Unknown Tank Based SPGs

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From the link posted by moin1900 here :-

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,19912.msg214853.html#msg214853

http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/284739-shrivenham-trip-pt1/

some images of models of tank based SPGs

1, a Leo1 based SPG, the "SP-10?"

2, A Centurion hull carrying a 155mm gun from Vickers

3, A Centurion carrying a large field piece (this last one is actually a toy)

Can anyone shed any light on these?

cheers,
Robin.
 

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One Leopard SPG project was an experimental mating with the French GCT's turret.

MBTs - old or new - as base for a SPG have been common during the 70's and 80's - in prototype stage. The French, British, Germans, South Africans and surely others too developed such adaptable SPG turrets.
Very few such designs were actually produced in quantity (Palmeria is probably the most successful one, thanks to the erratic Ghaddaffi).

A SPG doesn't need to be that expensive and thirsty. (PzH 2000 is a strange machine.)
 
The last one is a diecast toy dating back to the 1960s.
 
lastdingo said:
Very few such designs were actually produced in quantity (Palmeria is probably the most successful one, thanks to the erratic Ghaddaffi).
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The GIAT GCT / AuF1 was actually produced in greater quantity than the OTO Melara Palmaria.

lastdingo said:
One Leopard SPG project was an experimental mating with the French GCT's turret.
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A couple of pics attached below (courtesy Jedsite).
 

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Kadija_Man said:
The last one is a diecast toy dating back to the 1960s.
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I'm aware of this, but am interested if it is based on any real vehicle or project?

cheers,
Robin.
 
After SP-70 and befor AS-90. British company (I think is BAE) come up somehthing like this.
 

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Matt R. said:
lastdingo said:
Very few such designs were actually produced in quantity (Palmeria is probably the most successful one, thanks to the erratic Ghaddaffi).
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The GIAT GCT / AuF1 was actually produced in greater quantity than the OTO Melara Palmaria.
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Strange I never thought of it as this heavy, even though I knew it was much heavier than the 109. Maybe common Palmaria descriptions emphasize the MBT-likeness of the chassis more?
 
Xiaofan, your image '2' looks to be the same type as my 2nd image ... :D

cheers,
Robin.
 
xiaofan said:
After SP-70 and befor AS-90. British company (I think is BAE) come up somehthing like this.
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VSEL (Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd) GBT 155. You can find some print ads on e-bay, as the one attached below (ca 1982).
 

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Kadija_Man said:
The last one is a diecast toy dating back to the 1960s.
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And picture with box.
From this: www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/britains-set-9748,-self-propelled-155mm-gun:-gree-50-c-b5e9f574b3
 

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