Monday, May 18, 2009 - 08:43 AM UTC
Minimanfactory have released a 1/35 scale kit of the 39M CSABA Hungarian Armored Car .
The kit 2009-5-18 39M CSABA Hungarian Armored Car 1/35 is a full resin kit with addditional PE.

The Csaba was designed by Hungarian expatriate Nicholas Straussler in Britain and built for the Hungarian army at the Weiss Manfred factory of Csepel, Budapest.

101 vehicles were produced and served in the armoured car role and also as command cars & reconnaissance vehicles.

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SSGToms
Thanks for the news Pat. Cool looking vehicle! Unique subject too. I wonder wht the price is?
MAY 18, 2009 - 09:17 AM
bizzychicken
Very cool looking AC. looks like it has alot of German and British styles in it apperance Like it alot. When and were was it used? Eastern Front maybe? Never come across this nice looking AC before. Also what was its main weapons? Thanks Geraint
MAY 19, 2009 - 09:54 AM
exer
From the MinimanFactory website: Hungarian expatriate Nicholas Straussler designed several armoured cars for Britain while living there between the two world wars. Straussler came to an agreement with the Weiss Manfred factory of Csepel, Budapest to produce vehicles from his designs for use in his home country - the most prominent was the Csaba (named after the son of Attila the Hun) which was designed based on his experience of the Alvis AC2 armoured car. After successful trials in 1939, the Hungarian Army placed an order for 61, and a further order for an additional 40 vehicles was placed in 1940. Of these, twenty were used as actual fighting vehicles, with the remainder serving as armoured command cars and reconnaissance vehicles. The Csaba had a 20mm cannon and an 8mm machine gun fixed on a centrally mounted turret, with 9mm armoured plating. The vehicle was also equipped with a detachable 8mm light machine gun fired through the rear hatch in the anti-aircraft role. The crew could dismount and carry this MG when conducting reconnaissance on foot. It also had two driving positions - one at the front as normal, and an additional one at the rear. The 40M Csaba was a command version armed only with the turret mounted 8mm machine gun. This vehicle was fitted with a second R-4T radio which had a large lattice radio mast.
MAY 19, 2009 - 10:55 AM
Grizzly
Finally!! good for them for going outside the norm. now here's hoping they follow with the couple of locally designed and built toldi tanks and spg.
MAY 22, 2009 - 01:42 AM
C_JACQUEMONT
There was a resin kit of this armoured car some years ago, from Botond Models I think, but this one looks better and the casting quality Miniman Factory have is superlative. Cheers, Christophe
MAY 22, 2009 - 02:01 AM
C_JACQUEMONT
Well Thomas, they are a Hungarian company after all, so a Hungarian armoured car is not that far fetched... Cheers, Christophe
MAY 22, 2009 - 02:04 AM
Grizzly
Yes but still good for them, they could have gone and tried to get a piece of the german market, maybe a hungarian marked panzer? lol
MAY 23, 2009 - 07:12 PM
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