Cate's Research-Investigation Bureau

"Уральский Букет" Ural Bouquet written by Bobkov A.V and Ustyantsev S.V is the 3rd instalment of books published by Uraltransmash. This collection of books is focused on the development and production of various Soviet SPGs derived variants and prototypes produced by Uraltransmash and its associated bureaus, factories and others.  These books aim to provide anyone interested in Soviet SPG development with a timeline of how said vehicles were developed, occurring problems and how they were solved along with a plentiful amount of visual aid to help the reader understand.  A short summary of the book.  Prologue: The prologue in this book covers the development of counterpart SPGs by the United States in the 1950s and 60s. This created the necessity for the Soviet Union to revive its SPG development program. Various US systems are mentioned like the M107 (175mm), M108 (105mm), M109 (155mm) and more obscure design proposals like the "SELF-PROPELLED HEAVY ARTILLERY FAMILY

A 1:10 scale model of a proposed tank destroyer design for the Austrian Armed Forces. This was a 1960 proposal to use a SPz Saurer (APC Saurer) hull and a French AMX-13 oscillating turret.