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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Were there always zimmerit on Panthers?
Norseman
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Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 09:40 PM UTC
I found a nearly completed Panther D in my closet today. It was built a few years ago when I didn't have the courage to do zimmerit.
Where zimmerit always applied to Panther D's?

The problem is that all the tools and stuff is attached to the Panther, so doing zimmerit now would be a hard task...

007
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Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:00 PM UTC
Sure thing there were D's without Zimmerit!

Check: www.waffenhq.de/ panzer/panther2.html

hworth18
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Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:11 PM UTC
As a general rule:

Early Ausf "D"s did not have zimm (unless field applied)
Late Ausf "D"s had zimmerit
All Ausf "A"s had zimmerit
Early Ausf"G"s had zimmerit
Late Ausf "G"s (early-lates had it, later issues did not- After Sept 44')

Hope this helps..
Norseman
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Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 11:13 PM UTC
Thanks guys!

Helpful info!
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