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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Panzer Leader:

Does that mean it is a command tank with a fake gun? I can't frigure it out, and also I have seen a Panzerbeobwagen which is something else. Anyone help me here?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Panzerbefehlswagen: Command tank.

Panzerbeobachtungswagen: FO tank.

The command Panthers, Tigers and KTs didn't have dummy guns but I think the IIIs and IVs did. The FO version of the Panther had a working gun as well.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by panzerwerfer42:

Panzerbefehlswagen: Command tank.

Panzerbeobachtungswagen: FO tank.

The command Panthers, Tigers and KTs didn't have dummy guns but I think the IIIs and IVs did. The FO version of the Panther had a working gun as well.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

No, it had fake gun as well. Basically it was a normal Panther turret with the gun aperture plated over and a fake, wooden gun (quite short and thick) attached and an MG in a ball mount placed beside it, on the mantlet.

Not many were made and no one is sure if they saw action. The only picture available is a poor quality one, which is usually repeated in most books.

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