About tracks, thick steel and more
As promised, here is a video of the Panther at Militracks. It shows the Panther starting its engine and driving around a bit on the museum premises. The Panther runs noticeably smoother than the museum’s Königstiger. In contrast to the Tiger II, the Panther does not require any additional hand cranking to start the engine. Also note how smoking hot the
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Today, 18 May, Militracks celebrated its 10th anniversary. Starting out initially as a small event for enthusiasts of German hardware, Militracks has grown out to be the biggest event for Sonderkraftfahrzeuge and one of the largest events showcasing running military material in Europe. With last year’s showing of Saumur’s Königstiger at the event many would have thought this could not
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Probably you are all familiar with the Feifel air filtration system on early Tiger tank. Tiger 131 from the Tank museum, sport this system and as part of it, it has air filtration units mounted on either side of the rear. The air filtration units suck in air using ducts placed on the engine deck. A pair of ducts is
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In the last week of February a new exhibition was opened in the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soest, The Netherlands. This exhibition, dubbed “When the Russians come”, is dedicated to the Cold War and tells the tale of rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union as well as the tense situation in Europe that resulted. An audio tour leads the
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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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