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What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
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the_shadock
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
this is the one on bottom left, on the plinth. What model is it please? _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
It's German, a Grosstraktor, one of the experimental designs tested in Kazan during the early thirties. Later on it was used as gate guardian inside a barrack, and that's where the picture was taken. www.achtungpanzer.com/...w-v-vi.htm Massimo

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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
thanks Massimo. I've bought a nice set of 10 pictures of captured British, French and Soviet equipment. Now I know where the pictures were taken. here are the other pics : P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
- the_shadock thanks Massimo. I've bought a nice set of 10 pictures of captured British, French and Soviet equipment. Now I know where the pictures were taken. I bought the same set off e-bay about 2 years ago! _________________ Smashy

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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
well, what does it means? Do you think that there photos were made in quantities during WW2, or could it be reprints from the postwar period? P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
Same seller knocking them out every couple of years?

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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
I didn't buy them on Ebay, but on a French forum. P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: What's this tank please? (european pre-1942)
Hello, I received the photos today and frankly, they look original. Most of them have "Agfa Brovira" markings and "Foto-König G811 Grosskopie" stamp, one has something hand-writed in Gothic script. I think that several sets were printed and provided to some German officers. P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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