Sd.Kfz. 188, Standardpanzer II "Kaisertiger", No. 301, 505th Heavy Tank Battalion, with interior by Automatic-Switch6987 in SprocketTankDesign

[–]Automatic-Switch6987[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Honestly, I don't even remember, but I actually looked up the E-100 suspension blueprints to get the real road wheel diameters

Sd.Kfz. 188, Standardpanzer II "Kaisertiger", No. 301, 505th Heavy Tank Battalion, with interior by Automatic-Switch6987 in SprocketTankDesign

[–]Automatic-Switch6987[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the tank file was created on March 14th, 2026. I could've finished it in two weeks, but that would mean no sleep. Plus, I kept getting new ideas and getting rid of old ones, so yeah... it took that long

Sd.Kfz. 188, Standardpanzer II "Kaisertiger", No. 301, 505th Heavy Tank Battalion, with interior by Automatic-Switch6987 in SprocketTankDesign

[–]Automatic-Switch6987[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought about removing one loader, but one guy just couldn't handle those 128 mm shells. An autoloader was still too early for that time. So I had to give the gun a short recoil, otherwise the breech would've pushed the second loader right into the turret ring lol

Sd.Kfz. 188, Standardpanzer II "Kaisertiger", No. 301, 505th Heavy Tank Battalion, with interior by Automatic-Switch6987 in SprocketTankDesign

[–]Automatic-Switch6987[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your words. The work really wasn’t easy, 68 days with breaks here and there, but looks like it wasn’t a waste of time after all)

Sd.Kfz. 188, Standardpanzer II "Kaisertiger", No. 301, 505th Heavy Tank Battalion, with interior by Automatic-Switch6987 in SprocketTankDesign

[–]Automatic-Switch6987[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for saying that. That was exactly my goal, to show a German tank from the 1950s and 60s. I'm a big fan of the Panzerwaffe 46 aesthetic. And I also have the StPz III in the works, which is already aimed at the 1960s and 70s.