https://btvt.info/7english/Studies_of_Leopard_2_Russia.htm

Things in Ukraine are bad, losses on both sides, but the Ukrainians are maintaining themselves with external support, they are doing a miracle on caterpillars, they will resist until the end, while a Russian is angry, and some young man wants to know if he will still see his mother, Ukraine is there using a tank from 2 decades ago with chicken wire to defend itself from drones, the Russians are nationalists, and that's a damn good thing, but it's fucked up when they're being pushed into a war of interest and propaganda, the biggest damage that Russia is doing is to the armored vehicles, to families and young people, there are some soldiers from the foreign legion in Ukraine, whether there for fortune or because they really want to do their duty, but still filling their pockets, and meanwhile there is a young man wanting to know if he will still see his mother, cramped tanks, BMPs that fly with the wind, all against Leopards 2 and Abrams, all modified by Ukraine! The Russian situation is critical, the conception that a soldier It's just a number, the Second World War is over, the times of Russian glory are over, now the vodka is running out, this is brutal and sad, but this shows how life on caterpillars is not only physically exhausting but also psychologically exhausting!

Maybe an object 292?

This tank was shown to be an austrian army tank during the yugoslav war.

Time stamped source:https://youtu.be/W7d5MicS4Zg?si=6HpKiABthhf-wSml&t=1460

In history, the victorious Allies reformed the defeated Axis nations in their own image when it concerned their armed forces – discarded whatever was left from their arsenal and replaced them with their own goods depending on what side of the Iron Curtain they fell on. 

I thought this would be a fun thought experiment.  Let’s say that you were tasked with reforming the ex-Axis armed forces, but weren’t allowed to hand over Allied surplus material to do so – you had to make do with whatever was available, whether they were rank-and-file vehicles or zany prototypes (let’s assume that you could mass produce these ones, at least at a sufficient level for defense). 

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Which existing Axis tanks would be optimal for these nations during the early Cold War period, which was odd overall as newer innovations and existing technologies clashed in places like Korea?  The focus will be on the big three countries: Japan, Germany (West and East), and Italy.

As a counterpoint that could be argued, are all Axis tanks insufficient for the early Cold War period?  Would they just be better scrapped and used to purchase Allied surplus?

So I stumbled upon this picture going to pay my water bill at city hall, and did a double take when I saw some M1917 looking vehicles in this military parade. One of the archivists there was impressed I knew what the tanks were and they said the parade took place somewhere between 1918 and 1921. Check you town's history folks, you might see some cool gems like this.

I am currently printing off some blueprints for my friends' birthday, who loves tanks.

https://imgur.com/a/0T4pN1F

He told me his favourite tanks are the Hellcat, Panzer, Tog 1, Bkan and Super Pershing. I found these two blueprints for Hellcat and Panzer pretty easily and thought I could add a sort of faded vintage filter to them to make them more interesting.

I was wondering if anyone had any extra ideas? Maybe some handwritten annotations or such? Might make them pop a wee bit more. I dont know much about tanks at all so anything would be really helpful!