Want a laugh ? - Dig out your Meng T-72B3 Russian Main Battle Tank !

[Tiger331]

Hi Folks,

 

Have you got the Monday morning blues and in need of a good laugh ?. Look no further than the Meng 1:35 T-72B3 if you have one in your stash !. I recently bought one of these beauties. I normally build aircraft and rarely bother to read the historical narrative that is included in the vast majority of kit instructions. Since I am not so familiar with Armour, I decided to read the notes that accompanied this kit. I want to avoid any risk of political 'fallout' on the forum so I am not at liberty to repeat what is contained in these notes but I suspect it will give one or two of you a laugh should you read them.   

[Modelholic]

You can find the instruction download on Scalemates.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/meng-model-ts-028-t-72b3--991289

Tom

[Bozothenutter]

2014 conflict they're talking about....😉

[Tiger331]

2 hours ago, Bozothenutter said:

2014 conflict they're talking about....😉

 

Understood........but I'm not sure it was that good even then 🤨

[Kingsman]

With unprotected open 20-22rd ammunition compartments for the autoloader around the turret base with combusible cartridge cases, T64/72/80/84/90 have reset survivability back to WW2 standards.  Especially against top-attack munitions.

[GMK]

Leopard 2 has the same problem - 27 unprotected rounds open to the entire fighting compartment.  

 

[masterKamera]

And werent those the tank type the Iraqi National Guard was using in that big tank battle?

[Kingsman]

On 5/4/2022 at 5:57 AM, masterKamera said:

And werent those the tank type the Iraqi National Guard was using in that big tank battle

They certainly had T-72s.  Lion of Babylon I believe their version was called.  Too early for a BM3.

[Latakia]

Thanks for the post made me chuckle 😄