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Default WWI Tanks in WWII

I was aware of the use of the FT-17 in the war, especially by the Germans,along with the French and Poles but didnt know of any others.

"I was perusing some material on the Fall of Berlin, and I came across a photo of a British MkV Rhomboid Tank that was used in the battle by the Germans. Upon further reading, it appears to be one of the tanks that the British gave to the "White" Russians during the revolution. At the outbreak of Barbarossa, the Soviets used at least 4 surviving MkV's in the defense of Estonia near Tallinn. The Berlin tank is most likely one of these."

I would have loved to seen the look on the Germans faces when they came against them in '41. And the Soviets in '45 LOL. Heres a site that purports to have A couple of pictures of the British Mk V Composite Heavy Tank in Estonia. "Six Mk V Composite heavy tanks were sent from the UK in 1919. They were named "Brown Bear", "Brown Bear II", "Captain Cromie", "Deliverance", "First Aid" and "White Soldier". When the war was over, Estonia kept 4 of them with the names: "Uku", "Vahtula", "Valdaja" and "Päälik". The Estonian names do not relate to the English ones listed above. The vehicles were obviously renamed when transfered. The picture on the right is an Estonian Mark V female dated 1941 in the area of Tallin. Note that the machine guns have been changed to Maxims."

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/estonia/est_mkv1919_2.jpg
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/estonia/1113estonia.jpg
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/estonia/estonia.htm
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