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Hey everyone, this is the tank I wish to model, as you can see the rubber mats cover a large portion of the tank so that's why I am going for the Italeri, now for the Slovene T-55 I want to make, that will definately be the Tamiya kit.
Also if anyone has bigger/more pictures of this tank it would be greatly appreciated



Hi Seth,

the picture shows an armor upgraded T-55A from the Army of Serbian Krajina.


This is not a Croat tank.
Here´s a bigger picture of it:
http://www.mycity-military.com/imgs/113167_124057025_t55%20krajiska%20vojska.jpg

Well, the second bigger picture shows a Croat tank. You can see the same "german iron cross" that was used by the Nazis in World War II. I think that this kind of insignia on this T-55 explains everything.

-Seth

That's your pic a little bit larger



Yes, this exeplar must have belonged to the Serbian Krajina Army

Regarding the other one I'm doing some research about

Croat tanks mostly were captured Serbian vehicles , so it would be possible that the "Balkenkreuz exemplar" originally had belonged to the same unit and then it was marked with the cross by its new owners.
However, a Nazi simbol on a Balkan tank doesn't necessarily mean that the vehicle is Croatian. During the war several indipendent fascist militias fought under the Serbian flag
For exemple some T-55s belonging to Cetnik militias, had celtic crosses and skulls on their rubber armours.

It would be great if a Serbian or Croat modeller could give us some more information about the "Balkenkreuz exemplar"

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That's your pic a little bit larger



Yes, this exeplar must have belonged to the Serbian Krajina Army

Regarding the other one I'm doing some research about

Croat tanks mostly were captured Serbian vehicles , so it would be possible that the "Balkenkreuz exemplar" originally had belonged to the same unit and then it was marked with the cross by its new owners.
However, a Nazi simbol on a Balkan tank doesn't necessarily mean that the vehicle is Croatian. During the war several indipendent fascist militias fought under the Serbian flag
For exemple some T-55s belonging to Cetnik militias, had celtic crosses and skulls on their rubber armours.

It would be great if a Serbian or Croat modeller could give us some more information about the "Balkenkreuz exemplar"

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Hi Mauro, I´m very sad to read your comment. Yugoslav and Serbian military, also as Serbian paramilitary units never used fastic symbols. It was strongly forbidden. Croat regime and the largest part of their population use to call all Serbian citizens "cetnici", also as members of the Yugoslav Peoples Army.
99 % of all Serbian military units used to show the old serbian flag red, blue and white with golden coloured old style Christian cross and inside "4 S" in Cyrillic font, which means "Only unity saves the Serbs" or "samo sloga Srbina spasava".

http://www.yusportshop.com/user/include/etno/images/items/zastava_4s.jpg

But it is a very sad thing and event to hear the word "Chetnik" again, for regular Serbian military untis defending their homes, lifes and territory. Well, I think that is the current way it used to be when you belong to a nation like the Serbian one, which lives obviously are less worth than a dogs life. Very, very sad thing.