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Italeri Wessex UH.5 1:48 Helicopter Model Kit (2720)

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The Wessex, easily recognizable for its unmistakable line characterized by the elevated pilot's cabin, was produced by the British Westland under license. In fact, it was based on the airframe of the American Sikorsky S-58 helicopter and on the adoption of a 1,200 HP Rolls-Royce turbine engine of English production. Thanks to an extraordinary longevity, the Wessex was, for almost three decades, used by the British Royal Navy to carry out numerous operational tasks in its various versions. Among the latest versions, the HU 5 is the one that has borne the weight of the most exhausting being used during the Falklands war of 1982. The Westland Wessex UH.5 was in fact specialized, during the conflict between Argentina and Great Britain, to tactical transport.