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Offline Seth_Soldier

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« Reply #16005 on: 06-11-2018, 19:11:16 »

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« Reply #16006 on: 07-11-2018, 07:11:55 »


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AA position with a fire control machine in Helsinki. March 1943.

Bonus: audio recording during a bombing run in Helsinki, August 1942.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsm831oYaDw

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« Reply #16007 on: 07-11-2018, 09:11:13 »


Stu.Pz.Abt.216 entrained to Amiens for a major training exercise.
Trivia: Sturmpanzer driver's visor came from the VK 45.01. Tiger(P) leftovers (90). This also explains why the flat unreinforced Tiger(P) mantlet was also seen on the Tiger I, until "early" middle production.
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« Reply #16008 on: 07-11-2018, 13:11:19 »


Marines driving their Sherman around with a captured Japaneze tankette on the back, apparently.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16009 on: 07-11-2018, 18:11:14 »

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« Reply #16010 on: 07-11-2018, 20:11:17 »
Loving the French photos. You don’t usually see many of them

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« Reply #16011 on: 07-11-2018, 20:11:27 »
Those are from the army archives. Some are public (but nothing like the bundesarchiv)

On the contrary,  the war report from 1939-1940 are all available :

http://archives.ecpad.fr/tag/journal-de-guerre/

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« Reply #16012 on: 08-11-2018, 09:11:32 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16013 on: 08-11-2018, 10:11:57 »
intresting....berets?

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« Reply #16014 on: 08-11-2018, 11:11:30 »
Yes, pre - initial war padded, panzer berets; "Schutzmütze"

http://beretandboina.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-black-panzer-beret-schutzmutze.html
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #16015 on: 08-11-2018, 19:11:02 »
i think the tank the most on the right sunk that day  :D


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« Reply #16019 on: 10-11-2018, 09:11:10 »


Albert Ernst (s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 519) nicknamed the "Tiger of Vitebsk", with score of 19 Soviet tanks during the Battle of Vitebsk, including a IS-2 destroyed at 4,800 meters. Later in the war, a large proportion of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 519 veterans were transfered to the 1st company of schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung 512 - equipped with 10 Jagdtigers - and Hauptmann Ernst as the Company Commander. Like with the Nashorns, this company scored several kills at 3,000-4,000+ meters.