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Hotchkiss H39 Beutepanzer
First post! I originally posted this on Reddit with French crewmen, but I updated it, and am really just calling it a beutepanzer because it’s all grey. I might camouflage it in the future (and keep the tracks from sagging). CC very welcome!
Very brief history of German captured H39s: H39s were used by the Germans as training tanks in "low priority" regions like the Balkans and, mistakenly, Normandy. In fact, these vehicles were some of the only armor the Allies faced in Normandy until June 12, when the 2nd Panzer Division arrived from Calais. Units of French beutepanzers in Normandy, like Panzer Abt. 206 and Panzer-Erzatz Abt. 100, were often comprised of Hotchkisses, Renaults, SOMUAs, and Char B1s, and were stationed on the Cotentin Peninsula. These units were destroyed relatively easily.
Hotchkiss H39 Beutepanzer
First post! I originally posted this on Reddit with French crewmen, but I updated it, and am really just calling it a beutepanzer because it’s all grey. I might camouflage it in the future (and keep the tracks from sagging). CC very welcome!
Very brief history of German captured H39s: H39s were used by the Germans as training tanks in "low priority" regions like the Balkans and, mistakenly, Normandy. In fact, these vehicles were some of the only armor the Allies faced in Normandy until June 12, when the 2nd Panzer Division arrived from Calais. Units of French beutepanzers in Normandy, like Panzer Abt. 206 and Panzer-Erzatz Abt. 100, were often comprised of Hotchkisses, Renaults, SOMUAs, and Char B1s, and were stationed on the Cotentin Peninsula. These units were destroyed relatively easily.