New Panther Tank

[SmokinLoon]

What is the armor thickness on top of the engine compartment?

http://www.tarrif.net/

The above link has a lot of good info.  


btw...     

Hull Front (Upper) :   51mm @ 34°
Hull Front (Lower) :   51mm @ 34° - 90°
Hull Sides (Upper) :   38mm @ 90°
Hull Sides (Lower) :   38mm @ 90°
Hull Rear :   38mm @ 68° - 80°
Hull Top :   19mm @ 0° - 7°
Hull Bottom :   13mm - 25mm @ 0°
Turret Front :   76mm @ 60°
Turret Mantlet :   89mm @ 90°
Turret Sides :   51mm @ 85°
Turret Rear :   51mm @ 90°
Turret Top :   25mm @ 0°

[LLogann]

Panthers were delivered in plain dark yellow from the factory up until late 1944. This was standard camo for German armour in the 43-44 timeframe. The army depots or front line units camouflaged the vehicles with green and red brown paint as needed. From Sept 44 the tanks were camouflaged in the factory. Three colour camo schemes were applied direct to the primer to save paint and unseen areas were just left in primer. In 1945 the official scheme changed again, Panthers were supposed be painted base green with the other two camo colours applied above. However in reality all sorts of schemes were used as paint supplies dwindled.

The default Panther is from Kampfgruppe Peiper and was knocked out in an ambush near Stoumont in the Battle of the Bulge. It has a late 1944 MAN factory three colour camo scheme applied onto primer. I picked this scheme because it has more green in it than an earlier Panther and so would blend in with the MA terrain better.

I've done several skins for the Panther with earlier schemes and zimmerit paste applied, I'll post screenshots in the skins forum once the new version is out.

[321BAR]

lol

someone needs to read up on tanking the panther was the only one that could use its transmission in emergencies in WWII to allow one track to go reverse while the other goes fowards...

[Ack-Ack]

someone needs to read up on tanking the panther was the only one that could use its transmission in emergencies in WWII to allow one track to go reverse while the other goes fowards...

Are you sure?  I think the M-26 Pershing had that same ability as well as a couple of other tanks. 


ack-ack

[Latrobe]

Finally the Panther!! 

[speak]

I wonder what the ammo loadout will be. 

[Delirium]

The top of the hull over the engine compartment looks like it will rip open quite nicely. It is a big area, non sloped with the same armor thickness as the Sherman.

[Blooz]

someone needs to read up on tanking the panther was the only one that could use its transmission in emergencies in WWII to allow one track to go reverse while the other goes fowards...

Tiger could.

[HighTone]

Its gonna be fun to play around in, and most of all to drop bombs on.

If it comes out before before the new year then that would make 3 new tanks added in 2010. And once again HTC thanks for the M4's. 

[Blooz]

Panther needs an MG42 machine gun for AA defense on that ring around the commanders cupola. That's why that ring is there.

[FLOTSOM]

Panther needs an MG42 machine gun for AA defense on that ring around the commanders cupola. That's why that ring is there.

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NOW THAT PIC IS HAWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Imowface]

it was actually an MG-34, you can tell by the round barrel, MG-42 has a square heatshield around it

[JOACH1M]

Yaaaaaaaaaa

[oakranger]

Nice addition. And my P-47D-25 is getting frisky to kill it.

[Squire]

"the panther had the frontal armor comparison to a tiger while the rest of the armor was weaker"

That wont change the ch200 cries when its taken out from side hits. Just watch. Its a Panther, ergo it should be invulnerable to anti-tank fire, HTC please "fix it".