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Posted on June 7, 2012 at 7:12am 0 Comments 2 Favorites
Long time no see, comrades! So,brace yourselves for a fresh portion of morbid projects of soviet citizens!
And the first one is...
Middle East Republican Mortar Automobile Armoured Corps
Autumn, 1941
This project came from Leningrad, and there are two pecularities: first, the concept was to assemble a highly mobile unit armed with self-propelled mortar on ZiS-101 chassis:…
Continue Posted on April 6, 2012 at 7:30am 4 Comments 2 Favorites
Sorry for the delay, I was rather busy this week. Let's begin.
Hellbus
November 1942
"High-speed battlewagon Fighting Vehicle was designed by military engineer 3rd rank from Tambov. Essentially, it was a hover battle troop carrier, 14,5 tons, 6850 hp engine and maximum speed of...350 km/h!
Here's the drawing:…
Continue Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:30am 5 Comments 3 Favorites
Getting back on track, I am happy to announce 8th part of dieselpunkish warmachines from the 40s.
To have a good start, we begin with an awesome project of...
Land Navy
December 31st, 1942
This great project of "Super-powered Land Armoured Army" came from the NKVD engineer, who served in a Far-eastern factory. It comprised 13 pages of descriptions and two schemes (the drawings are rather amateurish, and lack quality, but you will…
Continue Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:14am 0 Comments 3 Favorites
Once again I had thoughts about "thematic" collections of war beasts, but, after all, once again I present you a "cocktail" of battle spheres, human-powered tanks and a "new" concept- "Da Lowriderz".
But, we begin with one more piece of machinery, that existed in metal:
Artillery Tractor
Autumn, 1941
Engineers from Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (later renamed as Chelyabinsk Kirov Narkomtankprom Plant, becoming the heart…
Continue Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:30am 2 Comments 2 Favorites
And here comes another set!
Sorry for a minor delay in assembling another article.
Tank-destroyer
May 1944
A rather adequate tank destroyer was proposed by Red Army lieutenant. Main features are stabilized gun, pair of front wheels that also served as mine sweepers, and folding shields with ports for landing party. This one would definitely meet one's expectations from alternative-soviet-tank-force in red-alert-type games!…
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