Trumpeter 1/72 Russian T-55 Medium Tank M1958

The layout of the T-54 is conventional, with the main armament comprising a 100mm rifled gun. The T-54 has been used more than any other tank since the Second World War. It is intended for combat actions involving tanks, combat vehicles, armoured personnel carriers and other armored enemy targets. The T-55 combines a high velocity gun with exceptional long-range endurance. The T-55 has a fully tracked, five-road-wheeled chassis with a low-silhouetted hull and a dome shaped turret. The T-54 series tanks first appeared in 1949 as replacements for the T-34 tank of World War II. The first T-54 prototype was completed in 1946 with first production beginning in 1947. The T-54 was continuously improved and modified, and, when sufficient changes had been made, the tank was redesignated T-55. The T-55 was introduced in 1958 and incorporates all the refinements and improvements of the fully developed T-54 series without being radically different in design or appearance. The T-55A appeared in the early 1960s. Production continued in the Soviet Union through 1981 and was also undertaken in China (as the Type 59), Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Item No : 07282
Item Name : Russian T-55 Medium Tank M1958
Bar Code : 9580208072821
Scale : 1:72
Item Type : Static Kit
Model Brief : Length: 120.6mm Width:45.4 mm Height?42.1mm
Total Parts : 68pcs
Metal Parts : n/a
Photo Etched Parts : n/a
Film Parts : n/a
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 4 sprues plus :lower hull, upper hull, tracks
Paint Schemes : Markings in standard Russian green
Released Date : 2008-10
More Features : Summary
The kit consists of :66 parts in light grey plastic ,2 of full length vinyl tracks
- 2-directional slide-moulded lower hull with suspensio"
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