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But the tanks, loaded onto special railroad cars, were blocked on the wagons south of Neufchâteau since the rail-road and an other train in front of the convoy had been destroyed by the Luftwaffe. The tanks could not be unloaded in this area and all of them were scuttled on 15th June 1940 by explosive charges except the tank n°99 for which the charge failed to explode. The tank n°99 was therefore captured intact by the Germans and brought back to Berlin. In 1942, it was seen in France at the Renault plant being overhauled. Brought back to Germany, the tank was eventually captured by the USSR and was last seen in 1948 in East Germany according to several sources. You can find numerous German propaganda photos claiming that these tanks have been destroyed by German tanks, the wrecks where moved all around to take "victorious" photos, sometimes tanks had fired at point blank against them to prove that they had been destroyed etc. but they were simply abandonned and scuttled and never saw action.