Trumpeter 07283 T-55 with KMT-5 WWII  [TP07283]

The T-54 series tanks first appeared in 1949 as replacements the T-34 tank of World War II. The initial T-54 model had been finished in 1946 with very first production from 1947. The T-54 ended up being constantly improved and modified, and, when sufficient changes had been made, the tank had been redesignated T-55. The T-55 ended up being introduced in 1958 and includes all refinements and improvements of the fully developed T-54 show without having to be radically different in design or appearance. The T-55A appeared in early 1960s. Manufacturing proceeded within the Soviet Union through 1981 and was additionally undertaken in China (as the Type 59), Czechoslovakia and Poland.

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