[American tank supporting the early days of the German Federal Army]
-In 1951 after World War II, the M47 Patton was the main battle tank of the US Army, which was produced as a successor to the M46 Patton.
-Equipped with an air-cooled gasoline engine with an output of 810 horsepower, the maximum speed is 48km / h.
The main gun was equipped with a 50 caliber 90mm rifle and was equipped with the latest stereo rangefinder at the time.
-Over 8,500 M47s were produced, but the deployment period in the US military was short, and most were donated to Western countries such as Germany, France and Austria.
-Above all, Germany introduced about 1,100 tanks from 1956 to 1957 and deployed them in tank divisions and mechanized infantry divisions.
-Operated as the German Federal Army main battle tank in the early days.
-For the German Federal Army M47, a slender plate-shaped rain guard and a smoke gun launcher are added to the turret to prevent rain from entering the engine room.
[About the model]
-M47 Patton's plastic model assembly kit.
-1/35 scale, total length 245mm, overall width 98mm.
-Greatly upgraded Italeri's excellent kit and added Tamiya parts.
-New parts are prepared for the German Federal Army equipment such as smoke gun launcher on the side of the turret and inter-vehicle display board at the rear of the hull, and canvas cover attached to the shield.
-The rain guard that prevents rain from entering the engine room is represented by punched plastic vans.
-Adopted a belt type track that can be adhered and painted.
-Commander's hatch is movable, Gunner's hatch is open / closed.
-One Tamiya doll, M2 heavy machine gun, ammunition box, garbage box etc.
-In addition to the vehicles belonging to the German Federal Army, the decal also prepared the Austrian Army specification.
* The photo shows the kit assembled and painted.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )