M48 Chaparral SAM Platoon (TIBX07)

M48 Chaparral SAM Platoon (TIBX07) includes four M48 Chaparral SAM launchers, one unit card & one decal sheet. The US also supplied the IDF with M48 Chaparral surface-to-air missile (SAM) carriers. It used the MIM-72G Chaparral missile that was aimed manually by the operator before firing until the missile locked on the hot exhaust of the aircraft with its infra-red seeker. Check out the M48 Chaparral SAM Platoon in the online store...

Oil War With Europe ablaze the shadow of war quickly crept across the globe. In the Middle East, Iran and Iraq had been locked in a conflict across their border since 1980, and looked unlikely to stop anytime soon.  Further west, Israel and Syria had come to blows in Lebanon as Israel fought PLO forces operating from inside their northern neighbour. The oil rich region, already rife with conflict and tension, was about to be drawn into World War III as the Soviet Union and US led NATO set about protecting their interests in the black gold that kept the wheels of industry turning. Learn More About Oil War...

M48 Chaparral SAM Launchers (x4)

M48 Chaparral SAM Platoon Box Contents

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M48 Chaparral SAM (x4)

Unit card (x1)	Decal sheet (x1)

Assembling The Chaparral