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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Michael Kenny » 19 Aug 2013, 18:18

It has UK markings.

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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 19 Aug 2013, 21:06

The Germans around the Churchill while wearing "European" uniforms do have a mix of tropical and Gebirgsjäger caps, neither of which were common around Dieppe so could this be Tunisia ? A British tank in "green" and with the RAC flash on the side wouldn't be out of place there.
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 24 Aug 2013, 12:36

Alanmccoubrey wrote:The Germans around the Churchill while wearing "European" uniforms do have a mix of tropical and Gebirgsjäger caps, neither of which were common around Dieppe so could this be Tunisia ? A British tank in "green" and with the RAC flash on the side wouldn't be out of place there.

Hi Alan

I did consider North Africa but as far as I know MkIII and MkIV were only used there.

Could it be part of a dispaly of captured equipment being toured around Germany?

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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Varadero » 31 Aug 2013, 09:48

Beute carrier. looking at the buidings in the background, this will be in Belgian Flanders or Netherlands. From ebay
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by kerryboo » 31 Aug 2013, 10:12

I know very little about armour, but I am sure that this is a British light tank of some sort. It is either in use or being examined post capture, but an interesting photo I think,
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 31 Aug 2013, 18:06

kerryboo wrote:I know very little about armour, but I am sure that this is a British light tank of some sort. It is either in use or being examined post capture, but an interesting photo I think,
Kerry.
Hi Kerry

It is a Light Tank MkVI C.
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by kerryboo » 31 Aug 2013, 18:09

Thank you Clive,
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Hauptmann Holston » 05 Sep 2013, 01:13

Graham Clayton wrote:Matilda tank captured by the Afrika Korps (and recaptured):

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That has got to be real $#!TY LOL :lol:
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Hauptmann Holston » 05 Sep 2013, 01:16

Varadero wrote:A Lend-Lease Churchill in German use. From ebay.
"Lend Lease" LMAO :lol: :lol:

I wonder what the panzer truppen thought about having to drive it!
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Varadero » 21 Feb 2014, 11:58

BEF Matilda II in Panzer Grey colours in Belgian city Antwerp 1940. From ebay.
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Post by Varadero » 19 Mar 2014, 14:20

ex-Britisch Brenn Carrier in Russia as German Gepanzerte MG-Träger Bren 731(e). From ebay.
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 19 Mar 2014, 16:53

That Carrier is marked with the tactical sign of a workshops company and appears to be towing the lorry off the bridge.
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Varadero » 06 Apr 2014, 10:00

Pretty rare pictures: Light Tank Mk VIB with German symbols. From ebay.
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by Varadero » 06 Apr 2014, 10:07

Two pictures of ex-BEF Cruiser Tank Mk IV with Kriegsmarine staff, Antwerp Belgium 1940. Perhaps an exercise for usage with operation Seelion (invasion of UK). Later some 9 Cruisers were used with PzAbt (Flamm) 100 with invasion of Soviet Union.
Germans used it as Kreuzer Panzerkampfwagen Mk IV - 744(e). From ebay.

In the Tankograd magazine "Militär Fahrzeuge"of 1/2014 there is a 11 page article with lots of pictures about the German use of the vehicle.
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Re: Captured British armor in German service

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Post by winsome » 21 May 2014, 17:08

Definitely a Steyr Baby (50/55)

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