Hello, I am wondering does anybody have any information on what happened to many older German tanks as war progressed, as well as to many captured vehicles that Germans had in their possesion.
Now, I know about how much Germans tinkered with a lot of obsolete armour, turning them into SPGs/Assault Guns or Tank Destroyers, but there is really not a lot of information about some vehicles. For Example, they did have quite a few of Panzer Is, and while some were converted into various other vehicles for different roles, such as assault artillery, TDs, Ammunition carriers, engineering vehicles and training vehicles, what happened to the rest of them? I know that quite a few were destroyed in combat, or worn out completely by use, but what happened to those that remained?
Same with captured vehicles, especially those of French origin, which the Germans captured a lot of. Yes, I know they were pressed into service, either as they were, or modified to fulfill a different role, but there were a lot of them.
I ask if anyone has any info, that would provide detailed numbers on these vehicles.