I hate Panthers...well not really. Just another finding to make things look weirder. I thought that it was clear that panthers were only in Abt 51/52 96+96 pieces each. Ok, so I was wrong. It seems that there were exactly 8 pieces in the southern pincer with Stab/panzer reg 39.Yes, this might solve the puzzle why there´s talk of Panthers on both sides (?).

Truppenteil Monat Panzeranzahl
Panzerabtlg. 51 Juli ,96 pieces
Panzerablg. 52 Juli ,96 pieces
Stab/Panzerrgt. 39 Juli ,8 pieces

This one´s from a German site. As well it is on Achtung Panzer site for Panthers loud and clear.

I managed to find pics of these beautiful animals as they were back then so enjoy these pics:

http://www.panzer.punkt.pl/artykuly/...Panther_01.jpg

http://www.panzer.punkt.pl/artykuly/...Panther_02.jpg

And a great site for statistics for Kursk:

http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/foto/ww2/proh/page4.html

On the book mentioned on Speer page I found out that "the Panther´s engine fire was resulted by the water tight sealing of the engine compartment to prepare the tank for amphibious wading.This caused insufficient levels of engine cooling and ventilation."
This was not the only problem as we know but it is unfortunate to have a similar problem with all the tanks, not just the " Monday series" problem.

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