In 1936 Finnish Armour officers requested new, locally produced tanks to replace the tanks that were showing their age. After a year, heavy truck company Sisu, offered up a light tank design based loosely off of the American M2/M3 design, designated KS-37. The KS-37 was designed with the Belgian 47mm C.47 F.R.C. Mod.31 gun, the hull and suspension of the tank was basically the same as the M2/M3 with the exception of angled side armor at a 45° slope. The KS-37 was produced from 1938-1942. With 200 produced, and only 56 destroyed by enemy fire. The KS-37s had a high 13-1 kill ratio against the Soviet T-26s they faced, due to the difference in training, larger main gun, and the better mobility of the KS-37's suspension.
This is going to be done in 1/72. Using an UM BA-6's turret and MGs and a Hasegawa M3 Stuart Hull and suspension. Now to find the damned things in storage, lol!
Interesting. Bet you get sidetracked by what you find during the search. Happy rummaging.
Waiting patiently! :angel: ..... Sorta! :wacko:
Looking forward to this :thumbsup: It's a really interesting period of AFV design
According to the Sisu Auto website, they were using Hercules engines at that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Engine_Company . Later they produced the engines under license.
... and they produced an armoured vehicle for riot control in 1937. (the Finnish word "auto" can cover a lot of different wheeled vehicles. Not sure what exactly they built)
Found the kits, turns out the Stuart Turret is A LOT bigger than the Ba-6, but the turret still looks good on the tank.
Quote from: nighthunter on July 05, 2020, 09:36:37 PM
Found the kids, turns out the Stuart Turret is A LOT bigger than the Ba-6, but the turret still looks good on the tank.
That is scary, the Stuart turret was tiny! :o
Those early tanks had really narrow hulls, sometimes just wide enough for the engine and the driver, but not for two men side-by side! The turrets were accordingly small and narrow, too.