1:35 M48A3 with U.S. Marine Figures - DRAGON

The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War.  Nearly 12,000 M48s were built, mainly by Chrysler and American Locomotive Company, from 1952 to 1961. The M48 Patton was the first U.S. medium gun tank with a four-man crew, featuring a centreline driver's compartment and no bow machine gunner. As with nearly all new armored vehicles it had a wide variety of suspension systems, cupola styles, power packs, fenders and other details among individual tanks.

THE KIT:

• Gun travel lock can be assembled wither stowed or in use
• Newly tooled M48A3 with authentic detail
• Authentic 90mm M41 gun and detailed .50cal MG
• Newly tooled canvas mantlet cover looks realistic
• Well-defined turret with antenna and crisply molded stowage rack
• Tow cables included
• Delicately detailed fenders w/toolboxes
• Fenders edges with delicate bolt heads molded in place
• Newly designed searchlight for M48A3
• Loader's hatch and commander's cupola can be assembled open/closed
• Engine deck produced with excellent details
• Cupola realistically represented, including clear-plastic periscope
• Newly designed headlight cluster with fine detail
• One-piece slide-molded upper and lower hulls with delicate casting pattern and detail
• Rear hull with authentic grill and tow pintle
• Casting numbers molded on M48A3
• Trunnion for elevating 90mm M41 gin included
• 3-directional slide-molded turret with delicate cast pattern
• Sprockets and road wheels assembled from multiple parts
• Suspension system formed from multiple parts
• Hull rear with authentic engine grill and molded-on latch handles
• Front vision ports including crystal clear parts
• Coincidence rangefinder mounted on turret sides
• Detailed one-piece DS tracks