TFBX01: AMX-30 Tank Platoon

The armour of the AMX-30 is the lightest of the first-generation NATO tanks, using a composite of welded and cast armoured plates, while the turret is made of one single casting. It is armed with the excellent CN 105 F1 105mm L/56 rifled gun (with similar performance to the 105mm L7 gun found on the Leopard 1). The gun is not stabilised and can fire kinetic penetrator armour piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot (APFSDS, fleche or arrow), high-explosive (HE), high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), high-explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG), incendiary, smoke and illumination rounds. It is compatible with all standard NATO 105mm munitions.

One unique feature of the AMX-30 is its 20mm coaxial autocannon which could be elevated independently from the main gun to engage helicopters. It also mounted a 7.62mm MG on the commander’s cupola.

In 1979, a new self-propelled 155mm howitzer entered service with the French army, the AMX AuF1. This new gun placed the new GIAT Industries GCT 155mm howitzer turret on the hull of the AMX-30 tank. The 155mm howitzer is fitted with an auto-loading system, giving it a sustained rate of fire of 6 rounds in 45 seconds, allowing it to lay down quick, devastating barrages.

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:

• 5x AMX-30 Tanks or AMX AuF1 155mm Howitzers

These miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted