Panzerfahre prototype
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1 23 October 2014, 18:28
John Van KootenYeah, great work, Curtis! 👍
I must admit I had never seen this type of combination of vehicles and pontoon before. It's pretty impressive and very interesting! 🙂
23 October 2014, 22:49
Curtis CadenThanks guys. Always fund to do the unusual or interesting. Now I just need to put it in a suitable diorama showing a river or riverbank.
26 October 2014, 17:09
Curtis CadenDragon released this 1/35 scale kit of this fascinating vehicle a while back, and now it is being released in the smaller 1/72 scale. It depicts the first Panzerfahre prototype, and it makes clever use of parts from Dragon's Panzer IV models – for example, wheels, suspension and tracks
26 October 2014, 17:11
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The Panzerfähre (PzF) was designed to work in pairs, with a self-floating pontoon nestled between them. In this way, they could ferry vehicles and light tanks across water obstacles. The PzF utilized the hull of the Panzer IV. However, as Germany's tanks gained in weight as the conflict wore on, plans for the Panzerfähre were dropped in 1942 as it wasn't capable of carrying the heavier tanks then being produced. All in all, only two prototypes were completed, and the Panzerfähre never entered series production. Both examples saw service on the Eastern Front from mid-1942 onwards.
