Howitzer Motor Carriage M8
Description
This model kit, represented in 1/48 scale, recreates the 75 mm
Howitzer Motor Carriage M8. The M8 was a self-propelled
howitzer vehicle, used by United States during World War II.
The M8, developed on the same chassis as the one used on the M5
Stuart tank, came equipped with a M116 howitzer in an M7 mount.
Around 1,800 M8 units were-manufactured, from September 1942 to
early 1944. M8’s saw action in Italy, Western Europe, and the
Pacific, and supported U.S. infantry until the end of the war.
This kit features a completely new kit design based upon the
intensive research of the actual vehicle.
• 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 92mm,
width: 48mm.
• Features realistic renderings of interior details (such
as main gun breech) of turret, plus the howitzer covered by a
distinctive sleeve.
• Assembly type tracks feature one-piece straight
sections.
• Includes two marking options to depict the 106th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Group, Germany or the 758th Tank Battalion,
Italy.
• Metal chassis weights give the model a realistic heavy
feel.
• Comes with one full body commander figure.
