Greetings Panzerwreckers. Javier Tome strikes once again with a location. This time it is the shot of the General Patton and Panther on page 49 of Panzerwrecks 15. Over to you Javier: A picture from Ebay gives the situation of the photo of Gen. Patton inspecting armor as Aubing-Munich. May be this armor was the […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers, Javier Tome kindly shared some information regarding the rare ‘last steel wheel’ Panther in Panzerwrecks 1 P79 & Panzerwrecks 5 P21. Over to Javier: The Heimat- und Kulturkreises Vohburg has sent me the following information about the Panther on P79 of Panzer Wrecks 1 and P21 of Panzer Wrecks 5. “The destroyed panther […]
William Horn contacted me a couple of weeks ago regarding the Panther on page 64 of Panzerwrecks 14: I have recently acquired volume 14. On the lower picture on page 64 you claim that the vehicle is a Panther A. If you look at the jack block rack, the small cable rack, and the position […]
The steel wheeled Panther on pages 32 & 33 of Panzerwrecks 18 was left/knocked out outside the Restaurant la Rose in Oberhoffen-sur-Moder. Things have not really changed in the 70 odd years since. This is from Google Maps:
Mario Lippert contacted us recently regarding Panzerwrecks 14, he writes: On page 28 and 29 is a Panther near a railway line. I attached 3 stills which show the same Panther (in my opinion), I think it´s also from the Halbe pocket. On the last page is a Tiger II wreck in Pillau, you write it´s of s.SS.Pz.Abt. […]
Following on from his previous submission, reader Ronny August kindly took the time to visit Werbig to photograph what remains of the railway station. Here is what he had to say: Earlier than expected, I’m back again from a short visit to my old home. I tried to take some pictures at the location at railway station […]
Recently we received an email from Ronny August regarding one of the Panthers in Panzerwrecks 2. Over to you Ronny: In your very excellent series “Panzerwrecks”, I’ve found in PW 2 page 85, the picture of a Panther tank of I./Pz.Rgt.29 „Müncheberg“. The location there is given as „in a suburb of Berlin“. I think […]
Closure to this ‘case’ came with the purchase of an excellent little book called ‘Les chars de la Résistance by Luc Braeuer. Photographs on pages 38 & 39 show our Panther in FFI use bearing the name ‘Dauphiné’. The identifiers are the French roundel on the side of the gun mount, distinctive damage to the […]
