Meng A39 Tortoise

For this model I have decided to imagine that the war dragged on into the winter of 1945 to allow the Tortoise to enter service. It has been whitewashed for the winter campaign and is part o fthe Guards Armoured Division - Irish Guards (My dad was a driver of a Sherman in the Irish Guards)

The Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise (A39) was a British heavy assault tank design developed in World War II but never put into mass production. It was developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas and as a result favoured armour protection over mobility.

Although heavy, at 78 tons, and not readily transported, it was considered reliable and a good gun platform.

Only a few prototypes of the Tortoise had been produced by the end of the war.