Product Description
――After the end of World War II, the Western countries witnessed the Soviet Union's new heavy tank, the IS-3, and were shocked by its sharp silhouette and huge artillery.
--In Britain, there was widespread concern that Centurion, the main battle tank at the time, would not be able to break through the armor of this tank, calling for the urgent development of a new heavy tank to counter the IS-3. I did.
――So Britain decided to fight against the IS-3 by developing the heavy tank FV201, which had frozen its development plan.
――But here comes a new problem. When a large caliber turret was loaded on the body of the FV201, it was assumed that the weight would exceed 60 tons, but the United Kingdom has little experience in operating a tank of this weight, so first collect data using a test vehicle. I made it.
--The test vehicle equipped with a 20-pound tank gun (= Centurion turret) based on the body of FV201 was named [FV221 Caernarfon], and about 10 cars were produced.
――Caernarfon was put into trial operation in various places and played a major role in the development of [FV214 Conqueror].
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 39.5 x 26.3 x 7.8 cm / 710g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- AMH35A042
- JAN code
- 6954248835426
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