Friday, 21 December 2012

My 2011 / 2012 FoW project 12: 2nd Panhard AMD-35 Combat Platoon.

Finally part 12 and the last part of this project. This project should have been finished more the 6 months ago but because of al kinds of trouble, like none available miniatures, it took a lot longer. At least I got them all painted in time, before the end of the year.

This is the 2nd Panhard AMD-35 Deep Reconnaissance combat platoon.
The colours used to paint this platoon are 895 Gunship Green, 983 Flat Earth, and black for the wheels.All Panhards have a thin black wash. Lastly I used 873 US Field Drab to give them a muddy look.
The difference between this Panhard AMD-35 Combat Platoon and the 1st Panhard AMD-35 Combat Platoon are the roundels on the side of the hull. On the 2nd platoon they are gone and replaced by the Unit symbols.
The Unit symbols that are placed more to the front just below the turret on the 1st platoon are gone on the 2nd platoon. I did this because I read somewhere that some units did replaced the roundel with the Unit symbol. This also became handy for me because I can now keep the 2 platoons apart.

Some technical details about the Panhard AMD-35:
Type: Armoured car
Place of origin: France
Service history
In service: April 1937 - 1964
Used by: France, Nazi Germany, Italy, Syria
Wars: World War II
Production history
Designer: Panhard
Designed: 1933-1937
Manufacturer: Panhard
Produced: February 1937 - ~October 1940
Number built: 729 "A" versions, 414 B version
Variants: Panhard 178B
Specifications
Weight: 8.2 metric tonnes
Length: 4.79 m with gun
Width: 2.01 m
Height: 2.31 m
Crew: 4
Armor: 20 mm
Main armament: 25 mm SA 35 cannon
Secondary armament: 7.5 mm Reibel machine gun
Engine: Panhard SK 105 hp
Suspension: leaf spring
Ground clearance: 0.35 m
Operational
range: 300 km
Speed: 72 km/h

Panhard photo amd35_zpsacf37579.jpg
Panhard AMD-35
PanhardplatoonA photo PanhardplatoonA_zpsb3ca11bb.jpg
Panhard AMD-35 Deep Reconnaissance platoon front view
PanhardplatoonB photo PanhardplatoonB_zps2fed5136.jpg
Panhard AMD-35 Deep Reconnaissance platoon right side view

PanhardplatoonC photo PanhardplatoonD_zps2ccc5b6f.jpg
Panhard AMD-35 Deep Reconnaissance platoon left side view
PanhardplatoonD photo PanhardplatoonCommander_zps62ac922f.jpg
Panhard AMD-35 Deep Reconnaissance platoon commander

In a few day's I hope to post pictures of the whole company and all platoons in 1 post.

Thanks for looking.

2 comments:

  1. I really like the way that these have turned out. A really iconic french vehicle with a great camo pattern. A really nice strong paintjob and some really great pictures.

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  2. Just got into FOW and came across your blog, outstanding stuff!

    Is it possible to join your blog list and of course I will add you to mine?

    http://aureliuslegion.blogspot.com/

    Thanks

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