This is my interpretation of the drawing for a smaller turret for the KV-2. It never went any further than the initial design study.
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The German Army set up a special program to get captured tanks (Beute-Panzer) back into service. A 1941 initiative directed a flamethrower to be installed on the French Char B1 bis. The conversion replaced the 75mm main gun with a flame thrower while the turret retained the 45mm gun.
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The SU-85i is a what if design by Russian modeler Serzh. He created an original casemate and mantle design and generated a small handful as a conversion kit.
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One of the series inspired by SF3D was Special Armored Battalion Dorvack, an anime series that aired from 1983-84. The basic premise is aliens invade Earth and the Earth Defense Forces must fight for humanity’s survival. The EDF use transforming robots and powered armored suits to fight back the alien invaders. Gunze Sangyo released a line of model kits in 1/24, 1/72 and 1/100 scales. One of the things Gunze did to encourage sales was to publish photo stores of custom designs by Makoto Kobayashi.
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The SU-100Y was a prototype SPG based on the T-100 multi-turret tank chassis. The SU-100Y has fixed casemate that mounted a 130mm B-13 navel gun for use against fortifications. One prototype was made and rumored to have fought at the Battle of Moscow 41/42 as part of an independent artillery division though no records nor photos exist of it in action.
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