Fried PzKpfw II. Wonder where the tracks and idler wheel went? Scavenged by an ordinance team?
Correction- both idlers, and the 2CM. Got to be a salvage job.
From the article:
In the weeks and months after the invasion, a German photographer named Hugo Jaeger traveled extensively throughout the vanquished country, making color pictures of the chaos and destructionThe photo is a bit puzzling because my understanding has been that German photographers were prohibited from photographing German damage/casualties. Perhaps this was early enough in the war that the order had not gone out.
My guess is that well before the photo was taken, a recovery unit deemed the tank unrecoverable and scavenged what they could.
They didn't scavenge the right front drive sprocket because it is broken nearly in half. There is a large irregular shaped hole in the right hull where the #2 idler used to be. The glacis and part of the upper right hull above the right front drive sproket appear to be blown out with daylight shining through.