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| Subject: | Re: Skybow v AFV Dodges |  |
| Date: | Feb 7, 2007 |
| From: | Jim Lewis | |
I agree with Herve and Roy here - fantastic truck kits here. AFV Club didn't change Skybow's great work, no need to do so.
The WC-62/63 Squad Carrier is especially good. "Weapons or Weapon" Carrier isn't quite right for this truck though. AFV Club isn't too strong in English translation.
The Squad Carrier was born when the US Army change the size of its Infantry Squad. They wanted a proven design for carrying them, so Dodge took the WC-51/52 and stretched out the design to accomodate the increased number of solders in the new squad configuration.
The new Squad Carrier wasn't a simple stretch though - it turned out to be more sophisticated in the final version - and Skybow really did a good job on it. It just gets the moniker "weapon carrier" because most don't know what else to call it beyond the similarity to its smaller cousin.
Jim |
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