Pics 2&3 show MarkV* tank in France 1940, the other are Mark IV. None were send in Russia or eastern Europe, but many were displayed in french or belgian cities as monuments after WW1 and later scrapped by the Germans during WW2.
Pic #2 has a serial number - #9002 - this was a Mark V. It may have been one of the two Mark Vs in Kiev.
Mark V* serial numbers ran 9501 to 10250
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The second photo shows a Mk V* (it is too long for a Mk V and the machine gun mount above the side hatch behind the sponson is visible). So it could be #96_2.
One kind man on Reddit suggested it could be Camp de Chalons (Camp de Mourmelon) in Châlons-en-Champagne.
The 2nd and 3rd photos are the same tank I think. More of the number is visible in the 3rd photo. The 3rd digit is an 8 or a 9, so we have 9x82 or 9x92 with a round-top 2nd digit.
Mk V* 9692 is recorded as being photographed in German hands so that fits. Here is that same image from the Chars Francais site here. It is one of the 200 Mk V* tanks ordered by France. About 100 were delivered before Nov 1918 but Chars Francais says they were never used operationally. Yet that site has several pictures of Mk V* with Germans, including this one, so it would seem that they were used.
Greetings from, Germany, Sorry but you are Wrong! And right! The Soldier are German, but NOT WW1, they wearing standard Uniforms from 1939!! This Photo must be taken after 1940! Sorry ;)
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-- Edited by Tiger_975 on Monday 4th of May 2026 05:07:05 PM
Well that makes sense. France used these tanks into the early 1930s, and the photo seems to show the tank partly stripped. Abandoned somewhere on a military base or training area. Schoolboy error not noticing the uniforms.......
