Last year we saw the “Male” version of the Mk.V from MENG
released and those of us who were more inclined towards the “Female” version
wait no longer – We have news of the Hotchkiss MG’s and many more new features along
with the boxart in our product preview…
Meng’s new MK.V Female
WWI tank in 35th scale
1/35th scale
Kit No# TS029
The real thing…
It’s usual to see brothers or sisters tanks fighting
together - much more normal to see one type fighting alone in a single battle.
So Meng has introduced the the rest of the “family” to their line in the form of the “Female”
Mk.V WWI tank in 35th scale.
Actually the Female and Male combination fighting
side-by-side like British Mk.V was more common than you would think because
Mk.V had both female and male versions of this tank.
MK.V female used the same chassis, same power system and
had similar appearance as Mk.V male. Since the army needed battlefield
break-through weapons and the tactics were limited at the time. The Mk.V
(female) was equipped with 6 Hotchkiss MKI .303 light machine guns, whereas the
male Mk.V’s were equipped with larger main guns. This all machine gun tank was
better suited to suppress and kill enemy infantry to back up the heavier
assault version Mk.V male tanks.
The Mk.V female helped the Allies win ultimate victory in WWI and showed great performance in
Russian Civil War.
The model:
MENG has already released a Mk.V “Male” tank kit in 2015.
But this year we will asee the release of the 1/35 British Heavy Tank Mk.V
(female) model end of March of 2016. Many modelers have experienced the power
of Mk.V male model, now it’s time to learn the charm of Mk.V female kit by its
highlights as follow!
You can find out more
about this release as more comes out from us here or the Meng Website…
