US119 M22 Locust Light Tank (1:285)

This pack contains five M22 Locust light tanks.

The Locust was designed to be an airborne light tank, commissioned by the British. It had a troubled development and saw very limited action in WW2 to limited effect. It saw further combat with the Egyptian army in the 1948 Arab Israeli War in light tank companies.

An American designed light tank produced for service with British airborne forces. Entering production in late 1943, a total of 830 were produced. Of these, 260 were shipped to Great Britain. Only 8 Locusts were to see active use during Operation Varsity in March 1945. At the end of WWII, the M22 was used by the Belgian Army as a Command vehicle and several companies employed by the Egyptian Army during the 1948 Arab Israeli War.