Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf C/B (VK36.01)

beers
Well, thankfully scale models don't have to abide by what was existed and what didn't. We can have whatever what-ifs we want.

beers
Perhaps, but this vehicle did exist. The hull was tested as shown, the turret was made but never mounted; the gun is the only "fictional" part, though the project for a squeeze bore 75/55mm gun was very real - it just never went anywhere, someone must have realized it was all looking quite expensive.

beers
Expensive to make and operate, yes. Expensive to shoot? Not at all, it used the same ammunition as the Flak 36.
The squeeze-bore cannon that was supposed to go on the VK 36 01H required ~1kg of tungsten per shot, a material that was perpetually in very short supply. If not for that and the excessive barrel wear, they just might have fielded one of these.

beers
That is what I said about the Tiger 1, yes. Still cheaper than a tank for which ammo production would have been impossible.