British Army Churchill ARK Armoured Ramp Karrier Mk 1.

The Churchill ARK Mk 1 (Armoured Ramp Karrier) was a specialised engineering vehicle developed by the British 79th Armoured Division (Hobart's Funnies) during World War II, in response to the obstacles encountered during the 1942 Dieppe Raid. It was designed to instantly convert an obstacle into a route for following vehicles.

The ARK's primary function was to act as an expendable, self-propelled bridge or ramp. It was built by removing the turret from a standard Churchill Mark II (or Mark IV Infantry Tank) chassis and installing rigid trackways along the length of the hull, with hinged ramps fitted front and rear. The driver would position the turretless tank directly into or against the obstacle. Other AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles) would then drive up the rear ramp, across the vehicle's own hull-mounted trackways (which were approximately 2ft/61 cm wide on the Mk.1), and down the front ramp to breach the obstacle (such as a sea wall or deep anti-tank ditch).

Mixed-media plastic & resin kit for the advanced modeller.
Features: Plastic parts (450g) – Turretless AFV Club Churchill kit, metal coil spring suspension, photo-etch. Resin parts (150g) – 2 lengths of bridge deck, early-stage cast link crawler tracks. Markings for 34th Tank Brigade, 79th Armoured Division "Chelmsford".

Box code: DH96013.
Box description: Churchill ARK Mk.1.

1:35 scale plastic model kit from Ding-Hao Hobby, requires paint and glue.