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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Huge US Tanks of 1940's
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Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:07 AM UTC
Does anyone know if there have been kits in distribution for the really large large US tanks of the 1940's. One of these weighed an amazing 70 tons loaded. This was the T 30 and T 34 of the Model M103 Heavy Tank. 16 rounds of 155 mm ammunition were carried in the turret and 18 more in the hull, in addition to 2500 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. Another was the M6 A2AE1 HEAVY TANK . These, of course were not used in combat, but there are kits that focus on German tanks such as the E-100, that are in distribution. I have seen in publications other large prototype US tanks that never saw combat.

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Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:13 AM UTC
This one is nice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-28_Super_Heavy_Tank There are a lot more pictures out there of this one. I recall seeing a resin model of this; done forgot who made it, but it was NOT cheap. Heck of a display tho!!

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Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:22 AM UTC

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Does anyone know if there have been kits in distribution for the really large large US tanks of the 1940's. One of these weighed an amazing 70 tons loaded. This was the T 30 and T 34 of the Model M103 Heavy Tank. 16 rounds of 155 mm ammunition were carried in the turret and 18 more in the hull, in addition to 2500 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. Another was the M6 A2AE1 HEAVY TANK . These, of course were not used in combat, but there are kits that focus on German tanks such as the E-100, that are in distribution. I have seen in publications other large prototype US tanks that never saw combat.

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Accurate Armour do one of the M103, it aint cheap mind....
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Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:22 AM UTC
The T26 has been kitted in resin by Accurate Armour. I don't think anyone has taken on the M6 however
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Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 - 05:10 AM UTC

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Does anyone know if there have been kits in distribution for the really large large US tanks of the 1940's. One of these weighed an amazing 70 tons loaded. This was the T 30 and T 34 of the Model M103 Heavy Tank. 16 rounds of 155 mm ammunition were carried in the turret and 18 more in the hull, in addition to 2500 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. Another was the M6 A2AE1 HEAVY TANK . These, of course were not used in combat, but there are kits that focus on German tanks such as the E-100, that are in distribution. I have seen in publications other large prototype US tanks that never saw combat.

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No kits I'm aware of except for the Super Pershing prototype conversion from AA. The M103A2 (available previously from Commanders, now from Accurate Armour) is really a 1960's variant, outside your time frame. For the late war/postwar prototypes, you'll need to buy several Pershing kits and a lot of styrene and epoxy putty. AFV Club offers tracks that can be used or modified for the heavies. The Hunnicutt books, "Pershing" and "Firepower" are the best references, but hard to find these days, though they do turn up in some public library collections.
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