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Strange tanks
EggMan
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Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 03:28 AM UTC
Strange Panther tank.

http://i2.aijaa.com/b/00833/9730424.jpg
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 03:26 AM UTC

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Panzer IV with Panzer V gun mantlet:

http://i10.aijaa.com/b/00806/9726211.jpg


Hmmm...somehow I find the photo suspect. Probably edited? Cheers
EggMan
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 01:09 PM UTC

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Hmmm...somehow I find the photo suspect. Probably edited?



Maybe, but in war all things are possible.

http://i11.aijaa.com/b/00737/9741176.jpg

http://i8.aijaa.com/b/00275/9741158.jpg

http://i7.aijaa.com/b/00136/9741160.jpg

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http://i5.aijaa.com/b/00438/9741174.jpg

http://i10.aijaa.com/b/00950/9741175.jpg



I know, the battleships are not tanks, but they have much in common
melonhead
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 04:35 PM UTC

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Panzer IV with Panzer V gun mantlet:

http://i10.aijaa.com/b/00806/9726211.jpg


Hmmm...somehow I find the photo suspect. Probably edited? Cheers

i agree. the darkness of the tank itself is much darker and sharper than the whole barrel
Minsk94
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 05:03 PM UTC

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Hmmm...somehow I find the photo suspect. Probably edited?



Maybe, but in war all things are possible.


Different pixelation, exposure and the most important - different scales. Panther gun and mantlet is bigger than it is shown on the photo.

Good luck with the rest of "strange" photos.
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 06:34 PM UTC




10.5cm K.Pz.Sfl.IVa Dicker Max
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Posted: Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 01:02 AM UTC

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10.5cm K.Pz.Sfl.IVa Dicker Max


No thats the Sturer Emil...
EggMan
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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 05:22 PM UTC
1:1 Pzkfw VI model.

http://aijaa.com/004939824930.jpg
Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012 - 05:27 AM UTC
Hmmm. The Allies should have towed those inflatable Shermans behind real ones at DDay. The Germans would have really freaked at the site of so many tanks and would have run away.
Byrden
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Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012 - 08:00 AM UTC

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In this photo, the Tiger on our left has chassis number 250053 and was withheld for testing by Wa Pruef 6. We are therefore on a weapons test ground.

David
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Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012 - 08:31 AM UTC
In this photo ( See link: http://jtrowbridge5.smugmug.com/GermanarmyatWar/German-part-2-1/15596008_Wb8PtD#!i=1168694317&k=dRsdW ) is this Tiger knocked-out? Looks like a penetration on the hull side to me.

Thanks for your thoughts.
Byrden
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Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012 - 09:07 AM UTC

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In this photo ( See link: http://jtrowbridge5.smugmug.com/GermanarmyatWar/German-part-2-1/15596008_Wb8PtD#!i=1168694317&k=dRsdW ) is this Tiger knocked-out? Looks like a penetration on the hull side to me.

Thanks for your thoughts.


It is Tiger 731 of Panzer-Regiment 7, 10th Panzerdivision. It has quite a few penetrations and the cupola is missing.

David
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Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012 - 09:10 AM UTC

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In this photo ( See link: http://jtrowbridge5.smugmug.com/GermanarmyatWar/German-part-2-1/15596008_Wb8PtD#!i=1168694317&k=dRsdW ) is this Tiger knocked-out? Looks like a penetration on the hull side to me.

Thanks for your thoughts.


It is Tiger 731 of Panzer-Regiment 7, 10th Panzerdivision. It has quite a few penetrations and the cupola is missing.

David


David,

I missed the cupola and a second penetration right behind the German marking on the same side. That link you provided is pretty awesome! Thanks. It almost looks like they used it for target practice and trying to figure out where they could penetrate that beast (after the initial 'kill').

John
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Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012 - 12:01 PM UTC
Thanks for sharing...Really interesting photos...
Wittmann98_VN
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 03:20 AM UTC

I think it's a "Tiger" made from a wrecked T-34, used for Russian tank training

I also have another strange pic:

That's a T-34 with a panther's road wheel, right?

Huy
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Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012 - 11:35 AM UTC
yep, done late in the war to re-use resources when spare-parts took a long time to reach the front.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 06:34 AM UTC

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Panzer IV with Panzer V gun mantlet:

http://i10.aijaa.com/b/00806/9726211.jpg


Hmmm...somehow I find the photo suspect. Probably edited? Cheers

There was an attempt made to mate the Schmalturm from the Panther II design to the PzKpfw IV, but it was not successful. The Schmalturm did survive in the online game 'World of Tanks' as an upgrade turret for the PzKpfw IV (where historical accuracy sometimes takes a back seat to gameplay), but the dimensions of the Schmalturm on the PzKpfw IV hull in the game make it clear that there is no way that the picture is anything but shopped -- the regular Panther turret is wider than the Schmalturm, so there's no way it wouldn't overhang the sides of the PzKpfw IV's upper hull. An article on the CMK kit of the PzKpfw IV with the Schmalturm shows clearly that even the smaller turret hangs over the hull sides; I suspect that the original Panther turret would be big enough to prevent the driver's and radio operator's hatches from opening.
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