Panther Tank - Surviving Vehicles

Surviving Vehicles

In working order.

• Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, USA. Ausf. A
• Musée des Blindés, France. Ausf. A
• Deutsches Panzermuseum, Munster, Germany. Ausf. A Command Tank
• Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung, Koblenz, Germany. Ausf. G. Completed after the war in the Panther factory under supervision by UK REME engineers, used for tests
• Friedrich Christian Flick Private Collection, Germany. Ausf. G. Completed after the war in the Panther factory under supervision by UK REME engineers, used for tests
• Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia. Ausf.G

Not running, more or less complete.

• Wilhelmina park, Breda, The Netherlands. The only known complete surviving Ausf. D. This tank was donated by the Polish 1st Armored Division after liberating Breda. It was restored in 2004–2005 for static display by Kevin Wheatcroft in exchange for automotive components.
• Panzermuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland. Advertised as an Ausf. D/G hybrid, with a D hull and G turret. There are many questions surrounding this vehicle. The turret has a replacement sheet metal mantlet, vaguely resembling a late Ausf. G mantlet, with no ports for gunners sight or coaxial MG. The pistol port on the turret rear indicates an Ausf. An or early Ausf G. The hull with the "letterbox" MG slot indicates an Ausf. D or early Ausf. A. The turret and hull numbers could help identify the correct model designation for the hybrid but neither of the numbers have been made public.
• The Wheatcroft Collection, private collector, UK. The collection has three Panthers, one being restored. Early Ausf. A (DEMAG production). Two more to follow, one Ausf. A and one Ausf. A converted to a D.

• Canadian War Museum. In January 2008 a partially restored Panther Ausf. A was put on display. It had been donated to the museum from CFB Borden, which acquired it following V-E celebrations in May 1945. It had spent two years in restoration prior to being put on public display.
• Rex & Rod Cadman Collection, UK. Ausf. A
• US Army Ordnance Museum. Ausf. A
• Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany. Ausf. A
• Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. Ausf. A
• Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. Ausf. A
• Mourmelon-le-Grand, France. Ausf. A
• Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. Ausf. G
• Bovington Tank Museum, UK. Ausf. G. Completed after the war in the Panther factory under supervision by UK REME engineers, used for tests.

• Houffalize in the Ardennes region of Belgium. A Panther Ausf. G can be found in the village. It fell into the river during the Battle of the Bulge and was later retrieved as a memorial.
• US Army Ordnance Museum. An Ausf. G with one of two surviving turrets with the flattened lower ('chin') mantlet
• The National War and Resistance Museum, Overloon, in the Netherlands, has an Ausf. G that was knocked out by a PIAT projectile during the battle of Overloon.
• General George Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY, USA. Ausf. G
• General George Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY, USA. Panther II chassis with a late Ausf. G turret, the second surviving turret with the flattened lower ('chin') mantlet. Restored with many components from the Ausf. G in the Museum collection.

Wrecks.

• Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany. Ausf. A
• August 1944 Museum, Falaise, France. Ausf. A
• Kevin Wheatcroft, private collector, UK. Ausf. A. Will be restored. All components needed are already sourced or remanufactured.
• Kevin Wheatcroft, private collector, UK. Ausf. A. Will be restored to an Ausf. D. All components needed are already sourced or remanufactured.
• Grandmenil, Belgium. Ausf. G
• Celles, Houyet, Belgium. Ausf. G