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Published: 2016-03-15 15:04:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 569; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Often referred to as 'the scourge of the pacific' the Type 5 is Eastasia's main heavy tank. Lighty armoured with only 46mm of albeit sloped & spaced armour it is an easy target for enemy tanks in mainland Asia but it holds a fearsome reputation in the Pacific islands where against infantry it is deadly; mounting two 20mm autocannons in the front turrets & 4 machine guns it clears infantry easily. It's 100mm main gun is also very powerful. however it's comparatively thin armour to keep weight down & notorious weak spots make it an easy target to enemy tankers.Type 5 Heavy Assault Tank
Weight: 50 Tons
Crew: 9
Armour: 46/30/11mm
Armament: 100mm Gun/ 2x 20mm Auto-Cannon/ 8mm Machine Gun/ 3x 6mm Machine Gun
Power Plant: 49 Litre 8-Cylinder Petrol Engine 380bhp
Suspension: Coils
Top Speed: 17mph
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Comments: 2
So you took the hull of a T-35, the main gun looks somewhat german... a long 88mm from a KT or Ferdi? The turret front looks similar to T-34-85 but looks like the whole turret is scratchbuilt.
All in all a nice build and interesting camouflage. Though I would think the main gun would suffer from bad gun depression because the turret is so flat.
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Thanks very much! Yes the suspension & chassis is T-35, the upper hull has been re profiled to accommodate sloped armour & the turrets. The gun is a lot of things, I can't exactly remember what but it is but its more than one. And yes other than the turret ring, the rest of the turret is made from scratch.
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