andrew pugh Posted 16 December , 2018 Share Posted 16 December , 2018 Good Evening I have just been looking for some information on Youtube and came across a program called "Mystery WW1 Tanks in Berlin 1945". Some of you with an interest in tank's may find it of some interest Regards Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-boy Posted 16 December , 2018 Share Posted 16 December , 2018 Interesting indeed. I had seen the pictures of the tanks outside Smolensk cathedral before but didn't know anything about the history behind them. Thanks for the heads-up. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Y&LP Posted 22 December , 2018 Share Posted 22 December , 2018 As I understand it there were a couple of British Mark Vs that the Germans had captured in 1918, stuck on display in a museum and then wheeled (or tracked ...) out of the museum for the defence of Berlin in 1945. One was destroyed and the other put on display by the Soviets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 26 December , 2018 Share Posted 26 December , 2018 One of those tanks in Berlin is Mark V #9146 it was knocked out in France in October 1918 repaired sent to South Russia post war captured by the Red Army used by them for some years and made a monument in Smolensk. When the Germans captured the city they shipped it to Berlin. There are i believe some more pictures of this tank on the forum axis history.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 27 December , 2018 Share Posted 27 December , 2018 A previous thread on herehttps://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/138513-great-war-mk-v-in-berlin-1945/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrightdw Posted 31 December , 2018 Share Posted 31 December , 2018 (edited) The Mk V's and 'Whippet' tanks captured by the Germans in Russia in 1941-2 were all British tanks donated to the White Russians to fight the Reds and captured when the Bolsheviks (later Soviets) ultimately triumphed in the Russian Civil War 1918-22. The vast majority of British tanks were donated to White Russian General Denikin's forces in the Kuban, Don and Crimea however a small number were also captured by the Reds at Arkhangelsk (Archangel) on the White Sea, North Russia and four Mk V's were also captured from the Estonians when the Baltic states were annexed by Stalin in 1940. The Estonian Mk V's were put into action against the Whermact when the Germans reached the Baltic states in August 1941, the last time the Mk V was used in combat. Edited 31 December , 2018 by wrightdw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 2 January , 2019 Share Posted 2 January , 2019 There is no mystery about these tanks. As stated above one is 9146, a Mark V Composite (Hermaphrodite), the other is an unidentified Mark V Female painted in Russian bubble or amoeba camouflage. They stood as gate guardians at Smolensk until the German invasion, after which they were taken to Berlin as trophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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