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GERMANYS PANTHER TANK

Track dOjustment left	48306	48306
Track ad|ustment nght	48307	48307
Track guard. left	51109	48309
Track guard. nght	51110	48310
Motor	51111	48311
Fuel system	51121	48328
Throttle linkage	51122	48357
Brake and transmission
venttlation	51124	48385
Coolmg system	51130	48329
Electrical equipment	51132	48332
Floor plates	51134	48335
Radio racks	51135	48336
Ammumtion stowage	51136	48390
Dust covers for ammo racks	51137	NA
Turret drive	51139	48339
Driver s hatch	51142	48340
Radio operators hatch	51143	48341
Drivers periscope	51144	48397
Radio operator s periscope	51145	48347
Steenng brake left	48345	48345
Steermg brake nght	48346	48346
External stowage	51149	48382
Transmission	48350	48350
Rear deck	51152	48343
Foot Controls	48360	48360
Steermg gear	48367	48367
Ciutch linkage	48373	48373
Fmai drive left	48376	48376
Fmal drive nght	48377	48377
Steermg ano brake linkage	48378	48378
Track left	48380	48380
Track nght	48381	48381
Coolmg water thermostat	48387	48387
Coolmg water heater	48396	48396
Seats	7628	7628

5 1 1 ARMOR PROTECTION

Ausf.A and D

16 mm @ 5.50 16 mm @ 90° 100 mm curved 100 mm @ 12° 16 mm @ 90° 16 mm @ 90° 80 mm @ 55° 60 mm @ 55° 30 mm @ 90° 16 mm @ 90°

45 mm @ 25° 40 mm @ 40° 40 mm @ 0°

45 mm @ 25° 40 mm <g> 30"

Ausf.G

16 mm @ 5 5°

16 mm @ 90° 100 mm curved 100 mm @ 12° 40*16 mm @90° 16 mm @ 90°

80 mm <§> 55°

50 mm (§> 55°

25 mm @ 90°

16 mm @ 90°

45 mm @ 25°

50 mm @ 30°

40 mm @ 0°

45 mm @ 25°

40 mm @ 30°

The armor protecłion for the Ausf G was implemented as it had Peen described durmg the meetmg on 4 May 1943 The thickness of only four plates had changed when compared to its predecessors. the Ausf A and Ausf D

Location

Turret Roof (fore) Turret Roof (aft) Gun Mantłet Turret Front Hull Roof (fore) Hull Roof (aft) Glacis Piąte Front Lower Hull Belly (fore)

Belly (aft)

Turret Side Panmer Side Hull Side Turret Rear Hull Rear

b 1 2 INTRODUCTORY CHANGES

in addition to modifications associaled with changing the shape of the hull the followmg changes were introduced start mg with the first Ausf G chassis

•    Hmged hatches for the driver and radio operator

•    Installation of a pivotmg. traversable penscope for the driver and deletion ot the dnver s visor

•    Stepped embrasure to reduce bullet splash m the aper-turę of the armored guard for the machmegun bali mount on the glacis piąte

•    Redesigned ventilator cowl under the travel lock

•    Smgle headhght mounted directly above the left fender

•    Redesigned rear deck fitted withm the superstructure sides featurmg redesigned louvres. covers for the carburetor air mtake a cowl over the engme compartment air mtake. a new fuel filier cap. a radiator overflow dram. and repositioned antenna base

•    Redesigned engme exhaust. brakes. and transmission ventiiation system elimmatmg the need for the two paraltel pipes for engme exhaust coolmg mounted on the exhaust pipę

•    Ammumtion stowage mcreased to 82 mam gun rounds Dust covers consistmg of two slidmg doors of approximateiy 4 mm thickness closed off the ammumtion racks m each spon-son

•    When outfitted as a Befehls-Panther ammumtion stowage for the mam gun was reduced to 64 rounds due to the room needed for the auxiliary electrical generator GG 400 for the extra radio sets

•    Revised tooi and equipment stowage arrangement on the superstructure sides New tools and equipment mcluded a longer wooden błock as a base for the jack and thicker. longer tow cables (32 mm diameter. 8 2 meters long)

•    Schuerzen side skms fastened to a fender extendmg the length of the superstructure sides

•    Relocation and modification of the mounts for the shock absorbers

5 2 PRODUCTION

On 16 August 1943. the Waffenamt responded to Krupp on when the entzwickelte (dewedged 1 e straightened) hull for the Panther l would enter production A proposal had been presented to Direktor Dr Rohland. the head of the Haupt-ausschusses Panzerwagen und Zugmaschinen to mitiate production of Panthers with the entzwickelte hull startmg with number 2801 lf and when production of the entzwickelte hull was to start hung on a decision by the Panzerkommission that was to occur at the end of August Before it became known

Opposite

Tne front and rear view of Panther Ausf G (Fgst Nr 120303 compieted Dy M A N on or about 1 April 1944) On Ausf Gs the Tarnlampe (headiight) was mounted directly above the left fender The ends of the longer thicker tow cables (32 mm diameter and 8 2 meters long lor the Ausf G mstead of 27 mm diameter and 5 meters long tor the Ausf A and D) were secured by U shaped hoiders on the rear deck (BA)

CHARTER 5: PANTHER AUSF.G

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