029 44M Tas

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The 44M Tas was a Hungarian heavy tank/medium tank design of World War II. It was developed to combat heavily armored Soviet tanks encountered on the Eastern Front and to replace the older Turán I and Turán II tanks which Hungary operated, modernising Hungary's armoured forces. The Tas somewhat resembled the German Panther tank in terms of both looks and capabilities. It was to be well armored – up to 120 mm thick and with sloped armor. The main armament would likely have been a Hungarian built heavily modified anti-tank version of the 80 mm Bofors AA gun. The only prototypes built were destroyed when the Americans bombed the Weiss Manfréd factory in July 1944. This model is made in the spirit of Panzerwaffe'46, a separate branch in modeling, which shows hypothetical variants of tanks, as if the war had continued after May 9, 1945... And in this case, the model is shown as if German troops took it as a trophy. The model is built from a Hobby Boss kit, 1:35 scale. Upgraded with metal gun and machine gun barrels, a homemade turret box, a commanders cupola, smoke grenade launchers, a tow cable, homemade handrails and weld seams. Painted with Tamiya acrylic, weathering effects imitated using products from AK Interactive, AMMO, MIG.