Shelter radio HQ-17A GMC base Tamiya
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Shelter radio HQ-17A GMC base Tamiya


Tamiya-based HQ-17A GMC Shelter radio conversion kit in 1/48 scale

Base for use: Tamiya 32548

Kit contains:

You can also contact us to have this model assembled and painted with the camouflage of your choice.
  • Shelter radio HQ-17A GMC base Tamiya
  • Shelter radio HQ-17A GMC base Tamiya
  • Shelter radio HQ-17A GMC base Tamiya

History of the Shelter radio HQ-17A GMC base Tamiya


This unique machine, assigned to the command company of the 653rd heavy tank battalion, was deployed in Poland in June 1944, then in Italy in September 1944, and ended the war in Germany in the spring of 1945.
It was one of the battalion's "five-legged sheep", equipped with models recovered from school units. Two other well-known transformations are a Panzer IV turret mounted on a Panther D chassis, and a Flakvierling38 mounted on a first-model Bergpanther. To complete this curious battalion, the prototype Tiger I was also used.