Destroyed tanks

North Africa. - destroyed English tank Cruiser Mk III (A13) (or Cruiser Mk IV), March May 1941

 

Soviet Union, south. - Don/Stalingrad. - German infantrymen in covering behind a destroyed Soviet tank (T-70?) beside light armored infantry vehicle (Sd.Kfz. 250) " with label; Struckmann"

 

Burning KW-1

 

Soviet Union north. - Defective of Russian tanks KW-2 at the roadside is examined by German soldiers.

 

Cromwell's at Villers Bocage.

 

A Belgian civilian and a German soldier look at an abandoned French heavy tank "Char B1" named "VAR" (37th Battalion) and the damage at the close-by home in the village of Ermeton-sur-Biert near Namur. Sometime after 14th May 1940


A french "Char B1" tank of the 37th battalion with the designation "Bearn II", after it has been destroyed by its own crew on May the 16th 1940, in Beaumont, Belgium.

 

Soviet Union. - Soldier on investigation captured Soviet tanks of a T-34 on fastened road; Sign with label: " Captures Pz. Abbott 21"


East Prussia, Nemmersdorf. - Destroying Soviet tanks T-34/85




Burning T-34


Soviet Union south, Romania. - " soldiers of the 3rd SS-tank-division; Totenkopf" at rest beside a destroyed Soviet tank T-34


Soviet Union, center/south. - Soldiers in the foxhole, eating, with machine gun (MG 34), in the background destroyed Russian tank T-34

 

M4 Sherman Villers Bocage

 

The Balkans. - captured, damaged French tank Hotchkiss H-39 of the German armed forces.

 

Soviet Union center. - Russian tank soldier in light tank T-26 B surrenders

 

M4 Sherman Villers Bocage



Wow whatta pic, State of that.

That looks like its been shattered by a internal explosion not a hit by an anti tank round. Round cook off in the spout???

 

OP vehicle with dummy gun?
Looks wooden.



Im a lowest rank amateur in such company. Im only a trained engineer. Id conveinced myself of the poor quality coarse grain of the gun barrel. Course grain about right, its American oak.

The bracket screwed to it is a giveaway.

Kev

 

It is wooden , this one is a command tank , ATB's Villers Bocage book uses mostly German photos as the basis of the study.

 

ISU-152
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The soviets built tanks on a grand scale - an impressive photo of what was a beast.

 

Possibly not destroyed by the enemy but I suspect definately US for the time being.

 

Its that a postcard?

"Dear Aunty Maud, having a smashing time is Sedan........"

Kev