My Try @ Product Photography - Toys and Collectables

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For TABLE OF CONTENTS of all images in this thread please see Page 19


What's featured on this Page 25....

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ISSUE 23 - Leopard 1 A2 4th Tank Regiment (Bellinzago, Italy) - 1998

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Leopard 1

Weight - 42.2 tonnes
Length - 9.54 m gun forward
Width - 3.34 m
Height - 2.39 m
Crew - 4 (commander, gunner, radio operator/loader, driver)
Armour - steel 19-21.7mm and 10-70mm RHA (Rolled Homogeneous Armour)
Main Armament - 1 x 105mm Royal Ordnance L7A3 L/52 rifled gun
Operational Range - 600 km (on road) 450 km (cross-country)
Speed - 65 km/h




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ISSUE 24 - M-109A6 Paladin S.P. Howitzer 2nd Infantry Division (United States) - 1994

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Paladin

Weight - 27.5 tonnes
Length - 9.1 m gun forward
Width - 3.15 m
Height - 3.25 m
Crew - 6 (2 Loaders, Gunner, Assistant Gunner, Commander, Driver)
Armour - 3.18mm
Main Armament - M126 155 mm Howitzer
Operational Range - 350 km
Speed - 56 km/h


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DeAgostini World of Tanks

Photographed so far 24 Issues... more to come... total there will be 70 tanks in all and we are only at Issue 38





Japan Type 10 Main Battle Tank

Post-processed from a tiny 1:44 scale model.

As you can see the details are quite lacking unlike those in 1:72 scale



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Weight - 43.25 tonnes
Length - 9.485 m
Width - 3.24 m
Height - 2.30 m
Crew - 3 (commander, gunner and driver)
Main Armament - 120 mm L44 smoothbore cannon, built by Japan Steel Works, Ltd
Operational Range - 440 km
Speed - 70 km/h

 

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YUJIN - Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle

The Chinese softshell turtle can reach a carapace length of 30cm. It has webbed feet for swimming. They are called "softshell" because their carapace lacks horny scutes (scales). The light and flexible shell of these turtles allows them to move more easily in open water, or in muddy lake bottoms.

This is a very very small miniature and was hard to get a good focus given its size :bigeyes:

 

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RA015 - Female Traffic Controller (King and Country RA015)

"This single female Military Police woman, flags in hand, expertly guides tanks and vehicles on their way to the front."

Soviet women played a major role in World War 2 (locally known as the Great Patriotic War). While most toiled in industry, transport, agriculture and other civilian roles, working double shifts to free up enlisted men to fight and increase military production, a sizable number of women served in the army.

There were 800,000 women who served in the Soviet Armed Forces during the war.

 

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Traffic Controllers of the Red Army wore a patch "P" on their left arm that indicated their function. Flags were used to show drivers where they were supposed to go.

 

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LAH090 SA Chief-of-Staff Viktor (King and Country LAH090)

"After the fall (and death) of Ernst Rohm the SA was put into the careful hands of Lutze and under the watchful eyes of Himmler and Heydrich."



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Late 1930's Nazi Summer Uniform (in White Tunic). The party band/logo is worn on the left arm to show one's party membership.

 

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Issue 25 to 30

ISSUE 25 - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 161/1) 20th Pz.Div. Kursk (Germany) - 1943

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Panzer IV

Weight - 25 tonnes
Length - 7.02 m gun forward
Width - 2.88 m
Height - 2.68 m
Crew - 5 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, radio operator/bow machine-gunner)
Armour - 10–88 mm "Schürzen" (armour plates) 5 mm for hull and 8 mm for turret
Main Armament -7.5 cm (2.95 in) KwK 40 L/48 main gun
Operational Range - 200 km
Speed - 42 km/h


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Germans start mounting armor skirts/plates called "Schürzen" on some of their medium tanks like the Stug and Panzer IV (depicted in this model).

"Schürzen" (“Aprons” or Side Skirts) were conceived and designed to provide protection primarily against Russian anti-tank rifles and low velocity high explosive rounds. The Schürzen were penetrated or torn off by the impacts, but remained serviceable. "Schürzen" are only 5 mm thick.

Today on the armor skirts of modern tanks such as the T-80 or the Merkava, reactive armor are also used and deployed.

The Panzer IV was the only German tank to remain in continuous production throughout the war years. It's sound design, with the wide superstructure which overhung the hull sides, allow it to be progressively up-gunned and up-armoured throughout the war in respond to changing combat conditions.

Though originally conceived as a support vehicle to the Panzer III, it was a reliable workhorse and remained in first line combat service throughout World War 2. It became the main stay of the Panzer force and the most produced of all the German wartime tanks in many variants.

 

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ISSUE 26 - M13/40 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio" El-Alamein (Italy) - 1942

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - M13/40

Weight - 13.5 tonnes
Length - 4.9 m
Width - 2.2 m
Height - 2.39 m
Crew - 4
Armour - 42 mm
Main Armament - 47 mm Cannone da 47/32 M35
Operational Range - 200 km
Speed - 32 km/h (road speed)



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The Carro Armato (armored vehicle) was Italian Army's designation for tanks from 1938 onwards. This would be followed by a letter and a series of numbers.

The letter would be either L, M or P meaning Light, Medium, and Heavy tank respectively. The numbers would follow the pattern of X/Y where X would be the weight in tonnes and Y the year of adoption

i.e. designation M13/40 means it is a Medium tank weighs 13 tonnes and was adopted in the year 1940


Though the M13/40 is classified as a Medium tank, at 13.5 tons it "sits" between/is heavier than the Japanase Light Tank Ha-Go (7.4 tons) but much lighter than Germany Medium tank Panzer III (23 tons)

The M13/40 tank had many grave shortcomings which severely hampered its effectiveness on the battlefield though :thumbsd:







ISSUE 27 - M4A3 Sherman (105mm) 756th Tank Battalion France-German Front (United States) - 1945

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Sherman M4A3 105mm

Weight - 30.3 tonnes
Length - 5.84 m
Width - 2.62 m
Height - 2.74 m
Crew - 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver)
Armour - 76 mm (maximum)
Main Armament - 105mm M4 Howitzer
Operational Range - 193 km
Speed - 40 to 48 km/h


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Comparing with Dragon Models....

Comparing the Sherman (Medium Tank) to the King Tiger (Heavy Tank).... the Sherman crews don't stand a chance ! :bsmilie:

 

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ISSUE 28 - Merkava III 188th "Barak"'Armored Brigade (Israel) - 1990

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - Merkava III

Weight - 65 tonnes
Length - 9.04 m gun forward
Width - 3.72 m
Height - 2.66 m
Crew - 4 (commander, driver, gunner and loader)
Armour - Classified composite/sloped armour modular design
Main Armament - 120mm MG253
Operational Range - 500 km
Speed - 64 km/h (on road) 55 km/h (off road)



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ISSUE 29 - AMX-30 501st RCC Rambouillet - 1982

 

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The Combat Tanks Collection - AMX-30

Weight - 36 tonnes
Length - 9.48 m gun forward
Width - 3.1 m
Height - 2.28 m
Crew - 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Armour - 80 mm maximum
Main Armament - 105 mm Modèle F1 tank gun
Operational Range - 600 km
Speed - 65 km/h



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