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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16305 on: 21-01-2019, 21:01:52 »
What is the context of this image?  Are those Germans on the tank or some other group? It almost looks like they are displaying the Nazi Flag and tank as if it was knocked out or captured?  Did an airplane provide supplies to this tank crew or did a friendly plane cause it to be abandoned/knocked out (guys pointing into the air as if in recognition of some action by their airforce)

The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Schmidt-Schaeder (or Scheeder?) on March 1942, so these guys are definitely German displaying aerial recognition flag for whatever reason (propaganda, supply drops or to avoid friendly fire/collateral damage)
It even looks like one of the guys is pointing at the sky, saying "Look, they recognize us now!"

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16306 on: 22-01-2019, 03:01:11 »


Apparently they're Waffen SS in Prague, 1945.


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16307 on: 22-01-2019, 08:01:29 »


GIs trying out the captured MG 151/20 "Drilling". Ramagen 1945

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16308 on: 22-01-2019, 12:01:55 »


SdKfz. 253 armed with MG15, USSR, July 1941.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16309 on: 22-01-2019, 15:01:34 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16310 on: 22-01-2019, 19:01:49 »
Great photo Seth ;) wasn’t that early type of launcher “clamped” onto the barrel with a screw?
yes it is the early version for 03 rifle and p17




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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16311 on: 23-01-2019, 08:01:23 »


Knocked out Marder III Ausf. H from 3./SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 17. Carentan, Normandy, June 1944

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16312 on: 23-01-2019, 11:01:44 »


Indian troops in Eritrea with Vickers Berthier in AA configuration. Italian East Africa, 1941.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16313 on: 23-01-2019, 13:01:02 »


Camouflaged Raate road now in color  :P

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16314 on: 23-01-2019, 19:01:34 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16315 on: 24-01-2019, 08:01:15 »


Fuzzy picture but a rare sight of a late-production StuG IV, that hasn't been knocked out or abandoned - yet. Visible are newly designed gun travel lock positioned at 6 degrees, repositioned driver's periscopes and Rundumfeuer.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16316 on: 24-01-2019, 11:01:16 »


Norwegian machine gun team, 1940.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16317 on: 24-01-2019, 11:01:23 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16318 on: 24-01-2019, 19:01:53 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16319 on: 24-01-2019, 21:01:32 »


I loved the title, "Against Zhukov Tanks". Volkssturm members marching to a near certain death against the Soviet Army in 1945. Look at every one of them, their faces reveal how much they want to face a modern army at their advanced age.