Tamiya has released M10 IIC Achilles in 1/35 Scale Models assembly kit under Tanks Military Series category
This is a Tamiya model reproduction with this British Achilles tank destroyer. The Achilles have been an adjustment associated with the M10s which Britain received through U.S., because of the initial 3-inch main gun changed by the fearsome British 17 pounder. The vast majority of M10s were the M10 IIC variant, that has been in relation to the late-production M10 with distinctive enlarged turret-rear counterweight. Around 1,000 were produced between Spring 1944 plus the end of WWII, the Allied forces making good utilization of it after the Normandy landings, profiting from the potency of the weapon which allowed it to tear through Tiger we front armor.
• 1/35 scale synthetic model construction kit.
• Features newly-molded components depicting top of the hull using its sloped armor, belated manufacturing M10 turret counterweight, and long 17pdr weapon.
• Interior features depictions of shell racks and multi-part 17pdr weapon breech.
• includes 3 complete human body numbers – gunner and loader seated to the fighting compartment, and commander seated concerning the turret side – plus a driver torso figure.
• Lower hull, suspension system system, wheel and track components are carried over through the acclaimed Tamiya 1/35 kind of the M10 that served because the Achilles’ base.
• New sprocket wheel elements depict belated M10 elements.
• Marking options depict 93rd Anti-Tank Regiment (Italy, 1944) and 75th Anti-Tank Regiment (NW European countries) automobiles.
