1/700 Rapier SAM Battery

This kit is in 1/700 scale. It includes 4x Tracked Rapier Launchers, 4x Darkfire IR Rapier Launchers, 4x Land Rovers and 2x Blindfire RADAR Units. They are connected as a single sprue by a wire at the rear of the individual vehicles. Once the wire is cut the vehicles do not require and finishing.

According to Wikipedia: "Rapier is a British surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army and Royal Air Force. Entering service in 1971, it eventually replaced all other anti-aircraft weapons in Army service; guns for low-altitude targets, and the English Electric Thunderbird, used against longer-range and higher-altitude targets. As the expected air threat moved from medium-altitude strategic missions to low-altitude strikes, the fast reaction time and high maneuverability of the Rapier made it more formidable than either of these weapons, replacing most of them by 1977. It remains the UK's primary air-defence weapon after almost 35 years of service, and its deployment is expected to continue until 2020."