MG-Panzernest and variations

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Re: MG-Panzernest and variations

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 19 Oct 2014, 14:07

Still frame from a Soviet newsreel: taking POW (from MG Panzernest)

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Re: MG-Panzernest and variations

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Post by jopaerya » 22 Oct 2014, 20:59

Thanks Guys

Two new pictures from Panzernesten for me :thumbsup:

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Post by herring » 24 Oct 2014, 08:21

some more from Piedimonte.
From book "Monte Cassino" (part 3) by M.Wankowicz
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Post by jopaerya » 14 Mar 2015, 21:11

Earlier in this Topic there are some photo's of a Hungarian panzernest , this one was called "Kochis" in this document .

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Post by Konstantin » 05 Jul 2015, 09:51

Panzernest at the National Museum of Military History of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine). At his side is labeled "W1". Colleagues, what type of and how pantsernest this plant, it can be made?
Its specifications are: height - 1820 mm, width - 1500 mm, length - 1540 mm, door size - 400x400 mm size loopholes - 70x120 mm, front opening for observation - 50x70 mm, the vent hole - 200x50 mm.
The thickness of the armor: front - 195 mm, side and rear walls - 44 mm, the roof - 44 mm, the hatch - 25 mm

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Re: MG-Panzernest and variations

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Post by TH » 05 Jul 2015, 12:53

I think the "W" is a combined HV, the manufacturer symbol of Hörder Verein. So it is a German version.

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Post by jopaerya » 11 Aug 2015, 20:46

Some old news , but new for me http://www.lr-online.de/regionen/spree- ... 52,4137088
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Post by TH » 11 Aug 2015, 21:15

In the article it is written that the Panzernester were likely to be scrapped.
Here is a follow-up - seems both made it into local museums.

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Post by forttravel » 20 Jan 2016, 22:54

And one more picture from Moscow exhibition of captured weapons.
Shallow translation: Germans movable hmg pilbox in carriage position.
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Post by forttravel » 20 Jan 2016, 23:03

Panzernest's delivery.
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Post by forttravel » 25 Feb 2016, 09:19

In Italy.
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Post by forttravel » 09 Mar 2016, 22:28

Few Russian pictures (note scouts in camuflage suits "amoeba" pattern).
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Post by forttravel » 09 Mar 2016, 22:38

A piece discovered in East.
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