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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Tank IT-1

This is an SDV Raketovy Tank IT-1.
It is essentially a T-62 tank with 15  3M7 Drakon missiles on board.
It had very good long range accuracy and penetration but the rocket created a dead zone of several hundred meters before it could be guided.  So it was not in service but a few years in the early 1970s.
I think with a reasonable secondary weapon of perhaps a 30mm auto cannon it could have been a decent weapons system give more time to mature.
The SDV kit is pretty easy given that there is a bit of flash on most of the parts.
So while not hard to put together it is a bit slow going.
I like to take a lot of parts off, clean them up and them assemble them in batches.

I have a lot of Roco T54, Armortec T62, and Petner T72 tanks and using the SDV vehicles I am added a few specialized vehicles to give them a little variety and in some cases a few more capabilities. 
 

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