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Hobby Master 1/48 Ground Power Series HG1104 Czechoslovak Army 1st Tank Brigade JS-2 Heavy Tank, 1946

JS-2 Specifications Crew: 4 Combat weight: 46 tons Power-to-weight ratio: 11.3 hp/t Hull length: 6.68 m Overall length: 9.91 m Width: 3.07 m Engine: V-21 4-stroke V-type diesel 520 HP Transmission: Multiple dry main clutch, mechanical gearbox with reduction gear, 2-stage planetary turning mechanism and side drives, 8 gears forward, 2 reverse Fuel capacity: 137 gallons internal + 80 gallons external + 110 gallons supplementary Maximum speed: road 23mph, off road 18mph Maximum range: 150 miles Fuel consumption: 0.8 gallons/mile Fording depth: 1.3 m Armament: D-25T Model 1943 122mm rifled tank gun Main gun ammunition: BR-47B (armor piercing/tracer); BP-460A (HEAT shaped charge); OF-462 and OF-471 (HE fragmentation) Muzzle velocity: 2560 ft/s Maximum effective range: 9 miles indirect fire; 900m direct-fire Stowed main gun rounds: 28 Gun depression/elevation: -3 to +20 degrees Secondary armament: DshK model 1938 12.7 mm machine gun, co-axial DT 7.62 mm machine gun, DT 7.62 mm close defence machine gun Armor: 90-120 mm hull front, 90-95 mm hull sides, 60 mm hull rear, 160 mm turret front, 100 mm turret rear sides, 90 mm turret rear.

Features: Fully assembled True to Scale (1:48) Die-Cast chassis, turret and gun Turret turns Appliqued turret armour Main gun can be elevated Realistic tracks Realistic wheels Highly detailed features Professionally painted in accurate colors Weathering Markings Tampo (pad) applied One of the fiercest battles fought by the Czechoslovak 1st Tank Brigade was at Ostrava Czechoslovakia in 1945. The city and region were rich in coal and steel manufacturing. The occupying Germans depended on this to produce a large portion of their war machine. On April 30, 1945 after 57 days of battle forces including the Czechoslovak 1st Tank Brigade liberated the city of Ostrava and most estimates place the 1st Tank Brigade losses were at least 90%. The Czechoslovak 1st Tank Brigade received a handful of IS-2m heavy tanks in April 1945 before reaching Prague. The tanks carried the tri-color roundel of the Czechoslovak national insignia on the side of the turret. An external 12.7mm DShK machine gun mounted on the Commander’s cupola started to appear in late version JS- 2m at the end of WWII. On May 8 1945 the Germans agreed to leave Prague and on May 9, 1945 the Czechoslovak 1st Tank Brigade along with Soviet forces entered Prague.

THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES, NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT