AFV Club releases the 35th scale M34 Gun Motor Carriage from the Korean War era...

Around Christmas time late last year we got our first look at AFV Club's second version US halftrack, this was a Korean War type, 40mm M34. We look today at the new feature list & photos of the completed kit from AFV's model makers in our preview...

AFV Club releases the 35th scale M34 Gun Motor Carriage from the Korean War era...

Korean War USA 40 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M34

From AFV Club

1/35th scale

Kit No# AF35334

AFV Club Website

The Subject: The 40mm Gun Motor Carriage, M34 

Abbreviated as M34 GMC, this halftrack is an American self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed in 1950 from the M15A1 CGMC. In 1950 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns such as the M16 MGMC and the M15A1 CGMC were shipped to Korea via Japan to fight in the Korean War. Ammunition shortages for the 37mm gun present on the M15A1 CGMC resulted in the replacement of the 37mm gun (and by extension the twin .50 calibre machine guns) with a 40mm Automatic Gun M1. The conversion was called the 40mm Gun Motor Carriage, T19, although it was later classified as limited standard under OCM 33894 as 40mm Gun Motor Carriage, M34. 

M34 40mm gun motor carriage was among the most heavily armed versions of the half-track.

104 M15A1 CGMCs were converted in Japan, where they then entered service with various units. The M34 40mm gun motor carriage was among the most heavily armed versions of the half-track. The M34 (instead of the M15A1, which was then classified as "limited standard") served with several AAA battalions there, including the 76th AAA Battalion and the 140th AAA Battalion. Several M15 "Specials" managed to avoid being scrapped in the post-war period and were also used, along with those converted in Japan.

The Kit: AFV Club's 1/35th scale Korean War USA 40 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M34:

This kit is an adaptation of AFV Club's 2020 Kit number #35334 M16MGMC "Meat Chopper" kit. This was well regarded, and popular kit. This one features the single 40mm AAA cannon as its main armament with a few features you see on this built up example below from AFV Club:

Precise photo-etched parts to replicate the finest parts of the vehicle.

Injection moulded rubber tires and track.

All doors can display as open or closed.

A highly detailed engine.

Plastic thickness is ultra-thin on the parts that need it..

Detailed interior of driving compartment.

New tooling buffer Drum.

Four types sighting are included.

Highly detailed recoil cylinder system.

Accurately reproduced chassis & suspension systems are based on thorough study of actual vehicle.

40mm aa gun can turn 360 degree and pitch angle adjustable.

Metal gun barrels included in this boxing.

Gun carriage can be built in the firing or the hauling position.

Authentic markings for the M34 that served in the Korean War are included.

You can find out more about this kit when it comes online on the AFV Club Website