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Operation Market Garden
Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 03:44 AM UTC
Hello guys
I'm planing to built a Operation Market Garden diorama and I ned help from the specialists of this Operation. I have a kit from a German Jagtpanther at and I don't now if I can use it for this projekt. Maybe somebody can help my. Thanks.

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Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 04:25 AM UTC
Ola PzGren

The answer to your question is Yes.

I looked through the Book german Armoured Units at Arnhem september 1944.
There were Jagdpanzers around during Market Garden. They were used by the 9th SS panzerjager abteilung. There are no pictures around of those vehicles in action.
I have one picture where a soldier is standing next to the tank during the Market Garden Campaign and I have a color diagram.
The text with the Color Diagram says:
There are no pics of these SP`s in action, but it`s reported by the germans that they were there. The Camouflage scheme consisted of a dark yellow base with green and brown flecks. they had no tactical markings. Only the national crosses were painted on the sides, and of course the Jagdpanzers were covered in Zimmerit. Zimmerit was a paste-like, non metallic substance that was mixed with other materials and applied to the vehicles in a ribbed pattern. This served as protection against magnetic mines and "sticky Bombs. The ribs prevented the Sticky bombs from stocking, and magnetic mines were rendered in effective by the Zimmerit Coat

I hope this answers your question enough

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