German tank Numbering and lettering

conteaddict · Post by **conteaddict** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:19 pm

Hey does anyone know of a website that has examples of the colors and different numbers and letters put on the sides on german tanks in world war 2? I am in the process of printing my own decals but cant find tank numbers or letters for the life of me, ex. R02, 112, etc.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:05 pm

Most Osprey books have them .

It depends what piece of armor. They used different numbers for different tanks.

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:58 pm

I have about 27GB of Osprey and Squadron books on my PC. If you are looking for particular vehicles, if I have what you want I could probably IM you some select pages as most of the books are too big to send in their entirety.

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:55 pm

Is this what you needed?:

From Waldemar Trojca's TankPower series on the Panther, Vol/4.

conteaddict · Post by **conteaddict** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:11 pm

I was looking for the panther R02 used by the LAH division in normandy, sorry for not being clearer.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:16 pm

Just putting this up as general info.

R= Regiment Stabs(staff

001-002 Abt.Stabs(staff)

1XX is first Kompanie
as 2 would be second

X1X is first Zug(Platoon) of 5 Tanks as according to To&E. Sometimes less depending on real world situation...also StuG Zugs/Batteries only had 3 guns...but that another discussion

XX1 is the Panzer of the Platoon.

as for color or style..solid, outlined, stencil..that was pretty much just the choice at hand in the field..Tanks were numbered at unit level, same time they were camo'd or if factory camo'd when the unit received them

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:32 pm

Now the Panzergrenadiers and Aufkl Abt get a bit more tricky with 4 digit tact. numbers.

Like my current builds for a Normandy Dio I am working on.

9.Panzer Aufkl. Abteilung..circa Aug 6. 1944 somewhere west of Alencon, on the Domfort-Maynee-Montsors Line.

I have a PzKpfw.II ausf. L "4121" < red numbers, tech 1.Kp(all Luchs were in 1.Kp/9.PzAA) and a Sdkfz.250/1 "312" < White Stencil 3.Kp,1.Zug,2.HT of the Panzer Recon Kompanie..which would transport 1/2 a squad of infantrie(4 men plus crew of the 250)

but the "4" in 121 I can't really figure out, as it 1.kp had 26 Luch...2 stab and 4 platoons of 6 vehicles. Note: the Luchs was not considered a Tank in OOBs but a Scout car, so they were noted under PanzerSpahwagens and Not Panzers.

like I said I haven't had time to look into it, I've been going back and forth with Tom Cockle via Emails/Photos on various bits like the question of a rear vent on the thing..something he claims didn't exist, with photo proof, and something I say might as a field mod with photos..and like Bovington's Luchs as they added one..really for such a small panzer the Luchs can be a big pain when it comes to the fact and fiction.

12pzd.hj · Post by **12pzd.hj** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:03 pm

[CAT]CplSlade wrote:Is this what you needed?:

From Waldemar Trojca's TankPower series on the Panther, Vol/4.

Do you also have a picture of a Panther from the 12.SS-Pzd HJ? Wintercamo. If they even used one.
If it's not to much asked ^^

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:27 pm

conteaddict wrote:I was looking for the panther R02 used by the LAH division in normandy, sorry for not being clearer.

Those are pics of Panther R02 taken in/around Normandy