TAMIYA 35221 British Cromwell Tank Mk IV 1:35 Military Model Kit

Name: TAMIYA 35221 British Cromwell Tank Mk IV 1:35 Military Model Kit
Brand: Tamiya

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TAMIYA 35221 British Cromwell Tank Mk IV 1:35 Military Model Kit\n\n1/35 Scale Military\n35221\nCromwell Mk. IV Cruiser Tank - Mk. VIII, A27M\n\nPrior to the outbreak of WWII, Britain relied heavily on military alliance with France. It was felt that the large French army would be able to check any German expansion in western Europe should existing treaties be violated. As a result the British Army had been neglected, so that when war came the Royal Armoured Corps had only a handful of modern tanks in service. Many of these were sent to France with the BEF only days before France was defeated, all were abandoned as their cres were evacuated back to Britain. The result was that new tanks were rushed into production without proper testing and were to prove unreliable in combat. As no new tank engines had been developed, most of these tanks were powered by the Nuffield Liberty, an American engine designed in WWI to give an output of 200bhp. Nuffield increased the output to 350 - 410 bhp .