Scale Military Modeller International – August 2019

United States Marine Corps

tamiya

I

’d been looking at my

collection of built kits

that are just sitting

there waiting to be

painted, and decided I’d leave the

Panzers for a while so brushed of the

dust from Tamiya version of the M60A

with ERA. I’d built this Tamiya version

of the M60A1 with ERA kit years ago as

I liked the look of the M60, as I’d spent

a bit of time with the US 2nd Armoured

Division when they were just getting

their new M1s but still had a few of

these around. l then decided it was

about time that it got the attention it

deserved. Now this version was

released in 1992 and some parts

showed. So before adding

any paint I got hold of an

etched detail set from Eduard

for the Italeri version (it has

more bits and pieces) a set of new tracks

from Bronco, and a few resin items

such as the canvas machine gun cover

and British smoke dischargers. Other

needed items would come from my

‘spares-box’.

Now apparently Tamiya took the

measurements for this model from

one without and engine, so

it sits a little high. So, to ix

this you can just cut the

wheel supporting

arms by a few

millimetres to

6 SCALE MILITARY MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

Mighty Marine

Desert Shield

With Explosive Reactive Armour

Manufacturer: Tamiya

Scale: 1:

Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded

Kit Number: 35157

USMC M60A

MATT EDWARDS BUILDS THE 1:35 TAMIYA USMC M60A1 WITH EXPLOSIVE REACTIVE ARMOUR

USMC m60a

Scale 1:35 / With Explosive Reactive Armour

RESEARCH

The program

to develop the

M60A1 was

approved in

early 1960. The

first prototype

pilots attempts

to mate a

modified M

hull with the

T95E7 turret

took place in

March 1960.

The turret,

even without

the siliceous

cored armour,

provided

improved

ballistic

protection.

Additional space

for the turret

crew was also

made available

by using the

M140 mount

thus moving the

cannon 5 inches

forward.