Need help with this panzer "Prague"

[Roman (Russia)]

Hi guys!

I need your
Can anybody tell is this Italian or Spanish tank? And can you tell me some info about it.

Thank you!

[philip turland]

Czech tank used by Germans and designated Pz 38T. Converted to Marder and Hetzer's

[Roman (Russia)]

Thank you Philip!

And what about man on the foto - Italian or Spaniard?

[RTY]

It seems to me, he is german .

Such panzer you can see in Kubinka, 65 kilometers from Moscow :-).

[derka]

hi,

this picture was taken in june 1940,
on a beach in "Haute-Normandie", France.
a PzKpfw 38(t) "B" or "C" model, belonging to Pz-Rgt 25.

derka

[Roman (Russia)]

derka, what about man at the tank?

[Roman (Russia)]

It seems to me, he is german .

Such panzer you can see in Kubinka, 65 kilometers from Moscow :-).

Man does not look like german.
What about tank - i saw similar at Kubinka.

[Adrian Stevenson]

German tanker

Hi Roman, he looks like he wears a Panzer beret

Cheers, Ade.

[BergführerKiser]

Gr******252;******223; Gott Roman,

The tank commander in the photo is German and is wearing the early Panzer Beret/Crash Helmet as Ade mentioned.

The Panzer 38(t) was the backbone for the Panzer Divisions from the beginning of the war until about 1942. If the Germans had not taken over Czechoslovakia in 1938 they would not have had half of their Panzer Divisions. Many of these tanks were used during the invasion of Russia...most, if not all, never returned.

[Roman (Russia)]

Hi guys! Thanks for your answers!

Ade & Patrick, so can you tell me is this tankman German am i right?

[philip turland]

Yes

[Jonathan M]

german panzermanner wearing the early war panzer beret

the tank is german pz38(t), you can just about make out the balkenkruez on the tanks side

[Tim Hart]

You're all wrong he's definitely Scottish, he's wearing a Tam-O-Shanter

He belongs to the Highland Panzer Group

[MikeW]

It looks like a BESA machine gun in the hull front

I can't find a pic of the Czech machine gun it was derived from

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Mike, the Besa was the British made version of the Czech ZB53. The T38 was armed with the ZB53 as standard.

Cheers, Ade.