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PraiseTheSun | 24 Jul 2024 8:32 a.m. PST |
Hello, I've been reading Claude Gillono's Battleline 1 Workhorse Panzer III in North Africa and I stumbled upon 15th PD Panzers with a small band around the bottom of the turret stowage bins, there is an image on pg 17 and pg 12 has a photo and describes white/red/yellow/lightblue for Platoons 1-4 and a red/white band for Company Command. Has anyone come across this in other sources or photos?
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Andy ONeill | 24 Jul 2024 10:06 a.m. PST |
FWIW this is news to me. Not all pz 2 had turret bins. Seems odd they'd adopt a marking couldn't be used on all tanks. |
Yellow Admiral ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 24 Jul 2024 11:23 a.m. PST |
Maybe the copier couldn't get the ink down that far below the box undercut, so the blank page is showing through… That does seem like a weird place for a marking. |
PraiseTheSun | 24 Jul 2024 1:26 p.m. PST |
This book is the only place I've seen some of these images, here is the photo I mentioned above:
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Yellow Admiral ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 24 Jul 2024 1:35 p.m. PST |
I'd guess it's some kind of "follow me" or "don't shoot me" marking for people behind the tank line…? Just a guess. It could just be an unobtrusive unit identifier. Would they just put it at the bottom of the rear turret face on earlier tanks without boxes? |
Martin Rapier | 25 Jul 2024 1:05 a.m. PST |
I've not come across the band this g before, but it does seem to be a sensible explanation of why so many DAK vehicles apparently had just single numbers on the turret. I shall go and add a few bands to my panzers.. Ive also seen a photo of a 9th SS Div Panther with just a single 9 on the turret, but I suspect that was because they didn't have many left in August 1944 and just numbered them sequentially, like Panzer Lehrs Tiger II company. |
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