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French Post-War Panther(A) pictures?
Shalta
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Posted: Sunday, January 07, 2018 - 07:34 PM UTC
Thanks Angel!
I didnt know the Bulgarian army used Panthers too, but that last one looks very nice. I'm certainly going to keep that one in mind!
It might be end up being my next project, as I assume it'll be a while before I actually get to ordering those French decals (Got an M1917 conversion, and 2/3 Panther kits on my list right now, lol.)
Granted, life stuff might delay it a bit, but someday, anyway!
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Posted: Sunday, January 07, 2018 - 09:30 PM UTC

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According to Char-français website, 2 units received Panthers after 1945 (A and G variants) : the 503e RCC and the 6e Cuirassiers, but other units may have received a few as well...Regarding camo, there are some infos here :

http://www.milinfo.org/article-nouveautes-librairie-peintures-de-guerre-un-siecle-de-camouflage-de-l-armee-fran-aise-125511921.html

Most of the captured German or Italian vehicles were painted overall green (US Army OD and maybe British dark green), but some remained in the former users colors.

Markings are usually missing, save for the French Army registration plates...

H.P.


So, we could have an Olive Drab/Green Panther (with or without Zimmerit), and French Army registration plates; this could be good! However, confirmation on the secondary armament would be nice to have. I mentioned Brownings as a possibility earlier but I'd forgotten the Reibel Machine Guns, in 7.5mm. This would make sense logistically for the French Army and I believe they were installed on the EBR series of armoured cars, but whilst probably adaptable to the Commander's cupola, I wonder if they could be installed in the hull position?

Also, I wonder if the practice of displaying city/town names on the vehicle would have been adopted back then; can anyone help?

This would all ring the changes on the display tables!
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