Rubicon Models 1/56 28mm 280024 Allied M8 Scott Howitzer Motor Carriage Plastic Model Kit

The M8 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) was based on the M5 (Stuart) chassis. It was intended to provide indirect fire support for armoured reconnaissance units. A total of 1,778 M8s were produced from Sept 42 to Jan 44. The M8 was used by the US Army and Free French in Italy and Northwest Europe, and by the US Army in the Pacific. Eventually replaced by the M4 (105mm) and M7 Priest, it saw service after WW2 with the French Expeditionary Force in Vietnam & Algeria.