CMOT
Editor-in-ChiefEngland - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 01:18 PM UTC

Bronco Models has announced their February releases. They are Releasing items for crossing a river, machine gunning at night and Airborne Tanks.
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 03:07 PM UTC
Crewman should be wearing the maroon Airborne beret and Recce Regt badge.....?
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 03:53 PM UTC
SFAIK, it was the Tetrarch was only used for training, & wasn't used in a combat drop. It may have been used by the RA as an observation post though
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 04:40 PM UTC
Thanks Jon, hard to find any reference material re the actual crew ie: RAC guys or para crewman.
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 04:45 PM UTC
A small unit was used in the invasion of Madagascar in 1942 and approximately 20 were used in Normandy until replaced quite quickly by Cromwells and later by the Locust, although they were not dropped.
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bill_c
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Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 08:42 PM UTC
The infrared gear looks nice, though I haven't seen a lot of photos of tanks using it. Frenchy will undoubtedly now post 10-20 shots, LOL.

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Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016 - 09:22 AM UTC
That infrared kit looks very nice. Might grab a couple for a panther and a 250 I'm building
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 01:25 AM UTC
That raft seems like a curious subject but I have been interested in making a diorama of a Wehrmacht river assault for many years!
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 01:27 AM UTC
The raft will look fine behind a Sd.Kfz 232 (8-Rad)
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016 - 05:31 AM UTC
I'm glad to see so many kits including a detailed interior. The Vickers may find its way onto my bench, sometime in the future.
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