Booty Tanks!

 Beutepanzer, or Booty Tanks, were a fairly common occurance in German service, especially in the early war and at the end of the war when armour was in short supply. They were commonly used for security roles, especially captured French and Italian tanks where the designs were fairly obsolete.

Some of the Soviet tanks, such as the T-34 or KV-1 where of at least comparable, if not superior in aspects to the current German designs and were more commonly seen in front line service. Often adopted 'ad-hoc' straight of the battle field by some units, occasionally these beutepanzers would be seen in greater numbers, such as 2.SS Panzer Division at Kursk who had captured 25 tanks and a repair workshop a month or so earlier and were able to equip an entire company with T-34 tanks in preperation for the battle of Kursk. These tanks had recieved some upgrades, with Panzer III cupolas and side skirts added. In addition to improving the visibility and protection respectively, these also helped change the profile of the tank, which, together with large German Army crosses, helped to reduce friendly fire.

These models are Forged in Battle and are their Kursk T-34 models. Two boxes has allowed me to produce a company of 2 HQ tanks and 2 platoons of 3 T-34.