This looks like it’ll float as well as a led brick.
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A little, but apparently it’s capable of floating in that exact configuration.
What SPAA is most likely to come next update, based simply on the fact we are getting AMRAAMs?
And try to be realistic, and i want some low tier stuff too!
HVDS/ADAMS for US/ISR.
Or some early SYPDER with Derbys.
Early (even if there wasn’t one) SPYDER with python 4 and standard Derby only would be quite a nice addition for Israel, and very much needed
Cuban BTR-60PB based SPAAs:
twin 23mm ZU-23-2
twin 37mm 61-K
twin 30mm vz.53/59
The 30mm version honestly would’ve made far more sense for the USSR tree than the M53/59, since it’s on a Soviet-made vehicle and Cuba was on friendlier terms than Czechoslovakia (never having been invaded by the USSR and all). But with the same turret and guns it’d fill the same niche in the tree.
In addition to the SPAA on the chassis, Cuba also put a cut-down T-55 turret on some of their BTR-60PBs.
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I could never find more images of the 53/59 variant, great work.
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As far as I can tell those are the only photos that exist of it. Or at least the only ones that exist online. It was clearly a much rarer conversion than the 37mm and 23mm. Unless somebody in Cuba has more photos that’s probably all we’re going to ever get.
Interestingly, on the original forum suggestion for a Cuban ground tree, I found this vehicle. The source claims it is Cuban, and the file name also states it as using a Romanian Model 80 30mm, which appears to be correct. I just don’t recall Cuba using this weapon system; the only 30mms I believe they had were the Vz.53/59s.
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On second look, I now realize the turret is that of the Czechslovakian STROP II SPAA vehicle, however the cannon still looks like the Model 80 the source mentioned, rather than the 2A38 the STROP uses.
I don’t feel like this is photoshop as the BTR-60 we see here has a large section cut out for the turret, which is also quite similar to the other Cuban BTR-based 30mm AA platform posted. If the gun really is the Model 80 however, it is possible this could be a Romanian vehicle based on one of their license-built BTRs.
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looks cool ngl would like to see it
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Saab Bamse on a Super Stallion 8x8
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Oh hell nah…
Can you tell what the round turreted wheeled light tank just out of frame on thee right is on the strela 1 image?
I’m honestly not sure, now that you bring it up, I’m curious myself.
I saw it and immediately did a double take thinking it was the USH-204GK, but while the hull looks different, that turret is remarkably similar
It would appear to be a BRDM 2 of some variety
It looks smaller, perhaps it’s some reconnaissance vehicle.