Description

The first staghound rolled off the production line in October 1942, by the year’s end only 157 had been completed. At this time the US Special Armoured Vehicle Board decided that the US didn’t need an armoured car of this size and decided to adopt the lighter M8 Greyhound vehicle instead. During its years in combat, the staghound T17E1 had several variants.

The initial model was designated the “Armoured Car, Staghound Mark 1”, this Model the T17E1 or M6 model had the 37mm turret gun. Two .30 cal MG’s, .45 Sub MG and a 2” smoke mortar.

The second model was designated the “Armoured Car, Staghound Mark 2”, this was the Mark 1 model with the 37mm gun replaced by the 3” tank howitzer. The whole machine gun and co-driver’s seat was removed to provide additional storage space and a 4” smoke discharger replaced the 2” mortar.

The third variant the “Armoured Car, Staghound Mark 3” was a Mark 1 vehicle with the turret replaced with a turret from a Crusader Tank.
It was fitted with a QF 75mm gun and coax 7.92mm Besa MG and the internal storage of the turret and basket were completely redesigned. The jettisonable fuel tanks were done away with. The bow machine gun and the aperture were sealed off with a welded plug and a ratchet was put on the brake pedal.

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:

• 1x resin and metal Staghound with AA Turret Option

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These miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted