Tag: US Army

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Webstore: M8/M20 Greyhound Scout Car Squadron

The M8 Greyhound was originally designed to replace the US military’s portee gun in an anti-tank role, but was quickly repurposed once it was realised that its performance against German armour was lacking. It found use as a popular and successful armoured car that served American and British armies well throughout the war. Its crew…

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Webstore: M8 Scott GMC

It was developed on the chassis of the then-new Light Tank M5 (Stuart VI). The test vehicle had the standard M5 turret removed, and replaced with an open-topped turret. Armament consisted of a new open-topped turret armed with a 75

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Webstore: Lieutenant Dick Winters

Made famous as the main character in the TV show Band of Brothers, Major Winters was the highly decorated commander of ‘Easy Company’, part of the US 101st Airborne Division, during World War II. We found reference to Lt Winters’ dog tags and decided these would make a great display base for the model with the upper…