The Magach 7 is a modern Israeli Main Battle Tank (MBT). The first vehicles of this type appeared in 1988. The drive is provided by a single diesel engine Continental AVDS 1790-5A with 908 HP. The armament consisted of a single 105mm cannon and four 7.62mm and 12.7mm Browning machine guns.
In the 1960s, the Israeli army began to equip its armored forces with new M48 tanks, imported mainly from the USA, and from 1970 - the M60 Patton. For those times, they were modern cars, but the experience of the Israeli army during the Yom-Kippur war (1973) showed some of their disadvantages. To remedy this, they were modernized - the Magach 6 cars, which performed well during the intervention in Lebanon in 1982. In order to further increase the potential of the M60 vehicles, it was decided in Israel to modernize them again and create the Magach 7 vehicles. Compared to its prototype, the M60A3 tank, the Magach 7 has many changes. First of all, it has a new power unit, a completely new fire control system (similar to the Merkava III tank), new tracks and transmission, and a new reactive armor applied to the turret, hull and side shields. In the course of use, three development versions appeared: Magach 7 A (Alef), Magach 7 B (Bet) ora with Magach 7 C (Gimmel). Vehicles of this type have been systematically replaced in line with Merkava tanks, but are still in the reserve of the Israeli armed forces.
Academy brings us their 1/35 Magach 7C Gimel scale model kit! This kit features a new turret, large external storage basket, passive armor array, armored side skirts and a 7.62mm FN-MAG machine gun. As a modernized Isreali army tank, it's a variant of the M60. It allows assembly to be completed with the hatch open or closed. A tank crew figure is also included.
This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit.
