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A wrecked T34

Dug-in Panzer IV

Painting French armour for 1940

Airfix Stuka for Blitzkrieg

Two Tiger IIs

Broken down Opel Omnibus and Mechanics

Sherman with hessian camouflage

Cromwell with camouflage netting

Bail Out! AB crews for knocked out tanks

Die cast commercial vehicles for the Far East

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