Leuk thema, vandaar dat ik het even naar boven duw.
Hieronder een klein stukje over het "recycelen"van buitgemaakte voertuigen. Vooral de opmerking over Nederlandse DAf-jes is interessant.
citaat is overigens van WWIIFORUMS.
Under new command,
By T.J.M. Schers, The Netherlands
Published originally in “De Tank” Issue 103, August 1993.
Translated by Rob Plas, notes in text by the author
All trough the history of warfare, soldiers always knew how to make good use of captured equipment. Clothing, food, and inevitably, weapons. The latter were especially attractive if they were easier to obtain and of better quality then the ones issued to troops originally. Using the enemy’s weapons did mean on the other hand that ammunition and spare parts were sometimes hard to get, and in the case of vehicles, one had to be careful not to be shot by friendly forces.
During World War II the German forces made extensive use of captured equipment. (1) This started directly after invading Czechoslovakia and it also took place in France, Belgium and The Netherlands. I am referring to vehicles like the LT vz.38 Skoda, later used by the German 7th and 8th armoured divisions, the French Char B1bis, the Somua S-35 and the Renault R-35. [The Germans made good use of some DAF M38 armoured cars, captured in The Netherlands during the Blitzkrieg in 1940, and transported to the USSR, and deployed in the fights against the soviet partisans {RP}]
The Russian T-34 tank was used a lot by the German forces, usually with very large white Balkenkreuz markings to prevent being shot by their own comrades. In North Africa also, British and American equipment and vehicles were used by the German forces, often to compensate for the huge shortages of material.
Also in the ETO, German forces made good use of captured vehicles, a very well known example being the use of American vehicles by Otto Skorzeny’s 150th armoured brigade during the Ardennes offensive. (2)
Although not as often as their counterparts, the allied forces also used captured vehicles. First they had good, reliable resources and resupply, and more than enough armoured vehicles of their own. Second the almost impossible to get spare parts and ammunition played a role in this. Last but not least, the bigger chance to get shot by the own troops was also not an encouraging thought.
Some of the vehicles that did see action under allied flag were Sdkfz 250 and 251’s, as well as a battery of 3 - 88mm Flak 18 Anti-Tank guns, in the southern county of Limburg, The Netherlands. (3)
There was very little deployment of tanks and tank destroyers. Known is the use of a Stug III by American soldiers from the 104th Infantry Div. (4) It is therefore worth noticing that the extended use of a Pzkpfw V Panther Ausf G must be considered as a rare event. This Panther was captured and used by the British 6th Guards Tank Brigade, and often photographed. This Panther can be a very interesting subject in scale. (5)
Tot zover het citaat. De rest van het artikel gat over een door de Engelsen buitgemaakte Panther G, die zij in de dagen van de slag om Arnhem in een schuur in of nabij Overloon vonden. Omdat alle tanks in de betreffende eenheid namen van vogels hadden werd deze tank Cuuckoo (koekoek) genoemd. Hij werd gewoon opgenomen in de eenheid en bleek een zeer waardevolle aanvulling. Ik ga nog op zoek naar refentiemateriaal over kleur, markeringen en dergelijke, maar ik denk wel dat deze hem gaat worden.
Ik denk dat deze winter camo, waar het geallieerden-groen doorheen komt, hem wel zal staan:
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