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US Army Tow Bar questions
SEDimmick
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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 02:42 AM UTC
Its been about 10+ years since I've been around "real" one, but just need some clarification when it comes to tow bars and have a question about whats available in 1/35 scale.

If I remember right, there are at least two different types of Tow bars out there, one for heavy equipment like the M1 and Bradley, then there is another that is a lot lighter made for Humvees and the like.

I know you can get the heavy duty tow bar in the M1A1/2 kits from Dragon (I think) or the AFV Club M88 kits. I'm not sure if anyone offers the lighter tow bar for the Humvee (the M88 kit might have it...memory is fuzzy)

AFV Club offers a tow bar in its Stryker Detailing set...is this a Heavy Duty one or a new Medium weight one that has enough heft to pull the Stryker or MRAP style vehicles?

Trumpeter has a horribly over priced Tow Bar package in plastic, but not sure what it is in weight class.

Do any resin guys offer tow bars?




henkp
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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 03:56 AM UTC
http://www.www-legend.co.kr/01_afv01.html?table=product&st=view&page=3&id=441&limit=&keykind=&keyword=&bo_class=1&fpage=&spage=

try legend
henk
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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 08:00 AM UTC
Scott,
For the heavy towbar, use the one from the M1A1AIM or A2 SEP... It has better detailing than the AFV Club one. I can compare the AFV Club Stryker towbar against the DML as well as the older Legends one from their M1A1 & M60A3 detail sets. I found the Legend one to be smaller than the DML towbar and used it on a LAV-R as a medium vehicle towbar.

John
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