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While searching patents for French tanks, found this German tank design put forth by Wegmann. I've attached the tank image from the patent as well as the patent itself.

Did Wegmann ever build it or did it remain a patent design only?
 

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Found another Wegmann project, circa 1996. This time, the tank uses a unmanned turret with autoloader. Patent included as attachment.
 

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Found yet another Wegmann patent but this time, a design of a manned main battle tank turret.
 

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Here the NGP / Neue gepanzerte Plattform
http://btvt.narod.ru/3/ngp.htm
http://btvt.narod.ru/1/ak06/ak06.htm
http://btvt.narod.ru/1/future_frg/future_frg.htm

Neue gepanzerte Plattform / EGS (interesting pictures)
http://gdziewojsko.wordpress.com/wozy-bojowe/neue-gepanzerte-plattformen/
Many greetings
 
Achzarit has its engine transversely mounted, same as T-54/55/62/72/90. It has space for passageway because it uses V8 instead of V12 - same V8 as on M108/109/110 SPH and XM701 MICV, where it's also transversely mounted (to leave some space for driver which is sitting side by side with it).

There was however a German proposal with longitudinally mounted V8 side by side with passageway - in mid90s, from Wegmann & Co, for NGP
ngp-%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B-mak-%D0%B8-kmw-sdc13017_cr_cr-jpg.734443
 

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From recently released book by Wolfgang Schneider on SPz Puma - yet another version of render of Wegmann's SPz for NGP program, possibly best quality available so far.
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Also, here's patent for this vehicle's quite unusual unmanned turret - with U-shaped armored, erm, wall around pivoting Ь-shaped module, which itself contains another small pivoting module with panoramic sight on it - foldable for transportation, I presume.
Patent's version of turret is flipped vs turret depicted by 3d model - compare "p07" vs "p07 (1)"
 

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...looking at that MG/or automatic GL/, mounted on turret's rear, both on render and on patent drawings,
it took me quite some time to figure out that it most likely depicts KMW 1530 weapon station (suitable for both MGs and AGLs) with HK 40mm AGL called "GMW" -
the same one, as depicted on Boxer mockup in 1997, and later demonstrated on Boxer prototype, and also Fennek and Dingo.

Except real KMW 1530 is obviously not remote-controlled in full sense of the word, so it's not RCWS, but what was sometimes called OWS aka owerhead weapon station;
while render and patents depict RCWS version of it.
(No way anyone could control it manually through ATGM storage box underneath it, depicted in patent, or attach seat inside, rotating along with main turret and thus defeating whole purpose of main RCWS turret;
also, Wegmann patent for NGP family of vehicles has an IFV's cutaway - which depicts, in addition to 2 crewmembers of NGP - 3rd crewmember sitting longitudinally under turret - I presume, that's a dismount operating said RCWS.)
Either artist reused assets, or may be there was some hope of unification?
 

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