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philthydirtyanimal


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Could one of our German speaking friends please translate what this photo shows:

http://cgi.ebay.de/NR-22-PANZER-TANK-SAMMELPLATZ-BEUTEPANZER-WESTFRONT_W0QQitemZ200329927671QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMilitaria?hash=item200329927671&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I think it says its a beutepanzer park. If so, it shows a captured Whippet; maybe one of the ones the freikorps later used.

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Well ... it says:

"Rare picture. Gathering place for captured tanks at the Westfront."

But ... it also can be everything. I am not quit sure wether the soldiers are German or British.

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Thanks elbavaro.

I agree, the picture on ebay is not such great resolution, so it is tricky to say whether they are British or German; could be feldmutz (?) or could be service caps.

However, as it says 'captured tanks', and they could be feldmutz, I'm swaying towards thinking this is a picture that shows a beutepanzer Whippet from before the freikorps existed, ie during the war rather than after it.

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Bonsoir,
I agree you, it's a whippet alone on right.
I have removed cross and do a picture in 800x600 with photoshop but it's always difficult for soldiers.
Tanker

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I agree PDA, but I think it is more like the British caps. So if they are Germans the soldiers shoul be officers or NCOs. They don't look like .... but you never know.

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Bonjour,
There is white numbers on the two tanks (right of the whippet) anb behind the 3 soldiers in the middle of the photo. May be B (?) 18 or 19 and A33. But I am not really sure. . . .

Michel

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