The samples of armored vehicles that have entered service, if they are not destined to be destroyed in battle, in most cases serve until they become obsolete. After that, they are usually written off and sent for scrap. But quite often, military equipment falls into the hands of zealous owners, who, for various reasons, are in no hurry to send outdated tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles to the scrap. In the context of an economic blockade, an arms embargo or an overstressed wartime economy, combat units created on the basis of earlier models can become a significant help for the armed forces. We suggest that you identify the "primary sources" on the basis of which 10 models of armored vehicles from different countries were created.
The Israeli heavy armored personnel carrier Nagmachon was created on the basis of the tank:
Soviet T-55
American M60
British Centurion
Taiwanese light tank Type 64 "assembled" from:
Chassis of the Chinese light tank Type 62 and the turret of the Japanese medium tank Type 61
The chassis of the French light tank AMX-13 and the turret of the Soviet amphibious tank PT-76
The chassis of the American self-propelled anti-aircraft gun M42 Duster and the turret of the American tank destroyer M18 Hellcat
Egyptian tank destroyer T-100 is built on the basis of:
American armored personnel carrier M-113
Soviet tank T-34-85
German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
This Cuban tank destroyer is built on the chassis:
Soviet infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1
Spanish infantry fighting vehicle Pizarro
Soviet armored personnel carrier MT-LB
The Egyptian M4A4 medium tank consists of:
The turret of the French reconnaissance armored vehicle Panhard EBR and the chassis of the American M113 armored personnel carrier
The turret of the German tank PzKpfw III on the chassis of the Italian tank M15 / 42
The turret of the French light tank AMX-13 on the chassis of the American Medium Tank M4 Sherman
Israeli heavy armored personnel carriers Achzarit were created on the basis of:
American tanks M47 and M48 Patton
Soviet tanks T-54 and T-55
British tanks Centurion
This version of the German Marder I tank destroyer is based on:
Captured Polish TKS tankette
Captured Soviet light tank T-70
Captured French light tank FCM 36
The Finnish 114 mm BT-42 assault gun is based on:
Soviet light tank BT-7
Soviet light tank T-60
Soviet light tank BT-2
German anti-tank self-propelled gun 4.7 cm Pak (t) (Sfl.) Auf Fgst.Pz.Kpfw.35 R 731 (f) with the Czechoslovak P.U.V.vz.36 cannon was built on the basis of the captured:
French light tank R-35
Czechoslovak light tank LT vz. 38
Soviet light tank T-26
Soviet self-propelled gun SU-76i was created on the basis of:
Modernized and refurbished Soviet T-70 light tanks
The American M3 Lee medium tank supplied to the USSR
Captured German medium tank Pz Kpfw III and assault gun StuG III