Panzer II Ausf. C Walkaround In Arromanches (from Musée des Blindés, Saumur )

This tank comes from the Trun scrapyard (Rudi Schoeters). When found in the scrapyard, it had the divisional sign of the 2nd Pz
Division under the grey/yellow paint, which was its original panzer unit. As an Ausf C it was manufactured from June 1938 to 1940,
unfortunately the chassis number is not known yet. The 2nd Panzer Division was in Poland 1939, France 1940, Balkans 1941 and
Russia 1941-42, and this Pz II was there with the 2nd PzD. Obviously by 1942 it was an obsolete panzer and must have been
withdrawn from service for second line duties. However it was then in Normandy in 1944, as a front line combat vehicle again, tactical
number 304 (there is also a WWII photo of Pz II #303, KO'd near St Lambert, Normandy). Both 303 and 304 have by then been
converted to PzBeobachtung Wagen II and carried large external frame radio antenna. Their possible unit was Sturm Panzer Abt 217
(Brummbars), they were then clearly command, control and observation vehicles after conversion. The current painted markings are
incorrect, they correspond to 1944 markings on a vehicle restored in its 1940-41 condition.

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