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Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 07:54 PM UTC
Dragon has added another 1/35 scale kit to its growing M113-based family. This time the subject is the M132, which was a flamethrower version of the famous armored personnel carrier (APC).
he 10.58-ton vehicle looks similar to a regular APC, but the cupola atop the hull features an M10-8 flamethrower alongside a coaxial 7.62mm machine gun.
This turret could traverse 360º. Internally, the rear compartment was taken up by an M10 fuel and pressure unit plus four spherical 50-gallon fuel tanks. This amount of fuel was enough to fire a jet of flame for 32 seconds out to a maximum distance of 200m.

The vehicle, often nicknamed the “Zippo”, was widely used in the Vietnam War.

As would be expected, this M132 Flamethrower is based on currently available M113 chassis accurately built to 1/35 scale. However, the hull has been suitably modified with a set of new parts suitable for this specialist vehicle.

This includes a brand new M10 turret containing the flamethrower and machine gun. Of course, the interior has been completely refurbished too. The four tanks for the napalm fuel are all installed inside. New, too, are brackets to protect the antenna bases.

This 1/35 scale kit of the M132 Flamethrower lights up numerous opportunities for modelers wishing to create a Vietnam War vehicle, or to perhaps fit it into a dramatic combat diorama.
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This could be interesting. It sounds like it has a zippo interior too. That may be enough to overlook some of the issues with the basic M113.
JUN 27, 2018 - 11:32 PM
An accurate interior would be a blessing and certainly put the academy kit and verlinden upgrade kit in the shade.
JUN 28, 2018 - 07:16 AM
I have the new AFV Club M113 in stash and that kit is excellent. I Assume AFV club will milk it in the future with other versions so there is realy no reason to pick up this offering from Dragon, especially if they sell it for >70 Euro what seems to be the norm right now.
JUN 30, 2018 - 05:29 AM
70 euros is about $ 81- $82 bucks , I think ill pass !!
SEP 15, 2018 - 07:08 AM
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