The wire mesh was added late in the war. It detonates panzerfaust and similar weapons inches from the main armor. This also serves well to stick camo in.
These T-26 Super Pershings also had a dual spring support to help hold-up and steady the gun, and a counterweight on the rear of the turret to ease the strain on the traversing gears.
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(I love ithis obscure stuff)
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From true north minis (they have some cool smaller country WWII stuff at www.truenorthminis.com).
Metal die-casts, they do require a good bit of mold-line removal and other filing, but have good detail. They seem to be a great scale match to v1.0 units.