Author Topic: Ukranian Amphibious Tank  (Read 907 times)

Offline ysi_maniac

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Ukranian Amphibious Tank
« on: August 12, 2023, 03:29:25 PM »
The Russo-Ukrainian war, after many years, has gradually become a static war, of trenches and attrition, in which neither party achieves significant progress, despite the great efforts made. For Russia, the war is economically very burdensome, it increasingly depends on the importation of arms and ammunition from lower quality sources. Ukraine depends on the generosity of NATO funds. Public opinion in NATO countries is increasingly reluctant to continue handing over weapons receiving nothing in return.

Given these circumstances, a group of speculative Ukrainian modellers, including some diplomats and military members, devised a plan to, since they have less and less access to good NATO arsenals, request access to NATO scrapyards, naturally at almost zero cost. Thus began operation KITBASH, whereby Ukraine began to build, in workshops far from the front, all kinds of weapons, albeit not very standardized, very useful and cheap weapons; combining elements of WWII, the Warsaw Pact (Ukraine contributes its own scrapyards), NATO, Israel also joined the effort... There were rumors that Russia is doing the same with its own scrapyards in the operation PSR.

The model presented here is an amphibious tank designed to provide the marines with adequate artillery support from the first moments of disembarkation, even before landing. In this case, it was prepared to try reconquest of Crimea from the sea. No numerals are used to avoid traceability and the flag was harshly painted by the units at the front.

Disclaimer:
This text must be understood as a fiction or a little joke. There is no intention here to trivialize a real war in which real people die every day.







« Last Edit: August 14, 2023, 04:27:53 AM by ysi_maniac »

Offline Mig Eater

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank (under construction)
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2023, 05:11:55 PM »
The love child of a DUKW & a Is-3..?

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank (under construction)
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2023, 12:55:15 AM »
An early BTR? Looks good! I'm not sure the DUKW could hold up a heavy turret like that, though.

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank (under construction)
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2023, 01:45:45 AM »
Hi,
That looks cool.
Pat

Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2023, 08:50:09 AM »
The love child of a DUKW & a Is-3..?

IS-2
Turret is a conbination of IS-3 and AMX-30
« Last Edit: August 14, 2023, 04:28:24 AM by ysi_maniac »

Offline finsrin

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank (under construction)
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2023, 11:50:37 AM »
Good eye for the combo.  It works  :smiley:

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2023, 09:17:36 AM »
An early, amphibious Centauro?

Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2023, 11:02:38 AM »
^^^^^
Exactly

... and the gun barrel comes from the Merkava by LEE 1/72, which results a bit undersized. So, I would say the gun is about 100-105mm low recoil.

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2023, 12:03:10 AM »
A larger version of the Cockerill low pressure 90mm gun? I love the rounded rear of the turret.

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Re: Ukranian Amphibious Tank
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2023, 09:38:16 AM »
Bonkers kit bash. I love it  :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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