Dragon – 7491 – Ersatz M10

Description:

Ersatz M10

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a German WWII Panther tank modified to resemble U.S. M10 tank destroyers used in the early stages of the Battle of the Bulge (1944) to confuse the U.S. Troops as part of the Skorzeny brigade which was totally created to wear and use Allied material and with German english speakers soldiers, over the paper, but reality ended with a smaller brigade, few original Allied material and the brigade was mostly used as a regular unit attempting to capture Malmedy in which failed and had severe losses. Is not clear how many vehicles were converted, a number between 5 and 10. Though the general failure the Skorzeny brigade had some success confusing U.S. troops in the forward checkpoints.

Kit includes single piece DS tracks. Based on previous Panther tanks released by Dragon with new parts.

Marketplace section is close, the set is largely out of production and unavailable.