SKF 232 T-54 tank for the Egypt Army

The T-54 medium tank was one the widespread tanks in the world. They started to equip the soviet army with T-54-3 in 1951. The tank is armed with a 100-mm stabilized tank gun, a 7,62-mm "СГ-43" MG and a 12,7-mm "ДШК" antiaircraft MG. Vertical angles of fire for tank gun from -5 to +80 degrees and for the antiaircraft MG from -4,5 to 82 degrees. The ammunition supply consist of 34 rounds and more than 3000 cartridges. Rate of gunfire is up to 7 shots per minute. Maximum sighting range is 17,5 km. The tank is powered by 12-cylinder four-stroke diesel V-54 engine. The engine power is 520 hp. The tank is provided with equipment that permits water fording. The tank has саterpillar track assembly with rear driving wheels. The саterpillars are metallic with rubber-metallic hinges; the track number is 91. The tank is equipped with the independent torsion-bar suspension. The tank has four crew-members, a commander, a gun layer, a loader and a driver. In 1970s and 1980s T-54 was the main tank of the Egypt Army. This tank was modernized before the 1973 war (Yom Kippur War) by fitting it with a German AEG-Telefunken night vision system and "Iskra" laser rangefinder.

Catalog number: SKF 232
Scale: 1/35
Type: Tank
Period: Cold war (1946-1991)
Weight: 430 gramm