Scale model of future tank destroyer for Austria's Armed Forces

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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. 




 

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