Boxed set containing plastic kit.

• The 8th Army's main battle tank of the Western Desert campaign.
• It's slow speed and thick armour made the Matilda an excellent infantry support tank, which the troops called 'The Queen of the Desert'
• This kit allows you to buid the Western Desert, BEF or Soviet versions and has the choice of 2 pdr or 3" howitzer main gun.

The T-34 series, with its sloping armour, changed the principles of tank design during the war. The sloping, angular layout of the T-34 increased the effective armour thickness and also saw a larger proportion of shells deflected away than penetrated its armour. The introduction of the T-34 into action saw German tank design follow suit with similarly angled armour on the likes of the Panther and King Tiger. As German tank design came to the fore, the Soviet war machine once again raised the bar with the T-34/85.

The T-34/85, the very symbol of Soviet military strength in the Second World War, had a new turret to house the more powerful 85mm ZiS gun. A supremely rugged and reliable tank, the T-34/85 had excellent off-road capability, especially in the marshland or snow of the Eastern Front, and was easy for the crew to operate and maintain.

The T-34/85's great strength lay in its adaptation of the T-34/76 tank design which preceded it. This ensured a far smoother and faster production line than would have been the case with a completely new design. Another major advantage of the relatively simple design is the sheer number of tanks the Soviet tank factories could produce - by the summer of 1944 the Soviet war machine could produce more T-34/85s in a month than the Germans had Panther tanks in the whole of the Eastern Front!

With over 21,000 of the 57,000 T-34s built during WWII being T-34/85s, the Russian credo was clearly one of quantity over quality, although it was an unwise Panzer commander who discounted the ability of the T-34/85.

The T-34/85 would be used by many nations post-war. 120 were used during the invasion of South Korea in 1950. They proved highly effective in the early days of this action until newer NATO tanks arrived in theatre

Box contains 1 plastic tank, Bolt Action stat card, damage markers, leaflet and decal sheet.

The KV1/2 plastic box is absolutely crammed packed with the might of mother Russia:

• Enough plastic components to create one tank body and both complete turret variants (KV-1 turret and KV-2 turret)!
• A detailed construction booklet.
• A set of full-colour waterslide decals to allow you to put the finishing touches on your tank.
• A squad of 8 infantry that double-up as tank riders!
• A blast, smoke and fire marker to allow that cinematic touch.
• A stat card for either tank which holds all the information you need for your Bolt Action battles.

The KV-1 Heavy Tank

The KV-1 is a huge monster of a vehicle weighing at 45 tonnes it was one of Russia's first heavy breed of tanks used within the second world war, it was famed for it's near impregnability. The German anti-tank weaponry of the time had nearly no way of penetrating its armour, only the lack of training and manoeuvrability allowing it to fall foul of superior German tactics.

Their size allowed KV-1s to literally crush anything beneath its giant treads, firing lines and encampments were abandoned on the sheer sight of it. The 76.2mm cannon still punched through any of the current German armour, so during 1941, it was nigh-unstoppable.

The KV-1 set the example of how a heavy tank could or should be, nearly indestructible and to cause terror in their enemy. Over the following years it did fall out of favour, but it was used as the base for the next generation of heavy tanks.

Bolt Action Starter Army - Russian

Bolt Action Points Values

This army deal is made up of the following:

• 1x plastic T34/85 medium tank
• 1x Soviet 82mm mortar team
• 1x metal Soviet officer(random selection)
• 1x metal Medic
• 8 plastic Soviet body sprues
• 5 plastic Soviet weapon sprues

Please be aware that models and poses may vary from those shown in the picture.

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