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US M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage - 3rd Armored Division, Normandy, 1944 [D-Day Commemorative Packaging] (1:32 Scale)
US M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage - 3rd Armored Division, Normandy, 1944 [D-Day Commemorative Packaging]

Unimax Forces of Valor US M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage - 3rd Armored Division, Normandy, 1944 [D-Day Commemorative Packaging]




 
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Forces of Valor 81005 US M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage - 3rd Armored Division, Normandy, 1944 [D-Day Commemorative Packaging] (1:32 Scale) "In war there is no second prize for the runner-up."
- General Omar Bradley

The best known American half-tracks were the M series made as a standardized design by Autocar, Diamond T, International and White. The M series had a similar front end to the White M3A1 Scout Car but used more powerful engines: a 147bhp 6.3-liter White AX in the Autocar, Diamond T, and White, and a 143bhp 1HC in the International. Each version had four-speed gearboxes with two-speed transfer boxes and drive to the front axle as well as the tracked bogie. The M series half-tracks were widely used by US forces in most theatres of the war, and were also supplied under the Lend-Lease Program to Great Britain, Canada and the Soviet Union. A total of 41,170 were made.

First deployed during the end of WWII and then again in the Korean War, the Maxom quadruple .50 caliber AA machine gun mount was called "Meat Chopper" because of its impressive firepower when used against human wave attacks.

Pictured here is a 1:32 scale diecast replica of a US M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage that was attached to the 3rd Armored Division then serving in Normandy during 1944. Comes with two figures: a gunner and a spotter. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 8-inches
Width: 2-3/4-inches

Release Date: June 2012

Historical Account: "Hedgerows" - The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between Nazi Germany in Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Over sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in then German-occupied France. It is most commonly known by the name D-Day.

The primary Allied formations that saw combat in Normandy came from the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada. Substantial Free French and Polish forces also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway.

The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks, naval bombardments, and an early morning amphibious phase began on June 6th. The 'D-Day' forces deployed from bases along the south coast of England, the most important of these being Portsmouth. The battle for Normandy continued for more than two months, with campaigns to establish, expand, and eventually break out of the Allied beachheads, and concluded with the liberation of Paris and the fall of the Falaise pocket in late August 1944.

The Battle of Normandy was described thus by Adolf Hitler: "In the East, the vastness of space will... permit a loss of territory... without suffering a mortal blow to Germany's chance for survival. Not so in the West! If the enemy here succeeds. consequences of staggering proportions will follow within a short time."

Features
  • Diecast metal and plastic construction
  • Working vinyl tracks
  • Elevating gun
  • Figures included
  • Comes with assorted gear and other accessories
  • Accurate markings and insignia
  • New Packaging for 2012 No Ties or Screws Double Blister Construction

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