Zeltbahn and Camouflage net usage on German WWII armor

Armor/AFV WWII Axis
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I’m wondering if anybody knows of any photos or information regarding whether or not Germans used zeltbahns as camouflage on their panzers?

I recently bought a panzerart item, “RE35-420 Panther A/G turret with Zeltbahn camouflage net” before thinking it through. I think it will look amazing if/when built and painted, but I got stuck on not knowing if Panzer Art originally modeled this on some photo that I haven’t seen/if this was something actually done during WWII. I tried to look up photographs of any panzers with tarps/zeltbahn used as camouflage or to cover but I mostly came up with the same Panzerart item or a few other ones they’ve done. Would appreciate any information/book recommendations/photos.

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This piece of film may be what you are thinking of: German Panther Tanks in Normandy

I believe this Panther may be from SS PzR 9 from “Hohenstaufen”, based on the dark and light turret numbers, typical of Panthers from this unit.

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Thank you, that was exactly the kind of footage I was looking for!

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