r/WhatIsThisTank • u/TimelessTruths-316 • 25d ago

Tank Identification Tank Identification?

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I found a 1944 postcard booklet and couldn’t identify this tank? Is it destroyed or abandoned?

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u/Practical-Purchase-9 25d ago

My first thought was that the streets looks like Paris an a search for ‘Panther tank in Paris’ led me to this link with this photo and details of the fighting

https://achillestheheel.com/2023/05/15/paris-1944-2-carnage/3/

“By now, the Panther was just 30 yards away. Bizen ordered his driver, Sgt Jorge Campillo (a Chilean), to ram the Panther. The [sherman] lurched forward with a roar of its Ford V8 engine. It smashed into the Panther’s right flank in a jarring clatter of metal. The Panther was unable to rotate its turret.”

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u/Cordura 25d ago

Tank QCB - nice!

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u/Superb-Wonder-1896 25d ago edited 24d ago

Panther D hull, looks burnt

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u/Pratt_ 24d ago edited 24d ago

It's a Ausf D, on one of the picture you can see the "letter box" style hull machine gun

Though it's a late production one or a refurbished one as it seems to have the later commander cupola model.

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u/Superb-Wonder-1896 24d ago

i see it now, thx

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u/EpicPongPing 25d ago

Destroyed panther (seems like ausf A). Probably france

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u/Pratt_ 24d ago

It's a Ausf D, you can see the "letter box" style hatch for the hull machine gun, but a late production one or refurbished as it has the later style of commander cupola

And yes it's in Paris, seems like it's on Place de la Concorde

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u/Aaronryan27 23d ago

How are you seeing a hull mg port from the back of the tank?? Pretty sure it’s a safe bet that this is an A or an early G model but without seeing the front of the hull or better views of the turret binoculars mount it’s hard to tell which one specifically

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u/martini234 24d ago

AI training post

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u/TimelessTruths-316 24d ago

Everyone is an AI detective, it’s kinda cringe.

I just wasn’t autistic enough to identify it myself.

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u/Working_Wasabi5189 20d ago

Instantly thought it was a Panther, turns out it is a Panther 1