HMMVW  M1025, LSA ANACONDA 2004

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, w/ARMOR SURVIVABILITY KIT

INFO:    This model represents a HMMWV from Task Force 1-177 that operated from LSA Anaconda (Camp Anaconda) during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 1994. It includes fully detailed Add-on Armor Panels and diecast chassis.
 SCALE:    1:72
WING SPAN:     14.0  INCHES

Item Number: DRR60066                                                                                                                     Price: $9.95

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Main Features:
- Includes detailed Add-on armor panels
- Diecast chassis
- Detailed front and rear lights and license plate
- Includes display case with diorama background
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate HMMWV mold

About Camp Anaconda:
LSA Anaconda, the largest support base in Iraq, is reportedly nicknamed "Mortaritaville" because of the frequency of mortar/rocket attacks on the base. As of mid-October 2004, an article in the Seattle Times reported, the facility, home to roughly 22,500 US troops and an additional 2,500 contractors, had been on the receiving end of roughly two attacks daily since July.

About the M1025:
 The M1025 armament carriers provide mounting and firing of the MK19 automatic grenade launcher; M2, caliber .50 machine gun; and M60, 7.62 mm machine gun; ring-mounted with 360° arc of fire, with armor protection for crew, weapon components, and ammunition.

Fully-loaded M1025 armament carriers will climb road grades as steep as 60% (31°) and traverse a side slope of up to 40% (22°). The vehicles ford hard bottom water crossings up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) without a deep water fording kit and 60 inches (152 centimeters) with the kit.

As of late June 2004, the majority of the airfield's pre-existing bunkers have been abandoned by the US military. Facility Engineer Team 21 out of Ft Devens is the Department of Public Works for the base camp. As of September 2003 the Team was working on a Master Plan for the base, which may get as big as 20,000 soldiers. As of May 2004 the base had 17,000 troops and was 12 1/2 miles in circumference.