Name that tank!

To me it looks like the French SOMUA S-35 converted by the Germans to carry the 80mm morter, Am I close

 

No, not that vehicle and it is not mortar.

 

Is it French?

 

It is SPG and it is not french.
Here is more help: Only prototypes were made, and I think this one still can be seen.

 

It puts me in mnd of a "rounded" hetzer there were a number of replacement projects for that vehicle . It's obviously not the E-10 (the planned hetzer replacement) that AFAIK never got that far in development.
On the other hand that upper looks looks cast not welded and the Germans usually didn't do that so not "Panzerwaffe 1946" at all...... there were a number of foreign developments on the Stug concept .....

one guess is the swiss Nahkampfkanone II "Gustav" it has a cast upper hull and AFAIK one sample is somewhere in a museum.

 

Bravo!!!
Rounded hull is specific for this SPG.
And being in Swiss army, it was tough question.

 

I agree Vathra it was not easy, And was a pain in the bum! Nice one!

 

It was tough and I wasn't at all confident of the answer as all I could find was a front picture of the vehicle.

What about this one ?
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How old do we have to go Perhaps the Amphibious medium B.

Which was an early attempt at an amphibious tank was this modified Medium D, Known as the Medium D**, Wich was used for water trials at Christchurch in 1921.

Just a rough guess!

 

Looks like "rough guesses" are very effective today !!!
It is the anphibious medium D that AFAIK sank in the Thames.

 

Sir that is not a "rough guess" that was in a book written by George Forty who was the curater of the tank museum at bovington tank museum

 

May I please pass this to anyone who would like to post a new picture, thanks!

 

Can do but I'm running out of interesting pictures.
Don't think we had this one before.
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We seem to have the same books and web sites, I'll leave this for some one else!

 

Unlikely you have the book that one coms from, as it's an Italian series published in weekly issues and sold at newstands but the number of surviving pictures of the less common vehicles is limited, not all of them were photographed as much as the Maus.

 

A few days have passed so

The Czechoslovakian, Skoda PA 2 " zelva " ( turtle) Armoured car


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All I had was PA 2 so your source looks more complete than mine !!
Your go

 

I'll give this a go

View attachment 12571 It's the best picture I have!

 

Ok its russian......and its a ugly tank

 

No Sam sorry!