So - first, the tank I'm building - one of my areas of primary interest is the I/4 Panzer Regt in Italy. Recently the third identifiable shot of this vehicle was posted on Ebay. It is a bit of an oddity, as these shots are taken as the unit is in Italy in early (Feb) '44. This particular Panther appears to have 16 bolt wheels, and lacks Zimm - but has the later turret without the communications hatch in the left turret wall.
I/4 had 3 Befehls D at the issued at the HQ level, but this is the only tac number in pictures that I know of. Many of you will have seen the later Befehls A India Zero Two that replaced it in Spring or Summer of 44.
Fun stuff - the rear right/starboard stowage box looks to have been swiped from a later Zimm'd version - and the color variation on the side skirts has some pretty wide variance in griming/color.
My thanks to Andrew, Sheeds and Henrik for the starting help...
SBS photos to follow...
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