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"Achtung! Das model ist nicht für gerfingerpoken und mittengrabben. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen der hands in der pockets und relaxen."
Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...
So, of course, everything has both a NSN and a FSN
And I thought the 13 number NSN was bad.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
That's more than amusing......it's downright hilarious. I think we're in the same situation here with our federal stock numbering system.
You have to remember this is the same culture numbered Beethoven's works "Opus" during his lifetime, Bach's as "BWV" and Mozart's as "Kerkel", both posthumously.
I knew a guy in a VW car club who was in the Wehrmacht, in telemetry, who was evacuated from Stalingrad a couple of months before it fell. He always maintained that they lost the war because of a 16 digit part numbering system that made requisition of things nearly impossible.
Probably not the real reason, but I found it amusing.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Tiger I Ausf H stood for Henschel, the manufacturer that was in competition with Porsche for the heavy tank. That's why the version that has the suspension similar to the Elefant/Ferdinand was the Tiger I Ausf P for Porsche. The Ausf H was later standardized and given the designation Ausf E once it won the competition.
that makes sense. Thnx -- didn't know that!
Roy Chow
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T26E4 The Marder III (ausf ∅, H, M) The 15cm Grille (ausf H, K/M) There are a few books on these -- the ausf designation is probably discussed in those.
The Marder III (ausf ∅, H, M)
The 15cm Grille (ausf H, K/M)
There are a few books on these -- the ausf designation is probably discussed in those.
Same for the Grille.
As for the Panther and the Tiger,
The Panther D was sort of a "pre-production" variant, then the Panther A was actually the 1st "mass produced" variant.
The Tiger 1 was a similar situation also.
PANZERJAGER
Ye, forgot those ones. Thanks Roy.
iraqiwildman Tag-along question: In what order did the German Ausf (model) letters go? I am pretty sure it was not alphabetical.
Tag-along question: In what order did the German Ausf (model) letters go?
I am pretty sure it was not alphabetical.
It was in most cases. The Panther and Tiger's were more exceptions to the rule.
In the case of the Panther it was D, A and G. For the Tiger, H, E and B.
I can't think of any others.
I know the Panther D was the initial model to be followed by the Panther A but were there more examples of this?
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Tim Wilding
Sure, but mine is the literal translation of the elements of the compound word.
GMorrison Sdkfz: Sonder Kraft Fahr Zeug. Special powered travelling thing.
Sdkfz:
Sonder Kraft Fahr Zeug.
Special powered travelling thing.
Actually, it's Special Purpose Vehicle.......
Just my two cents worth.
Rob Gronovius the doog My Chevette's license plate read "Sdkfz-1" back in the 1980s, lol. I got it as a "custom" plate. My Uncle Ted once asked me "What--did you get the most random assortment of letters you could think of so the cops can't remember it when they see it?" lol My VW Rabbit had a totally random license plate number SR 747. I would often get asked what type of airplane it was. I guess the SR-71 and a Boeing 747 could be combined?
the doog My Chevette's license plate read "Sdkfz-1" back in the 1980s, lol. I got it as a "custom" plate. My Uncle Ted once asked me "What--did you get the most random assortment of letters you could think of so the cops can't remember it when they see it?" lol
My Chevette's license plate read "Sdkfz-1" back in the 1980s, lol. I got it as a "custom" plate.
My Uncle Ted once asked me "What--did you get the most random assortment of letters you could think of so the cops can't remember it when they see it?" lol
My VW Rabbit had a totally random license plate number SR 747. I would often get asked what type of airplane it was. I guess the SR-71 and a Boeing 747 could be combined?
I'm picturing some sort of Lockheed Skunk Works SST, like the Concorde only jet black and much more badass
Shoulda put "P-51" on my Mustang....
LOLS!
My father-in-law wouldn't have let you park in his driveway.
I had a little old BMW 1602 car with the plate FW-190.
Panzer doesn't mean tank, it means armor. Tank was a ruse used by the British to disguise their new armored fighting vehicle by telling casual observers that the vehicle was a mobile water tank.
PzK.pfw is, as pointed out, the abbreviation for panzerkampfwagen, the literal translation being Armoured Fighting Vehicle. The Ausf is for Ausfuhrung, or Model.
The PzK.pfw designation was only given to tanks.
panzerkampfwagen 4 model H .
panzer = tank
kampf = fight
wagen = car
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