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New: June 5th, 2005

All of a sudden I thought it might be interesting to describe subtle details of various Truppenkennzeichen painted on vehicles. The golden rule is "When it is drawn differently, it may well be from a different unit.", but yes, there are differences between symbols from the same unit, too.

The following illustrations are traced from actual photographs using graphics softwares. Let's start with Pz.Abt.z.b.V.40.

1.Kp./Pz.Abt.z.b.V.40

Painted on

a Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.A

Date

April 8, 1940

Place

in a German town, probably Heyde

Source

Panzerblatt No.11 (Armour Modelling magazine, issue 11, October 1998)

2.Kp./Pz.Abt.z.b.V.40

Painted on

a Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.A

Date

April 1940

Place

in a port in Norway.

Source

Author's collection

3.Kp./Pz.Abt.z.b.V.40

Painted on

a Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf.C

Date

April 1940

Place

mountain area in Norway.

Source

Panzerblatt No.11 (Armour Modelling magazine, issue 11, October 1998)

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