German Firefly - Captured Vehicles in Enemy Service

Von Poop thanks for that, every time I see the MkVI '10.5 cm leFH-16 I get the feeling that even with the recoil spade it must bounce around.

Always wondered why the British never did something similar with the 2 Pdr when it needed vehicles after Dunkirk, especially after building and testing this in 1938.



The Universal carriers impressed the Italians so much they built their own version, not seen many pictures of captured vehicles in Italian service.


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Very interesting to see all these pictures of the Germans using captured vehicles however I doubt very much if there would have been a rush of german personnel wanting to operate them.

I am sure as soon as the shape of one of these appears in front of their colleagues there would have been a high number of 'Friendly Fire' incidents.

Not for me thanks!!

 

Not really a theatre or era that I'm very well up on - a couple of pictures of a captured AEC Armoured Command Vehicle. This doesn't seem to be one of the three regularly mentioned examples as it carries the formation sign of 1st Armoured Division. Was it named 'Hermes' by the British or the Germans ?

 

Just found this link showing a nice picture of a German 76mm Sherman

http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/sherman-76-02.html

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I just noticed the body on the front hull. so 'nice' was probably not appropriate, but still an interesting picture of a captured Sherman.

 

not only has german markings but also what appears to be FFI marking on right side?

 

No. It is the German Cross in white 'outline' distorted because you are looking from the side.

 

I wonder where it is now.

 

Nice! Thanks

 

Ivans on Herman's German Sherman.

 

Nothing goes to waste, especially in the Western Desert. I guess this is the Western Desert of Egypt. More than likely this is somewhere in Libya. Probably not Tunisia though, but I could be mistaken. Once you get out in the desert, it all pretty much looks the same. I've never been there actually, but I've seen the desert in the movies that were more than likely filmed in California. This doesn't look like a Californian desert. I really don't know now.

 

A German penal-panzer battalion? Those Jerrys couldn't have been terribly happy with one in the background.

 

A re-possessed Sherman.

 

A convertible?