Author Topic: Pink Panzer :o) (Read 521 times)

Frodo · « **on:** March 03, 2004, 03:14:31 PM »

Found this in this magazine.......

Can any of our British friends shed some light on this magazine?It is from 1972, and is a riot!

Frodo

DrDea · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2004, 07:49:52 PM »

Looks like Mr Bean in the pink.I smell a Monty Python thing there.

gofaster · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2004, 08:06:24 AM »

That's not a panzer.

I think its actually a Czech knock-off of a Soviet half-tracked troop carrier. A couple of them are used here for military re-enactments at air shows posing as German half-tracks.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2004, 08:41:18 AM »

HTC, could you guys release a Pink Panther in AH2?

Karaya

DrDea · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2004, 08:48:18 AM »

But make sure its perked.That things gonna be a beast:lol

Replicant · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2004, 09:52:58 AM »

Look at the top of the page of RTVTimes - Rutland Weekend Television.... look at my location!

Rutland Weekend Television is Monty Python. Enough said!

They also did a parody of The Beatles called 'The Ruttles', again taken from the Rutland link.

DrDea · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2004, 10:05:30 AM »

Can I spot my python or what?

Shiva · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2004, 10:39:13 AM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
I think its actually a Czech knock-off of a Soviet half-tracked troop carrier. A couple of them are used here for military re-enactments at air shows posing as German half-tracks.

It's either a genuine or reproduction SdKfz 252 leichter Gepanzerter Munitionskraftwagen, an ammunition carrier for StuG III units, built on the chassis of the Demag D7 SdKfz 10 light artillery tractor, which was later to be used for the SdKfz 250 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (the SdKfz 252 and SdKfz 253 actually preceded the introduction of the SdKfz 250); 413 were produced from late 1940 through 1941. It carried ammunition for the 75mm L/24 gun on the early StuG III vehicles. After the introduction of the longer-barrelled cannons, the SdKfz 252 was replaced by the SdKfz 250/6.