My Panzer Track Link

**Paul D** · 09-24-2011, 10:08 AM

A link to my Tiger track , luckily i know the unit it came from !!!

Tiger track link !!!

**sandgroper** · 09-30-2011, 12:51 PM

Fantastic Paul! I have just bought a panzer IV link, as soon as it arrives I'll post some pics. These things are great additions to a collection and fantastic conversation pieces.

**sandgroper** · 10-01-2011, 01:40 AM

I pulled these pics off flea bay, this is what I've bought.

**steverobertsbbc** · 10-03-2011, 08:35 PM

by Paul E

A link to my Tiger track , luckily i know the unit it came from !!!

Tiger track link !!!

Paul, are the guide horns on your link original? They don't appear to have the same surface texture as the rest of the link. Are they welded on rather than being a part of the original casting? The profile of the horns doesn't seem to match the ones on mine, which widen to a much wider triangle when viewed edge on.

**Paul D** · 10-09-2011, 10:28 AM

by steverobertsbbc

Paul, are the guide horns on your link original? They don't appear to have the same surface texture as the rest of the link. Are they welded on rather than being a part of the original casting? The profile of the horns doesn't seem to match the ones on mine, which widen to a much wider triangle when viewed edge on.

Thats how it came out of the ground in the Ost Sack !!

**Paul D** · 10-09-2011, 10:29 AM

by sandgroper

I pulled these pics off flea bay, this is what I've bought.

Nice piece any ideas where it is from ?

**sandgroper** · 10-09-2011, 12:39 PM

by Paul E

Nice piece any ideas where it is from ?

G'day mate, the bloke I've bought it from says that it is from an old battlefield at Auvere / Sinimae in eastern Estonia. He says that they found the remains of several destroyed tanks and a crashed Russian aeroplane in a remote swampy region in that area. I'm very much looking forward to it's arrival.

**Paul D** · 10-09-2011, 02:13 PM

I was deep in the Auwere Bridgehead this time last week and among other things have brought back a Panzer IV Track link if yours is from the same area it's likley it was from Panzer Abt Feldherrnhalle , which digger did you buy it from ??

**steverobertsbbc** · 10-09-2011, 07:21 PM

by Paul E

Thats how it came out of the ground in the Ost Sack !!

Weird - maybe it's just the odd angle in the photo. The horns look welded on rather than part of the casting - and the different rust colour and pattern around them makes it look even more like someone recently wirebrushed that area. I quite often see links for sale with rewelded horns (my own Panther link has one horn liked this) but I don't understand why so many see to be broken off...

**sandgroper** · 10-09-2011, 10:40 PM

by Paul E

I was deep in the Auwere Bridgehead this time last week and among other things have brought back a Panzer IV Track link if yours is from the same area it's likley it was from Panzer Abt Feldherrnhalle , which digger did you buy it from ??

G'day Paul, I bought it from Roman Molchanov, from ebay. It looks pretty good in the photos so I'm hoping that is the exact piece I get. I suppose anything on ebay is a bit of a gamble and I rarely buy anything from there but I really like the look of this. Have you heard of this bloke?