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Old 12-28-2007, 22:28 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Ah, yes.

The reason I didn't guess it is because it isn't named after a Tolkien creation.
Elephants are for some strange reason called Olifanten in both Dutch and Afrikaans.
Ups, Sorry did not know that. I don't speak either language (though I am usually able to understand dutch, as it sound pretty much like very drunken German)
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Old 12-28-2007, 23:58 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Haccapelites ?

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Old 12-29-2007, 04:17 AM   #48 (permalink)
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Of all the german Kampfpanzerwagen series this one was the longest serving , although in other countries of course
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Old 12-29-2007, 05:41 AM   #49 (permalink)
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That would be the Hetzer, IIRC in Swiss service?
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Old 12-29-2007, 06:11 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Pz-38(t) and its offsprings - Hetzer among them . Swiss used it AFAIK to the 70-s , and Swedish m42 light tank at least to the 60-s . Ironically the best of all much touted german panzers was actually of Czech origin . Not the best as tank of course , but as chassis .

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Old 12-29-2007, 07:18 AM   #51 (permalink)
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Pz-38(t) and its offsprings - Hetzer among them . Swiss used it AFAIK to the 70-s , and Swedish m42 light tank at least to the 60-s . Ironically the best of all much touted german panzers was actually of Czech origin . Not the best as tank of course , but as chassis .

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That's cheating. The Pz-38(t) wasn't a German tank at all. It was made by Czehoslovakia. Germany captured them during the annexation. It's like counting Russian T-34s in German service, or T-26s in Finnish service, as as Finnish or German tanks.
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Old 12-29-2007, 07:58 AM   #52 (permalink)
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That's cheating. The Pz-38(t) wasn't a German tank at all. It was made by Czehoslovakia. Germany captured them during the annexation. It's like counting Russian T-34s in German service, or T-26s in Finnish service, as as Finnish or German tanks.
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Old 12-29-2007, 09:38 AM   #53 (permalink)
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That's cheating. The Pz-38(t) wasn't a German tank at all. It was made by Czehoslovakia. Germany captured them during the annexation. It's like counting Russian T-34s in German service, or T-26s in Finnish service, as as Finnish or German tanks.
not cheating , it was not in service by the time Germans came in . It went into production after that .
The first Moskvich 400 was pre-war Opel Kadett , first Bristols were copies of BMW etc. etc . Still considered Soviet and British cars .

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Longest serving pure German design was the Stug III which remained in Finnish service until 1966. Or the Mk IV and V which was still in Austrian service as border emplaced strong points into the 1980's IIRC.
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Might be a tough one...

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WWII cavalry tank. Machines of the class include polish 7TP and Soviet BT-series.
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BT-2 M1931?

Feanor the Polish 7TP was based on the British 6 ton Vickers not the Christie design.
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BT-2 M1931?

Feanor the Polish 7TP was based on the British 6 ton Vickers not the Christie design.
Really? I was under the impression that the overall designs, besides the suspension, were rather similar. Well anyways is it my turn?
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