US Army M8/M20 Greyhound Scout Car

Description

The M8 Greyhound was originally designed to replace the US military's porteegun in an anti-tank role, but was quickly repurposed once it was realised thatits performance against German armour was lacking. It found use as a popular andsuccessful armoured car that served American and British armies well throughoutthe war.

Its crew of four served a 37mm gun, a co-axial .30 cal, the more aggressivecrews adding a .50 cal on the roof for anti aircraft and local defence.

It was very fast – hence its British name of Greyhound – capable of55mph on good roads, but was known to bog down in mud. Its armour was enough toshrug off small arms fire, and these vehicles were best used in pairs to scoutout enemy lines, supporting each other in a leap-frog fashion on the advance orcovering a retreat.

Replacing the armoured turret for a fixed, open fighting compartment, the M20scout car was used primarily as a command vehicle, sacrificing the turrets maingun in favour of extra radio capability, it also carried a portable Bazooka forextra anti-armour firepower.

Contains:

• 1/56th scale hard plastic US M8 or M20 armoured car
• Instruction leaflet
• Waterslide decal sheet

The models come supplied unpainted and unassembled, contents may varyfrom the box image.

Delivery

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