Bolt Action - 8th Army (Plastic) RUBICON British Boxed Sets (Plastic) When the M4 medium tank

When the M4 medium tank first saw action with the British Army at El Alamein it represented a qualitative step change in performance

American forces started the war with no experience of combat and often with minimal training

This is a variant of the American Sherman equipped with a powerful 17 pounder anti-tank gun

Both members of the team had sniper training so the role of spotter was interchangeable

Bolt Action - 8th Army (Plastic) RUBICON British Boxed Sets (Plastic) When the M4 medium tankFormed from the Western Desert Force in 1941, the British 8th Army comprised men from across the British Commonwealth British, New Zealanders, Australians, Indians and South Africans. Following early successes against the Italians in North Africa, the 8th Army suddenly faced a new, more deadly foe the Deutsches Afrika Korps led by their mercurial commander, Erwin Rommel. Thus began a series of operations with Allied and Axis forces being pushed back