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Dragon: MGM-52 Lance Missile
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 01:53 PM UTC


Following last year's Dragon M752 Lance surface-to-surface missile launcher system on a tracked chassis,now they release a short/medium-range MGM-52 Lance missile mounted on a single-axle trailer.

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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 02:10 PM UTC
Cool!
I presume that none of the faults on the launcher parts for the tracked version have been corrected. There is aftermarket for those faults ...
I wonder if they managed to get the trailer chassis right though...


/ Robin
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 02:12 PM UTC
I'm happy to see all of these missiles. I would be willing to shell out the cash for a Sergeant, on its mobile launcher.
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 02:50 PM UTC

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Cool!
I presume that none of the faults on the launcher parts for the tracked version have been corrected. There is aftermarket for those faults ...
I wonder if they managed to get the trailer chassis right though...


/ Robin


Knowing Dragon they will screw this one up too like they did with the wheels and missiles on their wheeled hawk missile launcher
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 09:24 PM UTC
Gotta admit that would look cool slingloaded under a Trumpeter Chinook
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 09:29 PM UTC
Hopefully it will be a nice kit.


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With the end of the Cold War, the MGM-52 was withdrawn from service in 1992.


This statement is not really correct. It wasn't the end of the Cold War that was the reason it was retired. The Lance Missile was replaced by the superior MLRS system and guided aircraft munitions; a.k.a. "Smart Bombs". Both of these were used very successfully in Operation Desert Storm in '91.


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...that would look cool slingloaded under a Trumpeter Chinook


Yup.


Or loaded internally.
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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018 - 09:44 PM UTC

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Gotta admit that would look cool slingloaded under a Trumpeter Chinook


It could also be carried inside-- but then it would be hard to see! I just hope they follow thier own line drawings-- which seem correct. But if they use the fantasy wheels from the Hawk kit, that would be bad. I haven't bought any new Dragon kits lately due to their accuracy issues, but if this one looks as good as the drawings, I might make an exception.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 05:21 AM UTC

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Cool!
I presume that none of the faults on the launcher parts for the tracked version have been corrected. There is aftermarket for those faults ...
I wonder if they managed to get the trailer chassis right though...


/ Robin


The kit launcher truss assy is pretty good. Will have to wait and see how they do with the mobility kit. We already know the missile control surfaces will be all jacked up and the control/equipment storage boxes will be missing (thankfully Perfect Scale Modelbau has already addressed that stuff for us.
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