Hobby Boss - 1/35 French Saint-Chamond Heavy Tank - Early WWI #83858  [HB-83858]

The Saint-Chamond ended up being the second French hefty tank regarding the very first World War, with 400 made out of April 1917 to July 1918. Produced linked to the commercial rivalry in the middle of your manufacturers associated with the Schneider CA1 tank, the Saint-Chamond ended up being an inadequate design. Its major weakness had been the "caterpillar" tracks . That they had been far too quick based on the vehicle's size and hefty weight ( 23 tons ). Later on models, but tried rectify a number of the tank's original flaws by setting up wider and much more powerful track shoes, thicker frontal armor additionally the far better 75mm Mle 1897 industry weapon. The Saint-Chamond tanks remained involved in a number of actions prior to the belated summer time of 1918, belatedly becoming better after combat had relocated from trenches onto open ground . Fundamentally, nevertheless the Saint-Chamond tanks had been scheduled to be entirely changed by earned Uk hefty tanks.

• Model Dimension: Length: 265mm Width: 112.5mm
• Total vinyl Parts: 300+
• Total Sprues: 12 sprues , paid down hull , upper hull and cars
• Photo Etched Parts: 1 piece
• Film Accessory: 1 piece
• Released Date: 2015-07

More Features:

• The kit contain over 300 parts
• the kit w/refined information
• multi-slide moulded top hull
• picture etched parts included
• person tracks