8th Army, North Africa by T.Rex
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
And now, here’s something for the 8th Army and North Africa Campaign afficionados!
The Crusader Mk III was a British tank, designed as a fast cruiser tank. Due to its mobility and good cannon, it played an important part in the early North African Campaign. It’s gun was more than a match for the early armour of the German Pz Mk III and Pz Mk IV. However, the small turret ring made upgrading to a bigger gun difficult. It had a bad shot trap under the turret and had a tendency to over heat in the desert and catch fire when hit. These drawbacks led to it being replaced by the US M3 (Grant/Lee) in late 1941, and the Sherman, September 1942.
Designer – Nuffield
Manufactured – 1940 – 1943
Number built – 5,300
Length – 5.97 m.
Width – 2.77 m.
Height – 2.24 m.
Weight – 20 tons
Crew – 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Armour - 51 mm. front
Armament – QF 6 pounder/57 mm., 65 rounds
2 Besa machine guns, 4,950 rounds
Engine – Nuffield Liberty Mark IV, v-12, 27 liter
Horse power – 18 hp per ton
Speed – 42 km. road, 24 km. cross country
Range – 322 km.
Suspension – Christie helical
Ground clearance – 41 cm.
Hey, isn’t that Neil waving from the turret? Everyone wave and say “Hi, Neil!”
:)
ENJOY!
Comments (8)
Faemike55
Very cool model great shots
Osper
Nice modeling.
Richardphotos
the dust if intended or not adds to the realism
debbielove
Yes! I made this mate!!!! lol Several in fact, though I must be honest...the detail on yours is far better.. Wargame models tend to be a bit 'shape of'.. On a different note, I do intend to start my first 'new' model for ....too many years to put here (lol) when I return or very shortly afterwards. I'll let you know, and pictures will appear.. Rob
Maxidyne
I never made one of these but they were a very modern looking tank for the time. As with Rob, after many years inthe wilderness once I get everything ordered and sorted here my first will be a Kubelwagon :)
angora
fantastic model!!! (I collect those in 3D, virtual ;-D)
neiwil
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE???!!!!....everyone's heading for the model shop...we'll all be posting photos of real models instead of renders of virtual ones....A Rendo 70's Revival...yaaaahhhh!!!! I'll have some of that! I watched a prog on tele the other night about the development of these 'Cruiser' tanks, the first 'light' tank ever fitted with Christie suspension did 120km/h ACROSS COUNTRY!! and the driver got out smiling.Then things got bigger and heavier and a lot more violent.......Keep these coming mate, a real inspiration.
tigertim
Nothing like a British cruiser tank for looks, style, and panache.. early T34's come close.. nice model!