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With the new releases from Trumpeter of 4 AFVs of the KV series (and more planned) inevitably, one's thoughts turn to AM 'embellishments' for tis most interesting of vehicles. These two new 1/35th decal sheets, should help keep the new KVs out of the stash and onto the workbench...

Armo are a Polish company who are perhaps better known for their turned brass gun barrels. However, they also have a small, but interesting range of 1/35th scale decal sheets. The latest in these sheets are:

Armo 35408 - KV tanks family vol.1 This sheet contains markings for no less than 20 vehicles which are:

1. KW-1B late. Unit unknown. Stalingrad, 1942.

2. KW-1 C. 73rd Guard Armoured Regiment. Karelian Front, Spring 1944.

3. KW-8. 503rd Independent Flamethrower Battalion. Volkhow Front,Summer 1942.

4. KW-1 B. 3rd Guard Armoured Brigade. May 1942.

5. KW-1 s. 5th Guard Heavy Tank Regiment. Stalingrad, December 1942.

6. KW-1. 8th Armoured Division, 4th Mechanized Korps.South-Western Front, Juni 1941.

7. SU-152. 1539th Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment. 2nd Baltic Front, Spring 1944.

8. KW-1 A. Pavlov’s Armoured Group. February 1943.

9. KW-1 E. 1st Armoured Division. Allakurti, Northern Front, July 1941.

10. KW-1 s. Tank Column “Aleksandr Serafimovich”. 1942.

11. KW-1 B. 116th Armoured Brigade. Voronesh Front, Summer 1942.

12. KW-1. Unit unknown. Leningrad, Autumn 1942.

13. KW-1 C. 52nd Armoured Brigade. Trans-Caucasian Front. September 1942.

14. KW-1 C. 12th Guard Armoured Regiment, 1st Motorized Division. Western Front, February 1942.

15. KW-1 s. 260th Guard Armoured Regiment. Leningrad Front, Karelian Isthmus, June 1944.

16. KW-1 s. Unit unknown. Summer 1943.

17. KW-1. 104th Armoured Division. Western Front, Luga area, Juni 1941.

18. KW-1 C. Unit unknown, 1942.

19. KW-1 C. 135th Armoured Brigade. Tsimlianskaya, North- Caucasian Front, Summer 1942.

20. KW-85. 1452nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment. Crimea, April 1944.

The second sheet is:

Armo 35408 - KV tanks family vol.2, Which also contains markings for a further 20 vehicles. Subjects covered are:

1. KW-1 E. Unit unknown. September 1941.

2. KW-1C . 260th Guard Armoured Regiment. Leningrad Front, June 1944.

3. KW-1B . 124th Armoured Brigade. Leningrad Front, October 1941.

4. KW-1 A. Unit unknown. 1941.

5. KW-1. Unit unknown. Moscow area, Winter 1941/42.

6. KW-1. 6th Guard Armoured Brigade. South-Western Front, May 1942.

7. KW-1 B. Unit unknown. Moscow, Spring 1942.

8. KW-1 B. Unit unknown. South-Western Front. 1942.

9. KW-1 s. Tank column “Moscow’s Farmer”. December 1942.

10. KW-1 B. 116th Armoured Brigade. Voronesh Front, Summer 1942.

11. KW-1 C. Unit unknown. Kalinin Front, Winter 1942.

12. KW-1 C. Unit unknown. Kalininsky Front, Winter 1943.

13. SU-152. Unit unknown. East Prussia. February, 1945.

14. KW-8 s with KW-8 turret.1st Baltic Front, Lietuva, Sommer 1944.

15. KW-1 A. 106th Independent Armoured Battalion. Leningrad Front. September 1941.

16. KW-1 B. Was paid for by Communist Youth International. March 1942.

17. KW-1 s. 5th Guard Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment. Bryansk Front, Orel, August 1943.

18. KW-1s. 14th Guard Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment, Don Front, December 1942.

19. KW-85. 1452nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment. Crimea, April 1944.

20. KW-1 C. 116th Armoured Brigade. Voronesh Front, May 1942.

For more information about ordering these sheets, go to the Jadar Hobby Shop Website