1:35 IDF Shot Kal Gimel Type II - Operation Peace for Galilee 1982 - AFV CLUB

The Shot Kal is a modernised Centurion tank with a new powerpack (the Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine and the Allison CD850-6 transmission). The addition "Kal" refers to the abbreviation of the engine manufacturer Continental, originally notated in Hebrew as "שוטקל" and transliterated as "sho'tqal".

The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First Lebanon War, and known in Lebanon as "the invasion", began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operating in southern Lebanon and the IDF that had caused civilian casualties on both sides of the border.

THE KIT:

• Centurion MK.III upgrade type.
• Explosive reactive armor and smoke grenade launchers included.
• Detailed Israeli improved commander’s cupola, exhaust pipe and gun barrel travel lock.
• Rifled L7A1 metal gun barrel.
• Main gun can be built in firing or traveling position.
• Paintable road wheel rubber ring with inner side reinforcement.
• FN general-purpose machine gun, galil assault rifle,
• UZI submachine gun, close combat mortar included.
• Rubber made smoke grenade launchers and mantlet cover.
• Cross-wind detector, stretcher, ammunition boxes,
• fire extinguishers and DS2 sterilizer included.
• Photo-etched turret rear mount basket.