Academy M51 "Super Sherman" Six-day War in 1/35 scale

I know there are many Sherman fanboys out there, so i finally got round to build one in 1/35 scale. My model shows a "Super Sherman" or "Isherman" (both terms were never used by the IDF) during the Six-day War in June 1967. The kit from Academy is really great and beneficial. The level of detail is good. The quality of the figures is not the best, but i decided to add them because they make the model more lifelike. I mixed the colour of the tank on my own, but i can´t remember which colours were mixed together. There was definately a lot of beige, light brown and olive-green in it. M-51 (Isherman) When the M-50 designed to defeat T-34 and T-55 tanks with the CN 75-50 gun, with appearance of T-54 and T-55 the new Arab tanks Israeli needed again new gun and as on M-50 Israel used French gun, the new 105mm CN 105 F1 gun. This gun was a 56 calibre and 6m long, firing a HEAT round with a 1000 m/sec. However, this gun could definitely not be installed in a Sherman turret, as this offered not enough recoil space. Israel then came up with a solution of their own: By shortening the gun to a 44 calibre gun (about 1.4 meters shorter) and accepting a lower muzzle velocity of around 800 m/sec. this odification, called the CN 105 D1 gun, could indeed be crammed into a T 23 turret. This gun was fitted in M4A1 tanks with HVSS, 180 M-51 tanks were ready in late 1960's. The M-51 Sherman tank developed with French-Israeli collaboration of the basis of the US Sherman tank, mounted a long 105 mm gun. The tank also had installed a US diesel engine and wide track and suspension. The tank participated in combat during the Six Day War (1967). In the famous battle in the Dotan Valley, as well as in the Yom Kippur War (1973). When the Six Day War (1967) war broke out, Israel had 515 Shermans ready for battle of total 520 Shermans, and when the Yom Kippur War (1973) war broke out, Israel had 340 Shermans. In the mid to late 70s, Israel had supplied over 150 M-51 Sherman tanks to the Chilean army. (Source: IDF Armor) I don´t own the rights for the music. Music: "Arabian endgame" from the PC game "Modern Warfare 3" Music Composed By Brian Tyler. (C) 2011 Activision