"Battalion ! Forward !"
UN CHAR SOUS LA MER !!!
Construit aux Etats-Unis à partir de 1951 - sur la base du M24 Chaffee - le M42 Duster est un véhicule de défense anti-aérienne bitube de 40mm. Il fut employé lors de la guerre du Vietnam essentiellement comme soutien de troupe...
La maquette est celle de la marque TAMIYA à l'échelle 1/35ème. Les plongeurs, des figurines PREISER académiques...
A TANK UNDER THE SEA !!!
Built in the USA from 1951 - on the basis of the M24 Chaffee - the M42 Duster is a twin-tube 40mm air defense vehicle. It was used in the Vietnam War primarily as a troop support vehicle...
Our "submarine" tank seems to have come from the Jordanian army, which used them during the "Six-Day War" campaign against Israel. This one, whose engine has been removed along with part of its armament, lies at a depth of 5 meters in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, and will eventually become an artificial reef for fish on this sandy bottom. A happy ending...
The model is from TAMIYA in 1/35th scale. The divers are academic PREISER figures...
