Greetings All,
..... Up-Dated photo to replace J_pg_110.jpg, It is not correct, and
we do not want to mislead anyone.
Also of possible interest to the Panther builders is a discussion that I read on the Axis, or another forum.
I have not seen this document myself, but in late 1944, or early 1945 OKH passed a order down to the
manufactures of the Panther tanks, and OKW pass it to the unites that where using the Panther Ausf. G tanks
with the steel road wheels.
.... Because the steel road wheel where wearing out the track at an alarming rate, (they where only getting about
half the normal were rate out of them), there for all Panthers would re-vert back to the rubber Panther road
wheels, until, at a later date when this problem was solved.
..... This would also mean that any Panther Ausf. F that did make it to the field would have rubber wheel,
not the steel ones the model people want to give you.
Also to ease production of the new model of the Panther. The first 50 or so Ausf. F tanks wouldd use
the KWK-42, (same main gun that is in the other Panther marks), and later they woul convert to the
KWK-44/1. On the production tanks the muzzle Brake was not used.
...
... :fencing ...,
Mike
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..... Up-Dated photo to replace J_pg_110.jpg, It is not correct, and
we do not want to mislead anyone.
Also of possible interest to the Panther builders is a discussion that I read on the Axis, or another forum.
I have not seen this document myself, but in late 1944, or early 1945 OKH passed a order down to the
manufactures of the Panther tanks, and OKW pass it to the unites that where using the Panther Ausf. G tanks
with the steel road wheels.
.... Because the steel road wheel where wearing out the track at an alarming rate, (they where only getting about
half the normal were rate out of them), there for all Panthers would re-vert back to the rubber Panther road
wheels, until, at a later date when this problem was solved.
..... This would also mean that any Panther Ausf. F that did make it to the field would have rubber wheel,
not the steel ones the model people want to give you.
Also to ease production of the new model of the Panther. The first 50 or so Ausf. F tanks wouldd use
the KWK-42, (same main gun that is in the other Panther marks), and later they woul convert to the
KWK-44/1. On the production tanks the muzzle Brake was not used.
...
... :fencing ...,Mike
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