Bulgarian/Soviet Armored UNIT Panzer IV with a ZiS-3

Bulgarian panzer IV with Soviet Zis 3 76mm gun (used on SU 76) : r/TankPorn
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Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.H - Tank Encyclopedia

I love kitbashed tanks taking an old tank and making it into a SPG or tank destroyer. Taking a captured enemy tank and slapping on an allied gun. Also a minor power serving in the army of not one side but both side of the war. We have a Bulgarian unit that served Germany then USSR in a tank made from a German hull with a USSR turret and gun. Its everything i could want for in a possible unit. . the Krali Marko Line – wwiiafterwwii

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its very cool but I think its post-war

its #9 in the list

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thanks, if true an easy mistake to make, sigh
never add the AK-47

Well not exactly Bulgaria as you know switched sides from Germany to USSR or as we call it progamer move and this created problems with the ammo and logistics so they made a plan to replace the guns on the German tanks with Soviet ones since there was no one to supply them with German shells so they actually made more of this tank simply there is no research on them there is few examples that collect rust in villages :

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Simply after the war they scraped them or put them on the border line with Turkey but as you can see some where finished and where working tanks not all where pillboxes … cuz the one was taken from the defensive line with Turkey but during the war was a real tank. In reality we don’t know how many where made there is no research on them.

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There is few more…

German Panzer IV and Stug Tank Wrecks in Bulgaria 2014

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