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Panzerjager Prototypes
Standonmytongue
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Joined: September 05, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, September 05, 2009 - 03:00 AM UTC
Greetings, I'm a pedestrian walking along the superhighway of armor modeling. Very happy to find this excellent forum.

Anyway, I'm building 2 Panzerjager prototypes, the first is the 5cm PaK mounted on the Borgward tractor. Several photos are contained in the Horst Scheibert Panzerjager photo reference book. Unfortnately, only 3 sides are visible, the rear view was not published. This is an interesting vehicle, it appears that the 5cm mount had no traverse, only elevation. Can anyone confirm this by studying the photos?

The second vehicle, also mounting a 5cm, this time on a converted PzII C chassis. This vehicle interior & gun mount are also in the Scheibert book, but are incorrectly identified as "first attempt to mount the 7.5 cm PaK on a Panzer II C chassis". Even brief examination reveals the weapon as a 5cm not a 7.5. So, it appears to me that this vehicle is the predecessor to the Marder II (SdKfz 131).

In any case, I'm building these 2 vehicles using kits available, bashing and scratchbuilding where necessary. I would humbly accept any and all comments, photo references, and suggestions along the way.

Many thanks,
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