"Captured Allied Tanks in German Service" Topic
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| Prince Alberts Revenge | 01 May 2016 4:55 p.m. PST |
Is anyone aware of what allied tanks and how many the Germans captured and put into use? I recall seeing some photos of Mark IVs in German service; how about French Tanks and British Whippets and Mark Vs? Thanks for your feedback. |
| John Armatys | 01 May 2016 5:08 p.m. PST |
For German use of French tanks see: link |
| Martin Rapier | 02 May 2016 2:12 a.m. PST |
I believe the majority in use were Mark IV, which also comprised the bulk of the German tank force. |
 Doms Decals  | 02 May 2016 3:05 a.m. PST |
They only captured a dozen or so Whippets, and only a couple were still in running order, so they were taken for testing rather than employed in combat. As Martin says, the British Mark IV was essentially the standard German tank…. |
| Blutarski | 02 May 2016 6:57 a.m. PST |
See the book "Hitler's Gladiator", a biography of Sepp Dietrich by Charles Messenger. Dietrich served in the fledgling German tank force during WW1 and the book (briefly) references some German tank-supported attacks (Cambrai in July 1918 and Valenciennes in Oct 1918). Interesting aside – Even after 1918, captured British tanks were still being employed in support of German Freikorps forces inside Germany in the crushing of the Red Bolshevik Spartacists. B |
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rebases some old soldiers.
