Category: Research
Problematic exhausts
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…
Everything Wrong With… The Tiger Collection
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…
The Panther: a British view
Among the great collection of AFVs at the Tank Museum in Bovington, United Kingdom there is a vehicle that is often described as one of the best tanks of the Second World War. This tank is better known as the Panzerkampfwagen ‘Panther’ 1. Germany produced over 6000 Panthers during the war. The majority of these were…
Parallel cut Panther turret armour
In another post I have already got to talk a bit about the Panther in Overloon, but a recent visit to the museum there lead me to believe there was something off with the Panther’s turret. I only fully realised this after reading about cutting methods of the steel plates at the armour manufacturers. In…
Humain’s Panther – then and now
While doing some research for another article that might (or might not) be published in the near future I wound up writing something that was slightly too long for the original article so I’ll be putting it up here as a separate article here instead 😉 It all began with this photo of a Panther Ausf.…
