Captured vehicles thread

[Pandemonium]

German Stuart

[Pandemonium]

French Panther




German H-38


German Cruiser MK IV


Italian Cruiser MK I


Captured tanks in Kummersdorf




Italian BT-7


German IS-2


American Pzr II


American Sd.Kfz.233


American Goliath


American Pzr IV


Russian Medium C


German R-35


Russian Pzr 38


Russian Stug


French Tiger



Slovakian BT-5

[Dark Avenger]

This one is Russian. Note Cyrillic script on the fender. The Russians often marked captured equipment with a White instead of Red star.

[Gast]

Russian ex-British tanks


Amur River's Red partisans with captured US (or Japanese?) tanks before sending to front lines (Blagoveschensk, 1920). In Russian: «Амурские партизаны с отбитыми у японо-американских интервентов танками перед отправкой на фронт. Благовещенск, 1920».


Captured tanks was used in 1922 for earthworks on the Central airfield (Khodynka airfield in Moskow).


Captured German tanks ready for repairing or processing to scrap metal (April, 1942).


Russian Pz.Kpfw-38(t)


Russian Su-76I (Су-76И) on the base of Pz.IV, or Pz.III, or Stug III. It was 201 Su-76I's in service.


Russian T-4 (Pz.IV), T-3 (Pz.III), and Artshturm (Stug III).

[TJ0]

Full company of captured russian armored vehicles. Many different models of KV-1, T-26, T-34 and T-50 tanks.







captured Kv-1




captuder russian train


Finnish soldier has placed a Russian hat (found in the tank) on top of the gun barrel. The writing on the picture reads, roughly, "The Russian left so fast, he forgot his hat.
captured russian amphibious tank


captured russian light tank


the aftermath of "motti tactics" captures russian vehicles and artillery.













The Porlampi-Sommee"motti" 1941. Depending on the source finnish troops captured the vehicles of two full russian divisions, around 20-50 tanks, 300-400 trucks + other vehicles and 300-400 cannons and other artillery pieces.

[Gast]

Captured Finnish tank.


Captured Pz.Kpfw-38(t)'s. Nice hit in the main gun barrel on the picture #74.

[Gast]

Trophy tanks of WWI near local history museum. Lugansk, Ukraine (48° 34' 29.84" N 39° 18' 25.13" E)


Captured English tank Mk.III in Berlin (Buitgemaakte Engelsche tanks in de straten van Berlijn.).

[Hecatonchiros]

Originally Posted by Gast

Captured Finnish tank.

Finland acquired 34 FT-17 tanks from France between 1919-1921. 15 of them were "male" (armed with a 37mm Puteaux gun), 19 were "female" (armed with a Hotchkiss MG, which were later switched to Maxim MG). They were badly outdated by Winter War, and it was decided that they were to be be dug in ground and used as bunkers. They never saw any combat in that role either, and when the border was moved after the war had ended, they were left where they were. The Soviets then dug them up, used them in a few propaganda shots and then presumably scrapped them.

I think at least Poland, France and Yugoslavia were still using them in WW2.

[Pandemonium]

Originally Posted by Hecatonchiros

Finland acquired 34 FT-17 tanks from France between 1919-1921. 15 of them were "male" (armed with a 37mm Puteaux gun), 19 were "female" (armed with a Hotchkiss MG, which were later switched to Maxim MG). They were badly outdated by Winter War, and it was decided that they were to be be dug in ground and used as bunkers. They never saw any combat in that role either, and when the border was moved after the war had ended, they were left where they were. The Soviets then dug them up, used them in a few propaganda shots and then presumably scrapped them.

I think at least Poland, France and Yugoslavia were still using them in WW2.

The Russians used their FT-17 , called KV tanks in a training rol during the war

And thanks to all of you for those magnificent pictures

[Dark Avenger]

The Russian designation for the FT was KS-1 (From Krasnoye Sormovo), and the FT's successor was the T-18, aka MS-1.
The KV (Klimenti Voroshilov) was a heavy tank that first appeared much later than the '20s vintage KS.
I guess you got a typo there.

[Pandemonium]

Originally Posted by Dark Avenger

The Russian designation for the FT was KS-1 (From Krasnoye Sormovo), and the FT's successor was the T-18, aka MS-1.
The KV (Klimenti Voroshilov) was a heavy tank that first appeared much later than the '20s vintage KS.
I guess you got a typo there.

[Kragh]

Very interesting thread

Can any ID the second tank from the right in this photo posted by pandemonium ?

I guess it is an italian medium tank used by the the germans after Italy's surrender, but I am only guessing

[Hecatonchiros]

Originally Posted by Kragh

I guess it is an italian medium tank used by the the germans after Italy's surrender, but I am only guessing

I'm guessing it's a Carro Armato P 40?

[Kragh]

Originally Posted by Hecatonchiros

I'm guessing it's a Carro Armato P 40?

I guess you are right

Looks very sleek ad stream-lined compared to the Shermans besides it.
This tank is very little known but quite interesting

Here is an link dealing with the P40
http://anonymous-generaltopics.blogs...mato-p-40.html

[Hecatonchiros]

A few post-war pics of captured T-34's in Finnish use. Photos were taken in early fifties.

T-34/76





T-34/85



Both:



More excellent photos (in color) can be found in Andreas Lärka's site:

http://www.andreaslarka.net/