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Sherman M4A4 - Free French Army 1944

By: Dragon Models

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Dragon Armor - France (Die-Cast) (1/72)

Last Stocked on 4/9/2013

Product Info

Title
Sherman M4A4 - Free French Army 1944
Publisher
NKG Part #
2147427690
MFG. Part #
DRR60284
Type
Scale Model
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

Main Features:

  • Brand new M4A4 mold New Tooling
  • Open window display packaging
  • Highly popular and collectible item
  • True to 1/72 scale
  • Fully accurate mold
  • Fully assembled
  • Historically accurate markings and insignia
  • Includes protective display case

    About this title:

    Since the Sherman M4A4 was powered by a Chrysler WC Multibank engine (formed from five commercial automobile engines aligned on a common driveshaft), the tank required a lengthened rear hull to accommodate it.

    A great many M4A4s of the 7,499 produced were delivered to Allied armies like the British and Free French. Free French Forces had been established after General De Gaulle and the exiled French government issued a call to arms on 18 June 1940.

    By the time of the Normandy campaign in 1944, Free French Forces numbered 400,000. The Free French 2nd Armored Division drove south to Paris, while the 1st Army joined in the invasion of southern France.