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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
As for how it got into a bog, One theory is that as the Germans ran low on fuel or ammo or parts they would just push these thing into a bog so that the soviets couldn't claim them and use them against the retreating German's.
The Soviets and the Germans would often use captured enemy vehicles.
Its also interesting that tracks with the extended length on them, never seen that before, was that a Northern front modification?
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As far as I know, those are winter tracks (Winterketten), they were extended tracks introduced in late 1942 to help navigate the snow on the Eastern Front.