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AMX

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Pack

Product Line: Fate of a Nation - Arab-Israeli Wars - Israelis

Last Stocked on 9/21/2021

Product Info

Title
AMX
Sub-category
Publish Year
2013
Dimensions
3.5x5.75x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147536983
MFG. Part #
BFMAIS041
Type
Miniatures Pack

Description

Includes two AMX Light tanks, two optional AA MGs & two Tank Commanders.

In an effort to minimise future conflicts in the Middle East, the major powers set up an arms embargo after the 1948 war. However, when the Suez Crisis came to a head, France hastily equipped their new ally, Israel, with up-gunned Sherman tanks and brand-new AMX-13 light tanks.

The AMX also known as the AMX-13 mounts a gun as powerful as that of the Panther tank; they achieved this feat with a radical oscillating-turret design. The gun was fixed to the top half of the turret allowing a twelve-round autoloader to feed directly into the rear of the gun. The whole top half of the turret rocked back and forward on the bottom half elevating and depressing the whole weapon system.

While this removed a crew member and made the turret extremely small, it did have drawbacks. The autoloader was slower than a human loader, and once the twelve ready rounds were used, the tank had to retire out of range while the crew spent 15 minutes or more out of the tank reloading it. Combined with its light protection, this led to the AMX being relegated to reconnaissance roles in the 1967 war.

Miniatures are supplied unpainted and may require assembly.