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German training mockup of a T-34
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 06:02 AM UTC
Came across this picture while looking through some images the other day and thought it was interesting so wanted to share it.



The caption under the photo stated....."German training mockup of a T-34 built over a captured Polish TK-3 tankette"

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Randy
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 07:44 AM UTC
Nice find Randy

Here are a few more :











I guess this one is built on a Renault UE carrier :



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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 09:37 AM UTC
Very interesting photos!!! Were these taken pre-invasion June 1941 or after? After the invasion you would think there would be plenty of real T-34's around!
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 10:06 AM UTC
A treasure trove of mock up photos here, not just T-34s, and it gets updated with new finds:

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=132&t=112347

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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 10:16 AM UTC
Here's another one :



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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 04:18 PM UTC
These are some great photos! Would make for some interesting dioramas showing the war behind the front lines. Thanks for posting these.
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 07:48 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Very interesting photos!!! Were these taken pre-invasion June 1941 or after? After the invasion you would think there would be plenty of real T-34's around!



The general belief has been that the T-34 (and the KV-1) came as an unpleasant surprise to the Germans almost immediately after the invasion, so presumably these training mockups were made later.
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2019 - 09:35 PM UTC
A bit off-topic, but not that off, you can scrachbuild your own German Panzerattrappe (decoy tank, not training mock-up), using these drawings :
http://www.atf40.fr/ATF40/Pzattrappe/panzerattrappen.html

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