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| Subject: | Re: Panther Paint Scheme Questions |  |
| Date: | Nov 11, 2002 |
| From: | Bill 13 | |
"Joe Bakanovic" wrote
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> 1-In the Osprey-Vanguard 21 book, the very first color plate (on page
> A) shows what is said to be a Kursk Panther from an SS Brigade. Can
> anyone verify this? I was under the impression that all the Panthers
> at Kursk served with either the 51st or 52nd and were all Heer. I am
> interested in this particular vehicle and would like to know if anyone
> can identify the unit, place and time?
From ss Armor by Robert C Stern Squadron Signal pubs. SS Panzer Brigade
attached to Das Reich during Kursk. In book colour plate of 211 of same
unit and what looks to be a front half shot of 201 of your colour plate.
Not able to state possitively as helmet obscures 2.Looking at a scan I'm
95% positve it's a 2.
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> 2-In the Squadron "Panther in Action" book on page 11 is a picture of
> I02. Can anyone confirm that this picture was taken in the Anzio
> area? I have the AJ Press Panther books, and they seem to confirm
> this, but you know how we are about trying to be accurate. Also,
> looking very carefully at the pic of I02, it kind of looks like the
> interior of the numbers are filled with another color. The AJ Press
> book shows only a white outline. Does anyone have another opinion
> about the numbering?
As to your Itallien job. I scanned the picture in question and to me when
looking at the lower portions of the numbering in seems to be different but
looking at the top portion it seem to be just an white outline job. Also
the picture caption mentions the Elefant further down the road and it does
seem to match up with the one in PanzerJagers in Action as stated and I
believe the First company of PzJag Abt 653 did fight in the Anzio region
and the landscape in those pictures and ones in After the Battle's Article
of the Anzio Battles do seem consistant with the Pontine Marshes. So I can
not say yes for sure but I would guess it is in Italy. As to the interior
colour of the number the jury is still out on that question.
Bill
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