Academy 13507 1/35 Scale, American M163 VULCAN Tank, Plastic Model Kit (A13507)

1/35 American M163 Vulcan Model Contents

• Plastic injection parts
• Decal
• Photo Etched
• Assembly guide.

1/35 American M163 Vulcan Model Features

• Disasted plastic parts.
• Use a frame scissors to remove the parts.
• Use a model knife and sanding to clean the burr in the parts.
• Fill the gaps between the parts with filling material and sanding.
• There is no adhesive and paint in the box.
• You can make the necessary jerking with the assembly guide in it.
• It is recommended to paint it with the colors specified in the guide.

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The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) is a self -driven anti -aircraft weapon (Spaag) used by the United States Army. The M168 ball is a type of General Dynamics 20 mm (0.79 inches) M61 Vulcan Doner, a standard ball mounted on most US fighter planes since the 1960s.

The weapon is mounted on a modified M113 vehicle (M741 carrier). The system is designed to complete the M48 Chaparral missile system. M163 uses a small, only range radar, an/VPS-2 and a M61 optical lead calculation. The system is suitable for night operations with the use of Night Vision Nişlar, which can be mounted on the right side of the main view. The weapon can shoot at 3,000 bullets per minute or continuous fire mode per minute with short explosions of 10, 30, 60 or 100 bullets. A non -disconnected feeding system is used.

M163 had a very limited range from the beginning. The 20x102 mm bullet gave him a low-effective range of only 1,200 meters (3,900 ft), and the standard HEI-t bullets air defense load would be self-destroyed at about 1,800 meters (5,900 ft), a strict limit of the range. In addition, the radar was only a set for range and cannot find a target.
In the US and Israeli service, the Vulcan weapon system was used mainly as a support weapon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. For example, during the Just Cause operation in 1989, Vads weapons were used to support American land attack troops in Panama. A Vulcan of B Battery, 2/62 island sinking a PDF patrol boat. The last war action of Vads was the desert storm operation.

In order to provide an effective battlefield against helicopters equipped with tank missiles that can be fired at a few kilometers from a distance of a few kilometers, Vads was replaced by M247 Sergeant York DIVADS (Division Air Defense System), but this system was canceled due to cost excesses, technical problems and generally low performance.
In 1984, the improved PIVADS system was introduced, which provides improvements in ease of use and firing accuracy, but the limitations of the 20x102 mm caliber remained. In 1988, the fourth crew member was given a Stinger launch and two bullets.
Eventually, M163 was replaced with M1097 Avenger and M6 LineBacker in the US service, a M2 Bradley with FIM-92 Steinger missiles instead of standard Tow tank-guided missiles: The Steinger missile that provides the range of helicopters to cope with the helicopters is very exceeding the range of 20 mm balls and the fixed tank. missiles. Fort Riley Kansas, the last US Army Vads equipped unit, completed the delivery of Vulcan in 1994.