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Sturmpanzer I BISON 15cm s.IG 33 auf Panzerkampfwagen 1 Nr F

KAIROUAN NR 285 28e BCC 2e compagnie

Char 1 bis TYPHON Nr 270 8e BCC 2e compagnie

Char 1 bis VERCINGÉTORIX Nr 481 BAT 46/47

1. M48 Frankreich Belgien Wehrmacht erbeuteter CHAR B 1 Panzer VERCINGETORIX Nr.481 | eBay
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V2 Vergeltungswaffe 2 V-2 Aggregat 4 transport captured beute

A TRAIN CARRYING NINE V-2S HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY IN THE VICINITY OF BROMSKIRCHEN. THE ROCKETS WERE FOUND TO BE INTACT BUT UNASSEMBLED。
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: A SECTION OF ONE OF THE V-2S IN ITS CRADLE CAR FOUND ON THE RAILROAD NEAR BROMSKIRCHEN. PVT FLOYD DUNAWAY OF PRUDEN, TENN IS DWARFED BY ITS SIZE.

Bromskirchen Train

The tiny town of Bromskirchen (25 Km's north of Biedenkopf, north east of Westerwald) was captured by Combat Command B, of the American 3rd Armored Division on March 29, 1945. That day between 8:00 and 9:00 hrs, a train was coming into Bromskirchen from the marshaling yard at Allendorf / Eder. This train was very long with no end in sight. At the head of the line was an oil-fired locomotive and further back was a coal-fired locomotive. After moving a few kilometers, it so happened that the train came to a stop near Bromskirchen because the coal powered locomotive ran out of water.

The train operators did not want to be stuck there in the open so they disconnected the train in the middle and the commanding officer ordered the first half of the train to continue under the power of the oil locomotive to Winterberg. This train only made it to the tunnel at the Brilon Forest. The Americans later found seven railway cars, each containing twelve V2 warheads, one car containing boxes of carbon-graphite V2 rudders, fuzes, batteries, and cans of Z-Stoff (permanganate).

The remaining part of the train, with the steam locomotive, waited about 20 minutes at Bromskirchen to fill up with water. Suddenly, a US tank appeared on the road and opened fire on the train with its machine guns. The locomotive received a direct hit, damaging the main steam pipes and leaving a 15 centimeter (diameter) hole in the locomotive. The railway workers jumped from the train and escaped. It is also believed to have been attacked by P-38 fighter aircraft at some point, possibly a day earlier. After its capture, the Americans found ten railway cars containing 9 damaged and partially burned V2 rockets, plus the scattered parts of another V2 and some warheads. Also, elements of the 3rd Armored Division captured a factory nearby located at Hatzfeld, which contained several intact V2 rockets.

Train A) 10 cars containing 9 complete V-2's (less certain controls and fuzes) and rear half of 10th. Location is G 629772 (sheet R3 1:1000,000) Bromskirchen rail road station.
Train B) 10 cars containing a damaged and partially burned V-2 rockets and warheads and scattered parts of a 9th V-2. The location is B 683128 (Q3 sheet 1:100,000) on railroad line.
Train C) 1 train containing 7 cars of 12 warheads each, 1 car of boxed carbon deflector vanes, fuzes, and jerricans of Z-Stoff (calcium permanganate). Location is G 598698 (R3 sheet 1:100,000) in railroad tunnel.

--ETO Ordnance Technical Intelligence Report N0. 23 "Preliminary Report on German Rocket – V2"

The discovery of these V2 rockets - intact - was the first contact the western press had with the infamous "V-Weapon". The finding was in the limelight for several days. The Supreme Allied Commander, Eisenhower himself, came to have a look at it. The English and American newsreels reported in detail about this sensational discovery. The missiles were loaded onto large trucks and taken to Antwerp, from there they were shipped to America.

On April 10, tanks and infantry of the US 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion overran the German rear guard elements and fought with occasional Panther tanks. One of the platoons cleared a V2 assembly plant at Kleinbodungen, and found a number of V2 rockets, complete except for war heads, lying on jigs.

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T-34 Captured beute balkenkreuz Turm 222

Char B1 bis tank no. 540 352 CACC near Somme Turret Nr 1

Char Somua S-35

1. Frankreich franz Panzer Tank Char Somua S-35 verlassen Serialnummer WK II | eBay
2. Frankreich franz Panzer Tank Char Somua S-35 verlassen WK II | eBay

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