Staghound MK.I – ITALERI 6459

A kit from the brand ITALERI the kit “STAGHOUND MK.I – ITALERI 6459”.

Den Staghound armored car was designed in the U.S. entered the Second World War based on British specifications which required half rotated reconnaissance with a high level of protection, so with a strong armor, good weapons, and high mobility.

From a project this big armored Chevrolet result was that after an extensive series of evaluations, and testing went into production in late 1942, too late to be sent to the English departments engaged in North Africa. The department received the Staghound in the spring of ’43 and made ​​their debut during the Italian campaign used by departments exploring British and Polish. Despite the good characteristics of this medium was not adopted by the U.S. Army and then virtually all of the approximately 3,000 units were produced and used only by departments of the British Commonwealth. In the postwar Staghound were widely distributed to the new European armies, where they remained in service in some cases up to the 70s.

Kilde: STAGHOUND by Italeri