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Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - 03:54 AM UTC
Italeri has re-issued the Armoured Recovery Vehicle M32B1, now with gluable tracks.
The Armored Recovery Vehicles (ARV), were introduced during the Second World War. They were built on the hulls of existing armored vehicles, removing the main armament and the turret and installing of specific equipment for the recovery or repair of armoured fighting vehicles damaged in battle.

The American M-32 ARV was based on the chassis of the well-known Sherman A-4 medium tank and it was used by U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War. It was characterized by the superstructure that permitted to lift and to trail the damaged tanks.

Furthermore on M-32 a wide set of repairing tools and spare parts were loaded on board emphasizing its role of real “mobile armoured workshop” capable of operating on the front line. The M-32 was even able to perform complex operation as the replacing of the tank engine.

The M-32, after the end of WWII, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and it was used by many Countries until the ‘90s

This model comes with decals for three versions
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102 cavalry group? That's one of my old National Guard units World War 2 ancestor units.
AUG 22, 2017 - 04:55 AM
Is this company ever going to come out of the 1970's?
AUG 22, 2017 - 06:17 AM
Probably not, someone's buying enough of these dogs to warrant them cranking them out
AUG 22, 2017 - 06:51 AM
Like me. I'll probably get one because if the markings and I always kind of wanted to do a recovery track ever since watching The Tanks are Coming And it's good enough and looks like the subject and I am recovering from detail oriented obsessive compulsive behavior. It's good enough and a fun build.
AUG 22, 2017 - 07:23 AM
Maybe a set of aftermarket tracks would make it a bit better.
AUG 22, 2017 - 07:35 AM
It has all new tracks in glueable material as appeared in their "Fury" kit. Much more flexible than the old Italeri track which you used to have to boil and flex each link.
AUG 22, 2017 - 08:33 AM
Like me. I'll probably get one because if the markings and I always kind of wanted to do a recovery track ever since watching The Tanks are Coming ... The Italeri M4A1 is still a fair basis by today expectations... depending on the price you'll pay for it It will be interesting to check if the new three options offered are matching with a late big hatch hull M4A1 ? New zealand in 44 ?? And Steve, if you want a great/enjoyable build of an M32B1, what don't you go for a Tasca(Asuka) kit ? It really deserve the extra money and it's both a beauty and a joy to built.
AUG 23, 2017 - 03:11 AM
Personally I got one merely for the crane & accessories; then I'm planning on mounting them on a better-detailed hull from a newer release, perhaps a Dragon Sherman...
AUG 23, 2017 - 08:47 AM
A clever move... Dragon M4A1 76 mm kit (6083) will help you for a later M32B1 version but I rather go for a Tasca/Asuka M4A1 for the earlier version, instead of the "old" Dragon small hatch M4A1 kit (6048).
AUG 24, 2017 - 10:12 PM
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