Death Ride of the Panzers by Dennis Oliver

Author:Dennis Oliver [Oliver, Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017-11-16T00:00:00+00:00

1. PzKpfw V Panther ausf G. 8.Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 33. From August 19, 1944, vehicles were painted in standard camouflage patterns before leaving the assembly plants and the schemes adopted can often identify a particular manufacturer. That shown here was common to many Panthers produced by Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen-Hannover (MNH) and the application of the Balkenkreuz on the turret side, or its complete absence, is often an identifying feature of these tanks. The small number 80 on the turret, in black with a white outline, probably identifies the 8.Kompanie commander. At this time, the regiment was attached to 9.Panzer-Division and the tank depicted here was photographed at Humain, south-east of Namurin Belgium, in December 1944.

3. PzKpfw V Panther ausf G. 2.Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. Commanded by Untersturmführer Hubert Kaufmann, this tank, as part of Kampfgruppe Peiper, was knocked out in the attack on Stoumont in December 1944. All the regiment's Panthers were painted in factory-applied schemes, the example shown here being indicative of vehicles manufactured by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) and Daimler-Benz. This is the most commonly seen pattern. Another scheme, the so-called disc pattern of MAN, is shown in our photograph (2) of a Panther ausf G of 1.Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Regiment 1.

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