Tanks and armor quiz (medium level)

Hi.

Hm, it´s really not that hard:

This is the Panzerkampfwagen II (F) a.k.a Flammpanzer II “Flamingo”, easily recognisable by its small flamethrower turrets on the frontal track covers and the special MG turret.

Yours

tom! :wink:

Not too difficult for those that have seen one, there were relatively few made and they were not particularly successful, the survivors ended up being converted to Panzer Selbstfahrlafette 1 fur 7.62cm Pak36(r) in 1942

A’ight Tom! :D,.

You got it right,. have your turn :slight_smile:

Hi.

Didn´t want to offend someone, sorry if it sounds so.

OK, identify the left one please:

Yours

tom! :wink:

Interesting vehicles, not sure if what I have seen this picture is described as is true so looking for a bit more info, only found a single reference.

Modified French Lorraine 37L and a Renault Chenillette UE

I am dubious about these being WW2 weapons or that the claims I have seen are correct. Most sites I have seen about these now do not agree with what they are or when and how they were developed.

The Lorraine is supposed to have a 17pdr mounted on it with a super muzzle brake to counter the recoil which was to great for the light vehicle.
The Chennillette is supposed to have a 6pdr mounted on it again with a super muzzle brake.

These are described generally as locally made by the Free French in the UK in 1944. Questions I have are

  1. Why with the abundance of kit bother ? Even with possible chassis in Algeria, US and UK kit was available with less hassle including the all important spares back up.
  2. How did the vehicles get to the UK ?
  3. The muzzle brake looks an intricate design unlike anything seen before or after, did the French have the industrial and design capacity to develop them in the UK ?

Any info you have would be enlightening, the nearest to any other pictures of a similar combination I have seen on the Lorraine are of Syrian modified/produced vehicles with French 75mm but the muzzle brake is not of a similar design.

i crossed check,. i think leccy got it right :D,.

perhaps the forum is yours Leccy sir :slight_smile:

Side view of the Lorraine L37 conversion, I have seen that these may be a post war production or at least built in France after liberation possibly using chassis manufactured in the Lorraine factory which continued production of the vehicle and even made armoured chassis that were used by the FFI.

Somebody post one that isn’t me!

Ok will have a dig around later and post one. Getting a new rayburn fitted so a bit busy.

dont take too long to search lecc,…
dont be too hard on us :smiley:

Not a tank but lets see what you make of this one.

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7.5cm Selbstfahrlafette L/40.8 model 1

Three prototypes were built but all three varied slightly.

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another view,. :slight_smile:

Darn that was quick, your turn gumalangi. I was hoping for some variation of the Sdkfz 251 at least.

haha,. i was lucky,. :smiley:

try this :),.

SU 14 Soviet SPG built on a T35 Chassis at a random guess

Yes, that’s a SU14, indeed. I was late for this one. Then again, that thing isimmediately recognizable to anyone who routinely plays World of Tanks…

I have not met this beastie yet on WoT, then again I am staying a lowly tier 2 mostly (Panzer II and T26 with the odd sojourn into a tier 3 (D2 and Panzer IIIA).

i guess the thread is now to leccy :slight_smile:

Tier II is a lot of fun indeed. I have a BT2, Tetrarch as well as a Marder II I keep for low tier battles and I’ve stopped with the rest of my vehicles in tiers V-VI (su85, KV, KV3, KV1S) Higher tiers tend to be boring, with huge amounts of money spent on ammunition and repairs between games.