Plastic model kit to build an APC PUMA of the Israel Defense Forces
The Puma is a heavily armored Combat engineering vehicle and armored personnel carrier that the Engineering Corps of the Israeli Defence Forces has used since the early 1990s. The vehicle can carry a crew of to eight. The 50-ton vehicle's speed is 45 kilometers an hour.The Puma uses the hull of the Sho't, which is itself a modified British Centurion tank.
Armament consists of three 7.62 mm FN MAG machine guns, including one in a remote turret that the crew can control from within the cabin by a Rafael Overhead Weapons Station (OWS). The vehicle also has a 60mm mortar and two launchers for smoke grenades.
- 1:35 scale
- Dimensions LxW (built): length 230 x 110 mm
- 870+ pieces
- Lower hull manufactured using the Slide Mold process
- Photo-etched, clear parts and rubber tires included
- single link tracks
- not built/not painted
- Paint and glue not included
| The series of Hobby Boss kits, the armored personnel carriers based on Centurion/Shot chassis, shows the development of the versions. You can find them here (if available): |
The Puma is a heavily armored Combat engineering vehicle and armored personnel carrier that the Engineering Corps of the Israeli Defence Forces has used since the early 1990s. The vehicle can carry a crew of to eight. The 50-ton vehicle's speed is 45 kilometers an hour.The Puma uses the hull of the Sho't, which is itself a modified British Centurion tank.
Armament consists of three 7.62 mm FN MAG machine guns, including one in a remote turret that the crew can control from within the cabin by a Rafael Overhead Weapons Station (OWS). The vehicle also has a 60mm mortar and two launchers for smoke grenades.
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