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Products mentioned in this Article
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Churchill Heavy Tank Company (Plastic) (SBX56)
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Churchill Heavy Tank Company (Plastic) (SBX56) includes five plastic Churchill Tanks, one plastic Tank Commander sprue, one Decal sheet and three Unit Cards.
The Churchill heavy tank was thick-skinned enough to be almost impervious to infantry in assaults and had well-armoured ammunitions bins that were unlikely to explode under fire.
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Churchills sent from the United Kingdom as part of the lend-lease agreement that saw so many Western Allied weapons of war sent to the Soviet Union saw an immense amount of action repelling the German invasion. Stalin’s order forbidding tank crews to abandon their tank unless it was on fire helped inspire fearlessness among Churchill tank crews. |
Red Banner Triumphant at Stalingrad, the first months of 1943 saw the Red Army racing westwards, surrounding and destroying three Germans armies, only stopping when a German counterattack in March combined with the spring muds halted the offensive. After months of preparation, the Germans launched their summer offensive at Kursk, only to be smashed back by the revitalised Red Army. Not giving the Germans any respite, the Soviet forces struck with a continuous series of hammer blows along the entire front, driving all before them for the rest of the year. The Red Army had learned how to win, and was now unstoppable
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Plastic Churchill Sprue (x5) |
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Plastic Tank Crew (x1) |
Soviet Decal Sheet (x1) |
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Unit Cards |
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Red Banner Formations and Movement Orders (x1) |
Churchill Guards Heavy Tank Regiment HQ (x1) |
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Churchill Guards Heavy Tank Company (x1) |
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Last Updated On Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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