"German Char B1, Eastern Front" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Jul 2011 1:53 p.m. PST |
A interesting job from Mr. Manuel from Spain.
Much more at Manuel blog plastic-bbq.blogspot.com
Question: Anybody had info about those tanks in the Eastern front?. German units?. Battles?. Performance?
Thanks in advance for your guidance. Amicalement
Armand |
 Mserafin  | 26 Jul 2011 2:51 p.m. PST |
A battalion was used in the Crimea during 1942, IIRC. |
| deephorse | 26 Jul 2011 3:39 p.m. PST |
Get hold of a copy of Trackstory no.3. It's all in there. |
| tuscaloosa | 26 Jul 2011 6:04 p.m. PST |
Not exactly the kind of tank I'd like to roam the wild open expanses of the East front with…. |
| delta6ct | 26 Jul 2011 9:32 p.m. PST |
I love the rust effect he got there. Mike |
| korsun0 | 27 Jul 2011 1:22 a.m. PST |
didn't they use them as flame throwing tanks for assaulting the forts around sevastopol? Very nice work indeed… |
| DBS303 | 27 Jul 2011 5:17 a.m. PST |
Off the top of my head, it was 223 (or 233?) Schwere Panzer Kompanie which deployed with a dozen or so B1s modified as flame-throwers to Sevastopol, plus a few unmodified gun tanks presumably as commanders' vehicles and/or HE support. I think one of the other users was the SS Prinz Eugen in the Balkans. Other wise, main German use was as part of the garrison on the Channel Islands, where frankly the only use for tanks was as mobile pillboxes. |
| DBS303 | 27 Jul 2011 8:13 a.m. PST |
Cor, impressed myself. Have dug out Chamberlain/Doyle/Jentz, and yes, they report 223rd Panz Komp took four Char B-2 (silly of me, course they would not have bothered with B-1s) gun tanks, plus 12 flame tanks, to the Crimea. And Prinz Eugen had seven in the Balkans. |
| Tango01 | 27 Jul 2011 11:42 a.m. PST |
Many thanks for your guidance, guys.
So, 17th German Army. Amicalement
Armand |
| GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 28 Jul 2011 2:47 p.m. PST |
A Flampanzer B2(f)from the Prinz Eugen division was used to try to capture Tito (Op.Rosselsprung). |
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