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M48A3 Patton (2nd Edition)

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Flames of War - Vietnam - United States - Box Sets & Miscellaneous

2 figures

Last Stocked on 8/16/2023

Product Info

Title
M48A3 Patton (2nd Edition)
Sub-category
Publish Year
2013
Dimensions
4x5.75x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147487101
MFG. Part #
BFMVUSBX05
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Material
Metal
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

The M48 Patton tank was completely modernized version of the WWII M26 Pershing heavy tank, designed to fight Soviet tanks on a nuclear battlefield. Oddly, many of the lessons of WWII had been forgotten and the M48 lacked
a stabilizer and was likely to catch fire when penetrated. Its impressive anti-tank capability was of little use in Vietnam.

Much more useful was the M336 canister round, popularly known as ‘beehive’, filled with 1281 steel pellets that turned the tank’s main gun into a giant shotgun. The crews often moved the commander’s machine-gun from inside the cupola to on top of it, added another for the loader.

The M48A3 tanks went just about anywhere in just about any season, and their firepower proved decisive in battles like the relief of Fire Support Base Gold. There the tanks led a relief column through dense jungle and arrived, guns blazing, ‘just like the late show on TV, the US Cavalry came riding to the rescue’.

Includes:

  • two M48A3 Patton Tanks with optional MG & .50 cal Cuploa MG upgrades,
  • eight crew figures
  • one tank decal sheet
  • four rare earth magnets