Battle casualty riding a 4. Panzer-Division Panzer II in France in 1940 and a Panzer IV in flames
The latter is a very rare depiction of destroyed friendly materiel in published German footage that doubtless slipped past the editor because it was misidentified
A successor to the T-100Y SPG was ordered #OTD in 1940: a breakthrough tank called T-100Z with a 152 mm gun. A turret was built for this tank but never installed. Instead, it was used in a line of fortifications near Leningrad. #tanks#history#WW2#WWII