This miniature is part of the BRITISH FORCES range. It contains high-quality plastic model tanks at a 1:100 scale, to represent units in Clash of Steel.
Tortoise Assault Troop (Core Unit)
Contains: 3x Tortoise Tanks
Description:
In early 1943 Allied forces began to look at what types of fortifications they were likely to encounter once they landed in Europe. It was expected that in order to defeat these positions a new type of specialist vehicle with heavy armour and a "bunker busting" gun would be required. Assault Tanks were born.
The Tortoise was one of 18 different designs drafted over a 10 month period and submitted to the Tank Board, with an order placed for 25 vehicles to be built.
Weighing in at over 79 tonnes, armed with an Ordnance Quick-firing (OQF) 32 pounder gun and with a heavily armoured casemate instead of a turret, production of the Tortoise was slow and World War II was over before it fired a shot in anger.
* Note: Models supplied unpainted and require assembly. Glue and paint not included, contents may vary from those shown.
