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-High quality plastic model kit

-1/35 Scale

-Unpainted and unassembled, requires paint and glue

The BA-3 was a heavy armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1933, followed by a slightly changed model, theBA-6 in1936. Both were based mostly ontheBA-I, the most importantdifferencebeing the new turret, sameoneas in the T-26 m1933 and BT-5 tanks, and also equipped with the45 mmmain gun. Around 180 BA-3 cars were built until productionceasedin 1935. Most of BA-3 production was based on the Ford-Timken chassis, a 64 modification of the US Ford AA 42 truck, but the last batch was built onaRussian version of the same chassis – GAZ-AAA, continued to be used in BA-6. The biggest limitation of the BA-3 was mobility, limited to roads or very hard ground, the result ofitsunnecessarily large weight. The innovation that slightly improved mobility were the auxiliary (“Overall”) tracks that could be fitted onto the rear tandem wheels,effectivelyconverting the car to half-track.