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[RecruitMonty]

Look carefully and you will see that all the important info has been translated (it is in brackets like this). The tank at the Patton museum is a prototype tank isn't it? It is more than likely that the tank there is unfinished, hence the turret looking the way it does. The gun on the Panther II was supposed to be mounted in a Schmallturm and was not meant to have the muzzle on the end of it. Just a plain barrel. For all we know the Americans might very well have captured a Panther F and thought it was a new model. Mind you I'd still like to know where their turret ended up.

How much does the regular Panther weigh? This one weighs over 50 tonnes. How can the drive train, transmission, road wheels, suspension etc be the same if the tank is smaller or basically the same as the original Panther series? If everyone (well most everyone) choses to model it like that then that is how it should be modelled.

Yep, Panzerlexikon.de states that the Prototype the Amis captured was unfinished. It also states that the original model from 1943 was continually developed and improved durng the course of the war. What is needed is accurate information about the projected design from 1945. It also states that the one captured by the Amis was definatley missing the turret, hence the Panther G turret.