How many tank treads per side on a Panther Ausf A, D, G? Same for Tiger I and II, Jagdtiger and Marder III. I sthere a reference site for this info?
Good question. But I don’t feel like going out to the museum here on A.P.G and counting each track on each vehicle. Bryan
Here is a good site. On the left, pick your tank and read the specifics http://www.onwar.com/tanks/germany/tfbrummbar.htm
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For the Panther it’s about 85 or 87 links per side.
Welcome to FSM, Bionator!
Seems like the previous posters have you taken care of.
Just for your reference, a 'tread" or “track” is an entire assembly of links. Therefore, the actual answer to your question “How many tank treads per side” would be “One tread per side.” Treads are composed of links. So, according to Eastern Tiger, there would be 85 to 87 links per tread for the Panther.
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Thanks for tips. ModelKasten states 95 links/side for Tiger 1. I have read 98-100/side in other sources for Tiger 1.
Most tanks have, as a general rule, one tread per side.
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The Tiger I used 96 links per track. They were 725 mm wide and had a pitch of 130 mm, the Tiger I had a ground load of 1.11 Kg per square centimeter.
The Tiger II had 3 types of combat tracks. Both the Gg24/800/300 and the Gg26/800/300 tracks had 46 double links per track, this makes for a total of 92 links per track.
The later single linked tracks Kgs73/800/152 had 92 links per track.
All 3 types gave the tank a ground load of 1.02 Kg per square centimeter.
I am not aware of more then one tread per side on any German tanks.
The only tank I have seen with two treads per sie is a Russian monster at the Patton Museum.
Tom[C):-)]
I think there’s some British heavy tank, or maybe even one of those American monsters, from the end of WWII that had double treads per side, isn’t there?
Onwar.com is a great site. Has all stats I need. Thanks for the tip.
I dunno, but the late Shermans had very wide tracks near the war’s end, which could possibly look like a “double”.
The only “American Monster” I am aware of at the end of WWII is the M-26 Pershing, and it had single, but very wide treads also.
Now, I wouldn’t put ANYTHING pas the British [:D]
Tom [C):-)]
Ok, it turns out to have been American – the T28 superheavy tank. This 95-ton behemoth had two sets of treads on each side of the vehicle. 12" of armour in front of its low, sloped hull, and a 105mm gun. It would have eaten King Tigers for breakfast, and would have made a worthy opponent for the Maus and E-100 types – even though it was lighter than either German vehicle, the T28 had no turret, and massively thick armor, and the US had developed some very advanced AP rounds by 1945 (advanced for the time, that is).
It was the largest tank ever produced in the USA. (“Tank” – it had no turret.) The one that was produced is apparently at the Patton Museum.
The British made a tank like this one, called the Tortoise, which was finished in around '47, I think. They may even have deployed a few. (Anyone know?) We scrapped the T28 project when the war ended and we had the Bomb (no more wars with such a trump card, right?[:p]).
the AFVs with Two track each side are the American T28 and the British/American heavy at bovington (forgot the name at the moment but its tracks were made up of 2 sets of sherman tracks and it was going to replace the churchill)
then theres the Object 279 (1957) Troyanov super- heavy tank with double treads at Kubinka
The outer set of tread assemblies on the T28 (also T95 gmc) could be removed for rail shipment or when the tank was used on a hard surface. The extra tread assemblies could be joind together to form a trailer that was towed by the tank.[2c] My reference calls these tread assemblies “track assemblies” so which is the correct nominclature?[D)]
Yeah but it says that the Tiger II had 96 links per track and that is not correct, it had 92.
Wasn’t it the Tiger I that had 96?
Interesting subject that T28. I’m currently building in 1/6th scale the T-28. I believe that the british Super heavy tank at Boviongton is called the Tortoise.
Thank you,always good to have a starting point.
I was thinking one set per side.
I couldn’t even tell you how many individual ones were on the M-113 I used to drive in the Air Force.