Dragon Action Figures 1/6 German Gunner Figure Balthasar Bobby Woll (70431)

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Dragon Action Figures 1/6 German Gunner Figure Balthasar Bobby Woll (70431)
Balthasar Bobby Woll, Leibstandarte Tiger Ace's. Panzer Abteilung 101, LAH Division, Villers-Bocage, 1944 (Unterscharfuhrer) Figure with a Camoflage Drill Panzer Jacket, Pullover Field Shirt and Camoflage Drill Panzer Trousers and German Ankle Boots Equipment carried, Saddle Frum for MG34/42 Waffen SS Equipment Belt, P-38 Holster Headphones & Throat Mic. A PANZER MG-34 and a Walther P-38 Pistol, MG 4-Round Starter Clip are also carried. He wears a 1939 Knights Cross 1st Class Medal and a 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class Medal, 1939 Wound Badge Shoulder Tab (SS)

On June 13th 1944, Wittmann discovered a massive British movement of armour and troops through Villers Bocage, near the Normandy coast. After reconnoitering the area on his own, he returned to his tank and put it into action. He attacked alone, leaving his fellow tankers behind, though they would join him later. The Tiger 1 was commanded by SS Obersturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann with Balthasar ‘Bobby’ Woll as his gunner. His skills and daring with armoured vehicles had been proven in France, Greece and on the Russian front. Moving on to the main road into Villers Bocage from the northeast, Wittmann's tank came upon many British half-tracks, troops and tanks. The British were relaxed and tea was on the boil. No one expected a giant enemy Tiger tank to come from nowhere and roll down the highway, shooting up everything in sight. A general panic ensued among the British as the enemy tank rumbled past them. It was the closest many had ever been to the massive metallic beast and it was far closer than they wished. As the infantry scattered in all directions, Wittmann continued on his way into the village itself. Once there, the carnage continued. The young German officer and his crew immediately went into action, two Sherman HQ tanks and three Cromwells were their next victims. One Cromwell did manage to get started up and escaped by running through a house into an adjacent garden. Proceeding down the street, the German tank knocked out even more of the British soft-skinned vehicles. Leaving the entire enemy column a shambles, Wittmann then proceeded out of the village. The Cromwell tank that had escaped the wrath of the Tiger was now the hunter and continued to stalk it, even getting off a couple of shots. The Tiger was hit, but stayed in action. The last Cromwell was then shattered and set afire. Even with this formidable score, Wittmann was not finished, he then returned to his laager, climbed into another Tiger (he had exhausted his ammunition in the first one) and came back to the area with the other tanks and finished the job. It would prove to be one of the most unusual tank battles in all of history and only added to the general Allied terror of the prowess of the German Tiger tank. The tank, however, was only as good as the men inside. Wittmann and his crew had proven themselves to be some of the most skilled and daring hunters of armour in the war

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