- Introducing the new 1/72 Panhard M3 4x4 wheel drive twin 20mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun injection plastic kit from Ukrainian Ace.
- The Panhard M3 is a series of armored personnel carriers for the export market manufactured by the French company Panhard since 1971.
- Although this vehicle was not adopted by the French military, it was widely used by military and security forces in Africa and the Middle East.
- The VDA type is equipped with a one-man rotating turret equipped with two Hispano-Suiza 20mm cannons, and the firing rate is normally 200 rounds per minute, but if the hull is fixed with outriggers, it can fire 1000 rounds per minute. .
- It is also equipped with an ESDRA-20 Doppler radar that tracks four targets within a distance of 8 km.
- The kit comes with soft resin tires, photo-etching, and 2 types of decals (Sudan, Saudi Arabia x 1 each).
- Ace's kit is an excellent product that faithfully reproduces even the delicate parts even though it is small scale.
- The M-3 VDA is an air defense type equipped with two Hispano-Suiza 820SL 20mm cannons in a one-man turret.
- Maximum elevation +85, depression -5, normal rate of fire 200 rounds/min, or up to 1,000 rounds/min if the vehicle is secured with 4 hydraulic jacks.
- The vehicle contains 650 rounds of 20mm ammunition.
- The turret is powered and can rotate 360° within 3 seconds and rise to maximum altitude within 2 seconds.
- It is also equipped with an ESD RA-20 Doppler radar that can simultaneously track four incoming targets at a range of 8 km.
- The VDA is the heaviest M3 type ever put into production, weighing over 7 tons.
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