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Webstore: M8 Scott GMC

It was developed on the chassis of the then-new Light Tank M5 (Stuart VI). The test vehicle had the standard M5 turret removed, and replaced with an open-topped turret. Armament consisted of a new open-topped turret armed with a 75

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Webstore: USMC 75mm pack howitzer light artillery

Providing long range fire support for US commanders, the 75mm pack howitzer makes it’s way into battle hardened hand of the USMC – raining shells from above onto the enemies of Uncle Sam! The 75mm howitzer saw combat during the Second World War with the US Marine Corps. Being designed in such a way that…

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Webstore: Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces

The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size. Often wrongly termed “Imperial Marines”, they were in fact sailors led by Naval officers, and traced their origins directly to landing parties from warships. Their true combat debut was at Shanghai in 1932; thereafter the SNLF expanded…