Prior to holding this picture in my hands, I'd by no means suspect such an odd hybrid AFV would have ever existed!
--I had learnt something about several improvement trials being done on Panzer I ausf. A chassis, in order to increase its firepower. One of
such experiments consisted of what you can see in the picture below --but I had so far believed such hybrids had been discarded after the
Breda 20mm gun "Modificado" version was ultimately adopted...
This picture was taken in Barcelona's Diagonal Avenue in 1939. Therefore, this is a demonstration that at least one
Panzer I ausf. A with T-26 turret was operational throughout the Spanish Civil War --for it arrived in Barcelona!
I don't know. This might be photoshopped. The turret could belong to the tank to the extreme left, cut and pasted to the right.
ReplyDeleteNote the first Pz I from the left seems to be towing a gun (maybe a 37mm AT gun). Why would they load that much onto and behind the same poor little tank? Regards, Pat
Unfortunately to us, it's quite possible for the picture to have been photoshopped, actually. As for the gun behind the first 'unphotoshopped' Panzer, it seems to me more likely realistic than the hybrid tank.
ReplyDeleteEl tanc de l'esquerra de la foto té tren de rodatge de T-26... M'inclino pel photoshop
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