DAK – Earliest Panzers in the desert.

These tanks I painted previously but they deserved some better pictures and a proper post here.

DAK – Earliest Panzers in the desert.

The panzers are painted to look as the first panzers to arrive in Afrika after Italian near collapse following the counterattack from the British.

These panzers were originally intended to be given to the 3^rdPanzer division in Russia and therefor still retained its divisional symbol and the panzer gray paint. But as the Afrika troops were scrambled to prevent a total collapse of the Italian army and nation as a whole so no time were given for a repaint.

The plan was to bolster the Italian position to make a standstill in the dessert and concentrate on other areas of conflict.
The newly appointed commander of the Afrika force, Rommel had other thoughts and went on an offensive before all of his troops had even arrived instead.

These material, supplies and men very badly needed elsewhere. The more important Eastern front.

The rim on the road wheels were painted white in the intensions of preserving them from the desert sun. In reality the paint were rather quickly wearied of and filled little real usage.

The models are Panzer III G from Battlefront. 


And here are some referens pictures.