Megaforce · Hot Wheels military casting
1982 Hot Wheels Battle Tank 5272 — Casting Info & Complete Collector’s Guide
Olive-green tank with light-green and tan camouflage, released under the Battle Tank name.
Battle Tank is the name used for this 1982 issue of the same Big Bertha/Tough Customer tool. Do not confuse it with the separate Hot Wheels casting also called Battle Tank.
Release identification
| Body | Olive green |
|---|---|
| Markings | Light-green and tan camouflage |
| Base | Olive-green plastic |
| Wheels | Black MGW |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Release name | Battle Tank |
Physical Details
Olive-green body with light-green and tan camouflage, an olive-green plastic base and black MGW wheels. The catalog calls this issue “Battle Tank.” It uses the Big Bertha/Tough Customer tool; the name also belongs to a different Hot Wheels casting, so the finish and catalog record matter.
Packaging Details
| Series / release | 1982 Megaforce · Battle Tank |
|---|---|
| Catalog code | 5272 |
How this issue fits the Big Bertha casting
The same tank body appears across the Tough Customer, Battle Tank and Big Bertha names. Use the year, series and finish together to identify this release. The shared name alone is not enough to distinguish it from the separate Battle Tank casting or another Big Bertha package issue.
Complete variation web
Compare this entry with the other documented releases of the same tank casting.
- 1975 · Tough CustomerFlying Colors · 7655 · Olive-green body with white U.S. Army lettering and a serial number on the upper glacis.
- 1977 · Tough CustomerFlying Colors · 7655 · Dark-olive body with the same white Army lettering and upper-glacis serial marking as the earlier issue.
- 1982 · Battle TankMegaforce · 5272 · Olive-green tank with light-green and tan camouflage, released under the Battle Tank name.
- 1984 · Big BerthaMilitary 4-Pack · 7121 · Big Bertha is item 1 of 4 in the 1984 pack; the set record confirms package placement, not a specific finish or individual toy number.
- 1985 · Big BerthaAction Command · 5272 / 9372 · Olive military finish with green, brown and tan camouflage and small hidden rollers.
- 1985 · Big BerthaAction Command Battleground 4-Pack · 9412 · Olive-drab body with light-green, burgundy and tan camouflage; fourth vehicle in the Battleground 4-Pack.
- 1988 · Big BerthaAction Command · 9372 · Light-tan body with green, burgundy and white camouflage and a white star on the front.
- 1990 · Big BerthaMainline · 9372 · Dark-green body with light-green, burgundy and tan camouflage; collector number 79.
- 1992 · Big BerthaMainline · 400 · Light-gray body with brown, black and white camouflage; collector number 159.
- 1992/1993 · Big BerthaColor FX · 11042 · Olive-green Color FX version with yellow detailing. Catalogs disagree whether it belongs to 1992 or 1993.
- 1994 · Big BerthaMainline · 13192 · Light-gray #159 release with brown, black and white camouflage.
- 1994 · Big BerthaRussell Stover Easter Basket 2-Pack · 13192 · The gray camouflage Big Bertha was also listed in the Russell Stover Easter Basket 2-Pack.
- 1996 · Big BerthaMainline · 16309 · Black body with metalflake-purple finish and Night Force graphics; collector number 489.
- 1996 · Big BerthaMainline · 16309 · One 1996 #489 record: sources conflict between an orange turret/black hull and a dark metalflake-gray finish; the color remains unresolved.
- 1997 · Big BerthaMainline · 16309 · Black-and-metalflake-purple Night Force finish, white upper-glacis lettering; collector number 489.