Girls und Panzer Gekijouban - Tenohira Senshado Collection - 08 - Type 97 Medium Tank (Old turret) - 1/72 - Chihatan Academy (Dragon, Platz)

This 1/72 scale model kit represents the Type 97 Medium Tank with the old turret, fielded by Chihatan Academy from Girls und Panzer Gekijouban. Produced by Dragon and Platz as part of the Tenohira Senshado Collection (number 08), this palm-sized kit captures the historic Japanese medium tank as it appears in the anime's tank warfare competitions. The Type 97 Chi-Ha was the most widely produced Japanese medium tank of World War II, developed to replace the aging Type 89B. In the Girls und Panzer film, Chi-Ha-Tan Academy fields seven Chi-Ha tanks during the exhibition match of Oarai/Chi-Ha-Tan against St.Gloriana/Pravda. During the skirmish, one Chi-Ha managed to land a lucky shot on a Matilda tank using the gun's depression, though the Chi-Ha-Tan students' enthusiastic charge ultimately led to most of their tanks being destroyed by Darjeeling's forces. The tank also appeared briefly in Episode 6, showing the aftermath of a match between Kuromorimine and Chi-Ha-Tan. The Tenohira Senshado Collection line focuses on small-scale, palm-sized tank models that are ideal for collectors looking to build a fleet of the various tanks featured throughout the series.