► Photothread: French Equipment in German Service

[Luftflotte2]

Renault UE. source: ebay.de

[Traction]

Rare picture Citroën Traction Avant "Légère" with SS Number => SS-76137

[Maxschnauzer]

A Peugeot DMA and a Renault AHR in Luftwaffe service.

[Manuferey]

A Renault FT tank with an octagonal omnibus turret (riveted) in an airfield in northern Germany in 1946 according to the caption. A long way from home but which home here: France or Poland?

Source: https://picasaweb.google.com/1066165680 ... 8121050562
Emmanuel

[Manuferey]

A Renault FT (version with Reibel MAC 31 MG) dug up in Luckenwalde (south of Berlin, thus, soviet occupied zone) in 1950. I assume that the tank's body had been buried and only the turret remained visible.

The caption from Bundesarchiv reads: "Bei einer freiwilligen Schrottaktion der FDJ im Kreis Luckenwalde bargen die FDJler einen ehem. Panzer, auf dem sie die Losung schrieben: "Frieden aus Kriegsstahl wird Brot!" "





Emmanuel

[Luftflotte2]

Older tanks were used as fortifications, but sometimes used to patrol airfields as well.

[Bill Murray]

Emmanuel:

There is a complete thread on this subject on the Forum, the link is below.

Bill


http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=14464

[Luftflotte2]

Traction Avant
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[Luftflotte2]

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[Luftflotte2]

A Panhard 178 photographed by a member of a Luftwaffe flak unit in Lascaux. 29th of September, 1943.
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[Manuferey]

A Panhard 178 photographed by a member of a Luftwaffe flak unit in Lascaux.

I think I read Cazaux, not Lascaux, which was and still is a military airfield (Base aérienne 120). A Luftwaffe Flak unit was probably more interested in protecting an airfield than prehistoric caves.

Emmanuel.

[Manuferey]

Emmanuel:

There is a complete thread on this subject on the Forum, the link is below.

Bill

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=14464

Bill,

I appreciate your referencing this link and was aware of it but the pictures I've posted show an entire tank not an FT turret removed from a tank and installed on a bunker/Tobruk. I've considered that it really fits the definition of a captured & converted French equipment, in particular the converted side.

Emmanuel

[Luftflotte2]

A Panhard 178 photographed by a member of a Luftwaffe flak unit in Lascaux.

I think I read Cazaux, not Lascaux, which was and still is a military airfield (Base aérienne 120). A Luftwaffe Flak unit was probably more interested in protecting an airfield than prehistoric caves.

Emmanuel.

That makes a lot more sense! I was wondering if it was a sight-seeing trip!

[Luftflotte2]

UE at speed! source: ebay.com

[Luftflotte2]

Panzerjäger 35R 731(f)
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