About tracks, thick steel and more
Already since its conception, the exhaust system of the Panther had been kind of troublesome. During the Panther’s production various solutions have been proposed and fitted. In this post I’ll elaborate a bit on two of these solutions in particular. Auspufftopf – Exhaust muffler It is often disregarded or simply not known that the well known exhaust pipes with a
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Doyle and “The Chieftain” Morgan do a tour of the German section in the Panzermuseum Munster. In this video Doyle shortly explains some of the history behind the vehicles on display. You might – or might not – know Hilary Doyle as the author of many books he wrote about German tanks together with the late Tom Jentz. Without further
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A recent addition to my Panther library is this book by Thomas Anderson. Anderson is not new to the subject and has already published a book on the Panther for Concord’s ‘Armor at war’ series (no. 7006). In this post I’ll do a quick review of the book so that you know if you should buy it or not 😉
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The Tiger Collection at The Tank museum in Bovington, opened April 2017, is the place to visit for all armour enthusiasts. It is a unique display of (almost) all variants in which the Tiger was produced. Not only the museum’s Tiger I is featured, but also two Tiger II tanks as well as the Jagdtiger and Ferdinand tank destroyers. The
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In the heart of the city of Breda, the Netherlands you will find the Wilhelminapark: a quiet and calm place. You can come to peace on one of the benches around the pond, or you can, of course, walk up to the massive tank located at the corner where the roads Wilhelminapark and Paul Windhausenweg meet. This unique tank is
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Earlier this year Meng released their Panther Ausf. D kit to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk. The battle of Kursk was the last large German offensive on the eastern front. Battle background After a catastrophic move eastwards toward the Caucasus and the following surrender of Paulus’ 6th Army at Stalingrad in January 1943, the Wehrmacht came
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