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06/15/2008
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Henschel Hs-123A-1 |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Lukasz Fuczek |
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File Size: 25.7 Mb |
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Henschel Hs-123A-1
II./SG 2
Crimea, April 1944
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Price $10.00 |
Model # 046 |
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This model, in
printed format, is available from
Modelik |
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If ordering a CD, please
add $5.45
for Shipping & Handling. One charge per order. |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
8.33 m |
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Span |
10.50 m |
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Engine |
1 x BMW 132Dc 9-cylinder radial,
880hp |
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Max Speed |
341 km/h |
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Armament |
2 x 7.92mm MG 17, up to 450kg of
bombs under wings and fuselage |
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Crew |
1 |
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Hs-123 was designed
to meet the 1933 dive bomber requirements for the reemerging Luftwaffe.
After tests performed in 1936, aircraft was immediately ordered into
production, but since it was considered a stop-gap solution before Ju-87
became available, no serious consideration was given for the development
of the plane.
First real test of
the aircraft took place during the Spanish Civil War where they
performed admirably in the close support role. At the outbreak of
ww2, only one unit was still equipped with this aircraft and it
performed brilliantly in Poland, Low Countries and France. Plane
was retired after the fall of France but once again called into service
for the Balkan campaign and then for the invasion of the Soviet Union
and was in active service thought the mid-1944 when it finally was
replaced by the Ju-87.
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Beta-build model built and photographed by the author. |
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