page_title: 43M Zrínyi
section_title: Design and history
hierarchical_section_title: 43M Zrínyi / Design and history
caption_attribution_description: A Zriny II captured assault gun used by Romanian troops near Cluj.
context_page_description: Zrínyi was a Hungarian assault gun of the World War II period. While the Turan in itself wasn’t particularly successful, it did give birth a rather good self-propelled-gun, with the Zrinyi II.
  The Zriniy’s development process started in 1942; after witnessing the success of the StuG III F armed with longer 75mm anti-tank guns on the Eastern Front, Hungary attempted to negociate with Germany to try and acquire some, but, as always, could receive only a fraction of what they needed, and started to design a similar vehicle of their own.
context_section_description: Following the success of assault guns on the Eastern Front, the Hungarians developed their own model, based on the chassis of the 40M Turán I tank. There were two designs, the 44M Zrínyi I, incorporated a long 43M 75 mm gun, but it did not pass the prototype stage. The 40/43M Zrínyi II was armed with a short barrel (20.5 calibers) 105 mm MÁVAG 40/43M howitzer.
  The Zrínyi II design was a traditional infantry support vehicle.  The Zrínyi I was hoped to fulfill an anti-tank role.
  Between 40 and 66 Zrínyi II units were produced between August 1943 and July 1944 and a single Zrínyi I prototype. There is only one surviving Zrínyi II in the Kubinka tank museum near Moscow.
  A serviceable Zrínyi II was captured by the Romanian troops fighting to retake Transylvania during September–October 1944, being pressed into service for a limited period. The assault gun was later donated to the Red Army.
caption: Zrínyi II in Romanian service near Cluj in late 1944.
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