Soviet Object 279 from Panda Hobby

Submitted by lukeadmin on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 18:00

Panda Hobby has just announced a new unusual model in the 1/35 scale, reproducing a Soviet monster of the Cold War, the Soviet Object 279.

Having never read anything about this tank, i checked on Wikipedia, and I discovered that "Object 279 (Объект 279) was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959. This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain, inaccessible to conventional tanks, acting as a heavy breakthrough tank, and if necessary withstanding even the shockwave of a nuclear explosion. It was planned as a tank of the Supreme Command Reserve. The tank hull, with a maximum armor thickness of 269 mm, was covered by a thin, elliptical shield protecting it against APDS and shaped charge ammunition; The all-cast turret, with a maximum armor thickness of 319 mm, was rounded."

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