A small clear sprue includes headlight lenses, periscopes, and glass for the driver’s armored windscreen, while a small photo-etched sheet provides details. The parts show excellent detail and two sets of individual link track (T85E1 and T72) types are included. This made room for a generator on the right fender, allowing the turret to be operated without the main engine running.īronco Models’ recent release of the M19A1 is the first plastic model of the vehicle in 1/35 scale. The M19A1 differed slightly in that two bustles were added to the turret to house radios, and I believe the right-side exhaust pipe was removed from the fender with all exhaust routed to the left pipe. However, the M19 proved useful in the Korean conflict. Designated the M19, production started before the end of WWII, but it’s believed that none saw action in WWII. The M24 chassis was lengthened slightly and the engine and transmission were moved to the center of the vehicle with the Bofors turret mounted in back. Originally designed to fit on a modified M5 Stewart chassis, the project was switched to the M24 Chaffee chassis when the M5 series was phased out. Given this situation and many issues, the South China Morning Post reported this week that the chip shortage could last until 2022.The concept of mounting a twin 40mm Bofors gun on an armored vehicle started during the later years of World War II.
Taiwan, where many semiconductors are made, is suffering through a water shortage because no typhoons hit the island last year (which means aquifers are low) and rainfall for the first three months of 2021 was roughly half of the normal rate. Volkswagen alone is down 100,000 vehicles for 2021, with the situation expected to worsen in the second quarter, and doesn't expect to be able to make up the difference this year.Įxactly how long this situation will last is up in the air, but it appears like there's darkness on the horizon. The consulting firm AlixPartners, cited by the Washington Post, estimated that the global auto industry will make somewhere between 1.5 million and five million fewer vehicles this year than originally expected. Here’s hoping the upside is that these unexpected variants will be quirky collector's items some day.Īlmost every automaker has been affected and forced to adjust production schedule in major ways. Sure, it’s not available in the U.S., but Stellantis said this week that instead of the digital speedometers the car was going to have, it will now be produced with analog dials as a way to save chips to use in more popular models. Obviously, the biggest issue is how many plants are pausing production-and we’re here to let you know which major vehicles have their production currently affected by the chip shortage-but let’s not forget the Peugeot 308. The semiconductor chip shortage has affected the auto industry in dramatic ways.
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