This howitzer model contains an Airborne jeep towing a 75mm M1 A1 gun.

Note the Pithead model is made so that the gun can be assembled with the barrel in the correct towing position i.e. removed from the trunnions .. Read more here.

This set contains an Airborne jeep towing a Polsten light AA gun.
Note! Pithead does not use its standard jeep models with their rear mounted spare wheel and Jerry can for its airborne range . Airborne jeeps did not c.. Read more here.

Around 23 Polsten 20mm cannon were issued to each airborne division for anti aircraft defence. During the later stages of the war these weapons would be more likely used in a ground support role. A contemporary source describes how one gun, used by the Mo.. Read more here.

The M1 A1 75mm Airborne howitzer was an American designed weapon. 27 of these guns were organised into an Airlanding Light Regiment Royal Artillery. The guns were towed by Jeeps or Universal carriers.

The airborne carrier was used as an armoured recovery vehicle to salvage air dropped supplies in hot landing zones .

The vehicle represented here is the universal carrier Mk II and it has a crew of two and carries .. Read more here.

The Morris tractor was a specially modified vehicle used to tow the airborne 17lb anti tank gun. The vehicle was shoehorned into a Hamilcar glider and had all unnecessary weight removed.

The model has a crew of fou.. Read more here.

New remodelled Paras!

The British army had two airborne divisions in its order of battle. The 6th airborne that fought in Normandy and the Rhine crossing and the 1st airborne that was destroyed at Arnhem.here.

This weapon was a big shock to the Germans at Arnhem . They could not conceive how such a big gun could be airlifted. Capable of destroying any German tank the few that survived the landings gave good accounts of themselves. They were airlifted by Hamilca.. Read more here.

The 3 inch mortar was the standard infantry support weapon. Each airborne division was issued with 56 of these mortars which were organised under Battalion command.

The 6lb anti tank gun was the standard anti tank weapon with a platoon of 6 guns attached to each battalion. The airborne forces were issued with a special lightweight modified weapon that had a narrower wheelbase in order that it could fit into a glider... Read more here.

The HQ set of figures consists of 8 different figures. Officer with sten, Radio man in beret, Piat loader and gunner, Sniper , 2 inch mortar man and an engineer with a flamethrower pack.

This set contains an Airborne jeep towing a light weight airborne 6lb anti tank gun .

The model has a crew of 4 plus a man hitching a ride on the gun itself.

The airborne Jeeps carried stores from the landing zones in specially designed trailers like the one illustrated here.

This model has a crew of four plus a passenger on the trailer.

The Vickers medium machine gun was a reliable water cooled weapon with a good sustained rate of fire. Each airborne division was issued with 46 of these guns which were organised under Parachute Battalion or Airlanding Battalion command not into separate .. Read more here.

The Radio Jeep was a modification of the Airborne jeep equipped with a No 19 wireless set, an externally mounted battery box at the rear and remote control cable reel mounted on the front.

The Pithead model comes w.. Read more here.

The Reconnaissance jeep was equipped with a single Vickers “K”with an impressive rate of fire of 950 rounds per minute. Issued to the Airborne reconnaissance regiments these jeeps enabled lightly equipped forces to dash for the objectives before the enemy.. Read more here.