Captured Panzer II and Sd.Kfz. 233 in Tunisia

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

American forces in Tunisia captured immense quantities of German equipment in North Africa including this Panzer II light tank and German Sd.Kfz. 233 armored car featured in the Recognition Journal, May 1944.

Captured Panzer II light tank and Sdkfz 233 8-wheeled armored car — ORIGINAL CAPTION: U.S. Rangers round up enemy equipment at El Guettar. At left is the PzKw Mark II, smallest and oldest German tank. Once it was a Panzer standby, adding speed and punch to the rapid invasion of Poland and the Low Countries and carrying infantry in swift pursuit of a disorganized enemy. Now obsolescent, its Mark II chassis has been used to mount several SP guns. At the right is 8-wheeled armored car.

Captured German Panzer II light tank in Tunisia — ORIGINAL CAPTION: Light tank PzKw II has a short broad silhouette, flat-topped hull, and a low angular bow reinforced by spare track segments. Turret is squat and slab-sided except at front where it forms sloping curve. Rear of turret has a heavy boxlike extension. Several versions of the Mark II have existed. The one above mounts a 20-mm. cannon. Five medium-sized bogie wheels are sprung by unusual elbow-like rocker arms.

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