TR05525 Italian PUMA 4X4 AFV

The Puma Armoured Fighting Vehicles are a family of light wheeled armoured vehicles developed in a 4x4 and 6x6 configuration by the Consorzio Iveco Fiat - Oto Melara based in Rome . The Puma were developed for the Italian Army to complement the fleet of Centaur Tank Destroyer. Iveco Fiat were awarded a contract by the Italian Army for the development of Puma platforms carrying missles, a mortar carrier, an ambulance and a commando post vehicle. At the end of 1999, the Italian Army ordered 580 Puma vehicles, 250 of the 6×6 configuration, and 330 4×4 vehicles. First vehicles were completed in mid-2003. The Puma was first operationally in southern Iraq in early 2005.  

Twee uitvoeringen mogelijk;

• UN mission.
• Italian Army.

• Lang; 145.5 mm.
• Breed; 79.6 mm.

Model-details:

• multi-slide moulded upper hull
• the kit w/refined detail
• rubber tyres w/fine detail
• included Photo-etched parts 

Humbrol verf kleur nr.'s; 19 / 22 / 33 / 53 / 85 / 117 / 186.