Kit features
- single piece lower hull and upper hull with exterior detail,
- separate turret (moveable)
- optional commander figure,
- hinged hatches,
- separate on-vehicle equipment,
- filigree handholds and other exterior parts,
- storage boxes,
- air cleaner,
- search and tracking radar (movable),
- injection molded tow cables,
- (x2) Bofors 40 mm L/70 rapid-fire guns (elevate) and detailed gun mount,
- detailed running gear (road wheels, sprockets and vinyl track lengths).
Decals and markings for a single tank
Fossileyes' Factoids; The M247 Sergeant York DIVAD (Division Air Defense) was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), developed by Ford Aerospace in the late 1970s. Based on the M48 Patton tank, it replaced the Patton's turret with a new one that featured twin radar-directed Bofors 40 mm rapid-fire guns. The vehicle was named after Sergeant Alvin York, a famous World War I hero.
The Sergeant York was intended to fight alongside the M1 Abrams and M Bradley in the U.S. Army, in a role similar to the Soviet ZSU-23-4 and German Gepard. It would replace the M163 Vulcan Air Defense System and MIM-7 Chaparral, ad hoc systems of limited performance that had been introduced when the more advanced MIM-46 Mauler failed to mature.
Despite the use of many off the shelf technologies that were intended to allow rapid and low-cost development, a series of technical problems and massive cost overruns resulted in the cancellation of the project in 1985 after 50 were made.
