Barcode: 0 89195 87367 5
Case Pack: 48
Box Size: 6.4" x 10.2" x 1.9"
Features:
- Complete upper hull designed exclusively for M4 Deep Wading Kit
- Turret produced with new cast-in cheek armor
- Deep Wading Kit finely represented by photo-etched parts
- New Cartograf decal offers accurate marking
- One-piece DS Track
- Driver's and radio operator's hatches can be assembled open/closed
- Accurate slide-molded hull with bolt details
With a huge splash the front ramp of the LCM(3) dropped into the sea. The driver
of the M4 Sherman gunned the engine and it clattered down the ramp and into
the raging surf. The tracks scrabbled for grip on the pebbly seafloor, and it
gradually ploughed its way towards the beach. Bullets pinged against its armor
plates and artillery rounds straddled the American tank as it entered the conflagration
of D-Day.
Such a dramatic scene can now be recreated in 1/72 scale thanks to a new kit
from Dragon. D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion of the time, took place on
6 June 1944. It involved 850,000 Allied troops forging a bridgehead on the Normandy
coast. Item No. 7367 features an M4 Sherman tank fitted out for these D-Day
amphibious landings. The M4 featured a Continental R975 radial gasoline engine
and had a 75mm gun installed in the turret. This is the very first M4 kit in
Dragon’s 1/72 scale range, and of special note is the deep wading kit installed
on the engine deck, which allowed the tank to drive through the surf onto the
beachhead. To fit the deep wading kit, a completely new upper hull has been
produced. The wading kit itself is made from photo-etched parts to replicate
the sheet metal used on the original. The kit’s turret is also new, benefited
from newly tooled cast-in cheek armor. Relive the greatest amphibious invasion
of all time with this remarkable new M4 variant from Dragon!
