German tank deliveries to North Africa

[Dene]

Privat Fotos von der Leverkusen aus meiner Sammlung
Leverkusen Unfall in Neapel
Feuer auf der Leverkusen nach Abriss von Traverse (Hängegeschirr).
Feuerwehr auf dem weg zum Brand der Leverkusen.
Foto vom verunglückten Panzer der vermutlich das Feuer ausgelöst hatte.
Konvoj überfahrt nach Tripolis.
*Verlade Fotos aus diversen Netzfunde mit Infos der beladenen Panzer und Fahrzeuge auf der Leverkusen.

Fotos sind aus dem Nachlass:
Major Peter Deiglmayr
Kfz Inst Regiment 548
Führer Zentral Ersatzteil Lager 210 Deutsch/Italienische Panzerarmee.
Sammlung Denis Daum

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[Urmel]

Fantastic pictures, many thanks for posting these.

[olmi57]

Great images, Denis, besten Dank.
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Attached a side view of HAPAG MS Leverkusen (source:internet).
Wondering how it looked in full camo paint...

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BTW, just finished a little photo docu on the March 12,1941 PzReg.5 Tripoli Parade :
https://www.o5m6.de/wehrmacht/wm_na_tanks.php#Tripo

[Urmel]

Fantastic work!

[David W]

Superb work!

[FredT]

I was hoping that Robert Forczyk's Desert Armour would be the definitive work on the subject, but I have found errors. For example, the only German pre-Crusader tank replacements he lists are 15x Pz III and 5x Pz IV in early June 1941. He omits RECAM and all the tanks sunk by Upright. He says the Empire Song had 50 Matildas instead of 45. And he gets mixed up about Convoy WS.8b saying 12 Matildas and 14 cruisers instead of 14 and 12.

My questions for the group are:

1. Are Urmel's numbers from 2018 still considered to be the best available for the Germans?

2. Did Convoy WS.11 have 20 Crusaders (Forczyk) or 30 (Urmel).

3. Did the Italian IX Battalion arrive in August (Sadkovich) or October (Forczyk)?

[Urmel]

I am afraid Forczyk chose not to get in touch with us, as we would have been happy to help him, for free.

[David W]

Any idea if any of those cruisers were C/S?

[FredT]

Thanks for the document, it's much appreciated.

[Urmel]

None that I can see. I suspect the Mk. IVs should be CS, but no proof either way.

[Urmel]

Thanks for the document, it's much appreciated.

No worries, happy to help.

As for the other questions:

- right now cannot help with IX Btg Carri, but if you pushed me I would go for August;
- as for the quality of our 2018 analysis of tank shipments, all I can say is that I would love to see corrections.