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Product details:
- Publisher Osprey Publishing
- Date of Publication 26 September 2024
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781472859389
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages48 pages
- Size 246x180x4 mm
- Weight 160 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of colour illustrations 632
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Long description:
Illustrated with original artwork and archive photos, this is the history of Germany's extensive use of captured tanks in World War II.
In this book Steven J. Zaloga, one of the world's leading armor authorities, uncovers the history of one of the least-known aspects of Germany's World War II Panzers: the extensive use of captured armored vehicles, "Beutepanzer." The best came from the fall of France, and the Somua S 35 and Panhard 178 proved popular in German service. Others, such as the antique Renault FT, were used for secondary tasks such as anti-partisan missions and airfield protection. Most curious of all were the "Becker conversions," a private venture of a German artillery officer with family industry, who mechanized his unit's towed artillery and went on to oversee the modernization and upgunning of many French Beutepanzers. These would play a particularly important role in Normandy in 1944.
Although the Wehrmacht captured large numbers of Soviet tanks, these saw very limited service, and most were sent to the smelters. When Italy switched sides in September 1943, the Italian AFV industry continued producing tanks and AFVs for the Wehrmacht, while tanks and AFVs captured from other Allied armies including Britain and the US were generally used on a small, improvised scale.
Illustrated with superb new profiles and some rare archive photos, this is a concise guide to an intriguing element of World War II armor.
Table of Contents:
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Early Blitzkrieg Beutepanzer (Poland, Belgium, Netherlands)
The French Connection (French 1940 equipment)
The French Connection: Becker Conversions
War in the East- Barbarossa Beutepanzer
War in the East- Battlefield Expedients
The Italian Connection (Production of Italian AFVs for Germany)
Allied Rarities (Use of captured British and US tanks and AFVs)
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