► Photothread: Mock-up Tanks

[FRANCY RITTER]

Hello friends !!
Some interesting photos of T34 mock up .
from exp. ebay auction

[Ace31]

Nice pics Francy !

Were them used for training purpose for anti-tanks units ?

[Christoph Awender]

Nice pics Francy !

Were them used for training purpose for anti-tanks units ?

Not AT-units but Infantry and Panzergrenadier units which had to deal with them without proper AT-guns.

\Christoph

[FRANCY RITTER]

Thank you dear Ace

[Ace31]

Not AT-units but Infantry and Panzergrenadier units which had to deal with them without proper AT-guns.
\Christoph

Well... quite hard work indeed... thanks for your explanation

[FRANCY RITTER]

Hello!!
American soldiers with abandoned T34 mock-up .
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[Armor Man]

Hello friends !!
Some interesting photos of T34 mock up .
from exp. ebay auction

The pictures you have were used to train infantrymen how to fight tanks with hand-held weapons such as tear gas, mud (blinding the vision ports) and even bayonets (stuck in the turret ring, so the turret could not turn).

I have a photo somewhere in my files of a much cruder copy of the T-34, and according to the caption for the photo, the wooden tank was to confuse air photos as to the strength of the troops in the area. I cannot say if that was the true reason.

I have another photo, seemingly from the same area, where they practiced using "Golaith" to destroy a T-34. In that case the tank was real, but I am sure it was for training purposes, probably they were making a training film to demonstrate that method of destroying a tank.

Hope this is of help.
John Reynolds

[FRANCY RITTER]

Thank you John....

[Strosstruppen]

I think the Germans made something like those too, recreations of the Panzerkampfwagen IVs, they were made outta wood and
Rommel used 'em in the Afrika Campaign to fool the enemys, Nice mock tanks!

[zubdakabuz]

I think the Germans made something like those too, recreations of the Panzerkampfwagen IVs, they were made outta wood and
Rommel used 'em in the Afrika Campaign to fool the enemys, Nice mock tanks!

Here they are
The first is a dynamic mock-up (it actually wasn't a replica of any particular Panzer, just resembled to a generic armored vehicle) mounted on a Kubelwagen, while the second is a static Pz. III clone.

Since I'm partucularly interested in the suject of dummy tanks, I have quite an archive of pics... have a look at these past posts:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... highlight=

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Regards and thanks to all

Zub

[Larrister]

Hi,

Nice thread. Here's a series of mock tanks made so that they could be towed on snow. I have been told that they were used for target practice

The first photo shows troops pushing and pulling the mock tanks to where they would be hooked up to a cable.

[Larrister]

Next photo shows them being connected to a cable. Note the truck at right.

[Larrister]

The truck's (Henschel Type 33) rear wheels drove a winch system that in turn towed the mock tanks across the snow.

[FRANCY RITTER]

Thanks to all ..very interesting photos ..and welcome back dear Larry!!


Panzer mock up on a car ....
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[FRANCY RITTER]

Hello friends!!
Another T34 mock-up..
From ebay exp auction