"Battalion ! Forward !"
A TANK UNDER THE SEA !!!
Built in the USA from 1951 - on the basis of the M24 Chaffee - the M42 Duster is a twin-tube 40mm air defense vehicle. It was used in the Vietnam War primarily as a troop support vehicle...
Our "submarine" tank seems to have come from the Jordanian army, which used them during the "Six-Day War" campaign against Israel. This one, whose engine has been removed along with part of its armament, lies at a depth of 5 meters in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, and will eventually become an artificial reef for fish on this sandy bottom. A happy ending...
The model is from TAMIYA in 1/35th scale. The divers are academic PREISER figures...
