This box includes three vessels to give the possibility of creating a diorama. Strictly exact models, relatively simple to built in spite of a consequent number of pieces. Unique models on the market. In spite of the size of the model of aircraft-carrier, the assembly will be easy and the decoration simple to achieve.

The major piece of the modern-day Marines, the air and sea group ''Task Force'' releases significant forces during regional crises or more serious conflicts. Structured around one or several aircraft carriers, the whole is protected by anti-submarine fighting and anti-air escort vessels and is followed by a squadron convoy loaded with at-sea replenishment. Since the sixties, the French National Marine has made up such groups; the new Clemenceau and Foch aircraft carriers were often accompanied by recast escort vessels called Tartar, named after the anti-air system equipping the Kersaints and Dupetit-Thouars to mention but a few. A long way from its home port and sometimes in a hostile zone, it is thus necessary to replenish the group with fuel, ammunition, spare parts and fresh supplies. This is the role of supply tankers: the first modern buildings to be equipped for this purpose were La Seine and La Saône. A tricky exercise, replenishment at sea, or RAS, involves the movement of several ships in unison, the tanker is often supported by aircraft carriers on one side and a squadron escort on the other. The fuel is transferred using flexible ducts and the goods are conveyed in transit on suspended pallets by a network of cables. Lastly, an important detail for all sailors aboard these war ships, family mail also arrives on board during such replenishments at sea!

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