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Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:26 pm
by Cymru
I am building an initial production DAK Tiger I. My question is, did these have Zimmerit on or not?
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:24 pm
by TheNordus
Zimmerit was only applied on German tanks in late 1943, some months after the Battle of Kursk. As a general rule only mid and late tigers MUST have Zimmerit.
E: And tanks in Africa most certainly did NOT have Zimmerit ever.
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:40 pm
by Stokesy44
Nope. No Zim. Definitely.
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:43 pm
by Stokesy44
And technically they weren’t in the DAK, they were in the 5th Panzer Army but that’s a whole different story
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:37 pm
by Cymru
TheNordus wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:24 pm
Zimmerit was only applied on German tanks in late 1943, some months after the Battle of Kursk. As a general rule only mid and late tigers MUST have Zimmerit.
E: And tanks in Africa most certainly did NOT have Zimmerit ever.
THANK YOU
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:43 pm
by Cymru
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:08 pm
by TheNordus
Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:43 pm
And technically they weren’t in the DAK, they were in the 5th Panzer Army but that’s a whole different story
Oh, I didn't remember that. I remember wondering why there were no palm trees on Tigers, I think it's my favorite unit insignia from WW2.
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:58 pm
by RobBye
Maybe the best unit insignia ever!
Re: Zimmerit???
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:19 pm
by Cymru
RobBye wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:58 pm
Maybe the best unit insignia ever!
Almost, as the British countered with the desert rats insignia!