This model of the Diamond T980 Tank Transporter, depicts another Allied
Forces livery, as deployed by the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade just
across the Mediterranean to Italy in 1943. The Allied forces used the
Diamond T 980 extensively during the conflict and after the war, the
Army sold off many of them to civilian heavy haulage and recovery
specialists. However, the military retained some and several were still
in use right up to the early 1970s.
This model wears drab dark green and brown camouflage with colourful
Canadian Armoured Brigade markings, including their Maple Leaf emblem.
The cab doors feature the military numbering R.9 H417459 in yellow and
white respectively and the cab roof carries the RAF roundel, while the
tank transporter section is identified in white as X464390. The model
is finished off with a completely black interior.