Open Bolt Posted 12 January Share Posted 12 January On 21/08/2023 at 20:37, morrisc8 said: British tank captured by the germans. Postcard from my collection. shell used as a mine in the foreground. Couple of examples of shells as anti-tank mines (and good selection of US tank photos) http://www.johnsmilitaryhistory.com/tanks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 15 January Share Posted 15 January Cambrai, 1917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 16 January Share Posted 16 January same tank as in post nr. 1, second photo idem previous photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 16 January Share Posted 16 January More fascinating photos - the anti-tank mines are completely new to me. Unfortunately I can't read the message chalked on the side of the tank in the second Cambrai photo. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 17 January Author Share Posted 17 January Great postcard photos, Can we dig the last tank photo up, it must have been hard to get that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 17 January Share Posted 17 January Hello, some people are convinced that a few tanks are still buried near Bellewaarde. Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stripeyman Posted 17 January Share Posted 17 January 7 hours ago, Cnock said: Hello, some people are convinced that a few tanks are still buried near Bellewaarde. Cnock A well-known military vehicle collector told me, from Nottinghamshire, that the Tank Cemetery was photographed by the Belgium Air Force with those cameras that detect different temperatures. They must be in some archive, somewhere, this would have been in the late 20th centuary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 21 February Author Share Posted 21 February (edited) Lyric in 1940. Photo from my collection Edited 1 March by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 1 March Author Share Posted 1 March ww1 tank in the USSR ww2. One of two Photo from my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 1 March Author Share Posted 1 March ww1 tanks in the USSR ww2. The other one of two. Then the two. I think they ended up in Berlin. Photos from my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 1 March Share Posted 1 March Hi, these tanks were photographed quite often outside Smolensk Cathedral - see another photo here https://www.alamy.com/tanks-in-front-of-the-cathedrals-of-smolensk-operation-barbarossa-german-invasion-of-russia-1941-15th-infantary-division-of-the-thuringia-kurhessen-division-image359297430.html You're correct to say they were moved to Berlin and their later history is summarised in this Reddit post. Thanks again for sharing all these photos! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 2 March Share Posted 2 March On 21/12/2023 at 17:07, morrisc8 said: Tanks on blocks? The Mark I tanks used during the Battle of Flers Courcelette (Sep 1916) had their whole track system checked before and after the battle. This includes placing them on blocks (see image of Chaos II below at the Loop railhead). I have not seen this image before but, they look like a female (on the left) and a male on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 17 April Author Share Posted 17 April (edited) Just came in the post Tank number 586 D28. German on the back of the postcard. Found this info on the internet. MkII female, tank "586", which was knocked out in front of the Hindenburg Line near Riencourt on 11/4/17? And this info. The tank is from British unit No. 11 Company, D Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Clarkson, and took part in the Battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. Although some sources claim this tank had penetrated as far as Riencourt and Hendecourt, it is now known to have been disabled near the German trench lines and left behind on the battlefield. A good link to more info. https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bjmh/article/download/1690/1795/2070 Edited 20 April by morrisc8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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