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| M113 ACAV "A" troop 3/5th Cavalry "Black Knights" 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables". Near Quang Tri on the DMZ border -- patrol along the 17th Parallel. Vietnam, 1971 |
The box comes with spurs to make 4 APCs in any one of 6 different configurations - troop carrier, Armoured Cavalry (ACAV), two Mortar track variants and the flamethrower armed M132 Zippo. Pretty good value for $30 incl delivery, and by far the most economical way ahead to acquire a few of these iconic vehicles, useful for a range of conflicts.
Actually, maybe I need another box...
Assembly Instruction here:
There was an unboxing awhile back at Beasts of War here:
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| M113 acav "K" troop 11 ACR "Blackhorse". Vietnam '66-67 (Henry David McInnis Collection) |
That box is really a great set. They build with no problems really and they paint up really well.
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend them.
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And very nice they look too! (I assume you are talking about the Zippos at your blog here:)
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Vietnam just cuts to close for me to use as a war game setting. My dad was there and barring a freak chance of luck would not have come home and I would not exist. Your a military man so each persons views on these things is different but I seem to prefer my war games limited to fantasy/scifi made up type.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely respect that. For similar reasons I won't play ultra modern Iraq/Afganistan type games
DeleteAlso, I don't like playing Australian troops in any genre of gaming because I know I am not a fair and unemotive gamer when I do!
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