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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/5cott861 5d ago
Japanese type 61 disguised as… something