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The 28mm version of the Warthog ADV is now in store, and can be found here for £17.40 GBP.
(Non-E.U. customers will have the ex-VAT price of £14.50 GBP.)
This is a high-quality, pressure-cast, resin, white-metal and etch-brass kit for wargaming or scale modelling.
Note: Kit requires assembly and simple modelling skills. Tools may be required. Supplied unpainted and un-assembled.
Vehicle painted by David Woods AKA dwartist.
Kit to build a single Warthog ADV includes:
- Resin Pressure-cast Body
- Resin Pressure-cast Wheels
- Metal suspension, lights/flaps, weapon and mount
- Etch-brass stowage rack
Length 110mm (with stowage tray)
Width 53mm
Height 35mm (standard ride height)
The Warthog ADV (Advanced) is the next-generation development of the highly popular Warthog Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle. (The original Warthog is now redsignated as the "MKI.")
It's redesign shows the logical development of the various key aspect of the original vehicle, but makes it stealthier, adds variable-height suspensions, four-wheel drive, four-wheel-steer, and with a variety of top-hatch modifications.
It carries very little armament, but has integral launch-pods for stealth drones and an unmanned semi-autonomous TIP (Thermal Induction Pulse) light-cannon for localized self-defense.
It is stealthy with active-absorption panels, and armored with the latest of the MIB carbon-composite armors. It is powered by a micro-fusion generator, and has an E-sink battery system for "running silently." Its ability to "prong" allows the vehicle to raise itself over substantial obstacles and let its sensor look over walls and other obstacles, and the same suspension system also gives it a very smooth ride.
One driver/crew, up to three passengers with external stowage area to the rear, it has fording and swimming capabilities with deformable tires and tread, and is NBC-environment capable.
The Warthog ADV does not share the same level of protection as the Warthog (MkI), and is more cramped and carries less firepower. It also lacks the original Warthog's "S.H.I.E.L.D." system, which, whilst incredibly effective, caused serious power issues. The Warthog ADV is advanced in all other areas, and is proving immensely popular with both T-PEA and T-DF troops as the favored MRAP/ARV.
(UKS forces have applied for acquisition of the model. However, it appears likely that the M.O.D. will instead opt for the lower-TQ 'Bulldog', rather than have to jump through the lengthy bureaucratic hoops of the Agency purchasing systems.)