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3/5 CAV M551 Sheridans & APC M113s in Vietnam This set features 3/5 Cavalry AFVs that fought in the Vietnam War. 7 APC M113A1 ACAVs and 3 M551 Sheridans. All of which featured visually interesting and striking markings, coupled with fine stencilings (that seems mandatory on all vehicles). Notice that each vehicle has a yellow shape with red number on both sides of the hull. Triangle denotes A Troop. B Troop uses a square/rectangle. While C Troop, a circle. This set allows both types of vehicles to be featured in one diorama, since all are Black Knight vehicles! Also provided: full, accurate exterior M551 hull stencilings & silver-edged Data Plates (for the AN/VSS-3 searchlight), accurate APC M113 exterior hull stencilings, and Vietnam era .50 Cal ammo box stencils. The Vietnam war M551s are full of stencils, particularly the turret sides and rear. When you remove any of the ammo boxes or water can, there will be a stencil visible. When you remove a tool from the hull rear, so will a stencil appear on the surface beneath the tool.

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3/4 CAV M551s & M113s IN VIETNAM Part 2 This set features 3/4 CAV AFVs that fought in the Vietnam War. A continuation from set D356266. 3 M113A1 ACAV and 3 M551 Sheridans. This set covers A, B and C Troop vehicles. A Troop, denoted by red barrel rings (triangle corners for M113s). B Troop white and C Troop blue. Each vehicle comes with personalised markings (some interesting). For example, A26 had "Snoopy" in front. White B16 had skull and crossbones on the barrel sleeve. All 3/4 Cav vehicles have both white numbers on the hull sides. This set allows both types of vehicles in one diorama. Also provided: full, accurate exterior M551 hull stencilings & silver-edged Data Plates (for the AN/VSS-3 searchlight), accurate M113 exterior hull stencilings, and Vietnam era .50 Cal ammo box stencils. The Vietnam war M551s are full of stencils, particularly the turret sides and rear. When you remove any of the ammo boxes or water can, there will be a stencil visible. When you remove a tool from the hull rear, so will a stencil appear on the surface beneath the tool. This set featured a second unit Guidon, black with white crossbones, used during the war. Something to spice up the antenna!

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The M113 and M113A1 armoured personnel carrier Author - David Doyle 84 pages Following on the hugely successful title on the M47, the latest title from Guideline Publications covers the M113 and M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier. The M113 family includes more than 80,000 vehicles worldwide across more than 40 variants. As one of the most widely used combat vehicles in the world, it plays a role in the militaries of at least 44 countries. This book looks at the early history of this iconic Cold War warrior. First entering service in 1960, and until the advent of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle decades later, the M113 and its updated successors served as the standard armored personnel carrier of the US Army for much of the second half of the twentieth century. Based almost entirely on primary source documents and lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished images, well-known US vehicle historian David Doyle reveals the early history of the M113 APC, one of the most numerous and versatile of all armoured fighting vehicles.

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