The Prussian Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Nice pictures. This is the tank 542 Elfriede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army historian Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Here is a French light tank. Captain Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) Nice pictures. This is the tank 542 Elfriede Thanks for the identification, Andreas! Edited December 28, 2010 by Freiwillige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi Andrew! What do you want to know? I have several books about the histories of the german tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Andreas, I just came across an interesting link about "Elfriede" here: http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Pages-d-Histoire-Artillerie/Artillerie-Speciale-chars-d-assaut/elfriede-recupere-bretonneux-sujet_463_1.htm A lot of useful and interesting info!!! The only aspect that is not covered there is tank's fate after it was displayed at Place de la Concorde. There's an opinion expressed by one of the members that after being held at the courtyard of Palace d'Invalides "Elfriede" was destroyed according to the order of the Paris military governor. Is it true? If so when it happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Oh yes. That´s an brilliant article!!! I´d like to know, where I can finf the photo´s recourses... Well. Elfriede was the first captured tank in very good condition. (1st tank-battle at Villers-Bretonneux) After the battle, the germans wanted to destroy the tank, but they failed. After 12 days, the S.R.R.101 (section de Ravitaillement et de reparation) pulled her about 1km back to the allied lines. May,18 she arrived Saleux, where she was made "ready to drive". In the next months she was investigated by the british and french army. It stil exist a movie (16mm), about the captured tanks! This movie is in the archives of the french army in Fort d´Ivry. During this investigations, Elfriede served as a target for shooting-attempts. In this condition, she came to the Place de la Concorde (note the bullet-holes came from this investigations, not from the battle!). It´s not recorded, what happened to her. Probably she was scraped until 1920 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Thanks for your reply, Andreas! I'm glad I own a piece of this history, though not really exclusive one :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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