M1A2 SEP Abrams TUSK II

During the 2003 Iraq War and the subsequent occupation, the M1 Abrams served as the US military's main battle tank. While the M1A2 SEP was a state-of-the-art version that featured improvements in electronics, among other things, the US military faced a new threat during the occupation from 2004 onwards, namely weapons such as mines and small arms in close urban environments.
DAs Tank Urban Survival Kits (TUSK) were developed to counter such threats.
The original TUSK I featured blocky reactive armour on the tank sides, a mine protection plate, an additional M2 heavy machine gun above the main gun and protective shields for the gunner.
 The TUSK II upgrade added more shields for the commander and the characteristic tile-shaped reactive armour, but these were not fitted to all M1A2 SEPs.

Plastic model kit

• Length: 280mm
• Width: 127mm.
• The model reproduces the unique tiled reactive armour, commander's and loader's shields and M2 machine gun. 
• The model can be equipped with the TUSK II or TUSK I systems
• The complex reactive armour is built with few parts and little effort
• Includes the figures of the commander and the gunner
• 1 x TUSK I and 2 x TUSK II markings

Scale 1:35

unbuilt / unpainted