John Kettler Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Seeing WW II AFVs in their period paint, especially camouflage, is failrly rare, but here's an exception. The German name for this critter is Armored MG Carrier--UE. the (f) is presumably to denote fremde, or foreign. Regards, John Kettler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Is that based on the little Italian tankettes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric999 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 The Italian tankettes were themselves derived from the British Carden Lloyd Mk VI carriers (Italy imported four of these in the 1930's and then copied them to form the basis of their own designs). The suspension is a real give away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carden_Loyd_tankette#/media/File:Carden-Loyd_Mk.VI_Strängnäs_12.08.11_(3a).JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carden_Loyd_tankette See also this recent Tank Chat video from the 'Boys at Bovy' that explain the history of the Italian Carro Veloce tankette (the suspension on which has evolved quie a bit from the original Carden Lloyd design): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 14 hours ago, John Kettler said: the (f) is presumably to denote fremde, or foreign. f for french r for russian b for british etc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 3:39 AM, John Kettler said: Seeing WW II AFVs in their period paint, especially camouflage, is failrly rare, but here's an exception. The German name for this critter is Armored MG Carrier--UE. the (f) is presumably to denote fremde, or foreign. Regards, John Kettler A long time since I've been there, but that looks like Brussels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 4:39 AM, John Kettler said: The German name for this critter is Armored MG Carrier Surprising how similar German is to English when you look at it in this way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Slightly ironic post as that's rather unlikely to be its original paint. On 2/2/2022 at 3:39 AM, John Kettler said: The German name for this critter is Armored MG Carrier--UE. the (f) is presumably to denote fremde, or foreign. The (f) indicates it's of French origin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_UE_Chenillette It looks to be showing two layers of German camo (dunkelgelb/bicolour over panzrgrau).....The panzergrau looks to have pretty thoroughly obliterated any underlying original French green camo. The Renault UE wasn't really a 'Tankette', it was a utility vehicle and usually came with a tracked trailer: Edited February 3, 2022 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 kohlenklau, The (f) oops is traceable, I think, to my having FHO (Fremde Heeres Ost--Foreign Armies East, the Gehlen Organization) on the brain from reading Hitler's Nemesis by Walter Dunn. His book has scads of footnotes tied to various FHO studies, assessments, captured docs, etc. Erwin, No. It's captured French equipment. Hadn't seen this one before, but have seen a photo of a UE armed with a PaK-36. Here are several versions, the first two real field expedients! Sgt.Squarehead, Point taken. Had to rewrite that sentence several times, yet it still came out not quite right! In any event, here is a. clutch of captured UEs in what I believe to be their French warpaint, but hastily given crude Balkenkreuz markings. Regards, John Kettler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) Interesting picture JK, there's a variety to pick through in that one. Edited February 4, 2022 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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