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North Vietnamese T-55 Main Battle Tank - "White 390" (1:72 Scale)
North Vietnamese T-55 Main Battle Tank - White 390

Hobby Master North Vietnamese T-55 Main Battle Tank - 'White 390'




 
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Hobby Master HG3304 North Vietnamese T-55 Main Battle Tank - "White 390" (1:72 Scale) "The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."
- Ho Chi Minh

The T-54 and T-55 main battle tanks were the Soviet Union's replacements for the World War II era T-34 tank. The T-54/55 tank series is the most numerous in the world, and very widely employed, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union.

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are very similar and difficult to distinguish visually. Many T-54s were updated to T-55 standards. Soviet tanks were factory-overhauled every 7,000 km, and often given minor technology updates. Many states have added or modified tank equipment (India affixed fake fume extractors to its T-54s and T-55s, so that Indian gunners wouldn't confuse them with Pakistani Type 59s).

The T-54 can be distinguished by a dome-shaped ventilator on the turret front-right, and has a SGMT 7.62 mm machine gun in a fixed mount in the front of the hull, operated by the driver. Early T-54s lacked a gun fume extractor, had an undercut at the turret rear, and a distinctive "pig-snout" gun mantlet. The T-55's new turret has large D-shaped roof panels, visible from above.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a T-55 that served with the North Vietnamese Army during the 70's. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 4-inches
Width: 1-1/2-inches

Release Date: July 2008

Historical Account: "End Game" - The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese army on April 30th, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period leading to the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.

North Vietnamese forces under the command of the Senior General Van Tiến Dũng began their final attack on Saigon, which was commanded by General Nguyen Van Toan on April 29th, with a heavy artillery bombardment. By the afternoon of the next day, North Vietnamese troops had occupied the important points within the city and raised their flag over the South Vietnamese presidential palace. South Vietnam capitulated shortly after. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. The fall of the city was preceded by the evacuation of almost all the American civilian and military personnel in Saigon, along with tens of thousands of South Vietnamese civilians. The evacuation culminated in Operation Frequent Wind, which was the largest helicopter evacuation in history. In addition to the flight of refugees, the end of the war and institution of new rules by the communists contributed to a decline in the population of the city.

Features
  • Plastic construction
  • Rotating turret
  • Elevating gun
  • Static tracks
  • Acrylic display case

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