Mirage Hobby has one new release which is an M3A1 Light Tank 'Kuibishev' Soviet Union 1942. That however is not the end of the story as this new release will be closely followed by a U.S. Light Tank M3 'Luzon 1942' and a VICKERS-ARMSTRONG Mk F/45 Late single turret version with a 45 Psv.K/38 tank-gun.

We have managed to get box artwork for all three of these releases and sprue shots for the VICKERS-ARMSTRONG Mk F/45 Late single turret version with a 45 Psv.K/38 tank-gun. We have included the vehicle introductions as posted on the manufacturers website.

VICKERS-ARMSTRONG Mk F/45 Late single turret version with a 45 Psv.K/38 tank-gun
Vickers-Armstrong designers tried to make sure their tanks offer good off road performance. That was why the “6 ton” tank project in the late 1920s allowed it to reach speeds in excess of 40 km/h on road and approx. 30 km/h off road. Although the tank project failed to succeed with the British Army, Vickers-Armstrong managed to raise interest from other countries. The tank was sold to many countries in Europe and the world, also licence-manufactured or modified to develop new tank versions (including 7TP in Poland, T26 in the USSR, M11/39 in Italy). Lesser modifications of turrets and armament did not lead to changes in the basic designation but only to variant suffixes (for example AVU-Vickers-Armstrong-Ursus)

U.S. Light Tank M3 'Luzon 1942'
Very fast and very painful for the Japanese who quickly convinced themselves of the quality of the new American tanks. First of all, the great surprise for them was the high manoeuvrability of M3 tanks, their excellent optical equipment, of its artillery sights, and signal equipment. Parts of the M3 tanks captured during fighting in Philippines were immediately merged by the Japanese into composition of 7th tank regiment stationing in the Philippines.

M3A1 Light Tank 'Kuibishev' Soviet Union 1942
The first American tanks which reached to the USSR under the terms of the Lend-Lease Act were exactly light tanks of M3 “Stuart” family, and M3 “Lee” Mediums. In the opinion of Russians “Stuart” justly bare the name of the best light tank of the Second World War; just as British tankers fighting in the desert they forgave its weak armament and armour, and loved it for that its ability to “hang on the tail of running Germans and Italians”.