――This kit reproduces the tank [Shotkar Aleph] that the Israeli army modernized and refurbished Centurion and operated in the Fourth Middle East War.
――It was a British Centurion that Israel introduced in anticipation of being a first-generation tank after the war, but when it was put into actual battle with Syria on the Golan Heights, the Centurion that was developed on the premise of operational actions in Europe was in the Middle East. It turned out that it was not suitable for the operation of.
――The 20-pound gun, which is the main gun, has a wide range of spraying at long distances, and in the Israel Defense Forces tank unit, which is based on long-range gun battles in the desert where visibility is wider than in Europe, the decrease in hit rate at long distances is fatal. It became a defect.
--The Rolls-Royce Meteor engine, which is also installed in Centurion, is a gasoline engine that is an improved version of the Marlin engine for aircraft, so there is a high risk of ignition and explosion, and the fuel consumption is poor, so it takes a long time. If the engine parts such as brakes and transmissions cross the steep sand dunes of the desert many times, the transmissions and brakes will burn, and the air filter of the engine will be clogged with sand, causing overheating. It was lacking in.
――Israel has bought a lot of Centurions that are not suitable for the Middle East, and due to lack of funds, it will be repaired and used, and [Shot] will be born as a vehicle that repairs Centurions.
-[Shot] replaced the 20-pound gun of the main gun with the new L7 105mm tank gun, and this tank gun had good armor penetration ability without extreme expansion of the dispersion field even at long distances.
――After that, he participated in the Six-Day War and played an active part with the Israeli army-owned Super Sherman and M48 Patton.
――In response to the result of the Six-Day War, you became diplomatically disadvantaged, and due to the effect of the arms embargo on Israel, you carried out the second renovation of [Shot].
--In the second refurbishment, the engine will be replaced with the American Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine, and the transmission will be replaced with the American Allison CD850-6 to become [Shot Cal Aleph].
――We are also participating in the 4th Middle East War.
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