
This tank destroyer was based on the Tas heavy tank.*
Developed after the successful Turan - Zrinyi*
rebuildings the Tas hull appeared to be an excellent*
base for a tank destroyer. The prototype featured an*
extremely sloped, heavily armed chassis with the*
German Kwk 43 88mm gun used on the Tiger II heavy*
tanks. The prototype was built along with the Tas but*
the works stopped with the factory's destruction. The*
fate of the prototype is unknown officially. Some*
former workers remember a large armored vehicle*
called Arpad which was transferred into Gyor in*
August 1944.*
The designation 45M is presumed by calculating the*
possible completion date.*
The unit picture is handdrawn by the OB author after*
the line drawing of Laszlo Benczur (Copyright, 1990)*
