Mirage 726086 1/72 US Light Tank M5A1 (Mid.) 2nd Armoured Division Normandy July 1944
U.S. Light Tank M5A1 (Mid.) ‘2nd Armd. Div. Normandy, July 1944’
The M5A1 Stuart was the final stage of evolution of a single line in Light Tanks until it was replaced by the M24 Chaffee in 1944. The first Stuart, the M3, represented a vast improvement in the Light Tank category, but an increased need for aircraft engines opened the door for General Motors to propose a redesign with two Cadillac V8 motors. While the M3 was the first US tank to engage in tank-to-tank combat in WWII, its weak armor relegated it and all future versions to reconnaissance and infantry support in the European theater. However, in the Pacific it excelled as the Japanese lacked any comparable weapons.
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Plastic sprue
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Photoetched fret
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Decalsheet (waterslide)
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