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Belisarius -> (8/28/2003 2:34:37 PM)
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[QUOTE=Losqualo]Hehehe, This calls for me. :p
1. AFAIK the beam light on the Panthers itself was only used for driving at night. For the use on the battlefield a SdKfz 251/20 "Uhu" was needed. It had a 60 cm IR Beam (Beobachtungs Gerät 1251) mounted.
2. The designation "Uhu" for the IR Panther is wrong. "Uhu" was only the designation for the SdKfz 251/20. Since the IR Panthers were only tested they were called "Panther with Sperber Solution A" or "Panther with Sperber Solution B".
3. The "Sperber" IR equipment was only installed on Panthers Ausf. A and maybe on some Ausf. D. It exists only one picture of IR equipment on a Panther Ausf. G and that is a fake.
If anyone is interested I could look up the differences between "Sperber Solution A" and "Sperber Solution B".[/QUOTE]
Ah. Well, I was partially right about the SdKfz 251/20. Didn't occur to me that that device is much larger than the turret-mounted ones on the Panthers. Makes sense. :p
Uhhh were these never put to use in battle? :confused:
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