At the end of the 1960s the US Army entered into a joint program with the Federal Republic of Germany to create a universal main battle tank for combat in Europe against the Soviets and the Warsaw Pact. It was felt that a quantum leap forward was needed over the tanks then in service (the M60 and Leopard 1 series tanks) as the Soviets were fielding newer and more powerful tanks such as the T-62 and the “M-1967” (which turned out to be the T-64 series tanks).
Dragon’s brand new Black Label line offers exciting military subjects for eager modelers. Black Label is a whole new line of kits marketed independently of Dragon or Cyber-Hobby, and this flexibility results in reduced prices for the big items in this exciting series. The second Black Label kit to see the light of day is a 1/35 scale model of the MBT-70 (Kpz.70). This 54-tonne tank is perhaps not well known because it never entered production, but it’s the grandfather of both the M1 Abrams and the Leopard 2.
Features:
- Turret possesses irregular shape w/appropriate cast texture as per original
- Newly designed MBT-70 (Kpz.70) rendered w/appropriate details
- Driver’s rotating cupola includes transparent parts
- Smoke grenade launchers w/well-defined detail
- Missile transmitter cover can be assembled open/closed
- Commander’s night sight and panoramic sight and panoramic sight include clear-plastic parts
- Newly designed one-piece slide-molded upper and lower hulls replicate the originals
- Cupola and gunner’s hatch cam be assembled open/closed
- 20mm auto cannon can be posed at different angles
- 152mm XM-150E5 gun rendered w/correct detail
- Accurate antennas and stowage rack presented
- Engine deck presented w/subtle detail
- Gun travel lock can be posed raised or lowered
- Headlights have crisp detail
- Rear hull and engine grill are finely detailed
- Detail on underside of turret bustle fully represented
- Sprockets and road wheels assembled from multiple parts
- Detailed one-piece DS tracks