Wheeled armored vehicles with big guns

[kilroy1911]

direct fire only, big guns - 76mm and more... 90, 105, 120... thanks! No similar vehicles from Eastren Bloc? Russia?

[Abbadon the Despoiler]

Stryker



AMX 10RC



Centauro 105mm



Piranha 105



ROOIKAT 105



Patria XA-200



Pandur

[wilhelm]

Is the Rooikat the heaviest of them at 28 tons?

[kilroy1911]

great pics!

here are some mine hiostorical pics:

The grand-fathers:

Sd Kfz 232/2 Puma 50mm cannon

Sd Kfz 234/4 75mm gun

Sd Kfz 234/4 / probably 75mm AT Gun?

french panhard EBR:

[Norsu]

Some interesting conversions:

Heavily modified BTR-60PB with T-54/55 turret




BTR-60PB with AML-90 turret

[atanabe]

[deagle]

i love these vehicles, especially stryker/paladin ... like tanks on wheels !

[wilhelm]

You want a tank on wheels? Then you need this.....

Called the Bismark, a prototype vehicle produced in South Africa during the late 1980's. Weighing over 40 tons, the turret was taken from the olifant Mk1b MBT which weighed in at 58 tons. More pictures can be found in the South African military thread.

[kilroy1911]

are you sure that it is T54/55 turret on that BTRs?? At the first sight it is tooo long for T55 turret.

That SA Bismarck looks interesting? any info? i did quick search but with limited succes.... no other pics or relevant technical data

[kilroy1911]

more historical vehicles:

US WW2 prototype M38 Wolfhound with 75mm turret from Chaffee tank

original version of Wolfhoundwith 37mm gun


T18E2 Boarhound prototype with 6-pounder cannon / 57mm

[atanabe]

Brazilian Cascavel


Brazilian Sucuri


Commando V600


LAV 105

[wilhelm]

are you sure that it is T54/55 turret on that BTRs?? At the first sight it is tooo long for T55 turret.

That SA Bismarck looks interesting? any info? i did quick search but with limited succes.... no other pics or relevant technical data

The Only info I know is from http://saairforce.co.za/forum
There is a topic on various indigenous projects.

Bismarck was built by Sandock Austral in 82-83. It had a crew of 4 and weighed 41 tons. It was armed with a 105mm L7 gun, 2 7.62mm mgs and 8 81mm smoke launchers. It had a MTH (German engine) - V6 - 6396 turbo charged liquid cooled diesel producing 588kw at 2400 rpm. It had a ZF (also German but locally produced by gear ratio) 4PF2000 automatic transmission with 4 forward and one reverse gear. It had hydro pneumatic suspension and had a road speed of 86km/h and a range of 1000km.

Both prototypes were shelved in favour of Cheetah mk 2 the prototype of which stand in front of big willy hall at the school of armor in Bloemfontein.

There are various pics of it in this thread...

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ad.php?t=64954

It is about the South African Defence Force, who were leading exponents of rapid wheeled fighting vehicles over long distances. It is a long thread, but very worthwhile if you are interested in this topic. It has a wealth of pictures, including vehicles leading up to the Rooikat, as well as the prototype.

I have some more pics of the Bismarck, taken by others. The prototype resides at the Armour Museum in Bloemfontein.

[kilroy1911]

thanks wilhelm!

to the BTR60 wit turets - were they build/converted in Cuba? these uniforms look liek cubanes /not the russians in the foreground, of course/

[Ironsight06]

thanks wilhelm!

to the BTR60 wit turets - were they build/converted in Cuba? these uniforms look liek cubanes /not the russians in the foreground, of course/

Yep, Cuban product.

[atanabe]