Panzerbeobachswagen Panther

[Apollyon]

There were supossed to be 41 made did any ever see combat?

[sniper1shot]

Description or picture of it??

[Apollyon]

[sniper1shot]

I can't say I have read on it myself.
Thanks for the photo.
What size gun on it?

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

http://www.panzer-reich.co.uk/panzerkam ... panzer.htm
http://www.sudden-strike-2-maps.de/phpB ... fe528d8ee0


waleed

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

What size gun on it

MG34!

Gun is replaced with rangefinders etc. Barrel is camouflage.
Read post (very bottom) in second link.


waleed

[Apollyon]

@Waleed my German isn't so good, does the second link say if it saw combat ?

[Tanker Mike]

There were supossed to be 41 made did any ever see combat?

No production run was ever done. Just one prototype. Production of combat tanks were deemed more important than a artillery observation vehicle.

Mike

[Apollyon]

From what I read they were not "prodution" tanks they were refits to damaged vehicles.

[Tanker Mike]

From what I read they were not "prodution" tanks they were refits to damaged vehicles.

I seem to recall reading that somewhere too. However, it never happened.

Mike

[laurence strong]

From what I can find, only a single trials vehicle was built/converted.

[nigelfe]

I could comment that before you need OP tanks you need sufficient artillery to make them worth while. Looking at the picture there aren't any obvious signs of arty specific instruments and there aren't the number of antennas one might expect (based on UK's quite extensive use of OP tanks including many with dummy guns).

[Apollyon]

Have you looked at a Panzerbeobachswagen III very successful vehicle and had a similar "look"

I could comment that before you need OP tanks you need sufficient artillery to make them worth while. Looking at the picture there aren't any obvious signs of arty specific instruments and there aren't the number of antennas one might expect (based on UK's quite extensive use of OP tanks including many with dummy guns).

[laurence strong]

I have been wondering what he means by "Atrillery specific equiptment". Back then all you had was a map, binoculars, a compass and a radio or 2. We still shoot like that for the most part, though laser range finders are now used instead of estimating distance to target.

[nigelfe]

German arty seems to have had some affinity for optical rangefinders and tripod mounted binos.