Kreuzer Panzerkampfwagen Mk IV 744(e)

German Reich (1940-1941) Cruiser Tank – 9 Operated “To the victor, goes the spoils”. The old proverb is often true of modern warfare as well. During the Second World War, the German Wehrmacht made very intensive and extensive use of captured armor to fulfill a wide array of roles, from security vehicles to hulls used …

Panzerkampfwagen 35(t)

German Reich (1940) Light Tank – 244 Operated One year after the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany) in March 1938, Adolf Hitler implemented the occupation of the Sudetenland (Bohemia-Moravia) and the seizure of Czechoslovakia. As a result, the Germans took over the Czechoslovak industry, including the Skoda factory, which produced the Lehký …

Panzerkampfwagen 17R/18R 730(f)

German Reich (1940) Light Tank – Approximately 1,700 Captured  The German captured tank policy During World War Two, the German Army was using a large number of captured equipment, including thousands of tanks. The German army captured as many vehicles as possible, and these vehicles were gathered in special collection points where they were examined and deemed …