The Prussian Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 This is a photo I got recently. The reverse is blank, unfortunately. The photo itself seems to have been taken post WW2. There is a stone with inscription, however it is illegible even with the help of a magnifying glass. I´d appreciate it, if any of you could name either the place or the make of the tank. It looks British to me, but I am not at all sure (or for that matter in the know) Thank´s a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 (edited) I could well be way off here, but it looks to me a little like TOG (is that right?), which I assume is still at the Tank Museum, as depicted in this link from My Extensive Library On reflection, probably not. Great name for a tank, though. Edited 12 July , 2016 by Steven Broomfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 It is certainly similar in concept to the TOG but I don't think it is either TOG1 or TOG2. It's not a model that I recognise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 12 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 12 July , 2016 Hello Steven and Gareth! Well, a TOG1 looks very similar to the photo. Maybe a kind of an experimental vehicle? I wondered I couldn´t find that photo in the internet. Where could it had been taken? A museum or a constructions area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 If i'm not mistaken, that's a mid-1950's alpine rockery. Possibly reclaimed sandstone boulders with miniature conifers and shrubs. I can't positively identify, as there is some sort of armoured vehicle partially obscuring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 Some similarity to NbFz Possibly, though where and when? If only alpine plants could speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmarchand Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 It strikes me as maybe being at the US Army Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland - maybe a version of the US Liberty Tank series??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 12 July , 2016 Share Posted 12 July , 2016 French 1920's possibly. I think a version of this actually lasted into WW2. FCM2C ? Not my area of knowledge but I've been to the French Tank museum and it rings bells. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 13 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Here is a brilliant site about french tanks during the century, but I couldn´t find our mate... http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Prussian Can you read the inscription on the triangular stone in front of the tank? Even a singe word would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 The track link design is very distinctive; I have seen it on another tank but can't for the life of me think which one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Got it. It's a Grosstraktor II, and specifically the Krupp version (there were also versions made by Rheinmetal and Daimler). I think the location might be Wünsdorf. It is not Great War related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 13 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Holy c..... That's it! Brilliant work, mate!!!!!!!! Thank you very much! I'll try to get some more infos. Wunstorf is near Hannover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Nice one Gareth! Here is a Grosstraktor on a rocky diorama at Wunsdorf. Same AFV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 5 minutes ago, Prussian said: Holy c..... That's it! Brilliant work, mate!!!!!!!! Thank you very much! I'll try to get some more infos. Wunstdorf is near Hannover Wunstorf is near Hannover. Wünsdorf, where the photograph was taken, is near Berlin. I am pretty sure that there is no such place as Wuntsdorf. 2 minutes ago, Toby Brayley said: Nice one Gareth! Here is a Grosstraktor on a rocky diorama at Wunsdorf. Same AFV? I reckon so Toby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 13 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2016 My mistake. It's called Wunstorf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Yes. And the tank is in Wünsdorf which is south of Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 13 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Ah, okay. Never heard of that village. Berlin ist far away... There was a Panzertruppenschule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Here you go - try Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvcs4kliVRg And this from: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hvcs4kliVRg/maxresdefault.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Wunsdorf was the HQ of GSFG - Group of Soviet Forces, Germany - during the Cold War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Danke/cпасибо. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 13 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Thanks a lot guys for the perfect help! This really is a Great (War) Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 13 July , 2016 Author Share Posted 13 July , 2016 There were only six tanks built! Each of the three factories built two tanks. They were tested in Russia from 1928-1933 and came them back to Germany, were they became monuments of barracks. A rare photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Another photo of said tank John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 13 July , 2016 Share Posted 13 July , 2016 Despite all the information we have uncovered, it's still not a Great War tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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