Dragon's expanding range of superb detailed models made in plastic for maximum detail definition and some metal parts. Finished in authentic camouflage schemes, tracks are one piece rubber giving a good effect and comes in its own plastic display box inside a cardboard outer. Most have rotable turrets and a gun that elevates. Fine detail incudes ropes, shackles and tools carried on the chassis, plus smoke dischargers, machine guns and external petrol tanks appropriate for the model. Best of all these models are pre-painted with sharp, accurate and authentic camouflage and realistic weathering.
Dragon Armor 1/72 HMMWV Gun Truck 1st Infantry Div./ Engineer Brigade Iraq 2003 (60074)
In the protracted fighting in Vietnam, with constant threats from guerilla attacks
springing from any direction, GIs developed their heavily armed gun trucks. These gun
trucks protected vulnerable convoys, and offered increased protection and firepower for
their occupants. This tradition lives on in Iraq. With threats from small-arms fire, RPGs
and IEDs, American troops resorted to the expedient of adding armor to many of their
vehicles. Dragons newest M998 Gun Truck is precisely one such vehicle. The basic HMMWV has
had steel plates added around the rear cargo compartment, while an M60 machine gun with
armored shield has been mounted in the cargo bed. This green-colored vehicle represents a
vehicle from an engineer brigade of the 1st Infantry Division in 2003. The 1/72 scale model
Humvee is simply awesome it has full interior details, scale thickness add-on armor plates,
detailed front brush guard, accurate gun shield and pedestal-mounted machine gun, and
beautiful pad painting. The gun truck tradition lives on!
The M1025 armament carriers provide mounting and firing of the MK19 automatic grenade launcher; M2, caliber .50 machine gun; and M60, 7.62 mm machine gun; ring-mounted with 360 arc of fire, with armor protection for crew, weapon components, and ammunition. Fully-loaded M1025 armament carriers will climb road grades as steep as 60% and traverse a side slope of up to 40%. The vehicles ford hard bottom water crossings up to 30 inches (76 cm) without a deep water fording kit and 60 inches (152 cm) with the kit.
Stock:
Available from shops: Coventry: 1, Gloucester: 1, Sheffield: 2 (explain )
(Prod Ref #58364)
Price: £11.99