SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11 "Hermann von Salza"

[olkani]

hello
i´m searching about informations from panther tanks about the herman von salza.i found out that they have "early" ausf .d´s.but what means early?did they have zimmerit or not?exist any photo of them?the most photos in the internet a not sure right,i´ve heared.i´m not sure about markings and numbers.i found out that there should be the number s25 and s15 or 515, they should handled over from panzer regiment 29.hope anybody has some informatios for me and perhaps photos.

oliver

[Lasse L]

Hello,

I do belive there exists atleast 5 photos of the panthers from HvS, unfortenly most of them are quite bad. The panthers where originaly delivered to LSSAH but suffered from mechanical problems and was instead shipped of to the Leningrad-Front where they where placed as defence instead. When the HvS arrived from Croatia (where they left their italian tanks which had been used for training) they managed to get a few of these up and running, they also attached Stugs to the unit to fill it out.

[olkani]

hello
thanks for helping.can you post the pictures or email me?has anyone pictures from panther d´s from I./SS-Pz.Rgt. 1?cause the hermann von salza should take over the tactical nummering,mean they have not changed the orginall "drawings" from them.and i found no picture from the lah panther d´s.hope someone can help me again.

oliver

[Lasse L]

This one is probebly the most famous picture, sometimes described as taken at Narva but I personally belive its rather taken in the Kurland kessel.

[olkani]

hello
thanks a lot .i found this pictures on axishistory.they should show d panther´s from lah in italy early 1943.





could it be right.special the s15 could be one of them,cause on your photo is a s25 visible.i would like to know how the markinks and camouflage looks like and i´ve read that the hermann von salza did not changed the markings from the lah.did anyone know which colour the markings had?i thing red with white outline but not sure can also be black with white outline.

regards oliver