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Matt, Was it the old Mechem Krocodil you were looking for (or is there a newer Krocodil)? If the former, the Krokodil was a Mechem design, weighed 26 tonnes, and was supposed to be good for 15 kg beneath each wheel. It wasn't derived from the RG-31. IIRC, it was more closely related to the Ratel.

I don't have anything. Somebody else want to have a go?

Venezuelan M18 Hellcat? If so, still classified as a tank-destroyer (caça-tanque).

Thanks.

FIESC M-8 Octopus prototype. http://www.defesa.ufjf.br/fts/Octopus.pdf http://www.defesanet.com.br/tecno/m8.htm

Thanks for the mercy killing, Ironduke! It was indeed the Paladin/Roland, a Hughes/Euromissile submission for FAADS-LOS-H. Hughes lost out to Oerlikon/Martin Marietta (MIM-146A ADATS) before the whole program tanked in '92. Over to you.

ironduke57: Yup, it's a looker. Hales: You got the gun right. For a more complete ID, though, we need: a ridiculous, total waste of resources, 70 ton LAV wearing a very large hat. Or a name ...  :)

Thanks. On a related theme ...

FAADS Liberty II. M1A1 with two 25mm M242s, twelve SAMs, TSR 2630 radar, etc.

I hope this one hasn't been posted before.

Front end of a T-34. (The angle threw me at first -- tracks looked like a  BT-7 but not the idler or non-steering road wheel.)

Dang, you're right. :-[  Had to dig but Mortar guy posted an M3 in August 2006. http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=equ6tevle8me3pt58sfugrmnn2&topic=48893.165 We need Viss to update the list again!

The top photo is the amphibious EKW M3 pontoon bridge layer. http://www.global-defence.com/1998/CompanyProfile/ewk.htm No clue about the HMMWV "pipes". Some lucky winner out there knows the answer. ;)

You got it!. It's the prototype X1A1 / CC MB1 (Carro de Combate, Modelo Brasiliano 1) ... the 30 odd X1A2 / CC MB2 were  built entirely from new parts. Vehicle weighed 19 tons, had a crew of three, 90mm main gun, and a 300 hp Saab-Scania diesel. (An updated M3 with the Saab-Scania was an X1A.)...

The base vehicle is fairly obvious but what's the conversion called?