heavyaslead

These guys are quick!!

http://www.rc-mm.de/wbb2/znews.php?a...newsid=52&sid=

And wider for snow/mud too

karma99

Are they "scale"? They look way too wide to me for any real PzIII tracks I've seen [&:]

stevie_g

They look like tiger tracks that just happen to fit.

Richard L.

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Yep, they do look like Tiger I tracks - way too wide for the Pz III. I think I'll wait for actual Pz III metal tracks.

Wozwasnt

They don't look like they're for the PZIII. If you click on the BW picture in the top right it shows a Stug with the wider tracks.

swathdiver

Guys, those are grousers on the ends to lessen the ground pressure. They can be removed in real life, our tanks used them too. With the PZIIIs thin tracks, weighted down with metal tracks and gearboxes and such the tank would surely get stuck a lot because of the narrow track. This enterprising fella added grousers so the tank could keep up with the others when negotiating rough terrain.

stevie_g

Still look like tiger tracks to me.

Wozwasnt

But the thin tracks will run better on most terrain. And it just doesn't look right with wide tracks.

martin g

Oh my god somones chavved (pimped) up a tank!!!!!!!!with wideys.

They will be adding spoilers and a set of furry dice next.

Whatever

swathdiver

Ever read about the Allies assault on the Siegfried Line?

heavyaslead

These are real tracks that were used particularly in the Eastern front winter thaws.

You might be surprised that some SHERMAN tanks had wide tracks too!

uhu

These tracks were winter tracks, known as "Ostketten" (Eastern tracks), and were not removable extensions. Wide tracks performed well over mud and snow, but crews didn't like them because in tight turns they were easily thrown.

martin g

Thats an almost perfect description of how my girlfriend treats me!

FFR2608

Find me one real photo with these tracks on the PZ III


DH

swathdiver

I stand corrected, a quick google shows lots of those tracks for the 1/35th scale community.

pantiger man

Now that would be cool that gives me some ideas for my bulldog.[&:]

uhu

Two real pics with the early model of Ostketten....enjoy

swathdiver

Those sure look like grousers! The tank on the left has nothing extending past the sprocket up front on quick examination, the right photo shows some of the ends missing or bent.

uhu

Well, maybe my explanation was insufficient. What I did not specify in my first post is that the mato tracks are correct late model Ostketten. Early Ostketten were individual add-ons as could be seen from the sketches, (swathdiver you were partially right) and were easily bent or broken. Late model Ostketten were seldom mounted in Panzer IIIs, they were employed mainly in Stugs. Here goes a Stug40 with late model "eastern tracks"