Overloon Panther Ausf G n° 222

[RTY]

Had it received the engine back?

[Jen]

Had it received the engine back?

About 8 years ago this, after the first 'restoration' this Panther was a empty shell without any transmission components and without nearly all other interior parts: all which was not welded was removed Has somebody new images of the interior of this Panther after this last face lifting?

[Bullitt]

The panthers engine was given a rebirth in this jagdpanther


The museum wouldn't invest tons of money to restore the panther to running condition with genuine parts. At some point they had the idea to put in some modern technology but that wasn't done either . I think it doens't even have new torsion bars installed ....pretty costly if you know that at that time torsion bars were made for the panthers of Mr Littlefield and Mr Wheatcroft at 1200 euro per piece.....a panther needs 32 of these torsion bars

cheers
Bullitt

[me6_130]

The panthers engine was given a rebirth in this jagdpanther


The museum wouldn't invest tons of money to restore the panther to running condition with genuine parts. At some point they had the idea to put in some modern technology but that wasn't done either . I think it doens't even have new torsion bars installed ....pretty costly if you know that at that time torsion bars were made for the panthers of Mr Littlefield and Mr Wheatcroft at 1200 euro per piece.....a panther needs 32 of these torsion bars

cheers
Bullitt

Here;

https://www.wealdfoundation.org/

Carles

[msk500]

Probably the staff doing the restoration at the museum Why

The reason I asked was because I noted one of the tracks were on reversed ! After a bit of research I have discover that the panther tracks were "handed" They had a dedicated track for each side of the tank ! Apparently if the right track was severely damaged and required replacement and only left handed was available it was put on backwards. This was to ensure that any pins which worked there way loose were facing the hull. There was a raised plate at the rear of the hull which knocked the pins back into place as they went by ! After studying a number of action photographs it appears to have been a common practice !

[Jen]

The reason I asked was because I noted one of the tracks were on reversed ! After a bit of research I have discover that the panther tracks were "handed" They had a dedicated track for each side of the tank ! Apparently if the right track was severely damaged and required replacement and only left handed was available it was put on backwards. This was to ensure that any pins which worked there way loose were facing the hull. There was a raised plate at the rear of the hull which knocked the pins back into place as they went by ! After studying a number of action photographs it appears to have been a common practice !

It should be noted:

1) Panther tracks could be in practice mounted in two directions, but only one was correct to prevent high wear of the teeth of the drive wheels (!)
2) Pins could be in practice inserted from two sides**

** The raised plate at the rear of the hull to prevent the loss of track-pins was an 'Ausführung G' feature (!) In this case the raised plate was only functional if the pins were inserted by the ‘inner side’ of the vehicle. From this viewpoint the pins on this Panther (Overloon) are inserted from the wrong side...

[DonC]

A wee bit of overkill with two Balkan crosses on each turret side...

Don

[JanC]

A wee bit of overkill with two Balkan crosses on each turret side...

Don

Don,

This was also like in '44. Not exactly on these spots, but it had 2 crosses. Must look for a pic --> there are several pics in the book about 107 Panzer Brigade.

Grts

Jan

[DonC]

Interesting. Why paint TWO targets on your tank?

Don

[Gran Sasso]

Don,

This was also like in '44. Not exactly on these spots, but it had 2 crosses. Must look for a pic --> there are several pics in the book about 107 Panzer Brigade.

Grts

Jan

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[DonC]

Thanks, guys - I found those pics too. I wonder what the purpose was?

Don

[harrison987]

One cross was from an older paint/markings job.

We see this all the time.

[DonC]

Thanks - they probably had a lot more on their minds than paint jobs.

Don

[JanC]

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Thanks Patrick.

Was about to post them today but you were faster

Cheers