Osprey - Soviet Lend-Lease Tank Panzer IV Based on the American Christie

Based on the American Christie high-speed tank

5cm gun is authentically reproduced in a compact 1/48 scale

operation and maintenance of the British Army's most successful post-war tank

the M47 and M48 were rushed into production - teething troubles were inevitable

and Archers were delivered to the British Army's Armoured and Infantry Divisions

Osprey - Soviet Lend-Lease Tank Panzer IV Based on the American ChristieTanks of World War II. By Steven Zaloga. The Red Army suffered such catastrophic losses of armour in the summer of 1941 that they begged Britain and the United States to send tanks. The first batches arrived in late 1941, just in time to take part in the defence of Moscow. The supplies of British tanks encompassed a very wide range of types including the Matilda, Churchill, and Valentine and even a few Tetrarch airborne tanks. American tanks included