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Dragon announces a swimming tank in 1:72 for fans of Japanese armour.

From the Dragon USA website:
"The “Ka Mi” was the first amphibious tank used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and it was based on the Type 95 “Ha-Go”light tank. It was designed for Japanese landing forces performing amphibious invasions of Pacific Islands and regular port facilities. Production of the Type 2 commenced in 1942 and a total of 184 amphibious tanks were made, although the design was too late to participate in Japan’s island-hopping campaign. When used in water, large pontoons were attached to the glacis plate and rear deck to give it a top speed of 10km/h in water. These pontoons could be shed as soon as the vehicle reached land."

1/72 IJN Type 2 "Ka-Mi" w/Floating Pontoon Late Production Ormoc Leyte, Philippines 1944

Due for release in January 2015.

Our thanks to Dragon USA for the news!