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Hornisse Production and Changes
Hornisse Production and Changes
Hornisse Production and Changes
Production
1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 February March April May June July August September October November December 14 30 41 35 35 44 16 27 42 24 37 cast hub covers two Bosh headlights rear gun travel lock armoured cover on gunshield for direct gun sight boxes on lower hull rear sides muffler on lower hull rear Panzer III Ausf. F armoured brake vents Panzer III Ausf. H drive sprockets very few without always curved armoured shield shield over gun overrecuperator gun recuperator towing cables on hull glacis aiming stakes on hull rear relocated towing cables cold weather starter hole on hull rear, welded armoured cover modified armoured brake vents gun cleaning rods stored closer togheter some Panzer III Ausf. F drive sprockets direct gun sight slot welded closed rear tow hooks two spare roadwheels holders only one Bosh headlight, but armoured guard for electrical cable still installed fast release gun lock reinforcing inverted U bar over gun recuperator bent down exhaust pipes central step on hull rear deleted direct gun sight slot relocated towing cable holders deleted armoured guard for second Bosh headlight ele stamped hub covers dark yellow (RAL 7028) as basecoat
camouflage
1944 January 0
1944 February 25
1944 March 0
1944 April 20
1944 May 24
1944 June 6
1944 July 3
1944 August 31
1944 September 12
1944 October 7
19 August 3 colors camouflage pattern applied at assembly plant 7 September 3 colors camouflage pattern applied at assembly plant directly
1945 February 3
1945 March 12
February omission of ivory as interior color mber 1944 Dunkelgrn RAL 6003 as base color