{"product_id":"trumpeter-tru09574","title":"Trumpeter 1:35 - Soviet BTR-152K1 APC","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoviet BTR-152K1 APC The BTR-152 was a six-wheeled Soviet armored personnel carrier , built on the chassis and drive train of a ZiS-151 utility truck. It entered service with a number of Warsaw Pact member states beginning in 1950, and formed the mainstay of Soviet motor rifle battalions until the advent of the amphibious BTR-60 series during the 1960s. BTR-152s were available in several marks, and were manufactured in large numbers for the Soviet military and export. Late production models utilized automotive components from the more reliable ZIL-157 truck. Three primary variants of the BTR-152 appeared between 1950 and 1959: the base armored personnel carrier with a single pintle-mounted 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun, an unarmed command vehicle with a higher roofline, and an anti-aircraft variant armed with a ZPU-2 mount. BTR-152s could carry a single infantry squad each, or specialist weapons teams along with their mortars and anti-tank equipment. In Soviet service, a number were also deployed as artillery tractors. BTR-152K (1959) - Received an armored roof with three big hatches on top of it, two of which opened to the right over the troop compartment, an internal tires pressure regulation system and a filtering\/ventilating system. The weight of the vehicle has increased, the crew went down from 2+18 to 2+13.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trumpeter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57102506557813,"sku":"TRU09574","price":55.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/4590\/3920\/files\/TU09574.jpg?v=1777902964","url":"https:\/\/accessmodels.co.uk\/products\/trumpeter-tru09574","provider":"Access Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}