Inside Track – The Weald Foundation https://www.wealdfoundation.org Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:39:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Jagdpanther: A Loading Drum Never Used https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/jagdpanther-a-loading-drum-never-used/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:38:52 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29608 In February 1945, the Heereswaffenamt set in motion a project to give the Jagdpanther an automatic loading system. Three primary documents record its brief life. Two photographs show the hardware existed. The war ended before anything more could happen.

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]]> Jagdpanther 411: Allocated to Panzerjager-Abteilung 228, 116. Pz-Div. https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/jagdpanther-411-allocated-to-panzerjager-abteilung-228-116-pz-div/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29578 The previous article in this series marked a significant moment in the provenance research for Jagdpanther 411. Drawing on primary sources, it established through documentary evidence that 15 Jagdpanthers were formally allocated and delivered to the 116. Panzer-Division in March 1945. The delivery was traced to Zug Nr. 2237 . . . This article has…

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]]> Jagdpanther 411: A Provenance Breakthrough https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/jagdpanther-411-provenance-breakthrough/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:26:42 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29543 In April 2020, our late founder and Trustee Mike Gibb published the Foundation's first exploration of Jagdpanther 411's wartime provenance. Working from the chassis number, the known MNH manufacture date, and the testimony of Colonel Heinz Günther Guderian, who described 15 Jagdpanther delivered by rail to Siepen . . . This article has 1432 words…

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]]> Jagdpanther Production: Inside the Panzer-Nachschub https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/jagdpanther-production-inside-the-panzer-nachschub/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:43:38 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29528 Jagdpanther Production, Distribution and the Last Weeks of February 1945 In a previous article, Jagdpanther Production: What the Waffenamt Recorded, we presented the 'Blatt G' tracking sheets that document the month-by-month production, acceptance and stock levels of the Jagdpanther from October 1943 to February 1945. Those sheets gave . . . This article has 901…

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]]> Jagdpanther Production: What the Waffenamt Recorded https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/jagdpanther-production-what-the-waffenamt-recorded/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:41:52 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29470 The question of how many Jagdpanthers were actually built has been a recurring point of debate in the literature on German armoured vehicles. During our provenance research into the Jagdpanther, we identified a series of Waffenamt monthly tracking sheets, known as Blatt G documents, which provide a month-by-month . . . This article has 1045…

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]]> Exclusive Online Event: An Evening with Colonel Joe Peterburs (Updated) https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/exclusive-online-event-joe-peterburs/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:00:32 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29332 Update: This event has been rescheduled to 28 March. The Weald Foundation is delighted to invite its members to an exclusive free online event with Colonel Joe Peterburs, who will be sharing his remarkable life story and wartime experiences. Date: Saturday, 28 March 2026 at 18:00 (London Time) Registration . . . This article has…

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]]> The Last Jagdpanther Versuchswagen https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/the-last-jagdpanther-versuchswagen/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:24:11 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29443 At a quarter to three in the morning on 10 April 1945, Oberstleutnant Rudolph picked up the telephone in Braunschweig. He was calling the office of the General Inspector of Panzer Troops to report on the situation at MIAG, the Mühlenbau und Industrie AG factory that had been building . . . This article has…

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