IBG – 72070 – Crusader Mk.III

Description:

Crusader Mk.III
Anti Aircraft Tank with 20mm Oerlikon guns

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a British WWII Crusader Mk.III tank fitted with a twin 20mm anti aircraft guns turret.

Crusader tank was one of the British cruiser tanks of the early war, produced between 1940 and 1943. As tank, they didn’t see service beyond the Africa campaign, but its chassis were used to build several derived vehicles such the self propelled anti-aircraft depicted by this kit.

It’s not confirmed how many of these variants were build, either MK.II or MK.III which only differed in the radio position, but since Allied had the air superiority when they were introduced they didn’t see too much action, although is well know too that some of the Polish units, specially the 1st Armoured Division made an extensive use of them against ground targets.

Kit includes PE (photo-etched) detail parts.