Panzerkampfwagen IV-Medium Tank

[McCoy]

Me like Panthers...

[cyberia]

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Panzer IV crossing a replacement bridge, note the line waiting behind it

[LAH 1 SS]

nice one cyberia mate the same bridge units as on the panzer iv i posted before plus the pontoons damn that would maka a good diorama

[LAH 1 SS]

here is a nice panzer iv for you guys note the ostketten tracks i was unable to get a unit for this one sorry

[Hagen]

Panzer IVJ early.

[LAH 1 SS]

hm panzer lehr division if i remember rightly plus if im wrong i aplogise but isnt that the panzer iv that was knocked out in villers bocage when wittmann made a second attack after his first historical attack

[Hagen]

Originally Posted by LAH 1 SS

hm panzer lehr division if i remember rightly plus if im wrong i aplogise but isnt that the panzer iv that was knocked out in villers bocage when wittmann made a second attack after his first historical attack

I was thinking of asking you the unit Also does this Pz look as if the last return roller is a rubber type??

[McCoy]

Shouldn't an Ausf. J only have three return rollers?

The three rollers in front of the last one is indeed of the late steel version while the last one indeed is an early rubber rimmed one.

[LAH 1 SS]

mcoy is right it is a panzer IV h the IV j came out with three return rollers in steel like the first three pictured on the tank and yes it is a panzer lehr division panzer knocked out at villers bocage its a vehicle of the 6th company, 2nd battalion the sheild on the turret schurzen is a red and white sheild which belonged to the co of the battalion prince schoenburg-waldenburgwhom was killed on the 11/6/44. this sheild was visisble on all lehr vehicles until the end of the war

[Hagen]

The Panzer IVJ Late had three return rollers, the early still had four. The late model also had vertical exhausts. See my earlier post in this thread, first page.



Ausf. J (1944-1945, 1758 produced): Turret traverse engine replaced with an extra fuel tank. Later Ausf. Js had simplified vertical exhaust mufflers and the use of 3 instead of 4 track return rollers. Very late Ausf. J's used wire mesh side-skirts (Drahtgeflecht Schürzen) in place of solid metal plates to conserve strategic materials and reduce overall weight.