Category: Walk-around
Vimoutiers Tiger
During August 1944, the German Wehrmacht lost a good deal of equipment during the closing of the Falaise pocket. On the 21st of August some five German vehicles found themselves eastward of the city of Falaise where they squeezed through the Falaise Gap. They managed to escape the pocket and headed towards the Guerquesalles area.…
Sekundärlafette für Turm KPZ Leopard 2 (PT)
In a recent post I showed you a Leopard 2 prototype and explained how the turret of this tank was a very special one since it could mount an overhead weapon system. In the summer of 2012 I visited the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung in Koblenz, where the very weapon system that was designed to be mounted…
Leopard 2 prototype
In July 2014 I was able to visit Försvarsfordons museum Arsenalen in Strägnäs, Sweden. Number one reason for me to visit this museum was that I had heard that a Leopard 2 prototype is on display there. After I roamed the museum and admired its collection I still hadn’t found any sign of this Leopard 2…
KV-1
The Panssarimuseo Parola, Finland features some tanks that you wouldn’t see in a typical tank museum. This museum has a great arsenal of Russian vehicles that were captured by the Finns. In 2014 I paid the museum a visit and were truly impressed by their collection. Sadly, since most vehicles are exhibited outside, their paint jobs aren’t…
Panther Ausf. G – Overloon
The Panther Ausführung G was the last version of the Panther to be mass produced. It featured a number of improvement over the earlier A model. Characteristic for this model are the lack of a driver’s hatch in the glacis plate as well as the simplified (one piece) side armour plates. The vehicle at the Oorlogsmuseum Overloon carries Fahrgestell…
Jagdtiger
On special request, I’ll be having a look at the Jagdtiger this time. I walked into this beast at the Tank museum in 2013. The Jagdtiger is based on the hull of the Tiger II and has the most powerful gun of World War 2 in the form of the 12,8 cm PaK 44 which…
Leopard 2A4NL
Today we’ll have a look of one of only two Leopard 2A4NL tanks the Dutch army still owns. This specimen was captured on film back in 2012 at the Caveleriemuseum Amersfoort located in the Bernhartkazerne. This is one of the 180 Leoaprd 2A4NL tanks that were not upgraded to the 2A5NL standard. It is interesting…
