Talk:Panzer II

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Re: the suspension system of the Panzer II - this is a tough issue since there were at least four different systems used: the very early ones had leaf springs, but the ausf D had Christie, the F reverted to leaf spring, and the Luchs had torsion bars.

I agree with the recent edit to make it 'leaf spring' since this was by far the most common type. But since the lead photo shows a Luchs it is a bit confusing. May I suggest the lead photo show an ausf C or F, which were the most common types? The Luchs is a minor if well-known variant. DMorpheus 01:02, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

The photo doesn't have to match the infobox; but then both the infobox title and caption should state which model they represent. I would prefer if the infobox data was for the most common, or most typical model. —Michael Z. 2005-12-11 01:17 Z

Agreed. The same problem appears on the Panther page - the lead photo (which is a great photo by the way) is an ausf A but the infobox is for the ausf D. DMorpheus 12:51, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

I've added a caption there. —Michael Z. 2005-12-11 17:02 Z

By the way, for which model are the infobox statistics? We should name it in the infobox title. —Michael Z. 2005-12-11 01:21 Z

Way back when I first started editing this article, the stats were for an ausf A. I don't think they've been changed since then. --Carnildo 00:44, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Could someone please confirm or refute that this tank was known as the Flamingo? See Flamingo (disambiguation), which claims this to be the case, but I could not find any mention of the word flamingo on this tank's article. Is this a mix-up with another tank, perhaps? If anyone could clarify this and update the Flamingo disambiguation page, I would be very grateful. -Leevclarke 22:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Flamingo is a nickname sometimes used for the flamethrower version, although I don't know how 'official' it was. DMorpheus 16:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I have now found a source for the "Flamingo" version, and added this info to the article. Thanks again for the help.  :-) Leevclarke 00:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)