Magach 6 Tank Platoon

Magach 6 Tank Platoon

During the 1970s the Israel Defence Forces started to take deliveries of M60Patton tanks from the US, and with the outbreak of the 1973 war the Israelis asreceived M60 tanks direct from US Army stocks as replacements.
Initially, were they were modified to Israeli specification with the addition ofan M2 .50 cal machine-gun mounted over the gun mantlet and the addition of a7.62mm machine-gun each for the loader and commanders hatches. The commanderscupola was also replaced with the lower Urdan cupola. After 1982 they added athermal sleeve to the main gun.

Magach 6 Tank Platoon Box Contents**

• 5 Magach 6 Sprue
• 1 Decal Sheet
• 1 Tank Crew Sprue

Unit Cards

• 1 Magach 6 Tank Company HQ
• 1 Magach 6 Tank Platoon
• 1 Movement Orders
• 1 Israeli Forces

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted
15mm, resin/metal Battlefront Miniatures