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707282 1/72 Russian T-55 Medium Tank M1958
707282 1/72 Russian T-55 Medium Tank M1958
 
Retail Price: $26.50
Scale: 1/72
Brand: TRUMPETER

Stock Status: In Stock

Product Code: 707282
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Description
 
The layout of the T-54 is convention al, with themain armament comprising a 100mm rifled gun. The T-54 has been used more than any other tank since the Second World War. It is intended for combat action s involving tanks, combat vehicles, armored person nel carriers and other armored enemy targets. The T-55 combines a high velocity gun with exception al long-range endurance. The T-55 has a fully tracked, five-road-wheeled chassis with a low-silhouetted hull and a dome shaped turret. The T-54 series tanks first appeared in 1949 as replacements for the T-34 tank of World War II. The first T-54 prototype was completed in 1946 with first production beginning in 1947. The T-54 was con tinuously improved and modified, and, when sufficient changes had been made, the tank was redesignated T-55. The T-55 was introduced in 1958 and incorporates all therefinements and improvements of the fully developed T-54 series without being radically different in design or appearance. The T-55A appeared in the early 1960s. Production continued in the Soviet Union through 1981 and was also undertaken in China (as the Type 59), Czechoslovakia and Poland .