ACE – 72531 – US 3 inch AT Gun M-5 on carriage M-6 (later version)

Description:

US 3 inch AT Gun M-5 on carriage M-6
(later version)

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a U.S. WWII M-5 AT Gun (3-inch gun M5), produced in around 2500 units and introduced in 1943, during the Italian campaign. Initially it used and adapted carriage from the 105mm howitzer M2 field gun, but in late 1943 an specific and standardised new carriage M6 was introduced. The new carriage also introduced a new sloped shield an starting in 1944 all the all ready fielded M5 guns were upgraded to M6 carriage.

Kit doesn’t includes PE detail parts.