The Trumpeter site says it will be released by June! I'm glad we'll be getting it before the end of the year. I hope we get some pics of the model itself soon. GAOYUE hasn't posted anything in a long time!

I'm wondering if this would be the variant used by Egypt in the '73 war?



Here's the link to the page
http://www.trumpeter-china.com/a/en/news/20110409/1886.html

Hisham

Great news Hisham, thanks a lot!

From Trumpeter I've been waiting the T-64 (...and it would be great buying soon a new t-72 tool from China )



cheers

Ya Hisham,

Great news, thanks for posting this!

Yes, Egypt did use the BTR-50PK in '73 (and they continued to use them through the 1990s with some nice camouflage schemes.) They also had the OT-62, which is very similar, and in many photos it's hard to tell which is which.

Chris

http://www.armyrecognition.com/Russe/vehicules_legers/BTR-50PK/BTR-50PK_Russie_description.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-50

http://army.lv/ru/btr-50/2054/3826

http://btvt.narod.ru/5/btr50/btr50.htm

http://army.lv/ru/btr-50/2054/3827

http://army.lv/ru/tag/%D0%B1%D1%82%D1%80-50

http://gspo.ru/lofiversion/index.php/t1622-0.html

http://gnomus.narod.ru/guns/bmp/btr50/btr50.htm

Yes, Syria and Egypt used BTR-50PK during the '73 war

As usual some exemplars were captured and modifiied by Israely force



South Lebanon Army converted the BTR 50 pk into a mediacal evacuation vehicle




cheers

That blue Lebanese vehicle sure would be a contrast on the shelf!! Can't wait for this. Thanks to Hisham and Mauro!

The way Trumpeter was pumping kits out there for awhile I was expecting this much sooner especially once the PT-76 came out. I would be interested to know if they plan on doing a FROG also.

Roy