Hello to everybody,

I am looking for more informations about ss panzer rgt 1 in normandie during goodwood and particulary near Soliers area during the counterattack against the 11 ar div, i am looking everywhere but is seems to be really diffcult to find panther picture of the lah during this operations

any help, thanks in advance

Dear Sylvain,

Would this help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJ7koDrf2E

or the following books:

SS Armor by Mr. Robert C. Stern, Squadron/Signal Publications
D-Day, Pocket Books, by Mr. Stephen E. Ambrose
or
The Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign by Mr. John Man?

1./ SS PR 1 Panthers in Normandy were mostly ausf A, with tracks on the turret sides. The vehicle number was written in black on the side of the gun mantlet. These numbers ended in xx5 through xx9.

Here's some usefull info on their unique numbering:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/message/1065436123/1+SS+Panther+Numbers+in+Normandy

This thread has an image of a 1SS mantlet. Scroll down 1/2 way.) Note that 113 is probably not 1SS:
http://www.armortek.co.uk/Forum3b/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=36&start=75

The "Panther with tracks segments hung on the turret sides", is from 1SS in Belgium, autumn 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_tank

Hope that helps.

thnaks for your help regads

Perfect, what i am trying to confirm is

on the picture on the panther A in Belgium with the track and kp number on the turret it seems that it have a green spot camo as the panther g in paris have, so it seems to confirm that in normandie, panther A and G have both a spotted camo green and brown with turret number andtrack for the A late (meaby a camo done at mailly le camp?)

I also discover that the G of the LAH have two differents exhaust pipe model base (the A late type and the g type)