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The Afrika Korps was restructured and renamed in August 1941. "Afrikakorps" was the official name of the force for less than six months but the officers and men used it for the duration. The Afrikakorps was the major German component of Panzerarmee Afrika , which was later renamed the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee and finally renamed ...
Leichter Panzerspähwagen 4x4 Afrika-Korps (Sd.Kfz. 222) 2007: Yes: Rebox with new parts 35287: B1 bis German Army Panzerkampfwagen B-2 740(f) 2007: Yes: Rebox with new parts 35288: French Infantry Set: 2007: Yes: New tool 35289: Russian Heavy Tank JS-2 Model 1944 ChKz: 2007: Yes: Rebox with new parts 35290: Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. N (Sd.Kfz ...
The first Panzer I vehicles to be built, 15 of this variant were completed by various firms (Daimler-Benz, Henschel, Krupp, MAN, and Rheinmetall) in a program intended to develop industrial capacity and provide initial training vehicles to the Wehrmacht. The Ausf A ohne Aufbau was a Panzer I hull without any superstructure or turret. The ...
Operation Sonnenblume (Unternehmen Sonnenblume, "Operation Sunflower") was the name given to the dispatch of German and Italian troops to North Africa in February 1941, during the Second World War. The Italian 10th Army ( 10ª Armata ) had been destroyed by the British, Commonwealth, Empire and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during ...
B "Königstiger" (Sd. Kfz.182) / VK4503(H) was a heavy tank in the later half of World War II. Armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun, the vehicle could perform well in the defensive role on the eastern and western fronts but was an expensive failure for Nazi Germany when used in an offensive role as a main battle tank. The Tiger II combined one of the ...
The two prototypes were completed in 1941 and they were organized into a platoon for troop trials with Panzerjäger-Abteilung ("Anti-Tank Battalion") 605 of the Afrika Korps. The first vehicle was reported received on 17 January 1942 by Panzerjäger-Abteilung 605 , but the second was not reported as arrived in Tripoli until 23 February 1942.
Mercedes-Benz L 3000S truck in a museum in Noginsk, Russia Mercedes-Benz L 3000 S in Italy with Fallschirmjäger, 1944 Romanian soldiers riding a Mercedes-Benz L 3000, Hungary, 1944 A vintage L3000 bearing markings of the Dossenheim Fire Police in 2016
Until 2019, the Tank Museum believed that Tiger Tank 131 was captured at Djebel Djaffa in Tunisia on 21 April, 1943. The largely-intact vehicle had been immobilised after the Afrika Korps launched a spoiling attack on the night of 20/21 April 1943 while the Allies were preparing a major push toward Tunis. [3]