Munitionspanzer/Waffenträger on Shortened Panther Chassis

Drawing by H. L. Doyle from Panther and Its Variants

A wooden model (shown below) of an ammunition carrier based on a shortened Panther chassis was developed in 1943-4 by Diamler-Benz and Rheinmetall-Borsig. Ultimately it was built as a mild steel prototype. The chassis was shortened by two roadwheels. It was suggested that several uses be made of the chassis:

• Ammunition carrier
• Artillery tractor
• Self-propelled gun (the gun could be removed with a crane to fire on the ground, much like the Heuschrecke based on the Panzer III/IV)

Photo from Panther and Its Variants

• Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War II
• Panther and Its Variants

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