GCT 155mm AU-F1 SPH Based on T-72

The kit includes:

644 plastic parts,
photo etching,
vinyl tracks,
1 frame made of transparent plastic,
scheme for coloring the model,
detailed instructions in English.


155-mm self-propelled artillery mount, designed and manufactured by the French company Nexter (formerly GIAT Industries) in the late 1970s. In 1972, a prototype of the 155-mm self-propelled howitzer GCT (Grande Cadence de Tir) was developed. In 1979, the system was adopted by the French army under the designation 155 AUF1. Self-propelled artillery mount on the tracked chassis of the AMX-30 tank with a rotating turret. Armament: 155-mm howitzer (barrel length 39 klb). The gun is equipped with a two-chamber muzzle brake. The installation is equipped with a semi-automatic loading system that provides a maximum rate of fire of 8 rds / min. The initial velocity of the projectile is 810 m/s. Auxiliary weapons - 12.7-mm machine gun. High-explosive fragmentation, active-reactive, smoke and lighting shells, as