The initial beast had a turret looking much like a T-34/85’s but this was quickly replaced by a new hemispherical turret that would become the tanks’ most distinctive feature. However, fitted with a larger turret ring, the T-44 proved far more capable of excepting a larger main armament than the veteran T-34 and this quickly led to a new tank that featured a 100mm main gun – the T-54. The T-44 revisited a previous attempt to replace the T-34, combining the 85mm gun with a smaller, better armoured hull (thanks to mounting the engine transversely and deleting the hull MG), producing a tank superior to the T-34 but coming too late to see combat, in the war in Europe at least. After PSC announced that they were finally shipping I become something of a permanent fixture outside the work post room waiting for my four boxes to arrive.īut has it been worth the wait? Let’s find out! Backgroundĭuring WWII, the Soviets started work on the tank to replace the T-34. Used by the USA and other members of NATO, plus Israel and others in wars beyond the European theatre, this is a flexible tank to field.Today Lee gets excited about the Plastic Soldier Company’s first “moderns” release – the T-55 Main Battle Tank.įinally! The Plastic Soldier Company T-55 has arrived to bolster the People’s Army against the forces of Western Imperialism. There are no real options on the sprue to create variants but there are two tank commanders on each one, offering the chance to depict a command vehicle or similar. The M60A3 Main Battle Tank box contains five sprues, enabling you to create five tanks.
This is most evident at the 1:100 or 15mm scale represented by these four different items sent for review, all representing weapons and men ready for combat in the 1980’s and beyond, or possibly an alternate history where the Cold War became a much warmer conflict. The beauty of the Plastic Soldier Company’s approach to providing products is the decision to put as much as they can in each box, then to sell it at a price that keeps you coming back for more.
Plastic Soldier Company continue to add to their range of 15mm Cold War era plastics with more model kits, so far covering AFVs used by a number of different nations and plastic infantry for those backed by one.
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