Sherman Firefly Vc IR_AIF

Sherman Firefly Vc IR_AIFAs Allied forces began to move off the D Day beaches and into the Normandy countryside, they knew they would be facing strong opposition from German Panzer units, including the feared Heavy Tank Battalions. Fortunately, they now had a tank which was capable of taking on the Tigers and Panthers, in the form of the Sherman Firefly, a British designed marriage of the M4 Sherman and their famous 17 pounder anti tank gun. Usually deployed in a ratio of one

Z5236/GO-31

created by installing a more powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine equipped with a two-stage supercharger in a standard airframe

the ‘trop‘ version was also created

the German Kriegsmarine exploited a loophole by designing a fleet of fast

the Bedford QL series of 3-ton 4x4 utility trucks were amongst the most heavily used British vehicles of WWII

800 produced between 1936 and 1945

„Snookie”

and now your Airfix workbench

As newer fighters began to enter service

Mould Tools made in 1971

you can bring home a major part of the second world war for your Airfix model collection

with such classics as the Countach