Challenges

This page gives an overview of the various official Shipbucket challenges and their respective entries (so far as they are on the Shipbucket Wiki)

Shipbucket Scale Challenges

Second World War Destroyer Escort Challenge

Welcome to the Second World War destroyer escort challenge! For those unaware, the United States built several hundred destroyer escorts during the Second World War. These valiant vessels escorted merchant convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic and saw extensive service elsewhere. USS Samuel B. Roberts, for example, was sunk during the famed confrontation between Taffy 3 and Admiral Kurita's Centre Force. Other navies built equivalent types, such as the frigates of the Royal Navy or the Imperial Japanese Navy's kaibōkan. In this challenge, participants are asked to draw a fictional destroyer escort that could have existed during the Second World War period (1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945). The destroyer escort does not have to participate in the Second World War, or even belong to a real-life nation. It only needs to conform to the given time frame. As a destroyer escort is a smaller ship, this challenge is a perfect opportunity for new members and FD scale artists to explore SB scale. I hope we will see many excellent entries over the coming month.

Design Requirements

   Your submission must depict a destroyer escort - a ship designed to escort merchant convoys at sea - or an equivalent type (e.g. frigate, kaibōkan, geleitboot).
   The included drawing should depict the ship on a specific date between 1 September 1939 and 2 September 1945.
   Maximum design speed of the ship must not exceed 28 knots (52 km/h, 32 mph).
   The ship should possess anti-submarine warfare equipment.

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  Hoover Class (Superboy).png

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  F17 MPT Lovac (The Sprinklez).png

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  Fremantle Class (TheGrumpyKestrel).png

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  NS Puffin (WesleyWestland).png

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  G5 (Cargil48).png

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  ARM Guadalajara (Jadog123).png

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  Piraíba Class (Albert1099).png

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  ARS R. Slater (Shigure).png

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  KNF G-38 (Armoured Man).png

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  Karimpou (Waritem).png

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  Nagakencana (jjx indoweeb).png

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  Buckler Class (Corp).png

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  Project 169 'Vladivostok' (NavyGuy658).png

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  Valera Class (lemachin).png

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  MN-161 (wb21).png

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  Pr. 454 Gayny Class (APDAF).png

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  Minensuchboot Typ M 1944 (Imperialist).png

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  San Giorgio Class (Chile1).png

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  Tsimanampetsotsa (Kiwi Imperialist).png

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  EK-1 (Gollevainen).png

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  Bernardo Comidas (TigerHunter 1945).png

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  OVS Hilmar Vir Tann (Skibud1998).png

First World War Battlecruiser Challenge

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  BC Comhcheangal new-camo.png

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  SprinklezBCConstitutionClass.png

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  BC-3 KNF Haruyu 1918 Armoured man.png

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  HMS Gannet WesleyWestland.png

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  CB-USS Hawaii-1917 Krakatoa.png

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  BC-Andrea-Contarini-1915-1 Denodon.png

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  Chesma Class Battlecruiser as designed Rodondo.png

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  FNS Charlemagne 1916 Morgansshipyard.png

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  ARS Arcadia 1316 Shigure.png

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  HMS Agincourt 1916 Perky50.png

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  Battlecruiser Malakoff Renown.png

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  Van Villebois-Mareuil Waritem.png

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  Rep. Sch. Chatham 1916 Charguizard.png

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  Lanzer von Schadeleitz 1916.png

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  Alexander Nevsky class APDAF.png

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  SMS Ludendorff 1917 Imperialist.png

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  HMS Alba Kiwi Imperialist.png

Second World War Aircraft Carrier Challenge

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  CV Sardegna 1940-with-planes.png

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  NL CV 1938 Van Speijk.png

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  NL CV 1938 Van Speijk 1.png

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  Anton der Erste.png

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  AV 1939 g Vladivostok Gollevainen.png

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  Portaaviones glorioso by toxicloki93.jpg

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  IX-64 USS Wolverine 1942.png

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  Mikasa Maru 1941 Superboy.png

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  HMS Insuperable 1941 Hood.png

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  CVL-14 Tolland 1943 MateDow.png

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  Graf Zeppelin class Cargil 48.png

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  KnK Tobiuo 1942 BB1987.png

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  KNF Kuuryu 1926 Armoured Man.png

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  CF-2 Crown Point 1941 Charybdis.png

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  Numancia 1945 Luis Sanz.png

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  Kinryu 1342 Shigure.png

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  HNLMS Nassau 1944.png

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  HMS Furious 1941 Perky50.png

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  Rep Sch Johan van Oldenbarnevelt 1943.png

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  Georges Cuvier Tigerhunter1945.png

Post-Cold War Large Surface Combatant Challenge

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  FG Comhcheangal 2017.png

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  D 803 Zeven Provincien.png

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  Independence Class Conqueror 2019 MitcheLL300.png

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  Historia class 2020 Superboy.png

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  TG Glórmhar Class DDG Top View Blackbuck.png

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  Monte Sano CCG-21 Minepagan.png

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  Type 45 Daring AU Hood.png

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  DD-998 Towers 2000 Erik T.png

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  DGSN-11 USS Ingraham Corp.png

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  Rambiert class Heuhen.png

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  Sun Zhongshan class Chiang Chung-cheng Kiwi Imperialist.png

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  FV Mjukheten Kattsun.png

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  DDG-42 OUS Melbourne Morgansshipyard.png

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  San Sadara class Shigure.png

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  FFG 08 HMWS Port Hedland.png

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  Normandie class, San-Silvacian.png

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  Type 055 Nan Chang 1143M.png

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  CGF-61 Aoba Cascadia.png

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  Type 85 JSB.png

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  MMS Semeru 2014 TigerHunter1945.png

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  DGN-95 USS James E. Williams 2008 Miklania.png

The Last Pre-dreadnought battleship Challenge

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  BB Bunreacht 1908.png

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  All forward De zeven Provincien 1910.png

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  Vigilant 1906.png

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  BB 1903 Ibiza Krakatoa.PNG

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  Model-1891 1143M.png

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  KnK Ketsui 1907 BB1987.png

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  HMS Hero 1905 Perky50.png

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  Osmakovun Savasi 508KE Scootia23.png

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  Duke of Umbara 1306 Shigure.png

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  Heuhens PreDred.png

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  Pobedonosnyy Gollevainen.png

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  Rurik Class Pre-dred APDAF.png

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  Rheinland class Imperialist.png

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  NRB Reina Ermengarde 1908 Kiwi Imperialist.png

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  ICN Jiyuan 1907 TigerHunter1945.png

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  BB-7 Amelia 1803 Armoured man.png

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  Buyeo class Aiseus.png

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  ML Meurthe 1908 Muscatatuck.png

London treaty Gunboat Challenge

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  HMS Johor (1935).png

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  PG Somalia as built.png

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  TNS Cicero 1934 Krakatoa.png

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  MDSM Marquise de Laureuil Themax.png

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  HMS Mud Hen 1933 Perky50.png

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  Spica class 1933 Superboy.png

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  Rep. Sch. Gier 1940 Charguizard.png

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  Castle class 1935 Hood.png

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  Patrun 35 Blackbuck.png

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  Zuytdorp class TheGrumpyKestrel.png

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  MMS Magnus 1940 Trainspite.png

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  Don Quixote Unclesam.png

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  HMMS Kinkony 1935 Kiwi Imperialist.png

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  ARS Chiyesa 1346 Shigure.png

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  CN-39 Lulu 1838 Armoured man.png

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  Majestelerinin Gemisi Sakarya Tigerhunter1945.png

Real life challenge

The results from the Real Life challenge can be found on the Shipbucket main site.

Nuclear attack sub challenge

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  Nuclear Tonijn.png

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  SSN Conaire 2015.png

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  D-1 Class.png

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  SSN-13 ʻAhi 2018.png

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  Spectre class TheGrumpyKestrel.png

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  Type 09-III 1143M.png

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  TG Artamís Class SSN Blackbuck.png

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  Hund class SSN 1958 Deskjetser.png

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  Leonardo Da Vinci 1958.png

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  Type D2 Modified Otsu-Gata 2 Kai Armoured man.png

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  Harushio class Kiwi Imperialist.png

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  Vortex class Czslworldtour.png

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  FTKLANl ABetterName.png

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  HIMS Challenger Andrzej1.png

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  Magelhaes-class R019 1962 Charguizard.png

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  Pailin class 1955.png

Postwar Gun Cruiser Challenge

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  CL Neptune 1950.png

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  CAN-160.png

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  CAGN-160.png

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  CAGN-160 2.png

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  HMAS Melbourne 1953.png

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  IJNS Mogami CA-37.png

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  CA 1940 Heraklion Completed.PNG

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  Aungsumalin 1945 Superboy.png

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  Charles Martel 1944 Latuch.png

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  Admiral Class Hood.png

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  HMWS Westralia TheGrumpyKestrel.png

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  Artemis Arbalest 1953 Czslworldtour.png

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  ARS st Azia Shigure.png

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  CL Danzig 1949 DG Alpha.png

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  Warusawa class CB-1 Armoured man.png

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  Avalanche class 1951 Kvasius.png

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  Ackermaren class Aiseus.png

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  KnK Daikakuji 1945 BB1987.png

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  F Class Caledonia Heuhen.png

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  MMS Chevalier Trainspite.png

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  Cramer-class 1946 Charguizard.png

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  CL Vladivostok cruiserchallenge Gollevainen.png

Ocean liner challenge

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  Orleans Class Ocean Liner SS Orleans 1935.png

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  Streamlined SS Nieuw Amsterdam 1937.png

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  C4 SS Guang Hua 1143M.png

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  SS Olena Herasymenko Keisser.png

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  TS Bergen Heuhen.png

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  Errant Expess Resplendent Charity Shigure.png

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  IMS Empreess Kojun emperor andreas.png

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  SS Chiyoku Maru BB1987.png

Typhon Challenge

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  CCG-3 USS United States 1977.png

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  Typhon DDG 47 1972.png

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  CGN-36 Tybeach.png

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  Carida City class guided missile cruiser.png

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  Jinzu class 1.png

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  Jinzu class 2.png

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  Jinzu class 3.png

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  Sukanya-class Guided missile destroyer.png

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  New England Constitution class.png

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  Lainekea Class Guided Missile Cruiser.png

Early Cold War Destroyer challenge

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  DD Bithdhilis 1959.png

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  DD Beomhar 1960.png

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  DD Broduil 1966.png

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  DD Buach 1969.png

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  DD Bithdhilis 1974.png

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  DD Beomhar 1982.png

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  DD Broduil 1988.png

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  DG Beomhar 1982.png

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  DG Broduil 1988.png

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  PD 1947C jager.png

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  PD 1947C jager internals.png

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  Ranger Class Destroyer.png

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  FF Heron Class 1956.png

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  Kustenclass 1935.png

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  Kustenclass 1940.png

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  Taihei Tengoku Mogami 1950.png

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  Dd orp kozak 1953 by herakleides-dck47is.png

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  Dd orp krakowiak 1955 by herakleides-dck482p.png

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  DLG-2 USS Willis Lee 1956.png

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  OE-23 Poplar 1951 as designed.png

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  OE-23 Poplar 1953 as commissioned.png

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  OE-26 Birch 1958.png

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  Fleet destroyer Bohemund 1956.png

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  Fleet destroyer Bohemund 1978.png

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  Kantai Fuyutsuki class 1960.png

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  Kantai Fuyutsuki class 1990.png

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  DD-1948-OrigDesign.png

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  DDG-1960-Design.png

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  DD-1955-Design.png

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  DE Surangkana 1950.png

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  DE Surangkana as planned 1945.png

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  DE Surangkana 1952.png

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  DE Surangkana 1970.png

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  DE Surangkana 1977.png

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  Hood Cutlass 1958.png

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  Hood Carronade 1960.png

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  Hood Claymore 1966.png

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  Hood Claymore 1979.png

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  Hood Carronade 1977.png

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  DD Punainen Pohjanmaa AU 1.png

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  DD Punainen Pohjanmaa AU 2.png

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  Type 051 Guided Missile Destroyer 1143M.png

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  Oslo class fletcher hull Heuhen.png

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  Mogami Taihei Tengoku.png

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  HMS Lancaster 1959 as planned Rodondo.png

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  Asashio DDE 1955 JSB.png

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  HHS Sampit v2 Yasutomi.png

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  Type 84 Aviation Destroyer Novice.png

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  DD Razrushitel 1951 v002 WB21.png

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  Yorihime BB1987.png

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  Mercury class Whitey NL.png

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  Fafnir class TigerHunter1945.png

Nato ASW challenge

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  FFHN-1 ASW(1).png

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  ASW NATO Frigate D17.png

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  NATOASWDesignChallengeVampireClass.png

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  Type25NATO.png

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  NATO Submarine Hunting Frigate Proposal 1981.png

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  Type 156 A Dortmund.png

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  Type 156 B Dortmund.png

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  Type 156 Dortmund F2.png

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  F45 HMAS Murrumbidgee.png

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  Modular NATO ASW Ship A.png

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  Modular NATO ASW Ship B.png

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  Modular NATO ASW Ship C.png

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  Flower 2 v6 Nato ASW.png

FD Scale Challenges

'Endgame' Heavy Tank Challenge

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  Churchill WTT.png

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  Churchill WTT 2.png

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  Churchill WTT 3.png

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  FV44(H) Alpha Wolf (RaspingLeech).png

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  BK44(H) Hunting Wolf (RaspingLeech).png

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  SV44B(H) Cricket (RaspingLeech).png

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  AmCrO M-44 Mammud (JCSTCap).png

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  PzKpfw IX Löwe, Ausf A (Armoured Man).png

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  M1945 'Jalo' Heavy Tank (PsychicUmbreon).png

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  WB-16 with Armour Diagram (Eswube).png

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  WB-16 (Eswube).png

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  Hv XVI.II A Jörmungandr (Rorie).png

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  Pz 57 (Hood).png

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  SOM Poirot CB75 (Aiseus).png

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  M-53 'Vepar' (Albert1099).png

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  M-53AI 'Tarpon' (Albert1099).png

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  M-53 'Vepar' in Srpska Service (Albert1099).png

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  Carro Armato P58-47 'Leviatano' (Morgansshipyard).png

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  Sd Kfz 183-1 Vollketten Panzer VKPz VII Höhlenlöwe (Imperialist).png

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  Sd Kfz 183-2 Vollketten Panzer VKPz VII Höhlenlöwe (Imperialist).png

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  Sd Kfz 183-3 Vollketten Panzer VKPz VII Höhlenlöwe (Imperialist).png

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  Rhinoceros I (WesleyWestland).png

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  Carro Armato P68-50 'Scorpio' (Morgansshipyard).png

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  Char Lourd CL-50 (Laforest).png

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  Teš Okl Bor Vz III (jjx indoweeb).png

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  Teš Okl Bor Vz III 1944 (jjx indoweeb).png

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  MV-386 Serval (wb21).png

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  MV-386 Serval, 1959 (wb21).png

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  MV-386 Serval, 1971 (wb21).png

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  Pz Kpfw V Ausf A1 Puma (asqwerty3342).png

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  105mm Heavy Gun Carrier, H2 (Shigure).png

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  152mm Heavy Gun Carrier, H3 (Shigure).png

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  105mm Heavy Gun Carrier, H2A2 (Shigure).png

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  CMP 62-44 (Kvasius).png

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  SD 752, Kanonpantser m-59 Belgae Mk d (Charguizard).png

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  SD 752, Kanonpantser m-59 Belgae Mk A-2 (Charguizard).png

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  SD 752, Kanonpantser m-59 Belgae Mk C (Charguizard).png

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  TT-48 (APDAF).png

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  TT-48 in Ethiopian Service (APDAF).png

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  TT-48 in Sapporo Shogunate Service (APDAF).png

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  Z․Hw․Sp․ 13504／220 'Oger' (Kat Tsun).png

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  Renault Char B2 Heavy Tank (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Renault Char B2 ter Heavy Tank (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Renault Char B2 bis Heavy Tank (TigerHunter1945).png

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  FV 4039 'Tiny'／'Big Annie', Anglo-Australian Trials 1958 (Rodondo).png

Interwar Fighter Challenge

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  Hughes Caballero Mk 1 RaspingLeech.png

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  Siemens-Schukert Ss 55A Imperialist.png

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  Ridgefield Type 342 Raiper Hood.png

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  Ford Model 20M Rhade.png

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  Nakajima YM A4N1 Bordkanone 75.png

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  SN-10 Sumi Nartosa Aiseus.png

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  FAM C291 le machin.png

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  Carze C.27-600 jjx indoweeb.png

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  Tukhachevsky Tu-6 APDAF.png

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  Fujimoto model 207 T-55 Reppu Armoured man.png

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  The abomination corp.png

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  Ranaimo F.9 Kiwi Imperialist.png

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  Lyandul Aeronautics Institute D-5 Avocet Cardinal.png

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  Supermarine Type 225 K2891 JSB.png

Cold War Attack Aircraft Challenge

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  Grumman A-7 Avenger II 1.png

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  Grumman A-7 Avenger II 2.png

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  Grumman A-7 Avenger II 3.png

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  SprinklezColdWarAttackAircraftMa223.png

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  Hawker Siddeley HS.1179 Sparrowhawk GR.Mk.1.png

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  Hitsubishi HT-09 .png

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  HISPANO AVIACION HA-500 Alacrán (Scorpion).png

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  AeroTecnica A-7 Pantera.png

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  Fisker & Hansen (T)A-9 Buzzard.png

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  Fisker Aerospace AV-30 Waverider.png

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  Ayeslendh S61.png

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  ATRIA Aerospace A-1.png

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  Chechov Ch-18.png

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  Junkers Ju 1287.png

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  Thiel Fairchild A-8A-DK Buzzard.png

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  Hispano Aviación HA 250 Lanza.png

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  JM-374 Naxodi.png

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  WAC WA. 38 Taipan.png

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  Koolhoven A7K Speervis.png

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  CASA 1.155 Bucardo.png

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  FD AA6C KRA wb21.png

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  Wodjarbarns Wo.20 Hapect I.png

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  Fujimoto AF-21 Hayate.png

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  Wiweko S56 Attack Aircraft.png

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  Großerdeutschland, Focke-Wulf Ta 311 Wildkatze Schlachtflugzeug.png

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  CA-11 Busard.png

Main battle tank challenge

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  T-47.png

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  Puma MBT Commonwealth Operators.png

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  Kleinkomuskeljaatkat SCRandall.png

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  TG FA-90 Variants 1 Blackbuck.png

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  Type 044 Rhino Ato.png

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  Shqiponja MBT Thesketchydude13.png

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  Char de Bataille Model 49 Reytuerto.png

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  Shir 2 Albert1099.png

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  M5-Mattis ashebourton.png

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  Hellcat 2A MBT Pegasus206.png

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  Panther III MitcheLL300.png

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  F82 Series MBT Kiwi Imperialist.png

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  T-77A Berenova Hood.png

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  OBT-1 Kvasius.png

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  Woverine 1A1 LtMaverick114.png

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  De Schelde SD 777 Bolwerk Charguizard.png

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  T15A Tordenspyd Miklania.png

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  BVIII Schelderf Aiseus.png

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  Bull series Tanks Daemyrs.png

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  Redback 1D TheGrumpyKestrel.png

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  A36 Conqueror Mk. 1 RaspingLeech.png

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  105mm Universal gun carrier U6 Shigure.png

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  Type 18 Kot MBT TigerHunter1945.png

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  FD Castellan Proto Mist.png

Cold War Strategic Bomber Challenge

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  MCE-B5M-Griofa.png

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  SprinklezStrategicBomberAMSA2906.png

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  Nakajima G14N Shirozan Charguizard.png

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  Fujimoto E55 Yokai.png

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  Hawker Siddeley HS.1110 Hood.png

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  Wiweko B-54 Gelatik TigerHunter1945.png

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  Sud-Aviation Nuage SanSilv.png

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  Bomberchallenge B-7 Backswing 1 Gollevainen.png

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  Martin P5M Orca Muscatatuck.png

Gunbucket Scale Challenges

Big Iron Challenge

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  Revolver Marquis Modèle 1862 (Mr Sinny).png

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  Masterson Duelist (Pantsu).png

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  Reitus Frontier Type Revolver (Aiseus).png

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  Chadsjam Type 3, 1902 (Featherduster).jpg

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  Milescia Armi Re M-1861, Grav var Armhausd's Personal Carry (JCSTCap).png

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  Passaic Revolver, 1840 (IJNRedshirt).png

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  Pulaski M1909 (Muscatatuck).png

First Assault Rifle Challenge

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  M1949 Rifle.png

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  M1955 Machine Carbine (RaspingLeech).png

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  M51 Assault Rifle (Shigure).png

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  M51A1 Assault Rifle (Shigure).png

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  M51A2 Assault Rifle (Shigure).png

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  M92 Assault Carbine (Shigure).png

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  Okamura AR-56 (Armoured Man).png

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  Okamura AR-56 A1 (Armoured Man).png

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  Okamura AR-56 A1-A2 (Armoured Man).png

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  Okamura AR-56 A3 (Armoured Man).png

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  C-77 Carbine (Armoured Man).png

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  Kassel AK47 (Aiseus).png

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  Kassel AK47-51 (Aiseus).png

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  Kassel AK47 Besonderen (Aiseus).png

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  Zk m-82 Prototype (Charguizard).png

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  Zk m-82 Production Version (Charguizard).png

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  Zk m-82-83 Mid Production (Charguizard).png

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  RAI-405 (Pantsu).png

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  RAI-405 with Bayonet (Pantsu).png

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  RAI-405C (Pantsu).png

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  RAI-405C with Bayonet (Pantsu).png

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  SAK-62 (Colombus).png

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  Amerigo M41 (Scootia23).png

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  Amerigo M41 with Bayonet (Scootia23).png

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  Amerigo M86 (Scootia23).png

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  Turpin Mk. 1 (Kiwi Imperialist).png

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  Turpin L1A2 (Kiwi Imperialist).png

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  Turpin L1A2 - Late Pattern (Kiwi Imperialist).png

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  Beretta Mitragliatrice 46 (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Beretta Mitragliatrice 46 with Bayonet (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Beretta Mitragliatrice 46 with Lanciatore di Granate Modello 48 (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Beretta Mitragliatrice 46 with Lanciatore di Granate Modello 48 and Adattatore Bomba a Mano (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Beretta Mitragliatrice 46 with Lanciatore di Granate Modello 48 and Granate Anticarro Modello 51 'Melone' (TigerHunter1945).png

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  Mosquetón Automático Modelo 1932 (Reytuerto).png

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  Marquis RDU-54 (Muscatatuck).png