Soviet MT-LB 6MA

Complete kit for building a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle MT-LB 6MA

• 1:35 scale
• Dimensions (LxW (built): 180.5 x 82 mm
• 1,100+ parts
• Interior (driver, combat and engine compartment)
• Photo-etched, clear parts and copper wire included
• single link tracks
• Upper and lower hull manufactured using the Slide Mold process
• not built/not painted
• Paint and glue not included

In the 1970s the Soviet began a development program to replace the AT-P series of artillery tractors (which were based on the ASU-57 airborne self-propelled gun) with a new generation of vehicles. The MT-L was developed to meet this requirement based on the PT-76 amphibious light tank chassis. The MT-LB is the armoured variant of the MT-L. Entering production in the early 1970s, it was cheap to build, being based on many existing components like the engine which was originally developed as a truck engine. It was built at the Kharkov tractor plant and under license in Poland and Bulgaria.

Variants:

• MT-LB 6MA:MT-LBM fitted with a turret from BTR-80.
• MT-LB 6MB:MT-LBM fitted with a turret from BTR-80A.