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No reason for publishing these video stills except they are nice…Dot.

Look at the amoeba cammo, applied also on the doors interior, the locking mechanism (The simpler the better) and how the sucker in the hull gunner place covers all the interior detail while wrapped in his capote-manta

It is remarcable how the kid contributes to the war effort by pushing the armored car to save fuel…

I was aware of the use of Quad Maxim AA mounts by EPR, but I thought that they were mounted only in 5 Ton payload trucks like these GMC at the Farewell Parade for the Brigadas Internacionales at Barcelona…Russian themselves mounted them in 4 Ton trucks like GAZ AAA.

The EPR used them widely in the Battle of the Ebro, giving AA cover to the beacheads and bridges…So nothing new or it seems

There´s a tempting model both in 1:72 and 1:48, but the GAZ AAA was never used in Spain AFAIK, an there´s not a GMC model  in these escales…I think

Well here comes the answer: Look for a 1.48 or 1:72 ZIS 5 and you´ve got it

Le Perthus 1939

I suppose it was overloaded but when you´re losing everything goes…

Sorry, this entry is only available in Español.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Español.

The following pics are from a preserved Henschel truck at Almeyda Military Museum, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Due to storage reasons they are 1/3 size of the originals, so if anyone needs a photo at full resolution, we will be glad to send it.

Despite all variants of Bergepanther have been quite well researched, I have found an interesting pic that seems was the base for ICM Initial bergepanther model.

According to Jentz on panzertracts, and other authors on different books, there was a first batch of 12 vehicles that were delivered to Abteilungen 51 y 52 and sPzJag Abt. 653. They were turretless Panther with a round wooden cover over the turret ring and a special towing hook on the rear part (and obviously based on Ausf. D)

later on several improvements were added, most remarkably the box-shaped superstructure, rear spade and winch.

They were produced by different factories on different numbers, and some were even built from knocked out vehicles.

Now, there are at least 2 pics that do not match this outline, as they had a circular cover but were not from the first 12. One of them shows the metallic pieces welded over the periscope guards, and the other one also the support for the crane.

I have not been able to find any reference to these vehicles, except mayble Jentz saying that some vehicles were completed without winch…

It has been a lucking finding to see these pics, auctioned for a good money.  Looking at several BC’s I realized the camo lines followed a very similar pattern, almost identical.  So I looked for more and definitively, at some point both Chevrolet 37 or BC were painted at production line, using strictly defined guides.

So here I am again, now realizing that at least on the last production batchs (almost all pics are from Catalonian front), factory 22 and colleagues kept using the standard pattern…

Destroyed BC on the route to the Mediterranean

Two BC near the French frontier

Another BC after Catalonia defeat

Another BC on an unknown place, with a member of Legión Condor

If you look carefully at these pics, two of them have been recently sold at eBay for a lot of money, the camo scheme is almost the same on the turret and superstructure side. It is a french style scheme, outlining colors with black or dark brown. Considering that BC’s were probably base coated in Russian green (as can be seen on color shots of a BC 45mm ), most probably the other colors are brown and sand. Still do not know if french or russian, as tey are quite different but it is hard to tell from BW pics… Will keep researching.