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Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) Hotchkiss39
In 1940 German troops captured large numbers of French tanks. One of the more numerous types was the Hotchkiss39.... .etc, etc.
On D-Day two units in the invasion area where equipped with such vehicles. 8 were present with Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung 100 and no less than 28 Hotchkiss tanks filled the ranks of Panzer Abteilung 206. Being obsolete by 1944, these tanks where no match for most allied armor and had little inpact on the battle. Before the end of June both Battalions had seized to exist. Pz.Abt.206 was trapped in Cherbourg, while Pz.Abt.100 was worn out in a series a battles against the American paratroopers on the southern part of the Cotentin Peninsula.
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