| Scale | 1/72 |
|---|---|
| Type | MBT |
| Period | The late period of the Cold War (1966-1990) |
| Country | Great Britain |
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The FV432 armored personnel carrier was developed in the late 1950s, and from 1963 to 1971 more than 3,000 examples were produced. It forms the basis of a whole family of machines. This includes armored ambulances, armored command posts, armored evacuation vehicles and self-propelled howitzers.
More than 1,000 vehicles are still in service with the British Army and are likely to remain so for the next few years.
In this box we find the Mk.2 / 1 version. This already had a multi-fuel engine instead of the gasoline engine used in the Mk.1 version. It differs from the Mk.2 version in the NBC flat filter (ABC protective ventilation filter) on the left side of the vehicle.
Chieftain Mk.5 was the last production variant, introduced in 1975, it was equipped with a standard L60 Mark 8A engine with a capacity of 750 hp, received an improved system of protection against nuclear weapons and weighed 54 tons.
From 1975 all former British Army Chieftains (except the Mark 1) were upgraded to Mk.5 standard as part of the Totem Pole programme, including the installation of Clansman radios (from 1979), the replacement of the L11A3 gun barrel with the L11A5 and the installation multi-fuel engine L60 Mark 8A with a capacity of 750 hp. These machines were renamed Chieftain Mk.6 - Mk.8. Outwardly, they are indistinguishable from the Mk.5.
In a very well-filled practical cardboard box of the set are:
Eleven summers made of gray plastic
separate tower
Three etched parts of the board
sheet of decals
Assembly instructions
glue and paint are not included in the set
