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Grant Platoon (DR)

Hersteller: 

Battlefront Miniatures Limited

Produktlinie: 

Flames of War - British Forces

Bestellnummer: 

BML BBX01

Produkttyp: 

Miniaturen

Sprache: 

Englisch

Preis: 

46,00 EUR

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Produktbeschreibung

The first of the boxes is the Grant Platoon which, as with the other tank boxes, has five complete models with the British specific stowage and Desert Rats decals to customise your models. It also includes dismounted crew and commanders for every tank as well as both barrel variants and both Grant and Lee turrets for each tank.
The British Tank Commission went to the US in June 1940 to purchase American tanks and/or to investigate having British tanks produced by American companies. This was due to the grave shortage of tanks in the British Army. The US National Defense Advisory Committee refused to allow British designs to be produced in US factories as it was felt that the British would be defeated soon.
In October 1940 orders were placed with the Baldwin, Lima, and Pullman companies for the US M3 Medium tank. The British requested a new cast turret, allowing for radio equipment in the turret, instead of in the hull. The British named the new variant of the M3 the Grant.
200 Grants were delivered to the 8th Army in the Western Desert in early 1942. The 4th Armoured Brigade received 167 Grants just before the battle of Gazala in late May 1942. The crew soon acknowledged the Grant as an excellent fighting vehicle. Its 75mm gun could out range most of the Panzers they faced. Morale was greatly improved among the men of the 4th Armoured Brigade as a result.
Standard US M3s were also sold to Britain and in keeping with British practice were designated Grant II, though were sometimes also known as the Lee.
The Grant I (M3 with British turret and without the machine-gun cupola) first saw action at the battle of Gazala on May 27, 1942.
The Grant II, with the US turret arrived in Africa in June. The first batch of 250 were soon in action.
During the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 almost 600 M3 tanks were available.
The arrival of the American-built Grants and Lees in 1942 gave the British forces a medium tank that was capable of going toe to toe with any existing German tank and win. Armed with powerful 75mm guns the Grants added a strong backbone to the cruiser tanks of the British Army in the desert.
The Grants shown above are painted light stone (Vallejo 847) with dark green (Vallejo 897) camouflage outlined in white (Vallejo 951) as used by the 22nd Armoured Brigade during the Battle of Alamein.

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