Showing posts with label British Armored Vehicle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Armored Vehicle. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

French POWs Clearing the Blocked Road in Dunkirk

German forces arrive in Dunkirk after the completion of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force earlier in the day. Under the direction of their German captors, French troops push away an immobilised British Universal Carrier tracked vehicle, clearing the blocked road into Dunkirk. This picture was taken by Hermann Weper, an officer serving with Maschinengewehr-Bataillon 52, on 4 June 1940 following the seizure of Dunkirk


Source :
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/listing/object-205012729

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Panzer IVs Pass Knocked Out Universal Carrier

Two Deutsche Afrikakorps Panzer IV ausf F including turmnummer (turret number) 413 pass a knocked-out captured Carden Lloyd Universal Carrier Mark 1 serial number T33417 armed with a Boys .55 caliber (13.9mm) anti-tank gun. The Universal Carrier is painted in the Caunter camouflage scheme, which used grey, blue, black, sand, and brown paint, or whatever was available, to form straight angular lines that were thought to "dazzle" whomever saw the vehicle in the desert, making it hard to judge size and distance. The Carrier has a Nazi flag over it to prevent an air attack by friendly German aircraft; this was common practice to mark captured vehicles with the Swastika flag

Source:
http://www.worldwar2database.com/gallery3/index.php/wwii0137

Friday, December 20, 2013

A beached French coastal patrol craft at low tide at Dunkirk

German forces move into Dunkirk hours after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force was completed. A beached French coastal patrol craft at low tide at Dunkirk. The ship is armed with a 75mm canon on its foredeck and probably dates from the First World War. A British Universal Carrier and a bicycle lie abandoned half buried in the sand

Source:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/listing/object-205012729

Thursday, December 19, 2013

German troops pulling a 37mm anti-tank gun along a road near Dunkirk

German troops pulling a 37mm anti-tank gun along a road near Dunkirk. Immobilised British Scout carriers are parked at the side of the road

Source:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/listing/object-205012729