There is still a school example of a panther transmission at Koblenz Technical (BW) Musuem in germany, minus the panthr though. It was not a Maybach though but a Man.
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Tank driving
- Thread starter Guibod
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For pivot steering you must also take into account that it takes tremendous horsepower to accomplish it, even for today's tanks. I don't have any references, but I'd be willing to bet that this was a major stumbling block in the WW2 era along with the stress placed on the drive train.
You can watch film of any modern tank, be it an M-1, Challenger, LeClerc, or what have you and to a fault they will be revving those engines up to max to pivot steer from a dead halt- and this is with modern turbines and/or diesels. Scale it down to WW2 specs and not many tanks had that kind of power to burn, even if the drive train was designed to allow it.
You can watch film of any modern tank, be it an M-1, Challenger, LeClerc, or what have you and to a fault they will be revving those engines up to max to pivot steer from a dead halt- and this is with modern turbines and/or diesels. Scale it down to WW2 specs and not many tanks had that kind of power to burn, even if the drive train was designed to allow it.
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I'm aware MAN along with D-B produced the panther, and certainly the transmission. I also know Maybach produced the engine but im sure I have also heard their name put to the origional steering concept as well, but i may be wrong sorry.
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