In 1942, the Russian military engineers were urgently searching for suitable BM-13-16 "Katiusha" rocket launcher chassis as addition to and substitution for their own, by now more and more obsolete ZIS-6 truck.
Therefore, in the course of this year, they tested and deployed no less than 9 Lend-Lease truck chassis, partially presented here, among them the GMC CCKW-352, better known as "Deuce-and-a-Half" or "Jimmy".
CCKW Out of more than half a million produced from 1941 throughout the war, with all kinds of bodies, with the short 145in. and the long 164in. wheelbase, with open and closed cab, with and without winch, the Russians received only 6,700 pieces.
The kit consists of over 400+ parts
- The kit w/refined detail
- Main tires with very good detail
- Photo-etched parts included
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