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Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:25 pm
by Birgeria
This is an Italian prototype never went further than sketch drawing level. The Semovente 75/34 assault gun on the Sahariano fast tank chassis.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:02 pm
by Birgeria
Italian army had many "truck SP gun" or the so called autocannone. Here is the latest one: the prototype of the Autocannone 90/53 da Dovunque 41 with a armored drivers cab.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:03 pm
by Birgeria
The all-wheel off road heavy truck: SPA Dovunque 41 is here.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:58 pm
by Birgeria
When the Italian Army started to modernize their artillery equipment during the 1930s, the first new gun they got is the 75/18 Mod.34 mountain howitzer. The gun itself was also mounted on the 75/18 Mod.35 divisional howitzer and later the semovente 75/18 assault gun.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:27 pm
by cw58
Awesome units! Thanks for posting them :)

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 3:43 am
by phcas
Yes thank you Birgeria to keep coming with interesting units and keep the flow going :)

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:44 pm
by Birgeria
Thank you all for the support!
Today I bring this very rare howitzer. The Italian 105/14 Mod.18 gun. So far I only found one picture of it. This howitzer was a French Schneider design. Italian bought the license for mass production after WW1, but soon they also got a large amount of the Skoda 100/17 Mod.14 as the war booty from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Apparently, the Skoda gun is superior than the Schneider, and thus only several dozens of the 105/14 produced. They also met some battles in WW2.

This gun has a beautiful double curved shield. There is also an additional narrow and curve barrel shield and when the gun elevated, this shield can extend beyond the main shield, which makes a unique profile of this weapon.

Here I have both the sand yellow North Africa version and the dark green mainland Italy version.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:55 pm
by Birgeria
French Citroen-Kegreesse P14 half track, often used to tow 155m Mle.1917 howitzers. There is also a Belgian version of it, built by FN and used their own engine, called FN-Kegresse 3 ton half track.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:22 pm
by Birgeria
I got these three units together. They are the French armors in the Indochina colony.
Renault UE tankette, with one 7.5 mm MG;
Panhard AMD 35, with a APX-5 turret (this turret was also used in the Gendron-Somua AM39);
Renault AMR 35, with an old FT-17 turret.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:53 pm
by Birgeria
French 25mm SA-37 AT gun. It is an improved version of the SA-34 and has a one-piece gun shield. However, the soldiers still preferred SA-34 for some reason.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:48 pm
by Birgeria
French Army standard 3.5 ton truck Renault AGR, which was also the predecessor of the Renault AHN. But the AHN never went into production before the fall of France.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:50 pm
by Birgeria
Peugeot DMA 2 ton truck. The production started in 1941, so most of them were equipped the Wehrmacht. I also made the Free French version of it.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:39 pm
by Birgeria
Two small modifications of the T-34/76 tank produced in 1942.
One is from the UTZ factory, having a hexagonal turret, no commander's copula.
The other is from the UZTM factory, cast turret, no commander's copula.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:01 pm
by Birgeria
My next project is to rework some of my old icons that I don't like. But before it, here is my last unit from the Polish Army. The single prototype of the PzInz 130 amphibian tank. It was based on the Vickers design, so it is kind of a cousin of the Russian T-37. PzInz 130 shares the same turret and armament with the 4TP light tank. The prototype was captured by German in Warsaw.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:03 pm
by Birgeria
Rework of the Hungarian Army 35M artillery tractor.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:10 pm
by bondjamesbond

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:35 pm
by Birgeria
Rework of the British Royal Artillery QF 18 Pounder field gun. The British Commonwealth units version has the pneumatic tire wheels.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:37 pm
by Birgeria
The QF 18 Pounder in Finnish Army were called "84mm K18". This version has the old wooden spike wheels.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:14 pm
by Birgeria
Bedford MWD 15 cwt truck. For British and Canadian Armies.

Re: Birgeria's new PZC units

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:24 pm
by Birgeria
Reworked pack of French armored units.
Renault D2 tank, 2nd production series;
White-Laffly AMD-50 and AMD-80 armored cars.