Takom 2117X M46 Patton US Medium Tank & ¼ Ton Utility Truck 1/35 Scale Plastic Kit

Product Description

Takom 2117X M46 Patton US Medium Tank & ¼ton Utility Truck.

 1/35 Scale Plastic Kit

• Limited Edition

• 1:35 scale plastic model kit from Takom, requires paint and glue

The M46 Patton is an American medium tank from the early Cold War period. The first prototypes of this car were made in 1948, and serial production was carried out in 1949-1951. In total, about 1,150 tanks of this type were built. The drive was provided by a single Continental AV1790-5 engine with 820 hp. The wagon was 8.48 meters long and 3.51 meters wide. The combat weight was 48.5 tons, and the operating range was approx. 130 kilometres. The main armament was a 90mm M3A1 cannon, while the secondary armament was 3 Browning 12.7mm machine guns.

The M46 Patton tank was developed for the needs of the US Army as, in fact, a far-reaching modernization of the M26 Pershing tank from the Second World War. The new car received mainly a new engine and a different, much more efficient, drive train. Marginal changes concerned the armor and the shape of the turret. The Detroit Arsenal plant was primarily responsible for the production of the new tanks. The M46 Patton tanks were used in combat primarily in the Korean War (1950-1953), where they successfully fought against the T-34/85 vehicles, often demonstrating their superiority over them. In the course of production, apart from the basic version (M46), one major development version was created, designated as the M46A1. This tank received better gun stabilization, a modernized engine and a different drive train. It is worth noting that the M46 Patton tanks were exported on a very small scale and served primarily in the American armed forces.

Jeep Willys (other names: Willys MB, Jeep) is an American off-road car from the Second World War and the post-war period. The first prototypes of the car were made in 1940, and serial production was carried out in 1940-1945. Nearly 650,000 copies of it were created in its course! The weight of the cart was about 1.1 tons, with a length of 3.36 meters and a width of 1.57 meters. The drive was provided by a single engine with a power of 60 HP. The maximum speed was up to 105 km / h.

The Jeep Willys was developed to order and demanded by the US Army, which in 1940, faced with the war, asked for a completely new 4×4 passenger car with a load capacity of up to 250 kg that could be mass-produced. It is worth adding that initially the American Bantam Car with the Bantam BRC was the clear favourite in the tender. However, the US Department of Defence, in an effort to ensure the best possible car design and to ensure trouble-free series production, handed over the plans for the Bantam BRC to Willys and Ford. Based on these plans, Willys developed a Jeep that had a much better power unit than the original Bantam BRC, as well as being mechanically more perfect. Ultimately, it was this car, the Willys Jeep, that won the tender for the US Army. The presented car was actually mass-produced and went to almost all Anglo-Saxon armies fighting in World War II, and thanks to the Lend-and-Lease program, also to the Soviet Union. He took part in hostilities in North Africa, Italy, North-West Europe and the Pacific. It is often assumed that the Jeep Willys is one of the symbols of American triumph in World War II.

Additional Information