The CENTURY 21 MOBILE BRIDGE AND COMBAT TANK is one of the less common C21 offerings. Like the Hurdler it is a straight military vehicle but it wouldn't look out of place in a SWORD fleet I don't think. I've never seen this toy in the 'flesh', the above picture of an incomplete example is courtesy of Ebay from a couple of years ago. Anyone got any more pictures of it?
Like the C21 Hurdler it has its doppelgangers (or maybe origin?) by MARX - in the shape of the CAP FIRING TANK and more closely the SPACE TANK, both pictured below, which even has the same red barrel tip shown [albeit unclearly] on the box art. Odd that Century 21 opted for a military theme rather than space. I do love this C21 toy though and can't wait to actually see it one day!
From the pictures, the MARX offering looks like a different moulding- differences in the commander's cupola, mudguards etc. I suspect both models are loosely based on the post-war American tank the M48 Patton (if memory serves me)which had a small cupola with machine gun on top of the turret.
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