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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Normandy Armor
MAR
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005 - 06:37 AM UTC
What kind of german armor could be seen in Normandy?
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005 - 07:56 AM UTC
Uhhhhh... that's a pretty broad question and a vast answer, Mark.

Basically almost everything in the German inventory probably had some examples in France.

The majority of the battle tanks would have been Mk V Panthers and Mk IV mediums.

A sprinkling of Tiger Is and Tiger IIs. Some weary Mk III mediums.

Many sorts of SPGs: Hummeln, Wespen, Nashorn. Marder Is, IIs, IIIs. Flak tanks: Ostwind, Wirbelwind, Mobelwagen.

You name it, it was probably there. Why don' t you ask something like "Would the Tamiya Panzer IV ausf D been present and if so, what units and what type of camouflage? Or what reference can you point to to in order to see a photo myself?"
Blade48mrd
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005 - 08:36 AM UTC
MAR -

"Ericadeane" is right. You've got just about everything eventually involved in Normandy breakout though limited during actual landing and immediately after. Germans were slow in getting armor to Normandy figuring that the "real" invasion was to be in Pas de Calais area and stationed Panzers units there. There were plenty of the Panzerjagers also Stug IIIs and Stug IVs, JagdPanthers, etc. You need to narrow your choices either by units or types to get more details. Many very knowlegeable "Armorama" members out there to give you info you need.

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