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| Subject: | some Ausf N confusion? |  |
| Date: | Jun 28, 2008 |
| From: | Alex Borsboom | |
Hi Paul,
The deep wading exhaust was a feature only of the Pz III Ausf. M.
The last batch of the Ausf. M was finished with the short 75mm instead off the long 50mm gun making them in effect the only newly produced Ausf. N with deep wading exhausts. (Some Ausf. M chassis were also allocated to StuG production, hence the Cyber Hobby StuG kit.)
All other Ausf. N's were rebuilds/conversions of earlier produced tanks (including Ausf. M's off course) and as such they kept the exhaust lay out of the model they were based on. So the deep wading exhaust is not a early/late Ausf. N feature. In fact it were the earliest produced Ausf. N's (the last Ausf. M batch) that had them fitted.
The best (most cheap) source would be the earlier DML (and Revell) kits of the Ausf. M, FlamPanzer and Ausf. K command tank. These kits can be found for a few euros.
Don't forget, it is not just the exhaust that is changed, under the rear hull overhang there is a plate with hatches that can be closed to prevent the flooding of the engine compartment during wading. There are also covers for the side hull air intakes needed on the deep wading Pz. III's.
Cheers,
Alex |
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 | Panzer III Ausf.M/N muffler - Paul A. Owen - Jun 27, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Panzer III Ausf.M/N muffler - Brian J Tears - Jun 27, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Panzer III Ausf.M/N muffler - Paul A. Owen - Jun 27, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . What kind of muffler there were two? - David Nickels - Jun 27, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . The deep wading type - Paul A. Owen - Jun 28, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Yes Paul it Does! - Brian J Tears - Jun 28, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Yes Paul it Does! - Paul A. Owen - Jun 28, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragon kit - David Nickels - Jun 28, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . some Ausf N confusion? - Alex Borsboom - Jun 28, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Yes Paul it Does! - Christopher C Tew - Jun 29, 2008 |
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