Gollevainen's Quizz of the week (old)

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planeman

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OK, I declare myself the winner. It's the Convair Kingfish, a rival to Lockheed in what eventually became the SR-71. These pictures date from the late 1950s.


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correct. It always interested me how people remark that Admiral Belgrano was outdated, yet RN itself only decommissioned these in 1979
 
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I don't think there is a proper designation as such, but it's basically a Leopard 1 chassis fitted with a T-72 turret. It's appeared on at least one reputable site, but I think it's a fake. Any backstory on this would be appreciated.
 
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I don't think it's a fake. It has also appeared
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as well. Best guess is that it's just a post German unification experimental tinkering.
 
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planeman said:
I don't think there is a proper designation as such, but it's basically a Leopard 1 chassis fitted with a T-72 turret. It's appeared on at least one reputable site, but I think it's a fake. Any backstory on this would be appreciated.
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You nailed this Chimera.
 
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