M4 (105) Howitzer Tank from DML

Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 05:25 AM UTC

Dragon have just announced another M4 Variant. Not, it has to be said, earth-shatteringly original but a useful release nonetheless.

The New M4 is:

6548 - M4 (105) Howitzer Tank

Company-supplied feaures are as follows:

- Newly tooled machine gun pintle mount
- Newly tooled rotor and gun shields
- Newly tooled engine deck w/splash guard
- Newly tooled U-shaped groove, ventilation cover made from photo-etched metal
- Newly tooled aiming-stake rack
- New spare track on rear armor plate
- Two types of cupola provided as option
- Mantlet end-pieces designed as separate parts to fully replicate details
- M4 105mm turret produced w/side-mold technology
- Turret secondary ventilation fan
- Mount for turret canvas recreated in delicate detail
- Rear hull detail accurately produced
- Pistol part produced w/slide-mold technology
- Detailed loader's hatch
- Periscope, cover and mount details are accurately represented w/separate parts
- Upper-hull w/weld-line detail authentically produced
- Hull side plates are accurately produced w/correct horizontal upper edge
- Slide-molded 105mm barrel is produced
- Turret-lop MG pedestal w/accurate design
- Late MG and barrel storage brackets w/great detail
- On-vehicle tools are realistically produced
- Two types of sprockets provided as option
- Finely rendered headlight and horn guards
- Detailed hatch-periscope units w/clear parts and guards
- Tow hooks w/fine detail
- DS T48 track w/EEC (Duckbills)

Release date is listed as December 2010

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AlanL

Nice to see some of the detail. No sign of a breech for the 105mm though . Best I can remember the aiming poles on the side were a stack of 5, in 3 , 2, 1 formation, but I'd have to check. Great to see this coming along though. Al

NOV 09, 2010 - 06:00 AM

russamotto

I'd like to see the markings on this. Hope they remember the PTO.

NOV 09, 2010 - 09:44 AM

ALBOWIE

Jim, I can't see what ISN'T original as a release regarding this one. To the best of my knowledge this is the first ever tooling of the M4 105 Assualt Gun in plastic. No one has released a late hulled M4 before so I'd say this is an original release and a welcome one given the usage of these and some of the schemes they appeared in. This will be very useful for early Isreali vehicles too. Al

NOV 09, 2010 - 10:01 AM

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