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BUILDING AN IRANIAN M38A1C

AFV Club 1:35 M38A1C Army and Marine w/M40A1 Recoilless Rifle • Kit No. AF35S19

Captain Houshang Samadi

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The M38A1 Truck, Utility: 1/4 ton, 4x4, or Willys MD, was a four-wheel drive, military light utility vehicle made by Willys and Willys Motors / Kaiser Jeep from 1952 to 1971.

On 22 September 1980, Iraq invaded Iran with twelve divisions, including five armoured divisions, five mechanised divisions, and two infantry divisions from the west and south. Each armoured division had nine armoured battalions and each battalion had 54 tanks!

AFV Club 1:35 M38A1C Army and Marine w/M40A1 Recoilless Rifle Kit No. AF35S19

It was widely procured by the U.S. military from 1952 until 1957, after which it was purchased by the U.S. Marine Corps and exported to foreign governments until the end of production in 1971.

Captain Houshang Samadi is one of the national heroes of the Iranian Army during the 34-day resistance in Khorramshahr during the Iraq-Iran War.

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The Marine version had minor differences from the units used by other branches.

A courageous and competent officer, Captain Samadi had the Iranian Navy Rangers, the People’s Forces and the Revolutionary Guards under his command, and succeeded in crippling the Iraqi army in Khorramshahr and inflicting heavy casualties to Iraqi forces.

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Production totalled 101,488 units (80,290 domestic / 21,198 foreign sales). The vehicle saw extensive use during the Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq-Iran war and several other conflicts.

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I always read the instructions of each scale models before everything because you need to understand how to play the game and not to make the wrong move!

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