Panzer III at the War & Peace show @ Beltring

Sarah Frazer · Post by **Sarah Frazer** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:25 pm

Hi Guys,

I got all excited, when at a distance, I thought I saw a Panzer III at the War & Peace show. Getting closer I thought it looked like an Ausf M. Then I realised that it only had 5 Road wheels on each side and the suspension was all wrong.

Someone told me that it had been built for a film and was based on a modern chassis. A friend then mentioned that I was obviously getting too sad, as I could spot the difference! Probably true

I also saw a couple of the MG34T machine guns which were fitted to the German tanks. Where the standard MG34's were going for Â£850, the MG34T's were going for Â£3,400!!! You could get a good tank for that!

Regards.

Sarah

David Makaras · Post by **David Makaras** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:50 pm

Interesting.

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:31 pm

I spent Friday at the W&P show and was amazed at the price of everythng. The Sexton self propelled gun was for sale, it was in good running condition and had been restored but I think they wanted Â£78000 for it!! About 15 years ago I remember an Abbot being auctioned at Hollycombe steam which went for Â£3000 and it was driven off its trailer into the auction ground, so it was a runner. Now you have to pay Â£5000 for a rusted out Jeep. I guess there must be a very strong market for military vehicles and I'm glad there are people restoring them so we can enjoy seeing them at shows but its too expensive for me.