Picture of the Day

[THeTA0123]

Sexy aussia Wirraway aircraft

These ones are tasked with ground attack missions in new guinea

[Sander93]

I don't know of any vehicle that could readily tip up a Tiger like that. My best guess so far is a nearby bomb blast.

An engineering tank with a dozer blade could've shoved the Tiger off the road, and could have flipped it over quite easily once the wheels of that Tiger got stuck in the slight ditch next to the road.

[Kading]

I don't know of any vehicle that could readily tip up a Tiger like that. My best guess so far is a nearby bomb blast.

An engineering tank with a dozer blade could've shoved the Tiger off the road, and could have flipped it over quite easily once the wheels of that Tiger got stuck in the slight ditch next to the road.

Problem is a dozer blade can't reach up that high. It could push it off the road, sure. But flip it over? Tanks of that width have a relatively low center of gravity and can't be flipped over as easily as a car.

[Sander93]

It doesn't need to reach high, there is a fairly big ditch next to the road. If you compare the left track to what's visible of the right wheel, there is a hole of at least 30 centimeters. Apply enough force from the side while the Tiger's side gets stuck in the ditch and you'll flip it over quite easily.

Perhaps they had to use two engineering tanks at once, I don't know. There is no apparent evidence of other ways how it could have flipped over.

[VonMudra]

You know guys, there's these things called cranes.  I here they can move things around and stuff.  Like, say, putting it to one side of the tiger, hooking on the other side, and lifting it out of the way.

[Coca-Cola]

I've never heard of these crane things, but have you heard of this other thing called sarcasm?

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

I saw it i tell you , his name was mike
he knew what to do at the tigers sight
he mustered his power and all of his might
and flipped a fucking tiger to lie on its side

The Germans who saw it immediately agreed
if the US has soldiers as strong as a steed
continuing this war theres really no need
to surrender decided and arrested their lead.

"A company of men has set up its office between the columns (Doric) of an ancient Greek temple of Neptune, built about 700 B.C." At desk, front to rear: Sgts. James Shellman, Gilbert A. Terry, John W. Phoenix, Curtis A. Richardson, and Leslie B. Wood. In front of desk, front to rear: T/Sgt. Gordon A. Scott, M/Sgt. Walter C. Jackson, Sgt. David D. Jones, and WO Carlyle M. Tucker. Italy. September 22, 1943. 111-SC-181588.

[LuckyOne]

An official portrait of the HMAS Sydney's company, date unknown.

The ship was sunk in an encounter with the German 'Hilfskreuzer' - merchant raider - Kormoran on 19th of November 1941. There were no survivors from the Sydney. Kormoran was badly damaged and had to be scuttled shortly after the battle with the loss of 81 men out of 399.

This engagement reminds me of the one depicted in Master and Commander: Far Side of the World, just in a modern setting, and without a happy ending...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_%28D48%29

[Kading]

You know guys, there's these things called cranes.  I here they can move things around and stuff.  Like, say, putting it to one side of the tiger, hooking on the other side, and lifting it out of the way.

That makes a LOT more sense to me than a bulldozer.

[Born2Kill 007]

Recognition drawing of a Deutschland class cruiser


The grave of an unknown British airborne soldier at Arnhem, photographed after its liberation 15 April 1945.
(source: wikipedia)

[ajappat]

Sherman and panther tanks were known to be pretty flippable when hit with an large explosion from the sides.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Tiger_I_Crashed_Through_Bridge.jpg

This is something that happend alot. Tiger crossed bridge, bridge collapsed.

Yup.

Panzer 3 crossed bridge:


Down she goes:


And up with little help:


Apparently happened in Vuokkiniemi 1.7.1941.
More than one pic for day, but I think they are quite strongly releated

[THeTA0123]

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[Turkish007]

[Born2Kill 007]

Children leaving the Lodz ghetto during the deportations. They would have been gassed upon arrival at Chelmo death camp, usually within 24 hours of leaving the ghetto.

More children leaving the Lodz ghetto for the death camp at Chelmno. Co-operation by the Jews made the Nazi mass murder easier to achieve – whether there was any alternative remains controversial.

http://ww2today.com/4th-september-42-nazis-order-that-children-be-deported

[THeTA0123]

And if that dont work, use more gun