Panther G at the Eastern Front 1945

[hotte8487]

Haha Thats good to now, love the New tensioners as wel

Like to do That for my leopard

yes, very well Mexas C1...
...and don't forget to show us your success with the track tensioner at your Leopard...

[PainlessWolf]

Good morning,
I've watched you build this Panther, over some years, into the incomparable version of the tank that it is today, Hotte. Matchless, seriously. Heaven is in the details and this one certainly has scads of those. Your recent work to make it an even more capable runner is only icing on the cake.
regards,
Painless

[hotte8487]

That is a really nice panther. The fit and finish that you have put into the mechanics and electronics is outstanding! Super job

I'm very glad that you like my electrical and mechanical experiences...

[c.rainford73]

You are welcome this is one of my favorites

[siegfried]

Wonderful work, great result.

[hotte8487]

Wonderful work, great result.

Thank you very much Siegfried!

[Von kraftwerk]

Hotte, well done, great job, I have done a lot of research on MNH late Ausf G, especially those of the 5/Abt 25 PGD.
Your colour tones are perfect according to a surviving MNH Panther "Rommelkiste" I have seen and afaik, The camo scheme does not extend on to upper decking.
It seems that most of the Ortwig Panthers were brand new Jan 45 production with the turret camo loops and flammvernichter exhausts etc.
On Feb 2nd, The Panthers seem not to have had any turret numbers or turret balkenkruez applied at this point.
The unit only had just arrived at the front.
Soviet forces that made a bridgehead over the Oder at Kienitz on Jan 31st.
By Feb 2nd, the bridgehead had expanded a few Km further south along the Oder.
Newsreel Wochenschau Nr 752 Feb 17th 1945 shows some of the action.
In the footage, we see 25 PGD driving through Neubarminim and the column then drove eastward for 1km or so on to Ortwig.
Ortwig was already under fire from the North east, Soviet forces were only just around 1km away and the Panthers leave the Ortwig Hauptstrasse at the eastern end of the village skirting the cemetary and then were attacking toward the bridgehead in a North east direction.

Any turret markings seem to appear by the time the unit was engaged in the Oderbruch in March and the fighting to relive the Kustrin garrison around Kietz and Gorgast.
25 PGD were also engaged in the failed Kustrin relief attack from Frankfurt.

[Von kraftwerk]

Hi Hotte, sorry, I just looked through the whole thread and realised that I have repeated a lot of what has already been said.

However. I have other info and photos of the "schlach von dem Kienitz bruckenkopf" etc.