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Barcode: 0 89195 60284 8
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 6.1"x3.1"x2.8"
Category: WWII Free French Military Vehicle
1/72 Sherman M4A4 Free French Army 1944 ~ New Tooling
This 1/72 tank is based on Dragon’s highly accurate and brand new M4A4 molds, and offers extremely fine levels of detail. The vehicle is exquisitely painted and weathered, and bears distinctive French insignia and markings.
Main Features:
- Brand new M4A4 mold New Tooling
- Open window display packaging
- Highly popular and collectible item
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate mold
- Fully assembled
- Historically accurate markings and insignia
- Includes protective display case
About this title:
Since the Sherman M4A4 was powered by a Chrysler WC Multibank engine (formed
from five commercial automobile engines aligned on a common driveshaft), the
tank required a lengthened rear hull to accommodate it.
A great many M4A4s of the 7,499 produced were delivered to Allied armies like the British and Free French. Free French Forces had been established after General De Gaulle and the exiled French government issued a call to arms on 18 June 1940.
By the time of the Normandy campaign in 1944, Free French Forces numbered 400,000. The Free French 2nd Armoured Division drove south to Paris, while the 1st Army joined in the invasion of southern France.