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Backordered
by Takom
$66.55 USD
$73.94 USD
Temporarily out of stock. Place an order now to enter the purchase queue when stock becomes available. Future arrival date is currently unknown.
This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit.
Designed as a potential replacement for the finicky T-35, the SMK itself was a multi-turreted heavy tank that weighed in at a whopping 55t, 10 tons heavier than the T-35 it was to replace. Only one prototype was built and saw action at the Battle of Summa in the Winter War vs. Finland. After being immobilized by a mine the tank was left to sit. The SMK was not entered into production as its competitor the KV-1 showed much more promise. The tanks name SMK comes from the initials of an early Communist and friend of Stalin, Sergey Kirov who was assassinated in 1934.
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