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hi all

i caught a thread on a different site that Hl are going to produce a new 'light' tank ! .. any one else caught that info ?

i am woundering what it may be ? .. two ideas spring to mind .. thinking about the way hl re use chassis .

the m5 stuart ( sherman parts ) ... and the m24 chaffee .. m26 / buldog parts ....

theres also been some chat about a wheeled armourd car .. maybe a puma / or an m8 grayhound ...

any one got any ideas ?

The intel I got from Torpedochief on RCU was that they were mulling the Pzkpf 38(t).
Like you I instantly saw possibilities for parts reuse in the marder III ausf h and n, as well as the Hertzer

What parts did the Stuart and Sherman share? For that matter what did the Chaffee, Bulldog and Pershing share?

I think heng long have proved that you can reuse plenty of parts

So long as you ignore such minor considerations as scale, authenticity, etc...

38T, hmmm interesting, wonder if they will be doing earlier allied tanks too?

if they tool up for a smaller turret ring, then the early british and american stuff comes within reach - maybe thats why the smaller gearboxes are now in production

I wonder how they'll fit all the gubbins in a 38t, the PzIII is a squeeze.

A 38t hull would be great but tiny. I've always wanted a little r/c Hertzer.

PZI & PZII spring to mind they would be tight too.