1:48 Russian Medium Tank T-55
Item #32598

Description
Tamiya’s 1/35 T-55 model kit is regarded as a staple model kit
among model contest aficionados. Tamiya brings this fan favorite
subject to a smaller scale with this 1/48 rendition. The T-55
medium tank not only provided a base for later T-62, T-72 and
T-80 designs still in use today, it spurred Western rivals on and
contributed to the great East-West arms race of the Cold War.
Its 100mm gun compared favorably with the West’s 90mm
counterpart, and with HEAT rounds could defeat up to 390mm of
armor. The T-55 was produced in the USSR, and under license in
Czechoslovakia and Poland, and supplied to Soviet countries and
clients worldwide – it even faced off against U.S.-designed M48s
and M60A1s in the Middle East.

- 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 190mm, width:
69mm.
- Features authentic recreations of weld lines and cast turret
surfaces.
- 100mm main gun and anti-aircraft machine gun provide added
realism.
- Assembly type tracks have single piece straight sections.
- Comes with a commander torso figure surveying the battle in
front, and decals to create a single marking option.