Name This Photo!!! - The AFV Recognition Thread

[ironduke57]

Vickers Light Tank Model 1936?

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[larry Strong]

I give the 1/2 point to the ironduke57, it's a Carden-Loyd M1936. An no it's not Cdn it belongs to a European nation. Guess you are gonna have to bone up on unit insignia

 

[ironduke57]

Then it is probably one of the so called "Dutchmen". Originally sold to the Netherlands, but retained by GB at the outbreak of WW2 and used for training.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[larry Strong]

No, the Dutch were not the only one's to buy them, and it is not in British service.

 

[ironduke57]

No, the Dutch were not the only one's to buy them, and it is not in British service.

Sure? From my source regarding the Model 1936:
"Model 1936: Sold to the Netherlands, Dutch East Indies, China. The units bought by the Netherlands were retained in the UK at the outbreak of WW2 and were never delivered (though there is some reason to believe a few might have been delivered as implied by several historians). The British used these tanks for training and were called "Dutchmen". Specifications for all units were the same as the Model 1933 except as noted here: Width 6' 2.25", Height 6' 2.25"."

Normally this source is highly trustworthy.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[larry Strong]

Pictorial history of tanks of the world, 1915-45 by Peter Chamberlain, states that another European country bought 18 of them in 1937.

 

[ironduke57]

Pictorial history of tanks of the world, 1915-45 by Peter Chamberlain, states that another European country bought 18 of them in 1937.

I don´t have that book, but could it be Lithuanian?

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[larry Strong]

Bingo ;D The little castle was a Lithuanian marking

 

[ironduke57]

Okay what have we here?
(Shouldn´t be hard.)

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[nihilpavor]

A Swedish Stridsvagn 103 with his gun removed???

(don't flame me for trying, I'm just a noob )

 

[ironduke57]

... Stridsvagn 103 with his gun removed??? ...

No.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[ironduke57]

Looking at roof armor I would say probably an swedish STRV122 aka Leopard2A5(+), but yes.

Your turn.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[Emenince Grise]

Skoda PA-II "Zelva" (Turtle) Armoured Car, AKA Hiemwehr armoured car from the Austrian civil war, 1934.

Another (better) pic:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=47165

and

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/airczech_skoda_pa2_kitreview.htm

 

[Emenince Grise]

A swimming we will go...

 

[Emenince Grise]

That took a lot less time then I expected... over to you...

To be fair, it took some digging. I first thought it was Japanese... no luck. So I tried Austria and found it on the first search. But that led me to the original, which showed it was a Skoda. 

 

[chanman]

I swear this is not photoshopped ;D

Going to go back for a sec.  Out of curiosity, what's the tank in the background?

 

[Danjanou]

Not sure I had several shots of the TAP I found on Google after I heard about this vehicle on another site. Body looks a bit like the M-41 Walker Bulldog, but the turret doesn't ???

 

[Timmy!]

Going to go back for a sec.  Out of curiosity, what's the tank in the background?

Looks like a M24 Chaffee. Just the barrel is not matching. Might be owners mod.

M24 was replaced by the Walking Bulldog.

Regards,
TN2IC

 

[George Wallace]

That would be "Walker" Bulldog.  ;D

 

[Timmy!]

Ah shoot. Thanks George. I don't know what I was thinking. May be I need to take the dog for a walk.