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Re: Mystery tanks (for the keenest of tank-spotters)

January 30th, 2011 10:19 PM

But the German helmets don't have the protruding rivets of WW1 helmets, but are smoother, ie post-WW1. Secondly, the front tank turret was designed in the late 20s/early 30s in various sizes (but the same design).


The picture came from some Russian site with no info. It got reposted on a blog I read, with a request for info - and after a couple of days I turned to here.

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Re: Mystery tanks (for the keenest of tank-spotters)

January 31st, 2011 12:11 AM

Looks like you were right with the movie prop theory:
UFA-Movie (1930) "Westfront 1918" by G.W. Pabst - Landships WW1 Forum

You can probably find clips of the movie on youtube.

THis seems to be the original source of the picture with a short description:
http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/arch...462402/?search

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Re: Mystery tanks (for the keenest of tank-spotters)

January 31st, 2011 07:36 PM

I didn't think that it could be a real tank. So it is a movie prop.

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Re: Mystery tanks (for the keenest of tank-spotters)

January 31st, 2011 11:10 PM

Well done Fancypants!

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Re: Mystery tanks (for the keenest of tank-spotters)

Anlushac11

February 1st, 2011 03:43 AM

It was not a real tank, but it looks to be possibly based on a military vehicle. I was looking for something like a prime mover or a artillery tractor.