What would the best TD of 1943 look like?

Um...Yeah, how about we get back to armoured fighting vehicles?
Waffentreager Skorpion but with Kw.K.43 L/71 and ZF AK 7-400 heavy duty transmission (developed for the Panther-II and used on the Jagdpanther). All components to the best of my knowledge were available in 1943.
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The original Skorpion was designed in 1944 but never went into production and was to be armed with the 12.8cm Kannone 43 L/55.
 
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I'm partial to the 'Marder IV', which would be a PAK42 mounted on a Pz III chassis in a Marder configuration. Doable in early 1943 when the gun became available. Moving the internals around was already achieved that year with the Pz IV for the Hummel and Nashorn mods.
 
With the M7 being introduced in April 1942 and the Pheasant version of the 17ld being rushed to the desert in February 1943, just have someone have a lightbulb moment and marry a Pheasant with a Priest and "Voila" you a really mobile tank killer in early 43.

I'm partial to the 'Marder IV', which would be a PAK42 mounted on a Pz III chassis in a Marder configuration. Doable in early 1943 when the gun became available. Moving the internals around was already achieved that year with the Pz IV for the Hummel and Nashorn mods.

Both proposals are painfuly obvious, indeed just a 'lightbulb moment' short from making.
The 17pdr on the M7 Priest was probably easier to make than the Churchill 75NA conversion.
 
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