SUPER-SET M48A2 AVLB & Buch Die moderne Bundeswehr

The M48A2 Brückenlegepanzer or AVLB (Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge) was used by the Bundeswehr from 1960 with around 100 units.

A bridge hydraulic system for laying the 19.2m long bridge was placed on the hull of the M48A2 main battle tank. For this purpose, the turret of the tank was removed and the opening to the fighting compartment was covered with a panel, which received two hatches for the driver and the commander.

With the relocated bridge, ditches and small rivers up to a width of 15 meters could be safely crossed.

Until the introduction of the Leopard 1 based tank bridge-layer "Biber" in 1974, the M48A2 was the standard bridge-layer for armored engineer companies. These tried-and-tested vehicles remained in service with many armored engineer companies until the early 1990s.

Bilingual (German and English). 184 pages. Semi-hard cover.

This book is entirely dedicated to Bundeswehr models and we will be able to discover different techniques to achieve hyper-realistic finishes throughout the book.

The German army has always been an icon for modelers around the world. Of course, WWII models have a huge following and have been the darling of the industry for decades, partly because the major Asian brands have covered almost all the vehicles that operated during
WWII and due to the abundance of existing historical documentation for modelers. Bundeswehr vehicles have been less popular with modelers and some variants could only be made from resin kits or by complex conversions.

Everything evolves, and in recent years (since the late 1990s) the biggest brands have devoted more and more resources to the development of scale models of various operational Bundeswehr vehicles. The interest of fans in modern tanks has also fueled this model variant, which now occupies an increasingly important place.

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