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Hello all. I am not sure if this post really belongs here or not, but I just found the photo below and I find the theoretical implications fascinating. It sure looks like a Panzer II turret with a 37mm gun. Sure enough, it is. This turret was used on the Atlantik Wall as a static defensive...

I've been trying in vain to assertain if there was proposed outgrowth variants of the by Daimler-Benz Spähpanzer Luchs 8x8 armoured reconnaissance vehicle? I'm particularly interested as to the adoptability of the Spähpanzer Luchs turret ring size and if larger and heavier armaments were...

According to Spielberger, the Panther was tested with a BMW 132 radial engine. Tests were promising, but the book has no details. Anyone with further information?

When the Germans realised they needed self-propelled artillery (as opposed to Assault guns) to keep up with the Panzers, their initial efforts involved conversions of various captured vehicles to carry artillery along with the creation of three interim conversions based on tanks already in...

Panzerjäger E-20 :eek:

Hello for all. The is are picture of drawings in W. J. Spielberger book, showing Porsche proposals to install a gas turbine into a Kingtiger hull. Is this an different early proposal for AFV gas turbine use ? Different than GT 101- 103 series ? Tomi

RM released this late last year. MGCS=Main ground combat system= the supposed Leo III MBT.

I have seen a number of references to an engine referred to as the Sla 16 that was a product of Simmering- Graz-Pauker (Vienna), possibly with Porsche involvement (designation Type 212). Apparently it had a power output of 730-750 hp and was configured as an 37 litre, air cooled, supercharged...

http://gizmodo.com/5524604/real-goddamn-flying-nazi-soldiers-with-jet-packs ??? Hurm.

The Panzerkampfwagen IX and Panzerkampfwagen X were theoretical projects developed by the German military during World War II using the latest developments of Panzerkampfwagen armored vehicles, intended to enter in action in 1946-47. Such vehicles only existed as projects on drawing boards...

Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe ("Lion") was a design for a Super Heavy Tank created by Krupp for the Nazi German government during World War II. The project never left the drawing board, and was dropped in late 1942 in favor of the Panzer VIII Maus. Leichter ("Light") Löwe – crew of five, 1000-hp...

Did the XT-7 "Rotkappchen" and M42 see action in WW2? The XT-7 is mounted on a small trailer which doubles as the launch platform. The M42 (86mm rocket) is mounted on a stand and the base plate seems to be bolted to the ground. The M42 also has a launch tube and sighting mechanism similar to a...

Sorry for asking about another probably fake German late-war project. At http://henk.fox3000.com/panther.htm there are some pictures showing a model of the "Panther APC". Here is one of them: Do you have any idea if it is a fake (as I suspect) or indeed the Germans thought of such a vehicle...

Hi, you guys may want to throw eggs at me for this one!. I am aware of the many german helicopter projects that went on during the years of the third reich..but a friend of mine insists there was an "attack helicopter" designed near the closing stages of the war- not like a...

Germans fielded a number of airborne AT rockets in the winter of 1944/45. There were Panzerschreck 1 and 2 and Panzerblitz 1 and 2, while Panzerblitz 3 and 4 were in development. Sadly, there's an incredible mess in available books as far as details of these rockets are concerned - e.g. I...

Hi everybody Jagdtiger with flame thrower ! !!!!!! 200m range !!!!!! http://www.achtungpanzer.com/jagdpanzer-vi-jagdtiger-ausf-b-sd-kfz-186.htm Many greetings

Hi everybody Here a very unknown Tiger II Project Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B "Klein Tiger" - “Small Tiger” http://www.achtungpanzer.com/panzerkampfwagen-vi-tiger-ii-ausf-b-konigstiger-kingroyaltiger-tiger-ii-sd-kfz-182.htm Maybe someone have a drawing of this tank ? Many greetings and...

Folks, I recently stumbled across some references of a supposed projected German E-50 APC/IFV varient - the Schützenpanzer BÜFFEL (see bottom drawing): Does anyone know if this was a real proposal or simply a post war fictional creation? If real, does anyone have details? here are also...