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I fully expect an Italeri M113 suspension. A new mold can have old parts on it to allow for another version to be kitted.

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Stephen, I guess we'll find out. The Hobby Fan Lance uses parts from the AFV M548, but the loading ramp, rear superstructure and driver's/engine compartment are all resin since they are so different from the M548. Seems to me Dragon would have to do a lot of work to get the suspension from an existing M113 kit to fit a new Lance hull, but lately anything goes with Dragon I guess. And they sure have been taking a lot of shortcuts with their post-war US equipment. By the same account, since the launcher is the same on the towed version, it wouldn't take much to do a towed version-- just add wheels really. As much as I'm skeptical of thier details, I'm certainly glad there will be some competition for the incredibly expensive HF kit-- if the $79 cost of this kit scares anyone, HF retails for about $150, with the towed versions going for about $75. I dumped my HF kits about 3 years ago because I could get more for them than I paid 8 yeas ago. So this one is welcome for sure, they can't screw it up that bad can they?
VR, Russ

IIRC about 20 years back A.F.V.club announced the three kits even getting a picture in their catalog then it just vanished

I wonder...

Long time ago Dragon announced M983 tractor with a Patriot launcher trailer. When they finally released that combo, the tractor turned out to be just the Italeri old HEMTT with some new parts to make a rather poorly detailed M983 of it.

And we know that Italeri already have M113 series of kits... And they are not the best in the market, quite the opposite actually...
Not sure how many parts Dragon could re-use for this kit though - wheels, suspension parts, tracks, skirts... Anything else?