Captured Tanks WW2 - The Early German Beute Panzers 1938-1939: Czechoslovakia/Poland

The Germans during WWII were known for their engineering craftsmanship, but a less known fact is that they were very resourceful in times of need, confiscating and adjusting their enemy’s weaponry for their own purpose. Numerous photographs prove how the German war machine functioned on the tanks and vehicles seized after the occupation of Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Belgium, Netherlands and other countries. Later, the Germans incorporated Soviet tanks, trucks, cannons, small arms, and artillery. They would rename the captured weapons and paint them with a swastika or a German balken Cross.