{"id":7854,"date":"2017-08-04T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7854"},"modified":"2017-08-03T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T11:41:49","slug":"tank-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/tank-hunters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tank Hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/tank-hunters\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>The Neo-Soviet Union armed forces are continuing the rollout of their new series of heavy armoured vehicles. The ISU-135 Mech and and ISU-175 Volk are the latest generation Tank Hunter and Assault Gun respectively. Based on the common Bars chassis, both feature the same fixed superstructure but carry different weapons &#8211; the Mech a 135mm long-barrelled DS gun, the Volk a massive 175mm low-velocity howitzer for clearing fortifications and strongpoints.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7867\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/tank-hunters\/mechvolk-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MechVolk-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7867\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both have a choice of secondary weapon &#8211; tri-barrel gatling, twin missile launcher or long-range sensor pod.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/tank-hunters\/mechvolk-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MechVolk-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7868\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also available is a 5-piece armour kit to upgrade vehicles from the Bars\/Vombat\/Terminator\/Mech\/Volk family. Includes sideskirts (fit any vehicle), bow armour plate (fits any tank) and two turret cheek armour pieces (Vombat or Bars).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/tank-hunters\/sf15-1254-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SF15-1254-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,539\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SF15-1254-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SF15-1254-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SF15-1254-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7869\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Neo-Soviet\/SF15-1207.html\">SF15-1207<\/a> &#8211; Mech Tank Hunter &#8211; \u00a38.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Neo-Soviet\/SF15-1207a.html\">SF15-1207a<\/a> &#8211; Volk Assault Gun &#8211; \u00a38.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Neo-Soviet\/SF15-1254.html\">SF15-1254<\/a> &#8211; Heavy Tank Armour Kit &#8211; \u00a33.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Neo-Soviet Union armed forces are continuing the rollout of their new series of heavy armoured vehicles. The ISU-135 Mech and and ISU-175 Volk are the latest generation Tank Hunter and Assault Gun respectively. Based on the common Bars chassis, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/08\/tank-hunters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-new-releases"],"views":4118,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MechVolk-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-22G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15268,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/10\/germ-infestation\/","url_meta":{"origin":7854,"position":0},"title":"Germ Infestation !","author":"Tony","date":"October 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of you may well know of Germy, or Jeremey Claridge to give him his proper name. 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