T-34/76 MOD. W/ GRASSLAND DIORAMA

EASTERN FRONT 1941

1st T-34 in the Dragon Armor Series!

Dragon 1/72 Armor (by Dragon Models) – This line features static pre-assembled, pre-painted models made of both diecast and plastic. Each item is fully detailed and historically accurate. Dragon 1:72 Diecast models are;
1. True to scale: Wheels, tracks, engines, hull accoutrements ... Dragon Armor are 100% true-to-scale -- these don't look like "model tanks", these look like TANKS!
2. Authentically detailed: Dragon Armor tanks are carefully researched for maximum authenticity in detailing ... color, camouflage, unit markings, and all the other little things which mark the difference between an authentic scale model and a "toy". Dragon Armor looks REAL!
3. Fully assembled: Each Dragon Armor tank comes fully-assembled and ready for display ... no glue, no paint, no worry about mistakes. An instant display piece or diorama centerpiece straight from the box!
4. Diecast Metal: This series is almost completely all METAL! Plastic is fine, but NOTHING re-creates the authentic appearance of real armor like METAL! Each Dragon Armor tank is made from high-quality DIE-CAST METAL ... giving the proper weight and surface finish of the REAL THING -- and each with its own protective DISPLAY CASE!

Scale:  1:72
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Item Number:  DRR60134                                                                                                                                                                      Price:    $19.95                                                                          SPECIAL PRICE  $14.95     

Main Features:
- Includes a realistic diorama scene with BONUS piece of grassland and realistic background
- Includes display case
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate T-34
- Detailed markings

About the T-34:
The ancestry of the T-34 derives from the BT series of fast tanks developed in the USSR in the 1930s. These were discovered to be too lightly armoured and armed for the sort of combat that would be expected. The T-34 took the BT's Christie-type suspension and incorporated it into a much more robust tank (The BTs were derived from prototype fast tanks built by American tank designer J. Walter Christie, which were sold to the Soviet Union after the American military declined to buy them. The T-34 incorporates elements of the Christie suspension, in particular the large road wheels).

Development proper commenced in 1936, and a prototype was completed in 1939. Full scale production started in 1940. The T-34 was produced in two major variants, the basic T-34/76 with a 76-mm gun (simply called T-34, in Soviet service), and the T-34/85 with an 85-mm gun.

Between 1940 and 1944 nearly 40,000 T-34/76 tanks were produced.