French R35 with FCM Turret

Description

Product Description (EN)

The "French R35 with FCM Turret 83894" model kit provides a detailed reproduction of the French light tank R35 equipped with the FCM turret. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the R35 was intended to be a light infantry support tank, equipping autonomous tank battalions. These battalions were allocated to individual infantry divisions to assist them in executing offensive operations. To this end, it was relatively well-armored but slow and lacked a good anti-tank capacity, being equipped with a short 37 mm gun. At the outbreak of the war, the anti-tank role was emphasized, leading to the development and eventual production from April 1940 of a subtype with a more powerful longer gun, the Renault R40. Although it was planned to shift new production capacity to the manufacture of other, faster types, the defeat of France made the R35/40 the most numerous French tank of the war, with about 1685 vehicles produced in June 1940. At that moment, it had also been exported to Poland, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. For the remainder of the war, Germany and its allies would use captured vehicles, some of them rebuilt into tank destroyers.

Key Features:

• Item No: 83894
• Item Name: French R35 with FCM Turret
• Bar Code: 6939319238948
• Scale: 1/35
• Item Type: Plastic Model Armor Kit
• Model Dimensions: Length - 154.2mm, Width - 52.9mm
• Total Plastic Parts: 430+
• Photo Etched Parts: 1 piece
• Released Date: May 2022

Note: The model kit requires assembly and painting.

Additional Information:

• The Renault R35 was a French light tank of the Second World War, designed for infantry support.
• The R35 was relatively well-armored but slow and lacked a good anti-tank capacity.
• An improved version, the Renault R40, was developed early in the war with a more powerful longer gun.
• Despite the defeat of France, the R35/40 remained the most numerous French tank of the war.
• Exported to several countries, it was also used by Germany and its allies after their capture.