Meng Model 1:35 - US M2A3 Bradley with Busk III IFV (Full Interior)

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Meng Model 1:35 - US M2A3 Bradley with Busk III IFV (Full Interior) - Plastic model kit #SS-004

The M2A3 Bradley is an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) that belongs to the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. Derived from the M2 Bradely series, the M2A3 features a number of upgrades concerning both electronics and fire-suppression systems, armour, target detection, fire control and navigation. The vehicle is also equipped with the Bradley Urban Survivability Kit III (BUSK III) and the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) system. The BUSK III protects the optics from scratches, provides insulation from electricity and includes additional armour. The FBCB2 allows tracking of friendly and enemy forces on the battlefield.

The M2A3 Bradley is intended to perform both reconnaissance and operations requiring a high degree of manoeuvrability and protect the crew from small arms fire. Its armament includes a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun, a 7.62 mm M240C machine gun and an anti-tank missile launcher.

Due to its upgraded equipment and high survivability rate, the M2A3 Bradley is considered the most advanced infantry fighting vehicle of the US Army. It was widely deployed by American troops during the Iraq War between 2003 and 2011.

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Category: Meng Model IFV

Type: IFV

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Operation Frankton RMBPD Set - WWII Cockle Canoe + Royal Marines from £45.00 GBP

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1:35 - Major Herbert George "Blondie" Hasler - Resin kit

Herbert George "Blondie" Hasler was a Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Marines. In 1942, a 28-year-old Hasler planned and led Operation Frankton. The operation was a commando raid on Axis shipping in the French port of Bordeaux occupied by the Germans. The mission was to attach mines to the hulls of German cargo ships. Three of the five canoes were lost on the way to the port. The surviving crewmen including Hasler reached the port successfully, placed the mines and managed to drown four cargo ships. They then walked 100 miles to a French village where they met with members of the Resistance and started their journey back to England through Spain and Gibraltar. For this operation Hasler was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by King George VI.

One kayak was damaged while being deployed from the submarine, and it and its crew therefore could not take part in the mission. Only two of the 10 men who launched from the submarine survived the raid: Hasler, and his number two in the kayak, Bill Sparks. Of the other eight, six were executed by the Germans and two died from hypothermia.

This product is available in two scales, 1:35 and 1:24 and was painstakingly designed from scratch as a digital model.

The kit includes: 2 x miniatures (Blondie Hasler and Bill Sparks) in their folding Cockle Canoe named 'Catfish' made by Campaign Models (UK).

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