Dunkirk 1940. Inland. France & Belgium. Photos, some never seen before

The Wehrmacht liked to categorise captured vehicles and re-use them, but there simply can't have been enough Morris armoured cars to warrant the work. I'd wager that this one ended its days on a firing range, having various calibres of a/tk round fired at it.

 

As long as the vehicles were still roadworthy, they were certainly still being used for security tasks or to combat partisans.
When it came to motor vehicles, the Wehrmacht was so broke that nothing that still worked would have been thrown away.

Here are some typical improvisations that were used in Yugoslavia, including an armoured CS8:
German Morris CS8 Armored Car - Tank Encyclopedia

 

Just came in the post. Scammell with its front axial taken off, the other Scammell has aos number 3-?
on the back of the photo info in German. Ostend info from the seller.
Keith

 

With my rather fragmentary knowledge of Sütterlin, my best guess is:
Zusammengeschossene/zerschossene (?) Lastwagen in der Kaserne (unleserlich)
Trucks shot up in the barracks (illegible)

The location would then probably be the ‘Marinekazerne Bootsmann Jonsen’ in Ostend.

 

There looks to be a vertical colour split on the GHQ RA marking so an Anti-Aircraft unit. On the basis that HQ AA Regt. RA did not have gun tractors, and LAA would not have used Scammells, I think this has to be either "34" or "35" from 1 or 6 AA Regt.

 

35 on mudguard . Photo from my collection.

 

Bet that Scammell is doing all the winching on the train video.
May be another Scammell in background also.

Craig

 

One more photo of Elzendamme came in the post, i now have a few photos of this village now. The Scammell Pioneer looks to have been pulled out of the canal as its's in the other photos.
Photo from the kb collection.
Keith

 

A better picture of the British gun - the tanks are Somua S35s of 18th Regiment of Dragoons

 

18-pounder, right? Even with the modern carriage, it still looks archaic

 

It is an 18/25 pdr; 25 pdr gun on an (older) 18 pdr carriage.

 

So its the other way around, then. Combination looks outdated.

 

the 18/25 pdr breech mechanism was the same as the 18pdr

The 25 pdr MkII had a quick fire breech the new gun was far more advanced then the 18/25 pdr

 

18/25 was an interim solution, like the Pheasant?

 

British gun with limber.
Photo from my collection
Keith

 

This is a nice one ! Thanks for sharing !
Any indication of where this picture was taken?

 

18-pounder in what looks likes a fairly well-prepared position (sandbags 3 high) with some damage to shield on right side- looking out over flat landscape...Intriguing!

 

The young poplars in the background often suggest Great War battlefields, but the "knotwilgen" are more than 20 years old, I think. Is it an orchard behind ?

 

Sorry just this on the back of the photo. Printer?. close-up xxx hit? and on the right side hit.
Keith
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It's actually a 4.5-inch howitzer - very distinctive shield.