Hungarian Armored vehicles.

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#1

I can speak english,german and hungarian.:wink:
Hungarian is a very hard language. :?
And I am hungarian. :smiley:

Hungarian panzers (harckocsik in hungarian :smiley: ):

38M Toldi I-III
Technical datas of the “Toldi”:
8-10t,20 and 40mm gun
http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/mil/ww2/kepek/tanks/toldi.html

Turán I-III
18,2t and 19,2t, 40 and 75mm gun (Turán II-III)
http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/mil/ww2/kepek/tanks/turan.html

Nimród
10,5t, 40mm Bofors gun
http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/mil/ww2/kepek/tanks/rlg/nimrod.html

Zrínyi I-II
21,6t, 10,5 cm gun
http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/bibl/mil/ww2/kepek/tanks/rlg/zrinyi.html
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Tas (prototipe)
38t,75mm gun
http://gamma21.freeweb.hu/mtas.html
http://gamma21.freeweb.hu/

link:http://gamma21.freeweb.hu/mtas.html (click the english index (Union Jack))

#2

I always like the double purpose Bofors armed Nimrod, the germans had something like that in the Ostwind, but too late in the war and too few of them.

#3

The prototype based on the Swedish constuction, marked L-62 produced in 1939. Usig parts of the Toldi light tank, but the chassis had 5 pairs of smaller wheels, because of this, the chassis became 0,5 m longer. The undercarriage’s springs weren’t strong enough, many failure happened.
The main gun of the big and opened turret was the 40 mm 36M Bofors anti-aircraft gun.
Built: 89

http://gamma21.freeweb.hu/

#4

Wow great pics Ostwind! :smiley:

#5

Really?

Some great pics of Turan I-II-III:
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/hungary/turan/turan.htm

Zrínyi I-II ( I think the Zrínyi was the best hungarian panzer in the WWII)
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/hungary/zrinyi/Zrinyi.htm

More informatian about hungarian panzers:
www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=4244

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/hun/Hungary.html

#6

Another image of the “Tas” heavy tank projekt, the Panther influence is obvious.

#7

I agree–great pics!

For a small country, the Hungarians produced some solid AFV. The Toldi I & II and the Turan I & II were both pretty standard for their time, but the war quickly outgrew them (the Turan II being a “main” battle tank into 1943!).

The Turan III had the makings of a solid AFV. It was a little better than the PzKw IVh, although not much.

The Zrinyi I never saw combat; only a prototype was finished. It was armed with a long barrelled 75mm antitank gun which “…had some problems which it was not possible to solve.” Production was focused on the Zrinyi II which mounted a 105 L/20 howitzer instead and was a formidable AFV. Between 40 and 66 were produced.

I find it interesting that the Nimrod was considered a tank hunter–a task for which it was not well suited. However, it was one of the most successful Hungarian AFV of the war.

I highly recommend, to anyone interested in Hungarian AFV, “The Royal Hungarian Army Vol. I and II” (Niehorster and Mujzer, respectively). Two excellent books on the Hungarian armed forces of WWII. :slight_smile:

#8

Thank´s for the great pics.

Can anybody tell me if a Tas (and the tank destroyer) was built? I do not read hungarian and really want to know…

#9

No, the Tas was not built in either form. The Turan III was in the prototype stage when the war ended. A few of them were built but I don’t believe they were used in combat.

#10

I agree with your opinion on the Zrinyi, it would interesting to read some info on its battle record.
As it was stated, Hungary and to a lesser extent Rumania produced some interesting AFV despite many constraints.
Its always interesting to me to see pics and read about the lesser known AFV’s in WW 2…GREAT THREAD!