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Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series, U.S. M26 Pershing Tank, B Co., 1st Tank Battalion, U.S. Marines, September 1950, Inchon, Korea, #HG3201. •  Type of Model:  Pre-Assembled Diecast Model •  Year of Release:  2007 •  Scale:  1:72 Scale •  Product Attributes:  Authentic Detailing, Pre-Painted and Markings Pre-Applied, Fully Assembled, Diecast Model, True to Scale (1:72), Appliqued Turret Armor, It Has A Realistic Tracks & Wheels, and Most Importantly To Collectors, A Very Well Authentically Detailed Body, The Body Professionally Painted In Accurate Colors, and includes Weathering, Cables, Tools And Insignia and The Turret Can Turn and The Main Gun Can Elevate. •  Type of Display Base:  Diecast Model Mounted to a Black Display Base with Clear Acrylic Cover. Brand new, unopened, mint in box condition; PLEASE NOTE that all product packaging and boxes will have some shelf ware and may have minor imperfections like creases, folds, indentions or small tears in the boxes.

About the U.S. M26 Pershing Tank: The Heavy Tank M26 Pershing was an American heavy tank used during World War II and the Korean War.  It was named after General John Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. The M26 was a long time in development and only just reached combat status during World War II.  A small number were brought across to Europe under the Zebra Technical Mission which included tanks, spares and military and civilian observers.  They were assigned to General Omar Bradley's 12th Army Group and split between the 3rd and 9th Armored Division.  They first saw combat in February 1945.  The first Pershing loss was on 28 February to a Tiger I Tank, but it was recovered and put back into operation. Overall, the Pershing was considered roughly equal in performance to the German Panther Tank.  In the first engagement with the M26 by the 3rd Armored Division, the M26 managed to catch two Tigers and one Panzer IV Tank by surprise from a flanking position.  The M26 engaged the tanks from a range of about 1000 yards (1 km), and knocked them out.  The M26 also saw service in the Korean War, although few armored units were sent because the initial response from battlefield commanders was "Korea isn't good tank country."  The official US Army history states a number of M26s were pulled from pedestals at Fort Knox, where they had been World War II memorials.  The Pershing and its derivative M46 were the only American tanks employed in Korea that were better armed than the North Korean T-34/85 (but not the only ones in the UN forces) and were credited with almost half of T-34s destroyed by the US Armored Corps.  The M4A3E8, whose anti-tank performance was improved thanks to availability of the HVAP shells, is responsible for most of the remainder. About This Particular U.S.M.C. M26 Pershing Tank Depicted by this Diecast Armor Model: Marine Pershings were delivered in normal Army colors and share the standard olive drab finish.  The M26’s were delivered in normal Army colors of standard olive drab carries Marine Tactical markings in yellow to indicate the company, platoon and individual vehicle.  The TK<2> marking is the temporary division insignia with embarkation number painted on it preceded by TK, for 1st Tank Battalion.  The U.S.M.C. painted over the Army registration number with the last digits – 118039 showing.  White markings chalked on the front skirt probably are shipping markings.  In Korea, Marine tanks did not regularly carry the US Army’s white star insignia, but they did at Inchon, Korea. The nine 1st Tank Battalion M26s landed at Green Beach as part of the first wave.  The following day, 6 columns of T-34s were sent to repel the attack, but half were destroyed by aircraft and half by M26’s.

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