Photo Tank SS

[Schwarzwälder]

French tanks destroyed in Dinant

Tom
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/683/img3382cs.jpg/

[byterock]

A little gory but one I have not seen before.

There are a few chaps on-line here that will be able to tell you exactly which "Tank" this Char Bi this one is.

[antoine-m]

It is the tank B1 bis YPRES destroyed at Denée ( Belgium) on May 15th, 1940.
More information on the site www.chars-francais.net, sorry, it is in French
http://www.chars-francais.net/new/in...sk=view&id=446

[byterock]

Well now you know exactly who the bodies are

Chef de char : Lieutenant Duhourceau

Pilote : Caporal chef Duranton

Radio : S/Lieutenant Mathieu

Aide pilote : Chasseur Merger

2e Aide pilote : Chasseur Derrider

Makes you think just a little more when you can put a name to a body doesn't it. Just how silly war is.

[antoine-m]

According to the testimony of the second lieutenant Mathieu, 3 men were killed by leaving the tank. In front Lieutenant Duhourceau, tank commander, and staff sergeant Beauchamp (embarked as temporary). The 2nd driver, Chasseur (2nd class) Derrider, fell on the side of the tank. Bodies were calcined by the fire but the men had already died.
Excuse the translation, it is Reverso which makes it.

[Doug Kenwright]

Yes, absolutely tough job being a tanker..split seconds make the difference in whether you live or die, or wind up horribly maimed. You can imagine the reaction of almost every man in that photo- a mixture of revulsion and irrepressible curiosity, knowing that death is always hovering around in a war zone, and the next victims may be themselves..

The tanker's worst fear?: getting trapped inside a burning vehicle...

[garyv]

I have got to say you guys are amazing.Man post a photo and WOW look at all that information you have provided.