This looks fascinating... Kenneth McKenzie’s Lost Photos from World War II edit: link to collection Photos from the Front: Kenneth McKenzie and his Lost Photographs — T.Skrlj
OK I know the buffalo cap badge is 12th Manitoba Dragoons . 12TH MANITOBA DRAGOONS CAP BADGE What is this one ?
That is a tough one Owen, what with the blurring of the badge. I can only come up with the Royal Regiment of Canada badge, but it is difficult to judge?
I enjoyed looking through the album and glad its been posted. May I offer an opinion that Laen is Caen? Have a look at the way the original script is when the dog's name Caesar is written. Hope I have not offended anyone.
Looks more like a Panzer IV/70 to my eye. I also don't believe that any Ferdinand/Elefant/SdKfz.184 operated on the western front. K98 bayonet in the belt of the soldier on the left?
Many thanks for the link to the collection. Photos not quite as fascinating as I had hoped but still interesting nonetheless.
Is it one of the German adapted 7,5 mm Hotchkiss SP guns from the Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 200 (21st Panzer Division)?
Stolpi - I reckon you are right. m kenny also right that I hadn’t seen the earlier photo! So the vehicle is a Selbsfahrlafette 7.5cm Pak 40 auf Fahrgestell-Panzerkampfwagen 38H (f). Still not a Ferdinand!
That’s interesting that ‘Ferdinand’ was used as a catch-all for a SP gun, and presumably tank destroyers also. In my research for my book I was puzzled why some units identified Ferdinands, as these very large and distinctive vehicles were unmistakeable but did not serve on the western front. A generic term could explain it.
