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FAUST
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Posted: Monday, May 24, 2004 - 06:58 AM UTC
Ola

I was browsing through the site about the Africa Korps that Tigeriv posted and there I Stumbled among a vehicle named The "Diana" and more information then the name I didn`t get. It looks like it`s a Demag with a gun but gun unknown
Does anybody have more info on this vehicle??

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DaveCox
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Posted: Monday, May 24, 2004 - 07:22 AM UTC
If it's the vehicle I'm thinking of, it's a captured Russian 76.2mm AT gun, I'll try and confirm when i can get to my copy of "Encyclopedia if German Tanks of WW2" - if I'm right it's in there.
Frenchy
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Posted: Monday, May 24, 2004 - 07:24 AM UTC
Hi
It should be something like this :


and the real McCoy :


It's a combination of a Sdkfz 6 with a captured Soviet 76,2 mm AT gun. AFAIK only 9 had been built...Azimut had released (long time ago...) a 1/35 resin kit (#35008) of this rare bird. The one on the upper pic is a 1/76 model from Milicast.

Frenchy
DaveCox
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Posted: Monday, May 24, 2004 - 07:35 AM UTC
That's the one i was thinking of
rjray
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Posted: Monday, May 24, 2004 - 01:57 PM UTC
That could make a killer conversion, what with the easy, block-y sides of the housing, and the ready availability of the gun. But does anyone kit a SdKfz 6? I can't think of one off the top of my head...

Randy
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