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Battle of Moscow
Sergas
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 - 03:12 AM UTC
I hope that is the right section for this.

At the moment i'm in the process of building a "Battle of Moscow" Diorama. That Diorama will include Dragons PanzerIII ausf.J and Masterbox "Cold Wind" Figure set.

Now my question is:
Were the German Tanks, at the Operation Taifun, already painted in a Winter Whitewash? I looked up some Pictures on the Internet and they majority show the Tanks in Panzer Grey
I hope i can geht some help with this question.

cheers
David
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Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 - 10:51 AM UTC
Maybe of interest to you. In German though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzPpZu_eoVQ
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Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 - 11:29 AM UTC
I just saw a similar discussion somewhere on this topic. The answer was that for the winter of 41-42 the German army was unprepared for winter fighting and did not have winter clothing or whitewash for the vehicles. They had expected to capture Moscow before winter hit.
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