to refit the towed artillery component of the division.
Flames Of War contents: this blister pack contains 2x German 12.2cm FH396(r) Howitzers