AFV Edition Unlike most Soviet tank designs of the Cold
War era, the T-10M only saw active service
once during its career during the invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968. Zack Sex brings up his
take on an Operation Danube T-10M from Meng
I
have to admit that the T-10M hadn't really been
on my radar until recently. Here was a heavy
tank which hadn't played a role in any major
conflicts such as the Stalin 2 series in World War
two or hadn't been deployed abroad to exotic
locations like the Stalin 3 to Egypt in the '67 and
'73 conflicts. It was standard green in its service
camouflage in any photos I saw of it, to be honest
I thought, “grand, one less must have vehicle to
build, I can get on with some scratchbuilt ARVs or a
few of those complex MiniArt T-54/T-55s”.
That was until I saw the Meng T-10M kit in all
its glory, including movable track links and fairly
fantastic detail.IT'S GROWING ON ME
The more I looked at it with its Joseph Stalin
heritage the more it began to appeal to me,
especially after I saw a few shots taken during the
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 during
the suppression of the Prague Spring. The Soviets,
after the disastrous first phase invasion of Hungary
in 1956, decided to totally over-do the amount
tanks and troops used during their invasion in '68.
Along with thousands of Warsaw Pact forces they
flooded into Czechoslovakia with all manner of
tanks, APCs and trucks including T-10Ms marked
with the standard white invasion stripes.Front three-quarter shot of the T-10M
on the author's cluttered workbench.
The new snorkel tube with covers and altered
turret attachments are visible here, as is
Mick Jordan's resin tank commander figure