{"product_id":"bbg139","title":"BBG139 ‘Ostfront Skywatcher’ | King \u0026 Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eBBG139 – ‘Ostfront Skywatcher’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the later-war Eastern Front, the sky could be every bit as important as the ground ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBBG139 – ‘Ostfront Skywatcher’ portrays a German soldier looking upwards, an understated pose that becomes particularly effective when displayed with anti-aircraft weapons such as the Sd.Kfz. 7\/1 Flakvierling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the latter stages of the war, the Soviet Air Force had grown enormously in strength and increasingly supported Red Army operations with fighters and ground-attack aircraft. German troops could no longer assume that enemy aircraft would be a rare interruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure can represent a sentry who has spotted an approaching aircraft, a member of an anti-aircraft crew watching the sky or simply a soldier reacting to the sound of engines overhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlace BBG139 a short distance from BBG132 with his attention directed upwards and the two releases immediately interact: the figure appears to be providing the warning that brings the Flakvierling crew into action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable through The Military Workshop, this King \u0026amp; Country Skywatcher is a simple but very effective storytelling figure for an Ostfront or late-war German diorama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King \u0026 Country","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52792772165914,"sku":"BBG139","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0154\/0890\/files\/BBG139_1.jpg?v=1788521377","url":"https:\/\/themilitaryworkshop.com\/products\/bbg139","provider":"The Military Workshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}