{"product_id":"ga-45","title":"GA-45 - PANTHER Ausf.A #321 | John Jenkins Designs","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGA-45 – Panther Ausf. A #321 | John Jenkins Designs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePanther\u003c\/strong\u003e combined heavy armour and an exceptionally powerful 7.5cm KwK 42 gun with a design intended to counter the increasingly capable tanks being encountered by German forces during the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGA-45 – Panther Ausf. A #321\u003c\/strong\u003e represents a specific vehicle of \u003cstrong\u003eI.\/Panzer Regiment 6\u003c\/strong\u003e, temporarily attached to Panzer Lehr Division during the Normandy campaign of 1944. The battalion had been transferred from the Eastern Front and arrived with newly equipped Panther Ausf. A tanks and a considerable number of combat-experienced personnel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Allied landings on \u003cstrong\u003e6 June 1944\u003c\/strong\u003e, Panzer Lehr moved towards Normandy and became involved in the intense fighting around Caen before later shifting towards the American sector near Saint-Lô. Panther #321 survived several weeks of fighting before being knocked out near \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Gilles on 25 July 1944\u003c\/strong\u003e, during the opening phase of Operation Cobra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was a mid-production Panther Ausf. A built by M.A.N., displaying characteristic features including \u003cstrong\u003eZimmerit coating and the unusually large red turret number 321\u003c\/strong\u003e, which was also repeated across spare track links attached to the turret sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its historically specific markings and substantial presence, GA-45 makes an impressive centrepiece for a Normandy display alongside German infantry, supporting vehicles and opposing Allied armour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow available from The Military Workshop – a highly detailed John Jenkins Designs recreation of Panther Ausf. A #321 from the Normandy campaign of 1944.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52872640463130,"sku":"GA-45","price":566.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0154\/0890\/files\/GA-45.jpg?v=1789383980","url":"https:\/\/themilitaryworkshop.com\/products\/ga-45","provider":"The Military Workshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}