Churchill Mk.VI / 75mm Gun

The Churchill is seen as a replacement or successor to the Matilda II.
The first prototype came out in 1940, and series production started in 1941. There were several versions of it.
Initially equipped with a 2-pounder gun in the turret and a 3-inch howitzer in the hull, from the Mk.III a 6-pounder gun with coaxial machine gun in the turret and one machine gun in the hull front was standard.
Further changes/improvements followed. The 12-cylinder petrol engine with 350 hp (261 kW) was able to bring the 40-ton tank to a top speed of approx. 20-24 km/h.
The last batches of the tank were armed with either the QF 6-pounder or the QF 75mm gun developed from it,

plastic model kit
 

• turned gun barrel
• steel springs
• 3 PE frets
• vinyl tracks
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Decals for:
 

• Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School, Dorset UK, 1943.
• 34th Tank Brigade, France, 1944. (Note this includes the added turret armor plate)
• 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards, 6th Guards Armoured Brigade, Holland, Nov. 1944.
•  25th Armored Brigade, Italy, May 1944.
•  6th Guards Armoured Brigade, Germany, March 1945.

1:35 scale

unbuilt / unpainted