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Bolt Action: M8/M20 Greyhound Scout Car

Bolt Action: M8/M20 Greyhound Scout Car

Bolt Action: M8/M20 Greyhound Scout Car

Original price was: £22.00.Current price is: £17.60.

The M8 Greyhound was a popular and successful 6×6 armoured car that served American and British armies well throughout the war. Its crew of four served a 37mm gun, a co-axial .30 cal, with the more aggressive crews adding a .50 cal on the roof for anti aircraft and local defence. It was used by the US army in Italy, Northwest Europe and the Pacific -in the latter theatre its 37mm gun made it an effective tank destroyer, the role for which it was originally designed.

Replacing the armoured turret for a fixed, open fighting compartment, the M20 scout car was used primarily as a command vehicle, sacrificing the turrets main gun in favour of extra radio capability.

In games of Bolt Action both variants are armoured cars (DV 7+) that can be included in Armoured Platoons. The M8 has a light anti-tank gun, coxial MMG and option to add an HMG, the M20 has an HMG. Both vehicles benefit from the Recce special rule.

Contains:

  • 1/56th scale hard plastic US M8 or M20 armoured car
  • Instruction leaflet
  • Waterslide decal sheet

This vehicle can also be used in games of Achtung Panzer!, the game of close-quarters tank-on-tank combat, its rules can be found in the Achtung Panzer! rulebook.

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