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the_shadock
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:03 am
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Hello,

"Sander D" came across these pictures, showing a Panzer IV being restored. That Panzer IV doesn't seem to correspond with surviving ones already known. First, I though that it was Kubinka's one, but it isn't. It is neither Saumur's Ausf. H late, nor Dresden's Ausf. H (both tanks are also being restored).

Any guess about its ownership and location?

Pierre-Olivier

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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
New-made turret'box? _________________ RTY on other forums; Looking for Pz.IV manuals D 653/2 Erzatsteilliste(pictures), D 653/10, D 653/25 (Handbuch fur den Panzerfahrer), D 653/50b, D 653/50c, D653/51 Looking for Maybach HL120 repair instruction... (Copyes or scans) Can pay money or exchange

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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:16 am Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
- Koluchiy New-made turret'box? I guess so. P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
Looking at the photos, it looks like a Centurion's sprocket in the top photo and various British posters on the wall in the bottom one. So, who in the UK has PzIV? Steve Lamonby (Photo missing on the big list!) Cadman Bros (Pretty well intact?) Wheatcroft (Website's back up & running)

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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
Right guys, hot off the press. It's at A+S in Suffolk, being restored for unnamed customer. Apparently has an FV432 engine & gear box. Also doing a Hetzer, www.arm-soft.com/ongoi.../index.php

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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
thanks Adam !! well, apparently, it is not the Cadman's one, and Kevin Wheatcroft would make it being restored by his oww team. So, it could be Steve Lamonby's tank. Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
- Pzkpfw-e Wheatcroft (Website's back up & running) but still no update.. Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
Yep, no updates, which is a pity. On the subject of the PzIV, just because it's being restored in the UK, doesn't necessarily mean it's being restored for a UK owner.

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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
- Pzkpfw-e Also doing a Hetzer, www.arm-soft.com/ongoi.../index.php could be the tank listed as "G-13 Tank Destroyer wreck - 12th SS-Panzerdivision reenactment unit, CA (USA)". There are some similarities between the two vehicles, see the pic below : P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:43 am Post subject: Re: Unknown surviving Panzer IV being restored?
The Hetzer in the UK looks to be in better condition, they look the same but the UK one's floor and hull sponsion is in better condition than the US one, and with the gun mount missing from the UK one you can see it looks to be in better condition. Maybe wrong ,but they look to be different Hetzers. Anthony

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