Tiran -5 Tank
1/35 scale plastic model kit
SKIF 236
Package include:
Photo Etched set Highest quality Eduard
Decals
Gum tracks
Plastic parts
Assembly guide
Manufacturer: SKIF (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/35
Material: Plastic
Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
TA Luft -67 (TI- 67, Tiran 4/5 , Tiran 4/5) - Israeli modification of Soviet medium tank T- 54 and T -55 . Were made in the late 1960s and early 1970s .Established since the War of Independence, the situation with regular shortages of state defense technique taught Israeli defense industry to the careful use of existing outdated equipment. Many samples were repeatedly upgraded armor , and when further modernization becomes impossible - converted into other kinds of armored vehicles. Many tanks were converted to ACS, self-propelled mortars , armored vehicles or broneevakuatsionnye machine. Do not remain idle and many captured machines captured in numerous conflicts. Israel seized more than a thousand T-54/55 y Syria and Egypt in 1956 and 1967 , and many of them have been renovated, modifed and adopted under the name TI- 67 ( Tank Israeli inbox. 1967 , so these machines were called on West). In Israel, these tanks were called Tiran -4 ( captured T -54 had a 100 - mm gun ) and Tiran -5 ( captured T -55 - had a 105 mm gun ) . In order to standardize the equipment and the lack of a sufficient number of parts these tanks were equipped with American guns, diesel (610 hp instead of the standard 580 ) and machine guns ( Browning 12.7 mm ) .
Tiran -6
In addition, the tower was installed 60 mm mortar . Subsequently, such modifications have been created and based on captured T-62 called Tiran -6 , but due to the relatively small number of captured T-62 ( 200-300 ) was made not more than 100 copies.
These tanks were in service before the beginning of the 1980s , after which they were transferred to reserve units , and then mostly sold or converted into heavy armored personnel carriers " Ahzarit ."
- Stock: 4
- Model: MK236
- DATE ADDED: 26/02/2014
- EAN: 4820001177855
