The new Tongde 1/16th Bradley first look, and fuctions

[Mr tank a lot]

Dear all
This turned up today, thought it might interest you a little.
It looks better quality than the earlier tanks, but a few huge gaps!.

Hope your all very well!

RC TANK UNBOXING THE NEW TONGDE 1/16th BRADLEY IFV & IN-DEPTH LOOK. SIZE COMPARISON WITH HL ABRAMS
https://youtu.be/HiFADMCNFvw

[jhamm]

Hi,
here some pictures of my Bradley:

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[Kaczor]

Have you measured it? Is it real 1/16 or closer to 1/15?

[jhamm]

I don't care if the scale is exactly 1/16.
I am happy that this model now exists.

[Kaczor]

Sure. It's on my list also. I'm seeing it in Ukrainian pixel camo

[lmcq11]

Looks like a good base. It will be interesting to see the finished model with all the parts installed to compare with the OKMO DKLM M2A3.

[BarryC]

I appears the height is off as it sits tall as compared to the Abrams in the comparison between the models and the actual machines.

Barry

[lmcq11]

If someone can assemble their TONGDE Bradley and post strait pictures of it at square angles from a specific distance, i could take the same shots of the DKLM Bradley and we could transpose the two sets to compare the models.

[jhamm]

According to Wikipedia, the M2A2 should have the following dimensions:
Length over all 6550mm
Width over all 3280mm
Length measured over all 445mm => 6550/445 = 14,72 scale
Width measured over all 222mm => 3280/222 = 14,77 scale

[tankme]

TongDE posted it was intentionally built larger than 1/16 scale so that they could fit their standard gearboxes in it. Some have reported it as large as 1/14.5.