RU 362 (Oerlikon GDD-A) - Oerlikon's Begleitpanzer

This would be a bit lower BR.
Sonce it doesnt have the TOW launcher as compared to the actual 35mm begleitpanzer proposal.

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Ah, fair point. Definitely want it in the tech tree though!

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Yup, sadly this Begleitpanzer 35 mm proposal only existed on paper afaik :(

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wont stop me from making a 3d model :)

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Just recently ive been test driving CV9035DK and realized it has the same DM13 shell like Gepard, which sounds extremely funny given the increased accuracy of single gun as opposed to gepard configuration.

This would be even better seeing as the gun sits relatively high above the crew.

+1 looks cool

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Now, if only we could find information on it’s 75mm “brother”

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How interesting, another unique cold war German IFV that isn’t the BMP-2. +1, for both this and the RU 263 BANTAM launcher version.

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https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/basys2-invenio/direktlink/df022dc3-b674-4d9b-b529-6c62d5bf4a26/

Not digitized sadly, also not really related to the RU 362 (GDD-A) prototype.
(Unless it’s the same hull, which is too difficult to tell from this image)

Yes please

i remember finding more info about it (1 doc) but its a retty circular research loop. i dont exect to find much in the end

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fyi;
I now have access to additional primary sources, thus I will be able to provide more detailed & accurate figures, aswell as additional reference-pictures.
As such, I will edit the suggestion in the next couple of days - this won’t change anything major; just a few more details :)

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I want this right now, this would be a menace in GRB

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Ober, ober, more bagels please!

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The suggestion has now been updated with a bunch of new images and some listed characteristics corrected in accordance to primary sources from Oerlikon :)

Edit: I had to re-upload a bunch of the images to avoid artifacts but it should be good now.

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more whacky german post war stuff? Finally!

Marder on crack lmao

Here’s some more stuff on the Oerlikon 35 mm KDE
(however with a different magazine-configuration and a chute for spent casings)

Oerlikon-Advertisement from DEFENCE (Vol. 19), No. 03/1988, Supplement, Page: 06

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Oof 200rpm ain’t great, was hoping for closer to the Gepard