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Help on wiring configuration for Panzer IV
Wolf-Leader
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Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 10:57 PM UTC
I would like to know why and I am not being winny I just would like to know when I post a question about the Panzer IV J nobody seems to be able to answer the questions. I posted a question on page 6 of this DG and all I got was a lot of lookers and no responses, Help.
Folgore
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Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:28 PM UTC
The type of information you are after is pretty obscure. I've never come across wiring plans for any tanks, but maybe that's just me and there are some out there. You need to find someone with a real PzIV or something.......
Of course, you could always make a few educated guesses. No one would know the difference........
Sorry you're not getting much help here, I know this is the second or third time you've asked this question. I assume you've checked AFV Interior'sPanzer IV.

Nic
BlueBear
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Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:45 PM UTC
To get the exact detail references that you are looking for, you would need something along the lines of the Squadron/Signal Walk Around books. Unfortunately, I don't believe that they havea volume on the Panzer4 yet. You might try contacting either the Patton Armor Museum, the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Museum, or the German Army Panzer Museum at Muenster.
Hollowpoint
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Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 08:42 PM UTC
You know, Wolf-Leader, sometimes there is no easy answer to a question. Sometimes you just have to make an educated guess.

You seem to be hung up on getting info in a "J" model. Remember that the Pz. IV J did not differ much from earlier models. I'm no expert on German armor, but they tended to simplify things as the war went on. The wiring would not have been affected much.

As others have suggested, the AFV Interiors site is the best place on the Web for info. He has tons of info on the Pz. IV. You'll be hard-pressed to find better info even in printed books.
cromwell
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Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 09:15 PM UTC
What type of diagrams are you after?

If you want stuff like were the cables and wires were layed inside the PzKpfw IV then try

http://www.kithobbyist.com/AFVInteriors/pz4/pz4a.html

copy this link into your browser.
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