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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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s.Pz.Abt.504
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 12:48 AM UTC
Looking to see if anyone knows of any reference materials regarding this unit. I believe that their support tanks were Panzer III L'; wanting to build one to accompany the Tiger I in Tunisia.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 12:57 AM UTC
Photo coverage of s.Pz.Abt.504 in Tunisia is quite poor, especially their Pz.3.
Here's a page about some of the Pz.3 of the 504.

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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 01:23 AM UTC
I actually believe they were Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N's. At least that is what I read, for when the unit was sent to Africa.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 05:18 AM UTC

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Photo coverage of s.Pz.Abt.504 in Tunisia is quite poor, especially their Pz.3.
Here's a page about some of the Pz.3 of the 504.

David


Thanks. I saved this and some other web search pages. You are right it is one of the less documented units. I think I am right about the use of III L' Trop.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 05:21 AM UTC
I'll have to do some further reading. You are correct about the III N being used as support tanks for Tigers in North Africa but I think that was with 501 and there are some pictures of those.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 05:38 AM UTC
From the book Tigers in the West, it states N's were used in the 504 as well.

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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 05:04 PM UTC
http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tigers-02.htm


http://www.alanhamby.com/unithist.shtml#504

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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 07:58 PM UTC
That Alanhamby site says they were Ns but any photographic record suggests J (with L60), L or M.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 09:21 PM UTC

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From the book Tigers in the West, it states N's were used in the 504 as well.



and with the attachments from Scott below, all suggest that I can build my N alongside my Dragon '131'. Problem solved
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Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 09:35 PM UTC

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That Alanhamby site says they were Ns but any photographic record suggests J (with L60), L or M.


You're right as well. The photos of the destroyed L/M with the turret numbers, white rhomboid/red slash/2 could make for a nice build.
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