M8 HMC, Free French Army, WWII (1:72 Scale)

Product Dimensions: 2.37 x 1.25 x 1.40 in.

Model History and Information: This self-propelled howitzer paired a 75 mm gun with the chassis of the M5 light tank, giving mechanized units a mobile close-support weapon. Free French forces, rebuilt and re-equipped largely with American materiel from 1943, received the type and employed it in the later campaigns of the war. French vehicles continued in service afterward, seeing action in the First Indochina War and in North Africa, and a preserved example is held in a French armor museum.

Model Features & Details:

• Open-topped turret with track-link armor stowage on the front, as shown on the product photos.
• Front-mounted brush/hedgerow cutter tines on the glacis.
• Pintle-mounted .50 cal machine gun and stowed tools on the rear hull.
• Pad-printed US star, French tricolour and naval-anchor insignia, and "MF C14" unit markings.

Packaging: Full-color printed Hobby Master retail box with internal protective packaging. (no box photo available among the product images).