Italeri 1/35 M 24 Chaffee | 6431The light tank M 24 has been a project required by the US Army at the end of the 2nd World War to replace the armored vehicles M 8 and M 20 Greyhound that were having serious problems to fight with similar vehicles of the German army. The Chaffee, equipped with a 76 mm gun, was able to fulfill these requirements providing a vehicle with a faster speed and a better equipment. The M 24, mainly active in Italy and Germany during the final phase of the

The chief advantage of the 2cm FlaK 38 was its significantly higher rate of fire

transforming this Ausf

which led to its nickname the “Door Knocker” The cannon has a newly tooled carriage

The most important change denoted by the introduction of the Bf 109 G was the installation of the more powerful Daimler Benz DB 605 A engine in which the cylinder block had been re-designed to obtain the maximum possible bore with the existing cylinder centers

C upper hull made in already-separated pieces for hassle-free assembly

folding tailgate

the unit shot down 73 B-29s and damaged 92

After its declaration of war on June 10 1940

For such difficult conditions

In the end these tanks were not used to cross the English Channel as it was decided to bring Britain to its knees via the Luftwaffe instead

drivetrain

The weapon system was used by both the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe