Tag Archives: panzer

Captured Tiger Tank Photo Op

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. bazooka and the German Panzerschreck are posed in front of a captured German Tiger tank. (Source: Army Ordnance, Volume 27, No. 145, July-August 1944.) Original caption: The German 88-mm. rocket launcher is shown with the American bazooka beside … Continue reading →

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Captured Panzer IIIs

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. War Department’s Tactical and Technical Trends (No. 32, August 26, 1943) featured these photographs of a pair of German Panzer III tanks captured in North Africa.

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MiniArt Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. C

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

From MiniArt, a kit in process announcement of a rare 1/35th-scale panzer variant from WWII: No. 35166: Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. C. Announced features include: all new tooling; 1,171 total parts (1,047 plastic parts, 63 PE parts, 11 clear plastic parts); decals for five … Continue reading →

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Dragon Panzerkampfwagen T34-747(r)

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Dragon Models has announced a new release depicting a captured Russian T-34 in German service: Item No: 6449: Panzerkampfwagen T34-747(r). The model kit includes the Rommelkist turret bin added to many captured T-34s by the Germans.

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DEF Model Pz.Kpfw. 35t Detail Kit

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

DEF Model has announced a 1/35th German armor detail kit for the Academy Pz.Kpfw. 35t: DM35026: Pz.Kpfw. 35t Detail Up Set with Stowage (for Academy 1/35). The kit includes a total of 24 resin parts, 2 PE plate, and 1 brass … Continue reading →

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Alkett Jagdpanzer IV/70(A)

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

#6784 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.IV L/70(A) Final Production — the feature poster for Dragon’s 1/35th-scale kit of the Alkett Jagdpanzer IV/70(A) has been posted at Dragon.

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Panzer IV Color Photo

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Rare color photograph of a camouflaged Panzer IV knocked out in Normandy in 1944. From the markings and camouflage, the Panzer IV appears to be from the German Panzer Lehr Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.

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26th Panzer Division

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following opinions are from German General Leutnant Linnarz, commander of the German 26th Panzer Division in Italy, concerning Allied airpower and its effects on German forces. Source: Defeat, Headquarters Army Air Forces, Office of the assistant chief of air … Continue reading →

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Trying to Capture an Intact Tiger in Tunisia

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Brief note on British attempts to capture an intact German Tiger I tank in Tunisia from “The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in Action”, Military Review, Vol. 23. Presumably, this Tiger is #231 of sPzAbt. 501 which was initially captured by the British … Continue reading →

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Dragon Flakpanzer IV Ausf. G “Wirbelwind”

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New WWII 1/35th armor kit announcement from Dragon — Kit No. 6565: 1/35th Flakpanzer IV Ausf. G “Wirbelwind” Early Production with Zimmerit.

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