Post War use of Allied vehicles and tanks

And the "best" tanks had their career ended in 1945!

 

Well, playing the devils advocate role here, don't forget that few of the "best" tanks were built to begin with and they were mighty expensive.
The PzV however, ended it's career later on. Truth is, had there been more surviving KT and spare parts, they'd have probably soldiered on for some years to come.



Cheers...

 

I doubt it. Its time had past and any usefulness it had was done before the war ended. But thats not the point of this thread. Your statements are within the intent of the http://www.ww2f.com/weapons-wwii/26075-post-war-use-axis-afvs-vehicles.html thread.

 

True it belongs in another section but I was merelly answering Joe's post. As for their time having passed, don't forget that a lot of nations kept using the IS-2 and IS-3 long after 45. So, for a while, the heavy tank concept was still used. True they weighted nearly 20t less but still... Just my thoughts on the subject tough as we have no way of telling



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No Kidding LOL .

 

North Korean T-34

 

Canadian M-8 Korea

 

This picture is interesting. It is
from De Grote Patrouille (a
history of the 5th Battalion
Regiment Jagers) during the
Indonesian Independence
War, and shows a Braat
Overvalwagen in Samarinda
(Borneo/Kalimantan) around
1947, fitted with what seems to
be a small octagonal turret. No
armament is visible. The
Samarinda garrison in 1942
had two Overvalwagens and it
is likely this vehicle survived
the war in that place.

 

Captured T-34/85. Rhodesia 1980s

 

South African Sextons

 

Still going strong today!

Sherman Register - Chile

 

Not bad for one of the worst tanks of the war



Cheers...

 

These are Sexton SPGs not Shermans I certain Chile didn't get Sextons and Sextons are derived from the Canadian Ram Tank.

I don't know if the Shermans are still in use in Chile Hanno doesn't update his web site often these days. I found this photo sometime ago (its not attibuted as its from one of those holiday snap Blogie sites). It shows a Chilian M51 being used as a target tank.

To quote from the famous wartime cartoon "The US tank (M4) got there furstest with the mostest-".

To use your catch phrase it was the logistic advantage that made the Sherman one of the best tanks not the worst. Huge numbers, mobile,extremely reliable,capable like the energizer bunny of going on and on.

Steve

 

No one said they were Shermans nor that the Chile used them. And I captioned the pic as "South African Sextons" which is what they are.

 

And I was being sarcastic... Maybe I need to improve on my sarcasm skills...



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LOL I knew you were . I used that quite a bit LOL.

 

Unfortunately I think those who would appreciate the phrase are no longer posting LOL.

 

THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF JAVA; An Indian soldier guards a former Japanese army light tank used by Indonesian nationalists until knocked out by British forces during the figthing in Surabaya (Soerabaja).

 

That's a modified carrier not a "Japanese tank."

 

Yeah that right. Its a modified Bren Carrier. Thats why I posted it LOL. The caption came from the original site LOL. Im surprised I missed it LOL. Damn Wiki!!!! . Though I wonder if it was modified by the Japanese to be a light tank?

File:IWM-SE-5866-tank-Surabaya-19451127.jpg - Wikimedia Commons