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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: Is this what I think it is?
came across this while surfing and wondered if it's what I think it is, open to all opinions but I thinks it's a smallturm but can't tell on what and the forum was in german Which I don't read Jeff Lewis [ Last edited by piney on Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:30 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
Nothing there - file does not exist... Neil

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
Hi Neil My oops just fixed Jeff Lewis

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
The turret looks like chocolate cake....German chocolate _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
It does look like a schmallturm. It has the stereoscopic rangefinder bulge and low profile cupola. I know the British tested a schmallturm, but did any other allies get one to test? _________________ armorfortheages.com/

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
I had read somewhere that the Brits & US each received one. Bovington has their sadly shot up example but at least it still exists...

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
- piney It's got my vote.... Schmalturm on GO2WAR2.nl _________________ "Gonna hold my breath until Armor returns home..."

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
piney. the cupola seems to be to far back and on the wrong side also it doesnt have the lifting eye just in front of "the lump" my technical term?? take a closer look at my photos from bovington "click on photo" Dennis

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
Perhaps image is reversed... _________________ "Gonna hold my breath until Armor returns home..."

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:06 am Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
Just came across this photo which I haven't seen before on the web page www.glazik.ru/2007/02/...nther.html and it shows what appears to be a different scmallturm then the B/W photo above fitted to an earlier Panther chassis. It lacks lifting lugs and the cupola seems lower to my eye and a closer match to the one seen behind the Tiger II maybe a different prototype? Jeff Lewis

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:48 am Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
- jtrowbridge5 piney. the cupola seems to be to far back and on the wrong side also it doesnt have the lifting eye just in front of "the lump" my technical term?? take a closer look at my photos from bovington "click on photo" Dennis I think it is a matter of the angle of the shot that causes the cupola to look that way.

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Is this what I think it is?
piney. in the Jentz book on the panther he states that Daimler Benz made a wooden mock up in april 1945, and was located at the benz assembly plant in august 1945 thanks for a remarkable find dennis

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