Panzerwrecks 11: Normandy 2 by Lee Archer, William Auerbach

By Lee Archer, William Auerbach

Panzerwrecks eleven - Normandy 2 is a moment stopover at to the battlefields of Normandy and the scrapyards that crammed up with captured German AFV or all types. Panthers, Tigers, self-propelled weapons, enormous tractors, flakwagons, and 4 and 8 wheeled armored autos grew to become up in huge numbers within the bocage and past, and such a lot kinds are depicted right here. 100 and twenty-eight photographs, mostly unpublished and such a lot reproduced complete web page, fill this panorama structure quantity, and entire captions spotlight the who, what, whilst and the place of the motion. when you have already got Panzerwrecks eight - Normandy 1, this is often its 'must have' spouse quantity.

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2xLAC Standing on the engine deck and looking into the winch compartment . The cable take-up drum is on the left and the cable ran out through the hole on the right. The pulleys could be used to double the draw of the 40 ton capacity winch by placing one on the Bergepanther's centre tow coupling and one on the vehicle to be recovered, thus doubling the distance the cable would travel. The front and rear wood sections were staked on rather than hinged to fold down. LAC 51 Autopsy Allied style. A Marder 38T gives up some unique details now it has been almost surgically blown apart.

Ii\. :'_ -: 46 ..... . On the previous pages, we saw the warnings, "IJI! ill soldier. Here he is more cautious as he inspect·. \ massive unditching beam carried on the right sil h the vehicle. ) The bracket above the lock and (" held a long handled sledge-hammer. 1 the bottom of the sponson is an inviting target. " Up view of the 'Schurzen' on the left Iii, · . J awing how it was locked in place with a III", I, of steel bolted to the inner bracket. The IIIIII I('rit' pattern is quite apparent here, as is 11" ,1 ' Y anzer-Division trident.

Considering that all but the rear of the fighting compartment has been blown away, the remainder of the vehicle is in good order. The three colour camouflage pattern is easy to see, and the 'Balkenkreuz' on the rear plate is excepti clear. These Panzerjaegers were found in Infantry Division, the candidates are: l. 243, 326, 346, 352 and 353. Au 52 armour thickness and distribution as a light or medium armoured personnel carrier, these Panzerjagers would fly apart at the seams if struck by even a light calibre projectile.

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