Flames of war and team yankee phil yates sun nov 26. Panzer morale points platoons headquarters panzerkompanie hq p. Taking photos inside the museum was forbidden when i visited it, however, do someone has better pictures of this vehicle. The flakpanzer 38t ausf m was a stopgap antiaircraft vehicle produced by mounting a single 20mm cannon on the chassis of panzer 38t tank. Flakpanzer 38 t self propelled anti aircraft gun site statistics. Hq command x1 commander ge46 transport x1 lespw u304f gep25. A 2cm flakvierling 38 was mounted in a turret made by the field workshop using armour plates from damaged halftracks. Flakpanzer 38t flames of war, germans up to 25% off.
Flakpanzer 38 t 156 far to frequently i start projects, primarily just for fun, unfortunately not all progress to a finish. Dmls affiliate has found another oneoff conversion to offer for german fans. It is sometimes, incorrectly, referred to as the gepard, which may lead to confusion with the unrelated flakpanzer gepard. Several vehicles with this name were used by the german army during world war ii. It seems like the panzer on the background is a flakpanzer 38 t gepard. They were in production from 1942 to 1944 and served on all fronts until the end of the war. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Nice afrika korps tshirt, do you make ss galizien or totenkopf. Ww2incolor is made up of a large ww2 photograph collection of over 45 thousand images which have been viewed over 110 million times over the last few years. Both these kits are credited with being the best available on the market. Flakvierling 38 was mounted in a turret made by the field workshop using armour. This version of the chassis had the engine mounted in the centre, allowing the fighting compartment to he carried. Flakpanzer 38t sdkfz 140, self propelled anti aircraft gun. Solo missions for flames of war normally, youd expect to play flames of war with a real fleshandblood opponent. Flakpanzer 38t gepard antiaircraft tank master fighter.
The panzer 38t saw service in the german army throughout the early stages of the war, being used in. The single vehicle manufactured was used by pzjagabt 653 in july 1944. The wirbelwind or whirlwind was a selfpropelled antiaircraft gun utilising the panzer. The flakpanzer 38 t was designed around the chassis of the panzer 38 t ausf m chassis. This new 5 kit depicts precisely this flakpanzer t34r conversion.
The flammpanzer 38t hetzer was the designation given to twenty jagdpanzer 38t hetzers that were converted to carry flame throwers instead of their normal 7. Flakpanzer 38t self propelled anti aircraft gun world. The marder iii is the name for a series of world war ii german tank destroyers built on the chassis of the panzer 38t. Flakpanzer 38 t image europe at war mod for company of. As anyone familiar with dmls recent releases will discover, upon opening the box the modeler is almost overwhelmed by the number of sprues and parts contained therein. History of the 38t with ryan jeffares the panzer 38t was a tank that. Flakpanzer 38 t image europe at war mod for company of heroes. I know its not good to take video games word for it when it comes to history. Warlord games 194345 fallschirmjager mmg miniatures 3. There was several sites and one in particualr that has some good info on s. The opentop fixed cabin housed the flak 38 2 cm traversing automatic gun, whose effectiveness proved to be low. This vehicle was equipped with a 20mm anti aircraft cannon.
Flakpanzer 38 t flak panzerkampfwagen 38 t the versatile pz38t chassis was pressed into service as the first flakpanzer giving protection from marauding aircarft for the panzers. Europe at war is a historical mod for company of heroes that adds new battlefronts with new commander trees, abilities, units, vehicles and weapons for each, representing in the best way, as far as possible, historical accuracy, to immerse players in a much. You may model your motorcycle mg or assault rifle teams with kubelwagen jeeps instead of motorcycles, they are based the same as the motorcycle mg or assault rifle teams. To help remedy this, i wrote some ideas on how to play a regular pickup game without an oppenet, or devise your own scenarios to play against and ai opponents. Flames of war abbreviated as fow is a world war ii tabletop miniatures wargame produced by the new zealand company battlefront miniatures ltd. About the flakpanzer 38t the luftwaffe dominated the skies early in wwii, but it met a remarkable reversal as the war proceeded. Flames of war flakpanzer 38t at mighty ape australia. Late war german panzerkompanies can equip their antiaircraft gun platoons with the flakpanzer 38 t. This created an urgent requirement for mobile antiaircraft platforms for ground troops so they could combat allied and russian aircraft. One of the most interesting conversions based on t3476 mo. By patch the flakpanzer v coelian is a prototype antiaircraft weapon based on the panther platform. Flakpanzer 38 photographs external link photographs of the flakpanzer 38 at panzerphotos. Now as obscure a subject this is, i also wonder the origional source and if its not a myth passed around untill somebody finds that one photo of a flakpanzer t34 with the turret turned. This week john and justin take us through the flakpanzer iv wirbelwind for bolt action from warlord games.
G it is just the internal manufacturers code name for the jagdpanzer 38t in the skoda factory. Flakpanzer v coelian flakpanzer v coelian german spaa prototype based on pzkpfw v panther. If this vehicle in the museum is a flakpanzer 38 t gepard, this would be the only one remaining nowadays. It was designed to combat the ever increasingly effective allied ground attack aircraft and to give the crew some fighting chance to survive attacks. Logically, the exciting kit is a combination of two existing items from dragons vast kit range the t34 tank and the 2cm flakvierling 38. Panzer lehr morale points platoons headquarters compulsory panzerko.
Flakpanzer t34r germany war thunder official forum. After the war, others were used by both the west german bundeswehr and the east german national peoples army. A tube was installed on the front of the flamethrower to make the flammpanzer look like the. In the game, the flakpanzer is used almost exclusively as an antiinfantry tank. German selfpropelled antiaircraft gun spaag flakpanzer 38t was derived from the pz. The flakpanzer 38t was designed around the chassis of the panzer 38t ausf m chassis. Media in category flakpanzer 38t the following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. The flakpanzer 38 t was created as part of the solution and became ready and was issued to units in janfeb 1944.
Also known as flakpanzer t34r, it was armed with 20mm flakvierling 38, which was a four barreled 20mm antiaircraft l115 gun. Flakpanzer 38t german antiaircraft tank ark models 35010. However, at the moment that option isn t available to us. Its a bit slow bu it does okay when fully upgraded and when you unlock the pz gr you can wreck any tank you meet from meters away with very good accuracy and really quicly, also. The flakpanzer 38t used the ausf m chassis, which had been designed specifically for use with the 15cm sig infantry howitzerarmed grille.
Flames of war german flakpanzer 38t ge163 painted ebay. This box contains 5 plastic tanks, the flames of war rule book and a starter. One of the most interesting machines based on the chassis t34 tank is german antiaircraft tank flakpanzer t34 providing antiaircraft covering. It served on both the russian front and in the west against the british and us forces after they landed at normandy. Czechgerman flakpanzer 38t world war 2 pictures in color. Herewith one of the latest super kits from dmldragons smart kit series. The flakpanzer t34 is a captured t34 converted into a flak tank by germany by replacing the turret with a flakvierling 38 in a new armored turret with an open top. In order to play this expansion, you will need a copy of the basic panzer game. This lucky one was resurrected so it can slip in with an interesting part interestpart commission normandy becker themed collection currently being assembled, but more on that over christmas. This is a new model of the german flakpanzer 38t with 20mm flak38 canon.
Panzerkampfwagen 38 information about the panzerkampfwagen 38. A ww2 wartime skoda jagdpanzer 38t hetzer was called a g in the factory and on all internal documentation. Im getting back to low tiers and oh my god how this thing is funny. Early production jagdpanzer 38t hetzer with muzzle brake. However, in the game company of heroes 2, the german team can deploy an ostwind flakpanzer iv, which to my understanding was an antiair gun on a tank chassis. Flakpanzer i, a converted version of the panzer i tank.