Description
The Berliet GBC was developed in 1958 as a new type of all-terrain 6×6 truck aimed at the oil industry and desert conditions. For this was created the prototypes GBC Gazelle which took part in an expedition, the “Missions Berliet-Tenere”. The success proved the type was indeed well suited, and the Army, which had a specification to replace the venerable WW2 GMC CCKW and wanted a model fit for the conditions in Algeria, ordered it. The military variant was done to NATO standards of the time as the GBC 8 TK. 35,000 in all variants were delivered to the French Army, making the bulk of its Cold War troop and supply transportation assets until the 1990s. The last were still modernized to extend their service life for another decade.
Set consists of 15 fine metal 1:600th/3mm scale miniatures.
Producer: ‘Oddział Ósmy’ sc Marcin Kaźmierczak i Tomasz Kołuda, ul. Piotrkowska 107, 90-425 Łódź, Poland
