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David
Pentland's series of military tank art prints of the classic German
Panther tanks of German SS Panther Divisions including Das Reich during
the Kursk Offensive and Panzer Lehr Division at Normandy. These superb
paintings are also available as 50 canvas art prints.
To deal with the threat of the Russian
T34 tanks on the Russian front it became imperative to design and
built a heavier tank for the German Army. After examining captured Russian
tanks, It was agreed that while the construction and design of
a new heavy 6-0 ton tank the Tiger was built a smaller but
effective 35 ton tank shod be also built. This gave berth to the
panther.
Weigth 43 tons, Length 8.86
metres, height 2.97 metres, Width 3.43 metres. Armament: 7.5cm KwK
42 L/70 carrying 79 shells. plus two 7.92mm MG 34 Crew:
5 Max Speed: 46 Kilmetres hour range 200 KM.
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 | Barkmanns Stand by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £135.00 |  | Battle on the Volga, Stalingrad, Southern Russia, 30th September 1942 by David Pentland. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Debut at Caumont, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. | 3 editions available from £95.00 |  | Battle for Gazala by David Pentland. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Rommel in Normandy, France, 2nd July 1944 by David Pentland. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Night Drive to Manhay, Barkmann in the Ardennes, 24th December 1944 by David Pentland. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Kerschers Defence of Neuhauser Forest by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | The Panzer Count by David Pentland. | 8 editions available from £135.00 |  | Dash to the Sea, November 1944 by David Pentland. (PC) | 5 editions available from £2.00 |  | Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. (PC) | 5 editions available from £2.00 |  | Operation Zitadelle by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | Barkmanns Corner by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | Fight for Kowel, Poland, March/April 1944 by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | Barkmann by David Pentland. | 4 editions available from £95.00 |  | The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th - 20th August 1944 by David Pentland. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | The Desert Fox by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | Operation Winter Tempest by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Blitzkrieg, Northern France, May 1940 by David Pentland. | 5 editions available from £95.00 |  | Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. (PC) | 7 editions available from £2.00 |
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"Panther at the
Zoo", Tiergarten, Berlin 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland Below the vast bulk of the "Zoo Bunker",
one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air
attack, some remnants of the city's defenders gather in an attempt to
break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th
Fallschirmjäger and Münchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare night fighting
equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasim's Company, 1/29th Panzer
Regiment.
Barkmanns Corner by David Pentland Ernst Barkmann's (Das Reich, 2nd SS Panzer Division) famous day long
solo engagement against an American Armoured breakthrough towards St.
Lo, Normandy, 26th July 1944. Second in the series of German Tank prints.
Operation Zitadelle by David Pentland Panzer v
Ausf. D "Panthers" of SS Panther Division
"Das Reich" make their debut during the initial stages of the
German summer offensive for Kursk. This unit with others of the SS
Panzer Korps made the deepest advances into the well-prepared Soviet
lines. Complete success however, was to elude them when outrunning their
supporting divisions at Prokhorovka they were forced to halt for six
days.
"Fight for Kowel" Poland, March/April 1944 by David
Pentland Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the
"Cherkassy Pocket", Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the
crack 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" are part of the relief
force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically
important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes. By April 10th the Soviet
encirclement of the city was broken and "Wiking" were pulled
out of the line to continue refitting.
"Rommel in Normandy" France, 2nd July 1944. by
David Pentland Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B, consults
with his former subordinate from North Africa, now divisional commander of
the elite "Panzer Lehr", General Fritz Bayerlein and the Colonel
Rudolf Gerhardt of "Panzer Regiment Lehr", over the imminent
transfer of the division to confront the Americans at St. Lo.
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