A-6E TRAM Intruder 01642-1/72 Series

   The Grumman A-6 Intruder was designed as the replacement of the A-1. The first all-weather attack aircraft of the US Navy. The aircraft were called as the A2F before 1962 and got the new name, the A-6 Intruder, in service. The outstanding all-weather capability soon made the A-6 the main strike force of the Navy and Marines, and devoted into the Vietnam War.

   The A-6A were equipped with the DIANE system, which the most advanced navigation / targeting system at that time. But the problems of the  reliability were solved after few years. There are 480 A-6As were built and 47of them were upgrade to other type.