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Takom Finnish Marksman


Julien

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Does anyone know if Takom have correctly depicted the Czech engine deck in this kit?  These vehicles were built on 2nd hand East German Czech-built chassis, not converted from the original batch of Russian built T-55s.  AFAIK none of their T-55s to date have included the Czech parts.

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Ah.  Story I read was that they were 2nd hand ex East German NVA Czech-built hulls bought from the newly-unified Germany, who inherited hundreds they didn't want.  Wiki suggests Polish, and AFAIK NVA had both makes.  Either way the chassis weren't new.  Poland stopped building T-55s in 1980: the Czechs carried on until '83.  The Marksman turret development didn't start until '84 and it wasn't ready to mount on a hull until '86.  ItPsv 90 Marksman wasn't created until 1990.  But as long as Takom have got it right, none of that really matters

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