About this kit
German Army engineer units relied on standardised pontoon bridging equipment, the Bruckengerat system, to span rivers and canals for advancing armour and infantry columns throughout WWII. This Dragon 1/35 Premium Edition set reproduces the flat-bottomed steel pontoon boats and roadway trestle sections used to build these floating bridges, a piece of equipment as vital to Wehrmacht mobility as any tank or half-track, yet rarely modelled in this level of detail.
As a Premium Edition release, the kit goes well beyond a simple boat model, including finely moulded pontoon hull sections, roadway decking, anchor and rigging hardware, and photo-etched fittings that capture the riveted and welded construction of real wartime bridging equipment.
The included parts allow the pontoons to be built afloat, under construction, or combined into a section of roadway, making this set an ideal complement to river-crossing dioramas featuring Dragon's half-tracks, tanks and engineer figures.
Recommended for modellers looking to build something beyond a standard armour kit, this set gives serious diorama builders the specialist engineering equipment needed to stage a convincing WWII river-crossing scene.
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