M47 Patton "Neuruppin"
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26 February 2014, 18:58
Philipp GroßThanks Michael! It was a lot of fun to build and improve the old thing 🙂
27 February 2014, 13:20
Philipp GroßThanks Acki! 🙂
Some units of the early West German army named their tanks after garrison towns at first before going back to the WW2 era three digit numbers for identification. Neuruppin is a city in eastern Germany and was the seat of Panzer Regiment 6 of the 3rd Panzer Division before the war.
27 February 2014, 14:17
Philipp GroßThanks Ray! I'm glad you like it! 🙂
PS: To anyone wondering why there's a 1/144 aircraft kit suddenly listed, it's a site bug - I tried to add the Tankograd issue on the M47 to the project, but got this instead. Both happen to have the same ID number, and now I can't remove it... 🙁
27 February 2014, 22:03
AckiThanks for the information. I was wondering bout the East German name and the West German tank.
28 February 2014, 12:24
Philipp GroßGuess that must have been part of that "we represent the ENTIRE Germany" policy.... Certainly no nostalgia for the pre-1945 army...they'd never do that, right? 😛
28 February 2014, 14:26
Hajo LangerGood work! The tank belonged to the tank battalion 13 of the Grenzland barracks in Flensburg that practiced on the training area of the Briesen barracks in Flensburg-Weiche
7 March 2018, 09:26
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The venerable Italeri kit as issued by Revell Germany, built to resemble an early West German tank.
