Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale
 
Lend-Lease Tanks in Red Army ACE
Kit #72001
Article by Doug Chaltry; last updated 1 May 2009
Wow. Lend-Lease vehicles to the Soviet Union are very well covered between this set, and the similar set by ARMO. Although many of the markings are included in both sets, each one has some unique vehicles too. Most all of the markings in this ACE set are printed in single color, except for a few pairs of red stars, which unfortunately are slightly out of register. Aside from that, these decals are extremely well printed and researched (though some of the unit designations may be a bit off in terminology).

There are 43 different vehicles included in this set. Specific markings on this sheet include (Shermans are highlighted in brown):

  • Matilda. 1st Ukrainian Front. Village of Stoyanov. March 1944
  • Matilda. 64th Tank Brigade. Southern Front. Barvenkovo Area. May 1942
  • Matilda tank of Lt. Razin. 64th Tank Brigade. Southwestern Front. Getmanovka. Aug 1942
  • Valentine IV. Unit unknown. Vilnius, 1944
  • Valentine IV. 188th Tank Brigade. 20th Army. Western Front. August 1942
  • Valentine IV. Unit unknown. Southwestern Front. Kharkov area, May 1942
  • Valentine IV. 201st Tank Brigade. Voronezh Front, January 1943
  • Valentine VII. 5th Tank Brigade, Alagir, Transcaucasian Front, 1942
  • Valentine IX. 511th Flamethrower Regiment, 67th Army, 3rd Baltic Front. Summer 1944
  • Valentine IX. 4th Motorcycle Recconnaissance Regiment, 6th Tank Army. Bucharest, August 1944
  • Valentine IX. 1st Guards Mechanized Cavalry Group. 2nd Ukrainian Front. Hungary, March 1944
  • Universal Carrier. Kursk Battle. Summer, 1943
  • Universal Carrier. Orlov-Kursk Region, Summer 1943
  • Universal Carrier. Polish Forces. 1st Army. 1944
  • Universal Carrier. Southwestern Front. Summer, 1943
  • M3A1 Scout Car. 1st Ukrainian Front. Left bank of Spree River, 1945
  • M3A1 Scout Car. 1st Guard Mechanized Corps. 3rd Ukrainian Front. Vienna, April 1945
  • M3A1 Scout Car. 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps. April 1945
  • M3A1 Scout Car. 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps. 1st Baltic Front. Mitava, 1944
  • M3A1 Scout Car. 5th Guards Tank Army. 2nd Byelorussian Front. East Prussia, 22 February 1945
  • M3A1 Scout Car of Guards Lt. Kirillov, Feb. 1945
  • M2 Half-track. 1962(?) Tank Destroyer Artillery Regiment. 15th Mechanized Brigade. 4th Guards Mechanized Corps. Sophia, Bulgaria, 1944
  • M17 Half-track. 2nd Tank Army. Berlin. 1945
  • Willis Jeep. Kiev. November 1944
  • Ford GPA. River Svir
  • Ford GPA. River Wisla, Poland. Summer 1944
  • M3 Lee. 257th Independent Tank Regiment. Novorossysk Region. North Caucasus Front. 1943
  • M3 Lee. 193rd Independent Tank Regiment. Orlov-Kursk. July 1943
  • M3 Lee. 241st Armoured Brigade. Don Front. September 1942
  • M3 Stuart. 241st Tank Brigade. Don Front. Stalingrad, October 1942
  • M3 Stuart. 241st Tank Brigade. Don Front. Stalingrad, October 1942
  • M3 Stuart. 153rd Tank Brigade, 10th Guards Army. 2nd Baltic Front. Riga, October 1944
  • M3 Stuart. 23rd Guards Tank Brigade. Western Front. February 1943
  • M3 Stuart. Unit unknown. North Caucasus Front. Summer 1943
  • M3 Stuart. Unit unknown. Transcaucasus Front. Ozerejka. 1943
  • M4A2W Sherman. 2nd Tank Army. 1st Byelorussian Front. Lublin, Poland, July 1944
  • M4A2W Sherman. Tank of Sr. Lt. Sumarokov. Unit unknown. 3rd Ukrainian Front. Winter 1944
  • M4A2W Sherman. 7th Guards Cavalry Corps. Lublin, Poland, July 1944
  • M4A2(76)W Sherman. 1st Guards Mechanized Corps. Vienna, 1945
  • M4A2(76)W Sherman. 1st Guards Mechanized Corps. Vienna, 1945
  • M4A2(76)W Sherman. 1st Guards Mechanized Corps. Vienna, 1945
  • M4A2(76)W Sherman. 9th Guards Mechanized Corps. 6th Guards Tank Army. Vienna, 1945
  • M4A2(76)W Sherman. 2nd Ukrainian front. Brno, Czechoslovakia, April 1945

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