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Hello friends
This time I show you an infantry vehicle of the US Army, it's M2 Bradley. Manufactured from the Tamiya brand at 1/35 scale with an exterior finish of camouflage and detailed on the inside with hinged rear door.

https://youtu.be/p6uWBMPZQSE

Greetings and I hope you like it

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3 hours ago, JJ Models said:

Greetings and I hope you like

Very nice but I would prefer just to see the pics on the same page. Just my opinion though. You do incredible work however.

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Ah yes...the controversial "Ronson" (anybody who ever smoked should get the reference), so nicknamed by its critics for its propensity to not fare as well as might have been hoped in actual combat...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/05/08/the-man-who-made-war-on-a-weapon/7b47ff0e-59df-4201-845c-d19b1597b395/?utm_term=.2099b9a29056

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On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 3:58 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Ah yes...the controversial "Ronson" (anybody who ever smoked should get the reference), so nicknamed by its critics for its propensity to not fare as well as might have been hoped in actual combat...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/05/08/the-man-who-made-war-on-a-weapon/7b47ff0e-59df-4201-845c-d19b1597b395/?utm_term=.2099b9a29056

Thanks. HBO made a pretty good movie based on Burton's book. "Pentagon Wars" with Kelsey Grammer & Cary Elwes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144550/

Your article mentions another notorious turkey that got cancelled, the M247 Sgt. York DIVAD (Division Air Defense).  There's a car connection since one of the main contractors was Ford Aeronutronics. Known to some of us working in the field, who had to deal with them, as Ford Aero-Neurotics.  The M247 was supposed to be a low-priced system using existing components: the hull of the M60 tank, modified fire control radar from the F-16 fighter, etc. 

Didn't work out that way. Costs ballooned and the thing couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, let alone an incoming Russian fighter.  Ford also raised eyebrows because it insisted on using 40mm Swedish Bofors guns, not guns firing the common NATO 35mm anti-aircraft rounds.  It was probably just a coincidence that Ford was partnered with Bofors and stood to make lots of money from that decision...

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Thank you very much for your comments, they are always well received and you learn a lot with them. a greeting friends

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