Tag Archives: panzer

Aberdeen Tiger Tank Moving to Fort Benning

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The old Aberdeen Museum Tiger I tank is finally being shipped from RAF Alconbury, England back to the United States to the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Museum at Fort Benning, Ga. At the Fort Benning museum, the German Tiger … Continue reading →

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Destroyed Marder III

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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Redesignation of Panzers

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A German Wehrmacht article on the redesignation of panzers from the German WWII publication Nachrichtenblatt der Panzertruppen, Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen, No. 17, November 1944: III. Neubenennung gepanzerter Fahrzeuge Nachstehend aufgeführte Neubenennungen treten mit sofortiger Wirkung in Kraft:   Bisherige Bezeichnung        Neue … Continue reading →

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Panther at Hotel des Ardennes in Ligneuville

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Officers of the Ninth Air Force pose with a German Panther tank of Kampfgruppe Peiper knocked out in front of the Hotel des Ardennes in Ligneuville, Belgium on December 17th, 1944. The Panther was commanded by SS Untersturmführer Arndt Fisher … Continue reading →

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New Book: Panzer III in North Africa

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  New book release from Oliver Publishing. Battleline I: Workhorse—The Panzer III in North Africa by Claude Gillono Over 50 black-and-white photographs and 5 pages of full color illustrations. Part of the Firefly Collection.    

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Pantiger

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

When the Allied forces first encountered the Tiger II in Normandy in the summer of 1944, the panzer was briefly referred to as the “Pantiger”. The Associated Press picked up the name “Pantiger” in their article on August 19th: Germans have … Continue reading →

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Panzer Wallpaper for iPad/iPhone

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Panzer wallpaper for use as iPad/iPhone backgrounds — U.S. Air Force photographs from WWII showing destroyed German panzers in Europe. Click on any wallpaper thumbnail to download the large 1024 x 1024 pixel image. Instructions to save an image as … Continue reading →

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Panzerjäger Hornisse/Nashorn

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

During WW2, the Germans mounted the powerful 8.8cm PaK43 on a self-propelled mount based on the Panzer III/IV chassis. The tank destroyer was officially designated the 8.8cm PaK43 (L/71) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen III/IV (Sf), but the Panzerjäger was nicknamed the … Continue reading →

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Captured sPzAbt. 506 Tiger II at Gereonsweiler

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Video of a captured Tiger II heavy tank of sPzAbt. 506 at Gereonsweiler, Germany in 1945:   Transcript: At Gereonsweiler, a knocked out King Tiger tank is put back into working order. With the help of a wrecker, the turret … Continue reading →

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Panzerbeobachtungswagen III

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Panzerbeobachtungswagen III (Pz Beob Wg III) were German armored, fully-tracked artillery observation vehicles developed on obsolete PzKpfw. III chassis. The hull machine gun and main armament were removed to allow more interior space for radios and equipment. A single machine … Continue reading →

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