Captured german tanks used by russia etc..

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Captured german tanks used by russia etc..

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Post by Von_Mannteufel » 27 Feb 2003, 07:48

maybe you guys could help me, i was thinking of making a diorama with a russian captured Pz.IVf2 and a Jägdpanzer, i'd like to know if there could be a possible way of the 2 confronting themselves in a eastern front battlefield. I was also thinking of maybe instead of the Jägdpanzer put some dead russian soldiers (i know they used to walk beside the tanks) and a 20mm FlaK gun. Could the 20mm bullets pierce the schurtzen?
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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 28 Feb 2003, 00:00

20mm rounds were very capable of penetrating the 8mm thin armour, and even machineguns and somethimes rifles could

BTW, it's Jagdpanzer, not Jägdpanzer ;)

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Post by Von_Mannteufel » 28 Feb 2003, 04:34

tnx for the correction.. but could you see them both in a battle? i mean one with russian army and other with germans?

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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 02 Mar 2003, 19:26

It's possible - although the chance is very slim...

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Post by ckleisch » 05 Mar 2003, 11:00

Because of equpment failures it was far more common for the Germans to convert other countries equipment. Especially in Russia alot of t-34s were converted and Markings added.
Squadron Signal Publications has a series called panzer colors that has pics of equipment with color schemes that you should see.

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