King & Country WS080 Gepard Flakpanzer 38(t): A Small Flak Vehicle with a Busy Open Top

Four crew at different levels

The original announcement specifies four figures. In the saved image, their heads and bodies appear at different heights around the vehicle, with one man standing beside the track.

That outside figure is particularly useful visually: he makes the vehicle’s compact size apparent and connects the machinery with the ground beneath it.

White paint does not erase the shape

The pale finish runs across the angular upper panels, while the wheels, tracks and gun remain darker accents. The open compartment creates shadow and depth even within the snowy colour scheme.

A three-quarter view reveals those layers better than a directly frontal photograph. It also avoids lining up the crew so that one figure hides another.

A different winter silhouette

Alongside WS079’s much larger Hummel, this release introduces another kind of open tracked gun vehicle. Their shared winter treatment can tie a display together, but the weapon, size and crew arrangement keep them distinct.

WS080 belongs as this specific single-gun Flakpanzer version, with all four original figures recorded alongside the vehicle.

Release record and collecting notes

Sager’s archived WS080 product record lists a release date of October 2006 and a retirement date of May 2008. These are catalog dates, rather than a statement about today’s secondhand availability. Compare the seller’s actual photographs with the reference image here, including any projecting equipment and the base; a familiar box title alone is not a condition report.