obat44 - West Germany

Alpha · #1 August 13th, 2005, 09:33 AM

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DRG · #2 August 13th, 2005, 11:09 AM

How long was the M8 in west German service??

Don

Alpha · #3 August 15th, 2005, 03:08 PM

ca. 1960 i think, but not bundeswehr but bundesgrenzschutz ( BGS )

DRG · #4 August 15th, 2005, 05:22 PM

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Alpha said:
ca. 1960 i think, but not bundeswehr but bundesgrenzschutz ( BGS )

so the M8 pictured in http://www.panzerbaer.de/archiv/seite_f.htm
was never used by West German military units only Police?

Don

Alpha · #5 August 15th, 2005, 05:29 PM

think so, but mind you BGS is paramilitary. they also were tasked in wartimes with semi military tasks. also in conflict WP - NATO they would be one of the first seeing the russians....

AFAIK the BW used M41 buldog as recon tank in the early times, than hotchkiss.