Dragon's Teeth Tank Traps

Published on
March 6, 2016
Review Author(s)
Scale
1/48
MSRP
$11.00
Product / Stock #
HLX48367
Company: Hauler - Website: Visit Site
Provided by: Hauler - Website: Visit Site
Product packaging

Hauler is an accessory company based in the Czech Republic that produces high quality photo-etched sets for AFVs, airplanes, cars, railway vehicles, and resin accessories for dioramas and resin kits.

Before we go into the product here is a brief explanation of what “Dragons teeth” are. Dragon's teeth are square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete first used during the Second World War to impede the movement of tanks and mechanized infantry. The idea was to slow down and channel tanks into killing zones where they could easily be disposed of by anti-tank weapons.

In practice, the use of combat engineers and specialist clearance vehicles enabled them to be disposed of relatively quickly, and they proved far less of an obstacle than many had expected. The obstacles could also simply be buried using bulldozers and dump trucks.

Items in the Box

  • 8x Light gray resin Dragons Teeth

These are by far some flawless little tank traps! They come in a small black and gray cardboard box, and are enclosed in a small plastic bag

Construction was very simple due to none being required. The casting blocks can either be lopped off or pushed into a diorama.

I painted my Dragons Teeth with Model Master Dark Earth ANA acrylic paint, which in my opinion gave them the dark sandy look you would have envisioned of them being strung all over the length of the beaches of Normandy!

My thanks to Hauler and IPMS for giving me the opportunity to review these great little teeth that I will for sure use in a diorama.

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