going by this image:
if you look at the turret side, you can see the front angled turret cheek parts are attached rather than a whole welded turret.
I know in the Armored Warfare article, they state a welded turret was developed and was to be mounted on the T-80U hull (also known as “T-80U tank with LP-83 gun” or sometimes “T-80M”).
But I doubt any welded turret was actually completed.
If these two images are of the actual vehicle and not a model, then I say the maximum the designers were able to achieve was modifying the existing turret by extending the back of the turret area and adding frontal turret cheeks (composite/RHA/ERA) to simulate a angular turret deisgn.
Challenger 2 Oman
SP-70 SPG
FV433 Abbot SPG
FV432 Mk 1, L6 Wombat
Saladin with a QF 2 Pounder with a “Little John adaptor” firing APDS
Saladin Mk.2 with Swingire
Saladin with MECAR 90mm 46
Comet COMRES 75
BAE FRES SV
Warrior VERDI-2
Warrior with Cockerill 90mm Mk3 turret
Warrior with Cockerill Oerlikon KBB 25mm turret
Warrior, uparmored with 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II in a stabilized turret
Warrior 2000 with E30 turret (the later variant with the turret that would become the CV90-30 turret)
Warrior LMT 105
Warrior DRV (later variant with radar-absorbent appliqué panels)
Warrior 120mm Thor
Warrior HOT with Euromissile HOT Compact Turret
Warrior ADATS (to replace the M113 ADATS)
Chieftain Sabre & Challenger Marksman :P (more brrrt, maybe event/BP ?)
and there were some other variants which i can’t recall
Saw your detailed posts on it from awhile back, would definitely be looking forward to a full suggestion if you decide to make it man! Its definitely one of the planes that getting exact info on is a bit hard and especially scarce given some things were just mock ups and all, but fingers crossed for a little Yak-141 treatment and some (hopium) AMRAAMs…
(Very intrigued by this new info you mention, what kinda info is now available?)
For starters, all this is from Paul Metz’s book on the F-20 that released back in August of 2023:
There’s proper info on what a production-level cockpit would look like for the 2nd/3rd prototype, as well as proposed 4th prototype and Air Defense Fighter variant.
There’s info on proposed CAS-focused variants, the potential “big-wing” F-20, cockpit displays, radar warning system, countermeasures, confirmation of compatibility with AIM-9L, radar modes, etc