FOV Historical Vehicles Thread
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7th Guards Tank Army, Eastern Front, 1945
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559 th Panzerjager Abt. , BELGIUM 1944
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Here is one from 21st Century, s.pz.abt 503. It is difficult to pinpoint where this tank saw combat in France with this paintscheme(if at all). Some sources say it never left Mailly-le-Camp, France, due to technical issues, and rejoined unit later (September) after they were pulled from the front and refitted. Those sources also say it is one of only two Porsche-turmed tanks that left France, the other being the famous Annelise. Other sources say it was "323" that never left Mailly-le-Camp, and 334 saw action near the Mantes Bridgehead and the fighting north of Paris. The picture below is from Mailly-le-Camp, August 1944:
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12 ss HitlerJugend, Normandy 1944
Saving Private Ryan had a good picture of it!!
Actual Vehicle
Saving Private Ryan had a good picture of it!!
Actual Vehicle
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5.Panzer Division Kursk, 1943
Possible Candidate
Possible Candidate
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Heer, did your Marder submission have a real photo at the end? It didn't seem to post.
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Unidentified Unit 1941
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I don't think this particular tank existed, because sPzAbt 101 did not recieve any Henshel turreted king tigers in Normandy. I think that the First Kompanie also only had 12 KT, if I remember correctly. They were all Porsche turrets. I think FOV just wanted all of their vehicles to be a normandy version and tried to put the Henshel turret KT in the normandy campaign as well.
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According to the unit's history the 1./s.SS.pz.abt. 101 was pulled out of Normandy in late July and re-equipped with King Tigers at Sennelager Training Grounds, Germany on August 1st. They loaded onto rail cars on the 8th, and made it to the front (at that time about 30km north of Paris), on 18 August, 1944. So you are correct Heer, they did not have King Tigers in Normandy.
If you look at my last FOV King Tiger post you'll see what a 1./s.SS.pz abt. 101 King Tiger should look like in August-September 1944. As a matter of fact, here is a pic of the closest sibling of "132" I could find:
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If you look at my last FOV King Tiger post you'll see what a 1./s.SS.pz abt. 101 King Tiger should look like in August-September 1944. As a matter of fact, here is a pic of the closest sibling of "132" I could find:
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Now the FOV Jagdtiger. It belongs to 3./s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653, and was abandoned/captured in Neustadt, Germany in March 1945:
A brief description of the action:
http://www.tigerdivision.com/cgi-bin/ti ... ;read=4020
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A brief description of the action:
http://www.tigerdivision.com/cgi-bin/ti ... ;read=4020
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Here is some stuff for you 1/16 FOV collectors:
King Tiger "008" of the Stab, s.SS.pz.abt 501, abandoned between Stavelot and Trois Points, December 25th 1944:
Tiger "007", aka Wittman's last ride. Tank of the s.SS.pz.abt 101, destroyed killing all crew Aug. 9th, 1944:
Tiger "312" of 3./s.pz.abt 505, Eastern front Spring-Summer 1944, Minsk, USSR. This unit saw heavy action during Operation Bagration during that summer and was pulled form the front after severe losses and to avoid encirclement:
That will probably be my only venture into other scales (unless requested otherwise), but I figured this might get some attention beyond the 1/32 guys Heer and I seem to be catering to.
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King Tiger "008" of the Stab, s.SS.pz.abt 501, abandoned between Stavelot and Trois Points, December 25th 1944:
Tiger "007", aka Wittman's last ride. Tank of the s.SS.pz.abt 101, destroyed killing all crew Aug. 9th, 1944:
Tiger "312" of 3./s.pz.abt 505, Eastern front Spring-Summer 1944, Minsk, USSR. This unit saw heavy action during Operation Bagration during that summer and was pulled form the front after severe losses and to avoid encirclement:
That will probably be my only venture into other scales (unless requested otherwise), but I figured this might get some attention beyond the 1/32 guys Heer and I seem to be catering to.
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Another picture of 008.
Shows the vehicle passing the town of Tondorf
Shows the vehicle passing the town of Tondorf
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I have this piece. One of my favorites. 3rd Panzer grenadiar division. Ardennes 1944.
From another recent thread. One of the vehicles from the same unit bogged down.
From another recent thread. One of the vehicles from the same unit bogged down.
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FOV claims Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 341, Italy, 1944
Searched for a lont time. and couldn't find an exact match. Here's a possible candidate
Searched for a lont time. and couldn't find an exact match. Here's a possible candidate
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Just changed the titlr from "Historical Vehicles" to "FOV Historical Vehicles".
I will make one for dragon armor as well.
I will make one for dragon armor as well.
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Possible candidate
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Great thread , really cool how you show a model, then the actual vehicle.
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4th panzer division . Kowel 1944. Near the Cherkassy pocket.
Panzer IV's of 4th panzer near Kowel
Panzer IV's of 4th panzer near Kowel
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I've got on possible candidate for the FOV panther S1: cited as the 5th panzer division Nov. 1944
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6th armored division M4 sherman (75)
I really like what you guys have started!
I really like what you guys have started!
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Interesting, hhowever, FOV's vehicle had tactical number 332. Other than that, the model looks similiar with the picture.NHoggard12 wrote:I've got on possible candidate for the FOV panther S1: cited as the 5th panzer division Nov. 1944
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