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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15735 on: 09-09-2018, 09:09:36 »


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Re: Picture of the Day
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15737 on: 10-09-2018, 07:09:31 »


Daimler-Benz Panther Ausf F/G hybrid. Leipziger Straße, Berlin 1945

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15738 on: 10-09-2018, 14:09:14 »


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Finnish soldiers using Zyklon B as a lice (etc.) killer in Svir (Syväri) powerplant sector, 18th June 1944.

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Re: Picture of the Day
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Re: Picture of the Day
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Re: Picture of the Day
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15742 on: 12-09-2018, 07:09:57 »


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15743 on: 12-09-2018, 13:09:35 »
How come that one rarely ever sees Marder IIs in games? Were they more rare than the I and III variants?
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« Reply #15744 on: 12-09-2018, 13:09:29 »
Marder I: 170 built
Marder II: 863 built
Marder III: 1736 built

So while there were fewer Marder IIs built, it is definitely not that much rarer than the III variant.

It could have to do with their service times. Generally speaking late war vehicles are much more well-known (everyone knows about Tigers and Panthers but not about Panzer IIs and Panzer IIIs) and most games depict the last years of the war. Marder IIs were in service between 1942 and 1943 before being replaced by Marder IIIs which served from 1942 untill the end of the war.

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« Reply #15745 on: 12-09-2018, 17:09:13 »
Yes true, but even the Marder I made it to WoT while the II is nowhere to be seen. I literally don't know one game that has it - not even FH2 iirc.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15746 on: 12-09-2018, 18:09:18 »
There were 178 Marder II (w. Pak 40/2) remaining at the end of 1943.
Marder II Ausf D (w. 7.62 cm Pak 36) strength report, dated 30 June 1943:

Pz.Jg.Abt.525     4 operational
Pz.Jg.Abt.150     3 operational, 1 in repair
16.Pz.Gr.Div.     7 operational
6.Pz.Div          1 in repair
SS "A.H"          1 operational
"Gr.D"            1 operational
4. Pz.Div.            1 operational
31.Inf.Div.            4 operational

Plus 7 operational and 1 in repair with "Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Regiment Hermann Göring" in the Netherlands. These were later deployed against the British, but few of them broke down during the road march before reaching the battle.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15747 on: 12-09-2018, 19:09:29 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15748 on: 12-09-2018, 20:09:30 »
What's that? An AA MP34?

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15749 on: 12-09-2018, 21:09:00 »
Plus 7 operational and 1 in repair with "Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Regiment Hermann Göring" in the Netherlands. These were later deployed against the British, but few of them broke down during the road march before reaching the battle.

Sounds like every German tank, ever