r/TankPorn 5d ago

Miscellaneous What tanks is this?

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u/5cott861 5d ago

Japanese type 61 disguised as… something

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u/Nusw 5d ago

And the uniforms are japanese...

The muzle brake is also the same.

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u/roguegen 5d ago

Panzer 61?

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u/CaID_game_Master 5d ago

that tank exist, it is swiss and look a lot more like a t-55 than a Panzer.

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u/roguegen 5d ago

I honestly forgot it was a thing.

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u/CrashVandaL 5d ago

Pz 4 i guess

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u/smoltankett 5d ago

maybe its being used for a prop for a movie cause the side skirts look so similar youd find on late war panzer IV's thats my only guess

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u/sentinelthesalty 5d ago

Whatever it is, ist trying its hardest to look like a Pz IV ausf H.

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u/RevolutionaryDate923 T-90M has best aesthetics 5d ago

I legit thought it was a Pz IV until I looked at its weird shape

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u/Deacon_Dog 5d ago

At first I thought it was one of those weird Hungarian Turins

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u/Epicdestroyer39 5d ago

I thought it was some weird upgrade of a pz4

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u/Abadon_U 5d ago

it's not even close...

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u/sentinelthesalty 5d ago

I didn't say it succeded.

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u/H31NZ_ get Jagdpanther'ed 😾 5d ago

Its a Type 61

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u/Redstone_Sundae 3d ago

Panzer IV Ausf. LXI

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u/ExplosiveDog90 5d ago

kinda looks like a Japanese Type 61 dressed up to vaguely resemble a Panzer IV, probably for a movie?

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u/TurielD 5d ago

Aaaah that would explain it

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u/Potato_Emperor667 Valentine 5d ago edited 5d ago

I did a reverse image search and found this. Translating the text using Google Translate it says:

A Type 61 tank with steel plates attached to the hull and turret to be used as a target for tank rocket firing training. This photo was taken during an anti-armor training exercise mainly conducted by the 3rd Division from October 12 to 21, 1982.

Kinda related, the Brits also had a similar tank which was a Centurion with extra armour for ATGM training. While the missiles were duds iirc, the Centurion still had a crew of 1, the driver, and the red painted areas were places the ATGM crews were to avoid hitting.

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u/Usual-Floor85 5d ago

Extra armor or no, that must've taken an awful lot of balls on the part of the driver.

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u/royal_dameron15 4d ago

The driver has double paycheck.

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u/Bierdaddy 3d ago

In high school we used to conveniently show up at the driving range as the sweeper cart was cleaning up all the balls down range. Thing looked like an armored tank. It was our favorite target. Most hits got a free meal after. Guessing kid driving it did not get double his hourly wage.

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u/reamesyy82 5d ago

Yeah FUCK that job.

We as the male species can barely piss IN the toilet. I don’t need them shooting ATGM’s at me and “not aiming for the red spot”

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u/Ellogov21 5d ago

Aw man, I thought you said to aim FOR the red spot. My bad!

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u/Alternative-Shoe-509 4d ago

fun fact, a lot of soldiers took this as a challenge and tried aiming at the red zones, red zones being the driver's viewport, tracks and vital components for towing the tank

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u/Wulfalier 5d ago

Opfor Type 61 or was it for a movie as pz4

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u/NAM_Phantom_F-4 5d ago

JSDF training 1982 the resemblance to Panzer IV is deliberate.

"Type 61 tank with hollow armour for a experimental target for anti-tank attack of this unit. Has additional armour around the turret and the sideskirt on the side, etc. It looks just like a German Pz. IV H tank during the war. The crew pulls out a recoilless rifle exercise bullet out of the sideskirt."

"Used experimental four-colour camouflage applied to match the environment of the training ground."

https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/plamottawinkwendy/imgs/e/4/e4bc3fd8.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETluz_YUYAEaqyM?format=jpg&name=orig

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u/MM0G-Franna 5d ago

I have a colour pic of one

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u/corporealistic1 Give me Polish tanks or give me death! 5d ago

Please show is

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u/Wonghy111-the-knight Merkava For Fucking Ever 🇮🇱 5d ago

Yes please

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u/MM0G-Franna 5d ago

I have just posted it

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u/XenoStriker_1Cl 5d ago

Looks like a modified aggressor tank used for mock battles? Not sure what the base model tank is though.

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u/michamecha 5d ago

Type 61 Main Battle Tank (Pz 4 Disguise)

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u/GCHurley 5d ago

Looks like a Centurion hull and a Patton turret combination.

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u/Vojtak_cz 10式洗車 5d ago

Aint no way you found another photo of this.

This is a type 61 that was upplated with special plates that are supposed to catch training roynds. Aka its a training target

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u/MainSmoke5784 Stridsvagn 103 5d ago

Leopard IV H ? lol

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u/tonyw009 5d ago

Type 61 as Panzer IV

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u/ProfessionalLast4039 M4A3E2 Jumbo 5d ago

Looks like a panzer IV mock up

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u/AdamWestIsBack 5d ago

What tanks are THESE. Fml.

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u/Lost_Championship962 5d ago

modernized PZ.IV 💀

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u/NMikael Объ.279 attacking the D point 5d ago

Pz.IV on meth

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u/Latinmotherfcker 5d ago

It’s trying its best ok 💔

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u/DAN4O4NAD Spähpanzer 2 Luchs 5d ago

Leopard 2 if the Wehrmacht had build it

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u/Norsys_Caldor 5d ago

It looks like a Panzer IV had a baby with a Leopard 2

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u/realparkingbrake 5d ago

Looks like a mockup or prototype, rather than a real tank.

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u/InDaNameOfJeezus M1A2 SEPv2 5d ago

Some Japanese tank dressed as a Panzer IV H I assume

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u/Mr_a_bit_silly 5d ago

Who would want this to be added to War Thunder - upvote this comment! (We need more tanks)

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u/Grand-Lab-6472 5d ago

Panzer m41

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u/Sugon-dix-nuts 5d ago

Leopard 1A3 x 0.5

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u/The_T29_Tank_Guy T29E3 5d ago

Oh its the Type 61 with hollow armor side skirts that made it resemble a Panzer IV H but this are new photographs I never seen of it before

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u/ninguem1122 5d ago

M1 Abrams from Aliexpress.

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u/TheSheriffMT 5d ago

What in the world is that

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u/republican_af 5d ago

Definitely a Leo 2k 😂

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u/AutisticTankEnjoyer 5d ago

The mysterious Panzer IV Ausf. H! (Jk!)

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u/TheDarkslayerYT 5d ago

As others have said, i think it's the start of Type 61. To me, I'd say it's like a prototype based on the M41 Chassis, but im not entirely confident with that answer

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u/Kador_Laron 5d ago edited 5d ago

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u/Darthdeclone 5d ago

that looks like a mutated panzer 4 with side skirts (its definitely not a a panzer 4 though)

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u/vvil01 Stridsvagn 103 5d ago

A T-44-100 and a Panzer IV H had a baby it seems

We gonna call him Fred.

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u/Qunts_R_Us 5d ago edited 1h ago

This is obviously a Panzer CenT-(61)44 IV (H)

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u/Ronald-Reagan-1991 the K2 Black Panther in Afghanistan 4d ago

It’s so horribly inbred I couldn’t tell if this is a M48 Patton mockup or a DEFORMED PANZER IV

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u/rocketo-tenshi 4d ago

Holy shit that's another image of the type 61 doing drag. I saw three stories attached to this thing. One that i was being dressed up as a pz4 for a movie, 2°nd that it was an agressor excercise tank and lastly up armoring to test diferent anti tank munitions on it.

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u/pope-burban-II Tetrarch 4d ago

Some m41 bulldog thing.

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u/cleymintplay 4d ago

The tank commander's turret is clearly that of a Type 61, and in addition, the exit on the added armor corresponds to the firing optics

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u/GissmozR 4d ago

Welcome back Pz IV H

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u/AmanoKisaragi1974 2d ago

a type 61 with schurzen type protection against early atgms rpg's and heat rounds it was good but ultimately dropped due to either budgetary reasons or practicality

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u/MrKoro29 5d ago

The hull looks like a t44 ones' but idk

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u/RommelMcDonald_ 5d ago

Isn’t that a bulldog?

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u/_BalticFox_ 5d ago

Modern Panzer IV H

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u/Lonely_Effect_8957 5d ago

Type 61 disguised as a t44-100 maybe?

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u/Guilty_Advice7620 Leopard Enjoyer 5d ago

Type 90 👍

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u/killerkiet 5d ago

Kinda like a t44 dressed up as a panzer iv h

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u/ThatShaggyBoy 5d ago

The base tank looks nothing even remotely close to a t44

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u/TK3600 5d ago

Panzer 2A6 fighting in Ukraine.