Lets see your Panzer crew member Soldbuchs

[Panzer Rob]

Wow Rob!
This is a rare bird!
To be honest i didnt even think such units existed but were jut made "on the field"
Great!

Daniele

Daniele-

Yes, they do not turn up very often. I believe that E-J B. stated that he has seen 3 or 4 others... they are indeed very difficult units to find SB or WP to!

Glad you like it... I thought you'd appreciate the "Italian Connection"

Rob

[christof]

A fantastic one too Rob !!!

[PzV]

Rob, that is an amazing Soldbuch!

[Bobbe]

Great soldbuch Rob and beautiful photos!!!

Roberto

[Ian Jewison]

and should also look a bit familiar to Mr. Jewison

Yes it does.......the guy promised to sell it back to me......which of course he never did!

Very nice all the same.....seen two since!

/Ian

[Daniele C]

Daniele-

Yes, they do not turn up very often. I believe that E-J B. stated that he has seen 3 or 4 others... they are indeed very difficult units to find SB or WP to!

Glad you like it... I thought you'd appreciate the "Italian Connection"

Rob

Rob,

In facts i didnt see any of these before either,a really cool piece indeed my friend!
I do appreciate always wheren there s italian connections even tho this one is not exactly close to my area(200KM away more or less)ù

Daniele

[Panzer Rob]

I do appreciate always wheren there s italian connections even tho this one is not exactly close to my area(200KM away more or less)ù

Daniele

Daniele-

Heh... That's like next door over here


Thanks for all the complements, guys! I had a feeling you'd appreciate this one.

Rob

[F L Clemens]

Nice post on the Pantherturm. The Germans did this earlier in the war with Panzer II turrets after they converted the hulls to Marders.

With the Panther, they actually did it on the Eastern Front first in Heeresgruppe Nord when they were constructing a fortified line using 60 or 90 Panther turrets especially diverted for that purpose (not just from wrecked Panthers). Hitler had the fantasy that such a line would be a super defense line.

BTW, "Stahluntersartz" should be "Stahluntersatz" (meaning steel underbody) - I noticed you made that mistake twice so I'm not if it was a typo or not.

[Panzer Rob]

Mr. Clemens-

Yup, type-o on my part. I meant to type "Stahluntersatz" but spelled it wrong the first time and copied and pasted it the second time.

Thanks for catching that for me... but then, I would expect no less from you

Rob

[Panzer Rob]

Come on, guys... I know there are more out there


Does anyone have any Tiger unit Soldbücher they'd like to share??? How about any Jagdtiger crew Soldbücher?

Rob

[Daniele C]

Come on, guys... I know there are more out there


Does anyone have any Tiger unit Soldbücher they'd like to share??? How about any Jagdtiger crew Soldbücher?

Rob

I thnk we both know who "might" have some

[nonameno]

Hello Gentlemen,
Well, not Tiger, but how about the little brother?
Panther!
Here is a soldier who was originally with the Austrian army and became part of Pz.Abt. 33, which became Pz.Rgt.33. The unit then formed the cadre for the first Panther batallion, Pz.Abt.51.
Notice the assignment as Panzer Kommandt and Panzer Fuhrer.
What is interesting is that I purchased the dogtag and soldbuch from separate sources in Germany!
Notice here the picture shows him as an Unteroffizier, although difficult to see in this small picture, the tress is indeed there.
Thank you,
Curtiss

[nonameno]

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[nonameno]

3. notice here that the original issuer forgot to date and stamp the page, and thus came back when the unit designation changed from Abteilung to Regiment in early 1940, despite that the soldbuch was issued in 1939.

[nonameno]

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