Product Description
--EBR-75 (France: Engin Blinde de Reconnaissance, meaning armored reconnaissance vehicle) is a reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a 75mm cannon developed and manufactured by Panhard.
-This vehicle was developed as a prototype M201 armored reconnaissance vehicle in 1937 before World War II and was scheduled to be produced from 1940, but it was produced as an EBR armored vehicle with enhanced firepower in 1951. Has started.
――One of the major features of this EBR armored vehicle is that it lifts the central four wheels of the eight wheels, which enables high-speed driving on leveled terrain such as urban areas, and eight wheels with low ground pressure on rough terrain. The point is that it will be a car.
――In addition, there are driver's seats on each of the front-rear symmetrical bodies, and the wheels on the front and rear ends are all-wheel steering system in which the front and rear sides operate together.
-The body layout is equipped with a horizontally opposed engine with a low overall height at the bottom of the turret, one occupant in the front and rear driver's seats (the rear pilot also serves as a radio operator), and the turret has a commander and a gunner. I did.
――Production started in 1950, and by 1963, including the advanced EBR-90, about 1,200 cars were produced and exported to Tunisia, Mauritania, and Indonesia in addition to Portugal and Morocco.
--The vehicle adopted by the French Army was put into the Algerian War of Independence, and was also used when France intervened in the conflicts that occurred in the North / West Africa region to monitor the ceasefire and protect its own people.
--Also, when Charles de Gaulle's state funeral was held in 1970, a vehicle with the turret removed was used as a funeral vehicle to transport the casket, and a de Gaulle casket wrapped in a tricolor flag was placed on it. Marched.
--This injection kit comes with etched parts and 3 types of French decals.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 22 x 14 x 3 cm / 91g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- ACE72459
- JAN code
- 4580702131814
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.