Description
Scale plastic model 1/35 Merkava tank Mk.IID Academy 13286
Paints and glue are not included!
The kit includes:
sprues with parts,
decal,
model painting scheme,
step-by-step instruction.
The Merkava tank development program was approved in August 1970, shortly after Great Britain refused to sell Chieftain tanks to Israel. The design work was headed by Major General Israel Tal, which is unusual for the world practice of tank building. Tal was not an engineer, but a combat officer, a participant in all Arab-Israeli wars. A steel mock-up of the tank was made already in April 1971; during 1972, the concept of front placement of the engine-transmission compartment (MTO) on the converted Centurion tank was worked out. In December 1974, the first two prototypes were built. The first 4 production tanks were handed over to the IDF in April 1979, and in October of the same year, the Merkava Mk.1 was officially put into service.
