Panzerkampfwagen Panther With 8.8 cm Gun Design Proposals

German Reich (1944-1945) Medium Tank – Project Only By 1944, the fate of the Großdeutsches Reich (English: ´Greater German Reich´), more colloquially known as Nazi Germany, started becoming clearer and it was certainly not in the favor of the Germans. However, the German nation was not ready to surrender. As a result, the Panzerkampfwagen V …

Panzerkampfwagen Panther Ausf.F (Sd.Kfz.171)

German Reich (1945) Medium Tank – Small Number of Unfinished Hulls and Turrets. At Least One F/G Hybrid. As early as 1943, the Germans sought to design a new turret for the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (Sd.Kfz.171). The Rheinmetall-designed turret that the Panther was equipped with was considered to be an inefficient design with various flaws. …

TAA – Tun Antitanc Autopropulsat

Socialist Republic of Romania (Circa 1984) Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Gun – Concept Only Starting in the 1950’s, the Republica Populară Română (English: ‘Romanian People’s Republic’) tried to lessen the mighty Soviet economic and cultural grip as a response to Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization campaign. After Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, leader of the Romanian People’s Republic from 1947 to 1965, …

Obuzierul autopropulsat românesc, Model 1989

Socialist Republic of Romania/Romania (1987-1992) Self-Propelled Howitzer – 42 Built Model 1989 at the Mizil factory. Source: MFA Starting in the 1950’s, the Republica Populară Română (English: ‘Romanian People’s Republic’) tried to lessen the mighty Soviet economic and cultural grip as a response to Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization campaign. After Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, leader of the Romanian …

MLI-84M Mortar Variant

 Romania (2015) Mortar Carrier – None Built An un-silhouetted, but low quality rendering from the patent of the MLI-84M with a CARDOM mortar. Some internal details can be seen. On the 25th of September, 2015, Pro Optica S.A. and MFA S.A. Mizil, two prominent Romanian defense companies, filed a patent for a new variant of …

Vânătorul de Care R35

Kingdom of Romania (1944) Tank Hunter – 30 Converted Prospective buyers Before Romania’s involvement into the 2nd World War, its Army had been trying to establish a solid effective tank corp for decades. At the time, Romania was only armed with measly Renault FTs. British Whippets, Disston tractor tanks, Czechoslovakian V8Hs, etc had all been …

T-26/37mm

Kingdom of Romania (1942) Light Tank – Proposal Only Throughout World War II, the Kingdom of Romania captured various vehicles from their enemies, especially from the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. These armored vehicles were either used in combat, used for training or scrapped for spare parts and material for the production of domestic armored …

T-45

Soviet Union (1942) Light Tank – 1 Prototype Built Introduction Excellent frontal view of the T-45 – Credit: warspot.ru The T-45 was a Soviet WWII light tank project, meant as a stop-gap measure until the T-70 could enter production. It was based on the lesser T-60, but with a new gun, turret and engine. While …

Marvin Heemeyer’s Armored Bulldozer

United States of America (2004) Improvised Fighting Vehicle – 1 Built A one-man rampage In 2004, the resort town of Granby, Colorado was terrorized by a man named Marvin John Heemeyer. A costly amount of property and vehicles were destroyed by a single man and his retrofitted Komatsu D355A bulldozer. Heemeyer’s bulldozer (also known as …

BMPT Terminator

Russian Federation (2002) Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle – 15-20 Built BMPT Terminator being showcased at an expo. Philosophy of a Russian heavy IFV The BMPT Terminator (the name “Terminator” is not an official designation, but used by the designers for publicity reasons) is a support combat vehicle which is mainly meant to be used in urban …