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Re: Jagdpanzer Panther

From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:10:45 -0400
Subject: Re: Jagdpanzer Panther

At 2:04 PM +0200 9/25/01, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
>Hello
>
>Some time ago I had enquired about a modern German tank destroyer
>prototype with a missile launcher on an elevating platform. I now have
>found a picture at:
>http://www.jed.simonides.org/tanks/lima/leopard1_series/panther/panthe
>r-intro.html

Wow, it looks like a Leopard 1 A5 (it appears to have the upgraded 
cast turret) with the main gun removed and replaced with the cherry 
picker/hammerhead combo. Good for elevating above a stand of trees or 
even over intervening terrain. I like the concept.

>The site
>http://www.jed.simonides.org/jed1.html
>has an interesting collection of pictures of tanks and vehicles from
>various times and places. Unfortunately, only the alphabetic search
>works - click on the lettered buttons on the page.

Ahh, these guys have a nice site on Ferrets too.

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