Picture of the Day

[Wasntmenl]

Did some more reading apperently they only got training in lebanon and didnt actually fight the vichy regime in the mountains. Some footage of the training:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNjClWszXso

congrats on reply nr. 10 000 

Many thanks I didnt even notice
Thirst thing it made me think off


Back on topic:

[Turkish007]

Cannon penis 

[VonMudra]

The white pants are drillich pants, technically only supposed to be worn in training, but loads of guys wore them in hot weather, eventually dying them green, and making them into the first combat HBT uniform for the Germans in WW2.

[GuinNess]

As far as i know, Luxemburg offered no resistance to the German invasion. And why that guy is wearing kind of, white pants?

Luxembourg offerd no resitance because it had no army and they hoped that the french would punch back the germans.

But! Luxembourg did a general strike against the german occupation in 1942 because back then luxembourgish men had to enlist for the wehrmacht.

[Torenico]

Captured M11/39s in Africa.

[CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE]

[Paythoss]

A rare tank - KV-100

[THeTA0123]

KV-85 with 100mm S-34

Worked very well, but the rate of fire was only 4 shells a minute.

[CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE]

Apparently the Germans didn't find the Marder flammable enough already:



EDIT: Now I've posted that I feel it's a repost.. in case it is, have some flak Matilda:

Matilda turret was removed and a 5cm KwK L/42 gun was installed on a pivot mount, also armed with two MG 08/15 machine guns.

[Torenico]

I'm not sure what is that, looks like a Chinese Nationalist Soldier with some sort of... AT-Gun.

[Goljatti]

I think that is a danish Madsen 20mm anti-tank gun. Can't be sure tho, I can't find any info about that gun being used by Nationalist China.

Here is a pic for comparison.

[SirGutz]

[Dukat]

^^ intended for OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - Supreme Command of Wehrmacht)
Below there is smaller text marking the impact spot from a Tiger shell at 1100 meters.

Apparently the Germans didn't find the Marder flammable enough already:

These were not used in combat. Tanks with wood gas or liquid gas installations were used for training purposes only. Probably only in the final stages of schooling, when a random vehicle with dummy gun wasn't advisable anymore. Accordingly the number of such vehicles produced is very low.



Berlin, June 21th, 1944.

[Korsakov829]

I'm not sure what is that, looks like a Chinese Nationalist Soldier with some sort of... AT-Gun.

Madsen 1935 20mm AA gun. Heres two more pictures, same camera, time, and place.

http://imageshack.us/a/img19/7019/m193520b.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img820/6984/m193520.png

[Torenico]

Great find Korsakov829