(SALE)HELLER 1/35 AMX 13/75 TA

The AMX-13 project began shortly after the World War Two and was given to “Ateliers de Construction d’Issy les Moulineaux”. Prototypes were started as soon as 1946, evaluated in 1949 and the deliveries began to French “Armée de Terre” in 1952. The AMX-13 mainly reckons with an extreme intervention speed and a fighting power associated to a great precision. In the beginning equipped with a 75 mm gun drawn from the outstanding 75mm of the German “Panther”, that makes it a good tank fighter, the AMX-13 was later armed with SS 11 missiles. In addition to the French “Armée de Terre” which used AMX-13 in Algeria and during the Suez crisis in 1956, the main foreign user was Israel during the wars in 1956 and 1967. Parts: 245. Decal sheet and painting guide included.