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Just curious about the Panthers

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:21 pm
by falkyns
I am sure this has been asked and answered but I have not seen it: Why does the Panther D upgrade to the Panther G rather than to the 'A' which would then upgrade to the 'G'

The games has the right dates and all for D to A to G it just does not follow that upgrade path.

Re: Just curious about the Panthers

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:16 pm
by Denniss
So units with even older tanks get upgraded to Panther A

Re: Just curious about the Panthers

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 5:16 pm
by tiger111
Historically the sequence was ausfD, then ausfA, then ausfG.

Read Jentz book and it does not say why the ausfD was before the A.

I`ve even asked the curators at Bovington Tank Museum and they dont know either.

The D`s mainly fought at Kursk and then withdrawn and faults (partially) rectified

The Germans should have put the Panther II in production in `43.