Bulgarian Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.G-Nibelungen's May 1943 production Fgst.84280
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- September 20, 2024
Fgst.84280(a May 1943 Ni-Werke production Pz.IV Ausf.G) was delivered to Kingdom of Bulgaria towards the end of May 1943.It was given reg. number B 60258 and was attached to the 4th Armored Company of 2 Armored Battalion, the Armored Brigade.
It was the first Nibelungen tank delivered till this moment and remained the only Nibelungen in Bulgarian inventory till July 1943, when another one(Fgst.85420) arrived.
B 60258 took part in the fighting in Yugoslavia(late 1944) and was present at the Dec. 2ns 1944 parade in Sofia.
Looking for the single Nibelungen among the plethora of Krupp and VOMAG produced "Maybachs", pictured while parading the streets of bombed Sofia was like looking for a needle in a heystack.But I managed to find it- and identify it!
2 weeks ago- courtesy of Update 1 of the splendid "Panzerkampfwagen IV at The Front" book by Craig Ellis- I found another picture of a "Maybach", that might be the B 60258 (if not a VOMAG vehicle).I've chosen it as the cover image of this project.