M4 Sherman D-Day

Initial version of the M4 Sherman medium tank, the most used armored fighting vehicle by the Allied armies during World War II. It was armed with a general purpose 75 mm M3 L/40 medium speed gun that had a gyro-stabilizer, which although it did not allow it to shoot accurately while moving, it did keep the object aimed during it. It could fire high explosive HE and AP armour piercing ammunition. The latter was not suitable to defeat German tanks by frontal attack, but the high explosive destruction capacity was very much appreciated among its crews, as its main targets were unarmored. Its engine was a Continental R975 radial 9-cylinder gasoline and used a vertical spring suspension VVSS of the initial type.

Heller 1/72 scale model, in hard plastic, 7.8 cm long with 91 pieces to assemble, glue not included. It includes the possibility of mounting different versions of the M4 with 3 different covers for the front transmission, 2 types of wheels with and without spokes with rubber tracks, 2 models of front hatches and periscopes, 2 types of gun mantlet, adding extra armor plates, stowage with jerrycans, ruckshacks and helmets, and option of installing the external filters for deep wading that allowed the tank to land on the beaches. Decals for three different decorations in Normandy: 66th Armored Regiment and 67th Armored Regiment both from the 2nd Armored Division, and 8th Tank Battalion from the 4th Armored Division. Not suitable for children under 14.