discussion WHAT TANKS ARE THESE CALLED ?

[boatman]

An no im not to be a tankie im still a floaty guy but ive had these for yrs put away in a box as i was goin to do a dio as a freind gave them to jen for me but the names have worn off the boxs an i came accross them when lookin for something eles an they are quite detailed little models

 

[boatman]

 

[boatman]

 

[PaulTRose]

from front to back

swedish S-Tank.....Stridvagn 103
left is Soviet BMP-1..............right is American M-60 (i think.....and in South Korean camo)
Amercan M1 Abrams (in Desert Storm scheme)

 

[boatman]

from front to back

swedish S-Tank
left is Soviet BMP-1..............right is American M-60 (i think)
Amercan M1 Abrams

WOW that was quick Paul no cobwebs on you lol thanks
chris

 

[boatman]

IS THE swedish one like a stug then as no turret ?
chris

 

[PaulTRose]

erm......same sort of concept but different role..............stugs were assault guns that got pushed into tackling other tanks but were more sort of defensive role,................S-tank was a proper 'tank' from day one, designed to take on other tanks

 

[boatman]

erm......same sort of concept but different role..............stugs were assault guns that got pushed into tackling other tanks but were more sort of defensive role,................S-tank was a proper 'tank' from day one, designed to take on other tanks

OK Cheers paul for answering my questions at least now i know an ive learnt something today
chris

 

[minitnkr]

The M-60 is a late version, by the bogies, A3 maybe, just before adding explosive blocks.

 

[Guest]

OOH Chris, and some still unopened , keep them that way along with any opened ones packaging.:thumb2:

 

[Mini Me]

Do you know the name of the manufacturer or the scale of these little beauties? Rick H.

 

[boatman]

Do you know the name of the manufacturer or the scale of these little beauties? Rick H.

HI Rick well no i dont know the scale but they are about 4 to 5 inches long with the gun tube an the makers name is all in forien but ive fitted on a pic that shows the back of the pack they are in below
chris

 

[Guest]

swedish S-Tank.....Stridvagn 103
left is Soviet BMP-1..............right is American M-60 (i think.....and in South Korean camo)
Amercan M1 Abrams (in Desert Storm scheme)

Yep, agreed on all of them, though the M60 is not in South Korean camouflage but in American MERDC (which the South Koreans adopted as well). The M60 looks like its trying to be an M60A3, by the way, and the Abramses the M1A1 variety.

erm......same sort of concept but different role..............stugs were assault guns that got pushed into tackling other tanks but were more sort of defensive role

StuGs were assault guns — that’s what “Sturmgeschütz” literally means The first versions were designed and built when Germany was on the offensive, and because of the German cult of the (counter)offensive, they were considered primarily assault weapons even by the end of the war. Of course, you’re right in that they were mainly deployed defensively by then.

As for the Strv 103, for anyone who wants to see what it can do:

the makers name is all in forien but ive fitted on a pic that shows the back of the pack they are in below

That gives the manufacturer as Ocean Metal Factory, Bu Ji Town, Long Gang District, Shenzen, China But there are also importer’s addresses in Minsk (Минск) and Kiev (Київ), so it looks like these are intended for sale in Belarus and Ukraine only.

 

[Steve Jones]

They are Eaglemoss 1:72 Modern Combat Vehicles. The M60A3 Patton is the US Army Germany 1985 camo pattern. They retail at around a tenner each.

 

[Guest]

Eaglemoss

Now you mention that, I notice that name in Cyrillic in the text: Иглмосс (literally “Iglmoss”), followed by the Belarussian resp. Ukrainian spelling for the word “Editions”.

 

[Mini Me]

Nice!......thanks for the info. Rick H.