new KT photo to share...

[MichaelC]

Guys, forget the boggies and the sprocket as they are difficult to see in the pic, but the idler is clearly not on the edge of the track so it is combat track from the pic. Guards has to be removed as well as they are wider than the combat track when installed.

[dgsselkirk]

Here is a shot from the same sequence , this should make clear this tank has combat tracks. Dietrich is absolutely correct they did not have to remove roadwheels to change tracks. If an engineer came up with that plan he would have been shot by any crew that found out who he was! It would have been pain enough to have to remove the skirts.

Somewhere I know I have seen a shot of a KT on a train and you can see their combat tracks and side skirts piled up on the car in front...

[ALPHA]

Here is a shot from the same sequence , this should make clear this tank has combat tracks. Dietrich is absolutely correct they did not have to remove roadwheels to change tracks. If an engineer came up with that plan he would have been shot by any crew that found out who he was! It would have been pain enough to have to remove the skirts.

Somewhere I know I have seen a shot of a KT on a train and you can see their combat tracks and side skirts piled up on the car in front...

Meanwhile... hidden by the treeline... soldiers prepare for the oncoming KING TIGER



..............

ALPHA

[Panther Ausf G]

Yes Dietrich is correct my mistake with the road wheel configuration not as I thought.
Not a KT fan or Tiger1 either, so trying to think back to something I read.
I did not practice what I preach…..Assume nothing, but expect absolutely everything.
Quote.
“Like the Tiger I, each tank was issued with two sets of tracks: a normal "battle track" and a narrower "transport" version used during rail movement. The transport tracks reduced the overall width of the load and could be used to drive the tank short distances on firm ground. The crew were expected to change to normal battle tracks as soon as the tank was unloaded”.
This is the bit I remembered

This is the part I forgot.
“To simplify maintenance, however, the wheels were overlapping rather than interleaved as in the Tiger I”.


So now the whipping! not because I deserve it, It's because I enjoy it.

[dgsselkirk]

Hey Panther, let the punishment begin....

[Panther Ausf G]

Your
dgsselkirk/

Now you know why I enjoy it.

[dgsselkirk]

You nasty boy!!!

[ALPHA]

Hmmmmmmmmmm.... the situation has changed...............A..............LOT!!!!






ALPHA

[rayzzer-b]

Thought I would share this photo...

hi' just something for the ' panther' lovers ''lol' so thay dont feel left out '' regards rayzzer-b

[rayzzer-b]

From the photo, (regardless if its the real thing or dgsselkirk's model ), based on dietrich's description it "seems" to be wearing the transport tracks as the track is narrow enough that the road wheel is close to the track's edge.

I'm no expert ... but I disagree


if you look at the rear idler... there is a gap from the end of the idler to the edge of the track
plus you cannot see the forward edge of the sprocket



with the transport tracks... the sprocket is clearly on the edge as well as the idler..the outer teeth are exposed...and if you look even closer to dgsselkirks photo there are two square slots where the sprocket catches... compared to the transport which has one per link

Also it doesn't look like the skirts are needed with the transport tracks

ALPHA

spot on ALPHA " nuff sed'''