BRITAINS SOLDIERS 25224 - U.S. M18 ""Hell-Cat"" Tank Destroyer, 705th TD with Crew

Name: BRITAINS SOLDIERS 25224 - U.S. M18 ""Hell-Cat"" Tank Destroyer, 705th TD with Crew
Brand: W Britains

W Britains

A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!!!\n\nFOR COLLECTORS OF 14 YEARS +, THIS IS A DETAILED SCALE MODEL PRODUCED BY WILLIAM BRITAINS (FAMOUS FOR YEARS OF PRODUCING METAL \""TOY\"" SOLDIERS).\n\nNicely Boxed & Brand NewU.S. M18 \""Hell-Cat\"" Tank Destroyer, 705th TD, with Crew, Ardennes 1944-45\nThe vehicle that came to be known as the M18 was the result of a convoluted development process that began in fall, 1941. At that time U.S. Army doctrine held that a force of dedicated tank destroyers would thwart enemy armored assaults. General Lesly McNair, head of Army Ground Forces, decreed that half of these antitank forces be towed weapons, contrary to the wishes of the head of the Tank Destroyer Center, Colonel A.D.Bruce, who advocated heavily armed, very fast, self-propelled tank destroyers. In early 1943, the 76mm Gun Motor Carriage T70, was standardized as the M18. Buick, the builder of the vehicles, dubbed the new tank destroyer the Hell-Cat (notR