Takom’s catalog includes a fair number of prototype armored vehicles, many of them Russian.
It has very wide tracks, a tall cabin, and a relatively small turret. My first thought was that it is some kind of early armored personnel carrier, probably interwar, built on a Holt Tractor or something similar. It resembles experimental Russian vehicles like the D-10 , D-11, and D-14, though the turret is wrong.
I doubt it is truck based because it lacks an obvious differential bulge.
Edit: The guess below is the best I have seen so far. Takom already produces a couple Maus models.
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That could be the potential winner Nikos … bit of a monster if it is … and i want one just for the crazy factor lol
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Not a fan of German whatif tanks.
I would rather see more us heavies like the T32 or the T28/95 or T54/57 or T110 and similar
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They make me chuckle as 95% of them are just so impracticable…
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If I recall correctly, double stacked turrets were tried on a few warships with not so great results.
I was really hoping for some oddball WW1 or interwar kluge. Oh well.
Fairly confident Takom will get around to the US T28 and T32. A US M6 would also be great. The people at Takom pretty obviously enjoy heavies.
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That’s why some brands complain their models don’t sell…
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Bu-but why? I think it’s a cool (ish) idea, but honestly I would rather have something else like some of the vehicles @Damraska and @gtdeath13 talked about. I like German what-ifs, but this is a little… Odd? Too far? Not really sure what to say but I mean with Takom’s other great releases lately maybe I’m a little spoiled.
That being said, this is definitely one of the stranger “what-ifs”. This model will be HUGE so I’ll probably never get around to building one. But it’s still cool. But odd.
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If you construct something for the Führer, be it practical or not, you don´t have to go to the Eastern Front.
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After looking at it there HB … I have changed my mind … it looks horrible lol … off to the eastern front I go …
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I won’t be adding that to my list of wants.
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You’ve got to ask yourself - the turret basket for the top turret goes where? Hmmm…
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Blechhh… that is… one of the ugliest models I’ve ever seen! If it didn’t have the topmost turret I would consider it, but that top turret is just bad.
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Swap out that top turret for a Kugelblitz or similar AA-turret …
I mean, it can’t get any uglier …
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I think you guys have it all wrong. It just needs a Panzer I turret on top to serve as a cupola. Maybe strap some Panzer 38(t)s to the sides.
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Hang a Pz I from davits at the stern …
to be used as Bug-Out-Buggy when the sh!t
hits the fan …
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Maybe it could have been the MBT 70 of that time. In terms of complexity anyway. It don´t look like the small turret rotates extra.
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If this would have been fielded, the suggestive name could have been: Bremer Stadtmusikanten.
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I noticed that about the small turret as well …
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