Since I don’t have anything better to do, while the paint dries. What is this tank…
I will give you one clue - it is from the Viet Nam era…
Clue #2 Rate of fire 80 RPM
is it a T-34 with twin ZP-39 Soviet .37mm M-1939s
is it the T34 the ARVN captured and modified into a improvised aa vehicle by mounting chinese type 63 twin 37mm guns
Yeah I saw a picture of one of those. It is a T-34 chasis.[#ditto]
We’ll have to give Captain the plastic sprule, I can’t afford Brass sorry! Close enough. Since there isn’t a normenclature for this vehicle. I won’t give the whole store so here’s a condensed version.
At first when captured by the ARVN’s it was thought to be a Chinese type 63. at the time there had never been a “Chinese type 63” The Tank was actually no more than a locally produced, “one of a kind” Soviet T34 specially adapted for AA and transferred to the Viet Cong. It possessed no more advancements than a pre WW2 tank.
My paints dry now back to work[:D]
definately a russian chasi
Might be fun to try to reproduce it, At least a close copy since there isn’t any interior pictures. Just a thought…
the turret replacement looks distinctly “un-russian”. [:)] at first i thought it was a german-captured conversion.
Your right there! It’s distinctly No. Vietnamese, Go figure! I think down the line a bit I’m going to put one together…