Slitherine

In summer 1943, the Romanian IAR factory converted one of their IAR-81C fighter (Serial number 326), with a DB605 engine. The performance was much improved. However, German cannot support sufficient number of the DB605 engine and this most powerful IAR-81 was never went into mass production phase.

Improved icons of the Russian 76.2mm M1931 AA gun.

M1931 under Finnish flag.

I'm starting prepare some German late war trucks with the standard wooden cabs. The first one is our famous Opel Blitz.

Opel Maultier with the standard wooden cab.

Late war Benz L4500A truck with wooden cab.

Benz 4500 maultier with wooden cab.

German late war AA gun: 3 cm Flakvierling 103.

German late war AA gun prototype: Zerstorer 45. One or two prototypes were converted from Mobelwagen in February 1945.

German late war AA gun prototype: Ostwind II.

German SPAA Sd.kfz.251/17 Ausf.D.

Soviet red army captured Sd.Kfz.251/21 Ausf.D, in 1945.

BT-7A tank with a long barrel 76.2mm F32 gun.

Birgeria wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 3:57 pm In summer 1943, the Romanian IAR factory converted one of their IAR-81C fighter (Serial number 326), with a DB605 engine. The performance was much improved. However, German cannot support sufficient number of the DB605 engine and this most powerful IAR-81 was never went into mass production phase.

Great, thank you very much.
I will add this variant in the coming update!

Birgeria wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 4:52 pm BT-7A tank with a long barrel 76.2mm F32 gun.

Interesting.
Would it be possible to also have the normal BT-7A, with the 76mm KT howitzer instead of the F32 experiment?
With the 76mm KT the BT-7A could have two graphics, to switch between tank and arty mode.
Eg providing close fire suppoert, like those short barrel StuG III.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_reg ... _gun_M1927

Locarnus wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 6:07 pm

Birgeria wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 3:57 pm In summer 1943, the Romanian IAR factory converted one of their IAR-81C fighter (Serial number 326), with a DB605 engine. The performance was much improved. However, German cannot support sufficient number of the DB605 engine and this most powerful IAR-81 was never went into mass production phase.

Great, thank you very much.
I will add this variant in the coming update!

Birgeria wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 4:52 pm BT-7A tank with a long barrel 76.2mm F32 gun.

Interesting.
Would it be possible to also have the normal BT-7A, with the 76mm KT howitzer instead of the F32 experiment?
With the 76mm KT the BT-7A could have two graphics, to switch between tank and arty mode.
Eg providing close fire suppoert, like those short barrel StuG III.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_reg ... _gun_M1927

I shaped him from what I had ) And what I had was an English cannon, a Soviet tank, and Finnish thinking )))
https://wio.ru/tank/capt/axis-cap-fin.htm

https://www.oboznik.ru/?p=27036

https://alternathistory.ru/76-mm-polkov ... lkovushka/

https://bronetehnika.narod.ru/sau.html

Locarnus wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 6:07 pm

Birgeria wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 3:57 pm In summer 1943, the Romanian IAR factory converted one of their IAR-81C fighter (Serial number 326), with a DB605 engine. The performance was much improved. However, German cannot support sufficient number of the DB605 engine and this most powerful IAR-81 was never went into mass production phase.

Great, thank you very much.
I will add this variant in the coming update!

Birgeria wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 4:52 pm BT-7A tank with a long barrel 76.2mm F32 gun.

Interesting.
Would it be possible to also have the normal BT-7A, with the 76mm KT howitzer instead of the F32 experiment?
With the 76mm KT the BT-7A could have two graphics, to switch between tank and arty mode.
Eg providing close fire suppoert, like those short barrel StuG III.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_reg ... _gun_M1927

I have the BT-7A icons from the PAK mod.

bondjamesbond wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 7:46 pm I shaped him from what I had ) And what I had was an English cannon, a Soviet tank, and Finnish thinking )))

Wild, how many tank experiments were made in those few years.

Birgeria wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:08 pm I have the BT-7A icons from the PAK mod.

Ah, thank you, I often forget to check there for non german units.


And thank you also for the captured Panther with the mixed paint.
It will be an interesting upgrade option for the Soviet Corps captured Tiger.

Birgeria wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 5:03 pm Red Army Panther tank! The Red Army captured a few dozens of the Panthers during 1944. Some of them were gathered into the 62rd Guard Tank Regiment and 51st Independent Motorcycle Regiment. Due to the shortage of the green paint. Only the turret of the panthers were painted in the "Soviet Green", while the other part were still in the DunkelGelb color.

Locarnus wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:18 pm

bondjamesbond wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 7:46 pm I shaped him from what I had ) And what I had was an English cannon, a Soviet tank, and Finnish thinking )))

Wild, how many tank experiments were made in those few years.

Birgeria wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:08 pm I have the BT-7A icons from the PAK mod.

Ah, thank you, I often forget to check there for non german units.


And thank you also for the captured Panther with the mixed paint.
It will be an interesting upgrade option for the Soviet Corps captured Tiger.

Birgeria wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 5:03 pm Red Army Panther tank! The Red Army captured a few dozens of the Panthers during 1944. Some of them were gathered into the 62rd Guard Tank Regiment and 51st Independent Motorcycle Regiment. Due to the shortage of the green paint. Only the turret of the panthers were painted in the "Soviet Green", while the other part were still in the DunkelGelb color.

There is nothing surprising about such experiments; for centuries, armies have been seizing captured equipment and attempting to adapt it to the needs of their own forces! All the more so because, at times, other nations’ developments showed the way forward for their own science and highlighted where a line of research had reached a dead end. Rich countries could afford to spend on such experiments; the rest either copied them or made do with whatever they could get their hands on. Nowadays, this is called commercial espionage.

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https://union.4bb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=971&p=33#p128525

https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/d ... mor_id=924
Don’t even think about leaving your tank near the Romanian Roma – they’ll turn it into a self-propelled gun )))
https://war-book.ru/sau-tacam-t-60/

http://tankfront.ru/romania/photo.html


САУ Maresal
https://dzen.ru/a/YRZJcRu4LjPvXZ94


The great-grandfather of the Stinger and Strela MANPADS )))
https://alternathistory.ru/nemetskij-pz ... nyj-kulak/

A special T-34/85. This one added multiple mesh armor and armor plate to get a better survivalship against the panzerfaust. Served in the Red Army on their way to Berlin.