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RB Kit # 72P04 |
Preview by Rob Haelterman |
In this set you get 12 (hollow) cartridges and 9 separate projectiles. The technical quality of the parts is beyond compare. Before I address the issue of accuracy, I must confess that I found it mighty difficult to get information about the size of these rounds. After going through 30-odd books on the T-34, nothing useful turned up. I eventually got some help via Ville Kosonen and Tomas Enerdal on the Allied DG of Missing Lynx. What I eventually found from [1] are the following measurements, which I haven't been able to match to pictures of all the rounds, making it difficult to make sure which measurements should be compared with the rounds in the set, which (according to the RB Model website) gives us "3 x armour-piercing, 3 x sub-caliber, 3 x high-explosive".
This picture (obtained via Ville Kosonen and credited to the wk2ammo-forum website) might help identify the rounds, but lacking similar drawings of the other rounds, it can't be exclusive. The measurements for this set are:
Caliber-wise, my callipers would lead me to believe the rounds are 4% underscale, which is within my tolerance.
This drawing from RB Model's competitor, Armorscale, might be useful for painting the shells. PS: As I understand from [1], these rounds can also be used for the 85mm field gun Model 1956 and 85mm AA [1] Armortek Website
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Article Last Updated: 12 July 2015 |