Friday, August 19, 2011

Skill Testing Question

Recently, I've been doing a bunch of research on Panzer IV f1's. I am repainting my platoon. They were the first tanks I tried the Tamiya mud stick out on. I loved the mud, but I kinda went overboard and they didn't look that great after.

I've been finding a lot of sites with incorrect info about pictures. Thanx to this hobby, I can tell you what almost any tank in WWII was. So, I thought it might be fun if I post some of these pictures I find, and see if you can find the same mistakes I did.

Here is the first one.

 
"Panzers of 23rd Panzergrenadiere SS Division, Nederland, in East Germany (1945). They seem to be Panzer IVF1, the short barreled 75mm version for infantry support.(Thanks Mr. Bosscher)"

Name me what you think is wrong with this picture and its caption, and why. 
Shouldn't be too tough.  Lets see how many of us have learned something.

I'll reveal my answers at a later date.

6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    Sent you my answer via facebook, hopefully I didn't miss anything.

    Lorne

    ReplyDelete
  2. RobertAugust 19, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    The tanks appear to be PzIIIe's. I would put them in Southern Russia in 1941. They might also be in the Balkans in early 41. Not sure about the unit.

    ReplyDelete
  3. grumpusAugust 19, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    There was no 'East Germany' when these units were operational?
    As for what's wrong w/the pic, no clue.

    ReplyDelete
  4. nathanfaganAugust 20, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    The markings are correct for 23rd SS and they fought at Halbe so the staement seems true in that respect, however as for the tanks they seem suspect as Pz IVsF1s.
    The MG ball seems more like a Pz IIIAusf.H and the gun mantlet seems to be either an H or an N but the camera angle is iffy, also the driver and radio operators hatches seem to be on the front decking as on a PzIII?

    If you look at the guns on the two tanks in the background they're very narrow leading me to believe they're actually 50mm guns. Therefore making me thinks its a Panzer III Ausf.H

    I'm not that hot on Panzers in general so I may be completely wrong here!

    ReplyDelete
  5. nathanfaganAugust 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Also forgot to mention the colouring, I put it in my initial post but it was wiped when I accidentally clicked back on my mouse, I'd expect them to be in a colour other than grey at that stage in the war. Oh and finally the cover on the front of the turret next to the maing gun looks like it conceals 2x MGs rather than the usual one, thus confusing me even more....

    ReplyDelete
  6. RenbukaiAugust 20, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    I can see where you might think that is the 23rd ss symbol...but its not. I'm going to post my answers shortly.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)