1/35 TKS Polish Tankette with 20mm NKM wz. 38 FK-A

Description

This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit.

Adapted from the IBG website:

The TKS was a Polish light reconnaissance tank (tankette) that was built and produced in the 1930s. It was based on an older tankette design, the TK 3. The main improvements from its predecessor included a modified frontal armor shape, different engine, thicker armor plates, improved drive train, and added commanders periscope.

Serial production started in 1934 and a total of 280 tanks were produced. Initially, TKS Tankettes were armed with a Hotchkiss wz. 25 machine gun. Just before the outbreak of World War II, army command decided to change the armament to NKM (Heaviest Machine Gun) wz. 38 FK-A 20mm, as this Polish gun has proven to be very effective against German tanks during the September 1939 German invasion of Poland. Unfortunately, only 23 of the upgunned TKS tanks made it to the front line, and most of them were still armed with the Hotchkiss machine gun.

TKS Tank armed with the 20mm gun was also the vehicle of Polish Tank Ace, Edmund Roman Orlik, who destroyed 13 German tanks during the September 1939.

• [Mold Color]: Grey
• [Includes]: Photo-etched parts