Hi all,
just for the fun of it, I'd like to build all or most of the modern AFVs named after this beautiful animal and BTW from which I made my callsign.

So far, I'm aware of the Canadian Bison, the US Buffalo, the German Wisent.
I'm pretty sure there are other vehicles I have forgotten or I'm simply ignorant of. Could you please fill the list (with refs of a kit when it exists)?

TIA
Olivier

Hi Olivier,

I don´t know if there are any kits for this available ... these bisons are not AFVs but very cool military vehicles ;-)

German Mercedes Actros AK 8x8 Bison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3gqoZIoWI

Swedish Tractor Bison Typ 470 Bolinder-Munktell (was used as tractor for swe aircrafts)
http://www.nikon-fotografie.de/vbulletin/1015548-post95.html

Cheers
Walter

Thanks for the input Walter.
Let's say I will concentrate on armored stuff first, for the sake of my wallet as I fear that most of the ARV and engineer variants are either resin or full kit conversion!

BTW I just checked the German term for bison in my translator and Büffel popped up. So one more to the list.

Olivier

Olivier, here are a few more for you.

Bison

Bison

There is also the South African Buffel.
http://www.baxmod.co.za/index.php/models/products/display/buffel-1-35

Didn't the French call M24s Bisons in Viet Nam?

What about the German WW2 AFV's?

Bison I:



Bison II



Regards,
Georg

Thank you all for the inputs.

As I mentioned in the original post, I focus on modern vehicles only.
Probably M24s in Indochina could do the trick however I don't know if Bison was an official name or just something used by the crews there.
SA Buffel would be a great addition indeed. In a way, it's the "mother" of all MRAPs.

Olivier

Salut, Olivier.
This one too should be of interest:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-85

Definitely a challenge! I was not aware it was nicknamed Bison. Thanks for the input

It would be a hard task, but I will offer you all the possible help, as this beast is on a top position on my "to do" list.