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Off-Topic => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Lightning on 28-03-2009, 17:03:29

Title: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 28-03-2009, 17:03:29
Post your interesting / amusing / remarkable World War 2 photographs in this thread.

The rules are:
- One picture per member per day.
- Only pictures relating to the Second World War are allowed.
- Only posts with pictures and discussing the pictures are allowed.
- Posts in violation of these rules will be deleted without warning.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [11PzG]matyast on 28-03-2009, 18:03:36
No thread is complete without assault donkey!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/matyast/attackdonkey.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 28-03-2009, 18:03:18
(http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/Photos1/Pic_KillickPatrol_3.jpg)
POsing with guns aye? This sten with bayonette is a funny pose. Yes it was taken at Arnhem.

"An eight-man patrol of mixed units, led by Captain Killick of the 89th Field Security Section, edging westwards from the bridge in an attempt to locate the 1st Para Brigade moving into Arnhem. In the event the patrol made little ground before they realised they were in danger of being cut off and so withdrew to the bridge, having suffered no casualties and collected several stragglers and a prisoner (seen standing in the centre). They reported that there were no sounds of battle to the west of Arnhem and so it was correctly assumed that the 1st and 3rd Battalions were some distance away. Captain Killick can be seen partially obscured on the extreme left. Standing beside him with the butt of his rifle resting on the ground is Private Bernard Salt, and in the foreground, third from the right carrying a Sten gun, is Sergeant Larry Ansell, both men are of No.6 Platoon, B Company, the 2nd Battalion. Copyright: Sam Presser / Maria Austria Instituut."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-03-2009, 19:03:39
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3428/day137.jpg)

Finnish soldiers advancing east through Ladoga's Karelia and towardsOlonets Karelia with a captured T-28 on their side in the late summer 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2009, 19:03:20
(http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4236/mg34gunnerjc9.jpg)
 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kebert Xela on 28-03-2009, 19:03:19
Indian soldiers under German command located at the "Atlantikwall"

(http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2228/bundesarchivbild101i263.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-03-2009, 19:03:16
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090314/28bbaf7bcaab632fed53a381f99c1ace/ca5b1546e6bd9a005e3275001603f743.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 28-03-2009, 22:03:59
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6486/panssukki.jpg)

the monster is back :) so, finnish Renault FT-17 summer 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 29-03-2009, 07:03:03
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090309/d5f6892c360d4ae0366708646e3a7a2f/ff279a4499056c68b9519588e0f470df.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kebert Xela on 29-03-2009, 09:03:30
German wehmracht soldiers (Gebirgsjäger?) on crete, what kind of MG is that? a maxim?

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9333/ww2kreta1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zero on 29-03-2009, 11:03:36
german paintjob in an italian town
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/blotter82/IMG_1072.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2009, 13:03:01
(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7179/redarmysoldiersliberati.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-03-2009, 13:03:18
Germans in Lapland, 1942.

(http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/415/day138.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 29-03-2009, 17:03:54
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5024/64e575ae10fcd0765.jpg)
Captured Waffen-SS officer arguing with American soldiers. The guy behind him seems to be amused.
Btw, is he from the Waffen-SS Division "Totenkopf"?
Or did other divisions pin the death head to their caps?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 29-03-2009, 17:03:08
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/17gvbmc9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-03-2009, 20:03:21
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=167882)

Maschinenkarabiner 42 in the back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-03-2009, 21:03:01
Yeah, tank units used the Totenkopf on their collar patches (thingie ^^) but instead of having only one, like the Totenkopf guys had, they had two. That actually led to some confusion, when angry Russian soldiers rounded up captured Panzer crew men and thought they were SS guys. They were shot then. Not quite sure if that story is true or not, though.
Well, I hope Mudra comes back here, soon and he can answer my question. I´m not sure if really ALL SS soldiers used the Totenkopf..

All Waffen SS headgear (bar steel helmets) had a totenkopf on them.


Anyway my pic of the day:

A Cromwell VI captured at Villers-Bocage is driven off by its new owners.


(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/CScromwellgermandriver.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-03-2009, 21:03:25
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_004206_E.jpg)
Gunnery instruction using a specially mounted Crusader tank turret fitted with a rifle, firing at a target tank on a miniature range.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 29-03-2009, 23:03:13
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090307/3dfed23681af3ef7785c002fe1b54d84/47dee89512e73107c49d3b748a0d3e50.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-03-2009, 01:03:53
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/lenin_nazi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 30-03-2009, 03:03:45
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5656/gilooting.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 30-03-2009, 07:03:29
And what on earth is that supposed to be?

Dudka infra-red device, tested in winter 1941.
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090305/ef47587ebcf67a87b2997f2444e85184/317a481a6771f99a3fda0a1b6793ed80.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 30-03-2009, 12:03:47
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/kinkelt-rocherath-1940-1945-004.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zero on 30-03-2009, 15:03:03
"nap time" between holland and belgium
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/blotter82/sleepy_heer-holland-belgium.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 30-03-2009, 15:03:10
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7703/parabelumno4.jpg)

Soldier with my favourite pistol, the P08 aka "Luger". Waffen SS or Wehrmacht? My knowledge about the different camo schemes and their usage is unfortunately limited. (I love this forum! It succesfully stopped me from learning for my history exams ^^)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkletoon on 30-03-2009, 17:03:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/221690-2/UBiB_320_1%23)
Wounded german soldiers in the soviet union waiting for transport
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 30-03-2009, 18:03:49
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7003/sspanzergrenadierskursk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-03-2009, 19:03:11
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005192.jpg)
A disabled Sherman Crab flail tank of 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, lies abandoned on Queen White area of Sword Beach, 7 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 31-03-2009, 00:03:06
Usually the gunner assistant was facing the other way around, holding the bipod with both hands.


---------
Just a little lafette...
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3594/28953675.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 31-03-2009, 12:03:10
Soviet evil killdozer ;D
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090204/a9a53c605825019322b6466219019acf/d99692c8f74c73821e9a4c1c7a27403d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 31-03-2009, 16:03:47
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/p108.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 31-03-2009, 16:03:32
(http://pro.corbis.com/images/HU028788.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B88FB5D23-58D9-4287-ADD1-04C91D0D386D%7D)
Alsatian Dogs in Training With Finnish Army, 1940
Two Alsatian dogs in training with the Finnish Army. The letters "SA" seen on their white uniforms stand for Suomen Armeija (Finnish Army). Alsatian dogs are used by the Finnish Army and these pictures show them wearing their snow-cloaks while in training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 31-03-2009, 17:03:28
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs//image/TR_000939.jpg)
Sergeant Elms of 16/5 Lancers and his tank crew at El Aroussa; Trooper Bates, Royal Armoured Corps, Signalman Bower, Royal Corps of Signals, and Trooper Goddard, Royal Armoured Corps, clean the 6-pounder gun of their Crusader tank while preparing for the drive on Tunis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 01-04-2009, 01:04:14
German t-34 with an 88 on top:

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7043/88t34.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 01-04-2009, 04:04:34
MP41 in action

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=148871)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 01-04-2009, 12:04:28
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/A6M5_TAIC.jpg)

A A6M5 Zero captured by US Tactical Air Intelligence Command and painted in US Army Air force colors
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zero on 01-04-2009, 12:04:31
A A6M5 Zero captured by US Tactical Air Intelligence Command and painted in US Army Air force colors
;D

(http://media.hostedfile.com/hostedfile/pdata/44323-m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 01-04-2009, 16:04:14
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4286/z75ny7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 01-04-2009, 19:04:18
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006722.jpg)
Some of the first troops to enter Caen pose with local inhabitants outside wrecked shops, 9 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 01-04-2009, 19:04:51
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/hitlerdniepereq8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 01-04-2009, 19:04:28
Experimental NKL-26 with 4XRS-82 rocket missiles. Now on the wheels  ;D
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090312/85faa28049717ab6a19ca2e2896c31c5/b75498877ffaa99f3435ddd7ac91f32c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 01-04-2009, 23:04:06

A A6M5 Zero captured by US Tactical Air Intelligence Command and painted in US Army Air force colors

Captured FW-190

(http://i43.tinypic.com/2v1adkw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 02-04-2009, 03:04:49
nice.

more captured aircraft pictures:

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/B17_kg200.jpg)

Captured B17 painted in Luftwaffe colors, flown by Kampfgeschwader 200 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KG_200)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 02-04-2009, 04:04:05
And one more:

(http://www.j-aircraft.com/captured/capturedby/b-17/b-17_japmks.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pointblank86 on 02-04-2009, 04:04:51
"Bomb" was the only Canadian tank that rolled unstopped from D-Day to VE-Day-fighting its way from the beaches of France through Holland and into Germany. It travelled 4000 kilometers, fired 6000 rounds and never missed a day of action.
(http://www.flandersbattlefields.com/images/worldwar2/Flanders%20Battlefields%20Sherman%20Tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-04-2009, 05:04:51
Captured FW190..

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6cCo5oLDQCc/R082vy-wyLI/AAAAAAAAFYo/8iLeYfAtu_c/s1600/190178770156.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 02-04-2009, 11:04:57
And one more:

(http://www.j-aircraft.com/captured/capturedby/b-17/b-17_japmks.jpg)

If I remember corect,
That B-17 hase been captured on Java, the Americans send bomber and fighter groups to suport the Dutch and British defending there. The 2 fighters in front of the B-17 are defently dutch, cose we where the only one ho ever used it in a combat roll.

The small singelseater is a Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Interceptor and the 2 seater is the Curtiss Falcon.
They where both orderd by the Dutch Goverment in defence against the German invasion, they where to late deliverd and there for send to the Dutch East indiës, 42 Interceptor's where availible by the time the Japs invade. It hade Topspeed off 500 k/ph  at a altetude of 1700 meters it could pull up with a speed of 24.4 m/ps what was very good for its time. armed with 4 7,7mm guns where just to weak against the japanees fighters armed with canons.

Here is a other picture of the Interceptor:

(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7973/37190373.png)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 02-04-2009, 12:04:57
Weren't B-17s around those times equipped without a tail gun?

I'm not sure.

And I don't really remember many Japanese fighters with razorbacks like that, so is that a captured Wildcat or early P-47 everyone's crowded around? The tail, wing shape, and size are really throwing me off.

I think its a wildcat

nevermind, i didnt read the above post, apparently its a Dutch aircraft.

*edit*

now another interesting pic from my collection:

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/Normandycamof-1.jpg)

A US Army soldier wearing US Marine Corps camouflage in Normandy. If memory serves me the caption for this pic is some units in the Army actually used the Marine Corps camouflage. But soon after Normandy many of them that used the camouflage went back to the Army O.D.s because the camo was too similar to the Waffen-SS camouflage uniforms and there were too many friendly fire incidents.

BTW the USMC used this camo uniform from 1943 til 44 but in 1945 i think they went back to their old uniforms that are similar to the army's O.D.s because the poor dye used in the uniform would actually start to turn white in the hot pacific sun after many a days of combat and they would of course stand out and be exposed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 02-04-2009, 12:04:37
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/90cede0c6256.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-04-2009, 15:04:42
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_003438_E.jpg)
RTR tank crews being introduced to the new American M3 Stuart tank at a training depot in Egypt, 17 August 1941. Note the Matilda in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 02-04-2009, 18:04:39
Ferdinand after 152-mm shell hit
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090310/ca42aa328a37019e4933f2c0792f25a0/c0befc79a2ce2cb487ac81d99ce34b83.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zero on 02-04-2009, 19:04:33
dutch soldier, ymuiden, may 1940
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm90/blotter82/dutch_soldier_Ymuiden_may_1940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 02-04-2009, 19:04:59
"Fritz, I think we've got enough ammo for ze MG..."

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6645/1172950407.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 02-04-2009, 21:04:46
Sherman crew snatching a Ha-Go:
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3244/shermanhagolooting.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-04-2009, 07:04:11
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3137/grfalschirmjger252.jpg)

Fallschirmjager on the russian front.  Note the FJ badge...its the HEER badge, meaning this guy is an alte hasse of the FJ.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 03-04-2009, 13:04:39
One of my favorite pics of WW2 (besides the one in my sig):

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/AmericantroopsmarchdowntheChampsEly.jpg)

American troops marching down the Champs Elysees
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkletoon on 03-04-2009, 14:04:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/222508-2/ww2_22)
US soldier uses a captured Japanese light machine gun in Guadalcanal
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 03-04-2009, 18:04:16
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1365/222409060o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 03-04-2009, 18:04:27
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/ppsh41earlyio7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 03-04-2009, 18:04:04
17 july 1944, Moscow
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/f/f7/Moskva_nemzy_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-04-2009, 20:04:46
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000103.jpg)
A Covenanter Cruiser tank during exercises.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 03-04-2009, 22:04:05
(http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4665/panzeriii.jpg)

A strange field modification of a Panzer III.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 04-04-2009, 03:04:37
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-676-7996-13_.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pointblank86 on 04-04-2009, 03:04:14
T-28 Super Heavy tank, only 2 built, origianly made to punch through siegfried line
(http://www.fototime.com/05BFEFF9E421515/orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2009, 10:04:19
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2792/schotten04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 04-04-2009, 10:04:49
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8851/img237ss0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-04-2009, 10:04:42
Ah, Jack Frost. Not the frist time he saved the Russians ass ;)

(http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2831/wolmiflame.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-04-2009, 11:04:33
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/79/76438428.jpg)

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5571/73308924.jpg)

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9558/97683065.jpg)

I have no information about any of the above, found'em on Military Photos, really good pictures (Luftwaffe thread) I highly recommend it

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=154670 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=154670)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-04-2009, 14:04:39
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9813/day139.jpg)

Russians land on the wrong beach during the battle of gulf of Viipuri in 1944 summer. Finns noticed this and used the opportunity for their own benefit by barraging the russians on the wrong island with mortars and from nearby islands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 04-04-2009, 19:04:08
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/12lenhb5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 04-04-2009, 21:04:02
T34 with what looks like a vierling:
(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2565/t34vierling.jpg)

German AA:
(http://i43.tinypic.com/34pmjie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 05-04-2009, 00:04:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Type_94_TK_tankette.jpg)

Its kinda cute, in a rund-down, military kinda way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 05-04-2009, 01:04:11
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_023097.jpg)
Troops landing on the beach from an assault craft during pre invasion fleet exercises in the English Channel in the Portsmouth and Isle of Wight area. A Duplex Drive Valentine tank is driving up the beach whilst in the foreground troops leave a landing craft assault.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 05-04-2009, 01:04:23
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2332/sniper1qz9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkletoon on 05-04-2009, 03:04:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/218283-2/20090320)
A Finnish soldier with an Lahti-Saloranta M/26
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 05-04-2009, 08:04:54
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/OkinawaMarineOrphan.jpg)

2 Marines in a foxhole with a orphaned Okinawan Child on Okinawa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2009, 11:04:48
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7483/cdtbulle.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 05-04-2009, 19:04:03
(http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8233/2005286040140299842rs.jpg)

FJ in snow camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 05-04-2009, 20:04:53
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_011228.jpg)
Two of the landing craft, one containing a Bren-carrier, alongside a destroyer after returning from the beaches during the Combined Operations daylight raid on Dieppe. The landing craft mechanised are (left to right) LCM (1) 169 and LCM (1) 2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 05-04-2009, 21:04:30
A Swiss soldier with a Solothurn M31 LMG (they have funny helmets, btw):

(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8804/schweizermitsolothurn31.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-04-2009, 21:04:00
Due to the large number of responses I'd like to complete the series of converted Pathers from the Ardennes at once.

The same tank after the snow melted. The wall has been fixed and the turret has been moved.
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3041/68cmf.jpg)

Another modificated Panther from malmedy area.
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5330/malmedy25191.jpg)


Here you can see how the rear around the exhaust has been reworked:
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8327/99135137.jpg)


Finally a modified panther that ended probably up in a tough fight as well.
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3519/56486030.jpg)

(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/921/malmedywrecks133.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-04-2009, 07:04:13
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090406/9d7fce173ef3615a10c6df9d7f1c7cf8/174aaf0c172e6686281dc5d26e75121c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-04-2009, 13:04:39
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_003148_E.jpg)
An Australian Vickers Light Tank Mk VI and crew at rest during the advance into Syria, 11 June 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 06-04-2009, 19:04:13
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/553/2005249739547309005rs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 06-04-2009, 22:04:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/T55E1-motor-carriage-haugh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Emperor Showa on 07-04-2009, 02:04:06
Alternate WW2, but still WW2.
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6504/8889577f84625x1000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 07-04-2009, 03:04:13
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/Flamethrower_in_Tarawa_jungle-1.jpg)

A US Marine using a flamethrower on Tarawa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-04-2009, 08:04:13
KSP-76 wheeled self-propelles gun
(http://i027.radikal.ru/0904/9d/242dd93e876f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-04-2009, 08:04:26
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8260/bundesarchivbild101i301.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 07-04-2009, 12:04:52
MGs being calibrated on a Stuka.

(http://i12.tinypic.com/2w3coeh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 07-04-2009, 16:04:59
Some sort of Japanese armored shell:

(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4018/armoredshellwwii.jpg)

I know nothing about this, I just found it randomly posted on a Japanese image board.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 07-04-2009, 16:04:46
For laying turtle mines!

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005681.jpg)
A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, 17 June 1944. Left to right: Trooper Arthur Nelson, Trooper William Leonard and Sergeant A Gordon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 07-04-2009, 20:04:29
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4861/2002157023252253407rs.jpg)

FJ on Crete
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 07-04-2009, 22:04:04
German Fallschirmjäger, some landing, some manning a MG34 on a Lafette. ;)

(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3746/fj40la2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-04-2009, 23:04:02
Nom nom nom Lafette

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9343/mg34n5.jpg)

FJ manning a lafette in the desert.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 07-04-2009, 23:04:58
FJ manning a lafette in Normandy  ;D

(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1792/norm1.jpg)
(Sorry for two pics a day)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 07-04-2009, 23:04:56
Since my other one was a repost (sry for that) another one (sry for the quality), hoping it was not posted in the old .. what was the name.. ah filefront.. -tread)

"Achtung, Granate!"

(http://i43.tinypic.com/zn448.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 07-04-2009, 23:04:55
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/30stalingradnj2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 08-04-2009, 00:04:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/T30_Heavy_Tank.JPG)

Not even identification marks on this baby. This'll be a toughy unless you look at the image hotlink source.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-04-2009, 11:04:04
Even soldiers had picture of the day...
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_001540.jpg)
British soldiers serving with a forward artillery unit near Mareth in the North African desert look at a display of official war photographs laid out in a gun pit. The photographs were taken by the Army Film and Photographic Unit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 08-04-2009, 13:04:25
Parade in Moscow after end of WW2.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/VE-day-parade-moscow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-04-2009, 15:04:42
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1834/day140.jpg)

Finnish Tupolev SB bomber mg-gunner in his mg-cupola.

EDIT: Wasnt a bristol blenheim, Töris and GooGeL screwed up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 08-04-2009, 16:04:15
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/305_big.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-04-2009, 17:04:29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1983-109-14A%2C_Frankreich%2C_MG-Sch%C3%BCtze.jpg)

Machine-gunner in France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 08-04-2009, 17:04:13
Somehthing from me ;)
Prototype of LB-62 light armored car, winter 1940-41. Prototype have "iron" hull nd turret from first series T-40.
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090405/8a6cb381e0b3287aacaa8773561b50fc/f59bdbd6f2b0652d29b2d0719b3b13a1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 08-04-2009, 18:04:28
(http://f.imagehost.org/0055/badass.jpg) (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0055/badass)

Well equipped.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 08-04-2009, 21:04:31
Let's get back on track and everybody be friends!

"Heinz, we have a flat tire! We have to stop!
-Don't worry..."

(http://i39.tinypic.com/2zxqadv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 08-04-2009, 21:04:38
(http://pro.corbis.com/images/U902135INP.jpg?size=67&uid={b0333cf5-d8e1-4cba-8bc8-467d080cb486})

Somewhere In Finland: Neither Flesh And Blood Nor Steel--The merciful snow has a softened out the more ugly lines of this scene on a sector of the Finnish front where a Red Army Division was trapped and wiped out by the Finns recently. Neither the numerical strength of Soviet manpower, nor the mechanized might of the Red army could prevail here against the gallant Finns and their ally - General Winter. No one bothered to count this pile of dead. The tanks, however, were salvaged for possible further use against their former owners.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 09-04-2009, 01:04:26
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5857/panthersl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 09-04-2009, 14:04:48
Beware of the evil murderers of the luftwaffe.

(http://i43.tinypic.com/2hcpafc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 09-04-2009, 17:04:54
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/a030fr6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 09-04-2009, 17:04:27
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_019727.jpg)
An Achilles 17pdr tank destroyer of 93rd Anti-Tank Regiment crossing the River Savio on a Churchill ARK which was driven into the river, 24 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 09-04-2009, 18:04:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0415-500%2C_PK-Filmberichter_an_Kamera.jpg/432px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0415-500%2C_PK-Filmberichter_an_Kamera.jpg)

A Deutsche Wochenschau reporter filming the actions of a FlaK gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 09-04-2009, 22:04:36
(http://s52.radikal.ru/i138/0904/fc/2d518b0b12a5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 10-04-2009, 00:04:28
Wittmann briefing his tank commanders

(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4959/tigertank12wittman.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 10-04-2009, 01:04:46
Alright, new day, new pic!
GD Landsers with an MG2 on a Lafette (I just checked the MG42 facts and found out that it was able to fire several kilometers when on the Lafette! Also the Bundeswehr still uses MG3s on a Lafette mount. Here´s a video of it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROpu1KpDc1I). Probably some of the older mounts exist from WW2 and have only the eagles sawed off ^^).

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7725/smg42rd0.jpg)

I think I start to become a Lafette-fanatic, too ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-04-2009, 10:04:27
at any rate...:

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/538/bundesarchivbild101i198.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Niebler on 10-04-2009, 10:04:01
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8571/nicephotowh5on.jpg) (http://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nicephotowh5on.jpg)

Annnd...

(http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1555/1228499020186.th.jpg) (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1228499020186.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-04-2009, 13:04:07
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4136/korohorojoo.jpg)

Finnish mortar crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 10-04-2009, 16:04:20
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/faliberlin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 10-04-2009, 16:04:44
TKS skiing:
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1269/tksskisxu3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 10-04-2009, 18:04:20
Nothing gets you combat ready like a good ol' Leberwurstbrot, just like mama used to make it.

(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9430/1215176685931.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 10-04-2009, 23:04:33
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/D_014772.jpg)
A close-up view showing the protective casing being clipped into place around the glass flask of a sticky bomb at a workshop, somewhere in Britain. The casing is held in place by a narrow metal band around the neck of the flask. Once this clip is released, the two halves of the casing fall away, exposing the adhesive surface of the bomb.

The original MoI 'background story' caption for this sequence of photographs reads: One of Britain's latest weapons to come off the secret list is the sticky bomb, successfully used in the North African campaign. This series of photographs shows how the glass flask which constitutes the body of the bomb is fitted with a woollen jacket, treated with special adhesive, and put into its protective casing ready for dispatch to the filling factory. When the live bomb is thrown at a tank, after removal of the casing, it sticks to its target and detonates a few seconds later. The No 74 ST Grenade was an anti-tank grenade used by the British Army in North Africa and also by the Home Guard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 11-04-2009, 00:04:01
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7452/dasreichnormany19443.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-04-2009, 12:04:43
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8193/be0349191944france.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 11-04-2009, 18:04:06
Large image:

(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5034/panther1jy7.jpg)

Same panther:
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1433/panther2qy7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-04-2009, 20:04:58
French "collaboratuers". They´re not SS, because they have Wehrmacht uniforms, right?

(http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1509/frenchsssizedfr1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 11-04-2009, 20:04:34
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/4135cr8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-04-2009, 00:04:35
-Hans check my uber skills whit the ol' pistolen!

-Ye sure..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/226524-1/Postkort2)

Check this out

German soldiers smoking American Cigarettes.. but.. the Guy ion the Centre.. isnt he the most Famous German soldier?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/221560-2/German+soldiers+smoking+looted+American+cigarettes+during+the+Battle+of+the+Bulge)

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/Militarymemorial/wehrmacht.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 12-04-2009, 00:04:14
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2097/elefantebay.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-04-2009, 00:04:27
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_003306.jpg)
Pillbox camouflaged as a car in Felixstowe, 24 August 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 12-04-2009, 02:04:15
aaand back to actual pictures

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4813/6xafxxg.jpg)

Hungary
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 12-04-2009, 08:04:25
KV-1 on the Leningrad ouskirts, 1943
(http://s57.radikal.ru/i155/0904/2f/1ea55fdbc7cd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 12-04-2009, 10:04:29
Photoshoping work few years ago ;)
(http://i049.radikal.ru/0904/0c/2ae80ed3be34.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-04-2009, 10:04:13
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1125/autoblindaab4104.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-04-2009, 11:04:52

I keep returning to the Luftwaffe thread on MilitaryPhotos.net

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9506/139u.jpg)

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3776/142pri.jpg)

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5982/156zkl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-04-2009, 12:04:31
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7435/day142.jpg)

Some anti-air for the sons of ural.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-04-2009, 13:04:16
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/BU_008961.jpg)
North West Europe 1944 - 1945: Churchill sits on one of the damaged chairs from Hitler's bunker in Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 12-04-2009, 13:04:12
German Fallschirmjäger with a captured American M1919 machine-gun.

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4831/germanswith1919a4zz7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 12-04-2009, 16:04:32
Germany's finest:
(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9506/germancarriageub1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 12-04-2009, 17:04:39
Hey, I wanted to post that too!
Well then another one:

"Große Aufgaben liegen vor uns, Oberleutnant Spitz."
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7696/dognkn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 12-04-2009, 17:04:10
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/confrontotn6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-04-2009, 21:04:29
PIII with dive equipment and trailer. Early eastern front.

(http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/7236/tauchback.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 13-04-2009, 01:04:17
(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2883/pantherfunny.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-04-2009, 10:04:12
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8591/frenchitaly.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 13-04-2009, 15:04:25
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/belgiumsniperwx9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 13-04-2009, 16:04:11
Camel jockey:
(http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8387/camel2345pz1pxvr3.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 13-04-2009, 22:04:05
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/D_004357.jpg)
A group of Home Guard are trained in the use of a Northover Projector near the factory at which they work, somewhere in England, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 14-04-2009, 15:04:26
Japanese soldiers shooting a Type 92 machine gun:
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4189/japanesetroopsfiringahe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 14-04-2009, 16:04:16
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/wwiiof6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 14-04-2009, 16:04:16
Captured TKS:
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4445/germanstksvy0.jpg)

TKS with rail wheels (or something):
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8623/tkswhatnt8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-04-2009, 18:04:39
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/AUS_000897.jpg)
Australian anti-aircraft gun in action at Tobruk during an air raid at night. Gun flashes provide the only lighting for this photograph.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 14-04-2009, 19:04:24
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8014/pantherausfa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 15-04-2009, 03:04:22
(http://www.overvalwagen.com/images/marmonadtanks.jpg)

Even Me, Marmon Herrington?

Yes, Private DuFresne, even you can help build tanks and help beat back the Hun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 15-04-2009, 12:04:18
Secret photographs of a testing session of the new panzer prototype "Löwe".

(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5561/23h525w.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-04-2009, 12:04:43
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2475/864694799.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 15-04-2009, 13:04:05
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/Canada_Ortona_1_WW2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-04-2009, 15:04:55
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4786/day143.jpg)

Captured T-28 moving in rather rough terrain towards its unknown destination. Notice the finnish flag on top of the tank, most likely this photo was taken for propaganda uses.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 15-04-2009, 16:04:02
Gimme funf!
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6282/pak38allrightgx0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2009, 19:04:51
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4467/bundesarchivbild101i581.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-04-2009, 21:04:24
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3013/flammenwerfer41sswiking.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 15-04-2009, 22:04:44
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005040.jpg)
Universal carriers with deep wading screens pass through La Breche. A Churchill AVRE can be seen in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 16-04-2009, 00:04:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/T18E2-armored-car-haugh-1.JPG)

T18 Boarhound, an American armored car produced in limited numbers for Great Britain. 2 .30 caliber Brownings, one Ordnance QF 6 pounder, and 9.5-50.8mm of armor. IMO even better than a Puma.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 16-04-2009, 16:04:39
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/017bfn1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-04-2009, 17:04:06
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CH_002187.jpg)
A bomber crew of No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF study a map, while sitting on 250-lb GP bombs which are about to be loaded into their Vickers Wellington Mark IC at East Wretham, Norfolk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 16-04-2009, 19:04:28
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9353/1239903244593.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-04-2009, 19:04:15
Mortar crew:

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8678/day144.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 17-04-2009, 16:04:00
Swiss BF109: One of the few things in Switzerland that fought during WWII

(http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/245/109e327ee.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 17-04-2009, 16:04:14
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/tankflagae9.jpg)

(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/pzeastul6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 17-04-2009, 17:04:00
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000141.jpg)
The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, spending a day with the 42nd Armoured Division during a large scale exercise near Malton in Yorkshire. He is seen watching from a Crusader tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-04-2009, 21:04:57
The truck is a german Mercedes-Benz L6500.
But I'm very unsure about that #39 beyond.

(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8859/6977.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2009, 00:04:31
(http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7548/post1142071954.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-04-2009, 08:04:35
Soviet Soldiers and German Soldiers.. SS and Heer in the Volkhov pocket.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/226628-2/145)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-04-2009, 13:04:00
(http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7244/day145.jpg)

Finns leaving the island of Uuras after the Red Army had gained a strong foothold on the island during the Gulf of Viipuri battles in 1944 summer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-04-2009, 14:04:38
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_014628.jpg)
A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch , 51st (Highland) Division, in position in the loft space of a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 18-04-2009, 14:04:15
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9715/radistissjq2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2009, 14:04:35
(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/917/liberation.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-04-2009, 15:04:30
Bosco: Awesome picture!

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5851/92049733.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 18-04-2009, 17:04:52
ANy background info on what they were doing together or why?

Doing some googling I found the same picture except with a caption:
(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/9873/33320066.jpg)

I think it says something along the lines of "Captured soviet soldiers are happy for the good treatment".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 18-04-2009, 18:04:45
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/2050637540089413999ybpstv7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-04-2009, 23:04:12
I guess that pic is awesome..

It has.. MP40.. SS whit Heer soldiers.. MP38 or something.. Happy Russians.. Germans and Russians smiling.. and these Russian Hats  ;D




Wait until they arrive at the gathering point for the further transport to the labour camps. Uhh, forgot, no picture.

Without knowing who actually sat the caption this might be a german propaganda masterpiece. Asians like these got the hardest treatment, being considered subhuman. When these soldiers were kids, they probably had the chance to watch africans exhibited in the zoo.


A panther turret for a static emplacement like they seem to have been delivered ex works.
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4285/0001fzh.jpg)
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9671/0002rhm.jpg)
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4149/0003zlt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 19-04-2009, 01:04:42
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8766/img123uq5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 19-04-2009, 01:04:52
Quite a firing position.
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Briefings/Normandy/4th-Canadian-AD-03.jpg)

Canadian Firefly in Holland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-04-2009, 11:04:36
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1191/post1271123689956.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: K.Cower on 19-04-2009, 12:04:56
POW (german soldiers, Kalach pocket USSR)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-04-2009, 21:04:24
Encasing in concrete of a static Panther turret.

(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/428/pantherstellungenconstr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 19-04-2009, 22:04:53
^ turret from an Ausf.D, IIRC this Pantherstellung was located in Berlin.


Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.C of Panzer-Regiment 22 (21. Panzer Division), Normandy, June '44:

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/potd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0378-282.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 19-04-2009, 22:04:39
Wow, thats a really early war tank.  They must have been desperate to use that in Normandy.

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_001239.jpg)
On board HMS VANITY a rifle being used to throw a line to pass a message to the Commodore of the convoy. Note the sailor holding the container with the rope inside it.

P.S. I think the rifle is an MLE, can anyone confirm this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 19-04-2009, 22:04:12
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/37mm_Gun_fires_against_cave_positio.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr. Corny on 19-04-2009, 23:04:51
LeFh 18 in North Africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 20-04-2009, 06:04:27
I have a new goal, I must find things Jumjum has never heard of with each pic now.

(http://www.m29cweasel.com/gallery/_images/10thmt/00200923.jpg)

The M28 Weasel towing soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division on a tracked trailer in Colorado. The Studebaker Weasel was a sort of American unarmored Universal Carrier. The M-29 Variant was introduced in 1942 for the First Special Service Forces to use when raiding the German heavy water plant in Norway, and was Airdroppable. The M-29C was a modified variant with flotation cells. These were used throughout the war, in Europe, the Pacific, and Alaska.

M-29 Weasel (http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/museum/weasel.htm)

(Tried to find you a vehicle that was used in combat, Jummy. Sorry if you already know this one.  :P)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 20-04-2009, 13:04:43
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/knockedoutpzivsnearstoncv6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 20-04-2009, 13:04:41
(http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3118/bf109e1perro9hj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 20-04-2009, 19:04:44
(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2708/wvxn0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 20-04-2009, 20:04:10
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9186/1240251002080.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-04-2009, 00:04:26
'Did you HAVE to make vindaloo again?'

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_013944.jpg)
Churchill Crocodile flamethrowers in action against the village of St Joost, north of Schilberg, during an attack by 1st Rifle Brigade, 20 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 21-04-2009, 16:04:31
(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/Ww2_allied_advance_siegfried_line.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-04-2009, 19:04:47
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_004733.jpg)
Posed portrait of a soldier with rifle and bayonet standing watch behind beach defences 'somewhere in Southern Command', England, 15 October 1940.

Photograph was taken at the request of the General Officer Commander in Chief, Southern Command for use as a Christmas card.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 21-04-2009, 19:04:47
A ton of shermans and grants:
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3011/shermangrantcongo.jpg)

I think I see some stuarts in the back too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-04-2009, 20:04:25
A static panther turret mounted on a basement. Somehow the turret itself has not been imbedded in concrete. Due to the raised position I consider this rather vulnerable.

(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/392/feba.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 21-04-2009, 20:04:47
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/195/mgderevnjapa4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 21-04-2009, 23:04:07
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/tanks-medium/t6/t6-medium-tank-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 22-04-2009, 08:04:07
Yellow stripe and star.. Operation Torch? Sicily?

Looks like stateside maneuvers to me. Most likely at or around Ft. Knox.

yeah thoes are from a serie of photo's around that location. I have some more somewhere.

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/meerpaal/US%201940/phot5063a.jpg)
here are some pre war photos of the US army..I got from taranov.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-04-2009, 14:04:51
Germans advancing towards east in the Salla region, in northern finland during 1941 autumn.

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4926/day146.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 22-04-2009, 17:04:28
A Char B1 with unusual armor:
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4323/chararmor.jpg)

Did some googling and it's apparently the "Char B1 ter".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-04-2009, 21:04:45
Another variant of a bunker for a static panther turret. This variant is larger than the one posted before and required more construction material. The turret itself had no steal basement but was inserted directly into the bunker notch. While this big variant is a 'standard construction' the smaller variant is a 'special construction'.

I guess the smaller variant was introduced to match with the simplified and improved production technics. With the turret already mounted on the gearing(?) it could be sat on top of the bunker without having the need for complex technical knowledge.

Unfortunately I do not have any satisfying pictures except this blueprint.

(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4153/plan1p.jpg)

Finally: proof that necessity is the mother of invention.

(http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/7361/arm7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 22-04-2009, 22:04:44
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/meerpaal/US%201940/phot5054a.jpg)
(Note, this vehicle is US.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-04-2009, 22:04:38
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005185.jpg)
Men of the Staffordshire Yeomanry crowd in and around a universal carrier for a portrait, 7 June 1944. The vehicle is equipped with a .50-inch Browning machine gun, 7 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 23-04-2009, 00:04:49
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9743/bundesarchivbild101i301r.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-04-2009, 06:04:45
What the....?


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/222883-2/ww2_33)

Totenkopf soldiers on the attack in mid 1942.By this time around one third of the division's troops were underweight,weak and listless due to intense cold and inadequate shelter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-04-2009, 16:04:25
Continuing the theme of the update:
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006350.jpg)
The crew of a Sherman ARV pose with an intact German PzKpfw IV tank which they successfully recovered and brought back to 27th Armoured Brigade workshops, 3 July 1944. This vehicle had the turret number '612'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sir Apple on 23-04-2009, 16:04:15
Bougainville - American aiming at looks to be a Japanese soldier... but its very difficult to tell.

(http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/trgallery/AWM_090360_slaters.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 23-04-2009, 19:04:31
(http://pro.corbis.com/images/SF25315.jpg?size=67&uid={24fd7093-c8ce-4623-b5de-ec40e67f5370})

Women's Army Corps Boarding Transport
Original caption: At a port in southern England, a group of U.S .Army WACs board a troop transport, via gangplank, on their way to France.
Date Photographed:         July 15, 1944
Location Information:         England, UK
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 23-04-2009, 21:04:27
Thats a T17E3 Staghound, Torenico.

(http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/ww2_02.jpg)

Rommel's retreat from Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 24-04-2009, 18:04:13
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2769/pz4j6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2009, 21:04:12
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4477/ohlacheater.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-04-2009, 22:04:18
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_010376.jpg)
A soldier crouches near a knocked-out German PzKpfw III tank in Oosterhout near Nijmegen, 27 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-04-2009, 01:04:05
"...and remember: when the photographer comes up: BE COOL!"

(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2039/tiger32.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-04-2009, 10:04:21
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1581/post1132435025.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-04-2009, 10:04:42
Pretty colours!  :D


POTD:


(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1908/day147.jpg)

Finnish used Maxim Sokolov on a sled, used in combat at Maaselkä Isthmus, during the 1941-42 Red Army counterattack right after the finnish advance had stopped to where they remained until 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 25-04-2009, 11:04:10
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1623/flakturm2.jpg)

Flakturm in Berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 25-04-2009, 15:04:54
That's some really huge buggers  :o

Yup... here's another one:

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4008/flaktowers.jpg)
pardon the double post
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 25-04-2009, 16:04:11
Yeah, those Flak towers were monsters. AFAIK they still exist today and the Allies weren´t able to destroy them because they were too massive.
New pic:
German soldiers arrest French Resistance fighters:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27289%2C_Frankreich%2C_Festnahme_von_Franzosen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-04-2009, 17:04:46
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1227568192/gallery_28554_184_4545.jpg)
Captured  Matilda II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-04-2009, 18:04:35
Flakturm is awesome!


(http://www.panzerworld.net/pictures/00116.jpg)

Tiger II was something like a bullet magnet..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-04-2009, 02:04:32
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6178/bild53f.jpg)
10,5cm leFH18/3 on Char B2(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-04-2009, 10:04:37
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3895/post1271123688904.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-04-2009, 13:04:01
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1239839619/gallery_28554_184_106718.jpeg)
Kuomintang-Troops with Pak 35/36


no problem when the easy way dont work
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 26-04-2009, 18:04:40
Since I missed yesterday, two from me:

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_003531.jpg)
Loading dummy torpedoes on to two Fairey Swordfish Mk I Fleet Air Arm aircraft prior to a training flight from Royal Naval Air Station Crail.

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_009320.jpg)
The gun turret of a Matilda tank that had been captured and concreted into position to be used as part of the defences of Halfaya Pass, 16 March 1942. A Valentine tank passes by in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr. Corny on 27-04-2009, 16:04:52
Smoke break
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-04-2009, 18:04:18
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1212441424/gallery_28554_184_49553.jpg)
Canadian Staghound  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 27-04-2009, 20:04:24
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_009766.jpg)
View inside the turret of a Valentine tank showing the 2-pdr gun being loaded, 27 March 1942.

The 2pdr shell looks a bit dainty.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-04-2009, 20:04:13
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1944/day148.jpg)

Landing training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 27-04-2009, 22:04:52
Dnieper Dam, after the retreating Soviets destroyed it, along with its power plant, to prevent its capture and use by the Germans.

(http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/ww2_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-04-2009, 09:04:10
(http://s59.radikal.ru/i166/0904/38/ca4955cd5ab5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-04-2009, 19:04:24
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_006205.jpg)
A line of sailors, carrying between them a belt of 2 pounder shells, walk along the deck bring ammunition from the shell magazine to the gun platform of the 2 pounder Vickers Mark VIII 'pom pom' gun aboard HMS ASHANTI whilst at Scapa Flow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 28-04-2009, 19:04:51
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8493/camo9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-04-2009, 21:04:42
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1239839619/gallery_28554_184_3176.jpg)
Jagdpanzer I in NA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 29-04-2009, 18:04:56
(http://s41.radikal.ru/i093/0904/17/c3c5c698df92.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-04-2009, 18:04:15
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_020535.jpg)
Universal carriers 'attack' men of 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment defending from slit trenches during training near Sudbury in Suffolk, 10 June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 30-04-2009, 06:04:17
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3836/japanesedestroyer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-04-2009, 23:04:40
Oddly, I've noticed that reference to "gum chewing" americans a lot.  Never understood why, but the germans in WW2 looked down on "gum chewing" xD
The americans probably sneaked into German barracks at night and stuck gum under tables and into sleeping soldiers hair.

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_015306.jpg)
British soldiers take cover from German shelling in a shallow trench during the breakout. The trench is similar to many which were dug along the opposing front lines during the lifetime of the bridgehead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 01-05-2009, 09:05:10
Looks like this grant (lee?) has seen better days:

(http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/2568/1241161832064.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 01-05-2009, 13:05:18
Oddly, I've noticed that reference to "gum chewing" americans a lot.  Never understood why, but the germans in WW2 looked down on "gum chewing" xD

Because it looks ridicolous... like cows standing on a meadow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2009, 13:05:59
(http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/2480/si30.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 01-05-2009, 13:05:37
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9855/day149.jpg)

Wounded finn being pulled on a sled in the village of Karhumäki very near to the lines where the finnish attacks in 41 and 42 were halted to at Maaselkä. Photo is from during the Red Army counterattack on Maaselkä and Syväri in the winter 41-42, close to the time when Mannerheim halted finnish movements on their tracks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 01-05-2009, 17:05:38
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6227/image004rvb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 01-05-2009, 18:05:29
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006501.jpg)
'Bobs', a Labrador, serving with No 1 Dog Platoon of the Royal Engineers, locates a buried mine at Bayeux, France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-05-2009, 12:05:29
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/image/A_004154.jpg)
A blazing German troop-carrier (JU-52), hit by machine-gun fire from an entrenchment adjacent to the bombed area during the invasion of Crete, May 1941. Parachute troops and equipment are seen descending.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-05-2009, 12:05:13
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5/ab4172.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 02-05-2009, 12:05:53
"Seriously comrades, you watched too many movies."

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3256/chariotnk3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 02-05-2009, 12:05:10
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4267/wirbelwindstoumont.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-05-2009, 14:05:47
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7594/day150.jpg)

150th POTD from me.

Today: Finnish soldiers watching the play that the Kuhlmey stuka's had put up during the battle of Gulf of Viipuri.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-05-2009, 16:05:16
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1239839619/gallery_28554_184_2364.jpeg)
Knocked-out "Achilles" tank destroyer France 44
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-05-2009, 21:05:09
The Autoblinda 41 was one of the few successive designs of the italians. After the fall even the germans kept producing it. Would be cool to have this and probably be as good as the british Daimler.

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3578/kuebelwagen07.jpg)
Kübelwagen with 7.5cm IG 37
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-05-2009, 22:05:16
Sorry for posting 'your' images Seth but I found this one quite interesting:

(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/italy/autoblinda/AB_41/ab-41_02.jpg)

One of the Autoblinda's in Berlin, May 1945. From Libya to Berlin, quite a drive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-05-2009, 12:05:21
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8041/frenchitaly2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 03-05-2009, 12:05:53
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8776/day151.jpg)

Fixing up that radio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 03-05-2009, 15:05:18
The fearsome garrison of Normandy, preparing for a fierce fight (note the french volunteer, to the very left of the 2nd line!).

(http://i41.tinypic.com/w214xt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 03-05-2009, 21:05:16
G98=Gewehr 98
K98k= Karabiner 98k
K98k has a longer barrel and a bent "Kammerstengel" (don´t know the English word for it..)

Anyway, new pic:

(http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5144/bundesarchivbild101iiih.jpg)

One of my favourites, the Sdkfz. 232 scout car, armed with a 2cm cannon and a MG34. The metal frame is a long-range antenna. Too abd we don´t see them in Africa theatre :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 03-05-2009, 22:05:37
B-26 Marauder over Normandy

(http://uppix.net/b/9/b/cdc4f5cbfc2a21c3eb93b0fa322b6tt.jpg) (http://uppix.net/b/9/b/cdc4f5cbfc2a21c3eb93b0fa322b6.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 04-05-2009, 00:05:17
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002318.jpg)
A Life Buoy flamethrower in action. This could produce a jet of flame up to 50 feet in length.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 04-05-2009, 04:05:46
(http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_m6_heavy_tank_04_700.jpg)

The M6 heavy tank. The Germans were reportedly quite worried about how to face it should America declare war early on. However, Tank design soon made its 3.25 inches (83mm) of 30deg armor and 3 inch gun obsolete in a heavy tank, and it was decided not to produce them and ship them overseas, due to the tonnage taken away from Medium tanks. Another factor in their reasoning was America's experience 100 Liberty Mark VIII tanks post WW1. Despite having the most powerful armored force in the world at the time, the reliability issues persuaded America that heavy tanks were a boondoggle, and (imo) their low speed helped define America's armored tactics, of tanks supporting infantry and avoiding tanks, and lightly armored and speedy tank destroyers engaging tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-05-2009, 12:05:52
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9188/day152.jpg)

Germans in Lapland. We gotta have that car in FH2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 04-05-2009, 20:05:07
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/C_005092.jpg)
Still from film shot from the nose camera of a Bristol Beaufighter, flown by Lt Burne of No. 16 Squadron SAAF, showing rocket projectiles from his aircraft exploding on an enemy-occupied building in the village of Gospic, Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 05-05-2009, 01:05:48
Not that those tactics ever worked worth a damn.  The tank destroyers ended up being too weakly armoured, and the tanks were forced to fight things they were meant to fight.

Well, yeah, that was my point. It was a double edged sword, in that it helped them steer away from accepting large, unreliable, and cost-ineffective tanks, but at the same time prompted them to think that tanks were too slow to operate sans infantry, and that Tank-killing should be undertaken by speedier vehicles. Their tactic was also probably influenced by Plan 1919. (http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v2/v2n1/1919.html)

If they had only accepted the first lesson, most Shermans would have had 76mm guns (i think they asked for relatively few because a gun with good armor piercing capability would inspire aggressive action), whereas if they only absorbed the second lesson we would have had more of these behemoths, with a gun with poor anti-armor capability and low speed but thick armor.

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/tanks-medium/t23/t23e3-medium-tank.jpg)

T23E3 Medium tank prototype armed with a 76mm gun and 76mm of frontal armor at 47 deg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-05-2009, 14:05:50
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/445/day153.jpg)

Curious finn checking out the damage done to the turret of a Sotka 85 after the battles at Äyräpää-Vuosalmi had ceased. No record which gun did that damage, but it happened at Vuosalmi. It could be anything from PaK40's to Sturm's, panzerfausts and shrecks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 05-05-2009, 19:05:13
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006015.jpg)
Lance Corporal Lodge of 278 Field Company, Royal Engineers, holding a German hollow charge anti-tank magnetic mine during Operation 'Epsom', 26 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 05-05-2009, 19:05:39
Sturmrad44

(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9779/146912759dqnsvgphsk9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 05-05-2009, 20:05:16
KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger or Royal Netherlands Indies Army), the Dutch colonial army in the Netherlands East Indies (present day Indonesia).

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9628/knil1pw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-05-2009, 21:05:29
Don't know whether I posted this before.

(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9176/w113.jpg)
Wanderer W11

4.500 were produced for the Wehrmacht between 1933 and 1940. The engine came from the W14(sportscar).

Motor                    6 Zyl. Reihe 4 Takt
Ventile                    obengesteuert (OHV)
Bohrung x Hub            75 mm x 112-113 mm
Hubraum                    2970 - 2995 ccm
Leistung (PS)          65
Leistung (kW)         48
Verbrauch                    15 l / 100 km
Leergewicht            1500 - 1600 kg
Zul. Gesamtgewicht      1950 - 2050 kg
Länge                    4600 - 4770 mm
Breite                    1720 mm
Höhe                      1850 mm
Radstand                    3000 - 3170 mm
Spur vorne / hinten    1420 mm / 1420 mm
Wendekreis            12 m
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-05-2009, 22:05:52
(http://s61.radikal.ru/i172/0905/39/59d59e9ffa41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-05-2009, 07:05:09
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7302/bundesarchivbild101i279.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-05-2009, 14:05:59
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1420/day154.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-05-2009, 16:05:53
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_006022.jpg)
A discarded Italian bomb is blown up beside a Matilda tank near Tobruk. The resulting craters were used to hide the tanks, 15 October 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 06-05-2009, 18:05:47
Raketenwerfer Püppchen

(http://uppix.net/a/a/d/3c54d7c70abfa10c54928618cb992tt.jpg) (http://uppix.net/a/a/d/3c54d7c70abfa10c54928618cb992.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-05-2009, 21:05:58
(http://i057.radikal.ru/0905/ba/699d030efeb2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 07-05-2009, 00:05:32
No pants club:
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1927/nopantsclub.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-05-2009, 07:05:19
Son of the Regiment
(http://i070.radikal.ru/0905/02/932a6e9a980a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-05-2009, 11:05:26
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9391/day155.jpg)

Only a hat was left behind from the crew of this BT-series tank. My 155th and for now the last picture, unless I start digging up more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 07-05-2009, 18:05:49
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CH_015378.jpg)
A 22,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Grand Slam') released from Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special), PB669 'YZ-C', of No. 617 Squadron RAF, explodes on its target, the railway viaduct at Arnsberg, Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-05-2009, 21:05:57
(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8852/3315037.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 07-05-2009, 23:05:13
Looks like I was driving this T-35:

(http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/484/t35flipped1.jpg)
(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4831/t35flipped2.jpg)
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4713/t35flipped3.jpg)

 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-05-2009, 11:05:55
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3404/5210d.jpg)
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9170/greceo10.jpg)
(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1361/propau11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 08-05-2009, 15:05:28
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/meerpaal/US%201940/phot5126a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-05-2009, 15:05:15
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_008275.jpg)
A Stuart and a column of Sherman tanks of 2nd Irish Guards, Guards Armoured Division, move across country during the advance south of Caumont, 31 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 09-05-2009, 11:05:47
(http://uppix.net/1/b/a/7724fba108416f731eb22a887be94tt.jpg) (http://uppix.net/1/b/a/7724fba108416f731eb22a887be94.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-05-2009, 12:05:10
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8201/96669979.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-05-2009, 12:05:07
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4538/day156.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: $pitfire on 09-05-2009, 13:05:47
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4636/img0479s.jpg)

Ihantala, during the summer of 1944, Finnish patrol waiting for the Sotkas...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 09-05-2009, 13:05:38
A StuG IV of SS Panzer Abteilung 17, and a Fallschirmjager (most likely of FJR.6), move along a road in Normandy.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/StuG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 09-05-2009, 15:05:42
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_024427.jpg)
Tracer fire from HM ships streaking the darkness as an almost impenetrable screen is put up against the enemy bombers during a night bombing attack at the anchorage at Ouistreham off Normandy. Photograph taken on board HMS MAURITIUS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 10-05-2009, 02:05:36
(http://i41.tinypic.com/s5ehc1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-05-2009, 12:05:20
yes

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5167/picturesoos.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-05-2009, 16:05:31
A bit late for VE day, but anyway:

(http://images3.webpark.ru/uploads53/090508/Road_wars_76.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 10-05-2009, 18:05:22
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/IWM_FLM_002570.jpg)
Operation NEPTUNE. Canadian infantrymen of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment disembark from a Landing Craft Assault [LCA] onto 'Nan Red' Beach, JUNO Area, at la Rive, near St Aubin-sur-Mer, at about 8.05 am on 6 June 1944, while under fire from German troops in the houses facing them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 11-05-2009, 02:05:26
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=145369)

Gebirgsjaeger in Greece. Note the captured tommygun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-05-2009, 03:05:46
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5166/2cmflakbreda1551pf.jpg)

There are some very interesting photos on this Axis history forum.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=99382
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 11-05-2009, 16:05:45
(http://uppix.net/1/5/0/cb37916c90233d3bf3874a01a00aett.jpg) (http://uppix.net/1/5/0/cb37916c90233d3bf3874a01a00ae.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 11-05-2009, 17:05:05
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/IB_000229.jpg)
The Arakan Campaign January 1943 - May 1945: A Gurkha soldier at a camouflaged position in the Arakan jungle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Toddel on 11-05-2009, 18:05:04
i liked that (http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/235485-1/Germanwith50)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-05-2009, 21:05:34
(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4237/kuebelwagen06.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-05-2009, 18:05:17
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_013261.jpg)
The driver of a Grant tank takes a closer look at a gouge in the armour plate made by a 50mm anti-tank round, Libya, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 12-05-2009, 18:05:06
Uranium's pic reminded me of that one:

(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8347/circo02.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-05-2009, 22:05:24
Soldiers, whose nationality I cannot recognize, inspecting a hungarian M39 Csaba scout car equipped with 20mm autocannon and 8mm machine gun.
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1092/csaba8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 13-05-2009, 00:05:05
And that video reminded me of this.
Probably a fun-time reenacting of a soviet or german propaganda poster.  :)

(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8425/circo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 13-05-2009, 20:05:01
(http://uppix.net/f/5/2/640955f3c6fa00d3c7c253f27c8bbtt.jpg) (http://uppix.net/f/5/2/640955f3c6fa00d3c7c253f27c8bb.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 13-05-2009, 21:05:33
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_008177.jpg)
A sniper demonstrates his camouflage at a sniper school in a French village, 27 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 13-05-2009, 22:05:51
(http://sfw.org.ua/uploads/posts/1175198047_111111111111111111.jpg)
IS2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-05-2009, 04:05:43
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8567/3091534.jpg)

A very, very well decorated Jager NCO
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-05-2009, 06:05:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/U-47s.jpg)

October 1939. U-47 returns to port after sinking HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow. The battlecruiser Scharnhorst is seen in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-05-2009, 09:05:01
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1517/15831336.jpg)

Found this over at MP.net

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-05-2009, 17:05:35
Hope Flippy wont mind this post.

Captured Universal Carrier in German service driving over the Mannerheim Bridge in Finland.
I found this a very interesting picture.

(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6015/universal39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 14-05-2009, 18:05:39
(http://www.gemeentearchief.rotterdam.nl/brandgrens/images/stories/Album_bombardement/hoogstraat-1940.jpg)
Photo taken in may 1940 after the german bombing of Rotterdam, Today the 14the of may we remember the bombing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-05-2009, 20:05:47
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006924.jpg)
Sherman tanks and 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the centre of Caen, 10 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-05-2009, 13:05:20
An armoured car on the Ostfront, 1941. It's origin isn't German, now guess where this heavy beast came from  :)

(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4158/bth20.jpg)


@Flippy, pityfull he only shows pictures of captured material in German service, he has a link to a lend-lease site but that one is down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 15-05-2009, 13:05:17
russia!
BA-10?

i would agree with the BA-10
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/armored-cars/ba-10.asp (http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/armored-cars/ba-10.asp)  this looks very much like it

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/armored-cars/ba-10/ba-10-05.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 15-05-2009, 17:05:12
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_007026.jpg)
Daimler Mk I scout car and Cruiser Mk III tank of 1st Armoured Division, seen in a picturesque village near Arundel in Sussex, 5 February 1941. The scout car belongs to HQ 22nd Armoured Brigade, while the Cruiser is a regimental command vehicle from 3rd County of London Yeomanry (3CLY).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2009, 00:05:47
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7716/svt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 16-05-2009, 05:05:06
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8558/1242438415455.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-05-2009, 12:05:47
If you come up with a picture of Soviet used Churchill tanks on the Isthmus (they participated in the battle of Viipuri for example), be sure to post them!
I couldn't find that one but I think you will find this interesting too. These are a KV-1 and a T34-76 in Viipuri on June 20th 1944. However there is a little story behind them, look at the cupola's. Those are German. That means these where first captured by Fritz on the Ostfront, modified, send back to the front and then re-captured by the Soviets who re-painted them and send them to the front at Viipuri!

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6181/viipuri22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-05-2009, 13:05:52
I also posted the same pic in old forums which shows the whole IS-2. ;) Way shittier quality than yours thought:

(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3019/353i.jpg)

Good night nevertheless. Keep going and you will find the Churchills somewhere. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2009, 15:05:07
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9195/obr6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-05-2009, 23:05:39
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/BU_000245.jpg)
A Bren gunner of the 5th Coldstream Guards covers a street in Arras, 1 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-05-2009, 01:05:07
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2725/day157.jpg)

Brave BT-42 during the battle of Viipuri in summer -44. It made it through the war too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-05-2009, 11:05:22
if already post sorry

(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8454/090513082207397182.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 17-05-2009, 16:05:41
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001800.jpg)
A British soldier with a Bren gun in the ruins of Monte Cassino.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-05-2009, 22:05:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1019-03%2C_Frankreich%2C_Brest%2C_Soldatenbordell.jpg)

Soldiers leaving a bordello.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1019-10%2C_Frankreich%2C_Brest%2C_Soldatenbordell.jpg)

Condoms were free.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1019-15%2C_Frankreich%2C_Brest%2C_Soldatenbordell.jpg)

She may look clean...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 18-05-2009, 01:05:21
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6687/1242603209776.jpg)

Soldiers sure like the bren.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-05-2009, 01:05:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/US_Army_WWII_field_artillery.jpg/753px-US_Army_WWII_field_artillery.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cadyshack on 18-05-2009, 06:05:09
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6687/1242603209776.jpg)

Soldiers sure like the bren.
There's a picture of General Wavell with a very similar grin that just cracks me up. I have it in a quickie reference book to WW2. Might as well start scanning stuff.

That is for another time, though.

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/germ8.jpg)

"It is not a Puma, Heinz, but it will have to do."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-05-2009, 21:05:28
Pz 1 in pre-war training?
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4735/73822412.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-05-2009, 21:05:56
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_006685.jpg)
Salerno, 9 September 1943 (Operation Avalanche): During 10 - 11 September, the strength of German resistance steadily increased. A counter-attack cut the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in Battipaglia off from from the main force and required new defences to be created. A gun crew of 267 Battery, 67 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery prepare a 17 pounder Pheasant anti-tank gun for action.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 19-05-2009, 14:05:41
8.8cm PaK 43/41, towed by an armoured cab schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper (sWS):

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/loiccharpentier/88cmPak43-414.jpg)

... makes the 17pdr look small.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Niam on 19-05-2009, 14:05:25
I've just checked the size of the PaK 40 and was quite surprised how nimble it is in comparison:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J28807%2C_Italien%2C_Fallschirm-Panzerj%C3%A4ger_mit_Pak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 19-05-2009, 20:05:45
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5763/day158.jpg)

More big guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: verg_6 on 19-05-2009, 21:05:05
I've got big guns, and he's got big guns, and she's got big guns. But we've got the biggest guns of them all!
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/26510-6/Sans+titre-Num__risation-01)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 19-05-2009, 22:05:24
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006739.jpg)
Sherman tanks move through Lebisey, 9 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-05-2009, 22:05:56
128mm Pak 44 in Hungary
(http://panzerkeil.dre.hu/harcjarm/jpz/jagdtiger/128mm_pak44_krupp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-05-2009, 00:05:39
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4669/mediumstenwaffenssgerat.jpg)

Notice the submachinegun he's carrying ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-05-2009, 01:05:58
If I were a soldier in those days, I'd have hated the 8.8 Pak 43 for some reason.

(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/673/21360276.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 20-05-2009, 19:05:39
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CM_000923.jpg)
A Fordson Armoured Car of No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF, operating with 'Habforce', waits outside Baghdad, while negotiations for an armistice take place between British officials and the rebel government during the Iraqi Revolt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-05-2009, 23:05:33
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6573/pa138284lrg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 20-05-2009, 23:05:36
(http://i42.tinypic.com/33xc03c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-05-2009, 04:05:09
Hahaha, small.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Captured_L3_and_L3_cc_tankettes.jpg/800px-Captured_L3_and_L3_cc_tankettes.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 21-05-2009, 04:05:28
(http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/tanks/t16-carrier.jpg)

Now thats how to arm a bren carrier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 21-05-2009, 04:05:38
Nah, this is:

(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7531/bren1.jpg)

3 panzershrecks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-05-2009, 10:05:54
I think this is an awesome tankette. Czech P-I Tankette!

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/Czech/Czech1b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-05-2009, 10:05:05
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/993/italyvillage.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 21-05-2009, 10:05:47
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2aj9ap1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-05-2009, 13:05:31
Sorry for posting 2 pictures today but does anyone know what this vehicle is and what the story behind it is? Looks like a Gestapo guy and on first sight it looks like a Willys but it isn't.

(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3314/1238ww29.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-05-2009, 16:05:48
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1456/day159.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 21-05-2009, 16:05:46
Seriously man, this is original versace, no bad copy, really, only two euro!

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/180/luftwaffeinafrica.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-05-2009, 17:05:58
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/F_004529.jpg)
4th Battalion Border Regiment on the Somme Front, May 1940: Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment take up defensive positions by the roadside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-05-2009, 18:05:24
Sorry for posting 2 pictures today but does anyone know what this vehicle is and what the story behind it is? Looks like a Gestapo guy and on first sight it looks like a Willys but it isn't.

(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3314/1238ww29.png)

Stoewer Marschall Typ M 12
Bezeichnung        12/60 PS
Bauzeitraum       1930 - 1934
Aufbauten               L4, Cb2, R2
Motor              8 Zyl. Reihe 4 Takt
Ventile                   stehend (sv)
Bohrung x Hub        68 mm x 102 mm
Hubraum                2963 cm³
Leistung (PS)        60
Leistung (kW)       44
Verbrauch               14 l / 100 km
Höchstgeschwindigkeit     90 km/h
Leergewicht       1650 kg
Elektrik               6 Volt
Länge               4600 mm
Breite                1720 mm
Höhe                       1750 mm
Radstand                3100 mm
Spur vorne / hinten      1420 mm / 1420 mm

The german army received 800 of these from 1935 until 1936.

(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1020/stoewerm12.jpg)
 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 21-05-2009, 23:05:37
(http://i42.tinypic.com/iw6wdx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2009, 02:05:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/236451-2/L3-35Greek_001)

A Greek tankette, captured from the Italians during the Greco-Italian war (1940-41). It reads "The Avenger of Elli" (the Greek cruiser sunk by an Italian submarine months before the declaration of war).


And another one because greek soldiers are cool

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/236460-2/StEtienneMle1907MG)

Two Greek soldiers relocating their obsolete St. Etienne machine guns during the Greco-Italian war (1940-41).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2009, 03:05:45
I wouldn't call that an obsolete machine gun, considering its just your generic heavy MG, like the british vickers or russian/finnish maxims.  Hell, even the US was still using water cooled 30cal MGs in 1945 and into the Korean War.  There's a huge difference between old and obsolete.  A single shot breechloader is obsolete.  But a G98 or Berthair in WW2 is just old, not obsolete.

Yeah but, CopyPasta  ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/240754-2/Dentist)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2009, 11:05:24
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1392/amr201.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 22-05-2009, 22:05:20
(http://i44.tinypic.com/29yr23k.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-05-2009, 22:05:21
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_007756.jpg)
A scene of destruction in the village of Cagny, 19 July 1944. Two Sherman ARVs arrive to recover a disabled Sherman tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-05-2009, 05:05:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-174-1154-13%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_franz%C3%B6sischer_Panzer_H39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-05-2009, 11:05:47
What is it?

Panhard 201, french scout car adopted the 1st may 1940 ...
8 motorized wheels. Basic design for later french scout/light car.
 ;) 60mm turret armor



(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3936/88abb2.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 23-05-2009, 16:05:15
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1241873032/gallery_28554_186_56339.jpg)
Panzerschreck 105mm  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-05-2009, 11:05:34
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8241/155sedan.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 24-05-2009, 11:05:46
Käääseku... oh.. wait Uncle Willi, is this camera an english fabricat? You know what that means...

(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2858/99331356zr3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 24-05-2009, 12:05:29
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2j0xiqg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 24-05-2009, 13:05:28
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2elfb6g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 24-05-2009, 18:05:36
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1213983440/gallery_28554_184_22359.jpg)
South Africa Heavy Armored Car Mark V
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-05-2009, 23:05:22
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_007512.jpg)
Tank crews and infantry run to mount their Sherman tanks at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 25-05-2009, 18:05:55
(http://i40.tinypic.com/21obtk6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-05-2009, 19:05:09
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1212441424/gallery_28554_184_16791.jpg)
German Firefly  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-05-2009, 19:05:45
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/SE_007910.jpg)
Chindit Operations - General: Chindits with their mules carrying supplies make their way through the jungle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-05-2009, 21:05:53
Stug 40 Ausf. G
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7715/phototankdestroyercamof.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-05-2009, 21:05:02
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3562/bundesarchivbild101i696.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 26-05-2009, 13:05:49
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6194/1243333141579.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 26-05-2009, 14:05:58
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_012466.jpg)
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_012469.jpg)
Sgt J G Dickinson, a section leader with No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his a Lee Enfield No.4 Mk I rifle and fixed bayonet, 5 March 1944.

A member of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his Bren gun, 5 March 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 27-05-2009, 04:05:57
Another picture of everyones favorite German.

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5535/1243386191071.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-05-2009, 10:05:33
Landsers receiving medical assistence during the campaign in France. "Sanitäter!"
[read the edit]

EDIT: That was strange. Apparently I forgot to add the picture  :-X
Now I can't find it again, shame, it was a really nice picture.

I'll keep it in the same theme, an immobile Char B1 in France. It got quite a big punch from the Germans.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-125-0277-09%2C_Im_Westen%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_franz%C3%B6sischer_Panzer_Char_B1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 27-05-2009, 22:05:07
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_015007.jpg)
Corporal Bennett of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, armed with a Sten gun and about to go on a fighting patrol, Elst, 2 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 27-05-2009, 23:05:06
Landsers receiving medical assistence during the campaign in France. "Sanitäter!"
[read the edit]

EDIT: That was strange. Apparently I forgot to add the picture  :-X
Now I can't find it again, shame, it was a really nice picture.

I'll keep it in the same theme, an immobile Char B1 in France. It got quite a big punch from the Germans.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-125-0277-09%2C_Im_Westen%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_franz%C3%B6sischer_Panzer_Char_B1.jpg)

Same tank:
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9851/charbearn1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-05-2009, 10:05:39
Nice find Lupin!

Rommel his car is stuck in the sand so he helps pushing it out, Libya 1941.

(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1539/rr0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 28-05-2009, 12:05:06
(http://storage.kennispuntmei1940.nl/images/woh/foto/normal/greb_scan_0002.jpg)

Abandoned French Hotchkiss medium tanks in Brabant - may 1940
Picture of two crippled or deserted French Hotchkiss medium tanks that were abandoned in Brabant. The French had a considerable number of these capable tanks available during the fights in the Netherlands, but these fine weapons were never applied in a wise tactical manner. Many were lost by simply being abandoned by their crews due to lack of fuel, jammed roads or light damage. They never engaged a single German tank during the four days they were fighting on Dutch soil. The French made extremely poor use of all their assets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-05-2009, 00:05:25
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/MOI_FLM_002000.jpg)
A view over the rooftops of London captured on cine film as a V1 flying bomb explodes close to Westminster in London. Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament can be seen on the right.

A scene from 'V-1', a Crown Film Unit production, dealing with the flying bomb attacks on London and Southern England.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 29-05-2009, 10:05:14
Two of them today.

Battleship surrounded by civilian boats:
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6070/1243580719829.jpg)

Kitten:
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5448/1243582938696.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-05-2009, 11:05:07
Afrika Korps Gefreiter with a Panzerbüchse as we know it in FH2.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-783-0142-22%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldat_mit_Panzerb%C3%BCchse.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-05-2009, 14:05:28
German soldier in Italy with a Granatbüchse 39:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3575963910_9f4e874e45_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-05-2009, 16:05:47
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_009090.jpg)
A captured German 28mm sPzB 41 anti-tank gun, 6 March 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-05-2009, 20:05:28
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7340/day160.jpg)

Command Sturmi "Aili" receiving ammunition during the battles around Leitimojärvi (Campaign of Tali-Ihantala). More precisely at the staging area very close to the finnish frontline positions at Murokallio. "Aili" destroyed five Sotka's during the battles at Leitimojärvi and later another 2 Sotka's at Vuosalmi (Äyräpää-Vuosalmi battle).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 29-05-2009, 20:05:49
Those are Dutch soldiers with the Carden-Loyd armoured carrier if I remember correctly.
Corect, both vehicles helped in the defence of Waalhaven Airport.

(http://storage.kennispuntmei1940.nl/images/woh/foto/normal/foto19.jpg)

German airbornes and Dutch POW's - may 1940
German airbornes and their Dutch POW's witness the German air strike on the Dutch artillery positions in the Hoekse Waard in the early evening of the 12th.

A bit iligal but I post 2 today, cant recist it:

Anyone ever seen a Pz1 Auf.A camoflaged? I thought all german armoured vehicles where grey in thoes times.
(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/NL-203.jpg)
This I find a very intresting picture, This pic shows 3 dutch soldiers investegating a german vehicle back in 1940.
The vehicle is from the 3e Kompanie Rgt 33, 9e Pantserdivision. I wonder why its abandon. Btw Note the riding Spurs on the 2 soldiers boots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2009, 22:05:41
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6940/25mmequipe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 30-05-2009, 11:05:51
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2jbv7ra.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 30-05-2009, 14:05:50
An interesting picture, especially when you consider that it features 20% of the Netherlands 'tank' strength in 1940.  ;)
Tank? You even consider that a tank? We only had 1 FT-17 to study and test, if I remember correctly. Then we had the DAF M38, Landsverk armoured cars. No tanks lol.
Yeah exactly, Although Tankette would be the name right?

Before:
(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/foto02.jpg)
After:
(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/NL-131.jpg)

Dutch 7-veld canon hit by a shell of a german Tank. Unsure if its was a T-38/pz.III pz.II.

Note: Dutch canons often hade somekind of Artwork on them. I noticed it on the Stuk 10 Veld and PAG also.

(oh I just noticed both pictures shown the destroyed Gun.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 30-05-2009, 15:05:43
Firefly called "Erich" in Normandy.
(http://uppix.net/8/6/1/a51ef898e8b73c3b2ee482ea44a82tt.jpg) (http://uppix.net/8/6/1/a51ef898e8b73c3b2ee482ea44a82.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-05-2009, 15:05:27
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/BU_000926.jpg)
A Sherman Firefly tank of the Irish Guards Group advances past Sherman tanks knocked out earlier during Operation 'Market-Garden', 17 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 31-05-2009, 09:05:29
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6710/1243753738108.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 31-05-2009, 11:05:41
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2agp3iu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-05-2009, 12:05:27
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8615/roks.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 31-05-2009, 17:05:39
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8018/day161.jpg)

Finnish used Sotka chasing germans, lapland, early autumn 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-05-2009, 21:05:41
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4348/0078vt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 31-05-2009, 21:05:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/B-17-battle-casualty1.gif)

The "All American" after colliding with a Bf-109G on a raid over Tunis, Tunisia. “All American” made it back to Biskra, Algeria, with all aboard safe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 31-05-2009, 23:05:05
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/GM_000836.jpg)
A Matilda tank during an exercise in the Maltese countryside, 24 May 1942. Note the distinctive camouflage, and its inspiration - a stone wall - behind.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 01-06-2009, 02:06:18
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9530/is2rx6hc3.jpg)
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/160/js2fswxe4.jpg)

Well, you see what it is.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-06-2009, 09:06:59
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4301/694pxtype92heavymachine.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 01-06-2009, 11:06:57
(http://i44.tinypic.com/1z3ngo8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 01-06-2009, 22:06:15
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_012184.jpg)
'Cuckoo', a German Panther tank captured in running order by the 4th Coldstream Guards, seen here in action against Geijsteren castle on the banks of the Maas, 29 November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 02-06-2009, 01:06:11
(http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/a1/Jewsforhitler.jpg)

don't ask me about background story, the site it's from is not trustworthy. But still: WTF
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 02-06-2009, 15:06:07
(http://i44.tinypic.com/6hsrp4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-06-2009, 16:06:43
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1241873032/gallery_28554_190_33304.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-06-2009, 23:06:04
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_012425.jpg)
The townspeople of Worthing in Sussex watch with interest as the Home Guard resist an 'attack' on the pier by regular troops supported by a Universal carrier, 3 August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-06-2009, 00:06:07
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1241873032/gallery_28554_190_73149.jpg)
No Kit-limit  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 03-06-2009, 19:06:12
German officers alongside with fresh finnish SS troops in summer 1941 during a ceremony, notice the finnish flags in the background.

(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/11/day162.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-06-2009, 19:06:32
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_034426.jpg)
German Tiger I tank captured in Tunisia, on display at Horse Guards Parade in London, 18 November 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-06-2009, 08:06:38
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6996/432pxbundesarchivbild10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-06-2009, 11:06:09
Everyone knows the most famous photograph of that destroyed Sotka 85 on the road from Ihantala to Kilpeenjoki with two finns looking at it. For the next three days I present you pictures of the same event:

Today, that german sturmgeschutz from 303 who made the kill, moves to its new position towards the back. This kill was the only one the german 303 brigade did during the battles for Ihantala. Previously they made a few more tank kills and quite some infantry kills around Nurmilampi.

You can see finnish soldiers at the burning wreck of that Sotka, on the far left.

(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2871/day163.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-06-2009, 15:06:45
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1244120298/gallery_28554_190_60283.jpg)
Slovakia soldier with PPD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 04-06-2009, 16:06:43
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005348.jpg)
A Sherman tank of 13th/18th Royal Hussars in action against German troops using crashed Horsa gliders as cover near Ranville, 10 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-06-2009, 06:06:34
(http://i033.radikal.ru/0906/3e/f13405564896.jpg)
Source: http://militariafuchs.de/petrov-45.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 05-06-2009, 07:06:42
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=71380)

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=49996)

Can't decide which is sweeter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 05-06-2009, 13:06:47
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1244120298/gallery_28554_190_695.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 05-06-2009, 18:06:45
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/EA_000031.jpg)
'Salvo', the 'Paradog' completing a parachute jump during training at Andrews Field, near Great Saling, Essex.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 06-06-2009, 02:06:11
(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6176/tellermineum9.jpg)

I guess when you're tired enough, anything can be a pillow.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/Lehto/Album%202GM/resbaln.jpg)

Apparently, the Germans also invented break dancing.

(http://www.gewehr43.com/badass.jpg)

They also had a Rambo.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-06-2009, 11:06:11
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/371/ww2118.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-06-2009, 13:06:52
Two German 303 Sturmgeschutz Brigade Stug's at northern Ihantala.

(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6861/day164.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-06-2009, 13:06:40
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005093.jpg)
A jumble of infantry, carriers and other vehicles on Sword Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944.

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005090.jpg)
Troops crouch down on Sword Beach as they wait the signal to advance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-06-2009, 17:06:10
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3434/dsk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 07-06-2009, 22:06:33
(http://i39.tinypic.com/15f3vjr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 07-06-2009, 22:06:27
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_000392.jpg)
The French Browning Machine Gun being manned by two crew members wearing gas masks. They are on board the French sloop FFS COMMANDANT DUBOC at Plymouth. The ship is manned entirely by Free Frenchmen. Note the pipe leading out of the jacket of the machine gun to allow the liquid coolant to work.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-06-2009, 02:06:08
Fallschirmjägers with one of those nifty recoilless thingies.
 
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-34%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 08-06-2009, 02:06:14
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=71381)

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=173811)

Again, can't decide.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-06-2009, 13:06:02
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9200/day165.jpg)

Ihantala, at Kilpeenjoki road. The world famous destroyed Sotka in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 08-06-2009, 13:06:21
(http://i44.tinypic.com/28hijjn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-06-2009, 19:06:37
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_008543.jpg)
British troops fire a captured German MG42 machine gun during training at 59th Division's Battle School at Vienne En Bessin, 1 August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-06-2009, 12:06:09
9th of June, gentlemen. You know what that means.

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6493/day166.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-06-2009, 01:06:04
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2816/016jagdtiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 10-06-2009, 18:06:50
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_007521.jpg)
Sherman tanks caryying infantry, a Sherman Crab flail tank, and an ambulance halftrack assemble at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 10-06-2009, 18:06:20
If you attack the Sherman Crab's weak spot, does it inflict MASSIVE DAMAGE?!

Anyway, in relation to the thread:

(http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2Chri/WH2Chr10a(h280).jpg)

Some Universal Carriers outside Fort Capuzzo.  Including one with (what looks like) a Boys Rifle mounted on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-06-2009, 19:06:35
That's not a pupchen Coca, that's a recoiless rifle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicht_Gesch%C3%BCtz_40

The image in that Wikipedia article is totally wrong, the article is about the 7.5cm LG 40, while the image shows a 10.5cm LG, i think it's an LG 42, which is about twice the size of an 7.5cm LG 40 and has a gun shield.

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2816/016jagdtiger.jpg)

Still around, unlike some of the other vehicles we got our hands on (Sturmtiger, Grille 17, Panther Ausf.D, Bergepanther)

(http://www.airbum.com/BlogPix/TTM-Jagdtiger-LW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-06-2009, 20:06:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-228-0301-09A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Artilleriestellung%2C_Gesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-06-2009, 00:06:22
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2361/47mm.jpg)

4,7cm Pak(t) on Hotchkiss 35R(f). Czech AT-gun on french tank in german service.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 11-06-2009, 23:06:50
Somehow, colour pictures just make the whole war seem more real than black and white.  So, I'll be digging out colour pics for a while.
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002837.jpg)
Allied gliders and aircraft flying over the devastated town of Kevelaer on their way to the Rhine crossing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-06-2009, 00:06:11
Those tiny dots in the sky, white part to the right side. I guess.

Captured FJ's at Caen.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Powcaen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 12-06-2009, 09:06:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/122920-2/Sherman+Tank+Of+XXX+Corps+Supporting+the+101st+Airborne+Division_+506th+Parachute+Infantry+Regiment)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/37599-5/knocked+out+sherman+with+crew+grave)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/214258-4/German+panzer+w+graves+Poland)

The Sherman in the top pic (caption claimed it was a Firefly, but the gun looks like the 76mm to me?) was knocked out by a Jagdpanther, and two of the crew of the Sherman in the middle picture barely escaped with their lives. As for the bottom picture, it appears to be a Panzer II, so presumably there is another knocked out tank just out of the picture, as it had a crew of only 3.

All pictures taken from the fabulous http://www.ww2incolor.com (http://www.ww2incolor.com/updates)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-06-2009, 12:06:37
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002570.jpg)
A tank crew of the 4th Battalion, the Royal Tank Regiment, 4th Armoured Division, unpack a Christmas parcel. The crew who are shown with their camouflaged tank looking like a 'travelling Christmas tree' had been together for three years. They had seen action in Libya and Italy before coming to Holland. Left to right: Trooper R Buckley; Trooper J Round; and Sergeant H Kirk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-06-2009, 20:06:40
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5853/tanksugarcane.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-06-2009, 21:06:01
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3264/unicp107spw.jpg)

Unic leSPW U304(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 13-06-2009, 00:06:45
(http://i40.tinypic.com/33ndiqb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2009, 22:06:51
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6695/jgasmasks.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 13-06-2009, 23:06:14
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4725/axe1eu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-06-2009, 02:06:53
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8375/1832.jpg)

Unic leSPW U304(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-06-2009, 14:06:09
Smoke break.

(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2903/day167.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-06-2009, 17:06:03
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1258/neathats.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-06-2009, 22:06:48
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002371.jpg)
Children wearing orange ribbons and waving Dutch flags during celebrations in Eindhoven, the first major town in Holland to be liberated. Eindhoven was later bombed by the German Air Force.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-06-2009, 00:06:36
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9205/220cm20flak203820auf20c.jpg)

Unic leSPW U304(f) with 2cm Flak 38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 15-06-2009, 10:06:28
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-06-2009, 11:06:06
(http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5735/stg44nam8no379pm1.jpg)

Don't ask me whats behind it, USAF private with StG44, looks quite some years post war though.
Actually, the majority of the city was destroyed by the Allied airforce.
Both sides screwed us over.

<Paratroopers liberate it>
Germans: "What? Zhey where not happy with our ZURPRESSION? Bomb it!"
Americans: "What? Those clog wearing weirdos are now with the Germans again? Bomb it!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-06-2009, 18:06:11
Rumanian soldiers speak to Soviet prisoners.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0513-23A%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Rum%C3%A4nen%2C_russische_Kriegsgefangene.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-06-2009, 00:06:10
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9958/unicp107spwwithpak36.jpg)

Unic leSPW U304(f) with 3,7cm Pak 36
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-06-2009, 00:06:30
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002025.jpg)
A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment, moving through the undergrowth during an advance across the Italian countryside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 16-06-2009, 01:06:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Lockheed_P-38J_Lightning_-_1.jpg/780px-Lockheed_P-38J_Lightning_-_1.jpg)

Sorry if this is posted before, but that is beautiful.


(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002025.jpg)
A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment, moving through the undergrowth during an advance across the Italian countryside.
Ah, nothing quite like a Churchill ploughing through a hedge to make those axis infantry crap themselves  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-06-2009, 22:06:17
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000631.jpg)
Under cover of trees, men of a reconnaissance unit of the 78th Division rest by their Bren carriers and scout cars.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-06-2009, 00:06:41
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/REHMM/RWS307f.jpg)

8cm Reihenwerfer (arraymortar?) on SPW Somua S307(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 17-06-2009, 05:06:59
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3928/shreck.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 17-06-2009, 19:06:25
A colleague of mine sent me this link today: http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/06/operation_overlord.html#more
(http://uppix.net/f/4/d/4f0345120051064b262f52189c479tt.jpg) (http://uppix.net/f/4/d/4f0345120051064b262f52189c479.html)

We need the hatchet (on the left) in FH2!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-06-2009, 19:06:55
In which picture?

I really like that set. I'll post my favourite:

(http://g.imagehost.org/0900/ae167944_GGDDay07.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 17-06-2009, 20:06:12
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000212.jpg)
Squadron leader gives instructions to tank commanders on the turret of one of the Churchill tanks of A Squadron, 43rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, 33rd Brigade.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 17-06-2009, 20:06:54
(http://i42.tinypic.com/fvy0ig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-06-2009, 23:06:36
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6124/flor2.jpg)

15,5cm Kanone 416(f) (Grand-Puissance-Filloux)

Must be the little sister of the 418.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 18-06-2009, 15:06:56
Original:

(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/dordt_jens_01.jpg)

(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4456/19528889.jpg)
In the hands of the photographer the original photo they are recreating.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 19-06-2009, 00:06:41
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001047.jpg)
A paratrooper looking through binoculars with his rifle over his shoulder while sheltering under the nose of an Airspeed Horsa Glider of No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit. The paratroopers were taking part in a Press Facility Day exercise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 19-06-2009, 06:06:22
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/P-47_040315-F-9999G-029.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 19-06-2009, 06:06:50
(http://www.xrender.de/upload/users/NightHawk/0051.jpg)

27.L - Flottille 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cadyshack on 19-06-2009, 08:06:59
(http://www.daveswarbirds.com/navalwar/men_pics/lsowatch.jpg)

An LSO watches his work as an Avenger hits the deck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-06-2009, 11:06:28
S-Boote coming back from a trip in a harbour, I think one of the Dutch ones.

(http://dkepaves.free.fr/img/sboot.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 19-06-2009, 16:06:51
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000036.jpg)
A bomb-train of sixteen 250lb bombs arriving to be loaded by the waiting Royal Air Force armourers into Short Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. (N6101 was one of the first built by Short and Harland at Belfast).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-06-2009, 21:06:42
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5762/gugu4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-06-2009, 22:06:20
The last meal.

Edit://

(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5848/lorraine021.jpg)

Lorraine 37L tractor. The german army captured quite a lot of these during their Blitzkrieg campaign on france.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-06-2009, 11:06:27
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3197/wqsbxy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 20-06-2009, 14:06:29
Panzer IV vs. KV-2  ;D
(http://i049.radikal.ru/0906/0b/89f9ce45e7c2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-06-2009, 21:06:12
Haguro under attack at Rabaul on November 2, 1943, showing damage received in the battle of Empress Augusta Bay that morning.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Japanese_cruiser_Haguro_at_Rabaul.jpg)

USAAF gun camera footage of the Haguro under attack at Rabaul
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/H82476.jpg/651px-H82476.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-06-2009, 00:06:11
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001399.jpg)
Sergeant P Hopkinson of the Royal Engineers, who was the first Allied soldier to be attached to an Italian Unit after the Armistice, with Italian artillerymen who are explaining shell markings to him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-06-2009, 02:06:02
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3866/12l38vbcp.jpg)

Lorraine 37L with trailer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-06-2009, 04:06:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/219206-2/__+______________+1_001)
Breslau 1945 PTRS

No idea if this is a real photo or just a fake.  No more description than that sentence.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 21-06-2009, 06:06:57
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-TOG2star.jpg)

TOG II (The Old Gang)

How nice it would've been, to have a 17 pounder in service before the Tiger even made it to combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-06-2009, 10:06:14
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4140/flags1j.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-06-2009, 00:06:10
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7793/lorrainel37pricepym4003.jpg)

Lorraine 37L with trailers. Look like fuel trailers to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 22-06-2009, 06:06:25
Experimental ISU-152 SP gun, armeb by 152-mm LB-8 gun.
(http://s56.radikal.ru/i152/0906/e4/0d37a72d9d51.jpg)

Gun
http://s44.radikal.ru/i104/0906/17/2fe7db9005ac.jpg

And result of firing against 203-mm armor plate
http://i067.radikal.ru/0906/3d/a5e33fe851d5.jpg
http://i050.radikal.ru/0906/02/5192fd43c8a9.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 22-06-2009, 11:06:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/218747-2/Lahti-Saloranta+M26+in+firing+position+at+Kollaa)

Oh no? Alright, fine, they didn't. I'm just a sucker for forest fighting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-06-2009, 22:06:15
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000021.jpg)(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000022.jpg)
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000023.jpg)
Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force starting up Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' "Flying Scotsman", at North Weald, Essex. The aircraft was the second bearing this name to be paid for from donations made by LNER personnel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-06-2009, 23:06:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/37mm_Antiaircraft_gun_in_Solomons.jpg)

M1 37MM autocannon on the Solomon islands in 1943. Aint she a beauty ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 22-06-2009, 23:06:53
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2ihkosk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 23-06-2009, 01:06:24
The Lahti does make a heavenly sounds, doesn't it.

Finns armed with a Panzerschrek. The one on the right does seem to be rather terrified, and justifiably so, I would think.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/149570-2/Finnish+Panzerschreck+team+in+position)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 23-06-2009, 04:06:38
T-80 light tank with VT-43 gun. He passed trials, but not entered to production.
(http://s55.radikal.ru/i148/0906/79/8cd09a74a683.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 23-06-2009, 17:06:08
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2ujp2qe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 23-06-2009, 18:06:14


Posted before.

Oh Dear God, I'm sorry, how will I be able to sleep at night now, knowing I posted a picture and wasted 2 seconds of someone who can remember every page of a 67 page thread's life.

Wow you screw'd dude!
Go kill yourself! That is, if you survive long enough. May the STURMBOCK protect you!

(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2928/sheepq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 23-06-2009, 20:06:07
(http://site.voila.fr/bunkers/abwfw42red2.jpg).

German 'light your ass on fire' mine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-06-2009, 00:06:04
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001795.jpg)
A gathering of men of No 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force to celebrate the completion of 100 operations by the Avro Lancaster R5868/`PO-S' (S for Sugar) after its sortie on 11 - 12 May 1944 to a communications target in Belgium. Below the cockpit of the Lancaster are the emblems indicating the number of operational flights and the award of three DSOs and two DFCs to crew members.

The bomber started operations in 8/9 July 1942 with No 83 Squadron (where it was `OL-Q') and reputedly flew 79 trips from Wyton and Scampton until being withdrawn for a major overhaul in August 1943. It joined No 467 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force at Waddington in November 1943 and went on to a reputed 137 sorties, the last on 23 April 1945 to Flensburg. Records indicate that the official 100th operation was possibly not the actual one. The aircraft is now on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-06-2009, 00:06:46
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6760/chenillettelorraine37l1.jpg)

Lorraine 37L
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 24-06-2009, 13:06:29
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3654985526_d9dc853a12.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 24-06-2009, 17:06:20
Bombardier B3 armored snowmobile on the Red Army trials
(http://s56.radikal.ru/i152/0906/92/7ef5ba65059f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-06-2009, 17:06:57
Bombardier B3 armored snowmobile on the Red Army trials
Is that a bren gun and a thompson I see there?  If so, why?

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_000335.jpg)
Sailor wearing steel helmet and carrying rifle with fixed bayonet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-06-2009, 18:06:56
If the red army recieved a M3/m5 stuart, 2 Thompsons where standard included


(http://www.458bg.com/Crews/Spaven/FlakMagnetNA_WEB.jpg)

Intresting B-24 :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-06-2009, 01:06:02
A rather well documented event:

(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6361/03573.jpg)

15cm sFH 13 on GW Lorraine tractor 37L(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 25-06-2009, 06:06:42
(http://www.xrender.de/upload/users/NightHawk/adasdasd.jpg)

The Allies have no Chance against our hardest Tank  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-06-2009, 16:06:10
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1245173775/gallery_28554_197_41680.jpeg)
V-Day 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-06-2009, 22:06:53
(http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6213/mgchina.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 26-06-2009, 01:06:36
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/COL_000188.jpg)
Spitfire Mark VB, AD233 'ZD-F', being flown by the Commanding Officer of No.222 Squadron RAF, Squadron Leader Richard Milne, when based at North Weald, Essex. On 25 May, AD233 was shot down by Focke Wulf Fw 190s over Gravelines, while being flown by Squadron Leader Jankiewicz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-06-2009, 04:06:34
Willys MB on the Kubinka trials. He can tow 1,5-t guns! :-X
(http://i081.radikal.ru/0906/82/5c53d2ecfde5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-06-2009, 14:06:36
Generalfeldmarschall Ente and his staff on the Ostfront.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-087-3675A-17A%2C_Russland%2C_PKW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 27-06-2009, 00:06:51
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/COL_000156.jpg)
German Gebirgsjager [mountain troops] with their pack animals, probably in Italy or the Balkans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-06-2009, 09:06:31
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8400/5148sturmcover1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 27-06-2009, 11:06:10
(http://i39.tinypic.com/1zoyo47.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-06-2009, 00:06:26
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/COL_000161.jpg)
Two dust covered German despatch riders relax with cigarettes by their Zundapp motorbike after delivering a despatch on the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-06-2009, 07:06:50
ZiS-41 halftrack on the trials, winter 1942
(http://s49.radikal.ru/i126/0906/98/ed383773fb87.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-06-2009, 10:06:03
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4918/ssmariatheresia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 28-06-2009, 11:06:24
(http://i43.tinypic.com/23lf6o7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-06-2009, 11:06:55
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1246181982/gallery_28554_197_9327.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-06-2009, 11:06:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/US_7th_Armored_Division%2C_Vielsalm%2C_Belgium_12.23.1944.jpg)

a M5 gun near Vielsalm during the Battle of the Bulge, in Belgium

The M5 saw quiet some action during from 1943. First in Italy, then in North-west europe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-06-2009, 00:06:32
German armoured train. The vehicle in the first waggon is a Lorraine tractor 37L with a russian 12,2cm artillery gun 390. Must have been some rare custom installation.

(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4841/122mm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-06-2009, 10:06:53
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/803/brow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-06-2009, 15:06:39
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1246181982/gallery_28554_197_7996.jpg)
Revenge for 1918
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-06-2009, 23:06:52
Probably the same armored train after having been captured by allied forces in the station of St. Layare, Paris, 1944.

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5302/germanarmoredtraincaptu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-06-2009, 02:06:38
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001922.jpg)
A British soldier examining a knocked out German 88mm gun north of Rome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-06-2009, 14:06:03
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001501.jpg)
Gunner B Cooper of Christchurch, cleaning a 5.5 inch shell before loading in order to save wear and tear on the gun barrel, near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 30-06-2009, 17:06:34
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2en2nue.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 30-06-2009, 18:06:59
 ;D
(http://cs4180.vkontakte.ru/u7483209/88166041/x_8d3a57b2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jobabb Jobabbsen on 01-07-2009, 17:07:28
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f328/ernochka/tandembikelosingtire.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-07-2009, 00:07:44
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2496/marderilorrainephoto013.jpg)

7,5cm Pak 40 on Lorraine 37L (Marder I)

Appendix:
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9564/132170710eocuilph.th.jpg) (http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9564/132170710eocuilph.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 03-07-2009, 16:07:21
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3328/avtos1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 03-07-2009, 19:07:28
Finnish families heading to air raid shelters by sleigh during the Russo-Finnish War.
Location:   Finland
Date taken:   December 1939
Photographer:   Carl Mydans

(http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=6c5089847e3a81de_landing)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2009, 21:07:28
(http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/2707/315476.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 03-07-2009, 23:07:30
Stuka zu Schlitten ;)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 04-07-2009, 00:07:50
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_010439.jpg)
Men of the 1st Royal Fusiliers operate a captured German Marder 75mm self-propelled gun, 30 December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-07-2009, 01:07:36
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3544/105mk4.jpg)

10,5 cm leFH 16 on Vickers Mk. VI(e)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-07-2009, 10:07:07
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5953/radiosq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [F|H]Deek_101 on 04-07-2009, 15:07:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/279752-2/C__pia+de+d+Malaya+_4_6)
Japanese officers using a periscope (Malaya 1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 04-07-2009, 17:07:51
(http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2434/tr41392603.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 04-07-2009, 21:07:05
(http://i41.tinypic.com/11j87x0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-07-2009, 23:07:56
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1968/monkeye.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 05-07-2009, 00:07:22
(http://i44.tinypic.com/f3fbpz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-07-2009, 02:07:32
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1966/02164.jpg)

8cm Granatwerfer 34 on Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance Renault Modèle 35 Type ZT / AMR 35(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-07-2009, 07:07:08
(http://s60.radikal.ru/i169/0902/7e/7012af74c5d6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 06-07-2009, 18:07:10
(http://i39.tinypic.com/do589c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-07-2009, 19:07:09
(http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7444/0016sk4b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-07-2009, 02:07:24
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9579/tpanhard5cmkwk113.jpg)

5cm KwK 38 L/42 on Panhard 178-P204(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 07-07-2009, 14:07:07
Just to prove you can a live tame bear:

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/HU_016544.jpg)(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/HU_016543.jpg)
Troops of the Polish 22 Transport Artillery Support Unit watch as one of their comrades play wrestles with Voytek (Wojtek) their mascot bear during their service in the Middle East.

'Voytek the Soldier bear' was adopted by troops of the 22nd Artillery Support Company of the Polish II Corps after he was found in Iran, ill and malnurished in 1942. He soon became a mascot for the unit. When the company shipped out to Italy authorities refused to allow pets so the troops 'enlisted' Voytek as an serviceman in their unit giving him a name, rank and service number. In return for the occassional cigarette and beer the bear would help the unit by carrying heavy loads. He became world famous after his exploits during the campaign in Italy notably including helping move artillery shells to the firing guns during the bombardment of Monte Cassino. After the war Voytek followed the unit to Scotland but after its dispansion he was housed in Edinburgh Zoo until his death there aged 22 in 1963.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 07-07-2009, 17:07:28
(http://i26.tinypic.com/34gsnz5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-07-2009, 19:07:16
(http://s59.radikal.ru/i163/0907/ca/b07b39f097d6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-07-2009, 01:07:17
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4171/normandy.jpg)

Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 08-07-2009, 19:07:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/StalingradRus.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-07-2009, 19:07:18
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_001292.jpg)
A special remote controlled mine-detecting lorry intended for the Mareth line battles. The spiked concrete rollers were intended to detect the start of a minefield, after which the vehicle was removed and engineers took over the task of locating and lifting the mines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 08-07-2009, 22:07:02
(http://i30.tinypic.com/4kfvgo.jpg)
(http://i32.tinypic.com/33upi0n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-07-2009, 01:07:27
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_001292.jpg)
A special remote controlled mine-detecting lorry intended for the Mareth line battles. The spiked concrete rollers were intended to detect the start of a minefield, after which the vehicle was removed and engineers took over the task of locating and lifting the mines.

Pah!
That is a back number.
Look at my remote controlled, carrier based and fully mechanized mine-clearer 3000!

(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4140/biaf.jpg)
Panzerbefehlswagen I Ausf. B with Minenräumpanzer Borgward B I
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-07-2009, 07:07:02
(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9919/amecv33zd3.jpg)


Can someone explain this pic?

Looks like that Italian Light tank, used by the allies somewhere around in 1943, whit an B17 in the back.

Or i am wrong?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 09-07-2009, 20:07:50
(http://i25.tinypic.com/vo0i7m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 11-07-2009, 11:07:20
(http://i29.tinypic.com/ic43sn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2009, 11:07:34
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2149/grp1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-07-2009, 13:07:55
YOung German POWs
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5656/funnygermanfb7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 11-07-2009, 18:07:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg)

Also, not WW2 but funny as heck:
Minesweeper: The Movie (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-07-2009, 18:07:07
Fallschirmjägers pause before the graves of their fallen comrades.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0848%2C_Kreta%2C_Soldatengr%C3%A4ber.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 11-07-2009, 23:07:12
(http://w3vq6pi37.homepage.t-online.de/f5901-6000/5963.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-07-2009, 01:07:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/285821-2/VdeA_6_1%23)

German Soldier surrendering to an US Armoured Unit.. so alone.. i feel sorry for him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 12-07-2009, 01:07:30
How to:

(http://i25.tinypic.com/xbjv9j.jpg)
(http://i28.tinypic.com/ngtyzs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-07-2009, 02:07:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/285821-2/VdeA_6_1%23)

German Soldier surrendering to an US Armoured Unit.. so alone.. i feel sorry for him.

Did he just got lost or was he the last to crawl out of some foxholes? Well, he doesn't look that dirty.


(http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5967/mcgmun.jpg)

Ammo carrier SPW S307(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-07-2009, 11:07:17
(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8363/gingal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 12-07-2009, 11:07:40
(http://model.otaku.ru/1/haldei_1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 12-07-2009, 13:07:25
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4381/771944ihantalantakamaas.jpg)

7.7.1944 Rear area of Ihantala, near the village of Kontu. Commander Börje Brotell is painting victory rings on request by the photographer. In reality, the markings had already been painted on 29.6. Ps. 531-10 (Brotells stug) destroyed 4 more tanks at Vuosalmi.

Ps. 531-10 (http://andreaslarka.net/ps531010/ps531010.html) is the one that scored the most victories during the hard fighting in the summer of 1944. With 11 confirmed tank-kills this StuG now stands as a monument at the Finnish Armoured Brigades garrison area in Parola, Finland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-07-2009, 15:07:14
Germans were also toying with the ones they captured. Result: Useless.

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9033/c966f2f304f30b40352acc8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-07-2009, 21:07:39
Now its time for real pictures :D


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/267362-2/22028129hx7)

Hmm, a big calibre gun should have killed the crew of the T34.. i wonder if its a KwK 43 or something..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 13-07-2009, 10:07:15
Hmm, a big calibre gun should have killed the crew of the T34.. i wonder if its a KwK 43 or something..
My vote for Flak 88 or some of its derivatives.

-------------------------------------------


(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2481/isu1521.jpg)

This ISU-152 assault gun, "1212", was captured on 25 June 1944 near the Portinhoikka crossroads. It was hit twice on the bow just below the gun. It was recovered for repair to Panssarikeskus (armor center) in Varkaus, where it was converted to a recovery vehicle ISU-152V. This was the first one of two ISU-152s captured by Finland during summer 1944. This ISU-152 stands today at Parola armored museum, converted back to its original outfit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 13-07-2009, 20:07:04
(http://i27.tinypic.com/2dlt11g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-07-2009, 22:07:14
The Italian army had nifty postcards.
(http://www.comandosupremo.com/card1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-07-2009, 23:07:24
One Fallschrimjager Soldiers and probably, a Wehrmatch one surrendering to the Russians in Berlin.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/210023-4/20090301)


Some pleople claims that is Reenactment, i dont think so, any German reenactor will have that face, looks extremly scared.


Mudra, when you have been captured, you had that face? i doubt it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-07-2009, 00:07:46
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/C_001154.jpg)
An airman, wearing gas clothing and mask, holds down the wing of a Hawker Hurricane Mark I of No. 85 Squadron RAF during a gas attack practice at Lille-Seclin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 14-07-2009, 11:07:25
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9775/ps2313o.jpg)

R-111 (forthcoming Ps. 231-3) in Äänislinna at 30.1.1944. This sotka was captured from Räisälä-Kaukola area in summer 1941. This was the first time finns encountered T-34 in battle and also the first sotka to be captured. The crew had abandoned the tank after it was immobilized by artillery shelling. This sotka destroyed 4 enemy tanks during summer 1944.  Ps. 231-3 is nowadays preserved in Joensuu, Finland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 14-07-2009, 18:07:13
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/USMC-C-Peleliu-p6a.jpg)

Navy medics scramble ashore amongst disabled and burning LVT's, Peleliu, September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-07-2009, 22:07:07
Where is it? Italy? Sicily?

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8191/drache.jpg)

Focke Achgelis Fa-223 Drache(Dragon)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-07-2009, 00:07:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/246558-2/char2c)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 15-07-2009, 12:07:14
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4065/m39atrifle.jpg)

Finnish M/39 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti_L-39) AT-rifle in position during continuation war. Its size made transportation difficult, so it was nicknamed "Norsupyssy" ("Elephant Gun")
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 15-07-2009, 13:07:32
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/SC180577t-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 15-07-2009, 14:07:10
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/USMC-C-Peleliu-p42.jpg)

F4U Corsair drops a bomb on Japanese positions on Umurbrogol Mountain, Peleliu, 1944. The airfield was so close to the frontlines that planes would take off and drop their bombs before they retracted their landing gear.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-07-2009, 21:07:42
Anti Materia sounds Anti Everything :P

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/41409-5/kettenwechsel)

The crew of a german Panzer IV reattaches the left track which was damaged during a fire fight. Picture was taken at Cassino/Italy, April 1944.

Panzer IV ausf.H of 15th Panzergrenadier Division. Very clear pix in Squadron/Signal Panzer Colors#3 where rear plate & division insignia visible. The white 5-pointed star has their commanders initial inside (PzAbt 115 used "G", PzGrRgt 129 used "F" & PzGrRgt 104 used aN "e"). This unit is usually identified as being Hermann Goering which they fought alongside of with elements of sPzAbt 504 that this Panzer IV was supporting when tracked.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-07-2009, 00:07:14
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4179/h97503.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 16-07-2009, 12:07:13
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8376/aam39.jpg)

Finnish anti-aircraft rifle M39/44 on improvised AA mount. The AT rifle was fitted on top of a tree trunk cut approx. 1.5m tall using a simple hinged device. M39/44 AA rifle was basicly M39 AT Rifle modified to fire full auto and fitted with AA scope.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-07-2009, 15:07:20
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/019.jpg)

"Lying in terror looking longingly up the slope to better cover, I saw a wounded man near me, staggering in the direction of the LVTs. His face was half bloody pulp and the mangled shreds of what was left of an arm hung down like a stick, as he bent over in the stumbling, shock-crazy walk. The half of his face that was still human had the most terrifying look of abject patiences I have ever seen. He fell behind me, in a  red puddle on the white sand."--Tom Lea, Life Magazine artist, Peleliu, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-07-2009, 16:07:17
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5739/u166conningtower.jpg)

U 166, Type IX-C submarine, most likely in the Kiel Canal. The officer on bridge with the white cap is lieutenant Kuhlmann. Sunk by depth charges from USS PC 566 on June 30th 1942 in the Gulf of Mexico, 70km from New Orleans. 51 casualties, no survivers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-07-2009, 01:07:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/140965-2/Hitler_001)


Hitler and Goebbels signing autographs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 17-07-2009, 11:07:37
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1373/m39rax.jpg)

Anti-tank rifle M39 in the winter. The report of this gun was quite loud, so the shooter has protected his hearing by placing empty cases in his ears.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [F|H]Deek_101 on 17-07-2009, 12:07:26
(http://img.odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum13/panther_mont_ormel_03.jpg)
(http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/1858/mace86oy.jpg)
German convoy destroyed by Polish soldiers in "Korytarz Śmierci" (the "Corridor of Death"):

Sorry if I broke the rules by posting to pictures but it gives a better perspective of the damage the Polish 1. Armoured Division did to the Germans at Hill 262(Mount-Ormel).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 17-07-2009, 16:07:28
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/fScan136.jpg)

Another Tom Lea painting, of a chaplain at an aid station on Peleliu.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-07-2009, 18:07:01
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6586/u166kuhlmanbridge.jpg)

U 166 Lieutenant Kuhlmann

Edit:// The wreckage has been declared as sea grave.

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6651/u166sonar.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 17-07-2009, 20:07:42
(http://i26.tinypic.com/v5wr9h.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-07-2009, 00:07:39
You've posted that pic earlier.. or it was in this forum or in Filefront.

Still i like it

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/269661-2/D12SSPDHJ_75_2%23)

Soldiers from the 12th SS Hitlerjugend salvage a shot down Allied fighter bomber pilot in Normandy. A quite interesting photo since these particular pilots weren't too popular with the German troops permanently haunted by the "Jabos".

I dont wanna be shot down and fall into SS Hands... consider yourself lucky if they dindt shot you at the moment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2009, 10:07:07
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5952/palembankg5japanesairbo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 18-07-2009, 11:07:38
You've posted that pic earlier.. or it was in this forum or in Filefront.

Filefront :p

same goes for this one:

(http://i27.tinypic.com/24xe5a1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 18-07-2009, 12:07:04
I am sorry to break the one picture rule, but these two are from same thing and additional picture gives more perspective.
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3031/moranedmg1.jpg)


(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1740/moranedmg2.jpg)
Morane MS-650 of 1/HLeLv 28 was damaged on 25 may 1944. In front is the pilot Capt R. Turkki, who escaped all injuries.

Can anyone guess which plane made the damage?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 18-07-2009, 14:07:07
Actually, the 12th was known for being ok with prisoners, unless they were Canadian, who they pretty much gave no quarter.
Whats wrong with the canucks?

No one really knows.  The 12th SS and the Canadians both had almost no quarter to each other, and when they did take prisoners, they were often still brutally beaten.  Its hard to say who started it, but what is known is hundreds of 12th SS and Canadians were killed by the opposite in cold blood.

The 12th SS killed them because SS-Standartenfuhrer Kurt Meyer specifically ordered on June 7th that no prisoners were to be taken at the Juno beachhead. The first killings took place on June 7th and continued over the next month (Meyer was battlefield promoted to division commander on June 14th). 20 of the killings took place inside Meyer's headquarters at the Abbey d'Ardenne in Caen.

At the time, the reason Meyer gave for ordering the killings was because the division was low on food and he didn't want to have to feed prisoners.

Meyer was later brought to trial for war crimes, convicted and sentenced to hang. His sentence was later commuted to life in prison but he was released after 9 years.

As far as I know, the only person to ever claim that the killings were in revenge for Canadian killings of Hitlerjugend troops was Meyer at his trial. He also claimed he knew nothing about the killings of 20 POWs that took place inside his headquarters.

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww2mem/ardenne
http://www.valourandhorror.com/DB/ISSUE/Abbaye/

Now, for today's picture.

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/FlagsOverStilwellRoad.gif)

American and Chinese troops put flags on the first vehicle to cross the Ledo Road, Burma, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-07-2009, 20:07:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/270123-2/wm724_6)


Japanse officers inspects a Tiger I 88mm Cannon, in november 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 18-07-2009, 21:07:23
(http://i31.tinypic.com/2eocwzq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2009, 22:07:54
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4570/1941sumvaplrevoliutsgrm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-07-2009, 05:07:56
And their captors dindt said "Wait this guy has a family somewhere" I hate that shit!

Hitler inspects a Ferdinand Porsche, his new cat, Dog.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/31099-4/2440998833_a12427a414)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 19-07-2009, 07:07:56
Well Mudra the massacre of the SS that you describe seems to be well documented. This Polish thing though, I'm still not so sure. But regardless...

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/USMC-C-Peleliu-p18a.jpg)

Another picture from Peleliu. Remains of Japanese armor that counter-attacked the beachhead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2009, 10:07:06
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6770/sellerlehesten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 19-07-2009, 13:07:41
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3828/stugenso.jpg)
Stugs of 1. Rynnäkkötykkikomppania (stug. company) in Enso 4. June 1944 during parade of Puolustusvoimien lippujuhla (no idea how to translate this). First stug is Ps. 531-7 commanded by Sgt. Vartia, second is Ps. 531-6 commanded by Cpl. Koskiniemi (Cpl. Koskiniemi was KIA during battle of kuuterselkä). The boys seem to stick closely on the bank, because few weeks earlier a small boy was hit by Ps. 531-9 and was wounded badly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 19-07-2009, 20:07:04
Road to Tarawa
(http://4.media.tumblr.com/0HQKF6gbplgh8v6crcYclENFo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [F|H]Deek_101 on 19-07-2009, 21:07:21
That guy coughing must have started the swine flue pandemic!
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/290823-4/07-17-2009+07_31_41PM)
Panther wreck in Paris
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-07-2009, 22:07:56
(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7905/drilling01.jpg)

Quote
Close to the end of World War II attempts were made to encounter the rising threat from the air. Due to the lack of heavy anti-air equipment hope was to find relief with lighter guns that were cheaper and faster to produce or have been available in large quantities already. For this purpose the aircraft MG 151/20 appeared to be suitable, as it was numerous in stock and was about to be replaced as armament for airplanes by stronger guns. Mounted as a tripplet it achieved better results than single mounted in an aircraft.

Annotation: These guns used 1.5cm belt ammo. Ammo was provided from the 3 boxes below. As it was designed for aircrafts, the empty casings were automatically collected in the socket.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 20-07-2009, 10:07:09
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9905/mdsensisu.jpg)
20mm Madsen AA-gun aboard finnish submarine mothership Sisu.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-07-2009, 16:07:38
The Japanese Military Police posing uncharacteristicly with some British POWS.

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/allies-bomb-northern-nazi-germany-49.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 20-07-2009, 21:07:25
(http://i27.tinypic.com/j6q6iw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [F|H]Deek_101 on 21-07-2009, 00:07:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/283193-2/7)
Light(est) Soviet anti-aircraft
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 21-07-2009, 09:07:23
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8476/vickersbridge.jpg)
Vickers 6-ton light tank uses bridge built by engineers to get over Tuulosjoki during the attack phase of jatkosota.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2009, 10:07:29
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3338/12zp8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2009, 14:07:55
Admiral Thierry de Argenlieu, comandant of the FNFL, inspect the soldier of the commando Kieffer (commando n°4). October 1943

here the rest of the pictures of the series:
(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/883/11fu7.jpg)
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2281/10in3.jpg)
(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5536/09bb1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 21-07-2009, 20:07:01
(http://i25.tinypic.com/ml2m3s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-07-2009, 22:07:13
(http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/447/drilling03.jpg)

The 2 nozzles on the outer barrels cause the bullet tracers to intersect in front of the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-07-2009, 12:07:31
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4278/06ue8.jpg)
Chasseur alping going to Norway 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-07-2009, 20:07:45
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/21/l35017f2.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Fliegerabwehrwagen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-07-2009, 09:07:14
What a cute puppy.  What model is it?  ;)

a Patou i think:
(http://accel10.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/499x500/1/21/20/43/Animaux/Diaporamas/divers/0201gc0.jpg)

OT
(http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/15/a61kg6.jpg)

CEF in italy july 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 23-07-2009, 13:07:29
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9250/vuosalmi.jpg)

Wrecks of the tanks that tried to attack HQ of JR 7/II (second battalion of inf. regiment 7), were still visible when the war ended at Vuosalmi 8. september 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-07-2009, 22:07:25
It is really getting difficult to post fresh PotDs every day. I think this one might have been posted before. Either here, or over at filefront. However, I can't resist to post these aircraft guns mounted on horse trailers.

(http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1306/drilling186.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-07-2009, 22:07:13
Yet another happy man, this time a masquiard, with a Bren gun.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/136661-2/DlT_34_1%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-07-2009, 23:07:07
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5154/bundesarchivbild101ig1c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-07-2009, 00:07:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/295092-4/ShwPzAbt+501+Sandomir+1944)

SchwPzAbt 501, Sandomir 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 24-07-2009, 06:07:06
Somewhere in Sahara...
(http://s1.directupload.net/images/090718/9zuwr3cq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-07-2009, 09:07:27
(http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9531/a67cs9.jpg)

marseille 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-07-2009, 10:07:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/291923-2/DPdO_81_1%23)

A light "Toldi" tank of 2nd Hungarian Armoured Division crosses a damaged bridge with Hungarian infantry watching. Eastern Poland, summer 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 24-07-2009, 14:07:51
Infantry support probably.
I wonder if there was any soviet infantry units without tank/AT support at that time?
_______________________________________________________________

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7459/jkrit.jpg)
Finnish jaegers (jääkäri) move throught birch forest during the continuation war. These lightly armed infantry units were regarded as the elite of the finnish army, and were sent wherever the fighting was heaviest. They used bicycles or skis to move (regarding to the season).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-07-2009, 22:07:29
(http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9389/rsoflak.jpg)


Anti-aircraft guns on trailers. On the left the trailer was pulled by an unarmoured Raupenschlepper Ost, on the right it is not recognizeable at all.


Edit:// alternative address: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/112547931f.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-07-2009, 04:07:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/291923-2/DPdO_81_1%23)

A light "Toldi" tank of 2nd Hungarian Armoured Division crosses a damaged bridge with Hungarian infantry watching. Eastern Poland, summer 1944.
Was there any combat value for Toldi in 1944?

Why not? maybe some kind of reserve, i mean, Hungary didnt had the enough industries to produce enough tanks like the US or UK, and replace them all whit new models..


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/267472-2/ursula101dr8)

"Ursula"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 25-07-2009, 08:07:29
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7076/bt7h.jpg)
Finnish soldier sits atop a soviet BT-7 tank, knocked out during the continuation war. The original caption reads: "The russian left so fast, he forgot his hat."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 25-07-2009, 09:07:33
(http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo-war2/phot5884a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-07-2009, 11:07:54
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2873/ddaybagpipes.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jerry_03 on 25-07-2009, 12:07:08
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/Jerry003/Yanks_advance_into_a_Belgian_town.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-07-2009, 23:07:20
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8407/crewfhhbook.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Fliegerabwehrwagen MG151/20 Drilling with HWF telescopic sight.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2009, 10:07:23
@ Seth
 Great picture but whatis there any information behind it? I play in a bagpipe band and I always like to see oddities like 2 drone pipes and for the life of me I cannot make out a single unit badge so I could look into this image further.

 

a canadian unit  at dday, i don't have more information. But it restricts a lot the research...


(http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6530/36grenadea151024v6.jpg)

Private Marcel St-Laurent of "D" Company, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve, clowns for the camera at Cuyk, Netherlands, on 23 January 1945. Details of the fuze on the bottom of the No. 36 Grenade can be seen. The length of the cloth bandolier has been altered by tying a knot in it to make it shorter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-07-2009, 11:07:14
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3899/panzeriiausfjvk1601.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 26-07-2009, 11:07:28
Taranov any info on pic? Where is it taken?

(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7284/talvisota.jpg)
In a hastily dug position, two Finnish soldiers armed with a Suomi kp/31 and a captured Soviet Degtyarev DP light machine gun. Both men are well protected against the cold and well camouflaged, including white cloths wrapped around their field caps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-07-2009, 15:07:00
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1246181982/gallery_28554_190_69173.jpg)
NRA troops going into battle of Shanghai
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 27-07-2009, 14:07:05
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7030/bofors.jpg)

The crew of Bofors 40mm AA gun during continuation war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 27-07-2009, 17:07:28
Amphibious version of Panzer II
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6818/swimmpanzeriipictureeba.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-07-2009, 20:07:08
Russian Liberation Army
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1246181982/gallery_28554_190_27237.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2009, 21:07:57
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1553/flak01.jpg)

1,5cm MG 151/20 Fla SL 151 (Drilling) on a Reichsbahn railway carriage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 28-07-2009, 10:07:45
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/130/piiskatykki.jpg)
A finnish crew clean the barrel of their captured soviet 45mm AT gun, the so called "Piiskatykki" (whip cannon), during continuation war. This gun, based on a scaling-up of the 37mm german PAK 36, was a welcome addition to Finns inadequate AT armoury. Hundreds of these AT guns were captured during both wars and it is the most used AT gun in finnish army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-07-2009, 12:07:55
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/742/a87mw1.jpg)
1ere Division blindée, Harth october 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-07-2009, 21:07:00
Grosstraktor in Kummersdorf proving ground
(http://i014.radikal.ru/0906/3d/be2645354506.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-07-2009, 01:07:21
We had the following picture already:

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2905/mtk4mwvjnzjhzje2ywi5zjn.jpg)

Captured Reichsbahn railway carriages with 1,5cm MG 151/20 Fla SL 151 (Drilling)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 29-07-2009, 11:07:43
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3161/maximm.jpg)

The crew of a Finnish-modified Russian Maxim heavy machine gun pictured in December 1939 during the Talvisota (winter war). All wear hooded snow camouflage uniforms.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-07-2009, 01:07:17
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5091/flak02.jpg)


1,5cm MG 151/20 Fla SL 151 (Drilling) on a Reichsbahn railway carriage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 30-07-2009, 10:07:58
(http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5273/landsverkantiii.jpg)
A Landsverk II AA tank, one of only six bought from Sweden in 1942 and used by the Armoured Division's AA battery. This conversion of the Landsverk light tank was also in service with the Hungarian Army, who called it the Nimrod.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-07-2009, 12:07:27
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2695/a90pf9.jpg)
21 november 1944, french army at Belfort
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 30-07-2009, 16:07:38
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/Chinese_troops_on_Stuart_tanks_Ledo.jpg)

Chinese M5 Stuart tanks on the Ledo Road.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 31-07-2009, 21:07:25
Valentine I from first series, tracks same than Cruiser tank Mk.I/II
(http://s41.radikal.ru/i091/0907/bd/340498e17c84.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-07-2009, 21:07:48
Valentine, serius Bussiness.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/281011-2/Hitler+am+Grabe)

Hitler at the grave of his parents 13.3.1938 in Leonding This is the Frontside of a postcard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-07-2009, 22:07:11
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3118/bshoot2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 31-07-2009, 23:07:17
Thats probably the first image ive seen of the Gewehrgranatengerät being used in combat  :P

Second  :P ;D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-584-2159-20%2C_Frankreich%2C_Soldat_mit_Gewehr_in_Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 31-07-2009, 23:07:03
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Gewehrgranatgerat/Gewehrgranatgerat-2.jpg)

thats interesting, and wtf at the same time lol  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-08-2009, 01:08:00
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/410/zthlyme1n2fhmtaznddhm2z.jpg)

2cm Flak 36 and 1,5cm MG 151/20 Fla SL 151 (Drilling)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-08-2009, 04:08:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/145737-1/6rffr)

A Bren gunner gives cover to members of the 6th Royal Frontier Force Rifles,under fire from German mortars, Lanciano, Italy. December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-08-2009, 10:08:56
i don't know if this pictures is a fake ...
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3006/2003145.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 01-08-2009, 11:08:43
(http://i25.tinypic.com/dh7khc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-08-2009, 20:08:31
 :D cool taranov, i wasn't sure because of the quality of the photo.
here, i've got some other like that

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5118/2003130.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-08-2009, 20:08:16
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4064/save00029.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-08-2009, 22:08:07
I think I'm almost done with these. I'll need some new topic then.

Explicit Content / inappropriate for minors:

(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1504/midffh2.th.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1504/midffh2.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Fliegerabwehrwagen with MG151/20 Drilling

R.I.P.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 02-08-2009, 12:08:42
(http://i28.tinypic.com/2j3o8sp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 02-08-2009, 17:08:38
I've ran out of finnish army pictures, so I have to post some Luftwaffe ones for while.

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6686/preparationfornewsortie.jpg)
Hs 129 of IV (Pz) / Sg 9 is being prepared for new sortie somewhere in Ukraine march 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-08-2009, 18:08:39
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3131/22700180.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-08-2009, 11:08:58
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1246181982/gallery_28554_186_8429.gif)
Its not a C96 its a Kampfpistole(Combat pistol) or Flare gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 03-08-2009, 12:08:53
(http://i25.tinypic.com/b6ol5v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 03-08-2009, 14:08:24
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5905/hs129.jpg)
Originally a album snapshot, this picture offers viewer a perfect view of gun throughs and the revi gun sight cover.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 04-08-2009, 00:08:13
(http://i28.tinypic.com/ojjf2t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-08-2009, 09:08:38
(http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo-war/phot5502a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 06-08-2009, 00:08:54
(http://i31.tinypic.com/2mwzcz4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-08-2009, 15:08:22
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4724/b04ah4.jpg)

Mulhouse december 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-08-2009, 17:08:52
I'd surrender when someone would rub my nose in a Bofors.  ;D


In commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima:
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1661/hiroshima120vgrossgaler.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 07-08-2009, 04:08:16
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3186/b17jp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 07-08-2009, 10:08:58
(http://i28.tinypic.com/35lw9p1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-08-2009, 20:08:43
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3337/tig2pp.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 182 Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B Tiger II 'Königstiger' with early Porsche turret.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gl@mRock on 07-08-2009, 21:08:19
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger-2-2002-Picz/KTiger-506-Captured-Big.jpg)
"This Tiger II from the 2.Kompanie/schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 was captured by American troops and restored to running condition by Company B, 129 th Ordnance Battalion by 15 December 1944."

Ref: http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tiger2.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 07-08-2009, 21:08:36
(http://www.ss501panzer.com/Wirbelwind_Stoumont.JPG)
Wirbelwind

No other information.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 07-08-2009, 22:08:44
Is it only a coincidence that we are seeing so many Tiger II related POTD's?  :P

What?  :P

(http://i26.tinypic.com/29ff0hj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-08-2009, 23:08:06
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5334/bundesarchivbild101i366.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-08-2009, 01:08:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/83694-2/British+antiaircraft)

This is a BSA 1000 ccm bike with sidecar. A machine gun is mounted on the sidecar. This was referred to as "Colonnial Version" and it is depicted here being used by Dutch soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-08-2009, 07:08:28
Can't Resist..

Just see it.

(http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/picturesm/au16.jpg)

Needs to be in FH2, and now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2009, 04:08:43
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7302/bundesarchivbild101i279.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-08-2009, 09:08:14
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/e100_1.jpg)

The Only known picture of the E100 Heavy Tank.. Afaik that chassis was later destroyed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 09-08-2009, 10:08:23
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/e_100_1.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/R2lE_uAqZKI/AAAAAAAADgA/I2fgFgzjk_A/s400/E-100a.jpg)
(http://media.photobucket.com/image/e-100%20tank/alybagpipe/e-100_with_tracks.jpg)
(http://www.provehicles.co.uk/images/biggest_tanks/e-100_2.jpg)

The other known pictures of the E-100.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-08-2009, 10:08:08
wooow seth soldier, your avatar picture, awsome comic isnt it
yes indeed i love this comic  ;)

(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8711/bundesarchivbild101i433.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 09-08-2009, 11:08:04
Two Mark V tanks in Smolensk, used as a monuments. After 1941 tanks stealed to Germany and later scrapped.
(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/rwcmilitaria/962_002.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 09-08-2009, 12:08:27
(http://i30.tinypic.com/14w7u3m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 09-08-2009, 13:08:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0397-29,_Frankreich,_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_II,_K%C3%B6nigstiger%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-08-2009, 13:08:38
Amazing picture there, Aggro.

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8471/76934034.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-08-2009, 14:08:39
(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/tanks/churchill/avre03.jpg)

A churchill AVRE somewhere in Normandy.

I swear, the Churchills are gonna be one of my favorite tanks in Normandy :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 09-08-2009, 15:08:31
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1249345617/gallery_28554_188_12762.jpg)
Luftwaffe P38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 09-08-2009, 19:08:51
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/2333/bf110.jpg)

The threat of enemy air raids was taken seriously by mechanics camouflaging Bf 110C during Fall gelb.

This sort of static to airfield would be neat.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-08-2009, 22:08:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/305667-2/3092407098_64a573192d)

A B-25 Mitchell bomber flying over Japanese anti-aircraft gun emplacements during a strafing run, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 10-08-2009, 02:08:21
Probably posted before since its on wikipedia, but anyway:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Canadian_landings_at_Juno_Beach.jpg)

Canadians landing on Juno Beach
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-08-2009, 06:08:42
Star means Allies, not just americans.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/219276-2/DPdO_81_2%23)

Hungarian medium battle tank "Turan". Galicia, summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 10-08-2009, 08:08:51
Is that an American valentine VIII or IX?

It's Valentine XI OP, command tank with dummy gun.

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Brits used the star too.

Star means Allies, not just americans.

Didn't know that. Guess I should do some more research on the Allied side of the war and not just the Axis. ;)

Anyhow here's two pictures (I know I know)

Chi-To:
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8633/chito.jpg)

I believe this is a model 94 tankette:
(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5676/20060703104607.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 10-08-2009, 19:08:02
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8344/110bar.jpg)

Perhaps a hardier breed, Allied (Kittyhawk) pilots found a novel use for the tailplane of a derelict Zerstörer. Never mind the midday sun, just keep the beer coming. By all reports, 'Ye Olde Me 110 Inn' was a favourite desert watering hole - courtesy, in all likelihood, of III./ZG 26
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 10-08-2009, 20:08:41
Vomag heavy truck based AA sp gun with Flak 18 or Flak 36 on board
(http://s39.radikal.ru/i084/0908/b1/2014cc3ac9ff.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-08-2009, 21:08:58
If you ask me, that old modified Vomag looks much too noble to be burned on the frontline. I bet they used them for everyday parades through Berlin. Everything else would be such a waste.


(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5875/88mm212.jpg)
8,8cm Flak 18 on VOMAG bus
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-08-2009, 06:08:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/199599-2/aug1944)

Hungarian convoy August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 11-08-2009, 20:08:17
(http://englishrussia.com/images/berlin_siege/12.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-08-2009, 21:08:31
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8305/bundesarchivbild101i584.jpg)

Fallschirmjager using american camo for his helm ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-08-2009, 00:08:01
(http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_m4_tractor_155mm_2_700.jpg)

A 155mm "Long tom" being towed by a M4 High speed tractor

I love this Field artillery, i really hope they will add it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-08-2009, 01:08:33
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8854/1940kollaareservilaiset.jpg)

An ancestor of mine took this photograph. Newly arrived reservists posing for him at Kollaa, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 12-08-2009, 16:08:33
(http://englishrussia.com/images/berlin_siege/3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-08-2009, 02:08:39
Continuing the personal photograph collection of my family member:

(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9599/aurinkoapaistattamassa.jpg)

Boys enjoying the sun and smokes in Olonets Karelia during summer of 1942. Sorry about the huge shine on the picture, but it is in the photograph itself and wasnt caused by the scanner.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 13-08-2009, 16:08:59
(http://englishrussia.com/images/berlin_siege/17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-08-2009, 16:08:34
french soldier Mulhouse november 1944
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9707/a99xs4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-08-2009, 18:08:40
 Somewhere in 1940, Angers, France:
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5841/germansy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-08-2009, 18:08:02
(http://englishrussia.com/images/fire_hedgehog/1.jpg)

Soviet Field conversion of a unknown plane
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-08-2009, 22:08:36
I think those 88 PPsh must have been a joke. Each will have 50 rounds to be gone in no-time, while the penetration is zero. Must be useful if you want to strafe crowded swimming pools in the summer or POW camps during mustering... :-\

Hmm. Picture, a picture...wait. What about a tank?...Hmm. Bingo! This guy remembers me to that japanese officer who also inspected that german Tiger. He got the same expression.

(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8593/007971.jpg)
Stug III G (?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-08-2009, 22:08:29
(http://englishrussia.com/images/fire_hedgehog/2.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-08-2009, 13:08:25
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1047/valkeatkuinmetsakanat.jpg)

Caption is "White as forest chickens." Picture taken in winter, 1940 somewhere near Kollaa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-08-2009, 15:08:24
Trafic accident in France on the road to Nantes (probebly from te direction of Angers)
This car hit a German motercycle with sidecar (can be seen in the background)  I wonder what kind of trouble this got him in :s
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6550/knipsely.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 14-08-2009, 18:08:01
(http://englishrussia.com/images/berlin_siege/22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 14-08-2009, 19:08:57
(http://www.biathlon.net/wintwar11.jpg)

more winter war!  :)

@ Aggroman

Nice pics man  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 15-08-2009, 00:08:33
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3069/800pxfinnishtroopstorni.jpg)

Finnish troops at Kemi during The Lapland War 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 15-08-2009, 00:08:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/332ndFighterBriefing1945.jpg)
Tuskegee Airmen, 1945. Notice the coolest dude ever on left.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-08-2009, 00:08:23
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2213/maahanammuttuilmojenter.jpg)

"Steel bird of the skies shot down"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-08-2009, 00:08:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/307110-2/444)

12th SS Panzer Regiment-5th Company (this photo shows the damsge sustained by "536" on 7 June 1944 and was taken the following day when the tank was still immobilised)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-08-2009, 10:08:54
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4564/storia13big.jpg)

italian soldier 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 15-08-2009, 11:08:00
(http://englishrussia.com/images/berlin_siege/21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 15-08-2009, 14:08:36
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4564/storia13big.jpg)

italian soldier 1945
I bet he´s going to break his shoulder or atleast get some nasty bruises if he tries to fire his nade launcher like that.
BTT:
Recruitment poster for the Croatian Ustasha, that collaborated with Nazi Germany and became infamous for their war crimes against Serbs, Muslims and other groups in Yugoslavia.
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9824/ulegion.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 15-08-2009, 18:08:36
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/31.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-08-2009, 18:08:20
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6406/194t.jpg)

- No information regarding time or place



Amazing picture there, ZeG. You got any information on that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-08-2009, 20:08:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/301469-2/Coastal+defence+ship+Ilmarinen+in+Turku)

Coastal defence ship Ilmarinen in Turku. The ship served as part of the citys air defence during The Winter War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-08-2009, 22:08:04
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4081/ww2147.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-08-2009, 23:08:23
75mm SP, Autocar (M3 75mm GMC) of 1st The Royal Dragoons armoured car regiment, somewhere in Northern Germany, spring '45.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/142223818_a85ca3fd9f_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gl@mRock on 16-08-2009, 07:08:49
French woman partisan... HO! LA! LA!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/303010-1/partisana+french)

From this site. 
http://www.ww2incolor.com/
*Warning, graphic images*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-08-2009, 07:08:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/310572-2/Ju287+__Lommel__)

The world's very first, forward swept wing aircraft the Ju287 'Lommel' pictured in 1944. This airplane was a critical milestone in aviation history and it's revolutionary design played a major role in postwar development of aviation in both East and West.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-08-2009, 11:08:27
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6752/devils6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-08-2009, 00:08:09
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5155/barrycrook1.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 124 leFH 18/2 on Fgst. PzKpfw II "Wespe"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-08-2009, 00:08:25
Guys are preparing to pose for camera in 1940. Tomorrow I will post the posed photograph itself.

(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1215/pojattulossaposeeraamaa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-08-2009, 17:08:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/USS_Louisville_hit_by_kamikaze.jpg)

USN Heavy cruiser USS Louisville being hit by 2 kamikaze planes. Despite this, she afterwards shot down several more planes, and assisted in the shelling of the beaches at Leyte
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 17-08-2009, 17:08:47
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/573/laplandwar.jpg)
Finnish troops acrossing a bridge destroyed by Germans during Lapland War in Finland 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-08-2009, 23:08:49
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7853/115ami.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-08-2009, 05:08:30
Some are self explanitory, but some like that last one aren't...its a cool one too.  Just wish I knew what was going on.

Anyways:

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2548/broomhandles.jpg)

Japanese motorcycle troops, some armed with C96 broomhandle pistols, in China.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-08-2009, 10:08:10
Waffen-SS soldiers and a just captured soldier of the Red Army. Remarkable, the Soviet soldier receives a smoke before even being disarmed.

After all, we all are just people.

And now for that posed picture from 1940 from Ladoga's Karelia near Kollaa.

(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/222/pojatposeeraa1940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-08-2009, 01:08:55
Some armored train. And the tank in the second railcar looks almost like a T-34 but could be everything else.

(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3381/pz225.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-08-2009, 05:08:26
I dunno wth is it, but i know one thing, its awesome.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/310325-2/Digitalizar0002_003)

A German anti-tank scores a direct hit on an allied tank. Western front, date and location unknown.

Looks real to me..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-08-2009, 22:08:59
A different variant, but the tank in the second railcar is obviously the same. I think Mudra is right, must be a 38t.
(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2372/pz1123.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-08-2009, 02:08:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/264579-2/C__pia+de+w+_48_)

italian naval comando whit a panzerfaust in the gothic line
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-08-2009, 06:08:34
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/311465-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1994-009-17__Griechenland__gefangener_Neuseel__nder_1_)

Panzerbefehlswagen (command tank) III ausf E or F in Greece, fitted with a 37 mm gun and two coaxial machine guns (1940).

Yes, who is that guy on the back of the tank? looks British or Greek.. heres more info.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/312078-2/Digitalizar0003)

This is the same prisoner showned in "Panzerbefehlswagen III", but a photo taken from a diferent angle. Scanned this photo from a old book I have (from 1968), much lower quality when compared with the first photo but a curiosity nonetheless.


Two Pics in one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-08-2009, 15:08:34
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4233/046zj8.jpg)

- Soviets with a T-34 and a lend-lease yank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-08-2009, 15:08:07
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5269/pojatsaaliinsakimpussa1.jpg)

Boys posing with the carcass of a T-26T they had knocked out during one of the battles at Kollaa, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-08-2009, 05:08:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/312908-1/Strassenkampf+MG34+koloriert)

"Voronesh/Central Russia, summer 1942."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-08-2009, 04:08:20
Because its recolorized or something... i got the original.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/303974-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-058-05__Volksgrenadiere_an_der_Adriafront)

Volksgrenadiers on the watch at the Adria-Front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-08-2009, 22:08:28
The radar system "Würzburg Riese" (Würzburg is a german city, Riese means giant) on a railcar, assembled and ready for operation.

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5756/wrzug.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-08-2009, 07:08:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/312799-2/DL_1432-F%23)

Germa Stuka crew shot down and captured in England, the smoking debris of their aircraft in the back, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-08-2009, 18:08:21
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9595/571b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-08-2009, 18:08:57
Execution of a collaborator in France's purge after the war.

(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/fa838c83a25a129f_large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-08-2009, 19:08:29
Würzburg Riese

(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5234/radartrainsair.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-08-2009, 20:08:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/301280-2/ww2-6+017)

German Infantry in Russia. Unknown Date/Place.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 24-08-2009, 06:08:55
(http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo-war/phot5502a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 24-08-2009, 23:08:27
(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/italy/tanks/P40/P40_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-08-2009, 23:08:02
I think I've seen that picture before. I think we had a discussion whether it is hungarian or italian. However, I cheated and looked it up. It is an italian Carro Armato Pesante P26/40.


Würzburg Riese disassembled
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3263/fumzug2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-08-2009, 05:08:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/313631-2/rsi-antisom-sailors)

italian naval commandos using Beretta submanchine guns during training (italy 1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 25-08-2009, 09:08:43
(http://s43.radikal.ru/i100/0908/89/b02410bd07fb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-08-2009, 01:08:28
Very nice picture of an armoured train. On the very left you can recognize some flatbed railcar followed by an artillery and AA combo railcar. The next train must be some control room with radio antenna, followed by another artillery railcar with observation turret. At least I think it is a turret.

(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4319/bundesarchivbild101i639.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-08-2009, 01:08:27
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1212441424/gallery_28554_184_30135.jpg)
Canadian Staghound  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-08-2009, 03:08:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/226117-4/ma6gv9)

 :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-08-2009, 05:08:12
(http://s59.radikal.ru/i165/0908/25/397eca992510.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 26-08-2009, 06:08:42
Loving the pictures,

@ Taranov,
 Do you have pictures of corduroy roads or other field expedient solutions that the germans used to get out of that kind of mud.

@ Dukat,
 kudos yet again for your theme

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 26-08-2009, 17:08:35
It wouldn't be too hard to confuse that picture with one from 1812!
Its hard to believe the photo was taken during the same conflict in which the likes of cruise missiles and jets were starting to make their appearance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 26-08-2009, 20:08:26
(http://www.tigerpanzer.de/tiger2/pics/140.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-08-2009, 21:08:17
Picture taken inside of the radio and command car of an armoured train.

(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9820/70601281.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 26-08-2009, 21:08:19
"Alright, who the hell farted this time!?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-08-2009, 21:08:08
I was just about to edit: "Did I turn off the gascooker?"   ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 26-08-2009, 21:08:51
I was just about to edit: "Did I turn off the gascooker?"   ;D
lmao!  ;D
"did I leave the Iron on?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 26-08-2009, 23:08:23
 "Vy duzz it still smell like ze Bratwurst and Sauerkraut in hier?"

 "Hans, you dumbkopf, brush your teeth every once in a while"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 26-08-2009, 23:08:39
Seriously, ive just spent the last half an hour pissing myself laughing thinking about captions for that picture. Never has a World War 2 picture provided me with such hilarity  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 27-08-2009, 00:08:14
 "who evah smelled it- ische, dealt it- ische"
 'it vas zee guy mit der kamera who did it'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: azreal on 27-08-2009, 05:08:49
(http://www.tigerpanzer.de/tiger2/pics/140.jpg)

That's a KT right? Which turret version is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-08-2009, 06:08:46
Porsche, that photo is from Normandy (remember, the areas south of Caen actually had big fields instead of hedgerows:P)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: azreal on 27-08-2009, 06:08:46
Porsche went from making KT tank turrets to making some awesome cars? Hmmm, why the change from the original turret?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-08-2009, 06:08:23
Because the nice slope on the front also sloped at the bottom, much like the early Panther turrets, created a shot trap and deflecting a shell downwards into the thin armour on top of the hull, knocking it out :P  The Henschel turret corrected this by making a simple flat, back angled surface, that was flush with the hull.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 27-08-2009, 08:08:50
That's a KT right? Which turret version is that?

Tiger Ausf.B with VK 45.02(P) turret, from sPzAbt 503. They used in combat from july 1944, Caen area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: azreal on 27-08-2009, 08:08:54
Because the nice slope on the front also sloped at the bottom, much like the early Panther turrets, created a shot trap and deflecting a shell downwards into the thin armour on top of the hull, knocking it out :P  The Henschel turret corrected this by making a simple flat, back angled surface, that was flush with the hull.

shit Mudra, if Taranov or Lightning ever leaves the team I'm recommending you for researcher. Ty for the answer :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-08-2009, 08:08:07
Haha, no problem. :P  Glad to help always :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-08-2009, 09:08:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/268130-2/712px-OkinawaMarineCaveDemolition)

Marine's watch explosive charges detonate and destroy a Japanese cave,Okinawa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-08-2009, 11:08:14
(http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6196/danzigm17.jpg)

dantzig 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 27-08-2009, 15:08:19
dantzig 1945

M17 MGMC, on the International half-track base.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 27-08-2009, 18:08:03
(http://cs865.vkontakte.ru/u3649787/40672037/x_e31d7329.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 27-08-2009, 19:08:09
^Darth Vader prototype?

Heh.  Staged pictures can be really funny.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 27-08-2009, 20:08:52
(http://i31.tinypic.com/2yvudr4.jpg)

 ;D

What the hell? Was there really such a map?

no. that one never been realeased...

yet ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 27-08-2009, 21:08:04
(http://englishrussia.com/images/18/2.jpg)

russian sniper
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 27-08-2009, 21:08:39
(http://home.hetnet.nl/~oostvogels/Album.Dtslnd-tiger.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-08-2009, 21:08:48
Jagdpanzer VI - The M10 style.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-08-2009, 23:08:02
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/541/photogermanrivieradefen.jpg)

Quote
Armoured Train No. 10 at the french Riviera.
Besides artillerymen also infantrymen are part of the crew of the armoured train. The wisely fitted loopholes of the armoured railcar provide a superb field of fire in various directions.
contemporary comment 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 28-08-2009, 00:08:13
Aww, no fart-sniffing faces in that one...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 28-08-2009, 00:08:32
Jagdpanzer VI - The M10 style.
I still prefer calling it The Jagdtiger  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-08-2009, 19:08:48
(http://www.101airborne.extra.hu/images/news-pics/88_1230393075.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-08-2009, 20:08:02
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/VonMudra/DSS-GW_212_1.jpg)

A very successful Pak38 crew on the Ostfront
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-08-2009, 20:08:34
Or just a zebra camouflage..!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-08-2009, 01:08:29
Armoured train. This time it is a Pz.Kpfw.739(f) Somua on the flatbed. Note the loopholes.

(http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/6344/img00029.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 29-08-2009, 08:08:49
You mean firing slits?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2009, 10:08:16
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/937/3617187083263bcb2574.jpg)
7 german nurse from cherbourg hospital sent back to the german
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 29-08-2009, 13:08:09
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3267144001_57baf57194_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-08-2009, 05:08:43
What if Kit Limit didnt existed......

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/257370-2/Capture_38)


A S/Sgt reads the the orders of the day to a group of medical personnel of the 78th Armored Medical Battalion,8th Armored Div.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 30-08-2009, 15:08:21
(http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/h/_/h_o_braza/t-34-tiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-08-2009, 16:08:36
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3267144001_57baf57194_b.jpg)

Heil Kitler!

(http://hellhunt.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/kitler30.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-08-2009, 17:08:39
That pic looks WW1 so wrong war i would say :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-08-2009, 17:08:19
And yeah, it is WW1 :P  crown on the buckle ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-08-2009, 17:08:50
I noticed cous of the gasmask first and then the helmet :p

Anyways, what is he holding in his right hand (left side of pic)? A knife/bayonet/sword?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-08-2009, 17:08:12
Looks like a bayonet from his bayonet frog on his left side :P

And the helmet and mask aren't dead give aways, considering M16/17/18 type helmets were indeed used in WW2, and WW2 german soldiers did have gasmasks too :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-08-2009, 17:08:09

And the helmet and mask aren't dead give aways, considering M16/17/18 type helmets were indeed used in WW2, and WW2 german soldiers did have gasmasks too :P
I thought the helmets were a hell of a lot clunkier than in the Second World War?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-08-2009, 17:08:08
Yes, they did use gasmasks, but the model in the pic is the 1915 one. that was replaced by the 1917, 1918, 1924, 1930 an 1938 model. So i seriusly doubd the germans would use a first generation gasmask in WW2 when they were already on generation 6 by then :p I have only seen the 1930, 1938 and 1944 models in WW2 pictures so far (not saying that older models weren't used, but it must have been incredibly rare)

Why do i know so much about gasmasks.... feel like a nerd now :s

i know the helmet was used in both wars.

And yes, probably the bayonet, to bad he is holding it straight to the camera :s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-08-2009, 17:08:01
Winter War loot taken out for a spin during 1942 summer near coast of Lake Onega:

(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9504/maallajavedessakulkevah.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-08-2009, 17:08:38
Winter War loot taken out for a spin during 1942 summer near coast of Lake Onega:

(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9504/maallajavedessakulkevah.jpg)

Siika?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 30-08-2009, 17:08:36
Siikahan se siellä.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-08-2009, 17:08:26
Ota siika pois.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-08-2009, 17:08:35
Noni!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-08-2009, 18:08:14
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5683/36750589719776064af4b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 30-08-2009, 18:08:56
What tank was that?

And what was on the belt buckle?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-08-2009, 18:08:54
American soldiers speaking to a Franc-Tiruer Partisan.

(http://www.warfoto.com/bh992x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 30-08-2009, 19:08:56
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5683/36750589719776064af4b.jpg)

Guy on left: "Haha, my sword is bigger than yours!"
Guy on right: "Daww, dangit!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-08-2009, 20:08:43
What tank was that?

And what was on the belt buckle?

Yer mum.

To both questions.

You must be drunk, all of your lastest post are stupid.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/315984-2/Lib__-s__nat2)
Along the Sena, the tanks from the 5 security regiment are out We are in the Luxembourg garden
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 30-08-2009, 20:08:39
You must be drunk, all of your lastest post are stupid

He's not drunk. He just pretends to be in order to have an excuse to troll/spam.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 31-08-2009, 05:08:47
What tank was that?

And what was on the belt buckle?

Yer mum.

To both questions.

You must be drunk, all of your lastest post are stupid.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/315984-2/Lib__-s__nat2)
Along the Sena, the tanks from the 5 security regiment are out We are in the Luxembourg garden

That CharB1 is lacking a 75mm, doubt it's a S35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 31-08-2009, 12:08:35
That CharB1 is lacking a 75mm, doubt it's a S35.

Flammwagen auf Panzerkampfwagen B-2 (f).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-08-2009, 13:08:58
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5683/36750589719776064af4b.jpg)

Guy on left: "Haha, my sword is bigger than yours!"
Guy on right: "Daww, dangit!"


Guy on left:"this my sword guys"
Guy in the middle:"oh that's a nice sword laurel"
Guy in the right:"god i must get out of this hole of crazy fool"

:P the guy on the right look reaally worried !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 31-08-2009, 14:08:07
Right one is worried because left one wants to shave himself with that sword. Or left wants to kill right and that buggers him. Middle one doesn't care, hes a simpleton.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 31-08-2009, 17:08:45
US tank crew POWs, Tunisia
(http://s52.radikal.ru/i138/0908/de/30a1fb0b5305.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-09-2009, 05:09:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/316788-2/d+Lake+Khasan+_8_3+1)

japanese anti aircraft gun crew preparing to fire at soviet planes (lake khasan 1938)

Are these soviet airplanes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 01-09-2009, 07:09:48
[img]japanese anti aircraft gun crew preparing to fire at soviet planes (lake khasan 1938)

Are these soviet airplanes?

Nope, more looks like Ki-27 fighters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-09-2009, 09:09:53
It could be a Yakovlev-UT2?

I heard it was a training Aircraft, but maybe some of them saw action.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 01-09-2009, 09:09:12
It could be a Yakovlev-UT2?

Nope, they not used in this conflict.
It's japanese fighters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 01-09-2009, 10:09:23
(http://www.nick-linzer.de/ebay/310809/pzrgt5_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-09-2009, 02:09:01
Giant red splotch?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 02-09-2009, 02:09:04
 That splotch is some asshole defacing a picture for their own copyright.

 Those images and others from Forte Capuzzo are open source and available in an untampered format through the Australian War Museum and some other locations (like diggerhistory).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-09-2009, 02:09:01
It looks like the two germans standing next to the Pz3 are wondering why there's a giant red splotch up there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-09-2009, 02:09:12
Well I don't blame them, I would be too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 02-09-2009, 02:09:32
Giant red splotch?
That, my friend, is a straight hit from Antifa's deadliest weapon: The Antifascistsymbolcannon of historicalpictureruing Mark II.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 02-09-2009, 05:09:41
Giant red splotch?
That, my friend, is a straight hit from Antifa's deadliest weapon: The Antifascistsymbolcannon of historicalpictureruing Mark II.

Good god, I heard they captured that from the Russians!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-09-2009, 06:09:51
I think the guy is covering a Swastika, it does loooks like a Swastika behind the Red dot of death.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/315270-2/sniperascope)

German soldier falls to his death after being shot by a Russian sniper seconds before.

Its actually a video it seems.
"In the video,the cameraman is right next to the sniper when he shoots,then it goes to the scope view as shown here. Im guessing he either moved to the shooters scope quite fast,or had another sniper rifle present that he was using to get the scope footage. Which does not suprise me giving how much the Red Army used their snipers for propaganda "
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-09-2009, 07:09:13
If it shows the scope and the firing at the same time, from that scope, it would have to have been staged.  If the cameraman was staring down a different scope at the time though, it could be real.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 02-09-2009, 09:09:54
Oops... ;D
(http://www.trixum-s02.de/upload2/PmhKMdQGZnw6vVA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 02-09-2009, 12:09:46
Somekind of race going on there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-09-2009, 12:09:13
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9417/06wn8.jpg)
commando Kieffer at the training may 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 02-09-2009, 18:09:51
http://www.thedarkpaladin.com/images/scharfschtzepw3.jpg

German Sniper with a K98 ZF41

Not posting it here because it shows the side shield of the helmet which may or may not contain nazi symbols that are not allowed in Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-09-2009, 18:09:55
I believe that is K98 ZF41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-09-2009, 18:09:24
http://www.thedarkpaladin.com/images/scharfschtzepw3.jpg

German Sniper with a K98 ZF41

Not posting it here because it shows the side shield of the helmet which may or may not contain nazi symbols that are not allowed in Germany.

No it would not as its a historical photograph -_-
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-09-2009, 11:09:50
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5125/139p.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 03-09-2009, 12:09:38
Nice, Crusader Gun Tractor, and fitted out for wading. Can't say i've seen many period pics of 'em, certainly not in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-09-2009, 16:09:32
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1209912350/gallery_28554_184_5180.jpg)
Churchill 3in Gun carrier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-09-2009, 16:09:15
(http://www.triplea-blog.com/Normandy/2003/marmionguth.jpg)

'My helmet is too small'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-09-2009, 19:09:09
Well camouflaged MG and AT bunker guarding a tram line. From the first defensive line around Ghent (but located in Oosterzele), Belgium as it was in 1940. It was armed with a Maxim machinegun and a 47mm AT gun.
(http://www.bunkergordel.be/images/foto's%20alle%20bunkertjes%20voor%20fiches/A-linie/A32-32e%20foto%20bunker%20A32%20getrokken%20in%20mei%201940.jpg)

The blueprints of the bunker.
(http://www.bunkergordel.be/images/originele%20plannen%20bunkers/A32-DO2-Oosterzele.JPG)

And the bunker in 2006.
(http://www.bunkergordel.be/images/foto's%20alle%20bunkertjes%20voor%20fiches/A-linie/A32-01a%20foto%20zoals%20bunker%20er%20heden%20uitziet.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-09-2009, 19:09:21
Woah! An entire house built around it, really clever. I've seen from pictures that in Normandy they painted bunkers in the same colours as villas, with the wooden crossing planks painted on it etc. but this is way better and more expensive/time consuming.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-09-2009, 19:09:07
Yes, a lot of the first line defence bunkers where i live had a brick outer wall built around then and real roofs. The wooden panels covering what should have been a window would just swing open just to reveal a mg or at gun. REALLY good camouflage you could say. At this location we also held the German army for a whole 3 days, just to hear the country had surrendered.

Those bunkers where build prewar, and were finished at around 1935, so i guess time wasnt really a problem then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 03-09-2009, 22:09:14
(http://forum.exler.ru/uploads/127/post-1205424961.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 03-09-2009, 22:09:41
"confused, dot com".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-09-2009, 23:09:30
Reminds me of those swiss defense works, they had bunkers that looked like ski huts and could be turned 360 degrees.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-09-2009, 23:09:35
Pretty ridiculous to see Alexandria and Nowogorodka in the same direction. Propaganda at its best.

(http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6865/img0017qns.jpg)
Soldier 1: "I can see her! She must be barely 17."
Soldier 2: "Wow. Have you seen her *****?"
Soldier 3: "Herr Major, can I have a look?
Soldier 4: "Nono, with those ***** she must be 18 already."
Soldier 5: "Dammit, I don't see anything down here."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 03-09-2009, 23:09:03
Soldier 1: "I can see her! She must be barely 17."
Soldier 2: "Wow. Have you seen her *****?"
Soldier 3: "Herr Major, can I have a look?
Soldier 4: "Nono, with those ***** she must be 18 already."
Soldier 5: "Dammit, I don't see anything down here."


They mass-use disabled tanks hull+turrets as a armored train parts. T-34 1941 production in Kubinka tank museum - ex-piece of german armored train. He used without engine, tracks and wheels, just hull+turret on the flatcar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-09-2009, 00:09:40
Um, ok Taranov...that comment had no point to what you quoted....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 04-09-2009, 07:09:35
If anyone has the picture of the German firing an MG42 from the hip handy, I'd appreciate it if you could post me a link. Cheers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-09-2009, 08:09:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/292497-2/0594593700)

September 1941 - a Soldier from the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion beside his Bren light machinegun at the frontline in Tobruk


"This is my Gun, Mate!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 04-09-2009, 09:09:19
"Who eat my wing?!" ;D
(http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/29039403/aview/Aufkl_rer-76.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2009, 10:09:06
 :-\ the ventral mg gunner got hard time too


(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/405/a41sq2.jpg)

Battle for Royan avril 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 04-09-2009, 10:09:56
(http://www.emersonkent.com/images/wwii.jpg)
Photo of Marine Pfc. Douglas Lightheart (right) and his 30-cal. machine gun, and his buddy Pfc. Gerald Churchby taking time out for a cigarette, while mopping up the enemy on Peleliu.

-can anyone identify the armor in the background ?
could be a water buffalo (LVT not sure what version) but not sure
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-09-2009, 11:09:13
LVT(A)-1, I think. As it has a turret and the Americans where fond of flamethrowers in the Pacific.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 04-09-2009, 13:09:41
Yep, LVT mounted with M3 37mm gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 04-09-2009, 20:09:16
If anyone has the picture of the German firing an MG42 from the hip handy, I'd appreciate it if you could post me a link. Cheers.

Anyone?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 04-09-2009, 22:09:22
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9866/finnishartillery76k0219.png)

"The most common Finnish artillery was a 76 millimeter gun dating back to around the year 1902 (76 K 02). The gun stands as camouflaged in the city of Viipuri in March 1940"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 04-09-2009, 22:09:45
Russian Putilov factory made 76-mm (3-inch) field gun model 1902. In 1930 gun been modifited - barrel replaced to more longer, gun with new barrel have index 76-mm field gun Mod.1902/30.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-09-2009, 22:09:34
And guess from where the finns got the guns from? Trying to make a point or what?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-09-2009, 22:09:19
Taranov.ru
Your free source of military knowledge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 04-09-2009, 22:09:03
And guess from where the finns got the guns from? Trying to make a point or what?

They got lots of M.1902 guns from Russian Empire time ;)
Same with Mosin rifles.
Also Poland have lots of M.1902 guns from same source, but they convert guns to 75-mm ammo. M1902 field guns have "Orthodox" nickname in polish army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-09-2009, 22:09:35
No shit?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 04-09-2009, 22:09:41
No shit?!

http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY3.htm

"Finnish use: 179 guns acquired (captured + bought) in 1918. 11 more bought in 1931. Five captured during Winter War and 54 bought from Germany late 1940 and delivered in November - December of 1940. The most numerous field gun in use of Finnish field artillery during World War 2."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-09-2009, 22:09:14
Taranov, you disappoint me so much sometimes. Learn to pick out sarcasm.

(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7526/35436.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-09-2009, 00:09:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/315918-2/do217+ramjet)

Dornier DO-217E-2 whit Lorin Ramjet.

I wonder how that airplane could fly so fast, it wasnt designed for such speed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-09-2009, 01:09:20
Armoured Train No. 26, Russia, 1942.
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5607/panzerzugno26rusland194.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 05-09-2009, 01:09:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/315918-2/do217+ramjet)

Dornier DO-217E-2 whit Lorin Ramjet.

I wonder how that airplane could fly so fast, it wasnt designed for such speed.

Looks backwards! Most jets have the pointy end is on the back.

Flippy: Taranov's first language isn't English, cut him a break. Russians don't have the ability to detect it. :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 05-09-2009, 06:09:41
If anyone has the picture of the German firing an MG42 from the hip handy, I'd appreciate it if you could post me a link. Cheers.

Anyone?

I think this is as close as you're going to get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0FbdrsIGM


(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7934/aa11f.jpg)

Heinkel HE-111B-2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 05-09-2009, 10:09:15
Thanks mate, but it was definitely a war-time pic of a German during Bulge firing an MG42 and standing completely straight. Thanks though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-09-2009, 10:09:49
I always thought that the early Heinkel and Donier series was much nicer then the later ones when they removed the nose of the plane and made it blunt in the case of the Donier, and just a greenhouse cone in the case of the Heinkel....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-09-2009, 10:09:05
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/317748-2/img14)

royal thai army tank of a Tank squadron led by Major General Luang Phairirayordejd moving to attack the chinese in burma 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-09-2009, 10:09:08
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/343/paracitroen.jpg)

French para before ww2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-09-2009, 12:09:13
royal thai army tank of a Tank squadron led by Major General Luang Phairirayordejd moving to attack the chinese in burma 1942

More interesting tankette on the back side

Carden Loyd Mk.VI (behind crew, with Vickers MG)
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/pikalaicum/tankists.jpg)

One still in running condition
(http://www.2bangkok.com/08/carden.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 05-09-2009, 17:09:07
What one is on the left?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 05-09-2009, 17:09:10
(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/screenshotsfh2/news/090904/FH220x500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-09-2009, 17:09:40
What one is on the left?

Vickers Mk.E type B
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-09-2009, 18:09:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/319310-2/faq25f03b)

a group of american tanks captured by the japanese army in the phillipines and used by the japanese during the battle of corregidor and in the invasion of burma
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-09-2009, 18:09:45
They also use captured T12 75-mm Gun Motor Garriage (pre-production version of M3 Gun Motor Carriage, almost same, just with different gunshield).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2009, 18:09:28
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6754/guerre1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-09-2009, 20:09:41
Ex-polish 7TP, captured in France by US Army troops in 1944
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/1/2/webimg/46142118_o.jpg)
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/1/2/webimg/46136610_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/7/9/2/1/2/webimg/46142096_o.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-09-2009, 20:09:24
What? France 1944? 7TP? what the hell is that thing doing there?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-09-2009, 20:09:13
What? France 1944? 7TP? what the hell is that thing doing there?!

As i know, few vehicles used in 1940 campaign. Maybe it's one of tanks served in France from 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-09-2009, 22:09:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/black_and_white/german_panther_tank.jpg)
A nice photo of a panther tank in Russia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-09-2009, 22:09:20
A nice photo of a panther tank in Russia

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-09-2009, 22:09:45
The crew doesnt looks like germans, at all.

They have British Style hats... and i see no Markings.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-09-2009, 22:09:38
I think it's late war Western front, as I know off some British soldiers capturing a Panther and drove it around untill they got out of ammo. Nickname was something like Alligator or Crocodile..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-09-2009, 23:09:51
Panther with nickname "Cuckoo", captured in fall 1944 in Battle of Overloon.
(http://www.fun-online.sk/forum/files/cuckoo1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 07-09-2009, 03:09:01
looks like the same tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-09-2009, 03:09:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/319253-4/Bild+101I-310-0880-38%23)

Tiger I tank in front of the Monumento Vittorio Emmanuele II in Rome/Italy. February 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 07-09-2009, 06:09:29
I believe this is a variant of the Ju 287:

(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2183/32323n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-09-2009, 09:09:48
looks like the same tank


Of course  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-09-2009, 16:09:18
Yes! It was Cuckoo! Thats why I was thinking about a C, as in crocodile :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-09-2009, 17:09:29
British tanks near Coch, 18.2.1945
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1148779/1007B015-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-09-2009, 20:09:58
Over Nine THOUSAND canadian paratroopers sitting on a Churchill Tank
Seems to be one with a 75MM gun, i could be wrong though


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/black_and_white/canadian_paratroopers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-09-2009, 21:09:57
Looks loke Churchill IV rearmed to 75 mm gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 07-09-2009, 23:09:39
Panzer IV knocked out near lebisey

(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9094/panzer87.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-09-2009, 01:09:00
(http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/article_images/PB25May07_006.jpg)
Crusader AA Mark III in Normandy 7th June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-09-2009, 04:09:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/320159-2/gas1)

Japanese Soldiers whit Gasmasks in China. Date/Exact Place Unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 08-09-2009, 12:09:20
M13 MGMC in Italy, 1944
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/hagridmerlino/U%20S%20A/AAAUSA108.jpg)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/hagridmerlino/U%20S%20A/AAAUSA104.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/hagridmerlino/U%20S%20A/AAAUSA102.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-09-2009, 20:09:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-312-0998-27,_Monte_Cassino,_Panzerreparatur_während_Kampf.jpg)

German Panzer IV Ausf H Damaged in combat at Monte cassino. The crew tries to repair it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 08-09-2009, 22:09:52
I would say its an f2, since it has no Schürzen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-09-2009, 23:09:58
But is has, at least on the turret it dous.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 08-09-2009, 23:09:51
Whats with the star on the back?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-09-2009, 01:09:10
Prob a divisional symbol

@ helmchen:  lack of schurzen on the hull don't mean it isn't an H model....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 09-09-2009, 09:09:56
I would say its an f2, since it has no Schürzen.

Ausf.H - one-piece commander's turret hatch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-09-2009, 09:09:09
For once, thank you Taranov.  I figured as much ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Adee on 09-09-2009, 12:09:23
It also has cupola mount for the aa mg 34 ;p

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9372/panzerivhwitht34tracks.jpg)
PzKpfw IV Ausf H with T34 tracks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-09-2009, 18:09:49
Ah, famous picture, and very smart crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2009, 19:09:08
I would say its an f2, since it has no Schürzen.
They might have been removed since they need to Repair the tracks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 09-09-2009, 21:09:07
They might have been removed since they need to Repair the tracks

Thist tank just haven't it :)
Mounts too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2009, 21:09:08
They might have been removed since they need to Repair the tracks

Thist tank just haven't it :)
Mounts too.
But it is a Ausf H!



right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-09-2009, 00:09:50
Just cuz its an H, doesn't mean they ALL got the schurzen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 10-09-2009, 01:09:34
But it is a Ausf H!

right?

Right
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 10-09-2009, 14:09:08
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/09/09/73/5176449542afbfaaaf4d973fa8dca401_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

Details unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-09-2009, 14:09:46
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9242/08vd0.jpg)
French 75mm, Battle of Damour 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-09-2009, 14:09:54
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/09/09/73/5176449542afbfaaaf4d973fa8dca401_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

Details unknown.

^ 21 cm Mörser 18.

Quote from: VonMudra
Ah, famous picture, and very smart crew.


I'd seriously doubt the ballistic protection of track links against high-velocity AP rounds. Provides more of a psychological boost more than anything else IMO.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 10-09-2009, 15:09:53
Why not they are thick and made of metal. No it probably wouldnt do a whole lot but it would help a little, and why not.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-09-2009, 18:09:08
Exactly.  While a cannon shot will surely cause them to blast apart and fall off, they will serve their purpose.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-09-2009, 19:09:39
yay, Schneider was looting einestages comtemporary history page.

You should have taken this one:

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/09/09/69/17ad68bf5b8346817622d885ff79ac90_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

Quote
Everybody wants to take his own picture
during a visit of Adolf Hitler und Benito Mussolini in Uman/Ukraine on August 28th 1941 (Album Heer 622)


Edit:// While this is really mean. Frontside:
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/09/09/67/9df00d769285070184b10bc6c5951dc0_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

Rear:
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/09/08/87/f6e49778ea960bbf4df241d787c1e66a_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
Quote
The minetest
Motive No. 74 of the pictureseries "Vom Donez zum Don" (Album Heer 481, anonymus) A russian civilian is being send through a river to test whether there are mines hidden in the shallow riverbed. Capatation says these civilians were called minedetector '42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-09-2009, 01:09:40
Vroom vroom no more for this little beauty.

(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5752/destroyed1.jpg)

Renault UE Chenillette I believe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 11-09-2009, 08:09:02
Is that a glider in the back?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-09-2009, 08:09:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/320048-2/3209904742_6fe64f0833)

French ss soldiers on the eastern front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-09-2009, 09:09:56
(http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/lrdg/LRDG_images/BredaGunCrew.jpg)
Long Range Desert Group taking a breather in the hot Africa sun

More pictures here: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66094
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-09-2009, 10:09:24
Is that a glider in the back?
Yup, Horsa glider.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 11-09-2009, 13:09:08
Yup, Horsa glider.

Waco CG-4A
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-09-2009, 13:09:08
I know.. Mixing the names :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-09-2009, 22:09:01
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/New%20Photos%205/paratroopers.JPG)
- German paratroopers on the Eastern Front

Found over at this Eastern Front picture collection -> http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/mainpage.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 11-09-2009, 22:09:46
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f378/Kvisler/FinnishSS.jpg)
The Finnish SS volunteer battalion in its poignant good-bye march in Ruhpolding, Upper Bavaria, Germany, June 1943. The battalion had suffered huge losses in battles and was being disbanded. About 800 heroic volunteers -- out of 1200 -- died or were wounded battling against Bolshevism.
The unit or its members were never accused of any war crimes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-09-2009, 22:09:28
And as they were disbanded and sent back to finland, they continued to fight alongside their "regular" finnish colleques on all different finnish fronts in continuation war. But for some reason these men didnt keep serving together but were dispersed all over different units and not having them all sent to fullfill into one unit. I guess it was because they bare a lot of field experience which became very vital in the upcoming struggles only year later...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 11-09-2009, 23:09:16
My first POTD for some time now:

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/EA_049120.jpg)
American Dodge Ambulance (T214-WC54, Truck, ¾ ton, 4 x 4) carrying wounded from front line positions, passes a knocked-out German Tiger tank that is being repaired on a road near La Gleize, Belgium, two miles from the front, so that it may be transported back to the United States.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-09-2009, 00:09:23
And as they were disbanded and sent back to finland, they continued to fight alongside their "regular" finnish colleques on all different finnish fronts in continuation war. But for some reason these men didnt keep serving together but were dispersed all over different units and not having them all sent to fullfill into one unit. I guess it was because they bare a lot of field experience which became very vital in the upcoming struggles only year later...

IMO, its because the Finnish army weren't big fans of the SS, and having the guys who served in the SS dispersed over a wide area was a way of getting rid of them and burying them....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2009, 12:09:09
(http://img7.hostingpics.net/pics/455679GLOIRE_4_44.jpg)

French cruiser "gloire" april 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-09-2009, 13:09:23
LOVE that paintjob :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kebert Xela on 12-09-2009, 15:09:33
eheh it works just like the one on a zebra  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 12-09-2009, 15:09:34
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4206MannerheiminSyntym%E4p%E4iv%E4HitlerMets%E4ss%E4.jpg)
Hitler walking over traditional Finnish board bridge in a forest, Mannerheim's birthday 4th June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 12-09-2009, 15:09:47
How does a board bridge become traditional?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 12-09-2009, 15:09:57
Not a picture, but a very interesting video about American weapons used in WW2 and their effect (I didn´t wanted to create a new thread for this vid ;)):
http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/401.cfm?sd=60 (http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/401.cfm?sd=60)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-09-2009, 17:09:19
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Winter%20machinegunner.jpg)
- German MG positon, Eastern Front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 12-09-2009, 18:09:57
In west Hamburg born and raised
On the battleground where I spent most of my days
Killin' out, aimin', reloading all tense
And all shootin' some Russians outside of my trench
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-09-2009, 18:09:25
How does a board bridge become traditional?

Well, as you can see, there is also a traditional Finnish board bridge troll watching him cross.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 12-09-2009, 23:09:06
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f378/Kvisler/pic53.jpg)
The commander and the fighters. General Steiner shaking hands with Finnish volunteers in June 1943. To his right is the battalion commander, Colonel Hans Collani. He was killed in action in Estonia in 1944. Collani is buried in a German military cemetary in Tallinn, Estonia, a Baltic nation just south of Finland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-09-2009, 23:09:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/322183-2/atctg%23)

-I look like Al Capone whit this Machinegun... !
-...

Soldiers belonging to the crew of a German armoured train using "Tommy guns". A limited number of these smg's was captured from the British and Canadian at Dunkerque and Dieppe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 12-09-2009, 23:09:16
Collani is buried in a German military cemetary in Tallinn, Estonia, a Baltic nation just south of Finland.
Errr I hope we all atleast heard of Estonia, got an idea of where it's more or less located or be able to point it out on the map. Those forumers who live in Europe and attended school there sure can... hehe.

I remember drilling it in at scool quite well: Estland, Letland, Litouwen ( Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 12-09-2009, 23:09:19
Collani is buried in a German military cemetary in Tallinn, Estonia, a Baltic nation just south of Finland.
Errr I hope we all atleast heard of Estonia, got an idea of where it's more or less located or be able to point it out on the map. Those forumers who live in Europe and attended school there sure can... hehe.

You must remember our friends from the US of A ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 12-09-2009, 23:09:22
Collani is buried in a German military cemetary in Tallinn, Estonia, a Baltic nation just south of Finland.
Errr I hope we all atleast heard of Estonia, got an idea of where it's more or less located or be able to point it out on the map. Those forumers who live in Europe and attended school there sure can... hehe.

I remember drilling it in at scool quite well: Estland, Letland, Litouwen ( Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). :p

I copied that text.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-09-2009, 23:09:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/322183-2/atctg%23)

-I look like Al Capone whit this Machinegun... !
-...

Soldiers belonging to the crew of a German armoured train using "Tommy guns". A limited number of these smg's was captured from the British and Canadian at Dunkerque and Dieppe.
Posted on like page 3 or 4 already.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 13-09-2009, 00:09:17
-I look like Al Capone whit this Machinegun... !
-...

Soldiers belonging to the crew of a German armoured train using "Tommy guns". A limited number of these smg's was captured from the British and Canadian at Dunkerque and Dieppe.

IIRC the French recieved quantites of M1928's prior to the capitulation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-09-2009, 01:09:02
In west Hamburg born and raised
On the battleground where I spent most of my days
Killin' out, aimin', reloading all tense
And all shootin' some Russians outside of my trench
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-09-2009, 10:09:42
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1385/bundesarchivbild101i738.jpg)
Villers bocage 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fearbefore. on 13-09-2009, 11:09:17
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Winter%20machinegunner.jpg)
- German MG positon, Eastern Front

Love these sorts of pictures, mg positions over a vast expanse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-09-2009, 06:09:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/322724-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0353-27A__Collombelles__Soldaten_auf_Feld_vor_Fabrik)

A German patrol moves towards the Colombelles factory area. Some of the tall chimneys used by German observers are visible in the distance. July 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 14-09-2009, 15:09:36
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f378/Kvisler/hitler45.jpg)
The last picture of Hitler: Berlin, 30th of April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 14-09-2009, 16:09:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Panzerfaust6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 14-09-2009, 16:09:09
Hyvä Suomi!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 14-09-2009, 16:09:00
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4207KarjalaisneitoJaSuomalainenSotilas.jpg)
Finnish NCO and a local woman somewhere in East Karelia, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-09-2009, 16:09:53
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9985/a55wy3.jpg)
Mulhouse november 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-09-2009, 17:09:26
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/HU_039517.jpg)
German tanks advance along a railway line in pursuit of retreating British troops in Greece between 25 and 30 April 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-09-2009, 23:09:55
Amazing picture, Aggro!

(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/MG34%20position%20in%20trench.jpg)

- German MG34 position, early Eastern Front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 15-09-2009, 14:09:14
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9985/a55wy3.jpg)
Mulhouse november 1944

Are these French colonial troops?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 15-09-2009, 15:09:50
It looks like they have m1 carbines. In 1944 could'nt they be regular french forces as well?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-09-2009, 16:09:17
yes it could be

(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2546/a39wk7.jpg)
French 2eme regiment des dragons at Autun. September 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GenKnight on 15-09-2009, 16:09:19
Something old, something new...

(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/matzatj/NY%20Air%20Show/airshow4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nerdsturm on 15-09-2009, 17:09:42
Something old, something new...

Calling the F-15 new is a pretty big stretch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GenKnight on 15-09-2009, 18:09:16
Something old, something new...

Calling the F-15 new is a pretty big stretch.

Yeah but it is all relative...  :)

Here is the proper context...

(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/matzatj/NY%20Air%20Show/airshow2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 15-09-2009, 20:09:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/136463-2/Breda+mg9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-09-2009, 21:09:46
US Soldier, facing the gruel tasking of finishing off his Wounded Stallion

(http://www.stripes.com/02/nov02/mauldin/images/_maul35.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 16-09-2009, 02:09:28
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9985/a55wy3.jpg)
Mulhouse november 1944

Are these French colonial troops?
FH2 needs moar free french.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-09-2009, 05:09:44
It looks like they have m1 carbines. In 1944 could'nt they be regular french forces as well?

I was under the impression that post liberation French forces were equipped entirely by the Americans, including with American M1 helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-09-2009, 05:09:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323661-2/jp_usb%23)

Shot down P-38 Lightning (almost) crashes on German Jagdpanther. The Netherlands, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-09-2009, 05:09:14
It looks like they have m1 carbines. In 1944 could'nt they be regular french forces as well?

I was under the impression that post liberation French forces were equipped entirely by the Americans, including with American M1 helmets.

And you'd be wrong :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-09-2009, 09:09:58
It looks like they have m1 carbines. In 1944 could'nt they be regular french forces as well?

I was under the impression that post liberation French forces were equipped entirely by the Americans, including with American M1 helmets.
Those who still had their Adrian helmet had to wear it while those who lost it got the US M1 helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-09-2009, 13:09:33
What about the Mk. II?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-09-2009, 14:09:06
In Europe they only got American/French stuff. Different story in Africa I guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-09-2009, 14:09:19
french army was a mixt of old and new army at the end of the war.


french woman at war : nurse from the RBFM in Lorraine september 1944
(http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7310/24yn3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 16-09-2009, 14:09:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323661-2/jp_usb%23)

Shot down P-38 Lightning (almost) crashes on German Jagdpanther. The Netherlands, 1944.
No ramming!! Damn noobs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-09-2009, 14:09:53
l0l kamikaze n00b failz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-09-2009, 22:09:27
I think this one was a rather early type of armoured draisine, considering that it isn't really very properly armoured at all. All I know that it is called a 'Zeppelin' which renders any google search useless as google will always insist that a Zeppelin is an airship and will otherwise strongly insist on an combination with "Led".

(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9715/img00076zeppelin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 17-09-2009, 07:09:36
I think this is either a captured russian one or moddified one. Cause I think it has the t-26 turret on top.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-09-2009, 07:09:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323814-2/horse_water)

japanese soldier giving his water canteen to a dying horse hit by artillery shell (phillipines 1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-09-2009, 09:09:41
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/MG34%20winter%20position.jpg)

- German MG34 position, Eastern front. Date N/A.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 17-09-2009, 16:09:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323661-2/jp_usb%23)

Shot down P-38 Lightning (almost) crashes on German Jagdpanther. The Netherlands, 1944.
No ramming!! Damn noobs.

Funny looking P-38. :p

It's a C-47.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-09-2009, 16:09:34
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6904/21ai9.jpg)
the marinette from the RBFM in Lorraine september 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GenKnight on 17-09-2009, 19:09:24
Panther 2 - one of two in the world.

(http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/matzatj/Patton%20Walkaround/P1000915.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 17-09-2009, 21:09:34
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3664358614_d93c77d26b_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 17-09-2009, 22:09:27
What the hell?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-09-2009, 22:09:30
The strong, vast and colossal Russian soldier turned it around.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-09-2009, 22:09:48
I think only 1 Panther II was ever built

(http://imcdb.org/images/158/894.jpg)

Char D2 with its crew. I always liked French tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 17-09-2009, 23:09:24
whats a panther 2 ??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-09-2009, 23:09:51
whats a panther 2 ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_tank#Panther_II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-09-2009, 09:09:59
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3261/06yp2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GenKnight on 18-09-2009, 17:09:17
whats a panther 2 ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_tank#Panther_II

Thanks for watching my back!   :)

I thought at the museum they said two but I am probably mistaken - Oldsheimer you know...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-09-2009, 18:09:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J08362%2C_%C3%9Cbung%2C_Panzer-Nahbek%C3%A4mpfung.jpg)
A German training mock-up of T-34 tank, built upon the Polish tankette TKS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-09-2009, 19:09:57
[img]http://pixdaus.com/pics/h1DXvm6nyz7V.jpg/img]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-09-2009, 23:09:34
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Russian%20POWS%20diging%20graves.jpg)

- Russian POW's digging graves for fallen German soldiers, date unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 18-09-2009, 23:09:41
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3512968253_3058068c46_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 19-09-2009, 06:09:05
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3261/06yp2.jpg)

Info please.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-09-2009, 08:09:55
If im not mistaken, its a French Mechanized (? Unit in France 1944


All Aboard......... The Fail Tank.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323071-2/General+Pantazi)

romanian army General Pantazi inspecting the 5th Mechanised Squadron of the 8th Cavalry Division in Crimea, 8 August 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-09-2009, 09:09:34
I think it's pre-war and those are Lorraine Infantry Tractors.

My POTD:
(http://worldwartwozone.com/photopost/data/500/medium/R-35_towing_Lorraine.jpg)

R35 towing a Lorraine tractor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-09-2009, 11:09:10
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/New%20Photos%205/passing%20KV2.JPG)

- "Passing through Russian KV2 Tank"

German cavalry! When will we see these in-game?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-09-2009, 13:09:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/M18-Hellcat-wiesloch-19450401.jpg)

An M18 Hellcat in Wiesloch Germany. Hellcat crews love their vehicle. As it had superb speed, and a .50CAL wich could be 360* travesed

Hellcat was the best US Tankdestroyer imo. Ligthing!We need it in Normandy!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2009, 14:09:02
I think it's pre-war and those are Lorraine Infantry Tractors.

yes prewar 1939

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4528/07wk6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 19-09-2009, 14:09:54
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/3298910556_56b0ae9389_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-09-2009, 20:09:14
Tiger Ausf E Early in Brandemburg Gate?


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323125-2/Focke+Wulf+Fw-190+4)

FW190 A4 Patrolling over the Baltic Sea (?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 19-09-2009, 20:09:01
Yeah it is in Berlin, in front of the Brandenburger Tor, but I don't know any more about the picture. Maybe the others know more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-09-2009, 22:09:46
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/694/p0002245.jpg)
Leichter Schienenpanzer Steyr K 2670 (Triest, post war)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 20-09-2009, 00:09:11
This can Ruin your day very quickly.... >:(

Jeep after it ran over a mine!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-09-2009, 00:09:29
(http://www.strictly-gi.com/lmgbulge.jpg)

US Soldier during the battle of the Bulge. Altough his .30CAL is frozen, American soldiers simply peed on their weapons, and then quickly dried them...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 20-09-2009, 01:09:03
A young German soldier in pain being treated by American GI.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/87352-2/young-german-soldier-teen)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-09-2009, 12:09:23
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5232/panzer7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-09-2009, 12:09:12
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/MG%20position%20in%20deep%20snow.jpg)

"MG34 machinegun position in the deep of winter"

- Hmm, I've found a good collection of Eastern Front pictures but still I just keep posting the MG positions wth :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-09-2009, 14:09:56
A cool drawing of the Defence of Brest Fortress during the first days of Operation Barbarossa.

(http://www.great-victory1945.ru/the_brest_fortress.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-09-2009, 15:09:39
A young German soldier in pain being treated by American GI.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/87352-2/young-german-soldier-teen)
Last night when I saw you posted this picture, I remembered it from a book with LIFE photos from WW2.

I tried to find another picture from LIFE with an young German soldier sitting and crying by a destroyed artillery gun

Did not find it in the LIFE collection at Googel, searched for both, "Crying" "German" and 1944/1945

Anybody know where I can find this picture? I'm 99,9% sure it's a LIFE picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-09-2009, 16:09:11
Jum Jum posted a link to that gallery a while ago, but you're right now I can't find it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-09-2009, 16:09:02
Ye, I got access to the LIFE collection, still, the picture ain't there :(

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dooppie on 20-09-2009, 19:09:32
Broken tank at oosterbeek (near arnhem):
(http://www.operatiemarketgarden.nl/fotoalbum/MarketGarden/mg153.jpg)

What kind of tank is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-09-2009, 19:09:23
Tiger II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-09-2009, 19:09:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/208065-2/delfinul)

Romanian submarine Delfinul

The Only Romanian navy Submarine. Completed 9 Patrols on the Black Sea.

It was heavily damaged on its Last Sortie, but made it to Romania. When Romania surrendered, the reparations were not done yet, and the Submarine went inactive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-09-2009, 19:09:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Canadiannaziflag1944.jpg/428px-Canadiannaziflag1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 20-09-2009, 21:09:53
A Spitfire using its wingtip to 'topple' a V-1 flying bomb
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 20-09-2009, 22:09:30
A Spitfire using its wingtip to 'topple' a V-1 flying bomb
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg)

That takes a good Pilot....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 20-09-2009, 23:09:37
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3143349037_4a292515ea_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-09-2009, 23:09:40
A Spitfire using its wingtip to 'topple' a V-1 flying bomb
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg)

That takes a Crazy Pilot....
*Fixed

"Yo buddy!Can you like, try to fly and topple a 850KG flying bomb???"

The USAAF holds the coolest V2 kill though. A V2 was launched, and a B-24 liberator his gunners shot it instanly down during launch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-09-2009, 23:09:22
Many people claims that the V2 Shot Down was fake.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/324576-2/sd_20kfz_20222)

SdKfz. 222 armored cars used by the elite 88th Division of the chinese army (china 1937)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 20-09-2009, 23:09:54
(http://i37.tinypic.com/2mwgeh2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 21-09-2009, 00:09:02
Photoshop much?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bosco on 21-09-2009, 00:09:30
No shit, sherlock.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 21-09-2009, 01:09:10
Panzer VIII Maus

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/dmaus.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-09-2009, 01:09:51
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3834/1945danzigpanzerjgerwag.jpg)
Panzerjägerwagen BR-52
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-09-2009, 10:09:17
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8638/422283848e6fd0a44deb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-09-2009, 19:09:49
(http://bp0.blogger.com/_CbwnjooteyI/R40lIa1UdyI/AAAAAAAAFhk/SBTRKEX8k5I/s1600-h/Matilda_51.jpg)

HERE Panzer panzer panzer!

Matilda Tank II of the Russian 196th Tank Brigade in ambush. the Kalinin Front, June 29'1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 21-09-2009, 22:09:44
The Flettner Fl 282
(http://www.luftwaffe-reich.co.uk/images/helicopter/flettner-fl-282-helicopter-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-09-2009, 23:09:05
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Maxim%20MG%20and%20dead%20crew.jpg)

- Maxim machine gun and fallen crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-09-2009, 00:09:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/323229-2/prin_20apa-basarabia)

romanian troops armed with a light manchine gun crossing river (1941)


Can someone tell me the name of the gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-09-2009, 00:09:45
ZB-30, I'd reckon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-09-2009, 01:09:56
They mass-use disabled tanks hull+turrets as a armored train parts. T-34 1941 production in Kubinka tank museum - ex-piece of german armored train. He used without engine, tracks and wheels, just hull+turret on the flatcar.

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8959/v4ui53.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 22-09-2009, 04:09:11
German Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 "Drache" (dragon) helicopter.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/239323-2/fa223)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-09-2009, 11:09:07
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3905/6101178233027big.jpg)

Production of vpgs41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 22-09-2009, 16:09:58
I like Dukat's theme so I hope he wont mind if I parcipate with him. Panhard 178 adapted for railroad use by the Germans, they are called Schienenpanzer. These where to protect the railways from anything. They could drive on the tracks themselves and have a radio fitted.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-639-4252-20A%2C_Im_Osten%2C_Schienen-Sp%C3%A4hpanzer_Panhard_P178.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-09-2009, 17:09:55
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_008970.jpg)
Sailors of a landing party from HMS WHEATLAND storming a barricade at the point of a bayonet whilst they train for fighting on land at Northern Range, Scapa Flow. They also practiced with rifles, automatic weapons and anti-aircraft guns on shore.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-09-2009, 18:09:06
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Burial.jpg)

- Burial of a brother in arms, East front.

Can anybody German with some knowledge in Military drills please tell me what you call that the three soldiers are doing with their rifles? I know what it means and all that, I only lack the word for it in German.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-09-2009, 19:09:22
The movement is called "present arms", its a formal salute.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-09-2009, 19:09:46
The movement is called "present arms", its a formal salute.

I only lack the word for it in German.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 22-09-2009, 19:09:08
The equivalent of "Present arms" seems to exist in German as well; "Präsentiert das Gewehr".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 22-09-2009, 19:09:32
"Spalier stehen", Schneider figured it out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-09-2009, 20:09:36
Thanks guys!

For your hard work I give you an extra POTD

(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Communist%20building.jpg)

- Deserted Soviet HQ due to advancing Axis early Eastern Front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-09-2009, 20:09:05
The movement is called "present arms", its a formal salute.

I only lack the word for it in German.

Oohh, sorry, forgot that bit:

Präsentiert das Gewehr
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 22-09-2009, 21:09:08
Dornier Do 335
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/7724-2/adc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-09-2009, 21:09:40
(http://www.bilderload.com/bild/13529/pzno350YRC9R.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-09-2009, 22:09:26
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/2%20dead%20russians%20laying%20together.jpg)
Quote
Early war photo of 2 fallen Russian soldiers, one of which is wearing a 1936 model helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-09-2009, 03:09:10
Are Spanish Civil War photos allowed?  (I miss Fuchs' old freedom edition...)

Hungarian tank advances at Drebecen, 1944.

(http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/3/33/Turan_I_-_1944.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-09-2009, 06:09:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Fightinggoodwood.jpg)

Welsh soldiers in action near Cagny, 19 July 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 24-09-2009, 09:09:47
not really a picture, but its interesting
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/310067-1/brick)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-09-2009, 09:09:24
Oh, god. Classic, imagine the terror in that Germans mind.

"Just gonna have a look here for some Tommies... OMFG A GRENADE!"

Market Garden, British paratrooper, low on ammo, finds a rock.

My POTD

(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Buried%20in%20snow.jpg)

Quote
A fallen Russian soldier buried in snow. He is holding a Mosin Nagant rifle with bayonet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-09-2009, 09:09:24
Oh, god. Classic, imagine the terror in that Germans mind.

"Just gonna have a look here for some Tommies... OMFG A GRENADE!"

Market Garden, British paratrooper, low on ammo, finds a rock.
No, thats not it. It is staged and it's a German FJ in the door and someone thats supposed to be a partisan with a mixture of stuff.
As you see, the rock disappears halfway in the air, so they probably paused the film en then started filming again so he could run away without being hit by a rock.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 24-09-2009, 17:09:14
Oh, god. Classic, imagine the terror in that Germans mind.

"Just gonna have a look here for some Tommies... OMFG A GRENADE!"

Market Garden, British paratrooper, low on ammo, finds a rock.
No, thats not it. It is staged and it's a German FJ in the door and someone thats supposed to be a partisan with a mixture of stuff.
As you see, the rock disappears halfway in the air, so they probably paused the film en then started filming again so he could run away without being hit by a rock.

The last part makes no sense.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-09-2009, 17:09:33
Well that isn't a German soldier so what else could it be? A partisan. The guy in the door is an FJ beyond doubt, the fact the camera is just standing there indicates it's staged.

Now you explain the disappearing brick.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 24-09-2009, 17:09:32
Well that isn't a German soldier so what else could it be? A partisan. The guy in the door is an FJ beyond doubt, the fact the camera is just standing there indicates it's staged.

Now you explain the disappearing brick.

This part:
"As you see, the rock disappears halfway in the air, so they probably paused the film en then started filming again so he could run away without being hit by a rock."

Why would they stop filming, the rock had already cleared him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 24-09-2009, 17:09:58
There's clearly some frames missing. The .gif skips and during those missing frames the brick has flown out of the pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 24-09-2009, 18:09:48
There's clearly some frames missing. The .gif skips and during those missing frames the brick has flown out of the pic.

Exactly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-09-2009, 18:09:41
The full video is on a documentary on the battle for Italy I saw last year.  The partisan creeps up along the side of the wall, the satchel charge very obviously smoking.  He throws it around the side, and suddenly the FJ guys runs up, grabs the charge (as seen in the video), and throws it out.  He turns and slips (which is where there are some missing frames, you can see the entire video jumps), and the partisan goes running, while the FJ runs back to where he was.  I am 100% sure this is real.  Come on guys, this is like the 3rd time its been posted too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-09-2009, 18:09:23
I still wonder why nobody is noticing the cameraman.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-09-2009, 18:09:16
My guess?  Its like every other real combat shot...the partisan prob cares less about the camera, and more about that thing called survival.  I've seen shots of german soldiers in combat with the british, one of them shooting and killing one of the british soldiers maneuvering in front of them, while bullets are landing against the berm the germans are behind.  I've seen british soldiers in a town running through what is apparently an open area, and suddenly a burst of bullets chewing a hole in a wall between two of the guys.  In none of those vids was anyone noticing the camera man.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-09-2009, 19:09:43
But imagine your the camera man. Would you just stand there when you see an enemy partisan coming? When I'm only armed with a camera and a tripod (which I could throw at them) I would atleast go back a bit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 24-09-2009, 19:09:40
He could be behind some cover.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-09-2009, 19:09:05
Even if he is behind a wall, fence, etc, he still is visible as his camera needs free space to film.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-09-2009, 20:09:02
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/D_003745.jpg)
L M MacBride of the Publications Division of the Ministry of Information sends a cable to 'Parade' magazine. He is a Corporal in the Home Guard and is wearing his uniform and a duty gas mask as he works.

Gas masks were first issued in 1938 and there were two types: civilian and duty. Duty respirators were used by members of Civil Defence organisations. Civilians had to carry their gas mask with them at all times. The government recommended that people wear their gas mask for 15 minutes every day to get used to wearing it, and gas vans travelled around so that people could test their gas mask, if they really wished to do so!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-09-2009, 21:09:25
But imagine your the camera man. Would you just stand there when you see an enemy partisan coming? When I'm only armed with a camera and a tripod (which I could throw at them) I would atleast go back a bit.

What enemy partisan?  Ever think they might be on the same side?  And you don't need a tripod, they did have hand held cameras (judging by quality, that IS what it is).  I somehow bet that the camera man wasn't expecting a fallschirmjager to suddenly run out and run back.  He was expecting to see an ALLIED soldier toss in an explosive and get a cool film.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-09-2009, 04:09:45



(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/326569-2/18_001)


Russian soldiers moving through a village.unknown location
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-09-2009, 18:09:57
As the Warsaw Uprising began to be swept up, a dispirited insurgent climbs out of the sewer to his German captors.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/213314-4/Warschauer_Aufstand_2C_polnischer_Soldat%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-09-2009, 09:09:50
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7708/ofenrohrpanzerschreck.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-09-2009, 09:09:06
Hehe, improvised protection shield  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-09-2009, 11:09:02
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1212441424/gallery_28554_186_26439.jpg)
German troops in Normandie with MG 26(t) (ZB vz 26)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-09-2009, 11:09:55
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/New%20Photos%205/U2%20plane.JPG)

Quote
- Downed Soviet U2 Recon plane with a German soldier on-top
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-09-2009, 12:09:54
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8832/45876895500d3b1cf2cb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 27-09-2009, 14:09:21
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6561/type88tankette.jpg)

Japanese type 88 tankette (Carden Loyd Mk.VIb).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 27-09-2009, 17:09:21
Tankettes Ex-Dutch?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-09-2009, 17:09:38
Ex Republic of China  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-09-2009, 18:09:30
(http://izismile.com/img/img2/20090903/normandy_47.jpg)

Just like FH2.. :P

American Troops in St-Lo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 29-09-2009, 04:09:14
Aw man, I want that captured Kubelwagon..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-09-2009, 04:09:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/322835-2/despie35-09_62_1%23)


Lots... Lots of awesome tanks...

Early tank parade at Nuremberg, 1935.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 29-09-2009, 13:09:19
Russian Female sniper.
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/mosinbabe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 30-09-2009, 15:09:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5613-03A%2C_Wilhelmshaven%2C_U-Boot_l%C3%A4uft_ein.jpg)

Type IX Submarine U-37 in Wilhemshafen 18 april 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-09-2009, 18:09:47
Interestingly, U-37 was one of the few survivors...made it to the end of the war, no casualties.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: NikolaiNL on 30-09-2009, 20:09:06
Im sorry if it already has been posted but there were too many pages to browse through

(http://www.yousaytoo.com/gallery_image/pic2/29881/medium/WWII_Funny_Photos67.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-09-2009, 21:09:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/326965-2/Kiesgen_+Peter_Hauptmann%23)

Hauptmann PETER KIESGEN (*November 22, 1915 in Lieser/Germany; +March 22, 1946 ibid.), five tank destruction badges, Knight's Cross on October 5, 1941 as Lieutenant and leader of 1st company/Infanterie-Regiment 239 (106. Infanterie-Division). In late 1943 he became an instructor (see photo, instruction of HJ at Panzerfaust 60 in Frankfurt/Oder). Kiesgen died in March 1946 during an occupational accident aged 30.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-10-2009, 02:10:23
Two Volkssturm recruits inspect their Panzerfausts.

(http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/6891/volkssturm20gc.jpg)

(http://ww2-weapons.com/WW2/Weapons/Infantry/Firearms/German/Panzerfaust/images/Volkssturm-Panzerfaust-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-10-2009, 23:10:27
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9536/panzerzug.jpg)
repost: 8.8cm on an armoured train.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-10-2009, 01:10:36
Wait? You cant strangulate a Teddy Bear! FH Mascot!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/326055-2/DAsd_51_1%23)

G.I. and strangulated Teddy bear. Eschweiler near Aachen/Germany, October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 03-10-2009, 10:10:54
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1977/refueling.jpg)
U-124, a Type IX-B commanded by Kapitänleutnant Johann Mohr, is being refuelled by supply ship Python. Picture was taken on 26th or 27th November 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-10-2009, 11:10:02
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/features/netherlandsbattle/neth1.jpg)

Dutch troops heading to battle, in 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-10-2009, 12:10:40
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/4%20helmeted%20graves.jpg)

Quote
4 soldiers who fell in battle, now resting in the baking Russian summer steppe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2009, 12:10:36
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7741/014es.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 03-10-2009, 18:10:38
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/features/netherlandsbattle/neth1.jpg)

Dutch troops heading to battle, in 1940

Nahh... thats from a 1938 training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 03-10-2009, 19:10:22
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/ortona_b1.jpg)

Troops of 1st Canadian Infantry Division during battle of Ortona in Italy, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-10-2009, 20:10:53
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/features/netherlandsbattle/neth1.jpg)

Dutch troops heading to battle, in 1940

Nahh... thats from a 1938 training.
zhey say that zhey went to battle!Then zhey went to battle!



Are u sure?I just read the description on the site
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-10-2009, 02:10:15
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9215/muhrjohann.jpg)
8.8cm on an armoured train.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-10-2009, 02:10:20
(http://www.bbll.com/army/pow.jpg)

A German prisoner of war.

Also, a cool picture of some Bersagliere  charging a Greek position.

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/BersagliereMarinesChargeOnGreek-Alb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 04-10-2009, 12:10:06
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4892/bazookapanther.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 04-10-2009, 18:10:24
(http://pics.livejournal.com/pantherlader/pic/0001526z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-10-2009, 19:10:51
(http://www.anicursor.com/3ad/war08.jpg)

Panther tank in cologne. Appearntly destroyed by a M26 Pershing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 04-10-2009, 19:10:30

Panther tank in cologne. Appearntly destroyed by a M26 Pershing
Is there possibly video footage of that fight? It feels so familiar, like I would have seen it video.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-10-2009, 19:10:22
Yeah, there is.  It has to be the most photographed Panther ever.... xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-10-2009, 20:10:49
A cool Italian propaganda poster.

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/Axislarge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-10-2009, 21:10:31
That video is damn sad..

I heard all the crew died? when the commander tries to bail, a pershing shot penetrates right under the turret, cutting off his legs and falling into flames.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/311141-2/PICT5317)

Marines among the wrecked homes and rubble of Naha, capitol city of Okinawa Island, Sixth Division Marines are pinned down by the fire of the Japanese.They take cover behind a wall and one peers cautiously around the corner to see what is ahead of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-10-2009, 22:10:12
No, you can clearly see 2 people get out of that panther, and 1 almost getting out before the ammunition ignites and all you see is flames. the camera is a bit shaky at that point so no real telling if the third person got out or not. But i dont think he did.

The footage for those who want to see it. its a bit graphic tough so dont watch if you dont want to see people die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ZDBinC0XI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-10-2009, 23:10:17
The better italian soldiers
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-311-0926-07%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten.jpg)
RSI soldiers, march 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-10-2009, 00:10:04
That's a lot of submachine guns. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 05-10-2009, 00:10:47
A cool Italian propaganda poster.

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/Axislarge.jpg)

 It is an interesting piece of propaganda but it begs a question from me,

are those German or Italians represented in the image? I only ask this question because I thought the italiano's only used one type of issued helmet. (someone please correct me as i know little of the Italian forces)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-10-2009, 00:10:18
Italian SS

And aye, 2 got out, but the commander had his legs chopped off by the follow up shell from the pershing, you can see him roll off onto the ground.... =/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-10-2009, 00:10:51
A cool Italian propaganda poster.

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/Axislarge.jpg)

 It is an interesting piece of propaganda but it begs a question from me,

are those German or Italians represented in the image? I only ask this question because I thought the italiano's only used one type of issued helmet. (someone please correct me as i know little of the Italian forces)

Too bad the japanese were in the other side of the world.. i would put a Romanian, Hungarian, Finnish and even a Bulgarian soldier on thet poster :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-10-2009, 01:10:36


 It is an interesting piece of propaganda but it begs a question from me,

are those German or Italians represented in the image? I only ask this question because I thought the italiano's only used one type of issued helmet. (someone please correct me as i know little of the Italian forces)
It's like a Fascist Pride sort of thing.  The Triple Alliance; Japan, Italy, and Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-10-2009, 07:10:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/329205-2/panzer_03)

Type 97 tank crew man of the 3rd Tank Divison relaxing after successful operations in China during Operation Ichi-Go June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-10-2009, 10:10:00
(http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/neo/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/centaur_iv.jpg)

Centaur MK IV in the field. Notice those target bearings. Armed with the 95MM Howitzer

If we ever get Gold, Sword of Juno beaches, the centaur should be included, as the vehicles where used on the  beaches, fitted with wading equipment to get them on shore
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-10-2009, 19:10:11
One to make Mudra drool:

FJ's with MG42 lafette, Normandy.

(http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bundesarchiv_bild_101i-587-2253-15_normandie_fallschirmjager_mit_mg_42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-10-2009, 22:10:30
<drools>
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-10-2009, 00:10:48
If only you could go back in time to WW2 and grab all the equiptment and stash it away..... ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-10-2009, 00:10:21
I remember one helmet collector who fondly remembered plinking away at Fallschirmjager helmets when he was a kid in the 1950s, with his dad's rifle.  Now original FJ helmets are worth around 2000 bucks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-10-2009, 00:10:17
Italians make cool posters.  I also think they had snazzy uniforms.

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/buonsanguelarge.jpg)

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/etu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-10-2009, 06:10:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/330130-2/2009_6_14_54180_9454180)

General Tani Masuo, who directed the Nanjing Massacre, executed by a Chinese soldier who was a Veteran of the Battle of Nanjing (March 1947)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-10-2009, 07:10:37
Good Riddance...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-10-2009, 19:10:34
Aye. I saw a documentaire of the Nanjing massacere. Not the one usually showed to the public, but showing alot.....

Seeing japanese soldiers holding contests "who can chop off those 10 civilians their heads off the fastest" made me realise we humans are nothing but primates
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 06-10-2009, 19:10:37
Aye. I saw a documentaire of the Nanjing massacere. Not the one usually showed to the public, but showing alot.....

Seeing japanese soldiers holding contests "who can chop off those 10 civilians their heads off the fastest" made me realise we humans are nothing but primates

Or not very good at making up new sports.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-10-2009, 19:10:31
(http://ww2-aircraft.com/images/photo/La5-8s.jpg)

Soviet pilots in front of a La-5 fighter
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-10-2009, 02:10:32
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8328/fszug1.jpg)
'Führersonderzug', basically a mobile headquarter, eleven of these were used for the heads of army, airforce and navy. The AA railcars were armoured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-10-2009, 06:10:39
Aye. I saw a documentaire of the Nanjing massacere. Not the one usually showed to the public, but showing alot.....

Seeing japanese soldiers holding contests "who can chop off those 10 civilians their heads off the fastest" made me realise we humans are nothing but primates

Competitions of who kills more Chinese in a couple of days were held on Nanjing. Like Officer Toako won the contest, killed 158 Chinese and Officer Takahira lost the contest, killed 156 Chinese.

Things like that happend daily on Nanjing.

------------------------------------------------------

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/330335-2/130)


Soldiers of the 200th Division preparing to ambush japanese froces during the Battle of Kunlun Pass (december 1939)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 07-10-2009, 11:10:29
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893356/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893356/) Nanking  found that a very touching and chilling docu about a topic i never heard about before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Coca-Cola on 07-10-2009, 22:10:29
Might want to also look up city of life and death on youtube.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-10-2009, 00:10:55
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1644/fszug2.jpg)
'Führersonderzug', radio room of the command railcar. Guess who will be fired next for forgetting to wear his swastika armband when the picture was taken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-10-2009, 01:10:00
The guy without the armband is actually a railroad engineering officer.  The guy in black with swazi looks like generic Allegemeine SS, and the other two are Brown shirt SA...makes me wonder just who's train that is o_O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-10-2009, 05:10:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/330618-1/Romanian+Infanty+Assault)

Romanian Soldiers on Crimea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2009, 17:10:19
M18 probaly in Normandy

(http://www.erniestreasures.com/hellcat/hellcat3.jpg)


Lovely beast
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 09-10-2009, 00:10:09
M18 probaly in Normandy

(http://www.erniestreasures.com/hellcat/hellcat3.jpg)


Lovely beast

It's got a muzzle brake, so it's a late war (1945) model IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 09-10-2009, 20:10:17
I reckon that pic was taken in the States.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-10-2009, 00:10:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/331790-2/assault)

German Soldiers waiting for the Assault after Heavy Artillery fire in Russia, June 41.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-10-2009, 18:10:21
Double, sorry

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/331914-2/11fea70e961g214)

chinese army SdKfz 221 armored car of 200th Division armed with a mg 34 machine gun and a anti tank rifle (china 1938)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-10-2009, 19:10:16
Must be the version we got in FH2. Though the kill message keeps telling it is a 222. This one however requires the hatch to be open due to the missing third sight in the turret. The 222 does have one, thus you could close the hatch and it could be driven like an ordinary tank. Maybe we can fix this if devs implement a 221 some day.

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8200/tdestroyedsdkfz222310.jpg)
Sdkfz. 222

Edit:// I think you can see it better on this picture:

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8282/tpzlehr222umbrellaarden.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 10-10-2009, 20:10:39
Panzerkampfwagen KV-II 754(r)


(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/ruscaptured/KV-2/kv_2_00.jpg)

(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/ruscaptured/KV-2/kv_2_05.jpg)

The captured KV2 was added to the Pz Abt zBV-66 for the (canceled) invasion of malta  :o . Later it was replaced to Kamfgruppe center.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-10-2009, 21:10:06
I wonder what Tommy would have said when he would have had to encounter that beast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-10-2009, 22:10:11
Boys rifle versus KV-2= german lulz fest
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-10-2009, 23:10:46
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4906/svt38parade.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-10-2009, 00:10:35
Italians, Romanians?  What are those rifles?  Post some info, man!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-10-2009, 00:10:51
Russians with SVT's?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-10-2009, 00:10:57
Well I thought of that, (though not at first)  but still, I like some info unless the photo is self-evident.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2009, 00:10:19
Lafette Guards.

Mudra, Fuchs, Torenico manning a lafette :P

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/332185-2/kuva_152)

MG34 Team near Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-10-2009, 01:10:35
Well I thought of that, (though not at first)  but still, I like some info unless the photo is self-evident.

Yeah, its russkies with SVTs in some sort of parade, pre 1943, due to lack of shoulderboards.

And lafette guards ftw  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 11-10-2009, 07:10:59
Must be the version we got in FH2. Though the kill message keeps telling it is a 222. This one however requires the hatch to be open due to the missing third sight in the turret. The 222 does have one, thus you could close the hatch and it could be driven like an ordinary tank. Maybe we can fix this if devs implement a 221 some day.

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8200/tdestroyedsdkfz222310.jpg)
Sdkfz. 222


Slightly bigger version:
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6999/destroyedsdkfz222.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2009, 09:10:13
you know, since the willy jeep can has it roof come ........and the halftracks those little armored plates around the windows

A collapsable roof for the 222 would be so awesome
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2009, 09:10:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/230047-2/life_6)

American soldiers looking over a knocked out Marder III destroyed during the drive towards Rome.May 23, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-10-2009, 10:10:37
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4906/svt38parade.jpg)

yes those are soviet, and notice the svt38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2009, 11:10:01
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/332270-2/12) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/britain/12.html)

Member of the West Nova Scotia Regiment firing a PIAT at a German tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 11-10-2009, 13:10:01
you know, since the willy jeep can has it roof come ........and the halftracks those little armored plates around the windows

A collapsable roof for the 222 would be so awesome

I think it already does that, when you aim the gun up and down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2009, 14:10:07
(http://www.seemyaccount.com/558thfab/2001Reunion/images/A-02.jpg)

An M12 GMC together with its ammunition carrier M30. Probaly during training before deploying to Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-10-2009, 20:10:27
A cheerful RSI soldato.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-307-0768-20A%2C_Italien%2C_italienischer_Soldat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 11-10-2009, 22:10:26
Intresting Mag. pouches/vest on that soldier...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2009, 22:10:38
Chinese Soldiers using Anti Aircraft Gun during the Battle of Shangai, 1937.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/332436-2/hel11)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-10-2009, 03:10:25
Germans are your buds.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Germaniamica.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-10-2009, 04:10:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Groenert-019-23A%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg)


A Waffen-SS Tiger I engages enemy armor. The Tiger's advanced optics and accurate main gun allowed it to effectively hit targets at extended ranges.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 13-10-2009, 12:10:06
(http://kotisivukone.fi/files/pikkupietari.tarinoi.fi/kuvat/Historiakuvia/8342.jpg)

Finnish soldiers waiting enemy attack in a trench, Taipale river 1939.

My granfather fought there with IR 23.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-10-2009, 22:10:58
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7917/sovt34train07.jpg)
captured soviet armoured train in german hands with a 'Zeppelin' artillery railcar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 13-10-2009, 23:10:11
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_010131.jpg)
Cromwell tanks of Guard's Armoured Division drive along 'Hell's Highway' towards Nijmegen during Operation 'Market-Garden', 20 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-10-2009, 18:10:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/230650-2/life_18) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/life_18.html)

An M36 in the ardennes forest December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: djinn on 14-10-2009, 19:10:17
you know, since the willy jeep can has it roof come ........and the halftracks those little armored plates around the windows

A collapsable roof for the 222 would be so awesome

I think it already does that, when you aim the gun up and down.

It was originally supposed to, but the devs said it had crash issues and was removed... The jeep has an issue with its hood though... Once you put the hood up and return it down, the windscreen doesn't quite go the right way... Before the hood is completely down, the windscreen starts adjusting, so you can never have your windscreen up and the hood completely down again after putting the hood up once.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 14-10-2009, 19:10:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/230650-2/life_18) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/life_18.html)

An M36 in the ardennes forest December 1944
Higher res shot: http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=373621cbd2e9f186_large
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-10-2009, 19:10:17
(http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2458/01hu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 15-10-2009, 01:10:42
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=179853)
Is new Italian stuff planed for next vesion  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-10-2009, 02:10:47
Italian uniforms are badass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-10-2009, 02:10:08
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=179853)
Is new Italian stuff planed for next vesion  :-\

New beard skins, maybe. ;D

Edit://
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5997/flak88trainscolor.jpg)
german AA train.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-10-2009, 02:10:26
I must agree...many italian soldiers did wear van dykes ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 15-10-2009, 03:10:11
Sometimes the most badass things can become swings for the innocent.

(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/swings.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2009, 04:10:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/333170-2/capturand)

russian tank crew man surrendering to romanian soldiers (russia 1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 15-10-2009, 04:10:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/333170-2/capturand)

russian tank crew man surrendering to romanian soldiers (russia 1942)

Propoagand-what?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 15-10-2009, 04:10:53
Is new Italian stuff planed for next vesion  :-\

Are those 2 fellows on the right holding... t...tho..thompsons? Or is it some form of Italian make similar to the Thompson.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-10-2009, 04:10:12
Looks like they're looking at captured tommy guns, yes :P

And does anyone notice that the helmet that the russian tanker is wearing looks almost exactly like the helmets the romanians are wearing?  And how about the fact that the soviet tankers is, well, WEARING a helmet while in a tank?


Just saying...:P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 15-10-2009, 07:10:19
And hoe the supposed damage caused smoke seems to not be coming from the tank at all lol. ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2009, 08:10:47
Romanian fail..


Well not that fail, they have captured a T34 after all...


Char B1 "Verdunn II" in France 1940, This tank was commanded by the son of general Bruneau.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/332771-1/verdun2+03)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 15-10-2009, 09:10:37
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=179853)
Is new Italian stuff planed for next vesion  :-\

the 2 guys in the middle, what is that behind their backs poking out on their left side ?
almost looks like a violin bow or something...

clearly it is some sort of weapon you can see the butstocks at the other side
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 15-10-2009, 11:10:47
(http://world.guns.ru/rifle/carcano91car.jpg)

6.5mm Carcano M91 Moschetto da Cavalleria (cavalry carbine)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 15-10-2009, 13:10:00
so the strange thing under the barrel is "flip up" bayonet ?

rather strange looking rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 15-10-2009, 14:10:12
hey Italians stuff like the CV 33/35 or M11/39 is fun you have many reverse gears.
 You are always first with flee (http://www.bf-games.net/forum/style_emoticons/default/zzz_ugly.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 15-10-2009, 17:10:48
(http://world.guns.ru/rifle/carcano91car.jpg)

6.5mm Carcano M91 Moschetto da Cavalleria (cavalry carbine)

i want it!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-10-2009, 23:10:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/320521-2/Mosin-babe) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/soviet-union/Mosin-babe.html)

Its her precious  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 15-10-2009, 23:10:34
TF2: "You did well! Kiss me!"

Anyway, posted few pages ago.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 15-10-2009, 23:10:58
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=133454)
The Croatian legion in Russia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-10-2009, 01:10:47
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_008573.jpg)
Royal Engineers search for mines near a knocked out German Panther tank, near Villers Bocage, 4 August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-10-2009, 01:10:07
Good Blood.

(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/buonsanguelarge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 16-10-2009, 02:10:03
"After the Marines captured this mountain gun from the Japs at Saipan, they put it into use during the attack on Garapan, administrative center of the island." Cpl. Angus Robertson, ca. July 1944. 127-GR-114-83270.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/capturedcannon.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-10-2009, 05:10:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/254539-2/IMG_4219)

A Texan drove this flaming Coast Guard LCPV to the beach. Bursting in flame when machine gun fire exploded a hand grenade, this Coast Guard-manned LCVP, packed with troops, was piloted safely to the Normandy beach on D-Day by a 23 year old Texan Coast Guardmen. He unloaded his cargo of soldiers and, assisted by his engineman and bowman, put out the fire and made the run back to his Coast Guard manned assault transport in a hail of German machine gun and mortar fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 16-10-2009, 05:10:13
I did know the Coast Guard falls under the military, but I had no idea they used them in combat like that :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-10-2009, 10:10:47
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8625/roadwars92.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-10-2009, 13:10:40
I never understand why the Russians don't put their ear flaps down, it defeats the point of the hat not to, doesn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-10-2009, 14:10:40
I did know the Coast Guard falls under the military, but I had no idea they used them in combat like that :o

The US Coast Guard is considered a branch of the U.S. Military, even though it is not part of the Department of Defense. It's part of the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard is unique amongst service branches in that it can make arrests and serve as a law enforcement organization during peacetime.

During wartime the Coast Guard can be placed under the control of the Department of Defense, under the Department of the Navy. The last time this was invoked was World War 2. Since then, the Coast Guard has fought in America's wars, just without the whole organization being placed under DoD command.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-10-2009, 19:10:31
I never understand why the Russians don't put their ear flaps down, it defeats the point of the hat not to, doesn't it?


You only put them down when its cold enough to put them done, CPS :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-10-2009, 23:10:34
Well then why do they bother wearing the hat when it is not cold enough?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-10-2009, 23:10:42
Because it's cold enough to wear the hat, but not cold enough to also protect your ears. You know, it's like a day it's just chilly and you simply wear a hat but don't bother to pull it down.

Also, it's uniform.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-10-2009, 23:10:47
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_006053.jpg)
Overturned German Panther tank at Norrey-en-Bessin, 27 June 1944. The tank was probably up-ended during the Allied heavy bomber raid at the start of Operation 'Epsom'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-10-2009, 02:10:28
Putting the ear flaps down might also restrict the hearing for them....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 17-10-2009, 03:10:19
Putting the ear flaps down might also restrict the hearing for them....

Well said, for example Today we don't even wear helmets at night, so we can hear better.

Btw don't think the Russian troop got that much equipment gear and clothing, So supplying troops with one hat would be enough.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-10-2009, 03:10:05
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/334604-2/30th+Recon+Troop+Mecz+St+Giles+7+27+44)

A M-8 Motor Gun Carriage speeds down a road outside of St. Giles, France, July 27th, 1944 past the wreck of a German Panther medium tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 17-10-2009, 10:10:49
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2071/lafette.jpg)

MG-34 Lafette firing during invasion of the low Countries, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-10-2009, 10:10:31
Great picture, Sturmbocke!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-10-2009, 12:10:51
Indeed, great pic!

(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7703/parabelumno4.jpg)
One of my favourite pistols, the P08 aka Parabellum.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 17-10-2009, 13:10:21
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2071/lafette.jpg)

MG-34 Lafette firing during invasion of the low Countries, 1940.
Wait, the low countries were invaded in 1939 rather then May 1940? =p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-10-2009, 13:10:22
i believe my country was pretty much invaded in may 1940  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 17-10-2009, 14:10:46
Wait, the low countries were invaded in 1939 rather then May 1940? =p
But didn't the fall gelb begin in 1940?  ???

Donutz you are confusing us all.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-10-2009, 18:10:52
That is an awesome pic!  I love how they've set it up so that its shooting at the bunker, then are ducking down, cuz they can trust that it'll simply stay on that target  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-10-2009, 00:10:06
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/BU_001167.jpg)
Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944: Four men of the 1st Paratroop Battalion, 1st (British) Airborne Division, take cover in a shell hole outside Arnhem.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 18-10-2009, 03:10:37
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/ww2-139.jpg)
"First flag on Guam on boat hook mast. Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed on the Central Pacific island on July 20, 1944." Batts. 127-N-88073.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-10-2009, 03:10:10
Seems a bit uppity to place the flag before you took the island, eh?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-10-2009, 04:10:51
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/332441-2/hel4)

chinese soldier preparing to trow a grenade
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 18-10-2009, 04:10:37
Seems a bit uppity to place the flag before you took the island, eh?

Eh, not really, it was probably meant to be more of a morale booster for the men then an actual, it's my island now thing. You know, mental warfare, I’m sure every nation did it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-10-2009, 04:10:06
Good point.

Two Greeks in a slight hurry.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/236460-2/StEtienneMle1907MG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 18-10-2009, 14:10:30
(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6396/bf110abschusschww2001wefm4.jpg)

BF-110C-1 downed by flak over Switzerland in June 40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-10-2009, 15:10:57
Zeg, thanks for that picture, really nice find.

Found this at Wikipedia (don't hit me!)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1983-109-14A%2C_Frankreich%2C_MG-Sch%C3%BCtze.jpg)

Quote
A German Landser involved in heavy fighting in and around the French town of Caen during the summer of 1944. He is carrying an MG 42 configured as a light support weapon with a folding bipod and detachable drum magazine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 18-10-2009, 17:10:54
ZeG, got any additional information about the picture? Was the plane shot down by the Swiss for violating their airspace?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-10-2009, 17:10:24
Seems the only logical reason to me. Quite some German pilots got 'lost' and ended up crashing in Switzerland because of their FlaK.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-10-2009, 18:10:55
Yep.  Course about a dozen were also shot down in combat by swiss pilots ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-10-2009, 18:10:28
But the Swiss military, if the pilots were alive, allowed them to return to Germany.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/334966-2/leipzig+floating+gun)

almost a floating battery, Leipzig stand to last shell on duty

More info? i mean, the Prinz Eugen and the Leipzig collided in the Baltic, heavy fog. But Eugen was sent to Danzig and then moved to Copenhagen were it was taking by the British and sent to the USN. But the Leipzig? he stayed in Gdynia?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-10-2009, 18:10:20
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5530/jihvg7.jpg)
armoured railcar with 2 Panzer IV J turrets mounted around an observation turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-10-2009, 19:10:25
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/COL_000164.jpg)
A German infantry unit manning a strong point is relieved on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1941 - 1942. The troops are wearing snow camouflage clothing and pulling a white painted sledge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-10-2009, 19:10:28
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Henkilot/HasseWind.jpg)
Fighter ace Hans Wind (75 victories) by his Brewster B-239 fighter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 18-10-2009, 19:10:23
(http://www.acesofww2.com/finland/aces/juutilainen/juutilainen_2.jpg)
"Illu" Juutilainen, top scoring finnish ace and best non-german ace (94 kills). He is unique ace, because his plane was never hit by enemy plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-10-2009, 19:10:47
As I recall, the only other ace with that honour was Erich Hartmann.  Though I do believe he was hit by enemy flak...what Juutilainen ever hit by flak?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-10-2009, 19:10:23
Yes he was. And like Hartmann, he never lost a wingman in combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 18-10-2009, 19:10:10
As I recall, the only other ace with that honour was Erich Hartmann.  Though I do believe he was hit by enemy flak...what Juutilainen ever hit by flak?
Yes, atleast once he took hit from flak and made forced landing safely.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-10-2009, 21:10:07
Ok, gotcha :P

Still, incredibly impressive :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-10-2009, 09:10:51
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/getimage_copy11.jpg)

- German POW, during the invasion of Poland
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 19-10-2009, 13:10:12
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/917/bf109n.jpg)
Mechanics pushing a Bf 109 fighter out of the hangar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 19-10-2009, 15:10:27
Looks like a Bf 109G-6/R6.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 19-10-2009, 16:10:44
As I recall, the only other ace with that honour was Erich Hartmann.  Though I do believe he was hit by enemy flak...what Juutilainen ever hit by flak?

Hartmann also got hit many times by pieces of destroyed planes, due to the fact that he liked to attack from point-blank range.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-10-2009, 17:10:10
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/self-propelled-guns/m12/m12-gun-motor-carriage-03.png)

M12 GMC in action
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-10-2009, 00:10:46
It's a new day in Sweden and I got a long day at work tomorrow so I'll post my POTD now instead

(http://media.englishrussia.com/ww2_kids/13.jpg)

http://englishrussia.com/?p=5523#more-5523 (http://englishrussia.com/?p=5523#more-5523)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 20-10-2009, 00:10:00
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001711.jpg)(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001708.jpg)(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_001710.jpg)
The 'Infantryman'. Corporal M Smith of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, posing with a tommy gun at the main Headquarters of the Eighth Army in the San Angelo area. Corporal Smith, a former metal polisher from Birmingham, served in North Africa and Egypt before going to Italy in early 1944. He was involved in the fighting north of Cassino and on the Garigliano River.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 20-10-2009, 00:10:46
You can see the next APC, the Donkey M4A1!

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6982/3379494776743a2465c6b.jpg) (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/3379494776743a2465c6b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-10-2009, 04:10:38
I think that  is easily stronger than a p.1500 Monster....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-10-2009, 05:10:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/335487-2/__________+5-__+__________+______+____________________+______________+____________+______________________+____+__________+______)

Soviet Soldiers advancing, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 20-10-2009, 11:10:00
Kyösti Karhila 1921–2009

(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9053/karhila.jpg)
32 ¼ victories.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 20-10-2009, 12:10:59
This one is pretty interesting!
(http://englishrussia.com/images/ww2_kids/1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-10-2009, 12:10:33
russian kids playing with german weapens for the camera?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 20-10-2009, 12:10:27
You can see the next APC, the Donkey M4A1!

Beware...

(http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/images/Diving%20Donkey.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 20-10-2009, 14:10:41
russian kids playing with german weapens for the camera?
Nah, they are soldiers. Did you see the article?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 20-10-2009, 16:10:22
You can see the next APC, the Donkey M4A1!

Beware...

(http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/images/Diving%20Donkey.jpg)

Ahahah this is so awesome! Ok ok i'm surrender :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 20-10-2009, 16:10:43
Kyösti Karhila 1921–2009
32 ¼ victories.
Kyösti Karhila RIP
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2626/ryhmkuva.jpg)

2nd Lt. Karhila in the middle with black overalls
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 20-10-2009, 17:10:33
P.36 hawk Right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-10-2009, 17:10:14
russian kids playing with german weapens for the camera?
Nah, they are soldiers. Did you see the article?

Yes i did, even got an rss feed on that site, but still it remains hard for me to believe that they fought. I see it more as that maybe they suplied the guys that did the actual fighting, maybe even during battle, cous if that kid would fire his mg42 the recoil would just push him away, hell, at that age it would verry likely break his clavicula (collar bone?).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Big Lebowski on 20-10-2009, 18:10:39
But the Swiss military, if the pilots were alive, allowed them to return to Germany.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/334966-2/leipzig+floating+gun)

almost a floating battery, Leipzig stand to last shell on duty

More info? i mean, the Prinz Eugen and the Leipzig collided in the Baltic, heavy fog. But Eugen was sent to Danzig and then moved to Copenhagen were it was taking by the British and sent to the USN. But the Leipzig? he stayed in Gdynia?
The Leipzig moved to Aabenraa (Denmark) and was captured by the British.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 20-10-2009, 18:10:04
P.36 hawk Right?

Yup, Curtiss Hawk 75A-3 "Sussu". Finns scored 190 victories with this plane while 15 own planes were lost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 20-10-2009, 23:10:15
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CM_005691.jpg)
The Marmon-Herrington THD-315-6 with articulated omnibus trailer, used by the RAF for the 1,300-mile duty transport run between Habbaniyah, Iraq, and Damascus, Syria. In 1932, two "Desert Pullman" bus conversions of the THD-315-6, originally an oilfield pipe carrier, were bought by the Nairn Transport Co. to run between Baghdad and Damascus. One of the vehicles was taken over by the RAF in 1943 and is seen here at Habbaniyah, compared in size with a Hillman Minx staff saloon car. Known as the "Monster Bus" in RAF service it carried 44 passengers and their luggage, was fully air-conditioned and was equipped with a kitchen, lavatory and iced-water on tap.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 20-10-2009, 23:10:52
Woah, that is what I call a beast. I sure wouldn't want to work on that if it ever broke down.. :o Does it still exsist? If so where is it now?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 20-10-2009, 23:10:04
(http://www.dornier24.com/images/pictures/Do-24_p136a.jpg)
Quote
Catalina Y-38 of the MLD with in the background a Do-24K-1. Picture taken September 5th 1941 at Soerabaja.

I have something for seaplanes, I still think both the Do.24 and the Catalina are two of the most beautiful planes ever made!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 21-10-2009, 01:10:11
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CM_005691.jpg)
The Marmon-Herrington THD-315-6 with articulated omnibus trailer, used by the RAF for the 1,300-mile duty transport run between Habbaniyah, Iraq, and Damascus, Syria. In 1932, two "Desert Pullman" bus conversions of the THD-315-6, originally an oilfield pipe carrier, were bought by the Nairn Transport Co. to run between Baghdad and Damascus. One of the vehicles was taken over by the RAF in 1943 and is seen here at Habbaniyah, compared in size with a Hillman Minx staff saloon car. Known as the "Monster Bus" in RAF service it carried 44 passengers and their luggage, was fully air-conditioned and was equipped with a kitchen, lavatory and iced-water on tap.

Looks like a horse trailer lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-10-2009, 04:10:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/335881-2/5548)

Kids looking a german prisoner. Moscow Area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: cannonfodder on 21-10-2009, 12:10:39
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CM_005691.jpg)

That is so cool... :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-10-2009, 18:10:48
EU and Torencio, great and interesting pictures, thank you.

(http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4651/ammg1.jpg)

- No caption
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-10-2009, 18:10:48
German soldiers + Ushanka's +MG 34 Lafette=ow shit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 22-10-2009, 00:10:03
Crusher caps are kick-ass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-10-2009, 00:10:37
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/A_019250.jpg)
Salerno, 9 September 1943 (Operation Avalanche): During Operation AVALANCHE, a night photograph taken from the battleship WARSPITE during the landings, showing the effect of anti-aircraft fire from Allied warships in response to low level German aerial torpedo attack. It lasted for two hours and the destroyer INGLEFIELD shot down one of the raiders. WARSPITE successfully dodged two torpedos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 22-10-2009, 18:10:08
Look what I found on Wikipedia, cool photo:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-720-0344-11%2C_Frankreich%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_FJG_42_in_Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-10-2009, 19:10:53
Ah, the FG42. That gun has since the early days of DoD always amazed me.

Today's Rawhide papers then:

(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7351/pdpwib232.jpg)

- No caption, drilling practice. Present arms.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-10-2009, 19:10:49
Hm, that's not present arms...looks more like the 2nd step of shoulder arms.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-10-2009, 00:10:35
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs//image/TR_000940.jpg)
A light Bofors gun and crew which were in action on the Goubellat Plain near Medjez-el-Bab, against enemy aircraft during operations against Tunis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-10-2009, 09:10:03
(http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/1752/deutschefallis40450019jo1.jpg)

- Some paratroopers, chilling.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2009, 14:10:33
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8367/373531108805f90982fb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 23-10-2009, 17:10:10
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8367/373531108805f90982fb.jpg)

hmm i have seen this picture on the flickr galery, this is a 60mm belgian mortar i think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: rattovolante on 23-10-2009, 23:10:22
I must agree...many italian soldiers did wear van dykes ;)

(http://www.lasecondaguerramondiale.it/images/imgfoto/africa13.jpg)(http://fxeuzet.free.fr/blog/1941/afrique/08-02.gif)
General Bergonzoli after his capture by the Australians at Beda Fomm.
Nicknamed "barba elettrica" (electric beard)... although the "electric" part wasn't due to the beard cut but to his restlessness and aggressiveness in combat.

too bad I couldn't find better versions of the pics (the first is heavily cropped, too)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 24-10-2009, 01:10:39
(http://www.suomenlottaperinneliitto.fi/img/illustrations/valonheitinlotta.jpg)
Search-light operator from the Finnish Anti-aircraft Regiment 1, 14th Searchlight Battery. They were the only armed all-female unit in the Finnish army. Like all the other AA-soldiers, they were armed with the lovely Carcano carbines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-10-2009, 01:10:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/337306-2/battle_iwojima129)

Four US Marines clearing out a cave with BAR, small arms, and grenades, Iwo Jima
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-10-2009, 02:10:27
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1370/pantherschauf2795.jpg)
Panzerkampfwagen V 'Panther' (Sdkfz.171), Ausf. A, converted as debris plough. In May 1944 Hitler agreed on an allocation of Panzerkampfwagen III- and IV-chassis to be used as heavy clearing equipment for road maintenance. They we supposed for deployment in the cities highly affected by bomber raids. As shown on this picture, at least on 'Panther' has been disposed for this purpose.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 24-10-2009, 10:10:29
Like all the other AA-soldiers, they were armed with the lovely Carcano carbines.
The so-called "Terni" rifles?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: rattovolante on 24-10-2009, 10:10:47
Like all the other AA-soldiers, they were armed with the lovely Carcano carbines.
The so-called "Terni" rifles?

yep.
although I don't know if the ones sent to finland actually were short rifle version, any of the two carbine versions, or possibly a mix of them (some conflict of sources).
Anyway, length difference between the 3 versions is about 10 cms ;) but they were somewhat different in other aspects
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-10-2009, 10:10:55
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/CM_000774.jpg)
Arab Legionnaires guard the landing ground at H4 pumping station on the Iraq Petroleum Company pipeline in Transjordan, as Gloster Gladiators of No. 94 Squadron RAF Detachment refuel during their journey from Ismailia, Egypt, to reinforce the besieged garrison at Habbaniyah, Iraq. On arrival at Habbaniyah these aircraft formed No. 1 Flight of 'A' Squadron for operations against the Iraqi rebels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-10-2009, 10:10:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Agitplakat.jpg)

Quote
Soviet poster of 1941. The inscription reads: "Join the ranks of the front female helpmates, a companion is an aid and friend for fighter!".

And a bonus, a picture I tried to upload earlier but failed:

(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7660/399pxbundesarchivbild10.th.jpg) (http://img229.imageshack.us/i/399pxbundesarchivbild10.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 24-10-2009, 13:10:45
(http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5862/0211111an2.jpg)

Swiss soldier in the Alps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-10-2009, 14:10:21
Damn, imagine a firefight up there!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-10-2009, 15:10:47
They had em' in the Great War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-10-2009, 17:10:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/337414-1/3962042187_8bd8e6d356)

Soviet lend lease Sherman Tank in action.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-10-2009, 01:10:40
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/FE_000481.jpg)
Marmon-Herrington armoured cars await issue to units at Singapore, December 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 25-10-2009, 02:10:07
http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/337414-1/3962042187_8bd8e6d356

Soviet lend lease Sherman Tank in action.
Kinda looks like the Polish air force marking on that tank, doesn't it?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Szachownica-till1993.svg/180px-Szachownica-till1993.svg.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-10-2009, 02:10:46
Yeah, I think its a LWP tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-10-2009, 13:10:34
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=58544&d=1223714576)
A german with a captured PPSH looks over a destroyed lend lease valentine tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-10-2009, 14:10:16
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6365/0002gtgc.th.jpg) (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/0002gtgc.jpg/)

Quote
1944, German column after Soviet air attack
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-10-2009, 16:10:44
(http://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/photoscopecannone65-17/aa%27.JPG)
The Italy way for Mortar  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-10-2009, 19:10:08
But that way ^ gives alot more Range to these guns..... or not?


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 25-10-2009, 19:10:49
But that way ^ gives alot more Range to these guns..... or not?



You can also shoot over obstacles etc. that you couldn't hit without indirect fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-10-2009, 19:10:29
Wouldn't the recoil be a bit more... severe?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-10-2009, 19:10:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/337455-2/straipsniui-anbo8)

The most advanced airplane, ANBO VIII, designed and made in interwar Lithuania. This plane vas designed as ground atack plane- light bomber. One was made jus before the soviet ocupation.

And a little Extra.....

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/337452-2/straipsniui-anbo41)

Interwar Lithuanian air force reconasaince airplanes ANBO 41 in the airfield. In the interwar years Lithuanian established domestic airplane production. The leading brand was the ANBO, whih vas designed by Antanas Gustaitis. These planes was robust, reliable and hihgly valued by lithuanian pilots and foreighn experts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-10-2009, 20:10:58
Charged with love!
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2034/15cmnbw412.jpg)
15cm Nebelwerfer 41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 26-10-2009, 01:10:17
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_005124.jpg)
A Crusader AA Mk III tank, 'Skyraker' (aka 'The Princess') of 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, leads a column of Stuart tanks moving off from the beaches.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 26-10-2009, 03:10:27
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2983900917_5ae221fb11.jpg?v=0)


Sexy Russian I-16 taking off  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: rattovolante on 26-10-2009, 09:10:52
But that way ^ gives alot more Range to these guns..... or not?

yep, "normal" max elevation of that gun was 20°. I don't think the goal was having a mortar-type trajectory since the range would become quite extreme. I suppose that accuracy was pretty much impossible, I'm wondering what they were firing at.

BTW, that trick was very common in WWI due to lack of specialized artillery pieces. I've seen photos of guns similarly arranged to act as AAA (!).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 26-10-2009, 10:10:26
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8522/me163bwhite141jg400bran.jpg)
The photograph shows an Me 163B "White 14" of 1./JG 40 being towed towards its take-off point by its special ground-handling vehicle. In the backround railway wagons can be seen crossing the eastern edge of Brandis airfield.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 26-10-2009, 22:10:55
I've always loved this photograph.

(http://www.russiablog.org/RedArmySoldierPistol.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-10-2009, 05:10:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/338826-1/b-24-779bs)

Flown by, and named for his son, Col. James Gilson. "Stevonovitch II" (aka "Black Nan")was on what was supposed to be a milk run on April 10,1945 over Lugo,Italy when it was hit by flak between the #2 engine and the fuselage. All but one of the crew were killed,radar/bombardier Lt. Edward F. Walsh,Jr. was thrown clear and survived. The plane was a new 'Pathfinder' ship of the 779th BS, 464th BG. Colonel Gilson was the commander of the 779th.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-10-2009, 09:10:36
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2329/3c20qi7.jpg)

Quote
Italian prisoners, held by Greeks

Great collection of pictures of Greek Forces during World War II

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=122630 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=122630)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 27-10-2009, 19:10:21
Shamelessly exploiting a german news magazine:
A "Liberator" after being hit by Flak in December 1944.

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/10/26/46/f962a82b2dbd40b09c65291c4f8985ee_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 27-10-2009, 19:10:44
I bet the civilians on the ground appreciated all the "liberation" that was dropped.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 27-10-2009, 19:10:03
I bet the civilians on the ground appreciated all the "liberation" that was dropped.

From what I've heard, yeah absolutely.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 27-10-2009, 19:10:49
They certainly liberated a lot of innocent souls from their oppressive bodies.

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/NA_016939.jpg)
A Stuart reconnaissance tank and a Sherman of 6th Armoured Division in Arezzo, 16 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-10-2009, 13:10:09
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5918/pariszs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-10-2009, 17:10:40
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=83620&d=1256502653)

Quote
"Stop that silly SPR talk in the News Update thread or I might drop this one" says Hans Müller from Berlin, Germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-10-2009, 18:10:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/339369-2/m10)

An M-10 tank destroyer supported by 104th Infantry clear ruined streets of Cologne, Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 28-10-2009, 22:10:09
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5918/pariszs.jpg)

What's in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-10-2009, 18:10:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/339369-2/m10)

An M-10 tank destroyer supported by 104th Infantry clear ruined streets of Cologne, Germany 1945.

M36 Jackson
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-10-2009, 21:10:48
What's in the background?

I don't remember but you can still search for it ;)

(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2585/gendegaulleinspectsfree.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 29-10-2009, 21:10:14
Who is he?
"The one with the big 'ooter."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 29-10-2009, 21:10:15
That guy? He's Franco, dictator of Italy before the WW1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-10-2009, 22:10:06
 ;D

Silly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-10-2009, 23:10:33
That guy? He's Franco, dictator of Italy before the WW1.

Hhahahahahhahaahaha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-10-2009, 00:10:03
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/H_008290.jpg)
9.2-inch howitzer of 54th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, during a practice shoot at the School of Artillery at Larkhill, 20 March 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-10-2009, 07:10:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/340109-2/Two+Finnish+officers+at+grave+of+German+pilots)

Two Finnish officers at grave of German pilots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-10-2009, 10:10:47
(http://stephane.delogu.free.fr/12-5.jpg)

(http://mccoy.nu/zone/Otto20Funck.jpg)

Quote
SS-Otto Funck from the 12th Panzerdivision SS "Hitlerjugend" photographied after an assault.
He was from 15. Kompanie of 1st Battalion, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 at La Villeneuve du Rots, who were to follow up the attack on Norrey-en-Bessin by the Panthers of 3.Kompanie. He destroyed a Churchill Tank with only his MG-42, firing the can of gasoline on the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-10-2009, 10:10:13
He destroyed a tank with his machinegun. This might sound wrong or something but if I read that I imagine some sort of Rambo running up against a tank with a Gatling gun..

Anyway, what camo is that jacket? Italian?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 30-10-2009, 12:10:27
He destroyed a tank with his machinegun. This might sound wrong or something but if I read that I imagine some sort of Rambo running up against a tank with a Gatling gun..

Anyway, what camo is that jacket? Italian?

Yeah, the 12th SS Panzer div used a lot of captured italian stuff, IIRC the aforementioned camouflaged uniform was manufactured using fabric acquired following the surrender of the Italians. Italian Navy leather jackets intended for submariners were very popular among the panzer crewmen. The division also had a lot of Italian soft-skinned vehicles ranging from motorcycles to 5 ton trucks, these were to be replaced by German-built vehicles when they were availible, however this process was disrupted by the invasion and the division went into action still with a large portion of it's captured vehicles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-10-2009, 16:10:36
So what? Tom Hanks destroyed a Tiger tank with his Colt...  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 30-10-2009, 19:10:05
So what? Tom Hanks destroyed a Tiger tank with his Colt...  ::)
Ive been trying to find the gif that perfectly fits this.




*BANG!* CRITICAL HIT 200000XP!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-10-2009, 22:10:34
(http://stephane.delogu.free.fr/12-5.jpg)

(http://mccoy.nu/zone/Otto20Funck.jpg)

Quote
SS-Otto Funck from the 12th Panzerdivision SS "Hitlerjugend" photographied after an assault.
He was from 15. Kompanie of 1st Battalion, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 at La Villeneuve du Rots, who were to follow up the attack on Norrey-en-Bessin by the Panthers of 3.Kompanie. He destroyed a Churchill Tank with only his MG-42, firing the can of gasoline on the turret.

Men of Wilhem Mohnke?



Jack Sparrow, facing a convoy of Wehrmacht Troops, Russia ;)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/340426-1/La_WH_rencontre_Jack_Sparrow)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-10-2009, 23:10:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Assault-guns-knocked-out.gif)

2 StuG III. Appearntly they recieved a near miss by a bomb dropped from a fighter-bomber. Their was no damage nowhere, but the crew still abandoned it
Only the Shurzen where blown off
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-10-2009, 01:10:19
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1135/02347.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 161/4 Flakpanzer IV 'Ostwind'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-10-2009, 08:10:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/340760-1/sdkfz+234)

British soldiers playing in a disabled german Sdkfz 234 Puma armoured car. Location/Date unkown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-10-2009, 12:10:40
That guy? He's Franco, dictator of Italy before the WW1.
;) i was replying to flyguy about my previous picture


(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6794/insidereichstag4tw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 31-10-2009, 13:10:21
(http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4918/aayjcp1.jpg)

EDIT:

No caption for the picture above but a Saturday/Halloween bonus

(http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/8175/lah26td.jpg)

According to some guy on MP.net it's an Waffen SS soldier somewhere in Italy but nobody confirmed it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 31-10-2009, 15:10:32
That guy? He's Franco, dictator of Italy before the WW1.
;) i was replying to flyguy about my previous picture


So lost, I am.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 31-10-2009, 21:10:01
@Rawhide's picture, thats a very special Gefreiter, got all the Kreuzes you can collect, except for the bonus editions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 01-11-2009, 12:11:37
(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2924/molders.png)
Mascot dog of JG 53 is standing next to Werner Mölders' 109. 56 kills so far, which means the photograph has been taken in February 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2009, 13:11:48
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1577/92502lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-11-2009, 13:11:21
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M4_sherman/sherman-76-02.jpg)

A "beutepanzer 76MM sherman. This sherman, appearntly, first knocked out 2 panthers. Only to be captured by german troops, only then to be taken out by a 90MM AP shell from a M36 Jackson of the 645 Tank destroyer Bn

Foto was taken after Aschafenburg where conquered
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 01-11-2009, 14:11:12
Fitted with muzzle brake from PAK 40??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-11-2009, 19:11:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/341217-2/abcde%23)

German soldiers riding an Italian CV L3/35 tankette armed with two 8mm machine guns. No further info on the pic but it was most probably taken in Italy or on the Balkans after the disarming of the Italian army in 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-11-2009, 21:11:46
Fitted with muzzle brake from PAK 40??
This was in March 1945. By that time, 76MM M1A1 guns had muzzle breaks avaiable
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-11-2009, 21:11:29
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6962/02393.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 161 Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. F with mine clearing equipment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 01-11-2009, 22:11:30
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/Slovakia/bt-5_01slovak.jpg)
A Slovakian trophy a light tank BT-5 with mariupol plant turret used as a part of Improvised armoured train (Improvizovany pancierovy vlak - IPV) by Slovak Security Division (Zaistovacia divizia) on the railroad Pinsk - Gomel in 1942 - 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 02-11-2009, 10:11:56
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/319/bombingploesti.png)
B-24 Liberators bombing Ploesti oil refineries at very low altitude.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-11-2009, 10:11:49
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1239/100090501ffa1945.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 02-11-2009, 11:11:19
(http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/503px-bundesarchiv-rm-25-bild-30-flugzeugtrager-graf-zeppelin-bau.jpg.jpeg)

The building of the only german aircraft carrier during ww2.
The Graf zeppelin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-11-2009, 12:11:49
If germany only understood the importance of the aircraft carrier


(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss181/Schweijk-0/ratteeinsatzsfswia1a.jpg)

Panzer 1000 Ratte of the 362th Superheavy Panzer Battalion. This picture was taken in Remagen somewhere in 1945. The crew of this Ratte, just succeeded in destroying 22 T-34's and retrieving a stolen supply of "Cheese in tube"s, wich was stolen by the russians 4 days before
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-11-2009, 13:11:31
Damn, I knew the russians wouldnt stop just for Berlin!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-11-2009, 13:11:38
(http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/503px-bundesarchiv-rm-25-bild-30-flugzeugtrager-graf-zeppelin-bau.jpg.jpeg)

The building of the only german aircraft carrier during ww2.
The Graf zeppelin.
The KMS Seydlitz was converted to an aircraft carrier, thus Germany had 2 not finished aircraft carriers  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 02-11-2009, 14:11:22
If germany only understood the importance of the aircraft carrier
Yes, I can see how an aircraft carrier sailing on the Volga would be of great assistance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 02-11-2009, 15:11:16
 ;D ;D ;D ;D @ the last posts above
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 02-11-2009, 15:11:48
If germany only understood the importance of the aircraft carrier
Yes, I can see how an aircraft carrier sailing on the Volga would be of great assistance.
And not only Volga, they could cut down trees and use logs and oxen to pull it from river to river over isthmuses. Like the Vikings did! It would be at the Golden Horn in no time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 02-11-2009, 17:11:27
drive the up the themse straight into london

fuck operation sealion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-11-2009, 17:11:20
drive the up the themse straight into london

fuck operation sealion
And then ram the Big Ben, we'll get zhe Royalist pricks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 02-11-2009, 18:11:22
So aircaft carriers wouldn't have been useful in the battle of the atlantic no?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-11-2009, 18:11:44
First times to past the royal navy to get the Carriers from the north or Baltic Sea into the Atlantic  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 02-11-2009, 18:11:33
Eh? and you think that would've been an impossibility? like the japanese attacking pearl harbour that'll never happen!   ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-11-2009, 19:11:54
There's a huge difference between the North Sea and the Pacific, and two nations at war, activily looking for engagement, and a surprise attack.  ::)  The only effective branches of the Kreigsmarine were the U-boots and S-boots, anything from a destroyer on up simply were either sunk rapidly after deployment, or sat in dock doing nothing because they couldn't go out.  A single carrier or two would have made no difference.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-11-2009, 19:11:09
not possibly perhaps not only very much involving heavy losses on German side
we take to the Graf Zeppelin would be 41 together with the Birsmarck run out with the entire German deep-sea fleet toward Atlantic
1 carrier
3 battle ships
2 battle cruisers
2 heavy cruisers
2 became outdated liners +
10 - 15 small ships such as destroyer etc.
25 ships against the Royal Navy, everything determines to would have set the carrier and the entire the Kriegsmarine to sink
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 02-11-2009, 19:11:33
My point about pearl harbour was that the japanese did something at the time that was considered impossible by others it wasn't a direct comparison, of course there's a huge difference between the north sea and the pacific.

This is all hypothetical so why do you guys only assume that they would only have the two they actually built? If they did truly grasp the importance of the aircraft carrier over the battleship for control of the sea they would have a lot more than two and they certainly wouldn't have wasted valuable resources building battleships. Instead they went for submarines which in the long run meant they lost the battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 02-11-2009, 20:11:29
So aircaft carriers wouldn't have been useful in the battle of the atlantic no?
Would have yes. But how do you get an aircraft carrier from Hamburg/Kiel into the Atlantic? The brits sent half the Royal Navy to look for Bismarck, you'd think an aircraft carrier would've been even more important to destroy.

One little Aircraft Carrier in the Atlantic would've also been pretty soon bombed out of the sea by Heavy bombers from Britain, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, East US or Bermuda.

A big ship is easier to spot than a small submerged cylinder.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-11-2009, 20:11:55
Because supmarines was more effectively as big Battleships for the German side
1 They was small so they could drive without larger attention into the Atlantic
2 A smaller crew was needed
3 As a weapon for the economic war perfectly sufficiently
4 Fewer resources were bulged out, which one could use for other things
5 faster production for a submarine

the big problem was that the British cracked the Enigma so soon :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 02-11-2009, 21:11:13
Yes breaking enigma was a big factor but it wasn't the only one, technology was just as important. The U-boats couldn't stay under for very long and were easy pickings on the surface, advancements in radar & sonar made it easier for escorts to locate them and better aircraft ment the gap with no cover in the middle of the atlantic was closed.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-11-2009, 21:11:43
You don't consider that the u boats technology was developed too.
everything an asks from reaction and counterreaction :P
(http://www.whq-forum.de/cms/uploads/pics/u2601aufheling6BuV.jpg)
U 2601(Type XXI) at Blohm & Voss shipyards
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 02-11-2009, 21:11:15
Another wonder weapon blighted by technical problems, I know german submarine development wasn't static, sorry if I implied that what I meant was that they couldn't keep pace with the allies, they couldn't make enough of those boats in time to make a difference that's my point.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-11-2009, 22:11:48
The problem was also that at this time (44-45) the attention on other branches of arms lay, like new wonder weapons e.g. V2 or other stupid non effectiv weapons  ::), to build than far new submarines.   :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-11-2009, 22:11:03
You have a good point, if they couldn't keep up on u-boots, how the hell would they even try with aircraft carriers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 02-11-2009, 22:11:06
How the hell can you put a picture here? [newb]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 02-11-2009, 22:11:53
How the hell can you put a picture here? [newb]
Like this:
Code: [Select]
[img]http://www.panzerbaer.de/workshop/pix/yu_stuart_pak-001.jpg[/img]
That will show like this:
(http://www.panzerbaer.de/workshop/pix/yu_stuart_pak-001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 02-11-2009, 22:11:26
ahh, tnx :D
And that is a pak 40 mounted on a stuart chasis and it was used (and made) by the Yugoslav partisans
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-11-2009, 10:11:28
I would have considered a carrier in the North Sea very useful for Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain. You could play some hide and seek there with the british navy while storming the english southern shores.
Edit//: That is what I always did in HoI2. I jumped with 8 paratrooper divisions into southern england and placed my Kriegsmarine fleet with 1 carrier in the mouth of the Thames. This attracted the complete british fleet and soon i was fighting several carrier fleets. As soon as my carrier was inoperable I withdrew. Enough time for a landing at Edingburgh with 4 armoured divisions, 2 mobile divisions and 3 mountaintroopers. Mountaintroopers take Scotland and rush for Scapa Flow while the tanks and mobile Divisions hit the brits in the rear and fight their way to the paratroopers isolated in the southeast. Only the 9 cargo ships got lost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-11-2009, 12:11:26
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1690/h39x11601.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-11-2009, 18:11:30
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3395/east24.jpg)
Picture was called "east", thus I guess it is eastern europe. The tank in front looks like a short barreled PIII, isn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rataxes on 03-11-2009, 18:11:42
It's a Pz4, look at the engine deck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-11-2009, 18:11:16
Hmm. See. I just wondered about the missing barrel of the gun. Can't find it. Considered a PIV to be long barelled at a time when the panther was available.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-11-2009, 18:11:34
Could be angled down, or could be a short barreled that never got replaced.  I've seen that photo before, its Normandy, so it could even be one of the 21st Panzer's F1s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 03-11-2009, 20:11:07
I see a Vickers looking thing in the background near the house.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-11-2009, 20:11:02
I wondered what that is, but could not recognize it. But I think you're right. Nice catch! (Or how could I call that?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-11-2009, 20:11:02
The turret looks like an AVRE.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-11-2009, 21:11:20
What about an R35? Just to throw one more in.
(http://military.my-place.us/fremdpz-10.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jürgen on 03-11-2009, 21:11:27
(http://budapest69.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/caidosda.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 03-11-2009, 22:11:31
Hooray for the Blue Division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-11-2009, 09:11:49
Blue Division was a Croatian division uder German command,yes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: djinn on 04-11-2009, 10:11:16
Seems a bit uppity to place the flag before you took the island, eh?

They probably needed a spawn point :-)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 04-11-2009, 10:11:30
Stop typing, go through the previous 147 pages and see what your doing wrong.

(http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/images/african-americans-wwii-032.jpg)

African americans in ww2 (google picture..was looking for the bear)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 04-11-2009, 11:11:48
Blue Division was a Croatian division uder German command,yes?

spanish
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-11-2009, 11:11:47
(http://panzers2.tripod.com/panzer64.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jürgen on 04-11-2009, 19:11:33
Probably posted before but:

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5918/divisionazul2be2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-11-2009, 01:11:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/343509-2/1)

Russian woman, runs away from its city during a battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-11-2009, 01:11:12
The soldier is running, the woman is rather walking. She got nerves, ehh?

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5208/cxinconnu310.jpg)
This time it is a PIV, I swear.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-11-2009, 01:11:23
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1153/97294260.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 05-11-2009, 01:11:26
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Zusatz/Heer/Bilder/b1.jpg)
This is the longest railway bridge, which German pioneers built during World War II. It spanned the Dnjepr delta with Cherson.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 05-11-2009, 11:11:10
(http://www.monument.apeldoorn-onderwijs.nl/images/SS_soldaten_bij_de_Grebbeberg_mei_1940.jpg)

German SS troops of the Leibstandarte near the grebbeberg in the netherlands during operation fall gelb. 1940

(if the picture is too big I will resize it and post it again)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 05-11-2009, 12:11:30
You can use the forum code.

[ img width=800 ]www.yourpicturehere.com[ /img ]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 05-11-2009, 17:11:04
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1153/97294260.jpg)

Nein Hanz, zis goes here.
Dumbkopf!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 05-11-2009, 17:11:25
Thx biiviz  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-11-2009, 21:11:02
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6629/saintdenisnormandy1944.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 165 Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M on Geschützwagen III/IV (Sf) 'Hummel'
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D 'Hanomag'
Saint Denise, France, Summer 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-11-2009, 21:11:26
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5108/icanfly.jpg)

'Look mommy, I can fly!'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-11-2009, 22:11:47
That's the command tank of Captain Obvious.
Hence the name.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2009, 22:11:03
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5108/icanfly.jpg)

'Look mommy, I can fly!'
Flying cromwells?

WAS??
(http://www.german-helmets.com/VETERANS/tank-commander-ss.jpg)
ACHTUNG FLIEGENDE CROMWELLS  ZURÜCK!!!SHEISSE!!!Kein Kommentar Hans!zurückfallen!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-11-2009, 22:11:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/240885-2/life_80)

Hungarian tanks and cavalry making their way toward town of Beregozasr,Czechoslovakia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 05-11-2009, 22:11:07
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5108/icanfly.jpg)

'Look mommy, I can fly!'
Flying cromwells?

WAS??
(http://www.german-helmets.com/VETERANS/tank-commander-ss.jpg)
ACHTUNG FLIEGENDE CROMWELLS  ZURÜCK!!!SHEISSE!!!Kein Kommentar Hans!zurückfallen!!



LOLLOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-11-2009, 01:11:45
That's the command tank of Captain Obvious.
Hence the name.
(http://voicetalentproductions.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/captain-obvious.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-11-2009, 01:11:35
I knew there had to be one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tolga<3 on 06-11-2009, 01:11:13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHJMAZK-sLI

Not a video, but a particularly interesting video of the Tiger tank in my home country, we would have bought them if there wasnt a war :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-11-2009, 05:11:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/335044-2/sniper+032)

MG34 Team in Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 06-11-2009, 05:11:53
MG34 Team in Stalingrad.
I said: you wouldn't have had much fun in Stalingrad would you?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2009, 11:11:10
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1884/chinesegermantankcaptur.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 06-11-2009, 11:11:30
japanese panzer I ?
i must admit i m not very good on early war pacific japanese stuff

but when when did japs get german tanks, this must have been before some major stuff i guess ?

well here my contribution for today
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3514/165uu.jpg)
for me not really identifiable german airplane ( i guess bf109) gets restocked on ammo
you can clearly see 3 different ammo types.
i guess 20mm Tracer, AP and HE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: rattovolante on 06-11-2009, 11:11:02
japanese panzer I ?
i must admit i m not very good on early war pacific japanese stuff

but when when did japs get german tanks, this must have been before some major stuff i guess ?

I guess it was captured from Chinese forces. RoC had a tradition of shopping for weapons in Germany until the Japanese convinced the Germans to stop selling them stuff some time after the second sino-japanese war broke out
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-11-2009, 11:11:33

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3514/165uu.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3514/165uu.jpg)
for me not really identifiable german airplane ( i guess bf109) gets restocked on ammo
you can clearly see 3 different ammo types.
i guess 20mm Tracer, AP and HE

Could be mine cartridges too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 06-11-2009, 12:11:55
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8871/italiengetarnterpanzer.jpg)

Sturmpanzer 4 aka "Brummbär" in Camouflage. Italy, March '44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 06-11-2009, 13:11:31
Mine ammo?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-11-2009, 13:11:50
More powerful HE round with even less penetration abilities.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-11-2009, 15:11:55
japanese panzer I ?
i must admit i m not very good on early war pacific japanese stuff

but when when did japs get german tanks, this must have been before some major stuff i guess ?

well here my contribution for today
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3514/165uu.jpg)
for me not really identifiable german airplane ( i guess bf109) gets restocked on ammo
you can clearly see 3 different ammo types.
i guess 20mm Tracer, AP and HE


Looks like a painted B&W photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 06-11-2009, 17:11:34
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5480/avengeriwojima.png)

Four Grumman Avengers unload their bombs in Iwo Jima
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-11-2009, 18:11:13
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6890/tpiii.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-11-2009, 19:11:21
I don't quite understand the text on the photo...it says its from an album from PzRgt. 33, but then says it can't be from the regiment?  Its a photo of a destroyed tank of theirs...so I don't really see why it couldn't be =/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-11-2009, 19:11:53
Probably means that the photo was taken by a member of PzRgt 33, but the destroyed tank belonged to another regiment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-11-2009, 19:11:38
My interpretation is, that the photo was made by elements of the Pz.Rgt. 33, showing a destroyed dive-tank which the regiment verifyable was not equiped with. Thus the tank has been lost by another unit, only the photo remained with the documentary of the Pz.Rgt. 33. I think this is a question of filing in an army archive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-11-2009, 20:11:39
Oohh, oki, that would do it.  Seems kinda obvious now o_O  I shouldn't do these things when I just wake up xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-11-2009, 20:11:13
I'd even dare to say it must be march or april in 1942 or 1943. Russian front.
After the cancelled invasion of Britain these units were ordered to the eastern front.
The tank then was most likely lost during the russian winter offensives.
Then the snow melted and the roads became clear for the 33 Pz. Rgt. to advance and the picture was taken.
Note that there is no snow, but still no leaves on the trees.
Tank must have been rotting there for about a few month.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2009, 08:11:32
Destroyed French Bloch MB-152, France, 1940.

(http://i35.tinypic.com/2dvkazd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-11-2009, 09:11:13
Looks like the pilot is still in the cockpit, or there's a german sitting there o_O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 07-11-2009, 10:11:51
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1713/suribachim1919.png)

A machine gun crew sit among a pile of spent ammunition somewhere just south of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2009, 11:11:20
Looks like the pilot is still in the cockpit, or there's a german sitting there o_O
probaly a german. Looks like it landed pretty intact and the cockpit glass aint broken.  I bet the pilot escaped before the germans came. MB150's where very though planes, as did crash landing can show us

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Morane-Saulnier..1.jpg)

Finnish Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 aka  "Mörkö-Morane"

these planes where outdated when the finnish recieved them. but aircraft designer  Aarne Lakomaa turned them into a first rate fighter, with diffrent engines, coolers and armament

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-11-2009, 14:11:03
It crash landed pretty weird too. (from pilot's point of view:) I think he was going a bit slow already, probably searching for a good place to crash land and then landed with his left wing on the fence/bushes/small wall and then smacked towards the right into the building as theres only 1 small hole it means the wing came in from the side..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 07-11-2009, 14:11:22
It crash landed pretty weird too. (from pilot's point of view:) I think he was going a bit slow already, probably searching for a good place to crash land and then landed with his left wing on the fence/bushes/small wall and then smacked towards the right into the building as theres only 1 small hole it means the wing came in from the side..

I noticed that too, but figured something along those lines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2009, 14:11:54
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5277/bundesarchivbild101i173.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 07-11-2009, 14:11:10
Destroyed French Bloch MB-152, France, 1940.

(http://i35.tinypic.com/2dvkazd.jpg)
A niice photo of a slow flying crash landing that was well excuted for the most poart but the wing/plane clipped with the building at the last moment. Pilot got out, Germans found it and did some posing photo's.  That's atleast the most obvious, straightforward conclusion one can draw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 07-11-2009, 16:11:01
Seth, you really need to start providing info. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 16:11:42
Obvious maybe... but here is the true story: In a previous battle at that location a 88mm fired a hole into that wall leaving a hole just big enough for the Germans to fit the wing tip, the stone wall was lowered thanks to tanks. Thus, with perfect condition, it's allowed the Germans to experiment of the very first, battlefield Drivethrough Cafe (the experiment with a French Bloch MB-152 because they couldn't afford to risk damaging their own planes). The pilot is fine and ordering a Coffee and Bagel, while stopping for a chat with an officer.


Why are the landing gear down? Unless they fell out of the wings, but that is unlikely, more believeable the would get locked up underneath in the wings. And where is the propeller?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-11-2009, 16:11:46
...And where is the propeller?

"Flieger, where is your propeller?.."
"Was? Oooh! Now I understand why I crashed, herr Leutnant!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 16:11:08
...And where is the propeller?

"Flieger, where is your propeller?.."
"Was? Oooh! Now I understand why I crashed, herr Leutnant!"
The rest of the engine housing was in good condition though. It is unlikely that the propeller itself would just be blown off... even through the crash landing, the blades would only be bent back, not taken clean off..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-11-2009, 16:11:51
Parts on the engine are bended, things are sticking out, they broke off  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 07-11-2009, 16:11:51
...And where is the propeller?

"Flieger, where is your propeller?.."
"Was? Oooh! Now I understand why I crashed, herr Leutnant!"
The rest of the engine housing was in good condition though. It is unlikely that the propeller itself would just be blown off... even through the crash landing, the blades would only be bent back, not taken clean off..
If it still had the propellor it wouldn't have crashed would it?

/blond answer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 16:11:13
...And where is the propeller?

"Flieger, where is your propeller?.."
"Was? Oooh! Now I understand why I crashed, herr Leutnant!"
The rest of the engine housing was in good condition though. It is unlikely that the propeller itself would just be blown off... even through the crash landing, the blades would only be bent back, not taken clean off..
If it still had the propellor it wouldn't have crashed would it?

/blond answer
lol, there isn't any evidence of it, but it could of been shot in the fuel tank(s) and ran out of gas, machanical failure, same thing for oil as gas, good of taken many hits to the engine, pilot could have been hit by direct fire, could of lost control of one of the many control surfaces... there are a number of possiblities.

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/me109-jg52-crashed.jpg)
And even with the brutal landing of this Wellington.. the propellers remained!  ;D
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/crashed_wellington_700.jpg)
Those are my pictures of the Day BTW, along with a bonus  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2009, 17:11:25
Kawasaki H6K under Fire, unkown date/location.

(http://www.corbisimages.com/images/NA008031.jpg?size=67&uid=6553A1C6-D8A2-4EA0-B1D0-A6373814BBE1)

Another Angle..

(http://www.corbisimages.com/images/NA008030.jpg?size=67&uid=EA99382C-54FE-48A6-92BF-B67AAA23128C)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 07-11-2009, 17:11:07

lol, there isn't any evidence of it, but it could of been shot in the fuel tank(s) and ran out of gas, machanical failure, same thing for oil as gas, good of taken many hits to the engine, pilot could have been hit by direct fire, could of lost control of one of the many control surfaces... there are a number of possiblities.

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/me109-jg52-crashed.jpg)
And even with the brutal landing of this B-24 Liberator.. the propellers remained!  ;D
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/crashed_wellington_700.jpg)
Those are my pictures of the Day BTW, along with a bonus  ;)
[/quote]

Its a british Welington mate, i noticed from this angel they kinda look the same, but the B-24 hase 4 engines.

Nice pic on the kawasaki torenico!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 18:11:34
Nuh uh... the other 2 engines just fell off.. lol, good attention to detail. I'm supprised I never noticed that.. with my background on aaviation i'm ashamed of myself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 07-11-2009, 18:11:30
Nuh uh... the other 2 engines just fell off.. lol, good attention to detail. I'm supprised I never noticed that.. with my background on aaviation i'm ashamed of myself.

In that case Note the gigantic windows in the fuselage  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 18:11:51
Those are windows? The 5 1/2 rectangular objects? I couldn't tell, I thought that was just some random addition to the paint, plane, marking, idk.. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 07-11-2009, 19:11:55
The pic is called crashed_wellington_700.jpg, so yea..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 19:11:09
Pfft, who takes time to check the name of the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2009, 19:11:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/344663-2/img_011)

Three American soldiers clearing a building., Aachen, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-11-2009, 20:11:06
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7088/1257444968429.jpg)

Fallschirmjager on the Ostfront with captured russian PTRD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-11-2009, 20:11:59
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2056/sweemer.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 161 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D with dive equipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: >TDP<asom on 07-11-2009, 21:11:35
free frenches panthers 
(http://www.chars-francais.net/new/images/stories/galery/1944_panther/panther%20a%20et%20g%20au%20503e%20rcc%20photo%20503e%20rcc.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 07-11-2009, 22:11:05
free frenches panthers 
GAH! The French Panthers have been freed? Who is responsible?! We must investigate the locks keeper of the Paris Zoo immediately!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-11-2009, 23:11:18
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5664/troopskt5.jpg)
Banzai sword attack  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-11-2009, 23:11:50
Where is the support for that tank.. it's there all alone?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 08-11-2009, 00:11:58
It's been destroyed by a suicide pack armed Japanese soldier, and the rest have run away after being hunted by banzai shouting katana wielding maniacs.

Obviously.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 08-11-2009, 01:11:20
Oh, I should of known, shame on me... ::)

However, I am also going to question your truth value on that, I feel....it's a lie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-11-2009, 13:11:38
I have been so out of touch with POTD thread for the past couple of _months_ that I simply cant memorize whether this picture has been posted yet or not. But if it has been, sods law, here it comes again!

(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9938/panthermontormel03.jpg)

"Death's Corridor" at Mont Ormel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 08-11-2009, 15:11:44
I have been so out of touch with POTD thread for the past couple of _months_ that I simply cant memorize whether this picture has been posted yet or not. But if it has been, sods law, here it comes again!

(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9938/panthermontormel03.jpg)

"Death's Corridor" at Mont Ormel.
Bene psotd before, as was a mirrored version. Hehehe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 08-11-2009, 15:11:17
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9011/iwojimabeach.png)

Bogged down tank, Amtracs blown over by shellfire - a view taken couple of days after the landing on Iwo Jima, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-11-2009, 15:11:07
(http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/2956/07538xh3da3.jpg)
British/Canadian Land Mattress reloading
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-11-2009, 17:11:36
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/TR_002021.jpg)
Churchill tanks of 'A' Squadron, 51st Royal Tank Regiment advancing across the Italian countryside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-11-2009, 17:11:03
Seth, you really need to start providing info. :D

Bundersarchiv, i don't know more about it  ;)


(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5277/bundesarchivbild101i173.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-11-2009, 18:11:24
Looks like the wooden bridge that french tank was driving over could not take its weight and moved a bit to the side. Becouse it was freezing and there was ice on the bridge the tank just slid of it into the river.

Best i can think of.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 08-11-2009, 18:11:20
I think somebody drank too much... ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-11-2009, 18:11:15
 ;D balkan 1941. But as i said, i don't know more about the units etc ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-11-2009, 18:11:45
France-->Russia
French-->German

Story still stands :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-11-2009, 18:11:59
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3564/as10.jpg)

German officer with a captured AS-44 assualt rifle.  The AS-44 was a russian assualt rifle that would have probably become what the AK-47 became if not for the designer dying in 1945.  It was only used in prototype testing, and its hard to say how this German officer got a hold of one, as as far as I know, they were never field tested.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 08-11-2009, 21:11:56
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3564/as10.jpg)

German officer with a captured AS-44 assualt rifle.  The AS-44 was a russian assualt rifle that would have probably become what the AK-47 became if not for the designer dying in 1945.  It was only used in prototype testing, and its hard to say how this German officer got a hold of one, as as far as I know, they were never field tested.
nice find, you don't see that everyday
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-11-2009, 22:11:28
Looks like the wooden bridge that french tank was driving over could not take its weight and moved a bit to the side. Becouse it was freezing and there was ice on the bridge the tank just slid of it into the river.

Best i can think of.

I wonder whether the guy on the right is actually a dealing officer or the tank commander in response. With the arms akimbo he looks very concerned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-11-2009, 23:11:35
Looks like the wooden bridge that french tank was driving over could not take its weight and moved a bit to the side. Becouse it was freezing and there was ice on the bridge the tank just slid of it into the river.

Best i can think of.
Its a Panzer 35(t) (Lt vz 35) (http://www.bf-games.net/forum/style_emoticons/default/lalala.gif)
mhh either driver error or the bridge gave way, so that he fell down
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-11-2009, 23:11:20
Looks like the wooden bridge that french tank was driving over could not take its weight and moved a bit to the side. Becouse it was freezing and there was ice on the bridge the tank just slid of it into the river.

Best i can think of.
Its a Panzer 35(t) (Lt vz 35) (http://www.bf-games.net/forum/style_emoticons/default/lalala.gif)
mhh either driver error or the bridge gave way, so that he fell down


Imo its a Hotchkiss R35

(http://hellfirestew.com/db1/00059/hellfirestew.com/_uimages/Hotchkiss.jpg)

The look very similar, tracks and turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-11-2009, 23:11:46
euhm, its a Hotchkiss H-39 .....

Your pic is correct tough

And the tracks are different, a big giveway was the big iddle wheel (i have no idea how to call it in english)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-11-2009, 23:11:46
ok persuades
nevertheless everything looks alike  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 09-11-2009, 00:11:59
Detroyed german equipment after Falaise pocket.

(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3199/1340117803e347035c62b.jpg) (http://img30.imageshack.us/i/1340117803e347035c62b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 09-11-2009, 00:11:12
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/SC180851t.jpg)
"Second Army Tennessee Maneuvers.  3 miles west of Watertown. As an addition to the battalion's defense, HQ Co. of the 5th Armd Maint Bn developed an idea thought up by Ordernance Sgt. Magazine. The 37mm gun is the only field weapon alloted for the battalion's defense.  To increase firepower, a 50 cal. Machine gun was mounted on the front of the 37mm gun vehicle. All parts were made and mounted by HQ personnel.  (6 Jun 43) Signal Corps Photo: 164-0012-43-204  (Pvt. J. F. Albert)"

A WC-52 With a .50 cal machine gun and 37mm AT gun, we need this in FH2..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-11-2009, 01:11:32
For some reason, Fuzz, that photo looks like its from a game....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 09-11-2009, 03:11:27
Nice pic Oddball.  I think its a bit ironic how they're all having fun but in exactly 1 year there going to be wishing the war was over
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 09-11-2009, 03:11:59
Thanks, and thats how war works, it's loses it's fun very quickly... :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-11-2009, 13:11:27
an other view of the acicdent :

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-173-1103-25%2C_Balkan%2C_Beutepanzer_H39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wunderwaffe on 09-11-2009, 14:11:40
Me-323 Gigant Unloading Marder 2
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/11923-3/me323offloadassaultgun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 09-11-2009, 15:11:18
Iwo Jima series continues:

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/2516/iwo.png)

The opening up of the beaches on the west side of the island was vital. Little could be landed on the east coast until the masses of vehicles and equipment was cleared. Iwo Jima 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-11-2009, 00:11:51
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/186/swim9.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 161 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D Tauchpanzer (dive equipment/turret details)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-11-2009, 18:11:30
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4827/0tcaalaeh6cak9y8q7caq5c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-11-2009, 18:11:32
M10 TD
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/344669-2/img_014) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/img_014.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-11-2009, 21:11:24
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7637/swimdetail.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 161 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D Tauchpanzer

unit markings:
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/728/swimm5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-11-2009, 00:11:35
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_004211_E.jpg)
Trainee crews practising gun cleaning on Grant, Crusader and Sherman tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-11-2009, 22:11:44
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1083/swimmm8.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 161 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D Tauchpanzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 14-11-2009, 09:11:19
Ka-Mi
(http://i.ebayimg.com/05/!Be6J5LQ!Wk~$(KGrHqIOKjQEry)gYb6dBK+J6Q)Mt!~~_12.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-11-2009, 09:11:36
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4367/24047656.jpg)
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-11-2009, 16:11:00
Destroyed Pz IV in Russia. A direct shot on the Ammo store

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/347629-2/ec793afd27b0)

and a extra..


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/348049-2/life_282)

American soldier helping a wounded buddy during battle to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese,1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 14-11-2009, 17:11:13
Destroyed Pz IV in Russia. A direct shot on the Ammo store

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/347629-2/ec793afd27b0)


dear god! I feel sorry for those guys, or whats left of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-11-2009, 17:11:12
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1336/bundesarchivbild101i300.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 14-11-2009, 20:11:23
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/SC180631t.jpg)
"Third Army Louisiana Maneuvers.  S-1 Field Office. Sgt. Vern Kurtanbauch, from Brandt, S. Dakota,  the S-1 clerk for the Service Co., 355th Inf., 89th Inf. Div, sets up shop as the Red and Blue Armies maneuver at Camp Carson, Co.  (10 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: 165-8-43-1118  (Pfc. P. J. Petrony)"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 14-11-2009, 20:11:53
dear god! I feel sorry for those guys, or whats left of them.

Hey in the hell of war thats a pretty merciful way to go. Although it is a very sad looking picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-11-2009, 21:11:58
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1336/bundesarchivbild101i300.jpg)
"Why in Gods name is that maggot wearing black? Whats wrong with you people!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-11-2009, 21:11:32
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1336/bundesarchivbild101i300.jpg)
"Why in Gods name is that maggot wearing black? Whats wrong with you people!"

"so, you see that guy with black uniform, dont listen to him, he came from the eastern front, consider him a crazy guy"

Or

"Shh, dont tell them, but that tank sucks"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-11-2009, 21:11:44
"Shh, dont tell them, but that tank sucks"
"But sir, that isn't a tank"
"Shut up smartass or you will look as foolish as that guy!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-11-2009, 21:11:47
"That soldier is a spy."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-11-2009, 21:11:17
"That soldier is a spy."
Hahaha, you win!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 15-11-2009, 00:11:39
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/BU_003194.jpg)
Comet tanks of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, advancing through the Weser bridgehead at Petershagen, 7 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-11-2009, 03:11:20
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/BU_003194.jpg)
Comet tanks of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, advancing through the Weser bridgehead at Petershagen, 7 April 1945.

Thats 30 miles from where I grew up. I got a book somewhere about the war in that particular region where I grew up. Can't find it for a few years, otherwise I would have scanned a few pictures. I definetely remember this picture, some crashsites of Focke Wulfs and lots of destroyed automobiles in the roadside ditches from that book. The picture was just...bigger. Uhh, definetely gotta search for that book again. Dumped it somewhere in the attic/basement.

Whatever, here is the picture for today: I'll call it...

...the adventurous construction

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3161/t2ndpanzerdivisionnearb.jpg)
original picture name is t_2nd_panzer_division_near_boulogne_383.jpg




Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 15-11-2009, 06:11:26
(http://i026.radikal.ru/0911/cb/7376d5842d25.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-11-2009, 23:11:33
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7769/bundesarchivbild101i557.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-11-2009, 01:11:02
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Rabaul/img/USA-P-Rabaul-p198.jpg)
Japanese aircraft destroyed on the ground by Allied planes near Lae.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 16-11-2009, 01:11:50
Is that a captured 75mm gun carriage?  :-X  My beloved half-track!  :-[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 16-11-2009, 02:11:54
Is that a captured 75mm gun carriage?

T30 75-mm GMC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-11-2009, 02:11:38
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1328/bruckeniv.jpg)
Brückenleger IV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 16-11-2009, 02:11:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0399-11,_Frankreich,_Panzertransport_mit_der_Eisenbahn.jpg)

Panther in Camouflage.
Frankreich.- Transport von getarnten Panzer V "Panther" mit der Eisenbahn, Soldaten auf Waggon vor und auf einem Panzer; PK KBZ OB West
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 16-11-2009, 06:11:53
(http://s55.radikal.ru/i150/0911/04/42873c56cb19.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-11-2009, 05:11:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/349292-2/Capture_22)

This column of M3 75mm GMC's was knocked out during the fighting around Kasserine Pass in February 1943


Extra

Panther, Berlin 1945

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/348993-2/panther)

Notice it hasn't its external wheels ! May be the last one to fight ?

I dont get it, why the uploader said that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 17-11-2009, 05:11:35
Its missing the outer road wheels. Not sure they can even drive like that.......
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 17-11-2009, 06:11:39
(http://i021.radikal.ru/0911/78/79f9a3bf4840.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 17-11-2009, 11:11:30
shamelessly stolen from a well known german news page  ;)

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/11/16/55/350a96ec36bddc6ab3ae823b3ea37f7a_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
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Female Pilots:
Russian fighter pilots Lilia Litwak, Katja Budanowa and Maria Kuznetsowa from the 558. Nightbomberregiment. the unit contained only of female pilots and destroyed/damaged 17 Bridges, 9 trains,26 Supply depots, 176 Transports and 86 gun emplacements of the German Invaders

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/11/16/53/d566e8749e28dd1e57b8a07f02202644_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
Quote
They were flying the PO-2  Biplane, a light bomber.
Germans called them "Nachthexen" = "night witches". with their agile but slow biplanes they were able to evade fast german fighters and harassed german ground positions at night.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 17-11-2009, 21:11:08
Schutzstaffel Officer lobs a grenade into the Free City of Danzig's Post Office-September 1, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 17-11-2009, 21:11:52
German Infantry in Poland with a MG-34 Lafette.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-11-2009, 22:11:17
shamelessly stolen from a well known german news page  ;)

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/11/16/55/350a96ec36bddc6ab3ae823b3ea37f7a_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
Quote
Female Pilots:
Russian fighter pilots Lilia Litwak, Katja Budanowa and Maria Kuznetsowa from the 558. Nightbomberregiment. the unit contained only of female pilots and destroyed/damaged 17 Bridges, 9 trains,26 Supply depots, 176 Transports and 86 gun emplacements of the German Invaders

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2009/11/16/53/d566e8749e28dd1e57b8a07f02202644_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
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They were flying the PO-2  Biplane, a light bomber.
Germans called them "Nachthexen" = "night witches". with their agile but slow biplanes they were able to evade fast german fighters and harassed german ground positions at night.

There is an inconsistency not in your quoting, but in the pictures compared to the article. The article refers to the PO-2 bilplane, but those three ladies are posing in front of a fighter airplane. Either it is staged, or those 3 ladies are actually from the 556th Fighterregiment.

However, of all those low quality pictures, I'd probably taken this:

(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5061/556s.jpg)
Nadesha Popowa and Jekaterina Rjabowa (german spelling)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 17-11-2009, 22:11:48
Yup, Lydia Litvyak most definitely flew a La-5.

(http://ona.blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_1d6/ona/Lydia20Litvyak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 17-11-2009, 22:11:22
Soviet Naval Infantry of the Baltic Fleet in 1941
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/4025774319_5434641f85.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 17-11-2009, 23:11:06
This is a line of trees--the photo was taken from the nose of a stuka--which had just dive-bombed from twenty thousand feet. the descent was so fast that it had caused the camera to frost up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-11-2009, 02:11:21
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/P_000874.jpg)
A Belgian worker assembles a Sten gun at an ordnance factory, somewhere in Britain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 18-11-2009, 02:11:11
A citizen of Caen searches the rubble of what used to be her home.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-11-2009, 02:11:48
(http://i074.radikal.ru/0911/cd/2937d3c5dc57.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 18-11-2009, 02:11:24
Tank in Mortain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-11-2009, 02:11:16
"- One picture per member per day."

Read it, read it twice if you dont understand.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/349466-2/emil)

one of the two 12.8cm Selbstfahrlafette L/61 (Panzerselbstfahrlafette V), captured by russians near Stalingrad in 1943, from 521e schwere Panzerjaeger Abteilung. The first one (2 Pz.Division) was destroyed in a fight.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 18-11-2009, 02:11:51
no, I'll post as many as i damn well want >:|
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-11-2009, 03:11:16
one of the two 12.8cm Selbstfahrlafette L/61 (Panzerselbstfahrlafette V), captured by russians near Stalingrad in 1943, from 521e schwere Panzerjaeger Abteilung.

It's a Max, destroyed in late november 1942.
Moritz is survived, captured in january 1943, now preserved in Kubinka.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-11-2009, 03:11:33
one of the two 12.8cm Selbstfahrlafette L/61 (Panzerselbstfahrlafette V), captured by russians near Stalingrad in 1943, from 521e schwere Panzerjaeger Abteilung.

It's a Max, destroyed in late november 1942.
Moritz is survived, captured in january 1943, now preserved in Kubinka.

Kubinka kick ass man, can i have an invite?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-11-2009, 04:11:57
Kubinka kick ass man, can i have an invite?

In Kubinka? :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-11-2009, 04:11:18
Kubinka kick ass man, can i have an invite?

In Kubinka? :)

Yes :D, i wanna see the Maus, if its still there..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-11-2009, 10:11:21
Soviet Naval Infantry of the Baltic Fleet in 1941
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/4025774319_5434641f85.jpg)

Damn, those look like real hardcore warriors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2009, 11:11:50
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SVn6STKMZdI/AAAAAAAAfV0/ZHvwNvs_QGg/s400/17.jpg)


Personnel of the Westminster Regiment, 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade, examining a self-propelled tank-destroyer "Nashorn" knocked out by PIAT gun, near Pontecorvo, Italy, 26 May 1944 (original ID as Hummel is wrong, long barrel and muzzle brake identifies it as Nashorn)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-11-2009, 13:11:06
Damn, those look like real hardcore warriors.

They have "black death" nickname.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-11-2009, 14:11:51
They just made Men of War: Red Tide, a video game about them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 18-11-2009, 15:11:25
wasnt there a mission about them in the "original" men of war ?
"Defense of Sevastopol" or something where the germans field heavy mortars like the 60cm "Mörser Karl"  ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 18-11-2009, 22:11:22
Somebody say heavy mortar?

Warsaw, Poland-1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-11-2009, 22:11:00
wasnt there a mission about them in the "original" men of war ?
"Defense of Sevastopol" or something where the germans field heavy mortars like the 60cm "Mörser Karl"  ?
That mission was kickass!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 19-11-2009, 00:11:16
Soviet Naval Infantry of the Baltic Fleet in 1941
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/4025774319_5434641f85.jpg)

Damn, those look like real hardcore pirates.

^ fixed lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 19-11-2009, 01:11:33
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SVn6STKMZdI/AAAAAAAAfV0/ZHvwNvs_QGg/s400/17.jpg)


Personnel of the Westminster Regiment, 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade, examining a self-propelled tank-destroyer "Nashorn" knocked out by PIAT gun, near Pontecorvo, Italy, 26 May 1944 (original ID as Hummel is wrong, long barrel and muzzle brake identifies it as Nashorn)


I don't see any damage to it, perhaps they missed and it scared the shit out of the drivers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-11-2009, 02:11:38
Knocked out by a Piat?  That means there would only be a very small hole.  But my guess is all or most of the crew survived (at least in the tank itself, donno if they survived the escape), since HEAT rounds don't do much to open topped vehicles, as there is no  pressure change that causes the huge flame plume that happens in an enclosed space.  IE, if it did hit the crew compartment, whoever was right next to where it hit is screwed, but the rest are probably fine.  Now judging by how the canadians are happily standing inside, I somehow doubt that they're standing in a pile of guts and charred flesh, so my guess is the piat hit the other track, knocked it out, and the crew was captured/ran for it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-11-2009, 03:11:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/349006-2/arde)

Knocked out Panzer IV and Panther, Ardennes 1944.

It says the PzIV had a "Ambush Camo"
Quote

the german ambush camo: in August 1944, an order was issued to the assembly firms to apply the camouflage pattern at the assembly plant using Dunklegelb RAL 7028 as the base coat with Olivgruen RAL 6003 and Rotbraun RAL 8017 applied in patches. This order created the uniform pattern which has become known as the “AMBUSH” camouflage scheme. Following the order to drop Zimmerit in September 1944, Panzers left the assembly plants with a base coat of primer Rot RAL 8012 (dark red) with only about half of the surface covered with patches of Rotbraun, Olivgruen, or Dunklegelb. Finally, as initiated by orders dated November 1944 - but not to go into full effect until June 1945 - the Panzers were to receive a base coat of Dunkelgruen (RAL 6003). A camouflage pattern was to be created at the assembly plant by spraying on Rotbraun or Dunklegelb in sharp contours. (Jentz and Doyle).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 19-11-2009, 08:11:46
(http://i078.radikal.ru/0911/76/81eadb62c52c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 19-11-2009, 15:11:26
I don't see any damage to it, perhaps they missed and it scared the shit out of the drivers?
It may have ran out of gas also.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-11-2009, 18:11:18
Knocked out by a Piat?  That means there would only be a very small hole.  But my guess is all or most of the crew survived (at least in the tank itself, donno if they survived the escape), since HEAT rounds don't do much to open topped vehicles, as there is no  pressure change that causes the huge flame plume that happens in an enclosed space.  IE, if it did hit the crew compartment, whoever was right next to where it hit is screwed, but the rest are probably fine.  Now judging by how the canadians are happily standing inside, I somehow doubt that they're standing in a pile of guts and charred flesh, so my guess is the piat hit the other track, knocked it out, and the crew was captured/ran for it.
Most likely. Many crews abandoned their tanks the second it got hit, because their was a high chance that a second shell, with less lucky results, was on the way


(http://www.offspring.ovh.org/BETA/sprzet/alianci/priest/priest.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 20-11-2009, 00:11:45
Knocked out by a Piat?  That means there would only be a very small hole.  But my guess is all or most of the crew survived (at least in the tank itself, donno if they survived the escape), since HEAT rounds don't do much to open topped vehicles, as there is no  pressure change that causes the huge flame plume that happens in an enclosed space.  IE, if it did hit the crew compartment, whoever was right next to where it hit is screwed, but the rest are probably fine.  Now judging by how the canadians are happily standing inside, I somehow doubt that they're standing in a pile of guts and charred flesh, so my guess is the piat hit the other track, knocked it out, and the crew was captured/ran for it.
Most likely. Many crews abandoned their tanks the second it got hit, because their was a high chance that a second shell, with less lucky results, was on the way

 Google is your friend, that picture is from a very famous battle that took place in that very location. A captain Mahony from the Westie's regiment actually won a VC for his actions there, which included that "Nashorn" pictured earlier. Historically, There are numerous accounts which refer to the Melfa offensive, as it was a pivotal action in securing the Liri valley.

Mahony's official citation is here: http://vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/citations/mahony

 According to the Westminster's War Diary, that 88mm Self propelled gun had popped up soon after a bridgehead was established and was taking potshots at Stuart light tanks that were assembled across the river. Capt. Mahony and his PIAT man advanced towards the armour, took one bomb shot that missed at distance but then crawled closer to the gun and proceeded to hit the left track with their second shot.

 When they realized that they had just lost mobility, the German crew bailed out and was then cut down by a Bren section, except for one German soul who had enough of his wits about him to surrender. The German armour crew had no idea what they had gotten themselves into. (their greediness to engage targets got them into a lot of trouble).

 During that very offensive, the Germans lost 3 Mk IV tanks, 5 or 6 self propelled guns and 1 Panther to a company of infantry with 3x 6 pdr. guns, 2 sections of PIAT men and one troop of Stuart tanks. Their battlefield recce was so poor for that action that they kept assaulting in numbers that were doomed to failure, even though the Germans held numerical superiority in terms of artillery support, armour and infantry strength.


 I love reading War Diaries and the Westie's is very well done, certainly worth the read in my opinion. As motorized infantry during the war, the Westie's certainly got around, and they have some stories to show for it ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-11-2009, 01:11:46
So basically I was dead on correct in my initial assessment, the crew survived the PIAT and bailed out, the PIAT imbolized the tank via a left track shot.  Wootness for me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 20-11-2009, 01:11:49
So basically I was dead on correct in my initial assessment, the crew survived the PIAT and bailed out, the PIAT imbolized the tank via a left track shot.  Wootness for me.

 More like,
 The German crew over -extended themselves by advancing into unknown forces. Instead of consolidating the terrain, the German crews were just firing randomly into anticipated positions which revealed their location, thus making them prime targets for ambush. After being ambushed, still oblivious to the enemy they faced at their location, the Germans just tried to run away and were cut down. (only one man surrendered)

 
 The truth to this action is much more informative than mere speculation by anyone. This thread only works when people contribute to the history in an accurate fashion. IMO, guessing is terrible when we have a ready internet search resource open right in front of us.

 Think of it this way... you took so long to type out your 'guess', when it would have been faster to type the date of the photograph into a browser and find out the truth.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-11-2009, 01:11:04
"What the...?"
Poland, 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-11-2009, 04:11:08
Hes just sitting there, that or taking a crap.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 20-11-2009, 04:11:02
(http://niemirow41.narod.ru/Opoznano/4_gid_razgrom/01_00.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-11-2009, 04:11:33
Hes just sitting there, that or taking a crap.

you do not see the artillery round landing behind him? It's pretty noticeable.   
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sturmbocke on 20-11-2009, 11:11:04
you do not see the artillery round landing behind him? It's pretty noticeable.   
Must feel pretty horrible to be shot by artillery while taking a crap.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-11-2009, 11:11:28
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84504&d=1258277164)

Quote
Werner Wolff Kursk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-11-2009, 12:11:36
you do not see the artillery round landing behind him? It's pretty noticeable.   
Must feel pretty horrible to be shot by artillery while taking a crap.

he's not crapping. He is just sitting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 20-11-2009, 13:11:39
but looks like he has his pants pulled down.

and he better have them down because when that arty hits he surely crapped his pants ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 20-11-2009, 15:11:12
Quote
Werner Wolff Kursk

Sniper version of SVT, hehe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-11-2009, 18:11:24
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3651/21panzer03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-11-2009, 02:11:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/352708-2/Schrottenbaum_+Josef_WH-Ost43%23)

Death card of mountain trooper Oberjäger Josef Schrottenbaum, killed in action during the heavy fightings near the river Neva/Northern Russia on February 25, 1943 aged 22. Participant of the campaigns in Poland, France, Greek and on Crete. Iron Cross 2nd class, Infantry assault badge, wounded badge and Eastern front medal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-11-2009, 05:11:08
He looks really cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2009, 10:11:51
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4584/bundesarchivbild101i720.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 21-11-2009, 11:11:21
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4584/bundesarchivbild101i720.jpg)

Milice française, non?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-11-2009, 16:11:48
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/Winimperial/Dibujo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2009, 16:11:43
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4584/bundesarchivbild101i720.jpg)

Milice française, non?

yes, notice the english equipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 21-11-2009, 18:11:52
(http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/29039403/aview/Nr.7156-_2.Fallschirmj_ger-.jp)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-11-2009, 19:11:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/352978-4/cc1)

FCM2C The 99 "Champagne" on the rails before its departure to Germany.


Extra..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/352972-2/Panhard-Sp__hwagen+des+PZ+4+am+Haltepunkt+Rschanitza)

Panhard-Spähwagen on eastern front at the train station of Rschanitza.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-11-2009, 04:11:59
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4584/bundesarchivbild101i720.jpg)


Dont...click...the trigger
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-11-2009, 04:11:03
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4584/bundesarchivbild101i720.jpg)


Dont...click...the trigger

Theres no magazine but..

"Hey dude take your finder out of the trigger"

"What trigger, this one?"

"Oh Shi!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 22-11-2009, 06:11:22
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D
(http://s51.radikal.ru/i134/0911/11/5ada6e22458d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-11-2009, 09:11:29
that has to be fake, but wait a minute....

AMAZING
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-11-2009, 11:11:41
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3357/waterg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 22-11-2009, 12:11:32
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D
(http://s51.radikal.ru/i134/0911/11/5ada6e22458d.jpg)

wut?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-11-2009, 15:11:10
Seth, is that some sort of early Camel back system I'm seeing?! :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 22-11-2009, 16:11:03
Seth, is that some sort of early Camel back system I'm seeing?! :D

It got to be a waterpipe! a Horn maybe? Or just a drinking system  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 22-11-2009, 17:11:04
I'm sure it's not tube from ass!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-11-2009, 03:11:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/353688-2/39h%23)

21st Panzer-Division, Normandy 1944. 48 vehicles of this type were built/modified.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 23-11-2009, 06:11:50
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 23-11-2009, 08:11:43
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)
"Has anyone seen my grenade?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-11-2009, 08:11:37
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)

Gunner: "Enemy Tank Spotted!"

Commander: "Bail Out!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-11-2009, 12:11:04
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)

Gunner: "Enemy Tank Spotted!"

Commander: "Bail Out!"

Gunner: "So we retreat so we can fight another day?"
Commander: "Nope. We retreat so that we can retreat another day."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 23-11-2009, 16:11:06
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)

Gunner: "Enemy Tank Spotted!"

Commander: "Bail Out!"

Gunner: "So we retreat so we can fight another day?"
Commander: "Nope. We retreat so that we can retreat another day."


Commander: "Is that a quarter over there?"           (Replace quarter with some of your nation's coin money)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 23-11-2009, 16:11:28
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)

Gunner: "Enemy Tank Spotted!"

Commander: "Bail Out!"

Gunner: "So we retreat so we can fight another day?"
Commander: "Nope. We retreat so that we can retreat another day."


Commander: "Is that a quarter over there?"           (Replace quarter with some of your nation's coin money)

"What?! Beautiful lady in distress?!"
*A-Team theme*


OR


Taxi to airfield and fight who gets the Hurricane first.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-11-2009, 20:11:45
be glad von small isn't here, you bailing bastards!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-11-2009, 21:11:10
"Who's fart?!"  ;D
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m3-lee_2.jpg)

Gunner: "Enemy Tank Spotted!"

Commander: "Bail Out!"

Gunner: "So we retreat so we can fight another day?"
Commander: "Nope. We retreat so that we can retreat another day."


Commander: "Is that a quarter over there?"           (Replace quarter with some of your nation's coin money)

"What?! Beautiful lady in distress?!"
*A-Team theme*


OR


Taxi to airfield and fight who gets the Hurricane first.
*Drill sergeant=
TROOPS  ATTENTSCHUN!!!!!!

Combat tactic 1!
This tank crew will now demonstrate what to do when you see a german tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.totaler_humbug on 23-11-2009, 23:11:35
HAHA, nice comments!

Yesterday I saw this pic in the FHT-Forums and this reminds me of the daily pubbi-buisness:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Tigers_In_A_Dale.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 23-11-2009, 23:11:01
Some nice comments indeed.

Also, ROFL at that imnage with two tigers in a ditch. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 24-11-2009, 00:11:04
HAHA, nice comments!

Yesterday I saw this pic in the FHT-Forums and this reminds me of the daily pubbi-buisness:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Tigers_In_A_Dale.jpg)
Just like me and my panther :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 24-11-2009, 00:11:38
Surprise buttsex.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 24-11-2009, 06:11:27
(http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/87/5d9310c0436f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 24-11-2009, 16:11:55
(http://[quote author=Taranov link=topic=24.msg60003#msg60003 date=1259039187]
[img]http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/87/5d9310c0436f.jpg)
[/img]
[/quote]Ain't showign up for me, won't load either when I go to http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/87/5d9310c0436f.jpg manually. :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 24-11-2009, 18:11:46
Working for me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 24-11-2009, 18:11:01
Working for me

Likely because the image in your browser's cache.  For those of us who never saw it before, it is not working.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bmwr12 on 24-11-2009, 23:11:18
My 1940 BMW R12 Rig
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-11-2009, 23:11:39
Cool, but this tread is for pictures taken during WW2, not of WW2 things. Yours would be placed better in the militaria forum :)

Ooh, and welcome to the forum :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 25-11-2009, 00:11:00
My 1940 BMW R12 Rig

 Awesome bike, definitely deserves to be in this thread as it will gather more admirers. What's the story to that beauty? as in where did you find it, how much, any restoration needed?


 I would love to own a Krad some day but 70-100, 000 Euros is a little too rich for my blood. Instead I will gladly settle any day for an R71 or the R12.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bmwr12 on 25-11-2009, 01:11:00
Cool, but this tread is for pictures taken during WW2, not of WW2 things. Yours would be placed better in the militaria forum :)
Ooh, and welcome to the forum :)

Thanks for the welcome. I am a long time FH1 and FH2 player. [Wolf]MP40 is my handle. As for the picture it is WW2 related and I would like to share it with the community as some players on different servers question my ownership of one of these fine machines.

As for the bike it is a 1940 R12 that was issued to a Luftwaffe repair unit in Munich. After the war it made its way to Poland and then to the USA. I acquired the bike 2+ years ago in a bunch of boxes.  I restored it from the ground up and acquired all the extremely rare missing military parts. I would almost bet it is the most correct Military R12 left.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-11-2009, 08:11:37
Have to agree with Siben, there is a militaria thread and a walk around thread made for things like these.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-11-2009, 10:11:06
Indeed. Militaria thread (http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=225.0) for posting items in your collection.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-11-2009, 11:11:10
Double post but:

T-26 destroyed somewhere in the battlefields, february 1940.

(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2176/day169.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-11-2009, 18:11:11
Rauchen verboten

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/355240-2/rau)

German Panzer IV inside train Station. Notice a PzIII on the background.
And the poster tought this was a StuG, other ppl said it was a StuG!

Extra:

German Tiger II, Wirbelwind and Panther in the streets of Berlin after the German Capitulation, or During the Battle of Berlin.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/355019-2/tg2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-11-2009, 18:11:03
German snipers (i think eastern front SS)
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm229/XIVSnipa/SnipeSS.jpg)

This Bf 109 looks good

(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm229/XIVSnipa/Me109test.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-11-2009, 19:11:01
Rumanian anti-tank gunners.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-024-3543-09%2C_Ostfront%2C_Soldaten_an_7%2C5cm_Pak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 25-11-2009, 19:11:26
German Jagdtiger, Wirbelwind and Panther in the streets of Berlin after the German Capitulation, or During the Battle of Berlin.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/355019-2/tg2)

Is that really a Jagdtiger? Looks like a Tiger II to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-11-2009, 20:11:55
German Jagdtiger, Wirbelwind and Panther in the streets of Berlin after the German Capitulation, or During the Battle of Berlin.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/355019-2/tg2)

Is that really a Jagdtiger? Looks like a Tiger II to me.

Yeah its a Tiger II, thanks :).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 25-11-2009, 20:11:59
Romanian soldiers near Stalingrad, 1942

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0501-27%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_rum%C3%A4nische_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-11-2009, 01:11:19
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9458/bruepzi.jpg)
Brückenleger I

PS: The picture of the Me109 in the windtunnel is pretty hot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-11-2009, 18:11:07
Inside Elafant
(http://mysite.verizon.net/dkrey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/122drushlag.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 27-11-2009, 16:11:48
(http://i071.radikal.ru/0911/84/074084e8f038.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-11-2009, 19:11:09
(http://i071.radikal.ru/0911/84/074084e8f038.jpg)
Schuetzehunden!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Adee on 27-11-2009, 19:11:55
(http://i071.radikal.ru/0911/84/074084e8f038.jpg)

Puss in boots after basic military training  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-11-2009, 20:11:56
Panzergrenadierhund. To counter those pesky Russian AT-dogs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-11-2009, 20:11:59
Ivan thought he was original so General Guderian came up with this to compete.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 28-11-2009, 01:11:43
(http://i071.radikal.ru/0911/84/074084e8f038.jpg)
Hahaha, that's a nice panzergrenadierhund indeed. Lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-11-2009, 01:11:36
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/P_000233.jpg)

Factory workers ride on Valentine tanks as they leave a factory in Smethwick. A notice propped on the front of the tanks reads "All Help for Russia Now". The workers are holding a Union flag and a Russian flag and many have their fists raised in a Communist salute.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-11-2009, 03:11:39
Well have none of that bolshy talk here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 28-11-2009, 05:11:06
Well have none of that bolshy talk here.
(http://www.tubbsvinyl.com/workingclass.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-11-2009, 08:11:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/356112-2/bess5)

Romanian R-35 tank from the 2nd Tank Regiment

Another pic from my fav light tank.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/356148-2/R-35_BT-2_basarbia_l_001)

Two R-35 tanks tow a captured BT-2 in Bessarabia. July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-11-2009, 11:11:20
(http://s05.radikal.ru/i178/0911/ae/41abee8cd02d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-11-2009, 12:11:06
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/9199/funnys.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 28-11-2009, 22:11:57
i assume that's an early-war chinese armoured personnel carrier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-11-2009, 01:11:04
Japanese.

To paraphrase a modern acronym..... HMMHV  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-11-2009, 04:11:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/356364-1/capturedgermanssofficer)

Officer from the 17th SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen"....with a MP from the second US DB
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 29-11-2009, 15:11:40
Estonian volunteers with a kitten
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9931/wss20kitten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-11-2009, 15:11:21
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85113&d=1259490410)
Quote
Caption N/A
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hawk2k9 on 29-11-2009, 16:11:44
(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1006/bundesarchiv.jpg)

The notorious "Bundesarchiv", out from my kitchen-window  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-11-2009, 16:11:22

(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9981/priso.jpg)

german prisonner of the french 1re DFL
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2009, 18:11:31
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85113&d=1259490410)
Quote
Caption N/A

IIRC, those are 3rd SS in Kharkov, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 29-11-2009, 19:11:05
Machine Gunners in San Pietro
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-11-2009, 20:11:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/356559-2/asd576)

Japanese Army Officers planning an attack in Southern China, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 29-11-2009, 21:11:34
(http://s42.radikal.ru/i096/0911/d5/2a11d026c2c6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 29-11-2009, 22:11:35
 :-X :-\ , Poor shepard
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Arc9 on 30-11-2009, 00:11:21
Einsatzgruppen or whatever soldiers killing jews.
Really disturbing so make sure you're not the kind of person who gets disturbed by really disturbing stuff.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Kiev_Jew_Killings_in_Ivangorod_%281942%29.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-11-2009, 00:11:05
I wonder why people shows images of what we have seen for ages.

Be creative and post something else.

I have seen that image millions of times..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 30-11-2009, 00:11:43
I have seen that image millions of times..

I am glad to be able to say that this is the first time I've seen this photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 30-11-2009, 07:11:02
(http://s49.radikal.ru/i124/0911/5a/ebac43b1780e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 30-11-2009, 12:11:45
70 years ago today:
After Soviet tanks crossed the boarder with heavy artillery support, VVS bombers attacked civilian population in Finnish cities and towns...

(http://www.hs.fi/kuvat/iso_webkuva/1135232380387.jpeg)
Wounded man in the corner on Lönnrotinkatu and Abrahaminkatu in Helsinki

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-11-2009, 12:11:58
Winter War, two finnish soldiers set up Lahti-Saloranta light machinegun on pair of skis into a firing position.

(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4682/day170.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2009, 12:11:34
(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2476/94316568.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 30-11-2009, 17:11:44
American Cannoneers shelling San Pietro
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5808/sanpietrocannon.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 01-12-2009, 18:12:07
Nemirow, 24-25 june 1941
(http://s41.radikal.ru/i094/0911/3e/1a05fb937644.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 01-12-2009, 20:12:30
T34 with road wheels!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 02-12-2009, 00:12:39
parade time!
(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5526/parade.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 02-12-2009, 06:12:39
(http://s45.radikal.ru/i107/0912/42/63a74d8fc13a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-12-2009, 22:12:50
(http://s45.radikal.ru/i107/0912/42/63a74d8fc13a.jpg)
*speaks with russian accent

o loek! I has head of Hitlar! Life taime Vodka supply, here i come!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-12-2009, 01:12:38
DUal 128mms:P  They were on the flaktowers in berlin, I do hope to see them there someday in FH2 :P

Oh wow. Medal of Honor Airborne lead me to believe they were mythical!

nope, they actually existed. a few are still up today, but MoH:A's 'Flakturm' was grossly oversized. 
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/166373236_a26ee73973.jpg) Flakturm, now a climbing wall.
(http://static.zooomr.com/images/2434876_86c2edd40a.jpg)  Being restored
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H27779,_Berlin,_Flakturm_am_Zoo.jpg)

I SO want to see this ingame.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-12-2009, 05:12:00
There must be a interesting story behind this pic.

Captured T34 and Russian PoWs digging graves for their dead comrades?

Under the watchfull eye of a German Soldier.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/357324-2/____4)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-12-2009, 05:12:13
Yep, that's probably the case.  While russian POWs were horrible mistreated in the POW camps and the long marches back to the camps, in the frontlines they were normally well taken care of by the Wehrmacht, though the SS not so much....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-12-2009, 05:12:00
Exactly. I saw a couple of pics of Russians eating with SS Soldiers, smiling and that. Also that pic i posted in FF, about a SS Soldiers giving water to a wounded Russian soldier.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-12-2009, 06:12:52
Yep yep.  Things were always different for the frontline soldier....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bmwr12 on 03-12-2009, 07:12:28
looks like the guard has a p38/Luger holster and a nagant revolve rholster as well.Weird
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-12-2009, 08:12:46
Why weird? Souvenirs ofcourse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-12-2009, 09:12:27
Probably just took the nagant off one of the dead russian tankers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 03-12-2009, 11:12:04
Screened BT-7, only one converted in july 1941.
(http://i022.radikal.ru/0911/7b/7d8eda58c635.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-12-2009, 22:12:44
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3555/balkan6.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 121 Panzer II in the balkans 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 04-12-2009, 01:12:42
Beware the new German Super Weapon:  The Uber Staple!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-12-2009, 02:12:14
Yep, that's probably the case.  While russian POWs were horrible mistreated in the POW camps and the long marches back to the camps, in the frontlines they were normally well taken care of by the Wehrmacht, though the SS not so much....

According to Guy Sajer Russian POWs were used to bury the German dead and anyone caught taking something from the body of a German soldier was shot on the spot.

Of course there were plenty of cases where they weren't mistreated as well...eg Henry Metelman describes a conversation he had with a captured Soviet NCO who was being exchanged at the frontlines for a captured German NCO.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-12-2009, 02:12:02
Megaraptor, I thought you had died or summat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-12-2009, 02:12:49
whiskey, tango, foxtrot. just ran across this on the webbernet.
(http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/img/lancer_versus_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 04-12-2009, 02:12:41
whiskey, tango, foxtrot. just ran across this on the webbernet.
(http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/img/lancer_versus_tank.jpg)
It's like a race between the horse and the bike! Who will win?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-12-2009, 02:12:02
Yep, that's probably the case.  While russian POWs were horrible mistreated in the POW camps and the long marches back to the camps, in the frontlines they were normally well taken care of by the Wehrmacht, though the SS not so much....

According to Guy Sajer Russian POWs were used to bury the German dead and anyone caught taking something from the body of a German soldier was shot on the spot.

Of course there were plenty of cases where they weren't mistreated as well...eg Henry Metelman describes a conversation he had with a captured Soviet NCO who was being exchanged at the frontlines for a captured German NCO.

Like I said, normally.  That doesn't mean always.

@ Kading, IIRC that's from a movie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 04-12-2009, 05:12:55
Taranov, you wouldn't happen to have a picture of an early production T-34/76 1943 in color would you  ;D?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2009, 06:12:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/359676-2/kv-2_2022)

Captured Kv2 in the Streets of Berlin, 1941

Extra

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/359681-2/____+3)

September 7, 1945 in Berlin, the Allied forces held a parade in honor of the Second World War. Parade taken by Soviet troops in Chief Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the commander of the 3rd U.S. Army General George Patton, the British General Robertson and French Koenig. In 1941, in Berlin drove captured KV-2, which would show the Berliners, what they say cool trophies by the Wehrmacht. But the effect was the opposite. Berliners with horror at the steel monster and thought that surely a Russian such monsters is not enough. They were not mistaken. Berlin stormed the descendants of KV - Joseph Stalin-2 ( IS-2), and the Victory Parade in Berlin, September 7, 1945, our allies were dumbfounded, from pripozdavshih the war IS-3, majestically
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 04-12-2009, 10:12:56
Some photos of KV-2
(http://www.panzernet.net/tankist/fotky/tanky/kv2/042.jpg)
(http://www.panzernet.net/tankist/fotky/tanky/kv2/037.jpg)
(http://www.panzernet.net/tankist/fotky/tanky/kv2/043.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-12-2009, 11:12:45
Megaraptor, I thought you had died or summat.

I'm still alive, just not posting (or sleeping) much due to school. Blasted exams...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 04-12-2009, 20:12:32
That's too bad.
A prototype of the Me309.

(http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/LCBW/Me309-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-12-2009, 22:12:22
Nemirow, 24-25 june 1941
(http://s41.radikal.ru/i094/0911/3e/1a05fb937644.jpg)

(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8830/t34i76b1.jpg)
Pz.Kpf.Wg. 747 T-34/76 Ausf. B (r)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-12-2009, 04:12:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/360425-2/fred%23)

French destroyer "L'adroit" after fatal Stuka attack. Malo-les-Bains/France, June 1940.

And yet another Extra

I Couldnt let this one go

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/360432-2/cofret%23)

3,7-cm-PaK 36 and crew whilst fighting in a French town, June 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-12-2009, 13:12:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/223229-2/DEaRuR_44_1%23) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/britain/DEaRuR_44_1%23.html)

"Creeping barrage" unto the Eastern banks of the Rhine river. Germany, March 23, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-12-2009, 16:12:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Charlemagne_Division_SOldiers.jpg)

Légion des Volontaires Français
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-12-2009, 19:12:31
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6233/t34i76a3.jpg)
Pz.Kpf.Wg. 747 T-34/76 Ausf. A (r)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-12-2009, 00:12:41
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8583/intro510.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-12-2009, 01:12:03
Thats a very paranoid looking sniper - must be a TKer after his kit.

(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/B_013676.jpg)

A 6th Airborne Division sniper on patrol in the Ardennes, wearing a snow camouflage suit, 14 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-12-2009, 08:12:19
Wodden cross award winners
(http://www.history.jp/wehrmacht/027-07.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-12-2009, 08:12:09
(http://www.britisharmedforces.org/graphix/todd/richard_todd2.jpg)

Captain Richard Todd, landed at Pegusus Bridge and fought alongside Major Howard, and throughout the ETO.  Went on to an acting career, including staring roles in The Dambusters, and in The Longest Day, where he played role role of Major Howard.  Died December 3rd, 2009, just 3 days ago.  He will be missed :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-12-2009, 08:12:28
Ahw! Todd.. I loved him in the Longest Day. He had a wonderfull life and he was 90, not many can say that  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-12-2009, 09:12:45
Chinese Soldiers, probably from the 88th Division, fighting on Nanking, 1937.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/62336-2/83dedf7b4d7011e60ad187b3)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 07-12-2009, 07:12:55
Hello, anybody home? ;D
(http://i068.radikal.ru/0912/e7/333b0adbf3bc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-12-2009, 08:12:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/361095-2/Admiral_Matome_Ugaki_with_Yokosuka_D4Y3_before_final_Kamikaze_attack_off_Okinawa_15_August_1945)

Vice-Admiral Matome Ugaki, commander of Imperial Japanese Navy 5th Air Fleet and director of "Thunder God Corps" with Yokosuka D4y3, prior to leading a force of 11 such aircraft (with 22 crew) on a final kamikaze mission intended for US shipping off Okinawa, 15 August 1945. Ugaki was aware of the Emperor's surrender announcement at the time - but had not received the official order. He therefore felt justified in joining his "fallen cherry blossoms" in death - bringing a further 22 "cherry blossoms" to the ground in the process. The mission failed, and the fate of most of the aircraft is uncertain. In any case, none returned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-12-2009, 11:12:52
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7222/2233957trefle04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-12-2009, 11:12:15
Hehe, armour thickness Hans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-12-2009, 17:12:52
Hallo Geallieerder Panzer commandant! Dis is my Armor thickness, was is yours??!!Now come come!Nicht Shy zen!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-12-2009, 18:12:20
Gotta love these tanks <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 08-12-2009, 06:12:00
1st Armored tanks demo Congressmen Ft Knox, 1941
(http://www.jumpingfrog.com/images/photo-war/phot5130a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-12-2009, 07:12:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/361881-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1991-0205-510__Sowjetunion__SS-Reiter_bei_Mosyr_im_Einsatz_gegen_Partisanen)

Members of the 8th SS Cavalry Division during Anti-Partisan action in the Soviet Union, Mai 1943.

In 1941, the unit murdered over 14,000 Jews in the Pripyat Swamps, followed by 7800 near Minsk.

The unit's name, Florian Geyer, stems from an old German folk hero, who lead a Heavy Cavalry Company during the Peasant's War in the 16th century and is usually associated with Socialists and Communists.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-12-2009, 11:12:07
In 1941, the unit murdered over 14,000 Jews in the Pripyat Swamps

Interesting. I was actually very recently wondering if there were any major battles or any other happenings in the areas of Pripyat and Chernobyl.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 09-12-2009, 10:12:17
In 1941, the unit murdered over 14,000 Jews in the Pripyat Swamps

Interesting. I was actually very recently wondering if there were any major battles or any other happenings in the areas of Pripyat and Chernobyl.

you played to much stalker and now fear gamma ray  enhanced nazi zombies ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-12-2009, 12:12:12
you played too much stalker and now fear gamma ray  enhanced nazi zombies ?

Thats what caused the disaster?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-12-2009, 17:12:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/362893-1/schnell)

semi-submersible Versuch Schnellboot (Experimental torpedo Boat) VS.5 armed with two 53 cm (21 in) torpedoes tubes, and two 2 cm (0.79 in) guns. Its fate after 1941 is unknown

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 09-12-2009, 19:12:54
Looks like a shoe :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 09-12-2009, 19:12:37
(http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/ee/b81cbf12c591.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 09-12-2009, 20:12:42
http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/ee/b81cbf12c591.jpg (http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/ee/b81cbf12c591.jpg)
(http://pici.se/pictures/CMaAfsZOB.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 09-12-2009, 21:12:10
http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/ee/b81cbf12c591.jpg (http://s51.radikal.ru/i133/0911/ee/b81cbf12c591.jpg)
(http://pici.se/pictures/CMaAfsZOB.jpg)



Nope  :P
It's from photoalbum :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-12-2009, 00:12:19
You really don't understand sarcasm, do you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 10-12-2009, 01:12:38
well, he is russian, and what is sarcasm compared to THE ENORMITY OF GLORIOUS MOTHER RUSSIA?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-12-2009, 01:12:58
Nope  :P
It's from photoalbum :)

You really don't understand sarcasm, do you.

Actually I think he does. His is just more noncommital.
But maybe you should look across that narrow pond more often and get a glimpse of theirs:

(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8630/pz303.jpg)
Panzerbeobachtungswagen III
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-12-2009, 01:12:08
I really don't think he does...he's too...committed...to correcting everyone when they're sarcastic=/

Anyways, that's a really nice photo xD  Looks like that spotter tank didn't fool the russkies xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-12-2009, 01:12:12
He's saying: Look, we only got one rifle and 7 rounds for every two soldiers, but the germans don't have guns at all. Join the supreme russian army now!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-12-2009, 01:12:55
HA!  Zer tanks only have machine gun!  Zis canno' compare vis GREAT CANNON OF ENORMOUS MOTHER RUSSIA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 10-12-2009, 17:12:29
(http://i074.radikal.ru/0912/47/04acdac2f569.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rataxes on 10-12-2009, 17:12:07
somone has been taking acid...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-12-2009, 17:12:39
"Connection problems"

We have all seen this before
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 10-12-2009, 19:12:59
"Connection problems"

We have all seen this before

Radikal hosting don't work?
For me all ok.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 10-12-2009, 19:12:36
Radikal hosting don't work?
For me all ok.
You know when ingame you have connection problems, all the vehicles fly across the screen with the exact velocity they had when the problem started.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ionizer on 10-12-2009, 21:12:05
In other words:  THE FRIKKIN KATYUSHA IS FLYING!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 10-12-2009, 21:12:07
In other words:  THE FRIKKIN KATYUSHA IS FLYING!

Secret weapons of Red Army  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-12-2009, 21:12:30
They restored it for display and then thought about how they could give it a nice new intro, something that would attract the crowd. The drunk janitor came up with this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 10-12-2009, 21:12:59
Its a scene from the new film Stalin and Hutch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GenKnight on 10-12-2009, 22:12:38
Nope  :P
It's from photoalbum :)

You really don't understand sarcasm, do you.

Actually I think he does. His is just more noncommital.
But maybe you should look across that narrow pond more often and get a glimpse of theirs:

(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8630/pz303.jpg)
Panzerbeobachtungswagen III

Ahh, I saw that trick in Kelly's Heroes.... :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 11-12-2009, 20:12:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Mielke-036-23%2C_Waffen-SS%2C_13._Gebirgs-Div._%22Handschar%22.jpg)

Muslim soldiers of 13. GebirgsDiv. "Handschar" reading a brochure about "Islam and Judaism", 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-12-2009, 00:12:07
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Mielke-036-23%2C_Waffen-SS%2C_13._Gebirgs-Div._%22Handschar%22.jpg)

Muslim soldiers of 13. GebirgsDiv. "Handschar" reading a brochure about "Islam and Judaism", 1943
The look on their faces....

its like=
"Achmed! Do you understand any this nonsense?
"No idea Sayid, i just signed up for weapon, not this!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-12-2009, 02:12:13
"Scheisse, zis man haz bodka!"

"Jawohl!"

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/364207-1/3842863658_c12560f135)

And Extra.......

German Soldiers not far from Berlin, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 12-12-2009, 09:12:35
Guderian check LAAH Tigers after repair. Tank commander in center - Michael Wittmann
(http://antikfuchs1.de/schere-26.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 12-12-2009, 18:12:53
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/kamikazegunmissouri.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-12-2009, 18:12:50
Impossible Taranov, none of those guys could be Wittmann.  Wittmann won his Knights cross at the rank of Untersturmfuhrer in 1942.  The guy in the center is already an Obersturmfuhrer (a rank that Wittmann did not reach until 1944), and lacks a knights cross.  The only other Panzertruppe there also lacks a knights cross, and has a War Merit cross 1st class, an award Wittmann never won.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-12-2009, 19:12:11
Dayum!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LtJimmy on 13-12-2009, 01:12:45
Impossible Taranov, none of those guys could be Wittmann.  Wittmann won his Knights cross at the rank of Untersturmfuhrer in 1942.  The guy in the center is already an Obersturmfuhrer (a rank that Wittmann did not reach until 1944), and lacks a knights cross.  The only other Panzertruppe there also lacks a knights cross, and has a War Merit cross 1st class, an award Wittmann never won.
Oh snap!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-12-2009, 03:12:07
Well i just forgot to post a extra pic in my last post, but ill do it now.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/364243-1/3544359220_b376b58778)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 13-12-2009, 10:12:16
Unteroffizer Karl-Friedrich Merten directing soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge
(http://thinkingouttabox.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/the-battle-of-the-bulge-timeline-2.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-12-2009, 10:12:24
Lol you're so funny Kading, everyone knows Merten was a U-boot captain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 13-12-2009, 10:12:38
curses! foiled again!

here is the REAL Karl shaking hands with another guy named Karl
(http://www.uboat.net/men/ranks/images/frgkpt3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-12-2009, 11:12:33
First pic posted by Kading obviously is Merten searching for his lost U-boot.

"Look guys, some town called Bastogne. Let's ask if they have a U-boot!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 13-12-2009, 13:12:59
Kharkov, 1942
(http://de.fishki.net/picsw/082009/03/bonus/occup/011.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 13-12-2009, 15:12:47
how were those treads stripped off?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 13-12-2009, 15:12:01
how were those treads stripped off?

Knocked-out vehicles used as a source for spare parts.
Typical situation for Wehermacht, Red Army, british army etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-12-2009, 15:12:57
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3690/stalingradflammenwerfer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-12-2009, 17:12:28
how were those treads stripped off?

Knocked-out vehicles used as a source for spare parts.
Typical situation for Wehermacht, Red Army, british army etc.

Actually that is only the beginning. They will come with a flatbed and load those on a train to be dumped at Krupp for re-melting.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-738-0300-15%2C_Frankreich%2C_Sammelstelle_von_Flugzeugschrott.jpg)

Collecting point for aviational scrap, somewhere in France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 13-12-2009, 17:12:57
Collecting point for aviational scrap, somewhere in France, 1944.

Lots of wings with british markings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 13-12-2009, 20:12:53
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-738-0300-152.jpg)It's the wing from an X-Wing starfighter!  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-12-2009, 20:12:22
Thats what I was thinking xD


Post Yavin battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-12-2009, 22:12:48
Stay on target!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-12-2009, 22:12:26
Lock S-foils to attack position!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 13-12-2009, 22:12:52
Red October shtanding by!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-12-2009, 22:12:37
I never thought that was funny.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-12-2009, 23:12:29
I would have to agree
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 14-12-2009, 00:12:33
It's the wing from an X-Wing starfighter!  :o

He not use the Force  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-12-2009, 00:12:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/364983-2/lbdr1lg2)

the light tank Renault R35 comes down the train and will help soldiers to riposte against "FFI".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 14-12-2009, 01:12:58
Red October shtanding by!

"Shtanding" makes this 120% more awesome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-12-2009, 11:12:49
Red October shtanding by!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdHWcY3LEU

you cannot deny the awesomeness of this family guy episode
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 14-12-2009, 12:12:00
Red October shtanding by!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdHWcY3LEU

you cannot deny the awesomeness of this family guy episode
x2
Blue Harvest ftw

"Im taking this couch"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-12-2009, 12:12:45
Red October shtanding by!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdHWcY3LEU

you cannot deny the awesomeness of this family guy episode
x2
Blue Harvest ftw

"Im taking this couch"
Also epic scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXNBKGR9-sY

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3632898065_a6d30fc420.jpg)

Destroyed panther tank near Caen.

"YO HANS! Remeber you zaid yesterday that zhie has problem with Painting bottom of our panzer? Kommen zie here! Schnell!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-12-2009, 19:12:11

"YO HANS! Remeber you zaid yesterday that zhie has problem with Painting bottom of our panzer? Kommen zie here! Schnell!"

Somehow i can't imagine a german saying YO! :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 14-12-2009, 21:12:15
(http://i066.radikal.ru/0912/47/d22e627153d8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 14-12-2009, 22:12:23
(http://i066.radikal.ru/0912/47/d22e627153d8.jpg)
is it the camel corps?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 15-12-2009, 00:12:42
Red October shtanding by!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdHWcY3LEU

you cannot deny the awesomeness of this family guy episode
x2
Blue Harvest ftw

"Im taking this couch"
Also epic scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXNBKGR9-sY

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3632898065_a6d30fc420.jpg)

Destroyed panther tank near Caen.

"YO HANS! Remeber you zaid yesterday that zhie has problem with Painting bottom of our panzer? Kommen zie here! Schnell!"

That's what happens when you upset Chuck Norris.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 15-12-2009, 02:12:15
did that with a bbgun then?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-12-2009, 02:12:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/365557-2/sherman-03)

Destroyed near Dasburg M4A3 medium tank. February 1945.Captured and modified by the Germans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 15-12-2009, 05:12:41
Looks like it was used as a kangaroo.... ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-12-2009, 22:12:58
It has a somewhat shoddy Balkencruez on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 16-12-2009, 07:12:40
Red Army trooper with Fedorov assault rifle, winter war
(http://s07.radikal.ru/i180/0912/17/7f9ea2286628.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 16-12-2009, 10:12:49
Red Army trooper with Fedorov assault rifle, winter war
(http://s07.radikal.ru/i180/0912/17/7f9ea2286628.jpg)

just read a bit about that rifle on wiki (german wiki provides much more info on that rifle than the english one)

interesting how early this rifle was developed and then got scrapped, such a modern design
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 16-12-2009, 10:12:09
interesting how early this rifle was developed and then got scrapped, such a modern design

1916, looks like a weapon for trench assault teams. Used in WWI, Civil War, Winter war, some in WWII. It's first assault rifle ever, 6,5-mm Arisaka as a ammo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-12-2009, 10:12:13
Not only a rifle like that was scrapped in the testing grounds of Karelia but also some mega-ridiculous-super-heavy-tank projects the russkies had in works, SMK and T-100.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-12-2009, 14:12:19
(http://www.amazing-planet.net/slike/market-garden-chronology/market_garden_day_8_1.jpg)

Captured Machine Guns, MG34s, M42s and I think MG15s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 16-12-2009, 15:12:38
(http://www.amazing-planet.net/slike/market-garden-chronology/market_garden_day_8_1.jpg)

Captured Machine Guns, MG34s, M42s and I think MG15s.

every time you post a picture here i DONT SEE IT
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-12-2009, 15:12:43
Are you on FireFox or Mac? Some pictures never show up for me on school either but when I get home I can see them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 16-12-2009, 15:12:26
firefox
i usually make a quick quote of hat he "wrote" and copy the  picture link out of it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-12-2009, 17:12:19
For some reason I think he just refuses to load them, maybe not recognizing them or whatever.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-12-2009, 19:12:53
Same here, can't see it  :-[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 16-12-2009, 20:12:32
+1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-12-2009, 20:12:24
I can't see it either 0o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 16-12-2009, 21:12:20
This plane has more holes in it than the Triple-breasted whore of eroticon IV.

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4482/shotupkittyhawk3b.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 16-12-2009, 21:12:12
I can't see it either 0o

I quoted his original post and it is here:
http://www.amazing-planet.net/slike/market-garden-chronology/market_garden_day_8_1.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 16-12-2009, 21:12:44
401 forbidden
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 16-12-2009, 21:12:05
And now? (downloaded and uploaded on imageshack)

(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1833/marketgardenday81.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-12-2009, 21:12:44
(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/US%20Army%20-%20WW2/5-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 16-12-2009, 22:12:28
(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/US%20Army%20-%20WW2/5-4.jpg)

Brad Pitt in Normandy? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 16-12-2009, 22:12:23
(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/US%20Army%20-%20WW2/5-4.jpg)

I bet no one has seen that one before! j/k

What is he carrying?
3 Mp40s, MG34, MG42, Garand?
Grayhound in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-12-2009, 22:12:42
No, its a M20 utility car. Same chasis as the  M8 grayhound tough, just lacks a turret
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 17-12-2009, 12:12:27
That load-out sounds about right Nilsson.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-12-2009, 15:12:26
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/tanks-heavy/is-2/is-2m-heavy-tank-02.png)

IS-2 in Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 17-12-2009, 20:12:24
Bob Marley in Panzerwaffe  ;D
(http://photofile.ru/photo/agel12/115604990/133595564.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: NTH on 17-12-2009, 21:12:33
Bob Marley in Panzerwaffe  ;D
(http://photofile.ru/photo/agel12/115604990/133595564.jpg)

Oi Bobby, you dead man, Nah brotha I is smoking good shit, Rasta powa !!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 17-12-2009, 21:12:37
Czech capital Prague- Praha- Prag after American bombardment:
(http://www.spvd.cz/cz/praha/zajimavosti/nalet/01.jpg)
(http://www.spvd.cz/cz/praha/zajimavosti/nalet/02.jpg)
(http://www.spvd.cz/cz/praha/zajimavosti/nalet/03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-12-2009, 08:12:14
Ordinary tank porn ;D
(http://photofile.ru/photo/agel12/115604990/133595563.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 18-12-2009, 14:12:35
(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/US%20Army%20-%20WW2/6-4.jpg)

Look what the guy on the right captured :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 18-12-2009, 14:12:32
a coat?

-haha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 18-12-2009, 14:12:19
a coat?

Well that with coat is on left, i think he means StG44 :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 18-12-2009, 15:12:31
i wonder whats the story of that king tiger

i guess this is in the ardennes ?
right track is "off"
judging from the smoke and dirt around the back turrets hatch it burned out.
towing cables can be seen on the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-12-2009, 15:12:29
Might got a side penetration that shutted down the engine, and they tried to tow it away but american forces advanced far enough so they had to abandon it

Thats my guess
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-12-2009, 18:12:21
From the smoke and burn marks coming from the turret, it also looks like they set it on fire or something before abandoning it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-12-2009, 22:12:27
After this tank was abandoned Hitler forbid cooking and grilling sausages inside turrets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-12-2009, 22:12:02
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/367173-2/FL)

Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-12-2009, 22:12:22
Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri"

Trials of fl.282 v5 on the landing deck of cruiser Köln, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-12-2009, 23:12:40
(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/US%20Army%20-%20WW2/6-4.jpg)

Look what the guy on the right captured :)

i wonder whats the story of that king tiger

i guess this is in the ardennes ?
right track is "off"
judging from the smoke and dirt around the back turrets hatch it burned out.
towing cables can be seen on the right.

17-18 December:[...]The 3. Kompanie had lost two tanks to antitank fire as it passed through Stavelot, and another stalled with a thrown track in a sharp bend on the N33 just before the road turned uphill to enter La Gleize.[...]19 December passed relatively quietly for the Tigers in La Gleize, except for a short action around 3:00 p.m. against a probing force coming down the Francorchamps road. The Königstiger that had thrown a track at the bottom of the hill where the N33 entered La Gleize destroyed one Sherman and repulsed several others from the 743rd Tank Battalion.[...]By 21 December Peiper had decided to withdraw all his forces to the immediate area of La Gleize.[...]The Königstigers defended an arc that covered the northeastern to southeastern approaches to La Gleize.[...]...the 3. Kompanie tank that had thrown a track while approaching on the N33 from the east was still manned. Finally on 23 December Peiper received permission to break his force out of La Gleize and move to link up with his division.  The remaining 850 soldiers of the kampfgruppe moved out on foot at 2:00 am on 24 December.[...]Also left behind was a small defensive covering force, which had the mission of wrecking the remaining operational tanks and heavy weapons after the kampfgruppe departed.

(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1001/3kompcurvelagleize.jpg)
This tank's crew continued to fight after their tank threw track on the road to La Gleize.  (US National Archives at College Park, Signal Corps Collection)


>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.ss501panzer.com/index.htm (http://www.ss501panzer.com/index.htm)<<<<<<<<<<<



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 18-12-2009, 23:12:27
Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri"

Trials of fl.282 v5 on the landing deck of cruiser Köln, 1942.
Needs Panzerfaust launchers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 19-12-2009, 05:12:54
Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri"

Trials of fl.282 v5 on the landing deck of cruiser Köln, 1942.
Needs Panzerfaust launchers.

Do any Fl 282 "Kolibris" still exsist today?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-12-2009, 06:12:58
Surviving Fl 282.

Fl 282 V-10 28368 Midland Air Museum, Coventry, England. Partial aircraft, frame with rotor head & wheels.
Fl 282 V-23 was at one time to be found at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/366608-2/dfff)

Japanese Army war Veteran Private Ogawa Isamu, killed in action in 1938
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Venous on 19-12-2009, 18:12:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/42495-5/waffensssverige3xv)
This well known photo of a blown-up armored car in Berlin was actually one of the Schwedish Kompanie's vehicles in the Nordland Division. It could have been company commander Pehrssons command vehicle that was shot up on the Friedrichstrasse just south of the Hitler Chancellery on the 1st of May, 1945. The fallen Unterscharführern to the right of the armored car is in that case identical with the driver in the car, Ragnar Johansson from Stockholm, that was killed by a Russian handgrenade. It's most likely that the armored car had participtaed in the attempt to break out of the city on the night to the 2nd of May. The picture was taken by the Russian reporter Mark Redkin. At a picture reconstructuion, at place in Berlin, the researcher Lennart Westberg positioned the place for the photo to be Friedrichstrasse 107 with the walls of the guardhouse in the backround, 200m north of the river Spree.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 19-12-2009, 22:12:26
This well known photo of a blown-up armored car in Berlin was actually one of the Schwedish Kompanie's vehicles in the Nordland Division.

lol?
It's Budapest, january 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 19-12-2009, 22:12:49
Do any Fl 282 "Kolibris" still exsist today?

Well...
(http://s58.radikal.ru/i160/0810/ae/59bcb541ff2c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 19-12-2009, 22:12:21
Japanese Army war Veteran Private Ogawa Isamu, killed in action in 1938

One of most stupid MG design ever. He use Arisaka 5-rounds clips as a ammo. Need lots of clips and oil, lots of oil  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 19-12-2009, 22:12:28
(http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/profiles/onoda/onoda1974.jpg)

Quote
Onoda continued his campaign, initially living in the mountains with three fellow soldiers (Yuichi Akatsu, Corporal Siochi Shimada and Kinshichi Kozuka). The first time they saw a leaflet which claimed that the war was over was in October 1945; another cell had killed a cow and found a leaflet left behind by islanders which read: "The war ended on August 15. Come down from the mountains!"[1] However, they mistrusted the leaflet, since another cell had been fired upon a few days previously. They concluded that the leaflet was Allied propaganda, and also believed that they would not have been fired on if the war was indeed over.

Towards the end of 1945 leaflets were dropped by air with a surrender order printed on them from General Tomoyuki Yamashita of the Fourteenth Area Army. They were in hiding over a year at this point, and this leaflet was the only evidence they had the war was over. Onoda's group looked very closely at the leaflet to determine whether it was genuine or not, and decided it was a hoax.

One of the four, Yuichi Akatsu, walked away from the others in September 1949 and surrendered to Filipino forces in 1950 after six months on his own. This seemed like a security problem to the others and they became even more careful.

In 1952 letters and family pictures were dropped from aircraft urging them to surrender, but the three soldiers concluded that this was a hoax. Shimada was shot in the leg during a shoot-out with local fishermen in June 1953, following which Onoda nursed him back to health, On 7 May 1954, Shimada was killed by a shot fired by a search party looking for the men.

Kozuka was killed by two shots fired by local police on 19 October 1972, when he and Onoda burned rice that had been collected by farmers, as part of their guerilla activities, leaving Onoda alone. Though Onoda had been officially declared dead in December 1959, this event suggested that it was likely he was still alive and search parties were sent out, though none was successful.

On 20 February 1974, Onoda met a Japanese college dropout, Norio Suzuki, who was traveling the world and was looking for "Lieutenant Onoda, a panda, and the Abominable Snowman, in that order". Onoda and Suzuki became friends, but Onoda still refused to surrender, saying that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer.

Suzuki returned to Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter, and the Japanese government located Onoda's commanding officer, Major Taniguchi, who had since become a bookseller. He flew to Lubang and on 9 March 1974 informed Onoda of the defeat of Japan in WWII and ordered him to lay down his arms.

Lieutenant Onoda emerged from the jungle 29 years after the end of World War II, and accepted the commanding officer's order of surrender in his uniform and sword, with his Arisaka Type 99 rifle still in operating condition, 500 rounds of ammunition and several hand grenades. This makes him the second-to-last fighting Japanese soldier of World War II, before Teruo Nakamura.

Though he had killed some thirty Philippine inhabitants of the island and engaged in several shootouts with the police, the circumstances of these events were taken into consideration, and Onoda received a pardon from President Ferdinand Marcos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 19-12-2009, 23:12:31
Do any Fl 282 "Kolibris" still exsist today?

Well...
(http://s58.radikal.ru/i160/0810/ae/59bcb541ff2c.jpg)
Hehe, I was thinking nore or less, the whole thing  :P. I was Just curious how many are still around just to see if I could figure out an estimated sale price for what one of those would go for...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-12-2009, 23:12:42
A for sale price?  Dude, I think there is exactly 2 copies left in the world, if that:

Fl 282 V-10 28368 Midland Air Museum, Coventry, England. Partial aircraft, frame with rotor head & wheels.
Fl 282 V-23 was at one time to be found at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.


So no, it wouldn't even BE for sale.  You'd be better off building from scratch, like the Colorado guys did with their Panzer 3 xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 20-12-2009, 00:12:50
A for sale price?  Dude, I think there is exactly 2 copies left in the world, if that:

Fl 282 V-10 28368 Midland Air Museum, Coventry, England. Partial aircraft, frame with rotor head & wheels.
Fl 282 V-23 was at one time to be found at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.


So no, it wouldn't even BE for sale.  You'd be better off building from scratch, like the Colorado guys did with their Panzer 3 xD
That's the exact conclusion I gathered.  ;D I wasn't looking to buy one, there is no way in hell I could aford it, I was just curious.  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-12-2009, 00:12:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/42495-5/waffensssverige3xv)
This well known photo of a blown-up armored car in Berlin was actually one of the Schwedish Kompanie's vehicles in the Nordland Division. It could have been company commander Pehrssons command vehicle that was shot up on the Friedrichstrasse just south of the Hitler Chancellery on the 1st of May, 1945. The fallen Unterscharführern to the right of the armored car is in that case identical with the driver in the car, Ragnar Johansson from Stockholm, that was killed by a Russian handgrenade. It's most likely that the armored car had participtaed in the attempt to break out of the city on the night to the 2nd of May. The picture was taken by the Russian reporter Mark Redkin. At a picture reconstructuion, at place in Berlin, the researcher Lennart Westberg positioned the place for the photo to be Friedrichstrasse 107 with the walls of the guardhouse in the backround, 200m north of the river Spree.

This well known photo of a blown-up armored car in Berlin was actually one of the Schwedish Kompanie's vehicles in the Nordland Division.

lol?
It's Budapest, january 1945.

I doubt it is Budapest. This picture shows the same scenery. you can find the box marked with the arrow on both pictures. But on this second picture, there is a writing saying "Eis" in the background. Eis is german for icecream. I somehow doubt that you'll find german writings about icecream on a wall in Budapest.

(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1711/11ss250b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 00:12:21
I'm interested in knowing just when the 5th SS Wiking actually made it to Budapest, Taranov.  Far as I can find, they never got to it in the battles in the area.  Can you offer any evidence other then your word?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Venous on 20-12-2009, 00:12:06
This well known photo of a blown-up armored car in Berlin was actually one of the Schwedish Kompanie's vehicles in the Nordland Division.

lol?
It's Budapest, january 1945.
Wrong. You can also see this pic in Erik Wallin's book(one of the survivors of Pehrsson's company).
Edit: found it
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4138/ssnordlandpehrsson.jpg)

Another quote:
On the 27th of April, the remainats of the company was subordinated to the reichchancellery. The situation was hopeless. On the first of May, Pehrsson gathered his company for an escape attempt over Wedendammmer Brücke. Pehrsson said good bye to the survivors with the words: ”The war is over, save yourselfs”. The escape attemt took place the night between the first and second May. Soon after the start the unit came under heavy soviet fire and Pehrssons vehicle took fire. His driver SS-Unterscharführer Ragnar Johansson was killed in this incident. Pehrsson himself was wounded, but he managed to get away from the soviets and took cover in a compartment house. He hid himself in a closet for two days. Then he got out and meet a woman who promised to help him with some clothes. But when she came back, soldiers of the red army accompanied her.

Fortunately, Pehrsson had time to get rid of his uniform jacket and changed into a Wehrmacht one. He was sent to a prison camp, which he managed to escape from early. Somehow he managed to get civilian clothes and hide himself in an apartment in Berlin. After a while, he meet his old friend, SS-Unterscharführer Erik Wallin and together they walked to the British occupation zone and from there they were able to get back to Sweden.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 01:12:55
Exactly Venous.  Taranov is just blowing a lil hot air.  I caught him on the "wittmann" thing a lil while back.


That is def a berlin photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-12-2009, 01:12:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/367440-2/chauchat_10)

Unusual photo from 1939.A scene like that,was rarely taken by camera during the battle.The third soldier from left is holding a French LMG Chauchat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 20-12-2009, 02:12:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/367440-2/chauchat_10)

Unusual photo from 1939.A scene like that,was rarely taken by camera during the battle.The third soldier from left is holding a French LMG Chauchat.

Where is this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-12-2009, 02:12:43
probaly the french attack in the elzas
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-12-2009, 02:12:00
Nope, sorry, poland. 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 03:12:24
Were the poles using the Chauchat?  IIRC, they used their improved BAR, having replaced the Chauchat in the late 1920s....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-12-2009, 04:12:15
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 05:12:53
Yeah, but would they have even had the time to issue incredibly old weapons from storage?  IIRC, they never even were able to fully mobilize their entire army, and they had a full compliment of the wz28 BAR....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-12-2009, 05:12:47
What was the difference from the regular BAR?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 05:12:13
BAR:

(http://www.dentrinity.com/Topics/img/BAR.jpg)

wz28:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Rkm_wz_28_stronsko_%28Bolas%29.jpg)

Note the much more comfortable pistol grip, the changed sights, slightly elongated barrel, different bipod, different buttstock and forestock, and the fining on the barrel.  Also, the ammo was changed to the polish 8mm, and provisions for a quick change barrel, something the American BAR didn't have.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-12-2009, 05:12:39
also?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 05:12:16
Whoops, donno why that was there o.=.O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-12-2009, 05:12:55
Unfortunely i cant give you info guys.

I just copied the text and deleted the part when the guy says "Nobody defended our country (Poland) and we had to defend our honor"...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 20-12-2009, 09:12:38
I'm interested in knowing just when the 5th SS Wiking actually made it to Budapest, Taranov.  Far as I can find, they never got to it in the battles in the area.  Can you offer any evidence other then your word?

"Budapest Relief Efforts
As a part of Operation Konrad I, the Wiking was committed to action on 1 January 1945, fighting alongside the Totenkopf. Near Táta, the advance columns of Wiking slammed into the Soviet Fourth Guards Tank Army. A heavy battle ensued, with the Wiking and Totenkopf panzers destroying many Soviet tanks. In three days Wiking and Totenkopf's panzer spearheads had driven 45 kilometers over rugged terrain, over half the distance from the jump-off point to Budapest. The Soviets maneuvered forces to block Gille's advance, and they barely managed to halt the advance at Bicske, only 28 kilometers from Budapest.

Gille pulled the Wiking out of the line and moved it to the south of Esztergom, near the Danube bend. The second relief attempt, to be known as Operation Konrad II, got underway on 7 January. In atrocious conditions, the Wiking advanced southwards towards Budapest. By 12 January, the Westland Regiment had reached Pilszentkereszt, barely 20 kilometers from Buda. That morning the Wiking panzergrenadiers spotted the church spires and turrets of the distinctive Budapest skyline poking through the morning fog. Despite its success, the Wiking, overextended and vulnerable, was unable to exploit its breakthrough and was eventually ordered to pull back and regroup. Hitler was furious at the lack of progress, and called the operation 'utterly pointless'.

A third attempt, Operation Konrad III, launched in cooperation with the veteran III.Panzerkorps took place 100 kilometers to the south. This attack resulted in a 15 mile gap being torn in the Soviet lines and the destruction of the 135th Rifle Corps. Only the quick redeployment of more troops by the Russians prevented a German breakthrough. By the end of January the Wiking and Totenkopf had suffered almost 8,000 casualties, including over 200 officers.

At the beginning of February, the besieged forces capitulated, and the Wiking was ordered west to Lake Balaton where SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich's 6.SS-Panzerarmee was preparing for another offensive."

P.S. yep, my mistake. It's SdKfz 150/1 neu from Nordland., 11-th recon batallion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2009, 14:12:29
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9248/s352212rca.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-12-2009, 16:12:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/367828-2/Attack+2)

Soviet Infantry, probably in the Area near Moscow. I real combat photo, you can see a NCO Giving orders and a soldier carrying a M1910 i belive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2009, 18:12:07
Thanks for proving me right Taranov, like I said, they never got to Budapest, they only viewed it from distance before being ordered back.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-12-2009, 19:12:12
Awesome picture Seth! You got some more with S-35's? I'm working on my first model and picked a stylish 1:35 Somua S-35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Venous on 20-12-2009, 19:12:40

P.S. yep, my mistake. It's SdKfz 150/1 neu from Nordland., 11-th recon batallion.
Yes, "lol" right back at ya!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 20-12-2009, 20:12:07
Yes, "lol" right back at ya!  ;D

 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-12-2009, 09:12:00
'Soldiers as Emperors'

Russian soldiers sitting on the Pu Yi's (Last Chinese Emperor) Throne after the fall or Harbin (I belive Manchukuo's Capital is Harbin..), during the devastating Operation August Storm.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/368062-2/____+__________+____________________+__________________+____________________+____-__)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-12-2009, 12:12:20
nice :P

Awesome picture Seth! You got some more with S-35's? I'm working on my first model and picked a stylish 1:35 Somua S-35.
you can check this french website :
http://www.chars-francais.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=36
it regroups most of the french tank.
and here a little website i've just found
http://www.model35.fr/v_somua_s35.html

(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8155/s35194cuir01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 21-12-2009, 13:12:05
(http://weltkrieg2.de/Waffen/Infanterie/Schusswaffen/US/Thompson/images/BritishTroopsInTraining-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-12-2009, 13:12:39
I knew Pyro and his brothers were WW2 veterans!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-12-2009, 16:12:11
His brothers? Her sisters you mean.

@Seth, thanks alot! That French model site is really helpfull  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-12-2009, 18:12:05
Soviets inspecting the SuperBeasts.

Ha Gos...


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/368314-2/507_1246705021_big)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 21-12-2009, 20:12:51
Soviet troops and tank crews inspect a Ha-Go captured by soviet troops after battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1938.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Ha-Go_Khalkin-Gol.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 21-12-2009, 20:12:54
Fail  ;D
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6438/toheavyforabrigde.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-12-2009, 20:12:03
Fail  ;D
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6438/toheavyforabrigde.jpg)

*panzer commander wakes up, is awaited by his Loader


""Good morning panzer crew! Slept well ya? Is the tank inspected?
"Yes herr commandant! It is ok! Dont worry! Have a cup of coffee with cheese in tube!"
""Nein nein! I wanna inspect my brand new King tiger first! I have dreamed about it running freely trough open fields blasting geallieerde Panzers!""
"Jawohl Herr commandant! But zie General wantz to see you first!"
""Nonsense! He is on leave!Lets go check out the tiger now!""
"Nein nein! Mein commandant!Please read newspaper first! Zheir is nice picture of eva braun on Page 5"
""Oooh schon""
"Fjew"
""After zie panzer inspection!....Wait a minute....""
"Euhm! What is!Wrong herr commandant?"
""You are hidingz something!""
"Nein herr commandant"
""DID HINKEL DROVE THE PANZER IN A DITCH AGAIN AND ITS STUCK AND HE IS TRYING TO GET IT OUT BY PULLING AT THE MANTLET??""
"Yes mein commandant! it was accident i swear! And the 3 last times aswel"
""VERDAMNTE DUMPFKOPFEN! EZELS!""
"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-12-2009, 21:12:12
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6721/beardmg.jpg)

German MG42 gunner in Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 21-12-2009, 21:12:44
Fail  ;D
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6438/toheavyforabrigde.jpg)

*panzer commander wakes up, is awaited by his Loader


""Good morning panzer crew! Slept well ya? Is the tank inspected?
"Yes herr commandant! It is ok! Dont worry! Have a cup of coffee with cheese in tube!"
""Nein nein! I wanna inspect my brand new King tiger first! I have dreamed about it running freely trough
open fields blasting geallieerde Panzers!""
"Jawohl Herr commandant! But zie General wantz to see you first!"
""Nonsense! He is on leave!Lets go check out the tiger now!""
"Nein nein! Mein commandant!Please read newspaper first! Zheir is nice picture of eva braun on Page 5"
""Oooh schon""
"Fjew"
""After zie panzer inspection!....Wait a minute....""
"Euhm! What is!Wrong herr commandant?"
""You are hidingz something!""
"Nein herr commandant"
""DID HINKEL DROVE THE PANZER IN A DITCH AGAIN AND ITS STUCK AND HE IS TRYING TO GET IT OUT BY PULLING AT THE MANTLET??""
"Yes mein commandant! it was accident i swear! And the 3 last times aswel"
""VERDAMNTE DUMPFKOPFEN! EZELS!""
"

LOL, funny  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2009, 13:12:37
old and famous but christmas is near again

(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1236/humourfe4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-12-2009, 17:12:18
Classic!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/369246-2/narvik1%23)

German Gebirgsjäger (mountain troopers) posing with a knocked-out enemy tank. Norway, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: bmwr12 on 23-12-2009, 02:12:22
BMW R12 and Xmas tree

(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x260/bmwr12/r12tree.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-12-2009, 02:12:50
xmas party, Tachoma

(http://pnwbands.com/ArmoryXmasParty.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-12-2009, 03:12:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/369556-1/Attack+1941)

Fake or what?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2009, 03:12:05
I call fake, due to the guy hiding behind the straw pile so obviously pointing his gun at his own guys, and the camera man apparently just standing around in a firestorm of lead going "Hey, yeah, this makes a good shot"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-12-2009, 06:12:16
idano, it seems kinda odd for soviet propaganda to portray their own soldiers dying. not the kind of thing you want to make up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2009, 09:12:44
Nah, they did it, IE, the famous photo of the russians defending against a german tank attack.  Its from a movie made during the war, and has a couple dead russians.  They gave their lives for the people ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-12-2009, 19:12:24
(http://static.twoday.net/war/images/give-war-bonds-christmas.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2009, 20:12:33
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/2184/bundesarchivbild101ir56.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-12-2009, 20:12:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/369645-2/deatca-bro%23)

Death card of two brothers from Lower Bavaria. Benno, who served in the infantry, was killed on September 17, 1939 near Radymno/Poland aged 22. His brother Franz Xaver (Gebirgsjäger, mountain trooper) died on February 23, 1943 in the Caucasus mountains/Soviet Union at the age of 19.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-12-2009, 22:12:12
warrior, you dont get it. all you do is hop in a thread, read a couple key words and go posting stupid stuff with the goal of making yourself look goofy in a good way, but instead, you come off like a child who wandered in halfway through a movie.

you didnt even take the time to notice that those photos are of a pair of brothers that died. you ever lost someone you know to a war, boy? i can tell you, its nothing to joke about.

this photo, depicts a Gebirgsjäger doing some hardcore shit, this would be appropriate for you do do a celebration dance or whatever you punk kids do these days when you get exited.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_woXbJANelk0/R26QL24zRQI/AAAAAAAAABc/2GxEaGVVgJ0/S760/41-003_jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-12-2009, 22:12:50

you didnt even take the time to notice that those photos are of a pair of brothers that died.


No, i knew.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_woXbJANelk0/R26QL24zRQI/AAAAAAAAABc/2GxEaGVVgJ0/S760/41-003_jpg.jpg)

that's badass right there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 23-12-2009, 23:12:17
Gebirgsjäger are truely bad-ass. In the nieghbour town of where I´m stationed is the so-called "Army Winter Combat school" where the Bundeswehr Gebirgsjäger are being trained...pretty tough guys, especially the "Heeresbergführer".
Anyway, back to topic...
A Soviet child soldier:
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4880/sovietchildsoldier.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-12-2009, 23:12:18
Gebirgsjäger are truely bad-ass. In the nieghbour town of where I´m stationed is the so-called "Army Winter Combat school" where the Bundeswehr Gebirgsjäger are being trained...pretty tough guys, especially the "Heeresbergführer".
Anyway, back to topic...
A Soviet child soldier:
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4880/sovietchildsoldier.jpg)


Nazi stole daddys Vodka!

And my Candy!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-12-2009, 00:12:52
To celebrate zie arrival of the less known M5 AT gun for zhie allies

(http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2009/04/17/3inchm5crop_1.jpg)


 A 7th Armored Division antitank gun covers the approach on a road to Belgium (12/23/44)--Railroad crossing near Vielsalm, Belgium
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-12-2009, 07:12:58
Good.  And at your text wall, it is pointless, and doesn't make you appear any better in anyone's eyes.

BACK on topic:

(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6998/86218976.jpg)

Damn that looks cold.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 24-12-2009, 07:12:19
What car do you think is in the background?

Kubel?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-12-2009, 07:12:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/370005-2/surrender)

German surrender to the Soviet in the Eastern Prussia ( Frish-nerung May 1945 )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-12-2009, 08:12:51
What car do you think is in the background?

Kubel?

Could be, it is partially obscured by the snow fall on it though....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 25-12-2009, 00:12:25
yeah, it looked similar to a kubel but unless we see more of the car then I have no idea
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-12-2009, 03:12:36
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/E_020570.jpg)
A Sherman tank with a Christmas greeting painted on its hull, Benghazi, 26 December 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-12-2009, 03:12:01
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3648/bundesarchivbild201ma34.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 25-12-2009, 03:12:40
At last Stallins christmas tree had fallen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 25-12-2009, 04:12:01
German christmas trees from the battle of the Bulge?

All would be bald half up due to airburst arty shells  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 25-12-2009, 07:12:30
(http://i060.radikal.ru/0912/06/cbc558bd7699.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-12-2009, 13:12:33
(http://i060.radikal.ru/0912/06/cbc558bd7699.jpg)
<Why are zheir no mobelwagens in FH2  >:(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-12-2009, 14:12:55
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4939/aufkl10001aw8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 25-12-2009, 14:12:08
(http://i060.radikal.ru/0912/06/cbc558bd7699.jpg)
<Why are zheir no mobelwagens in FH2  >:(

Because there's no need for one, and it would increase the german bias, I doubt you'd like that. ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-12-2009, 16:12:10
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/SdKfz7/SdKfz7I1-1.jpg)
Sd. Kfz 7 with Flakvierling  Normandie 44

Sd. Kfz 7 or 10 would be nice not heavily armored but versatile usable  ;D
(2cm , 3,7cm , 5cm, Flakvierling), with Pak or as troop transporter  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-12-2009, 00:12:54
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Bundesarchiv_N_1576_Bild-007,_Paris,_Parade_deutscher_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-12-2009, 01:12:19
(http://i060.radikal.ru/0912/06/cbc558bd7699.jpg)
<Why are zheir no mobelwagens in FH2  >:(

Because there's no need for one, and it would increase the german bias, I doubt you'd like that. ::)
actually no. Open topped AA vehicles    everyone loves those
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 26-12-2009, 01:12:33
You like the wirbelwind on Totalize? It has more awesomeness factor than that silly Möbelwagen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-12-2009, 09:12:08
7TP in Wehrmacht, 1941
(http://www.it-service-mai.eu/ebay/2009/12/23/2009-12-23-060.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-12-2009, 11:12:15
You like the wirbelwind on Totalize? It has more awesomeness factor than that silly Möbelwagen.
but more mobelwagens existed instead of wirbelwinds
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-12-2009, 11:12:53
In Wehrmacht more AA vehicles than FH2 Normandy maps with airplanes  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-12-2009, 11:12:45
(http://mosarchiv.mos.ru/images/vystavki/strunnikov/50.JPG)

Quote
Everything that was left from the Romanian cavalry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-12-2009, 11:12:30
In Wehrmacht more AA vehicles than FH2 Normandy maps with airplanes  :P
how bout this

give the allies the P-38 and the hellcat

and give the germans more AA vehicles and sturmbockes, anti-tank mules and cheese in tube field dressings!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 26-12-2009, 11:12:22
Quote
Everything that was left from the Romanian cavalry

Yep, romanian cavalry horses been eaten by 6-th Army  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 26-12-2009, 18:12:41
Winter 1941:
It´s cold and your uniform is inadequate because it´s Field Grey and well, snow is white. So you have to improvise, like the soldiers in this pic (it seems like the second from right wears a dress..desperate times need desperate measures..):
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-268-0178-10%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_am_Stra%C3%9Fenrand.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-12-2009, 19:12:53
Looks more like he put splotches of paint on it in order to break up the white outline, much like the current bundeswehr winter camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-12-2009, 23:12:53
Haha, he looks like a stuffed sausage. I bet they gave him names.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-12-2009, 23:12:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/371663-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Adendorf-009-14__Russland__SS-Rundfunkberichter_bei_Aufnahme)

War correspondent of the Waffen-SS with microphone whilst recording. Russia, June/July 1942. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Adendorf-009-14)


Extra

Russian Black Devils, Sevastopol, June 1942

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/371736-2/______________+____________+__+______+______+________________________)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 27-12-2009, 02:12:52
Naval infantry are cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-12-2009, 02:12:28
Especialy on land, but they must be in reach of salt water in a radius of aprox 50KM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tedacious on 27-12-2009, 02:12:06
(http://www.pansarmuseet.se/CL5-2.JPG)
Tankett Carden-Loyd Mk. V   towing swedish ski-troops.

(http://www.pansarmuseet.se/CL6-pvkan.JPG)
Tankett Carden-Loyd Mk. VI  mounted with a recoilless rifle

(http://www.pansarmuseet.se/42-appel.jpg)
Swedish crewmen of a Stridsvagn m/42 use their tank to pick those out-of-reach apples
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-12-2009, 02:12:05
Farmer=HEY DONT PICK MY APPLES THIEFS, OR MEET MY PITCHFORK!!!
*commander turns turret towards Farmer
Comm=Go ahead. Make my day.

ofcourse this conversation can be alterd into 1000 diffrent versions full of quotes from movies
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-12-2009, 02:12:40

(http://www.pansarmuseet.se/42-appel.jpg)
Swedish crewmen of a Stridsvagn m/42 use their tank to pick those out-of-reach apples

Thats why you had tanks? Apples?

Sir..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-12-2009, 10:12:34
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/linedoggie/georgelott.jpg)

Quote
Sgt. George Lott, Combat Medic, hit by Mortar Fire in Lorraine France November 22, 1944 being patched up in a Evac Hospital. He was an Orphan from Upstate NY when he volunteered for service. He was still Hospitalized in 1947.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 28-12-2009, 00:12:34
Naval infantry are cool.

One of most effective Red Army troops.


Troops from one of assault engineers brigade. In Red Army they full same than stormtroopers in WWI, very effective infantry.
(http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/rudur/wer/i-70.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 28-12-2009, 00:12:55
Ah I feel proud to be russian  8)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-12-2009, 02:12:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/372509-2/modlin)

the picture shows,how the Polish and German officers are going as "envoys" for taking about surrender of the Polish fortress "Modlin",29 September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-12-2009, 02:12:35
Ah I feel proud to be russian  8)


You're an American and your avatar is French.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 29-12-2009, 03:12:03
Thats cause im all 3, family lineage that is. Not my mom, dad and the mailman
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-12-2009, 04:12:49
Looks more like he put splotches of paint on it in order to break up the white outline, much like the current bundeswehr winter camo.


I love ya Muddy, but a camo smock would have long sleeves and fit more loosely. Thats a damn dress.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-12-2009, 06:12:38
A field made camo smock wouldn't be made to factory specs, those are all field made things.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-12-2009, 11:12:46
A field made camo smock wouldn't be made to factory specs, those are all field made things.

im not arguing that. im just saying that this particular field made camo smock is made completely out of a woman's dress.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 29-12-2009, 14:12:16
Looks more like he put splotches of paint on it in order to break up the white outline, much like the current bundeswehr winter camo.


I love ya Muddy, but a camo smock would have long sleeves and fit more loosely. Thats a damn dress.

I'm not even sure if those are splotches of paint. I think it might be a pretty floral pattern.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-12-2009, 16:12:35
(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/9477/25mmhotchkissatgun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-12-2009, 00:12:51
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6247/b1bis.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-12-2009, 03:12:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/372823-2/ITA)

A symbolic photo of two Allies.Two parachutists from Italy and Germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 30-12-2009, 22:12:01
Italy had paratroopers? xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-12-2009, 22:12:55
it is weird on how this thread is filled mostly with German photos........
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 30-12-2009, 23:12:01
it is weird on how this thread is filled mostly with German photos........

I can't help but to say I noticed the same thing, we need some photos of South African and Australian Soldeirs..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-12-2009, 23:12:29
it is weird on how this thread is filled mostly with German photos........

It's because the Germans looked simply dashing in their little outfits.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 30-12-2009, 23:12:37
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e243/DragonworksCSA/Posting/WWII_gear.gif)

British motorcycle Cavalry apparently
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 31-12-2009, 01:12:38
Italy had paratroopers? xD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/185th_Parachute_Division_Folgore

And a bunch of rag-tag badasses they were!



(http://www.targheitaliane.it/gallery/bersaglieri1.jpg)
Italian Bersaglieri on manouvers I'd guess.

(Germans have nothing against these handsome young lads and their feathered hats!)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 31-12-2009, 02:12:55
A courageous Dutchman takes to the Amsterdam streets in resistance against the German's strict clothing rationing.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CId289lYIdc/StZDscNJ-3I/AAAAAAAAGG4/c4HDLenD07o/s400/dutchman-naked-1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-12-2009, 02:12:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/373461-2/surprise)

German Soldiers looking for Partisans, Russia, 1942.

And lets stop the All German pics for a while.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/373722-2/Romanian+soldiers+firing+a+ZB+30+LMG+during+the+fights+in+the+Taman+Peninsula+in+the+summer+of+1943)

Romanian Infantry firing a ZB 30 LMG during the fights in the Taman Peninsula in the summer of 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 31-12-2009, 03:12:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/373461-2/surprise)

German Soldiers looking for Partisans, Russia, 1942.

And lets stop the All German pics for a while.

[\qoute]
There was just like eight non-German pictures.









Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-12-2009, 03:12:04
I know that CPS, but, ah.., theres alot of German pics in PotD, and, i would like to show some Romanian Forces pics or something else.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 31-12-2009, 03:12:01
Id like to see more from the Pacific.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Hiryu_f075712.jpg)

Aircraft Carrier Hiryū under attack by B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 31-12-2009, 04:12:22
Quote
Ortona
Six Pounder firing, 21 December 1943.

(http://wwii.ca/thumbnailer.php?image=photos/ortona/ortona5.jpg&type=Media_Large)

Quote
Ortona
Members of the Edmonton Regiment digging out a comrade who was buried alive in the wreckage of a building demolished by the enemy.

(http://wwii.ca/thumbnailer.php?image=photos/ortona/ortona_dig.jpg&type=Media_Large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 31-12-2009, 12:12:45
What is this blasphemy?! Commencing Germany dump!

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/stug_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2009, 12:12:36
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6084/quiz1230200.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 31-12-2009, 16:12:38
that dog on the left won't survive Inspection without cleaning the latrines, i'll tell ya that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-12-2009, 23:12:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/374026-2/ambush)

German war correspondents filming the scene of Poteau ambush site,Bulge

And my last picture of 2009.

The War is Over. A Old German Soldier looks at a Column of Soviet Tanks, Berlin 1945.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/374089-2/tr001_006_is2_t34)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-01-2010, 00:01:57
And my last pic of the day of 2009: A French soldat weeps after the surrender of his home, while below, a Frenchman weeps upon seeing the remnants of the French Army depart for Africa, while the woman next to him applauds the fighting men.
(http://www.solarnavigator.net/images/world_war_two_french_soldier_weeping_1940.jpg)

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/Militarymemorial/frenchman.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 01-01-2010, 00:01:05
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/WW2%20Photos/jh79.jpg)
On the Island of Island of Mindoro, "A small group of local militia.
All they needed was guns,
the desire seemed to be
there to fight." Photo taken on New Years Eve.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 01-01-2010, 02:01:03
First picture of the new year and the decade!

(http://www.saak.nl/panzer2/panzer86.jpg)

Knocked out and abandoned panther tanks somewhere in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-01-2010, 02:01:29
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/4278/bundesarchivbild101i676.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 01-01-2010, 03:01:03
Must  have picked that gun up? The Mag pouches don't look like the correct ones for the MP44..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 01-01-2010, 08:01:26
NVM, turns out it was working.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-01-2010, 08:01:26
Must  have picked that gun up? The Mag pouches don't look like the correct ones for the MP44..

I like how the strange strips of camo hanging down from his cap don't faze you, but his MP40 pouches do :P

He's prob just posing with it x3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 01-01-2010, 09:01:08
Must  have picked that gun up? The Mag pouches don't look like the correct ones for the MP44..

I like how the strange strips of camo hanging down from his cap don't faze you, but his MP40 pouches do :P

He's prob just posing with it x3
lol, Quite frankly I don't care what kind of head dressing he chooses, but if he brings the wrong ammo, he's screwed.  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2010, 11:01:28
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3860/492769640.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-01-2010, 11:01:21
(http://gothicline.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/8-settembre-and-ss.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 01-01-2010, 16:01:07
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3860/492769640.jpg)

Poland, fall 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2010, 23:01:55
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/228/syrian.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 02-01-2010, 10:01:04
(http://uberkarabas.users.photofile.ru/photo/uberkarabas/96304440/114211727.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-01-2010, 11:01:21
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=86922&d=1261671021)

Quote
SS Totenkopf, France, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 02-01-2010, 12:01:26
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=86922&d=1261671021)

Tauchpanzer IV on the rear side
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2010, 16:01:16
Ligthly damaged Panzer IV  during one of combats in village Skowroda (7 - 8 km from Kiernozia) - 18th of September

(http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/po7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-01-2010, 16:01:59
Nothing an engineer with a wrench cant fix.
--


Adding a picture after a long while;
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2848/day171.jpg)

Finnish T-26 crew having a break in summer 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-01-2010, 18:01:04
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3716/marketgarden11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-01-2010, 20:01:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/374888-2/10248221)

japanese army infantryman attacking a british army position (burma 1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2010, 20:01:37
Nothing an engineer with a wrench cant fix.
--

One wrench, 4 nuts and 10 KG of steel and its up and running soon!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: 9.Pz-Div. Günther on 03-01-2010, 03:01:30
:D i love these things in fh1. It was so funny when they rush in front of your 88

And embaressingly jump out of it to shoot you in the back, and get back in to back flag cap the map.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-01-2010, 04:01:21
German Tankers surrendering to British troops--El Alamein
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LoPTdkHrjjk/SriKAtajuGI/AAAAAAAAFVk/xPmI39oyFLk/s400/battle-el-alamein-second-world-war-004.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-01-2010, 04:01:24
Roy Whittaker-American Ace
(http://www.acepilots.com/mto/whittaker1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 03-01-2010, 06:01:44
German mobile pillbox as a exhibit in Moscow, 1945.
(http://pics.livejournal.com/aeromamont/pic/0007d9c6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2010, 06:01:53
Vickers tank? i dont get it :P

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/375313-2/002%23)

German soldier and his new toy, a Panhard 178, France 1940.

I guess that Armored Car goes straight to the SS Police Units..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-01-2010, 07:01:01
Vickers tank? i dont get it :P

Actually no, it really is a mobile pillbox.  Had a single MG42, room for 2 men, escape hatch in the back.  It would be carted into a position, a hole dug out, it would be lowered in, and would provide a strong point position, commonly used in Italy in fact.  If need be, it could be removed, put back on the cart, and taken to a new position.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-01-2010, 07:01:43
sweet
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2010, 07:01:42
Vickers tank? i dont get it :P

Actually no, it really is a mobile pillbox.  Had a single MG42, room for 2 men, escape hatch in the back.  It would be carted into a position, a hole dug out, it would be lowered in, and would provide a strong point position, commonly used in Italy in fact.  If need be, it could be removed, put back on the cart, and taken to a new position.

Ahh that.

Well i was talking about the Tank in the background, shown in a little pic on the corner..

Well that Mobile Pillbox, i tought it was a Water Container or somethin :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 03-01-2010, 07:01:29
German mobile pillbox as a exhibit in Moscow, 1945.
(http://pics.livejournal.com/aeromamont/pic/0007d9c6.jpg)

What is in the top left, and what does the sign read?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-01-2010, 07:01:11
Vickers tank? i dont get it :P

Actually no, it really is a mobile pillbox.  Had a single MG42, room for 2 men, escape hatch in the back.  It would be carted into a position, a hole dug out, it would be lowered in, and would provide a strong point position, commonly used in Italy in fact.  If need be, it could be removed, put back on the cart, and taken to a new position.

Ahh that.

Well i was talking about the Tank in the background, shown in a little pic on the corner..

Well that Mobile Pillbox, i tought it was a Water Container or somethin :P

Fun thing, is that its actually upside down in that pic.  That way, when it was put into the hole, they just had to lower the top, and let it slide in, rather then lifting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 03-01-2010, 12:01:33
German mobile pillbox as a exhibit in Moscow, 1945.
(http://pics.livejournal.com/aeromamont/pic/0007d9c6.jpg)

What is in the top left, and what does the sign read?


Germanskaja
peredvishidja bronevaja
Ogebaja totska
v and end of I can't make out

It's something about german armory, top left looks like an ass of a stug
Hopely Taranov can translate that..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-01-2010, 20:01:48
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7950/ottofretterpico.jpg)

Liutenant General Otto Fretter-Pico, commander of the 148th Infantry Division surrenders to brasilian forces, southwest of Parma, Italy, April 28th, 1945. At this point his Division was merely surrounded by italian resistance, thus he prefered to surrender to Brasilians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 03-01-2010, 21:01:29
Germanskaja
peredvishidja bronevaja
Ogebaja totska
v and end of I can't make out

It's something about german armory, top left looks like an ass of a stug
Hopely Taranov can translate that..

And that means? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 03-01-2010, 21:01:29
Germanskaja
peredvishidja bronevaja
Ogebaja totska
v and end of I can't make out

It's something about german armory, top left looks like an ass of a stug
Hopely Taranov can translate that..

And that means? :P

Probably something german armoury show?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Omni on 03-01-2010, 21:01:15
What is in the top left, and what does the sign read?


Germanskaja
peredvishidja bronevaja
Ogebaja totska
v and end of I can't make out

It's something about german armory, top left looks like an ass of a stug
Hopely Taranov can translate that..

It reads something like "Mobile German defensive strongpoint (literally: fire point) in a carrying position"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 03-01-2010, 23:01:39
What is in the top left, and what does the sign read?


Germanskaja
peredvishidja bronevaja
Ogebaja totska
v and end of I can't make out

It's something about german armory, top left looks like an ass of a stug
Hopely Taranov can translate that..

It reads something like "Mobile German defensive strongpoint (literally: fire point) in a carrying position"

Thanks! I was expecting "Evil Fascist Motherland Raping Device" !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 03-01-2010, 23:01:16
It actually looks pretty medieval, especially with those cartwheels... kind of like a mobile torture station or something...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-01-2010, 03:01:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/375547-2/10246281)

Well i dont know if this one is Real or Not. The way they are standing and aiming is a bit weird. But i can see a figure at the end of the street wich is, probably, a Civilian Running or something.

Anyways, Japanese Troops firing their Arisaka Rifles, China 1939-
.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-01-2010, 03:01:08
Could be real, knowing the japanese and their penchant for taking photos of their soldiers butchering the innocent.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 04-01-2010, 03:01:58
*memories of horrid photos flood into mind*
 :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-01-2010, 18:01:57
Could be real, knowing the japanese and their penchant for taking photos of their soldiers butchering the innocent.
reminded me the photo of  2 japanese Leutainents smiling.....

They just held a compitition "Who can cut 100 heads the fastest?" with nanjing civilians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 04-01-2010, 23:01:11
CMon less talking more pics.. educate me folks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-01-2010, 03:01:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/375543-2/10240908)

japanese army soldiers firing a type 92 battalion gun a urban area (china 1939)

And Extra

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/375553-2/10247368)

japanese navy troops passing by a ruined building (shanghai 1937)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-01-2010, 13:01:35
(http://i068.radikal.ru/0912/81/dec39f05422d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-01-2010, 13:01:02
What are those Taranov? Some early Vickers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-01-2010, 13:01:17
no, belgian T-13 tank destroyer reused by the totenkopf
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 05-01-2010, 15:01:39
Tank destroyer that has an MG as the main gun? Can't see that being very useful, typical Belgian thinking.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-01-2010, 15:01:52
No wonder they got blitzed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2010, 17:01:44
Well, they had 47MM guns.. We Belgians had a policy of not fielding big strong tanks, so the T-13's where light tanks
They where actually pretty good, one T-13 near Brussels took out 4 Panzers and giving Troops time to escape. Yet we had to few of them

All tales that are lost in the international world.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 05-01-2010, 18:01:40
What are those Taranov? Some early Vickers?

T13B2 tank destroyer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: luftwaffe.be on 05-01-2010, 20:01:23
Well, they had 47MM guns.. We Belgians had a policy of not fielding big strong tanks, so the T-13's where light tanks
They where actually pretty good, one T-13 near Brussels took out 4 Panzers and giving Troops time to escape. Yet we had to few of them

All tales that are lost in the international world.


yea, and the belgians didn't have any shells for those guns either. This is due to the fact only one factory in the world produced them, and it was captured at the start of the invasion.

Intact all belgian guns had odd calibres, and all shells where made in the same factory (I think FN).
My grandfather was in the artillery regiment, but he surly didn't fire to many shells, because they practically had none .... 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2010, 21:01:35
Well, they had 47MM guns.. We Belgians had a policy of not fielding big strong tanks, so the T-13's where light tanks
They where actually pretty good, one T-13 near Brussels took out 4 Panzers and giving Troops time to escape. Yet we had to few of them

All tales that are lost in the international world.


yea, and the belgians didn't have any shells for those guns either. This is due to the fact only one factory in the world produced them, and it was captured at the start of the invasion.

Intact all belgian guns had odd calibres, and all shells where made in the same factory (I think FN).
My grandfather was in the artillery regiment, but he surly didn't fire to many shells, because they practically had none .... 
The Belgian army was like this yes. Very well equipped in terms of light equipment(FN Mausers, BAR's etc) We even had some bofors wich brought down quiet some planes

But in terms of Artillery......Tanks......... This is where we failed.

Our airforce was decent, as even with old outdated biplanes, they still got some kills, and the Few hurricanes we had remaining, shot down a few kills of their own.

but ye, we dint had tanks, and not enough aircraft. These things won world war 2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 05-01-2010, 21:01:43
Well, they had 47MM guns.. We Belgians had a policy of not fielding big strong tanks, so the T-13's where light tanks
They where actually pretty good, one T-13 near Brussels took out 4 Panzers and giving Troops time to escape. Yet we had to few of them

All tales that are lost in the international world.


yea, and the belgians didn't have any shells for those guns either. This is due to the fact only one factory in the world produced them, and it was captured at the start of the invasion.

Intact all belgian guns had odd calibres, and all shells where made in the same factory (I think FN).
My grandfather was in the artillery regiment, but he surly didn't fire to many shells, because they practically had none .... 
The Belgian army was like this yes. Very well equipped in terms of light equipment(FN Mausers, BAR's etc) We even had some bofors wich brought down quiet some planes

But in terms of Artillery......Tanks......... This is where we failed.

Our airforce was decent, as even with old outdated biplanes, they still got some kills, and the Few hurricanes we had remaining, shot down a few kills of their own.

but ye, we dint had tanks, and not enough aircraft. These things won world war 2.

Well, what we had? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-01-2010, 21:01:37
Nature and booze. The other 2 vital things. Planes made our natural advance useless. Good ol' Water Linie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-01-2010, 01:01:18
one of hitler's many mistakes: invading russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tolga<3 on 06-01-2010, 01:01:43
Duh Warrior :D

In other news fire is hot water is wet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-01-2010, 01:01:29
and on to sports...tolga is a turkish person
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-01-2010, 02:01:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/376967-2/__o__nierze+rumu__scy+podczas+odwrotu+z+Mo__dawii_+koniec+sierpnia+1944+r)

Romanian infantry during the leaving Moldavia in August 1944.In 1944 gen.Antonescu was deprived of the power in country and the war between Romania and Germay broke out -to put it briefly,Romania changed the sides and became Germany's enemy.

Notice that the soldier are using rifles "Mosin".The basic Romanian rifle was "Mauser wz.24"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-01-2010, 12:01:31
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87195&d=1262522771)

Quote
Max Wünsche was a Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_W%C3%BCnsche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_W%C3%BCnsche)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 06-01-2010, 14:01:49
what is the small roundisch metal thing above his binocs ?  protection cap for binocs ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.IrishFolk on 06-01-2010, 14:01:26
its plastik or leather and yeah to protect the classes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-01-2010, 14:01:44
I just love frontschwein look with the grenade in the boot
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 06-01-2010, 15:01:05
its plastik or leather and yeah to protect the classes
It´s funny to see that the Bundeswehr uses nearly the same binoc design. Just like we still use the same pick-pot design, German troops used since atleast WW1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 06-01-2010, 16:01:41
why change something that works well

MG42  is basically the same thing as MG3 just has some improvements

you are still using knife fork and spoon although the spork is a nice invention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spork
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-01-2010, 16:01:15
Yeah, but the MG3 is now replaced by this thing:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/HK_MG4_01.jpg/800px-HK_MG4_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 06-01-2010, 17:01:26
Ach, MG3..it´s a bit overrated, IMO. Sure, it´s rugged and reliable, but also heavy as shit and it´s difficult to shoot. Plus, the MG4 doesn´t completely replace it, the MG3 will still be used as a support MG on vehicles and Lafette mounts (another thing we kept from WW2).
EDIT: To stay on topic:
Sdkfz 251´s of "Großdeuthscland" on the Eastern Front:
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1061/sdkfz251ihag3tohalbkett.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 06-01-2010, 17:01:21
(http://forum.net.hr/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/15/8080.ammotrolleys3kp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-01-2010, 20:01:44
(http://forum.net.hr/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/15/8080.ammotrolleys3kp.jpg)
PanzerBabies!!!!

*TALLY HO PANZERBABIES! RETREAT DAMMIT!

Zheir is no escape :v
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-01-2010, 20:01:38
"Who sent all these babies to fight!?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-01-2010, 21:01:27
Hitlerjugend Toddler division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-01-2010, 01:01:01
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87376&d=1262786867)

- According to the caption I found this bunch of lads are Norwegian SS soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-01-2010, 19:01:09
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5164/37mm1s.jpg)
Don't know much about this: 3,7cm Selbstfahrlafette L-70. It seems to be a Hansa Lloyd Goliath chassis. Probably pre-war design.

add:
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6946/panzerjagerfahrzeugaufd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-01-2010, 22:01:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/377646-2/Bild+101I-309-0820-16%23)

Italian made armoured scout car Autoblinda AB41 in German service. Italy, August 1944. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-309-0820-16)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 00:01:57
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3644/soldat04.jpg)

A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 08-01-2010, 01:01:04
Now that guy, is badass
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 08-01-2010, 01:01:25
Dude the smile will kill people!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 08-01-2010, 03:01:59
I wonder when that was taken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-01-2010, 03:01:08
The Second World War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 08-01-2010, 03:01:22
I'm thinking 1960's? The picture is too clear for WW2, and his wounds wouldn't of had time to heal yet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2010, 03:01:33
Thats impossible, color cameras existed in WW2, and LIFE had amazing hi res photos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 06:01:56
I'm thinking 1960's? The picture is too clear for WW2, and his wounds wouldn't of had time to heal yet.

WW2 colour was pretty advanced in cases, and the wounds would have plenty of time to heal dude....  Remember, there were Germans in WW2 who got 5, and even more, wounds in combat, and its not like it took the years to recover, they were back in the frontlines in a couple days to a couple months depending on the injury (unless we're talking major like loss of limb or such, in which case they were either discharged, or sent to a training camp as a training officer/sergeant).  Also, considering he has a Hindenburg Cross and some kind of Imperial German state award on his ribbon bar, he could have even been wounded in WW1, then wounded later in WW2 to recieve a WW2 silver award.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-01-2010, 08:01:25
(unless we're talking major like loss of limb or such, in which case they were either discharged, or sent to a training camp as a training officer/sergeant).

Hoth had one arm and stayed on front line duties like a real G.
(http://z.about.com/f/wiki/e/en/thumb/f/ff/Hoth_color_10.jpg/200px-Hoth_color_10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 08-01-2010, 09:01:01
And has a cool name  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 10:01:31
(unless we're talking major like loss of limb or such, in which case they were either discharged, or sent to a training camp as a training officer/sergeant).

Hoth had one arm and stayed on front line duties like a real G.
(http://z.about.com/f/wiki/e/en/thumb/f/ff/Hoth_color_10.jpg/200px-Hoth_color_10.jpg)

Ah, but a general doesn't need to shoulder a firearm ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-01-2010, 10:01:59
Ah, but a general doesn't need to shoulder a firearm ;)

nor a Major
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 08-01-2010, 11:01:40
Oops  ;D
(http://uberkarabas.users.photofile.ru/photo/uberkarabas/96268705/113637239.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-01-2010, 11:01:04
A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
?
I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-01-2010, 16:01:24
I'm thinking 1960's? The picture is too clear for WW2, and his wounds wouldn't of had time to heal yet.

WW2 colour was pretty advanced in cases, and the wounds would have plenty of time to heal dude....  Remember, there were Germans in WW2 who got 5, and even more, wounds in combat, and its not like it took the years to recover, they were back in the frontlines in a couple days to a couple months depending on the injury (unless we're talking major like loss of limb or such, in which case they were either discharged, or sent to a training camp as a training officer/sergeant).  Also, considering he has a Hindenburg Cross and some kind of Imperial German state award on his ribbon bar, he could have even been wounded in WW1, then wounded later in WW2 to recieve a WW2 silver award.
To add to your point, German cameras were at that time the best in the world, and that colour filter is typically 1940's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-01-2010, 17:01:59
Doesn't really fit in here, but I didn't want to open a new thread. You may know the site "lonesentry.com". They publish old information brochures from WW2 there, where soldiers are informed of new enemy weapons or ruses, or about new tactical developements. Anyway, look what I found:

Quote
Breda Light Machine Gun. The Breda light machine gun is similar to the British Bren gun. It is mechanically superior to the Bren gun under dusty conditions. It requires only one man to service it as compared to several for the Bren gun. It has a slightly higher rate of fire than the British weapon. Its disadvantages are that it has no carrying handle, cannot be fired on fixed lines, and has no tripod mounting.

wat?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-01-2010, 18:01:50
Doesn't really fit in here, but I didn't want to open a new thread. You may know the site "lonesentry.com". They publish old information brochures from WW2 there, where soldiers are informed of new enemy weapons or ruses, or about new tactical developements. Anyway, look what I found:

Quote
Breda Light Machine Gun. The Breda light machine gun is similar to the British Bren gun. It is mechanically superior to the Bren gun under dusty conditions. It requires only one man to service it as compared to several for the Bren gun. It has a slightly higher rate of fire than the British weapon. Its disadvantages are that it has no carrying handle, cannot be fired on fixed lines, and has no tripod mounting.

wat?
What?

The Breda jammed with even the slighest amount of dust, its manufacturing was done with lesser quality materials. EVERY BLOODY ROUND had to be OILED MANUALLY before being fired! It had 20 rounds

The brengun was better in EVERY aspect then the Breda 30. Its like saying= Ye like the bren is like better then the MG42 on every aspect

Quote
The Breda 30 is widely regarded as a poor weapon. It had fragile clips, a low rate of fire, used the underpowered 6.5x52mm cartridge and was prone to jamming.
It was magazine fed from the right side. The magazine was attached to the gun, and was loaded using brass or steel 20 round stripper clips.

This weapon is interesting in that it fired from a closed bolt alongside using blowback for its action, and had a small lubricating device that sprayed oil on each cartridge as it entered the chamber. This system allowed the chamber and barrel to heat rapidly, which caused rounds to "cook off" (fire) before they were fully in the chamber. The oil from the lubrication also quickly picked up dust and debris, making the weapon highly prone to jamming during the North African Campaign.

Firing from a closed bolt causes the round to cook off once sitting in the chamber, not during loading. Any MG can have an out of battery fire (firing before fully loaded) due to overheat, though open bolt guns do generally cool a little better.
This is a clear problem because when the round cook off the crew may be relocating (normal after extremely heavy firing), and there is a chance the barrel may be pointed in an unsafe direction (regardless of training and common sense).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2010, 18:01:53
But the Breda would never overheat ;)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/378872-2/DSC02362)

Fall 1939, a french soldier in an orchard, beside him his Chatellerault M29 light machine gun on its mounts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 19:01:07
@ Kading:  Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines.  There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.

A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
?
I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.

Nope, that's not a pip, that's a trade badge.  I can't tell what for though :(  But its def not a pip, as the pip would be off center to the end of the shoulder, and would be a pointy, pyramidal shape.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-01-2010, 20:01:06
@ Kading:  Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines.  There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.

ah, but you forget, officers are traditionally issued weapons that can be used with one hand, the idea is they can easily direct troops while comfortably holding a machine pistol or regular pistol!


SO I HAVE YOU REGARDLESS THROUGH SHEER LOGIC AND GENERAL MILITARY KNOWHOW!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2010, 22:01:38
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3394/dog2n.jpg)(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8654/dog8.jpg)
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5tqksgs2WzY/0.jpg)

Quote
Landing of a platoon of war dog at bougainville 1943.

25 Marines war dog died in the pacific.(14 on duty)
a platoon was formed of 24 dogs  (21 dobermann Pinschers, 1 belgium shepherd et 2 German shepherd).
There were 1,047 dogs enlisted during the war, with 465 serving in combat.


(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9962/monumentface.jpg)

more info
http://www.vet.utk.edu/wardog/background.shtml
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 22:01:53
@ Kading:  Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines.  There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.

ah, but you forget, officers are traditionally issued weapons that can be used with one hand, the idea is they can easily direct troops while comfortably holding a machine pistol or regular pistol!


SO I HAVE YOU REGARDLESS THROUGH SHEER LOGIC AND GENERAL MILITARY KNOWHOW!!

MP40 is absolutely a 2 handed weapon ;)  And that still disregards my point, that NCOs and other walking wounded were also sent to the training camps when they had lost limbs :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-01-2010, 22:01:00
A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
?
I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.
Nope, that's not a pip, that's a trade badge.  I can't tell what for though :(  But its def not a pip, as the pip would be off center to the end of the shoulder, and would be a pointy, pyramidal shape.
Trade badge? Enlighten me  :P I also noted it was in the middle but never knew about other things they smacked on their ranks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 22:01:14
Your quote messed up fuchs, but I think I get what you're saying.

Trade badge would be for a specialist job.  Like a medical officer would have the twisted snakes around that metal rod thing, a radio officer would have lightening bolts, a armourer would have some gothic letters, etc....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2010, 22:01:00
Now really..

If i knew the meaning of these medals..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/286318-2/ffs)

Vitéz Oszlányi Kornél
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2010, 22:01:10
Damn....


Well, he's a Hungarian General, He's got the EKII and EKI, Hungarian Knights Cross, Pilots Badge, and just a shitload of medals...probably some could be WW1 Austrian awards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 09-01-2010, 03:01:38
i was kinda hoping he was some sort of austro-hungarian Audie Murphy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2010, 08:01:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/379119-1/PIC00011)

11th AD tank covering infantrymen advancing on burning enemy position near Neufelden, Austria, May 4, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-01-2010, 19:01:07
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9606/kfz1301.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-01-2010, 20:01:40
Going with the Kfz 13 theme from Seth...:

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=4524&sid=8b2c5f45d255ae46aa6404379db47bce)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-01-2010, 20:01:02
The only photographs my grandfather could carry back to Venezuela after the war.

1st; in a refit and rest before the Ardennes offensive.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/grandfather.jpg)



2nd grandpa and his lafette, circa 1943 at the eastern front.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/grand_father.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-01-2010, 20:01:00
i always love seeing photos people post of their relatives. thats probably the first "combat" photo of a ww2 relative i have seen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-01-2010, 20:01:07
Are you sure on that Yustax?  I've seen that EXACT photo, the second one, plastered around the net many, many times....  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-01-2010, 20:01:23
Are you sure on that Yustax?  I've seen that EXACT photo, the second one, plastered around the net many, many times....  :-\

That came exactly in a very old family photo album and a very valuable item for me. The second photo was given to my grandfather after a news reel soldier snapped the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-01-2010, 20:01:30
I don't mean the first, I'm not questioning it.  But I mean the second.  Now if it is snapped be a news reel guy, that would explain why its common on the net...means your grandfather is a star of sorts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-01-2010, 20:01:44
I don't mean the first, I'm not questioning it.  But I mean the second.  Now if it is snapped be a news reel guy, that would explain why its common on the net...means your grandfather is a star of sorts.

Star? Meh, theres plenty of pictures like look like that. Bet I could just write german soldier and 10000000+ with the same phose will appear somewhere.

And grandpa told me that after 2 hours of the photo, commies attacked!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-01-2010, 21:01:29
Venezuela? Sorry for asking this but did your grandfather sort of fled to there after the war? Not that I disapprove, if I was in that situation I would get the fuck out of Germany too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-01-2010, 21:01:34
Venezuela? Sorry for asking this but did your grandfather sort of fled to there after the war? Not that I disapprove, if I was in that situation I would get the fuck out of Germany too.

No, my family its german and has been in Venezuela like 3 generations. My grand father just answered the call; joined Wehrmacht, but after a battle that was short of supplies and equipment in 1940; he heard that the Waffen SS was better equipped and were given the best equipment. Joined, trained and in 1941 was shipped to the Eastern Front; he was a MG42 gunner. After the war ended, he was a prisoner of war for 4 to 5 months; he was cleared and he got the hell out of Germany. He didnt have any family in Germany so he got back here in one piece.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-01-2010, 21:01:08
Now I understand, thanks. So Germany even asked Venezuelian citizens to enlist in their army? I knew that they where desperate but asking non-occupied countries to supply troops..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-01-2010, 21:01:27
Now I understand, thanks. So Germany even asked Venezuelian citizens to enlist in their army? I knew that they where desperate but asking non-occupied countries to supply troops..

No he was just answered the call in late 1939; bet there were many stuff going through his head. He told me that, that was the worst decision he made on his life.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-01-2010, 21:01:05
Now I understand, thanks. So Germany even asked Venezuelian citizens to enlist in their army? I knew that they where desperate but asking non-occupied countries to supply troops..

Band of brothers, Second episode there is a german pow that was born and raised in the us and also answered the call, remember that scene? where that us soldier shot those pows?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-01-2010, 21:01:23

Band of brothers, Second episode there is a german pow that was born and raised in the us and also answered the call, remember that scene? where that us soldier shot those pows?

Yeah that part was a major fuck up. It was better when they showed the afterwards that he left a Hitlejubend soldier alive, and the frickin cigarrete was burning through his finger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-01-2010, 21:01:35
Also, they werent the only ones doing that, every country that had foreign colonies did that, Belgium, France, England, Germany.... And when the volenteers stopped, the drafting began.


Completely oftopick detail that this post made me remeber, in rwanda the childeren arent tough in school why they became a belgian colony (and the whole opression thing began) they just tell them that Germany had a debt that they had to pay so they were traided, while the real reasen was that they lost world war 1 and that it was a compensation to belgium.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2010, 05:01:07
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/380194-2/d+Malaya+_12_1+2)

a Type 95 Ha-Go light tank in the jungles of malaya
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-01-2010, 20:01:13
To follow with that

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Three_japanese_Type_95_Ha-Go_light_tanks_destroyed.jpg)

3 Ha-Go tanks lie in ruins after being taken out by 2PDR guns Near Bakri by gunners from the 13th batteryn 4th aussie Anti tank regiment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 11-01-2010, 22:01:25
I still dont understand why they kept fielding those tin cans late into the war. They were terriblly obsolete in the 30's. France had tanks of that caliber in ww1 for christs sake.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-01-2010, 22:01:08
I still dont understand why they kept fielding those tin cans late into the war. They were terriblly obsolete in the 30's. France had tanks of that caliber in ww1 for christs sake.
well.........
HEY

JAPAN WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO USE DIESEL ENGINES ON THEIR TANKS!

Funny how Sherman tank crews used HE ammo instead of AP ammo against tanks.....because it barely did any damage and simply flew trough the front and back
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2010, 22:01:50
Japan saw the Use of tanks pretty limited.

They could only use tanks on China, Japan and a couple of Islands.

Unlike Germany, USSR, UK, USA, etc, they decided to put more effort, if not all, on building a Navy.

To win the Pacific War, you need a navy, and a strong one. Japan had enough Ports and Companys that could  build Ships maintain and keep producing.

Also they had a pretty decent airforce, with good Companys making them.

Tanks in china? well, field a thousand or something yes, you'll need tanks there, since the Chinese doesnt have any tanks to face the Japs in a Kursk Style battle, Heavy guns ,etc.

Philliphines? yes, well, kinda, you'll need a Thousand or something.

Burma? Hell no!

Sigapore? YES!, thats why japan won the battle for the entire peninsula. There were wooden bridges, and the allies dindt expected tanks there, and the Light weight of the IJA tanks made it across bridges, striking fast.

The Japs developed heavier tanks in late war, some good tanks and others were still shitty.

I remember the japs used to have a pretty good Tank Destroyer, enough to bring down the Sherman..

But yeah, they Focused, on land, more on infantry.. and they had good one!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-01-2010, 22:01:33
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87747&d=1263044731)

France, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-01-2010, 10:01:14
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87381&d=1262787313)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-01-2010, 12:01:27
I don't mean the first, I'm not questioning it.  But I mean the second.  Now if it is snapped be a news reel guy, that would explain why its common on the net...means your grandfather is a star of sorts.

Star? Meh, theres plenty of pictures like look like that. Bet I could just write german soldier and 10000000+ with the same phose will appear somewhere.

And grandpa told me that after 2 hours of the photo, commies attacked!!!!

Actually, I know the pic too, it is the unit picture for the mG42 HMG in Steel Panthers  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2010, 18:01:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/381038-2/C__pia+de+Rikusentai+_3_1+4)

special naval landing force tank commander posing with his type 89 medium tank (shanghai 1937)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 12-01-2010, 21:01:35
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9143/415590736337b151ec7eb.jpg) (http://img62.imageshack.us/i/415590736337b151ec7eb.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2010, 22:01:42
Calling... stukas
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 12-01-2010, 22:01:16
Calling... stukas
indeed pic needs more german bias
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-01-2010, 22:01:53
speaking of photos with german bias....



come and get him, ladies!
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tanks-heavy/pzkpfw-vi-e/michael-wittman.jpg)
(yes, i know who it is)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 12-01-2010, 23:01:30
speaking of photos with german bias....



come and get him, ladies!
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tanks-heavy/pzkpfw-vi-e/michael-wittman.jpg)
(yes, i know who it is)

Rip Michael Wittmann; good tank commander.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2010, 23:01:00
Ernst Barkmann > Wittman

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/bark_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-01-2010, 23:01:44


Rip Michael Wittmann; good tank commander.
Also a bit of a ponce.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 13-01-2010, 00:01:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/FE_000214.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-01-2010, 00:01:15
Whoa.  I was about to post that.  Weird.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 13-01-2010, 00:01:41
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6451/lmgm.jpg)
Dutch marines doing improvised AA practice with Lewis MG's somewhere on the dutch Antille.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 13-01-2010, 06:01:36
Ernst Barkmann > Wittman

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/bark_1.jpg)


WTF look at those pibs.... He is like me now!!! FTW!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 13-01-2010, 11:01:38
Ernst Barkmann > Wittman

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/bark_1.jpg)
Kurt Knispel > Ernst Barkmann > Wittman

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Kurt_Knispel.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 13-01-2010, 11:01:09
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2882/dutchmarine.jpg)
Dutch Marine armed with a Tommy gun, Used against the Japanese Invasion of Java.
We received allot of US material at the last moment, Tommy guns, White scout cars, BAR, Johnson rifles and even P40 Warhawks and B25 bombers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-01-2010, 18:01:42
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/korner.jpg)

Quote
In April of 1945, SS-Hauptscharführer Karl Körner (platoon commander from the 2nd Company) was supporting an infantry counterattack in the Bollersdorf area (east of Berlin), when he encountered two Soviet JS-II heavy tanks at a distance of 200m. He quickly destroyed the first one and second one trying to reverse in order to take a firing position drove into an anti-tank ditch and was abandomed by the crew. On the road from Bollersdorf to Strausberg, Körner observed additional 11 JS-II tanks and around 120 to 150 enemy tanks in the process of being refuelled and re-armed on the egde of the village. He then fired and destroyed all 11 JS-II tanks on the road and attacked the rest of the tanks and their suprised crews. Number of fuel and ammunition trucks exploded causing even more panic among the Russian tankers, while Körner fired all 39 rounds he had left and knocked out 39 enemy tanks before he withdrew. Following this action, sSSPzAbt 503 and other units were falling back to defend Berlin. On his way to Berlin, Karl Körner destroyed over 100 Soviet tanks and 26 anti-tank guns in total, achievement for which on April 29th, he was awarded the Knights Cross in the bunker of Reichs Chancellery. After the ceremony, Körner returned to his unit on the frontline at Charlottenburg district of Berlin. On May 2nd, last King Tiger from sSSPzAbt 503 was destroyed during an attempt to break out of the city on the Spandau Bridge.

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/tig2s_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-01-2010, 18:01:22
`boooh, killing refueling/arming tanks

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Gazeta.jpg)
Quote
On August 14, 1941, the vanguard of the German 8th Panzer Division approached Krasnogvardeysk (Gatchina) near Leningrad (St Petersburg), and the only Soviet force available at the time to attempt to stop the German advance consisted of five well-hidden KV-1 tanks, dug in within a grove at the edge of a swamp. KV-1 tank no. 864 was commanded by the leader of this small force, Lieutenant Zinoviy Kolobanov.


German tank vanguard attack plan and positions of three soviet KV-1 tanks


Soviet newspaper article of 1941
German forces attacked Krasnogvardeysk from three directions. Near Noviy Uchkhoz settlement the geography favoured the Soviet defenders as the only road in the region passed the swamp, and the defenders commanded this choke point from their hidden position. Lieutenant Kolobanov had carefully studied the situation and readied his detachment the day before. Each KV-1 tank carried twice the normal amount of ammunition, two-thirds being armour-piercing rounds. Kolobanov ordered his other commanders to hold their fire and await orders. He did not want to reveal the total force, so only one exposed tank at a time would engage the enemy.
On August 14, the German 8th Panzer Division's vanguard ventured directly into the well-prepared Soviet ambush, with Kolobanov's tank knocking out the lead German tank with its first shot. The Germans falsely assumed that their lead tank had hit an anti-tank mine, and failed to realize that they had been ambushed. The German column stopped, giving Kolobanov the opportunity to destroy the second tank. Only then did the Germans realize they were under attack, but they failed to find the source of the shots. While the German tanks were firing blindly, Kolobanov knocked out the trailing German tank, thus boxing in the entire column.
Although the Germans correctly guessed the direction of fire, they could only spot Lieutenant Kolobanov's tank, and now attempted to engage an unseen enemy. German tanks moving off the road bogged down in the surrounding soft ground, becoming easy targets. 22 German tanks and 2 towed artillery pieces fell victim to Kolobanov's No. 864 before it ran out of ammunition. Kolobanov ordered in another KV-1, and 21 more German tanks were destroyed before the half-hour battle ended. A total of 43 German tanks were destroyed by just five Soviet KV-1s (two more remained in reserve).
After the battle, the crew of No. 864 counted a total of 135 hits on their tank, none of which had penetrated the KV-1's armour. Lieutenant Kolobanov was awarded the Order of Lenin, while his driver Usov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Later on, former Captain Zinoviy Kolobanov was again decorated by Soviet authorities, despite having been convicted and downgraded after the Winter War for "fraternizing with the enemy." After the end of World War II, Lieutenant Kolobanov served in the Soviet occupation zone in East Germany, where he was convicted again when a subordinate escaped to the British occupation zone, and was transferred to the reserves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 13-01-2010, 19:01:47
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/korner.jpg)

Quote
In April of 1945, SS-Hauptscharführer Karl Körner (platoon commander from the 2nd Company) was supporting an infantry counterattack in the Bollersdorf area (east of Berlin), when he encountered two Soviet JS-II heavy tanks at a distance of 200m. He quickly destroyed the first one and second one trying to reverse in order to take a firing position drove into an anti-tank ditch and was abandomed by the crew. On the road from Bollersdorf to Strausberg, Körner observed additional 11 JS-II tanks and around 120 to 150 enemy tanks in the process of being refuelled and re-armed on the egde of the village. He then fired and destroyed all 11 JS-II tanks on the road and attacked the rest of the tanks and their suprised crews. Number of fuel and ammunition trucks exploded causing even more panic among the Russian tankers, while Körner fired all 39 rounds he had left and knocked out 39 enemy tanks before he withdrew. Following this action, sSSPzAbt 503 and other units were falling back to defend Berlin. On his way to Berlin, Karl Körner destroyed over 100 Soviet tanks and 26 anti-tank guns in total, achievement for which on April 29th, he was awarded the Knights Cross in the bunker of Reichs Chancellery. After the ceremony, Körner returned to his unit on the frontline at Charlottenburg district of Berlin. On May 2nd, last King Tiger from sSSPzAbt 503 was destroyed during an attempt to break out of the city on the Spandau Bridge.

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/tig2s_2.jpg)

Thank you Rawhide, amazing story!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-01-2010, 18:01:37
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61913&d=1227913585)

6th SS Gebirgs Div. Nord
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-01-2010, 18:01:17
(http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/795/zkw10b3sp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-01-2010, 18:01:10
Pfft. Relating De Ruyter to anti-Communist forces.

I liked another with De Ruyter more, showing S-boote and Dutch 17th Century ships attacking Great-Britain, saying Germand and Dutchies are fighting the same war lol. Most fun part of it is that Dutch volunteers would never get on a S-boote.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 15-01-2010, 19:01:13
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9929/mp38.jpg)

Dutch KNIL armed with a PAG 4,7 cm gun on practice in 1940.
Note the front soldiers is armed with a M.39 Sub-machine gun.

The dutch KNIL used a with range of exotic weapons.
All weapons they could get there hands on really.
They used these M.39's
*Johnson Semi-auto weapons, (they couldn't get hands on the Garands)
*Thompson/tommyguns
*Breda Mg's (captured in Africa by the British and brought to the dutch Indië for defect against japan
*Hotchkiss Mg's
*Maxime 08/15 MG's
*Lewis MG's (main Lmg in the KNIL)
*water cooled .30 and .50 cals
*Madsen LMG (next to the Lewis the main LMG)
*Madsen 20mm At rifle
*M.38 At rifle
*Luger and Mauser c.96 karabines
*BAR 1939 (very low numbers)
*Vickers Mg's

(most of these weapons I have pictures in actual use)

Don't think allot Dutch people know that the KNIL wasn't that bad armed, only thing is that it came so late that most of it was still in depot's!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-01-2010, 19:01:35
I always wonder what happened if Marmon-Herrington was able to deliver their 3 tank designs Light, Medium and Heavy to the KNIL in adequate numbers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2010, 19:01:10
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/289/curling.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 15-01-2010, 20:01:13
I always wonder what happened if Marmon-Herrington was able to deliver their 3 tank designs Light, Medium and Heavy to the KNIL in adequate numbers.

http://www.overvalwagen.com/tanks.html
 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 15-01-2010, 21:01:19
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/289/curling.jpg)

Curling with Geballte Ladungs?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 15-01-2010, 21:01:55
I was thinking that!!! lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-01-2010, 21:01:34
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/289/curling.jpg)

Curling with Geballte Ladungs?
ACHTUNG PANZER INC!
halt den Mund hans! We are  beating thozes Falschirmjaeger Dumpkopfen!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-01-2010, 21:01:49
I always wonder what happened if Marmon-Herrington was able to deliver their 3 tank designs Light, Medium and Heavy to the KNIL in adequate numbers.

http://www.overvalwagen.com/tanks.html
 ;D

Thanks, very informative, Tanks of the World also features all Marmon-Herrington tanks with specs.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-01-2010, 11:01:50
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m377/mousepad_2008/post-2-12322744028200.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2010, 12:01:32
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/135/violiniststalingradchri.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-01-2010, 18:01:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/382564-2/ww2-120)

US infantry advance under the cover of a Sherman tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 17-01-2010, 02:01:37
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6212/johnson.png)
Dutch KNIL armed with Johnson's and Tommygun's. 1941 Java

Btw this archive have awesome photos!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-01-2010, 02:01:01
Johnson rifle....wish I could get my hands on one of them.. ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 17-01-2010, 02:01:27
Johnson rifle....wish I could get my hands on one of them.. ::)
I find it interesting that they where already used in 1941. Thought they weren't in production yet.
Jap's probably got there hands on them. Good thing they didn't study to make a semi-auto rifle :)

Edit: I don't think they made any good rifles at all, ever....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 17-01-2010, 04:01:15
Inside a Tiger tank, gunner working place  :P

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/03_tiger_interni.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-01-2010, 04:01:30
Johnson rifle....wish I could get my hands on one of them.. ::)
I find it interesting that they where already used in 1941. Thought they weren't in production yet.
Jap's probably got there hands on them. Good thing they didn't study to make a semi-auto rifle :)

Edit: I don't think they made any good rifles at all, ever....

About the johnson rifle...
"The Johnson M1941, seriously considered by the US Marines as a solution to the early shortages of the M1

A US Marine Corps officer, Captain M M Johnson, had an idea for a different kind of rifle.  Like the M1, it was self loading and fired the standard .30 cal round, but unlike the Garand it used a short-recoil operation.  Roughly speaking, this used the recoil of firing to move the barrel back a fraction to rotate and unlock the bolt.  A return spring undertook the normal action of reloading the chamber one the spent casing had been ejected.  It was a novel idea; it was also very complex, never a good sales pitch for a service rifle.

When the US rejected his design, Johnson sold it to Holland, who were promptly invaded by the Nazis, thus curtailing the market somewhat.  Meanwhile, his Marine Corps was expanding and found itself seemingly behind the National Guard in the queue for new M1s.  They bought the few thousand Johnson M1941s already produced and issued them for testing, seemingly restricted to their Raider and Parachute elements.  It was neither an outstanding success, nor a total failure.  The Johnson held two more rounds than the Garand and thanks to its unusual magazine could be 'topped up' with single bullets or a five round clip.  But once American industry kicked in there were M1s to spare and the few Johnson rifles were withdrawn.  A Johnson light machine gun also existed, with a 20 round side loading box.  The Marines tried this weapon too and it also saw use with the Special Service Force in Italy."  
 - http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/Weapons/semiautomatic/semi_automatic.htm

Yeah, the US never mass produced them or used them as a standard issue weapon...so pretty much they are scarce here...and I'd love to have one in a collection. Plus they look pretty nice... and yeah...Japs wern't known too much for thier weaponry.. :o

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 17-01-2010, 04:01:37
Johnson rifle....wish I could get my hands on one of them.. ::)
I find it interesting that they where already used in 1941. Thought they weren't in production yet.
Jap's probably got there hands on them. Good thing they didn't study to make a semi-auto rifle :)

Edit: I don't think they made any good rifles at all, ever....
Personally, I think the Type99 was a competent weapon, and they actually tried to copy the M1 Garand but never finished (still in testing when war ended. Really I think all Japanese weaponry that was put was generally competent weapons. not the best, but they do what's necessary
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-01-2010, 04:01:05
Johnson rifle....wish I could get my hands on one of them.. ::)
I find it interesting that they where already used in 1941. Thought they weren't in production yet.
Jap's probably got there hands on them. Good thing they didn't study to make a semi-auto rifle :)

Edit: I don't think they made any good rifles at all, ever....
Personally, I think the Type99 was a competent weapon, and they actually tried to copy the M1 Garand but never finished (still in testing when war ended. Really I think all Japanese weaponry that was put was generally competent weapons. not the best, but they do what's necessary
wasn't the type 99 just an improvement of the type 96, by adding bigger rounds, larger mags, and some other minor improvements? Still don't think it's a very good gun, but all guns do their job I suppose.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 17-01-2010, 07:01:39
Johnson rifle....wish I could get my hands on one of them.. ::)
I find it interesting that they where already used in 1941. Thought they weren't in production yet.
Jap's probably got there hands on them. Good thing they didn't study to make a semi-auto rifle :)

Edit: I don't think they made any good rifles at all, ever....
Personally, I think the Type99 was a competent weapon, and they actually tried to copy the M1 Garand but never finished (still in testing when war ended. Really I think all Japanese weaponry that was put was generally competent weapons. not the best, but they do what's necessary
wasn't the type 99 just an improvement of the type 96, by adding bigger rounds, larger mags, and some other minor improvements? Still don't think it's a very good gun, but all guns do their job I suppose.
Type 99 rifle (improved over the Type38 iirc) notType99 LMG And yes that's basically what it did, but that's because they switched round size to get punching power closer to a K98. Also, most of there base weapons (Type 99LMG/Type99rifle) used the same ammo after this, so there was a good reason behind it. Also they were quality weapons that did their job (until later in the war) and performed well. Then again, maybe I'm advocating Japanese weaponry because I happen to like Japan a lot, and I think that their accomplishments in their time in the sun was amazing, seeing from what they started from.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-01-2010, 07:01:23
Yeah... whatever, i'm still not a huge fan of their weaponry, I mean they can't even name they... it's just like Type.. #, type #... yeah.. so creative.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 17-01-2010, 07:01:57
Hey, until the british named all our tanks for us (Thanks for that, though you guys chose some bad names.) we called them M3 Light Tank, M3 Medium Tank, M4 Medium Tank, etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-01-2010, 07:01:35
...try Shermans? Stuarts? Priests, Grants....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 17-01-2010, 07:01:47
Yeah... whatever, i'm still not a huge fan of their weaponry, I mean they can't even name they... it's just like Type.. #, type #... yeah.. so creative.
   who cares what its called? most weapons from the U.S. are M#A# and then the creators name possibly(or just the creators name), and the same is generally true with other nations too eg.British L85, G3, AK47, and so on
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-01-2010, 08:01:12
Yeah... whatever, i'm still not a huge fan of their weaponry, I mean they can't even name they... it's just like Type.. #, type #... yeah.. so creative.
   who cares what its called? most weapons from the U.S. are M#A# and then the creators name possibly(or just the creators name), and the same is generally true with other nations too eg.British L85, G3, AK47, and so on

Agreed.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/382840-4/gfhbfh_001)

Probably, my Favorite General of WW2.

Greim was invited by Hermann Göring in 1933 to help rebuild the German Air Force and in 1934 was nominated for the command of the first school of fighter pilots. In 1938 he assumed command of the department of research techniques in the Luftwaffe. Greim would be involved in the Battle of Britain, and Operation Barbarossa. Hitler awarded Greim with the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, which made him the most highly decorated pilot in the two World Wars. When the Soviet forces had reached Berlin and the Reich was all but doomed, Greim tried to convince Hitler to flee Berlin with him. Hitler refused but promoted Greim to Generalfeldmarschall, making him the last German officer to achieve the rank of Field Marshal. Hitler also made Greim head of the Luftwaffe, dismissing Göring for treason. Wounded from his landing in Berlin, Greim was still able to leave the city and was later captured by American soldiers on the day of the surrender of the Third Reich. Greim, however was to be part of a Soviet-American prisoner exchange program and fearing execution, and torture at the hands of the Soviets committed suicide on May 24, 1945. His final words before taking potassium cyanide were: "I am the head of the Luftwaffe but I have no Luftwaffe."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 17-01-2010, 08:01:46
...try Shermans? Stuarts? Priests, Grants....

I know the British named the M3 medium Grant/Lee based on whether the secondary turret had a 37mm or 30cal, and the Priest was named by the british because the 50cal position reminded them of a pulpit. I'm not sure when we picked up the habit, but I seem to remember that the Sherman and Stuart were also named by the British. The civil war was heavily studied in british military colleges as the last great example of cavalry tactics pre ww2, iirc, and so the officers were well known. Grant was the Commander of the union army at the end of the war, Lee the competent and beloved head of the confederate army throughout the war, Sherman was the union general famous for inventing the concept of total war and for decimating the south in his march to the sea (and for giving trees neckties), and Jeb Stuart was a confederate cavalry general.

We named vehicles after later generals, even though most of the good civil war generals were unclaimed and the British chose mediocre generals to name tanks with (Jackson and Lee being the exceptions.) They never named a tank after Hancock (the Superb) or Chamberlain!(he's the guy with the blond walrus mustache) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6VgTDmLGwM&feature=related) Chamberlain is a certifiable badass; he received theological training; went to Bowdoin college and ended up teaching every non-math or science course, took a two year break to join the Union Army, with no training became a lt.-colonel (he could have been a full one but he declined it), rose to the rank or Major-General before the war ended, won the medal of honor for fighting until his regiment had nothing left to shoot and then leading a bayonet charge against superior forces, left the army to become Governor of Maine for 4 terms and then president of Bowdoin college.

On the other hand, Grant, who got a tank named after him, won battles with superior forces even while drunk, which was constantly. Sherman, who also got a tank named for him, pillaged, looted, and burned crops, while fending off smaller armies, in order to weaken the south.

Hancock got no tank named after him. He was also called "The Superb" and personally accepted the surrender of Robert E Lee.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-01-2010, 08:01:09
Hancock, Chamberlain, Sedgewick, Ames, Reynolds, Thomas, Schofield, Slocum, Logan, "Baldy" Smith, Porter, McClellan (highly underrated, considering he never lost a battle, though he indeed lost the campaigns from his timidness.  He still was a brilliant tactical commander, just never grasped stratigic thinking....)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-01-2010, 08:01:32
And how About Bradley?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-01-2010, 13:01:28
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=83633&d=1256503580)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 17-01-2010, 13:01:16
(http://storage.kennispuntmei1940.nl/images/woh/foto/normal/fokker_T9_001.jpg)
Look at this beauty !

A fokker T-9 bomber, This was the last bomber made by Fokker before the start of world war 2.
It was the first full metal bomber made by Fokker and had a weight of 11.2 tons.
The plane was build to replace the Glenn Martin Mod. 139 in use by the KNIL.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-01-2010, 13:01:51
This thread would suck if it wasn't for men like you and me, Invincible.

And yes, beautiful plane!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-01-2010, 13:01:02
Inside a Tiger tank, gunner working place  :P

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/03_tiger_interni.jpg)

Ouch. I guess that gives quite a big punch when your roof is being opened like a tincan. Cabriolet, anyone?

(http://i33.tinypic.com/2gtulq1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-01-2010, 14:01:58
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5606/vsberlin14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 17-01-2010, 18:01:27
(http://www.afrikakorps.org/_photos/PzSflII/PzSflII-1NA.jpg)
Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II in North-Africa, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-01-2010, 20:01:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/382959-2/Dow__dca+OK+V+Krak__w+gen)

Gen.Jerzy Narbut -Łuczyński is reading the map in Rzeszów,during the war games.Autumn 1938.Around him military attache from Germany,France and other countries.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-01-2010, 20:01:56
(http://www.afrikakorps.org/_photos/PzSflII/PzSflII-1NA.jpg)
Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II in North-Africa, 1942.
Boss.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 17-01-2010, 20:01:39
One funky looking vehicle right there. Too bad only two ere built. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-01-2010, 20:01:37
They also had this 7.62cm self propelled Gun called the "Diana". I think they had 4 of those.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 17-01-2010, 20:01:01
Germans with a captured M2 50 cal in the Ardennes:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/Germanwith50.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-01-2010, 22:01:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/36440-7/ww2+Fr25mm_at_sa37_gun_926)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 17-01-2010, 22:01:16
(http://)
haha rawhide you are badass you know that! haha sneaky bastard.

Anyways I finaly found out that the Dutch army DID used Douglas DB-7 Boston bombers against the Japanese invasion in 1941. also they flown with orange triangles. This for me Is one rare photo witch i found in the NIOD database!
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9632/48552hi.jpg)
I only cant see what kind of markings/spots that are on the underside of the wings.
Probably painted over US or British markings.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-01-2010, 22:01:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/36440-7/ww2+Fr25mm_at_sa37_gun_926)
When was this taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 17-01-2010, 22:01:46
When was this taken?

Most likely 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-01-2010, 22:01:18
That's what I figured, I though it was a 17 pounder gun at first but I looked more closely.  I love French uniforms.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-01-2010, 22:01:38
They also had this 7.62cm self propelled Gun called the "Diana". I think they had 4 of those.

Looks like 9 altogether.

(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7400/605th.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 18-01-2010, 02:01:37
we need one of those on Gazala!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-01-2010, 02:01:50
I'd like to see the Panzerjager 1 first...much more common, good for Africa, Greece, AND Normandy  ;D

Just like that Panzer 1 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-01-2010, 02:01:41
(http://www.japanfocus.org/data/j.soldier.oiltanks.jpg)

A Japanese soldier outside oil tanks near Jakarta destroyed by Dutch forces in March 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 18-01-2010, 07:01:28
Abandoned Turan hungarian medium tank
(http://uberkarabas.users.photofile.ru/photo/uberkarabas/96304440/114214361.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 18-01-2010, 09:01:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/36440-7/ww2+Fr25mm_at_sa37_gun_926)

French SA34 25mm AT gun ?


edit: yes while quiting i can read the picture name ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-01-2010, 09:01:26
No, improved version. SA Mle 37, look at the weird round thing on the end of the barrel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 18-01-2010, 09:01:17
lol 25mm antitank gun? really now frenchies?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 18-01-2010, 11:01:15
in the R.U.S.E. beta i shot up king tigers with that thing :D
(although that game is FAR away from realism, mostly it just uses "fancy" weapon names and their prime function and then balances stuff to its needs)

but the gun has very high velocity making it perform much better than the caliber lets you think

SA Mle 25mm    918 m/s french
pak 36 37mm       762 m/s german
2pdr 40mm            792 m/s british
M3 gun 37mm      884 m/s american
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-01-2010, 12:01:07
lol 25mm antitank gun? really now frenchies?
Still eats Panzer I's, Panzer II's and early Panzer III-IV's for breakfast. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 18-01-2010, 12:01:05
Yesterday I was by coincidence Trying to find out If the dutch Anti-tank guns where any goods.
I read story's that the German's didn't used any tanks at the Grebbelinie (dutch main defense) because we had very well anti-tank guns, and allot of them where place around that area. Also in test It came out better than the German PAK 36. Then I saw your list witch is really us full!

SA Mle 25mm    918 m/s French
pak 36 37mm       762 m/s German
2pdr 40mm            792 m/s British
M3 gun 37mm      884 m/s American
PAG 47 mm         660 m/s Dutch

47 mm with a 660 m/s ain't that bad i think..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 18-01-2010, 14:01:04
wow you even corrected my typos ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-01-2010, 17:01:30
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/26510-6/Sans+titre-Num__risation-01)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-01-2010, 17:01:01
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-01-2010, 17:01:42
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8991/37mmsa18andcoaxialmgdis.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-01-2010, 19:01:39
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Ow...he did asked about it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-01-2010, 19:01:44
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Ow...he did asked about it?
I remember reading somewhere, that when Hitler was visiting that gun with other high-ranking people, including Guderian, Hitler asked him if those guns could be used in AT role. Guderians answer was simple "no" with a possible *facepalm* involved.

Or perhaps something completely different, I can't remember. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 18-01-2010, 19:01:09
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Ow...he did asked about it?
I remember reading somewhere, that when Hitler was visiting that gun with other high-ranking people, including Guderian, Hitler asked him if those guns could be used in AT role. Guderians answer was simple "no" with a possible *facepalm* involved.

Or perhaps something completely different, I can't remember. :P
lol

see, Hitler was crazy...
knew all about his politics, but when it came to anything military...oh dear. I can imagine him firing a rifle, and then looking in chamber and exclaiming "Where's the bullet gone!?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-01-2010, 20:01:56
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52305&d=1186427577)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-01-2010, 20:01:10
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Ow...he did asked about it?
I remember reading somewhere, that when Hitler was visiting that gun with other high-ranking people, including Guderian, Hitler asked him if those guns could be used in AT role. Guderians answer was simple "no" with a possible *facepalm* involved.

Or perhaps something completely different, I can't remember. :P

That was a joke someone made here :P

But yeah Hitler actually fought in WW1 so i can see him firing a Rifle :P

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/384425-2/defiants264sqn1024)

Aircraft of RAF Fighter Command Squadron No. 264 (Madras Presidency). This was the "lead" squadron for the intorduction of the Boulton Paul Defiant fighter (shown here) in December 1939. The BWP was a result of a 1930s enthusiasm for fighters with their main armament located in a rotatable dorsal turret. This yielded some good results in the Battle of France, and in the Battle of Britain, when German fighters descending from the sun onto the backs of BPDs got a very unpleasant surprise as they dived into the gunfire of the dorsal turrets. However, the lesson was quickly learned that Defiants were vulnerable to attack from the front and below-front, where the Defiant suffered a hugh fire blind-spot. Heavy losses ensued. The Defiant was subsequently withdrawn to night-fighting duties. No. 264 Squadron was later re-equipped with De Havilland Mosquito two-engine fighters, operating mainly as night-fighters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 18-01-2010, 20:01:25
I read some S35 reports, and one of them was knocked out by a friendly 25mm. Frontally, it seemed. I think it was misidentified though, the hole looked huge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-01-2010, 20:01:24
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Ow...he did asked about it?
I remember reading somewhere, that when Hitler was visiting that gun with other high-ranking people, including Guderian, Hitler asked him if those guns could be used in AT role. Guderians answer was simple "no" with a possible *facepalm* involved.

Or perhaps something completely different, I can't remember. :P
lol

see, Hitler was crazy...
knew all about his politics, but when it came to anything military...oh dear. I can imagine him firing a rifle, and then looking in chamber and exclaiming "Where's the bullet gone!?"

Interestingly, according to Erich Hartmann (or was it Rall..) during the first years of Barbarossa Hiter knew even the smallest technical details of the Bf-109 fighter. Hartmann writes that he used to have long discussion about aeroplanes and technology when they met in awards ceremonies. But by the 1944 Hitler became rather delusional and started to live even more in his own little world and lost the grip on the technical side, as well as tactical and strategic scale.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-01-2010, 20:01:10
I read some S35 reports, and one of them was knocked out by a friendly 25mm. Frontally, it seemed. I think it was misidentified though, the hole looked huge.
The one with the giant hole in the turret? Seen alot of pictures about that particular S35. If I look at the hole I simply swear a FlaK 18 did that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 18-01-2010, 20:01:54
Hitler at the Schwere Gustav
Yes, he is planning to make an anti-tank version of it

IIRC, he asked Guderian about it. Guderian said just: "No."
Ow...he did asked about it?
I remember reading somewhere, that when Hitler was visiting that gun with other high-ranking people, including Guderian, Hitler asked him if those guns could be used in AT role. Guderians answer was simple "no" with a possible *facepalm* involved.

Or perhaps something completely different, I can't remember. :P
lol

see, Hitler was crazy...
knew all about his politics, but when it came to anything military...oh dear. I can imagine him firing a rifle, and then looking in chamber and exclaiming "Where's the bullet gone!?"

Interestingly, according to Erich Hartmann (or was it Rall..) during the first years of Barbarossa Hiter knew even the smallest technical details of the Bf-109 fighter. Hartmann writes that he used to have long discussion about aeroplanes and technology when they met in awards ceremonies. But by the 1944 Hitler became rather delusional and started to live even more in his own little world and lost the grip on the technical side, as well as tactical and strategic scale.
It is interesting, he knows all this stuff, and by no means was a stupid man, but at times he was indeed completley delusional.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 18-01-2010, 20:01:56
I read some S35 reports, and one of them was knocked out by a friendly 25mm. Frontally, it seemed. I think it was misidentified though, the hole looked huge.
The one with the giant hole in the turret? Seen alot of pictures about that particular S35. If I look at the hole I simply swear a FlaK 18 did that.

No, near the right track.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 19-01-2010, 00:01:49
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52305&d=1186427577)

Otto Skorzeny, dubbed the most dangerous man in Europe by Eisenhower. Its actually why I picked my avatar, plus the sexy Fallschirmjager. He was a very admirable man indeed.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/fallchirmager_sketch-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 19-01-2010, 00:01:03
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7069/18273393204e40624575b.jpg) (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/18273393204e40624575b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 19-01-2010, 19:01:51
"He was a very admirable man indeed"

Are you serious?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-01-2010, 19:01:31
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=105032&d=1263810809)

Quote
Soldiers of the NOVJ attacking building number 167 in the King Alexander Boulevard, october 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 19-01-2010, 19:01:19
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52305&d=1186427577)

Otto Skorzeny, dubbed the most dangerous man in Europe by Eisenhower. Its actually why I picked my avatar, plus the sexy Fallschirmjager. He was a very admirable man indeed.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/fallchirmager_sketch-1.jpg)



Some kind of nazi fanboy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 19-01-2010, 19:01:12
Isn't that pretty obvious by now? :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 19-01-2010, 19:01:09
Isn't that pretty obvious by now? :p

You should research what he did; he wasnt a war criminal; althoug like most high ranking Waffen SS officials were convicted; he was freed by the allies. He was also behind Operation Greif and the rescue operation of Mussolini along other military achievements; he didnt do nothing wrong nor was he accused of crimes against the humanity.

Remember that not every Waffen SS member was a nazi; just like my grandfather, a single MG42 gunner.

Some kind of nazi fanboy?

You can admire people depending of their actions in the war; just like for example I find that Rommel was for me the best general of Germany at that time, or that I found Skorzeny to be like a commando commander, and he was good at what he did.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-01-2010, 20:01:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg)

Troops take shelter near an M10 Wolverine tank destroyer - 6 June 1944


w00t 200th page
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-01-2010, 20:01:15
Germany fanboy then. You simply seem to like Germany a bit too much. Avatar: SS Signature: SS general likings: WW2 Germany/SS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 19-01-2010, 20:01:38
Germany fanboy then. You simply seem to like Germany a bit too much. Avatar: SS Signature: SS general likings: WW2 Germany/SS.

Not really; some people dont see the difference between military actions and war atrocities. Should I purge members who use communism avatars or sigs because actually the communist regime in China, North Korea and USSR killed more people together than in WW2? So no; I have just a respect for the "combat actions" only; it doenst get past that.

Anyway back on topic.

Panther loader:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/4kmsz60.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2010, 20:01:17
Then why do you have a SS Sig, SS Avatar and a SS Message? i dont get it? because of your granfather? Nah, if your Granfather dindnt wanted to join the SS or do that Mistake, why do you insist?.

My Father served in the Argentine Army and i dont have Argentine sig, avatar, etc, because i really dont care, my Grandfather was persecuted by the Franco Spanish Goverment and i dont have Spanish Republican sig avatar etc...

And why some people has USSR Sigs, etc? ask Desertfox, he told me that he Supports the Communist Economy, Marx, and dont come saying "Yeah but the Russians killed blah blah" in that case, i would call you a F Nazi since you are basically defending them.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/338033-1/vkisbarnaki+farkas+ferenc)

Vitéz Kisbarnaki Farkas Ferenc

Heres what he did in WW2...

Quote
In 1943 Farkas assumed command of the Hungarian Sixth Army, which had been garrisoned at Debrecen. During March 1944, Regent Miklós Horthy first set in motion plans for a new Hungarian government loyal to the Allies, but the effort was forestalled after German pressure by Edmund Veesenmayer, Hitler's personal emissary in Hungary. Ferenc Farkas was to have been minister of cultural affairs.[8] In July 1944 he replaced General Károly Beregfy, an Arrow Cross Party member, and under Farkas' the Hungarian VI Army Corps beat back a Red Army attack across the Carpathian mountains, employing brutal methods to keep the Red Army from advancing.[9] He became known as the heroic defender of the Tatár Pass in the Carpathian Mountains
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 19-01-2010, 21:01:20
Then why do you have a SS Sig, SS Avatar and a SS Message? i dont get it? because of your granfather? Nah, if your Granfather dindnt wanted to join the SS or do that Mistake, why do you insist?.

Different point of views; however Im not nazi nor I support their ideals. Im tired of answering the bashing, each to their own. So please guys go back into topic; and actually my sig is just there because the Das Reich was one of the most elite panzerdivisions, and my grand father was part of that division; however I only support their combat actions only, just like in the Eastern Front.

So again back into topic.

MG34 team keeps their eyes on the horizon, Eastern Front 1941.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/1_046.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-01-2010, 22:01:19
Common guys we got tons of german photos now, bring in some variaty ffs  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-01-2010, 22:01:41
Das Reich was also the division that murdered countless French civilians on the way to Normandy, followed up by Oradour-sur-Glane...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 19-01-2010, 22:01:40
"He was a very admirable man indeed"

Are you serious?  :o

I had post my picture and say nothing about your sentence, but i see i'm not alone to think that. I think you know my point of view about you. I don't how say that in english but i can say it in french, "savoir vivre". Learn to live with others, wear with proud this signs are just for me a lack of respect.
Think about what you show in public.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 19-01-2010, 22:01:12
Das Reich was also the division that murdered countless French civilians on the way to Normandy, followed up by Oradour-sur-Glane...

And the NKVD was responsible for millions of murders, I only said I supported "combact actions" nothing else.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-01-2010, 00:01:30
Junkers 290

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/384690-1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-2472_2C_Flugzeug_Junkers_Ju_290_A-7)

The candidate for "Amerika Bomber" by Junkers.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 20-01-2010, 01:01:15
Das Reich was also the division that murdered countless French civilians on the way to Normandy, followed up by Oradour-sur-Glane...

And the NKVD was responsible for millions of murders, I only said I supported "combact actions" nothing else.
NKVD is literally the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, and not military really....and by saying that you are defending Das Reich's actions in a way....I would also like to note that China, the Soviet Union and North Korea really aren't communist per Karl Marx.

(http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/06f214610/en/fixed/470/347/Carrier_shokaku.jpg)



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Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (Shokaku distinguisable from the white band on the fuselage just ahead of the tail) to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Plane in the foreground is a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. This is probably the launch of the second attack wave.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-01-2010, 03:01:23
Nope, they're just what communism IS.

Fantasy worlds written in books don't stack up to fact.  ::)

Also:

(http://www.history.jp/images/RK-Drohlshage-1.jpg)

Knights Cross Awards ceremony for one Leutnant Drohlshagen of the 6th Panzer Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-01-2010, 03:01:03
(http://www.nigelperrin.com/as%20maquis%20dordogne.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-01-2010, 03:01:54
NKVD is literally the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, and not military really....and by saying that you are defending Das Reich's actions in a way....I would also like to note that China, the Soviet Union and North Korea really aren't communist per Karl Marx.

Yeah I know; its because what Karl Marx wanted, cant be really done. Communism didnt go as planned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 20-01-2010, 03:01:47
Nope, they're just what communism IS.

Fantasy worlds written in books don't stack up to fact.  
There's a huge difference in Communism and what they were.  The main problem I can see is that these people have given communism a bad name and said they were practicing it but are truly not. Because  of this, we run into the misconception of what is what, so no it's not what communism is in any way, shape, or form. Will we ever get communism maybe not or even most likely not, but we can still strive for getting better to change what we can to make things less of a fantasy.


Yeah I know; its because what Karl Marx wanted, cant be really done. Communism didnt go as planned.
I wouldn't say it can't be done, but I will say that things didn't go as planned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-01-2010, 08:01:59
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/fisherwy/RysnCxHS8YI/AAAAAAAAKmc/kkr1ruRKIMA/enola+gay+B29+bomber%5B2%5D.jpg)
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The Crew of the Enola Gay, the plane that would drop the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

P.s. 3,000th reply  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 20-01-2010, 08:01:26
Real men have the balls to wear short-shorts around dangerous radiation! (dont keep those balls for long, ofc, but...)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 20-01-2010, 08:01:11
IIRC, most of those boys committed suicide after that mission... and one of the pilots just died recently.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-01-2010, 08:01:06
IIRC, most of those boys committed suicide after that mission... and one of the pilots just died recently.
Nope :/ Can't find anything about it, though I was able to check half the crew.

Pilot died in 2007, natural causes.
One died in 1982, natural causes.
One died in 2000, natural causes.
One died in 1952, natural causes = heart attack.
Some are still alive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 20-01-2010, 08:01:41
Well, the pilot I had correct... wow, 3 years ago, I member when he died... :'( maybe it was the Other B-29, which dropped, the other Atomic bomb.. forgive me for forgetting the names lol.. it's 2:53 A.M. I'm tired.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 20-01-2010, 12:01:19
i just finished watching  "The World at War"  documentary from 1974 by the BBC.

one of the last episodes covers the atomic bomb with interviews of the pilot, diplomats on all sides (usa, uk, ussr, japan).

very interesting. i must admit from all the ww2 documentaries  "The world at war" stands out. covering almost he whole war in 26 episodes.
from poland to the lowlands & france, russia, italy, africa pazific, burma, china.
they have interviews with dönitz and other "big" figures of that time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 20-01-2010, 13:01:58
Well, the pilot I had correct... wow, 3 years ago, I member when he died... :'( maybe it was the Other B-29, which dropped, the other Atomic bomb.. forgive me for forgetting the names lol.. it's 2:53 A.M. I'm tired.

Aint no rest for the wicked. Captain Fred Bock. The aircraft was named "Bock's Car" (a play on the word "boxcar") and dropped the plutonium implosion bomb "Fat Man".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-01-2010, 14:01:33
Remember that not every Waffen SS member was a nazi; just like my grandfather, a single MG42 gunner.

Not all the waffenss has their nsdap card but there are still pro nazi by ideology(and then nazi because the waffen ss received political class, it was part of the job). Only a few really germanic waffen ss were opportunist (contrary to foreign volunteers who expect to favors after the war)

It's interresting, because from what you told us your familly is venezuelan with germanic ancestors.
If your grandfather had the german nationality, he would have been enlist in the wehrmacht then the ss.
If not, he directly volunteers to join the ss as a volksdeutsche in 1939.
In both case, it's difficult to say that he wasn't a active pro-pro-nazi/nazi whereas at the end he end up in the "das reich".
Your grand father perhaps had regretted doing this choice but if we read you (and see your ss fanboyism) it could be the contrary.

Also difficult to find Sorkenzy admirable. He was a pure nazi and the rest of his life show us that.
About his history, it's rather nazi propaganda, his "greatest" operation wasn't really great success (pick-up mussolini without fights, missed tito, send germans to a certain death during operation greif - not sure they were totally aware they were sacrificed).


You must be young for being so foolish. I just hope you won't fall in the extreme right wings party because i've seen some people filled with these crappy biased idea doing the next step.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 20-01-2010, 16:01:56
Nope, they're just what communism IS.

Fantasy worlds written in books don't stack up to fact.  ::)


Tunnel vision anyone? Communism is an ideology.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-01-2010, 17:01:38

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Unditch1.jpg)

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A New Zealand-crewed LRDG truck (equipped with a Lewis Gun) is un-ditched from the sand, c.1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-01-2010, 17:01:40
Remember that not every Waffen SS member was a nazi; just like my grandfather, a single MG42 gunner.

Not all the waffenss has their nsdap card but there are still pro nazi by ideology(and then nazi because the waffen ss received political class, it was part of the job). Only a few really germanic waffen ss were opportunist (contrary to foreign volunteers who expect to favors after the war)

It's interresting, because from what you told us your familly is venezuelan with germanic ancestors.
If your grandfather had the german nationality, he would have been enlist in the wehrmacht then the ss.
If not, he directly volunteers to join the ss as a volksdeutsche in 1939.
In both case, it's difficult to say that he wasn't a active pro-pro-nazi/nazi whereas at the end he end up in the "das reich".
Your grand father perhaps had regretted doing this choice but if we read you (and see your ss fanboyism) it could be the contrary.

Also difficult to find Sorkenzy admirable. He was a pure nazi and the rest of his life show us that.
About his history, it's rather nazi propaganda, his "greatest" operation wasn't really great success (pick-up mussolini without fights, missed tito, send germans to a certain death during operation greif - not sure they were totally aware they were sacrificed).


You must be young for being so foolish. I just hope you won't fall in the extreme right wings party because i've seen some people filled with these crappy biased idea doing the next step.

Dont worry I know myself and I dont endorse or agree with nazi ideology, nor I have ever myself being involved in such things. I said that I only respected their combat actions and nothing else. As for Sorkenzy; true, he was a nazi at heart but I respect his actions in this war and he didnt commit a single war crime or such. And yes my grand father regretted much his choice to even join the war, but well, he is resting in peace now; let it be that way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-01-2010, 00:01:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/384830-2/PICT4296)

A Marine next to a wrecked Jap tank. Iwo Jima - March 10, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2010, 15:01:15
(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1882/amd178aed.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-01-2010, 16:01:59
Nice mix. Germans with Russian tank outfits and French vehicles?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-01-2010, 19:01:37
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/ak_1.jpg)

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DAK column on the move including captured American M3 Hafltracks, Jeeps and other captured Allied trucks and cars.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-01-2010, 20:01:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/385006-2/vehicle_sdkfz251_100)

Column of Pz1 and Pz2, looking a bit stuck in Poland, September 1939. A German general in the SdKfz. 251 to the right of the 'photo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 22-01-2010, 11:01:28
(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/664/7482582636b014793cbb.jpg) (http://img686.imageshack.us/i/7482582636b014793cbb.jpg/)

Raketenwerfer 43 / Püppchen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 22-01-2010, 13:01:50
What is that thing, a single-tube nebelwerfer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 22-01-2010, 13:01:04
(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/664/7482582636b014793cbb.jpg) (http://img686.imageshack.us/i/7482582636b014793cbb.jpg/)

Raketenwerfer 43 / Püppchen

panzerschreck on wheels eh ?

wiki says it uses same ammo as panzerschreck but due to the stabilization of the carrige the range was up to 350m
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 22-01-2010, 14:01:50
- 180m-700m
- 140m/s
- 100kg
- 88mm rocket (same as panzershreck i think).

That could be awesome to have it in game  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-01-2010, 18:01:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Shanghai1937IJA_ruins.jpg)
Japanese in the ruins of Shanghai, 1937
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-01-2010, 19:01:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/331887-2/11f9cf67e26g214)

chinese soldier using Czech ZB vz. 26 light machine gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 23-01-2010, 01:01:04
Raketenwerfer = Cool.

And yes the Panzerschreck round penetrates 88mm  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-01-2010, 04:01:01
No....it had the same penetration as the faust...200mm or so....=/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2010, 04:01:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/updates?g2_itemId=385803)

A machine gun crew watches for Japs to run from a burning house. Okinawa - April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2010, 09:01:54
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5593/pic0001p.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-01-2010, 12:01:08
MP38, sexy..

Who are they? Partisans? Their hats remind me of Soviet Naval Infantry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 23-01-2010, 17:01:00
MP38, sexy..

Who are they? Partisans? Their hats remind me of Soviet Naval Infantry.

Looks like the soviet naval infantry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-01-2010, 20:01:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Shanghai1937IJA_gas.jpg)

Japanese soldiers in gas attacks, Shanghai 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2010, 20:01:57
^ Every time i heard "Japanese Soldiers taking Cover during Gas Attack in Shanghai...", for me, it just means "Japanese Soldiers during a Gas Attack on Chinese Civilians"

@Seth: Provide us some Information man, i only see a couple of rare dudes with SMGs and thats all i know..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/386493-2/Zaj__cie+Zaolzia+-+wkroczenie+wojsk+polskich+do+Bogumina)

German officers on the bridge in Bogumin (Zaolzie) 1938

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2010, 21:01:59
it's not very difficult to identify them.
They are soviet naval infantry with ppsh 41,mp38 and ppd40.

if people can't identify them, they have to search over internet.
It's also part of the thread to search and learn.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2010, 21:01:35
But is not that pic only, every pic you post here comes without information.

i dont want to spend all the day search all over the internet for a single picture when you can Copy-Paste its information.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-01-2010, 21:01:49
I like searching about it, sharpens the mind, plus you learn alot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 24-01-2010, 08:01:33
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9035/tour.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-01-2010, 11:01:49
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/matilda.jpg)
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Captured British Mark II Matilda, which was used by
the 5th Panzer Regiment of 21st Panzer Division in North Africa.
It was later on recaptured by British forces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-01-2010, 14:01:42
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9035/tour.jpg)

Sorry, ain't got the time to post a pic, but that is great satire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-01-2010, 14:01:43
training for the great retreat of 1944 :P


(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1843/75mmschneidergunporteet.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 24-01-2010, 18:01:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-734-0019-15%2C_Russland-Nord%2C_Soldaten_mit_Raketen-Panzer-B%C3%BCchse.jpg)

Estonian SS-volunteers with Panzerschreck, August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2010, 19:01:58
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/matilda.jpg)
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Captured British Mark II Matilda, which was used by
the 5th Panzer Regiment of 21st Panzer Division in North Africa.
It was later on recaptured by British forces.
Their was one British Valentine tank, who switched owners 5 times during the war. I believe it is still preserved.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-01-2010, 21:01:04
training for the great retreat of 1944 :P


(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1843/75mmschneidergunporteet.jpg)

Isnt that on Bir Hakeim? where the French had improvised Tank Destroyers like that?


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/386572-2/kfr__vnft)
A Wehrmacht soldier equipped with an MP 40 in 1944 january - february. He is distinguished with the Iron Cross (1st or 2nd Class), and with the Close Combat Clasp (the pictur suggests the Gold Class), for participating in 50 days of close combat or hand to hand fighting.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2010, 21:01:52
Probably not Gold Class, as only around 450 were ever awarded, usually with a Knight's Cross along with it....  It looks like a silver to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-01-2010, 22:01:49
Other "Sources" says it was Bronze, but it should be way more darker.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2010, 22:01:44
Yeah, the bronze award is very, ah, dull, it wouldn't be all shiny.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 25-01-2010, 02:01:06
it's not very difficult to identify them.
They are soviet naval infantry with ppsh 41,mp38 and ppd40.

if people can't identify them, they have to search over internet.
It's also part of the thread to search and learn.

Please just post the info. Not many of us have the time to search for info on a picture, especially if we don't know what's in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-01-2010, 12:01:07
Sigh, don't post the info with the picture Seth. Just do it as always, post a picture, let us guess and later on post what it is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-01-2010, 12:01:34
training for the great retreat of 1944 :P


(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1843/75mmschneidergunporteet.jpg)

Isnt that on Bir Hakeim? where the French had improvised Tank Destroyers like that?



Not sure if it is really at bir hakeim but they are certainly 13rd french foreign legion half-brigade.
About putting a 75 on a truck, it was already tested during the campaign of france. It's a way to transport it and use it in the hurry.


(http://forum.valka.cz/files/cdm_193.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-01-2010, 12:01:23
Italians also tried AT guns on lorries but their concept failed. I think they took too heavy cumbersome guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 25-01-2010, 21:01:43
That pic looks interesting. Wonder what's going on.  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-01-2010, 21:01:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387022-1/streikus1_199)

Lithuanians in the SS
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 25-01-2010, 23:01:41
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7739/85242086201271475c5b.jpg) (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/85242086201271475c5b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-01-2010, 00:01:28
Ohhh, 29th Infantry Division!  I just finished reading Beyond the Beachhead, on the division in Normandy.  Incredible stories of the fighting in the hedgerows...poor bastards were butchered...whole battalions being ambushed and destroyed by the 352nd and the FJ....  Ended up pushing forward despite the odds though, and were the ones to capture St. Lo.

Note the lettering on the front, "Let's Go", the motto of the division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-01-2010, 10:01:42
Great picture, Fuzz.



(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/sdkfz41_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-01-2010, 21:01:55
germans having some fun  ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387770-2/soldados_alemaes_se_divertindo_08)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 26-01-2010, 21:01:23
This one was posted on the old forums finnaly found it back.

(http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/wasntmenl/eyes_of_a_soldier_by_Psychobluevamp.jpg)

Its just in his eyes that you think this guy is tottaly mental.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 26-01-2010, 23:01:52
Just a awesome picture!  :o
That reminds me this famous picture.
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/585/zoomfilleafghanemccurry.jpg) (http://img407.imageshack.us/i/zoomfilleafghanemccurry.jpg/)

A similar picture.

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3147/141279511952260b1033b.jpg) (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/141279511952260b1033b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 27-01-2010, 03:01:12
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7739/85242086201271475c5b.jpg) (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/85242086201271475c5b.jpg/)


What kind of vehicle is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 27-01-2010, 04:01:42
Not sure, but stuart reece ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 27-01-2010, 04:01:25
Nope, it's a Studabaker M-29C Weasel...Nice little amphib.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-01-2010, 08:01:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387843-2/KW+POLEN+INFERNO)

Poland, 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-01-2010, 11:01:46
Nope, it's a Studabaker M-29C Weasel...Nice little amphib.

Didnt they have a self distruct build in them? Anyone has an idea how it worked? I love the Weasel tough, could go everywhere:p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-01-2010, 11:01:44
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4923/30908.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-01-2010, 13:01:53
"Look mom, we found this in Africa so we brought it with us."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tedacious on 27-01-2010, 13:01:17
The Enola Gay on its way towards Hiroshima

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/35/20091101220358!South_Park%27s_Enola_Gay.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 27-01-2010, 14:01:04
The Enola Gay on its way towards Hiroshima

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/35/20091101220358!South_Park%27s_Enola_Gay.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwNvIM2W9Aw&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwNvIM2W9Aw&feature=related)
i laughed so hard while watching that episode
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-01-2010, 15:01:07
"Look mom, we found this in Africa so we brought it with us."
Mutter! Zhie am back from sie Afrika Front! You'll never guess what zhy have captured!
""Schon! You got me Nice silverware?A tea set?Captured Brittish Tea?Zha beautifull Jeep for groceries?""
Euhm....Ja something like zhat!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 27-01-2010, 17:01:38
The Enola Gay on its way towards Hiroshima

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/35/20091101220358!South_Park%27s_Enola_Gay.jpg)

FUCK YOU DOLPHIN! FUCK YOU WHALE!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-01-2010, 18:01:52
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/churef.jpg)

Quote
Soviet Churchill heavy tank captured by the 2nd SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Das Reich" during fighting at Kursk, July of 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 27-01-2010, 18:01:24
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/tellermineum9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-01-2010, 21:01:39
Rommel who just found the thieves of his personal VW

(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/ostfront-photos-ww2-pictures/48225d1248887858t-funny-german-soldier-227327.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 27-01-2010, 21:01:39
Nope, it's a Studabaker M-29C Weasel...Nice little amphib.

Didnt they have a self distruct build in them? Anyone has an idea how it worked? I love the Weasel tough, could go everywhere:p

I don't believe so...nothing I heard of at least. I know many aircraft had this feature. Especailly the P-51, so it wouldn't be comprimised if it crashed behind enemy lines, and yes, the Weasel was a nice vehicle that could go anywhere.  :) Unfortunally there are very few floaters left   :( ... If you can find one with the swim tanks and side plates expect to pay near $40,000 for one in nice shape here in the USA.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-01-2010, 21:01:35
Nope, it's a Studabaker M-29C Weasel...Nice little amphib.

Didnt they have a self distruct build in them? Anyone has an idea how it worked? I love the Weasel tough, could go everywhere:p

I don't believe so...nothing I heard of at least. I know many aircraft had this feature. Especailly the P-51, so it wouldn't be comprimised if it crashed behind enemy lines, and yes, the Weasel was a nice vehicle that could go anywhere.  :) Unfortunally there are very few floaters left   :( ... If you can find one with the swim tanks and side plates expect to pay near $40,000 for one in nice shape here in the USA.

Well, it was on the informationplate in a museum that had a weasel. So it is probably true, altough i have found mistakes on those inforboards in the past, but this just seems to big of an error to be wrong. Anyway, thanks for the input :)

EDIT: Just did a quick google, found out there was a special compartment near the engine and transmission to put a stick of tnt and detinator in to blow it up in case of ... Tough i have my doubds that that tnt would have been in there during normal operations, i for sure woulnd drive it with an armed bomb in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 27-01-2010, 21:01:26
Nope, it's a Studabaker M-29C Weasel...Nice little amphib.

Didnt they have a self distruct build in them? Anyone has an idea how it worked? I love the Weasel tough, could go everywhere:p

I don't believe so...nothing I heard of at least. I know many aircraft had this feature. Especailly the P-51, so it wouldn't be comprimised if it crashed behind enemy lines, and yes, the Weasel was a nice vehicle that could go anywhere.  :) Unfortunally there are very few floaters left   :( ... If you can find one with the swim tanks and side plates expect to pay near $40,000 for one in nice shape here in the USA.

Well, it was on the informationplate in a museum that had a weasel. So it is probably true, altough i have found mistakes on those inforboards in the past, but this just seems to big of an error to be wrong. Anyway, thanks for the input :)

That's intresting...I havn't been too into the weasel too much anymore simply because they too much for my wallet at the moment, but i've never came across that before, i'm curious to hear more about it. Feel free to PM me if you find out more....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 27-01-2010, 23:01:13
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3690/breda.jpg)
Dutch marines practicing with a  M30 Light crappy machine gun.
These weapons where captured by British troops in Africa, and transported to the pacific theater where the Dutch forces urgent needed more Machine guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-01-2010, 00:01:06
Dutch- Yes we need machineguns for the KNIL

UK- Really? well i have some on Reserve..

Dutch- Cool! Eh Boys! We are getting Brens!

UK- Who said.. "Brens", unload the Bredas please...

Dutch- Nee!

Nee means No?

Finally i found this pic!

I have it in a book.. but yeah, let me guess, when the german soldier tries to throw that Grenade, he gets shot or hes simply falling?

Anyways, German soldiers during the Invasion of Poland.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/388342-2/KW+++++++HH)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 28-01-2010, 01:01:59
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/cochedelpueblo1mp.jpg)

The perfect camouflage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-01-2010, 02:01:11
Lafette Raft of Death...I need this ingame  ;D

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6233/yhst7361169344128420881.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-01-2010, 03:01:18
Well, anyone could model it :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 28-01-2010, 04:01:38
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/ww2Steveypost-1128785175.jpg)

Mein fuhrer!! Das Luftwaffe monkeys just arrived to save the war!

Quick!!! To the ME262!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-01-2010, 13:01:37
We should be glad that Germany used its remaining war resources on manufacturing little uniforms for adorable apes instead on the nuclear bomb.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-01-2010, 14:01:21
"Mein Führer, we have 2 priority project we need you to pick one to be continued."

- Nucleair Bomb

- Adorable Apes in Uniforms
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Adee on 28-01-2010, 15:01:37
I have it in a book.. but yeah, let me guess, when the german soldier tries to throw that Grenade, he gets shot or hes simply falling?

Anyways, German soldiers during the Invasion of Poland.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/388342-2/KW+++++++HH)

I think he is carrying an Olympic flame  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-01-2010, 15:01:58
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1245/uefb10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-01-2010, 17:01:08
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/pz3vil_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-01-2010, 18:01:59
jesus christ always german photos!


How bout using some allied photos, so that other people can use german ones withouth feeling guilty :(

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/11291-5/depth-charges.jpg)

U 175 being sunk by Dept charges
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 28-01-2010, 19:01:08
jesus christ always german photos!

Das the beauty of a german biased mod!

And german sheep begs to differ.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/sheepq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 28-01-2010, 19:01:40
jesus christ always german photos!


How bout using some allied photos, so that other people can use german ones withouth feeling guilty :(

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/11291-5/depth-charges.jpg)

U 175 being sunk by Dept charges

What a horrible way to go  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-01-2010, 20:01:56
"Mein Führer, we have 2 priority project we need you to pick one to be continued."

- Nucleair Bomb

- Adorable Apes in Uniforms

And dont forget about the "Die Glocke"  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-01-2010, 22:01:33
There was an article today about ship mascots telling the legend of 'Unsinkable Sam'. A cat called Oscar, who lived on the Bismarck and survived its sinking to be rescued by the HMS Cossack, which then sunk 5 month later. The cat survived and where brought onto the Ark Royal. Well, the Ark Royal sunk, of course, while the cat, known by now as Unsinkable Sam, survived again. The souce quotes already that Sam was 'annoyed but almost unharmed' when he was rescued after the Ark Royal capsized with a roll.

Go figure. ;D

(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/wolfgr/georginashawbaker_oscarthebismarcks.jpg)

(http://www.paulsquiz.com/images/stories/unsinkablesam.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-01-2010, 22:01:09
Hitler even sended 50 commando's to take him out as a mascot


Zhey all failed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-01-2010, 23:01:27
He's not "Unkillable Sam" so either Hitler's commandos were retarded or they tried to sink him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-01-2010, 23:01:30
A German scientist made the following calculations.

<Cat>

Cat>water = sad Cat

Cat>boat>explosives = boat down = Cat>water> sad Cat = easy kill!

Cat seemed to be water proof.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-01-2010, 23:01:39
Catz.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387675-2/db_Fishcake1)

Ginger's junior partner as Ship's Cat on HMS Hood. As he was photographed (therefore alive) in 1940, there is a definite possibility that he went down with his ship.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387652-2/115)

This is Ginger, senior Ship's Cat on HMS Hood in the 1930s. It is not known whether Ginger went down with the ship - probably unlikely, on grounds of age. His black-and-white companion, Fishcakes, is more likely to have felt the lash of the Bismarck - he was last photographed in 1940.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/388108-2/db_Ginger1)

A nice 'photo of Ginger, senior Ship's Cat aboard HMS Hood, in speculative mood.

Hoodz Catz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-01-2010, 12:01:40
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8822/russia10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 29-01-2010, 12:01:45
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2874168344_3136bd98f1_o.jpg)
Old bird in a modern photo. Just had to post it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-01-2010, 15:01:26
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8822/russia10.jpg)

Nice picture, do you have any more pics of that place?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-01-2010, 15:01:28
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5324/german10.jpg)
i don't think i've got more or it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-01-2010, 15:01:46

He's not "Unkillable Sam" so either Hitler's commandos were retarded or they tried to sink him.
They killed the wrong animal i think

"Mein fuhrer! Mission Accomplished! Heir is Sam his head!"
""EZELS! DAS IST EIN HUNDEKOP!!""
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 29-01-2010, 17:01:35
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5067/bundesarchivbild101i567.jpg) (http://img148.imageshack.us/i/bundesarchivbild101i567.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2010, 18:01:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/389025-2/C__pia+de+a+September+storm+_46_0)

German Soldiers resting around a Polish TKS Tankette. Poland 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-01-2010, 20:01:19
Sorry that its german :(

I have no info on this pic, other then the abvious.
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6088/1264790697075.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-01-2010, 11:01:31
Indians in German service, you don't see those pictures often. I know of one with them in Normandy in a Tobruk, maybe this is a training in Normandy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2010, 12:01:59
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7581/48c9dbd62714f3426feb9a6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-01-2010, 12:01:46
Sorry that its german :(

I have no info on this pic, other then the abvious.
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6088/1264790697075.jpg)
Seems they are using old WW1 guns :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-01-2010, 12:01:00
Aw, Seth you do indeed post great pictures, any story behind that last one?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-01-2010, 12:01:50
Group picture. Not sure about the date tough, could be early 30's. Note the rifles arent K98k (probably Gew 98), yet the uniforms already have the eagle on them. Also, there apears to be a bear on the background.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9529/1264788500294.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2010, 12:01:51
Aw, Seth you do indeed post great pictures, any story behind that last one?
Hans rudel before kursk certainly showing the best angle to atttack t34
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-01-2010, 13:01:15
Group picture. Not sure about the date tough, could be early 30's. Note the rifles arent K98k (probably Gew 98), yet the uniforms already have the eagle on them. Also, there apears to be a bear on the background.


It doesn't feel right. I think perhaps reenactors. Just a damn odd photo.

If it is a real photo, it was definately taken in the 30s, as they are all dressed like they are in peacetime (all the same uniform model and kit, everything clean, gig lines lined up. But most importantly, all in the same uniform of the day).

But something's wrong, they don't stand in a military manner. Not to say that they aren't standing at attention, but people in the military carry themselves in a certain way that these men don't. They carry themselves like reenactors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-01-2010, 13:01:40
Sd.Kfz.222 Saturday Special!

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/sdkfz222.jpg)

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/sdkfz222_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-01-2010, 14:01:42
Group picture. Not sure about the date tough, could be early 30's. Note the rifles arent K98k (probably Gew 98), yet the uniforms already have the eagle on them. Also, there apears to be a bear on the background.


It doesn't feel right. I think perhaps reenactors. Just a damn odd photo.

If it is a real photo, it was definately taken in the 30s, as they are all dressed like they are in peacetime (all the same uniform model and kit, everything clean, gig lines lined up. But most importantly, all in the same uniform of the day).

But something's wrong, they don't stand in a military manner. Not to say that they aren't standing at attention, but people in the military carry themselves in a certain way that these men don't. They carry themselves like reenactors.

Well, the reasen you sum up make it more plausible that its a real picture, what are the chances of an reenactment group where all member have the exact same uniform? almost non exsitance, especialy in german WW2. Also, every reenactor will go for the K98k, not the old Gew 88. Also the collour filter is the correct brown for 30's pics.

About the stance, its a recreational picture, maybe they are just standing like that for fun? Trying to look tough, with the polar bear in between them.

Cant wait for VM to drop in and drop hell on us for being all wrong :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 30-01-2010, 16:01:19
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/48/428784940156287ff4c8b.jpg) (http://img229.imageshack.us/i/428784940156287ff4c8b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-01-2010, 18:01:26
Group picture. Not sure about the date tough, could be early 30's. Note the rifles arent K98k (probably Gew 98), yet the uniforms already have the eagle on them. Also, there apears to be a bear on the background.


It doesn't feel right. I think perhaps reenactors. Just a damn odd photo.

If it is a real photo, it was definately taken in the 30s, as they are all dressed like they are in peacetime (all the same uniform model and kit, everything clean, gig lines lined up. But most importantly, all in the same uniform of the day).

But something's wrong, they don't stand in a military manner. Not to say that they aren't standing at attention, but people in the military carry themselves in a certain way that these men don't. They carry themselves like reenactors.

Well, the reasen you sum up make it more plausible that its a real picture, what are the chances of an reenactment group where all member have the exact same uniform? almost non exsitance, especialy in german WW2. Also, every reenactor will go for the K98k, not the old Gew 88. Also the collour filter is the correct brown for 30's pics.

About the stance, its a recreational picture, maybe they are just standing like that for fun? Trying to look tough, with the polar bear in between them.

Cant wait for VM to drop in and drop hell on us for being all wrong :p

The pic is an original, I've seen it many times before.  That style bear costume was apparently vaguely common in the 1930s, as I've seen it randomly in a couple other older pics from the time period.  As for the way they carry themselves, they are carrying themselves 100% correctly for german soldiers, especially pre-war, and are doing things many reenactors forget that german soldiers did (or don't know).  IE, two are laying in front (common in german group pics), and the three on the left are holding their rifles, while just simply standing, in the way that they would hold them when at attention, another thing german soldiers commonly did, but many reenactors don't know about because they're too busy worrying about if you have a bit of stubble on your chin.  As for the fact that they all have Gew98a rifles, that was common place in the German army prior to WW2, and during WW2 Gew98a derivatives were used commonly in rear line units, as well as anti-partisan divisions, and reforming divisions/late war divisions (the 21st Panzer Division used over 8000 Gew98a/Vz22 rifles, compared to only around 2000 K98ks in Normandy).  These guys only have one single ammo pouch each, so that basically confirms that they are a non-infantry combat role, (could be artillery, Pak gun, supply, AA gun, etc etc etc.) which is another thing the mainstream reenactor doesn't know about or doesn't care about.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-01-2010, 21:01:20
The ruggdeness of Soviet tanks is a legend continueing on

(http://www.nortfort.ru/np/img/np-55.jpg)

This KV-1 laid in the Neva River for 60 years. But is in remarkle good shape. The guys who got it out hope to restore it to its full glory

More pics
http://warrelics.eu/forum/armour-weapons-aircraft/soviet-heavy-kv-1-tank-neva-river-37/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 31-01-2010, 02:01:47
I like recovery stories like that... Just think that that gun was probably still activated when they pulled it out.  ;) There was another story like this, It was a Russian tank, don't remember what type, but it was burried in mud and when they retrieved it was almost perfectly perserved, with a little field work they got it running on the spot.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-01-2010, 02:01:39
Yes, there are many stories like  that recently, just the other day a saw a movie on youtube where they pulled a hetzer out of the sea, in pretty darn good condition.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-01-2010, 03:01:48
Fake or Not.. looks more like Propaganda but it should be Fake?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/389852-2/4315491850_344ccc70a6_o)

A captured German soldier gives away German positions to a Soviet soldier. Date/location unknown

And well, when i post pics like that, "Fake or Real" i always add a extra. In this Case, Von Luck.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/389623-1/aegkwrzh)

In May of 1944 Major Hans von Luck took command of the 125th Panzergrenadier Regiment of the 21st Panzer Division. These forces were stationed near Caen, France on June 6th, 1944. Although von Luck and his men were prepared to launch counterattacks against either the nearby landings on Sword Beach, or the paratroopers who had landed inland earlier that morning, such movements against the British were delayed by the lack of authorization from higher authorities. Kampfgruppe von Luck was eventually ordered to attack the British paratroopers located on the east bank of the Orne River near Ranville. In this photo Major Hans von Luck (center) receives a report from Lt Gerhardt Bandomir (left), who commanded 3. Ko. of I./125 Panzer Grenadier Regt. during Operation Goodwood. Looking on is Major Willi Kurz, CO of II Battalion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-01-2010, 10:01:13
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4906/jalb2sk6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 31-01-2010, 11:01:45
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/fot07.jpg)

Quote
Captured British Sherman VC "Firefly" (armed with 17 pounder gun) in Normandy, 1944.
It was marked with extensive number of German Crosses for identification purposes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-01-2010, 12:01:54
Fake or Not.. looks more like Propaganda but it should be Fake?


I have seen many colour pictures of WW2, but never one with colours this bright, so i think it is fake indeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 31-01-2010, 12:01:15
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4310V%E4riJunkersJu88A-4.jpg)
Finnish Ju-88, October 1943

With bright colours and all ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 31-01-2010, 13:01:36
Whoa, best picture all week right there, Thorondor!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-01-2010, 19:01:46
Fake or Not.. looks more like Propaganda but it should be Fake?


I have seen many colour pictures of WW2, but never one with colours this bright, so i think it is fake indeed.

No, its just colourized.  There's people, like"Lex" and "Serg" who do colourizations of WW2 black and whites:

(http://englishrussia.com/images/ww2_color/70.jpg)

(http://englishrussia.com/images/ww2_color/81.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2010, 19:01:29
I like recovery stories like that... Just think that that gun was probably still activated when they pulled it out.  ;) There was another story like this, It was a Russian tank, don't remember what type, but it was burried in mud and when they retrieved it was almost perfectly perserved, with a little field work they got it running on the spot.  :)
They pulled 4 tanks from the Neva river untill now

The KV-1 and BT-5 where chockfull still of ammo and i believe the BT-5 had a round ready in its gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 31-01-2010, 20:01:05
Group picture. Not sure about the date tough, could be early 30's. Note the rifles arent K98k (probably Gew 98), yet the uniforms already have the eagle on them. Also, there apears to be a bear on the background.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9529/1264788500294.jpg)

Its a german sniper in self made bear suit, pretty badass idea if you ask me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-01-2010, 22:01:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/390080-2/d)

German MG34's team in threnches in Stalingrad.IX 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 31-01-2010, 23:01:36
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4310V%E4riJunkersJu88A-4.jpg)
Finnish Ju-88, October 1943

With bright colours and all ;)

Very nice! Can't say i've ever seen a picture of a Finnish Ju-88 in colour, let alone a Ju 88A-14.


For the record i can't stand colourized images, they look horrid. Give me the original in black and white/sepia any day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 31-01-2010, 23:01:03
Yah, no more of that fake stuff. My main thing is that nobody is to say if the colors are correct. If somehow you knew exactly what color everything was down to the building paint in the background then sure, but none of this educated guess crap.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 01-02-2010, 00:02:15
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/41V%E4riTykinMiehist%F6.jpg)
Finnish coastal artillery, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-02-2010, 02:02:13
Fake or Not.. looks more like Propaganda but it should be Fake?


I have seen many colour pictures of WW2, but never one with colours this bright, so i think it is fake indeed.
There's a good trick to telling.

Look at the sky, if it is a sort of unnatural blue colour, dull, than that is Kodachrome film, which is what they used, obviously.  If it is natural looking, like it is in that picture, it is most likely re-colourized.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-02-2010, 05:02:19
To all Italian stuff lovers...

(http://i17.tinypic.com/42u3s06.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-02-2010, 11:02:51
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9403/tt25lafflys45t30ttraile.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2010, 16:02:54
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9403/tt25lafflys45t30ttraile.jpg)
Fhahaha! Zilly Frenchies! We take all of your tanks!    Wich we transport! With YOUR trailer and artillery tractors!! FHHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 01-02-2010, 17:02:48
Monsieur, we wud like to point out we are actually from le France and fight for hur.

They are French troops, look at the hats.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-02-2010, 19:02:58
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/brommann.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 01-02-2010, 19:02:45
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4407KannasVuosalmiPST-tykinSiirtoa.jpg)

Finnish AT gun on the move. Vuosalmi, Karelian isthmus, early July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2010, 19:02:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/390620-2/USS_Essex__20March_201943) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-navy/USS_Essex__20March_201943.html)


Hellcat fighter/bombers massed on the deck of USS Essex, March 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-02-2010, 20:02:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/390575-2/HHP1)

Hitler and Himmler seem delighted by this collection of military figurines based on the period of Frederick the Great of Prussia, manufactured by the Allach firm, suppliers of fine porcelein and fine applied art products to ... er ... the SS. To the right in the 'photo is Hermann Fegelein, trying hard to look interested (but not entirely succeeding). This must be from the period following Fegelein's appointment as Himmler's personal representative to the Fuher's headquarters (in succession to Karl Wolff). Fegelein is wearing the Iron Cross First Class and Infantry Assault Badge; ribbon of the Eastern Front Medal; Close Combat Clasp in Silver; German Cross in Gold; and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-02-2010, 20:02:39
Damn, interesting photo, Torenico!

Life's a bitch when you got badass medals and all you get back is Hitler and Himmler playing with toys :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 02-02-2010, 02:02:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-045-08%2C_Westfeldzug%2C_Rommel_bei_Besprechung_mit_Offizieren.jpg)

Quote
Generalmajor Rommel; Panzerregiment 5, Westfeldzug Juni 1940, links wahrscheinlich Oberst Karl Rothenburg (RK am 3.6.1940 u. Pour le Merite); Hauptmann Schulz Chef des 1. Panzerregiments 25, später als Generalmajor Kommandeur der 7. Panzerdivision, Brilli
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-02-2010, 02:02:25
Ironic, my San Andreas Multiplayer in a RP server is Von Hauptmann ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-02-2010, 20:02:29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-045-08%2C_Westfeldzug%2C_Rommel_bei_Besprechung_mit_Offizieren.jpg)

Quote
Generalmajor Rommel; Panzerregiment 5, Westfeldzug Juni 1940, links wahrscheinlich Oberst Karl Rothenburg (RK am 3.6.1940 u. Pour le Merite); Hauptmann Schulz Chef des 1. Panzerregiments 25, später als Generalmajor Kommandeur der 7. Panzerdivision, Brilli

"Nice weather!"
""Ja shon!!!""
"""We has orders to attack, but sie sky is so beautifull"""
""""Ja Hitler meine kont!    Schone Blau sky!"""""
"""""Who needs krieg?We has sky!!!"""""""
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 02-02-2010, 22:02:35
It must have been a bitch for all the soldiers who came back from the front to meet Hitler. And see that the man he fought for has lost his mind.  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-02-2010, 23:02:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/390917-2/Italia-Poretta-Pres-M-10-US-3mars1945-1)

US M10 tank destroyer at Poretta, northern Italy, 3 March 1945. One thing this crew did not want was to look up and see a German with a hand grenade standing in the photographer's place
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-02-2010, 23:02:26
Damn, interesting photo, Torenico!

Life's a bitch when you got badass medals and all you get back is Hitler and Himmler playing with toys :(


Eehhh, one must remember, he won those medals while in charge of the SS Cavalry Dvision, partaking in the whole sale slaughter of jews (and any russian civilians for that matter) that they could find.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-02-2010, 01:02:16
It must have been a bitch for all the soldiers who came back from the front to meet Hitler. And see that the man he fought for has lost his mind.  :-X

Too bad the bastard offed himself before the soviets got ahold of him.He should have paid for his crimes, but he did the easy way out...the pussy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 03-02-2010, 01:02:51
It must have been a bitch for all the soldiers who came back from the front to meet Hitler. And see that the man he fought for has lost his mind.  :-X

Too bad the bastard offed himself before the soviets got ahold of him.He should have paid for his crimes, but he did the easy way out...the pussy.
I think he did the smartest thing in his situation really, suicide>captured by the USSR.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-02-2010, 01:02:41
It must have been a bitch for all the soldiers who came back from the front to meet Hitler. And see that the man he fought for has lost his mind.  :-X

Too bad the bastard offed himself before the soviets got ahold of him.He should have paid for his crimes, but he did the easy way out...the pussy.

Yah, cuz suicide is so easy on the mind. Suicide results from a feeling of hopelessness. Lots of that going on in 1945. You really should think before you post, Warrior (this is when you shut up and think about what I said, do not respond, and apply the lesson in your next post).


A friendly warning: respond to this with anything that smacks of defensiveness and get ready to face a tongue lashing the likes of which you didn't know existed.
If you play it cool, I will drop it now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 03-02-2010, 01:02:30
Defense against what?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-02-2010, 01:02:08
Defense against what?

Defending his statement or point of view on suicide.


Anyway, to avoid this post being spam...


American 155mm howitzer in action against Cherbourg. Note the barrel is at its full recoil.
(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/7-4/_notes/433.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-02-2010, 02:02:29

Too bad the bastard offed himself before the soviets got ahold of him.He should have paid for his crimes, but he did the easy way out...the pussy.

I don't find anything wrong in this post. And I don't see anything that is conflicting with your statement.

Yah, cuz suicide is so easy on the mind. Suicide results from a feeling of hopelessness. Lots of that going on in 1945.

Why should someone disagree?

(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5795/cantz1007.jpg)
Cantieri Z-1007 Alcione
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-02-2010, 03:02:05
Actually the "Suicide" (I do not belive Hitler died in Berlin btw) is not Hitlers Fault, is Soviet fault, they arrived too late, if they somehow, managed to advance more faster... :P

Meh and what if we have Hitler? suiciding is not for Pussies, atleast if he died in that Bunker, he actually fought to the End, really, it must be really scary to have Mohnke, informing Hitler about the Goverment District troops "They can hold for less than a day" and Krebs or any other officer saying that the Russians were just 300m from the Bunker... Jeez i would go for Suicide.

To Talk about Hitler in the Bunker, imo, is not the Same Hitler, here, you see a Hitler alone with all his "Friends" and Collaborators running from Berlin. After all he was a Human, a Demoniac one but still a Human.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/390509-2/597703206_vpGvo-M)

A Panzer IV sitting camouflaged in a hedgerow, France, summer 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-02-2010, 15:02:49
Italian planes are so dam sexy

(http://www.uh.edu/engines/fiatg55.jpg)

Fiat G.55
This plane was able to keep up with allied aircraft. Many Fiat G.55 vs P38 clashes where done during WW2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 03-02-2010, 18:02:26
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4323/417262333684fbc6e6f9b.jpg) (http://img713.imageshack.us/i/417262333684fbc6e6f9b.jpg/)

US prisoner camp at Nonant le Pin, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-02-2010, 18:02:49
Damn, interesting photo, Torenico!

Life's a bitch when you got badass medals and all you get back is Hitler and Himmler playing with toys :(


Eehhh, one must remember, he won those medals while in charge of the SS Cavalry Dvision, partaking in the whole sale slaughter of jews (and any russian civilians for that matter) that they could find.

(http://www.dukkha.org/images/hitler.jpg)

One must know I was simply referring to this classic.

Anyhow, my contribution today:

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/cp7tp.jpg)

Quote
Captured Polish 7TPjw light tanks, Poland in 1939/40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-02-2010, 20:02:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/391230-2/SS-Ohio_supported)

The tanker SS Ohio, supported (literally) by destroyers HMS Penn and HMS Ledbury, enters the Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, 15 August 1942. The most important outcome of convey Operation Pedestal, the arrival of the Ohio and its cargo simply meant that Churchill's "unsinkable aircraft carrier", Malta, survived - and went from strength to strength.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 04-02-2010, 12:02:00
/me is shamelessly copying pictures from a german news site ...

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/02/02/45/4aa9d3a9485e921e72d9c0269f379668_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

FW 198 "Uhu" recon aircraft
group foto of crew and ground crew personnel on the eastern front

pictures were made by an unknown member of the unknown crew
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/02/02/50/515b2c4b859350f8229f6f37de20233e_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

sorry for adding so many pictures but
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/02/02/49/b0fc5cc0cf23c669919f49f8917afff2_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
whats the wire/tube thing on the Mg and that round thing on the buttom ?

the rest of the 27 pictures can be found here
http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a6041/l0/l0/F.html#featuredEntry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-02-2010, 13:02:30
German bias time  ;D

(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/tanks/duits/br.jpg)

Panzer IV Brückenleger. 20 of these bridgelaying tanks where made during the war. It is not widely know, but today's Engineering/specialty tank chassis units are all decendants from the UK/Germany WW2 designs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 04-02-2010, 16:02:26
Quote

whats the wire/tube thing on the Mg and that round thing on the buttom ?


The wire could be a device for watercooling, whereas the round seems to ba a ball and socket joint for the rear mg to move it flexibly in any direction.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-02-2010, 19:02:39
No no, he means the big round thing.  That's for shell casings to drop into after the gun is fired, that way they don't go rattling all over the crew cabin. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-02-2010, 20:02:21
I'm glad you didn't post them all. Liked this: View of the reargunner onto columns of russian POWs.

(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/9606/uhuab.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-02-2010, 21:02:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/381160-2/may1940f)

Possibly the French 3rd Armored in attack. They were a pretty good outfit at that time, when many of the others were running the other way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 04-02-2010, 21:02:00
Malaria Awareness + racism = victory?
(http://www.crazywebsite.com/Free-Galleries-01/USA_Patriotic/Pictures_WWII_Posters_LG/Malaria_Mosquito_Control_Funny_WWII_Uncle_Sam_Poster_Enemies_Both-1mdColor.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 04-02-2010, 21:02:59
Isn't America great ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-02-2010, 21:02:09
Isn't America great ::)

Yes, yes we are.
(http://www.signalalpha.com/images/War%20Bonds_Buy%20War%20Bonds%20%28Uncle%20Sam%20and%20soldiers%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 04-02-2010, 21:02:13
Why are there commonwealth soldiers in the american poster???
Not sure about the uniforms but the helmets are british and the rifle looks like a MK3* SMLE.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-02-2010, 21:02:16
Doughboys, Tiemann..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-02-2010, 22:02:24
There where several things the allies where better at then the Axis.
Artillery and Propaganda

US, British and especialy Soviet propaganda>Weak german propaganda

(http://api.ning.com/files/g6nsvC5-h3lUrr-IEcdLVAtVjn1yAhkmgFHuwufhAvQ51YuH5nn2gnLiRDFzYlJ33lIVSXuYkLFShqL95FQ*gf8aLGUyKeax/crushgermanswithyourmind.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 04-02-2010, 22:02:27
Doughboys, Tiemann..
But the poster says 1943.... Im confused
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-02-2010, 22:02:08
Propaganda is different for every culture. Germany's propaganda was like: this is our shit, look how we crushed those n00bs, we are elite! and that worked for their citizens, not for occupied people though. Goebbles did some good tricks though, changing allied V into axis V  :P

American propaganda is more patriotic, go in for your glorious nation and defend it against evil enemies. British was more like go for the king and help your brothers out. Soviet propaganda, I think it's mostly patriotic like American ones but with revenge and 'look what we got' focus.

@Tiemann, those helmets where still used in 1941/42 and propaganda painters are never that good with equipment, go check other posters out theres always big mistakes, mostly their imagination  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-02-2010, 22:02:46
The rifles are garands....  But propaganda posters early on often depicted american troops with the old British style helmet instead of the M1 helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-02-2010, 22:02:55
Yes and you also have to think about how the public saw it, since WW1 they where wearing those outfits until early WW2 so the people simply instantly recognized a doughboy, the M1 Helmet was still new and D-Day was far away too so the 'common people' didn't recognize that so quickly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-02-2010, 22:02:31
Propaganda poster in the RSI
(http://www.resistenza.de/bilder/bilder_gross/propagandaplakat-ss-g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-02-2010, 10:02:52
Dammit, can't find the Italian propaganda poster with the Italian and Ethiopian soldier looking out over the North African desert
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2010, 14:02:13
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8374/laciotatwc7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-02-2010, 21:02:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/391837-2/653)

653. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung command tiger VK 4501
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 05-02-2010, 22:02:48
From the same unit:

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Briefings/Easternfront/653-Schwjager-03.jpg)

T34 with Flakvierling, field conversion. They also had a Panther with Panzer IV turret and T34 ammo carriers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-02-2010, 23:02:12
Dammit, can't find the Italian propaganda poster with the Italian and Ethiopian soldier looking out over the North African desert
Dammit, I know the one but I can't find it anymore either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-02-2010, 01:02:01
Dammit, can't find the Italian propaganda poster with the Italian and Ethiopian soldier looking out over the North African desert
Dammit, I know the one but I can't find it anymore either.
We have failed our-selfs, my dear Cap'n Shark
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-02-2010, 14:02:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-709-0338-26%2C_Ukraine%2C_Soldat_mit_Raketenpanzerb%C3%BCchse.jpg)

He just came back from the Zone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-02-2010, 15:02:28
Wassent those masks ment to protect the user? Since early panzerschrecks had a large blast in the front?

(http://images5.fotki.com/v63/photos/1/133612/776127/M520Stuart-vi.jpg)

M5 Light tanks in an assault on Countances, West of St Lo (Thanks for pointing out)
Stuarts where actually pretty good tanks in urban. Their high speed made them less vurnable towards attacks then Shermans

Ofcourse, if you get behind it and fire a panzerfaust
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-02-2010, 15:02:22
If you got a Panzerschreck without shield it's pretty much essential to wear face/hand protection or else you get burned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2010, 15:02:45
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4725/4531066egrdi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 06-02-2010, 16:02:15
Wassent those masks ment to protect the user? Since early panzerschrecks had a large blast in the front?

(http://images5.fotki.com/v63/photos/1/133612/776127/M520Stuart-vi.jpg)

M5 Light tanks in an assault on Caen.
Stuarts where actually pretty good tanks in urban. Their high speed made them less vurnable towards attacks then Shermans

Ofcourse, if you get behind it and fire a panzerfaust

The crew are wearing US M1 helmets, so they're either American or Free French, thus it can't be Caen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-02-2010, 16:02:46
Could be Polish with turtle helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 06-02-2010, 16:02:01
They'd be issued with tankers helmets (basically the same as the helmets issued to Brit paratroopers and motorcycle dispatch riders) these don't have a lip around the edge.

http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/cPath/1_7/products_id/2674
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-02-2010, 17:02:59
The site i found this mentioned Caen, but i knew i saw the same picture elsewhere, and it is Coutances, 18 Miles west of St Lo. Those are US tanks. Thanks for pointing out
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 06-02-2010, 17:02:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J28787%2C_Volkssturmbataillon_an_der_Oder.jpg)

A group of Volkssturm men in defensive positions in Frankfurt (Oder). Notice the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 the man on the left carries.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-02-2010, 17:02:22
The one in the background has a scoped K43.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-02-2010, 21:02:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/392585-2/Finnish+StuG+Ausf)

Finnish StuG III Ausf. G ''Sturmi'' in action. 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-02-2010, 21:02:39
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4405viipurinlinna.jpg)
Vyborg Castle, spring 1944. Now the over 700 years old castle was once the easternmost guardian of the Swedish kingdom.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-02-2010, 21:02:22
torenico wins pwnality.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-02-2010, 22:02:26
If thats win, check this out.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/392575-2/Soldier+firing+a+Lahti+20mm+AT-rifle)

Finnish Soldier firing a Lahti 20mm AT-rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 06-02-2010, 22:02:58
Do they still have AT rifles today?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-02-2010, 22:02:47
Yes but they are called anti material rifles and they are used only against soft targets :P

So, actually, no.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-02-2010, 23:02:31
The Barret 25mm is a good example :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 07-02-2010, 07:02:00
Ah, Anti-Material rifles. Ok, now I know. I know all about those, darned name changes xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-02-2010, 09:02:28
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2449/dbdf2192.jpg)

Fallschirmjager machine gunners on the Russian Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-02-2010, 11:02:07
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2892/bundesarchivbild101i506.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-02-2010, 11:02:47
*We just got rid of the Patient Bear!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-02-2010, 11:02:17
nnnnnnnnoooooooooo!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 07-02-2010, 14:02:37
That'll teach you to tell us about sexual harassment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 07-02-2010, 17:02:20
Wassent those masks ment to protect the user? Since early panzerschrecks had a large blast in the front?

(http://images5.fotki.com/v63/photos/1/133612/776127/M520Stuart-vi.jpg)

M5 Light tanks in an assault on Caen.
Stuarts where actually pretty good tanks in urban. Their high speed made them less vurnable towards attacks then Shermans

Ofcourse, if you get behind it and fire a panzerfaust

The crew are wearing US M1 helmets, so they're either American or Free French, thus it can't be Caen.

This a Stuart from the 25th Cavalry Recon Squadron, 4th Armored Div.
This picture was take the 29 july 1944 at Coutances
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/420084951/

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4408/13462403290693effbafb.jpg) (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/13462403290693effbafb.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 07-02-2010, 18:02:16
That'll teach you to tell us about sexual harassment
+1 irep
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-02-2010, 21:02:16
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2892/bundesarchivbild101i506.jpg)
No wonder the U-boats lost the war


They where hunting polar bears instead off ships
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-02-2010, 21:02:08
Bears: Hitlers real Enemy.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/392995-2/Romanian+infantry+advancing+through+marshlands_001)

Romanian infantry advancing through marshlands. The soldier up front is carrying a ZB 30 LMG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-02-2010, 10:02:42
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7305/elewh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-02-2010, 15:02:22
new edition of Hannibal  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-02-2010, 22:02:41
Januar 1945, white is the new trend for German soldiers, Fritz here has white binoculars, helmet, jacket and even a white coffeecup. Good job Fritz, your fashionista of the Ardennes.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2005-0519-500%2C_Ardennen%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2010, 22:02:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/388580-1/opoixs)

The Hungarian soldiers somewhere on the Eastern front.(1941-1944).

Now the Writer said this...

"Hungary was the most loyal German ally."

Perhaps not , I think Italy was the most Loyal, beign germany ally till the end.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-02-2010, 22:02:34
Italian government fell so I can't agree with that. Germans disarmed remaining Italian forces and said 'thanks for the stuff'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-02-2010, 22:02:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/388580-1/opoixs)

The Hungarian soldiers somewhere on the Eastern front.(1941-1944).

Now the Writer said this...

"Hungary was the most loyal German ally."

Perhaps not , I think Italy was the most Loyal, beign germany ally till the end.

Only mussolini's croonies continued to side with Hitler, and a very few RSI divisions.  The vast majority of the army either joined the Royal Italian Army with the allies in 1943, or were captured and disarmed by the Germans.

Hungary only was a loyal ally due to the german coup of Horthy's government, if it was up to Horthy, he would have made peace before a single soviet had set foot in hungary.  He was never a loyal ally to the Germans, and greatly despised Hitler as much as he did Stalin.  Also, horthy DID prevent any deportation of jews from Hungary during his time in office, until his overthrow and arrest, and the Arrow Cross Party came in control.

If you wanna go with who the most loyal allies of germany were, I think I'd say Japan and Croatia.  Both fought to the end.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-02-2010, 23:02:55
Hungary was one of the last countries to fall apart. Officially this was in early 1945, I think.  Especially as hungary was the most western country and a direct neighbour of germany to be "liberated" by the russians at last. But I recall that there have been attempts for a seizefire before, thus the germans had to reinstall a new government.

Edit:// Mudra was faster.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-02-2010, 23:02:31
Edit:// Mudra was faster.

Like a speeding bullet, I seek out incorrect history and set it right.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-02-2010, 23:02:58
Nazi germany builded 2000 tiger tanks during the war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 08-02-2010, 23:02:43
Nazi germany builded 2000 tiger tanks during the war
No, no. Like this: "Nazi Germany built 2000 Tiger tanks during the war."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 09-02-2010, 01:02:35
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jcNQzBZlLiE/SYpozyVNwlI/AAAAAAAAJwM/cUKKf1hUwdM/s1024/20thaf_A42693_iwo_b29_crash.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 09-02-2010, 02:02:03
woah, that's a nice one.  any story on it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-02-2010, 02:02:17
Nazi germany builded 2000 tiger tanks during the war

<smacks with rolled up newspaper>  BAD, BAD!  Go to your room!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 09-02-2010, 02:02:20
woah, that's a nice one.  any story on it?
That big thing exploded and that wheel thing came over with those people.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 09-02-2010, 02:02:03
woah, that's a nice one.  any story on it?
That big thing exploded and that wheel thing came over with those people.
nice sentence ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-02-2010, 03:02:50
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1204/427035695304c9c18993.jpg)

Note that he's not just posing...he's got a full STG pouch as well on his belt.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-02-2010, 04:02:50
*John get back from the bathroom, im still holding this piece of crap you took...*

Note: The StG is not a Piece of Crap
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 09-02-2010, 16:02:02
woah, that's a nice one.  any story on it?

Yeah, I found a nice set of pictures from a P-51 wing on Iwo Jima.  I'm not sure who crashed into who here though...no caption.

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jcNQzBZlLiE/SYpqMbDKuuI/AAAAAAAAJys/JfwhgvX8l_E/s800/46th_fs_21st_fg_a42202.jpg)
A P-51 from the 46th Fighter Squadron comes in for a landing on Iwo.  Note the landmark in the back...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 10-02-2010, 17:02:09
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jcNQzBZlLiE/S29sUvCgUkI/AAAAAAAAKzk/PM3TrDKFOaY/342-FH-3a42700_p61_crash_548th_nfs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 10-02-2010, 20:02:35
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7305/elewh.jpg)

Whose soldiers are those? Where was this taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-02-2010, 21:02:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/394549-2/794px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H08447_2C_Quedlinburg_2C_Heinrichs-Feier_2C_Heinrich_Himmler)

1 July 1938 - Heinrich Himmler lays a wreath on the tomb of medieval Saxon king, Henry "the Fowler", of whom he seems to have considered himself a reincarnation. at Quedlinburg. Over Himmler's right shoulder is his Adjutant-General, Karl Wolff; over his left (one back) Reinhard Heidrich. Clearly, for top SS officers, the ability to keep a straight face was important.

**Extra**

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/394454-2/PICT5367)

BAR rifleman firing at a group of eight Japanese changing positions. Okinawa - May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Coca-Cola on 10-02-2010, 21:02:01
Whose soldiers are those? Where was this taken?
No kidding, I know that this is kind of useless, but post some damn information with your pictures Seth.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-02-2010, 22:02:30
I do enjoy looking up the stuff, but these pictures are far too weird to ever find information on. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-02-2010, 22:02:31
Germans if you ask me. Somewhere in the East?  :P

I do know the French had several Waffen SS soldiers in their Indochina conflict, those guys had nothing to lose and where willing to fight.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-02-2010, 23:02:43
They wouldn't still be wearing their uniforms, then, I think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-02-2010, 23:02:31
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/direct.jpg)

Quote
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf G after receiving the direct hit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-02-2010, 08:02:46
They wouldn't still be wearing their uniforms, then, I think.

I don't know, France was short on stuff theirselves back then, I think they where a mixture maybe? Like the Free French Forces in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-02-2010, 08:02:28
The SS in the FFL in indochina wore FFL uniforms....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 11-02-2010, 09:02:27
The SS in the FFL in indochina wore FFL uniforms....

Yah, kinda silly to think otherwise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-02-2010, 09:02:55
I get triple dots and a silly. Grumpy guys?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-02-2010, 11:02:03
i've no information on it, search after it !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 11-02-2010, 12:02:53
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8909/443504450f43b3cde8bb.jpg) (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/443504450f43b3cde8bb.jpg/)
Just a awesome picture for me. Caen the 6 June 13h30, before is total destruction by the bombs.
(This sunday a US bomb (500kg) will be destroyed on a construction site in the university)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-02-2010, 21:02:42
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2424/panzer10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-02-2010, 22:02:16
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H26408%2C_R%C3%BCckzug_deutscher_Truppen_auf_Breslau.jpg)

German troops in Breslau, 2 February, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-02-2010, 22:02:22
"kinderwagen"  Infantery moving up towards east front

(http://www.lazypalace.com/img/misc/german-soldiers/german-soldiers01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-02-2010, 09:02:17
(http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ordnance/ibordnancep3.jpg)

American artillerymen fire a captured Pak 43 at the retreating German army in the area around Metz, France. Ordnance Intelligence Teams often are able to repair weapons damaged by a retreating enemy and turn the guns against the former owners.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-02-2010, 14:02:33
Demyansk Pocket, 1942

(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/mkb-665x497.jpg)

In the foreground you can see an experimental Mkb 42 assault rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 12-02-2010, 20:02:33
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_jcNQzBZlLiE/SYpwB0h_xCI/AAAAAAAAJ3U/d8V-7nfosq4/s800/15th_fg_brief_b55_iwo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 12-02-2010, 20:02:54
Demyansk Pocket, 1942

(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/mkb-665x497.jpg)

In the foreground you can see an experimental Mkb 42 assault rifle.

I read good book about a soldier who was in the demyansk pocket, must have been a hard place for living.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-02-2010, 20:02:41
Can you name the book and is it English? I always enjoy good war books. Need to buy some more finished them all now  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 12-02-2010, 20:02:15
It's in german,
"Saat in den Sturm - ein Soldat der Waffen-SS berichtet".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-02-2010, 21:02:10
I read good book about a soldier who was in the demyansk pocket, must have been a hard place for living.

Well at least he had a kick ass rare prototype weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-02-2010, 21:02:42
It's in german,
"Saat in den Sturm - ein Soldat der Waffen-SS berichtet".
Pity, I can read German but it's slower as usual and I like reading fast, maybe good to read it as practice  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-02-2010, 22:02:08
(http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ordnance/ibordnancep3.jpg)

American artillerymen fire a captured Pak 43 at the retreating German army in the area around Metz, France. Ordnance Intelligence Teams often are able to repair weapons damaged by a retreating enemy and turn the guns against the former owners.
Anti tank guns where well used at moments by US/UK troops

A pak40 for instance was instanly captured and used by the British glider forces attacking the Pegasus bridge (read a book about it by Stephen E ambrose. Great book)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-02-2010, 14:02:29
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5234/bundesarchivbild101i189.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-02-2010, 14:02:23
We so need the Solothurn in FH2...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-02-2010, 15:02:22
We so need the Solothurn in FH2...
imagine sniping peopl with that thing  :D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 13-02-2010, 15:02:59
Can't imagine what it could do to someones body :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-02-2010, 15:02:41
Question:  Could the Solurthorn be used by the Italians?  I've seen those promotional pictures of them with them, but I dunno if they actually really used them. If so, couldn't you replace the panzerbushe fella with a soluthorn man?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 13-02-2010, 16:02:33
Question:  Could the Solurthorn be used by the Italians?  I've seen those promotional pictures of them with them, but I dunno if they actually really used them. If so, couldn't you replace the panzerbushe fella with a soluthorn man?
Solothurn  is used in the sahariana
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-02-2010, 16:02:40
Oh, so that's what that is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-02-2010, 16:02:12
It's a bit big to carry around yourself. Though 1 man also managed to carry a Vickers or a mortar so I guess it could go for deployed weapons thingy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-02-2010, 20:02:43
That weapons looks like it was taken from Dawn of War ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/395345-1/06---hanna-portrait_low)

Hanna Reitsch 29.03.1912–24.08.1979. German aviator and the only woman awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds. She was a test pilot on the Ju 87, Do 17 and Me 163 rocket fighter projects. I cant belive she made it to Berlin with his friend Greim. Man, landed and escaped! W00t!

Extra.

I Love American tanks, but only if they are in German Service <3

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/395408-2/stuart-04)

Captured M3 Light tank destroyed by russian forces. 1944, Estonia, Saarema Island.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 13-02-2010, 21:02:16
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1241873032/gallery_28554_186_56339.jpg)
105mm Panzerschreck  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 14-02-2010, 00:02:06
105mm broken shoulder more like
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-02-2010, 01:02:32
Umm....its recoilless?  Why would he have a broken shoulder...his shoulder is under the tube. =/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 14-02-2010, 03:02:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/395408-2/stuart-04)

Captured M3 Light tank destroyed by russian forces. 1944, Estonia, Saarema Island.
Ooh, could you get any more info on that particular battle? I made a huge ass 4kmx4km map of Saaremaa at one point.
http://www.bfewaw.com/mod/Paasky/saaremaa_mini_new.jpg
The drive from A8 to G3 takes 5-6min with an africa willys  :o (I clocked it)

Here's a really old screenshot, but it's pretty much the F3 area:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/peksoft/wawstuff/saaremaa_causeway.jpg
The gray box is a Panther.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 14-02-2010, 03:02:38
Umm....its recoilless?  Why would he have a broken shoulder...his shoulder is under the tube. =/
My bad, just quoted the first thing my friend said when i showed it to him  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-02-2010, 11:02:34
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9375/bundesarchivbild101i027.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-02-2010, 18:02:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/395567-2/1_009)

German MG-42 in Itlay,May 1944.

A Lafette, and a MG42 still with the Bipod? Never seen something like this.

I know one particular guy will storm me with accurate pics about Lafettes.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-02-2010, 19:02:49
You set the MG42 onto the lafette. The lafette itself is only the tripod. Thus the MG42 on top is replaceable. Instead of mounting a new barrel, you could also mount a new gun, I think.

However, a lafette is always the base a gun is mounted on. No matter what size.

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=lafette&relink=on
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-02-2010, 19:02:39
We so need the Solothurn in FH2...
imagine sniping peopl with that thing  :D ;D


huge-ass bloody explosion...body parts rain down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-02-2010, 19:02:40
The mount and MG were carried seperately, so it'd be prudent to leave the bipod attached.

On a similar note i always chuckle when i see the kill message [MG34/MG42 Lafette] makes it sound like they've had the mount dropped on their head. Really ought to be [sMG34/sMG42].
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-02-2010, 20:02:38
Yep, you see the bipod remaining attached a lot.  It also would add weight and act to help keep the tripod itself down, as in built up areas, the recoil could lift the tripod's front leg up if you didn't find a way to  keep it down, either added weight from bipod, sandbags on the front leg, or just the assistent gunner lying on his back and holding it down while feeding ammo :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 15-02-2010, 02:02:35
I could imagine lying on your back not being a fun job :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-02-2010, 03:02:34
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9343/mg34n5.jpg)

 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 15-02-2010, 05:02:23
I could imagine lying on your back not being a fun job :-\

I could imagine having orders to stay as low as possible during combat as a good thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 15-02-2010, 05:02:52
I could imagine lying on your back not being a fun job :-\

I could imagine having orders to stay as low as possible during combat as a good thing.
If you read what was going on, you would get that I wasn't talking about that. In my opinion, having to lie on your back keeping the recoil from knocking the lafette tripod over is a pretty crappy job, especially when everyone else gets to be in a more normal position.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 15-02-2010, 05:02:09
Sorry, I meant that as a joke.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 15-02-2010, 05:02:44
Sorry, I meant that as a joke.
ah ok :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-02-2010, 11:02:29
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/stukas.jpg)

Quote
Junkers 87 R-1 Stuka of 2nd Staffel of Stukageschwader 3,
over Trapani, Sicily in 1941.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-02-2010, 21:02:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/396393-2/jlhwerth)

Soldiers of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, during Operation Hubertus (9th, November, 1942 - 12th of November), in the feared house to house fighting. Operation Hubertus was the last major attack of the German 6th Army to breake the Soviet 62nd Army's resistance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-02-2010, 22:02:19
Here is an excellent write up on that Operation:

http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=112&art_id=1605&kb_cat_id=34

Even with some sketches for mappers:

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Scenarios/Red-October-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 15-02-2010, 22:02:02
Here a strange request, any chance of anyone posting images (of stalingrad, fittingly) that personify to phrase 'Rattenkreig'?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-02-2010, 22:02:27
What does "personify to phrase" mean?

And it's "Rattenkrieg"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-02-2010, 22:02:29
Rattenkreig? You mean Rattenkrieg as in Rat wars?

I think they mean the ruthless house to house, sewer to sewer, hand to hand combat in Stalingrad with that, would seem obvious with the name.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 15-02-2010, 23:02:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/396610-2/tranchee_1_)

Senegalese riflemen install a Hotchkiss machine gun in a trench during training. Winter 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 16-02-2010, 00:02:30
Mh, a circular trench...this MG was surely meant to be used in an AA role, wasn´t it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-02-2010, 00:02:26
I've seen those circular trench thingies alot for machine guns in pictures, I just though that they looked cool, but I never thought of that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 16-02-2010, 02:02:00
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/22/article-1079819-0235EBD3000005DC-680_468x594.jpg)

The first child born in London after the outbreak of war in September 1939 is used to demonstrate this gas mask designed for babies, on his way home from hospital with his mother.  It came equipped with hand bellows to pump in filtered air.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 16-02-2010, 02:02:43
(http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTUS_WWII_Dunlap_pic.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-02-2010, 09:02:13
Win General is Win

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=14763)

Altábornagy György Brunswik
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-02-2010, 09:02:14
Ppfffttt, that's nothing.

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=14764)

His Serene Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-02-2010, 10:02:30
General von Klinkerhoffen>all

(http://volny.cz/aquarius.p/fotky/klinkerhoffen02.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 16-02-2010, 17:02:05
Een Soviet Russia, medals wear you
(http://www.acepilots.com/medals/soviet/marshal_georgy_zhukov.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-02-2010, 18:02:05
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=201865)

I always liked this one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 16-02-2010, 22:02:49
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/hh/images/thumb/0/0c/014.jpg/300px-014.jpg)

Sneaky General is sneaky.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-02-2010, 01:02:07
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=174395)

"This is gonna be so awesome"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-02-2010, 01:02:49
That's actually a really awesome photo xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2010, 05:02:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/396836-2/39L5)

Soviet BA-20 (or BA-20M) armoured car. These vehicles entered service in 1936, and continued in service with Soviet forces until 1942. They were popular with Soviet crew, being tough, reliable, and good off-road, even on marshy ground. The main (actually only) fitted armament of one 7.62mm machine gun confined the BA-20 to "light" roles. However, the BA-20 was extensively used, making its debut against the Japanese in the battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939, and serving subsequently in the Soviet Polish campaign, in the Winter War against the Finns, and in the Barbarossa campaign resisting the German invasion. Captured examples were "recycled" by both Finns and Germans; the latter used them in railway patrol and anti-partisan operations.

Extra.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/396653-2/image019_1_)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 17-02-2010, 14:02:31
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7185/43356297160750efd998b.jpg) (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/43356297160750efd998b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-02-2010, 15:02:13
That would be an awesome board to play Flames of War on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-02-2010, 18:02:49
Fallschirmjäger? Awesome... Rangers? Top notch... Canadian lumberjack commandos? pure pwn...

They all pale in comparison to...

JAPANESE SUMO WRESTLERS

(http://www.abload.de/img/sumo1w5io.jpg)

edit: With guns!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 17-02-2010, 21:02:00
It looks like the brits are planning a river crossing somewhere in the netherlands. Nijmegen maybe?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-02-2010, 21:02:51
Are you talking about the picture Fuzz posted? I personally believe thats a captured German maquette of a Normandy beach.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2010, 21:02:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/397557-1/sswaitredarmy)

Waffen SS LSSAH Standartenführer Max Hansen with his staff waiting for the Red Army's attack in the enclosed area of Balaton,Hungary 1945 Operation Konrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 17-02-2010, 21:02:23
Are you talking about the picture Fuzz posted? I personally believe thats a captured German maquette of a Normandy beach.
Juno, to be exact. And those are Canadians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-02-2010, 22:02:42
Thank you! Usefull information  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-02-2010, 01:02:03
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/ddd.jpg)
Soviet troops inspect weapons that they captured from the Poles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 18-02-2010, 01:02:36
You think the polish had any maxim guns?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 18-02-2010, 02:02:03
You think the polish had any maxim guns?

Nah, they only had lancers, remember?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-02-2010, 05:02:56
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=80565)

Finnish PAK Gunners.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 18-02-2010, 07:02:03
@ Fuchs I think youre right now I see the bunkers on the maquette.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-02-2010, 11:02:39
http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=80565

Finnish PAK Gunners.

Whom didnt score a single kill during the whole campaign since they were positioned at the rear.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-02-2010, 11:02:06
No comment on this one

(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2325/polizeigrappigetraining.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-02-2010, 12:02:26
Where are they from?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-02-2010, 12:02:09
I have no idea. a friend of mine, she had to do something for school, collect 20 photo's of WW2.


we stumbled upon this one

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-02-2010, 13:02:12
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7185/43356297160750efd998b.jpg) (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/43356297160750efd998b.jpg/)

(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3958/junobeach.jpg) (http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3958/junobeach.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 18-02-2010, 15:02:10
This is Courseulles the "biggest" city in the juno sector ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 18-02-2010, 15:02:55
No comment on this one

(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2325/polizeigrappigetraining.jpg)

haha, thats cool
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 18-02-2010, 17:02:42
The guy on the far right is just made of awesome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-02-2010, 18:02:00
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6918/drunkmediumwq1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 19-02-2010, 00:02:11
(http://www.landsverk-m38.nl/restauratie%20foto,s/Dutch%20M36%20in%20Bergen%20op%20Zoom.jpg)
2 Dutch M.36 and in the back a m.38 Landsverk armored car. probably on a assembly point in Breda.
The germans took these vehicle in service, and they served about everywhere. Allot where destroyed on the eastern front. But they say there are photos (I have not seem them yet) of a couple of them destroyed/damaged in near the Reichstag in Berlin.

Not the dutch orange/black markings!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 19-02-2010, 03:02:24
Three polish civilians posing for the camera in the Warsaw Uprising.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/b191tn6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-02-2010, 18:02:45
(http://www.camelphotos.com/pic/army_camels2.jpg)

SturmKamele troops near El alamein
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2010, 14:02:37
(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5013/ele1p.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-02-2010, 22:02:12
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_iwojima160.jpg)

Caption         Americans working on an Iwo Jima beach, soon after the 19 Feb 1945 landings
Photographer         Howard W. Whalen
Source         United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code         NH 104344-KN
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-02-2010, 22:02:50
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_iwojima160.jpg)

Caption         Americans working on an Iwo Jima beach, soon after the 19 Feb 1945 landings
Photographer         Howard W. Whalen
Source         United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code         NH 104344-KN


So Mr. Warrior where's the picture? Info, but not picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-02-2010, 22:02:31
FAIL

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6015/failew.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-02-2010, 22:02:35
You're the only one seeing the picture, warrior. Double fail.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-02-2010, 22:02:37
FAIL

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6015/failew.jpg)

Fail on your part, so you fail at failing; I cant really see the picture, use photobucket or something.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/1-11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-02-2010, 22:02:00
can you see this link?



http://ww2db.com/images/battle_iwojima160.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-02-2010, 22:02:27
No.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-02-2010, 22:02:32
can you see this link?

http://ww2db.com/images/battle_iwojima160.jpg

Say its forbidden.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-02-2010, 22:02:22
what the hell?
It's World War Two Database...any Americans see it? it may be only available in NA.  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-02-2010, 22:02:40
You just stumbled upon the tricks webhosters use to prevent traffic caused by people linking pictures elsewhere. The only alternative is to download the picture and upload it to some image hoster. Which is basically also a violation of copyright laws. The google image search is causing a lot of costs for some people, as they have to pay the traffic when you link pictures elsewhere.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-02-2010, 22:02:01
what the hell?
It's World War Two Database...any Americans see it? it may be only available in NA.  :-\

Copy the pic to deskop and then post it with photobucket or any other photo service; its what I do when its forbidden.

Which is basically also a violation of copyright laws.

You gotta love the internet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 20-02-2010, 23:02:58
what the hell?
It's World War Two Database...any Americans see it? it may be only available in NA.  :-\

That's weird, cause I'm an American and I get a 403 link forbidden as well. Anything special you are doing, or where are you? I don't see why you should be able to see the picture if hotlinking is forbidden, as I can't see it when that happens to me.

Hmm...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 20-02-2010, 23:02:25
can't see it aswell :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-02-2010, 23:02:07
Yep, I can't see it either :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2010, 00:02:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399191-2/12572375_2005081517040514537500)

Chinese Nationalist Troops defending a Barricade with a Light Machine Gun (Shanghai 1937)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 21-02-2010, 00:02:59
I want that machine gun for the Germans in FH2. I hope sethsoldier still has the model he made for the RO mod.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2010, 00:02:41
For what mod, Carphatian Crosses?

Yeah its a cool MG, i love it. Could be a Pickup kit in any Normandy Map. Well, any Beach Landing map.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 21-02-2010, 08:02:30
Well is it Zb vz. 26 yes?
Very nice LMG, i hope it will be in FH2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZB_vz._26
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-02-2010, 09:02:24
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=129420)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Agnostic84 on 21-02-2010, 23:02:59
(http://kimag.es/share/61798120.png) (http://kimag.es/)

Larger:
(http://kimag.es/thumbs/46559774.png) (http://kimag.es/share/46559774.png)

Quote
T26 E3 (M26 Pershing) of Grimball's platoon on the road between Thum and Ginnick, Germany, on March 1, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-02-2010, 01:02:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399587-2/mCAGRIPKR)

Chinese Nationalist Army Soldier using a ZB vz. 26 Light Machine Gun (Manchuria 1937)

Extra:
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399284-2/117)

Chinese Nationalist Army Soldier shooting in a Barricade (Shanghai 1937)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 22-02-2010, 01:02:57
Ah, the famous "'av it!" stance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-02-2010, 01:02:19
Really sheds light on how much shorter they were to their European counterparts. Just look at how big that helmet is on him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-02-2010, 17:02:30
(http://kimag.es/share/61798120.png) (http://kimag.es/)

Larger:
(http://kimag.es/thumbs/46559774.png) (http://kimag.es/share/46559774.png)

Quote
T26 E3 (M26 Pershing) of Grimball's platoon on the road between Thum and Ginnick, Germany, on March 1, 1945.
I follow with the late war Light tank

(http://worldwar2.free.fr/m24chaffee1.jpg)

Description is in french however=
Un M24 Chaffee du 81eme escadron de reconnaissance de la 1ere division blindée US dans les ruines de Vergato, près de Boulogne.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-02-2010, 18:02:11
Holy shit, is that a fucking UD42 they got there???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 22-02-2010, 18:02:13
Think its just a Thompson without a stock?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-02-2010, 18:02:13
Yeah, too bad, would have been awesome. Probably took of the stock to spare space.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-02-2010, 18:02:55
Yep.  That's the one and only photo I've ever seen of a thompson being used with no stock.  Also, note, they've jungle rigged the mags, strapping two together. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 22-02-2010, 19:02:20
(http://kimag.es/share/61798120.png) (http://kimag.es/)

Larger:
(http://kimag.es/thumbs/46559774.png) (http://kimag.es/share/46559774.png)

Quote
T26 E3 (M26 Pershing) of Grimball's platoon on the road between Thum and Ginnick, Germany, on March 1, 1945.
I follow with the late war Light tank

(http://worldwar2.free.fr/m24chaffee1.jpg)

Description is in french however=
Un M24 Chaffee du 81eme escadron de reconnaissance de la 1ere division blindée US dans les ruines de Vergato, près de Boulogne.

I think this is Bologne in Italy, not Boulogne (city in the north of France).

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5324/43737884604289c45f79b.jpg) (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/43737884604289c45f79b.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-02-2010, 19:02:16
It's a breakfast machine!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-02-2010, 22:02:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399789-2/c+_4_)

Chinese Nationalist Army Officer armed with a Dao Sword and a Mauser C96 Pistol (Shanghai 1937).

Extra...

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399708-2/DvH_19_1%23)

German mortar position of 89th Infanterie-Division near Schmidt/Hurtgenforest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-02-2010, 23:02:02
/me is shamelessly copying pictures from a german news site ...

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/02/02/45/4aa9d3a9485e921e72d9c0269f379668_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

FW 198 "Uhu" recon aircraft
group foto of crew and ground crew personnel on the eastern front

pictures were made by an unknown member of the unknown crew
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/02/02/50/515b2c4b859350f8229f6f37de20233e_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)

sorry for adding so many pictures but
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/02/02/49/b0fc5cc0cf23c669919f49f8917afff2_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
whats the wire/tube thing on the Mg and that round thing on the buttom ?

the rest of the 27 pictures can be found here
http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a6041/l0/l0/F.html#featuredEntry

I'm glad you didn't post them all. Liked this: View of the reargunner onto columns of russian POWs.

(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/9606/uhuab.jpg)

There is a new article. They've found out date, unit and identities due to public response. It is a Focke Wulf Fw 189, of the Nahaufklärungsgruppe 10 "Tannenberg" (10th Recon Squadron). The photgrapher is Johannes Hähle from propagandacompany 637 (PK637), accompanying the 6th army to Stalingrad. Photos must have been taken in spring 1942 due the second battle of Charkov when he accompanied the flight. The photographer then had a two month vacation in a hospital around July 1942 before he was send to africa in winter 1942. From there he returned to belgium and france where he served in the PK698 before he died north of Caen on June 10th 1944.

Pictures of Hähle can be found here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_Johannes_H%C3%A4hle

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6528/spring1942.jpg)


http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/6182/das_geheimnis_des_fliegenden_auges.html

The pictures of civilians also presented with the article are evidence of massacres in Babij Jar and Lubny near Kiev (german spelling) witnessed by the photgrapher.




*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 22-02-2010, 23:02:57
[img]http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399789-2/c+_4_[/img ]

Chinese Nationalist Army Officer armed with a Dao Sword and a Mauser C96 Pistol (Shanghai 1937).
Someone say Maus?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-02-2010, 23:02:43
No, no they did not.

Edit:
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t166/Sharkfreak06/Chineseaerial.jpg)
Chinese AA troops scout the skies near the Yangtze River.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 23-02-2010, 00:02:33
[img]http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/399789-2/c+_4_[/img ]

Chinese Nationalist Army Officer armed with a Dao Sword and a Mauser C96 Pistol (Shanghai 1937).
Someone say Maus?
Where did you get that from ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-02-2010, 03:02:52
From Mauser.

And this guy can be so stupid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-02-2010, 03:02:00
I agree.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 23-02-2010, 03:02:52
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5324/43737884604289c45f79b.jpg)

Um, there's a 55 gallon drum for a tank, a rifle on the back, it runs on treads and can apparently dig shallow trenches...

I give up. What is it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-02-2010, 04:02:58
A trench digger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 23-02-2010, 04:02:39
Info? Websites? Google remains mum, I had no idea they were used.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-02-2010, 04:02:16
(http://www.battlefield.ru/tanks/is2/is2_28.jpg)

Here's a russian one :P

(http://www.4600n200e.com/mediac/400_0/media/A7Vtrenchdigger.jpg)

German trench digger from WW1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 23-02-2010, 05:02:09
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E04E4DA143EE433A25752C2A9619C946996D6CF (http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E04E4DA143EE433A25752C2A9619C946996D6CF)

Hmm...

(http://www.davidpride.com/Army/images/NTC_06.jpg)

On a T-55 Chassis, 1.5m deep 300m-500m per hour. Thanks, I had never heard of these.

Edit: 'Military trench digging machine' is a much more fruitful search on google.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cadyshack on 23-02-2010, 08:02:58


(http://worldwar2.free.fr/m24chaffee1.jpg)

Description is in french however=
Un M24 Chaffee du 81eme escadron de reconnaissance de la 1ere division blindée US dans les ruines de Vergato, près de Boulogne.
A M24 Chaffee (in?) 81st reconnaissance squadron of the 1st (I want to say armored) division US in the ruins of Vergato, near Boulogne.

Vergato's in Italy. I guess it's just how the French spell Bologna.

(http://luger.gunboards.com/uploaded/sauerfan/200841264134_Luftwaffe_Flinten-Copyright_952x1000.jpg)

Some guys trying out the Drilling.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-02-2010, 09:02:51

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/RNVittorio_Veneto-Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento.jpg)

RN Vittorio Veneto at the Battle of Cape Spartivento.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Veneto_guns_at_Gaudos.jpg)
The Awesomness of the Vittorio Veneto, this time at Battle of Cape Matapan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 23-02-2010, 15:02:12
(http://www.ausairpower.net/Roma-Fritz-X-1.jpg)
RN Roma hit by Fritz X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-02-2010, 22:02:37
(http://www.gewehr43.com/Tokarevmichaelhiedler.jpg)

Germans with MG26(t) and a captured Tokarev rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-02-2010, 22:02:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/400598-2/DKuS_64_1%23)

Colonel General Dezső Vitéz László (1894-1949), supreme commander of Hungarian First Army, is awarded the Knight's Cross by Colonel General Gotthard Heinrici (1886-1971), supreme commander of German 1st Panzer-Armee. March 5, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 24-02-2010, 23:02:21
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9904/2516844052bb0931e187b.jpg) (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/2516844052bb0931e187b.jpg/)
"Guys, where is my cigarette?!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-02-2010, 00:02:39
Guys, anyone saw a Grenade without a safety pin here?...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-02-2010, 19:02:36
"YO CLETUS! Help me with Disarming these Incindairy grenades"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-02-2010, 02:02:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/401446-2/c+_3__001)

Chinese Nationalist Army soldiers using a ZB vz. 26 Light Machine Gun (China 1937)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 26-02-2010, 16:02:17
I looked through the first hundred pages or so and didn't see this picture.  My apologies if it was in the next 100 pages.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J9WU85iRdtM/SVkKohsVHAI/AAAAAAAAGTY/2aeJGXbFPFQ/s400/Ejecuci%C3%B3n+de+un+POW+australiano+por+parte+de+un+militar+japon%C3%A9s.jpg)

Quote
Aitape, New Guinea, 1943.

An Australian soldier, Sgt Leonard Siffleet, about to be beheaded with a shin gunto sword. Many Allied prisoners of war (POWs) were summarily executed by Japanese forces during the Pacific War.

Executioner Yasuno Chikao, later captured and sentenced to hanging, had his sentence commuted to 10 years imprisonment.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wrigleyvillain on 26-02-2010, 17:02:02
Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas...and Pfc. Joseph Jackson...will roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler's lawn." March 10, 1945. 1st Lt. John D. Moore. 111-SC-202330

(http://i.imgur.com/aodrm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-02-2010, 21:02:11
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2483/bundesarchivbild141tjj3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-02-2010, 22:02:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/401776-2/P2110887)

Finnish soldiers capturing a soviet bunker near Ohta. Taken during the attack phase of the continuation war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 27-02-2010, 04:02:41
Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas...and Pfc. Joseph Jackson...will roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler's lawn." March 10, 1945. 1st Lt. John D. Moore. 111-SC-202330

(http://i.imgur.com/aodrm.jpg)

A blast from the past, a typo error. Its Adolf not Adolph; lulz now Im a spell nazi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 27-02-2010, 05:02:33
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/Herc_Images/sm79low.jpg)

Italian SM.79's flying low
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-02-2010, 11:02:14
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/images/admk1.jpg)

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/images/admk2.jpg)


Saturday Bonus Picture:

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/251_20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 27-02-2010, 14:02:40
uhu!

(http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/attachments/warbirds/2567d1228184575-he-162-volksjager-restoration-project-he-162.jpg)

Heinkel He162 salamanders being build inside a mountain factory.
pretty sick that the germans made a production facility for a very advanced fighter (for its time) so well hidden..

I found out that a guy actually is building a mock up in his backyard: http://www.airventure.de/news_he162_1.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-02-2010, 17:02:25
Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas...and Pfc. Joseph Jackson...will roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler's lawn." March 10, 1945. 1st Lt. John D. Moore. 111-SC-202330



A blast from the past, a typo error. Its Adolf not Adolph; lulz now Im a spell nazi.
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-02-2010, 18:02:35
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5938/612923anzioavril44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-02-2010, 18:02:45
pretty sick that the germans made a production facility for a very advanced fighter (for its time) so well hidden..


Yah, slave labor is a hell of a thing. They can't form unions. You can work them to death and you get more to replace them! You get such good productivity with those long hours. And they are free! NOM NOM NOM!! (sarcasm).

We must always remember who built these Uberwerks. Every inch bored out of that cave is a personal tragedy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-02-2010, 18:02:07
Any type of ordanence was not guaranteed to kill something when it was used

The V2 is probaly the only thing that killed lives for every V2 built

When being launched, a V2 has already claimed 4 lives in its construction
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-02-2010, 19:02:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/402366-2/P2110888)

Soviet soldier surrenders to Finnish soldiers, Karelian isthmus 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-02-2010, 21:02:28
Any type of ordanence was not guaranteed to kill something when it was used

The V2 is probaly the only thing that killed lives for every V2 built

When being launched, a V2 has already claimed 4 lives in its construction

Not talking about the planes, I'm talking about the giant cave that magically appeared in the countryside. Those underground factories were built by slave labor, not just the weapons they built.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 27-02-2010, 21:02:08
pretty sick that the germans made a production facility for a very advanced fighter (for its time) so well hidden..


Yah, slave labor is a hell of a thing. They can't form unions. You can work them to death and you get more to replace them! You get such good productivity with those long hours. And they are free! NOM NOM NOM!! (sarcasm).

We must always remember who built these Uberwerks. Every inch bored out of that cave is a personal tragedy.

like i said: sick.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 27-02-2010, 23:02:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1989-105-13A%2C_Ungarn%2C_deutscher_R%C3%BCckzug.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-02-2010, 23:02:00
pretty sick that the germans made a production facility for a very advanced fighter (for its time) so well hidden..


Yah, slave labor is a hell of a thing. They can't form unions. You can work them to death and you get more to replace them! You get such good productivity with those long hours. And they are free! NOM NOM NOM!! (sarcasm).

We must always remember who built these Uberwerks. Every inch bored out of that cave is a personal tragedy.

like i said: sick.


Sorry, "sick" is slang for "good" where i live.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-02-2010, 23:02:00
A guy I know in reenacting owns a Gew43.  When he got it, he started fixing it up, and the parts were a disaster, mostly broken or on their way to breaking.  As he started fixing it up, getting new parts, fixing the ones that were in bad shape, etc, he started looking up the stampings to find out where it was made.

Auschwitz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-02-2010, 23:02:02
Any type of ordanence was not guaranteed to kill something when it was used

The V2 is probaly the only thing that killed lives for every V2 built

When being launched, a V2 has already claimed 4 lives in its construction

Not talking about the planes, I'm talking about the giant cave that magically appeared in the countryside. Those underground factories were built by slave labor, not just the weapons they built.
and these V2's where made by slave labor.   thats the point i'm bringing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-02-2010, 23:02:23
A guy I know in reenacting owns a Gew43.  When he got it, he started fixing it up, and the parts were a disaster, mostly broken or on their way to breaking.  As he started fixing it up, getting new parts, fixing the ones that were in bad shape, etc, he started looking up the stampings to find out where it was made.

Auschwitz.

Must be weird...

I woudnt feel good with that gun...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-02-2010, 23:02:22
Yeah, its kinda got this aura of evil within it.  He only brings it out to 2-3 battles a year, if that, and every time he says that it just feels really weird to hold it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-02-2010, 23:02:24
Yes, but after all, its very valuable, for his History...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 28-02-2010, 06:02:57
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.

Except that in english, german names are written the same way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 28-02-2010, 07:02:38
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.

Except that in english, german names are written the same way.
Names don't change when you switch languages. The way they spelled Adolf is the same basically, they just make the f sound with a ph instead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-02-2010, 07:02:41
Except that nobody cares and you're only hating on those guys because they're black.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 28-02-2010, 07:02:15
Except that nobody cares and you're only hating on those guys because they're black.
*sigh* that has nothing to do with it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-02-2010, 08:02:53
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.

Except that in english, german names are written the same way.
Names don't change when you switch languages. The way they spelled Adolf is the same basically, they just make the f sound with a ph instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Both are correct, just different spellings.  Lots of blacks at the time, and indeed most americans for that matter, weren't educated past elementary school, and if they were VERY lucky, some high school in the 1920s/30s, when these guys were growing up.  So lay off a little.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 28-02-2010, 08:02:37
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.

Except that in english, german names are written the same way.
Names don't change when you switch languages. The way they spelled Adolf is the same basically, they just make the f sound with a ph instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Both are correct, just different spellings.  Lots of blacks at the time, and indeed most americans for that matter, weren't educated past elementary school, and if they were VERY lucky, some high school in the 1920s/30s, when these guys were growing up.  So lay off a little.
I never said that it couldn't be spelled that way I very well knew that, but your name (or anyone's  for that matter) doesn't change because you switch languages, so it's still wrong. Now it doesn't matter if they didn't go to school or what not, that wasn't really what was being discussed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-02-2010, 09:02:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/402812-2/P2110885_001)

Finnish anti-tank rifle L-39 ready to fire during the battle for Kiviniemi. Taken during the attack phase of the continuation war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-02-2010, 10:02:31
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6025/608514pilotesdelarafale.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-02-2010, 12:02:05
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.

Except that in english, german names are written the same way.
Names don't change when you switch languages. The way they spelled Adolf is the same basically, they just make the f sound with a ph instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Both are correct, just different spellings.  Lots of blacks at the time, and indeed most americans for that matter, weren't educated past elementary school, and if they were VERY lucky, some high school in the 1920s/30s, when these guys were growing up.  So lay off a little.
I never said that it couldn't be spelled that way I very well knew that, but your name (or anyone's  for that matter) doesn't change because you switch languages, so it's still wrong. Now it doesn't matter if they didn't go to school or what not, that wasn't really what was being discussed.
Well, Marcus Antonius is "Mark Anthony" in English for some strange reason :P

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(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9995/95178165.jpg)

Maintenance break
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-02-2010, 13:02:34
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/weapons/Churchill-VII-Croc-01.jpg)
Churchill MKVII Crocodile. This can be seen by the hull BESA being removed and replaced with the flamethrower
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 28-02-2010, 13:02:28
Various names can be spelled differently in different languages.

Except that in english, german names are written the same way.
Names don't change when you switch languages. The way they spelled Adolf is the same basically, they just make the f sound with a ph instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Green
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Both are correct, just different spellings.  Lots of blacks at the time, and indeed most americans for that matter, weren't educated past elementary school, and if they were VERY lucky, some high school in the 1920s/30s, when these guys were growing up.  So lay off a little.
I never said that it couldn't be spelled that way I very well knew that, but your name (or anyone's  for that matter) doesn't change because you switch languages, so it's still wrong. Now it doesn't matter if they didn't go to school or what not, that wasn't really what was being discussed.
Well, Marcus Antonius is "Mark Anthony" in English for some strange reason :P

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(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9995/95178165.jpg)

Maintenance break

Fokker D.XXI with a different engine??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 28-02-2010, 14:02:02
Fokker D.XXI with a different engine??
I'd put my money on a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Morane-Saulnier..1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 28-02-2010, 14:02:31
ah yeah you are right, the sight on top of the engine seems to be the same, but D.XXI uses a mercury engine witch is much different.
Finish air force kicked some ass with allot of different types of planes.
I wonder if one of you finish fanboys might have a picture of the Fokker T.8W with wheel undercarriage. (normal it came with floats). Only 1 have been delivered to Finland and I never seen pictures of it. but they do exist.

This is a captured T8w used by the germans:

(http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/pictures/Fokker/Military/Fokker%20T8%20waterplane.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-02-2010, 19:02:29
Except that nobody cares and you're only hating on those guys because they're black.
*sigh* that has nothing to do with it
Your joke comprehension level is comically low, this never gets old.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 28-02-2010, 20:02:39
Except that nobody cares and you're only hating on those guys because they're black.
*sigh* that has nothing to do with it
Your joke comprehension level is comically low, this never gets old.
I understood the joke, it's just that this is what I have to hear almost every day, and it's a bit irritating. I chose to ignore the fact that it was a joke. Wasn't very funny anyway
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-02-2010, 20:02:40
Fokker D.XXI with a different engine??
I'd put my money on a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406.

(http://Sexyplanepicture)

Lightning :)
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/402963-1/FinlandGermansSki)

German soldiers learning to ski at northern Finland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-02-2010, 21:02:56
Except that nobody cares and you're only hating on those guys because they're black.
*sigh* that has nothing to do with it
Your joke comprehension level is comically low, this never gets old.
I understood the joke, it's just that this is what I have to hear almost every day, and it's a bit irritating. I chose to ignore the fact that it was a joke. Wasn't very funny anyway
You're wrong, it was hilarious.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-02-2010, 22:02:02
Well thanks dere.

Anyway I'm having fun and that is what is truly important.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 28-02-2010, 22:02:58
I knew Europeans wouldn't understand
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 28-02-2010, 22:02:06
I was going to type some funny witticism, but on further thought nothing is actually funny here:

Sarcastic "Don't tease him, he's oppressed!" --overused

Ironic "You just don't get it cause you're black!" --overused

Satiric "Oh no! He's playing the race card!" --just stupid.

Congratulations, there are no more jokes on this topic that haven't been used to death.

RIP black jokes. RIP.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-02-2010, 23:02:11
You forgot the Wannabe Edgy "Just let him pick some cotton so we have our peace here"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Coca-Cola on 28-02-2010, 23:02:31
Nigga pleeease. *tihi*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 01-03-2010, 00:03:08
(http://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/Airplanes011AUDAXIRAQ.jpg)

A Hawker Audax (The Desert variant of the Hawker Hart) at RAF Habbaniya Airfield Iraq 1941.  Probably of No.52 or 208 squadron. The Rebellion in Iraq in 1941 was the last Combat engagement these aircraft saw.

I loved this aircraft so much I modled it a while ago for bf1942 engine ;D
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/Herc_Images/AudaxTakeoff2.jpg


I just love the sound of Its Rolls Royce Kestrel, best sound ever.
Here is a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZlxfXaoU8w
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-03-2010, 00:03:00
Sexy plane
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 01-03-2010, 13:03:59
(http://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/Airplanes011AUDAXIRAQ.jpg)

A Hawker Audax (The Desert variant of the Hawker Hart) at RAF Habbaniya Airfield Iraq 1941.  Probably of No.52 or 208 squadron. The Rebellion in Iraq in 1941 was the last Combat engagement these aircraft saw.

That picture must've been taken during July 1942 or after. The roundel on the side of the fuselage is a Type C.1, introduced in July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 01-03-2010, 14:03:09
Great spotting Silian, after you said that I went back to investigate, and you are correct. This photo was late 1942. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-03-2010, 18:03:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Kawanishi_H8K_Emily_take_off.png)
 Kawanishi H8K taking off. These gigantic flying boats could fly hundreds of miles, and where armed to the teeth with defensive armament

but where still ripped apart by allied aircraft especialy the P38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-03-2010, 21:03:07
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/403115-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-571-1707-08A__Italien__Fallschirmj__ger_mit_MP_im_Schnee__feuernd)

Fallschirmjaeger Getting Shot... looks like hes gettig shot anyways...


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/403474-1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-009-0900-29__Russland__Infanteristen_im_Wald_001)

German infantrymen scout through a Russian forests in the Summer of 1941.
The Point Man seems to expect some form of melee, as he has planted his bayonet. Alternatively, he might just intent to use it to search for hidden combatants.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-03-2010, 21:03:18
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 01-03-2010, 22:03:15
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
He just fails at shooting and shoots partly too the snow. ;D
His magazine is in the snow? haha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-03-2010, 22:03:45
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
"Sheisse! Schneif in mein ogen!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-03-2010, 22:03:47
Improvised smokescreen!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 01-03-2010, 22:03:07
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
"Sheisse! Schneif in mein ogen!"
You really got to work on your German or just type English with a German accent, Theta  :P

Schneif.. Schnee. Ogen.. Augen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-03-2010, 22:03:46
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
"Sheisse! Schneif in mein ogen!"
You really got to work on your German or just type English with a German accent, Theta  :P

Schneif.. Schnee. Ogen.. Augen.
in dialect flemish it would sound=Dedju! Snieef in mn eug!
So ye, its a combo of flemish in german


hey! Ask Angry_beaver! My german is improving by the day!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 02-03-2010, 00:03:58
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
"Sheisse! Schneif in mein ogen!"
You really got to work on your German or just type English with a German accent, Theta  :P

Schneif.. Schnee. Ogen.. Augen.
in dialect flemish it would sound=Dedju! Snieef in mn eug!
So ye, its a combo of flemish in german


hey! Ask Angry_beaver! My german is improving by the day!


taos pronunciation auf "schnitzel" sound very very very good.
if i wouldnt know that hes an old ugly belgium lumberjack,i would totaly
belive that hes an old ugly bavarian lumberjack!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 02-03-2010, 01:03:58
Hundreds of miles? Wow, that is a lot of miles for a plane *sarcasm*





PS
I am fully aware that most of the world refuses to use our superior measurement system
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 02-03-2010, 01:03:44
Hundreds of miles? Wow, that is a lot of miles for a plane *sarcasm*





PS
I am fully aware that most of the world refuses to use our superior measurement system
Superior?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 02-03-2010, 01:03:57
Hundreds of miles? Wow, that is a lot of miles for a plane *sarcasm*





PS
I am fully aware that most of the world refuses to use our superior measurement system
Superior?

How many inches in a mile? 100 000?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-03-2010, 01:03:28
How many inches in a mile? 100 000?
Erm, give me a sec...

12x3x1750=63000 12x3x1760=63360

63000" 63360" to the mile.  Bow down to our superiority!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 02-03-2010, 01:03:58
Actually, it's 63,360 ;) 12x5280=63,360
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-03-2010, 02:03:20
Yes, I have now found out that a mile is 1760 yrds, where I thought it was 1750 and previously before that 1740.

I must be right here: 16oz to the lb, 14lbs to the st, 8st to the cwt and 20cwt to the T.  20floz to the pt, 8pts to the gal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 02-03-2010, 02:03:42
I just knew it wasn't such a straight forward number
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-03-2010, 05:03:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/403470-2/2_003)

German panzer grenadiers SS took thier positions near the mountains.Italy 1943.
One soldier has "Carcano" rilfe on his back.

That looks like a Italian Mountain gun but, i might be wrong.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 02-03-2010, 12:03:47
why not use the metric system as all the world =[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 02-03-2010, 12:03:59
why not use the metric system as all the world =[
The World (not including US of A, Liberia and Burma) uses le Système international d'unités
or SI units ;)


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(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Lapinsota/Rintama/SuursaariJaKaatunutSaksalainen.jpg)
Fallen German on the beach.

The Lapland War started September 15 1944 when the Wehrmacht and the Kriegsmarine launched the operation Tanne Ost to capture the island of Hogland. Finns, with the help of the VVS, pushed the Germans back to the sea. This started the hostilities between Finland and Germany. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-03-2010, 15:03:24
Someone is getting lucky tonight, altough i am not sure if its the soldiers, or the girl :p
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7323/p1020070.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-03-2010, 17:03:24
He's not getting shot, he's firing his MP40, and the concussion wave is kicking up the snow :P
"Sheisse! Schneif in mein ogen!"
You really got to work on your German or just type English with a German accent, Theta  :P

Schneif.. Schnee. Ogen.. Augen.
in dialect flemish it would sound=Dedju! Snieef in mn eug!
So ye, its a combo of flemish in german


hey! Ask Angry_beaver! My german is improving by the day!


taos pronunciation auf "schnitzel" sound very very very good.
if i wouldnt know that hes an old ugly belgium lumberjack,i would totaly
belive that hes an old ugly bavarian lumberjack!


WHAT?
i am not old  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-03-2010, 19:03:53
You are now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-03-2010, 23:03:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/KAR_soldiers_collecting_arms_at_Wolchefit_Pass.jpg)

28th September 1941. Men of the King's African Rifles collecting surrendered arms at Wolchefit Pass, after the last Italians had finally ceased resistance in Ethiopia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 03-03-2010, 03:03:18
why not use the metric system as all the world =[

We had a national metric conversion act here in the states. It is perhaps the most forgotten act of congress ever passed.

Hey, I'm with you. I almost always think in metric, doing conversions to talk to people (the exception being in altitude and personal height.) It's just so incredibly convenient. 1g=1cubic cm water, cube with 10cm sides of water is 1kg, also 1L, nalgene is 2L, as opposed to this quarts-ounces-gallons shit we have over here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-03-2010, 05:03:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/404172-2/pof46%23)

Multiple hits of smaller caliber on Soviet light tank T-26, a larger hit can be seen on the lower right. Photo of a German vet's private album.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-03-2010, 09:03:13
hmmmm, cake
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2144/1266321041377.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 03-03-2010, 10:03:13
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n34jHsvJD_A/RzREk_dq7yI/AAAAAAAADEk/zgnjWiXo-fE/s1600/TwoWorldWarsandtheSikhs_clip_image012.jpg)

Soldiers of India fighting during the Sicilian campaign of 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 03-03-2010, 18:03:18
(http://www.purplehearts.net/brandel071.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-03-2010, 18:03:54
(http://media.meta.ua/files/pic/0/32/241/vTt2UZIanC.jpg)

Sorry, no caption.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-03-2010, 21:03:04
appartement in Warsaw being hit by a 60CM Karl Gerat mortar

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Warsaw_Uprising_-_Prudential_Hit_-_frame_2a.jpg)

This one to be excact

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Karl6.jpg)

This karl gerat was captured by the red army and is now on display in the Famous Kubinka tank museum.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 03-03-2010, 22:03:04
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/51/41933810269efe79580bb.jpg) (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/41933810269efe79580bb.jpg/)

Lison, 17 June 1944.

and extra for the update:  ;D
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5028/2296563548009098fd8db.th.jpg) (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/2296563548009098fd8db.jpg/) (http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5702/2295770581c55d8f7b4fb.th.jpg) (http://img176.imageshack.us/i/2295770581c55d8f7b4fb.jpg/)

Port en Bessin, June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-03-2010, 22:03:08
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/51/41933810269efe79580bb.jpg) (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/41933810269efe79580bb.jpg/)

Lison, 17 June 1944.
What the hell happend here?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-03-2010, 22:03:55
Well, an explosive of some kind must have ruptured the boiler, causing a steam explosion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-03-2010, 22:03:49
Dousnt really have to even be an external explosion, it happened sort of often that the boiler just exploded due to corosion. Something regular maintenence would solve, but i dont think there was a single army that did that during ww2. British trains for example were in such a bad condition after the war the all needed to be replaced asap.

Yeah, i watched a documentary about trains, i like trains :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-03-2010, 22:03:51
Well, an explosive of some kind must have ruptured the boiler, causing a steam explosion.
wait a minute

thats a locomotive!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 04-03-2010, 00:03:17
Wow that's an intense photo Fuzz :D

(http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/sites/all/files/images/captured-messerscmitt-248.jpg)

A group of C Company soldiers pose with a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter that had been shot down by the RAF near Medenine in western Libya.

Courtesy of the 28th Maori Battalion and Alexander Turnbull Library

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 04-03-2010, 01:03:56
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/51/41933810269efe79580bb.jpg) (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/41933810269efe79580bb.jpg/)

Lison, 17 June 1944.
What the hell happend here?

I'd assume that the locomotive was abandoned, eventually ran out of water and the boiler exploded.

(My Dad is an electrical fitter for First Great Western Trains, he used to be a (steam locomotive) fireman at a preserved railway in his spare time. He's joined another one now and is working his way back through the ranks.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-03-2010, 11:03:44
The lack of proper clothing really started to show in this unit, but it did not seem to effect the moral. Also note the use of British gasmasks by these Germans.
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3797/p1020068hs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-03-2010, 18:03:58
shame i couldnt find this photo bigger
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iv-churchill/infantry-mk-iv-churchill-mk-iv-mk-vii-01.jpg)

Churchill tanks lining up. Appearntly this is during operation goodwood, but i found another site wich said these churchills are lined up for operation totalize. If anyone can confirm this please say so

The one in the front is an MKIV Churchill "NA" with sherman tank 75MM gun and mantlet.
The rest are MK VII, the so called "Heavy churchill's"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 04-03-2010, 18:03:17
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/etusivu_2.jpg)

Finnish soldiers during battle of Tali-Ihantala, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-03-2010, 19:03:16
Not a pic, but still very interesting:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/04/070604fa_fact_grass?currentPage=all

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 04-03-2010, 19:03:31
(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/dordt1208_005.jpg)

German air-force assembly point in Holland, may 1940. The bomb shaped objects are containers witch where dropped by German transport planes. they contained the weapons and ammunition.

(If I recall German para's jumped only with sidearm right?)

Hell with it I'll post 2!

(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/dordt1208_006.jpg)
These Dutch soldiers have been captured by the German paratroopers.
For people who know a bit about the early war.. the huge big behind is, its called "De Moerdijkbrug".
Its the bridge where German troops made there breakthrough in the western part of  Holland.
the bridge was one of the 2 vital bridges in "fortress Holland" the heavy defense line.

The small hut's are made as temporary shelters by the Germans, until they where moving up.

Both pictures where not published until a couple of weeks ago.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 04-03-2010, 19:03:54
/\ Thats a massive bridge in the background :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-03-2010, 21:03:00
Yes, German paratroopers jumped without primary weapon. All of them had knives and I guess all paratroopers also had a sidearm when jumping, would be silly if they had no firearm at all.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-03-2010, 21:03:05
Yes, German paratroopers jumped without primary weapon. All of them had knives and I guess all paratroopers also had a sidearm when jumping, would be silly if they had no firearm at all.

Yep, gravity knife, bayonet, pistol, and ammo.  Maybe a couple grenades.  During Kreta, only a few rare units had been trained on how to jump with weapons (an already very tricky prospect due to the VERY low altitude parachute jumps they did, which, if done wrong, could end up in a snapped back).  It was only after Kreta that they started training more in how to make combat jumps with weapons, something that served the FJ very well in the combat jumps in Sicily and Leros, both of which were highly successful.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-03-2010, 21:03:06
And the US and British paratrooper devisions learned from the FSJ experience
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: NTH on 04-03-2010, 23:03:39
/\ Thats a massive bridge in the background :o

It's changed now. We have two bridges now. One for train and one for cars and bikes. Drive there almost every day.
The bunkers are still there, but they are just for cruising these days if ya know what I mean.

Good pic, Invincible, nice to see something near my home town.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 05-03-2010, 00:03:17
/\ Thats a massive bridge in the background :o

It's changed now. We have two bridges now. One for train and one for cars and bikes. Drive there almost every day.
The bunkers are still there, but they are just for cruising these days if ya know what I mean.

Good pic, Invincible, nice to see something near my home town.
The where already 2 bridges there during the war, 1 car bridge and 1 rail bridge:
(http://www.zero-meridean.nl/images/c_prinsenbeek_250872_4.jpg)
Dutch bomb run's failed, the bomb slammed into a pillar but didn't detonate.

the Germans made a nice (well preserved' propaganda movie about this operation called "Sprung in den Feind." full version is google btw!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-03-2010, 23:03:39
I love this Picture..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/405168-2/s_ret_wehrmacht_soldat)

Wounded Wehrtmacht Soldier, Russia 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 05-03-2010, 23:03:38
yeesh, is his arm off? it's hard to tell.  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-03-2010, 00:03:23
No, he's just cradling it, while still giving out orders (he's a Leutnant).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2010, 01:03:10
(http://sgm.zonadictos.net/waffenss/galeria/gal03.jpg)

American PoW in the Bulge. Note the "OK guys it isn't funny anymore you can lose the German uniforms" look on his face.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-03-2010, 01:03:33
No, he's just cradling it, while still giving out orders (he's a Leutnant).

whoever he is, he just made the Badass list.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-03-2010, 01:03:56
(http://sgm.zonadictos.net/waffenss/galeria/gal03.jpg)

American PoW in the Bulge. Note the "OK guys it isn't funny anymore you can lose the German uniforms" look on his face.

Looks like quite a catch, 3 more amis behind him, and who knows how many more in that house.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2010, 01:03:36
You know, I'm going to go all rogue here and post a second one:

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=176754)

Turkestani Auxiliary troops playing chess while a German officer watches.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-03-2010, 01:03:39
Quite often it seems like chess games on pictures are a symbol for Darwins theories, the eradication of the weak, with only one winner left. I think it is a popular wartheme. What do you guys think?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-03-2010, 01:03:54
Natural selection is about survival of the fittest. It has nothing to do with "strong beating the weak".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-03-2010, 01:03:57
That is actually a REALLY cool photo.

And yeah Dukat, that's a really weird interpretation of a chess game....  Can't people just play chess you know...for fun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-03-2010, 01:03:21
am I the only one who wants to know who won?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2010, 01:03:53
Who cares, they look all alike anyway *zing*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 06-03-2010, 02:03:16
am I the only one who wants to know who won?
I'm actually wondering too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-03-2010, 02:03:25
am I the only one who wants to know who won?

Am I the only one who, when seeing photos of anyone in WW2, wonders "did they survive?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 06-03-2010, 02:03:44
am I the only one who wants to know who won?

Am I the only one who, when seeing photos of anyone in WW2, wonders "did they survive?"
I don't try to think about it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 06-03-2010, 02:03:05
Me neither
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-03-2010, 02:03:58
am I the only one who wants to know who won?

Am I the only one who, when seeing photos of anyone in WW2, wonders "did they survive?"

No, actually I do this very often, especially when I'm watching documentries on places like Iwo Jima where marine casualties were high and they show the faces of those young boys smiling and cheerful before they head off to battle and I can't help but to wonder if he survived... I generally think about this for every picture of a soldier I see...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-03-2010, 02:03:59
am I the only one who wants to know who won?

Am I the only one who, when seeing photos of anyone in WW2, wonders "did they survive?"

I do, mudra. then I remember that they DID survive...every one of them.  Their photos will last for centuries, and though their identities may be lost to time, their images will remain, and never be forgotten.  
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-03-2010, 02:03:15
Good to know I'm not alone....  I always wonder what they went through, if they survived, if they had/have a family, if they're still alive today (at least for WW2 onwards x3)....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2010, 02:03:52
This thread is becoming too serious...

(http://www.abload.de/img/volkssturm2sy7.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=volkssturm2sy7.jpg)

"Heavy tanks"

(http://www.abload.de/img/bearsssor.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=bearsssor.jpg)

This could become a running gag

(http://www.abload.de/img/aa-dogsgq4m.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=aa-dogsgq4m.jpg)

(http://www.abload.de/img/coloniali02funny7sb5.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=coloniali02funny7sb5.jpg)

POWs performing some sort of traditional dance I suppose

(http://www.abload.de/img/paderbornnpnb.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=paderbornnpnb.jpg)

German cover version

(http://www.abload.de/img/erichhartmannxq2u.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=erichhartmannxq2u.jpg)

He tried to hide his Indian ancestry to no avail...

(http://www.abload.de/img/fun9oow.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=fun9oow.jpg)

(http://www.abload.de/img/littlesoldiersccqvc.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=littlesoldiersccqvc.jpg)

(http://www.abload.de/img/kissmedarlingds2w.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=kissmedarlingds2w.jpg)

That's just gay...

(http://www.abload.de/img/singersdshq.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=singersdshq.jpg)

That too

(http://www.abload.de/img/sweetxpgp.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=sweetxpgp.jpg)

Beginning to see a pattern

(http://www.abload.de/img/lomaposeeraustanh54o4c.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=lomaposeeraustanh54o4c.jpg)

Finally a real man...

(http://www.abload.de/img/lomaposeerausta202ab94r40.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=lomaposeerausta202ab94r40.jpg)

... who has his booze stolen by a woman *sigh*

(http://www.abload.de/img/para8tqkj.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=para8tqkj.jpg)

Jack Sparrow makes his appearance

(http://www.abload.de/img/trfp104p2y.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=trfp104p2y.jpg)

As does Evil Knievel

(http://www.abload.de/img/trfp1hou2.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=trfp1hou2.jpg)

Text reads "So ends a love"

(http://www.abload.de/img/truckdrivergsf0.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=truckdrivergsf0.jpg)

They see me rolling...



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-03-2010, 03:03:47
Lessons learned:
1.) I freakin' love those bear suits, it's a good way to
get shot though...

2.) They had kick ass dogs in WW2

3.) Don't attack someone occupied in the Crapper...

4.) That Jack Sparrow photo was photoshopped... and;

5.) P-Town Mass. isn't the first place to be occupied with |_ Men...



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-03-2010, 09:03:37
am I the only one who wants to know who won?

Am I the only one who, when seeing photos of anyone in WW2, wonders "did they survive?"
Well with WW2 I have it sometimes, mostly with pictures showing a close up on a face or something, then it strikes me. But I got it more often when searching through Korea and Vietnam pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 06-03-2010, 10:03:11
Stalingrad:
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/318/2ubatstalingradsavaalma.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-03-2010, 11:03:02
the only photo of Michael Wittman's destroyed OO7 tiger tank, in wich he was killed


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Wittmann_Tiger_007.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 06-03-2010, 11:03:08
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1235/24557623793d868d294fb.jpg) (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/24557623793d868d294fb.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-03-2010, 12:03:22
(http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt104/vor033/US%20Army%20-%20WW2/5-2.jpg)

Quote
American soldiers in a snowy ditch somewhere in Belgium during the counter offensive. 1945

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?168880-The-United-States-Army-Thread/page29

Credit to Aggroman for finding this nice thread
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2010, 14:03:06
Does anyone have an account on that site? Might be a good place to start a FH2 thread to recruit some new cannon fodder.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-03-2010, 14:03:08
Does anyone have an account on that site? Might be a good place to start a FH2 thread to recruit some new cannon fodder.

We got some people, Bosco, me and some more dudes. I'm on it right now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2010, 14:03:32
Nice. I opened up threads before on history forums mainly. Some of those got quite some attention.

edit: Although you could have posted some more interesting screenshots (with higher graphic settings)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-03-2010, 18:03:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/405790-2/Finnish+soldiers+in+their+foxhole+during+the+Battle+of+Tali-Ihantala)

Finnish soldiers in their foxhole during the Battle of Tali-Ihantala. Summer 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-03-2010, 18:03:08
Slightly bigger version of that picture was posted only few days ago :O

Anyway,

(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4107JKarhunenMiehineenOhjeitaJakamassa.jpg)
Fighter ace Jorma "Joppe" Karhunen (31 victories) and three other pilots preparing for their next mission.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-03-2010, 01:03:40
Parisian uprisers.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Battle_for_paris_FFI1.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-03-2010, 09:03:35
(http://www.pumaszallas.hu/nemet-eletrajzok/images-hans-joachim-marseille/3406828229_dd1dd4747d.jpg)

Quote
Hans-Joachim Marseille (13 December 1919–30 September 1942; German: IPA: [hants joˈaχɪm mɑrˈseɪ]) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. He is noted for his aerial battles during the North African Campaign and his bohemian lifestyle. Arguably one of the best fighter pilots of World War II, he was nicknamed the "Star of Africa". Marseille claimed all but seven of his "official" 158 victories against the British Commonwealth's Desert Air Force over North Africa, flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter for his entire combat career. No other pilot claimed as many Western Allied aircraft as Marseille.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-03-2010, 09:03:08
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8360/ussoldiermkb425671vv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-03-2010, 09:03:33
<drools copiously>


Oh, and a pic:

(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2586/ld9931f6ae8cb4aa5abfa60.jpg)

Two brothers, both pilots in the LW.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-03-2010, 10:03:49
Some unit just hunted a rabit with there Gew 98. I guess it debunks the whole "it would explode the rabit" myth when you shoot it. I hope they dont have to share that one little rabit, or at least shot more of them.
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2029/p1020069x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-03-2010, 12:03:34
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8360/ussoldiermkb425671vv.jpg)
"Dear honey

The war is progressing, the germans are on full retreat, and we are capturing alot of stuff in germany, i will bring you some nice presents when i return to the US

Love, Cletus"

"Dear cletus

OH i cant wait for presents! I bet they are silverware, dinner plates, jewelery, Liquer and more fancy stuff!"

Now imagine if the GI is reading THAT letter right before he arrives back home

"uh-oh"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 07-03-2010, 13:03:00
That reminds me of this one book by one of the 101st survivors (not Easy Company though). He mentioned finding a "Buck Rogers gun" in Normandy, which is believed to have been an MP44. I'm sure that dude thought the same.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-03-2010, 18:03:34
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/406249-1/Mauno+Koivisto)

Mauno Koivisto (born November 25, 1923) was the ninth President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as Prime Minister 1968–1970 and 1979–1982. In 1939 When the Winter War started, he was at the age of 16 and joined the a homefront firefighting unit and later during the Continuation War, Koivisto served in the Infantry Detachment Törni, led by the famous Lauri Törni, which was a reconnaissance detachment operating behind the enemy lines and open to selected volunteers only. During the war he received the Order of the Cross of Liberty (2nd class) and was promoted to the rank of Alikersantti (Finnish rank equal to corporal). He later referred to his experiences during the war by stating "When you have taken part in a game in which your own life is at stake, all other games are small after that experience".


Flippy, all of this is True?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 07-03-2010, 18:03:24
Pretty much, yeah. Some years ago they found President Koivisto's Dektjarjev "Emma" LMG (or what was left of it) which he hid under a stone when his group had to execute a rather hasty retreat.

Edit:
Another soldier who became a president of Finland
(http://www.savonsanomat.fi/multimedia/dynamic/00083/Mannerheim2_83883c.jpg)
Baron Marshal Mannerheim
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 07-03-2010, 19:03:16
Best known Polish secret weapon, bear Wojtek
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387682-1/szeregowy_wojtek__niedwied_z_armii_andersa_577)
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387679-2/fd27cb5bef4e7ca701a37425a72326a716f5e9bdf025a1e186dfd2f72c5d0919)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-03-2010, 22:03:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/406342-2/m__hlenkamp%23)

SS-Standartenführer Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp (1910-1986) with his fox terrier. Mühlenkamp was awarded the Knight's Cross with oak leaves on September 21, 1944 while leading 5th SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking". His last assignment was commanding 32nd SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „30. Januar“.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/406275-2/1_001)

Destroyed King Tiger in Gdańsk (Danzig).1945.Taken on a street "ul.Długich Ogrodów" near the Church of św.Barbara
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-03-2010, 22:03:16
Awesome, I got one of those dogs. Clever bastards..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-03-2010, 22:03:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Hans_von_Luck.jpg)

Quote
Hans-Ulrich von Luck und Witten (15 July 1911–1 August 1997), usually shortened to Hans von Luck, was a Colonel in the German Armored Forces (Oberst der Panzerwaffe) during World War II. He served with the 7th Panzer Division and 21st Panzer Division, seeing action in Poland, France, North Africa, Italy and Russia. He was a close associate of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel. He is author of the book Panzer Commander.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Advance_of_the_Panzerjager-Abteilung_39-AC1942.jpg)

Quote
German motorized reconnaissance of the 21st Panzer Division advancing.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Hans_von_Luck_During_Goodwood.gif)

Quote
After several years' internment at a Gulag in Georgia, Luck was repatriated. He became heavily involved in veterans' associations, and also lecturing military students. He also became good friends with several of his former opponents, most notably British Airborne Major John Howard. He also formed a friendship with popular U.S. historian Stephen Ambrose, at whose instigation he wrote his memoirs, titled Panzer Commander. This book is acknowledged as one of the most balanced German military memoirs of World War II.

After the war, Luck and Howard would have coffee together in Bénouville at probably the first building in France to be liberated from German occupation, café Gondrée. Because the owners were severely anti-German, Howard convinced them that Luck was a Swede.[20][21]

Luck is a prime example for a former Wehrmacht officer who is virtually unknown in Germany but gained an almost mythical status in Anglo-Saxon World War II folklore, because he published a book in the English language during the height of the Cold War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-03-2010, 15:03:54
Some historical footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BnU4rQAsf8

;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 08-03-2010, 18:03:23
Some historical footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BnU4rQAsf8

;)
What.The fuck.Was that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 08-03-2010, 20:03:41
Some historical footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BnU4rQAsf8

;)
What.The fuck.Was that.
Inglorious Bastard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-03-2010, 20:03:00
I rofl'd so hard. Had not seen the movie yet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-03-2010, 22:03:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/406710-2/JapSurrndrIwo-001)

Photo from US Navy magazine used in article to inform Navy personnel that Japanese do sometimes overcome their training that surrender is shameful.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-03-2010, 22:03:17
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3274359216_cd5bf5daaf.jpg)
German soldier finding out Obergefreiter "Hernst Hinkel" of the 1St panzer devision his "Potatoe, pork,Bacon, spam,Carrot,Cream and 80% brussels sprouts" stew is as hard as the war itself
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 08-03-2010, 22:03:22
I love how everyone else is just carrying on, and he's almost crying
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-03-2010, 22:03:26
Whenever I see that pic, I get the feeling that he was being hazed :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-03-2010, 23:03:23
German soldier finding out Obergefreiter "Hernst Hinkel" of the 1St panzer devision his "Potatoe, pork,Bacon, spam,Carrot,Cream and 80% brussels sprouts" stew is as hard as the war itself

Switch the Spam with some Turnip or Rutabage and i would gladly eat it. Nothing beats a good stew
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-03-2010, 23:03:28
Probably captured soviet bathwater.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 08-03-2010, 23:03:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/406710-2/JapSurrndrIwo-001)

Photo from US Navy magazine used in article to inform Navy personnel that Japanese do sometimes overcome their training that surrender is shameful.

Still a rare moment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-03-2010, 18:03:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/406815-2/life_325)

Japanese Captain Sakae Oba handing his sword to US Col. Howard Kurgis after Oba and his men surrendered, 3 months after the official end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 09-03-2010, 19:03:39
Anyone know of any good photos of Hiroo Onoda? You know, the Japanese officer who was fighting on Guam til 1975.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 09-03-2010, 19:03:13
Anyone know of any good photos of Hiroo Onoda? You know, the Japanese officer who was fighting on Guam til 1975.

found this from wiki.. when the guy was young

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Onoda-young.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-03-2010, 20:03:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-301-1953-24%2C_Seine-et-Oise%2C_Soldaten_mit_Flak-Gesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 09-03-2010, 21:03:50
(http://www.grebbeberg.nl/dordt/fotosdordt/gfx/normal/dordt1208_005.jpg)

German air-force assembly point in Holland, may 1940. The bomb shaped objects are containers witch where dropped by German transport planes. they contained the weapons and ammunition.

These Dutch soldiers have been captured by the German paratroopers.
For people who know a bit about the early war.. the huge big behind is, its called "De Moerdijkbrug".
Its the bridge where German troops made there breakthrough in the western part of  Holland.
the bridge was one of the 2 vital bridges in "fortress Holland" the heavy defense line.

The small hut's are made as temporary shelters by the Germans, until they where moving up.

Both pictures where not published until a couple of weeks ago.
It's the Netherlands damn it! As a Dutchy you should know that only roughly the modern day provinces of Noord (North) Holland and Zuid (South)  Holland cover what used to be the province of Holland. 

Having said that, the defensive line in the west, in which several major cities (Den Haag/ The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam etc.) were  located was referred to as "Vesting Holland" ("Festung Holland"  for the Germans, as you can see in the German "Sprung in dem feind" propaganda movie), or "Fortress Holland".

/\ Thats a massive bridge in the background :o

It's changed now. We have two bridges now. One for train and one for cars and bikes. Drive there almost every day.
The bunkers are still there, but they are just for cruising these days if ya know what I mean.

Good pic, Invincible, nice to see something near my home town.
The where already 2 bridges there during the war, 1 car bridge and 1 rail bridge:
(http://www.zero-meridean.nl/images/c_prinsenbeek_250872_4.jpg)
Dutch bomb run's failed, the bomb slammed into a pillar but didn't detonate.

the Germans made a nice (well preserved' propaganda movie about this operation called "Sprung in den Feind." full version is google btw!


Correct. After the war, the Dutch railroads (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) donated their intact  railroad bridge sections to be used as part of the road bridge.

See this film about the reconstruction of roads and bridges after the war, at the end they show the Moerdijk bruggen (Moerdijk bridges): http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/items/NIBG01:BG_13260


(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8360/ussoldiermkb425671vv.jpg)
*drool*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 09-03-2010, 22:03:30
"Frankreich.- Soldat (Fallschirmjäger ?) mit geflecktem Stahlhelm und Gewehr in Stellung hinter Buschwerk (Bocage); PK Fs AOK"

(http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dev02/barchpic/2007/06-29/71/4a/2d/athene-54qndsmlbq0twdba2hj_layout.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-03-2010, 22:03:18
Nice camouflage, done with a paintbrush, dip and splat  :P

And I don't see how the description guy would think thats an FJ.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-03-2010, 22:03:39
"Frankreich.- Soldat (Fallschirmjäger ?) mit geflecktem Stahlhelm und Gewehr in Stellung hinter Buschwerk (Bocage); PK Fs AOK"

It is a simple description of what can be seen:
France. - Soldier (Paratrooper ?) with speckled steel helmet and rifle in emplacement behind scrubland (Bocage).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-03-2010, 22:03:17
Yeah but the dude looks like a normal Wehrmacht soldier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-03-2010, 22:03:07
Yeah, he's wehrmacht, wearing a tan/water smock.

Also, note that he's using a straight bolted rifle.  Probably a vz22 or Gew98a :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-03-2010, 22:03:02
I dunno, it looks sort of crooked, like the bolt is half open or something. Could be because of the text on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-03-2010, 22:03:41
Yeah, its cuz of the text:

(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8305/bundesarchivbild101i584.jpg)

Also, you can see that the sling rings are on the bottom, not inlaid into the side of the stock.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-03-2010, 22:03:17
what if sie awesome churchill tank would be combined with the 17PDR gun? It would be the worst nightmare of any panzer boy (154MM frontal armor AND a gun wich can easily rip trough you

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/black-prince/black-prince-01.jpg)

This tank, often called "Black prince", was just finished being developed when the war ended
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 09-03-2010, 22:03:21
Ah, yes, the "Edward". That is one seriously nice looking tank!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-03-2010, 23:03:31
one of them still survives at the bovington musuem
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 09-03-2010, 23:03:10
Why didn't they come up with that earlier? They had churchills in the desert, they had shermans in the desert. They gave the sherman 17pdr in time to take part in normandy landings.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-03-2010, 00:03:03
Why didn't they come up with that earlier? They had churchills in the desert, they had shermans in the desert. They gave the sherman 17pdr in time to take part in normandy landings.

Well for one the Black Prince was heavily redesigned from the Churchill, the Firefly was an adaption of a standard tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-03-2010, 09:03:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407101-2/33-14%23)

German soldiers and Soviet civilians marvelling at a knocked-out KV-2. Photo from a German vet's private album.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 10-03-2010, 09:03:30
i know from FH secret weapons mod that there was  a churchill with a 6pdr autoconnanon

i think it was called molins or something http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Molins.htm

however i cant find anything about it

maybe it was just an experimental / prototype project ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-03-2010, 09:03:26
It was in a Cromwell IIRC, and it was a heavily experimental tank that never was produced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-03-2010, 12:03:20
Why didn't they come up with that earlier? They had churchills in the desert, they had shermans in the desert. They gave the sherman 17pdr in time to take part in normandy landings.

Well for one the Black Prince was heavily redesigned from the Churchill, the Firefly was an adaption of a standard tank.
This

The churchill was one of the best adaptable chassis, but its turret was not. The sherman was the opposite.

For the black Prince, they needed to redesign a turret and the ammo layout, for the sherman, they just had the Flip the 17PDR upside down, and Voila!

Still, should the war have lasted longer, the black prince would become a sight on the field. The tank had many good promises, and they would provide perfect escort for the 75MM Mark VII churchills.

This made a whole diversion of tanks of the same chassis= 75MM Churchills for all round purpose's, 95MM churchills for Direct fire support, and 17PDR Black Princes for escorts as tank destroyer's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-03-2010, 18:03:36
i know from FH secret weapons mod that there was  a churchill with a 6pdr autoconnanon

i think it was called molins or something http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Molins.htm

however i cant find anything about it

maybe it was just an experimental / prototype project ?

And its the best Allied tank.

Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam there goes your KT.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 11-03-2010, 01:03:41
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr601.gif)

"oops" A Fiat CR.42 nosed over.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-03-2010, 01:03:41
^

Reminds me of massive IL2 Campaigns..

-You doing Good Torenico.. now land.

-Ok

And i always ended up like that...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 11-03-2010, 13:03:04
Some Panzerschreck pics:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-710-0371-32%2C_Ukraine%2C_Ausbildung_an_Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg)

First version with the Stalker outfit required to survive firing it.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-092-29%2C_vor_Berlin%2C_Volkssturm_mit_Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg)

The defense of Eastern Germany

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-300-1862-20A%2C_Frankreich%2C_bei_Etretat%2C_Waffenvorf%C3%BChrung%2C_Kuntzen.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27832%2C_Felddienst%C3%BCbung%2C_Ruhepause%2C_Soldaten_mit_Kindern.jpg)

Members of the elite Großdeutschland Division, apparently having added a different shield as Field modification.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 11-03-2010, 13:03:20
(http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/8n/77/azvb/63603/697991926.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 11-03-2010, 13:03:51
and of course:

(http://homepage3.nifty.com/gun45/hammer8.JPG)

"Hammer"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 11-03-2010, 13:03:01
(http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/8n/77/azvb/63603/697991926.jpg)

"Aim High! AIM HIGH!!!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 11-03-2010, 15:03:39
(http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/8n/77/azvb/63603/697991926.jpg)

So their training was realistic then  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 11-03-2010, 16:03:52
(http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/8n/77/azvb/63603/697991926.jpg)

So their training was realistic then  ;D

Did they used live ammo? hehe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 11-03-2010, 21:03:14
One of the most badass pics I've ever seen:

(http://www.azski.com/images/WWII_flame_thrower-plane.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-03-2010, 21:03:35
One of the most badass pics I've ever seen:

(http://www.azski.com/images/WWII_flame_thrower-plane.jpg)
*DIE JAPANESE DO.....!  OOHH SHIT WAIT!!

*Pulls extremly up at the last second
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 11-03-2010, 21:03:16
FOIRE!
(http://keyholepublishing.com/WWII.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-03-2010, 23:03:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407932-2/1_017)

German soldiers in Kaunas during the"Barbarossa" plan.June,1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 12-03-2010, 00:03:48
One of the most badass pics I've ever seen:

(http://www.azski.com/images/WWII_flame_thrower-plane.jpg)

half a second later...

[n00b]pil0t [Teamkills] teh1337sn1p3r
[n00b]pil0t [Teamkills] ZOOKATROOPER
[n00b]pil0t [Teamkills] Pyr0maniac
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 12-03-2010, 02:03:45
I thought I recognized that pic from somewhere..

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa233/Christopher_the_gamer/teamkillers.jpg)


Question is, is the original with or without the plane?

dun dun dunnn
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-03-2010, 02:03:34
That pic is Shopped.

Bai
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 12-03-2010, 19:03:26
Maus in Kubinka  ;D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Metro-maus1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 12-03-2010, 21:03:54
That pic is Shopped.

Bai

Pretty good photoshop! But yeah, I can see a bit of a colour change in the sky around the plane now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-03-2010, 21:03:50
Not really. It isn't even cut out properly on the bazooka soldier. Plus with a white background it is so easy to remove things  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-03-2010, 21:03:43
Maus in Kubinka  ;D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Metro-maus1.jpg)
Do want to see that beauty one day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-03-2010, 21:03:43
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/8738/1112i0ewqs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-03-2010, 01:03:48
Any idea what happened to the barrel of that Maus? And whats the story behind it (that particular model) anyways?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-03-2010, 01:03:01
Any idea what happened to the barrel of that Maus? And whats the story behind it (that particular model) anyways?
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/dmaus.jpg)
The barrel was apparently damaged when the tank was destroyed by it's crew. The Soviets took the turret and installed it on a the second complete, turretless hull.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 13-03-2010, 02:03:21
Careful, you're saying the 'M' word too much! You might lure Torenico!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 13-03-2010, 02:03:27
Any idea what happened to the barrel of that Maus? And whats the story behind it (that particular model) anyways?

It's obviously the bite-mark of a rather large animal... ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-03-2010, 03:03:46
An Italian poster, portraying the bravery of the Italian and Ethiopian guerillas left behind in Ethiopia.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/EroiAmbaAlagi.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-03-2010, 05:03:59
Not really. It isn't even cut out properly on the bazooka soldier. Plus with a white background it is so easy to remove things  ;D

Wait...remove? Or add? Which version is shopped?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-03-2010, 05:03:56
Any idea what happened to the barrel of that Maus? And whats the story behind it (that particular model) anyways?
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/dmaus.jpg)
The barrel was apparently damaged when the tank was destroyed by it's crew. The Soviets took the turret and installed it on a the second complete, turretless hull.

Interesting, I always like hearing stories like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2010, 06:03:55
I always wonder who the crew was that tested it, and if they survived the war or what.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-03-2010, 06:03:03
It would be very cool to interview them about it, but most chances are that they are dead or something
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2010, 06:03:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/408190-2/4)

U.S. marines somewhere in Okinawa. Between 1 April-21 June 1945.


I'd like to interview Hans Kammler and ask him if the Glocke Existed xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-03-2010, 11:03:54
March 13th, the end of Winter War.

(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1047/valkeatkuinmetsakanat.jpg)

Some finnish fighters in Kollaa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 13-03-2010, 23:03:35
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1977.gif)
"Bombs away!"

Anyone know what plane this is?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-03-2010, 23:03:38
It could be a Bristol Blenheim Mk. V
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-03-2010, 01:03:08
(http://www.legion.org/documents/legion/posters/751.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 14-03-2010, 03:03:05
It could be a Bristol Blenheim Mk. V
Correct. Awesome picture btw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 14-03-2010, 04:03:30
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1977.gif)
"Bombs away!"

Anyone know what plane this is?

What engagement is this from?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 14-03-2010, 07:03:41
http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1977.gif
"Bombs away!"

Anyone know what plane this is?

What engagement is this from?

Im not sure, I found it on an Italian site, and I cant read italian, nor did I think to google translate it.
It was however in the year 1942 section of the site.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-03-2010, 08:03:16
I can see a Canadian-Like Roundel on the Body, and in the Wings a Dutch Like Roundel.

Give us the Source please, i can understand some Italian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-03-2010, 08:03:16
I think I've seen this before, its a still from a film taken from a german or italian ship in a convoy in the Med.  Wave of Blemheims came in with torpedos and bombs, one was shot down by AA, they scored no hits at least on the ship that the film was taken from.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2010, 12:03:19
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3479/japfallschirmjaeger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-03-2010, 14:03:46
I think I've seen this before, its a still from a film taken from a german or italian ship in a convoy in the Med.  Wave of Blemheims came in with torpedos and bombs, one was shot down by AA, they scored no hits at least on the ship that the film was taken from.
Haven't people posted that question, and you posted that answer, like 800 hundred times now? Sheesh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-03-2010, 16:03:30
Sherman tanks liberating Rome, June 4th, 1944.

(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6592/rome1.jpg) (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/rome1.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 14-03-2010, 17:03:25
people aren't cheering that much..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-03-2010, 17:03:34
say that to her cheery face!
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8421/rome2hz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 14-03-2010, 17:03:23
That's because Italy was not 'liberated' but 'invaded' and overrun by the allies.
Although Mussolini was not that popular amongst the Italians, seeing a foreign non-friendly armed force drive tanks through your main capital is far from perfect.

So. Unsurprising ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-03-2010, 18:03:37
Sherman tanks liberating Rome, June 4th, 1944.

(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6592/rome1.jpg) (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/rome1.jpg/)

M10's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 14-03-2010, 18:03:08
This might be the same day, but elswhere in the city of Rome. Anyways, M10 front view for completeness:

(http://www.defocus.nl/temp/m10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-03-2010, 19:03:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/British_Grand_Slam_bomb.jpg)

Quote
The Grand Slam was a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War.

Known officially as the Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000lb, it was a scaled up version of the Tallboy bomb and closer to the original size that the bomb inventor Barnes Wallis had envisioned when he first developed his earthquake bomb idea.

On this day back in 1945 the first one was used

Quote
By the end of the war, 42 Grand Slams had been dropped on active service.

Bielefeld, 14 March 1945
    The No. 617 Squadron RAF Avro Lancaster of Squadron Leader CC Calder dropped the first Grand Slam bomb from 11,965 ft (3,647 m) on the Bielefeld viaduct. More than 100 yards of the Bielefeld viaduct collapsed through the earthquake bomb effect of the Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs of No. 617 Squadron. No aircraft were lost.


Sunday Bonus picture!

(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=112894&d=1268001960)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-03-2010, 19:03:44
Medics rescuing a wounded man in Monte Cassino moments before a close artillery shell impact.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3850/cassino.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-03-2010, 19:03:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/British_Grand_Slam_bomb.jpg)

Quote
The Grand Slam was a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War.

Known officially as the Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000lb, it was a scaled up version of the Tallboy bomb and closer to the original size that the bomb inventor Barnes Wallis had envisioned when he first developed his earthquake bomb idea.

On this day back in 1945 the first one was used

Quote
By the end of the war, 42 Grand Slams had been dropped on active service.

Bielefeld, 14 March 1945
    The No. 617 Squadron RAF Avro Lancaster of Squadron Leader CC Calder dropped the first Grand Slam bomb from 11,965 ft (3,647 m) on the Bielefeld viaduct. More than 100 yards of the Bielefeld viaduct collapsed through the earthquake bomb effect of the Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs of No. 617 Squadron. No aircraft were lost.




http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/98/bielefeld_schildescher_viadukt_1.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 14-03-2010, 19:03:19
Sherman tanks liberating Rome, June 4th, 1944.

You can't possibly be that stupid to confuse shermans with tank destroyers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-03-2010, 20:03:51
(http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/5461/grey.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-03-2010, 20:03:51
Sherman tanks liberating Rome, June 4th, 1944.

You can't possibly be that stupid to confuse shermans with tank destroyers?

I didn't really look at the tanks, TBH. I just thought it was an interesting photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-03-2010, 21:03:41
Captured tank fires at a German sniper's nest, Parisian Uprising, 1944
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Battle_for_paris_warfare_scene.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-03-2010, 21:03:15
Is that a Somua? Looks like the backside of one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-03-2010, 21:03:25
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7030/bofors.jpg)

I hope he knows how to lead a plane!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-03-2010, 22:03:26
That's because Italy was not 'liberated' but 'invaded' and overrun by the allies.
Although Mussolini was not that popular amongst the Italians, seeing a foreign non-friendly armed force drive tanks through your main capital is far from perfect.

So. Unsurprising ;)


<buzzer sounds>  EEEEHHHHH

Wrong.

Italy had a revolt on July 25th 1943, after the invasion of Sicily.  Mussolini was overthrown, and Marshall Badalgio was put into his place.  Italy signed armistice with the allies and declared neutrality on the 3rd of September (thought not officially announced until the 8th).  After German attacks on and/or disarming of their forces (including the sinking of the battleship Roma by a Fritz-X guided bomb, and the massacre of the Cephalonia garrison), Italy went to war with Germany in full and joined the allies.  Italian troops fought on the Italian front for the duration of the war, as well as a large Italian air force and navy that supported allied operations throughout the region, as well as into Yugoslavia against german anti-partisan operations.  They preformed extremely well, gaining great trust from the allied troops for their actions at Monte Cassino, and at the Gothic line, suffering heavy casualties, but still storming ahead.  The majority of the Italian population also sided with the allies, and thus why the Americans in Rome there are being welcomes as liberators, note how they're all holding up V for victory signs (a la Churchill), in that close up.

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4295/90577279.jpg)

Italian Liberation Corps, 1943.  Later on they were slowly requipped with british uniforms and weapons, though it was never fully completed.

(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9678/75932820.jpg)

Lt. General Anders of the Polish II Corps meeting with Italian officers of the 1st Raggrupamento Motorizzato.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-03-2010, 22:03:42
Out of curiosity, were the Italian co-belligerent forces outfitted with the gear they had been using from 1940-43, or were they quasi-American and British outfitted like the Free French?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-03-2010, 22:03:24
Out of curiosity, were the Italian co-belligerent forces outfitted with the gear they had been using from 1940-43, or were they quasi-American and British outfitted like the Free French?

Just decided to edit that in now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-03-2010, 23:03:37
Ah, thank you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 14-03-2010, 23:03:20
More Low flying anti-shipping action!

(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1754.gif)

This time an Italian SM.79  (my favorite torpedo bomber) :D


Also the translated caption for the Blenheim bombing the ship:

"In the above picture of a bomber attack on a convoy on passage to Benghazi Italian."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-03-2010, 00:03:33
VonMudra,

Thanks for the history lesson, but I was (mostly) aware of that information. You missed my point however - I was not talking politics but psychology. When foreign armies are present massively in a country, the host populations attitude might be partly positive, and partly reluctant or negative.

In the case of Italy I always found it very interesting to see the population split between support for Mussolini/fascism/Germany and a part against those same things (embodied in the 'Resistenza').  And for me, the image of the allied troops driving through the streets of Rome embodied these schizophrenic sentiments. Part of the crowd is happy, part looks tired, worried, or just plain observantly neutral.

Now, if I check the liberation of my hometown (Utrecht, The Netherlands) I see *really* happy people. The italians obviously did not suffer as long a hardship of cold winters, food deprivation etc. as the Dutch. But still I find the difference in overall response highly symbolical.
(http://theoccupiedgarden.com/images/liberation-utrecht1.jpg)

This is another image from the city of Eindhoven which was liberated much earlier in the war and hence did not suffer much compared to the upper part of Holland :
(http://en.wikivisual.com/images/c/cf/Crowd_of_Dutch_civilians_celebrating_the_liberation_of_Utrecht_by_the_Canadian_Army_.jpg)

In general 'neutral' countries have had large groups of people respond positively towards occupation or liberation (depending how you see it).  For example the 'liberation' or 'occupation' of Iraq by American and other allied forces. There are plenty images where the Iraqi's are welcoming the Americans. But I dont have to explain to you that this does not mean an entire population is happy to see foreign troops on their own soil.

Here the German troops were welcomed by French inhabitants (summer of 1940). This again does not mean the majority of the French population was pro-Germany, but it signals the psychological behavior of welcoming foreign invading or liberating troops irregardless of real or prior sentiments. 
(http://www.stinch.com/militaria/images/k98_pouch/foto/bild/1940/101I-124-0249-06.jpg)
(Note how they're holding up their arms for Nazi-greeting signs (a la Hitler) (sarcasm :P)

Concluding, I am still not convinced (and unfortunately have not found much literature on the exact subject) about the attitude of the Italians towards allied forces during the greater part of the war, and the 'liberation' of Italy - and I see that reflected in the photo with a not-all-that exuberant crowd in Rome. Was the italian positivism against allied forces a 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' or something more genuine ?

For me it is simple ; the Italians were opportunistic and passive in the early time of the war. Later when the rule of Mussolini and greater influence and presence of German troops and politics changed the calm lives of the average Italian there grew a greater aversion against that. But for me there was no true liberation ór occupation of Italy..it was somewhere in between.  (Hence I put 'invaded' and 'liberated' between quotes in my original message).


My $0.02


That's because Italy was not 'liberated' but 'invaded' and overrun by the allies.
Although Mussolini was not that popular amongst the Italians, seeing a foreign non-friendly armed force drive tanks through your main capital is far from perfect.

So. Unsurprising ;)


<buzzer sounds>  EEEEHHHHH

Wrong.

Italy had a revolt on July 25th 1943, after the invasion of Sicily.  Mussolini was overthrown, and Marshall Badalgio was put into his place.  Italy signed armistice with the allies and declared neutrality on the 3rd of September (thought not officially announced until the 8th).  After German attacks on and/or disarming of their forces (including the sinking of the battleship Roma by a Fritz-X guided bomb, and the massacre of the Cephalonia garrison), Italy went to war with Germany in full and joined the allies.  Italian troops fought on the Italian front for the duration of the war, as well as a large Italian air force and navy that supported allied operations throughout the region, as well as into Yugoslavia against german anti-partisan operations.  They preformed extremely well, gaining great trust from the allied troops for their actions at Monte Cassino, and at the Gothic line, suffering heavy casualties, but still storming ahead.  The majority of the Italian population also sided with the allies, and thus why the Americans in Rome there are being welcomes as liberators, note how they're all holding up V for victory signs (a la Churchill), in that close up.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-03-2010, 00:03:36
Liberation of Rome:

(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/9/6/1252252248129/Second-world-war-Italians-001.jpg)

(http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/53375442.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14B5769D13BE66928D8A710BCC58B9A7FA1207D26268C7C513B01E70F2B3269972)

(http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/92934744.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D09A9936F78B5C47555516A0515650933D937B896F82297973E30A760B0D811297)


Yeah, they sure look neutral towards the allies there.  ::)

Remember, Italy wasn't under hostile occupation as the Netherlands was.  While things slowly got worse through 44 and 45 with the SS retaliations against the partisans, Rome was never under such dire straits of occupation as Paris or Eindhoven, or Utrecht for that matter.  Italy was nominally in a Civil war once the RSI was created as a german puppet, so while the Germans treated the Italian civil population with a watchful eye, it didn't become heavy handed and brute force until some time after the fall of Rome, when the partisan movement in the north really began to gain ground.  Meanwhile, allied troops ALL OVER italy were indeed greeted as liberators.  The Italian populace was sick of war, and allied occupation meant an end to the war for them.  Posting photos of german soldiers being welcomed in French towns doesn't affect this arguement.  The french people had been kind to them in WW1, and were as such during ww2.  There were indeed also fascist sentiments amoung the French, enough to form french volunteer units and later on an SS division serving on the Ostfront, as well as the paramilitary Milice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 15-03-2010, 00:03:13
(http://bronia.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/52.jpg)
BT-42 assault howitzer  (Ps. 511-19), somewhere near Viipuri in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-03-2010, 02:03:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/409026-2/as)

Japanese Special Naval Landing Force Soldiers preparing an ambush against Allied troops (New Guinea, 1943)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 15-03-2010, 05:03:03
[img]http://bronia.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/52.jpg img]
BT-42 assault howitzer  (Ps. 511-19), somewhere near Viipuri in 1944.

Holy hell, how did that beast come into creation?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 15-03-2010, 08:03:35
http://bronia.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/52.jpg
BT-42 assault howitzer  (Ps. 511-19), somewhere near Viipuri in 1944.

Ah reminds me of fh1 KARELIA  :D

(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/images/vehicles/BT42/big.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Agnostic84 on 15-03-2010, 09:03:57
(http://kimag.es/share/24479678.png) (http://kimag.es/)
Quote
This Panther Ostwallturm was part of the Hitler line in Italy and was positioned near Monte Cassino. It consists of a normal Panther turret mounted on a Stahluntersatz (steel sub-base). Some of the Churchill tanks which it destroyed can be seen in the distance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-03-2010, 09:03:16
@ Vonmudra : Interesting photos and point of view. I'll head to the library tomorrow and see if I can dig up some more information on the psychological why-and-how of the Italian people (and most interesting to find some 'percentage' pro and against etc.)

Since we are talking Pantherturms I could not resist posting this one :

(http://forum.axishistory.com/files/gi_chats_w-_berlin_germany_boys_on_tiger_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 15-03-2010, 11:03:55
[img]http://bronia.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/52.jpg img]
BT-42 assault howitzer  (Ps. 511-19), somewhere near Viipuri in 1944.

Holy hell, how did that beast come into creation?
When you have loads of captured BT-7 tanks, British 4½ inch howitzers and too much time :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 15-03-2010, 20:03:25
German dive bomber shot down after a run on British shipping moments before impact.

(http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3899/planedown.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-03-2010, 21:03:24
@ Vonmudra : Interesting photos and point of view. I'll head to the library tomorrow and see if I can dig up some more information on the psychological why-and-how of the Italian people (and most interesting to find some 'percentage' pro and against etc.)

Good man ;)  One major case is Naples, which actually rose up in rebellion against the Italian fascist government ;)  And as the war got on, and SS atrocities started to hit the fan in Italy, you can guarantee where popular support went.  :P  The only allied troops the italians wouldn't have liked would be the french goulimers....  Those guys...did some messed up crap.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 15-03-2010, 21:03:15
(http://www.fjr2.be/gr-Falschirmj%E4ger-SS-8.jpg)

Description:
1945
SS-FJ-Btl. 600 at the Oderfront

SS paratroopers inspecting an abandoned t34/85.

I actually have a question regarding SS. Where there any SS men in service of the luftwaffe? If so did they have special SS fighter squadrons or something in that direction. Same question goes for kriegsmarine. Did they have like a Waffen SS on sea?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-03-2010, 21:03:34
Nope.  The Waffen SS fallschirmjager battalion were never part of the Luftwaffe either, still part of the waffen SS.  They were a penal battalion actually...and incredibly poor fighters, mostly spent their time being entire decimated, then being rebuilt by more prisoners.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 15-03-2010, 22:03:26
The only allied troops the italians wouldn't have liked would be the french goulimers....  Those guys...did some messed up crap.

Yeah, this was my impression as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-03-2010, 22:03:07
They were a penal battalion actually...and incredibly poor fighters, mostly spent their time being entire decimated, then being rebuilt by more prisoners.

That is actually a common misconception. The SS Fallschirmjager units were composed of volunteers and what SS military code called 'b-soldaten' - so named for violating military duties only. This could be failing to obey an order, falling a sleep during watch etc. Not criminals accused of murder rape or any such thing but just 'ignorant soldiers'. They were given a chance to redeem themselves and prove they were worthy SS-troops after very strict scrutiny by selection.

The initial  Battalion 500 was later renamed and re-supplied to  Battalion 600, and then consisted 100% of volunteers without any once in-subordinating soldiers.

Although the SS fallschirmjager are not known for their huge success in the battlefield and indeed were decimated a hand full of times, they were used in harsh battles and often just had bad luck. They were not sent to battle that often, and except for the disastrous attempt to capture Tito in Drvar they have proven a very resilient and stubborn unit that held up against overwhelming numbers of enemies over prolonged periods of time.

We could name a number of equally sized allied airborne units that were decimated or never heard from much reputation-wise. It's just a dangerous line of business 'We are supposed to be surrounded' etc ;).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-03-2010, 23:03:00
Volunteers yes, but it was a volunteer of "Either join this unit, or keep clearing landmines with your finger tips" ;)  And yeah, the tito thing was basically a complete disaster.  Otherwise, I just haven't seen much proof that they were any better then any other basic german infantry unit, not elite in the slightest....  

Guess I should post a pic of the day:

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8191/blessefrancaisdelasturm.jpg)

If anyone reads French, I'd love to know what the caption says :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-03-2010, 23:03:23
Actually what I know these rumours are being denied by SS paratroopers veterans - they claim that the volunteers were experienced waffen SS combat troops that solicited for a place in the fallschirmjager's ranks on their own initiative solely.

Also interesting some hard evidence about the makeup of the 'b-soldaten' (the internet is unfortunately full of contradicting rumors without source)

"Here in the first place, less than half of the men were convicts, and the recruiting officers were highly selective so those paroled were men sentenced for relatively minor offences such as striking a superior officer, black market activities or being overheard speaking out against the Party or the Fuhrer"

(From the book 'German Airborne Divisions: Mediterranean Theatre 1942-45', by Bruce Quarrie)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 15-03-2010, 23:03:03
(http://www.aberjonapress.com/catalog/slh/images/italian47mm.jpg)

Italian 47mm anti-tank gun and crew in Russia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 15-03-2010, 23:03:57
Volunteers yes, but it was a volunteer of "Either join this unit, or keep clearing landmines with your finger tips" ;)  And yeah, the tito thing was basically a complete disaster.  Otherwise, I just haven't seen much proof that they were any better then any other basic german infantry unit, not elite in the slightest....  

Guess I should post a pic of the day:

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8191/blessefrancaisdelasturm.jpg)

If anyone reads French, I'd love to know what the caption says :P

I'll try to translate, but my english is bad so...

Here the translation:
Wounded french who wait for his evacuation during the battle of caparti.
After they were engage in Galicia, the sturmbrigad frankreich will become the regiment 57 of charlemagne division. Many who will escape the trap of Pomerania will form an assault battallion. They will arrive in berlin, at the evening of 24 april 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-03-2010, 23:03:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-189-13%2C_Russland%2C_Charkow%2C_Waffen-SS_mit_Panzer_IV.jpg)

Quote
The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German  Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of Kharkiv (Russian: Харьков; Ukrainian: Харків), between 19 February and 15 March 1943.
Known to the Germans as the Donets Campaign, and to the Soviets  as the Donbas and Kharkov operations, the German counterstrike led to the destruction of approximately 52 Soviet divisions and the recapture of the cities of Kharkiv and Belgorod.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Roth-173-01%2C_Russland%2C_Raum_Charkow%2C_Jagdpanzer.jpg)

Quote
Soldiers of the 1st SS Panzer Division near Kharkiv, February 1943

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H01758%2C_Erich_v._Manstein.jpg)

Quote
Portrait of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, commander of Army Group South at the time of the battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-03-2010, 00:03:29
Actually what I know these rumours are being denied by SS paratroopers veterans - they claim that the volunteers were experienced waffen SS combat troops that solicited for a place in the fallschirmjager's ranks on their own initiative solely.

Also interesting some hard evidence about the makeup of the 'b-soldaten' (the internet is unfortunately full of contradicting rumors without source)

"Here in the first place, less than half of the men were convicts, and the recruiting officers were highly selective so those paroled were men sentenced for relatively minor offences such as striking a superior officer, black market activities or being overheard speaking out against the Party or the Fuhrer"

(From the book 'German Airborne Divisions: Mediterranean Theatre 1942-45', by Bruce Quarrie)



I'm not saying that they were murders, just yeah, those guys were from penal battalion :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 16-03-2010, 00:03:45
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1446.gif)

1940 Caproni Campini N.1

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 16-03-2010, 00:03:46
WARNING: THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS EXTREMELY GRISLY! 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Operation_Barbarossa_-_dead_Russian_soldier.jpg
I've seen worse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-03-2010, 00:03:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/409439-2/1_001)

Romanian infantry during the battle for Nalczyk,October 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-03-2010, 00:03:20
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8339/vlcsnap2010031600h36m40.png)

Germans somewhere in lapland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 16-03-2010, 01:03:30
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1692/dfg5t5.jpg)
Two German Somua tanks knocked out during the War of Lapland at Kyläjoki, east from Tornio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-03-2010, 09:03:20
WARNING: THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS EXTREMELY GRISLY! 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Operation_Barbarossa_-_dead_Russian_soldier.jpg
I've seen worse.

So do i, even in real life, but you have to know that there are also a lot of young people on here that maybe have never even seen a dead person before, so good warning sings should always be there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-03-2010, 10:03:48
[imghttp://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1692/dfg5t5.jpg/img]
Two German Somua tanks knocked out during the War of Lapland at Kyläjoki, east from Tornio.
Ah yes! Amazing story behind those things, not many tanks traveled that much  :P

I used to wonder how Kubinka got a Somua but this quickly gave the answer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-03-2010, 14:03:51
British Scout Carier Mk1 armed with a Boys AT Rifle and a Bren AA rifle. Is has markings of the 1st Infantry division and the 13th/18th Hussars. Picture is taken somewhere between Leuven and Waver, Belgium in 1940.
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9489/p1020083.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 16-03-2010, 15:03:11
Looks like universal carrier to me, rather than scout car.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 16-03-2010, 15:03:33
Originally there were many different carrier types (machine gun, Bren, Boys). This one is a "scout carrier". Later in 1940 the design was universalised resulting the universal carrier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 16-03-2010, 17:03:35
(http://www.fjr2.be/gr-Falschirmj%E4ger-113.jpg)

A fallschirmjäger changing the barrel of his MG42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-03-2010, 00:03:17
In Memory if the Brave Soldiers of the Blue Division

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/409823-2/1406_photo)

"Whit blue shirt there is no Cold on Russia!" Brave Spanish soldiers at Krasny Bor
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 17-03-2010, 01:03:50
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr3002.gif)

Hospital plane rescuing men.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 17-03-2010, 07:03:47
Nice one herc  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-03-2010, 08:03:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Bruecke_von_Remagen_1945_2.jpg)

Quote
Ludendorff Bridge on March 17, 1945 four hours before the collapse

Quote
The Ludendorff Bridge (in World War II, frequently called the Bridge at Remagen) was a railway bridge across the Rhine in Germany, connecting the villages of Remagen and Erpel  between two ridge lines of hills flanking the river. Remagen is situated south of Bonn.

The bridge is notable for its capture on March 7–8, 1945, by Allied forces in the Second World War which allowed the Allies to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/RineCrossing3.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-03-2010, 18:03:32
Nice one herc  :)
Seems like a Dornier 17
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 17-03-2010, 18:03:53
(http://www.fjr2.be/gr-Falschirmj%E4ger-221.jpg)

Not sure if its training or real since the flamethrower guy seems to shoot at nothing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-03-2010, 18:03:12
Belgian C.47 cannon in his implacement after a battle near the station of Leuven, Belgium. 14 May 1940.
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5521/p1020085.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 17-03-2010, 18:03:26
Any information on the C47 piece ? Cant find much about it..calibre, muzzle velocity etc?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-03-2010, 18:03:33
Dont know that much about it, i think the full name is FRC 47mm AT kanon. Is was verry capable at taking out armour in its days. It was used in the Belgian T 13 tanks.

Its also known as the 4.7 cm PAK 185 (b)

Edit:

5 shots a minute. 47mm.

AT shell:
1kg550
675 m/s
Penetrates 40mm at 600m

@60° armour plate:
100m 51mm
500m 44mm
1000m 37mm

HE shell:

1kg655
450m/s
Max range, 3000m

750 were made, and could take out any german tank, head on, at 600m.
Some where also placed in tanks and in bunkers.

I hope thats what you wanted to know :)

Extra pic:
(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1940/belgia47mmcanonde47antimz6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-03-2010, 19:03:45
German tank losses where high amongst these cannons

This was the reason why german infantery with airsupport was used the most in Belgium.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-03-2010, 23:03:37
(http://www.1940lafrancecontinue.org/FTL/annexes/1940/40-6-5_improvisations_ete_40_fichiers/image005.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-03-2010, 23:03:06
(http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11457&stc=1&d=1246958924)

The pic was taken early in 1942 in the cauldron of Wolchow near Leningrad. Note the rare smg the SS soldier is holding.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 18-03-2010, 00:03:52
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr609.gif)

"Merry Christmas"

Italian air force men celebrate Christmas in Albania 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-03-2010, 00:03:25
Also of interest, is that the two soldiers on the right side, including the one shaking hands with the Russian soldier, aren't SS, or Wehrmacht.  They're wearing uniforms that were worn by the occupied Ukraine/Belorussia/Estonia/etc Police.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 18-03-2010, 02:03:44
(http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11457&stc=1&d=1246958924)

The pic was taken early in 1942 in the cauldron of Wolchow near Leningrad. Note the rare smg the SS soldier is holding.

I really had to stretch my mind for that one, but I'm pretty sure its either a S.I.G. Bergmann 1920, or more likely, the German variant - the MP-28. It could *also* be a converted MP18 which is an older design that only had automatic firing mode.

Since it has a smooth barrel up to the muzzle-ending it probably just is the MP28 (Bergmann has a 'cap' of 1-2 mm high the last 2 cm).

MP28 :
(http://gunstribune.com/system/files/MP-28_001L_1.JPG)

This is the Bergmann 1920
(http://www.defocus.nl/temp/sigbergmann1920.jpg)

It is a guntype that was used extensively in WW1, and has been the major inspirational basis for the Beretta Model 1938, Finnish M31 and hence indirectly the PPSh smg. Oh and the Japanese Type 100 ofc.

Of the MP28 some 50,000 minimum were made, and there are at least the same number of Bergman's/Mp18's. And we're not counting cheap chinese or estionian clones ;).

Many behind-the-lines troops (logistical, police etc) would carry and use this SMG. The uniform of the left individual matches that of the SS Fieldpolice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-03-2010, 02:03:49
lol, this has been noted before :P  Its been suggested before for the mod in fact, but there's honestly no real place for it, considering its main usage was indeed by rear-line SS policing units, and their main task was anti-partisan, and rounding up the jews and other...."undesirable"...individuals.  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 18-03-2010, 02:03:55
Since I am new here and it was claimed to be a rare weapon I felt I needed to elaborate ^^ (since you did not!  :P)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-03-2010, 02:03:01
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/syn23/fj/postcard_the_advance_trf.jpg)

Fallschirmjägers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-03-2010, 02:03:30
Since I am new here and it was claimed to be a rare weapon I felt I needed to elaborate ^^ (since you did not!  :P)

Not insulting you, dw ;)  Just a gentle chide ;)

And yeah, I'm more interested in the two occupied territory police.  If that photo was indeed taken in the vicinity of leningrad, it prob is Estonian police, with a SS-Polizei NCO.  Interesting that they're doing a trade or something with some russian troops, considering the Estonian police mostly spent their time hunting jewish people....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-03-2010, 04:03:11
In Honor of some of the most Bravest Soldiers in the World!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/410135-2/Krasny+Bor)

On the 10 February 1943, in the outskirts of Leningrad, ocurred the bloodiest encounter in which the Blue Division intervened and the last big battle in which a Spanish Army intervened in Europe: the battle of Krasny Bor, where 5.900 soldiers of the Blue Division faced a total of 4 Soviet divisions (44.000 infantry soldiers) and 2 armoured regiments with more then 100 tanks. the Spanish had almost 4000 casualties, but they managed to stop the Soviet advance, turning the Soviet offensive into a failure and causing between 11.000 and 14.000 casualties to the Red Army. Around 300 Spanish soldiers were taken prisioners by the Soviets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-03-2010, 10:03:58
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=173606)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 18-03-2010, 11:03:41
lol, this has been noted before :P  Its been suggested before for the mod in fact, but there's honestly no real place for it, considering its main usage was indeed by rear-line SS policing units, and their main task was anti-partisan, and rounding up the jews and other...."undesirable"...individuals.  :-\

Good thing they dutch army used the Mp-28 allot in the East Indië colony's.
It was the main Smg together with the Thompson. :)



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-03-2010, 19:03:56
Mmmmhhhmmmm ;)

Also, its fine if the Chinese are ever put in.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 18-03-2010, 21:03:05
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=173606)

'Hey Rudi.....this grass smells really funny...'

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-03-2010, 23:03:46
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr609.gif)

"Merry Christmas"

Italian air force men celebrate Christmas in Albania 1941
I don't remember of any deserts in Albania,cause that looks like a desert to me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-03-2010, 23:03:12
Airfield during the winter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 19-03-2010, 01:03:22
Airfield during the winter.

Correct



(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr3689.gif)

1943 - A b-24 Liberator explodes from a direct hit by flak during a raid in the sky of Blachammer in the Ruhr industrial area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 19-03-2010, 01:03:43
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/aircraft/bomber/boeing-b-17-flying-fortress/boeing-b-17-flying-fortress-09.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-03-2010, 01:03:14
(http://www.comandosupremo.com/images/buonsanguelarge.jpg)
Good Blood Doesn't Lie
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 19-03-2010, 02:03:30
If memory serves, Warrior's picture is the background to the loading screen of the BoB map on BG42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2010, 03:03:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/410552-2/Copy+of+The+Germans+realised+that+they+had+bitten+off+more+than+they+could+chew)
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/410591-2/British+Artillery)

British artillery lights up the night while blasting the Germans in preparation for Montgomery's offensive at El Alamein.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-03-2010, 03:03:08
Your 2nd pic isn't working, Tore :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 19-03-2010, 04:03:27
If memory serves, Warrior's picture is the background to the loading screen of the BoB map on BG42

I'm not sure, but I think it looks badass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2010, 04:03:02
Your 2nd pic isn't working, Tore :P

Fuuu, website seems to be Failing his Loyal User..

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 19-03-2010, 08:03:14
(http://asisbiz.com/Il2/balkans/The%20Balkans%20Apr-May%201941%20Mixed/images/Junkers%20Ju-52_3m%20shot%20down%20during%20the%20invasion%20of%20Crete%201941%2004_jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2010, 08:03:15
And so many people belives that Pic is actually Fake..





Or not.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-03-2010, 14:03:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/USS_Franklin_%28CV-13%29_and_USS_Belleau_Wood_%28CVL-24%29_afire_1944.jpg)

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Belleau Wood (left) and Franklin  hit by kamikazes, 30 October 1944

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19 mars, 1945: A single Japanese  aircraft bombed the American  aircraft carrier USS Franklin killing over 700 of her crew and crippling the ship.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/USS_Franklin_%28CV-13%29-Tarn.jpg)

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USS Franklin underway
near the Marianas, 1 August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-03-2010, 15:03:39
A wartime documentary about that ship, 3 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9VI8QBYS-c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq8jIKFQ8K8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co5anc8h9-M
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 19-03-2010, 20:03:44
(http://www.saak.nl/panzer2/panzer100.jpg)

When the 101st SS Heavy Tank Battalion was on the way to the front line in June 1944, a column of army vehicles passed the Tigers which were parked besides the road to hide them from the view of Allied aircraft. The tanks and vehicles were covered with branches to confuse the fighterbombers which were particularly active over the German rear areas in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-03-2010, 02:03:14
I want a camo Kubel like that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-03-2010, 02:03:00
They're about 30-40,000 IIRC, maybe a bit cheaper.  Basically costs as much as a normal car, if you get a reproed one off an old VW Thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-03-2010, 02:03:44
My uncle knew a fellow in Botswana who had one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-03-2010, 02:03:55
I know someone who has a Kettenkrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-03-2010, 02:03:41
They're about 30-40,000 IIRC, maybe a bit cheaper.  Basically costs as much as a normal car, if you get a reproed one off an old VW Thing.

When I can afford that, I will buy it.I love kubelwagens!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 20-03-2010, 02:03:44
They're about 30-40,000 IIRC, maybe a bit cheaper.  Basically costs as much as a normal car, if you get a reproed one off an old VW Thing.

When I can afford that, I will buy it.I love kubelwagens!
It would be awesome to have one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-03-2010, 04:03:29
They're about 30-40,000 IIRC, maybe a bit cheaper.  Basically costs as much as a normal car, if you get a reproed one off an old VW Thing.

When I can afford that, I will buy it.I love kubelwagens!
It would be awesome to have one

I'd drive it down to california and pick up Mudra and take a boat to von small's and we'll all go on an epic kubelshrecking tour across europe!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-03-2010, 04:03:05
Make a detour and pick me up in California too, Mudra can't be more than 4-8 hours away
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-03-2010, 04:03:47
See, I even drew a picture of it.
Hi, you can come if you bring ze cookies!

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2633/wheeei.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-03-2010, 04:03:10
(http://www.anthonyspizzamcdonough.com/images/cookies.jpg)

On-topic:(http://www.warwheels.net/images/KubelBeltring2005Trowbridge1.jpg)

A sexy Kubelwagon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-03-2010, 05:03:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/411555-2/pzjg18%23)



French Renault Char B1 "Condé" knocked out. France, summer 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-03-2010, 06:03:38
Make a detour and pick me up in California too, Mudra can't be more than 4-8 hours away

Don't you live in so cal?  You're prob like an hour or so from me....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-03-2010, 08:03:21
Make a detour and pick me up in California too, Mudra can't be more than 4-8 hours away

Don't you live in so cal?  You're prob like an hour or so from me....

Yeah, so cal o_O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-03-2010, 08:03:37
O_o  dude, we could probably hang out
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2010, 09:03:28
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/613/38730144.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 20-03-2010, 13:03:26
Who are these men and where are they? Russian cossacks or something?

Anyway picture of rushing ghurka's

(http://www.himalayan-imports.com/gurk4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-03-2010, 14:03:50
Who are these men and where are they? Russian cossacks or something?


I would imagine that they're French imperial troops, most likely Algerians or Moroccans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-03-2010, 16:03:37
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=76357)

Waffen SS surrendering, picture say St.Lo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 20-03-2010, 16:03:02
damn they look battered. This photo for me really shows 'war' from a less than idealistic perspective...thanks for reminding me of that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 20-03-2010, 17:03:24
(http://derela.republika.pl/TKS_auto1.jpg)
Quote
The TKS on the 'autotransport' chassis, in an early camouflage, 1934-36.
In a background are Vickers E tanks. A motorcycle is CWS M-111 (Sokół 1000). [7]

Pimp my TKS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-03-2010, 20:03:27
Its like Taking a Tiger and mixig it with a BMW, no matter how much you mix it, it looks Sexy.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-03-2010, 20:03:08
Its like Taking a Tiger and mixig it with a BMW, no matter how much you mix it, it looks Sexy.



Tiger tank with side mounted Flak 38's on turret anyone??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 20-03-2010, 20:03:46
Its like Taking a Tiger and mixig it with a BMW, no matter how much you mix it, it looks Sexy.



Tiger tank with side mounted Flak 38's on turret anyone??

Yes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-03-2010, 21:03:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/408423-2/1254042145172)

DShK AA MG? mounted on a IS2, Berlin 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-03-2010, 22:03:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Junobeach_Prisoners.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-03-2010, 23:03:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/408423-2/1254042145172)

DShK AA MG? mounted on a IS2, Berlin 1945.
correct
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 20-03-2010, 23:03:14
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/FinnishTroops_Tornio1944_007.jpg)

Lapland War: Finnish troops boarding on ships in Oulu Toppila harbour before invasion of Tornio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 21-03-2010, 00:03:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Junobeach_Prisoners.jpg)

For a second I thought the guy on the ladder was skateboarding, I was kinda tripping and thinking how badass he was for a minute before I realized it was a ladder
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-03-2010, 00:03:28
That would probably be the coolest thing ever.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-03-2010, 00:03:17
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iv-churchill/infantry-mk-iv-churchill-mk-iii-01.jpg)

nfantry Mk IV, Churchill Mk III, A22, with the 7th Motor Brigade in North Africa at time of Alamein.

El alamein was the battle that saved the churchill tank. It was because of the disastorous Battle of Dieppe.
The King force, a group of 5 churchill's MKIII went to battle. During the battle, they knocked out several tanks, supported infantery and.................recieved Numorous hits. One of them recieved as much as 90 hits. One of them was taken out, but back in service a few days later
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 21-03-2010, 02:03:04
(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/5512/073oy.jpg)

Swiss soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Agnostic84 on 21-03-2010, 09:03:33
(http://file.si/files/5474_u5p0p/m10_17pdr.png)
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The most effective version of the M10 was the British M10C 17-pdr. which had the 3-inch gun replaced by the 17-pdr. This M10C is seen in training with the Polish 1st Anti-Tank Regiment in the UK prior to deployment to Normandy with the Polish 1st Armoured Division. (Sikorski Institute)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-03-2010, 10:03:21
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7472/photo327p.jpg)
thx Agnostic84 !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Agnostic84 on 21-03-2010, 10:03:18
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7472/photo327p.jpg)

Fixed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-03-2010, 10:03:21
(http://file.si/files/5474_u5p0p/m10_17pdr.png)
Quote
The most effective version of the M10 was the British M10C 17-pdr. which had the 3-inch gun replaced by the 17-pdr. This M10C is seen in training with the Polish 1st Anti-Tank Regiment in the UK prior to deployment to Normandy with the Polish 1st Armoured Division. (Sikorski Institute)
But the M36 was superior then the Achilles :)

The M36 had a powerd turret, and its 90MM gun had the same AT performance of the 17PDR(sligthly less actually) but far better HE performance
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-03-2010, 11:03:38
Quote
The most effective version of the M10

:P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-03-2010, 13:03:08
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=124650)

Quote
Artillerie in Feuerstellung, 21cm Mörser 18.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-03-2010, 13:03:58
Quote
The most effective version of the M10

:P
oh

did not read that

WHATA mistaka to MAKA!

TOSA follow witha this! Here issa die picture, of grande italian army!
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/italy/armored-cars/autoblinda-ab-41/autoblinda-ab-41-04.png)

Autoblinda 41's passing trough a village
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 21-03-2010, 14:03:25
Very nice picture, Thetao123 ! Somewhere in Africa or upper middle east?

I'm not sure where to post this, since it is a photo of a re-enactor posing in Dutch WW2 outfit. I made it for a project a few years a go. But somehow it would not fit in the 'Other Era' phototopic.

(http://www.defocus.nl/pix5/portret_repo/ww2reenactor.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-03-2010, 15:03:08
There is a special thread about re-enactment  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-03-2010, 18:03:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/412662-2/G)

G.I.'S of the 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion, 14th Armored Division fight their way thru the ruins of Gemünden.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 21-03-2010, 23:03:55
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1960.gif)

1942 - Some low flying to impress the lads on the ground


my images are always at the end of a page :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-03-2010, 00:03:22
But at least they are always awesome, Herc!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-03-2010, 05:03:53
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/3rd_Battalion_3rd_Marines_Agana.jpg)

Quote
Troops of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, enter the wreckage of Agana, Guam in the trace of retreating Japanese forces, who had planted land mines before they left, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-03-2010, 08:03:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/412934-2/img001)

Canadian soldiers make a mad dash accross the Zutphen river under fire from German snipers located in the tall building ahead and to their left. One Canadian lies dead in the foreground. His war is over.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/412921-2/img002_006)

A moment of stillness as a dazed prisoner and a combat hardened Canadian soldier take the weight off their feet in the Caen railway station. For the German the certainty that he would survive the war. For the Canadian, the uncertainty of what tomorrow may bring.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-03-2010, 09:03:29
On this day in history...

Quote
The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval engagement in which the escorting warships of a British convoy to Malta frustrated a much more powerful Italian Navy squadron. The British convoy was composed of four merchant ships escorted by four light cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, and eighteen destroyers. The Italian force comprised a battleship, three heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers. Despite the British victory, the battle delayed the convoy's planned arrival before dawn, which exposed it to intense and partly successful air attacks the following day. The battle occurred on 22 March 1942, in the Mediterranean, north of the Gulf of Sirte and east of Malta, during the Second World War.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S54286%2C_Italien%2C_Schlachtschiff_%22Littorio%22.jpg)

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Italian battleship Littorio, Admiral Iachino's flag ship

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/HMS_Cleopatra_smoke.jpg)

Quote
HMS Cleopatra (making smoke) and HMS Euryalus (foreground) moving into action

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Gorizia_firing_on_RN_destroyers.jpg)

Quote
Italian cruiser Gorizia firing her 8" guns on the British destroyers during the battle. Some authors claim that she, instead of Littorio, scored the hit that disabled HMS Kingston.

Quote
British forces

4 light cruisers
1 anti-aircraft cruiser
18 destroyers
1 submarine

Quote
Italian forces

1 battleship
2 heavy cruisers
1 light cruiser
8 destroyers
1 submarine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sirte
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Neverdies on 22-03-2010, 14:03:03

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/36450-4/WW2+3912Kuulovartiossa)

Just as the Germans were ill-prepared for "General Winter" in their 1940 invasion of the Soviet Union, the Soviets were surprised by the Finnish Winter of 1939-40. For example, Soviet vehicles were winterized for temperatures down to -20F, which was normally adequate for that region. But that Winter, temperatures dropped down to -40, and thousands of Soviets froze to death along with their vehicles.


@torenico

what the hell is "CoH"

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 22-03-2010, 14:03:42
Company of Heroes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 22-03-2010, 15:03:00
(http://www.saak.nl/panzer2/panzer106.jpg)

Quote
This assault-gun (StuG) IV from the 1st Company of the 17th Battalion was destroyed on the road between Carentan and Péniers, near the crossroads with the D223 leading to Baupte and La Haye-du-Puits. Carentan itself lying about 3.5 km to the north. The scene was photographed on the 19 June 1944, a week after the defeat of the German counter-attack. In the foreground, American parachutists from the 101st Airborne DIvision are manning a 57 mm anti-tank gun, positioned to repel any further attempt by German armour.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 22-03-2010, 19:03:20
HAIL THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION!! :P :P
they wher and still are the best !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-03-2010, 19:03:58
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=78676)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-03-2010, 20:03:09
HAIL THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION!! :P :P
they wher and still are the best !


That is highly debatable....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 22-03-2010, 20:03:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/101st_Airborne_Division_-_WW2_01.jpg)
(http://76.162.230.215/images/army%20certificates/Airborne/101st-airborne-painting.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o230/abracax/101st.jpg)
2 the 101st!
any body know wher i can see all the people(soldiers) who wher in the 101st or 82nd ?
my grandpa served in the 101st or 82nd i don't know 100% so can any body help me ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-03-2010, 20:03:28
Um, those pics don't prove anything.  ::)

Anyways, there are no databases that I know of, HOWEVER you can contact vet affairs and have your grandfather's service records sent to you/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 22-03-2010, 20:03:22
Um, those pics don't prove anything.  ::)

Anyways, there are no databases that I know of, HOWEVER you can contact vet affairs and have your grandfather's service records sent to you/

i could ask my dad to help me with this but thanks.
and i don't want a debate oke
i just respect the 101st oke. :) :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-03-2010, 20:03:32
Yeah, your dad can probably get it done.  I did the same with my grandfather's records a long time ago, so its pretty easy :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-03-2010, 20:03:59
Um, those pics don't prove anything.  ::)

Anyways, there are no databases that I know of, HOWEVER you can contact vet affairs and have your grandfather's service records sent to you/
This

Its ok if you respect the 101st. They are the most known US unit for something

Thisa thread, needs more photo's of greata italian army!

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SCsIe7tslMI/AAAAAAAAMH0/H8hRfLbGbr4/s400/20.jpg)

Ïtalian P28 Heavy tank. These tanks can be viewed as an sherman tank

However, the P28 still had a better gun and slightly better armor
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 22-03-2010, 20:03:00
Did the Dshk AA have a scope on it?

(http://world.guns.ru/machine/dshkm_002.jpg)

as seen in this post-ww2 image? I noticed it on the IS2 one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 22-03-2010, 21:03:26
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/BUNDES1.jpg)

SS-soldier firing Panzerbüchse 39, Karelia, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 22-03-2010, 21:03:08
Top of the page :D

(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1854.gif)

May 1942 - United States forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese

And the unfortnate fate for some of the Prisoners:

"Thousands were crowded into the holds of Japanese ships, without water, food, or sufficient ventilation. The Japanese did not mark "POW" on the decks of these vessels, and some were attacked by American aircraft and sunk. For example on the 7th of September, 1944 the Shinyo Maru was sunk by the USS Paddle with losses of 668 POWS"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-03-2010, 22:03:35
HAIL THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION!! :P :P
they wher and still are the best !


That is highly debatable....


The 101st gained fame mostly from their performance during Bastogne. 99.9% of armies surrender because their general gives up, not because the soldiers reach any sort of breaking point. Being a good and obedient general, McAuliffe followed his orders to hold the crossroads. His soldiers, being good, proud and obedient men, tried to give as little ground as possible. That doesn't make them the best, just stubbornly obedient.


Yes, they are well trained
Yes, they are generally risk takers (jumping out of a perfectly good airplane)

No, they are not the best, there is no "best" in the US Military
No, they are not elite. Crack troops certainly, but not elite

Conclusion:
They are good, but more famous than good. Just as the air cavalry gained fame in Vietnam, the Green Jackets at Waterloo, the 20th Maine in the American Civil War, the airborne gained it in WW2. That has absolutely no effect on their current combat effectiveness (see Waffen SS  ;) ). They are trained better, man for man, than their regular infantry counterparts. But although their cadences claim those aint so fair that they can't compare with the airborne infantry, reference the "Big Red 1", "The Spearhead Division", etc. Their deeds average out over time about as well as the "Screaming Eagles".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-03-2010, 01:03:31
http://www.bragg.army.mil/82dv/gallery/History/WWII/WWII-4.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Lainer on 23-03-2010, 02:03:48
the 20th Maine in the American Civil War, .

No those guys are the best.  EVER!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-03-2010, 03:03:16
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd122/Huriyya666child/a04av0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 23-03-2010, 04:03:13
Yeah, 20th maine was pretty awesome. I give them mad props for ridiculous persistence and stubbornness.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 23-03-2010, 05:03:40
The 101st gained fame mostly from their performance during Bastogne.

That, and their performance during the first few days of the Normandy invasion on the causeways, at Carentan and the battles to isolate Cherbourg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-03-2010, 05:03:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/394463-2/PICT5373)

The 1st Division Marines have just replaced the 27th Division Army on the front lines; pictures all along that front of "E" Co., 2nd Bn., 5th Marines. They are trying to take a ridge that is being strongly defended by the Japs. Okinawa - May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 23-03-2010, 06:03:46
Warrior, your [IMG] link was deliberately disabled by a moderator because your image is 5mb!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 23-03-2010, 10:03:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/408851-2/bersaglieri_tricycles_27)

Bersaglieri on tricycles.

And bonus:
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/313450-2/carrowaq)

Bersaglieri corps soldiers posing with a destroyed soviet tank (russia 1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 23-03-2010, 11:03:02
That kinda looks like a crusader?
Where they lend-leased?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 23-03-2010, 12:03:06
http://www.bragg.army.mil/82dv/gallery/History/WWII/WWII-4.jpg
The size of this picture is five megs. That is generally considered to be too large and I have received complaints about it.

Chancing the dimension with the 'img width=' code does not change the actual size of the image, you have to do that manually.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-03-2010, 13:03:43
That kinda looks like a crusader?
Where they lend-leased?

Thats just a T-34  :P

Russians got no Crusaders.

Stuff lend leased from the Allies to Russia:

British vehicles
Churchill Mk. III/IV (6-Pounder)
Matilda Mk. II
Tetrarch
Universal Carrier
Valentine Mk. III/IV/IX

Canadian vehicles
Universal Carrier
Valentine Mk. IX/XI

US vehicles
M3/M3A1 Stuart
M3 Lee
M4A2 Sherman
M3A1 Scout car
M3
M3A1
M5
M7
M10 Wolverine
M18 Hellcat
M24 Chaffee
M26 Pershing
T-48 Half-track
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-03-2010, 13:03:31
Looks more like BT-5 or BT-7 to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-03-2010, 13:03:57
It is, BT-7, my bad. I just looked at the road wheels and didn't look any further  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 23-03-2010, 15:03:12
I was just about going to say..if that's a t34 I'll eat my socks!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-03-2010, 16:03:38
Yeah it's the hay fever meds, makes me like 10 times slower in everything.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-03-2010, 17:03:18

No those guys are the best.  EVER!

No, no, you don't understand. They are famous because of a single situation. Granted it was extremely important that they held, but they had good elevation and fields of fire over rough going and that was their first action of the battle.


That, and their performance during the first few days of the Normandy invasion on the causeways, at Carentan and the battles to isolate Cherbourg.

Yah, I think there were a couple other units that may have had a small role in those events.

I'm not saying they suck, they are well trained, equipped and motivated. My point is they are far more famous than they are skilled. As in they are not the best that ever was, has been, or will be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-03-2010, 19:03:15
Needs way more Russian/italian photo's and less german ones

(http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/kv-1_model_1941.jpg)

KV-1 fresh off the factory, out towards the battlefield
This one is a Model 1941, with 110MM frontal Hull armor and also side"s. Most of these where armed with the 76.2MM ZIS5 gun instead of the T-34's F34 tank gun. This gave it some better HE firepower
This is probaly Moskau
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 23-03-2010, 22:03:26
Needs way more Russian/italian photo's and less german ones

how about a blend of Italian/german? ;D

(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1746.gif)
1942 - Stukas of the Regia Aeronautica
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-03-2010, 00:03:36
That's an awesome photo, Herc. As always.

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Cobra/17SS-01.jpg)

Quote
17th SS Panzer-grenadier Division in Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 24-03-2010, 00:03:44
(http://www.svetskirat.net/slike/ndh/ulazak%20nemaca%20u%20zagreb_1941.jpg)
German forces entering Zagreb,Yugoslavia (now Croatia).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-03-2010, 02:03:44
As Requested....


Italian Troops on Parade.

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=205099)

Athens 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-03-2010, 02:03:01
(http://www.polished-pixels.com/greece/pictures/1940-d.jpg)

Italian troops on the Albanian front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-03-2010, 03:03:53
An Italian Alpino in Russia points out how lucky he was.

(http://comandosupremo.com/wp-content/gallery/photographs/helmut.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-03-2010, 06:03:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/413662-2/uk45art)
British Ordnance BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun firing into the night, North African desert

And Moar Italian Awesumness.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/136460-2/cannone+da+75_32+batterie__)

Another thoroughly modern gun used by the Regio Escrito. It's been described as being very effective in the AT role as well. Italian industry simply wasn't able to produce them in quantity. Some of those that were produced were sold abroad - to Spain, and maybe others IIRC -- to finance the Italian war effort. This photo shows the gun in full recoil.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 24-03-2010, 06:03:28
Great photos Torenico!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 24-03-2010, 07:03:10
you guy's want pics of..
(http://ehmsworldlanguage.wikispaces.com/file/view/italian_flag.jpg/95110576/italian_flag.jpg)
or...
(http://trcs.wikispaces.com/file/view/ussr.gif/39359956/ussr.gif)

can you post some russian pics (tanks,planes,infantry) please
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 24-03-2010, 11:03:33
Italian technology in Aussie hands  :D
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1205517239/gallery_28554_184_44645.jpg)
M11/39 and M13/40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 24-03-2010, 11:03:43
(http://i17.tinypic.com/7y55ob4.jpg)
Some soldiers of the 369. Kroatische "Teufel" Division.
They were the best  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-03-2010, 12:03:37
:O  Do we have a Croatian here now???

Yes, the Croatian division did amazingly....  Someday, in 5 years, when the rest of the major theaters are done...I'd love to see at least ONE map of the Croatian division in russia done.  You guys fought like lions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kubador on 24-03-2010, 17:03:40
I should make a copy of an old picture that's in one of my uncles album (other city tho). It depicts a tante ju flying off the stalingrad siedge. It was taken from some ss-man shot by my ancestor somwhere in Poland. I'm pretty sure that this picture has not been seen from anyone outside of the family.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 24-03-2010, 17:03:43
wow, can't wait to see that :-o!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-03-2010, 19:03:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/320531-2/AB41Bers8Arm) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/italian-forces/AB41Bers8Arm.html)

Crew of an autoblinda41 mount up!
hm needs moar epîc armoured car
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/320526-2/AB41ComFlagForward) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/italian-forces/AB41ComFlagForward.html)
Moving out!
Regio Esercito armored car Autoblinda 41 in North Africa 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-03-2010, 20:03:49
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=199419)

http://www.fcpozzi.com/fusco/La_mia_guerra_40-43.htm

"My war 1940 - 1943"

In Italian but some interesting pictures
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 24-03-2010, 21:03:19
he got gas mask
and a bejonet on his gun why then he can't shoot right
and look at his right hand what is that stiking out ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 24-03-2010, 21:03:25
:O  Do we have a Croatian here now???

Yes, the Croatian division did amazingly....  Someday, in 5 years, when the rest of the major theaters are done...I'd love to see at least ONE map of the Croatian division in russia done.  You guys fought like lions.
Tnx for your compliments Von Mudra  :-*
Proud to be a Croat  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-03-2010, 21:03:38
1)  Its a myth that you can't shoot well with a bayonet fixed.  Some rifles were even designed to shoot BETTER with bayonet fixed (Mosin).

2) That's the sheath for the bayonet.

And awesome ;)  One thing I love is that the main record of Stalingrad after the encirclement comes from the Croatians.  One of the people on the last Ju52 out was a Croatian soldier, who had with him the entire unit history, documents, etc.  Thus, almost all the info we have on life in the encirclement is actually about Croatian soldiers, not Germans. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 24-03-2010, 21:03:44
oke thanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 24-03-2010, 21:03:05
2) That's the sheath for the bayonet.
Could also be a pipe.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-03-2010, 22:03:09
2) That's the sheath for the bayonet.
Could also be a pipe.  ;)

Nah, you can even see the frog leading down to it ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-03-2010, 23:03:31
(http://www.fcpozzi.com/fusco/La_mia_guerra_40-43_file/image041.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 24-03-2010, 23:03:35
i found this propaganda poster on cracked.com:

(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/3/7/2/20372.jpg?v=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 25-03-2010, 00:03:44
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2998/43385191062f1e72d8fab.jpg) (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/43385191062f1e72d8fab.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 25-03-2010, 00:03:46
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr1654.gif)

1942 - Soviet Quad machine gun, produced in large numbers to counter German air operations
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-03-2010, 01:03:14
Sorry Herc but thats from Winter War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-03-2010, 01:03:20
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3814196255_9dca096813.jpg)

VJ day.

Also, I claim this as the rightful 100k post ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 25-03-2010, 08:03:00
Sorry Herc but thats from Winter War.

Is that so? I merely translated the caption of the image to english. So these are not russians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-03-2010, 08:03:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414238-2/img002_010)

These 3 fourteen year old hitler youth soldiers were captured by Canadian Soldiers during fighting in Germany.



(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414233-2/img001_023)

Lucky shot?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 25-03-2010, 10:03:26
(http://a7.idata.over-blog.com/499x344/0/39/65/84/schwimmwagen-copie-2.jpg)
Some germans taking a schwimmwagen for a spin  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 25-03-2010, 10:03:02
(http://www.svetskirat.net/slike/ndh/ulazak%20nemaca%20u%20zagreb_1941.jpg)
German forces entering Zagreb,Yugoslavia (now Croatia).


April, 1941.
Tanks of the 14th Panzer Division on a "show-off" to the citizens of Zagreb before their departure to Stalingrad. Soon followed the 369th "Teufels" Regiment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 25-03-2010, 10:03:15
haha Master Chief
I knew you couldn't resist  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-03-2010, 12:03:36
Soviet forces crossing the Polish-Soviet border 1939
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Polborder1939.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-03-2010, 18:03:34


These 3 fourteen year old hitler youth soldiers were captured by Canadian Soldiers during fighting in Germany.



(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414233-2/img001_023)

Lucky shot?[/center]
Sir i Say sir! you are not gonna believe this
"Castairs! DONT TELL ME THAT!"
Ye again
"BLOODY JERRIES!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-03-2010, 19:03:48
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5904/realisu152.jpg)

This ISU-152 crossed the Pekarinoja bridge in the first wave of assaults to Ihantala main region (summer 1944). It was destroyed by two Finnish soldiers with pazerfaust 30's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 25-03-2010, 20:03:52
That picture looks as if it was ww1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-03-2010, 21:03:05


These 3 fourteen year old hitler youth soldiers were captured by Canadian Soldiers during fighting in Germany.



(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414233-2/img001_023)

Lucky shot?[/center]
Sir i Say sir! you are not gonna believe this
"Castairs! DONT TELL ME THAT!"
Ye again
"BLOODY JERRIES!"

According to the Poster, Original, the Damage was made by a Italian Tank so...

Bloody Armatos!
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414331-1/Chinese+Panzer-Ia+light+tank+was+captured+by+Japanese+troops+during+the+battle+of+Nanking_+Dec)

Chinese Panzer-Ia light tank was captured by Japanese troops during the battle of Nanking, Dec.1937
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 25-03-2010, 21:03:52
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-03-2010, 21:03:10
Whoa....Paasky....wtf?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-03-2010, 21:03:20
He is right, i also get the same warnings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-03-2010, 21:03:20
Same here, there most be a bogus link on the page somewhere.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-03-2010, 21:03:28
 I'm getting nothing :S
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 25-03-2010, 22:03:51
I'm getting nothing :S

same here
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-03-2010, 22:03:50
I'm getting nothing :S
same here too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-03-2010, 23:03:21
What do you Mean..

Is the pic Giving you a Virus or Warning?

Well if you cant see it, it shows a Group of Japanese Soldiers standing over a Intact Pz I Taken from the Chinese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 25-03-2010, 23:03:32
Lucky shot?
Too much men of war  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nerdsturm on 25-03-2010, 23:03:41
What do you Mean..

Is the pic Giving you a Virus or Warning?

Well if you cant see it, it shows a Group of Japanese Soldiers standing over a Intact Pz I Taken from the Chinese.

They're talking about Paasky's picture, I at least can see your's alright.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-03-2010, 01:03:41
(http://www.fcpozzi.com/fusco/La_mia_guerra_40-43_file/image122.jpg)

Quote
Maggio 1942 Bardia Bassa, sul mare, vista dal ciglione (altopiano) sovrastante.

(http://www.fcpozzi.com/fusco/La_mia_guerra_40-43_file/image130.jpg)

Quote
Un nostro trimotore da bombardamento S81. Veniva chiamato dalla truppa “Il gobbo”. Sempre sul campo di Agedabia.

(http://www.fcpozzi.com/fusco/La_mia_guerra_40-43_file/image125.jpg)

Quote
Un nostro caccia Breda atterrato dopo un combattimento.

Sono visibili i fori delle pallottole.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 26-03-2010, 02:03:53
Me no speakie
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 26-03-2010, 09:03:00
I geuss the finns can tell me at wich place this picture was taken.

(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Sturmboot/Sturmboot-1.jpg)

It always reminds me of the Karelia map when I see a sturmboat.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 26-03-2010, 09:03:50
lol +1 me either. Any itialian speakers around care to translate?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-03-2010, 09:03:29
I geuss the finns can tell me at wich place this picture was taken.

Why Finns?  Those are germans. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tolga<3 on 26-03-2010, 09:03:30
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww31/thanamestolga/jfkr9k.jpg)
:P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-03-2010, 11:03:45
Today i will post a small story, all pictures where taken in the same battle.

Before the fight, This Pz.Kpfw I and crew is ready to fight.
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9237/p1020092f.jpg)

Oberst Breith, commander of the 5th 'Panzerbrigade' just before the tankbattle. You can see his iron cross that he earned during WWI. After the battle he will be awarded the 'ridderkruis' for excellent commandment of his armoured brigade.
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3168/p1020091d.jpg)

5th panzerbrigade regrouping after an encounter with French tanks. The picture shows nicely what kind of tanks that the German army used for this battle. You can see 2 Pz.Kpfw I, 3 Pz.Kpfw II, 2 Pz.Kpfw III.
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4415/p1020088.jpg)

Knocked out Pz.Kpfw III. The 50mm frontal armour was no match for the 47mm kanon of a French Somua tank. You can see signs of other impacts that did not penetrate in the turret.
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5294/p1020086b.jpg)

The tank might have been knocked out, but the crew was ok and the damage was fixed quickly. Here you see the same tank back in action. note the Kleine Befehlswagen behind the tank.
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2314/p1020087.jpg)

Next up, the damage these guys made.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 26-03-2010, 13:03:16
Panzer III with double Mg rawrrrrr!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 26-03-2010, 13:03:01
I geuss the finns can tell me at wich place this picture was taken.

Why Finns?  Those are germans. ;)

Germans mainly used the stormboats in finlands afaik.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 26-03-2010, 14:03:11
Quote
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/DR_1944_873_Heldengedenktag_Sturmboot.jpg

1944 German stamp featuring a sturmboot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-03-2010, 20:03:24
I geuss the finns can tell me at wich place this picture was taken.

Why Finns?  Those are germans. ;)

Germans mainly used the stormboats in finlands afaik.

Nope, they used them for all river crossings, and all Pionier battalions had them.  There was even an arm patch for the trained coxswains in pionier units.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-03-2010, 22:03:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414360-1/Romanian+Renault+UE)

Romanian Renault UE... From 3rd Motorized Regiment... (Romania)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2010, 23:03:14
(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1962/f5copy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 26-03-2010, 23:03:24
wat is that guy ???
airborne ?
inf ?
marine ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 26-03-2010, 23:03:52
Looks FJ to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-03-2010, 00:03:53
Yep, FJ.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 27-03-2010, 02:03:08
at is that guy ???
airborne ?
inf ?
marine ?

Which would be German Airborne, to answer your question...  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-03-2010, 08:03:33
with an interresting mg ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-03-2010, 10:03:44
Which looks slightly like an MG42, but it's not. Some sort of MG42 prototype?

Plus he is wearing kneepads, I get the idea this is sort of earlier in the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-03-2010, 11:03:23
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Cobra/17SS-03.jpg)

Quote
Planning the counterattack on Carentan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-03-2010, 11:03:37
Which looks slightly like an MG42, but it's not. Some sort of MG42 prototype?

Plus he is wearing kneepads, I get the idea this is sort of earlier in the war.

Sure it's no simply an MG42? The only prototype I know is the MG34/42, but I don't know if that looked any different.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-03-2010, 11:03:06
Look at the holes, no match.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-03-2010, 12:03:56
The holes (...  ..  ..) , strap and tripod position (and type - foldable flat metal) as well as approx.  length in cm of the visible parts match up perfectly with typical MG34 features.

It however appears to be a square tube, not round. This could be a property of hard contrast film and peculiar lighting which will create harsh transitions between shadowed and highlighted parts.

But still. My eyes are telling me its a square tube, not round. Or at least square with rounded edges. Could be a field modification (although I don't understand why it would have the ventilation holes in *exactly* the same position in that case).

Last option I have is that this is either a very early or very late war photo where they experimented with square tubes to ease manifacturing (stamped sheet metal tube or something, German industry is known to do this with a number of weapons and weaponparts - from stock to barrel, often replacing them with higher quality parts).

If I had to put my life on it....prototype MG34 indeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-03-2010, 12:03:02
Italy 1944
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-313-1004-10A%2C_Italien%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_Nashorn-Hornisse.jpg)
Tiger, Nashorn and 2xM4  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-03-2010, 13:03:39
German forces actually liked Shermans, because their guns could kill shermans WHILE still having lovely HE firepower

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/409372-4/Tiger) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/Tiger.html)

M4 Shermans and!! M24 Chaffee's somewhere in germany. On the far end, their is an Kingtiger, knocked out. Appearntly it was knocked out by an M36 Jackson
Sorry needs moar allied bias

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/388864-2/sherman_17_pz_iv) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/sherman_17_pz_iv.html)

An M36 Jackson passes an destroyed Panzer IV ausf J during the battle of the bulge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-03-2010, 13:03:39
Great and interesting pictures, TA0!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 27-03-2010, 14:03:01
Yes indeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 27-03-2010, 17:03:35
A qeustion but this seems the right place to ask. Are there any military documentations about the spanish civil war?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-03-2010, 18:03:07
This seems to be the Japanese Version of the DC3 or Dakota or whatever.

Going down in the Phillippines


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/415579-2/Japanese+plane+going+down)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-03-2010, 18:03:37
Not a version, an licensed copy from before the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 27-03-2010, 18:03:09
Showa L2D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-03-2010, 19:03:55
The holes (...  ..  ..) , strap and tripod position (and type - foldable flat metal) as well as approx.  length in cm of the visible parts match up perfectly with typical MG34 features.

It however appears to be a square tube, not round. This could be a property of hard contrast film and peculiar lighting which will create harsh transitions between shadowed and highlighted parts.

But still. My eyes are telling me its a square tube, not round. Or at least square with rounded edges. Could be a field modification (although I don't understand why it would have the ventilation holes in *exactly* the same position in that case).

Last option I have is that this is either a very early or very late war photo where they experimented with square tubes to ease manifacturing (stamped sheet metal tube or something, German industry is known to do this with a number of weapons and weaponparts - from stock to barrel, often replacing them with higher quality parts).

If I had to put my life on it....prototype MG34 indeed.

Its your eyes playing tricks due to the hard contrast of the light/shadow.  Its just a normal MG34 guys :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-03-2010, 19:03:05
VonMudra, you are no more qualified than any of us to analyze that image as far as I know ;). Unless you have some detailed report/caption on that image to share with us  ;D


I work with photography every day (hey I'm a photographer and had 4 years of university level education in that field). I have shot and developed many black & white films. And even I cannot for certain say it is square, square with rounded edges or round tubing/barrel. And neither can you.

We can just toss votes here what people guesstimate it to be. Chances are higher its a regular MG32 by statistics and probability despite appearances (since there is little chance of prototype MG34's being used in ww2).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-03-2010, 19:03:49
I agree that it looks alot like an MG34 and maybe the shape is a mindtrick but then the holes don't match, as on the MG34 these sort of cross eachother.

(http://www.dan42.com/jinroh/images/words/firearm_MG34.jpg)


We should see twice as much holes as we currently see so thats why I say  negative on MG34. Would love to hear from Seth what he thinks this is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-03-2010, 19:03:59
It depends greatly on the angle and light how you can interpret the holes (and / or not see the other ones)
I however do agree that it still does not appears to have more holes stamped in to it - there is no hint of 'dents' in the shadow or highlighted parts (where we should see 'partial' holes at least).

The reason I feel it has MG34 hole-alignment is this image (sorry, vague place I encountered it...stupid weaponfreaks) :

(http://www.tk409.com/images/mg34_measurements.jpg)

As you can see it has a very distinct feature, namely the first two holes close to the buttstock are somewhat less spaced than the _second_ two holes. This mystifies me anyways, since it seems easier to punch two holes at equal space from a industrialized point of view.

The broad open space between the first two holes and the second is rarely seen on other MG34 images but the one above clearly has it. (But no sign of squarish tubing  ; ).

Annoying. I've checked about 300 MG34 pictures now..starting to get tired of it :P

Also on this image it says 'modified' MG34 which has a LOT less ventilation holes than regular. The one the paratrooper is carrying seems to be halfway ;)

(http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt/pics/machine-gun-mg34-mg42-fig1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-03-2010, 19:03:12
1)  He's wearing a camo jump smock, with snap ups.  This puts him around late 1943, to end of war.  The idea of him having a pre-war MG34 prototype is ludicrous, any in service in 1939 would have been long since replaced, especially for the rather prestigious Fallschirmjager who got preferential treatment for equipment.

2)  You can easily see the curvature if you ignore the mind trick of the colour contrast.  It took me a few times, at first thinking it was a rather weird shroud for the MG42, then realizing.

3) You can see the forward locking position for the MG34's AA sight.

4) I have handled, served with, and fought with the real deal multiple times.  I think I know what MG34's look like, I've cleaned, gutted, and lugged them up and down hills enough.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 27-03-2010, 20:03:46
KMT troops, this is Chinese Civil War, but I figured it might as well be in the WW2 section.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Kmtarmy.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-03-2010, 20:03:35
1)  He's wearing a camo jump smock, with snap ups.  This puts him around late 1943, to end of war.  The idea of him having a pre-war MG34 prototype is ludicrous, any in service in 1939 would have been long since replaced, especially for the rather prestigious Fallschirmjager who got preferential treatment for equipment.

2)  You can easily see the curvature if you ignore the mind trick of the colour contrast.  It took me a few times, at first thinking it was a rather weird shroud for the MG42, then realizing.

3) You can see the forward locking position for the MG34's AA sight.

4) I have handled, served with, and fought with the real deal multiple times.  I think I know what MG34's look like, I've cleaned, gutted, and lugged them up and down hills enough.

Muddy, I never really care about the fuzz around re-enacting etc. but just don't say that.

Apart from that, you could very well be right but everyone can make a mistake and I'm still not convinced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-03-2010, 20:03:47
First, regarding your #1 objection (I agree). It also seems very unlikely FS troops would be having prototype MG34.  HOWEVER! They would be more likely to receive modified or 'experimental but 100% tested' weapons that would improve on weight or handling.

 Considering the Luftwaffe's expertise and independent weapondevelopment, even against the orders of Adolf Hitler himself(FG42 production) it is very well possible they developed a lighter variant of the MG34 with modified barrel around the time of FG-42. The MG34 was used extensively throughout the luftwaffe and I can imagine they would modify versions often. (MG81 etc, although I think that was a Mauser design, not 100% sure)

I have even processed the image Vonmudra, analyzing it's contrast and edge preservation. Not very conclusive since there is barely any 'gradual' change in shadow which you would expect during daytime light on round metal surface like this.

The contrast of the film is not particularly high as can be witnessed by the paratrooper (shadow) and white buildings (cloud or sunlit). This means that there should be a gradual, gradiented transition between highlight and shadow part of the round barrel, which is simply not the case.

Regarding your last statement : Having hand-held a regular MG34 all your life or just 1 minute does not make a snip of difference. Since we cannot say this IS a regular MG34. We don't have knowledge of possible limited prototypes, we don't have any specific knowledge on that particular image (yet, hope it will come ; ).

I think we all agree however - irregardless of our expertise - that it is SOME variant of the MG34. You think its just a regular one, others think its a (small) modification or lesser known variant.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-03-2010, 20:03:04
Well, it's a mg34 for sure.

The quality of the picture has certainly deleted the top hole and the constrast can trick us abour the shape.
 ;) it was to push some people to search a bit about the different version of mg34.
There is always small production variant.

(http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/4984/mg34gunner.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-03-2010, 00:03:22
Seth, can you enlighten us where you found that picture and what original underwriting it had ?
I have had many occasions where the footprint on ww2 pictures was not 100% correct in identifieng the situation or the objects displayed.

Last thing about that picture ; I did some manipulation that will reduce contrast to show any possible gradienting not visible in the initial image.

1) I upscaled a portion of the image (without interpolation to preserve edge detail)
2) I lowered contrast in highlight and deep shadow

The circled area should show a 'dent' in the shadow. Regular MG34's have interleaved spaceing for the ventilation holes.
(http://www.defocus.nl/temp/mg34_type.png)

Also I still have great suspicions this is not a round barrel at all - the transition is far too steep.
You would see more gradual area larger than the few percent of grey between white and black right now.
Also you might see some reflection from the ground on the lower part of the barrel which then should render in lighter gray. None of that, indicating to me purely from visual standpoint it is a flat surface not a curved one.

Hope you can tell us more about the origins of the image, what military operation that soldier is participating in etc. ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2010, 00:03:29
here the gallery (at the end, search for "(2585 / 182)" )
http://odkrywca.pl/fotografie-fallschirmj-ger,73238.html

(but you can also appreciate some nice fj picture too).
But i'm pretty sure it's a normal mg34 but the picture quality is so unconstant that perhaps some dirt overlay the hole etc ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-03-2010, 01:03:51
(http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt/pics/machine-gun-mg34-mg42-fig2.jpg)
I would say the mg 34s is it :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-03-2010, 01:03:44
No, more like the MG 34/41 :)

It is round guys, if you believe it or not, i don't care, the only thing that is wrong with it is that the holes are indeed not like on the regular MG 34, so it is very likely the MG42 prototype. 1500 made.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-03-2010, 03:03:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/415678-2/155+Howitzer+Recoil+1937)

11 TH Field Artillery 1937-1940 Scholfield 155 Howitzer recoiling.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mspfc Doc DuFresne on 28-03-2010, 04:03:35
^ that looks like a flying fuck, tbh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 28-03-2010, 12:03:08
^ that looks like a flying fuck, tbh.
Thought the same thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-03-2010, 13:03:22
fear the mighty turtle of doom  ;D
(http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=9732)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-03-2010, 13:03:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_121-0412%2C_Frankreich%2C_Panzer_Somua_S35%2C_Gesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)

Quote
S 35s captured by Germany in 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 28-03-2010, 13:03:28
Something I just did:
(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l322/miklas84/flying_art.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-03-2010, 13:03:34
(http://personal.inet.fi/koti/juhani.putkinen/203_mm_haupitsi.jpg)

Guns without recoil system FTW.


Why does "hyppyheikki" need two observers?

The first observer will check where the projectile goes and the second observer will check where the gun goes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 28-03-2010, 18:03:13
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/lll.jpg)
thes gun's look like MG34
em wth is that guy holding in his hand ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 28-03-2010, 19:03:47
....








A rifle...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-03-2010, 20:03:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/348421-2/Capture_14) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/Capture_14.html)

Co.E 34th Armored Reg.,5th AD at the Desert Training Center is buzzed by a pair of A-20 bombers September 1943.The M3 light tanks have a white "M" for medium on their turrets since they are serving as surrogate medium tanks until the new M4 becomes available
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 28-03-2010, 20:03:34
look at the end of ... the rifle then
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-03-2010, 20:03:00
Which guy are you talking about.  Guy in center is holding a K98k.  Guy on the left side is grasping the bipod of a MG34  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-03-2010, 20:03:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/415928-2/img001_001)

This is a photo of "BERT" a tank of the Calgary tank Regiment, Dieppe.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/415997-2/img001_015)

Featured in this photo is a Churchill tank of the Calgary Tank Regiment put of commission by German shell hit. This particular tank was code-named Cheeta which identified her as part of C squadron. Cheeta was transported to Dieppe on Tank Landing Craft TLC-2. Cheeta managed to land successfully on the beach and made her way to the sea wall under intense fire. When she attempted to climb over the sea wall her belly was exposed to German fire and she was hit hard by a German shell. Trooper Hilsabeck inside Cheetah described what he recalled as the shell hit them in the belly: Hilsabeck said "The deck turned red hot right at my feet, so it came mighty close to coming through........It blew al the fuses in the tank, so we rolled back down behind the seawall. I got all the fuses changed with a flashlight, got the engine started again and then we went up over the wall. Once we were upon the promenade we were like a bunch of rats in a treadmill. We didn't know where to go or just what to do so we fired at targets of opportunity until we ran out of ammo. The crew of Cheeta were.. Commander: Corporal G.H. Wiggins Driver: Trooper F. Hilsaback Co-Driver: Trooper E.E. Farr Gunner: Trooper D.M. Jenkins Loader/Radio Operator: Trooper D.W. Scratch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 28-03-2010, 20:03:54
oke i see it now thx
and nice tank story
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-03-2010, 20:03:20


This is a photo of "BERT" a tank of the Calgary tank Regiment, Dieppe.


Featured in this photo is a Churchill tank of the Calgary Tank Regiment put of commission by German shell hit. This particular tank was code-named Cheeta which identified her as part of C squadron. Cheeta was transported to Dieppe on Tank Landing Craft TLC-2. Cheeta managed to land successfully on the beach and made her way to the sea wall under intense fire. When she attempted to climb over the sea wall her belly was exposed to German fire and she was hit hard by a German shell. Trooper Hilsabeck inside Cheetah described what he recalled as the shell hit them in the belly: Hilsabeck said "The deck turned red hot right at my feet, so it came mighty close to coming through........It blew al the fuses in the tank, so we rolled back down behind the seawall. I got all the fuses changed with a flashlight, got the engine started again and then we went up over the wall. Once we were upon the promenade we were like a bunch of rats in a treadmill. We didn't know where to go or just what to do so we fired at targets of opportunity until we ran out of ammo. The crew of Cheeta were.. Commander: Corporal G.H. Wiggins Driver: Trooper F. Hilsaback Co-Driver: Trooper E.E. Farr Gunner: Trooper D.M. Jenkins Loader/Radio Operator: Trooper D.W. Scratch [/center]
Great story

The problem with early churchills was its complicated armament. A 2PDR with a 76MM howitzer. It made early churchills horrible complicated

The churchill was nearly cancelled if it wassent for the MKIII with a 6PDR wich made great succes on El alamein, supercharge, Mareth line and tunis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-03-2010, 22:03:12
(http://www.lostbattalions.com/pix/Funny4.jpg)
Hmm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-03-2010, 22:03:46
Old german tradition of taking photos of the tallest and shortest guy in the unit together ;)

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Small_Tall/Small_Tall_01.htm

(http://janusmuseum.org/panabasis/soldats.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 28-03-2010, 22:03:08
(http://www.nps.gov/archive/amme/wwii_museum/d-day_saipan/beach_assault_saipan_lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 29-03-2010, 00:03:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Bundesarchiv_N_1576_Bild-007%2C_Paris%2C_Parade_deutscher_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-03-2010, 00:03:51
French tanks?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-03-2010, 00:03:04
Nothing so strange about that mate, they used them like crazy :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-03-2010, 00:03:28
No I just thought it was cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-03-2010, 00:03:32
OOhhh, oki.

Agreed then, very cool pic indeed.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 29-03-2010, 01:03:13
The picture is sort of an reaction to rawhides picture about germans standing next to abandoned S35's

I was amazed when I found this picture that it was in colour. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-03-2010, 04:03:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/416000-2/img001_016)

"Cheeta" Crew captured by the Germans, Dieppe.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/416385-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J28805_2C_Ostpreu_C3_9Fen_2C_Volkssturmm_C3_A4nner_an_MG)

Volkssturm members with MG 81. Near Königsberg/East Prussia, March 1945. (Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J28805)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-03-2010, 04:03:35
Volksturm that actually got issued their rank insignia?  Nice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-03-2010, 11:03:52
(http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=6221)
 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-03-2010, 12:03:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/209194-2/Cuckoo2_001) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/britain/Cuckoo2_001.html)

A churchill tank convoy during operation Market garden's. Churchill tanks where a common sight on Market gardens, with mainly MK VII and VIII CS serving


And a case of beer who can find a surprise in this picture AND who can tell more!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 29-03-2010, 12:03:58
Is...that...a...small and fuzzy...Panther in the background  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 29-03-2010, 12:03:22
I think that's the "Cuckoo", a Panther which the Coldstream Guards captured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 29-03-2010, 13:03:24
Yup it is. Its hard to miss btw! ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/59313-2/Cuckoo2)
(wonder if this picture could be taken on the same road)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-03-2010, 13:03:00
I think that's the "Cuckoo", a Panther which the Coldstream Guards captured.
We have a winner!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/59310-2/Cuckoo1) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/britain/Cuckoo1.html)

Cuckoo was a panther tank abandoned by the germans because a simple fuel pump broke down. The British coldstreamguards then used it. Mainly as support for the churchills or other tanks.

What became of Cuckoo anyway?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 29-03-2010, 13:03:59
Im sure this has been discussed before.....

I think it was either knocked out/disabled or it simply broke down. I remember hearing it was used as a fire support weapon during BotB.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 29-03-2010, 14:03:22
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=28097&sid=64b8b00bdd68ad0cfbd15ac4f4038a50)
Captured STUG during the battle of the Buldge. Notice Concrete is added in front of the main armor! something I never seen before!

Edit: Is that guy left on top, holding een mp44?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-03-2010, 14:03:01
I believe they did that mainly on the mid-production StuG's on the Ostfront for more protection.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 29-03-2010, 15:03:58
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1644/ww2onfacebook.jpg

If World War 2 took place on Facebook  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-03-2010, 15:03:38
I think the StG44 is mounted on the Stug in place of the MG34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 29-03-2010, 15:03:59
(http://cdn2.ioffer.com/img/item/117/831/625/xqsa.jpg)
big coastal gun :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 29-03-2010, 16:03:04
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1644/ww2onfacebook.jpg

If World War 2 took place on Facebook  ;D
LOL  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 29-03-2010, 16:03:36
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1644/ww2onfacebook.jpg

If World War 2 took place on Facebook  ;D

Switzerland is just so EPIC in this one ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 29-03-2010, 17:03:37
Its also in the 'FH2 memes' thread, where it belongs...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-03-2010, 19:03:03
Haven't had time to scan in my pictures of knocked out French tanks, so here is a Sherman that ran into an 88. Is burned out completely and turned so hot the rubber on the tracks melted.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/20697-2/durchschuss.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-03-2010, 19:03:23
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=78797)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 29-03-2010, 21:03:50
Explosions  :D

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/Herc_Images/boom.jpg)

I took a photo of a picture at the museum, thought it was pretty intense
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-03-2010, 23:03:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/NZ_001445.jpg)
Fijian medical orderlies at the Battle of Bouganville
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-03-2010, 04:03:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/416710-2/img001_018)

Commander: Squadron Sergeant Major G.M. Menzies Driver: Trooper N.A. McArthur Co-Driver: Trooper T.A. Dunsmore Gunner: Trooper W.G. Stewart Loader/Raidio Operator: Trooper F.H. Noel. Bert was the second tank of TLC-6 and soon stopped. Trooper Stewart realized the turret was not working correctly and had difficulty in getting it to traverse because of the waterproofing. Trooper Dunsmore, went outside and cut the waterproofing away from the turret. Bert made its way up towards the area east of the cassino later in the morning and had its left track blown off by enemy fire. Possibly from the 37mm gun mentioned in an earlier post. Now disabled Bert was still in a position to give support and covering fire to around 20 men from the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry from Hamilton, Ontario. These men had crossed from the cassino and moved into the town. Three of the crew were later rescued by Corporal Heck's tank "Bill" and the other two were picked up by Lieutenant Dunlap's tank "Bob"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kubador on 30-03-2010, 06:03:44
(http://rt.com/s/obj/staticpages/soviet-posters/4a.jpg)

Found on the net and I hope it wasn't posted.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 30-03-2010, 09:03:30
(http://pici.se/pictures/GnKuVozHc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-03-2010, 12:03:44
(http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/il-2-11.jpg)

IL-2"s during a strafing run. It was used very often in strafing runs (a common tactic in Soviet airforce ground attack), and it was good in this role in wich its 23MM cannons did great damage. Even tanks wherent safe for this cannon. In a correct angle, it could even penetrate the Top armor of Panther's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 30-03-2010, 22:03:34
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kIWY2DV0KnE/SIPq0VClCgI/AAAAAAAAA4I/-9MekvU5Vxs/s400/Sperry+Retractable+Ball+Turret+showing+direct+hit+by+cannon+fire.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 31-03-2010, 00:03:45
Aircraft it will be then..

(http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2_Profiles/MTO_AXIS_Iraq_dateien/irak732.jpg)

An Iraqi airforce Breda Ba.65 and pilots that took part in the Anglo-Iraqi war of 1941 "Hitler's Gulf War" as some call it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 31-03-2010, 00:03:08
Airplane number 108 in fact.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 31-03-2010, 01:03:33
(http://luchtvaartensamenleving.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/2009/05/11/33358_fokker_g1_raf_kleuren_scan101.jpg)
Dutch Fokker G-1 with RAF markings, A dutch pilot stolen the plane back from the germans and flow it to England. Sexy little beast. Think this one got destroyed after a while.

Btw I just read a article about a dutch farmer who apparently used the hull of a British sterling bomber witch crashed in his field during the war as a shed for his sheep's... guy had half the fuselage standing in his backyard, and painted it over! Awesome!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 31-03-2010, 02:03:32
(http://hsfeatures.com/features04/images/Bf109G0_icr1.jpg)

Bf-109G-0 V tail Prototype

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/apollyonsun/Luftwaffe%20Reviews/Bf_109_G-0_VJWC_bl-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 31-03-2010, 03:03:08
(http://luchtvaartensamenleving.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/2009/05/11/33358_fokker_g1_raf_kleuren_scan101.jpg)
Dutch Fokker G-1 with RAF markings, A dutch pilot stolen the plane back from the germans and flow it to England. Sexy little beast. Think this one got destroyed after a while.

Btw I just read a article about a dutch farmer who apparently used the hull of a British sterling bomber witch crashed in his field during the war as a shed for his sheep's... guy had half the fuselage standing in his backyard, and painted it over! Awesome!

A beautiful plane indeed, apparently it had the firepower and performance to match.

Interesting story it sounds familiar to something my farther told me:   

After the war his neighbor turned a glider that was landed on his farm into a chicken cage, he still remembers the white stripes on the side of the pen, and the big wheels he placed next to it.
I guess it goes to show how desperate these farmers were for ordinary suplies after their country had been ravaged by war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-03-2010, 06:03:05
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=206722)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-03-2010, 10:03:56
After the war his neighbor turned a glider that was landed on his farm into a chicken cage, he still remembers the white stripes on the side of the pen, and the big wheels he placed next to it.
I guess it goes to show how desperate these farmers were for ordinary suplies after their country had been ravaged by war.

nono, you don't know farmers, they will use ANYTHING they can get there hand on, why go tru the bother of going to buy equipment, and then spend a whole day putting it together when something that could do the trick fell from the sky for free and only needs a few hours to make usefull....

Evolution:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/T-34_prototypes.jpg/800px-T-34_prototypes.jpg)
A-8 (BT-7M), A-20, T-34 Model 1940, T-34 Model 1941

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 31-03-2010, 18:03:55
After the war his neighbor turned a glider that was landed on his farm into a chicken cage, he still remembers the white stripes on the side of the pen, and the big wheels he placed next to it.
I guess it goes to show how desperate these farmers were for ordinary suplies after their country had been ravaged by war.

Idano, I think if a bomber crashed on my land I would surely build something with it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-03-2010, 18:03:10
Speaking of crashed planes, this picture was taken 2km from my grandfathers house. He went to visit the plane the day after it crashed but some soldiers stopped him. He came back the next day and took what he could use from the wreck. Weapons, ammunition and instruments where taken from the plane by the local occupying Canadian army, the rest was for whoever got it first. I believe i saw a picture  of the plane after a month once, it may be in our local town museum. but that is only open a few days a year. On that picture the plane was in a more looted state. The wreck stayed there for several months before being cut up.
The plane came back from a bombing raid over Koblenz, but had 3 dead engines after some flak hits so it never made it home. Its a B-17G called "FLAK PLOW" of the 8ste USAAF  486BG - 834 Squadron
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh26/NUBINA/FLAKPLOW-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 31-03-2010, 19:03:41
Damn Europeans have all the best WWII stories. *pouts*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 31-03-2010, 19:03:56
ow if you find some thing like that :D
get the ammo from the MG's on board the plane :D :P
then take the other stuf that you could use :P
hole crap i can't think strait
i could built a metal swimming pool that turns in to a hot tub and then i get out before i get burned to dead
by the hottub(it gets hot by the sun :P)
i could make a sing saying wher the germans are or just make a sign that say's
I DON'T NEED AMERICAN PLANES I NEED GERMAN PLANES
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-03-2010, 19:03:46
Yep we DEFIANTLY need more german planes and much better, they are SO Underpowerd!


(http://www.witness-to-war.org/content/photos/general/Caption%20A-20%20Havoc%20attacking%20a%20Japanese%20airfield%20in%20the%20South%20Pacific%20(donated%20by%20Dale%20Niesen).jpg)

A-20 havoc during an attack on a japanese airfield

I believe the plane in front is an G4M Betty
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-04-2010, 01:04:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/418274-2/in_erwartung_des_feindes)

Young grenadier (SS Pz.Gren. Regiment 25) with kar98k waiting for the enemy. Normandy, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-04-2010, 10:04:28
Concrete armoured sherman.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/209189-2/SC-203168)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-04-2010, 10:04:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/218761-4/8)

A very nice photo of a 15CM schwere Feldhaubitze 18 or 15CM SFH18 in action.

Like the Lefh18 was the standard medium field gun, the SFH18 was the standard heavy howitzer of the wehrmacht. It was produced in very large numbers, but it had one critical flaw

Its range. The russians quickly adopted a way to counter these guns. The SF18 had a range of 13KM (thats barely more then a 25PDR) and the Russian 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) had a whopping range of 20km, making them very usefull in counterbattery fire. Many SFH18 where lost on the eastfront because of this way.

If their is one thing the germans where never superior in WW2, it was the artillery.

(When are we gonna get heavy field guns in FH2? the SFH18, BL 5.5Inch medium gun M114_155_mm_howitzer where almost as common as the 25PDR, Lefh and M1 Howitzer)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-04-2010, 19:04:34
(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4626/untitled2801swvi5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 01-04-2010, 19:04:52
Ja? Hallo! Do you deliver? Ja, OK! I'd like to order one xxl pepperoni pizza.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 01-04-2010, 19:04:59
"I want one Döner please."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-04-2010, 19:04:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/418439-2/Marines+landing)

This may be the 1st. Marine Division's landing at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, which is part of Papua, New Guinea. Rabaul, a major Japanese stronghold, was located on the Eastern Tip of the Island. The 1st. Marines who were veterans of Guadalcanal, said New Britain was much worse, climate and geographical wise, than Guadalcanal. As I said, I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think I saw this photo before described as Cape Gloucester Landing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 01-04-2010, 20:04:45
@Rawhide's pic. It could be the light but it almost looks like the mans jacket got Splinter Tarn camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 01-04-2010, 20:04:17
@Rawhide's pic. It could be the light but it almost looks like the mans jacket got Splinter Tarn camo.
It actually is.
He´s an officer and I read that it was common for CO´s and NCO´s to make custom uniforms out of camo cloth.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 01-04-2010, 20:04:58
I never heard of that nor ever seen it. It looks badass though. Thanks :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-04-2010, 20:04:44
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5285/usa1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-04-2010, 03:04:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Dnieper_Forcing_Offensive.jpg)

Soviet troops attack the Dnieper Bridge-head.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 02-04-2010, 04:04:12
Being that this is page 262, I demand me-262s.

(http://www.kheichhorn.de/assets/images/Me-262_24.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-04-2010, 05:04:57
(http://www.t04.de/Projekte/me262.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cadyshack on 02-04-2010, 06:04:45
(http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/LCBW8/Me262-Mk214-41f+.jpg)

50mms of pain...if it hit...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-04-2010, 08:04:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Marines_take_cover_behind_medium_tank.jpg)

Quote
Marines take cover behind a M4 medium tanks while cleaning out the northern north end of the island of Saipan. The Japanese were well dug in and making their last stand, 8 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-04-2010, 18:04:23
German officers congratulate a Frenchman on being the 1,000,000th forced labourer deported into Germany.

(http://www.nwha.org/news_4Q2001/resources/resistance5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 02-04-2010, 18:04:18
German officers congratulate a Frenchman on being the 1,000,000th forced labourer deported into Germany.

(http://www.nwha.org/news_4Q2001/resources/resistance5.jpg)

"Here is your complementary beverage"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-04-2010, 21:04:01
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7553/usa1942.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 03-04-2010, 03:04:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Finnish-artillery-76k02-1902-winterwar.png)

Finnish 76mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-04-2010, 03:04:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/419186-2/Gdynia)

A Russian Officer Watches Abandonned German Halftracks. I like the Variety.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 03-04-2010, 06:04:38
The halftrack with the nerbelwerfer looking thing on it, what is it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-04-2010, 06:04:32
Werfersomething 42 or something like that.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2010, 09:04:11
take care a, a soviet using a piano might look offensive and will be removed from imagehack :P
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/447/006050.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-04-2010, 11:04:40
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=78433)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-04-2010, 11:04:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407101-2/33-14%23) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/soviet-union/33-14%23.html)
KV2 destroyed. But listen to the story behind, what this "Monster" did.

Quote
The monster at the road. On 23-24 June 1941 a single KV-2 of 2nd tank division conducted an armored road block in southern Lithuania (near Rassaynjay town), holding up the German advance. The Germans found themself in a trouble when they lost whole supply truck collumn. Numerious attacks including a battery of 50mm anti-tank guns (which were destroyed at 500m distance), Flak 88 (the Soviets allowed to mount this gun at 700m distance and then killed it) and an engineer unit attack all failed to silence the Russian tank. Artillery fire of 105mm howitzers achieved a hit to the track and the KV was partially immobilised. This heavy tank at the only road and surrounding swamps made German troops supply (with ammo, fuel and food) and wounded soldiers evacuation impossible. The Germans were forced to use such trick: 50(!) tanks immitated an attack, so it became possible to set another 88mm flak, which managed to eliminate the tank after two days it held up the advance of the entire 6th Panzer Division. The Stukas were not used beacause a commander not allowed an operation "against one tank". By the Germans' accounts, the crew could have escaped easily several times before the final attack, but the heroes always chooses own fate...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-04-2010, 12:04:47
The halftrack with the nerbelwerfer looking thing on it, what is it?

It is a panzerwerfer 42.
http://www.cybermodeler.com/armor/maultier/maultier_walk.shtml
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 03-04-2010, 19:04:21
Ah, ok. Thanks Siben  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-04-2010, 20:04:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/419349-2/Iwo+Jima+2_001)

Iwo Jima beach cluttered with men,material and wreckage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-04-2010, 22:04:31
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8616/udssr194142.jpg)
Winter 41/42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 03-04-2010, 23:04:01
(http://guns.connect.fi/gow/kybelaja.jpg)
Winter 39/40

"WHITE DEATH - You can't resist this enemy; the frost. You can't see it, but it encircles you everywhere."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2010, 00:04:15
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4049/m3beutewith37mmschneide.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-04-2010, 00:04:37
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4049/m3beutewith37mmschneide.jpg)
I must say, M3 halftracks look epic either under allied or german control
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2010, 00:04:05
Look in the background ;)

(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7769/bundesarchivbild101i557.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-04-2010, 00:04:58
lol what is that?

Pimp ze Schützenpanzerwagen?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2010, 00:04:24
lol, its another captured M3 halftrack, the type with the 75mm cannon.  However from what I can tell, the 75mm has been replaced with a mountain gun, judging by how it bulges out as it moves away from the muzzle o_O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-04-2010, 01:04:34
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/italy/Beute/RickMente-00.jpg)
Italian 62 Gruppo, 120 Reggimento d'Artigleria, Southern Russia, Summer 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SJonni on 04-04-2010, 03:04:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/419349-2/Iwo+Jima+2_001)

Iwo Jima beach cluttered with men,material and wreckage.

Wow, never seen this picture before. Do you have more of these?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-04-2010, 03:04:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/419349-2/Iwo+Jima+2_001)

Iwo Jima beach cluttered with men,material and wreckage.

Wow, never seen this picture before. Do you have more of these?

Theres alot of Iwo Jima Pictures, but i have never seen a Picture like that. (Overview). But as soon as i find one, i might post it here.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407387-2/Bougainville_001)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407367-2/Bougainville)

United States Marine Corps advancing through jungle during the Battle of Bougainville.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SJonni on 04-04-2010, 04:04:04
Yup, overview was the word I was looking for. This was really interesting because of all the wrecks etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 04-04-2010, 04:04:55
Think there should be one in a treat about Iwo jima I made couple of months ago try to search it up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2010, 09:04:55
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4049/m3beutewith37mmschneide.jpg)
I must say, M3 halftracks look epic either under allied or german control

an other picture  ;)

(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4049/m3beutewith37mmschneide.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2010, 09:04:43
Now I'm really curious...what gun is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 04-04-2010, 09:04:10
@ the two pictures in Seth's post, those look to be the same halftrack if you look at the mud on the road
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-04-2010, 10:04:19
Even the shadows match up, with about 30 minutes in between photos judging the new angle. Nice find :)

Can't seem to find anything on the gun..the weird thing is, it somehow looks familiar ...

Well. This time a bit of an odd picture from me...

(http://www.defocus.nl/temp/guys.jpg)
Royal Marine's Bofors Gun Crew in the Western Desert
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-04-2010, 11:04:25
ye i recently found that photo aswel

Bofors crews had balls!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-04-2010, 18:04:34
lol, its another captured M3 halftrack, the type with the 75mm cannon.  However from what I can tell, the 75mm has been replaced with a mountain gun, judging by how it bulges out as it moves away from the muzzle o_O

The vehicle is a T30. The mountain gun is, more specifically, an M1 75mm Pack Howitzer, American.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-04-2010, 20:04:29
Kading, one casual glance at the muzzle of that gun and it would tell you a 75mm shell would have 'some' trouble squeezing through there  ;D

The gun is not a howitzer imho (but I am not a gun expert...). It's firing small rounds, can fire in almost vertical position (although admittedly that is something many howitzers can do too). The numerous ventilation holes to me indicate it was designed for high rate of fire - something you would expect with anti-aircraft roles.

I still feel annoyed that I have seen that gun on some moviebit or photo before but I cant say where...
Just going completely blind by guess I have a feeling its something naval 'warm climate'-ish...but thats all the gray matter is giving me. And it's probably wrong ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2010, 20:04:41
Um, he was referring to my pic on the preview page :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2010, 20:04:38

The gun is not a howitzer imho (but I am not a gun expert...). It's firing small rounds, can fire in almost vertical position (although admittedly that is something many howitzers can do too). The numerous ventilation holes to me indicate it was designed for high rate of fire - something you would expect with anti-aircraft roles.

I still feel annoyed that I have seen that gun on some moviebit or photo before but I cant say where...
Just going completely blind by guess I have a feeling its something naval 'warm climate'-ish...but thats all the gray matter is giving me. And it's probably wrong ;)

here to answer your questions :
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=142260
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 04-04-2010, 20:04:10
ah I just wanted to post that link!

Its a French gun, I started looking for Chech, then Bofors, then French and I found that link.

Photo was taken in Tunnis 1943  btw.

First I thought it was the same type of gun used near Pegasus bridge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-04-2010, 20:04:57
I have found the caption too :

'1943, Tunisia. Captured US M3 half-track with French flak gun 3.7 cm M 25 (f), original name 37 mm CA/ SMCA Mle 1925.'

Aha! So the gray matter was right after all....naval + warm climate ...and it's used on both french navy ships and as coastal defence for the Mediterranean. Good find....!

@ Vonmudra : oops....sorry ...guess I was completely occupied  with that odd truck/gun combination  :-[

To make it up...another captured M3 ;)

(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M3_halftrack/halftrack-64.jpg)
(Picture from "Panzers of Kasserine. The Afrika Korps in Tunisia." )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 04-04-2010, 21:04:44
(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M3_halftrack/halftrack-18.jpg)
Check out the teamkiller in the background, he is camping with the vickers.  ;D

b b b b bonussss:
(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M3_halftrack/halftrack-10.jpg)\
Luftwaffe personal:
(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M3_halftrack/halftrack-05.jpg)

Maybe you guys are interested in a good read, Berlin 1945:

http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/MK_V/Mk_V.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 04-04-2010, 21:04:10
Refresh my mammary ( ;D): the roller in the front of the M3 is for...?  Steep inclines? 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 04-04-2010, 21:04:37
Check out the teamkiller in the background, he is camping with the vickers.  ;D
Surely, that's a Browning M1917?

the roller in the front of the M3 is for...?  Steep inclines?  
It's to prevent the bumper from digging into rough terrain.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 04-04-2010, 21:04:28
(http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/childlit/seuss/20213.jpeg)

Propaganda, Dr. Seuss style.  He was not above racial stereotyping, obviously.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2010, 21:04:12
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3962/romaniancamels.jpg)

Romanian Cavalry in the Caucasus.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-04-2010, 22:04:45
Nice "Camelvary"  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-04-2010, 23:04:03
Yep   those russian troops and tanks sure retreated when they came........




No seriously, when I see camel cavarly i will run

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/414250-2/img001_001) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/dramatic/img001_001.html)

A soviet soldier waves the GRAND COLLOSAL RED FLAG OF MASSIVE COUNTRY! OF MOTHER RUSSIA!over the reichstag

I must say, he has guts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-04-2010, 02:04:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420236-2/mineclearance)

In 1942, a team of careful Bersaglieri are clearing mines off the road prior to the attack of Mersa Matruh by Rommel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-04-2010, 10:04:59
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Sov_Artillery/Zis-3-Firing-From-Building.jpg) a ZIS 3 opens fire. ZIS 3 where like an artillerygun wich could also be used well against tanks. It is the most produced artillery ever= 103 000 built
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2010, 10:04:12
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6403/lastscanttyt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-04-2010, 15:04:20
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=67895)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 05-04-2010, 18:04:01
Are there any pictures of the germans standing on those small ilands just outside of france that belonged to england. ANd was the only territory that brittain ever lost in that war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-04-2010, 18:04:36
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41125000/jpg/_41125321_jersey_pa203.jpg)

(http://www.livingwiththeenemy.com/images/6_lg.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-228-0326-34A%2C_Guernsey_-_Jersey%2C_Deutsche_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jürgen on 05-04-2010, 18:04:13
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6403/lastscanttyt.jpg)
Someone read to much Sven Hassel?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 05-04-2010, 19:04:05
Thx Captain Pyjama Shark
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-04-2010, 21:04:43
You're welcome.

Chindits.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Chindits_1942.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 06-04-2010, 00:04:50
(http://storage.kennispuntmei1940.nl/images/woh/foto/normal/045_onderwater_002.jpg)

Quote
German transport near Rotterdam - may 1940

A platoon of German Fallschirmjäger, but fitted with the regular Heer boots. These men may have been fitted out with boots after regrouping at the 11th, for regular FJR had no such boots on. It may also have been soldiers from the 2nd Batt of the 2.FJR, who had not finished jumpschool yet, and were flown in by regular landing.

Possibly this truck load was on its way to Dordrecht, and part of the Gruppe De Boer that headed for the southeast of the city. The truck is faced into the direction of Dordrecht, and since indeed this outfit moved itself around on commandeered Dutch trucks, it seems likely to presume this picture was taken before or during the transport.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-04-2010, 02:04:39
That's a very odd photo.  Not only jack boots, but normal helmets, not FJ helms....

BUt they're def FJ, what with the smocks, and its def early war....

Weeeiiirrrdddd.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 06-04-2010, 02:04:37
(http://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/photoscopem13/asi7%27.JPG)
M13/40 with extra hugh driver slit and air conditioning system  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-04-2010, 03:04:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420954-2/1270452453198)

German troops on patrol come across a bunker. Russian Front

This series of pics are really shocking!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420566-2/MG+Deatrh)
Less than a minute from death, this Gunner's fate is sealed. Life Magazine blocked the faces I imagine to spare the Dead Soldiers family. The telegram they would have received would of been bad enough, but too open up a Life Magazine and see your son... dead!
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420571-2/MG+Death+2)
2nd Photo in Capa's Series.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420575-2/MG+Death+3)
As this photo shows, aid was attempted immediately on the Soldier, but a combat vets eye's clearly saw that his buddy was dead.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420189-2/Sniper_003)
Until the very last moments of the war Allied soldiers were losing their lives in Europe. A machine gunner tasked with providing covering fire for the 2nd. U.S. Infantry advancing across a bridge in Leipzig, lies dead in a pool of his own blood, shot by a German sniper.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-04-2010, 04:04:27
That's a very odd photo.  Not only jack boots, but normal helmets, not FJ helms....

BUt they're def FJ, what with the smocks, and its def early war....

Weeeiiirrrdddd.

Maybe glider troops? Just taking a stab in the dark here...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-04-2010, 07:04:42
That's my guess, maybe they just ran short of gear.  The germans were even pulling M16 helms out of storage for France and Barbarossa.

And I've seen that Capa set of photos before.  Very sobering....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-04-2010, 07:04:51
I got the full set in a book.

One shot is missing, when the two guys are trying to get the MG Running.

But damn it shows the life and death of a soldier..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-04-2010, 12:04:59
(http://i35.tinypic.com/25juvzb.jpg)
Part of a propaganda poster in Croatia.
The caption in croatian says: Croatian wings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-04-2010, 18:04:56
That's a very odd photo.  Not only jack boots, but normal helmets, not FJ helms....

BUt they're def FJ, what with the smocks, and its def early war....

Weeeiiirrrdddd.

Maybe glider troops? Just taking a stab in the dark here...


I think the "didn't finish jump school yet" makes the most sense. Those jump boots would be a badge of honor and I would not be suprised if they were not authorized to wear the boots of the FJ if they were not fully qualified.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-04-2010, 18:04:45
That's a very odd photo.  Not only jack boots, but normal helmets, not FJ helms....

BUt they're def FJ, what with the smocks, and its def early war....

Weeeiiirrrdddd.

Maybe glider troops? Just taking a stab in the dark here...


I think the "didn't finish jump school yet" makes the most sense. Those jump boots would be a badge of honor and I would not be suprised if they were not authorized to wear the boots of the FJ if they were not fully qualified.
It's the way the US airborne was like, too. So that would indeed make sense, if it was early war, I doubt there was a shortage on supplies...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-04-2010, 18:04:56
I just forwarded the photo, and our guesses, to my unit's Leutnant.  If anyone knows, he will.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-04-2010, 19:04:08
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/6224/udssr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 06-04-2010, 19:04:11
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/afnuyt/overvalwagen3/Alliedweapons11March42.jpg)
Captured artillery on Java

Supposedly shot in Soerabaja, 12 march 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-04-2010, 00:04:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/367277-2/Blacker_Bombard2)

Quote
This is a Home Guard demonstration of the Blacker Bombard anti-tank mortar, originally designed in the 1930s by Lieutenant Colonel Stewart Blacker, and rejected by the War Office at the time. However, it was demonstrated to Winston Churchill in late-1940 (the time of the great artillery shortage), and the Prime Minister was quite taken with it. As a result, it joined Churchill's other improbable wonder weapons, the Smith Gun and the Northover Projector, into production. Unlike the Smith and the Northover, the Blacker was extensively distributed to the British Army as well as the Home Guard. Over 20,000 were made during the war. The Blacker Projector was by nature a spigot mortar of 29 mm calibre - although one could say that the actual calibre was that of the spigot round at its widest, projecting from the barrell of the mortar. The principal ammunition was a 20-pound shaped charge antitank round; 14-pound anti-personnel rounds were also manufactured. It was, perhaps, potentially a bit more useful than Churchill's other odd favourites, the Smith and the Northover. First - it did not have any (significant) reputation for killing or injuring its own crews. Secondly, with a decent shot and a bit of luck, the 20-pound antitank round could have a pretty reasonable chance of punching some sort of hole in a tank of the early war period. However ... on balance, it was still not much use. First, range was short - nobody claimed a "carry" much above 100 yards, and the weapon was accounted better at somewhat closer ranges. Secondly, both the mortar itself and its ammunition were very heavy, a problem only partly addressed by the fact that the assembly could be dismantled into about 11 pieces for transport. As a result, many Blackers were used, not on their moveable quadruped base-frames, but on fixed circular concrete bases, often set in prepared gun pits placed in "strategic" positions (these still have a way of turning up unexpectedly in overgrown back gardens to this day). Thirdly, like all spigot mortars, the Blacker was a muzzle-loader - making reloading problematic where somebody was shooting at you at the time. Then there is the fact that, for a weapon with such a short range, it was quite large and prominent, and concealment would be a must if it were ever to get a shot at a tank before it was eliminated by the tank's machine-guns. All things considered, it is perhaps just as well (for those called upon to use it) that, apart from some employment as an anti-personnel weapon in North Africa, the Blacker seems to have seen little or no action. Like the Smith Gun and the Northover Projector, the Blacker was seen as an interim measure, pending the arrival of more capable weapons. Having commenced issue in late-1941, no further Blacker Bombards were issued after July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-04-2010, 01:04:36
French machine gunners ready up for the fight, 1940.

(http://uncleted.jinak.cz/image/honor_alone.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 07-04-2010, 01:04:56
And lose the fight j/k :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-04-2010, 01:04:32
Hahahah I'ma punch you
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 07-04-2010, 02:04:40
They came prepared!
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/FrenchSurrender.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-04-2010, 03:04:53
(http://www.custermen.com/AtTheFront/Photos/FECRome.jpg)

Quote
French Troops in Rome -  June 18th, 1944
The famous French Battalion "Pacifique" marching past the monument of King Victor
Emmanuel II.  This was a news release photo from Allied Forces HQ.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-04-2010, 04:04:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/421213-2/stalingrad_001)

A platoon of German soldiers has overrun a Soviet pocket of resistance in Stalingrad.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 07-04-2010, 09:04:12
Dutch KNIL soldier checks a hause armed with his Schmeisser MP28. (with bayonet fixed!)
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1430/knilschmeisser.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-04-2010, 10:04:04
Dutch KNIL soldier checks a hause armed with his Schmeisser MP28. (with bayonet fixed!)
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1430/knilschmeisser.jpg)

And when he is out of a ammo but a target is far away, he will trow the SMG like a Spear!

UURAAAH Nederland!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 07-04-2010, 10:04:43

And when he is out of a ammo but a target is far away, he will trow the SMG like a Spear!

UURAAAH Nederland!!

HELL YEAH!


hu...what?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-04-2010, 11:04:45

And when he is out of a ammo but a target is far away, he will trow the SMG like a Spear!

UURAAAH Nederland!!

HELL YEAH!


hu...what?
Nvm i felt weird this morning


An allied soldier poses with a taken out Jagdpanther

(http://www.panzerworld.net/pictures/00117.jpg)
Probaly taken out by a 17PDR. Since the gun mantlet is the thickest part of the Jagdpanther
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 07-04-2010, 12:04:34
Maybe it hase a gigantice hole in the back? Not sure if these are penetrations? At least its pretty stuck in the mud.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 07-04-2010, 13:04:21
For some reason I really can't explain it always hurts me inside when I see the Jagdpanther or Panther destroyed. It's like a rusty STG44....it just...feels sad  :'(

I never understood, but I dont have that sentiment with allied equipment somehow. Maybe it has to do with the sad understanding that despite huge engineering efforts of desperate German technicians it all did not matter. Something along these lines yes. Snif.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 07-04-2010, 16:04:00
it was probably something else that took it out from the flank or the crew fleed. because that is not a full penetration. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: roberto2 on 07-04-2010, 16:04:30
i think it got stuck,ther is a road right to the tank.
if it got stuck they would have tryed to get it out .
but that big thing and getting out of mud  :o :o :o
they fleed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-04-2010, 16:04:46
The word is fled.

Churchill meets with Alan Brooke and Monty.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Brooke_-_Churchill_-_Montgomery.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-04-2010, 17:04:52
Maybe it hase a gigantice hole in the back? Not sure if these are penetrations? At least its pretty stuck in the mud.
Well i see alot of battering on the frontal armor

2 shots are penetrations to be sure.


I never understood, but I dont have that sentiment with allied equipment somehow. Maybe it has to do with the sad understanding that despite huge engineering efforts of desperate German technicians it all did not matter. Something along these lines yes. Snif.
Maybe this is because a german tank was a real craftwork. The work it took to make one german tank was maybe 3 times more then a allied one. Maybe also because of the production numbers

If a german tank crew lost their tank, it would take weeks to get a new one.
If an allied tank crew lost their tank, it was a mere run towards the supply depot and getting a new one.

One US tankcrew switched between 4 shermans on the second day of Operation Cobra. They all survived because they where lucky they all manned A3 model's, wich had wet storage.

I think it is because of that.

If i would have the choise, to save one Kar98K from being burned, and 3 Mosin-nagants, even I who is normally allied biased, would choose the Kar98K.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 07-04-2010, 17:04:46
Well i see alot of battering on the frontal armor

2 shots are penetrations to be sure.

I don't think any of the four hits penetrated. You can see the "bottom" of the hole which indicates that the projectile didn't go through.
Considering how stuck it seems I would say it's more plausible that the crew just fled.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-04-2010, 17:04:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Wavell_quinan_1941.jpg)

Field Marshall Archibald Wavell (seen here as a General, on the left), in Iraq, 1941.  He was a master of desert operations, who inflicted the crushing defeat upon the Italians in 1940.  However, Churchill's need to get into the Greek theater, as well as a personal dislike for Wavell who didn't play the political side of things proved his downfall.  Churchill's orders to go into Greece split his forces, leading to the German intervention in Greece and its fall, as well as the German chance to land the Afrika Korp and overwhelm the much weakened Western Desert Force.  Churchill (never one to lay blame at his feet) packed Wavell off to India, where he commanded Burma's defense, and was eventually promoted to Viceroy of India.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-04-2010, 18:04:48
Ah Wavell.. An equal for Rommel if he staid in the desert.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-04-2010, 18:04:39
Rommel had very deep respect for Wavell.  Even going so far as to carry Wavell's book with him ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SJonni on 07-04-2010, 20:04:43
Peleliu
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4499386450_f48e4a9589.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 07-04-2010, 22:04:37
Former members of 20. Waffen-Grenadier Division of SS (1st Estonian) [black uniforms] guarding nazi leaders (göring, hess etc.) during Nürnberg Trials

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Baltic_guards_at_Nuremberg.jpg)


might be a repost, can't remember if i posted this earlier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-04-2010, 23:04:42
Soviet troops before Khalkhin Gol 1939

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Khalkhin_Gol_Befor_offensive_1939.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 08-04-2010, 00:04:28
Former members of 20. Waffen-Grenadier Division of SS (1st Estonian) [black uniforms] guarding nazi leaders (göring, hess etc.) during Nürnberg Trials

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Baltic_guards_at_Nuremberg.jpg)


might be a repost, can't remember if i posted this earlier.

God damn, Must have been a tough time for the generals thinking to themselves about how the wars over and all
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-04-2010, 02:04:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/421321-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-083-3371-11__Stalingrad__Infanterie_mit_Flammenwerfer)

German soldiers with a flame thrower, Stalingrad, 23 September 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 08-04-2010, 08:04:29
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr2688.gif)
Stuka doing what it does best
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 08-04-2010, 08:04:59
Warsaw trainstation?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-04-2010, 18:04:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/358218-4/DSSF500-600_102_1%23)

Quote
The app. 180 paratroop helmets most probably belonged to the SS-Fallschirmjäger-Batallion 600. The helmets were found by US forces near Hagenow/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the place SS-Fallschirmjäger-Batallion 600 surrendered.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 08-04-2010, 18:04:48
Former members of 20. Waffen-Grenadier Division of SS (1st Estonian) [black uniforms] guarding nazi leaders (göring, hess etc.) during Nürnberg Trials

(http://upload./a/aa/Baltic_guards_at_Nuremberg.jpg)


might be a repost, can't remember if i posted this earlier.

God damn, Must have been a tough time for the generals thinking to themselves about how the wars over and all
I suggest you get your hands on the diary of Albert Speer. It starts with the trials and then moves on with his time in the Spandau prison. He reflects about the third reich, hitler, the war and his days in the prison. Very good book I'd say.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-04-2010, 19:04:04
All I remember is that they smashed his tomatoes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 08-04-2010, 19:04:36
And later on it was found that he was further implicated in the Nazi war machine than first realised.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-04-2010, 19:04:38
He was a sneaky guy, managed to look rather neutral by compensating it with good deeds, he never really did those deeds or only played a small part in them. Like he took better care of labours in a mine (?) by giving them beds etc. but that plan already was there and only got into being when he got in charge. Sneaky but they believed him.

And ofcourse his story that he wanted to kill Hitler, no proof for that, he could have made it up, if it was true he wins a point but also loses one for not doing it, if it's not true; well played.

He was a damn fine architect though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-04-2010, 02:04:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/7th_Royal_Tank_Regiment_supporting_8th_Royal_Scots_28-06-1944.jpg)

A Churchill tank of 7th Royal Tank Regiment supporting infantry of 8th Royal Scots during Operation Epsom, 28 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-04-2010, 08:04:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/7th_Royal_Tank_Regiment_supporting_8th_Royal_Scots_28-06-1944.jpg)

A Churchill tank of 7th Royal Tank Regiment supporting infantry of 8th Royal Scots during Operation Epsom, 28 June 1944.
beautifull pic!Churchills had one of the best offroad performance's of the war. They could travel trough the deepest mud, and climb the tallest hill. As this was the case on Operation Epsom.
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Von_poop/zimmchurch-VI-high-web.jpg)

A british experiment with zimmerit on a Churchill!
But they found no advantage's and quickly dropped it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 09-04-2010, 21:04:00
(http://www.mts.net/~royb/images/Captured_112_Stuka1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 09-04-2010, 21:04:55
Haha, nice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-04-2010, 21:04:44
(http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/7492/jr483.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-04-2010, 23:04:43
 
Haha, nice.
Ye   

you start a new day at work, slept bad, bombed all night, still no pay, bad supplies, maintance

and then you find out your stuka was part of luftwaffe budget cuts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-04-2010, 00:04:08
Something tells me that Stuka was captured from the Italians during Compass..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/423307-2/normandie_1944_then_now_107)

The guy who posted that said..

Quote
Canadian Churchill and Universal-carriers . The link below is a link to a website contains over 204 before and after pics of the Normandy D-Day invasion. http://acidcow.com/pics/3772-normandy_1944_then_and_now_204_pics.html

And a guy, said..

Quote
The Canadians had no Churchill AVRE it's from the British 79AD which elements of Supported the Canadian landings. Should be 5th Assault Regiment RE Tactical number 1233 on liht blue backing.

So, Did the Canadians had Churchills during D Day?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-04-2010, 00:04:52
Couldn't be captured during Compass.  The ities had no Stukas yet, and you can see german squadron insignia (the diving crow, I forget which unit that was, but its even in IL-2....) on the nose.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 10-04-2010, 01:04:40
soldier graves on Crete  :(
(http://www.schulbilder.org/kreta-soldatengraeber-t13085.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 10-04-2010, 01:04:17
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/Herc_Images/NZ_fw.jpg)

Pretty self explanitory  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-04-2010, 05:04:00
There should be a RAF Style Roundel too :P, damn Tkers

Mudra:

Sure? Italians recives Stukas around 39, some were used in Malta and Greece, and no doubt, the Italians may had some during Compass. I seen Pictures of British-Aussies posing with Downed Italian aircraft and captured aircraft, like this one.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/CR.32.jpeg

Afaik, taking the Cr32 wich was used during Compass, but not after Compass and the arrival of Rommel, when the model was Replaced with CR42s, MC200s and MC202.

But thats my Guess..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-04-2010, 05:04:33
Never heard of them actually having any Stukas in 1940 Africa though.  Also, of course, the simple fact is that the squadron marker, a diving crow on the nose, is of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Gruppe 1:

(http://www.luchtoorlog.be/img/ju87b/bg1a.jpg)

I can't decipher the text, if someone can, it would be great help:

Quote
Ju 87 B in een camouflage van twee tinten zandgeel en groen. De eenheidscode is niet
zichtbaar maar het embleem op de motorkap, een vogel in duikvlucht, was veelvuldig te zien
op toestellen van StG 1. I./StG 1 kwam in juni 1941 in Noord-Afrika tot inzet. (Foto ECPAD)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-04-2010, 08:04:31
I think it reads:

Ju87 in a camouflage of sand yellow and green. Unit insignia is not visible, but an emblem on the motor, a bird in diving flight, which correponds to StG1 in North africa June 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-04-2010, 08:04:55
QED.   :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-04-2010, 09:04:35
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5660/lastscanqe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-04-2010, 10:04:09
Something tells me that Stuka was captured from the Italians during Compass..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/423307-2/normandie_1944_then_now_107)

The guy who posted that said..

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Canadian Churchill and Universal-carriers . The link below is a link to a website contains over 204 before and after pics of the Normandy D-Day invasion. http://acidcow.com/pics/3772-normandy_1944_then_and_now_204_pics.html

And a guy, said..

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The Canadians had no Churchill AVRE it's from the British 79AD which elements of Supported the Canadian landings. Should be 5th Assault Regiment RE Tactical number 1233 on liht blue backing.

So, Did the Canadians had Churchills during D Day?
I heard they did. A small number where supplied to the commenwealth allies for D-Day itself, but the grand majority of the 800 AVRE's deployed in Normandy where used by the british. Same went for the 1000 Crocodile's. A few where supplied, but the grand lot where used by the british
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-04-2010, 11:04:03
@Mudra,

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Ju 87 B in een camouflage van twee tinten zandgeel en groen. De eenheidscode is niet
zichtbaar maar het embleem op de motorkap, een vogel in duikvlucht, was veelvuldig te zien
op toestellen van StG 1. I./StG 1 kwam in juni 1941 in Noord-Afrika tot inzet.
Ju87B in a camouflage of two tones of sand yellow and green. The unit code is not visible but the emblem on the front, behind the engine shows us a diving bird, this bird was shown commonly on planes of the StG1. I. StG 1 first saw combat in North Africa in June 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-04-2010, 12:04:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/423652-2/BEGLEITCmmdo-001)

Member of the Begleitkommando cleans MG34. Note two men wear the black collar tab of the SD. And field expedient wrap of the MG34 to protect it from dust. Image from 'Auf den Strassen des Sieges', pg. 109.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-04-2010, 12:04:01
The captured Stuka is a Ju 87D-1, this fact, plus the design of the roundel painted under the wing, makes it likely it was captured after the second battle of El Alamein.

I heard they did. A small number where supplied to the commenwealth allies for D-Day itself, but the grand majority of the 800 AVRE's deployed in Normandy where used by the british. Same went for the 1000 Crocodile's. A few where supplied, but the grand lot where used by the british

The Canadians stopped using Churchills after Dieppe, from Normandy onwards The Canadians only used Shermans, even their Recce regiments in armoured divisions and independent Tank brigades had Shermans (The British equipped theirs with Cromwells and Churchills respectively).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-04-2010, 13:04:18
The captured Stuka is a Ju 87D-1, this fact, plus the design of the roundel painted under the wing, makes it likely it was captured after the second battle of El Alamein.

I heard they did. A small number where supplied to the commenwealth allies for D-Day itself, but the grand majority of the 800 AVRE's deployed in Normandy where used by the british. Same went for the 1000 Crocodile's. A few where supplied, but the grand lot where used by the british

The Canadians stopped using Churchills after Dieppe, from Normandy onwards The Canadians only used Shermans, even their Recce regiments in armoured divisions and independent Tank brigades had Shermans (The British equipped theirs with Cromwells and Churchills respectively).


This aswel, Mainly because the Canucks recieved MKIV versions, while the grand majority of UK churchills where the new MK VII. So they decided to replace them all with US tanks or cromwell's

Surviving AVRE's where handed back to the UK soon after the invasion on the beache's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-04-2010, 15:04:06
I have no information on this, but the pic quality makes me think it is ww2 era. Not ww1.
It apears to be some kind of body armour.
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4786/1269371542664.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-04-2010, 15:04:43
The captured Stuka is a Ju 87D-1, this fact, plus the design of the roundel painted under the wing, makes it likely it was captured after the second battle of El Alamein.

I heard they did. A small number where supplied to the commenwealth allies for D-Day itself, but the grand majority of the 800 AVRE's deployed in Normandy where used by the british. Same went for the 1000 Crocodile's. A few where supplied, but the grand lot where used by the british

The Canadians stopped using Churchills after Dieppe, from Normandy onwards The Canadians only used Shermans, even their Recce regiments in armoured divisions and independent Tank brigades had Shermans (The British equipped theirs with Cromwells and Churchills respectively).


This aswel, Mainly because the Canucks recieved MKIV versions, while the grand majority of UK churchills where the new MK VII. So they decided to replace them all with US tanks or cromwell's

Surviving AVRE's where handed back to the UK soon after the invasion on the beache's

While about 1600 were built the Mk.VII wasn't that common in frontline service, for a start about 800 were converted to Crocodiles, which were grouped together, not shared amongst all Churchill equipped regiments. Then the remainder were largely issued as replacements, even by the end of the war most Armoured Troops equipped with Churchills had one Mk.VII, and two Mk.III/IV/VI.

In June 1944 the 21st Army Group had 545 Churchill gun tanks (not including Mk.V's and Crocs), of which 12% were Mk.VII's (68), By December 1944 21st Army Group had 469 Churchill gun tanks (again excluding CS versions and Crocs), of which only 8% (38) were Mk.VII's.  

AVRE's were only operated by the British Royal Engineers, they were attached to the Canadians, as were Centaur Mk.IV's of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group for the landings on Juno.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 10-04-2010, 16:04:02
I have no information on this, but the pic quality makes me think it is ww2 era. Not ww1.
It apears to be some kind of body armour.
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4786/1269371542664.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4786/1269371542664.jpg)

The photoquality could be very high in ww1 era. And might often supersede the average picture made during ww2. The reason for this is that pre 1925 _the_ camera to use for any professional would have been largeformat (there are many types, which explains the highly variable image quality in ww1 images).

In contrast in ww2, a great deal of images were made with 35mm film, which delivers a lot less resolution. The 'typical' look you might associate with ww1 is often the result of available light shooting which means you need high ISO (sensitivity) plates or negatives, and have to shoot your lens wide open (which gives a lot of 'unsharp' areas, painting like, vignetting etc).

In a studio environment like this they could just use artificial lighting and hence use low grain, low speed film with good apertures for high sharpness. Also since it is just archival print, it might have been shot on medium format anyways.

All this helps nothing to pinpoint the strange bodyarmor to a certain time, but I just wanted to elaborate that 'picture quality' can mean very little or even the reverse of what you expect it to do over time. Image quality has never been a linear development. For example, the first 3-4 generations of popular professional digital camera's were very inferior in image quality to existing 35mm slide or negative film.

Just my $0.02 ;) Hope some expert can give details on the clothing or bodyarmor itself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-04-2010, 10:04:14
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7603/dshktripod01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-04-2010, 10:04:39
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7603/dshktripod01.jpg)
Hrhrhr HSHK on tripod. One of the most hated weapons by hanomag drivers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-04-2010, 12:04:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/424477-2/1270868852379)

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German Halftracks in U.S service
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 11-04-2010, 12:04:00
man, I love it when enemy vehicles get put into good use by the opposing force. It's somehow ironic, elegant and very cool at the same time. Maybe its just that you did not pay for it, you did not design it, and suddenly you have it at your full disposal!

Stuffeh to experiment with! compare with your own...either way it will make you feel better.
If it's worse, you can say 'hey, my regular stuff is really superior'.
If it's better, you can say 'hey, we have got one of these beauties now!' :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-04-2010, 13:04:04
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=95783)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 11-04-2010, 21:04:00
I know a Vetern, from a recon unit who used a few German halftracks..he tells some intresting stories, I'd like to hear more about the captured equiptment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-04-2010, 04:04:55
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=208525)
Im gonna Add this.

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=138735)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-04-2010, 04:04:24
My grandfather on the Beaufighter: "It flew great, handled great, stable. Unless something went wrong...or if your engine backfired."
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Beaufighter252sqn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-04-2010, 10:04:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bristol_Beaufighter_NAN15Dec43.jpg)

 A Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF of No. 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force. No. 29 Squadron received the Beau in November 1940 and operated it until May 1943 as a defensive night fighter unit. The squadron was based at RAF Wellingore, Lincolnshire (UK) from 8 July 1940 to 27 April 1941, and at RAF West Malling, Kent (UK), from 27 April 1941 to 13 May 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 12-04-2010, 12:04:46
Total overkill on that tank! What type is it exactly?

German soldier with a M1 Carbine.
(http://1.1.1.2/bmi/www.ww2incolor.com/d/424913-2/1270955446614)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 12-04-2010, 13:04:48
Total overkill on that tank! What type is it exactly?


i think a french SOMUA S35
by the time they were used they were superior to their german panzer III counterpart
heavy armor 47mm gun and quite fast too
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-04-2010, 13:04:28
R35, not a Somua. From a distance I can understand you mix them up but compare the turret and suspension of the two tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 12-04-2010, 14:04:21
oh yeah  my bad ...

but on those pictures are different tanks with different guns (compare barrel length in first and last picture)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-04-2010, 14:04:17
Even I made a mistake! H35 and H39, H39 has a longer barrel. And theres also an R35 in between it. Mix up of all French light tanks  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-04-2010, 16:04:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Bundesarchiv_N_1576_Bild-007,_Paris,_Parade_deutscher_Panzer.jpg)

The one'"s in front are SOMAU S35's. The H39's are in the back

S35's where deadly. They could defeat any german tank, and withstand any of their fire. The 37MM gun was the standard gun of the wehrmacht then, and they needed to get in range of 100 Yards to combat French Somau's and Char B1's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 12-04-2010, 16:04:55
If all failed you can still call in a Stuka or pop these heavier French tanks with an 88 ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-04-2010, 17:04:03
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=197000)

EDIT1: This picture makes me wanna start mapping
EDIT2: Notice his friend in the middle of the picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-04-2010, 18:04:34
ooOOOooo, a PpSh 41. *drool*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 12-04-2010, 18:04:21
Ostfront, now!  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-04-2010, 18:04:33
Thanks for that picture Theta, I was already thinking about what colour to paint the belts on the side baskets now I know they where just plain leather.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-04-2010, 20:04:43
O.o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-04-2010, 21:04:49
If all failed you can still call in a Stuka or pop these heavier French tanks with an 88 ^^
Yep.

The problems with the French army in 1940 was not very good logistics, Only radio recievers for the tanks, Not much AA or Fighter cover.

When they all had these above, The french army devestated its german counterparts. But if one of the above failed, they where in the same situation as Germany in 1944. Better tanks, but thats it.

Thanks for that picture Theta, I was already thinking about what colour to paint the belts on the side baskets now I know they where just plain leather.
No problem  :)  I picked these out of many Somua pictures because it is was a color photo. These always have better usefullnes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-04-2010, 16:04:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/1027-4/jeep-jump.jpg)

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To counter those pesky flying tanks,, flying AT guns pulled by flying jeeps!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 13-04-2010, 17:04:03
hax! I knew it!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-04-2010, 06:04:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/425598-1/DSC1239889)

Soviet bombers bombed civilian targets at Helsinki on 30th of November 1940 without a declaration of war. Policeman helps woman to a bomb shelter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 14-04-2010, 08:04:27
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2972/challetigeraf1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 14-04-2010, 09:04:33
(http://www.fjr2.be/gr-Falschirmj%E4ger-396.jpg)
Notice it ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-04-2010, 09:04:32
30 cal? Tell me more!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2010, 09:04:54
Same guys:

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4602/bundesarchivbild101i590.jpg)

And different guys, of the 6th FJ, taken from a photoset in normandy:

(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/803/brow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-04-2010, 11:04:30
I am sorry for it being video, but this is the most awesome film of tanks being shot that i ever saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LL5ESgckI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-04-2010, 18:04:36
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=206251)

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BA-10, Soviet-made armored car in German hands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BA-10
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-04-2010, 18:04:24
FFS, Rawhide, use proper data sources other than that wkikipedia mostly containing bullshit.

http://www.wwiivehicles.com/ussr/armored-cars/ba-10.asp
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-04-2010, 18:04:03
The caption came with the picture, the Wiki link I added myself, thank you
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2010, 18:04:06
Um.....I'm curious in you pointing out where the wiki is wrong other then a disagreement on numbers produced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-04-2010, 18:04:24
As you know, wikipedia can be modified by anyone, so IMO it shouldn't be trusted 100%.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 14-04-2010, 18:04:53
As you know, wikipedia can be modified by anyone, so IMO it shouldn't be trusted 100%.
Anyone can make websites too. And unlike the wikipedia, only the webmaster can correct false information on those sites. And wikipedia articles usually have sources... you wouldn't blindly believe some not free to edit website if it didn't have any sources, would you?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-04-2010, 20:04:11
Maybe they do it for shiggles?

Anyway, back to topic:

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tanks-heavy/pzkpfw-vi-ausf-e-tiger-heavy-tank/pzkpfw-vi-e-tiger-12.png)

In colours!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2010, 00:04:33
Maybe they do it for shiggles?

Anyway, back to topic:

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tanks-heavy/pzkpfw-vi-ausf-e-tiger-heavy-tank/pzkpfw-vi-e-tiger-12.png)

In colours!
Epic factor rises by 300% when in color

I always loved Panther tanks in color photo's. They just look so

Rawr?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-04-2010, 00:04:35
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6853/pantherd1.jpg)
colored panther with some recovery vehicle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 00:04:12
I've heard that every Panther had one recovery vehicle driving 1 km behind him by default...  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 15-04-2010, 01:04:43
I've heard that every Panther had one recovery vehicle driving 1 km behind him by default...  ;D

What if the recovery vehicle broke down first?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-04-2010, 05:04:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/426285-4/Kopie-Kvten19451)

Flakpanther with AA Flak 43 37mm, built on a Bergepanther Ausf.D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-04-2010, 10:04:04
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5626/2124192380103673033s600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 15-04-2010, 12:04:00
(http://englishrussia.com/images/ww2_color/29.jpg)

slightly perforated KV-1 in unkown location and unknown time

and as bonus
(http://i006.radikal.ru/1002/55/84c7f1606917.jpg)

devastated carro armato m13/40  most likely somewhere in the African desert but no further information given.

just look at that paper armor
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 15-04-2010, 12:04:07
Great pic of that KV-1. Reminds me of the story of that German tank commander who was only able to take out a KV-1 by destroying it´s barrel with close-range shots of his cannon after not being able to destroy it otherwise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2010, 12:04:38
Great pic of that KV-1. Reminds me of the story of that German tank commander who was only able to take out a KV-1 by destroying it´s barrel with close-range shots of his cannon after not being able to destroy it otherwise.
It would be awesome, if now the Soviet tank commander pops his head and says= VHAHAHA! AND now zits my turn! and then he swings that 76.2MM gun into the panzer direction  ;D

Not sure where this was, but i think at smolensk.One KV 1 was at a bridge. It wrecked havoc among german tanks, but one panzer Commander noted that he was still parked slightly on the bridge itself. So they simply opend fire on the bridge, and the KV1 tumbled down into a river.

Still KV1's where a severe pain in the asshole of Panzer commanders. Only the 88 and stuka was effective in stopping them.

(http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/fotoecke/bild70.jpg)

The abandonded sturer Emil. This one still survives at the Kubinka tank museum in excelllent condition. Only 2 sturer emil's where built
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 15-04-2010, 14:04:57
Great pic of that KV-1. Reminds me of the story of that German tank commander who was only able to take out a KV-1 by destroying it´s barrel with close-range shots of his cannon after not being able to destroy it otherwise.
It would be awesome, if now the Soviet tank commander pops his head and says= VHAHAHA! AND now zits my turn! and then he swings that 76.2MM gun into the panzer direction  ;D

Not sure where this was, but i think at smolensk.One KV 1 was at a bridge. It wrecked havoc among german tanks, but one panzer Commander noted that he was still parked slightly on the bridge itself. So they simply opend fire on the bridge, and the KV1 tumbled down into a river.

Still KV1's where a severe pain in the asshole of Panzer commanders. Only the 88 and stuka was effective in stopping them.

(http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/fotoecke/bild70.jpg)

The abandonded sturer Emil. This one still survives at the Kubinka tank museum in excelllent condition. Only 2 sturer emil's where built

moar info about this tank? never hear of it before :P

and about the KV-1. i read a story of a tank that was surrounded by panzers and was shelled for 1 hour straight. then finaly the crew abandoned and when they came out the was walking like they were drunk because of all the shelling and explosions.

just shows how strong it was ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 15-04-2010, 14:04:43
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tank-hunters/selbstfahrlafette-v.asp
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/heu.htm#128


moar info about this tank? never hear of it before :P


Hope this will help.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 15-04-2010, 15:04:14
12.8cm Selbstfahrlafette L/61 aka (Panzerselbstfahrlafette V) aka "Sturer Emil / Stubborn Emil"
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/3001_12.jpg)

12.8cm gun, with a usual load in the vehicle of 15-18 rounds (not very much so i guess ammo carrier tractors needed to keep close by)
1 MG-34 for close self-defense could by mounted on the chassis.

2 of them were build on a chassis produced for "tiger tank design" that got rejected, so the history is quite similar to elefant/ferdinant.
the 2 tanks were named Max & Moritz.

one of them has a picture with 22 kill rings on the gun.

armor protection was rather poor, 50mm max  which clearly separates the design from the heavily armored elefant.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-04-2010, 16:04:32
Ok people, sorry for the 2 pictures in 1 day, and for the fact that is isn't taken during ww2 but i found this on the internet and i was wondering, What is it?? All i know is that the turret appears to be of a panzer 2
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5224/tttt8bm9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 17:04:50
Thats not a Pz II turret.

I dont know anything about it (As I've said in the other thread) .

Just doing a wild guess purely by aesthetics : Something from the Chechs / Skoda.
But also might be something that was modified by the Hungarians or Romanians...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2010, 18:04:35
Never seen a tank like that before....  I donno if its Hungarian. Czech, or Romanian, it doesn't look like any of their designs (or lack there of, the Romanians never really had a tank industry like the Hungarians did).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 18:04:36
It might be some Skoda prototype that was hastedly put to use for whatever reason ?

Somehow I doubt it was early war, because in early war this would have been a very decent tank that would get some propaganda coverage in textual or photographic form.

If it would have been used later in the war I can imagine why we never heard of it. Just an insignificant quirk. Maybe it was standing in some corner of a tankfactory when the Germans decided to get it battle-ready and drive off with it? It's intact state indicative that it never saw combat, engine failure etc, and hence was left in some corner after the initial attempt of putting it to good use. Lack of compatible spare parts would increase the chance of it breaking down permanently...

1940 prototype somehow related to the LT vzor 38, but that is just by feel. It features decent sloped armor, conventional german-czech-like tankwheels. Axis-type front drive sprocket - combined with front-placed engine gives optimum power transition. I think that the frontally placed engine by theory was to give relatively light tanks some extra protection hereby increasing survivability for the crew.

Main armament is very small, rear armor is paperthin. Tons of big hatches everywhere dont help either. Seems quite a high profile too, compared to say pz II.

If you would have to do some guesstimating what would you make of it, purely theoretical VonMudra?


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-04-2010, 19:04:20
It's a modified AT-P armoured personnel carrier/gun tractor, (IIRC) a relative of the T-70. Built post war and used by Soviet Paratroops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 19:04:50
I looked in that direction too, but dismissed it because of some very typical Skoda-characteristics :

- Front-most armor horizontally sloped armor panel between tracks has identical hatch as pz 38 (t).
- Sprocket design and wheels look like relative of pz 38 (t), not like russian tankdesign.

Imho the tank is not based on russian existing tanks that I know of, and unlikely to be from Russian design team. It would have ment they copied entire tank 'german-czech' style and did not use any existing parts. Which is very un-Russian :)

The thin rear armor, and overall 'welded plate look' indeed make it seem like its some kind of conversion from a non-tank or unfinisht tank design, so +++ for nailing that. Who is Czech tankwheel specialist ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2010, 19:04:26
I was honestly looking in the direction of the russians on this one.  Those german crosses painted on it are obviously new, they would have been rusted away with the rest of the paint had they been original.  So I think honestly, one can dismiss it as being a german tank.  By comparison:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/T70_Parola_Tank_Museum_2.jpg)

A T-70 tank at the Parola Tank Museum in Finland (missing its gun).  The shape is almost identical.  This could indeed be a prototype of the T-70, OR a different type, but based off the T-70.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 19:04:46
What have you been (not) drinking VonMudra, saying these tanks look similar is like saying a Tiger and Pz II type L 'look very similar'. Actually, the latter two look a lot more similar than T-70 and this puppy. [ Since they are made by the same nationality-based philosophy, despite years apart ]

Just take your time, I'm pretty sure you will agree with me next round :P

As for the signs....the tank might not have had anything except for basecoat, which fits into my 'hastely taken from prototype storage hangar to use in defence'. The signs in thick strokes put on in a hurry will last a long time (especially if it hasnt been standing in the sun for decades).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2010, 19:04:00
I'm not saying identical, but I'm seeing very similar features such as the slope of the front, the rearwards placement of the turret, the driver's viewport, the squatness of it.  As I said, they might be related.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-04-2010, 19:04:09
I missed the party! I was going to say it reminded me of Soviet light tank designs, atleast I was on the right track.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 21:04:50
I will post some of my theories tomorrow regarding elements of this tank that match perfectly with pz 38 (t) and hence are made in the same factory. But that needs time which I dont have :)

May I remind you that this image's original base is on a Czech forum that lists random pictures of it's users ? :).
I just googled it, and besides this forum and an Irish ww2 warforum it's the only listed use.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 15-04-2010, 21:04:29
(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6410441.jpg)


sorry for the large picture but that sherman sure had a hard fight

p.s whenever you visit holland visit the ''oorlogs en verzet museum overloon'' but visit the province limburg or brabant if you don't want to travel long
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-04-2010, 22:04:37
You can resize pictures when uploading them to a host you know, on Imageshack and Tinypic this is both possible.

I personally prefer Tinypic;

www.tinypic.com

Just mark the Resize (Verklein in Dutch as I get the idea you are Dutch) and select the size, 1024x768 would be fine for these forums.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2010, 22:04:54



sorry for the large picture but that sherman sure had a hard fight

p.s whenever you visit holland visit the ''oorlogs en verzet museum overloon'' but visit the province limburg or brabant if you don't want to travel long
Overloon is great. The panther their is epic, the CHURCHILL CS is even more rawr! But then you see that sweet sherman tank! all of them are epic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 15-04-2010, 23:04:16
The "post your FH2 screenshots" tread is kinda dead...
Any way something from me:
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/w/wss-5-warsaw-uprising.jpg)
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Fleeing civilians passing a Marder II during the crushing of the Warsaw Uprsing in 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-04-2010, 23:04:13
Why on earth is the woman on the front laughing ?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-04-2010, 23:04:09
Cameraman has a funny puppet in his other hand which he uses to amuse the crowd?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 16-04-2010, 00:04:03
My WTF-moment of the day :

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8030/flak88t34fr4.jpg)

But luckely it turned out to be a photomontage of this :
http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_12.JPG (http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_12.JPG)

 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 16-04-2010, 01:04:27
Hmm, easter egg vehicle for alpenfestung mkII?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 16-04-2010, 01:04:54
Thats really awesome! but wtf!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-04-2010, 03:04:28
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2746/facpan6.jpg)
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/963/facpan10.jpg)
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8629/facpan11.jpg)
Pictures from the production line: Interior of a Panther.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-04-2010, 04:04:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/312498-2/MROM_74_2%23)
German troops questioning an elderly Russian farmer about the enemy's whereabouts: "Gde russki soldat?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-04-2010, 13:04:05
Who wants a used jagdpanther? We are almost sold out.
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/859/yagdpantera15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-04-2010, 15:04:11
My WTF-moment of the day :

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8030/flak88t34fr4.jpg)

But luckely it turned out to be a photomontage of this :
http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_12.JPG (http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_12.JPG)

 

Yo dawg, we heard you liked tank and stuff!
So we put like! Flak gun on tank! They good against everything and stuff!
So like its fucking invincible man!

(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/tanks/sherman/a24.jpg)

Crews of sherman T-40 "Whizzbang" take a moment of rest

Everyone knows the calliope,but the T40 also saw combat.
T34 calliope had 60 4.5Inch rockets
T40 Whizzbang had 20 7.2inch rockets
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 16-04-2010, 15:04:11
Well i ve been researching that Sibens tank, well if Dnarag will not find what is it, i think it can be something mixed from T 60 or T 70 with Komsomolets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-04-2010, 19:04:33
As i said previously:

It's a modified AT-P armoured personnel carrier/gun tractor, (IIRC) a relative of the T-70. Built post war and used by Soviet Paratroops.

Compare with AT-P (see attachments):

(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5224/tttt8bm9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-04-2010, 20:04:22
One thing is bugging me though, where is that turret from? It's not from any T-series light tank nor any other Soviet tank projects I can find. I would say T-70A but then again not even the mantlets match.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-04-2010, 20:04:13
I don't think the turret is real, looks like a lash-up for a movie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-04-2010, 20:04:00
Amazingly good thinking, plus while searching I also get why Dnarag initially thought it was a Panzer II turret, maybe it was meant to look like the early Panzer II turret with the 2 side view slots. Plus the roadwheels look a bit like those on the Panzer II if you squint and the size is ok.

I support your thinking  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 16-04-2010, 21:04:12
Very good find, I completely stand corrected !

I have found almost no information on the internet regarding the 'AT-P' so if someone can provide a link so we can see what exactly has been modified/added

This explains why the tankwheels, trackdesign (sprocket with _double_ hooks, not single like all other russian light tank tracks) do not match with regular ww2 designs.

If it is postwar that might also explain the sideskirts which were only found on axis tanks, not russian. (except for some russian).

All in all a highly confusing tank 'design' that imho was made to look like german tanks, perhaps/likely for cinematic purposes.

I was so hoping for a wierdo prototype  :'(

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-04-2010, 22:04:27
Like I said, it was based off the T-70....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 16-04-2010, 22:04:31
I dont see much similarities in track design when comparing AT-P and T70, then and in retrospect. Considering the T70 was built in 1941, and the AT-P is a postwar design this is not all that surprising, since they made many advancements in the large timeframe (41-46 is the difference between grant I and m46 patton, for example)

Can anyone find some detailed information on AT-P somewhere on the internet? Because I cant...annoyingly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-04-2010, 22:04:47
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2554/dshktripod02.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-04-2010, 23:04:08
I dont see much similarities in track design when comparing AT-P and T70, then and in retrospect. Considering the T70 was built in 1941, and the AT-P is a postwar design this is not all that surprising, since they made many advancements in the large timeframe (41-46 is the difference between grant I and m46 patton, for example)

Can anyone find some detailed information on AT-P somewhere on the internet? Because I cant...annoyingly.

"The AT-P [Lit; Artilleriskiy Tygach-polubroniro-vanniy] lightly armoured artillery tractor was developed using the suspension of the SU-76/T-70 and entered service in the late 1940s. The vehicle is a light fast armoured tractor though, because the main variants have an open roofed personnel compartment, it is referred to as a 'semi-armoured tractor' by the soviets. The gun-towing variants also carry their ammunition in ordinary packing boxes on the outside of the personnel compartment. All versions have torsion bar suspension. It was mainly used to tow anti-tank guns but was also seen towing 122mm howitzers and mortars. A number of specialised variants were also produced with the ASU-57 airborne assault gun being the most well-known."

http://www.jedsite.info/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 16-04-2010, 23:04:37
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/t/tirpitz-crew.jpg)
Tirpitz's mighty crew  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-04-2010, 00:04:25
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/t/tirpitz-crew.jpg)
Tirpitz's mighty crew  ;D
Must be norway.

(http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/images/Atlanta_class.jpg)
USS Atlanta. The lead ship of the Atlanta class Anti-aircraft cruisers docks to refuel.

Atlanta class had massive AA armament. 16 127MM AA guns with state of the art gun directory. In the beginning medium range AA where only 9 27MM guns.
By 1943, Atlanta class cruisers had 16 127MM guns, 9 Quad 40MM bofors guns and a varieng amount of 20MM AA guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-04-2010, 00:04:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/427190-1/poland1)

Wehrmacht Troops in a Trench, Poland 39.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-04-2010, 02:04:32
Lovely 08/15 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-04-2010, 10:04:58
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2514/00drawimageaspxi9.jpg)

A French Soldier of the Republican Guard using a Panzerfaust 60m during the Combats for the Town of Kilstett. Date : 27 - 31 January1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-04-2010, 14:04:44
I guess this did not go to plan.
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5493/ttt2rq5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-04-2010, 15:04:00
In a game it would make some sense, 2 items clipped into eachother but in real life that makes no sense at all.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-04-2010, 15:04:20
It is proper use of PAK-a-pult!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-04-2010, 15:04:56
The 7.62cm PaK 36(r), it's so good it does not even need a crew, let alone ammo to take out those Russian tanks :D

EDIT: Ok, now the joke isn't so good, I wish it was a Pak 40 :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-04-2010, 15:04:11
perhaps i've already post it

(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5118/2003130.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 17-04-2010, 15:04:51
The German Pak 40, it's so good it does not even need a crew, let alone ammo to take out those Russian tanks :D

7.62cm PaK 36(r).  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-04-2010, 23:04:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/427976-2/1932_2)

Japanese Soldiers firing on Chinese Troops with Type 11 Machinegun and Arisaka Rifles, Shanghai 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-04-2010, 02:04:23
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1033/ttt1ik5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-04-2010, 05:04:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0509-16%2C_Kreta%2C_Gefangennahme_britischer_Soldaten.jpg)
Crete, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2010, 09:04:39
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4290/2003124.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-04-2010, 17:04:03

Since I've been away for the whole weekend I'll post some random pictures

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=19890)

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Rommel in Tobruk, 1942

Can somebody identify the other man?

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=19942)

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=19943)

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"This is an Afrika Korps anti-aircraft installation on the Mediterranean coast, probably somwhere in Libya/Tunisia"

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=19944)

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These are Romanian machine gunners fighting with the Red Army in The Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia in 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2010, 19:04:30
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1439/2003138.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-04-2010, 20:04:14
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/98/7a1198bc82d34ee0d5dec545220bc584.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-04-2010, 20:04:27
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/p/para-planes-jumping2.jpg)
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Paratroopers jumping from Ju52 planes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-04-2010, 11:04:05
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=78435)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 19-04-2010, 15:04:05
nice image Rawhide, what tank got hit there ? And where is it ? (looks like a lot of tank action on that road, judging the dirt that it is covered in..)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-04-2010, 16:04:46
That burning thing is probably a tank, most likely a T-34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 19-04-2010, 16:04:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-6268-06A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Italienische_Offiziere_und_Soldaten.jpg)

Italian soldiers in France, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 19-04-2010, 18:04:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/BL_18_inch_Howitzer_Ashbury_Station_WWII.jpg/800px-BL_18_inch_Howitzer_Ashbury_Station_WWII.jpg)

British BL 18 inch railway howitzer at Ashbury Station prior to firing into Okehampton Artillery Range.

In late 1940 one 18-inch howitzer was mounted on the railway mounting Boche Buster which had been used in World War I to carry a 14-inch gun. It was deployed at Bishopsbourne  in Kent on the Elham to Canterbury Line as a coast defence gun as a precaution against possible German invasion.  The gun's range was insufficient for cross-Channel firing and hence it was never fired in action.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/18inchRailwayHowitzerBocheBusterWWII.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/BocheBusterFrontOutsideBourneParkTunnel21March1941.jpg)

British BL 18 inch Howitzer Mk I mounted on railway carriage Boche Buster (which originally carried a 14 inch gun in WWI). Seen outside Bourne Park Tunnel, at Bishopsbourne in Kent, near the English South coast. The gun was used to cover possible invasion routes on the Kent coast. It had a relatively short range and could not fire across the channel.  The gun was positioned there from early 1941 to early 1944.  Boche Buster can be seen written on the left rear of the carriage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-04-2010, 20:04:02
(http://g.imagehost.org/0325/obr14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 19-04-2010, 20:04:18
Who's army is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-04-2010, 20:04:11
It is a French tank, with a Russian soldier on it somewhere on the eastern front. Again i cant say more then the absolute obvious.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-04-2010, 20:04:39
Probably ex-Romanian then. IIRC those bought quite a few French light tanks, R35's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-04-2010, 20:04:45
Looked it up, picture is taken in Znojmo, Czech Republic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 19-04-2010, 21:04:13
Looked it up, picture is taken in Znojmo, Czech Republic.

You are right that it is in Czech rep., on rail wagon is ČSD-Czechoslovakian Railways
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-04-2010, 00:04:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/428106-2/Private+Maurice+White+of+the+Loyal+Edmonton+regiment+from+Edmonton+Alberta+watches+german+infantry+advance+on+his+position)

Private Maurice White of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment watches German troops move up on his position. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment was comprised of Farm boys, trappers, and store clerks drawn from all over northern Alberta, Canada. They saw fierce combat in Italy, especially Ortona where they were involved in house to house and hand to hand combat with German Paratroopers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zurich163 on 20-04-2010, 05:04:26
Guess this belongs here.

Happy 88th Hartman, Black Devil of the Ukraine. RIP

(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/alleati/erich_hartmann.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 20-04-2010, 06:04:29
My WTF-moment of the day :

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8030/flak88t34fr4.jpg)

But luckely it turned out to be a photomontage of this :
http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_12.JPG (http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_12.JPG)

 

This was a proper variation from captured T34's used by the germans. It was called Flakpanzer T-34(r).

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/T-34color01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 20-04-2010, 10:04:33
There is information of such an attempt by Kampfgruppe Kienast in Saxony to modify T34 with a Flak88.
However, there are no photos of this 'thing' and the only info we have is through veterans describing it.

The image you link is just one of the many impressions of how it could look. It is too high compared to the compositional sketch that was done after the war based upon veteran interviews.

I prefer to stick to real things :D :

(http://www.defocus.nl/temp/oddball%203.jpg)

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1920/m003.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-04-2010, 11:04:29
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3290/nebelwerferfinal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-04-2010, 19:04:02
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Haubitzen%20und%20Morser/21-cmMorser18-1.jpg)

Achtung fire!

21 CM morser karl about to open fire
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-04-2010, 19:04:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Cobby_Caldwell_%28AWM_OG3380%29.jpg)

Quote
The "Morotai Mutiny" was an incident in April 1945 involving members of the Australian First Tactical Air Force based on the island of Morotai, in the Dutch East Indies. Eight senior pilots, including Australia's leading flying ace, Group Captain Clive Caldwell, tendered their resignations to protest what they perceived as the relegation of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter squadrons to strategically unimportant ground attack missions against Japanese positions that had been bypassed in the Allies' "island-hopping" campaign. A government investigation vindicated the "mutineers", and three high-ranking officers at First Tactical Air Force Headquarters, including the commander, Air Commodore Harry Cobby, were relieved of their posts.

George Odgers summed up the cause of the incident in the official history of the RAAF in World War II as "the conviction of a group of young leaders that they were engaging in operations that were not militarily justifiable—a conviction widely shared also by many Australian soldiers and political leaders." Odgers concluded that the ensuing inquiry "made it clear that almost everyone concerned acted from the highest motives, and was convinced that, in the crisis, he acted wisely".[1]

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Caldwell_spitfire_pilots.jpg)
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Caldwell (fourth from left) talking to No. 452 Squadron Spitfire pilots at Morotai in January 1945

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Nil_ops_%28AWM_OG3233%29.jpg)

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1TAF Headquarters following the Japanese surrender. One further strike was flown after this picture was taken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 20-04-2010, 19:04:47
Theta, are you sure it´s a 21cm Karl mortar? AFAIk "Karl´s" had a calibre of 60 cm and the gun shown in your pic looks like a sFh 15 (heavy field howitzer 15 (cm)).
Good pic though, looks like it fires on a relativly short range.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-04-2010, 19:04:14
Theta, are you sure it´s a 21cm Karl mortar? AFAIk "Karl´s" had a calibre of 60 cm and the gun shown in your pic looks like a sFh 15 (heavy field howitzer 15 (cm)).
Good pic though, looks like it fires on a relativly short range.
It was just a nickname. It is still a 21CM MRS18 gun though.

The one you mean is the 60CM Karl Gerät
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gerat

This one is the 21CM morser 18 wich was nicknamed sometimes morser karl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_cm_M%C3%B6rser_18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 20-04-2010, 20:04:37
Alright, thanks for the clarification ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-04-2010, 20:04:11
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7192/pakfalaise.jpg)
8,8cm Pak 43/41, Falaise Pocket
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-04-2010, 22:04:44
Can we have one of these on Falaise??  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-04-2010, 23:04:59
I guess this did not go to plan.
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5493/ttt2rq5.jpg)

*FHAHA i rammed you PAK!
"Jah, but i stabbed dein turret!
*We! Try again in rematch to decide who is winner!?
"Ja! Das ist toll! Lets go!


(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1033/ttt1ik5.jpg)

"SHEISSE! Geluksvogel!! Das ist not fair!!
*FHAHAHA! I win! In you facist face!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-04-2010, 23:04:30
actualy, non won, the T-34 is burned out. You can clearly see it because of the white ash that was left behind when the rubber on the wheels burned away :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-04-2010, 04:04:06
(http://i31.tinypic.com/nbaibc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-04-2010, 15:04:15
German plane factory
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5868/produktionvonmesserschm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 21-04-2010, 16:04:15
Too bad it doesnt have info...

Looks like ME 109 G-type judging by the wings and other small details. Somewhere in 1943?

nice picture!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-04-2010, 21:04:18
Too bad it doesnt have info...

Looks like ME 109 G-type judging by the wings and other small details. Somewhere in 1943?

nice picture!
the motorkannone aswel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 22-04-2010, 00:04:45
Looks like they've got the bulges on the engine cowling associated with fuselage mounted MG 131's, plus they've got the heavily framed canopy, so it is most likely that they are Bf 109G-6's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-04-2010, 10:04:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Soviet_tanks_cross_Khalkhin_Gol_river_1939.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-04-2010, 13:04:16
(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5985/109grustsatz.jpg)
ME 109 with bomb.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 22-04-2010, 16:04:44
More G-type! Like like! Damn its such a refined machine compared to the earliest 109's ..look at all the details. I always love it when you can see they are quite inspired by the design philosophy of the spitfire . (or, at least, trying to deal with the same problems and getting similar solutions)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-04-2010, 17:04:12
(http://www.panzermodelling.com/Taller/T-34_model41_48/T-34_model_41_48-pintura.jpg)

T-34 model 1941 and its commander pose for a photo. This must be late 1941 or early 1942. As with the snow and the fact its a model 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-04-2010, 19:04:34
A Polish T-34 in fact ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-04-2010, 23:04:22
A Polish T-34 in fact ;)
SOS Vunmudra solves the mystery again!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-04-2010, 00:04:47
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/craptions/9/1519_626x516.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 23-04-2010, 00:04:36
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/craptions/9/1519_626x516.jpg)
NO.....  :o :( :'(
A Polish T-34 in fact ;)
SOS Vunmudra solves the mystery again!
Can't you tell from the coat of arms on it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-04-2010, 00:04:27
I don't know why, but some some reason that picture looks like a scale model to me. It just feels wrong.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-04-2010, 00:04:32
Yeah. Nice scale model.
Anyone interested in a photoshop?

(http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-78477-galleryV9-pbyu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-04-2010, 04:04:56
I don't know why, but some some reason that picture looks like a scale model to me. It just feels wrong.

Agreed, it is....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-04-2010, 08:04:50
German Troops waiting for the Soviets to come.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/430585-2/1271645391475)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 23-04-2010, 08:04:27
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr172.gif)
  
1940 - Gangster    :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-04-2010, 08:04:16
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2556/ca4955cd5ab5.jpg)

Kharkov 1943.  The Happier Times.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-04-2010, 14:04:51
Caption said: Westland Lysander after a bombing run over france. 1940
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1724/westlandlysander.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 23-04-2010, 15:04:12
the strange thing left and right on the lading gear is where the bombs were stored  ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-04-2010, 15:04:26
I think so. I don't think they would fit inside the aircraft. It looks like it could carry 12 small bombs. Maybe in the 25 or 50 kg range? I don't really know for sure, planes aren't really my thing, i just liked the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-04-2010, 20:04:00
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5396/dsseldorf1944.jpg)
Düsseldorf 1944 after a bombing raid. The fires have already been extinguished, as you can tell from the carbon black around the windows on the left. The street is passable again, but still shattered with debris. Civilians most like facing the ruins that meant to be their property.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-04-2010, 21:04:58
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4865/rum05b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-04-2010, 22:04:08
Is that Dark Helmet from Spaceballs?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 24-04-2010, 01:04:09
(http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cwalton/USHistory/okinawa.jpg)

US Marines on Okinawa...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 24-04-2010, 01:04:25
(http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cwalton/USHistory/okinawa.jpg)

US Marines on Okinawa...
We need to be able to do that in FH2 :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 24-04-2010, 07:04:19
We need to be able to do that in FH2 :D

Only if I could later blow you to smithereens with a Panzershrecks for multiple carnage.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 24-04-2010, 11:04:09
Is that Dark Helmet from Spaceballs?

Looks like the Danish helmet  ;D.
(http://img.youtube.com/vi/6fzPVMqNlFE/0.jpg)

But I think special helmet are made for Flak crews, like the US navy had helmets like this MK.II.
(http://www.owensarchive.com/images/uploads/World%20War%202/8e02092vara_Owens_Archive.com.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2010, 12:04:37
 ;) check the uniform to know the country
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-04-2010, 15:04:53


But I think special helmet are made for Flak crews, like the US navy had helmets like this MK.II.
(http://www.owensarchive.com/images/uploads/World%20War%202/8e02092vara_Owens_Archive.com.jpg)


Rebel troopers use those helmets.
(http://www.tk560.com/RFtroopers1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 24-04-2010, 15:04:59

But I think special helmet are made for Flak crews, like the US navy had helmets like this MK.II.
(http://www.owensarchive.com/images/uploads/World%20War%202/8e02092vara_Owens_Archive.com.jpg)



Must be so he can fit his headphones on inside the helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-04-2010, 17:04:26
Why did't they just use the one the air force has. I never understand why they do things like this in the same country. Just share, its better in every way.

Anyway, Bristol Bombay after a bombing run (note the empty bomb racks under the fuselage)in France, 1940. It was also used as a troop transport although not so much on the western front, it was used much more in Africa.
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5271/bristolbombay.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-04-2010, 19:04:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/431672-2/017Type94)

A column of Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes in China. This tankettes armour was so thin it couln't withstand some small arms fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-04-2010, 19:04:02
Khalkhin Gol
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Khalkhin_Gol_Soviet_offensive_1939.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 24-04-2010, 20:04:12
Why did't they just use the one the air force has. I never understand why they do things like this in the same country. Just share, its better in every way.

The reason for this (besides politics, big ego's, separate budgets) is that you simply cannot compare the field conditions of a flak/AA crew with that of a navy vessel or air force base.

AA/Flak crews might need a helmet that is lighter (so you can run around with it). Or perhaps they need greater comfort for groundfighting/close quarter. Either way, field conditions are different, hence design philosophy will be different.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-04-2010, 21:04:32
Exactly.  An AA crew on a ship, with hundreds of AA guns on it and other ships combining their fire overhead, means a shitload of shrapnel coming down, giving need for much larger helmets.  The germans did this as well with the Luftschutz helmet for their home defense AA:

(http://www.danielsww2.com/sitebuilder/images/LuftschutzHelmetPhoto-279x399.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-04-2010, 21:04:43
The russians on the other hand=
(http://www.o5m6.de/37mm%2061-K%201939%20AA_4.jpg)

The Russians had the best AA guns of the war, yet this is not very well known. The 3.7CM M1939 Air defense gun is one of them. With a confirmed kill rate of 10 000 axis plane's shot down. (Russian sources claim 14500, Luftwaffe claimed +- 10 000)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2010, 22:04:42
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7177/703242689c0303d2d7124la.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-04-2010, 23:04:28
AA Nambu?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/431535-2/Hetzer+15cm)

Since the termination of production for the Sd Kfz 138/1 Ausf M in 1944, troops still needed many 15cm SPGs. It was decided in November 1944 to build it on the Hetzer chassis. Only 30 vehicles were produced, had a crew of four.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-04-2010, 23:04:12
I did not know about this tank, looks kind of nice, any combat records or surviving examples alive today?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 25-04-2010, 05:04:42

But I think special helmet are made for Flak crews, like the US navy had helmets like this MK.II.
(http://www.owensarchive.com/images/uploads/World%20War%202/8e02092vara_Owens_Archive.com.jpg)



Must be so he can fit his headphones on inside the helmet.

Exactly right, it is a phone talker helmet. They are still used today but are made of kevlar and are even more hilariously shaped. They make you look like a gray and blue penis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 25-04-2010, 05:04:53
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7177/703242689c0303d2d7124la.jpg)
That's the way I want to spend my vacation...  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-04-2010, 16:04:28
(http://i44.tinypic.com/16736t0.jpg)

Quote
Life on the wing: Pilots of No.19 and No.616 Squadrons pose by a Spitfire. Sitting on the wing (left to right) are Brian Lane, 'Grumpy' Unwin and Francis Brinsden - with Flash the Alsatian and Rangy the Spaniel. In front, are Bernard Jennings, Colin MacFie, Howard Burton and the American volunteer Philip Leckrone. Three of the men - Lane, Burton and Leckrone - did not survive the war. MacFie went on to fly with Bader's Tangmere Wing until he was shot down in combat and captured in July 1941

More here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267916/Unseen-images-Battle-Britain-heroes-duty.html#ixzz0lvaQVC4r (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267916/Unseen-images-Battle-Britain-heroes-duty.html#ixzz0lvaQVC4r)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-04-2010, 22:04:46
Little seen but very important job, without this guy this mighty ships guns would be silent during an attack. I believe this to be Bofors ammunition, anyone know what the difference between the red an black fuzes is?
(http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7074/1271920132574.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 25-04-2010, 23:04:15
Siben,

There are actually three, not two, types of ammunition visible.

Green body, white band, black tip
Green body, black band, red tip
Green body, white band, red tip

The color coding of the Red tipped is for HEIT-SD (High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct)
The black band/red tip is for HEI/SD (DT) (High-Explosive Incendiary, Self Destruct - Dark Tracer)

The odd one is the white band, black tip one. I cannot figure out what that is, since it is not listed on official documents I can find. AFAIK black tips are for Tungsten core, but not sure. I will research.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 25-04-2010, 23:04:40
Yellow Identifies high Explosives

Brown Identifies rocket motors

Gray identifies ammunition that contains irritant or toxic agents

Gray with red band (s) indicates the ammunition contains an irritant (harassing) agent

Gray with dark Green band (s) indicate the ammunition contains a toxic agent

Black indicated armor-defeating ammunition except on underwater ordance

Silver/Aluminum identifies countermeasures ammunition

Light Green indentifies smoke or marker ammo

Light Red Identifies incendiary ammo, or the presence of highly flammable material

White indicates illuminating ammo; with some exceptions

Light Blue Identifies training ammo

Orange identifies ammo used for tracking or recovery

Bronze identifies dummy ammo used for handling and loading training

Nonsignificant colors: OD = All ammo types; Black = for lettering; White = for lettering

oops I was beat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-04-2010, 04:04:31
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=68212)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 26-04-2010, 07:04:54
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=68212)

greyhound?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cadyshack on 26-04-2010, 07:04:29
He looks familiar... ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 26-04-2010, 07:04:18
He looks familiar... ;)

Was about to say  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-04-2010, 10:04:51
Poteau photoshoot  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 26-04-2010, 21:04:32
Don't we have a name for that guy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-04-2010, 21:04:07
Is it shopped or is it real?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-04-2010, 23:04:31
Its real.  That guy showed up in a lot of pics from that photoshoot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 27-04-2010, 01:04:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/486SqnVolkers1945.JPG)
Pilots of 486 Squadron RNZAF, with Hawker Tempest, Kestrup, Denmark, 1945.


Pulled this from wikipedia. Maybe its after the war was over?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 27-04-2010, 03:04:29
If it's Karup then it's definately post war (At least in Europe).

On wikipedia the photo is dated June '45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-04-2010, 16:04:03
Germans advancing into Poland
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4582/kfz13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 27-04-2010, 17:04:53
(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/cholm1-743x485.jpg)
A German Unteroffizier armed with a captured AVS-36 posing next to a roadsign pointing to Cholm, the future sight of heavy fighting between German and Red Army forces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-04-2010, 17:04:40
For a moment there I stared in utter amazement at that horse carriage ;

Would the Russians really use army nomenclature to identify carriages ?  ;D

Only later I realised you ment he was GRIPPING the thing/object, not standing next to it haha.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 27-04-2010, 17:04:22
For a moment there I stared in utter amazement at that horse carriage ;

Would the Russians really use army nomenclature to identify carriages ?  ;D

Only later I realised you ment he was GRIPPING the thing/object, not standing next to it haha.
You're not alone...I was thinking the same thing.  Those Soviets and their nomenclature! 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 28-04-2010, 00:04:16
Speaking of horse-drawn carts and nomenclature....

Maschinengewehrwagen If.5 mit Zwillingsockel 36.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-04-2010, 06:04:34
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=171296)

Australians getting ready to land off Lae.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-04-2010, 16:04:47
Kudos who can spot what beauty this is :) We _really_ need this puppy in the coming Normandy maps (Bulge+)

(http://www.defocus.nl/temp/197925.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 28-04-2010, 17:04:18
Looks like an M4A3 Sherman with 105mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-04-2010, 17:04:41
close, close.......
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 28-04-2010, 18:04:21
Its either a M4A2E8, M4A3E4, or at a push, an M36.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 28-04-2010, 18:04:56
Or then again it's just a standard M4 with 105mm and possibly with HVSS?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-04-2010, 18:04:25
Drew, warm, very warm! (The latter more than the first ; ).

Steel_Lion : No, it's not a howitzer (see length of barrel, this is an anti tank gun!)

Last chance :) Then I will spoil the surprise :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 28-04-2010, 18:04:14
It's got to be a Jumbo!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 28-04-2010, 19:04:45
i know what it is A TANK
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 28-04-2010, 19:04:27
i know what it is A TANK
With a big AT GUN
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-04-2010, 20:04:23
It's got to be a Jumbo!

Hehe no..Jumbo didnt have 90mm gun :)

It's M36B1 ! 187 made, basically unconverted M4A3 body with M36 turret. Saw some action too in the Bulge and onwards!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-04-2010, 21:04:02
that reminds me... I WANT MY JUMBO!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 28-04-2010, 21:04:38
It's got to be a Jumbo!

Hehe no..Jumbo didnt have 90mm gun :)

It's M36B1 ! 187 made, basically unconverted M4A3 body with M36 turret. Saw some action too in the Bulge and onwards!
Three main clues there, the gun  ::) , the Hull and the tracks. The mantlet reminded me of a Pershing but ofc it was never going to be that  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-04-2010, 00:04:11
It's got an M10 hull so it can't be an M36B1. Either an M36 or M36B2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-04-2010, 02:04:01
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3783/berlindircksenstrassevd.jpg)
Dircksenstraße, Berlin V-day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 29-04-2010, 09:04:31
It's got an M10 hull so it can't be an M36B1. Either an M36 or M36B2.

The original picture caption specifically said it was a M36B1, and they devoted an entire article on it.So I didnt bother to look very well in the first place.

But now it seems that the cloth/camo covering the sides indeed seems to be following the profile of an M10 hull , without the 'mountain' below the turret associated with the M4A3. So they (and I) fubarred! Not to mention the mudguard... :( Argh!

It's annoying that there are various battlerecords for the tank in Normandy, but no photos or footage as far as I can see.

(http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/969/m36b1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-04-2010, 12:04:18
Stupid British, leaving there trash all over Germany.
Bristol Blenheim debris being taken to a German base.
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6536/blenheimenglischesflugz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 29-04-2010, 12:04:48
I say hurray to more destroyed equipment...I am starting to share your fascination  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 29-04-2010, 13:04:01
yo dawg i heard you like destroyed stuff,
so here we go:
lets start slowly
sherman hit by 88  shot went in and out on the other side.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/20697-2/durchschuss.jpg)


A Matilda tank of C squadron 4th Royal Tank Regiment lies in pieces after several direct hits during the battle on 17th June 1941 at Halfaya Pass.
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8994/destroyedmatilda.jpg)

jagdtiger  most likely disabled by artillery or aircraft attacks, then abandoned by the crew. at least in this picture i cant see any penetration.
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd204/Martin_punkyto/db26_3.jpg)


and last but not least
heavy battered Tiger tanks
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3982/tigerft.jpg)

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6677/tiger1j.jpg)

(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2247/tiger2x.jpg)

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2229/tigrpopal.jpg)


and last
devastated stug in normandy
(http://modelizmspb.temza.ru/temas/vermaht/fotoarh/image/stug/11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 29-04-2010, 13:04:47
That picture with the two tank pilots seated on the Tiger...

Isnt that a quite late war shot, look at these fractures...that is crappy steel ! Should just be dents and holes, but not these faultlines.  The upper small penetration is also interesting since it shows the dent of a larger shell (looks like around 9cm perhaps) but with small penetration.

Jet stream of liquid metal after impact ? In contrast to the lower round which has single massive penetration, hence, not as advanced a shell ?

Pure guesswork, not a shell expert here. Curious though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-04-2010, 14:04:48
Those pictures of German tigers are Russian tests. To see what was needed to take them out. They shot everything up to 152mm at it till it broke. Those cracks are normal, even for high quality steel, when you keep shooting at it. First you had no cracks, but after a few high calibre shots the whole structure is weakened so bad that it starts cracking. It is not a late war tiger also, it looks early mid war. Note lack of zimmerit and old style commander hatch.

When you hit a piece of metal with an other piece of metal the pressure increase is so great that the metal start heating up a lot making it sort of act like a liquid, that is way it seems 'sprayed' al over. It does look like is has been hit with regular AT, HEAT and HASH tough. Example of metal heating up true pressure. Take a hammer and beat it 30 times against an other piece of solid metal as hard as you can, touch the hammer, it became warm.


Also Dnarag1M, i once spend a whole day looking at different types of metal bars being pulled in half to see how much force it takes to stretch in beyond its limits and how far it stretched before it broke. Yeah, i really find this stuff interesting :p Old fashioned mechanics are awesome to me :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 29-04-2010, 15:04:55
there tigers without zimmerit applied after spring 44' actually, and a number of tanks driving around that were hybrids (old turret, new body). However, I think you are right yes.

Still I think its quite a lot of fracturing, I would have expected less. Obviously I dont know how many shots the other sides of that turret hull had to take, maybe generating the cracks a lot later than the actual impacts we see here through continous pounding.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-04-2010, 21:04:22
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5652/berlinvday.jpg)
Berlin, V-day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-04-2010, 21:04:41
FG-42 in the street? Guy also seems to have an iron cross and werhmacht helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-04-2010, 22:04:18
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1346/flandern1940adm6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 29-04-2010, 22:04:42
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1346/flandern1940adm6.jpg)

*waiting for french surrender joke*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 29-04-2010, 23:04:03
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5652/berlinvday.jpg)
Berlin, V-day

Awesome pic!
Keep posting Berlin pics if you have more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 30-04-2010, 00:04:31
^ I spy a a FG-42? Ooops, nvm I was beaten. But yes, that is an interesting picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-04-2010, 02:04:37
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9784/berlinroadsvday.jpg)
Berlin, May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-04-2010, 04:04:10
(http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/11/49/15/07/t810.jpg)

"Ostwallturm", Panther Turret, Hitler line. In the background, some Churchills they managed to Destroy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-04-2010, 04:04:13
Man I've always loved the Panther turms....the Pz2 turms too, but the Panther ones are so sexy.  I hope when we get to Italy, they'll put them ingame, complete with the bunker to walk in ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-04-2010, 04:04:33
(http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/3315043.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=45B0EB3381F7834D40A27571486D2B1235FE77C006E8BCA505AFC5CF6109BBC7)

Intense Free French!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-04-2010, 06:04:23
That almost looks like a movie still.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 30-04-2010, 10:04:43
more destroyed tanks

(http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/Photos/1_post.gif)
A destroyed PzKpfw IV.

(http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/Photos/5_post.gif)
PzKpfw IV. Mogilyev-Minsk Highway, 1944.

(http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/Photos/page_2/38.jpg)
PzKpfw III and PzKpfw IV (right). Near the village of Titovka, June 1944.

(http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/Photos/page_2/39.jpg)
A heap of burnt iron - the remains of a PzKpfw IV. The 2nd Belorussian Front, Nydenburg area, 1945.

(http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/Photos/page_2/41.jpg)
A destroyed PzKpfw III. Prokhorovka area (Battle of Kursk), July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-04-2010, 15:04:26
Lol @ Die Happy, where did that sudden urge to post knocked out tanks came from? I like the pictures tough :p

Rare picture of a Dornier 17 over England with a Spitfire in the background.
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8282/dornierdo17undsupermari.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 30-04-2010, 17:04:13
someone started posting destroyed modern US vehicles in the "other area" thread  so i started posting destroyed WWII stuff

(http://www.ss501panzer.com/1KompCheminVVLady.jpg)
All the black dots are hits from bazooka's. None of them penetrated the front armour of this Panther(stupid source) King TIGER !. Again a mobility kill, noticed that the track on the left side of the tank is completly gone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 30-04-2010, 19:04:52
How did they get that many bazooka shots into the front of the tank without getting killed first?

Why did the bazooka teams shoot at the front of a KT?  Were they munching on special mushrooms?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-04-2010, 19:04:06
Desperate times calls desperate measures. You never know if by luck you'd end up destroying something as fearsome as a KT. I mean, mr Hanks destroyed a Tiger with a Colt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-04-2010, 19:04:58
How did they get that many bazooka shots into the front of the tank without getting killed first?

Why did the bazooka teams shoot at the front of a KT?  Were they munching on special mushrooms?  ;D

Things like that are not done in combat, i bet you that it was done after the battle, in an attempt to see if there bazooka could hurt it and get some target practice. The side and back of that tank will very likely look the same :)

Same place, a bit later :)
(http://www.ss501panzer.com/1KompChemVVPeople.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-04-2010, 19:04:44
Or they where hoping to hit a fault armour plate wich was common on german tanks late war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 30-04-2010, 19:04:58
Or they where hoping to hit a fault armour plate wich was common on german tanks late war

The question is how one fires (by my count) 11 bazooka shots without getting spotted and machine-gunned by coax fire or the radio operator.

Either it was after the tank was knocked out, or the tank took multiple hits from various bazooka crews while on the move.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 30-04-2010, 19:04:51
Or they where hoping to hit a fault armour plate wich was common on german tanks late war

The question is how one fires (by my count) 11 bazooka shots without getting spotted and machine-gunned by coax fire or the radio operator.

Either it was after the tank was knocked out, or the tank took multiple hits from various bazooka crews while on the move.
That was my point.  The 'zook crew wouldn't have lived long enough to get off more than one or two shots, imo.  It makes sense that it was after it was knocked out they practiced on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 30-04-2010, 19:04:40
Aren't those holes bit large for Bazooka hits?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-04-2010, 19:04:58
Nop, they are zook hits, its one of the king tigers that were knocked out in La Gleize, Belgium during the buldge and the picture of it in the museum there clearly said it where zook practice/test shots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-04-2010, 20:04:04
Is that kingtiger this one?

(http://www.howitzer.dk/battlefield/battlefieldphoto/ardennes/lagleizekingtiger3.jpg)


Anyway

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Tiger_II_punctured_in_front_turret.jpg)
This is the only known, reliable photo, in wich it is confirmed that the frontal armor was penetrated in combat at its thickest part (180MM) Speculations are high, but it is believed that a 17PDR gun firing an APDS round was the killer of this King tiger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-04-2010, 20:04:08
No, its not that one, but what i remember is that 6 king tigers were left in La Gleize, 2 knocked out on the 22nd of December 1944 and 4 left behind 2 days later.

And that pic, it isn't frontal hull penetration but turret penetration, frontal hull never happened, the superpershing was close but it hit the lower plate, not the main one. :D


And what i believe to be the same tiger again, different angle now.
(http://www.ss501panzer.com/1KompChemVVRRCrossBest.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-04-2010, 21:04:23
(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7082/37672821989f4d6d7d79o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 01-05-2010, 00:05:24
Is that kingtiger this one?

(http://www.howitzer.dk/battlefield/battlefieldphoto/ardennes/lagleizekingtiger3.jpg)


Anyway

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Tiger_II_punctured_in_front_turret.jpg)
This is the only known, reliable photo, in wich it is confirmed that the frontal armor was penetrated in combat at its thickest part (180MM) Speculations are high, but it is believed that a 17PDR gun firing an APDS round was the killer of this King tiger.

Oh, and I read somewhere that it was a 90mm round from Pershing..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-05-2010, 01:05:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/433890-1/4548045985_d126bbd576)

An abandoned Italian M13/40 surveyed by an American infantryman in North Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2010, 08:05:02
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7296/lf1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-05-2010, 09:05:50
Oh, and I read somewhere that it was a 90mm round from Pershing..
Might be possible. And more likely. The 17 PDR and the 90MM where the only guns capable in doing this.

What is the strongest part of the KT? Its hull or Turret?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-05-2010, 10:05:26
Turret front was 180mm at 9 degrees, front upper hull was 150mm at 50 degrees slope.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-05-2010, 11:05:46
Turret front was 180mm at 9 degrees, front upper hull was 150mm at 50 degrees slope.
That makes the hull stronger right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-05-2010, 11:05:12
I believe so yes.  However its all relative to the quality of the steel, and its welding....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-05-2010, 12:05:24
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=115363)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 01-05-2010, 22:05:21
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/pacific076sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_5.jpg)

Quote
December 12, 1944: After being hit in a Japanese air raid, a B-29 Superfortress explodes in ball of fire, while crewmen of the U.S. air base try to fight the inferno on Saipan, Mariana Islands. (AP Photo)

Source: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-05-2010, 22:05:19
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/7959/berlinunterdenlindenmay.jpg)
Field Hospital, Berlin, Unter den Linden, V day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 01-05-2010, 23:05:15
I wonder what the recovery rate was of that hospital?  I have a feeling the Russians administered some 7.62x25mm lead shots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-05-2010, 23:05:09
I wonder what the recovery rate was of that hospital?  I have a feeling the Russians administered some 7.62x25mm lead shots.
Since the germans did the same with 9x19MM lead shots in their country.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 01-05-2010, 23:05:40
I wonder what the recovery rate was of that hospital?  I have a feeling the Russians administered some 7.62x25mm lead shots.
Since the germans did the same with 9x19MM lead shots in their country.

Indeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-05-2010, 01:05:32
Can any one help me, I'm looking for a photo, I think its been posted here before, but god help me if I can find it in this thread, of the german soldiers in russia staring at this MASS of signs pointing in every direction with unit numbers and divisional insignia and such?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-05-2010, 01:05:35
I know what picture you mean, but i dont have it on my computer, sorry.

And if you do not recognize this then you do not belong here  ;)
(http://www.fototime.com/F7EC388F1098DBB/standard.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 02-05-2010, 02:05:37
I know what picture you mean, but i dont have it on my computer, sorry.

And if you do not recognize this then you do not belong here  ;)
(http://www.fototime.com/F7EC388F1098DBB/standard.jpg)
Tractor? KWK? Civtrucks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 02-05-2010, 02:05:19
I know what picture you mean, but i dont have it on my computer, sorry.

And if you do not recognize this then you do not belong here  ;)
(http://www.fototime.com/F7EC388F1098DBB/standard.jpg)
Tractor? KWK? Civtrucks?

I got it! Its a river!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-05-2010, 02:05:05
Oh, oh, I remember this: Caen?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-05-2010, 03:05:50
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t137/Monkey_heads/sarcasm_detector.jpg)

And to not waste this post:
(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/SVT_38_n_40_beute-553x367.jpg)
A "Beute Waffen Sammelstelle" or "Captured Weapon Collection Point" on the Eastern
Front.

Maxim 1910
SVT38
SVT40
M91/30
DP
PM-38?

Anyone see any other weapons?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-05-2010, 06:05:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/433692-4/ss-surrender640)

12:00 All resistance is silenced and escaped inmates are rounded up. Order is temporarily restored. 358 German soldiers are taken prisoner, many of them wounded Waffen SS men forced from their beds in the military hospital. 12:05 A GI machine gunner nicknamed "Birdeye" from M Company suddenly yells, "They're trying to get away," and opens up with his .30 caliber machine gun. Lt. Colonel Felix Sparks charges him from behind and kicks him away from the gun, saying "What in the Hell are you doing?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-05-2010, 10:05:00
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9682/35296163002b47fc5df2o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-05-2010, 12:05:24
I really hope the answers to my last post where jokes, because if they weren't...

A breguet 695 over france, 1940.
(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1786/breguet695.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 02-05-2010, 19:05:47
I know what picture you mean, but i dont have it on my computer, sorry.

And if you do not recognize this then you do not belong here  ;)
(http://www.fototime.com/F7EC388F1098DBB/standard.jpg)
Tractor? KWK? Civtrucks?

I got it! Its a river!

It's pegasus bridge over the orne river, innit?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-05-2010, 19:05:52
It's pegasus bridge over the orne river, innit?

Yup, note how close that Horsa glider landed to the objective.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-05-2010, 20:05:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/434731-1/GUNNER+TED+GRIFFITHS_001)

Gunner Ted Griffiths, Royal Canadian Artillery takes one last shot at advancing German tanks. The rest of his gun crew retreated up the street but Gunner Griffiths stayed for that one last shot. He was killed moments later by return fire from the German tanks. In Memory of Bombardier EDWARD H. GRIFFITHS L/460, 7 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Canadian Artillery who died age 32 on 05 September 1944 Son of J. R. and Hannah Griffiths, of Stony Beach, Saskatchewan Canada.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-05-2010, 21:05:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/434731-1/GUNNER+TED+GRIFFITHS_001)

Gunner Ted Griffiths, Royal Canadian Artillery takes one last shot at advancing German tanks. The rest of his gun crew retreated up the street but Gunner Griffiths stayed for that one last shot. He was killed moments later by return fire from the German tanks. In Memory of Bombardier EDWARD H. GRIFFITHS L/460, 7 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Canadian Artillery who died age 32 on 05 September 1944 Son of J. R. and Hannah Griffiths, of Stony Beach, Saskatchewan Canada.

what a sacrefice to make :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 02-05-2010, 21:05:11
War-Lover?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 02-05-2010, 22:05:07
or wanted to save his buddies' asses
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 02-05-2010, 22:05:02
well, unlikely considering he knew that 6 pounder didn't have a chance against the advancing tanks and it deffinetely wouldn't have slowed them at all. He should of just fell back with his men to a safe zone or at least where the stood a better chance to stand off the advancing tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 02-05-2010, 22:05:34
well, unlikely considering he knew that 6 pounder didn't have a chance against the advancing tanks

maybe there were some panzer 2 or 3, so it maybe was even worth a shot. But nevertheless that guy realy died bravely
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 02-05-2010, 22:05:53
well, unlikely considering he knew that 6 pounder didn't have a chance against the advancing tanks

maybe there were some panzer 2 or 3, so it maybe was even worth a shot. But nevertheless that guy realy died bravely
Never said he didn't, just the plan wasn't so great, especially with the lack of cover...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 02-05-2010, 23:05:57
A sixpounder with advanced ammo on shorter ranges is deadly even against panthers.....so depending on what was in front of him he had a chance to exchange one infantry unit (himself) against one tank + its crew..

I dont know if I would have made the same decision, but I guess it was worth it to him from his perspective. He might have missed the shot anyways, or it deflected from pz iv armor somehow...etc etc
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-05-2010, 00:05:21
Also, it was probably him staying and firing that provided the distraction that let the rest of the crew escape....   ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 03-05-2010, 00:05:30
Doubt that. The tanks were most likely advancing at a steady speed, they already knew they were there, so whether he stayed or not didn't decide how fast the tanks advanced inward the city and etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 03-05-2010, 01:05:22
If you have to make a decision witch could save lives, or result in losing your live, I think you did consider all options. This in his opinion seems the best. I don't think anyone would make a reckless move just to die brave.
Hell I think deep in our hard all people are scared to die. (oké except brainwashed terrorist and suicidal's..)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 03-05-2010, 01:05:50
Ok, lets stop spamming 'tis thread and just agree that he died bravely, but probably in vain and post moar pcitures!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-05-2010, 01:05:07
(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/SVT_arty-571x762.jpg)

A Tokarev SVT-40 can be seen in the center of this photograph lying next to the
corpse of a Soviet artilleryman. Note: The boots have been stripped from the
dead man, but the rifle has been left by his side. Testimonial to the value of a
good pair of boots in war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 03-05-2010, 01:05:53
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8430/ktzchen01cl5.jpg)
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/721/ktzchen02tp1.jpg)
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5552/ktzchen03ud7.jpg)
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9723/36gnj1aam9.jpg)

First concept towards a real IFV. WW2 German.

Intresting that this concept of the sdkfz E50 Büffel Loos somewhat Like the modern Marder now in german service:
(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/881/bffelpanther2anzt7.jpg)
(http://www.panzerbaer.de/types/pix/bw_spz_marder_1a3_tzg90-007i.jpg)


My apology's for the big post, I just find it interesting to share.
Anyone got any pictures of a IFV like vehicle from the ww2 period? (no halftracks etc)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-05-2010, 01:05:45
Closest would be the Kangaroo APCs made from M7 Priests:

(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7553/kangaroobpn2.jpg)


and Canadian Ram tanks:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg)
Infantry of 53rd (Welsh) Division in a Kangaroo personnel carrier on the outskirts of Ochtrup, 3 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 03-05-2010, 01:05:48
Those are armored personnel carriers though, not IFVs.

IFVs allow soldiers to fight from inside the vehicle and generally have their own medium/heavy weapons. APCs are either unarmed or armed only with machine guns.

The concept of the IFV was never introduced in WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-05-2010, 01:05:39
<cough>

(http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/138%20-%20251-10%281%29.jpg)

There's the medium gun.  And don't forget that not only was the squad riding in there meant to fight from the APC, but the bipod of the MG34 and 42, and the little lip at the end of the muzzle of the MP40 were meant to hook onto the side of the hanomag :)

So....

"fight from inside vehicle"

check

"medium/heavy weapons"

check.

:D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-05-2010, 01:05:34
Not fully tracked tough, his post clearly says on the end no halftracks, just tracked :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-05-2010, 06:05:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/434923-2/ww2-154)

Marines of the 4th Division shelling Japanese positions on Iwo Jima. Feb-1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-05-2010, 13:05:46
What is this, a cromwell?

(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8850/349220250uxvjul.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 03-05-2010, 14:05:56
What is this, a cromwell?

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8850/349220250uxvjul.jpg

Won't be a Cromwell, as they weren't employed in Italy, more likely a Crusader ARV.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 03-05-2010, 14:05:56
They list it as 'American vehicle, English crew, Italian pill' . (pill?)

So either they wrongly identified the vehicle as American design/type with an English crew, or they refer to American-type markings on the vehicle with an English crew.

It indeed has typical crusader type wheel layout, might as well be a tractor type. Cant find any reference of these being used by americans, but god knows what kind of lend-lease or unofficial deals were made on that kind of equipment.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 03-05-2010, 15:05:00
The Crusader Gun Tractor was only employed in North West Europe (as were the AA Crusaders), it could possibly be a Crusader OP tank, that or a locally converted ARV would be the only likely candidates.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 03-05-2010, 16:05:59
They list it as 'American vehicle, English crew, Italian pill' . (pill?)



Equipaggio must be rather "luggage"  I think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-05-2010, 17:05:11
(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/SVT_rus-742x540.jpg)

Red Army troops fighting on the Murmansk Front above the Arctic Circle. The soldier on the right is armed a PPD submachine gun, the predecessor of the PPSH-41. The soldier in the middle is armed with an SVT-40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-05-2010, 17:05:42
Hrhrhr lovely soviet photo
Needs moar woman of WW2 photo's

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/426133-2/nurse) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/soviet-union/nurse.html)

A Russian nurse poses in front of sie camera. I saw this picture before, and it was in the winter of 1943 if i recall

Sorry for this but BONUS

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/430523-2/1271662392056) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/soviet-union/1271662392056.html)

"Black sailors" armed with PPSH-41.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 03-05-2010, 17:05:51
(http://www.sci.fi/~fta/BW-373_s.jpg)
Four ladies, two dogs and some guy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-05-2010, 01:05:01
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6519/spreevday.jpg)
Red Army Soldier at the River Spree, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 04-05-2010, 01:05:45
(http://www.sci.fi/~fta/BW-373_s.jpg)
Four ladies, two dogs and some guy.

Bylly-Waltteri?

IE, a nickname Finns gave to Brewster Buffalo B-239, meaning Ass-Walter, which came from the registration BW. Other nicknames were "Lentävä kaljapullo/Flying beer bottle" and "Taivaan helmi/Pearl of the sky"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-05-2010, 01:05:32
They list it as 'American vehicle, English crew, Italian pill' . (pill?)



What the heck does Italian pill mean?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-05-2010, 02:05:05
Perhaps its a euphamism for "italian shell"?  IE, it might have been knocked out by an italian gun :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LtJimmy on 04-05-2010, 02:05:23
Perhaps its a euphamism for "italian shell"?  IE, it might have been knocked out by an italian gun :P
Beat me to it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 04-05-2010, 02:05:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/434923-2/ww2-154)

Marines of the 4th Division shelling Japanese positions on Iwo Jima. Feb-1945.

Is this guy on a boat or something?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Lainer on 04-05-2010, 02:05:35
(http://www.sci.fi/~fta/BW-373_s.jpg)
Four ladies, two dogs and some guy.

(http://www.funnyforumpics.com/forums/i-see-what-you-did-there/1/i_see_what_you_did_there.jpg)

 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-05-2010, 02:05:28
(http://www.sci.fi/~fta/BW-373_s.jpg)
Four ladies, two dogs and some guy.

Does a Brewster Buffalo qualify as a 'lady'?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-05-2010, 03:05:38
(http://ww2db.com/images/vehicle_amc35s_3.jpg)

   PzKpfw 35 S 739(f) medium tank on the Eastern Front, Sep 1941


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/435065-2/amc35)

Destroyed AMC-35 tank. Antwerp, Belgium, 19 May 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-05-2010, 05:05:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/434923-2/ww2-154)

Marines of the 4th Division shelling Japanese positions on Iwo Jima. Feb-1945.

Is this guy on a boat or something?

Um, no?  They're on land.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 04-05-2010, 07:05:09
I posted this pic before but I still think its amasing.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/tellermineum9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-05-2010, 08:05:08
Fuck repost

Be creative and find something better to post. we all know the dude that sleeps over a mine.

 ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 04-05-2010, 08:05:02
Fuck repost

Be creative and find something better to post. we all know the dude that sleeps over a mine.

 ::)

Bad day or something? Calm the fuck down. I have seen some repeated picture here but I dont say nothing to people.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/gs05-1.jpg)

German sniper in the Battle of the Bulge

There happy?



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 04-05-2010, 09:05:54
There just no point in posting same stuff all over again it's different if diff. people post same things yet its still annoying.

And anyways that mine thing is nice looking but nothing special in it? It's clearly an antivehicle mine so it would need more pressure to go kaboom and it's not armed probably anyways :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-05-2010, 09:05:23
Because people repost pictures by accident. I really dont know why we have to see the same picture, posted over and over, and not by Accident. Hey, im happy you like it, but it seems you aim for more Posts instead of Creativity.

Have a nice day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-05-2010, 10:05:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/435065-2/amc35)

Destroyed AMC-35 tank. Antwerp, Belgium, 19 May 1940. [/center]

I have this in a Signal magazine of a friend :)
My friend has every signal, and a lot of adlers dating from when to occupation started till the liberation. He got it as a gift of the son of someone of "the black brigade" (de zwarte brigade), a group of collaborators. I believe he has something like 240 magazines in total. no doubles.
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2455/dscf0177n.jpg)


As for my pic. Kids just found something new and exciting to play with :)
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5432/a9jl7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-05-2010, 12:05:43
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/f/fi-patrol-ladoga1.jpg)
Quote
Finnish patrol at Lake Ladoga with Lahti L-39 gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-05-2010, 12:05:26
Pfft, that's not how REAL men shoot it, this is!
(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4175/ownedfailsgallery18.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-05-2010, 12:05:19
 ;D
Man, I would like to see that gun ingame
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-05-2010, 12:05:38
This french alpine trooper decideds to take badassery to new and never thought possible levels:

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=85321)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-05-2010, 13:05:10
He used to be a trapeze performer before the war?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 04-05-2010, 14:05:13
argh stop all these Winter war and Continuation war pictures make me want to go and kill some bolsheviks with trusty Suomi smg and molotov coctails ^^

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Finnish_submarines.jpg)

2 Vetehinen class submarines (Don't know names) next to their supplyship and the small boat at left is actually very small submarine called Saukko (a bit over 100 ton)

This shouldn't be posted before
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-05-2010, 14:05:49
I dont see how that small ship on the left is actually a Saukko ;

100 tons is a _lot_ although for a submarine it is very nimble. It is about 50% the size of the Vetehinen class submarines, as you can see this is not the case (32 meters vs 65 meters).

So, it's just that what it seems : a little ship :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 04-05-2010, 14:05:27
Looks like a small tugboat to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-05-2010, 14:05:21
maybe it can submerge and has torpedoes  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 04-05-2010, 14:05:45
ah true didn't watch it so closely just kinda like copied from wikipedia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-05-2010, 14:05:53
The Finnish Vesikko-class submarines were basically prototypes for the German Type IIA boats.
(http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/s/files/vanhat/library/images/vesikko.jpg)
(This one serves as a museum in the Viapori fortress just at the coast of Helsinki.)

The larger Vetehinen-class served as a prototype for the German Type VII boats.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/PVetehinen-launch2.jpg/800px-PVetehinen-launch2.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-05-2010, 16:05:51
It was not merely a prototype for german VII submarines ; the whole design was a development based on the ww1 type UB III and type UC III submarines to begin with.

It was a fully German developed design ; the finns produced it because of versailles treaty. Germany wanted to preserve it's submarine knowledge through this manner.

All this was achieved through a puppet-corporation in Holland called 'Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw'.
Quite an interesting construction, and a testimony how fallible the versailles treaty was.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 04-05-2010, 17:05:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-3491-06%2C_St._Nazaire%2C_Uboot_U_94%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz.jpg)

Karl Dönitz, Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine, watching the arrival of U 94 at the harbour Saint-Nazaire, June 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-05-2010, 04:05:48
(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/130/u47prien.jpg)
Typ VII B U-47 Günther Prien
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-05-2010, 04:05:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/435168-2/Krasny+Bor_001)

Spanish Soldiers in the trenches of Krasny Bor .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 05-05-2010, 09:05:47
I'm currently doing my dissertation proposal, which is on the 6th airborne. So i'm gonna post some red devil pics for your enjoyment.
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/q12.jpg)
"Four paratroopers stand with a burned out Hotchkiss tank chassis. "
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-05-2010, 11:05:35
Trainride, probably anti partizan.
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6905/trainpqy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-05-2010, 21:05:37
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1151/omahabeach.jpg)
Omaha Beach
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-05-2010, 21:05:17
Do i spot 2 M4's with a Long Tom behind them??

I saw one driving past me once, was mighty awesome, that canon is huge!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-05-2010, 21:05:39
Do i spot 2 M4's with a Long Tom behind them??

I saw one driving past me once, was mighty awesome, that canon is huge!
Could also be a 155 mm Howitzer M1, because the long tom is much bigger imo

The US had one of the finest artillery devisions in the world. Both towed as self-propelled
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-05-2010, 22:05:30
Those look like cranes to me :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-05-2010, 22:05:26
Are we looking at the same thing, The M2 with long tom is left of the 2 cranes, The other M2 is second thing left of the white building, i don't know what it is pulling, some smaller arty?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-05-2010, 22:05:42
OOOHHHH, now I see it :P

And the ones left of the white building looks like 2 105mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 06-05-2010, 01:05:26
There's a M15A1 CGMC parked in the middle of the picture, between the two M4 HSTs and Long Toms.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-05-2010, 01:05:52
Yeah, i was thinking that too, but found the pic to unclear to be sure. and yeah, the M2 in my previous post is M4, got it right the first time tough.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 06-05-2010, 01:05:56
Well start naming them you history lovers ;D.
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4489/wa21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-05-2010, 03:05:12
Okay I got this!
1 - Landing craft  :P (LCVP or LST)            20 - Another DUKW?
2 - Higgins Boats                                    21 - MB/GPW
3 - LCA                                                 22 - MB/GPW
4 - Big Boat  ;D (Liberty Ship?) (LST, Megaraptor)  23 - M15A1 CGMC
5 - See above options ^                          24 - Some artillery piece... (155 Howitzer, Kading)
6 - Another LBW variation                         25 - Crane
7 - Looks like CCKW variation                    26 - Crane
8 - yet another LCA                                27 - Dark Black Blob (Might be secret WMD)
9 - Another LBW Variation                         28 - 105 Artillery piece
10 - LCE, LCT (A), LST, or LCT                  29 - M5 Tractor
11 - LCM                                               30 - D7 dozer
12 - DUKW                                             31 - MB/GPW
13 - DUKW                                             32 - A pile of Iron? (Another D7 dozer, CPS)
14 - Antoher DUKW?                                33 - Is hiding and/or doesn't exist
15 - Looks Like ?                                     34 - MB/GPW
16 - Internation Truck of some sort?          
17 - Too Far away                                  
18 - Too dark...                                      
19 - M5 Tractor                                                    
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-05-2010, 03:05:16
32 looks like another tractor thing to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-05-2010, 04:05:28
I am sure 24 is an American 155mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-05-2010, 04:05:04
Ok, I shall edit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-05-2010, 05:05:00
I think 4 and like ships are LST's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-05-2010, 10:05:45
Whatever it is, lots of nice toys in that picture, toys that you don't see often because they are not front line units.

Anyways, loading up the X-mas presents for Britain, 1940. Caption said HE 111.
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6884/he111finalr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 06-05-2010, 10:05:57
Correct. Probably an HE111E.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-05-2010, 13:05:16
That picture is from the Condor Legion in Spain, not Battle of Britain:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C0214-0007-013,_Spanien,_Flugzeug_der_Legion_Condor.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-05-2010, 13:05:22
Thank you for the correction, at least it was early war :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-05-2010, 16:05:53
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/77/august9th1944.jpg)
August 9, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-05-2010, 17:05:40
There's a M15A1 CGMC parked in the middle of the picture, between the two M4 HSTs and Long Toms.
HRHRHRHHRR 37MM cannon + 2 .50CAL's


indeed you are correct siben
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 06-05-2010, 20:05:50
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum7/panzerzug_copy.jpg)

Panzerzug (Tanktrain) used to defend Breslau in its last days before the capitulation at the beginning of may 45. It was armed with four 8,8 cm Flak-, one 3,7 Flak- and four 2 cm Flak-guns plus two MG 42. It also had a radio station.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-05-2010, 20:05:16
Panzer acctualy means armour so it would be armoured train  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 06-05-2010, 20:05:26
Panzer acctualy means armour so it would be armoured train  ::)

omg how I love wisecrackers  :P. Panzer means tank. Armour means Panzerung or Rüstung. What you are talking about would mean gepanzerter Zug. But official name was Panzerzug, so you can actually say it's a tank within a train.. Ok it results in nearly the same, but it wasn't me complaining about that ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 06-05-2010, 20:05:14
Now, I know you are German, but I must really correct you. Wisecracker 1st class  8)

'Panzer' actually always ment 'armor' in German. When 'armored cars' (aka tank) came, they were referred to as Panzer just because it was convenient (And they were the first heavily armored vehicles).

Panzer also can refer to any body armor - as in, plate armor (Plattenpanzer)...or even animal's protective shell (as in turtle shell - Schildkrötenpanzer). It is quite obvious that 'panzer' existed as a word referring to all kinds of armoring long before tanks existed. You think that derivations of 'panzer' like panzerung somehow relate to the armored tanks. It is however hence the reverse...!

Etymology also conclusively shows that panzer is _not_ a tank. Middle High German used the word 'Panzier' which ment armor, or 'armor for the belly' (medieval time).

'Panzerzug' therefor is an ARMORED train, not a tanktrain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 06-05-2010, 20:05:13
Tank = Panzer
Panzerkampfwagen = Armoured fighting vehicle.
Hence, panzer = armour.

Q.E.D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 06-05-2010, 20:05:31
roger, I capitulate ;). I just hate it when some1 posts this eye-rolling smiley, it always let me think some1 finds the other1 stupid ;) so lets go ahead with posting pics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-05-2010, 20:05:58
(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/130/u47prien.jpg)
Typ VII B U-47 Günther Prien

Reminded me of this board game!

(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_02/MitPrienGegenNTI_800x588.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-05-2010, 23:05:39
Sry for the rolling eyes smiley ( ::) ) but ist fun to post it  ;D
Tze mighty SS Handschar (Handžar) division!!
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/h/handschar-soldiers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kubador on 07-05-2010, 11:05:19
HorseZW36!

(http://i28.tinypic.com/2ymd4b8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 07-05-2010, 11:05:34
Hehe Kubador, very cool :)

Unknown place/situation :
(http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-68.jpg)

No idea :(
(http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-101.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 07-05-2010, 11:05:25
Hehe Kubador, very cool :)

Unknown place/situation :
http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-68.jpg

No idea :(
http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-101.jpg

First: P-40E Warhawks of the 23rd Pursuit Group aka the "Flying Tigers".

Second: An M3 105mm Howitzer of the near Carentan (The M3 was issued to Glider Artillery Battalions, IIRC one per Airborne Div. and Cannon Companies of Infantry Regiments).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-05-2010, 13:05:20
How little tanks are made.
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6309/ttt3em9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 07-05-2010, 14:05:23
How little tanks are made.
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6309/ttt3em9.jpg)
:D
(http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/5240/orlikcjv3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 07-05-2010, 16:05:31
Hehe Kubador, very cool :)

Unknown place/situation :
http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-68.jpg

China, 1st American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers". Soldier is from ROC army carrying Chiang Kai Shek (aka chinese gewehr 98) rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 07-05-2010, 19:05:37
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3865/shipshoho6.jpg)

IJN Aircraft carrier Shoho, critically damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-05-2010, 20:05:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Vt8-g-gay-may42.jpg)

Georgo H. Gay Jr. on the right, was the sole survivor of the VT-8 squadron of TBD devestators wich attacked the japanese ships during the battle of midway

During the Battle of Midway Gay was the first of his squadron to depart on June 4, 1942. Gay's unit found the main Japanese fleet and launched an attack without any fighter plane support. Although he was wounded and his radioman/gunner was dying, Gay completed his torpedo attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga. Rather than banking away from the ship and presenting a larger target to its anti-aircraft gunners, Gay continued in toward the carrier at low altitude. He then brought his Devastator into a tight turn as he approached the carrier's island, and flew aft along the flight deck's length, thus evading anti-aircraft fire. He had a "split second" thought of crashing into the Japanese aircraft he saw being serviced on the flight deck.

His plane was still in good condition, so instead he decided to make for Hornet after clearing the Japanese carrier. Before he could do anything else, five A6M Zeros brought his aircraft down in a hail of machine gun and cannon fire.[2] Floating in the ocean, he hid under his seat cushion during the subsequent dive bombing attacks and witnessed the sinking of three of the four Japanese aircraft carriers present.[3]
After dark Gay felt it was safe to inflate his life raft. He was rescued by a Navy PBY after spending over 30 hours in the water. Gay was later flown to the USS Vincennes (CA-44) (arriving June 28, 1942), before being transferred home.[4] Of the squadron's thirty pilots and radiomen, Gay was the only survivor. Gay met with Admiral Nimitz and confirmed the destruction of the three Japanese carriers he had witnessed. The fourth Japanese carrier present was also destroyed in the battle.

Quote
It's when a fellow is just gone and knows it, it is just crash into the ship or crash into the sea, and you have enough control to do a little bit more damage, why you crash into the ship.   - George H. Gay JR.


15 planes shot down. One survivor. Tragic

As a bonus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pilots_of_VT-8.jpg

A photo of the VT-8 squadron, before their last flight. The survivor George Gay is fourth from left, from the kneeling row
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-05-2010, 21:05:48
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3387/35238235960a929432f1o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-05-2010, 23:05:55
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1534/march1944england.jpg)
Field Exercise, March 1944, England.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 08-05-2010, 00:05:47
Quote
Crashed German glider and dead crew members, Crete, between 1939-1945
Reference Number: DA-01156
Crashed German glider and dead crew members, World War II, Crete. Taken by an unidentified photographer.


(http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/image/?imageId=images-11280&profile=access)


That glider is a DFS-230A.  It was the first glider used in a Military action.  Fallschirmjager ere delivered by those DFS-230As in the first wave of the Invasion of Crete (we need those ingame!).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1519-18%2C_Italien%2C_Lastensegler_DFS_230_auf_Flugplatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 08-05-2010, 01:05:54
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3387/35238235960a929432f1o.jpg)
Knee mortar of death!

50% of the time death of the operator!

FH1 <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-05-2010, 06:05:06
(http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3411/r351bu8.jpg)

Panzerkampfwagen 35R 731(f), 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen".

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/3084119513_8ac44187f3.jpg)

7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen".

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-05-2010, 14:05:00
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9483/37928000227dcacf946co.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-05-2010, 15:05:55
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/a20havoc-1.jpg)

A-20 havocs in tunesia. These plane's bombed at very low altitude's, despite the heavy Flak employed  by the wehrmacht.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-05-2010, 16:05:22
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/ddd.jpg)
Soviet soldier examine polish captured equipment 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-05-2010, 17:05:53
Aren't that bofors in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-05-2010, 17:05:31
yes thats bofors
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-05-2010, 17:05:35
The capturing of the bofors made the soviet army realised that the 3.7CM M1939 should be the highest priority in AA production. While their was not much diffrence between both weapons.

Wich was a wise choise, because they wiped out 10 000 axis aircraft
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-05-2010, 19:05:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/436935-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-738-0275-10A__Bei_Villers-Bocage__Panzer_VI__Tiger_I_)

Tiger I tanks of the I SS Panzer-Korps Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler close to Villers-Bocage (June 1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-05-2010, 19:05:00
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5501/starsofdavid.jpg)

German sailors around Christmas time.  Look very closely at the decorations on the little tree.  Something you wouldn't think would be there, is there ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 08-05-2010, 19:05:20
Star of David?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-05-2010, 20:05:48
:)  Many of the 150,000+ Jewish/half-jewish soldiers in the Wehrmacht were shuffled into the kriegsmarine to hide them from the nazi party. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jürgen on 08-05-2010, 20:05:51
:)  Many of the 150,000+ Jewish/half-jewish soldiers in the Wehrmacht were shuffled into the kriegsmarine to hide them from the nazi party. ;)
Interesting,more info plzthanksbai
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-05-2010, 20:05:34
http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Hitlers-Jewish-Soldiers-Descent/dp/0700616381/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Bingo :)

Most were half/quarter jews (the Mischlinge), some didn't even consider themselves jewish (even some are athiests), but the party did consider them jewish, and if they hadn't been in the military, would have been sent to the camps.  Some had their parents deported, only being told that they were being sent to "new jewish cities" in poland.  Others, although half jewish, did indeed fully convert to judaism, something either they hid, or their commanding officers hid.  Some were able to, through their high rank or bravery in combat, to get exemptions, being declared, by Hitler himself in fact, to be of German blood (Deustcherbluetserklaerung), such as Field Marshall Milch, and Fritz Bayerlein (who was also bisexual :P).  Others were in fact full jews, including one he interviews who served in the SS in Northern Finland.

All in all, its really an awesome book, especially his interviews with the soldiers.  
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 08-05-2010, 21:05:54
Have to get that book sounds very interesting Oo... Haven't bought WW2 book since one named : Punaiset Panssarit "Red Armour" which is about soviet tanks and tank tactics and battles in WW2 (very detailed and good imo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-05-2010, 21:05:23
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5963/destroyedt347yb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 08-05-2010, 21:05:44
Have to get that book sounds very interesting Oo... Haven't bought WW2 book since one named : Punaiset Panssarit "Red Armour" which is about soviet tanks and tank tactics and battles in WW2 (very detailed and good imo)

what, they used tactics? red army doesn't need tactics! uraaa!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 08-05-2010, 21:05:56
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7749/0101scan5a.jpg)
Captain Salomon Klass was awarded with the EK II by the Germans, but he was refused to accept it. And he wasn't the only Finnish Jew to do so.

Have to get that book sounds very interesting Oo... Haven't bought WW2 book since one named : Punaiset Panssarit "Red Armour" which is about soviet tanks and tank tactics and battles in WW2 (very detailed and good imo)

what, they used tactics? red army doesn't need tactics! uraaa!
Human wave can be considered as a tactic ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 08-05-2010, 23:05:20
lol well tanks doing human wave is something I've yet to see as I kinda find it impossible as how tank could be human but anyways back to topic :P

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/T28_parola_1.jpg/800px-T28_parola_1.jpg)

T-28 tank as seen at Parola museum
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Lainer on 09-05-2010, 06:05:02

Human wave can be considered as a tactic ;D

Of fail.......
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-05-2010, 07:05:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/434841-2/013)

Type 92 Wannabe Tank. Still awesome.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/435962-2/Rikusentai+_142_)

Japanese officer of the Special Naval Landing Force shaking hands with a British Army officer of the Shanghai International Settlement (Shanghai 1937).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-05-2010, 10:05:39
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/489/42366922394ab3928a77o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 09-05-2010, 11:05:52
Silly tank, tracks are for trains.
You can't go there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 09-05-2010, 13:05:12
One of the most influential ww2 gundesigns, the STG-45(M) - basically the prototype for the current G3 assault rifle. An incredible testimony to the Mauser engineers who envisioned the potential it had :
(http://greyfalcon.us/picturesw/w10.jpg)

And this little WTF of the day :

(http://greyfalcon.us/picturesw/w31.jpg)

105mm panzershreck - what were they thinking
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 09-05-2010, 15:05:24
105mm Panzerschreck  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-05-2010, 15:05:29
One of the most influential ww2 gundesigns, the STG-45(M) - basically the prototype for the current G3 assault rifle. An incredible testimony to the Mauser engineers who envisioned the potential it had :
(http://greyfalcon.us/picturesw/w10.jpg)


Photoshopped picture. Don't belöieve the stuff on that site ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 09-05-2010, 15:05:24
I dont see any obvious shopping, and I dont see why it could not have been used in some field trials. There were sufficient parts to assemble a few dozen by war's end.  If it is shopped, provide with some proof :)

The gun existed, that was the point. The photo was just an illustration ^^
(http://www.gun-world.net/german/hk/g3/stg45strip.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-05-2010, 15:05:28
It is a known photoshop, some dude in axishistoryforums made it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-05-2010, 15:05:22
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6623/ttt4wg7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 09-05-2010, 17:05:27
"Can't get me when I drive up behind you, Mr.105!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 09-05-2010, 17:05:14
Yeah, good thing he stopped when he did, looks like he was about to run over the dead guy.   :( Never really 'liked' that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-05-2010, 19:05:47
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5094/goldbeach1944.jpg)
Gold Beach 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 09-05-2010, 19:05:37
The U.K....Fuck yeah!

(http://aircraft-list.com/keywords/Fairey_Swordfish/Fairey_Swordfish_43.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 09-05-2010, 22:05:46
Damn that STG 45 is ugly compared to 44...

Oh and whats wrong with tanks running over dead bodies (or alive if your life depends on it)? I bet tankers would hate cleaning that off later but otherwise...

(http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/germany/photos/cruisers/admiral_graf_spee/admiral_graf_spee_05.jpg)

One of my fav ships of all time! Every game needs one, bow to the Admiral Graf Spee!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 09-05-2010, 23:05:05


Oh and whats wrong with tanks running over dead bodies (or alive if your life depends on it)? I bet tankers would hate cleaning that off later but otherwise...


Really?  Do you really not see anything wrong with it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-05-2010, 23:05:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/437406-2/weapon5)

German 7.5cm PaK 40 gun and crew. France, October-1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 10-05-2010, 04:05:07


Oh and whats wrong with tanks running over dead bodies (or alive if your life depends on it)? I bet tankers would hate cleaning that off later but otherwise...


Really?  Do you really not see anything wrong with it?

I sure do. It's desecrating a dead body...that guy has a family that wants to bury his remains. Sure, if it's a choice between the death of my tank and its crew and running over a dead body, I'm going to run over the dead body but only when there's no other choice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-05-2010, 06:05:13
1)  Family isn't gonna bury the remains, he would be buried in field in a marked grave.

2)  What do you think happens to guys who are hit by artillery and such.  Running over a dead body is no different in terms of the body being destoryed

3)  Tanks in WW1 and WW2 very very commonly ran over enemy infantry as a tactic.  Russian tanks would also drive over foxholes and then turn over them, collapsing the hole and burying people inside alive.  Also one of the best tactics against a close in surprise attack by an anti-tank crew was indeed to simply charge the gun, if you survived the first shot, and run it over, killing or forcing the crew to flee.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 10-05-2010, 07:05:14
I agree with VonMudra it's not that much different compared to getting burned with flamethrower or to die in bombings etc.

And about that turning over foxhole until it collapses, I've heard that Germans did that too in the ostfront?

(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/tb3_1.jpg)

Russian heavy bomber TB-3, seems that there are some paratroopers jumping out of it but not 100% sure
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2010, 08:05:04
You already killed him so whats the point of trying it again?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-05-2010, 08:05:46
Yes, those are paratroopers.

And the germans probably did too.  Now that I think of it, I bet all sides did.


And you run the body over because the crew REALLY doesn't care about carefully maneuvering slowly watching out for every limb.  Its combat, you don't focus on stuff like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-05-2010, 09:05:03
Everyone except the Japanese.. I mean, man their tanks are so light that when they run over you, you just dont feel pain at all!
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=212021)

Germans troops and their new Toy, Ft17.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 10-05-2010, 13:05:31
I agree with VonMudra it's not that much different compared to getting burned with flamethrower or to die in bombings etc.

And about that turning over foxhole until it collapses, I've heard that Germans did that too in the ostfront?

(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/tb3_1.jpg)

Russian heavy bomber TB-3, seems that there are some paratroopers jumping out of it but not 100% sure

haha they are actually standing on the wing :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 10-05-2010, 14:05:27
The russian way / BF1942 way :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-05-2010, 14:05:06
(http://www.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/~phib/hellas/1940/apoxairetismos.jpg)

Greek Mother saying Goodbye to her son...Giving him a lucky charm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 10-05-2010, 15:05:18
1)  Family isn't gonna bury the remains, he would be buried in field in a marked grave.

2)  What do you think happens to guys who are hit by artillery and such.  Running over a dead body is no different in terms of the body being destoryed

3)  Tanks in WW1 and WW2 very very commonly ran over enemy infantry as a tactic.  Russian tanks would also drive over foxholes and then turn over them, collapsing the hole and burying people inside alive.  Also one of the best tactics against a close in surprise attack by an anti-tank crew was indeed to simply charge the gun, if you survived the first shot, and run it over, killing or forcing the crew to flee.

I believe I said I'd do it if it was a military necessity, but not just for the sake of running over someone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-05-2010, 16:05:04
Swordfish in desperate need of a paint job.
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1528/navalair.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2010, 16:05:03
And you run the body over because the crew REALLY doesn't care about carefully maneuvering slowly watching out for every limb.  Its combat, you don't focus on stuff like that.
It's not always combat..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 10-05-2010, 19:05:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-582-2122-33%2C_Frankreich%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Fla-MG.jpg)

Fallschirmjäger with mg42, arranged to shoot enemy planes. In the background you can see several "Rommelspargel" (asparagus), in that case used to prevent paragliders from landing (I'm waiting for a wisecracker to tell us the english term for it ;)). Photo around '44
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-05-2010, 20:05:10
Rommel's asparagus.

Air-landing obstacle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 10-05-2010, 20:05:01
Nice photo!
Little fun-fact: The Bundeswehr uses the same tri-pod models as anti-air mount for the MG3. I had the "pleasure" of carrying one during a march and use it with another comrade during simulated air raids, so the pic made me smile a bit since we had the same set-up (well, one was at the gun while the other scanned the sky...all in my plattoon had 6 tri-pods and 6 mgs...was a nasty march, with air raid alerts every few hundred meters...stupid instructors -.-).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-05-2010, 20:05:55
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/594/goldbeach19442.jpg)
Gold Beach, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-05-2010, 03:05:46
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/Militarymemorial/frenchman.jpg)
Generally it is assumed that this man weeps as he watches German soldiers enter Paris in 1940.  That is untrue.  One should note the woman applauding beside him.  A Petainist traitor?  No, they are both loyal.  This picture was taken in Toulon, in 1940.  The subjects are watching the French army marching off to be sent to Algeria, intact.  The picture sums up all that is defeat.  This man most likely survived the Great War, and he looks to have done well in life.  But as that picture was taken, France's pride left, ground underfoot by the Wehrmacht.  Night had fallen over France, and soon it would fall over the rest of Europe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 11-05-2010, 07:05:43
Nice photo!
Little fun-fact: The Bundeswehr uses the same tri-pod models as anti-air mount for the MG3. I had the "pleasure" of carrying one during a march and use it with another comrade during simulated air raids, so the pic made me smile a bit since we had the same set-up (well, one was at the gun while the other scanned the sky...all in my plattoon had 6 tri-pods and 6 mgs...was a nasty march, with air raid alerts every few hundred meters...stupid instructors -.-).
Would those not be completely inefective Anti air weapons now days?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-05-2010, 07:05:08
What about, Helicopters?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/437897-2/battle15)

Soldiers of the US 90th Field Artillery fire their gun at a Japanese position, Balete Pass, Luzon, April 19 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-05-2010, 09:05:45

Would those not be completely inefective Anti air weapons now days?
Bingo! ;)
Not everything in the army has to make sense...
I wouldn´t even fire with it at helos, not even at small ones. Take cover, make yourself invisible or else some really bad stuff will happen to you. ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 11-05-2010, 11:05:28

Would those not be completely inefective Anti air weapons now days?
Bingo! ;)
Not everything in the army has to make sense...
I wouldn´t even fire with it at helos, not even at small ones. Take cover, make yourself invisible or else some really bad stuff will happen to you. ^^

Or get a Stinger. PROFIT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-05-2010, 12:05:54
Or get a Stinger. PROFIT!
Infantry squads don´t carry Stingers, only specialized Luftwaffe units do...but you can try to shoot an enemy plane or helo down with a Panzerfaust, if you´re lucky. ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-05-2010, 12:05:47
Here is mine for today, rifle grenade practice, shooting at max range, shouldering this weapon in this configuration would break your shoulder.
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4729/1271935188566.jpg)

Also, i have this, not for people that do not want to see a skeleton.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8985/1271936800220.jpg

I like this picture, it is faked but i don't really care, it can already imagine the moment he got shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 11-05-2010, 13:05:17
What the "Good Germans" and our "Allies" Brits did to Greece in WW2

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iU06EMd-R-k/SrLESzWUrrI/AAAAAAAAdeU/3LghQ_Hu5Is/s320/monk54.blogspot.com2.jpg)

Blockaded ports by the allies and All foods left taken by the Germans for their population.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-05-2010, 14:05:12
Well you should have colaborated with the Germans  ;D
But to get real it is awfull.
I just watched that movie with the Italian captain in Greece playing that little instrument and in the grand finale helping the partisan movement after Italy capitulated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 11-05-2010, 14:05:41
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Crossed_rifles_in_the_sand.jpg

Dead GI in the sand of Omaha. Beside him crossed rifles as a last greeting. (didn't post it here, since some1 may find it cruel)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 11-05-2010, 16:05:33
Well you should have colaborated with the Germans  ;D
But to get real it is awfull.
I just watched that movie with the Italian captain in Greece playing that little instrument and in the grand finale helping the partisan movement after Italy capitulated.
"If you don't know what 'Fuck off' means, come inside and we'll show you."

I love that movie. Not because of the movie, but because the Italians in it just want to sing, have a good time, and get home. Perfect soldiers IMHO.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-05-2010, 19:05:25
I wouldn't exactly call the occupation forces in Greece "Good germans", especially on Crete....  And the italians and Bulgarians were just as guilty of crimes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 11-05-2010, 20:05:14
I wouldn't exactly call the occupation forces in Greece "Good germans", especially on Crete....  And the italians and Bulgarians were just as guilty of crimes.

Well i said the main reason for starvation in Athens from which Athens this picture was taken . It was Germans and British.And what do you mean especially on Crete? (and i hope you understand its ironic and i mean the exact opposite)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-05-2010, 21:05:42
I mean the occupation of Crete was brutal....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-05-2010, 21:05:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Tiger_I_Crashed_Through_Bridge.jpg)

A tiger I of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 flipped over while attempting to cross a bridge. The tank commander was killed in this accident. It was recoverd, but with extreme difficulty


Tiger tanks where not well liked by german crews for crossing bridge's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-05-2010, 21:05:55
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/452/ddayp.jpg)
Normandy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 12-05-2010, 00:05:42
Not to sound cold, but it's war, these things happen in war. It's happened MANY times before and will in the future...it happens in times of peace, too. It's the realities of life.  :(

(Talking about starvation on previous page)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-05-2010, 01:05:25
Still the fact that it has,is and will happen doesnt make it right.And its the way that it happened is what bothers me so much.Not only we were treated this way by the Germans but British have blockaded ports so nothing would get in too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 12-05-2010, 01:05:53
However unlike Germans I doubt the British meant to intentionally starve the Greek civilian population.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2010, 04:05:58
Speaking of atrocities....

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=10b_1273590830


 :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-05-2010, 04:05:17


Oh and whats wrong with tanks running over dead bodies (or alive if your life depends on it)? I bet tankers would hate cleaning that off later but otherwise...


Really?  Do you really not see anything wrong with it?

I sure do. It's desecrating a dead body...that guy has a family that wants to bury his remains. Sure, if it's a choice between the death of my tank and its crew and running over a dead body, I'm going to run over the dead body but only when there's no other choice.
I agree with you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-05-2010, 11:05:05
Knocked out Panther, Note the hole on the left side of the turret. Early model A?
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7586/panther5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-05-2010, 11:05:05
Knocked out Panther, Note the hole on the left side of the turret. Early model A?

It's model D. There's no ball mg mount on the hull, so it's the vertical flap solution.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-05-2010, 13:05:07
Knocked out Panther, Note the hole on the left side of the turret. Early model A?

It's model D. There's no ball mg mount on the hull, so it's the vertical flap solution.
Thanks, i really should learn all the different models one day, i just looked at the driver and old style commander copula and thought that it was model A. If it did not have a ball mg does that mean the radio operator had no MG? That doesn't seem smart
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-05-2010, 13:05:41
If it did not have a ball mg does that mean the radio operator had no MG? That doesn't seem smart

It had a vertical flap, where the mg shoots through, a better pic might help:

(http://www-d0.fnal.gov/~turcot/Armour/pz4_files/panth_d.jpg)

You can clearly see the flap on the hull, left side, under the standing guy.

I started to think about how the flap mg would be implemented on FH. How the sights would work?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-05-2010, 13:05:55
Hmm, is quite visible, strange that you can't see it on my picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 12-05-2010, 14:05:55
It is in the lowered position in your picture.

(http://nmcb3.org/images/african-americans-wwii-082.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 12-05-2010, 14:05:31
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8909/bf1103.jpg)

On this day in 1936, the first flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 110 prototype.

Note: I don't know where/when the picture above was taken, but it wasn't the first flight, lol.

Edit: Fixed hotlinking issue

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 12-05-2010, 15:05:03
I think your picture is more modern than you think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2010, 18:05:06
(http://www.warsite.50megs.com/images/bf110-3.jpg)

On this day in 1936, the first flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 110 prototype.

Note: I don't know where/when the picture above was taken, but it wasn't the first flight, lol.



Lol, yeah, that was taken over the Mediterranean :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-05-2010, 18:05:06
Page 300  ;D
(http://asisbiz.com/il2/balkans/Bf-109E%20JG52.9%20(Y8+~)%20$Leopold%20Steinbatz/images/Messerschmitt%20Bf-109E%20JG52_9%20(Y8+~)%20$Leopold%20Steinbatz%20Balkans%201941%2001_jpg.jpg)
Bf-109E
Just to save this post from being deleted  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 12-05-2010, 18:05:27
(http://finland.fi//finfo/images/wintwar10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-05-2010, 19:05:04
Finnish machine-gunners wearing Cajander-type uniforms?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 12-05-2010, 19:05:00
Wiener Ring, 1945, you can see Opera

(http://botinok.co.il/sites/default/files/images/ad9ccd2a70da90a56252686f7316b15d_Q-24.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-05-2010, 19:05:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/British_Grand_Slam_bomb.jpg)

Quote
The Grand Slam was a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against strategic targets during the Second World War.

Known officially as the Bomb, Medium Capacity, 22,000lb, it was a scaled up version of the Tallboy bomb and closer to the original size that the bomb inventor Barnes Wallis had envisioned when he first developed his earthquake bomb idea.

On this day back in 1945 the first one was used

Quote
By the end of the war, 42 Grand Slams had been dropped on active service.

Bielefeld, 14 March 1945
    The No. 617 Squadron RAF Avro Lancaster of Squadron Leader CC Calder dropped the first Grand Slam bomb from 11,965 ft (3,647 m) on the Bielefeld viaduct. More than 100 yards of the Bielefeld viaduct collapsed through the earthquake bomb effect of the Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs of No. 617 Squadron. No aircraft were lost.




http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/98/bielefeld_schildescher_viadukt_1.jpg

(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4907/schildescherviadukt1945.jpg)

Schildescher Viadukt, Bielefeld, aerial image, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 12-05-2010, 19:05:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-719-0243-33%2C_Atlantikwall%2C_Inspektion_Erwin_Rommel_mit_Offizieren.jpg)

Rommel inspecting seveal of his "asparagus" at atlantic's wall, April 1944.

Intersting sidenote: After the successfull invasion, the americans used to dig out these asparagus in order to get the steelpipes in which the woodcotters were planted and should prevent the construction from rotting. With these steelparts they constructed the tines (to be known as culin cutters") which were fit to the so called "Sherman Rhinoceros".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-05-2010, 19:05:58
German(?) tank hit by the Greek Artillery.Greek arty had only one enemy.Air force.Everything else was just being annihilated by it.

(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4268/15bq5.jpg)


This I find quite amusing:
"Week after week, as truck loads of Greek soldiers rattled to the front with flowers behind their ears, singing mighty songs, Europe cheered. In Switzerland, the gendarmes are busy posting signs along their border with Italy, on which they write: Greeks. Stop here; this is Swiss territory".
(C.L. Sulzberger, American War Correspondent 1940)

and a funny pic : http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t96/panos1980/03b.jpg

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-05-2010, 19:05:40
Greeks had artillery?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-05-2010, 19:05:53
Looks like a french tank. If that picture was indeed taken in Greece I would say it was during the occupation, as German second line units often used french tanks. Perhaps it was taken out by Partisans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 12-05-2010, 19:05:02
with a lot of fantasy it coul also be a panzer 35 or 38(t)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 12-05-2010, 19:05:08
for me it looks like FT-17. Did Bulgarians use them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-05-2010, 20:05:50
Greeks had artillery?  :o

cant post them as i have posted for today ;)

http://www.polished-pixels.com/greece/pictures/1940-4.jpg

http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2000178991183180685_rs.jpg

http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003130509988667281_rs.jpg

http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2002460842368644590_rs.jpg

http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003511512806864962_rs.jpg

http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003834417547701641_rs.jpg

Greeks had the one of best artillery regiments.Because the country was poor in resources back then (and now) so every shot had to count.

The tank must be a pz38t
http://alamosquadron.com/New_Folder3/ModelFiesta%2026/MF26%20Photos/MVC-011S.JPG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-05-2010, 20:05:36
the turret looks like an R35 or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 12-05-2010, 20:05:47
for me it looks like FT-17. Did Bulgarians use them?
It indeed does look like a Renault FT-17.
Didn't the Italians have a tank based on the FT-17 design?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 12-05-2010, 20:05:18
the turret looks like an R35 or something.

yup, that it is. or at least something very similar

(http://www.tbof.us/images/tanks/r35/r35aberdeen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-05-2010, 22:05:30
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3725/4138959851c06008163bo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-05-2010, 22:05:13
Pics of Japanese soldiers with smgs are very rare. That's an MP34, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-05-2010, 22:05:15
Lol a bayonete  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-05-2010, 23:05:23
Hot damn! I was already going to say that's a Type 100 SMG, but then i decided to check out MP-34. I stand corrected.

MP-34 aka Steyr-Solothurn S1-100:
400-500 RPM
I think the caliber is 7,63x25 Mauser, because some of these were sold to China, and 7.63 was the caliber it was sold in. Therefore it's captured by Japanese or that's a chinaman.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 12-05-2010, 23:05:35
That might also be a Type-100, early model with folding stock. That still preserved a 'mp-34' type muzzle, which later was changed with the 1944 Type-100.

Hard to tell the differences between them, all clones of the 1920 Bergemann anyways...

* edit : doublepost of me and Steel Lion :) I'm not so sure it's the MP34, see above. Early Type100 looks very similar! The thing that would give it away is hidden partially - the magazine will be straight versus curled for the Jap one. Eyes..are.playing...tricks... :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-05-2010, 23:05:56
Straight magazine=not a Type 100
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 12-05-2010, 23:05:05
yeah I'm swaying to straight too. Fun find, especially with the japanese having so few of them.

On the Axis history forum the mention that the white patch on his uniform means he's probably from the Special Naval Landing Forces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-05-2010, 23:05:16
Yeah, most "Bergmann" smgs were used by the SNLF, while the Type 100 was exclusively issued to Paratroopers. The Type 100/44 and the Type 2 "Bullpup" were hold back on the home islands IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-05-2010, 00:05:44
I remember once seeing an entire japanese unit on New Guinea outfitted with thompsons and M1 garands....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-05-2010, 00:05:44
I remember once seeing an entire japanese unit on New Guinea outfitted with thompsons and M1 garands....

I remember someone posting a pic of that in a different forum, but turns out they were Chinese in Burma.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-05-2010, 00:05:08
Must have been a different pic, this one was most def japanese.  Can't mistake that hat :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 13-05-2010, 01:05:51
Could be ex-Dutch?, we used the MP38 pretty extensive in Indië If I remember correct, and it was also fitted with an bayonet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 13-05-2010, 02:05:12
I remember once seeing an entire japanese unit on New Guinea outfitted with thompsons and M1 garands....
Not sure how I feel about that, oh wait.. I am..(http://serve.mysmiley.net/sign/sign0065.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net)
(http://forum.thescubasite.com/fighting/fighting0023.gif) (http://www.thescubasite.com)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Desertfox on 13-05-2010, 02:05:07
I remember once seeing an entire japanese unit on New Guinea outfitted with thompsons and M1 garands....
Not sure how I feel about that, oh wait.. I am..(http://serve.mysmiley.net/sign/sign0065.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net)
(http://forum.thescubasite.com/fighting/fighting0023.gif) (http://www.thescubasite.com)
wonder how well they used them ??? Makes me wish for the Pacific again :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-05-2010, 09:05:24
yes it's a mp34.
An other smg used:
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9020/42334456846169415fe7o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 13-05-2010, 09:05:27
Could be ex-Dutch?, we used the MP38 pretty extensive in Indië If I remember correct, and it was also fitted with an bayonet.

this thing does look very much like a japanese bayonet ; at least, it looks identical to the one in The Pacific found by ..who was it...sledge?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 13-05-2010, 09:05:23
the japanese sidecar looks like a boat ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 13-05-2010, 11:05:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/500bg-b29-helicopter-saipan.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-05-2010, 11:05:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Resolution_graf.jpg)

Quote
Future enemies at peace. HMS Hood (background) HMS Resolution (centre) and the German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee (foreground), anchored at Portsmouth for King George VI's birthday, May 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-05-2010, 12:05:50
Setting up some big ass rockets :p
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6318/1273671001423.jpg)
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/73/1273671033313.jpg)

I used to have a internet source that had thousands of these pictures, classified by date, it was posted on the FH forums some time ago, does anyone here still have it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-05-2010, 12:05:24
Yeah they were all uploaded to wikipedia. However, the idiots there deleted the possibility to browse them by date.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 13-05-2010, 13:05:00
Don't think you can browse them by location either, at least i couldn't last time i tried a few weeks back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-05-2010, 14:05:20
Unrelated to above posts, might that be Warsaw Uprising? I remember alot of pictures from the Uprising with huge piles of fired rocket cages. Like the ones on the background.

Houses look quite 'eastern Europe' too and date matches.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-05-2010, 15:05:16
I bet it is Warsaw. When else does the enemy leave time for the German Army to set up their guns like this without having the need to move after having fired. Just look at the pile of wodden cases in the background. Warsaw was a big skeet shooting, qualified to boost the moral and expirience of the germans in a time when they used to be on the run constantly.

(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1989/dortmundcentralstation.jpg)
Dortmund Central Station, May 12 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 13-05-2010, 15:05:31
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8881/m4shermankillerkwajalei.gif)

Kwajalein Atoll, 2 February 1944: Private First Class N. E. Carling stands beside the medium tank "Killer" on which is mounted a knocked-out Japanese light tank. The American tank is M4 Sherman, the Japanese is Type 94 tankette.

This picture looks vaguely familiar, but a search of Kwajalein and tankette turned up nothing...my apologies if this is a double post.  The picture is from Wikipedia...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 13-05-2010, 16:05:11
Are those outer protection skirts ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 13-05-2010, 17:05:44
Are those outer protection skirts ?

It is wood!

In this particular photo I thought It might have anything to do with the fact its a beach landing tank. (right?) But a bit of extra wood wont effect the buoyancy of the vehicle, But against magnetic mines it makes sense. they where often place on polls on the beach also iirc.

(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Iwo/img/USMC-C-Iwo-p21.jpg)
(http://)
 
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/tanks-medium/m4-medium-tank-sherman/m4-medium-tank-19.png)
Quote
M4 Medium Tank, "Davy Jones", with extra wood planks to help prevent magnetic mines from sticking. On the hatches are nails welded.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-05-2010, 17:05:56
Maybe they boarded the sides of their shermans just so the ambushing japanese would see that the american tanks are made out of wood and would fire their pitiful anti-tank measures at them, revealing their positions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 13-05-2010, 17:05:49
man, IF we ever get the pacific.......it would be epic² to have wood-planked shermans ...meh...sexor!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-05-2010, 17:05:01
I am guessing it's because of these that they did that :)

Quote from: WDW_Megaraptor
Type 99 Magnetic Mine:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WW2%20pacific%20weapons/hb-207.gif)
The Type 99 was about 4 3/4 inches in diameter and contained 1 1/2 lbs of TNT. It contained four magnets used to attach it to a tank or armored door by hand.

The mine was armed by instering the firing pin and giving a sharp blow to the fuse cap, arming the 5-6 second fuse.

EDIT: maybe a bit more clear, the pic is fubar here.
http://www.inert-ord.net/jap02h/grenades/t99mag/index.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 13-05-2010, 18:05:28
american tanks are made out of wood

Every american tanker thinks so when facing an ambush by PAK 40 or PZIV/V/VI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 13-05-2010, 18:05:08
I am guessing it's because of these that they did that :)

Quote from: WDW_Megaraptor
Type 99 Magnetic Mine:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WW2%20pacific%20weapons/hb-207.gif)
The Type 99 was about 4 3/4 inches in diameter and contained 1 1/2 lbs of TNT. It contained four magnets used to attach it to a tank or armored door by hand.

The mine was armed by instering the firing pin and giving a sharp blow to the fuse cap, arming the 5-6 second fuse.

EDIT: maybe a bit more clear, the pic is fubar here.
http://www.inert-ord.net/jap02h/grenades/t99mag/index.html

Turtle mine?

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/29500/Turtle-Mine--29945.jpg
(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/images/news/116%20-%20turtlemine_small.gif)

Ahhh 0.7 was so much fun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 13-05-2010, 19:05:44
You would expect to see this at Finland or Russia...But no this is Greece and yes this is snow!

(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003834417547701641_rs.jpg)

(translation:Gunners on action)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-05-2010, 19:05:51
One thing that made the Italian assault fail, snowy mountains.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-05-2010, 10:05:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Er2-6.jpg)

Quote
1940, May 14th – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet  medium bomber had its first flight.

The Yermolayev Yer-2 was a long-range Soviet  medium bomber used during World War II. It was developed from the Bartini Stal-7 prototype airliner  before the war. It was used to bomb Berlin from airbases in Estonia after Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Production was terminated in August 1941 to allow the factory to concentrate on building higher-priority Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft, but was restarted at the end of 1943 with new, fuel-efficient, Charomskiy ACh-30B aircraft diesel engines.

Although designed as a long-range medium bomber it was flown on tactical ground-attack missions during the Battle of Moscow with heavy losses. The survivors were flown, in ever dwindling numbers, until August 1943 when the last examples were transferred to schools. However, the resumption of production in 1943 allowed the aircraft to resume combat operations in April 1945. The Yer-2 remained in service with Long-Range Aviation until replaced by four-engined bombers at the end of the 1940s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-05-2010, 11:05:58
Covenanter Bridgelayer, the only variant of the Covenanter to see combat service, with the Australians and Kiwis in the Pacific.

(http://www.nasenoviny.com/foto_covenanter4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 14-05-2010, 11:05:20
not a picture but also not worth a whole new thread
http://english.pobediteli.ru/ (http://english.pobediteli.ru/) (press the green arrow and middle right "Start Presentation")
the whole eastern front war in one huge animation
with pictures slideshows extra text etc
very impressive and informative


as for picture
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/19.jpg)
Russians with bazooka ? (i think they got some via lend 'n lease but not sure)
or something completely different ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 14-05-2010, 11:05:17

as for picture
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/19.jpg)
Russians with bazooka ? (i think they got some via lend 'n lease but not sure)
or something completely different ?

panzerfaust ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 14-05-2010, 11:05:48
then he is holding it wrong
panzerfaust were not supossed to be fired from"ontop-of-shoulder" mount

anyways
just because i just found this

(http://media.englishrussia.com/war_chronical/1_004.jpg)
panzer IV  ( i guess D or F1) in Russia getting work done on his engine,  note the huge ventilators  didnt see those before like that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-05-2010, 11:05:58
Might actually be F2, but not sure about that. It looks like the barrel keeps going out of the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 14-05-2010, 11:05:16
then he is holding it wrong
panzerfaust were not supossed to be fired from"ontop-of-shoulder" mount


silly russians cant fire PF properly ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 14-05-2010, 12:05:29
Greek soldiers in Africa :
(http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/14/images/1940_1945/resistance/big/an_04.jpg)

Simply a great(and funny) picture :

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fwe9_4b2zYI/0.jpg)

(sorry for two pics i just had to post both of these)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Polska on 14-05-2010, 13:05:10
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/25/scanpolska0003.jpg)

Dutch Marines with a Breda M.30 in Dutch East-Indies, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 14-05-2010, 14:05:36
wtf
why are they using such a shitty gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Polska on 14-05-2010, 15:05:01
After the invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium, the Dutch Marines lost a major share of their fire-arm suppliers. In a effort to keep supply up they placed ads in newspapers and send people around to purchase more fire-arms.

Roughly 200 Breda's were purchased of the British in 1941 who took them from the Italian Army. The Breda's were divided between the KNIL and Dutch Marines companies of Marine-battalion ''East-Java''.

It wasn't uncommon for both the KNIL and Dutch Marines to purchase off old weapons from other countries or even from private collections; in 1941 M.Hume Parks was contacted by a Dutch official who wanted to purchase his collection of automatic firearms to continue the war in the pacific. Among the weapons bought were 2 Maxim 08 heavy machine-guns, 6 Maxim 08/15 Light machine-guns and 8 Hotchkiss Model 1918 machine-guns. Sadly, it's unknown if these guns were ever delivered before the invasion by the Japanese.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 14-05-2010, 16:05:52
wtf
why are they using such a shitty gun
OMG
I consider this a personal insult!!
Breda is awesome except for the loading system though  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-05-2010, 17:05:37
then he is holding it wrong
panzerfaust were not supossed to be fired from"ontop-of-shoulder" mount


silly russians cant fire PF properly ;D

Um, no, it was trained to fire in both methods, so either were correct.


Might actually be F2, but not sure about that. It looks like the barrel keeps going out of the picture.

That's a D or F1, the barrel is short.  The photo just looks like the barrel keeps going as it blends with the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-05-2010, 17:05:09
I hope that if we ever get to the eastern front the Russians will get captured Panzerfausts in their latewar AT kits instead of the silly Bazookas from FH1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-05-2010, 17:05:42
(http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2563/lf4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 14-05-2010, 17:05:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0121-09A,_Russland,_Soldat_der_Division_%22Gro%C3%9Fdeutschland%22.jpg/400px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0121-09A,_Russland,_Soldat_der_Division_%22Gro%C3%9Fdeutschland%22.jpg)
Kampfpistole / Sturmpistole (Flaregun) with Panzerwurfkörper 42 LP

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-03,_Russland,_Oberfeldwebel_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg)
and Wurfkörper 361 LP
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 14-05-2010, 18:05:19
^ ...(http://serve.mysmiley.net/confused/confused0071.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net/free-indifferent-smileys.php)...That just looks like a bad idea..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-05-2010, 18:05:38
It had exactly 1 confirmed tank kill during the war :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 14-05-2010, 18:05:18
It had exactly 1 confirmed tank kill during the war :)
does that qualify for a pickup kit ?  ;D
Jokes aside, the flare gun saw much use (at least on the eastern front) to signal own positions to planes (orange), tell the arty to move shelling forward (green) or signal an enemy breaktrough (red) and of course flares at night. Would be nice to see officers or so have such a thing ingame.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 14-05-2010, 19:05:03
Mudra, any more info on this superb tank killer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 14-05-2010, 19:05:50
Here´s some more info
http://leuchtpistole.free.fr/Sommaire/En_ModeleSturmpistole.html (http://leuchtpistole.free.fr/Sommaire/En_ModeleSturmpistole.html) and
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?5233-Leuchtpistole-Kampfpistole-Sturmpistole.&s=88a6f000aabd01699a628c8814d51cf9 (http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?5233-Leuchtpistole-Kampfpistole-Sturmpistole.&s=88a6f000aabd01699a628c8814d51cf9)
The Panzerwurfkörper had a range of 75 meters and was designed for up to 80 mm armor. It had a stock to counter the larger blast.
About 200 000 Wurfkörper 361 LP were made in 1942 alone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SJonni on 14-05-2010, 20:05:45
National Police got hold of Henry Rinnan on an abandoned farm mound after several days of persuing. When they began to fire towards him, Rinnan surrendered.
(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/117/117233/11723346/jpg/active/960x.jpg)

He sure was a short guy.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-05-2010, 23:05:26
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6637/mistelgespannbernburgma.jpg)
Mistel, consisting of a Ju 88 and a FW 190. The Ju 88 was meant to be dropped on the target as a flying bomb while the pilot was expected to escape in the FW 190. Bernburg, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-05-2010, 01:05:37
A Tomahawk Mk.IIb of 112 Squadron, RAF after a landing accident in North Africa. 112 Sqn was the first Allied unit to paint a sharkmouth on an aircraft, predating even the American Volunteer Group, who were likely infuenced by the former.

(http://raf-112-squadron.org/images/Tomahawk_112_sqn_GA_O.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-05-2010, 01:05:41
<cough>

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-382-0211-011,_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_110.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 15-05-2010, 01:05:34
BF110 Zerstorer  ;D <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-05-2010, 01:05:53
Ahh yes ZG 76, forgot them.

Original post amended.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2010, 04:05:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/438136-2/DL1011Bf)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-05-2010, 05:05:30
Wow.  Enlisted man's tunic sure, but all enlisted litzen, enlisted eagle, AND only one officer's shoulder board.  AWESOME
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2010, 06:05:23
Lol

Fuck, i was going to add some Description to it, but i knew i was Wrong. So i posted it, and i knew you will come in and add some Info.

ilu
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-05-2010, 06:05:52
I love you too :3

At first I was like "Oh cool enlisted man's tunic" (something that they did VERY commonly), but then I looked closer and noticed the enlisted litzen, and the enlisted shoulderboard on his left shoulder ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 15-05-2010, 11:05:06
Maybe he had just been promoted due to officers dropping like flies?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-05-2010, 11:05:18
(http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/803/hgrgr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-05-2010, 11:05:00
Sethsoldier, you are posting an aweful lot of german At grenades lately. Research? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 15-05-2010, 12:05:51
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/b/bg-bf109.jpg)
Bulgarian Bf-109s
Does anyone know how good/bad did they operate? (The bulgarian air force in gereral)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-05-2010, 18:05:46
Belgian pride. A T-13 tank destroyer
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7573/t13lighttank01.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-05-2010, 19:05:23
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4923/limburgrailyard.jpg)
Railyard Limburg, May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 15-05-2010, 19:05:12
(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003906435996020203_rs.jpg)

Greek troops carrying a St. Etienne HMG forward. This weapons was far from ideal for use in the mountains. It was big, heavy and the ammunition strips could be easily damaged leading to jams. The Greek Army tried to acquire some superior Czech metal-belt-fed HMG's before the war and did manage to procure a few. But for the most part Greek forces used ex-WW1 machine guns that were far from satisfactory.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2010, 19:05:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/439504-2/Himmler_Peenemunde+June+1943)

Himmler and his Staff in Peenemunde. Date: June 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 15-05-2010, 19:05:06
They seem to happy for 1943 dont you think?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 15-05-2010, 20:05:22
Maybe Werner just told an amusing anecdote about his trousers from his time at the University of Berlin?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2010, 20:05:53
I've seen photos of Smiling Officers and Soldiers (German) even in March 1945, April and so on.

Plus Germany wasnt really losing by 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-05-2010, 20:05:48
Plus Germany wasnt really losing by 1943.

Germany was losing after the winter offensive 1941 failed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 15-05-2010, 20:05:00
Well, in 43' I would say it was a HARD year, but not an impossible future yet.

They had most of Europe, they had solid allies, they had ONE front to fight. And they had reason to think that new tank developments and technological superiority would allow them to beat the Russians in 44. For most Germans soldiers (and perhaps even the generals) Russia was on the verge of collapse, they could never last long with the huge amount of tanks and soldiers being lost to the Germans.

We all know this was not true, and we all know the 44' and 45' evolution of battle. But the Germans and the time did not, and it was probably the last year that was worth smiling in for them :/

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-05-2010, 20:05:04
Bulgarian Bf-109s
Does anyone know how good/bad did they operate? (The bulgarian air force in gereral)

They never really saw combat until very late in the war and for a very very short period.  There were only a couple aces, and for the most part they never really got much of a chance to do anything.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2010, 20:05:38
Actually Germany "lost" the War after Kursk. I really doubt the Soviets would be able to replace all the Material and Men that will be lost in that Pocket (If Kursk Succeded), but i heard the Soviets were playing their Last Reserves during Bagration, and if Germany defeated them, somehow, Soviet Russia would "End".

Not a Second Barbarossa, but that would allow (After the Failure of bagration) to pull some Troops back to the Western Front, Well, i dont know how many German airplanes, mainly Fighters, were available in Late 43-All 44 and 45 in the Eastern Front, but if Bagration failed when Germany was launching Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, Wich i dont see it a possibility, could be 2 Birds with one shot.

Thats what i think anyways...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Polska on 15-05-2010, 21:05:54
Dutch soldiers on a exercise during mobilization in April, 1940.

(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9872/scanpolska3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 15-05-2010, 22:05:43
Plus Germany wasnt really losing by 1943.

Germany was losing after the winter offensive 1941 failed.

Not exactly, after all, Fall Blau was launched the next spring and put Russia on its heels again.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-05-2010, 23:05:37
Yeah but at that point that was just slowing down the inevitable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 16-05-2010, 00:05:01
A realy awesome pic!!  ;D
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/b/bg-gigant.jpg)
Me-323 unloading in Bulgaria
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 16-05-2010, 02:05:40
(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/Karonzon/Flying%20Boats/bv238-2.jpg)

B&V 238 - a real giant, this thing had a wingspan of over 60 meters
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 16-05-2010, 04:05:52
Plane of Win:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bundesarchiv_bild_101I-602-B1227-08A%2C_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeuge_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141.jpg)
Blohm & Voss BV 141 reconnaissance plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 16-05-2010, 05:05:17
Yeah, those planes still make me laugh. I drew a sketch of a plane like that before...when I was drunk...(http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0167.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2010, 09:05:08
Sethsoldier, you are posting an aweful lot of german At grenades lately. Research? ;)

 ;) perhaps



(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1237/450678579953d38d1993.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-05-2010, 09:05:10
OOohhhh, I have a black and white of that guy.  ANNNDDD, another pic of him:

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1212/bundesarchivbild101i496.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 16-05-2010, 11:05:33
Great photos, Mudra and Seth!
Now that I see this guy, was it allowed for German soldiers to have moustaches or beards? And from what branch is he?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Polska on 16-05-2010, 11:05:24
German captured Dutch DAF M.39 armoured cars.

(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5397/scanpolska2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-05-2010, 12:05:18
He's luftwaffe field division.

And no, that was against regulations, but the german army wasn't well known for following regulations in field, and even out of field sometimes.  For instance, these two brothers, both of whom were recon plane pilots in the Luftwaffe:

(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2586/ld9931f6ae8cb4aa5abfa60.jpg)


Or this gentleman, a Luftwaffe flak leutnant, or maybe construction leutnant (hard to tell in a B/W photo if its red or black colour on his collar tabs):

(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2249/l6186acefcb2311a8caf704.jpg)

While such cases were rather rare in barracks and formal photos; in field, it was MUCH, MUCH more common to see a wide range of facial hair, from goatees to full grown beards.  Life in the field was hard, and the soldiers just didn't care much about shaving, or even when they could shave, they would style to to preference.  I have pics of handlebar moustaches, mutton chops, lots of goatees for some reason, etc.  If you're wondering why I have all this info, well, I'm a big proponent in reenacting of correct appearance.  This ranges from correct styles of wearing uniform, correct styles of wearing gear, down to the very minute, correct amounts of wear and tear on gear to suit a certain scenario, and correct physical appearance for an event.  For instance, at a D-Day +2 event, I'll go out with 3 days of beard growth.  At a 1940/41 event (which are exceedingly rare), I'd be going out clean shaven cept maybe a military mustache, full field gear even if its pointless, and that sorta thing.  At a ruhr pocket even, I'd WANT to go out with a ratty ragtag uniform, beard, longer hair, and even a Gew98 rifle, but the powers that be in reenacting have this idea of everyone having to look cookie cutter.  Few units allow any kind of beard, or rattiness of uniform/weaponry load out.  Too many have the idea of wanting to look like the german soldiers depicted in manuals and pre/early war propaganda...which is simply not what we reenact. =/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-05-2010, 12:05:10
(http://www.airventure.de/historypics/he100-2.jpg)
He 100 competition draft of the ME 109
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-05-2010, 14:05:17
Must.. Fight.. German.. Bias..

USAAF Sikorsky R-4 and Stinson L-5 Sentinel, CBI Theatre late 1944.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/potd/r4l5o2-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-05-2010, 14:05:25
A widely know scene amongst panzer commanders now on Operation cobra in FH2  ;D


(http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/p47_firing_rockets.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-05-2010, 14:05:20
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/NeuralDream/blogger/BrixiaMortar.png)

Same in Greek mountains...Noone had time (or razors) to shave.We had the italians to throw back to the sea.By the way...I have this type of helmet at my home and a variant of the Main issue rifle the M1874 Greek Gras (not this one but its close to mine : http://www.militaryrifles.com/Greece/GreekGras.HTM ) Only thing im missing is the uniform and im ready for re-enactment  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 16-05-2010, 15:05:48
Der Schrecken der Landser an der Ostfront, die Russischen "Nachthexen", dahinter ihre Po-2 "Nähmaschinen" !
(http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4777/2w4wxhu.th.jpg) (http://img295.imageshack.us/i/2w4wxhu.jpg/)
"Pilots of the 46. Garde female Nightbomber Regiment in White russia after the liberation of the Krim."

Look at the Plane in the background, the Russian Po-2 General Purpose Biplane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_Po-2).
Wiki says: "It is the second most produced aircraft, and the most produced biplane, in the history of aviation."
I read three books from german soldiers about the eastern front and if there is anything to know than its that every Landser who fought against the russians knew and feared this Plane.
It was used as a night assault bomber from start of the war to the end. It constantly harrassed the german troops in and behind the front lines with its silent attacks. (They switched the engine off, glided and dropped bombs, then switched the engine on again and headed back to a searchlight near their landing fields.)
It´s construction made it nearly impossible to shoot down. Totally unarmored, the only metal parts being some wires in the fuselage and the engine itself, the flak shells just went trough the plane without exploding. Heinz Rehfeld says in his book that in four years on the eastern front he only saw it once that a "Nähmaschine" was shot down. (and that was by infantry rifle fire!)
Some of its pilots flew up to 18 mission a night and had nearly 1000 missions flown at the end of the war, hence all their decorations.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2010, 19:05:13
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7076/4564855395c318e76e3do.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-05-2010, 21:05:05
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3643/panther3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-05-2010, 22:05:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/440076-2/GreekArt_Albania1940)

Greeks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-05-2010, 22:05:52
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3715/deggendorf1945.jpg)
Danube Harbour, Deggendorf 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-05-2010, 22:05:51
Yep Those guys are Greeks.You can tell from the Italian design helmet and from the coat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-05-2010, 22:05:35
Nice. Description used to say "Greeks during the Invasion of Albania", its really hard to tell if they are fighting the Italians or the Germans or both, who cares.

Anyways, What gun is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-05-2010, 23:05:50
The greek invasion of Albania would be against the italians :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 16-05-2010, 23:05:43
(http://a21.idata.over-blog.com/0/39/65/84/nouveaU/dak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 17-05-2010, 00:05:22
This gun must be one of the following three weapons not sure which one


Greece at that time had :
•75mm L/19 Field Howitzer
•85mm L/35 Schneider Field Gun (French)
•105mm L/19 Field Howitzer


 info about Greek Army in WW2 here: http://ww2greece.wargaming.info/index.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 17-05-2010, 02:05:22
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7076/4564855395c318e76e3do.jpg)

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:htNEQCAPh_5kYM:http://homerodvd.com/images/defiance1.jpg)

am i the only one who see a simmilarity?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-05-2010, 03:05:29
Yes, I believe so... :P, anyways, it was a good movie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-05-2010, 17:05:58
Does not look similar to me.


Never knew that 4 Dutch marines died on US mainland soil due to German ordinance.
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7431/1274090574005.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 17-05-2010, 18:05:32
why dont just blow it up?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-05-2010, 18:05:05
why dont just blow it up?

Good question. Perhaps they hoped to uncover some kind of new technology?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-05-2010, 18:05:54
Twas probably extremely rare to capture a german torpedo intact, so yeah, they were probably trying to take it apart and see how it worked and such.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 17-05-2010, 18:05:09
(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003128917509685058_rs.jpg)

"Reminder" Photo of Infantry Unit (don't know the exact translation of the first word.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-05-2010, 19:05:43
Twas probably extremely rare to capture a german torpedo intact, so yeah, they were probably trying to take it apart and see how it worked and such.

Smart move of the Americans to let the Dutch do it, that way they can't lose any men over it but still get the reward when successful. Yes, i really do believe that that is the way the US commanders thought.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-05-2010, 21:05:09
Twas probably extremely rare to capture a german torpedo intact, so yeah, they were probably trying to take it apart and see how it worked and such.

Smart move of the Americans to let the Dutch do it, that way they can't lose any men over it but still get the reward when successful. Yes, i really do believe that that is the way the US commanders thought.
very likely
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 17-05-2010, 21:05:50
Less paperwork for them, seems reasonable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 17-05-2010, 22:05:48
No, it was most definetely about reverse engineering as mentioned above, everyone did it...you know it was the cool knew thing.. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 17-05-2010, 23:05:07
Turan III
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/h/hu-turan-3_3.jpg)
I find theese Hungarian tanks very interesting  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 18-05-2010, 00:05:56
I know some stuff about the dutch armed forces in those days, but what where the Dutch marines doing in the US again?

Interesting photo/story btw, thanks for posting!

Looks like a KNIL officer.

Edit: I find this article, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884455,00.html

It says its on Aruba, Witch was Dutch soil. US marines where stationed there also.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-05-2010, 01:05:09
Twas probably extremely rare to capture a german torpedo intact, so yeah, they were probably trying to take it apart and see how it worked and such.

Smart move of the Americans to let the Dutch do it, that way they can't lose any men over it but still get the reward when successful. Yes, i really do believe that that is the way the US commanders thought.
very likely

And as invincible just posted...dead wrong.   ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-05-2010, 01:05:32
The greek invasion of Albania would be against the italians :P

Yeah, but could be Greek Artillery giving support to their Comrades fighting the Germans....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-05-2010, 01:05:16
(http://ww2photomuseum.com/sitebuilder/images/SVT38Finngp-592x415.jpg)

Finnish Home Guard troops with an array of weapons.

SVT-38
Suomi KP/-31
Lahti-Saloranta M/26
Mosin Nagant
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-05-2010, 02:05:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/440299-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-177-1451-03A_2C_Griechenland_2C_italienischer_Panzer)

L3 Tankette in Greece, 1943. Some reports said that the US Army, who faced some CV33s, actually Feared it.

1: Excellent for Ambushes

2: Hard to see, yeah.

3: Fast, could encircle you pretty fast.

4: Its made in Italy so it cant Fail!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-05-2010, 11:05:00
Twas probably extremely rare to capture a german torpedo intact, so yeah, they were probably trying to take it apart and see how it worked and such.

Smart move of the Americans to let the Dutch do it, that way they can't lose any men over it but still get the reward when successful. Yes, i really do believe that that is the way the US commanders thought.
very likely

And as invincible just posted...dead wrong.   ::)

Not really, is still correct, instead of arkansas the state the caption meant arkansas the ship. It fooled us all :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 18-05-2010, 14:05:23
We would have been in real trouble if the Germans managed to fire a torpedo in the state of Arkansas, considering it is landlocked, save for the Mississippi River.    ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Strat_84 on 18-05-2010, 15:05:45
German(?) tank hit by the Greek Artillery.Greek arty had only one enemy.Air force.Everything else was just being annihilated by it.

(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4268/15bq5.jpg)


This I find quite amusing:
"Week after week, as truck loads of Greek soldiers rattled to the front with flowers behind their ears, singing mighty songs, Europe cheered. In Switzerland, the gendarmes are busy posting signs along their border with Italy, on which they write: Greeks. Stop here; this is Swiss territory".
(C.L. Sulzberger, American War Correspondent 1940)

and a funny pic : http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t96/panos1980/03b.jpg



I'm a bit late with that one but I think I have the answer.

The tank on the picture must be a R40. The gun barrel is a long one and if you check the tracks, you can see the parts are longer than the ones you can find on a regular R35. This track system is closer to the one used on B1 tanks.

Anyway it's surprising, I've never heard Germans had managed to capture R40 tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-05-2010, 23:05:09
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7008/1274101164604.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-05-2010, 23:05:32
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7008/1274101164604.jpg)
"Cletus! Whats dem dog doing on the Kraut cannon?"
""If german retakes this position and cannon, Th'yl find their cannon full of dog poop""
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 19-05-2010, 00:05:21
This is a good cannon... for me to poop on!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 19-05-2010, 00:05:51
Are you sure that's not a deck gun with German kills?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-05-2010, 03:05:26
I was going to comment that the swastikas on it seemed weird.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 19-05-2010, 03:05:14
Yeah... The fact that the dog has what appears to be a United States. Coast Guard helm on, 1. What would a USCG dog be doing on land? Also why would the gun need to marked in the relatively same place twice? So perhaps they decided to mark the kills on their deck guns like they did aircraft... It mght help if you could identify the gun.  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-05-2010, 06:05:35
Yeah... The fact that the dog has what appears to be a United States. Coast Guard helm on, 1. What would a USCG dog be doing on land? 

Coast Guard operates primarily at sea, like...landing craft for instance.
(http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/wp-content/photos/dday26.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-05-2010, 06:05:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/439330-1/vzepdu)

German Prisoners (?) In Berlin 1945. Notice the Famous 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Nordlands SdKfz 251.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-05-2010, 06:05:55
Yeah... The fact that the dog has what appears to be a United States. Coast Guard helm on, 1. What would a USCG dog be doing on land? Also why would the gun need to marked in the relatively same place twice? So perhaps they decided to mark the kills on their deck guns like they did aircraft... It mght help if you could identify the gun.  ???

http://www.amazon.com/Sinbad-Coast-Guard-George-Foley/dp/0975869930

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Campbell_%28WPG-32%29

Dog's name was on the lifejacket ;)

BAM, bitches.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-05-2010, 12:05:00
Battleship Averof, flagship of the Hellenic Royal Navy Fleet
Averof here painted in disruptive camouflage scheme while operating in the Indian Ocean during World War II

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Averof_WWII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 19-05-2010, 12:05:02
Thats not a battleship, that's an armoured cruiser class vessel!

Most visible difference being it's length - about 140 meters vs 262 for the HMS Hood Battlecruiser, or by its weight : 10,200 tons versus 51,000 tons for the Bismarck for example.

It was a nice ship in ww1, but very obselete in WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 19-05-2010, 15:05:56
Obsolete maybe, but I stil dont think you'd want to be on the business end of those guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-05-2010, 17:05:12
Dead Panther in the ardennes. If wee ever get to the Bulge, this tank would be awesome to have for the Germans
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1629/pzv24lq2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 19-05-2010, 17:05:42
for a moment I thought it was a cuckoo, but no ...nice find !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-05-2010, 17:05:00
for a moment I thought it was a cuckoo, but no ...nice find !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Greif

If you want more information on the subject.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 19-05-2010, 17:05:16
yeah I know about the reason it looked that way, just tricked me anyways since I stared at the american markings, not at the actual tank (which looked fubarred, but I attributed it to being shot up first hehe)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-05-2010, 18:05:18
Lol, no way guys, thats an M10 Wolverine!

 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-05-2010, 19:05:11
The tracks dawg ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-05-2010, 19:05:11
Ugh, really?

I thought the  :P was enough to indicate my sarcasm at how bad Operation Greif failed in making fake Wolverine's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-05-2010, 19:05:41
Ugh, really?

I thought the  :P was enough to indicate my sarcasm at how bad Operation Greif failed in making fake Wolverine's.

They had a real sherman tough :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-05-2010, 20:05:36
And if I remember correctly they even repainted StuG's. Like what the hell? In no way that looks like anything the Americans have  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 19-05-2010, 22:05:35
Stop the Greek bias!!
MOAR CROATIAN BIAS!  ;D
(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7362/ww2croarmy6og0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-05-2010, 22:05:21
To be honest i didnt know  that that face standed for : b . It looked strangely unsure to be kidding. lul
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 19-05-2010, 22:05:34
Just kidding!
Now bring more those awesome Greek stuff :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-05-2010, 07:05:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/441387-2/Frikorps+DK+2+001)

"Freikorps Danmark" soldier nicknamed Balbo and his skull which he called Stroganoff is from a Russian officer. Balbo used to put Stroganoff outside of his bunker so that the Russians fired after the skull instead of him. Notice the Svt40 the soldier holds on the left, which he took from a Russian soldier as a souvenir.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/441406-2/Kast_+001)

German troops advancing in Russia. The soldier to the right has just thrown his grenade. On the left is another soldier trying to get on his feet, while his comrade in front of him is using a flamethrower.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-05-2010, 11:05:47
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4778/kv2122.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-05-2010, 11:05:28
Probably destroyed by the crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-05-2010, 11:05:48
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/n/ndh-ustasha-tank-bosnia.jpg)
Quote
Black Legion soldiers during defence of Kupres in summer 1942
That's the Croatian way  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-05-2010, 11:05:04
Probably destroyed by the crew.

Or a stuka, or heavy artillery. No real way to tell.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-05-2010, 11:05:29
maybe some of its own 152mm HE  shells exploded?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-05-2010, 11:05:24
Nah, gun and turret seem intact, the whole chassis is gone tough.
Also, the debris field is to small for a huge internal explosion due to crew blowing it up. The grass seems ok so probably no artillery barrage, only thing left is the stuka then, or maybe an 88
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-05-2010, 12:05:36
(http://neoskosmos.com/news/sites/default/files/GreekSoldierondestroyedL3-35.jpg)

Greek Soldier On Destroyed L3-35 . A funny fact.Those helmet the Greeks were using were italian made  ;D . So were the AA the AT and some MG's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-05-2010, 20:05:26
Nah, gun and turret seem intact, the whole chassis is gone tough.
Also, the debris field is to small for a huge internal explosion due to crew blowing it up. The grass seems ok so probably no artillery barrage, only thing left is the stuka then, or maybe an 88
105MM howitzers where also used, if they had HEAT rounds.

COMING FOR YOU!   An M26 pershing enters Cologne. It was one of the first combat for these heavy tanks, and one of these bad boys famously knocked out a panther at the town square (or church)
(http://www.phil-deriggi.com/images/cologne2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-05-2010, 20:05:12
(http://i48.tinypic.com/1gsyo0.jpg)

Very nice colour picture of a Italian 75/27 howitzer in North-Africa. Hard to find, colour pictures of Italians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-05-2010, 21:05:01
For a second i could swear he was holding a Javelin or some other portable AT missile launcher  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-05-2010, 21:05:37
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-Churchill3inGunCarrier.jpg)
Churchill 3" Gun Carrier, A22D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-05-2010, 06:05:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/441860-2/img001_029)

At Louvain, three divisions of the British Expeditionary Force were in position on the Belgian right flank by May 13, 1940. Troops of the French 1st Army held the line from Wavre to Namur, with the French 9th and 2nd Armies continuing to the Maginot Line. When German Panzer divisions broke through and took Sedan on May 13, the Allied line from Antwerp to Namur was abandoned and a retreat executed to the Escaut. The three British soldiers of the this anti-tank gun crew await the first glimps of German Panzers down the road. Whether these men survived the encounter or not is now lost in history but I would think their chances would be rather slim.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/442014-6/KSK_108_2%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-05-2010, 07:05:45
Interestingly, they seem to be armed with a french 25mm Hotchkiss AT gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-05-2010, 10:05:52
@ torenico: Since Louvain is in the Flemish part of Belgium the correct name is Leuven. Antwerp (English) should be Antwerpen. Your using French and English names for Flemish citys, So or you take the correct names, or you take the english names, but no mixing up :)

Allied bombers 'liberating' people from there annoying houses and family.
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3859/71801.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 21-05-2010, 10:05:55
How's that the strategic bombing by the Allies weren't considered as war crimes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-05-2010, 11:05:12
How's that the strategic bombing by the Allies weren't considered as war crimes?

Because they won, then war crimes become ingenious plans,war criminals become war heroes, terrorists become heroic resistance fighter, etc etc
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: kettcar on 21-05-2010, 11:05:29
bullshit!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 21-05-2010, 11:05:32
Quote from: VonMudra
Interestingly, they seem to be armed with a french 25mm Hotchkiss AT gun.

The BEF was short of 2 Pounders so we did a trade with the French, Hotchkiss 25mm AT guns for Boys ATR's. lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 21-05-2010, 13:05:51
No wonder they were pissed at you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-05-2010, 13:05:09
(http://i19.tinypic.com/3zld9h5.jpg)

German Paratroopers at Crete.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 21-05-2010, 15:05:47
How's that the strategic bombing by the Allies weren't considered as war crimes?

Because they won, then war crimes become ingenious plans,war criminals become war heroes, terrorists become heroic resistance fighter, etc etc

So you would consider people like Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík 'war criminals'?. What a shockingly sensationalist claim. Nazis gave no concern about the human rights of those they occupied so they should expect none in return. In the fight against Facism, as far as I'm concerned, anything is justified. Anything.

You have a point about events like Dresden, but to label all resistance fighters as terrorists merely because they were defending their right to democracy against Nazi aggressors is ludicrous and disrespectful in the least.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-05-2010, 16:05:03
How's that the strategic bombing by the Allies weren't considered as war crimes?

Because they won, then war crimes become ingenious plans,war criminals become war heroes, terrorists become heroic resistance fighter, etc etc

Well yeah, if you're so open minded that all of your brains fall out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 21-05-2010, 16:05:42
They were terrorists as long as the nazis/soviets/italians were concerned. Just because they were fighting for a good cause doesn't mean they weren't, to use the modern term, "unlawful combatants" aka terrorists.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jürgen on 21-05-2010, 16:05:11
A terrorist wants to spread the terror throught the killing of innocent people.
A resistance fighter wants freedom and so he will fight and kill enemy soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-05-2010, 17:05:29
Let me tell you a little story that happened in my village. A friend of mine his great grandfather's brother was suspected of being in the resistance, one night the Gestapo arrived at his door and wanted to arrest him, well he was tipped of and was not home. The gestapo,after doing a propper check of the house (in other words almost trashing it) did not find him, mad as they where arrested the brother of the person they where looking for and arrested him with the intention of sending him of to a work camp. Now, the morning after the SS found out, there commander was pissed and gave the gastapo a little yelling and set the guy free + payed for the damages.

Now, that is why if you say a bad thing about the ss here towards old people they are mad at you, because they might have been strict, but they where nice. I guess we might have been lucky but that does not change the facts here.

My great grandmother owned a shop, when the Germans occupied us they came into her shop, she was terrified, they took some stuff and wanted to pay for it, she said they could have it for free, the soldier was shocked and forced the money in her hand and left.

Ooh, i bet you guys did not saw that one coming, still, it is a true story and if my grandmother was still alive she would talk about how nice and strict the German soldiers where during the first 4 years of the war and how the us soldiers, even tough they gave a lot of free stuff, often turned into a bunch of drunks at night and damage properties, something the Germans never did.

I have a few more similar stories like this but they are for another time. But like they say, one man's freedom fighter is an other man's terrorist.



You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero? Ifso i will become a hero and go stab some babies, maybe they will give me a medal for it, yet, if someone would have blown up the nazi project where they tried to breed ubermenshen then they would be heroes, for killing babies, how odd, don't you think?

I find the reaction a got a sad thing, it really shows how much allied bias is still in the people these days, yet i am very happy that it is improving, slowly but steadily.

In short, the winner writes the history, that includes glorifying his own actions and demonizing the enemy's actions. Always has been like this and always will be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-05-2010, 17:05:52
How's that the strategic bombing by the Allies weren't considered as war crimes?

Because they won, then war crimes become ingenious plans,war criminals become war heroes, terrorists become heroic resistance fighter, etc etc

So you would consider people like Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík 'war criminals'?. What a shockingly sensationalist claim. Nazis gave no concern about the human rights of those they occupied so they should expect none in return. In the fight against Facism, as far as I'm concerned, anything is justified. Anything.

You have a point about events like Dresden, but to label all resistance fighters as terrorists merely because they were defending their right to democracy against Nazi aggressors is ludicrous and disrespectful in the least.

Taliban fights with the same spirit. Western opressors take their land! Stand up and fight against them!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-05-2010, 17:05:42
Let me tell you a little story that happened in my village. A friend of mine his great grandfather's brother was suspected of being in the resistance, one night the Gestapo arrived at his door and wanted to arrest him, well he was tipped of and was not home. The gestapo,after doing a propper check of the house (in other words almost trashing it) did not find him, mad as they where arrested the brother of the person they where looking for and arrested him with the intention of sending him of to a work camp. Now, the morning after the SS found out, there commander was pissed and gave the gastapo a little yelling and set the guy free + payed for the damages.

Now, that is why if you say a bad thing about the ss here towards old people they are mad at you, because they might have been strict, but they where nice. I guess we might have been lucky but that does not change the facts here.

My great grandmother owned a shop, when the Germans occupied us they came into her shop, she was terrified, they took some stuff and wanted to pay for it, she said they could have it for free, the soldier was shocked and forced the money in her hand and left.

Ooh, i bet you guys did not saw that one coming, still, it is a true story and if my grandmother was still alive she would talk about how nice and strict the German soldiers where during the first 4 years of the war and how the us soldiers, even tough they gave a lot of free stuff, often turned into a bunch of drunks at night and damage properties, something the Germans never did.

I have a few more similar stories like this but they are for another time. But like they say, one man's freedom fighter is an other man's terrorist.



You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero? Ifso i will become a hero and go stab some babies, maybe they will give me a medal for it, yet, if someone would have blown up the nazi project where they tried to breed ubermenshen then they would be heroes, for killing babies, how odd, don't you think?

I find the reaction a got a sad thing, it really shows how much allied bias is still in the people these days, yet i am very happy that it is improving, slowly but steadily.

In short, the winner writes the history, that includes glorifying his own actions and demonizing the enemy's actions. Always has been like this and always will be.
Mainly this is because the germans behaved well against us Belgians. They knew they couldnt do the same thing as in WW1. We where the n1 country in  WW1 with civilians being killed by the germans.

Colonel shot in Aarschot? 150 people against the wall!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-05-2010, 17:05:09
Here in Greece they burned a whole village because the driver of the commander (of the 98th Edelweis mountain infantry regiment) saw a gun at a house , though it was an ambush and crashed the car.They survived though and the villagers helped them.But later they came back and killed not only the men but women and children too.Even the priest was killed inside the church.The Village got burned by mortar fire. Such things happened many times here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-05-2010, 17:05:42
Less warcrime talk, more pics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-05-2010, 17:05:42
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0Duuqhce4-U/SoQahUjf4xI/AAAAAAAABeU/ngKt4DMe5Io/s400/%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B7.jpg)
all info :

http://prevezamuseum.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!27EE63D48413CE3C!1230.entry

You need to copy paste it otherwise it will lead you to the sites main page
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-05-2010, 17:05:32
Less warcrime talk, more pics.

Yes sir.

Interesting picture. Don't know what it is, did not try to find out yet tough.
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/684/1273672334519.jpg)

EDIT: Reupload, for some reason the bottom seemed cut off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: kettcar on 21-05-2010, 17:05:14
Pershing - Cologne

(http://www.imagebanana.com/img/h6svnu0k/vlc2010052020443225.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-05-2010, 18:05:52
Pershing looks so modern...Every time i see it on a pic i imagine its from '90s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 21-05-2010, 18:05:13
Its also been posted 2 pages back  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: kettcar on 21-05-2010, 18:05:09
lol, i shot it from my dvd yesterday, ecxat on the same timeline^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-05-2010, 18:05:32
Interesting picture. Don't know what it is, did not try to find out yet tough.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/684/1273672334519.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/684/1273672334519.jpg)
Looks to me to be an BM-31-12 Katuysha with 310mm rockets.  'Normal' ones were the BM-13-16 with 132mm rockets.  Also there was the 82mm BM-8-8, BM-8-24 and BM-8-48.

BM-31-12s:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Katiusha_Rockerlancer.JPG/751px-Katiusha_Rockerlancer.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 21-05-2010, 19:05:18
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7193/statefuneralofisorokuya.jpg)

Funeral procession for Isoruku Yamamoto.

This day in history (1943):  Tokyo announces the death of Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto.  He was shot down while conducting frontline inspections by a group of P-38 Lightning fighters from Guadalcanal on 18 April 1943.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2010, 03:05:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/442169-2/per+l__onore+d__italia+2)

184 Divisione Paracadutisti Nembo

Edit: Fixed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2010, 14:05:41
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8079/4410471056cfe4a8fe09.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-05-2010, 14:05:10


You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero?

If the Japanese didn't booby-trap wounded and use them to lure US Marines into traps, they might not have gotten shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-05-2010, 14:05:26


You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero?

If the Japanese didn't booby-trap wounded and use them to lure US Marines into traps, they might not have gotten shot.

I think his point was that if the Japanese won the war they might have tried them for war crimes instead of the other way around.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 22-05-2010, 14:05:41


You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero?

If the Japanese didn't booby-trap wounded and use them to lure US Marines into traps, they might not have gotten shot.

They did it so we can do it too is such an overused argument and only makes it worse. It doesn't change the fact they did that to the Japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 22-05-2010, 14:05:59
This is where propaganda played its part. Just like Japanese, the Americans portrayed their enemy as subhuman, to the point they were seem as vermin. In the Pacific, people found it especially hard to sympathise with their enemy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-05-2010, 15:05:52


You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero?

If the Japanese didn't booby-trap wounded and use them to lure US Marines into traps, they might not have gotten shot.

They did it so we can do it too is such an overused argument and only makes it worse. It doesn't change the fact they did that to the Japanese.

That's not the argument. The argument is that experience showed the Marines that Japanese soldiers could not be trusted to surrender, so the Marines often decided to not take any chances and keep their own lives safe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 22-05-2010, 16:05:16
P-63A Kingcobras ready for shipment to the USSR.

(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Production/Russia/images/P39-Kingcobras-for-Russia-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-05-2010, 16:05:22


You guys saw the pacific right? Well, you see them shoot unarmed, wounded surrendering Japanese soldiers, do you think an American was ever trailed for that? I doubt it yet it is safe to say a lot op people where murdered that way, yet you still consider the people that did this as heroes, how is that? They murdered people that where unable to defend themselves, does that make you a hero?

If the Japanese didn't booby-trap wounded and use them to lure US Marines into traps, they might not have gotten shot.

They did it so we can do it too is such an overused argument and only makes it worse. It doesn't change the fact they did that to the Japanese.

That's not the argument. The argument is that experience showed the Marines that Japanese soldiers could not be trusted to surrender, so the Marines often decided to not take any chances and keep their own lives safe.

So they knew that there would be innocent people in between those, yet still decided to shoot them all, oh, that is nice, yeah, i knew some of them were completely ok, but we shot them anyway...

Still is shooting of unarmed enemy combatants trying to surrender, i did not check but i am sure some Geneva convention does not appreciate that.

And if you say "but they started first" then i really admire your skills, being able to use a computer and all as a toddler. That is not a valid excuse at all. That is a selfish excuse for yourself to justify inhumane behaviour.

Inspecting the troops :P
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7676/1274526312474.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 22-05-2010, 17:05:50
but to label all resistance fighters as terrorists merely because they were defending their right to democracy against Nazi aggressors is ludicrous and disrespectful in the least.

You're doing exactly the same thing.

Nazis gave no concern about the human rights of those they occupied so they should expect none in return. In the fight against Facism, as far as I'm concerned, anything is justified. Anything.

I can't disagree that he indeed generalizes the resistance fighters, but you're doing the same thing with Germans. So bombing the hell out of millions of innocent Germans is okay because it's all for the greater good? Not all Germans were bloodthursty Nazis. The NSDAP never achieved more than 37% of the votes during fair elections. And of those 37%, a lot is just people under the influence of Nazi propaganda. You'' ll have to understand that they lived in an environment without Wikipedia, good ejucation or freedom of speech / news. They only knew what they were told and thought Hitler and his party would make Germany proud again. Bombing German cities should have also been convited as warcrimes. But I guess that's just the advantage of winning. Same goes for Stalin who murdered over three times as many people as Hitler did. And that is just the 'most positive' of estimates.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-05-2010, 19:05:16
but to label all resistance fighters as terrorists merely because they were defending their right to democracy against Nazi aggressors is ludicrous and disrespectful in the least.

You're doing exactly the same thing.

Nazis gave no concern about the human rights of those they occupied so they should expect none in return. In the fight against Facism, as far as I'm concerned, anything is justified. Anything.

I can't disagree that he indeed generalizes the resistance fighters, but you're doing the same thing with Germans. So bombing the hell out of millions of innocent Germans is okay because it's all for the greater good? Not all Germans were bloodthursty Nazis. The NSDAP never achieved more than 37% of the votes during fair elections. And of those 37%, a lot is just people under the influence of Nazi propaganda. You'' ll have to understand that they lived in an environment without Wikipedia, good ejucation or freedom of speech / news. They only knew what they were told and thought Hitler and his party would make Germany proud again. Bombing German cities should have also been convited as warcrimes. But I guess that's just the advantage of winning. Same goes for Stalin who murdered over three times as many people as Hitler did. And that is just the 'most positive' of estimates.


By far where all germans nazi's
But the allies killed 4 million with the aerial bombing. Nazi << NAZI germans killed 60 million.

No killing of civilians is for the greater good. Nor killing a soldier. 99% of the time, a soldier is sent out to fight, not because he wants to
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2010, 20:05:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/442391-2/direct+hit)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 23-05-2010, 01:05:30
but to label all resistance fighters as terrorists merely because they were defending their right to democracy against Nazi aggressors is ludicrous and disrespectful in the least.

You're doing exactly the same thing.

Nazis gave no concern about the human rights of those they occupied so they should expect none in return. In the fight against Facism, as far as I'm concerned, anything is justified. Anything.

I can't disagree that he indeed generalizes the resistance fighters, but you're doing the same thing with Germans. So bombing the hell out of millions of innocent Germans is okay because it's all for the greater good? Not all Germans were bloodthursty Nazis. The NSDAP never achieved more than 37% of the votes during fair elections. And of those 37%, a lot is just people under the influence of Nazi propaganda. You'' ll have to understand that they lived in an environment without Wikipedia, good ejucation or freedom of speech / news. They only knew what they were told and thought Hitler and his party would make Germany proud again. Bombing German cities should have also been convited as warcrimes. But I guess that's just the advantage of winning. Same goes for Stalin who murdered over three times as many people as Hitler did. And that is just the 'most positive' of estimates.



I agree that those responsible for mass discriminate bombing of civilians should be bought to trial. However, remember this was 'total war' and things have thankfully changed. I was merely trying to make the distinction that just because somebody is a 'freedom fighter' they are not automatically a terrorist. Terror wasn't their aim. Freedom from Nazi Germany was. However somebody else explained the differences very well a few posts back so can we just stick to the pictures please  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 23-05-2010, 02:05:13
In war you have always guilty ones and the innocents on each side, you can't generalize here. Although maybe it is a little bit different in ww2.
The great wars in the 19th and 18th century were nearly all fought "honorable", if you can say that about wars at all. This time you had to deal with a regime that fought for a sick, irrational and human-despising idea to clean up specific nations and cultures in their entirety.
If you take this circumstance as a base you could theoretically claim the allies as the good ones and the Nazis as the evil ones. In its core that assumption is surely right, but it doesn't mean automatically that the allies therefore fought in an honorable way, they fought fire with fire.
In germany you can hear regularly the statement that the bombings on i.e Dresden have to be called as warcrimes. Well taking the raids on german cities merely from a pure german point of view and totally isolated from the circumstances that led to the destruction you can agree to that. If you consider on the other hand that the germans before that already bombed Warschau and i.e. the London-Eastend you can maybe see it as balanced righteousness. 
War doesn't produce heroes. Only victims.

 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-05-2010, 08:05:23
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1530/img170124pebd7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Strat_84 on 23-05-2010, 12:05:35
Swiss footman ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-05-2010, 19:05:40
(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4092/84406820ce0.jpg)


Local Hellenic irregulars from Crete, 20th May 1941 (cant we have some of those in teh game map D:)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-05-2010, 19:05:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/442620-2/Japanese+troops+street+fighting+in+Shanghai_+Sep-Oct+1937)

Japanese troops in the Terrible Fighting in Shanghai, Sept-Oct 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-05-2010, 20:05:34
Swiss footman ?  ;D
Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

A Sudetenland woman welcomes the Nazi occupiers with a salute and tears.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Anschlusstears.jpg/464px-Anschlusstears.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-05-2010, 21:05:52
Scheiße
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5485/1274526394705.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-05-2010, 08:05:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/441514-2/Alfred+Jonstrup+001)

The picture shows the soldier Alfred Jonstrup from "Freikorps Danmark". He was hit by a Russian grenade and part of his jaw was blown away. Even though he wasn't able to talk he kept on writing down informations. A friend is trying to hold a towl under Alfreds jaw so the blood dont fall on the Paper.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-05-2010, 12:05:24
(http://www.olive-drab.com/images/p39_mcclellan_ww2_375.jpg)

P-39's on the assembly line. One of the most underrated figthers of the war, a P-39 was on low altitude's, better in dogfighting then a ME109. Luftwaffe instructors trained their men later on NOT to engage Soviet P-39's on low altitude. And if possible, use diving tactics on them.

These things strafed the living crap out of the wehrmacht during WW2 on the eastfront
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-05-2010, 13:05:11
Very likely a concealed pak that got a kill.
(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/139/1274525680363.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 24-05-2010, 13:05:12
poor Ronson ;D


(http://img135.imageshack.us/i/64981633ys5.jpg/)

Greeks over Captured Spaghetti tank.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 24-05-2010, 15:05:48
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/2le5fue.jpg)

A Russian WW2 vet recognizes that the tank preserved as a war memorial in a Russian town is the one he served in during the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 24-05-2010, 15:05:24
How did he recognize it? Any idea?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 24-05-2010, 15:05:25
Epic one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-05-2010, 15:05:53
Probably the production process. Not putting much time in details like making the turret outside smooth after casting made it so that even tough they look the same from a distance, someone that worked in it will be able to pick it out.

A bit like you can identify your dog out of a large group of very similar dogs. If you did not spend a lot of time with your pet you will be unable to, but since you did you notice the slightest difference in each one of them and can recognize it.

Or he just recognized the serial number that is on every tank out there to my knowledge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-05-2010, 16:05:49
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1479/4409705233c2fccb1989.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 24-05-2010, 17:05:09
He just looked at his bottom and saw that it said "MADE IN RUSSIA" instead of "MADE IN CHINA" you see nowdays...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 24-05-2010, 17:05:01
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/2le5fue.jpg

A Russian WW2 vet recognizes that the tank preserved as a war memorial in a Russian town is the one he served in during the war.

Where did you find that information? I cant find anything about it (searched for that image on 16 sites). Curious!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-05-2010, 17:05:26
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/2le5fue.jpg

A Russian WW2 vet recognizes that the tank preserved as a war memorial in a Russian town is the one he served in during the war.

Where did you find that information? I cant find anything about it (searched for that image on 16 sites). Curious!

To my knowledge this is the original source of that picture.
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008/05/29/the-old-vet-and-his-tank/

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-05-2010, 19:05:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/442614-1/Japanese+troops+and+light+tanks+near+Wuhan_+circa+Aug-Oct+1938)

Japanese troops and light tanks near Wuhan, circa Aug-Oct 1938
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-05-2010, 23:05:22
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/2le5fue.jpg

A Russian WW2 vet recognizes that the tank preserved as a war memorial in a Russian town is the one he served in during the war.

Where did you find that information? I cant find anything about it (searched for that image on 16 sites). Curious!
I remeber this being in the Belgian news. They did not gave much information aswel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-05-2010, 01:05:00
I reckon he's overcome with emotion at seeing the memorial (probably brought back the memories of comrades that didn't live to see the end of the war). A lot of vets are moved by seeing vehicles similar to what they served in, it doesn't neccessarily have the vehicle they actually served in. nor would it likely be. 

It's a T-34/85 model 1945 rebuilt to model 1969 standard for those who are interested.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-05-2010, 10:05:14
Papanikolis Y-2 (1927-1945) and Protefs Y-3 (1929-1940)

(http://www.asxetos.gr/sendata/articles/images/asArticleRecords-1247.papanikolis2.jpg)


Quote
Y-2
   Since the outbreak of the Greek-Italian war and up to the occupation of Greece she accomplished 4 war patrols (CO. Lt Cdr M. Iatridis HN) during which on December 23rd 1940 she sunk a motor sailer and the following day the troopship FIRENZE (3.952 tons). With the German occupation of Greece she fled to Alexandria and on November 30th 1942 (CO. Lt Roussen HN) she sunk off the harbour of .Alimnia islet, Dodecanese, an 8.000 ton German freighter. She also sunk a number of German and Italian sailers, in fact 'took prisoner' one of them (220 tons). Overall she accomplished from the Middle East nine more war patrols. She returned to Greece after the liberation and was decommissioned in 1945. PAPANIKOLIS conning tower was initially preserved at the submarine Naval Base but was later placed and exhibited to this date in front of the Hellenic Maritime Museum.( http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/Papanikolis_Y2_en.asp )

Y-3
   One of four submarines of the same class the others being GLAFKOS, NIREFS and TRITON. Built in France by At. & Ch. de la Loire in Nantes between 1927-29 by order of the Greek Government, was accepted on August 31st 1929 by Cdr A. Xiros HN On December 29th 1940, while on her third patrol mission (CO. Lt Cdr M. Hadjiconstantis HN), she attacked a protected Italian convoy 40 nautical miles east of Brindisi and sunk the troopship SARDEGNA (11.452 tons). Due to her loss of depth she was detected and rammed by the Italian torpedo boat ANTARES and sunk with all hands on board.
( http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/Protefs_Y3_en.asp )

(Btw here is some info about my ww2 rifle : http://greek-war-equipment.blogspot.com/2009/06/gras-rifle.html I have a made by Steyr one )

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-05-2010, 11:05:40
A hammer and a high explosive rocket, what could go wrong?
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2369/1273675525732.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 26-05-2010, 09:05:51
He could be smoking while slamming the hammer an the rocket's nose?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-05-2010, 11:05:03
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/NeuralDream/blogger/Brixia-Mortars.png)



Quote
Nov. 1940 - During the first battles, the Greeks capture a lot of Italian equipment, including Brixia mortars.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-05-2010, 11:05:29
I have a new theme, it's non germans in the german army. To starts, hitler having a little chat with an arab leader.
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8209/hitlerarab.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-05-2010, 14:05:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Reinsberg-013-17A%2C_Russland%2C_Orden_f%C3%BCr_M%C3%A4nner_der_Legion_%22Niederlande%22.jpg)
Russia, medal for men of the Legion " Netherlands"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-05-2010, 14:05:08
The Indian German army.
(http://media.englishrussia.com/southern_hitler/5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-05-2010, 14:05:07
-They have elephants,sir!
-Bugger!Wait!Aren't those tank destroyers deployed at eastern front?
-I mean the mammal,sir!


-edit

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3d-05.jpg)
                                                                           No this is not Finland  ;D



A really nice place for ww2 images : http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/curriculum/Curriculum%20Images/WWIIPictures.htm

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-05-2010, 15:05:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/8/8e/20090706055010!Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-177-1465-04,_Griechenland,_Soldat_der_Legion_%22Freies_Arabien%22.jpg)
Soldier of the Legion "Freies Arabien"
Greece 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-05-2010, 15:05:27
(http://media.englishrussia.com/southern_hitler/7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-05-2010, 15:05:44
Goldteeth from James bond at his youth?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-05-2010, 21:05:15
the mighty french lVF, not so mighty and not so french !

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9746/bundesarchivbild101i141.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Lainer on 29-05-2010, 01:05:20
Goldteeth from James bond at his youth?

You mean Jaws?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 29-05-2010, 01:05:36
Yes, And I do see the similarity...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2010, 03:05:07
Yes, And I do see the similarity...

Perhaps a distant relation?

He's a Georgian Legionnaire too.  Fun fact about the two legion's that were in Normandy at the time of D-day:

One surrendered almost outright once the going got tough.  Shot any German officers/NCOs around, and just gave up.  They volunteered to fight the Russians, not the Americans.  Of course, after the war, they were all forced back home to the USSR where Uncle Stalin gave them all nice jobs in gold mines in Kamchatka.

The other had received air dropped pamphlets saying that if they surrendered quickly, they would be repatriated back to Uncle Joe, under the idea that they were being forced into service.

Every single one fought to the death.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-05-2010, 03:05:56
Nice of Stalin to give them a job though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 29-05-2010, 03:05:41
A hammer and a high explosive rocket, what could go wrong?
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2369/1273675525732.jpg)

Really, what kind of missile is this?
It's gotten my curiosity
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2010, 04:05:25
Looks like a rocket for one of the Stalin's Organs.  Donno which though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-05-2010, 04:05:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/432088-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-020-1268-36__Russland__russischer_Gefallener__Panzer_BT_7_)

A German soldier inspecting a destroyed Soviet tank and a Dead Solder. Bialystok-Minsk pocket, June 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 29-05-2010, 05:05:47
More Soviet badassery!

(http://www.macgregorishistory.com/english/ib/Russia/Russia%20WWII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 29-05-2010, 06:05:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Bundesarchiv_Bild_169-0526%2C_Russland%2C_Scharfsch%C3%BCtze_in_Stellung.jpg)

German Sniper of the 6. Army in Stalingrad, September 42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SUTTO on 29-05-2010, 10:05:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/432088-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-020-1268-36__Russland__russischer_Gefallener__Panzer_BT_7_)

A German soldier inspecting a destroyed Soviet tank and a Dead Solder. Bialystok-Minsk pocket, June 1941


Is there a larger print of that photo? It looks like an amazing photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-05-2010, 10:05:06
A hammer and a high explosive rocket, what could go wrong?
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2369/1273675525732.jpg)

Really, what kind of missile is this?
It's gotten my curiosity
Thats a rocket of the heavier BM-31.

What not many people know, is that their was 3 versions of Katyusha rocket launchers=

BM-13.  The first produced. Carried 132MM or 5.2 Inch Rockets
BM-8     Produced from 1941 Carried smaller 81MM rockets
BM-31   Produced from 1943 Carried heavier 310MM Rockets

BM-8=
(http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/s/bm8.jpg)

AND TO SHOW MIGHT OF SOVIET UNION!
BM-31

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Katiusha_Rockerlancer.JPG)


And YES if we EVER get an eastfront we need ALL 3 versions of katyusha launchers!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-05-2010, 11:05:43
It can not be the M-31 because that one had a buldge on top.

I am fairly sure its just a M-13 and he is just a short man.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-05-2010, 11:05:28
It can not be the M-31 because that one had a buldge on top.

I am fairly sure its just a M-13 and he is just a short man.
hm  you could be right, as the BM-13 132MM rocket is 180CM long.. i confused up thinking a BM-8 rocket was a BM-13 one.


No no you are right.

EDIT= Then again

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/BM_13_TBiU_7.jpg)

These soldiers are reloading a BM-13. Check the size of the rocket now
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-05-2010, 12:05:28
(http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/8913/3b08du2.jpg)

                                                                              Greek Soldier writing a letter
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2010, 13:05:24
 ;) lebel in a few of your pics

(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7828/norm1i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-05-2010, 14:05:21
Those are Gras Mle 1874 (So damn proud to have one!).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2010, 14:05:24
:O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-05-2010, 15:05:27
(http://www.ramtank.ca/ramopb.jpg)
August 1944, Ram O.P. tank near Cintheaux, Normandy, during advance to Falaise
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-05-2010, 15:05:27
I dont even want to imagine how hot it might be in a tank at August.Even worse in Afrika !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 29-05-2010, 17:05:06
Ah, thanks for the info about the rocket!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 29-05-2010, 20:05:08
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/saksasuomikp2.jpg)

German officer armed with KP/-31 "Suomi" SMG during Warsaw uprising 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-05-2010, 20:05:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/445266-2/fmkauk)

Feldmeijer (right) meets another Dutchman at the Caucasus front.


Johannes Hendrikus Feldmeijer was born in Assen in 1910. He was a student of mathematics and physics at the Rijks Universiteit Groningen (1928-1935), but he quit his studies in order to devote himself entirely to politics. Feldmeijer became a member of the NSB in 1932 when he was only 21 years of age. Like Meinout Rost van Tonningen he is considered to be of the 'volkse' movement within the NSB who played an important role in the organisation's radicalisation. The 'volksen', who increased their influence within the NSB in 1935, were of a Germanic and pro-German orientation. They largely derived their ideas from the racist and anti-Semitic blood and soil theory of the NSDAP. The 'volksen' idealised the rural lifestyle, the history of the Germanic ancestors, and conducted scientific research on subjects connected with these ideas.
From 1937 Feldmeijer performed an important executive function within the organisation Der Vaderen Erfdeel (from 1940: Volksche Werkgemeenschap), the 'volkse'-cultural society that performed the research in which rediscovery of the 'volkse' awareness and the separation of foreign elements from the 'volksen' were the central ideas. They made the Dutch aware of the fact that their culture was 'fundamentally Germanic', taking an important step in the direction of SS ideology. Feldmeijer was strongly attracted to this SS ideology, but was forced to stay in the background as far as his devotion to politics in the Netherlands was concerned, as the expression of such ideas was not appreciated within the NSB.
Anton Mussert, the Leider (leader) of the NSB and a supporter of the Dietse/Great-Netherlandish school of thought would have nothing to do with SS ideas. In 1939 Feldmeijer founded the Mussert-Garde together with Rost van Tonningen.
This youth organisation of the NSB - which in practice consisted entirely of young men - had a great deal in common with the SS. Its members got a political education, heavy physical exercise, and were required to meet certain racial requirements (Jews were not allowed to join). The Germans' admiration for the young Feldmeijer increased during the occupation. He had all the characteristics of an ideal SS soldier even before he was an actual member and quickly became a personal trustee of the Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer Rauter. It was therefore hardly surprising that the SS appointed Feldmeijer as the leader of the Dutch SS (the Dutch variant of the German Allgemeine SS). Feldmeijer was almost constantly involved in conflicts with Mussert as his Great-Germanic political ideas (working towards a great Germanic empire under the leadership of Adolf Hitler) constantly clashed with Mussert's Great-Netherlandish ideas.
Feldmeijer did not disappoint his SS superiors. He ensured that there was a constant flow of people from the Dutch SS (later called the Germaansche SS in the Netherlands) to the Waffen-SS. After the German attack on the Soviet Union Feldmeijer called on all true SS soldiers to report to Standarte 'Westland' ('Wiking' division) to join in the battle against the Soviets. Eventually almost the entire Dutch SS ended up serving on the eastern front. Feldmeijer himself set the 'proper' example on several occasions. He served as an gunner in the 'Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler' during the Balkan campaign. (Unterscharführer) Feldmeijer was Flak Geschützführer (commander of an anti-aircraft battery) in the 'Wiking' Division from 10 June 1942 to 1 March 1943. He was decorated with the Iron Cross second class, the Sturmabzeichen, and the Verwundetenabzeichen in black. On 1 March 1943 Feldmeijer was promoted to SS-Standartenführer in the Germanic SS (as the Dutch SS was called from 1 November 1942), as well as Untersturmführer der Waffen-SS. In September 1944 Feldmeijer played an important role in the reinforcement of the Landstorm Nederland (a unit with the status of division from 10 February 1945).
Feldmeijer tried to concentrate his 'own' SS men within the 'battalion Feldmeijer' that was to be a part of the division, which was stationed in the Netherlands and was a division only on paper, was the only 'Freiwilligen Division' to fight the western allies. On 22 February 1945 Henk Feldmeijer, who had by then been promoted to Standartenführer der Germaansche SS and Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS, was killed at the age of 34. The official story tells us that he was riddled with bullets by an allied fighter-bomber during a car ride near Raalte. Other sources say that Feldmeijer was shot by his own men. Although Feldmeijer was known as 'a true SS man' and was very popular with people like Heinrich Himmler, he could not resist the many temptations that came with his position. He was guilty of abusing alcohol and women on many occasions, as well as corruption during the war. For all this people within the SS wanted to get rid of him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-05-2010, 09:05:54
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8017/44097118717291be33eco.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 30-05-2010, 13:05:18
Baby Russia  ;)
_____________

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3a-11.jpg)

Marching of the Greek Infantry at the Snowy mountains of Albania
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-05-2010, 14:05:38
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/saksasuomikp2.jpg)

German officer armed with KP/-31 "Suomi" SMG during Warsaw uprising 1944.
all hope is lost if the devs ever make a KP/-31 pickupkit for normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-05-2010, 15:05:01
Morning prayers.
(http://media.englishrussia.com/southern_hitler/14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 30-05-2010, 18:05:01
a german soldier in afrika felt a hand on his shoulder he looked behind him and saw a man in an high officers uniform coverd in dirt and tought who is that?

eventually he discoverd that it was rommel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-05-2010, 19:05:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/IWM-E-003660-4700-32.jpg)

Indian soldiers decorate this car thingy with the expression "From Khyber-Pass to Hell-Fire Pass" during Operation Battleaxe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-05-2010, 19:05:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/445416-2/img001)

When the 1st Canadian Army by-passed the Channel ports, Czech troops serving with the Canadian Army were given the task of containing Dunkirk, and it was to these units that the German garrison surrendered on May 11, 1945, following the unconditional surrender of Germany. In this photo Czech sappers, patrolling a flooded area near Dunkirk in a motor-boat, land on ground occupied by the enemy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 31-05-2010, 19:05:13
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3b-12.jpg)

Removing the snow away from an Italian tank by Greeks on the Albanian Front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-05-2010, 19:05:55
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1796/ctank.jpg)

Bocage country.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 31-05-2010, 19:05:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Battle_of_Brittany_-_Lorient_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-05-2010, 20:05:16
Nice, they captured two mechanics ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-05-2010, 20:05:55
I would like to point out that i am watching this on a 1280x800 screen, not a 2417x3000. Plz change the code before the picture to [img width=780] so i can also see it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 31-05-2010, 20:05:15
Or resize it while uploading. Don't know how they have it in Ancient Germania but image hosts like Tinypic and Imageshack offer resizing as option.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 31-05-2010, 21:05:21
My 55 year old mother uses Tinypic too so cant be that hard  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-06-2010, 01:06:39
A Soviet sniper took their toll.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/144995-5/20090122_002)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 01-06-2010, 04:06:27
Thats a nice model
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 01-06-2010, 04:06:57
It Just doesn't look real does it? Although it kind of want to make me say: BOOM, Headshot!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-06-2010, 06:06:31
IIRC it is real, but I doubt it was from a "sniper."  Sorta like how in novels and such on WW2, any time the protagonists come under rifle fire, its "sniper fire."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-06-2010, 08:06:54
also looks like he got shot in the back, since it looks in no way like the exit hole like in that WW2 training film i saw where they shot the helmets with .30 to demonstrate how easy it went tru.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-06-2010, 09:06:12
Or of course that's the entry hole :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 01-06-2010, 11:06:51
executed?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-06-2010, 11:06:37
Seeing how well centered the shot is, and that is it to the back i would say it is possible. Or just a lucky shot at a fleeing German.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 01-06-2010, 12:06:01
Way execute someone with a helmet on his head... then just put it against his neck.. whole lot easyr.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-06-2010, 12:06:04
Less splatter ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-06-2010, 12:06:36
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/788/3d03ry7.jpg)

"Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless."-Adolf Hitler
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 02-06-2010, 22:06:20
^^^^
Ah yes, the military expertise of Hitler...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 03-06-2010, 00:06:00
^^^^
Ah yes, the military expertise of Hitler...
Hehe
Note that Croatian soldiers were always highly noted by German high officers  ;D
Jk,I think it was awesome how much resistance did you give.
We changed sides after 7 days of war  8) and then become the most fanatical infanrty after the Finns and the SS  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-06-2010, 01:06:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/other/greciatd10_aa_gun.jpg)

Somewhere in Greece, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-06-2010, 01:06:02
Fun fact : Most Greek ww2 AA and AT equipment was Italian And German.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 03-06-2010, 11:06:15
You've said that a hand full of times now, Boras. We know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 03-06-2010, 13:06:54
hey dnarag know a fun fact?

Most Greek ww2 AA and AT equipment was Italian And German  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 03-06-2010, 15:06:20
(http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/79/fransman7zq.jpg)

German soldiers just after the outbreak of WW1, sitting in their train, which is covered with optimistic sentences. The gruel reality of static warfare was just in front of these men.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 03-06-2010, 16:06:15
Been posted before, and is in the wrong thread  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 03-06-2010, 16:06:07
Ah shit, I thought I´m in the (other eras) thread. Crap. ^_^

As an excuse:
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/497/whoamiry2.jpg)
German soldier with a captured Polish Browning wz.1928, which was a modified version of the famous BAR. Most notable change is the pistol grip.
(I hope this one wasn´t posted before, if it was, I surrender and leave this thread crying like a baby ^^)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 03-06-2010, 16:06:14
Its all right, dont think it has  ;) your fine  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 03-06-2010, 18:06:33
Finnish "sturmi" being positioned on a train to be delivered to somewhere during late summer 1944. Destination is propably headquarters. Im quite sure this is after the last battle where stugs participated in at Äyräpää-Vuosalmi. After that battle the stugs werent needed anymore and most likely majority of them were shipped back to home so they could receive much desired maintenance.

(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6928/day172.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-06-2010, 15:06:29
Ah shit, I thought I´m in the (other eras) thread. Crap. ^_^

As an excuse:
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/497/whoamiry2.jpg)
German soldier with a captured Polish Browning wz.1928, which was a modified version of the famous BAR. Most notable change is the pistol grip.
(I hope this one wasn´t posted before, if it was, I surrender and leave this thread crying like a baby ^^)

When was that taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-06-2010, 15:06:32
No clue.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-06-2010, 15:06:09
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3b-04.jpg)
Quote
The Greek army dealt the first victory for the Allies by defeating the invasion and pushing Mussolini's forces back into Albania. Hitler was reluctantly forced to send his own forces to overcome Greece in April 1941, and delay the invasion of the Soviet Union by six weeks. This is considered by some historians as the first turning point of the war, since the delay proved disastrous to the German invasion, with the onset of the Russian winter and the strong resistance of the Soviet armed forces halting it before the gates of Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 04-06-2010, 20:06:54
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1832-04%2C_Frankreich%2C_Hafenschutzboot%2C_Flak-MG.jpg)
Quote
Captured Darne machine gun on naval anti-aircraft mounting used by the German Kriegsmarine in 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-06-2010, 22:06:47
Soviet Pe-2 during a dive
(http://www.wio.ru/gal2a/bomb/pe2dive.jpg)

A underrated Soviet plane of WW2. The most planes of the VVS where the Yak fighters, IL-2 and PE2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-06-2010, 22:06:42
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3b-04.jpg)
Quote
Do I see an ADRIAN HELMET?!?!?  So cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-06-2010, 22:06:06
Australians on the Kokoda Track.
(http://www.jahitchcock.com/kokoda3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-06-2010, 22:06:47
Finnish stug on its way to the frontline during campaign of Tali-Ihantala.

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4199/day173.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-06-2010, 20:06:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/447432-2/S__ret+officer+004)

An American medic helps a German Luftwaffe officer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-06-2010, 20:06:56
(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7739/45256899003e2c8daaeeo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-06-2010, 21:06:35
(http://asset.tovima.gr/assetservice/data/tovima/data/D2003/D0420/1rey2c.jpg)
Quote
"We employ two systems. First, wait till the sun comes out, then pull forth the bayonet and shake it over the head so the Italians can see the gleams. Then put the bayonet on the rifle. Second, gather shoulders-to-shoulders, take a deep breath and together shout: 'Aera! Aera!' " Aera means "wind."

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-06-2010, 22:06:20
Always greek photos by you  ;D


But ye. Their was a great grand fear in the italians. The greek simply ripped trough italians. Many of them simply trew down weapons and surrenderd on sight
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-06-2010, 00:06:28
I do it because it's harder to find worth ww2 Greek photos than lets say German.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-06-2010, 02:06:48
Polish civilians, next to a propoganda-covered column, trace an air-duel in the skies above Warsaw.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Warsaw_siege2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-06-2010, 02:06:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/447592-2/ch97)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-06-2010, 06:06:00
I do it because it's harder to find worth ww2 Greek photos than lets say German.
It's fine by me, better than the overwhelming German photos... ;D Most people post their country's photo's anways. Besides, he was joking anyways, I believe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-06-2010, 06:06:43
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/i/it-bersaglieri-grecce.jpg)

Quote
Bersaglieri troops in Greece
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-06-2010, 07:06:08
Sorry for posting alot but, since im limiting PC time to Weekends, well i gotta post more Pics for the Boys.

Also, awesome pic.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-399-0006-19%2C_Norwegen%2C_abgeschossene_Me_110.jpg)
Lent's Bf110C ran out of fuel and was forced to land at Oslo/Fornebu airfield on 9 April 1940. A troop-carrying Ju 52 flies over Lent's belly-landed Bf 110
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 06-06-2010, 09:06:23
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/i/it-bersaglieri-grecce.jpg)

Quote
Bersaglieri troops in Greece

Capt. Bertorelli: Generalissimo, I embrace you.
[bearhugs von Klinkerhoffen to his extreme distaste]
Capt. Bertorelli: Mussolini has given me a present for you: the Italian War Hero Medal.
[produces medal] 
Gen. Von Klinkerhoffen: Ah, the Italian War Hero Medal. I have never seen one of these...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 06-06-2010, 10:06:28
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/i/it-bersaglieri-grecce.jpg)

Quote
Bersaglieri troops in Greece

Capt. Bertorelli: Generalissimo, I embrace you.
[bearhugs von Klinkerhoffen to his extreme distaste]
Capt. Bertorelli: Mussolini has given me a present for you: the Italian War Hero Medal.
[produces medal] 
Gen. Von Klinkerhoffen: Ah, the Italian War Hero Medal. I have never seen one of these...
Mama mia a beutiful lady
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-06-2010, 12:06:53
(http://polished-pixels.com/greece/pictures/1940-3.jpg)
Quote
Troops used whatever they could to stay warm, including sporting many Army issue blankets!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-06-2010, 12:06:28
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2311/39410580134bacb822e2b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 06-06-2010, 12:06:34
6 June, 66 years ago... Operation Overlord.

(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6833/4611301178682802dc2fb.jpg) (http://img514.imageshack.us/i/4611301178682802dc2fb.jpg/)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-06-2010, 12:06:36
(http://daveintexas.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/rommel.jpg)
Make my day!  8)

D-DAY BONUS!
(http://daveintexas.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/omaha-16th-regiment-easy-red.jpg?w=460)
Quote
A soldier from the 16th Infantry Regiment crawls ashore at Easy Red sector on Omaha Beach
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 06-06-2010, 13:06:39
Make my day? ....&*@##*($
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-06-2010, 13:06:22
Well it was a pretty sight...before the airforce came  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-06-2010, 17:06:25
British Commandos land at Gold Beach.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/50th_division.jpg/800px-50th_division.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 06-06-2010, 18:06:50
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2311/39410580134bacb822e2b.jpg)

Romanians? Russians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-06-2010, 18:06:49
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2311/39410580134bacb822e2b.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2311/39410580134bacb822e2b.jpg)

Romanians? Russians?
Japanese.  The LMG gives it away.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 06-06-2010, 18:06:33
That, and the fact that they are almost the same size as their rifles  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-06-2010, 21:06:38
Chinese roadblock and machine gun post in Shanghai.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Shanghai1937KMT_fortification.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-06-2010, 22:06:11
In light of Megaraptor's post in the D-Day thread:

(http://www.ramsburyatwar.com/media/Benham-Farm-Buildings.jpg)
Quote
Personnel from the 377th PFA parade near farm buildings on the Benham Vallence Estate. Can any reader identify the excact location of these buildings?
Why yes, I can.  I've even been in the loft :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-06-2010, 08:06:30
Japanese.  The LMG gives it away.

More like the giant bayonet swords on their rifles and machine guns. Or their bayonet in their bayonets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 07-06-2010, 14:06:15
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4427551723_1c1c8d5a03_b.jpg)

Russian 203mm how tracked gun
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Von_poop/b4tractor.jpg)
B4 - a 16 man crew, and 17.7 Tons


i believe those are the same on the pictures
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 07-06-2010, 15:06:46
ahh i dont care if double post or not
this thing needs to be posted now

RBT-5
BT-5 Tank with a small adjustment of adding 2x250kg artillery rockets to the turret

(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/3-rockets.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 07-06-2010, 15:06:00
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3234/86537491.jpg)

Quote
The Marine detachment of one of the Navy's heavy cruisers, displays the Nazi flag which they captured when they went ashore on the island of Retonneaux in Marseille harbor during the invasion of southern France. The enemy did not fire a shot and Marine Captain Francis R. Schlesinger, commanding the landing party, accepted the enemy commander's surrender. Captain Schlesinger is fifth from the right, third row in this picture which was taken as the Marines later displayed their trophy for a photographer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1944.

What's the deal with this?  This has to be spelled wrong (Rentonneaux), right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 07-06-2010, 16:06:11
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4835/30283791fx8.jpg)
"2nd Lt. Theodore Tourloumoussis. Fell fighting on 2-11-1942. 2nd Battalion"

Greek who fell fighting on Africa Campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-06-2010, 11:06:48
(http://www.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/~phib/hellas/1940/Aera!.jpg)
The Greek Army battle cry is "Aera!", i.e. "(sweep them away like the) wind." During World War II it also took up the meaning of an acronym, where each letter symbolized an Allied country (A.E.R.A -> A = England (Agglia), E = Greece (Ellada), R = Russia (Rossia), A = USA (Ameriki) )


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-06-2010, 15:06:48

(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/j/jp-manchukuo-parade.jpg)
There are so little pics with the Japanese!
C'mon post some epic Jap pics!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-06-2010, 17:06:33
Are those Japanese or Manchukuo armed forces?

Edit: Here's a Japanese Imperial Army pic:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/Type_92_Heavy_Machine_Gun2.jpg)

Machine gun crew along the Milou River at the Second Battle of Changsha, September 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-06-2010, 18:06:07
Both I think!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-06-2010, 20:06:22
(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7474/200779152718786.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-06-2010, 21:06:44
48th Highlanders
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/48th_highlanders.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 08-06-2010, 21:06:53
(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7474/200779152718786.jpg)

^ The Arabian Prince?   :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-06-2010, 22:06:45
I think this might be a repost, but i will post it anyway.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/629/1274525302948.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 08-06-2010, 23:06:56
I think this might be a repost, but i will post it anyway.



It isn't, and I know because I literally just finished downloading every single picture in this thread.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-06-2010, 23:06:26
I think this might be a repost, but i will post it anyway.



It isn't, and I know because I literally just finished downloading every single picture in this thread.

Including the one of the old forums? It's probably there then, anyway, mine is in higher quality.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-06-2010, 23:06:21
What it be?  Sleepytime/dead German?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-06-2010, 23:06:35
A small explosion ripped all the muscle of his right lower leg, probably leading to a bleed out so yes, he just went to sleep never to wake up again.

I am not an expert on it so i cant tell you what did it, but i would say a concussion grenade, very close. Not a mine since he still has his shoe on or a pineapple grenade since the shrapnel would have made him look a lot worse.

Anyhow, not an instant kill, he could have lived for about 70 seconds before passing away and with correct actions he could have been saved if it was pressent day. Then as well, if he was lucky with the infection he would inevitably get
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 09-06-2010, 00:06:23
(http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/dday_06_07/d36_00Page03.jpg)
Quote
Wreckage Of A Republic P-47, Which Crashed During The D-Day Invasion, Lies On The Battle-Scarred Beach Of Normandy, France. 22 June 1944. (U.S. Air Force)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 09-06-2010, 00:06:13
I made a WinRAR archive out of it, if anyone wants it.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8MUK3CTM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-06-2010, 13:06:56
Dadao + mauser = win !

(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7474/200779152718786.jpg)

^ The Arabian Prince?   :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 09-06-2010, 13:06:46
(http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/dday_06_07/d31_0p000462.jpg)
Quote
Allied tanks on the move near Barenton, France. (Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/U.S. National Archives)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-06-2010, 15:06:03
What type is the one closer ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 09-06-2010, 16:06:37
M8 GMC?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 09-06-2010, 16:06:57
M8 GMC?

yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howitzer_Motor_Carriage_M8
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 09-06-2010, 17:06:53
hahahaha! its the M8 "scott" i remember spamming them in men of war and managed to flip 80% of them ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Laffey on 09-06-2010, 18:06:23
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/09/article-0-09F5988B000005DC-521_468x678.jpg)

Bob Roberts disarming a German soldier in Normandy who is 7ft 6in tall

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 09-06-2010, 18:06:39
that german is he smiling?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-06-2010, 18:06:20
Why not? Not only is he so freakishly tall compared to that other guy but also his war has now ended since he will be transported to POW camps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 09-06-2010, 18:06:20
"What sick man sends babies to fight me?"
You are so small! It is funny to me!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-06-2010, 18:06:39
"I have something even bigger in my pants."  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-06-2010, 19:06:42
"What sick man sends babies to fight me?"
You are so small! It is funny to me!"
little little MAN!
M8 GMC?

yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howitzer_Motor_Carriage_M8
One of the most vital vehicles missing in FH2
They provided direct fire support to units, so dont come with the "no mobile artillery" excuse and bullshit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-06-2010, 04:06:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/438699-4/battle31)

Stug, Stalingrad. September 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 10-06-2010, 04:06:50
Now THAT'S what I call a cool picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-06-2010, 10:06:52
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3b-07.jpg)
"Albanian front.This artillery piece is moved on in to new position in order to support our fighting infantry."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-06-2010, 10:06:15
Koreans in the German army
(http://media.englishrussia.com/southern_hitler/12.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-06-2010, 19:06:02

yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howitzer_Motor_Carriage_M8
One of the most vital vehicles missing in FH2
They provided direct fire support to units, so dont come with the "no mobile artillery" excuse and bullshit
[/quote]

Yeah, we also need the 105mm Sherman and the StuH.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-06-2010, 19:06:06
I've posted this back in filefront forums, but I thought its been such a long while and I cant remember anyone posting this here yet so I'll go ahead:

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2366/day093.jpg)

June 10 1944, finnish troops are retreating from Valkeasaari, the location at where Red Army started their Viipuri offensive in Karelian Isthmus.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-06-2010, 11:06:24
This picture really says a lot of things.
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6160/1274525398052.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-06-2010, 11:06:44
Dead comrades...both are german soldiers.  Must have just been in combat judging by the drawn pistols, and came upon them afterwards....


 :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 11-06-2010, 11:06:32
I had a feeling they were shot on sight because they did something against orders or regulations to be honest..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 11-06-2010, 11:06:51
Yeah I have that feeling as well.

2 pistols, 2 persons, felt down right next too each other.
And I don't look like the 3 man are that emotional loosing a friend.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-06-2010, 12:06:23
I'd imagine they were trying to take a hike or refused orders like mentioned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-06-2010, 12:06:56
I donno, they look pretty stunned to me, and Heer didn't execute their own men like that.  The only executions that took place in field in the Wehrmacht were by Feldjager/SS-FG very very late in the war, like, defense of the homeland stuff, for things like not having the right papers to be in the area you're in (deserter).  Unfortunately, the paperwork system had broken down and most people didn't have the papers anyways....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gl@mRock on 11-06-2010, 15:06:11
(http://i18.tinypic.com/34ik6jb.jpg)
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german amphibious tank-project basing on p38(t) for Operation Seelöwe
Taken from this site: LinK (http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://i2.tinypic.com/r1h6dz.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2-general/rare-crazy-panzer-projekts-1719-17.html&usg=__ZUxWCBY0nBdHoTvdEgYPvtTskBU=&h=300&w=471&sz=25&hl=en&start=19&sig2=1B3LkRuAoeYSKsjAECd3Hg&itbs=1&tbnid=sTh7xPOpNokO3M:&tbnh=82&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3DKwK%2B39%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=LTUSTNPKJsX7lwfuntDSBw)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-06-2010, 15:06:47
Awesome find, thanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 11-06-2010, 20:06:26
@ Siben's picture... ever thought they were spies infiltrating a German position, you know, only dressed in German clothes? Or maybe acidental friendly fire?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2010, 21:06:36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Amph_tank_%28AWM_099057%29.jpg)

japanese type 2 kami
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-06-2010, 22:06:15
I tell you what happened:
Hans, i think we're going to lose war. - Yeah, definetely, I'm not going on such a stupid suicide mission.- But we'll win for the Führer. - The Führer can suck my ****. *Bang* *Bang* - Damned traitors!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-06-2010, 01:06:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/449579-2/Batalle+de+Kursk)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-06-2010, 01:06:45
@ Siben's picture... ever thought they were spies infiltrating a German position, you know, only dressed in German clothes? Or maybe acidental friendly fire?

That's why i said the picture could mean so many things. Unless someone tells we what happened and proofs it everyone can make his own story with it.

Spies would not be shot on the spot if you ask me, a serious interrogation would definatly be done first.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-06-2010, 04:06:50
I donno, they look pretty stunned to me, and Heer didn't execute their own men like that.  The only executions that took place in field in the Wehrmacht were by Feldjager/SS-FG very very late in the war, like, defense of the homeland stuff, for things like not having the right papers to be in the area you're in (deserter).  Unfortunately, the paperwork system had broken down and most people didn't have the papers anyways....


It is common practice for most armies I have heard of to have the death penalty for deserting in a combat zone. However, they would usually be shot by a proper firing squad or a hanging, not a guy with a pistol. They would have also done him the decency of giving him a blindfold, not to mention taking away his web gear ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 12-06-2010, 09:06:52
maybe prisoners that wanted to escape in a german uniform but the gaurds found the soldiers without clothes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-06-2010, 11:06:17
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8467/img162710cfri8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 12-06-2010, 13:06:18
Some of you want to believe they were evil nazis and others want to believe they weren't. Doesn't matter as we won't get any proof anyway.

Referring to that picture with two dead Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 12-06-2010, 13:06:19
imho my opinion had nothing to do with nazi's (lack or presence of).

Any army will shoot traitors/deserters in combat situation on-site. You don't know what they did, maybe they raped a young girl ....many German officers were not tolerating that kind of barbarism, especially if directed at arian looking civilized people.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 12-06-2010, 14:06:02
imho my opinion had nothing to do with nazi's (lack or presence of).

Any army will shoot traitors/deserters in combat situation on-site. You don't know what they did, maybe they raped a young girl ....many German officers were not tolerating that kind of barbarism, especially if directed at arian looking civilized people.



Actually rape was pretty much frowned upon everywhere by the German high command. Field Marshal Keitel's infamous Barbarossa Decree which basically suspended most of the German code of military justice for the duration of the war in Russia made a specific exception that said rape was still a prosecutable offense.

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/ggiles/barbaros.html

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The chairman only orders court-martial proceedings for acts against native inhabitants, when the maintenance of discipline or the protection of the troops demands it. That applies, for example, in the case of serious acts that result from the loss of sexual restraint, are derived from a criminal disposition, or are a sign that the troops are threatening to run wild.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-06-2010, 15:06:43
Offcourse the Germans weren't alowed to rape, it wouldn't fit into the nazi doctrine. They wouldn't want their Arian soldiers to mix their blood with ''second degree'' people.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-06-2010, 15:06:27
Less bollocks, more pics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 12-06-2010, 17:06:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1804-07%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg)

Tigers of the 1st SS Division advance on Villiers-Bocage, June 7 1944.

Michael Wittman is standing in the turret of the lead Tiger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-06-2010, 17:06:51
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8339/26626303aa5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-06-2010, 18:06:05
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/449629-2/Magyar+Honved+at+Zombor_+1941)

An advancing Hungarian infantry unit is temporarily pinned down in a firefight with retreating Serbian forces at the town of Zombor during the reoccupation of old South Hungary, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 12-06-2010, 18:06:45
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1804-07%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg

Tigers of the 1st SS Division advance on Villiers-Bocage, June 7 1944.

Michael Wittman is standing in the turret of the lead Tiger.

Actually they belong to s.SS-Pz. Abt. 101, formed from the 1st SS Panzer Div. Tiger company in July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-06-2010, 19:06:49
Offcourse the Germans weren't alowed to rape, it wouldn't fit into the nazi doctrine. They wouldn't want their Arian soldiers to mix their blood with ''second degree'' people.

<cough>  And yet they were completely allowed to hold normal relations with russian women as either prostitutes or actual marriage.......
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-06-2010, 23:06:33
Well I guess I stand corrected then. Any other reason why they weren't allowed to rape then? As far as I've been taught the Nazis werent exactly morale [as in being concerned for human life / suffering] caring so I take it that wouldn't have been the case aswell.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-06-2010, 23:06:52
The issue of gas chambers was made after seeing what the results of taking a human life were for German soldiers...Don't make them sound as if they were worse than Darth Vader before meeting his son.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-06-2010, 23:06:52
Well I guess I stand corrected then. Any other reason why they weren't allowed to rape then? As far as I've been taught the Nazis werent exactly morale [as in being concerned for human life / suffering] caring so I take it that wouldn't have been the case aswell.

On the western front in Belgium near Ghent i can say that all the people that lived true the war here say that the German soldiers themselves where a lot more disciplined and friendly then the Americans/Brits. No stealing, no drinking and definatly no raping. There was a sudden change in behaviour starting from halfway June 1944 tough. They stole all the bikes then for some reason :(

The Germans where strict but fair towards the population.

And more pics now.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-06-2010, 00:06:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/449611-2/csaba+1941_+Delvidek)

A Honved scouting unit in Csaba vehicles advances into Delvidek (old South Hungary) in 1941, while the Wehrmacht headed straight for Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/449619-2/Toldi+I+tank_+Delvidek_+1941)

Toldi I tank crosses an emergency bridge during the Hungarian reoccupation of old south Hungary, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-06-2010, 01:06:42
Well I guess I stand corrected then. Any other reason why they weren't allowed to rape then? As far as I've been taught the Nazis werent exactly morale [as in being concerned for human life / suffering] caring so I take it that wouldn't have been the case aswell.

There's a difference between nazis and the german army dude....  Rape was still a crime in the Wehrmacht, same as murder....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-06-2010, 02:06:17
Well I guess I stand corrected then. Any other reason why they weren't allowed to rape then? As far as I've been taught the Nazis werent exactly morale [as in being concerned for human life / suffering] caring so I take it that wouldn't have been the case aswell.

Well if you read my link above Keitel banned rape because it hurt the discipline and effectiveness of the troops and he banned indiscriminate looting because it destroyed supplies that could otherwise be used by the Germans.

It was a decision based on military effectiveness, not morals.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-06-2010, 11:06:16
Soviet craftmanship
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2302/t26w.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-06-2010, 11:06:56
Well I guess I stand corrected then. Any other reason why they weren't allowed to rape then? As far as I've been taught the Nazis werent exactly morale [as in being concerned for human life / suffering] caring so I take it that wouldn't have been the case aswell.

Well if you read my link above Keitel banned rape because it hurt the discipline and effectiveness of the troops and he banned indiscriminate looting because it destroyed supplies that could otherwise be used by the Germans.

It was a decision based on military effectiveness, not morals.

Most countries followed the same doctrine, especially considering that rape had been banned during war for less then a hundred years.  So it was preferable for them to find a military reason to explain it, ESPECIALLY to someone like HItler who could have given two shits less.  The only countries to legally allow mass rape were Japan (and her puppets) and the Soviet Union....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 13-06-2010, 12:06:13
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz...........

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/47989-5/16192)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-06-2010, 14:06:11
Another re-post from old forums:

Today is 13th of June. 66 years back this day marked the day when Red Army launched several large assaults against the finnish VT-line. Three most known battles of VT-line occurred and in two the russians achieved their goals.

(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4773/day041.jpg)

Finnish troops ready to receive the first wave of the assault at Siiranmäki, the location where every breakthrough attempts were succesfully repelled.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2010, 16:06:20
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8954/smgchina1942.jpg)

From the excellent AxisHistoryForum !
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=105642&sid=24cf663b0b9dcd58a1ffdcbdd904df30
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 13-06-2010, 21:06:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Interrogation_sovjet_partisan_1942.jpg)

German paratroopers interrogating a Soviet partisan, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 13-06-2010, 22:06:29
I honestly died a little inside...
Jeep graveyards after the war:
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/jeep-cemetary-Okinawa-1949-a.jpg)

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/jeep-cemetary-Okinawa-1949-b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-06-2010, 23:06:58
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/B24146341125415.jpg)

US Marines with a captured Japanese battle flag on Eniwetok Atoll, February 19, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 14-06-2010, 00:06:00
May 1940
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/380104-2/may1940a)
Battle of France. Advancing German infantry has to improvise after the bridge was destroyed by the enemy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 14-06-2010, 00:06:24
I honestly died a little inside...
Jeep graveyards after the war:
What I would give to have one of those... They look like so much fun from all the movies & documentaries.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-06-2010, 02:06:13
May 1940
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/380104-2/may1940a)
Battle of France. Advancing German infantry has to improvise after the bridge was destroyed by the enemy

I thought that was in Norway, IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 14-06-2010, 02:06:39
Nah over the maas in the netherlands IIRC

http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1276474485/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=7
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 14-06-2010, 16:06:36
(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4402/alpineop0.jpg) (http://img530.imageshack.us/i/alpineop0.jpg/)

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In December 1940 , two months after the Italian invasion, Greek Army HQ decides to form an Alpine Battalion. It sends a request to the Greek Snow Club (a private sport club) to suggest a number of alpine skiing experienced personnel. This Alpine Battalion is decided to be composed of three companies. 1st Company was manned by personnel suggested by the Greek snow club (a force of 130 Officers & men) under Captain (reservist) Emmanuel Bamieros . 2nd & 3rd Company was decided to have a force of 200 Officers & men. Hundreds of men came urgently from Korce, experienced men who had faught on the front line. These men attended alpine skiing training course for a month. Major Ioannis Paparrodou , the CO of the Alpine Battalion, picked 50 men & under an experienced skier, 1st Lieutenent (reservist) Constantine Talios who was a member of the Thessaloniki snow club, formed the 2nd Company. 3rd Company was in reserve. Most of the men of the 1st Company, were athletes & volunteers (like the Cypriot volunteer Renos Phrangoudes who was a Balkan champion in track & field) or even underaged (like the 17-year old Alexander Vouxinos). 1st Company's I/1 & I/2 platoons were sent to the Mnema tes Grias (beldam's grave) a 2,100 meter/7,546 feet top & put under the orders of Colonel Printzos of the 53rd Infantry Regiment, the Army's most forward echelon on the front line.This was an "embryonic" attempt made by the Greek military to form a unit able to conduct war in Alpine conditions. Alpine Battalion lost Pvt Georgios Pappas & its CO Major Ioannis Paparrhodou (he was killed in a clash with German troops on April 15th, 1941 ) during WWII.
Today, Greek Army doesn't have separate operational Alpine units. Every Special Forces and Marine unit attend Alpine & Mountain Warfare training by completing training courses at the Special Forces' KEOAX (Kentro Ekpedaephseos Orinou Agonos Chionodromon/Alpine & Mountain Warfare Training Center) at Mount Olympus.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 14-06-2010, 16:06:27
I honestly died a little inside...
Jeep graveyards after the war:
What I would give to have one of those... They look like so much fun from all the movies & documentaries.
Oh they are... probably one of my favorite vehicles ever produced..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-06-2010, 20:06:26
Nah over the maas in the netherlands IIRC

http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1276474485/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=7

yeah, close, I just knew it was a northern country like that, I just knew it wasn't France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-06-2010, 21:06:53
(http://i45.tinypic.com/14yblts.png)
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After the drastic meat shortage in 1940, a platoon in France had an easy solution, draw strings. The one who draws the shortest string is on the menu.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 14-06-2010, 22:06:26
well as napoleon said ''an army marches on its stomach''  or was that someone else?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oot0GtjQuxQ (has nothing to do with ww2 or that sick picture posted above me)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-06-2010, 22:06:40
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3060/rommelsignal.jpg)

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7195/rommelhitler.jpg)

(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7609/rommel1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 14-06-2010, 23:06:44
American Newspapers on the War

(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9408/img0103w.th.jpg) (http://img820.imageshack.us/i/img0103w.jpg/) (http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4897/img0113f.th.jpg) (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/img0113f.jpg/) (http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/8684/img0188u.th.jpg) (http://img816.imageshack.us/i/img0188u.jpg/)
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8507/img0172copy.th.jpg) (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/img0172copy.jpg/)
(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5535/img0126bi.th.jpg) (http://img812.imageshack.us/i/img0126bi.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 14-06-2010, 23:06:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407092-2/33-83%23)
Italian Alpini attending the Akropolis at Athens/Greece, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-06-2010, 01:06:06
(http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5705/rommeltime.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 15-06-2010, 03:06:39
This reminds me of a newspaper I saw in an antique shop once:

It was dated September 14, 1939.

The Headline read:

WAR COULD END SOON
PEACE TALKS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND GERMANY EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 15-06-2010, 20:06:19
(http://koti.welho.com/skukkone/LLv34/kuvat/mt222.jpg)

Finnish Air-force DC-2 "Hanssin Jukka", summer 1944. This aeroplane is being restored it to its wartime colours.

(Ilmari Juutilainen's Bf-109 in the foreground.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 15-06-2010, 20:06:16
(http://www.haf.gr/en/history/museum/images/museum6.jpg)
This particular Spitfire (MJ 755) was built at the Castle Bromwich factory and was delivered to RAF’s 43rd Squadron in August 1944, which at the time was covering the operations in Southern France. After taking part in the war in Northern Italy, it was handed over to the Hellenic Air Force on February 1947. In Greece, two cameras were fitted to the fuselage and it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft. Its last flight was on September 1953 and it was moved to the museum during spring 1995.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-06-2010, 22:06:04
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6452/champselyseesjune14th19.jpg)
Vicory Parade, Champs Élysées, June 14th 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sn00x on 16-06-2010, 15:06:09
Found a picture i edited two years ago on ym old hdd with some friends of mine, had a bunch of dry humor pictures like these.. :D

(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk93/Daedra08/didwewin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-06-2010, 15:06:23
The first guy from the right looks like he is about to sodomise the gut in front of him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-06-2010, 15:06:10
Another old one from the collection...

(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9952/day043.jpg)

June 17 1944: A portion of finnish troops leaving their positions at Siiranmäki after brutal fighting that took place during June 13-16th. Soldiers checking out dead russians at Siiranmäki.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-06-2010, 21:06:39
Something not Greek related from me for a change :

(http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/fotobiancr.jpg)
MiG 3 my favourite WW2 airplane at my favorite color
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-06-2010, 22:06:08
About goddam time you post something NOT greek

SB2C Helldiver in the middle of an "OW SHIT OW SHIT" Landing

(https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Curtiss-Helldiver/IMAGES/Curtiss-SB2C-Helldiver-WWII-Dive-Bomber-Crash.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-06-2010, 22:06:52
I got to admit it has a very artistic style this landing...

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-06-2010, 22:06:01
With a depth bomb still under the right wing, I'm afraid this probably ended very badly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 16-06-2010, 22:06:36
With a depth bomb still under the right wing, I'm afraid this probably ended very badly.

Bombs are suprisingly stable when not armed as they are designed to be set off by a detonator rather than blunt impact on the explosive material itself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cadyshack on 17-06-2010, 09:06:34
Now that looks odd.

Either the plane got spun around, or he's trying for a landing backwards on the carrier.

US and British carriers had their islands on the starboard side of the ship. However, it seems the photo was taken from the port side with the nose of the plane facing stern. Ship directions are great.  :P

Although, looking at it, it seems the pilot tried to slam the rudder to the right to try and counteract the spin. Carrier landings can get really hairy, but the ones that rip planes apart are really scary even to look at.

Remember that overused clip of a Hellcat drifting too far right, slamming into the island, taking the back half of the plane clean off with the front (including pilot) fine except for a grounded propeller?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-06-2010, 10:06:23
Considering that one of the wheels is flying between 'us' and the plane, the plane would be going away from us. It indeed seems to be spinning.

Most likely the right landing gear wheel got stuck in a cable, got ripped off but also sent the plane spinning around it's axle to the right. That would be why its now flying facing the wrong way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-06-2010, 13:06:34
Guys, relax. He's Freestyling.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 17-06-2010, 13:06:43
Something not Greek related from me for a change :

(http://.com/mig3/fotobiancr.jpg)
MiG 3 my favourite WW2 airplane at my favorite color
Good to see something non-Greek from you.  ;D
And a very good choice of picture I may say. The MIG-3 in that colour is one of my favourite planes of all times (along with the FW190). <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-06-2010, 14:06:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/448907-2/img001_053)
HMCS Athabaskan hit by Hs 293 glider bomb
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 17-06-2010, 15:06:46
^ It sank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-06-2010, 20:06:44
I never heard of that thing before, and I guess the japanese would have liked to have it as they still used biological autopilots.

(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2998/hs293drop.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gl@mRock on 18-06-2010, 02:06:36
(http://www.fmft.net/German%20aircraft%20carrier%20Graf%20Zeppelin.jpg)

Quote
The Graf Zeppelin was Germanys only aircraft carrier in World War II - but it was never completed and never saw action. The ship was laid down on December 28th 1936 at Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel as Flugzeugträger "A" and was launched two years later on December 8th 1936. It was projected that the ship would be completed by the end of 1940 - but this never happened. An interesting detail is that in 1935, a German commission visited Japan to inspect the carrier Akagi to gain information about aircraft carrier specific construction details.

In April 1940 the construction was stopped as the focus of Germanys naval construction changed to U-boats and the work on all incomplete major surface ships was stopped. The already installed guns were used for coastal defenses in Norway and the ships was transferred to Gotenhafen.

In 1942 it got obvious that the German Kriegsmarine would need aircraft carrier for further actions of the major surface units and therefore the construction of the Graf Zeppelin was resumed. It was projected to complete the ship by the winter of 1943. The planned naval base for the carrier was Drontheim, at the south end of the Faettenfjord. At the same time, several cruise ships like the Potsdam , Gneisenau , Europa and the Prinz Eugen class cruiser Seydlitz were planed to be converted to aircraft carriers. In December of 1942 the Graf Zeppelin was again transferred to Kiel to continue the construction, but after the the battle of the Barents Sea against the convoy JW51B, the construction of all major surface units was finally stopped, at this time, the carrier was completed about 80%.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-06-2010, 09:06:19
Stupid nazis!
That was ther best shot to pin the brits down and they started producing U-boats instead
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 18-06-2010, 13:06:40


My Favorite German airplane of ww2
(http://www.herbert-thiess.de/Laber/LeistungssteigerungMe262/Me262Flug-X0770.png)

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-06-2010, 16:06:42
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/f/Flakraketen/Rheintochter/bilder/rheintochter_1_500.jpg)
FlaRa "Rheintochter" on modified 88 mm Flak carriage
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-06-2010, 17:06:19
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/f/Flakraketen/Rheintochter/bilder/rheintochter_1_500.jpg)
FlaRa "Rheintochter" on modified 88 mm Flak carriage
what is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Lainer on 18-06-2010, 17:06:48

what is that?

One of the many reasons Europe should be happy that Germany did not wait a couple more years to start her war.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-06-2010, 17:06:42
It says FlaRa, my guess is Flak Radar, and by the looks of it, and a confirmation by google, its a manualy guided surface to air missle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-06-2010, 17:06:04
FlaRak is actuallly "Flugabwehrrakete", which means "anti-aircraft rocket".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-06-2010, 17:06:07
FlaRak is actuallly "Flugabwehrrakete", which means "anti-aircraft rocket".

In real life it is, i just made that up when i saw it for the first time, and since i have limited knowledge of german that is what i made of it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-06-2010, 22:06:35
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7655/chi20032110584862622fy3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-06-2010, 23:06:45
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/f/Flakraketen/Rheintochter/bilder/rheintochter_1_500.jpg)
FlaRa "Rheintochter" on modified 88 mm Flak carriage
what is that?

^^Rheintochter = Daughter of the Rhine.

(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2969/rheinbote.jpg)

^^Rheinbote = Messenger of the Rhine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-06-2010, 00:06:52
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6692/onboardkr5.jpg)
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1275368609/gallery_28554_197_4964.jpg)
Do-38  underwater rocket luncher :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-06-2010, 01:06:46
(http://www.haf.gr/en/history/museum/images/museum6.jpg)
This particular Spitfire (MJ 755) was built at the Castle Bromwich factory and was delivered to RAF’s 43rd Squadron in August 1944, which at the time was covering the operations in Southern France. After taking part in the war in Northern Italy, it was handed over to the Hellenic Air Force on February 1947. In Greece, two cameras were fitted to the fuselage and it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft. Its last flight was on September 1953 and it was moved to the museum during spring 1995.

Theres a better story of a few Spitfires handed to Estonia in like, 1939 that seen action against the Russians, then a lone Spitfire made it to Finland and it was used by Finnish Airforce, well, not that Much Actually, they kept it in Reserve.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/452262-2/Hung_002)

As the Soviet forces moved closer, a veteran Hungarian artilleryman instructs his crew of teenage boys in operating the artillery piece on the outskirts of Budapest, winter 1944-1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-06-2010, 02:06:44
Royal Hellenic Army Fly boys were sent to Africa and some at England...I have found some pictures on teh Internets with some of them...Too bad i cant found them again XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-06-2010, 19:06:00


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/452816-2/bulge20)
Volksgrenadiers during Battle of the Bulge, 1944. Location: Unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-06-2010, 23:06:50
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5708/84246243pkehvcph.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-06-2010, 11:06:23
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2635/moreninjaturtles.jpg)

turtle ninja
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 20-06-2010, 12:06:43
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8022/trenchjpgyu3.jpg) (http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8022/trenchjpgyu3.jpg)

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-06-2010, 12:06:02
Ideas? Well if you ask me I think certain websites do not allow hotlinking.

EDIT: Since you are a editor; German vs Soviet in a trench, staged for propaganda?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-06-2010, 12:06:34
It appears to be a Mark II hotlinking protector in 1943 camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-06-2010, 13:06:59
(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7173/q11h.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-06-2010, 13:06:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/335167-2/Bundesarchiv+Bild+101I-680-8257-16%23)
German troops using Italian Beretta Model 38 smg's. Normandy/France, June 21, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-06-2010, 13:06:29

(http://ww2total.com/images/pages-px300/index-1.jpg)
-No explanation Needed-
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-06-2010, 14:06:53
And tzat's how tze Germans conquered Greece  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-06-2010, 15:06:38
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8022/trenchjpgyu3.jpg) (http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8022/trenchjpgyu3.jpg)

Any ideas?

Are these Finns? Why are they barrel sweeping each other?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 20-06-2010, 15:06:20
Quote from: Battlefieldfan45

(http://ww2total.com/images/pages-px300/index-1.jpg)
-No explanation Needed-

And tzat's how tze Germans conquered Greece   ;D


Ahh a little known part of the Invasion of Greece, In late 1942 several StuG IIIF/8's were experimentally fitted with flux capacitors and were deployed from Kummersdorf to the Acropolis, 20th of April 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-06-2010, 17:06:23
Quote from: Battlefieldfan45

(http://ww2total.com/images/pages-px300/index-1.jpg)
-No explanation Needed-

And tzat's how tze Germans conquered Greece  Grin


Ahh a little known part of the Invasion of Greece, In late 1942 several StuG IIIF/8's were experimentally fitted with flux capacitors and were deployed from Kummersdorf to the Acropolis, 20th of April 1941.


flux capacitors?? ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 20-06-2010, 17:06:36
Time travelling StuG's my dear fellow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-06-2010, 18:06:24
*Adding StuGs with flux capatisors to Alpenfestung II list*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-06-2010, 18:06:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/451909-1/13042)

A German gun crew in action during the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/451911-1/p408)

MG08 Team Guarding one of the Entrances to the Warsaw Gettho.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-06-2010, 18:06:58
A schetch of the battle lines of the 369. fighting regiment in Stalingrad,Red Oktober Factory battlefield.
(http://i28.tinypic.com/33x98oy.jpg)
Also extra!
Croatian signal! (http://i27.tinypic.com/359e3qt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-06-2010, 19:06:57
I wonder what kind of gun that is. Obviously it is blown up to disable the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-06-2010, 19:06:34
The text says that the soviet cannon exploded while firing on the Germans.
It's is possible that they "refrased" that for propaganda purposes  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-06-2010, 19:06:33
Nah, thats bullshit, theres proof it's not possible to blow up a gun like that, even Mythbusters tested it  :P

Probably blown up before they left it on retreat, possibly out of fuel or engine trouble etc.

Still wonder what it is, size makes me think.. KV-2?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-06-2010, 19:06:35
Nah, thats bullshit, theres proof it's not possible to blow up a gun like that, even Mythbusters tested it  :P

Probably blown up before they left it on retreat, possibly out of fuel or engine trouble etc.

Still wonder what it is, size makes me think.. KV-2?


looks like a T-34 to me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-06-2010, 19:06:22
With a gun the size of the guys head? No way  :P Or it's two pictures photochopped in eachother.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-06-2010, 19:06:03
It says heavy soviet cannon so I think it's a howitzer  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 20-06-2010, 20:06:16
It's a 152mm M-10 Howitzer.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/M10_hameenlinna_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 20-06-2010, 20:06:21
Why does that Croat look like a zombie?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-06-2010, 20:06:15
Kontralicht?
Because of the bright background I guess.
And I agree with silian. It has to be that one  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-06-2010, 21:06:33
Thanks Silian, atleast I had the calibre right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-06-2010, 23:06:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/453202-2/Honved+position+in+carpathians_+1944)

A Honved mountain artillery unit in a defensive position in Erdely (Transylvania), 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-06-2010, 00:06:40
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6003/divers5.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 21-06-2010, 15:06:01
Nah, thats bullshit, theres proof it's not possible to blow up a gun like that, even Mythbusters tested it  :P

Probably blown up before they left it on retreat, possibly out of fuel or engine trouble etc.

Still wonder what it is, size makes me think.. KV-2?
if the cannon shell got stuck and the soldiers didn't notice it the could have fired another round you never know and i dunno why im doing so negative today
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-06-2010, 16:06:30
Nah, thats bullshit, theres proof it's not possible to blow up a gun like that, even Mythbusters tested it  :P

Probably blown up before they left it on retreat, possibly out of fuel or engine trouble etc.

Still wonder what it is, size makes me think.. KV-2?
if the cannon shell got stuck and the soldiers didn't notice it the could have fired another round you never know and i dunno why im doing so negative today

How do you get a shell stuck in a howitzer and not notice?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: panzer66 on 21-06-2010, 17:06:29
as in my post (you never know you never know you never know you never know you never know )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-06-2010, 17:06:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/453392-2/2)

Arrival of French Troops to Belgium, 10th May 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-06-2010, 18:06:50
Looks like they didn't pay attention and lost their Renault UE trailer to the germans. Poor frenchies.
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3404/destroyedsdkfzflakwithr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-06-2010, 19:06:09
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs488.snc3/26678_2430046949627_1205202596_100607724_2862314_n.jpg)
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 21-06-2010, 20:06:31
Wow, there are simply no words to descripe that man's awesomeness. :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-06-2010, 20:06:25
everything with the name churchill is awesome

sorry for the size

churchill inspecting a churchill

(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6533/churchilltank270.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-06-2010, 20:06:33
Who is inspecting who ? :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 21-06-2010, 21:06:43
everything with the name churchill is awesome

sorry for the size

churchill inspecting a churchill

(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6533/churchilltank270.jpg)

Notice jack churchill way far in the distance
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-06-2010, 03:06:51
Something I had never heard of until now. B-25 covered in volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount Vesuvius:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/340th_Bombardment_Group_B-25_Mitchell_covered_with_ash_from_Mount_Vesuvius.jpg)

And a picture of the eruption, taken by a B-24 tail gunner:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Mt_Vesuvius_Erupting.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-06-2010, 19:06:24
Dude, they close down every airport in europe because of the icelandic volcano, yet here these people just fly up to the still erupting vesuv in a crappy propeller plane and take some photos?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 22-06-2010, 19:06:20
The BA Flight 009 incident happened after the war. :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 22-06-2010, 19:06:07
Dude, they close down every airport in europe because of the icelandic volcano, yet here these people just fly up to the still erupting vesuv in a crappy propeller plane and take some photos?
Piston engines ftw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-06-2010, 19:06:16
Hey its a war...No matter the weather you must kill.Imagine being in a tank in Africa in midday ... I do not even want to imagine that...

(http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/50621328.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14858D0DDF64866ABB1738F95B2E4DBADA293D5DCDF0184AC0B01E70F2B3269972)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-06-2010, 20:06:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/453775-2/______+__________-2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 22-06-2010, 22:06:01
Hey its a war...No matter the weather you must kill.Imagine being in a tank in Africa in midday ... I do not even want to imagine that...



Yeah, I always wondered how those guys didn't cook. I know I could never have been a tanker in those conditions..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-06-2010, 22:06:24
I tell you i wouldn't even dare to put a shell in that barrel  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-06-2010, 22:06:52
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7395/07101.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1 with unidentifiable trailer. Note the panzerfausts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 23-06-2010, 03:06:22
Intresting little piece of Info I found today...:
Historical Thursday: Lockheed Plant



Happy Thursday Fixers! Yesterday I used Google Earth to find my house and was saddened to see our Internet Overlords have dropped the ball. Not only was my house blurry, but our fence wasn’t even up; meaning Google hadn’t been by in years. For shame. But at least it was there, you know? It’s not like it looked like this:

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/before.jpg)

Really pretty, boring old suburbia right? Not quite. This is actually an aerial photo taken during WWII of the Lockheed Aircraft Plant in Burbank, California. Turns out having the Japanese bomb one of our military installations put the rest of the west coast ill at ease. Lockheed was a large target, so the government enlisted the help of their neighbors at Disney to help design a realistic way to hide in plain sight. What they came up with was nothing short of brilliant. Hand painted tarps were raised to cover 45 buildings spread across 550 acres, giving the illusion nothing here was worth a Japanese fighter pilot’s time. While underneath, THIS was happening:


(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/under.jpg)

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/parking.jpg)


While the tarps did the job of covering the most noticeable military buildings, other methods were used to make the illusion come together. Chicken wire and feathers dyed green became bushes and trees, factory air ducts were fashioned to look like fire hydrants and workers hung laundry out behind the “cottages” to mimic everyday life.

Information and images courtesy of: Snopes.com and Aviation History

Do you have an idea for a future Historical Thursday article? Send it to me at
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-06-2010, 03:06:18
I have bought a history book a long ass effing time ago which describes this whole cover up step by step! Its amazing! (the exact same pics and more !)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 23-06-2010, 08:06:13
Yeah, I always wondered how those guys didn't cook. I know I could never have been a tanker in those conditions..

They cook their food on top of their tank, I watched how in Africa german crews cooked eggs and bacon in their tanks by keeping oiled the area with cooking oil so it didnt get stick to the surface.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-06-2010, 15:06:00
British and german tankers always put a metal plate on the top of their tanks. 1 hour in the sun and they could use it to bake eggs (pans where also attached when avaible)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 23-06-2010, 15:06:11
Didn't Soviet tankers use the heat off their tanks to help ferment their own potato based beverages? Or is that just a rumour  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-06-2010, 15:06:12
Didn't Soviet tankers use the heat off their tanks to help ferment their own potato based beverages? Or is that just a rumour  ;D
I heard something about that aswel, if i recall they placed it in a air sealed box and then above the engine exhaust
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-06-2010, 19:06:40
(http://www.patricksaviation.com/uploads/photos/14650.jpg)


HAF PZL24

A HAF's PZL24. Most of Greek's persuit planes were of this type in WW2. They inflicted 63 confirmed and 23 possible shotdowns against Regia Aeronautica and Luftwaffe during the Greek-Italian and Greek-German war 1940/41. HAF lost 15 PZL's and 10 pilot's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 23-06-2010, 20:06:49
Yeah, I always wondered how those guys didn't cook. I know I could never have been a tanker in those conditions..

They cook their food on top of their tank, I watched how in Africa german crews cooked eggs and bacon in their tanks by keeping oiled the area with cooking oil so it didnt get stick to the surface.
Yeah, i've heard about this before, but I was talking about the guys themselves, inside the tank, where it had to be well over 100 degrees (F)... :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-06-2010, 17:06:52
The Royal engineers doing their job. Here their are Churchill AVRE's doing their best=towing a trailer, and a Churchill fascine carrier behind. The man on top of the fascine is passing directions to the commander who in turns passes it on to the driver.

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iv-churchill/infantry-mk-iv-churchill-arve-01.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-06-2010, 23:06:38
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4782/05151.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1 (from same series as above)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-06-2010, 14:06:24
Fallschirmjaegers (i think, description says fallschirmtruppen) inspect an italian Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 dual purpose gun.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-20,_San_Felice,_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)

People complain about Matilda bias on bardia? here we have the answer!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 25-06-2010, 14:06:45
Yeah, screw the next theatre, let's make Italian artillery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Limonero on 25-06-2010, 15:06:23
Yeah, screw the next theatre, let's make Italian artillery.
Yay!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-06-2010, 15:06:47
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/El_Alamein_1942_-_British_Matilda_tanks.jpg)
El Alamein 1942 - British Matilda tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-06-2010, 15:06:36
Yeah, screw the next theatre, let's make Italian artillery.
I like where this is going  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-06-2010, 15:06:36
5000th reply!!

Quote
Englischer Infanterie-Panzer Mark II "Matilda" auf deutscher Seite bei Tobruk als Beutefahrzeug eingesetzt, Sommer 1942
British Infantry tank Matilda on german side near Tobruk used as captured vehicle, summer 1942

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-044-66%2C_Afrika-Feldzug%2C_erbeuteter_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 25-06-2010, 16:06:21
Does the advantage of using the captured Matilda really outweigh the risk of getting shot by friendly fire (for driving a Matilda) or getting shot by the enemy (for driving a tank with a massive red Nazi flag flying from the top marking the tank like it's a piece in a board game)?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-06-2010, 16:06:59
Mathilda day  ;D
(http://www.pansarinfo.com/ww2Vagn/England/Bilder/matildaII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-06-2010, 16:06:07
Does the advantage of using the captured Matilda really outweigh the risk of getting shot by friendly fire (for driving a Matilda) or getting shot by the enemy (for driving a tank with a massive red Nazi flag flying from the top marking the tank like it's a piece in a board game)?
It does when the only thing your enemy has that can kill you are 25pdrs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 25-06-2010, 16:06:59
Captured Matilda gets re-captured:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/E_003743_E.jpg)

Quote
New Zealanders take prisoner the crew of a Matilda tank, captured by the Germans and used in an attempt to break through the Allied lines, during which it was knocked out by an anti-tank gun, 3 December 1941.

Matilda II is one of my favorite tanks of the war (along with Panther, Jagdpanther, M24 and M18 Hellcat) so Matilda Day makes me happy. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-06-2010, 16:06:31
(http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/F_002105.jpg) (http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/media/images/Photographs/Image/F_002104.jpg)

Royal Tank Regiment Matilda tanks operate with infantry of 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment during an exercise near Hebuterne, 11 January 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 25-06-2010, 17:06:13
Yeah, screw the next theatre, let's make Italian artillery.

One artillery piece probably would not delay the next theatre that significantly. That being said, I do not really care one way or another.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-06-2010, 20:06:04
Does the advantage of using the captured Matilda really outweigh the risk of getting shot by friendly fire (for driving a Matilda) or getting shot by the enemy (for driving a tank with a massive red Nazi flag flying from the top marking the tank like it's a piece in a board game)?

That would be for aerial/tank ID by their side :P  They're far less worried about the enemy hitting them then friendly forces.  The flag would come down in the head of battle though.  Since it doesn't have crosses painted on it yet, my guess would be its newly captured and they're driving it back for refitting.  Thus they just grab the most german thing they can possibly find, and hope no one shoots them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-06-2010, 21:06:25
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3040/matilda1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-06-2010, 21:06:02
WE are forgetting GREAT soviet MATILDAS
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/Lendlease/Matilda/Matilda_108.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-06-2010, 22:06:09
and Aussies  >:(
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/aus/AuMatFrg.JPG)
FROG Mk. I
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-06-2010, 22:06:47
I started something beautiful  ;D now lets see what tank should i post tomorrow
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-06-2010, 22:06:36
I started something beautiful  ;D now lets see what tank should i post tomorrow
Lets go german now= Panzer 38 :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-06-2010, 22:06:35
Yea that is a good idea!Maybe have it for weekends to post only for a specific weapon pics from all fronts,armies and camo! Or maybe just for friday

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-06-2010, 23:06:57
Pershing killer Nashorn-Day ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 26-06-2010, 00:06:28
Matilda Scorpion.

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-Infantry-Matilda-Scorpion.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-06-2010, 01:06:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/8652-5/alj.jpg)
Pz38t Day so Jagpanzer 38(t) from me (Yes that guy inspecting it IS Hitler)


I would not mind at all having this tank in game thank you very much ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-06-2010, 01:06:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/446296-2/Hung)

Hungarian artillery is awaiting the coming Soviet offensive during the siege of Budapest, winter 1944-1945.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 26-06-2010, 08:06:54
So Pz 38 (t)/ LT 38 ye? :)

LT 38, original camo, 2006
(http://toulky.vojenstvi.cz/fotoalbum/tankovy-den-lesany-2006/tankovy-den-lesany-2006-1.jpg)

(sorry, havent found any old colour image, so i must present this new here)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-06-2010, 09:06:31
Today is panzer 38 day!

(http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/830/3rdReich_pz38_Panzer_38_t_s_in_action_in_Russia_1941.jpg)

Panzer 38's during the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa. These tanks where deadly vs the pre-war Soviet tanks like the T-26.

but when the AT-rifles and T-34's came
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 26-06-2010, 09:06:40
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Vehicles/Tanks/German/Pzkpfw-38-(t)/images/Panzer-IV-leads-Panzer-38-into-Russia-px800.jpg)

Two Panzer IV's lead three Panzer 38 (t) into Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-06-2010, 09:06:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/454870-2/d-day-invasion-1)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-06-2010, 13:06:34
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6317/065w.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 26-06-2010, 13:06:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/8652-5/alj.jpg)
Pz38t Day so Jagpanzer 38(t) from me (Yes that guy inspecting it IS Hitler)


I would not mind at all having this tank in game thank you very much ...

iirc hitler was shopped into that pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-06-2010, 14:06:31
I don't think so...I've found the same pic on a history magazine...I think they would check if its real or not...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-06-2010, 18:06:29
But i saw that hitler before on a diffrent picture, i am sure of it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-06-2010, 18:06:24
We already had that picture and a similar discussion. The picture is real. Hitler was impressed by the low silhouette and ordered production after his inspection.

However, I got so many great pictures of the model 38, I barely could decide.

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1571/1163v.jpg)
2cm Flak 38 on wrecker 38(t) (background)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 26-06-2010, 19:06:30
But i saw that hitler before on a diffrent picture, i am sure of it
That is indeed possible! That Hitler is in fact a German politician and leader of the so called Third Reich.  There are many pictures this particular Hitler available.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-06-2010, 19:06:08
Are you sure its the same Hitler? Maybe it was one of the many that had Appeared across the third Reich.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-06-2010, 19:06:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/454865-2/fig12)

Australian soldiers, supported by tanks, during the fighting near Buna, January 1, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-06-2010, 22:06:38
Its a real photo.  The Hetzer was first presented to Hitler on his birthday in April 1944 :P  I get books for my birthday, he gets a tank destroyer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-06-2010, 23:06:55
(http://img25.xooimage.com/files/b/4/d/wind-1--c14001.jpg)
The LuftwirbelKanone of Dr.Zippermeyer on the Hillersleben testing field . 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 26-06-2010, 23:06:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/8652-5/alj.jpg)
Pz38t Day so Jagpanzer 38(t) from me (Yes that guy inspecting it IS Hitler)

As interesting to me is the presence of what I think is Himmler to the far right left...not sure if anybody noticed him (and/or agrees).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-06-2010, 23:06:42
That's not Himmler on the far right...that's a Wehrmacht general.  Do you mean on the far left?  That might be, who knows :P  Def SS though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 26-06-2010, 23:06:47
Eh yes far left.. ??? last time I messed up left and right is about 2.5 decades ago. Sigh.

Probably that he's really rightwing ^^ *excuses*.

I'm positive it's Himmler. I actually saw him before Hitler and thought it was him everyone referred to until I reread 'hitler' again. The tiny mustach, the high ranking SS uniform, his presence near Hitler. mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-06-2010, 23:06:18
Lots of high ranking SS had hitler moustaches :P  I'd wait to see if we can find a better photo to see if its Himmler, though he does seem to have the right facial structure from what I can see.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-06-2010, 00:06:01
Even though I'm an hour late for the 38(t)-Day, I think this one is a good way to end it. I wonder what the next subject will be.

French tank plz.

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/hun/Hun-PzKpfw38(t)-CommanderModel.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 27-06-2010, 01:06:13
(http://img25.xooimage.com/files/b/4/d/wind-1--c14001.jpg)
The LuftwirbelKanone of Dr.Zippermeyer on the Hillersleben testing field . 1945

what is this? backwardscannon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-06-2010, 01:06:37
Hell if i know :D Its in a book i've got called "Secret weapons of 3rd Reich" It has everything you can imagine in there...It says that this thingy will launch some other thingy that goes boom...Now how or what way i got no frigging idea..My only thought is that its pointed on the ground...Both the pictures that book has are on the same possition.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-06-2010, 01:06:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/455151-2/Renault+FT+17+tank+of+Finnish+Army+climbing+a+small+obstacle)

Renault FT 17 tank of Finnish Army climbing a small obstacle. This is naaras (machinegun-tank) version with a cast turret. Notice the tail structure in use and the signalling flags on turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-06-2010, 01:06:54
phew, long post.

(http://img25.xooimage.com/files/b/4/d/wind-1--c14001.jpg)
The LuftwirbelKanone of Dr.Zippermeyer on the Hillersleben testing field . 1945

what is this? backwardscannon?

It was meant to drown airplanes by creating turbulences. Greatest failure of all times.


However it is very likely that it is Himmler on this photo, especially as Goebbels is behind Hitler. Himmler and Goebbels were rivals in some terms. The fascist system is based on rivalry. The minions seek for the great leaders grace by doing the preliminary work for him. He is only doing the major decisions. Like picking a design out of ten to be build. Or applauding the guy who brought new suggestions for antisemitic actions. And in the end, it will be the great leaders tribute to have picked these decisions that others elaborated for him. Because they get more offices as they rise in his grace. Accordingly they can't miss a birthday. And they got to keep each other in check.

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1970/hitlerinspiziertjagdpan.jpg)

and now let me finish this series:

(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7395/07101.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1 with unidentifiable trailer. Note the panzerfausts.

(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4782/05151.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38 on Sd.Kfz.7/1 (from same series as above)

(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9108/06120.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-06-2010, 03:06:57
I knew the Germans were thinking way ahead of their time but DAMN that was extreme! I was trying to find pictures of the V7 Feuerball...But since i couldn't i searched for this instead...Should have read the Greek name of it : "Tornado Rifle"  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-06-2010, 03:06:12
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2007/11/13/64/f9ab03fb1c6220d18d4dec873330521d_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
FA 223 supplied mountain troops
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-06-2010, 04:06:31
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2007/11/13/64/f9ab03fb1c6220d18d4dec873330521d_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg)
FA 223 supplied mountain troops

Did te rotors spin in opposite directions to combat the torque of the engine or did the pilot have to constantly fight it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 27-06-2010, 04:06:40


Did te rotors spin in opposite directions to combat the torque of the engine or did the pilot have to constantly fight it?

They had to have contra-rotated, otherwise the chopper would have spiraled out of control the moment it left the ground.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-06-2010, 04:06:32
Ah, so that way the 2 rotors cancel each other out,giving the pilot stability?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 27-06-2010, 11:06:05
FT 17 in WWII day? OK!
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/france/tanks-light/ft-17-light-tank/ft-17-light-tank-04.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-06-2010, 11:06:34
Deal.

Here is a confusing one; French FT-17, captured in 1940 by the Germans, now recaptured by the Americans. Note the Balkenkreuz underneath the star  :P

(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q52/jagdpanzer4/100PzAbt%20take2/PanzersCotentin-Take239.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-06-2010, 11:06:56
why would anyone post 1940 want to (re)capture that fugly device  ??? It was nearly antique when the Germans got it, and belonged in a museum somewhere in early 41 even for the most desperate military force  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-06-2010, 12:06:28
It was perfectly useful as a training and anti-partisan tank, which is what it was used for ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-06-2010, 15:06:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-121-0007-24%2C_Polen%2C_polnische_Panzer_Renault_FT-17.jpg)
Poland. - German soldiers before two Polish tanks (French type Renault FT-17) in a tunnel. 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-06-2010, 17:06:34
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/455159-2/kv-2_611)
Oh Yes, FT17s

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/china/Chi-FT17.jpg)

Chinese Infantry attacking with FT17s as Back Up.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-06-2010, 17:06:05
Since it seems to be a FT-17 day today, I'll repost an extremely rare picture of said tank:
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6486/panssukki.jpg)

the monster is back :) so, finnish Renault FT-17 summer 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 27-06-2010, 20:06:45
Tomorrow?
Cromwell day?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Hamburg_Liberation_01.jpg)
Quote
A Cromwell tank guards a bridge over the Elbe river in Hamburg, 3 May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-06-2010, 21:06:21
Theres a man with taste  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 27-06-2010, 21:06:48
Cromwell day?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Oliver_Cromwell_by_Samuel_Cooper.jpg)











Oh, wait...
















(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-494-3376-18A%2C_Villers-Bocage%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_Cromwell-Panzer.jpg)

Cromwell knocked out in Villers-Bocage, June 13 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-06-2010, 21:06:01
(http://callitaweasel.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/totalise88gun.jpg)

a well know photo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 27-06-2010, 21:06:52
(http://images5.fotki.com/v73/photos/1/133612/896959/cromwell_mk_vi_01-vi.jpg)

Cromwell Mk. VI with 95mm howitzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-06-2010, 21:06:37
hrhrhrhr must have one of those

or an Centaur MKIV for the map "Operation perch"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-06-2010, 22:06:14
We need to set a plan..This week

Monday : Crommel day (British tank)
Tuesday: Marder I (Deutch)
Wednesday: Su-76 (Rusky)
Thursday: Firefly Sherman (Britamerican)
Friday: Semovente 75/18 (Italiano)
Saturday: Tiger II with "Porsche" Turret (Deutch)
Sunday:  Churchill (British)

Agree?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-06-2010, 22:06:47
No :)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/455436-2/schal27xsqt3)

Von Schallburg before starting the attack that would cause his dead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-06-2010, 22:06:57
No :)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/455436-2/schal27xsqt3)

Von Schallburg before starting the attack that would cause his dead.
Agreed.

Whats the gun behind him? I can't find my glasses :<
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-06-2010, 22:06:14
DP. Doesnt have magazine attached on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-06-2010, 22:06:04
"Now i know why my Gun is not Firing..."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-06-2010, 23:06:46
DP. Doesnt have magazine attached on it.

Thanks Flippy  :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-06-2010, 23:06:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/IWM-E-15509-Humber-Armoured-Car-Western-Desert-19420810.jpg)
Humber armoured car and its crew. Seems to be an MKI, with the 15MM BESA gun


one of the most missed vehicles of the british IMO on FH2  >:(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 28-06-2010, 08:06:47
(http://wwii.ca/photos/normandy_misc6.jpg)
Another Humber :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 28-06-2010, 12:06:24
(http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3411/r351bu8.jpg)
Prinz Eugen SS using Renault R-35 tanks in NDH(Croatia)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-06-2010, 12:06:10
DP. Doesnt have magazine attached on it.

For a second I got excited and thought it was a rare "Knorr-Bremse" lmg which was issued to some Waffen SS units.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-06-2010, 12:06:03
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/AddictiveWoz/ms1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-06-2010, 13:06:26
Another horrific results from mines.

I once saw a photo of a panther tank in complete ruins. It drove over a Hawkins mine. Those things only have a blast charge of 0.45KG, but it set off ammunition inside the tank and it blew up
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 28-06-2010, 19:06:39
On this day in 1942, the Grumman Hellcat XF6F-1 took its first flight.  I have a feeling it ended better than this flight:
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8711/airhellcat7.jpg)
Quote
Ensign Byron Johnson's F6F Hellcat crash landed on Enterprise, 10 Nov 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-06-2010, 22:06:10
(http://www.uncoached.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/army_photos_21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-06-2010, 22:06:01
Haha, thats awesome! World War Two pictures are always so serious, the only non serious ones are those platoon jokes the Germans pictured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 28-06-2010, 22:06:44
ROFL awesome picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-06-2010, 23:06:05
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4559/02597.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 251/1 with Launcher-Frame-40 for six 28-cm-TNT- or 32-cm-Gasoline-Rockets  (Nickname: Walking Stuka)

Comprehensible?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-06-2010, 23:06:06
(http://www.uncoached.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/army_photos_21.jpg)
WAZZZUUUPPP


(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/Billanderson/african-americans-wwii-006.jpg)
Jus wait till tem Whiteboys taste this!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-06-2010, 02:06:31
(http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-26Ba/WH2-26BaP033b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 29-06-2010, 03:06:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Universal_Carrier_A189892-v6.jpg)

'Medium Machine Gun Carrier'
One of the many intended purposes of the Universal Carrier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-06-2010, 14:06:09
WASP carrier is something i would love to see

(http://www.military.cz/panzer/tanks/canada/wasp2/image/wasp2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-06-2010, 15:06:20
(http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/History/images/BACrete1940.jpg)
British soldiers receive a blessing from the Bishop of Chania, Crete (December 1940).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-06-2010, 20:06:19
(http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/k/franztankOuragannemkradhkette8-to_vorLens_Baydeww2.jpg)

Damn BF2 physics!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-06-2010, 22:06:57
Fuuu BF2 engine!

(http://bkpforums.com/phpUpload/2/panther_upside_down.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-06-2010, 23:06:42
That panther almost made me cry  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 30-06-2010, 00:06:09
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/zcustomdh7.jpg)

US tankers from the 761st Tank Battalion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-06-2010, 00:06:03
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9743/ploiestiaugust44.jpg)
Consolidated B-24 Liberator over Ploieşti Oil Refineries, Rumania, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-06-2010, 10:06:03
Disastorous raid. of the 178 B24's 53 got shot down


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Me_410_Hornisse_with_BK_5.jpg)

A ME410 finished its raid on a B17. Notice the BK5 bordkanonne

if i recall, this ME410 later re-tried to attack but was shot down by the defense gunners of the B17s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 30-06-2010, 14:06:46
That would be interesting to have as axis "anti-tank Hurricane" (the one with two 40mm's)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 30-06-2010, 14:06:29
(http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/greatrisk/images/greece9/G77_greece9.jpg)
A German soldier receiving the decoration of the Iron Cross, First Class, on the battlefield in Crete, May 1941

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-06-2010, 15:06:05
That would be interesting to have as axis "anti-tank Hurricane" (the one with two 40mm's)
Well if we have Eastfront, the JU-87G lies open

Or that He129? the one with the 75MM cannon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 30-06-2010, 15:06:19
Another Ploieşti pic:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/B-24D%27s_fly_over_Polesti_during_World_War_II.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 30-06-2010, 16:06:05
first 4 pictures are from Ploieşti : http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/10341/der_lebenssaft_der_wehrmacht.html (http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/10341/der_lebenssaft_der_wehrmacht.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 01-07-2010, 03:07:03


Or that He129? the one with the 75MM cannon


I don't even have to look it up to know an aircraft that small cant withstand the recoil of a 75mm anything, much less a high velocity anti tank gun. IIRC, 50mm is the largest gun put in an aircraft for this role. One of these aircraft was the He129 i think, perhaps confusing your calibers?

Before anyone even goes "what about the B-25H!?", that was a larger aircraft that was built better. Not to mention it was a howitzer, with a much lower muzzle velocity.



EDIT:
Well I'll be damned. Someone was stupid enough to do it.
(http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/c/cf/Hs_129B-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-07-2010, 04:07:29
<shakes head>

Epic fail Kading.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 01-07-2010, 05:07:08
Hey man, I'm looking at it from an engineering perspective. Would have made sense in a Do217 or something, but something smaller than a Bf110? Kiss your airframe goodbye.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-07-2010, 06:07:36
Notice the gigantic muzzle brake for that reason ;)

And they picked the He129 due to its incredibly heavy armour and being made specifically for the ground attack role, whereas a Do217 would be less armoured, and have far better uses.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 01-07-2010, 08:07:59
Biggest gun mounted on a plane in WW2 was on the Mitsubishi Ki-109 Heavy Fighter Interceptor. It was basically a Ki-67 bomber with a Type 88 75mm flak gun mounted in the nose.

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WW2%20Pacific%20Aircraft/Japanese%20Army%20aircraft/Ki-109-5.jpg)

Unlike the others, this wasn't for ground attack. The idea was to shoot down B-29s by cruising just outside the range of their defensive .50cals and blast them out of the sky with the massive cannon.

The system never scored a kill, because the weight of the gun gave it poor climbing speed so it couldn't reach the B-29s. It also was useless for night fighting because it had no radar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-07-2010, 11:07:30
And the B-25H dint carried a howitzer, it carried a lighter version of the sherman tanks gun  ;)

(http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/weapons/guns/b25h.jpg)

Ground crews performing maintance on a B-25 H. Notice the many MG's and 75MM gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 01-07-2010, 13:07:02
IIRC same gun was later used on the Chaffee?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-07-2010, 13:07:06
IIRC same gun was later used on the Chaffee?
Dont know, but the wiki says so.
B-25 first used exact same gun as on the sherman. Then it got the ligthend version, wich was then used on the chaffee
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-07-2010, 15:07:21
(http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/greatrisk/images/greece9/G79_greece9.jpg)

Suda Bay, Crete, April 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-07-2010, 22:07:12
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/638/funk1.jpg)
radio communication asset installed by the germans in an originally french half-track U304(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 02-07-2010, 00:07:09
Actually the Germans were responsible for the armoured superstructure and the installation of the radio, in French service the halftrack was unarmoured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 02-07-2010, 01:07:18
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Vehicles/Tanks/Italian/Carro-Armato/images/M13-40-02-px800.jpg)
Classy  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 02-07-2010, 06:07:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Football_game_between_the_4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division_Atoms_and_the_1st_Canadian_Army_Red_and_Blue_Bombers.jpg)

Football game between Canadian garrison troops in the Netherlands, October 20, 1945.

Just in case you were one of those ignorant people who thought only Americans play football. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 02-07-2010, 10:07:31
admit it you held the poor  netherlanders at gunpoint to get them to play this silly hand-egg game
http://blog.georghermes.de/wp-content/uploads/handegg.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-07-2010, 14:07:34
(http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/greatrisk/images/greece10/G80_greece10.jpg)
German paratroopers jumping from their aircraft, Crete, May 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 02-07-2010, 15:07:26
(http://wwii.ca/photos/belgium/belgium_paratroopers.jpg)

Quote
Paratroopers of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion preparing for a patrol. January 15, 1945, Bande, Belgium.

The sten guns seem to have forward grips which i've never seen before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 02-07-2010, 15:07:53
Sten MK5
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]S.Tiemann on 02-07-2010, 15:07:45
Yes i know double post but i found this right after.

(http://wwii.ca/thumbnailer.php?image=photos/belgium/belgium_scouts.jpg&type=Media_Large)

Quote
Scout personnel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. These men have killed a total of 101 men through sniping operations. 9 Oct 1944, Camp de Brasschaet, Belgium.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-07-2010, 16:07:10
Yes i know double post but i found this right after.

(http://wwii.ca/thumbnailer.php?image=photos/belgium/belgium_scouts.jpg&type=Media_Large)

Quote
Scout personnel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. These men have killed a total of 101 men through sniping operations. 9 Oct 1944, Camp de Brasschaet, Belgium.

hahaha :D look how similar they are to the men of war snipers. with bushes and binocs ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-07-2010, 17:07:24
(http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=15541)
MG 08/15 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-07-2010, 17:07:22
No plane could fly without maintance! Ground crew members of the 459th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Twin Dragon Squadron", working on a Lockheed P-38 at an air base in Chittagong, India - January 1945. (72611 A.C.)

The P-38 scored many many victories in the East

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Repairs_to_P-38_by_459th_Fighter_Squadron_at_Chittagong,_India_-_January_1945.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-07-2010, 01:07:01
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/456512-2/222)

31 July 1944, GIs inspect knocked-out German armoured vehicles in the vicinity of St Denis-le-Gast (Normandy). The vehicles: a Sdkfz 251 and Hummel of the 1 Abteilung of the SS-Panzer Artillery-Regt 2, of the 2 SS-Pz Div “Das Reich”. The Hummel 15 cm Pz.Haubitze auf Gw. III/IV., registered 110 has been baptised “Clausewitz” by it's crew. On the back of the Sdkfz, is the tactical sign of an artillery regiment and the “wolf rune” - the emblem of division “Das Reich”.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-07-2010, 10:07:28
If i recall, that Hummel is now on display at the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor

Since hummels are so sexy, here are more hummels

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0596-25,_Russland-Mitte-S%C3%BCd,_Panzerhaubitze_%22Hummel%22.jpg)

Hummels during the battle of kursk
They where good Self-proppeled artilleries. But the problem was that only one Munnition carrier was assigned to every 6 hummels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2010, 11:07:21
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5042/art03smg34.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 03-07-2010, 11:07:40
and mudra goes fapfapfap
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 03-07-2010, 11:07:03
Obviously, that guy with the glasses is HAAWWWT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-07-2010, 15:07:53
No the guy holding the bullets i love his smile <3 <3 <3


(http://members.cox.net/oddessa_ss/267_G.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 03-07-2010, 20:07:53
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5042/art03smg34.jpg)

Obviously, that guy with the glasses is HAAWWWT!

He looks remarkably like.. me?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-07-2010, 20:07:36
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5042/art03smg34.jpg)

Obviously, that guy with the glasses is HAAWWWT!

He looks remarkably like.. me?
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42657000/jpg/_42657219_nazi_203.jpg)

Really?

(http://www.mts.net/~royb/images/Me_110_from_ZG_26_North_Africa_1941.jpg)

ME110 from ZG26 in north africa, 1941. Like the P-38, a less know role of the ME110 was as a figtherbomber. In wich it performed well
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2010, 21:07:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-316-1164-06%2C_Italien%2C_K%C3%BCstenbefestigungen%2C_MG-Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-07-2010, 22:07:57
That would def be a case where I'd wanna have the periscope sight :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-07-2010, 23:07:39
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8499/24cmmorser391.jpg)
24cm mortar 39. Rare picture! Weapon has been designed by skoda for the turkish army. Two have been delivered, the Wehrmacht took another 10.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-07-2010, 01:07:59
That was their problem. They took in so much diffrent designs and foreign designs. all had diffrent calibers and shell types

"Kamerden!ich need shells for the 24 cm Mortat 39"
"Lets schee, i have 7.5CM shells of 4 diffrent artillery guns, namely 7.5 cm FK 16 nA • 7.5 cm FK 18 • 7.5 cm FK 38 • 7.5 cm FK 7M85 . Hm lets see 5 diffrent 105mm shells, ooh a 100mm gun, then 5 150mm diffrent type of shells, 17vm and 21cm. then 28cm and 35.5cm. Nope keine 24cm shells.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-07-2010, 01:07:47
Thats what you get for just adopting all the weapons of the countrys you conquer.

Not that is was perfect to start with, but it sure did not help.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-07-2010, 02:07:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/457073-2/Gren-Rgtm_002)

"Lucky" moment for the photographer: impact of Soviet artillery in front of a German infantry squad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-07-2010, 14:07:01
Thats what you get for just adopting all the weapons of the countrys you conquer.

Not that is was perfect to start with, but it sure did not help.
Ye. Plus the choise of using old guns was actually a dumb idea, because they had to set up factories for THOSE guns to produce shells. Result, the common LEFH18, 15CM SFH18 and 17 cm Kanone 18 did not recieved a large supply of ammo. Because resources where diverted to those 5153153 diffrent artillery guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 04-07-2010, 14:07:33
(http://i6.tinypic.com/8aulxdt.jpg)

Stalingrad panorama...and the Devil's Regiment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-07-2010, 15:07:15
Are those chess patterns edited to the picture? They stand out so clearly. Swastika censorship?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 04-07-2010, 16:07:30
Are those chess patterns edited to the picture? They stand out so clearly. Swastika censorship?
I suppose they are croats  :)
369th div.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-07-2010, 16:07:42
He's right though the little chess patterns seem oddly prominent as though they were edited in.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 04-07-2010, 16:07:06
I´ve seen similar emblems on pics from the Croatian Infanterieregiment 369, part of 100.Jägerdivision and they have been in Stalingrad.
http://www.nexusboard.net/sitemap/6365/kroatien-letzter-verbundeter-deutschlands-t276383/ (http://www.nexusboard.net/sitemap/6365/kroatien-letzter-verbundeter-deutschlands-t276383/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-07-2010, 17:07:30
Good lord I am not disputing that the Chess patterns existed I am saying that they look photoshopped onto the picture!!!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-07-2010, 19:07:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/456750-2/Position+Donnal_+1942)

A Hungarian infantry position by the Don River in the winter of 1942-1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-07-2010, 19:07:00
Gotta agree on the photoshop.  The pattern on the left helmet is angled flat, even though the helmet is turned to the side.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-07-2010, 22:07:31
It's not a photoshop.

A photoshop is done with Adobe Photoshop. This one is done with the infamed MS Paint.

So this is a paint.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-07-2010, 22:07:41
Just a simple question and suggestion with this video, was it common to paint the roofs of the shermans like this in the dessert, and if so, why is it not ingame? the footage is from December 2, 1942 in Tunesia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIveqTtbFE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-07-2010, 22:07:49
Those are American "Shermans".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-07-2010, 22:07:49
Something contradicts. How could it be 1942 Tunisia?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-07-2010, 22:07:29
Something contradicts. How could it be 1942 Tunisia?
The tunis campaign started in november 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-07-2010, 22:07:18
Well blimey, I thought it started in early 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-07-2010, 22:07:25
Well blimey, I thought it started in early 1943.
its okay

dont worry, in 5 mins you will have 3 days off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-07-2010, 23:07:44
I just have a feel that the chess pattern is not loved by the camera
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6692/kroaten369stalingradasu2.jpg)
It seems it looks odd everywhere...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-07-2010, 00:07:43
I believe its edited here too...If you look closesly you can see some "disruptions" on the image


Could be wrong though
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-07-2010, 00:07:50
Last one to close my Day, till Friday!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/457256-2/Bild+101I-208-0016-09A%23)

Captured French Renault R 35(f) as "Panzerjäger Geschützwagen Renault R 35(f) mit 4,7 cm Pak (t)". Northern sector, June 1941. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-208-0016-09A)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-07-2010, 01:07:42
(http://i16.tinypic.com/2z4hkp0.jpg)
The Zrinyi assault gun

and its specs
Crew 4
Weight 21,600kg
Length 5.68m
Width 2.99m
Height 2.33m
Armament 105mm MAVAG 40/43M howitzer, 20.5 calibres, Muzzle velocity: 448 m/sec. 1 x 8mm Danuvia 34/40 MG.
Performance 43 km/hr
Engine Manfred Weisz , V8, water-cooled, 445 liters - gasoline, 260hp
Armor 13 - 75mm
Ground clearance 38cm
Ground pressure .91 kg/sq cm
Transmission 6 forward, 6 reverse
Range 220 km
Gradient 45%
Fording Depth .9m
Verticle Obstacle .8m
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 05-07-2010, 04:07:44
I believe its edited here too...If you look closesly you can see some "disruptions" on the image


Could be wrong though
Yep, plus how the whole image is kind of faded, and the insignia is so bright.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 05-07-2010, 20:07:46
(http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/2376/m10inrussia.jpg)
Quote
The only known photo of a Russian M10 in action in 1944,
belonging to the 1223rd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, 29th Tank Corps, 5th Guards Tank Army, 3rd Belorussian Front.

Also: World of Tanks EU beta. July 8th.
Edit: Fixed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-07-2010, 20:07:40
Hotling disabled, so here it is here: http://www.o5m6.de/M10_in_Russia.jpg
Quote
The only known photo of a Russian M10 in action in 1944,
belonging to the 1223rd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, 29th Tank Corps, 5th Guards Tank Army, 3rd Belorussian Front.

Also: World of Tanks EU beta. July 8th.

When you can't hotlink the appropriate way is do download it and reupload it somewhere else. We still can"t see the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-07-2010, 22:07:48
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4553/tger58142.jpg)
5,5cm Flak developed secretly as 'Gerät 58' by Krupp and Rheinmetall. Further development was prohibited in November 1943, as it was considered 'not necessary'. After development was continued in 1944, the gun did not see action until the end of war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-07-2010, 23:07:59
550mm? You sure about that, the whole thing looks awfully small for something with such a calibre.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-07-2010, 23:07:09
No, 55 mm just like he said.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 05-07-2010, 23:07:11
No, 55 mm just like he said.

No, he said 5,5cm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-07-2010, 23:07:40
Which is the european way of writing 5.5cm, IE, 55mm :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-07-2010, 00:07:40
Come on people, the rest of the world uses SI units. Just scrap the imperials already.

5,5 cm = 55 mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-07-2010, 00:07:22
You fools.  Its called a decimal POINT.  Commas are for separating large numbers into blocks of 103.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-07-2010, 00:07:32
And now in tourist English?

EDIT: ffs, if it's mm just use mm and not fucking cm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-07-2010, 00:07:13
Sorry to have caused confusion.
You fools.  Its called a decimal POINT.  Commas are for separating large numbers into blocks of 103.

This is getting confusing. My dictionary calls a decimal point a comma. Can we agree on 55mm for the future?

Different angle:
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6910/wnger55gerat58pic.jpg)


PS: I guess my folder names would confuse you even more.

(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8492/archivey.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 06-07-2010, 01:07:28
You fools.  Its called a decimal POINT.  Commas are for separating large numbers into blocks of 103.

that coma is not used anymore , at least not here , we separate blocks of 103 with empy spaces : 1 000  or 1 000 000 , and use comas or dots for decimals , depends on what you like the most...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-07-2010, 01:07:02
Damn learn some math, will ya?  ::)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/BoroXXX/hargest.jpg)
Germans fighting in France 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2010, 02:07:18
Come on people, the rest of the world uses SI units. Just scrap the imperials already.

Bah! I will keep my miles, pounds, pints, leagues, fathoms, yards, inches, and gallons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-07-2010, 02:07:59
Battlefieldfan45, now THAT'S the type of picture that keeps me coming back to this thread.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-07-2010, 02:07:27
Come on people, the rest of the world uses SI units. Just scrap the imperials already.

Bah! I will keep my miles, pounds, pints, leagues, fathoms, yards, inches, and gallons.

You are weak.  Use both at once like me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-07-2010, 03:07:20
Come on people, the rest of the world uses SI units. Just scrap the imperials already.

Bah! I will keep my miles, pounds, pints, leagues, fathoms, yards, inches, and gallons.
Word.

@EU (no, not European Union) ... I can use both, too. However, to me I like the Imperial system better, easy to judge things and estimate by, plus i'm just overall more fimiliar with it....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2010, 03:07:48
I don't think you understand.  England uses both systems at the same time :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-07-2010, 03:07:20
Yeah, its a crazy mix and not even consistent.

(http://www.maybole.org/community/citizens/pastandpresent/100-0057_IMG%5B1%5D.JPG)

Only picture of British troops engaged in the Bulge that I can find.

Quote
In the course of the Battle of the Bulge, during WWII, American and British units together liberated LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE in the morning of January 11, 1945.   The British troops advanced down the River Ourthe Valley coming from HOTTON, while the American troops came down from DOCHAMPS, SAMREE, CIELLE and maybe FRAITURK .along the opposite side of the River.   This picture was taken during the liberation of LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE t the corner of Rue de la Gare and Route de Cielle, in the vicinity of the bridge over the River Ourthe.   On the left: Sgt Harris McALLISTER (Maybole, Ayrshire), Cpl. John DONALD (Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire), Sgt. Frank Dereck RICHARDS (Ricky) (North Wales) from the 51st Highland Division Black Watch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2010, 03:07:46
Is it just me, or is one of the brits carrying a tommy, and the other a greasegun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-07-2010, 03:07:12
The two outside Scots have Thompsons, I couldn't work out what the middle gun was.  I though it might have been a captured MP40, then I thought it might have been a Grease gun.  But it doesn't really look like either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nerdsturm on 06-07-2010, 04:07:22
I thought it looked a bit like an MP40, but the stock looks wrong, as it juts out weirdly where it would fold normally.

The more I look at it the more I think it's a grease gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 06-07-2010, 04:07:27
Is it just me, or is one of the brits carrying a tommy, and the other a greasegun?

It's look like a grease gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 06-07-2010, 09:07:34
Come on people, the rest of the world uses SI units. Just scrap the imperials already.

Bah! I will keep my miles, pounds, pints, leagues, fathoms, yards, inches, and gallons.

Yes, because clinging to a system where each measurement value has no rational or logical correlation to the other, stemming from farmers in the dark ages instead of mathematicians is really very sensible  ::) Not to mention many of these values differ somewhat between the various countries ...  ;D I feel sorry for you!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2010, 09:07:11
Humbug! An inch is 3/4 the length from the tip of my thumb to the first knuckle. A foot is, exactly that, the length of my foot. A yard is from my side outstretched arm at the tip of the finger to the base of my neck. It may not be as math friendly, but it has a logic based on personal convenience.


Also we have names for our metal currency that has nothing to do with their value: pennies, nickles, and dimes. It all adds to the flavor of my country. ;D

A photo having to do with measurements: Men of the 8th Naval Construction Battalion posing in front of exactly what the signs say it is.
(http://www.seabees93.net/LINK-LIFE_Seabees.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 06-07-2010, 10:07:29
How many feet in a mile? (1000?)

How many inches in a yard? (100?)


/flame



Stuka Pilot mixed up his meters and feet:
(http://englishrussia.com/images/more_war_photos/6.jpg)






Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 06-07-2010, 13:07:35
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/09/article-0-09F5988B000005DC-521_468x678.jpg)

Bob Roberts disarming a German soldier in Normandy who is 7ft 6in tall


Can you make this in FH2, imagine running around tossing allied soldiers with bare hands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 06-07-2010, 16:07:22
Humbug! An inch is 3/4 the length from the tip of my thumb to the first knuckle. A foot is, exactly that, the length of my foot. A yard is from my side outstretched arm at the tip of the finger to the base of my neck. It may not be as math friendly, but it has a logic based on personal convenience.

Yes, that sounds like a really solid base for a measuring system. Because my feet and hands are exactly the same size as yours, or that of a random Japanese guy. Hint : They are not, and differ some 20-30% on average!

Brilliant...you kind of proved my point so effortlessly ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-07-2010, 16:07:27
The foot is measured as a size 46 . It came from Hercules himself as the stadium in ancient Olympia was (cant remember the number) meters which were as much as he could walk holding his breath one foot after the other...So the size of the stadium shows us that Hercules was wearing a shoe size 46 (EU).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 06-07-2010, 16:07:18
But what about how long he could his breath? Shouldn't we know this before we can make assumptions about his shoe size and the size of the stadium, not to talk about his pace (how fast or slow he walked influences the number of total steps on one breath).

To keep the forumbots happy, a relevant picture!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/SxNwFStbS_I/AAAAAAAAHFc/9wYOgIJZIso/s1600/early-days-operation-barbarossa-ww2-russian-front-second-world-war-amazing-incredible-dramtic-pics-photos-pictures-04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-07-2010, 16:07:00
IMO, English units are better for everyday use. Eg. it's easier to guess-timate the length of something in feet and inches than in centimeters and meters. This is because feet and inches are closer in size to most things that we guesstimate and measure in everyday life.

Metric units are better for anything requiring precise measurements, because they are easier to add and subtract and work with.

Hence, I use English units in everyday life and metric units when I need precise measurements.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 06-07-2010, 16:07:20
In the end it comes down to what you´re used to. I can guess distances as precise in metres or centimetres, as most Americans or Brits can with Inches and Feet. Just because we´re more used to the meassurement systems.
Anyway, moar pics less talk, plzkthxbai!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-07-2010, 17:07:03
Forgive me i do not wish to start a flame war with any American or anything just forget what that thing writes on top and concentrate on the main diagram of differences(i am sorry as i could not find one that does not have this on top) http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/wj/t2f/dnx/51291/669971703.jpg

And an image so this post is not completely spam

(http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/510/WWII_Aachen_Germany_US_Army.jpg)WWII, Aachen, Germany. US Army
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-07-2010, 18:07:48
Lol, i use imperial when i speak english, and metric when i speak dutch or french.

Both aren't to hard to learn, but i do find the Metric a lot easier to use. I can guess a distance just as well in yards as in meters. Once you have a good clue on how big something is its easy. Fingernail is 1 cm. Distance index and pink is 10 cm. Stretch arms forward, slightly open is 1 meter.


German cavalery attacking, Poland, 1939.
(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9233/kavelleriefinal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2010, 19:07:08
You all say it's so easy. But you grew up with metric. I grew up with Imperial. I shall not change.


Keeping this in mind. I am fully familiar with the metric system.


And you are all hypocrites because there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and...24 hours in a day? And HOW many in a week? Humbug to your filthy metric system! ITS THE DEVIL'S YARD STICK!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-07-2010, 19:07:45
GTFO from this thread with your metrics and imperials or I call the Rebel Alliance. Dont make me do the same to this thread what I did to Other Eras POTD thread.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 06-07-2010, 19:07:37
Your wish is my command, Great Finn.

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/521404072_f48f7e23b2.jpg)

A-20J from 416th Bombardment Group takes a direct hit from flak.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-07-2010, 20:07:31
Nationalists with their ZB.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/NRA_machinegunners.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 06-07-2010, 20:07:02
Finnish L-39 AT-rifle during Continuation War

(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/data/577/medium/lahti_action.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-07-2010, 20:07:58
I pity the fool who is on the recieving end of that thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 06-07-2010, 20:07:33
It looks like a drill....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2010, 21:07:19
German cavalery attacking, Poland, 1939.
(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9233/kavelleriefinal.jpg)

Looks more like they're on maneuvers :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-07-2010, 23:07:36
In spirit of the Dutch victory:

(http://www.overvalwagen.com/images/mhbiga4.jpg)

Dutch Four Man Tank, another Marmon-Herrington tank to be delivered to the Dutch East Indies. The heaviest of all 'Dutch' tanks, armed with a dual 37mm. Must be epic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-07-2010, 00:07:51
Panzer IV chassis, with Panther turret.  I always thought these were only a prototype test that failed, but this one looks like it was used...3 penetrations to the lower hull....

(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9411/222951670x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-07-2010, 01:07:44
shopped.

(http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1296/stug303.jpg)
Stug III Ausf. B
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 07-07-2010, 01:07:35
Perhaps a good time to look for glasses, Mudra. If you cant see that the turret is blurry as hell and the rest of the image is tacksharp, you know you're getting old  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 07-07-2010, 02:07:53
(http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/364/jager4ai.jpg)
Mountain jaeger of a Mountain Division cross the Greek-Bulgarian border


Can someone tell me what this thing does :S http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/2339/file0003ne8.jpg
"The 13.5 kg Hollow Charge (Hohlladung)
The filler was the high explosive RDX-TNT "

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-07-2010, 02:07:17
Shit...I think you guys are right -.=.-  God damnit <facepalm>


Anyways, that looks a bit to me like the shaped charges the FJ used during Eben Emel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 07-07-2010, 09:07:15
german Luftwaffe single-axle field kitchen Sd.Ah. 401 with pneumatic tyres
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=170064&sid=83611f9c8fa3075d30a786910877feef)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-07-2010, 09:07:35
Also known as the Gulashkanone ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 07-07-2010, 09:07:04
Also known as the Gulashkanone ;)
Yep :)
But wasnt this term already used in WWI Germany too?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-07-2010, 10:07:15
Yes, it was a carry over from the old Sd.Ah. 301.  That type didn't have pneumatic tires yet, and the burners were known to occasionally turn the food into weaponized uranium.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 07-07-2010, 10:07:19
Yes, it was a carry over from the old Sd.Ah. 301.  That type didn't have pneumatic tires yet, and the burners were known to occasionally turn the food into weaponized uranium.
First nuclear weapon  ;D.
I cant find any info of 301 field kitchen, i read on net, that 301 was "Anhänger (1achs) für Tankspritze" =
Trailer (1-axled) for fire tank-wagon  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-07-2010, 12:07:44
I wonder what german military rations where like. I heard their coffee sucked, but their cheese in tubes was epic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 07-07-2010, 12:07:09
Panzer IV chassis, with Panther turret.  I always thought these were only a prototype test that failed, but this one looks like it was used...3 penetrations to the lower hull....

(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9411/222951670x.jpg)

i see your panzer IV with panther turret

and raise you a panther with panzer IV turret (in back)
It was field modification - Bergepanther with turret of Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H from Pz.Jg.Abt.653.
and i think served as commander vehicle

(http://www.antraspasaulinis.net/uploader7/failai/porshe%20tiger%20freight.jpg)

also also as bonus tiger with porsche turret
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-07-2010, 13:07:35
It almost looks like an oversized APC. But yes, it was a command vehicle.

And hell yes, thats a Porsche chassis!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-07-2010, 14:07:08
But nothing is as more awesome then the Panther II

(http://www.panzerworld.net/pictures/00133.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Panther_II.Fort_Knox.jpg)

I swear, if we EVAR get an alpenfestung map, this tank should be in  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-07-2010, 14:07:14
Damn I thought that thing was only on paper  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-07-2010, 14:07:27
Damn I thought that thing was only on paper  :o
noo!! NOO!  it was real, and by dam god it looks sexy. The armor frontally was increased to 100mm instead of 85 (So that makes 150mm strong frontal armor hrhrh)
The sides recieved a beefing up from 45mm armor to 60mm of armor

It still used the reliable's ausf G engine and transmission, wich barely affected the performance of the vehicle.

When we has alpenfestung, i want one of these!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-07-2010, 14:07:01
I mean, did they see action is some solid numbers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-07-2010, 14:07:25
I mean, did they see action is some solid numbers
oh no. Sadly. Only one was built wich thank god survived the war.

This was another version of the panther tank proposed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Munster_Panther_Ausf_F_Schmalturm_1(dark1).jpg

IMO they should have just stopped King tiger production from the start, and just used the chassis and resources to make Panthers II. Panthers II where discussed and designed the day the KT was designed.
With the resources wasted on the kingtigers, 1100 or so Panthers II could be built (according to this book of panzers i once read)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-07-2010, 14:07:18
Stupid Fuhrer!  ::)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/04_Kane.jpg)
Quote
Spitfires of the No 352 (Y) Squadron R.A.F. (Yugoslavian Air Force) before first mission on August 18, 1944, from airport Canne - Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 07-07-2010, 16:07:11
I wonder what german military rations where like. I heard their coffee sucked, but their cheese in tubes was epic

I read in North Africa they lived off of very tough Italian canned sausage. The cans were stamped "AM" which the Germans joked stood for "Alter Mann" or "Old Man."

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-07-2010, 18:07:26
The Italians were all issued personal coffee makers in the desert.   So cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-07-2010, 22:07:07
The Italians were all issued personal coffee makers in the desert.   So cool.
They had bad tanks and insufficient equipment

But their coffee making machines almost made them won WW2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 08-07-2010, 04:07:33
Disastorous raid. of the 178 B24's 53 got shot down


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Me_410_Hornisse_with_BK_5.jpg)

A ME410 finished its raid on a B17. Notice the BK5 bordkanonne

if i recall, this ME410 later re-tried to attack but was shot down by the defense gunners of the B17s

An H!
My grandpas had an H on it :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 08-07-2010, 05:07:36
That's a big boy :P
(http://images4.fotki.com/v51/photos/1/133612/552463/Sherman_Jumbo-vi.jpg)
Sherman Jumbo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-07-2010, 08:07:06
Is that a Jumbo 76?  I think there was only about 10 of those.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 08-07-2010, 09:07:42
369. div. (croat) using captured (?) transporter
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/224586-2/369)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 08-07-2010, 10:07:00
T-20 Komsomolets, Soviet armoured tractor ;D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Komsom_05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-07-2010, 11:07:44
Is that a Jumbo 76?  I think there was only about 10 of those.
In the beginning yes. When Jumbo's enterd the battlefields in september, they where ASAP converted to the 76mm gun. IIRC, 50% of all jumbos had 76mm gun during the bulge. But still no HVAP
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-07-2010, 11:07:26
369. div. (croat) using captured (?) transporter
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/224586-2/369)

Looks Italian..I wonder why xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-07-2010, 11:07:36
But nothing is as more awesome then the Panther II

(http://www.panzerworld.net/pictures/00133.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Panther_II.Fort_Knox.jpg)

I swear, if we EVAR get an alpenfestung map, this tank should be in  ;D

WTF that's a G.
THIS is F
(http://www.scaleworkshop.com/gallery/images/pantheriiaj_9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 08-07-2010, 12:07:40
It's a Panther II chassis, and a Panther Ausf. G turrit.

This is the Panther II prototype with turrit:
(http://www-d0.fnal.gov/~turcot/Armour/pz4_files/p5f_1.jpg)
The Panther II, would have alot of similarities with the Tiger II.
same tracks, transmission, suspension and roadwheels. while the dimensions were very similar to those of Panther Ausf G. Side armor protection was 60mm thick while frontal armor protection was 100mm thick.
" It was planned to arm Panther II with the latest 75mm KwK 42 L/100 or even 88mm KwK 43 L/71 (without muzzle break) gun mounted in newly designed narrow turret - Schmalturm (designed by Rheinmetall in 1944 and to be produced by Daimler-Benz)."

In the end it would be just as crappy slow as an Tiger II.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-07-2010, 12:07:20
The panther II missed its turret. The guys at the Patton armor museum mated an Ausf G turret to it. I once read their was a plan in the future to make a model of the Ausf F turret.


But imagine that Panther II fighting against Comets and centurion tanks on an alpenfestung II map! HRHRHRHRHR

A large but very nice picture

(http://img.blog.yahoo.co.kr/ybi/1/24/56/shinecommerce/folder/72/img_72_14738_8?1190761923.jpg)

FIND out all the sherman variants and win a prize!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-07-2010, 12:07:56
Stuka bombing fest!! Har har har :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-07-2010, 12:07:58
Stuka bombing fest!! Har har har :D
What stukas? YOUR luftwaffe is destroyed! FHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-07-2010, 13:07:35
I never said it was the FLYING one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 08-07-2010, 13:07:05
lol put a 88 in front a see how many it can penetrate in one shot ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 08-07-2010, 15:07:13
^ Why use 88mm when you can use the 128mm gun of Jagdtiger/Pak 44?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-07-2010, 15:07:26
From what I remember the Tiger II's canon was actually better then the huge thing on the Jagdtiger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 08-07-2010, 15:07:34
The panther II missed its turret. The guys at the Patton armor museum mated an Ausf G turret to it. I once read their was a plan in the future to make a model of the Ausf F turret.


But imagine that Panther II fighting against Comets and centurion tanks on an alpenfestung II map! HRHRHRHRHR

You forgot american Pershings and T28 Super heavy tank.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/T-28-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-07-2010, 15:07:07
From what I remember the Tiger II's canon was actually better then the huge thing on the Jagdtiger.
IIRC the 128MM gun had the same penetration as the 88 on the KT, but it maintained its power over longer ranges.

IS-2's for example could survive a KT shot at 1000m, but not from the 12.8CM.
Penetration at 2000m was 132mm for KT but still 150mm for 12.8cm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-07-2010, 15:07:27
Stuka bombing fest!! Har har har :D
What stukas? YOUR luftwaffe is destroyed! FHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
 ;D


MY Luftwaffe?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-07-2010, 15:07:46
HARHARHARHAR!!
(http://panzerwaffe.pl/krzemek/jagdtiger/jagdtiger12d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-07-2010, 15:07:04
(http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/images/oldShips/B.Olga_D-15_1.jpg)
Quote
This was the "Queen Olga", a Greek Destroyer. There were two of this design in Greek service in 1940 and it was the most modern ship in the Greek navy. It was a British design. This ship did great service in WW2, sinking numerous Italian military and merchant ships. It was finally sunk by German dive bombers in 1943, just after the Italian capitulation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tolga<3 on 08-07-2010, 18:07:26
I take offence to that Bouras, add one letter and its Queen Tolga :(


EDIT

Thats a shame, another repost, double the fail.

This is the only picture that I can 100% guarantee wasnt a repost
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww31/thanamestolga/35kk021.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-07-2010, 18:07:33
Yeah that's a repost, I remember the crude jokes about that one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-07-2010, 18:07:45
I take offence to that Bouras, add one letter and its Queen Tolga :(


You are not a destroyer and certainly not Greek ;) Good thing i did not do any typos there XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tolga<3 on 08-07-2010, 18:07:57
First is true. Second, maybe maybe not. Im a Thracian (that what you call a person from Thrace?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-07-2010, 18:07:33
Ow...Then... Well yeah then you can't know for sure...Anyways i would not call you queen  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-07-2010, 19:07:39
A Thracian. You fit very well in my gladiator school.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 08-07-2010, 23:07:34
Cats from Hell :P

(http://pagesperso-orange.fr/histoire-militaire/infanterie/M18Hellcat_3.jpg)

Two M18 Hellcat in probably fall 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-07-2010, 01:07:26


Neh, they are Croatians, i remember because i posted it :)
Duh, i didnt know you actually said they are Croatians :/

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/457511-2/DLiB_201_2%23)

1st SS Grenadiers in urban combat at Kharkov/Ukraine, March of 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-07-2010, 01:07:17
Can anyone explain me what they are doing there? Or is it just something on the photo? Smoke from the cigarette?
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8535/03189.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 252 Munitionszugkraftwagen (Ammo Carrier)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-07-2010, 02:07:08
Looks like some weird screwup on the negative.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 09-07-2010, 03:07:42
Either that, or the dude caught on fire and no one has noticed yet  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gl@mRock on 09-07-2010, 05:07:02
(http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/goliaths1.jpg)

Quote
Disabled German remote controlled "Goliaths" (filled with explosives)
being examined by 2d NBB personnel, Utah Beach, June 6-7, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 09-07-2010, 08:07:24
hmm.. going on vacation and I have recently bought a book on tanks... lots and lots of pics.. I haven´t seen any of them in this forum. Do you wan´t me to scan and show some of them? It´s not alot of work .

edit.. I will not scan all the pages. Is there any tanks you want more than others?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-07-2010, 09:07:46
R35* and M11/39

By saying R35 i mean, , R35 H35/H38/H39 because they are sexy
Panhard 178 if possible
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 09-07-2010, 11:07:34
late war tanks! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-07-2010, 12:07:17
hmm.. going on vacation and I have recently bought a book on tanks... lots and lots of pics.. I haven´t seen any of them in this forum. Do you wan´t me to scan and show some of them? It´s not alot of work .

edit.. I will not scan all the pages. Is there any tanks you want more than others?

Whats the book called? Tanks of the World 1915-1945. If so, well chosen. If not, anything else by Chris Ellis or Peter Chamberlain?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-07-2010, 17:07:31
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/LAND/INFANTRY/WW%20Antitank%20Weapons/ANTITANK%20RIFLES/BOYS-page1.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/LAND/INFANTRY/WW%20Antitank%20Weapons/ANTITANK%20RIFLES/BOYS-page2.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/LAND/INFANTRY/WW%20Antitank%20Weapons/ANTITANK%20RIFLES/MODEL97-pg1.jpg)


They are one i swear  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-07-2010, 17:07:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/450953-2/ME+262_001)

The camera attached to a P-51 Mustang fighter piloted by Lt. Kenney, of the 357 Fighter Group, captures the end of a Messerschmitt 262, piloted by Franz Schall, who managed to escape by jumping
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 09-07-2010, 19:07:47
Description: Troops take shelter near an M10 Wolverine tank destroyer - 6 June 1944
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg/608px-Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 09-07-2010, 19:07:13
Italy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 09-07-2010, 20:07:03
Italy?
This appened the 6 of June 44, their is a lot of chances that this tank is in Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-07-2010, 22:07:37
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/522/aout1944.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 4/1 150mm Nebelwerfer on Opel Maultier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-07-2010, 06:07:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/405541-2/ss-wounded)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-07-2010, 20:07:29
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5732/guangdongsoldier.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-07-2010, 23:07:27
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8417/04831.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 10-07-2010, 23:07:28
Look at the tank at the very left near the train tracks in that photo, any idea what it is?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-07-2010, 23:07:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/459595-2/123_019)

Soldiers of the 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS with a French FM 24/29.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/459582-2/123_002)

Stukas attacking Teriaeva monastery north-west of Moscow, which was used by the Soviets as a Fortress.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 11-07-2010, 00:07:37
Look at the tank at the very left near the train tracks in that photo, any idea what it is?

A tiger II  ;D  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 11-07-2010, 00:07:57
All the way left, not the StuG  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-07-2010, 00:07:59
J.P. Bouras, on your Canadian Boy's Rifle manual it says that it "weighs but 150 pounds complete with shield."

That's pretty cool I didn't know they had shields for them, never seen a picture of one before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2010, 08:07:23
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9533/13021945northwestofrave.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 11-07-2010, 10:07:18
That's an Italian Semovente isn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Big Lebowski on 11-07-2010, 10:07:45
Yes is is. Not sure what version, M42M im guessing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 11-07-2010, 11:07:41
Quote from: Seth_Soldier
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9533/13021945northwestofrave.jpg)

Semovente da 75/34 aka Sturmgeschütz M42 mit 75/34 851(i).

Quote from: Yustax
Anyway, here's a picture from me.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/Dead_soldier_on_tank.jpg)

A dead US tank crew, lies dead outside the commander's hatch in a M1A1 Sherman tank, in the outskirts of Caen, Normandy

It's an M4A4 Sherman V, so it can't be American, also the Americans didn't fight anywhere near Caen, which was well inside the British/Canadian area of operations.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 11-07-2010, 12:07:30
J.P. Bouras, on your Canadian Boy's Rifle manual it says that it "weighs but 150 pounds complete with shield."

That's pretty cool I didn't know they had shields for them, never seen a picture of one before.
That bottom picture is the Japanese 20mm AT Rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 11-07-2010, 13:07:36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/H_11843-Members_of_Home_Guard_using_a_Northover_Projector-July_1941.jpg)
A thing I never heard off... The Northover projector.

Its a a makeshift anti tank weapon designed for the british home guard.

Quote
The weapon consisted of a hollow metal tube attached to a tripod, with a rudimentary breech at one end. Rounds were fired with the use of black powder detonated by a cap from a toy pistol, and it had an effective range of between 100 and 150 yards. Although it was cheap and easy to manufacture, it did have several problems; it was difficult to move and the No. 76 Special Incendiary Grenades it used as one type of ammunition had a tendency to break inside the breech, damaging the weapon and injuring the crew. Production began in late 1940, and by the beginning of 1943 nearly 19,000 were in service. Like many obsolete Home Guard weapons, it was eventually replaced by other weapons, such as the 2-pounder anti tank gun.

"Like many of the obsolete weapons designed for the Home Guard, the Northover Projector was only taken out of service when it could be replaced with "marginally less ineffective" weapons provided by the Army, such as the 2-pounder anti tank gun."


And in adition.

(http://www.staffshomeguard.co.uk/TettenhallDsmTeam2014.jpg)
wtf is this????


I want one!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-07-2010, 13:07:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard) ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 11-07-2010, 19:07:36
It's an M4A4 Sherman V, so it can't be American, also the Americans didn't fight anywhere near Caen, which was well inside the British/Canadian area of operations.


Info is wrong then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-07-2010, 19:07:50
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard) ;)
useless as an anti-tank gun

perfect basis for a weapon that wiped out alot of submarines
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-07-2010, 19:07:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-315-1110-09%2C_Italien%2C_Offiziere_bei_Lagebesprechung.jpg)

General Ernst-Günther Baade (seated)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-07-2010, 23:07:19
(http://www.uscg.mil/History/webcutters/Hedgehog.jpg)

Is it a fish? Is it periscope? NO defiantly not

Its a the mighty hedgehogs mortar shells going to the deep.

Next to improved detection methods and long distance ASW planes, this weapon was the end of the U-boat dominance in the atlantic.

Here is it being reloaded(http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_Hedgehog_Apnok_pic.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 11-07-2010, 23:07:42
Wiki link or something to learn moar about this ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-07-2010, 23:07:53
Wiki link or something to learn moar about this ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_mortar

It is still used today with great effect
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 11-07-2010, 23:07:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Matilda_Hedgehog(AWM_133687).jpg)
Australian Matilda II Hedgehog
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-07-2010, 23:07:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Matilda_Hedgehog(AWM_133687).jpg)
Australian Matilda II Hedgehog
Hrhrhrh now that would be great for a british Alpenfestung...I mean an Aussie variant, with the british! On alpenfestung!

Im a genius!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 11-07-2010, 23:07:51
Not really Theta, its a Pacific only vehicle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 11-07-2010, 23:07:24
Im a genius!

Fail.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-07-2010, 23:07:44
He wrote defiantly instead of definetly again  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-07-2010, 00:07:53
He wrote defiantly instead of definetly again  ;D
quiet not true!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-07-2010, 00:07:28
When you type definatly into something it automaticly gets corrected to defiantly or definably for some reason here, so don't blame the poor guy.

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z182/InzaneGuy89/WorldWarII2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-07-2010, 01:07:43
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8662/x89i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 12-07-2010, 02:07:09
"ITS GOJIRAA"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 12-07-2010, 05:07:12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard) ;)
useless as an anti-tank gun

perfect basis for a weapon that wiped out alot of submarines


 The Blacker Bombard is actually credited with a tank kill by an Australian crew during the defence of Tobruk.

therefore battle tested and proven, but it would have taken major balls to want to use such a fixed, short range weapon ahainst a panzer. (crazy Aussies)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 12-07-2010, 19:07:33
Scan one: don´t know if ill be able to keep it up.. this heat !

RENAULT UE CHENILLETTE
gun: none
armor: 9 mm
crew: 2
Length 2,94 m widht: 1,75 m height:1,24 m
weight: 3300 kg
Engine: Renault 4 cyl petrolengine 38 hp
speed: 30 km/h
Distance: 100 km

Build in the 1930:s and used in the WWII outbreak. Many got caugth by germans and later used by wehrmacht.
In germany known as Infanterieshlepper UE 630F. Good for pulling stuff and providing forces with ammo and such. The germans mounted MG34 and other weapons on it.

(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1772/renaultuechenillette.jpg) (http://img408.imageshack.us/i/renaultuechenillette.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-07-2010, 20:07:55
The french version of the universal carrier :)

One of the things the germans desperatly needed..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-07-2010, 20:07:36
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_warsawuprising9.jpg)

Quote
Polish resistance fighters Wlodzimierz Denkowski (with Thompson submachine gun), Lech Zubrzycki, Jan Baginski, and Zygmunt Siennicki (with MP35 submachine gun), Warsaw, Poland, circa 11 Aug 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2010, 02:07:59
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1479/marder3h1.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 139 7,62cm PaK 36(r) on Fgstl. 38(t) Marder III
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-07-2010, 04:07:25
(http://media.airspacemag.com/images/ON08_last-to-die3.jpg)

Consolidated B-32 Dominator Hobo Queen II in the Philippines, 1945.

The B-32 was meant as a competitor to the B-29, but was out-competed. Far East Air Force wanted B-29s for tactical use in the Philippines in 1945, but all B-29s were earmarked for strategic bombing so they got a handful of B-32s instead. They were employed in tactical missions against the remaining Japanese forced in the Philippines.

A few were modified for photo-reconnaissance and used over Japan.

On August 18, 1945 the last American to be killed in WW2 by enemy fire died when 2 B-32s (one of them was Hobo Queen II seen above) were attacked by 17 Japanese fighters over Tokyo. Neither plane was shot down, and they shot down at least two of their attackers. Unfortunately one man, Sergeant Anthony Marchione, was mortally wounded by fire from the Japanese planes.

Full story here: http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/The_Last_to_Die.html?c=y&page=1

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 13-07-2010, 04:07:28
 Megaraptor,
Cool picture and a great story (with comments) on the link but it leads to page 5 instead of the first (1st) page.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-07-2010, 04:07:55
Megaraptor,
Cool picture and a great story (with comments) on the link but it leads to page 5 instead of the first (1st) page.

Fixed, thanks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-07-2010, 12:07:32
(http://valkiria.net/uploads/pic/historia/wwii/uzb/brittanks/churchill/churchill_crocodile.jpg)

Churchill crocodile during the normandy campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 13-07-2010, 12:07:36
Russki Churchill
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/R4twgK1UcEI/AAAAAAAAFTM/ZSx_w04f5Rw/s1600/Churchill_05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 13-07-2010, 13:07:56
was the churchill mk III used in normandy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-07-2010, 13:07:42
was the churchill mk III used in normandy?
no.

Normandy saw the MK IV and V (MKIV with 95MM CS gun) in the early battles and the so called "Heavy churchill's) MKVII began to apear Mid-normandy campaign. As the war progressed, the churchill became more and more common.Market garden saw the first actuall wide-spread deployment of the churchill tanks. The grand majority of them their where the heavy churchills.

Edit=With remaining MKIV converted to other models.Like the V CS with a 95MM howitzer, but MVIII with 95mm howitzer where more common
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 13-07-2010, 17:07:32
Russki Churchill
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/R4twgK1UcEI/AAAAAAAAFTM/ZSx_w04f5Rw/s1600/Churchill_05.jpg)

Looks like they bring Chrismass trees with us XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-07-2010, 19:07:49
camoflauge
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 13-07-2010, 19:07:19
"Heinz,Ze Chriztmas Treech are hier."
"Gut Wie hav been vaiting for dem all week"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 13-07-2010, 20:07:06
TK-3 light tank
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1712/tk3k.jpg) (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/tk3k.jpg/)

Gun: 7,92 mm machinegun or 20 mm gun
Armour: 4-8 mm
Crew: 2
Length 2,65 m
Widht 1,78 m
Hight 1,35 m
Weight unknown
Engine: Ford A 4 cyl petrol 40 hp at 2300 rpm
speed 45 km/h
range 200 km

Polish army light armour. Origin from Vickers Carden_Lloyd Mk VI. Engineers made som adjustments. Brought into service 1931 by polish army. 300 was build and were the majority of the polish army armour. It had no chance against the german tanks. They were perfect for recon and the low profile made them difficult to hit.

In the pic: A german soldier on a captured TK-3 after the invasion of Poland in sept 1939. The majority was destroyed.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-07-2010, 21:07:46
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3219/bundesarchivn1603bild24.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2010, 22:07:14
(http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9872/10cmnbw35.jpg)
10 cm Nebelwerfer 35; that's how it started: with a mortar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-07-2010, 22:07:56
TK-3 light tank
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1712/tk3k.jpg) (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/tk3k.jpg/)

Gun: 7,92 mm machinegun or 20 mm gun
Armour: 4-8 mm
Crew: 2
Length 2,65 m
Widht 1,78 m
Hight 1,35 m
Weight unknown
Engine: Ford A 4 cyl petrol 40 hp at 2300 rpm
speed 45 km/h
range 200 km

Polish army light armour. Origin from Vickers Carden_Lloyd Mk VI. Engineers made som adjustments. Brought into service 1931 by polish army. 300 was build and were the majority of the polish army armour. It had no chance against the german tanks. They were perfect for recon and the low profile made them difficult to hit.

In the pic: A german soldier on a captured TK-3 after the invasion of Poland in sept 1939. The majority was destroyed.



As a note, it was no worse then the Panzer 1 other then lacking a turret.  And the 20mm type was actually an excellent tank destroyer, being the best 20mm cannon used on tanks during the war in terms of armour penetration, and combining that with its low profile and speed, it was used to quite wonderful results.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-07-2010, 22:07:16


As a note, it was no worse then the Panzer 1 other then lacking a turret.  And the 20mm type was actually an excellent tank destroyer, being the best 20mm cannon used on tanks during the war in terms of armour penetration, and combining that with its low profile and speed, it was used to quite wonderful results.

There was a Polish tankette ace of the 1939 campaign...I forget his name, but he took out something like 7 tanks in a TK-3.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-07-2010, 22:07:00
That was just in one of his battles.  One of the tanks he knocked out, a Pz4, was commanded by a german prince as well ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 13-07-2010, 23:07:29
That thingy took out a PZ4 ? Hard to believe... What penetration does its gun have?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-07-2010, 23:07:02
40mm at 200m.  And remember, Pz3/4 at the time had their thickest armour around 30mm....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-07-2010, 23:07:47
the sides where tin foil  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-07-2010, 00:07:48
These polish tankettes are very small. you can easily hide them behind a bush or a fence and 'snipe' a german tank on advance picking weak points.

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9259/t10cmnbw40143.jpg)
10cm Nebelwerfer 40 on trailer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 14-07-2010, 04:07:33
 That 10cm Nebelwerfer would be a damn fine addition to this game.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-07-2010, 10:07:37
(http://a.imageshack.us/img59/615/bundesarchivn1603bild03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 14-07-2010, 12:07:49
These polish tankettes are very small. you can easily hide them behind a bush or a fence and 'snipe' a german tank on advance picking weak points.

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9259/t10cmnbw40143.jpg)
10cm Nebelwerfer 40 on trailer
what is this, a 10cm rocked "mortar" or a simple mortar ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-07-2010, 00:07:51

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9259/t10cmnbw40143.jpg)
10cm Nebelwerfer 40 on trailer
what is this, a 10cm rocked "mortar" or a simple mortar ?

It is a heavy mortar, designed for the troops who were supposed to launch HE and smoke shells as well as gas attacks. Gas and chemicals were not used in combat during world war 2, thus these "foglaunchers" developed later into a rather pure artillery gun with the purpose of carrying explosives.

This is the mortar being deployed. Bad quality, but I got no other.
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5977/nbw40.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-07-2010, 00:07:59
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5329/52497306.jpg)
15cm Nebelwerfer 41. Rocket-propelled.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-07-2010, 01:07:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/37823-6/Maginot+1940)
The crew of a french bunker of the Maginot Line surrenders to german troops in June 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-07-2010, 02:07:57
Oohhh, water wings!  Awesome :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-07-2010, 02:07:38
(http://www.proskopos.com/oxi/metopo2.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 16-07-2010, 10:07:17
Canadian soldiers landing at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernières-sur-Mer.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Canadian_Soldiers_Juno_Beach_Town.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-07-2010, 20:07:35
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/54/schwererwehrmachtschlep.jpg)
front: Schwerer Wehrmachtsschlepper  (sWS) (heavy army tractor)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-07-2010, 21:07:47
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6032/5919.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-07-2010, 23:07:02
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/DoD_USMC_86249.jpg)

Quote
A Piper Cub of the 1st Marine Division's improvised air force snags a message from a patrol on New Britain's north coast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-07-2010, 01:07:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/460491-2/soldier+mp40)

Picture possibly posed. Senior Corp. keeping an eye on the situation in the trenches. Man looks to having a hard day. Impressive collection of decorations: wounded badge, assault badge (infantry), close combat clasp, Iron Cross ribbon. Russian Jan.-Feb. 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-07-2010, 07:07:15
Obergefreiter more falls into the range of simply Corporal  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-07-2010, 09:07:19
A Obergefreiter is more like a PFC, since a Corporal is already a group leader, while the Obergefreiter isn´t (atleast that´s how it is today). Unteroffizier is the equivalent of a Corporal, I guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-07-2010, 09:07:44
That's modern day, with the inclusion of all those stupid Nato E-1, E-2, E-3, etc ranks.  In WW2, Obergefreiter was corporal, with Unteroffizer serving as sergeant.  I've been over this before :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-07-2010, 09:07:20
doesnt matter. germans still have the coolest sounding ranks

OBERSTURMGEFREITER

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2010, 11:07:14
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6527/bundesarchivbild183j288.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-07-2010, 12:07:20
That's modern day, with the inclusion of all those stupid Nato E-1, E-2, E-3, etc ranks.  In WW2, Obergefreiter was corporal, with Unteroffizer serving as sergeant.  I've been over this before :P
According to the NATO ranking our Stabs- and Oberstabsgereiter have the rank of Corporal/Specialist though unlike a Corporal they don´t give orders, whereas the Unteroffizier and Stabsunteroffizier are Sergeants.
It´s difficult to compare German and American ranks of enlisted men ("Mannschaften") since we have (atleast today) more "Mannschafter" ranks than any other NATO-army (Mannschafter are the ones who receive orders, just for clarification).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 17-07-2010, 13:07:58
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6527/bundesarchivbild183j288.jpg)

April 1945, MG-34, Dutch helmets? What on earth do we have here?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-07-2010, 13:07:45
No curve in the side, no Dutch helmets.

Prototype M44/M45?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: mopskind on 17-07-2010, 13:07:08
maybe romanian forces?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 17-07-2010, 13:07:15
no those are not Dutch helmets, they are different shaped.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-07-2010, 14:07:36
maybe romanian forces?
Clever! Didn't even think about those..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2010, 14:07:56
 ;) romanian forces use dutch helmet  :D

They are Volksturm soldiers.
So those helmet are more likely Czech mod 34 helmet.

Volksturm use plenty of helmet, even the latest and rejected design of the german helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-07-2010, 14:07:41
Do you know of any pictures with the M44/M45 Stahlhelm?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-07-2010, 18:07:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/456916-2/1278133163610)

A smouldering T-34 tank lays wrecked by the side of the road, only moments ago it had exchanged shots and lost with the Tiger IE in the back ground
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-07-2010, 18:07:42
Do you know of any pictures with the M44/M45 Stahlhelm?

Yeah, I never saw one of those.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2010, 18:07:07
well from an article it seems it has equiped foreign units on the estern front at least. I will scan the article.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-07-2010, 18:07:22
Looks like Slovakian forces to me.


Also, @homer, yeah, in WW2 the german ranks were much different, as Oberschuetze and Stabsgefreiter were actually not normal ranks, but ranks intended only for those who were messups in the army, with Oberschuetze only attainable after failure of a tech school or failure to attain gefreiter within a year after basic.  Stabsgefreiter meanwhile was for those who failed NCO school or were deemed unfit to become an NCO.  Once promoted to Stabsgefreiter, it was nearly impossible to gain another promotion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 17-07-2010, 18:07:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-071-36%2C_Polen%2C_an_der_Brahe%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-07-2010, 19:07:46
Alot has changed in the past 70 years. But theres one thing about German ranks I wondered about: The Air Force and especialy the Navy had the HG, SG and OSG ranks, like we do today, so were these ranks the Heer didn´t have part of the normal rank chain or special ranks, like in the army?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-07-2010, 19:07:53
The airforce had a Hauptgefreiter rank for a replacement rank for the lack of Oberschuetze (in order to join the air force, one already had to prove competency).  It generally served in the Senior Corporal role, and was a normal rank, however was phased out mid war and no longer used.

The navy had its own ranking system.  The stabsgefreiter and oberstabsgefreiter ranks were indeed for non-NCO material, however could also be chosen by "career" enlisted men, who weren't comfortable with command.  Those who chose it as a career could later be bumped to oberstabsgefreiter for an increase in respect and pay.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-07-2010, 19:07:50
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1553/thorfront1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2010, 20:07:09
the article about the model BII.
- a picture with supposely lettische polizei battalion soldiers wearing it, found in the documents of an ex-member dead few years ago
- Comparaison with a nva helmet and a model IIB found in pskov

(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9942/scankr.th.jpg) (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/scankr.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 17-07-2010, 20:07:18
(http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/040607-F-0000S-004.jpg)

Quote
B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 398th Bombardment Group fly a bombing run to Neumunster, Germany, on April 13, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-07-2010, 20:07:04
Thanks Seth! MG08/15 with two gunners both wearing the prototype, awesome  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 17-07-2010, 21:07:38
Finns at burned Rovaniemi during Lapland War 1944

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/FinnishTroops_Rovaniemi1944_LaplandWar_004.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 17-07-2010, 22:07:25
Finns at burned Rovaniemi during Lapland War 1944

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/FinnishTroops_Rovaniemi1944_LaplandWar_004.jpg)

lapland war?

between who?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-07-2010, 22:07:22
Germany Finland
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-07-2010, 23:07:09
The finnish gutted the germans like cornish game hens

(http://www.brigade-piron.be/crea33.jpg)

Humber?  of the brigade Piron, a belgian brigade fighting during WW2 when their country was taken. They where mostly light equipped, but did a great job.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 17-07-2010, 23:07:10
The finnish gutted the germans like cornish game hens


Don't you mean the Germans retreated, planting mines and burning anything they saw, and the Finns just came after them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-07-2010, 23:07:53
Nah, the finns had several major battles, and in Tornio, even motti'ed the german troops :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-07-2010, 00:07:53
Several major battles, being pretty much just Tornio. The rest of the fire fights were more or less just skirmishes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-07-2010, 00:07:25
Well, Suursaari island, the encircling engagements south or tornio, and then a few defensive positions in the lapland.  The rest thought was just firefights, yes :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-07-2010, 12:07:12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-07-2010, 13:07:02
Found this to be an awesome photo

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Voitto-lapissa-2.jpg)
Victory at Lappland, the Finns hoist a flag at Finnish–Norwegian border after driving the Germans (the former allies) away from Finland – April 27th 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 18-07-2010, 15:07:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Same_Soviet_Infiltrator_facing_firing_squad.jpeg)

Execution of a Soviet partisan by Finnish troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-07-2010, 15:07:17
These "partisans" were totally ineffectual and mostly raided villages near the boarder, killing women, children and elderly. For this reason, these "partisans" were one on the few that were by general order to be shot right away. The rules were rather vague and if a partisan for example had uniform and rank insignias he would usually treated as a PoW.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Viiangi_7.7.1943.jpg)
"Village of Viiangi after the Soviet partisan raid, July 1943"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 18-07-2010, 16:07:29
(http://dangerouscitizens.columbia.edu/assets/images/figures/Fig%2010_large.png)
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MASSACRE AT DISTOMO (June 10, 1944)
Four days after the Allied invasion of Normandy a most despicable atrocity took place in the village of Distomo, in the province of Boeotia in Central Greece. A unit of the SS Police Panzergrenadier Regiment No 7, on an antipartisan sweep, massacred 218 Greek civilians in the village. Packed into seven trucks, the unit drove through the village without incident but a short distance beyond the village the convoy was ambushed by a guerrilla band that resulted in the killing of seven SS soldiers. The SS unit doubled back into the village and in a last ditch effort to crush partisan activities, the reprisals, including looting, burning and rape, began. When a Red Cross delegation visited the village some days later they found bodies hanging from trees along the main street. One survivor, Yannes Basdekis, recalled, "I walked into a house and saw a woman, stripped naked and covered in blood. Her breasts had been sliced off. Her baby lay dead nearby, the cut off nipple still in its mouth". The unit commander, SS Hauptstrumführer Lautenbach was later charged with falsifying a military report on the massacre but the charges were dropped as the massacre was judged a 'military necessity'. Today, the skulls and bones of the victims are displayed in the Mausoleum of Distomo. In 1960, Germany paid the Greek government 115 million marks as compensation for the suffering of its citizens during the German occupation but as yet no payment is forthcoming for the victims of Distomo. It was not until 1990 that members of the German embassy first took part in the wreath laying ceremony on the annual anniversary of the massacre. (It is somewhat ironic that other massacres took place on a same date, the 10th of June, Lidice in 1943, Oradour-zur-Glane and Distomo, in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-07-2010, 16:07:46
These "partisans" were totally ineffectual and mostly raided villages near the boarder, killing women, children and elderly. For this reason, these "partisans" were one on the few that were by general order to be shot right away. The rules were rather vague and if a partisan for example had uniform and rank insignias he would usually treated as a PoW.

and man, who lead these partisan attacks against Finland became leader of Soviet Union (and KGB before that) later, Juri Andropov
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-07-2010, 18:07:47
These "partisans" were totally ineffectual and mostly raided villages near the boarder, killing women, children and elderly. For this reason, these "partisans" were one on the few that were by general order to be shot right away. The rules were rather vague and if a partisan for example had uniform and rank insignias he would usually treated as a PoW.

One thing people forget is that, by the rules of war during WW2, any partisan was in fact counted as a murderer, and could be shot.  This was according to the then current Geneva conventions, so even the US and Britian did this.  Hell, the US and Britain even technically allowed hostage taking (just not the killing of said hostages), though this didn't occur.

In the end however, only the Polish army of warsaw in 1944 was ever counted not as partisans, but as an actual military force, due to their wear of insignia, polish military uniforms mixed with non-specific parts of german uniforms (IE, camo, helmets, and gear, all of which were IDed with the polish red/white colours), and their good treatment of german POWs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 18-07-2010, 18:07:01
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6894/pivn.jpg) (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/pivn.jpg/)
PIV on russian soil 1943.

(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6118/m10uw.jpg) (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/m10uw.jpg/)
M10 seen some action

(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9739/semoventem41.jpg) (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/semoventem41.jpg/)
Semovente M41 - the strongest of all italys canonwagons. With 90 mm canon on a M15/42

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-07-2010, 19:07:19
Where does the crew stay at in that last one?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-07-2010, 19:07:08
A driver at the front, inside the vehicle as usual and the gun crew at the back inside the gun "box" (think Marder).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 18-07-2010, 19:07:58
(http://www.corazzati.it/m41m_fotobn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-07-2010, 19:07:51
It doesn't look like the gun crew would be able to even stay or fit behind the gun mantlet thingy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-07-2010, 19:07:33
They usually had an ammo carrier vehicle behind them, so the crew prob rode in that, then fought in the crew compartment just like an AT gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-07-2010, 19:07:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Torninjaakarit.jpg)

Captain Pentti Railio, Lieutenant Lauri Törni and Lieutenant Holger Pitkänen after Battle of Haukilahti, date unknown. Picture is coloured afterwards, as you can see.

(http://www.warlinks.com/pages/images/uffz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 18-07-2010, 19:07:47
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Sturmtiger_warsaw_1944.jpg)

The only known combat footage of a Sturmtiger.
In this case the picture was taken from am old german newsreel.
The picture itself depicts the Sturmtiger firing its 380mm mortar at the warsaw ghetto
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 18-07-2010, 20:07:38
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3628/jagdtiger.jpg) (http://img210.imageshack.us/i/jagdtiger.jpg/)
I think you all know this one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-07-2010, 20:07:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/437892-2/battle14)

US Army 8in Howitzer M1 firing on Japanese positions, Okinawa, Japan, April 19 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2010, 22:07:58
waffentrager in soviet hand.

(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/339/tankers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-07-2010, 01:07:12
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1553/thorfront1.jpg)
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4448/thorback1.jpg)

Edited on request.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-07-2010, 15:07:17
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1419/werferback1.jpg)
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3753/thorinside1jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-07-2010, 16:07:32
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-178-1536-18A%2C_Griechenland%2C_griechische_Soldaten.jpg)
Greek soldiers resting. Greece, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 19-07-2010, 16:07:04
Partisans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-07-2010, 16:07:49
Considering the Date i would say yes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-07-2010, 19:07:52
Partisans?


Technically they are not partisans considering they have uniforms on. If captured they will be treated as POWs rather than murderers like non-uniformed resistance soldiers would. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 19-07-2010, 23:07:19
French Legion in Russia, including a 15 year old volunteer.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-141-1291-02%2C_Russland%2C_15-j%C3%A4hriger_der_franz%C3%B6sischen_Legion.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-07-2010, 23:07:04
Partisans?


Technically they are not partisans considering they have uniforms on. If captured they will be treated as POWs rather than murderers like non-uniformed resistance soldiers would. ;D
German orders were to kill all Allied soldiers behind enemy lines, uniform or not, no?  I thought the Polish resistance was the only one militarized enough to be given POW status by the Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-07-2010, 23:07:29
If that was a rule it was iffy. Large scale commando raids often resulted in the special operators being taken prisoner. As long as the partisans stayed in line with the Geneva Convention, as many of the resistance groups did not, they would be treated as soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-07-2010, 23:07:38
Greeks were the only ones allowed to keep their uniforms and weapons i think as an award for extreme bravery in their battle...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-07-2010, 00:07:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/462753-2/winterwartracefire_2510BEFD)

Photo made in first months of Winter War near Finland-Russia border.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 20-07-2010, 00:07:06
Partisans?

Technically they are not partisans considering they have uniforms on. If captured they will be treated as POWs rather than murderers like non-uniformed resistance soldiers would. ;D
German orders were to kill all Allied soldiers behind enemy lines, uniform or not, no?  I thought the Polish resistance was the only one militarized enough to be given POW status by the Germans.
There were surely no orders in german army to kill all enemys, uniform or not.
In fact, a German soldier could be Court Marshalled for killing enemy soldiers without any Reason.
Of course in battle you had to kill the enemy who resisted your attack or tried to attacked you. But often the troops fighting on the front lines send enemy soldiers who surrendered, or maybe just survived, further behind their own lines without any guards or such. The enemy was to be taken care of by the troops behind the front, who were not busy fighting. They could safely assume that the enemy soldiers was happy that the war has ended for him with him being still alive.
Partisans, of course, who were not fighting in any official uniform, were basically just civilian criminals, for which no war rules had to be applied.
Of course, the Russians never signed the Geneva Convention (and brutally murdered German captives on some occasions), so the Germans did not care much about their Russian pows as well. (several houndred thousand starved to death in german pow camps i think)

But still, there were basically laws forbidding any killings besides in military actions. Up to mid 1942, German soldiers could even be hanged for stealing a chicken from civilians (no matter if enemy country or not). Only later, it was allowed for soldiers to "live from th country", but only because supplies got worse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-07-2010, 00:07:03
There were surely no orders in german army to kill all enemys, uniform or not.
In fact, a German soldier could be Court Marshalled for killing enemy soldiers without any Reason.

I think CPS was referring to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Order

But still, there were basically laws forbidding any killings besides in military actions. Up to mid 1942, German soldiers could even be hanged for stealing a chicken from civilians (no matter if enemy country or not). Only later, it was allowed for soldiers to "live from th country", but only because supplies got worse.

That may be true in the west, but certainly not in Russia: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/ggiles/barbaros.html

Quote
1. For acts which members of the Wehrmacht or its retinue commit against enemy civilians, there is no compulsion to prosecute, even when the act represents at the same time a military crime or offense.

2. In judging such deeds it is to be considered in any proceedings that the collapse in the year 1918, the later period of suffering of the German people, and the battle against National Socialism with the movement’s countless sacrifices of blood are incontestably to be attributed to Bolshevik influence, and that no German has forgotten that.

3. The chairman of the court must therefore examine whether a disciplinary reprimand is appropriate or whether it is necessary to institute judicial proceedings. The chairman only orders court-martial proceedings for acts against native inhabitants, when the maintenance of discipline or the protection of the troops demands it. That applies, for example, in the case of serious acts that result from the loss of sexual restraint, are derived from a criminal disposition, or are a sign that the troops are threatening to run wild. Criminal acts, by which lodgings or supplies or other plunder are senselessly destroyed to the detriment of our own troops, are not on the whole to be judged more leniently.

So basically, the only times a German soldier could get in trouble for brutalizing civilians in the USSR was if it threatened troop discipline (rape, or looting that leads to a breakdown of discipline) or hurt the Wehrmacht as a whole (destroying supplies the Germans could have used).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-07-2010, 00:07:10
....Germans in Greece could not get the partisants up in the mountains...They would be mostly killed by ambushes...Thats why they preffered to do things like this:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-779-0003-22%2C_Griechenland%2C_Schild_%C3%BCber_Zest%C3%B6rung_von_Kandanos.jpg)

"As counter-measures for the Attack of armed men and women civilian partisans against the German Soldiers backguard,Kandanos was destroyed"

and ofc lets not forget that the Germans Respected personal ownership of people

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0318-30%2C_Griechenland%2C_deutsche_Soldaten_in_Gesch%C3%A4ft.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0318-31%2C_Griechenland%2C_deutsche_Soldaten_in_Gesch%C3%A4ft.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-07-2010, 02:07:46
Lol, in the ardennes during the battle of the Buldge the Americans where almost hated by the population because they would just come to your house, steal all your firewood, come back a week later, steal the rest of your wood (doors, floors, roofs) to burn. Just speak to locals and you will hear that in some towns more then half the houses where completely looted just so the soldiers could have fire to heat up. How nice of them to destroy peoples houses for that in the middle of one of the coldest winters recorded.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-07-2010, 03:07:55
All soldiers in all armies looted during WW2, in all wars before then, and still many do today, USA included.  Looting has always been a part of war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-07-2010, 03:07:10
a good tradition perfected by us vikings!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-07-2010, 11:07:29
All soldiers in all armies looted during WW2, in all wars before then, and still many do today, USA included.  Looting has always been a part of war.

Well, to be honest my Grandfatherr says that only after the invasion the Germans started to act less disciplined. There was no looting or stealing at all by Germans and very little by regular thiefs (German rules where harsh on them, and they seemed to work as well) It was only the last 3 months that the Germans started to steal food, clothes and bicycles. (june 1944/ 4 September 1944, our libiration day)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-07-2010, 11:07:34
Tell that to the Germans in Greece...Looting...Pillaging...Burning villages for nothing...Destroying whole villages with mortar fire and many other crimes...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-07-2010, 11:07:05
For nothing? Well apparently some no good cowardly partisant attacked their noble FJ's. Ofcourse they can't tolerate that! You have to burn villages! [/sarcasm]

Bad way to deal with it, only increases the partisans, grows anger instead of fear  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-07-2010, 12:07:15
Yeah you are absolutely right ... My bad..Good Germans!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 20-07-2010, 12:07:58
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 20-07-2010, 12:07:45
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...

this
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-07-2010, 12:07:42
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...
To burn, rape and kill the persons who didn't do it. Yeah, that works.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 20-07-2010, 13:07:52
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...
To burn, rape and kill the persons who didn't do it. Yeah, that works.

Well, searching the ones who did it would probably just cause more casualties for own side and they wouldn't surrender because they know what will happen. You should have guarantees that enemy won't kill persons who didn't do it.. like finns had in Lapland war

Germans took over 130 hostages in Kemi and said that they will shoot all if Finns continue attacking on german forces... Finnish response to this threat: "If you shoot any of those civilians, we kill all wounded hostages and nurses (all were germans of course) from Tornio's field hospital." Result: No-one was killed. Germans burned lapland but didn't cause civilian casualties (on purpose).

If you hadn't fight back, they wouldn't have done nothing. Let the soldiers do the killing, if civilians turn into resistance fighters, innocent will suffer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-07-2010, 13:07:15
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/9378/hospfinal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 20-07-2010, 13:07:25
Quote
If you hadn't fight back, they wouldn't have done nothing. Let the soldiers do the killing, if civilians turn into resistance fighters, innocent will suffer.

I disagree, firstly because Allied did benefit from these action. Secondly, if one would invade my land, house or private space and hurt my family, i wont feel the need to join an army to make the invaders life as misserable as possible.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 20-07-2010, 13:07:54
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...

Sounds quite familiar to a recent but equally controversial event does it not?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 20-07-2010, 14:07:40
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...
To burn, rape and kill the persons who didn't do it. Yeah, that works.
Anti-Partisan actions Done by German forces were war crimes, I wasn't defending that. All I did was giving another view on these events as a contrast to Bouras' pro-Greek Statement that made Greece appear solely as victim.
Both nations violated the Geneva Conventions and I just wanted to highlight this fact.     

Quote
Sounds quite familiar to a recent but equally controversial event does it not?
Enlighten us, please.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 20-07-2010, 14:07:36
I think he refers to Guantanamo Bay..

OH NOES! BLACK HELICOPTERS!

(http://deotrosmundos.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/BlackHelicopters.262224209_std.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-07-2010, 14:07:11
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...
To burn, rape and kill the persons who didn't do it. Yeah, that works.
Anti-Partisan actions Done by German forces were war crimes, I wasn't defending that. All I did was giving another view on these events as a contrast to Bouras' pro-Greek Statement that made Greece appear solely as victim.
Both nations violated the Geneva Conventions and I just wanted to highlight this fact. 

Well Greece was the victim fyi, those paratroopers weren't going on a summer holiday. And if a hostile paratroopers ends up in my backyard hanging on my tree. I would punch him in the nuts, smack him knock out, tie him up and dump him with the local commander. Not before I peed on him though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-07-2010, 14:07:24
Fuck me this is fascinating. I much rather read this jibba jabba all day long than check out some cool Pictures of the Day!

If you didnt get it; moar pics, less nitting club.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-07-2010, 15:07:08


If you hadn't fight back, they wouldn't have done nothing. Let the soldiers do the killing, if civilians turn into resistance fighters, innocent will suffer.

Thats your way maybe.Not mine and not any Greeks as far as i know.I myself will fight to the end civilian or not , wounded or not.I will prefer to die than see my country on the hands of the others without me fighting.Things like these here in Greece Dont work this way.If you kill civilians you only make people even more pissed and even more angry and the only thing you will get is more dead soldiers for that.If you threaten civilians you will get even people fighting up in the mountains.And if you are speaking about Crete well...They were armed with Pitchforks and did what they were supposed to:Defend their homeland from invasion.

And a pic to maek Flippeh Happeh

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2007-0108%2C_Griechenland%2C_Kriegsbr%C3%BCcke.jpg)

Another activity done from the partisans was the blowing up of bridges.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-07-2010, 16:07:06
The FTP, communist French resistors, purposefully provoked the Germans into massacres with acts of sabotage, so that more people would become resistors.  A good plan, non?  And why that style of occupation enforcement doesn't work.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/B17-dropping-supplies-for-resistance.jpg)
a picher: A B-17 drops supplies to the French resistance based on the Vercors Plateau, a very large and well equipped group that established their own country, The Free Republic of Vercors, and launched a full uprising, before being annihilated by the Germans in one of the few pitched battles between a Western resistance movement and the Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 20-07-2010, 17:07:07
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-97906%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_Stra%C3%9Fenkampf.jpg)

Members of the SS-Sonderregiment Dirlewanger in Warsaw in window of townhouse at Focha 9 Street. In the glass reflection one can see details of the townhouse on the oposite side of the street at Focha 8 Street August 1944

Guys in Totenkopf division were church school students compared to these guys...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-07-2010, 17:07:55
Well yeah, Dirlewanger was made up of serious criminals released from prison on the condition of joining the SS. So when you put rapists and murderers in a unit and tell them to go fight partisans, well, what did they expect would happen  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 20-07-2010, 18:07:26
Well yeah, Dirlewanger was made up of serious criminals released from prison on the condition of joining the SS. So when you put rapists and murderers in a unit and tell them to go fight partisans, well, what did they expect would happen  ::)

and don't forget that Oskar Dirlewanger, the leader of unit, was same kind of psychopath too...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 20-07-2010, 18:07:31
Well yeah, Dirlewanger was made up of serious criminals released from prison on the condition of joining the SS. So when you put rapists and murderers in a unit and tell them to go fight partisans, well, what did they expect would happen  ::)

and don't forget that Oskar Dirlewanger, the leader of unit, was same kind of psychopath too...


I like how people are shocked by the deeds of murderers dressed up in black uniforms with skulls on them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-07-2010, 18:07:36
Hans...are we the baddies?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 20-07-2010, 19:07:24
Clubbing and stabbing wounded soldiers hanging from trees might provoke some equally barbarian responses...
To burn, rape and kill the persons who didn't do it. Yeah, that works.
Anti-Partisan actions Done by German forces were war crimes, I wasn't defending that. All I did was giving another view on these events as a contrast to Bouras' pro-Greek Statement that made Greece appear solely as victim.
Both nations violated the Geneva Conventions and I just wanted to highlight this fact.

Quote
Sounds quite familiar to a recent but equally controversial event does it not?
Enlighten us, please.

I was referring to the recent Gaza Blockade/ 'Aid' Flotilla raid controversy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-07-2010, 20:07:09
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7504/21cmnbw42.jpg)
210mm Nebelwerfer 42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-07-2010, 02:07:40
Greeks Greeks Greeks, can i hear something different?


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/463108-2/4562612711_5c872aed6e_o)

Cant really define WTF is this but i know its Chinese..

Ring Ring Taranov! Where are you?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 21-07-2010, 02:07:57
Do want.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 21-07-2010, 09:07:12
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa302/dcdl12976/18%20Ss%20Police%20Gerbisjager%20Regiment/18SSPoliceRegiment11.jpg)
Quote
Police NCO next to A Steyr ADGZ about fifty were used by German Armoured Police units during the war, behind are Opel Blitz trucks.
An unusual point is the one piece uniform fully badged up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-07-2010, 20:07:14
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4342/sdkfz25217.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 252 Munitionszugkraftwagen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-07-2010, 20:07:26
Here...Not so Greek Greek bias

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-175-1268-36A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Soldaten_am_Strand.jpg)

German soldiers going for a Swim.Greece 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-07-2010, 21:07:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/463442-2/untitledghfggf)

Chinese Soldiers in a Trench
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 22-07-2010, 15:07:04
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6661/100619607.jpg)

USS LSM(R)-196 crew members Joe Clapaftisi S1/c, at left, (note the "regulation" shoes) and Patrick Curtain RM3/c at right, loading rockets at Aka Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 31 March 1945.

My great uncle served on this ship.  I've got a great letter from him to my grandmother (his sister) that talks about the kamikaze problem off of Okinawa.  Also, he mentions how a Japanese soldier or airman tried to swim out to their ship with hand grenades and how his buddy shot the guy in the water before he could get the grenades off.  Fiction?  Maybe.  Cool story nonetheless.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 22-07-2010, 20:07:06
Also, he mentions how a Japanese soldier or airman tried to swim out to their ship with hand grenades and how his buddy shot the guy in the water before he could get the grenades off.  Fiction?  Maybe.  Cool story nonetheless.

Nope, this is true story. It has been documented numerous times.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-07-2010, 20:07:55
Its on youtube
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 22-07-2010, 20:07:51
Its on youtube
Yeah, I've seen that one.  Didn't think it was his ship, though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-07-2010, 21:07:49
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9379/sdkfz2524.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 252 Munitionszugkraftwagen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 22-07-2010, 21:07:56
Werner Machold stamps another kill on the rudder of his fighter:

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/machold2.jpg)



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-07-2010, 10:07:34
germans germans germans is that all you guys can post about?

HERE!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/RNVittorio_Veneto-Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento.jpg)

RN Vittorio Veneto at the battle of cape spartivento
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 23-07-2010, 11:07:03
germans germans germans is that all you guys can post about?

HERE!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/RNVittorio_Veneto-Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento.jpg)

RN Vittorio Veneto at the battle of cape spartivento

thats a lot of smoke
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-07-2010, 12:07:20
Be picking up a new 'series' long time since I did that, shell shock/battle fatigue is the subject.

(http://www.americainwwii.com/images/hauntedwoundedafteromaha.jpg)

Omaha.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 23-07-2010, 12:07:10
Be picking up a new 'series' long time since I did that, shell shock/battle fatigue is the subject.

http://www.americainwwii.com/images/hauntedwoundedafteromaha.jpg

Omaha.

no battle fatigue under my command. they are just cowards, pretending!
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2151/pattonw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-07-2010, 13:07:42
I still wonder what happened if he didn't slap him but had some sympathy. He did had some shocking experiences in World War I, he should have sort of understood what happened.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-07-2010, 13:07:39
I still wonder what happened if he didn't slap him but had some sympathy. He did had some shocking experiences in World War I, he should have sort of understood what happened.

Then even more people would fake it in order to get home. Desperate people do desperate thing to get out of war, some even shot themselves in the arms/legs to be send home.

And i am not saying that battle fatigue did not excist here, i am just saying that if faking it can be your ticket out, lots of people will try it. And then you have a serious problem separating the real from the fake.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-07-2010, 13:07:55
Dude, that was in North-Africa, those where all volunteers, it was 1943 and the war was looking damn sunny for the Americans, kick ass in the Pacific and now kicking the Germans out of Africa.

Your examples are more fitting for World War I, where it looked very sober for everyone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-07-2010, 13:07:53

thats a lot of smoke
defensive smoke screen  ;)


I can understand those guys. I would do the same. If war breaks out tomorow, i will do anything NOT to be part of it. Their is no glory, no honour in war. Just death
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-07-2010, 13:07:00
Just got the "Batle for the Meditteranean" (or how does it spell anyway), some interesting photos in it, so I'll post pics soon....mostly of Italian Navy/Airforce
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 23-07-2010, 13:07:02
Dude, that was in North-Africa, those where all volunteers, it was 1943 and the war was looking damn sunny for the Americans, kick ass in the Pacific and now kicking the Germans out of Africa.

Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-07-2010, 13:07:20
Dude, that was in North-Africa, those where all volunteers, it was 1943 and the war was looking damn sunny for the Americans, kick ass in the Pacific and now kicking the Germans out of Africa.

So sunny that the allied high command said=Oooh well, the Panther tank will just be another Tiger tank wich will barely appear in numbers! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 23-07-2010, 13:07:53
I still wonder what happened if he didn't slap him but had some sympathy. He did had some shocking experiences in World War I, he should have sort of understood what happened.

From what I've read many people consider it highly probable that Patton himself was suffering from PTSD at the time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-07-2010, 13:07:19
Sorry Ciupita, I stand corrected.

Siben, don't twist, sneaky bastard. You where talking about soldiers faking it, these where volunteers, those are not bound to rout, flee or do desertion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-07-2010, 13:07:35
Dude, that was in North-Africa, those where all volunteers, it was 1943 and the war was looking damn sunny for the Americans, kick ass in the Pacific and now kicking the Germans out of Africa.

Your examples are more fitting for World War I, where it looked very sober for everyone.

Volunteers can still change there minds, and i doubd they could just call it quits and go home once they get in the warzone.

EDIT: Yeah, was killing my own point there because i forgot the question... Here is a better one :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 23-07-2010, 13:07:10
Hai there. Want lock, mmm, yes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 23-07-2010, 13:07:41
since my pic wasn't ww2 pic, it doesn't count as POTD

so here, Marines somewhere in pacific, I don't know when or where

(http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-147.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 23-07-2010, 14:07:06
Just a guess, but since there armed with Springfields they're in Guadalcanal. Then again, it depends on the unit, etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 23-07-2010, 14:07:50
Not Guadalcanal, reversible camo wasn't issued until 1943.

Found the pic here: http://www.olive-drab.com/od_soldiers_clothing_combat_ww2_usmc_camo.php

Says picture is "Marine Raiders in camouflage uniforms, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, January 1944."

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/93rd_division_bougainville_1944.jpg)
Men of US 93rd Infantry Division, Bougainville, May 1 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 23-07-2010, 14:07:30
Ah, that fits better than my second guess (Cape Gloucester  :P).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-07-2010, 16:07:37
I thought the pic was Guadalcanal too, because I mistook it for this one:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Marines_rest_in_the_field_on_Guadalcanal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 23-07-2010, 18:07:50
I remember that picture because the guy who is peeing under the tree on the far back right was interviewed in Ken Burns' The War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-07-2010, 21:07:15
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4751/ch109.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-07-2010, 01:07:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/464165-2/79)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 25-07-2010, 05:07:42
A digitally colored image with the crew of a Flak 36, Ardennes-1944.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/88flakcolour-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-07-2010, 09:07:44
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/594/t38panzer38troumainetch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-07-2010, 12:07:29
(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/5449/1274094188769.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-07-2010, 14:07:58
Quote
English: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Photo from Jürgen Stroop Report to Heinrich Himmler from May 1943. The original German caption reads: "Securing a street". German sentries with heavy machine gun MG08 at the gate to the Ghetto at the intersection of Nowolipie and Smocza Streets. View East.
Polski: Powstanie w getcie warszawskim - Fotografia z Raportu Jürgena Stroopa do Heinricha Himmlera z maja 1943. Oryginalny niemiecki podpis był: "Ochrona Ulicy". Niemieckie stanowisko ciężkiego karabinu maszynowego pl:MG08 przed bramą do getta na skrzyżowaniu ulic Nowolipie i Smoczej. Widok na wschód.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Warsaw_ghetto_uprising_German_sentries.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-07-2010, 17:07:49
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/594/t38panzer38troumainetch.jpg)
French in a Panzer 38(t)?  Are those the Milice? 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-07-2010, 17:07:13
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/594/t38panzer38troumainetch.jpg)
French in a Panzer 38(t)?  Are those the Milice? 

Romanian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-07-2010, 17:07:47
Cross on turret tells the tale.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-07-2010, 17:07:08
Oh, I figured it was an old tank lent out to the Milice, I just glanced at the berets and the machine gun, which I mistook for an FM instead of a ZB.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: General Tso on 25-07-2010, 20:07:54
I remember that picture because the guy who is peeing under the tree on the far back right was interviewed in Ken Burns' The War.

I believe it was Sid Phillips, friend of E.B. Sledge, also portrayed in the Pacific miniseries.

(http://a.imageshack.us/img717/8599/100619604.jpg)

USS LSM(R)-196 LSM(R)-198 and USS LSM(R)-199  firing rockets off Tokishi Shima, March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-07-2010, 00:07:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/455749-2/Tiger1-Hungary)

Late in the war, Hungarian soldiers are being trained by a Wehrmacht tank crew operating the very few (13) Tiger tanks they purchased and were given to the Hungarian Army
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 26-07-2010, 11:07:39
Neubaufahrzeug in Norway in April 1940
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-761-221N-06%2C_Norwegen%2C_Panzer_%22Neubaufahrzeug%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 26-07-2010, 15:07:26
My book says (besides Neubaufahrzeug) Pzkpfw V  ;D
Good that they didn't keep with this tank. IIIs and IVs are much more ninja style!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 26-07-2010, 16:07:35
German soldiers in Normandy cleaning their weapons, the soldier in the foreground has a Beretta M1938.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-586-2224-08%2C_Frankreich%2C_Normandie%2C_Waffenreinigung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 26-07-2010, 16:07:04
(http://www.med-dept.com/unit_histories/images/307_abn_med_co/group.jpg)

A group of 507th PIR Medical Officers, along with Major Daniel B. McIlvoy (505th Regtl Surgeon) front left, and Captain John J. Verret (507th Chaplain) in the middle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-07-2010, 17:07:28
My book says (besides Neubaufahrzeug) Pzkpfw V  ;D
Good that they didn't keep with this tank. IIIs and IVs are much more ninja style!
and 100 times more reliable  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-07-2010, 20:07:57
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/465063-2/Turan+II_+1945)

Loaded down with a "few" Honved infantry, a Hungarian Turan II tank moves through a town in Pannonia province, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-07-2010, 22:07:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Canadian_sniper_in_Ortona.jpg)

Canadian sniper in Ortona during the invasion of italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2010, 23:07:20
(http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/3738/ujpq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 26-07-2010, 23:07:34
Great outfit! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 27-07-2010, 04:07:49
Oh! He looks fimiliar, I've known I've seen him somewhere before with that nice smile and crew cut hair and those beautiful blue eyes....not ringing a bell though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-07-2010, 16:07:42
(http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/resources/csi/wray/images/badge.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-07-2010, 22:07:06
"Why so serious?" pops into mind.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2010, 23:07:23
Fighting for Grossdeutschland is a serious task. Another stupid comment and you'll end up in some forced labour death camp. ;)

(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6293/flakfieldl.jpg)
3,7cm Flak 43 auf sWS
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-07-2010, 23:07:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/464897-4/35238682987cdc15e569o)

German Soldier (SS?, Maybe not) with a Russian POW. The German Soldier is holding a Tokarev TT33.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-07-2010, 01:07:35
Yep, he's SS :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-07-2010, 05:07:29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0501-27%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_rum%C3%A4nische_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-07-2010, 12:07:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-026-0127-28%2C_Griechenland%2C_Panzer_IV.jpg)
Greece - Panzer IV (with 7.5 KwK L/48) with soldiers resting next to it,On it and with its guns in special cover.


(original German description : Griechenland.- Panzer IV (mit 7,5cm KwK L/48) im Gelände, Soldaten rastend, auf Panzer sitzend und Pfeife stopfend; PK Prop.- Zug Kreta
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 28-07-2010, 18:07:25
I figured you were playing too much WoT before I saw the original caption  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-07-2010, 20:07:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/465911-2/German+officer+surrending)

American Officers with a Captured German officer after the Surrender of Cherbourg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 28-07-2010, 21:07:37
I figured you were playing too much WoT before I saw the original caption  :P
I guess you played too much WoT as you're assosiating the caption with it :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-07-2010, 22:07:36
*Gets up*
I am MaJ.P.Bouras and I am addicted to WoT.

I have not played a single round in two weeks....

(clap,clap,clap,clap)

*sits back down*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 29-07-2010, 00:07:39
I'm a hardcore addict...
*sits down in a corner and cries*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 29-07-2010, 02:07:10
I'm an addict and I play everyother week...
./sits down
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-07-2010, 02:07:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-164-0357-05A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Transport_mit_Eseln.jpg)

All Terrain Multi-Purpose Low Profile Minimum Maintance Unarmored Vehicle (ATMPLPMMUV) ;D

Greece - May 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 29-07-2010, 10:07:21
*Gets up*
I am MaJ.P.Bouras and I am addicted to WoT.

I have not played a single round in two weeks....

(clap,clap,clap,clap)

*sits back down*

Door opens...
- is this the BF1942 addicts?
- oh sorry I´m to late.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 29-07-2010, 19:07:36
Could you guys post some early war french photos....I going to france this weekend.. I just need to get in the spirit..

I'm sure you guys can please me..


So please me...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-07-2010, 19:07:10
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2402/breguet693c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-07-2010, 19:07:55
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/SvA-Px9-XAI/AAAAAAAAGQg/UzE814Cbj08/s400/french-soldiers-firing-against-germans-dunkirk-may-1940-second-world-war-2-two-ww2-amazing-pictures-photos.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 29-07-2010, 20:07:39
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2402/breguet693c.jpg)

A bit low for a bomb drop eh?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 29-07-2010, 20:07:53
Long fuse? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-07-2010, 20:07:25
2 non german photos in one row?
A new record!

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/half-tracks/m16-gmc/m16-multiple-gun-motor-carriage-05.png)

To celebrate the arrival of this vehicle in FH2.
no idea where this is though
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-07-2010, 21:07:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/447765-2/Fiat+G-50+Freccia+8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-07-2010, 21:07:52
never saw those italian planes before, what are they?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-07-2010, 22:07:52
Look like Fiat G.50s to me:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-425-0338-16A%2C_Flugzeuge_Fiat_G.50_und_Messerschmitt_Me_110.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 29-07-2010, 22:07:49
Fiat G. 50

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Fiat_G50.jpg)

LLv 26 operated these planes in the winter war shooting down 13 Russian planes. One own Fiat was lost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-07-2010, 22:07:41
Hmm. Regia Aeronautica. :D

Tiny pic today:

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4673/hs117.jpg)
Henschel Hs 117 'Schmetterling' surface-to-air-missile. 100 produced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-07-2010, 22:07:21
Look like Fiat G.50s to me:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-425-0338-16A%2C_Flugzeuge_Fiat_G.50_und_Messerschmitt_Me_110.jpg)

I dont know if you posted it because it has a G50 or a ME110 <3

Still nice pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-07-2010, 22:07:49
Because it had both Tore.  Because it had both.   <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 30-07-2010, 00:07:20
Yey for the Gladiator!
(http://www.kilroywashere.org/09-Images/Woody/GlosterGladiator.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-07-2010, 00:07:47
I smell a biplane craze!

Grumman J2J-6 "Duck". My favorite aircraft ever.
(http://myseaplanefun.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/grumman-duck-b-and-w1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-07-2010, 01:07:00
Because it had both Tore.  Because it had both.   <3

Ewwwwww G50 Sexy?


Damn...............
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 30-07-2010, 01:07:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Fokker_D.XXI.jpg)

Finnish Fokker D.XXIs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 30-07-2010, 01:07:53
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/NeuralDream/blogger/Do22G.png)

Hellenic Dornier Do.22Kg
(1938-1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 30-07-2010, 12:07:47
(http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/3680.jpg)
2 Fokker D.XXI and Fokker T.V in formation <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 30-07-2010, 13:07:31
Because it had both Tore.  Because it had both.   <3

Ewwwwww G50 Sexy?


Damn...............
Do NOT tell me you find fiats NOT SEXY???
Just enjoy the might of the Fiat CR.42 <33
(http://www.constable.ca/caah/cr42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 30-07-2010, 14:07:46
Fiat G.50 in colour
(http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/fiat_g50_freccia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 30-07-2010, 20:07:00
I DECLARE FINNISH BIAS!

(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/77/Morane-Saulnier__1.jpg)

A Finnish Morane-Saulnier MS.406, Winter 1941/1942

And because of that, a bonus pic:

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/203201-1/Finnish+Junkers+Ju88+bomber+October+1943)

A Finnish JU-88
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-07-2010, 22:07:23
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4475/battlenomonhan10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-07-2010, 23:07:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/447769-2/IMAM+Ro-43+3)

This was intended to be a Spotter Seaplane for the Regia Marina, a IMAM Ro-43s spotted the British Fleet during The Battle of Cape Spartivento, during the Second Battle of Sirte, a Ro43 dropped flares over the British Convoy, while another Ro43 directed fire of the Italian Fleet on the British Squadron. During the Italian Attacks on Harpoon Convoy, a Ro43 was shot down by a Bristol Beaufighter from Malta, during this Operation.

There were around 40-50 Ro43s were still in Service by 1943. Theres one example of a Ro43 still alive this days, in the museum of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana at Vigna di Valle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-08-2010, 18:08:50
In honour of today:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Barykada.jpg)

Warsaw Uprising, the captured Hetzer at a barricade in warsaw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-08-2010, 23:08:40
With respect and in memory to all brave polish fighters

(http://content3.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.warsawuprising.com/img/D04CD40B-E61B-4476-8ECC-10BC0A6A3E80)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chariot on 01-08-2010, 23:08:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Amph_tank_%28AWM_099057%29.jpg)
Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphitank for a regular picture

And a Warsaw bonus picture
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Warsaw_Uprising_-_Captured_SdKfz_251_%281944%29.jpg)
Captured SdKfz 251

Dont know how to resize, sorry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 02-08-2010, 02:08:47
Dont know how to resize, sorry

Code: [Select]
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gl@mRock on 02-08-2010, 04:08:05
Dunno if it was posted before...
(http://webs.racocatala.cat/reguitzell/ajovesvr/files/VasiliZaitsev.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-08-2010, 12:08:04
(http://www.wio.ru/tank/gal/isu152.jpg)

ISU152 and its crew inspect a map. While first intended to use the AP round of the ML20 to kill german tanks, the HE shell alone was generaly enough to fuck up any german tank on the field.
BONUS
(http://www.wio.ru/tank/gal/isu-152.jpg)
SUBMARINE TANKS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-08-2010, 13:08:42
got to love the zveroboy ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-08-2010, 22:08:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/467728-2/1___001)

StuGIII Ausf G assault gun fighting near Sanguszki and Konwiktorska street, Warsaw, Poland 28 Aug 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-08-2010, 10:08:53
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=97579)

Quote
SS Riding School at München-Riem

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=97584)

Quote
Opening of the SS-Riding School at Riem on the 25th of July, 1937. Himmler, Weber, von Eberstein and Wolff amidst a host of Vestal virgins.

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=97814)

Quote
Here is another view of the Academy with the SS guard for the opening ceremonies

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-08-2010, 17:08:57
Soldier of the SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer in Russia
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum16/cavalrycharge.jpg)
Despite what this photo would like you to believe. The primary mission of these soldiers was anti-partisan action and rounding up people no longer fit to be free men and women in the new Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 03-08-2010, 18:08:01

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=97584)

Quote
Opening of the SS-Riding School at Riem on the 25th of July, 1937. Himmler, Weber, von Eberstein and Wolff amidst a host of Vestal virgins.


Now that one's just a little creepy.

An honor guard of Princess Leias?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-08-2010, 18:08:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/467728-2/1___001)

StuGIII Ausf G assault gun fighting near Sanguszki and Konwiktorska street, Warsaw, Poland 28 Aug 1944
Thats a nice but still tragic photo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-08-2010, 23:08:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/468234-2/german-soldiers-ww2-second-world-war-pictures-images-photos-illustrated-011)

I have been waiting years for this moment, Finally i got ya, this Picture, i have in High Resolution in a book, finally in the Internet.

German soldiers firing on a Soviet Recon plane during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-08-2010, 12:08:35
(http://www.feldgrau.net/forum/download/file.php?id=791)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 04-08-2010, 19:08:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/468234-2/german-soldiers-ww2-second-world-war-pictures-images-photos-illustrated-011)

I have been waiting years for this moment, Finally i got ya, this Picture, i have in High Resolution in a book, finally in the Internet.

German soldiers firing on a Soviet Recon plane during the Battle of Stalingrad.

I always wondered, was it really worth to shoot at planes with a rifle? I mean, even if you get ultimately lucky to land a the bullet on the plane it takes such a big load of luck to cause any damage with one single bullet. It always seemed so very pointless to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-08-2010, 19:08:22
Its not luck...You are being taught to do it sometimes.

And it depends.If its a Russian plane when sometimes they would put fabric instead of anything in backwings it would do some damage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-08-2010, 19:08:35
I think the idea was to get everyone to shoot with a rifle, not just one guy.

1 guy with a rifle, it would take a lucky shot. You get an entire platoon shooting at a plane with their rifles, you might have a chance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-08-2010, 19:08:54
Germans actually trained to do battalion rifle fire on low flying soviet aircraft.  Against recon planes which were mostly old biplanes, they could kill the pilot with ease.  Also, a classic saying, is the more lead in the air, the better.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-08-2010, 20:08:29
Even today German soldiers are being trained to shoot not only with MG3s but also with their G36s on low flying aircrafts...I really want to see what happens if you try this against a HIND or something similiar deadly.. ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-08-2010, 20:08:46
Germans actually trained to do battalion rifle fire on low flying soviet aircraft.  Against recon planes which were mostly old biplanes, they could kill the pilot with ease.  Also, a classic saying, is the more lead in the air, the better.

In The Forgotten Soldier the author mentions seeing a Yak-3 get shot down this way. The plane then crashed into an ambulance, killing a number of already wounded men  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-08-2010, 20:08:16
I've read that in the Great War, when recon planes were attempting to find out if infantry were hiding in woods or other areas, they would swoop down low.  It seems that enemy troops could seldom restrain themselves from firing at the planes and revealing their positions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-08-2010, 20:08:52
Hits on the windows could make them practicly blind, hits on the sensors could take out all there targeting hardware, hits on the weapons could make them unusable or even make them explode when they try to fire them.

Small arms fire is dangerous if you have enough of it. No matter what.

The hind on the other hand can swoop you all down with a big long burst, but you shoot from cover, not standing upright in the middle of a field. That is just suicide.

Just because it is armoured up to .50 calliber shots does not mean you cant shoot it down with lighter weapons. The Americans stopped tiger tanks in the Buldge using rifles and nothing more. They shot at the periscopes and repeated after the crew replaced them till they where out and voila, a blind tank stuck in a town.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-08-2010, 20:08:59
Soviet troops where trained to fire their AT rifles on aircraft.

A stuka was once shot down this way
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-08-2010, 20:08:58
I've read that in the Great War, when recon planes were attempting to find out if infantry were hiding in woods or other areas, they would swoop down low.  It seems that enemy troops could seldom restrain themselves from firing at the planes and revealing their positions.

I read an account where an American soldier in WW1 defied orders not to fire on the aircraft and sniped a German observer out of the back of a recon plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-08-2010, 22:08:42
Soviet troops where trained to fire their AT rifles on aircraft.

A stuka was once shot down this way
Play FH2 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-08-2010, 23:08:23
Who remembers that P51 shot down by SMG Fire on Korea? IIRC that happend :)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/468936-2/russia-soviet-union-great-patriotic-war-second-world-war-ww2-eastern-ostfront-russian-front-images-pictures-photos-010)

A German Train destroyed by Soviet Tanks and Artillery in Russia, Kharkov? German Trains in Kharkov?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-08-2010, 10:08:28
It's not really world war 2 but its about it. Stalingrad, 1947
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/12/17/1947-stalingrad-american-journalists%E2%80%99-viewpoint/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 05-08-2010, 11:08:25
It's not really world war 2 but its about it. Stalingrad, 1947
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2009/12/17/1947-stalingrad-american-journalists%E2%80%99-viewpoint/

wow cool page

also found this there
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/06/battle-for-staliningrad/ (http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/06/battle-for-staliningrad/)

(http://englishrussia.com/images/war_staliningrad/43.jpg)
looks like a ME109 crashed/shotdown over stalingrad

(http://englishrussia.com/images/war_staliningrad/33.jpg)

german helmet and MG belt on the left ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-08-2010, 11:08:57
Yes, just scoop around that website and you will find some very nice war pictures of the Russian front.

Second kid from the left, he looks not even 14.
(http://englishrussia.com/images/war_staliningrad/13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-08-2010, 16:08:58
Great site siben

(http://englishrussia.com/images/war_staliningrad/38.jpg)

Anyone who knows what gun this is? Could be a ML20 no?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-08-2010, 16:08:07
Yes indeed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/152_mm_howitzer-gun_M1937_%28ML-20%29)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-08-2010, 17:08:06
Ok, so that website shows the picture below as one from the defence of Stalingrad.

(http://englishrussia.com/images/war_staliningrad/7.jpg)

However, this website: http://english.pobediteli.ru/  which seems equally well researched, (it's an animated map of the Great Patriotic War, it's an amazing site, check it out)  tells me that that picture is from the Defence of Suho Island, a small island in Lake Ladoga which served to cover part of the Road of Life to Leningrad.

Anyone clarify this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-08-2010, 18:08:39
More probably a propaganda shot of the black devils that you can say is anything ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 05-08-2010, 21:08:24
Speaking of them...

Perhaps they are discussing what they would like for dinner. Fillet-of-Fascist with a side of swagger soup ;)
(http://www.zorich.ru/games/bb/pics/c3_sevastopol_1942/1942apr_soviet_marines_recon_troopers_2.jpg)
Come on Muddy, forget the NKVD impression. NAVAL INFANTRY FTW!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 05-08-2010, 23:08:10
They seem to like the MP40. Funny, German troopers used the PPSH whenever possible, and now the Russkies do it the other way round.  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-08-2010, 23:08:34
I'm pretty sure they ditched their rifles/carbines for those, not PPŠ' :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-08-2010, 23:08:20
I'm pretty sure they ditched their rifles/carbines for those, not PPŠ' :p

Bingo ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-08-2010, 11:08:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Bastogne_resupply1944_sm.jpg)

Quote
101st Airborne Division troops watch as C-47s drop supplies over Bastogne.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-08-2010, 14:08:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-177-1459-16%2C_Korfu%2C_deutsche_Truppen_in_Ortschaft.jpg)

Korfu, deutsche Truppen in Ortschaft
Corfu, German Troops in Village
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 06-08-2010, 15:08:45
(http://i35.tinypic.com/2vtxfd4.jpg)

In this handout picture released by the U.S. Army, a mushroom cloud billows about one hour after an atomic bomb was detonated above Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. (U.S. Army via Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-08-2010, 00:08:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/469242-1/48)

The total air power on Malta consisted of 4 Gloster Gladiator biplanes. These were packed in crates & left at Kalafrana flying boat base by HMS Glorious which left to join the Norwegian campaign. In fact, there were enough parts to make up 8 biplanes but the Navy wanted 4 back to join the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. The remaining 4 were assembled, 3 were to be used on operations with the reamaining 1 kept in reserve. After assembling the biplanes the Royal Navy decided on having them back for work in Alexandria, so they were taken apart for re-packing. Following talks between Air Commodore Maynard & the Royal Navy it was decided to leave the biplanes on Malta & they were re-assembled. Their first use in combat came at 0649 on the 11th of June 1940 when 10 Italian Savoia Marchetti 79 bombers bombed Grand Harbour. No aircraft were shot down in this encounter. On the 7th raid of the day the Gladiator's drew blood by shooting down a Macchi 200 fighter. Although the biplanes were slower than the Italian fighters they were more manouverable. Flying Officer John Waters nicknamed the aircraft 'Faith, Hope & Charity'. Three bladed propellers were fitted in place of the usual two to give the biplanes a faster rate of climb. Other parts were later used from a Swordfish. Superchargers were left on maximum during the climb after take off (which was against orders) so they could gain height faster. This put extra strain on the engines & 2 of them blew pistons. Maintenance crews converted Blenheim bomber engines to fit the Gladiators. Faith, Hope & Charity fought for 17 days without relief & played a fundamental role in fooling the Italian intelligence into thinking Malta had a substantial fighter defence. On the 3rd September 1943 what was left & tidied up of Faith was presented to the people of Malta by the RAF.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-08-2010, 05:08:42
Slovaks.

(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Infantry/Firearms/Russian/PPSh-41/images/Slovaks_with_PPSH_Grenades_Attacking-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-08-2010, 09:08:33
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3275/ch104k.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 07-08-2010, 09:08:22
Chinese army with the outdated M1928s?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 07-08-2010, 10:08:51
At CPS's pic: are my eyes failing or is the lower soldier carrying a Suomi m/31? Or is it a PPD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-08-2010, 11:08:25
PPD.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 07-08-2010, 13:08:51
Chinese army with the outdated M1928s?

Surely Japanese?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-08-2010, 14:08:46
chinese
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-08-2010, 19:08:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/469925-2/SM+79)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-08-2010, 21:08:17
Aww those bloody sexy italian bombers...what's their name?? (I always forgett :( )
;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-08-2010, 21:08:17
(http://home.earthlink.net/~3adspearhead/Cologne3.jpg)
This photo was taken just before this M26 pershing famously destroys a panther tank at cologne


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqH_WEqNK5Y&feature=player_embedded#!

Their you go you german biased fanboys, THAT is what happens when a panther gets hit!

It still saddens me seeing this video. You see the crew that bails out die...the driver dies and gets a burning grave....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 07-08-2010, 22:08:04
(http://home.earthlink.net/~3adspearhead/Cologne3.jpg)
This photo was taken just before this M26 pershing famously destroys a panther tank at cologne


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqH_WEqNK5Y&feature=player_embedded#!

Their you go you german biased fanboys, THAT is what happens when a panther gets hit!

It still saddens me seeing this video. You see the crew that bails out die...the driver dies and gets a burning grave....

2 or so of them lived.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-08-2010, 22:08:53
A russian and german tank crew have a small reunion, 1939 in the Invasion of Poland.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/germans_and_soviets.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-08-2010, 23:08:14
Aww those bloody sexy italian bombers...what's their name?? (I always forgett :( )
;D

SM.79 "Sparviero"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-08-2010, 23:08:49
Ahh I watched that vid a while ago
@Torenico: Yep! That name packs some mighty awesomeness ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 08-08-2010, 00:08:33
(http://beachcombing.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/kurt.jpg)
Weather Station "Kurt" Otherwise known as Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26 was an unmanned weather station secretly deployed in canada by U-537. Kurt fell silent 2 days later but not due to discovery. Kurt was eventually discovered in 1981 by a siemens engineer who was writing a book on the company and found the records for it, eventually contacting canadian officials in 1981 who went on to find Kurt.


Kurt is now on display at the Canadian War Museum
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Weather_Station_Kurt.JPG/225px-Weather_Station_Kurt.JPG)

The Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-08-2010, 08:08:04
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3782/malacaidazy2sk6.jpg)

Fallschirmjäger? Who knows, the only thing that comes to mind is.. Ouch!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chariot on 08-08-2010, 09:08:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Corsair_fighter_firing_on_Okinawa.jpg)
F4U Corsair fighter firing rockets in support of the troops on Okinawa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-08-2010, 11:08:13
(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Talvisota/Rintama/391230SuomussalmellaJoukotAsemissa.jpg)

Quote
Finnish units in their positions waiting and observing for Soviet troops in Raate
Road. Reinforcements are coming from Suomusjärvi village after destruction of
163rd Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-08-2010, 15:08:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-708-0299-06%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Soldaten%2C_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtz_III.jpg)

Southern Ukraine: German Mountain Infantry (Gebirgsjäger) takes cover in a ditch. A StuG III stands on a road, other soldiers take cover behind and on top of the StuG.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-08-2010, 23:08:42
(http://bronetehnika.narod.ru/su122/su122_20.jpg)

SU122 crew painting their beast. The SU122 was the first of the line in the Samokhodnaya Ustanovka vehicles

While its AP shell was ineffective against tigers and panther, the shell was still powerfull enough to simply rip off  the turret of a tiger tank.

The SU152, ISU122 and ISU 152 continued this lovely trademark
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 09-08-2010, 00:08:21
Just like the one you have now in Wot Theta  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-08-2010, 10:08:13
Just like the one you have now in Wot Theta  ;)
just like the one  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 12-08-2010, 17:08:51
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/aircraft/bomber/martin-167-maryland/martin-maryland-01.jpg)
Imo one of the most Pretty bombers made durring the war. Martin Maryland.
From what I know they preformed pretty well.
The RAF pilot Adrian Warburton even scored 5 kills with the forward firing guns, making him the first fighter ace in a bomber type airplane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-08-2010, 18:08:35
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/aircraft/bomber/martin-167-maryland/martin-maryland-01.jpg)
Imo one of the most Pretty bombers made durring the war. Martin Maryland.
From what I know they preformed pretty well.
The RAF pilot Adrian Warburton even scored 5 kills with the forward firing guns, making him the first fighter ace in a bomber type airplane.

Like with the also unknown Martin baltimore, these planes shredded Rommels supply lines apart like beaver chops down trees

It where the bombing of marylands, baltimores and Havocs that made the british won Alam halfa aswel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-08-2010, 18:08:36
B-26 marauder close-up,in flight.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/01097628_035.jpg/793px-01097628_035.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 12-08-2010, 20:08:23
Is that guy in the nose bubble smoking a cigarette? Was the even allowed in flight?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-08-2010, 21:08:45
(http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5933/panther44greifqj8.jpg)
M 10 at battle of Bulge (http://www.bf-games.net/forum/style_emoticons/default/zzz_ugly.gif)
Operation Greif M10-Panther
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 12-08-2010, 21:08:12
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3603567903_6e68c9c8a4_z.jpg?zz=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-08-2010, 21:08:50
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1204/427035695304c9c18993.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-08-2010, 21:08:55
FARB!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-08-2010, 22:08:45
Silian, I thought for a moment this was the babes thread and was about to hurl abuse at you ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 12-08-2010, 22:08:59
Heh, one would not be amused!  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 12-08-2010, 23:08:52
Moving a 3.7 cm Pak 36. Eastern Front, summer 1942.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/443412-2/KSK_67_2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 13-08-2010, 17:08:23
One of the twelve B-17 Flying Fortresses (formerly Y1B-17's).

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/potd/early--B-17-colour-1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-08-2010, 22:08:20
(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/351/loadingppshpx800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-08-2010, 02:08:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg/774px-Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg)

Fap Fap Fap...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zurich163 on 14-08-2010, 06:08:21
 Sexier 190 (Although all 190 variants are equally sexy)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/db/20090831221030!FW190-D9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 14-08-2010, 09:08:50
Kübelpanzer  ;D
(http://images27.fotosik.pl/156/20aca395e30efbd6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-08-2010, 11:08:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg/774px-Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg)

Fap Fap Fap...
(http://www.antiaircraft.org/aaimages/40mmcolor.jpg)

Fap at 120 RPM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 14-08-2010, 15:08:32
Kübelpanzer  ;D
Hehe that scared the shit out of the Brits ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-08-2010, 15:08:21
Kübelpanzer  ;D
Hehe that scared the shit out of the Brits ;D
Sir i say sir, the enemy attack
*what is the opposing force?
150 tiger tanks
*I see
250 panther tanks
*Very good
640 panzers IV
*No problem old chap
One kubelpanzer
*Say what? Pack UP boys tally HO! WE are retreating
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-08-2010, 20:08:50
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/4066/russingrabenpx800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 14-08-2010, 21:08:40
Dakar 1940
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7823/riche3gs9.jpg)
The battleship Richelieu fires at the British-Gaullist landing fleet with success, then there was a critical hit on the English battleship Barham considerably for the abort of the enterprise led
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-08-2010, 02:08:27
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/4066/russingrabenpx800.jpg)

I know that one well, it's a unit icon for PPsh squads in winspww2 :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-08-2010, 21:08:54
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5403/45mmbrehalaout44ffi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 15-08-2010, 22:08:21
(http://home.arcor.de/sturmbrigade/Tscherkassy/Wallone%20.JPG)
Mg position of the Wallonen in the encirclement of Tscherkassy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-08-2010, 08:08:58
Wehrmacht in Stalingrad.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/472906-2/German+troops+at+Stalingrad)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-08-2010, 14:08:05
(http://i41.tinypic.com/34zm8gx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-08-2010, 16:08:57
(http://i41.tinypic.com/34zm8gx.jpg)
awch


Is it me, or does that turret looks kinda....weird?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-08-2010, 16:08:01
No, early war tiger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-08-2010, 21:08:03



(http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Allies/Photos/USSR/3-MediumTanks/03-T34/09-T34-57/T34-57.WW2.jpg)
A rare but nice T34/57. It is very stupid of the soviets to not introduce these tanks alongside the T34/76 or 85

With the standard AP round early war, it could penetrate 90mm of armor
In the later part when APCR rounds where common, it could penetrate 150mm of armor.

Imagine the amounts of tanks saved...... and wiped out on the german side  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sgt.Radman on 16-08-2010, 21:08:31
Russians were smart, they "stayed in the shadows" and developed in greatness and delivered.

(http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/jagdtiger/jagdtiger07d.jpg)
JagdTiger - Bazooka hit, then the ammo racks exploded.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-08-2010, 01:08:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/473370-2/1__005)

Gun camera footage from a Spitfire MkI fighter of No.609 Squadron RAF,showing its tracer ammunition hitting a German HE III over Filton,Bristol England,25 sept 1940.




(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/473290-2/infantry)
German Infantry on the move. The man on the right is carrying the mount for a Mg34, to be used in the sustained fire role.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-08-2010, 01:08:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/117070-2/panzer20706)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-08-2010, 08:08:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/473290-2/infantry)
German Infantry on the move. The man on the right is carrying the mount for a Mg34, to be used in the sustained fire role.

[/center]



You mean my lafette? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-08-2010, 16:08:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/473290-2/infantry)
German Infantry on the move. The man on the right is carrying the mount for a Mg34, to be used in the sustained fire role.

[/center]



You mean my lafette? :P
JEERRMMAAN STOLE MY LAFETTE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 18-08-2010, 13:08:37
C-87 Liberator Express.

(http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=187296&d=1280594619)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-08-2010, 23:08:54
(http://www.northirishhorse.net/tanks/Kingforce-2.jpg)

The sole penetration of the 6 Churchill tanks MKIII of King force happend on this one. THe six churchills engaged panzer forces of the 21th panzer regiment at "Kidney ridge"(Yes the kidney ridge of our FH2 El elamein).
In the battle, the churchills where hit numorous times. The most being 90 times. Only one penetration occured. 2nd Lt. Appleby and 3 of his crew members where killed. They believe it was a Flak 18 of the defenses on the kidney ridge hill. The churchills claimed 4 kills on panzers.

Kidney ridge was captured because of this unit. And they withstood the counterattack on the hill because of this unit.

http://www.northirishhorse.net/articles/7.html   <<the full story.

Much better to read then all ye fancy dandy Michael wittman stories!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 19-08-2010, 00:08:33
(http://www.jukkajoutsi.com/niska.jpg)

Algoth Niska. Finnish football player, smuggler, adventurer, hero, soldier and general bad-ass.

In his youth, Niska played football in the year 1912 Olympics. Right at the eve of the first world war he went to navigation school. In 1919 when the prohibition started in Finland, Niska got his own boat and started smuggling alcohol to Finland. One of his most famous stunts was unloading his illegal cargo in the middle of Helsinki, whilst the King of Sweden arrived for a visit and the are was full of people. The prohibition ended in 1932 forcing Niska to continue adventuring in different fields.

1938 he returned to smuggling, and this time he had to avoid the gestapo instead of Finnish and Swedish coastal guard. By the September '39 he had rescued over 150 Jews to Finland.

During the winter war, he fought in the are of the Ladogan Karelia.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sgt.Radman on 19-08-2010, 00:08:38
(http://www.northirishhorse.net/tanks/Kingforce-2.jpg)

The sole penetration of the 6 Churchill tanks MKIII of King force happend on this one. THe six churchills engaged panzer forces of the 21th panzer regiment at "Kidney ridge"(Yes the kidney ridge of our FH2 El elamein).
In the battle, the churchills where hit numorous times. The most being 90 times. Only one penetration occured. 2nd Lt. Appleby and 3 of his crew members where killed. They believe it was a Flak 18 of the defenses on the kidney ridge hill. The churchills claimed 4 kills on panzers.

Kidney ridge was captured because of this unit. And they withstood the counterattack on the hill because of this unit.

http://www.northirishhorse.net/articles/7.html   <<the full story.

Much better to read then all ye fancy dandy Michael wittman stories!

+1, Rep, signed, sealed and delivered ... EVERYTHING!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-08-2010, 01:08:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/473879-2/Marder)

The Germans made excellent use of captured equipment of all types. The Marder self-propelled anti-tank gun, for example, was the Germans own 75mm Pak 40 anti-tank gun on a limited traverse mounting, on the hull of the Czechoslovak LT-38 tank, which had been used as a gun tank earlier in the war with the designation PzKpfw 38 (t)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 19-08-2010, 01:08:56
38(t) <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 19-08-2010, 01:08:26
(http://www.ennsdorf.gv.at/media/100.jpg)
the 100th build panzer4 in the nibelungenwerke

on the side (above the tracks) is written:
Panzer *cant read* ! Trust Hitler! Beat the enemys! So are the sons of austria!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 19-08-2010, 09:08:13
All those little swastikas remind me of allo allo which makes me laugh at that silly tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 19-08-2010, 12:08:05
Must be the 100th Ausf.J to be built by the Nibelungenwerke, rather that the 100th Panzer IV built, as they started off producing the Ausf.F.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 19-08-2010, 14:08:18
but did aufs. J had schürzen for the turret ?
i though the were added for ausf. H

(http://metaldetectingworld.com/ww2_military_relics/demining_porch.jpg)
Russian Sapper demining the Porch with a Metal Detector, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-08-2010, 14:08:11
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/tanky/pz4/extra2.jpg)
Prototop of a Panzer IV rocket launcher
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-08-2010, 00:08:55
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9950/48878341.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-08-2010, 12:08:02
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9950/48878341.jpg)
whats that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 20-08-2010, 13:08:08
I'd say a Beaufighter, ME210 or ME410 Hornisse
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 20-08-2010, 14:08:00
German UHU?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 20-08-2010, 15:08:49
Focke Wulf Ta 154
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-08-2010, 16:08:41
(http://www.ennsdorf.gv.at/media/100.jpg)
the 100th build panzer4 in the nibelungenwerke

on the side (above the tracks) is written:
Panzer *cant read* ! Trust Hitler! Beat the enemys! So are the sons of austria!

Turret side: (Auch wenn sie noch??) so meckern, (diese Katze??) werden sie nicht erklettern.

Even if they('ll) mourn that hard, they won't climb this cat.

Front: For Germany's victory and honor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-08-2010, 17:08:01
Mobile Arty-Day  ;D
(http://panzerkeil.dre.hu/harcjarm/sturmpz/bison2/bison2_1.jpg)
sIG 33 II (Sf) Bison main used in africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-08-2010, 17:08:45
i agree

(http://forum.valka.cz/files/m12_gmc_161.jpg)

M12 GMC during the Battle of the bulge. These little things gave the germans some hard shells when they where besieging bastogne
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 20-08-2010, 17:08:10
(http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/Photos/Pic_Bill_Millin_1.jpg)

Bill Millin playing for the commandos near Bénouville. Piper Bill died two days ago aged 88.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-08-2010, 17:08:34
Mobile arty? Why the heck not.

(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4983/day032.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MvB_1988 on 20-08-2010, 18:08:29
(http://a.imageshack.us/img651/9638/rivabellawaffenvorfhrun.jpg)

Waffenvorführung Panzerwerfer 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 20-08-2010, 18:08:13
I was going to post pictures of the Geschutzwagen Tiger, but then:

(http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5401/jagdtiger061mi.jpg)
sPzJgAbt.512 (JagdTiger) at their capitulation in Iserlohn 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-08-2010, 22:08:51
(http://www.hot.ee/vvlfoorum/peip_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-08-2010, 23:08:13
Cool, G41.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 21-08-2010, 00:08:28
(http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com/photos_04/images/210.jpg)
Destroyed Hummel in Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-08-2010, 01:08:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/474683-2/abandoned_h35)

Four abandoned Hotchkiss H-35 Light Tanks in a Village, France, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-08-2010, 13:08:21
Cool, G41.

Jesus, I had nearly forgotten about this rifle. Would love to see it in FH2 someday.

(http://www.gewehr43.com/g41mbay.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-08-2010, 17:08:34
Saturday bonus!

(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e108/tegd1/Fallschirmjaegers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 21-08-2010, 17:08:29
Cool, G41.

Jesus, I had nearly forgotten about this rifle. Would love to see it in FH2 someday.
Probably will be rarer than the Drilling though  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-08-2010, 19:08:19
(http://maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/40_bofors_morris.jpg)

A 40mm bofors on the Morris truck

This was the most numorous self-propelled AA gun of the british army
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 21-08-2010, 19:08:34
Cool, G41.

Jesus, I had nearly forgotten about this rifle. Would love to see it in FH2 someday.
Probably will be rarer than the Drilling though  :P

maybe more at early eastern front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SJonni on 21-08-2010, 23:08:21
(http://i36.tinypic.com/b6shh0.jpg)

What if his finger slipped?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LtJimmy on 22-08-2010, 03:08:12
I remember reading in Stephen E. Ambrose's book about a American GI who could do that. 'Scared the shit outta the others on the troop ship he was on. If I find the passage I'll post it. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: phillip on 22-08-2010, 03:08:38
(http://maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/40_bofors_morris.jpg)

A 40mm bofors on the Morris truck

This was the most numorous self-propelled AA gun of the british army

That would be an awesome Truck Norris to have on some of those African maps (and early war France also)  Even if it was required to put down the supports before firing.  It's not Baserape, it's called Infantry Suppresion. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-08-2010, 10:08:38
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/9602/chinasoldiersgermantrai.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-08-2010, 10:08:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/475865-2/Iwo+jima_002)

A Marine gives a wounded Japanese soldier a cigarette while his buddy looks on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-08-2010, 12:08:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Warning_sign_in_cologne.jpg)

We have all seen the photos of the burning Panther in Cologne who bought it after a fight with a Pershing and a Sherman

Well, not like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBI9d0-IfEM&feature=player_embedded#!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-08-2010, 14:08:07


We have all seen the photos of the burning Panther in Cologne who bought it after a fight with a Pershing and a Sherman

Well, not like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBI9d0-IfEM&feature=player_embedded#!
posted it a few pages ago  ;)

Surely shows how much of a deathtrap a gasoline tank is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5bJQOkI1g&feature=related
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-08-2010, 19:08:02
Ah, any tank is a Death Trap.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/474157-2/German+troops+at+Arnhem)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-08-2010, 00:08:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/477107-2/Honved+Schwarzlose+8mm+MG)

Probably during the early years of the war, a Hungarian unit operates an 8mm Schwarzlose MG on the Eastern front.

I Wonder, what the hell is "Honved"?.

For example, i see alot of pictures that say "Honved Radio Man", "Honved Infantry", "Honved Engineers"...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 24-08-2010, 00:08:54


I Wonder, what the hell is "Honved"?.

For example, i see alot of pictures that say "Honved Radio Man", "Honved Infantry", "Honved Engineers"...

You can translate it with "Homeguard"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-08-2010, 00:08:32
Honved is the name of the hungarian army between 1919 and 1945. It means "homeland defense". Some kind of reservist army like the italians had.

Close... :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-08-2010, 16:08:04
Ferdinant in Russian hands
(http://grayknight.narod.ru/Ferds_Kursk_43/333-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 24-08-2010, 16:08:38
wow nice picture
now that i m thinking about it. i think thats the first close up contemporary picture of a ferdinant i ve seen.

in return

ISU-152
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Sov_Artillery/ISU-152-03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-08-2010, 16:08:20
Enough with all the germanfallshirmjaegerwehrmacht photos, time for russia!

(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/artillery/howitzers/152mm_ML_20_04.jpg)

ML20 howitzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 24-08-2010, 18:08:24
I say it's Finland time

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/470367-2/Panzer+IV_10)
Finnish Panzer IV Aufs J during Lapland War

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/450719-2/t-005)
Finnish soldiers during Winter war, note the AVS-36

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/447673-2/PLowelev2)
Costal Defence Ship Väinämöinen shooting its 254mm Bofors main guns

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/433893-1/Finns-1944-06)
BT-42 (abandoned?)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/402812-2/P2110885_001)
L-39 anti-tank rifle in position during the Finnish attack phase on continuation war

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-08-2010, 23:08:44
You can see that the Ferdinand got a hit on the lower left side.

All aboard fail plane.
(http://www.cv18.com/photo/40/jolley/vj24.jpg)

This plane missed the braking cables, crashed true all the barriers, flipped upside down and came to rest on some other planes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-08-2010, 01:08:53
^ Three Vought F4U-1D/ Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs
   Two Curtiss SB2C Helldivers
   One General Motors TBM Avenger
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-08-2010, 10:08:08
hrhrhrhr
i do hope for a day we get these US Carrier planes fighting IJN carrier planes

(http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/Circle/xf5u-1.jpg)

The prototype Vought XF5U "Flying pancake"
Design and prototype testing started in 1945. And was producing great results. But the jet age got it cancelled
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DLFReporter on 25-08-2010, 10:08:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Warning_sign_in_cologne.jpg)

Somehow that pic looks like a photoshop work. Odd.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-08-2010, 12:08:42
^ Three Vought F4U-1D/ Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs
   Two Curtiss SB2C Helldivers
   One General Motors TBM Avenger

Congrats, you know your planes a lot better then me :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 25-08-2010, 21:08:17
Reporter, the sign or American Soldeir looks suspicious. Because the German helmet on the top of the signpost looks small, even given it's distance relevant to the American troop.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-08-2010, 23:08:43
Actually that is the real sign...its in a lot of pics of the destroyed panther.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 25-08-2010, 23:08:58
Yeah. If you look at the cobble stones, it seems the sign is quite a bit further away.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-08-2010, 23:08:27
Look what we found mommy
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e312/schwere/fkl316chat51.jpg)

Note the live ammunition in the foreground.


Some more angles.


(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e312/schwere/fkl316tankko.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e312/schwere/fkl316chat3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-08-2010, 01:08:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/304391-2/africa5)

Italian Soldiers inspect captured American weapons (Thompsons)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-08-2010, 20:08:48

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/479310-2/DlhT_58_1%23)

A Soviet M-30 1938 after a German CounterAttack in East Prussia, 1944/45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2010, 21:08:13
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8725/227b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-08-2010, 23:08:32
Nice Bergepanzer 38(t).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-08-2010, 23:08:46
Nice Bergepanzer 38(t).
looks alot like a hetzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 29-08-2010, 23:08:28
Nice Bergepanzer 38(t).
looks alot like a hetzer

Yeah it's basically a Hetzer without a gun and a roof.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-08-2010, 23:08:08
Or you mount an AA instead of the crane.

(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/6338/0221h.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-08-2010, 05:08:08
Aand the last one from me.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/477864-2/1__003)

On may 17th 1940 German troops enter the almost completely deserted town of Leuven(Belgium)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-08-2010, 12:08:28
to much german biased photo's

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgTNyCX8v7GJpod7muV73m_qEZRg2rCk9H7MppA4L0hBvD96c&t=1&usg=__y9nVL59eWoJkVY-hP3nkmFA-H5E=)

Sexton of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery discards an empty 'shell casing?' during a barrage.

The big advantage of the sexton over other SP Artilleries of WW2 was the amount of ammo it could carry itself

Sexton=105
M7 Priest=69
Wespe=32
Hummel=18
M12=10
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 30-08-2010, 15:08:30
wow thats a lot of shells.

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/tanks-light/harry-hopkins/light-tank-mk-viii-a25-harry-hopkins-01.png)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_OXYk4qHJ42s/SIlsvf1fagI/AAAAAAAADKY/5AvyfeKLot0/s720/IMG_4835.JPG)
"Harry Hopkins" - A25 light tank
designed to replace the tetrach light tank, armed with the trusty 2pdr and paperthing armor but too little too late. the stuart fullfilled that role before the A25 could get into service. there were trial to make them like the russian flying tank, added wings to the chassis and transported like a glider. but the test failed.
1000 were ordered in the beginning, i guess some were delivered and then convereted to the "Alecto" close support artiller tank, mounted either 95mm CS, 25pdr or even 32pdr guns and had its armor even more reduced from 10mm to 4mm. also was used by the royal engeneers as a bulldozer.
and plans were made to convert the chassis into APC's but by that time the war was almost over.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-08-2010, 17:08:44
thank god it was.

4mm? Even a rock can penetrate that armor!
(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/beachhd_btlefrnt/Photos/335.jpg)

M26 Pershings passes trough a german tank somewhere in the Roer area
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 30-08-2010, 17:08:08
thank god it was.

4mm? Even a rock can penetrate that armor!
(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/beachhd_btlefrnt/Photos/335.jpg)

M26 Pershings passes trough a german tank somewhere in the Roer area
Thats a pretty big tank they are passing through  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 31-08-2010, 00:08:31
Theta, you should disable that auto correct feature ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 31-08-2010, 00:08:53
If he has an autocorrect he would type 'definitely' correct (he always types 'defiantly' :D :D )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-08-2010, 00:08:14
That is the auto correct in progress. I had the some problem. if i write definitly the auto correct used to change it to defiantly. Not any more now though. I can spell it properly now :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-08-2010, 14:08:57
thank god it was.

4mm? Even a rock can penetrate that armor!
(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/beachhd_btlefrnt/Photos/335.jpg)

M26 Pershings passes trough a german tank somewhere in the Roer area
Thats a pretty big tank they are passing through  :P
SON OF A BITCH WHAT THE HELL
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 31-08-2010, 15:08:57
i dont get it :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 31-08-2010, 16:08:53
i dont get it :/
M26 Pershings passes trough a german tank somewhere in the Roer area

M26 Pershings pass through a german town somewhere in the Roer (Ruhr?) area
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-08-2010, 16:08:43
i dont get it :/
M26 Pershings passes trough a german tank somewhere in the Roer area

M26 Pershings pass through a german town somewhere in the Roer (Ruhr?) area
[TF2Heavy]HOW could this happen?[/TF2Heavy]

Well screw that, i am not editing it! Makes up a good meme

(http://gateway.ca.k12.pa.us/memorial/155.gif)

4th artillery battalion of the 83RD Infantery devision. These 155mm guns are something well needed in FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 31-08-2010, 16:08:28
i dont get it :/
M26 Pershings passes trough a german tank somewhere in the Roer area

M26 Pershings pass through a german town somewhere in the Roer (Ruhr?) area
[TF2Heavy]HOW could this happen?[/TF2Heavy]

Well screw that, i am not editing it! Makes up a good meme

(http://gateway.ca.k12.pa.us/memorial/155.gif)

4th artillery battalion of the 83RD Infantery devision. These 155mm guns are something well needed in FH2

[TF2Heavy]BIG BOOOOOM[/TF2Heavy]

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-08-2010, 18:08:50
I think the ami 155mm can only come in when the Brits get their 4.5in and the germans get the 150mm ;)

(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/DAP-Poland/img/Campaign-18.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 31-08-2010, 19:08:19
BERSAGLIERI!!  :D
(http://www.targheitaliane.it/gallery/bersaglieri1.jpg)
Amd some interesting italian war jurnal (like Wochenschau) showing great use of Italian mobile and stational arty in NA
http://www.archivioluce.com/archivio/jsp/schede/videoPlayer.jsp?tipologia=&id=&physDoc=20116&db=cinematograficoCINEGIORNALI&findIt=false&section=/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-08-2010, 19:08:26
I think the ami 155mm can only come in when the Brits get their 4.5in and the germans get the 150mm ;)

Defiantly agreed and 100% supported
But for the brits, its the 5.5Inch BL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_5.5_inch_Medium_Gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 31-08-2010, 19:08:13
Danish troops, engage German resistance, May 6 1945.

(http://www.chakoten.dk/images/danbrig_inf_1692.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 31-08-2010, 19:08:25
The war is over so the Danish attack  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 31-08-2010, 19:08:58
Well they wanted to get in the action, before the British got there ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 31-08-2010, 20:08:10
Are these Danish resistance? Or Free Danish forces?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 31-08-2010, 20:08:36
They are the "Danish Army"

You see, in Sweden, some raised a new army, when the other one felt (the one in Denmark). They were planned to contributate in the liberation of Denmark, if Germany would not surender.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 31-08-2010, 20:08:11
They are the "Danish Army"

You see, in Sweden, some raised a new army, when the other one felt (the one in Denmark). They were planned to contributate in the liberation of Denmark, if Germany would not surender.

Yeah I know about the Danish brigade in exile in Sweden, but I didn't think they ever saw combat due to the German surrender. I was wondering if there were other Danish forces fighting with the western Allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 31-08-2010, 20:08:28
Yes we had a few pilots in Britain and some sailors who sailed freight from US to GB. But nothing fancy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 01-09-2010, 16:09:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Viipuri_recaptured.jpg)

Finnish military parade in Vyborg (Viipuri) on August 31, 1941, after its recapture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 02-09-2010, 13:09:14
(http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/Swedish_soldier_during_ww2.jpg)

Swedish army soldier during WW2, date unknown. Probably som kind of exercise.

Weapon is Swedish Mauser M/94 Carbine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 02-09-2010, 14:09:23
(http://www.lva-40.nl/images/stories/Fokker_T.V/de%20858%20op%20patrouille%20boven%20de%20nederlandse%20kust.jpg)
Rare photo of a Dutch Fokker T.V "Luchtkruiser" on patrol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 02-09-2010, 14:09:20
Rare photo of a Dutch Fokker T.V "Luchtkruiser" on patrol.

according to wiki
Armament

    * Guns:
          o 1 × 20 mm Solothurn S-18/100 cannon in nose cupola
          o 4 × 7.9 mm (.31 in) machine-guns on dorsal, ventral, and lateral positions, and tail cupola

a semi automatic AT rifle in a bomber, WTF ?

just to show what the  Solothurn S-18/100 gun looks like (it is also ingame mounted on the sharianah)
i think finns used it too a lot and i belive shot down 1 or 2 IL-2 stromovik with those, also they used special AA-mounts for the gun IIRC

(http://ww2db.com/images/weapon_solothurn5.jpg)
Hungarian anti-tank crew with Solothurn S-18/100 gun, date unknown
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 02-09-2010, 14:09:55

a semi automatic AT rifle in a bomber, WTF ?


´There was also a selecti-fire version, S-18/1100 "Wunderwaffe" "Universalwaffe", which was fired from integral bipod as semi-auto AT-rifle and from a sipesial AA-mount with full-auto.

And so that there's not just some huge gun nut talking..
(http://www.avionesclasicos.com/usaf/p47.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 02-09-2010, 15:09:40
there where at guns fited in B-25's as wel right?

(http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/weapons/guns/b25h.jpg)

Anyways the id of the T.V "luchtkruiser" was, that it would fly together with fighters, function as a cruiser.
heavy guns to take out bombers. this tactic of course not working.
it laced self closing and armored tanks in the wing, so with tracers it was easy to be shot down by the germans.
they did some sucsefull (and less sucsesfull) bomb runs against germans in Rotterdam and moerdijk.
It was a pretty plane thought.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-09-2010, 15:09:56
there where at guns fited in B-25's as wel right?

correct
(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/b25/b25h.jpg)
B-25H fitted with a lighter T6 75MM gun

It was pretty effective, but B25 crews requested automatic weapons, because of the hindarance of reloading the gun in flight. A trail showed that they could easily mount 3 37mm Oldmobile autocannons to the B25. Wich would have had devestating results as a strafing weapon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-09-2010, 15:09:10
Pffft, nothing compared to the beaufighter TF.X with its 4 x 6 pounder autocanons.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/S7jpvd93znI/AAAAAAAAJqU/bDV25iwCD_s/s1600/56.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 02-09-2010, 16:09:02
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/b/Beobachtungsgereate/bilder/gross/Hs%20129%20B3%20-%202.jpg)
how bout the hs129 with 7,5cm cannon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-09-2010, 16:09:05
Is that a freaking auto-loader? Awesome shit!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 02-09-2010, 16:09:16
Pffft, nothing compared to the beaufighter TF.X with its 4 x 6 pounder autocanons.


WRONG!

Only 4 x 20mm in the nose, 6 x .303 MGs, 2 x 250lb OR 1 x 500lb bombs, OR 8 x 90 lb rockets, OR 1 x torpedo. AND a dorsal 1 x .303 turret
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-09-2010, 17:09:36
Here is a picture of the plane as it is today, it are not 4x 20 mm, but 4 x 57mm AT guns my friend.

(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9031/p1030665h.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 02-09-2010, 17:09:59
Armament (Beaufighter TF.X)


4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk III cannon (60 rpg) in nose
Fighter Command
4 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns (outer starboard wing)
2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) machine gun (outer port wing)
8 × RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) rockets or 2× 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
Coastal Command
1 × manually-operated Vickers GO or .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning for observer
1 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-09-2010, 17:09:22
Well, believe your sources, don't care, look at my picture, that ain't 20mm in that canon, and it goes on that plane. And that plane is a beaufighter TF.X

Picture taken by me at RAF museum London.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-09-2010, 17:09:49
Ever think about the idea that the 6lber armed TF.X isn't a normal TF.X verson?  IE, perhaps it was a modified TF.X?   ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 02-09-2010, 19:09:45
Sure it's a 57mm? Or maybe it's the 37mm?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-09-2010, 19:09:31
Sure it's a 57mm? Or maybe it's the 37mm?  ???
The 37mm oldmobile was never tested on a British plane
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-09-2010, 20:09:07
6 pounder, here is the tag on the gun. Glad i always take pictures of tags.
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6858/p1030674c.jpg)


So devs, when can we see this ingame? Any 1944 map wil do for me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-09-2010, 20:09:01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-a8U1QWUw

;)

And I have doubt that was ever used in Normandy, it seems more likely it was only used in the Med against shipping, like in the above vid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 02-09-2010, 20:09:45
The 6 pounder Molins gun only ever equipped one aircraft, the Mosquito FB.XVIII, it is placed in front of the Beaufighter TF.Mk.X, not because they were armed with them but because of their connection to RAF Coastal Command.

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w269/clkmerc/MosquitoNT2252.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-09-2010, 20:09:40
Hmm, your probably right i guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-09-2010, 21:09:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-a8U1QWUw

;)

And I have doubt that was ever used in Normandy, it seems more likely it was only used in the Med against shipping, like in the above vid.

holy shit that was some epic filming in the end part. :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 02-09-2010, 23:09:08
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/b/Beobachtungsgereate/bilder/gross/Hs%20129%20B3%20-%202.jpg)
how bout the hs129 with 7,5cm cannon?

Before the A-10, there was the HS129.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 03-09-2010, 00:09:55
Before the A-10, there was the HS129.
well, the recoil of the modified pak40 was too big, so they often need to emergency drop the gun in order to gain control of the plane again. the gun itsself could reach a firerate of 40 shots per minute with the pneumatic/electrical autoloader
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 03-09-2010, 00:09:22
Before all of this planes you had the Fokker G-1, I think it was one of the fathers of the twin boom plane design.
Also it was armed with 8 machineguns in the nose. awesome firepower for its time.
It was together with the D.XXI the only plane who really could fight off german atackers in the lowlands.
A shame we didn't had many.
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/fokker-g1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-09-2010, 01:09:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407706-2/MRidW_60_5%23)

Quote
Italian Bersaglieri. North Africa, 1941/42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-09-2010, 16:09:01
Before all of this planes you had the Fokker G-1, I think it was one of the fathers of the twin boom plane design.
Also it was armed with 8 machineguns in the nose. awesome firepower for its time.
It was together with the D.XXI the only plane who really could fight off german atackers in the lowlands.
A shame we didn't had many.
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/fokker-g1.jpg)

an even greater shame that not even one survives this day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-09-2010, 17:09:30
As far as I know theres a running replica. Don't shoot me if it's not true though, I just remember reading something about it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-09-2010, 22:09:42
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4192/203m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-09-2010, 00:09:00
http://wimp.com/remarkableexperience/

Its not a picture, but this is absolutely worth a watch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 04-09-2010, 01:09:27
As far as I know theres a running replica. Don't shoot me if it's not true though, I just remember reading something about it.

not running/flyable. `but I think the are building a flying capable one.
also at least one survived the german atack, but it rot away in england. :-[.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-09-2010, 04:09:40
http://wimp.com/remarkableexperience/

Its not a picture, but this is absolutely worth a watch
posted this in the bawww thread, it really is a wonderful story.  Everybody watch it, you will have your spirits lifted.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-09-2010, 13:09:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/5710-3/italian_aviators)

Italian pilots
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-09-2010, 13:09:26
(http://www.stg.online.pl/pliki/zdjecia/zdjecia/niemcy/mkb_1.jpg)

German soldier with MKB42 (StG44 prototype)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-09-2010, 14:09:32
Nice photo. It is an MKb.42 (H) Though, there was also a different Mkb.42 (W) prototype.

These are the Mkb.42 (W)
(http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/5874/ussoldiermkb42ui4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-09-2010, 14:09:51
Hopefully we get one of those as an easter egg type kit once we get to the eastern front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 04-09-2010, 16:09:06
That guy looks like that bloke who portrays that dude major winters in band of brothers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-09-2010, 16:09:10
You are not wrong
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2010, 17:09:36
 :D bob on eastern fron featuring damian lewis as a german soldier carrying a mkb 42  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 04-09-2010, 18:09:37
Corrado Santoro returning to Diredawa after his combat on 20 August 1940.
(http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/images/santoro_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-09-2010, 20:09:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/17050-7/alpino-1942.jpg)

Quote
A Alpino in a dug out Trench. Probablly taken in 1942

Sorry for posting two pictures in one day but I just had too!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-09-2010, 20:09:26
I'm guessing Rawhide just found the Commando Supremo site.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-09-2010, 20:09:16
I'm guessing Rawhide just found the Commando Supremo site.
No, haven't checked that one.

http://www.ww2incolor.com/italian-forces/ (http://www.ww2incolor.com/italian-forces/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-09-2010, 20:09:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/482150-2/King-in-Buda)

Loaded on trains on 12 October, 1944, the 503rd was unloaded in Budapest, Hungary on 14 October, 1944. This Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf.B of sPzAbt 503 is seen in Budapest, October, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-09-2010, 09:09:21
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6620/mp44g41499x721.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 05-09-2010, 10:09:57
[Gun nut talk] StG-44, Gewehr 41 (W), two K98k, and Walther P38 [/Gun nut talk]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-09-2010, 13:09:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/212049-4/italstug%23)

Quote
Knocked-out Italian assault gun Semovente 75/34 M 41. Italy, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 06-09-2010, 20:09:47
http://wimp.com/remarkableexperience/

Its not a picture, but this is absolutely worth a watch

Proof that Lili Marlene saves lives.  Touching story right there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-09-2010, 21:09:14
Could this be posted here?
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2807/image128252galleryv9rnj.jpg)
Heinrich Himmler and daughter, March 1938.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 07-09-2010, 22:09:24
One of my favourite pics:
nice formation of M13/40s
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-783-0104-38%2C_Nordafrika%2C_italienische_Panzer_M13-40.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-09-2010, 22:09:22
Italy Tank Commander
"Faster faster i see the british tanks behind us"  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-09-2010, 23:09:31
Man those tanks are awesome on FH2 ;D
I just always do a wolfpack on Gazala with those! ^^
My part of the coockie!
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/churef.jpg)
Quote
Soviet Churchill heavy tank captured by the 2nd SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Das Reich" during fighting at Kursk, July of 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 08-09-2010, 14:09:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/459272-2/partio2)
Finnish long patrol border jaegers who operated behind enemy lines.

Note the 50 round 'coffin' magazine under the elbow of the man carrying the M31 Suomi SMG and 2  captured SVT-40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 08-09-2010, 15:09:39
the toughest guys in finnish army. long range reconnaissance patrol guys.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-09-2010, 15:09:06
By far the toughest. Heck, I think you have to search quite a bit from all over the world to find a good equivalent for their badassery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-09-2010, 16:09:16
The way he holds that SVT-40.

like a club

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-09-2010, 16:09:55
Hi, i already posted the 1st pic in the off topic section where somebody was searching far german tank nicknames, but i think it fits here also:

beautiful machine
(http://i11.tinypic.com/2jcfo5k.jpg)
(http://www.j-m-modellwelt.com/tabelle/tve-orginal/tve-vorbild02.jpg)
(http://www.j-m-modellwelt.com/tabelle/tve-orginal/tve-vorbild01.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2010, 16:09:31
Once a tiger I tank, untill the turret recieved a 152.4mm HE shell from an SU152

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyAAot19_xvxjoxFQtLyU0Dfqwlf9FM6_N2KzxrLh8IQ4b6Cw&t=1&usg=__UToVv5bSBprp4NvOrHfHNkBnpAc=)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-09-2010, 16:09:21
Aha,
Im curious what happened to the last Tiger 1, I posted ... the engine looks like it has been hit - but if anybody has an answer i would appreciate that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-09-2010, 17:09:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Mayr-035-08%2C_Griechenland%2C_Heinrich_Himmler%2C_Jochen_Peiper.jpg)

Greece.- Heinrich Himmler And Jochen Peiper along with Officers of the Waffen SS division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"

Original description:
Griechenland.- Heinrich Himmler und Jochen Peiper mit Offizieren der Waffen-SS-Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"

After a long absence from me time to get back to business
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-09-2010, 17:09:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/483749-2/soldadoalemanconunappsh41+rusa+Staling+1942)

German soldier whit a PPSh41, Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2010, 17:09:44
Too much german photo's again
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-09-2010, 17:09:58
Too much german photo's again

ok ok, tao ... just for you some pictures of an allied tank

(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Beutepanzer/ShermanFirefly-2.jpg)

(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Beutepanzer/Sherman-1.jpg)

oh ... wait
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-09-2010, 18:09:21
Too much german photo's again

And?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2010, 18:09:40
Too much german photo's again

And?
8 major nations, and constant german photos in POTD

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/NAJN8JTZ6r1j7eithigw8fQ9o1_500.jpg)

A Nakajima KI-43 "peregrine falcon" engages a B-25.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-09-2010, 18:09:04
Aha,
Im curious what happened to the last Tiger 1, I posted ... the engine looks like it has been hit - but if anybody has an answer i would appreciate that.

Nah, its just had the back exhaust pieces removed, exposing char/dirt marks from the engine's exhaust ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 09-09-2010, 18:09:10
Too much german photo's again

And?

This isn't the AxisHistory forums.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-09-2010, 18:09:57
So?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 09-09-2010, 18:09:49
MOAR GERMNAS!


(http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/BV141pic2.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 09-09-2010, 19:09:55
MOAR GERMNAS!


(http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/BV141pic2.jpg)



YA GO IT!!!! GO CUTY HETZER!!!

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Weapons/Hetzer_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-09-2010, 19:09:00
Too much german photo's again

And?
8 major nations, and constant german photos in POTD

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/NAJN8JTZ6r1j7eithigw8fQ9o1_500.jpg)

A Nakajima KI-43 "peregrine falcon" engages a B-25.

Good for you men, i post whatever i want.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 09-09-2010, 20:09:55
Quote
PzKpfw T-34 747(r) from 23rd Panzer Division.
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/t34ct.jpg)
Notice the extensive marking on these captured tanks. I saw Shermans with a shitload of crosses on it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 09-09-2010, 21:09:54
Quote
PzKpfw T-34 747(r) from 23rd Panzer Division.
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/t34ct.jpg)
Notice the extensive marking on these captured tanks. I saw Shermans with a shitload of crosses on it

I'd still be extremely nervous if I was in one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-09-2010, 22:09:10

I'd still be extremely nervous if I was in one.
friendly fire? well i read somewhere these captured t34s were all used in the same units - i wonder how high friendly fire rates were there ^^.
but the cool thing is: notice how the germans mounted a cupola on top of that thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 09-09-2010, 22:09:33
friendly fire? well i read somewhere these captured t34s were all used in the same units - i wonder how high friendly fire rates were there ^^.
but the cool thing is: notice how the germans mounted a cupola on top of that thing.
Its not the other captured T34s you had to worry about, more the trigger happy gunner of the Pak 40 500yds away trained to shoot T34 shaped objects.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-09-2010, 23:09:55
friendly fire? well i read somewhere these captured t34s were all used in the same units - i wonder how high friendly fire rates were there ^^.
but the cool thing is: notice how the germans mounted a cupola on top of that thing.
Its not the other captured T34s you had to worry about, more the trigger happy gunner of the Pak 40 500yds away trained to shoot T34 shaped objects.

I didnt say that there werent any paks around and that they would only have to worry about the other t34s ... of course its more ikely to happen that you take friendly fire from paks than other captured t34s. but i read that captured t34s were used in combat in the same areas.
And i think the other parts of the army would get informed about that - well but thats just my speculation now. But of course imagine a nervous pak gunner behind you :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 09-09-2010, 23:09:49
friendly fire? well i read somewhere these captured t34s were all used in the same units - i wonder how high friendly fire rates were there ^^.
but the cool thing is: notice how the germans mounted a cupola on top of that thing.
Its not the other captured T34s you had to worry about, more the trigger happy gunner of the Pak 40 500yds away trained to shoot T34 shaped objects.

And the aircraft, who are trained to bomb formations of T-34s that they see moving through the countryside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 10-09-2010, 02:09:41
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Orders-of-Battle/Netherlands/Dutch-mortar-team-px800.jpg)

Awesome shot of the Dutch mortar team! :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-09-2010, 02:09:02
Couldnt resist, not trying to steal your thunder, Abuzer.
(http://www.kgscotland.org/images/fjmontecassino.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 10-09-2010, 09:09:31
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Orders-of-Battle/Netherlands/Dutch-mortar-team-px800.jpg)

Awesome shot of the Dutch mortar team! :-*

What a weird looking helmet...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 10-09-2010, 09:09:02
Couldnt resist, not trying to steal your thunder, Abuzer.
(http://www.kgscotland.org/images/fjmontecassino.jpg)
Damn.. he was quick getting his hands out of the way.. i bet it´s on it´s way down the tube ;-)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-09-2010, 10:09:54
I bet it is not moving at all  ;)

Very likely posed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 10-09-2010, 10:09:28
moar mortars
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WW2%20pacific%20weapons/Japanese50mmGrenadeMortar.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-09-2010, 12:09:09
Awesome shot of the Dutch mortar team! :-*

What a weird looking helmet...
Really?
I don't know whats so weird about it, does not obscure the wearers view and protects the neck too. They do look silly, agreed but I rather look silly in combat for that tiny little more protection.

But since I love silly helmets:

Danish artillery.
(http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/666F443F-8843-4FAE-A107-2660B7D2F540/HU028747.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 10-09-2010, 12:09:49
Danish helmet for the win ;D

Our helmets could deflect a bullet from 400 meters :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [A9]Bard on 10-09-2010, 13:09:14
Danish helmet for the win ;D

Our helmets could deflect a bullet from 400 meters :D
I would not bet my head on it thou...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-09-2010, 13:09:46
I declare this day! MORTAR day!
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/img/hb-194.gif)

Japanese troops with a Type 96 150mm mortar. A fairly rare weapon with only 200 built
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-09-2010, 14:09:10
Danish helmet for the win ;D

Our helmets could deflect a bullet from 400 meters :D
I would not bet my head on it thou...

At least better protection than a british helmet ... i dont know what that thing is going to protect ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-09-2010, 14:09:42
Danish helmet for the win ;D

Our helmets could deflect a bullet from 400 meters :D
I would not bet my head on it thou...

At least better protection than a british helmet ... i dont know what that thing is going to protect ...
Shrapnel from air burst artillery shells, fragments and falling rocks and other crap.

Pretty much like all WWI/II helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 10-09-2010, 14:09:39
just for shits and giggles
(http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/20R.JPG)

Type 4 20cm Rocket Launcher

Introduced Year : 1943
Caliber : 203 mm
Barrel Length : 1.92 m
EL Angle of Fire : +40 to +65 Degrees
AZ Angle of Fire : 300 Degrees
Shell Weight : 83.7 Kg
Shell Speed : 175 m/sec
Weight : 227.6 Kg
Range : 2,400 m

This is the launcher for 20cm Rocket. However, this rocket could be projected by other offhand launcher, for example a gutter, a wooden stand, or a slope on the ground. 20cm Rocket was used in Okinawa and Iwo Jima in the last WWII.

and i do love these babies in Men of War  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-09-2010, 15:09:34
Danish helmet for the win ;D

Our helmets could deflect a bullet from 400 meters :D
I would not bet my head on it thou...

At least better protection than a british helmet ... i dont know what that thing is going to protect ...
Shrapnel from air burst artillery shells, fragments and falling rocks and other crap.

Pretty much like all WWI/II helmets.

I know what helmets were used for ...
That was a rhetorical question ... i mean ... your ears are pretty much exposed in comparison to other helmets ... and your neck isnt safe either. It only protects you from above ... if there is a grenade exploding next to you you are more likely to get some shrapnel from the side than with a german or russian helmet or this danish helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-09-2010, 16:09:06
Well the Brits have always been rather conservative with their militairy, perhaps the helmet just looked cool when they first issued it (its a lot like that headgear the colonial troops wore) and decided to keep it throughout the wars for friendly recognition and because WWII helmets weren't gonna stop that much anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-09-2010, 16:09:41
Danish helmet for the win ;D

Our helmets could deflect a bullet from 400 meters :D
I would not bet my head on it thou...

At least better protection than a british helmet ... i dont know what that thing is going to protect ...
Shrapnel from air burst artillery shells, fragments and falling rocks and other crap.

Pretty much like all WWI/II helmets.
It only protects you from above ...
That's the whole idea. It's a WWI design to protect soldiers from air burst artillery and crap falling on you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 10-09-2010, 16:09:07
Well the Brits have always been rather conservative with their militairy, perhaps the helmet just looked cool when they first issued it (its a lot like that headgear the colonial troops wore) and decided to keep it throughout the wars for friendly recognition and because WWII helmets weren't gonna stop that much anyway.

Well it didn't cover the ears like other helmet designs so hearing would have been better and in terms of shrapnel from artillery, once you hit the deck and put your head down if would provide sufficient protection unless you were unlucky enough to get hit in an exposed area. Also it was incredibly easy to make from one pressed sheet of steel which also made it very strong.

However, I think you're right about friendly recognition and the fact that helmets were seen a symbols of national identity. It seems that the Germans sought a helmet similar to the famous 'turtle' helmet later in the war due to it's simplicity of design but Hitler rejected it due to it's aesthetics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 10-09-2010, 16:09:55
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/636px-Vickers_machine-guns_fire_in_support_of_troops_crossing_the_Maas-Schelde_Canal.jpg)
Brits also had the mkIII helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 10-09-2010, 17:09:37
(http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1060/112cv.jpg)

I like swiss helmets too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sgt.Radman on 10-09-2010, 21:09:56
(http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1060/112cv.jpg)

I like swiss helmets too.

Those are rebels!!  Kill them!!  For the Empire!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-09-2010, 22:09:08
I kinda like the German M44 steel helmet:

(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/steel-helmets-3-reich/626d1233013016t-m45-helmets-dscn1010-b-ii-rs-700.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-09-2010, 23:09:49
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1892/8cmgranatwerfer34.jpg)
8cm Granatwerfer 34
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-09-2010, 00:09:57
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1892/8cmgranatwerfer34.jpg)
8cm Granatwerfer 34
i wonder what those holes are at the end of the grenade
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 11-09-2010, 00:09:51
"igniter"?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-09-2010, 01:09:07
Weight decrease probably.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-09-2010, 01:09:01
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/484602-2/maltakw2-bethke%23)

Captain Hans-Günther Bethke (on the photo still as an NCO and officer aspirant) and the "Malta KV-2". In the end the planned invasion of Malta was cancelled, Bethke was killed in action at Mga/Northern Russia on September 14, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-09-2010, 01:09:14
Quote
British Mark III Churchill, captured after the Raid at Dieppe on August 19th of 1942.
It was originally commanded by Corporal Jordan and nicknamed "Blondie".
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/churg.jpg)
Go Blondie! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 11-09-2010, 01:09:26
Weight decrease probably.

Its to place the Cordite, once the shell hits the but plate the cordite witch is the propellant and fires the shell.
(http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/german-infantry-weapons/pics/115-german-8cm-mortar-shell.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 11-09-2010, 01:09:54
Today AT rifle day maybe?!
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5444/1231wy.jpg)

Bonus:
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/3479/1236p.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 11-09-2010, 02:09:09
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1221599721/gallery_28554_186_6626.jpg)
stationary S18/100
need this ingame for moar awesome italy weapons  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-09-2010, 10:09:22
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8787/28c7f8b3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-09-2010, 18:09:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/484888-2/Hungarian+5cm+PAK+38_+Don_+1942)
A Honved crew in action at the Eastern front with a German model 50mm PAK 38 anti-tank gun, a widely used Axis weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-09-2010, 18:09:14
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/su85ger.jpg)
Captured Soviet SU-85 pressed into German service, Summer of 1944.
The vehicle was repainted in dark yellow and marked with large Balkenkreuz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 11-09-2010, 19:09:59
Mustang IVA (P-51K), No. 112 Sqn, RAF, Italy 1945.

(http://www.3squadron.org.au/subpages/Mustangs/GA-S%20KH774.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 13-09-2010, 02:09:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Einsatzgruppe.jpg)

Einsatzgruppe executing Jews in Russia.  If you ever see the video of this, you see this man look right into the camera as he's shot.  Bloody heartbreaking expression.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-09-2010, 12:09:23
Was watching some footage of German POW's in Tunisia and i want to share this cool screen cap of a German.
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5314/germanpow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 13-09-2010, 14:09:19
that almost looks like a bad TV production
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-09-2010, 17:09:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Brtitishtroopsiran.jpg/800px-Brtitishtroopsiran.jpg)

Quote
British troops and Soviet armoured car in Iran.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-09-2010, 00:09:02
(http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=188529&d=1284415930)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 14-09-2010, 00:09:12
Reloading Mosquito's 20mm's?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-09-2010, 00:09:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/MoyaleEastAfrica1941.JPG/763px-MoyaleEastAfrica1941.JPG)

Quote
South Africans at Moyale after the Italian forces had withdrawn, February 1941

Would love to see some East African Campaign maps in FH2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-09-2010, 00:09:50
Reloading Mosquito's 20mm's?

Westland Whirlwind.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 14-09-2010, 01:09:30
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/q9.jpg)
Thread needs more 6th airborne.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-09-2010, 00:09:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/485978-2/1__004)

SdKfz.251 of the 'Grossdeutschland' Division, Near Wilkowischken, East Prussia, Germany Aug1944 . Now Vilkaviskis, Lithuania.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-09-2010, 02:09:54
This is dead.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/486848-2/xnsrw8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-09-2010, 05:09:33
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e7/kolt45s/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-177-1465-162.jpg)

black dude in the Wehrmacht
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-09-2010, 05:09:44
Frei Afrika Korp ;)  They mainly saw service in Tunisia and the Cretian Occupation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-09-2010, 11:09:21
Freies Arabien Legion.

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/KragDug75/AfricanNazi2.jpg)

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/KragDug75/Patch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-09-2010, 12:09:28
And then all those neo-nazis these days=DEAD TO ALL MUSLIMS! LONG LIVE HITLER

I once told this neo nazi guy(he hated turks) that germany sold weapons during WW2 and that they where allies in WW1....
He dint believed me, and ran away almost crying
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-09-2010, 13:09:06
Is he really a neo-nazi though? Because i know i hate some nations but i aint nazi...


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-179-1552-10%2C_Griechenland%2C_erh%C3%A4ngte_M%C3%A4nner_in_Ortschaft.jpg)

Title: Griechenland, erhängte Männer in Ortschaft
Greece, Hanged men in village

Extra information: Griechenland.- Zwei Erhängte Männer an Bäumen auf einem Platz in einer Ortschaft;
 Two men hanged from trees in a square in the village
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-09-2010, 17:09:47
IIRC Freies Arabien Legion was mostly Arabs...a few black guys snuck in though.

Also, that Greek hanging picture is really brutal. Too short a height to have been a clean hanging, those guys must have strangled slowly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 16-09-2010, 17:09:54
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/T-28/L-10/T_28scr_L-10_05.jpg)
"T-28 with additional armour captured in September 1941 operated by Finns. Vicinities of Petrovka, June 1944. It has three-colour camouflage. Armour plates of the gun shield installed by Finns"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-09-2010, 17:09:33
IIRC Freies Arabien Legion was mostly Arabs...a few black guys snuck in though.

Also, that Greek hanging picture is really brutal. Too short a height to have been a clean hanging, those guys must have strangled slowly.

IIRC you black out due to 2 mayor arteries being blocked by the pressure before you run out of breath. Once you relax it happens within 10 seconds. You still live for a few minutes, but you are blacked out so it's not like you feel it anymore. The reason you black out is that the brain sences a lack of O² (iirc the 2 A. Carotis communis transport about 75% of O² for the brain) and goes into what i like to call "power saving mode" where it shuts down everything not needed to live. And you don't need to be awake for that.

There are some vids on youtube where people use there hands (strong people) to push very hard at C4, left and right. You black out on an average of 7 second then :) They say it's quite a rush.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-09-2010, 18:09:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/SidiRegezWesternDesert1941.JPG/800px-SidiRegezWesternDesert1941.JPG)

Quote
The aftermath of the Sidi Rezeg battlefield
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-09-2010, 21:09:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/487015-2/Avanzata_sotto_il_Ghibli)

Italian Troops Advancing in NA, Date Unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-09-2010, 21:09:50
Ab 41 <3  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-09-2010, 22:09:31


Also, that Greek hanging picture is really brutal. Too short a height to have been a clean hanging, those guys must have strangled slowly.

Until the 20th century it was common to hang people with long ropes, so the jerk would break ya neck right away. But the facists strangled people to death, which is a much more cruel and horrible death for both the victim and the crowd watching. You won't believe how many people who suicide with a rope these days strangle themself to death, because their imagination is influenced by 20th century pictures of executions like these.

(http://photofile.ru/photo/miyamoto/2582715/48641329.jpg)
Stevo Filipovic, yugoslavian partisan, shouting 'death to fascism, freedom for the people' before his execution. Note the short rope.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 16-09-2010, 22:09:48
IIRC Freies Arabien Legion was mostly Arabs...a few black guys snuck in though.

Also, that Greek hanging picture is really brutal. Too short a height to have been a clean hanging, those guys must have strangled slowly.

IIRC you black out due to 2 mayor arteries being blocked by the pressure before you run out of breath. Once you relax it happens within 10 seconds. You still live for a few minutes, but you are blacked out so it's not like you feel it anymore. The reason you black out is that the brain sences a lack of O² (iirc the 2 A. Carotis communis transport about 75% of O² for the brain) and goes into what i like to call "power saving mode" where it shuts down everything not needed to live. And you don't need to be awake for that.

There are some vids on youtube where people use there hands (strong people) to push very hard at C4, left and right. You black out on an average of 7 second then :) They say it's quite a rush.

c4 is special for nervus phrenicus....you can catch the carotis almost everywhere :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-09-2010, 22:09:43
Don't want to get my books out but the nervus phrenicus controls diafragma right? so squashing it will make you stop breathing (sort of).

C4 is just an "easy" place to stop the blood circulation to the brain manually, that's why i said it. You can do it all over the neck but that is just making it hard on yourself. A rope will cut it off a lot higher.

And yaay for another person that knows his anatomy :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 16-09-2010, 23:09:18
Don't want to get my books out but the nervus phrenicus controls diafragma right? so squashing it will make you stop breathing (sort of).

C4 is just an "easy" place to stop the blood circulation to the brain manually, that's why i said it. You can do it all over the neck but that is just making it hard on yourself. A rope will cut it off a lot higher.

And yaay for another person that knows his anatomy :D

your anatomy is my job  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 17-09-2010, 00:09:18
IIRC Freies Arabien Legion was mostly Arabs...a few black guys snuck in though.

Black Muslims in North African countries consider themselves to be Arabs, take for instance the Janjaweed militias in Darfur who are Black, Arabic speaking Muslims.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 17-09-2010, 12:09:35
your anatomy is my job  ;D

You are a Surgeon ?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-175-1267-10%2C_Griechenland%2C_Panzer_IV_in_Hafenstadt.jpg)
I was going to post a picture of another hanged man but id rather do that tomorrow...Today we has this beautiful picture of 2 Panzer IV's driving through the main Street of Thessaloniki next to its Harbor(place:Greece,Macedonia) . You can see the White Tower of Thessaloniki which is part of the walls broken down to allow further expansion of the city.

The other side

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-175-1267-09%2C_Griechenland%2C_Panzer_IV_in_Hafenstadt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-09-2010, 13:09:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-342-0603-25,_Belgien-Frankreich,_Flugzeuge_Dornier_Do_17.jpg)

A flight of sie most awesome german bomber evar over Belgium

i swear, if we ever have a battle of britian map, and we do NOT have a DO-17 their WILL be riots
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-09-2010, 14:09:50
Isn't that the same guy who cried about too much German stuff in this thread? Hmmm..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 17-09-2010, 14:09:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/251777-2/C__pia+de+C+paratroopers+_23_2)
japanese paramarines (marine paratroopers)

had fun weapons like the TERA rifle: normal rifles like type type 99 but with a twist, they were able to be broken down into 2 pieces for easy transport.
(http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/2.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-09-2010, 14:09:23
Isn't that the same guy who cried about too much German stuff in this thread? Hmmm..
Is saying "to much german stuff" now "crying" these days?

oh ye, i forget, when you say something bad about german things here, you are crying and such.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 17-09-2010, 14:09:39
If we ever get a Pacific Theater we should have this otherwise there will be riots...Trust me hearing riots from a French or a Greek means its true  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-09-2010, 15:09:56
Isn't that the same guy who cried about too much German stuff in this thread? Hmmm..
Is saying "to much german stuff" now "crying" these days?

oh ye, i forget, when you say something bad about german things here, you are crying and such.
No Theta, I just mean your post is very hypocrit. First claiming multiple times theres too much German stuff being posted and then post German stuff yourself..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-09-2010, 15:09:41
Isn't that the same guy who cried about too much German stuff in this thread? Hmmm..
Is saying "to much german stuff" now "crying" these days?

oh ye, i forget, when you say something bad about german things here, you are crying and such.
No Theta, I just mean your post is very hypocrit. First claiming multiple times theres too much German stuff being posted and then post German stuff yourself..
The entire page then was nothing about german stuff. Pages move on

And no it is not hypocrit.
Last page was far more versatile, Greek partisans, japanese stuff. Far more stuff then the constant german we saw in the previous pages
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 17-09-2010, 15:09:09
less arguing more picturing :D

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5761/image009sn.jpg)
japanes soldier in manila
February 3 – March 3, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 17-09-2010, 15:09:56
Getting some America up in here.
(http://www.freewebs.com/airbornemilitaria/bonilla15.jpg)
101st Airborne members preparing to jump, just got to get that green light and not botch the landing...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-09-2010, 20:09:06
Sorry, German again. You just have to admit that we´re cool. Everyone loves bad guys.  :P

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R1222-501%2C_Stalingrad%2C_deutscher_Soldat_mit_Zigarette.jpg)

November 42, Stalingrad. German enlisted soldier with Silver Infantry Assault Badge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-09-2010, 20:09:15
(http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/related/axis_allies/croatian_volunteers_files/podobnik.jpg)

Some moar German stuff. Croatian 369. Reinforced Infantry Regiment, Stalingrad, October 16th, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-09-2010, 22:09:26
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=86530)
Italy 90mm Flak  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-09-2010, 22:09:22
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7382/partisansitaliens.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 17-09-2010, 22:09:11
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7382/partisansitaliens.jpg)

explainthisimage.com??? ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-09-2010, 22:09:59
Italian partisans, wearing fancy hats and using a wild hotchpotch of equipment?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 18-09-2010, 00:09:19
Robin Hoods with his gang?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 18-09-2010, 00:09:56
i was amazed to see italian partisans getting hold of STG44s :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-09-2010, 01:09:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0041-32,_Nordafrika,_schlafende_Kradmelder.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-09-2010, 01:09:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/487676-2/cannone47-32)

47/32 anti-tank gun,in position.Russia winter 1942,Don's line.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-09-2010, 09:09:53
Italian partisans, wearing fancy hats and using a wild hotchpotch of equipment?  ???

Alpini !

(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6594/pps42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-09-2010, 12:09:44
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/730/n33mmc.gif)

(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8316/95700357.jpg)

Quote
Amedeo Guillet (February 7, 1909 – June 16, 2010) was an officer of the Italian Army. He was born in Piacenza. Descended from a noble family from Piedmont and Capua, he graduated from the Academy of Infantry and Cavalry of Modena in 1930 and began his career in the Italian Army. Dying at the age of 101, he was one of the last men to have commanded cavalry in war. Guillet, with the nickname of Devil Commander, was famous during the Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia in 1941-42 because of his courage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-09-2010, 16:09:48
I declare this day
Heavy artillery day

I wanna see some heavy artillery! 'MERICAn, British, German, italian russian, bring them on!

(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/beachhd_btlefrnt/Photos/203.jpg)

240mm M1 in firing position in the Italian campaign, at Anzio
Anzio, and most of the italian campaign, was a show-down of artillery. Both sides employed large numbers of artillery, both towed as self-propelled.
i would love to see them move that thing trough the mountains  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 18-09-2010, 16:09:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/240mm_howitzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-09-2010, 16:09:43
babies!

(http://www.e94114.de/V188/Gustav2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-09-2010, 16:09:17
(http://users.swing.be/sw208720/char1/231955.jpg)
Dora in the front of Sevastopol with set up camouflage protection
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-09-2010, 17:09:10
Everyone knows that length doesn´t matter. It´s technique and passion which are the most important thing!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Gruppe_geschuetz_01_%28RaBoe%29.jpg)

 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 18-09-2010, 17:09:53
LOLOLOLOL!!!

(http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/weapons-ww2-allied/anzio-annie3.jpg)

But i'm gonna have to Disagree with you .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 18-09-2010, 17:09:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Karl23.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-09-2010, 17:09:21
Moar! MOAR big artillery! Railway guns! Italian odd looking gaint howitzers!
MOAR!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-09-2010, 18:09:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/454288-2/soldatfranais1940)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 18-09-2010, 18:09:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Finnish-305mm-coastal-gun.jpg/800px-Finnish-305mm-coastal-gun.jpg)
Soviet 305 mm railway gun captured by Finns. The barrel of the gun was originally part of the main armament of the battleship "Imperator Alexander III"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 18-09-2010, 19:09:37
well, I will put that gun on my Hummel on WoT :P
I think that I will own everyone with that XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 18-09-2010, 19:09:59
well, I will put that gun on my Hummel on WoT :P
I think that I will own everyone with that XD

Good luck with that 30-60 minute reload. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-09-2010, 19:09:19
Everyone knows that length doesn´t matter. It´s technique and passion which are the most important thing!

It's not the length or technique, it's the width.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 18-09-2010, 19:09:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Schneider_240_mm_railway_gun_in_France.jpg)
japanese Type 90 240 mm railway gun, the only rail way gun japan had, made by the french "schneider" in 1930.
setup in manchuria to defend against the russians later moved and destroyed while retreating.

i couldnt find any comabt action on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-09-2010, 19:09:52
Russian 203 mm B-4 howitzer:
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/auxiliary_photo/B_4_2.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 18-09-2010, 20:09:22
Do Want. I remember seeing some footage of the Russians using it as a Direct Fire weapon in Berlin.

Shit got Real  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.totaler_humbug on 18-09-2010, 20:09:55
IIRC you can even see it in the FH2 menue background vid fireing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-09-2010, 20:09:21


It's not the length or technique, it's the width.
75mm width should be enough, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-09-2010, 21:09:31


It's not the length or technique, it's the width.
75mm width should be enough, right?

not for an artillery gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-09-2010, 21:09:26
Yeah, we are talking about big-ass howitzers, not some puny infantry or mountain guns.

Or what did you think about, Homer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-09-2010, 22:09:48
I´m not really sure about that.  ::)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-09-2010, 23:09:07
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3750/21cmlmorser1.jpg)
21cm Mortar 16 (long)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-09-2010, 02:09:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E10457%2C_Polen%2C_Schlagbaum%2C_deutsche_Soldaten.jpg/775px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E10457%2C_Polen%2C_Schlagbaum%2C_deutsche_Soldaten.jpg)

Quote
Poland, 1939. German horsemen cross the Polish border
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 19-09-2010, 02:09:03
(http://www.venik4.com/wp-content/gallery/photos-second-world-war-part-2/wwii_photo_0004.jpg)

He-111
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 19-09-2010, 04:09:24
From with it looks like (although from a weird angle) London?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 19-09-2010, 04:09:42
Yeah, tis london. I remember playing a ww2 plane game and thats exactly how the map was
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-09-2010, 10:09:09
(http://kiwisinarmour.hobbyvista.com/images/dcwd-4s.jpg)

Quote
One of the Stuarts recaptured from the Afrika Korps at Sidi Rezegh and handed over to the Divisional Cavalry, now in use outside Bardia.  It is still in its original camouflage scheme of sand, dark earth and dull-blue, complete with RAC colours on the turret and sand shields.  Its name is "Colorado".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-09-2010, 10:09:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-586-2221-14%2C_Frankreich%2C_Normandie%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)

FJ with Panzerfaust 30 and very well done camouflage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2010, 13:09:23
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2528/8ed1c77cf1ca72fflarge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 19-09-2010, 14:09:38
Guys I could use some help, Anyone of you have a good size photo made by Robert Capa?
IF Posible a less famous photo then the one from the spanish man got shot.
I need to do a presentation about him tomorrow but I can't find real good big size pictures.

(someone once posted a serie of 2 soldiers chatting, then one got shot by a german sniper, its in Leipzig 1945, I cant find the first pic)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-09-2010, 15:09:21
I always wondered what would happen if you were holding it by the warhead before firing it ? Would the "barrel" be sent away or your arms blown to pieces?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-165-0432-17A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Flak_auf_Kettenfahrzeug.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 19-09-2010, 17:09:08
I always wondered what would happen if you were holding it by the warhead before firing it ? Would the "barrel" be sent away or your arms blown to pieces?

The barrel would just fly away.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 19-09-2010, 17:09:05
Guys I could use some help, Anyone of you have a good size photo made by Robert Capa?
IF Posible a less famous photo then the one from the spanish man got shot.
I need to do a presentation about him tomorrow but I can't find real good big size pictures.

(someone once posted a serie of 2 soldiers chatting, then one got shot by a german sniper, its in Leipzig 1945, I cant find the first pic)

You mean this -> http://giroplus.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/capa_hemingway-2.jpg ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 19-09-2010, 17:09:35
Guys I could use some help, Anyone of you have a good size photo made by Robert Capa?
IF Posible a less famous photo then the one from the spanish man got shot.
I need to do a presentation about him tomorrow but I can't find real good big size pictures.

(someone once posted a serie of 2 soldiers chatting, then one got shot by a german sniper, its in Leipzig 1945, I cant find the first pic)

You mean this -> http://giroplus.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/capa_hemingway-2.jpg ?

Well thats actually from a serie photos, But  I found them.
The photos before are 2 Gi's chatting outside. one of them is the one you see dead in this pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-09-2010, 21:09:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/463460-2/Varpalota+tank+222s_+1945)

During the many tank battles that took place around Lake Balaton in Western Hungary in early 1945, heavy Wehrmacht tanks and self-propelled artillery had knocked out these two Russian T-34's in the town of Varpalota, and now the locals gather to look at the aftermath of battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 19-09-2010, 21:09:47
Isnt that a T34-85 turret ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-09-2010, 21:09:33
Yes, it is :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-09-2010, 00:09:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Tali-Ihantala.jpg)
Quote
1944, 19 september - Finland and the Soviet Union signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.

Finnish troops passing by the remains of a destroyed Soviet T-34 at the battle of Tali-Ihantala[/quote
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-09-2010, 00:09:11
(http://www.earthstation1.com/WWIIPics/YugoslavWomenPartisansWWII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 20-09-2010, 01:09:06
Guys I could use some help, Anyone of you have a good size photo made by Robert Capa?
IF Posible a less famous photo then the one from the spanish man got shot.
I need to do a presentation about him tomorrow but I can't find real good big size pictures.

(someone once posted a serie of 2 soldiers chatting, then one got shot by a german sniper, its in Leipzig 1945, I cant find the first pic)

Well i have that, don't know if that can help you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/sets/72157622828466411/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-09-2010, 02:09:11
I don't know what the black dot is, but I doubt it is a shell.
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6127/75cmfk16na.jpg)
7,5cm FK 16 n.A. (neue Art)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 20-09-2010, 02:09:26
(http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/encyclopediaimages/g/go/go229.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-09-2010, 05:09:13
I don't know what the black dot is, but I doubt it is a shell.
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6127/75cmfk16na.jpg)
7,5cm FK 16 n.A. (neue Art)

It's a shell.  there are a good number of photos like that  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 20-09-2010, 05:09:53
THE BEAST KILLER  -ISU 152-
(http://www.2iemeguerre.com/blindes/images/isu152o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-09-2010, 14:09:23
THE BEAST KILLER  -ISU 152-
(http://www.2iemeguerre.com/blindes/images/isu152o.jpg)

+1

(http://images8.fotki.com/v146/photos/1/133612/1712096/t35mod1935-vi.jpg)

T-35 abandond during Operation barbarossa.
These tanks had even worse mechanical reliability then the Jagdtiger. Of the 61 T-35's built, 55 of them broke down before even reaching combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-09-2010, 00:09:07
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/488340-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1982-090-11__Budapest__Pak_am_Stadtrand_in_Stellung)

(Probably) Waffen SS Troops in the Edge of Budapest, 1945, Awaiting for Soviet Tanks to come in.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-09-2010, 00:09:47
you forgot to add=And to smashed by the! VAST COLLOSAL SIZE!OF MOTHER RUSSIA!

But we arent seeing enough italian stuff=
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Semovente_75-18.jpg)

Italian Semovente 75/18. No info was with the picture, but could it be that this is eastfront?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 21-09-2010, 00:09:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/460765-2/Zrinyi_+1944)
ASSULT GUN on the Eastern Front (Zrinyi II)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-09-2010, 01:09:34
(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3599/5cmpak3815.jpg)
5cm Pak 38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 21-09-2010, 01:09:24
(http://198.173.125.24/ksli/officialrecords_wwii/britatk.jpg)

See that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 21-09-2010, 03:09:38
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/n101.jpg)
6th airborne in Normandy.
"Glider troops beside the glider in which they landed at landing zone N."

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 21-09-2010, 04:09:16
Name that baby
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/emil.jpg)



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-09-2010, 04:09:12
Sturer Emil <3

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/40310-5/img706)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 21-09-2010, 09:09:36
(http://digilander.libero.it/avantisavoiait/art%20210%2022.jpg)
Obice da 210/22
    * Calibre: 210 mm (8.26 in)
    * Barrel length: 5 m (16 ft 4.85 in)
    * Travelling weight: 24,000 kg (53,000 lb) in two loads
    * Action weight: 15,900 kg (35,000 lb)
    * Elevation: 0 ° to +70 °
    * Traverse: 75 °
    * Muzzle velocity: 560 m/s (1,800 ft/s)
    * Maximum range: 15.5 km (16,951 yd)
    * Shell weight: 101 kg (223 lb) or 133 kg (293 lb) depending on ammunition

love that thing in R.U.S.E. although inaccurate ingame it has an insane range.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-09-2010, 12:09:00
Im getting RUSE today and it is the first thing ima gonna do

playa withda die italians!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 21-09-2010, 13:09:09
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/brum_it.jpg)
;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-09-2010, 13:09:55
Brummbars are needed in FH2

Sherman 105 vs brumbar matches <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Marder on 21-09-2010, 13:09:46
you forgot to add=And to smashed by the! VAST COLLOSAL SIZE!OF MOTHER RUSSIA!

But we arent seeing enough italian stuff=
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Semovente_75-18.jpg)

Italian Semovente 75/18. No info was with the picture, but could it be that this is eastfront?

Semovente da 75/18 never fought in Eastfront. The best anti tank in that front was the Semovente da 47/32.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-09-2010, 13:09:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-521-2142-29%2C_Athen%2C_Panzer_IV.jpg)

Athens
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 21-09-2010, 13:09:34
(http://bronetehnika.narod.ru/zis30/zis30_11.jpg)

ZiS-30
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 21-09-2010, 15:09:00
i love those in men of war, and i hope they get in WoT at some point,
57mm of awesome  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-09-2010, 18:09:06
Should be a good premium vehicle :)

Or like a side off vehicle of the TD line. One wich doesnt go further. you know what i mean
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-09-2010, 19:09:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/488807-2/German+Attack)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 22-09-2010, 00:09:35
(http://www.gaissmair.net/Nord_PK/talossaZ.jpg)
A SS-Grenadier sitting in a just captured russian bunker to relax from the attack.
image from SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 6
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 22-09-2010, 00:09:09
WE NEED THIS!
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/flamm_het.jpg)
Quote
Flammpanzer 38(t) Hetzer captured during the Ardennes Offensive, Winter 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 22-09-2010, 01:09:06
BOAC Vickers Warwick C.Mk.I.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3270232466_75931d2348_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-09-2010, 04:09:47
MOAR NORWAY

Nina gun being used by the Germans in Norway
(http://images.suite101.com/158134_ninagun.jpg)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Vemork_Hydroelectric_Plant_1935.jpg)
Vemork Hydroelectric Plant at Rjukan, Norway in 1935. In the front building, the Norsk Hydro hydrogen production plant, a Norwegian Special Operations Executive (SOE) team (Operation Gunnerside) blew up heavy water production cells on 27 February 1943 in order to sabotage the efforts of the World War II German Nuclear Weapons Program.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 22-09-2010, 07:09:05
MOAR NORWAY

Nina gun being used by the Germans in Norway
(http://images.suite101.com/158134_ninagun.jpg)


fronten er kysten = The front is the coast

nice:D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-09-2010, 11:09:14
Since there is an Italian Conversation on POTD(OE)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-177-1459-18%2C_Korfu%2C_italienische_Soldaten_bei_Rast.jpg)

Corfu,Italian Soldiers resting
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 22-09-2010, 13:09:59
Folgore - Italian "elite" paratroopers
(http://www.congedatifolgore.com/museo/high/sala1-1.jpg)
mussolini inspecting folgore in africa i guess

(http://www.congedatifolgore.com/museo/high/sala3-8.jpg)
Folgore AT gunners with their 47/32

(http://www.congedatifolgore.com/museo/high/sala2-7.jpg)
training with a CAPTURED tank (sherman i guess)

more nice pictures here http://www.congedatifolgore.com/museo/index.htm

Quote
During the Second battle of El Alamein the Folgore  Division resisted the attack of the British 131st (Queen's) Infantry Brigade, the 44th Infantry Division, the 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) and the Free French Brigade . The remnants of the Folgore Division were withdrawn from El Alamein on 3 November 1942, without water and carrying their anti-tank guns by hand in pieces. The survivors were reorganized into the 185th Folgore Parachute Battalion. At 2:35 pm on November 6, after having exhausted all its ammunition, the remainder of the Division finally surrendered to the British forces. In honour of their bravery, the British commander allowed them to surrender without having to show a white flag or raise their hands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 22-09-2010, 18:09:20
i love those in men of war, and i hope they get in WoT at some point,
57mm of awesome  :D

Why not FH2?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-09-2010, 19:09:43
(http://www.inilossum.com/2gue_image/2guerr578.gif)

Quote
Already in the first days of November, Greeks were recovered from the initial blow and had considerably slowed down our offense. Later
developed their counter and while the Italian troops had to pull over and before Kalamas Kalibak on the right in seven divisions attacked Greek forces. The "Parma", which faced its own over a hundred thousand enemy troops, not the effort and interest to his aid were made to flow the other three divisions (the two who guarded the Yugoslav border and the "Piedmont"). But every effort was in vain and after several days of furious fighting, the Greeks managed to infiltrate our lines, cutting the road-Perati Corcia. The threat was serious throughout the deployment Italian. The photo above Italian troops to counterattack before Coccia. In the photo below a light tank captured by our troops. Above the gun says "Avenge '1 'Heil'. This was a greek destroyer sunk by a submarine presubilmente Italian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-09-2010, 21:09:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/474398-2/Legvedelem+Keleten_+1941)

In the course of the advance into the USSR, a Honved unit establishes position by a river, an anti-aircraft gun in the foreground, and radio equipment in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-09-2010, 21:09:12
GERMAN STOLE MAI BOFORS!

Time for a lulz photo
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:wVHwk8dRJ_DQYM:http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/57408670.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=45B0EB3381F7834D38C47FB2FF5DD6F86D7657426640B77C42084A72A7A76DCE&t=1)

Hans und Greta! Supply and medic dog!!?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-09-2010, 21:09:46
No Hungary stole it   :P

Do Want  :o
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/italy/autoblinda/AB_41/ab-41_50.jpg)
AB 41 <3  :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-09-2010, 21:09:35
Coastalarty gun "Vara" a 38cm gun, first stages of building
(http://www.nuav.net/artillery.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 22-09-2010, 23:09:36
Coastalarty gun "Vara" a 38cm gun, first stages of building
(http://www.nuav.net/artillery.jpg)

where is this? vestlandet?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 23-09-2010, 00:09:43
Kristiansand, Norway  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 23-09-2010, 12:09:44
BOAC Short S.30 C-Class.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4505465062_8cb49f8618_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 24-09-2010, 01:09:36
(http://www.nuav.net/artillery2.jpg)

A closeup of the big crane being used to build Vara, most of norways coastal defence guns made by germany were built by Russian POW's, this may have been the case for Vara as well
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2010, 21:09:36
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9269/captured20german20flag.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-09-2010, 22:09:58
(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/570/fockeachgelisfa330bachs.jpg)
Focke Achgelis Fa 330 "Bachstelze"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-09-2010, 01:09:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/489781-2/jap-destroyer-sinking)

Japanese destroyer, torpedoed by US submarine, heads for the bottom in a perescope view
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 25-09-2010, 02:09:09
Vara Again, the pin near ze barrel is actually a soldier!

(http://www.nuav.net/artillery3.jpg)


Edit No.1 HUZZAH! 2,400th post, Hero status   :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 26-09-2010, 17:09:04
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3518/4064036688_8104ed3412_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 26-09-2010, 17:09:36
Vara and a few crewman walking around, and walking around is most likely all they did since the allies never invaded Norway

(http://www.nuav.net/artillery4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-09-2010, 17:09:11
Part of that plane in it's current state. Pic taken by me.

(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6184/p1030472f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-09-2010, 17:09:32
Those did quite some missions  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-09-2010, 23:09:09
I wonder whether the enemy interceptors could identify those markings. Whom would you pick for target then? A experienced crew on their 24th flight or a new crew of greenhornes? And would it be possible to pick a target under this aspect at all when you approach an enemy formation?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 27-09-2010, 13:09:31
I wonder whether the enemy interceptors could identify those markings. Whom would you pick for target then? A experienced crew on their 24th flight or a new crew of greenhornes? And would it be possible to pick a target under this aspect at all when you approach an enemy formation?

For British bombers it'd be highly unlikely considering that they were operating at night for the most part. Even for the US daylight bombers it'd be unlikely. Closing speeds would be too fast imo, plus you wouldn't want to hang about.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-09-2010, 14:09:30
But British bombers where used more and more in daylight bombing over less luftwaffe like area's like France and Belgium
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-09-2010, 15:09:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-175-1267-12%2C_Griechenland%2C_Panzer_IV_in_Hafenstadt.jpg)
Date:Later/or Fall 1942 , Thessaloniki Greece
Quote from: Nazi Poster on Greek
Bolshevism is the greatest Enemy of our civilization.All other Nations of Europe will fight against him until its collapse.


Anyone got any idea what that thing mounted on the PZ4 is? Nazitube  ;D?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 27-09-2010, 15:09:32
could be a simple piece of wood. or maybe a snorkel, were the "amphibous" panzer IV models ?
i know there were panzer II and tiger but no idea about panzer  III and IV.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 27-09-2010, 16:09:31
could be a simple piece of wood. or maybe a snorkel, were the "amphibous" panzer IV models ?
i know there were panzer II and tiger but no idea about panzer  III and IV.
Im guessing by its length and diameter that it probably is a snorkel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 27-09-2010, 17:09:47
Every snorkel on a German WW2 Tank I have seen was double the length and flexible. Maybe they tube is kind of a stowage box for a snorkel.
(http://www.whq-forum.de/cms/uploads/pics/pz3f_28.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-09-2010, 17:09:18
(http://www.freewebs.com/schwerdt/aurora/images/rh-pzkw6.jpg)

Ahem...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 27-09-2010, 17:09:05
I guess with the shabby state of the Greek roadsystem in these days (eh, and still I guess) they really expected to be using off-road country routes a lot, inculding those with small rivers. Interesting. (If it really is a snorkel)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-09-2010, 18:09:39
in other words

Devs you need to modify the Axis tanks in Olympus  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-09-2010, 21:09:04
(http://www.freewebs.com/schwerdt/aurora/images/rh-pzkw6.jpg)

Ahem...
And it also can get every radio station!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 27-09-2010, 23:09:07
(http://www.freewebs.com/schwerdt/aurora/images/rh-pzkw6.jpg)

Ahem...
Is that a snorkel or are you just happy to see me?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 28-09-2010, 11:09:59
i now declare this day, combo weapon day !
so guns like the luftwaffe drilling (shotgun / rifle)
or this suomi with flamethrower :D
(http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/536/Flamethrower_1.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-09-2010, 12:09:28
Genuine German Forkspoon from 1939

It's a fork... AND A SPOON!

(http://www.ostfront.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/GOPI-00007-N2_LARGE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 28-09-2010, 12:09:17
the first SPORK!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-09-2010, 12:09:02
I wish i could find a pic of the custom made rifle of the Greek resistance...Its in the Athens War Museum so if you visit you can see it.

(http://greekodyssey.typepad.com/my_greek_odyssey/Crete%201941%20101.jpg)

A Cretan resistance fighter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 28-09-2010, 17:09:28
Genuine German Forkspoon from 1939

It's a fork... AND A SPOON!

(http://www.ostfront.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/GOPI-00007-N2_LARGE.jpg)


I can buy those things in stores here :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 28-09-2010, 20:09:13
no knive?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-09-2010, 20:09:49
no knive?

Lol, wasn't there like 3 pages of combat rations to save my fingers the walking? Anyhoo, anything you need a table knife for you can generally cut with a spoon instead. This is especially true of combat rations, which are always either a paste, or with chunks small enough to the point where a knife is silly.

That, and why issue a soldier another knife? He already has a bayonet and probably another couple of knives.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-09-2010, 20:09:02
I do not know how the soldiers would do eating with the same bayonet they were slaying moments ago  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-09-2010, 20:09:40
I do not know how the soldiers would do eating with the same bayonet they were slaying moments ago  :-X
But drinking the blood of your enemy makes you stronger. Eating the enemy is even better.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-09-2010, 21:09:42
Bathing in their blood is what a true warrior does.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-09-2010, 21:09:52
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PAzdx9Urd9U/S60rmfJPrdI/AAAAAAAAAQY/Qhpe1EyB3oo/s1600/razzle1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-09-2010, 22:09:32
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PAzdx9Urd9U/S60rmfJPrdI/AAAAAAAAAQY/Qhpe1EyB3oo/s1600/razzle1.jpg)

mindfuck ship?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 28-09-2010, 22:09:29
IIRC, it was a type of camouflage used in ww1. It was used to make it hard to aim for the enemy, but the invention of radar made it useless.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-09-2010, 23:09:02
IIRC, it was a type of camouflage used in ww1. It was used to make it hard to aim for the enemy, but the invention of radar made it useless.

with a ship that big i dont see how its going to have a big effect ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-09-2010, 23:09:39
Well, strangely enough it is harder to see/aim at, its also confusing to look at and hard to identify. Thus it did its job.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-09-2010, 23:09:18
IIRC, it was a type of camouflage used in ww1. It was used to make it hard to aim for the enemy, but the invention of radar made it useless.

with a ship that big i dont see how its going to have a big effect ::)
you'r senses cannot repel camoflage of that magnitude!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-09-2010, 23:09:45
It is for anti-submarines.  The camo disrupts the eye and makes it extremely difficult to calculate the range, speed, and bearing of the ship for a torpedo attack.  It worked extremely well too I might add.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 29-09-2010, 00:09:57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLgc2q4LCuE&p=027A5A8270E4C883&playnext=1&index=20
James May on Dazzle Camouflage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-09-2010, 00:09:09
It is for anti-submarines.  The camo disrupts the eye and makes it extremely difficult to calculate the range, speed, and bearing of the ship for a torpedo attack.  It worked extremely well too I might add.
so did the hedgehog

(http://www.uscg.mil/History/webcutters/Hedgehog.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-09-2010, 00:09:31
Genuine German Forkspoon from 1939

It's a fork... AND A SPOON!

(http://www.ostfront.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/GOPI-00007-N2_LARGE.jpg)


My grandparents had these in their cutlery tray and used them for cooking while I refused to eat from them because they looked that strange.



(http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1831/z6theodorriedel.jpg)
DD Class Destroyer 1934A Z6 Theodor Riedel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 29-09-2010, 04:09:04
It is for anti-submarines.  The camo disrupts the eye and makes it extremely difficult to calculate the range, speed, and bearing of the ship for a torpedo attack.  It worked extremely well too I might add.
so did the hedgehog

(http://www.uscg.mil/History/webcutters/Hedgehog.jpg)


Hedgehog <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 29-09-2010, 14:09:26
A freaky looking marder I  ;D
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/marfcm_2.jpg)
Quote
Marder I (Sd.Kfz.135). Built on FCM36's chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 29-09-2010, 17:09:51
Reminds me of the Geschützwagen 39H(f).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-09-2010, 18:09:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/353688-2/39h%23)
 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-09-2010, 19:09:17
(http://fotoo.pl/zdjecia/files/2010-06/082bd8e5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-09-2010, 22:09:24
(http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/food/581-Inchon-chow.JPG)

US troops eating their BELOVED C-rations!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 30-09-2010, 02:09:40
Reminds me of the Geschützwagen 39H(f).

Because it is a Geschützwagen; they were some variations. The one with the Lefh 18 artillery piece was called the Geschützwagen 39 h(f) and the one with a Pak 40 was a Geschützwagen FCM(f)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-09-2010, 09:09:39
Not sure who they are. At first I thought FJ, obvious.

But they are all wearing mountain boots

Guy in background on left has Heer eagle breast insignia.
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6238/ssfjdrvartitokitobv201tg0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 30-09-2010, 10:09:49
Not sure who they are. At first I thought FJ, obvious.

But they are all wearing mountain boots

Guy in background on left has Heer eagle breast insignia.
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6238/ssfjdrvartitokitobv201tg0.jpg)

Kading, you are probably showing one of the most important moments of ww2 without knowing it :D Not important because of it's battle influence, but because of what it did to one of Europe's countries after the war - all because of their failure.

The uniform they are holding is from Tito - barely escaped.  They shot it up later out of frustration.
According to what I know, SS FJ held the uniform of Tito (I saw this picture with that description once). I don't know however who these guys are.

The XV. Gebirgs-Korps, the same that invaded Poland in Fall Weiss, also participated in this battle.

This is the entire list of participating forces ..maybe someone smart can identify which are on the picture :

Regimental Kampfgruppe, 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division Tiger-Division
reinforced Reconnaissance Battalion, 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division Tiger-Division
reinforced Reconnaissance Battalion, 369th (Croatian) Infantry Division Devil's-Division
1st Regiment, Brandenburg Division (without 3rd Battalion)
Platoon Kampfgruppe, Brandenburg Division
92nd Grenadier Regiment (motorized)
54th Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Armored Assault Battalion
Schutzstaffel (SS)
500th SS Parachute Battalion
Kampfgruppe of the 1st Parachute Regiment, 1st Airborne Division
Sonderkommando (special unit) Zawadil
Regimental Kampfgruppe, 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
13th SS Volunteer Mountain Regiment Artur Phleps, 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
7th SS Volunteer Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion (motorized), 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
105th SS Reconnaissance Battalion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-09-2010, 10:09:41
OF COURSE! I always forget the SS FJ. Still odd they would ALL have mountain boots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 30-09-2010, 11:09:07
wiki says this to 500th ss fj bat:
Quote
Published photographs show them to be wearing Luftwaffe standard jumpsuits complete with Luftwaffe breast eagles, although these were often removed, and the Luftwaffe fallschirmjager pattern steel helmet. It was worn with the standard fieldgrey fallschirmjager trousers with either front lacing paratroop boots or cleated mountain boots.


the guy with the cap does not wear the luftwaffe eagle - pos a member of another division -
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 30-09-2010, 12:09:39
Probably a Brandenburger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 30-09-2010, 14:09:12
Ive looked long and hard for Pictures of the Philippines Airforce pre japanese invasion.
Simply because they were using P26 peashooters in ww2 :D

heres a pic I stumbled accross

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/Herc_Images/p26_philippines.jpg)

p26 right at the back ;)



Hi Res:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=airfield+philippines+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dairfield%2Bphilippines%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1916%26bih%3D987%26tbs%3Disch:1&imgurl=cccd732c0a236224 (http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=airfield+philippines+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dairfield%2Bphilippines%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1916%26bih%3D987%26tbs%3Disch:1&imgurl=cccd732c0a236224)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-09-2010, 17:09:55
wiki says this to 500th ss fj bat:
Quote
Published photographs show them to be wearing Luftwaffe standard jumpsuits complete with Luftwaffe breast eagles, although these were often removed, and the Luftwaffe fallschirmjager pattern steel helmet. It was worn with the standard fieldgrey fallschirmjager trousers with either front lacing paratroop boots or cleated mountain boots.


the guy with the cap does not wear the luftwaffe eagle - pos a member of another division -

Nah, some of them did in fact put SS eagles on the front of the jump smocks, and rarely on the arm.

And the basic story is in their first combat jump (out of a modified chute in He111 bombers) their mission was to go capture Tito.  They fought their way up into his stronghold just minutes after Tito made his escape.  They also took extremely heavy casulties, as one would expect from what was actually an SS PENAL battalion.  They ended up later fighting around the ostfront where the unit was repeatedly wiped out due to poor quality commanders and poorly trained ex-criminal soldiers, and eventually found themselves in Austria, and surrendered to the americans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chariot on 01-10-2010, 03:10:36
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:yAqbzMvri_kS1M:http://www.history-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/jet%20age/flying%20wing%20images2/3x.jpg&t=1)
couldn't find the picture where it was being tailed by the P-61
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 01-10-2010, 10:10:10
The YB-49 first flew in 1947 so i think it'd be much better off in the other thread.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chariot on 01-10-2010, 23:10:31
The YB-47 first flew in 1947 so i think it'd be much better off in the other thread.
its not the 47. its one of the 30s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 02-10-2010, 00:10:08
The YB-47 first flew in 1947 so i think it'd be much better off in the other thread.
its not the 47. its one of the 30s.

Whoops i mean't YB-49.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-10-2010, 01:10:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/492452-2/cologne_burst)

Available caption material for this photo indicates only "3rd Armored Division, Cologne street fighting, explosion, March 1945." The type of explosion and casualties, if any, has yet to be determined.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 02-10-2010, 01:10:48
White Phosphorus if ever I've seen it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-10-2010, 01:10:22
Yeah, that's def white phosphorous.  The guy in the smoke cloud doesn't look too concerned :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-10-2010, 09:10:41
(http://www.dodfrance.com/images/archives/dossiers/m20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-10-2010, 17:10:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/492478-2/m154214)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 02-10-2010, 18:10:46
Who needs oil when you have wood?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-10-2010, 19:10:06
(http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/History/images/Crete1941B.jpg)

Crete 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 03-10-2010, 00:10:56
(http://militarymodels.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Panzerjager-IB-with-7.5cm.jpg)
Panzerjäger I with 7,5cm Stuk, Berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2010, 09:10:16
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6624/83268241.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-10-2010, 15:10:35
(http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/photos/tanks.jpg)

Turns out it was just a piece of wood!? So i guess due to the mud and all that in Greece they would put them underneath the tracks for more grip if it would get stuck ? Or maybe all the tanks concentrated would have enough wood for a bridge?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-10-2010, 15:10:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1879%2C_Rakete_V2_nach_Start_cropped.jpg)

Quote
The first successful test of the German V-2 rocket (example pictured), the world's first ballistic missile and first human artifact to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, occurred.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 03-10-2010, 17:10:12
"The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet."
- Wernher Von Braun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-10-2010, 17:10:23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1oTtzEv2yQ  ;D


(http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_m15_multiple_gmc_02_700_t28e1.jpg)

M15 MGMC October 1944 near Aaechen

Just like the M16 MGMC wich is now happily ripping apart german soft targets on FH2, these where used alot against ground targets

This M15MGMC is lacking its Armoured shield around it. But some units removed it during AA protection duties, and later re-added it when sent out against ground targets
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-10-2010, 19:10:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/492647-2/low_flight)

A Fairey Battle (RAF light bomber) makes a low level attack against German M.T. on a road in France. Note the two armed German soldiers running into the field at the right lower center.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-10-2010, 19:10:01
My great grandfather being released from a POW camp. He is the one in the white shirt. Anyone that can tell me something about the picture plz do as nobody in the family could tell me anything about it.

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1415/p1030168.jpg)

Edit: bigger picture to see more details.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6841/p1030168y.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2010, 22:10:56
any info about the location ?
The rifle in the background could be a steyr 95.
About your reseach did you try to contact organizations about that ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-10-2010, 23:10:38
Yeah, that def looks like a Styer M95.  The germans used a bunch for POW camp guards and rear area personal :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-10-2010, 23:10:28
No idea about the location and no, never did any research on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-10-2010, 00:10:51
It's not Kamp Vught ; a theoretical possibility due to it's closeness to Belgium I guess. The surroundings are all wrong. All camps in Holland have flat surroundings, Vught also.

I am not sure if camp Zedelgem in Belgium has a more hilled surrounding, but you could look into that (not too far from you either..). Then again, there is no way of telling if he was not in Germany itself by just guesswork alone, I think.

Best way is to take a good look at the camps in Belgium, check their surroundings and compare that to the picture. If none match, it's either outside of Belgium or in a camp that has been removed in the mean time..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 04-10-2010, 02:10:03
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/ToterussischeScharfsch__tzin.jpg)

A soviet female sniper, killed in a counter sniping operation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 04-10-2010, 11:10:30
My great grandfather being released from a POW camp. He is the one in the white shirt. Anyone that can tell me something about the picture plz do as nobody in the family could tell me anything about it.

(pic)

Edit: bigger picture to see more details.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6841/p1030168y.jpg


damn If only I could se the markings on the soldiers...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-10-2010, 14:10:38
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/ToterussischeScharfsch__tzin.jpg

A soviet female sniper, killed in a counter sniping operation.

If half her head was not blown off and she was not dead i would say she is hot....

(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003569785115788090_rs.jpg)

Hoplite standing in fighting position inside trenches;Yes that is snow
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 04-10-2010, 14:10:58
A soviet female sniper, killed in a counter sniping operation.
This picture is from the book "Im Auge des Jägers" about Sepp Allerberger, a German sniper on the eastern front.
He tells that while they were on reserve behind the front lines, staying at some farmers buildings, they recieved sniper fire from a small forest a few hundred meters away. They set up an MG at the right flank to spray the treetops while he sneaked up on the left flank and took them out, one by one while the enemy snipers were shooting at the MG. After the enemy fire stopped and they went over there to investigate, they found that they had just killed a whole squad of about 20 female snipers.

The horrible effects of the hits are due to the fact that Allerberger was using a Russian Mosin Nagant Rifle with Explosive Ammunition.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-10-2010, 16:10:10
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1714/dermittagsiebterjuni44d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-10-2010, 20:10:10
(http://www.ukinuutiset.com/Images/Rintamamies_ja_lintu.jpg)
Owls.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-10-2010, 23:10:34
(http://www.ukinuutiset.com/Images/Rintamamies_ja_lintu.jpg)
Owls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8el_P4yvfc

Just had to post it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-10-2010, 23:10:43
My original idea for the caption was "Everyone is fond of owls", but I decided to keep it simple. In retrospect, I think it was a mistake.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 05-10-2010, 03:10:16

This picture is from the book "Im Auge des Jägers" about Sepp Allerberger, a German sniper on the eastern front.
He tells that while they were on reserve behind the front lines, staying at some farmers buildings, they recieved sniper fire from a small forest a few hundred meters away. They set up an MG at the right flank to spray the treetops while he sneaked up on the left flank and took them out, one by one while the enemy snipers were shooting at the MG. After the enemy fire stopped and they went over there to investigate, they found that they had just killed a whole squad of about 20 female snipers.

The horrible effects of the hits are due to the fact that Allerberger was using a Russian Mosin Nagant Rifle with Explosive Ammunition.

That book looks interesting, how the author tell the story in the book? In what way does he portrays the war?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-10-2010, 10:10:41
The soviets also started to use PTRD and PTRS sniper rifles with scopes.

No doubt a cruel way to get rid of enemy snipers.



(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/101996-2/9SSPD_431_1%23)
Sdkfz 251/16 - Flammpanzerwagen in action
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 05-10-2010, 10:10:40
Simo Häyhä   FTFW

(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/badass_soldiers/hayha.jpg)


Here's something appropriate when talking about this crazy Finn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YKhz7YBrpI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 05-10-2010, 14:10:24

This picture is from the book "Im Auge des Jägers" about Sepp Allerberger, a German sniper on the eastern front.
He tells that while they were on reserve behind the front lines, staying at some farmers buildings, they recieved sniper fire from a small forest a few hundred meters away. They set up an MG at the right flank to spray the treetops while he sneaked up on the left flank and took them out, one by one while the enemy snipers were shooting at the MG. After the enemy fire stopped and they went over there to investigate, they found that they had just killed a whole squad of about 20 female snipers.

The horrible effects of the hits are due to the fact that Allerberger was using a Russian Mosin Nagant Rifle with Explosive Ammunition.

That book looks interesting, how the author tell the story in the book? In what way does he portrays the war?

I wonder what kind of sick bastard exposed her breasts in that picture... I mean come on she has half her face blown of.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 05-10-2010, 15:10:58
That book looks interesting, how the author tell the story in the book? In what way does he portrays the war?
Well, other books give you a far better view of the war on the eastern front in general, situations happening to the usual german soldier and the way they interacted with the civilian population in occupied territory.

This book however does describe his actions as a Sniper and as such he had quite a different view of the war. In detail he describes the weapons he used and the tactics he employed as well as the psychological effects of snipers on the enemy and the physical effects of his bullets. No other war book i´ve read describes the wounds caused by various weapons in such detail and with pictures. As a sniper he was not much liked along his comrades because of the attraction he focused on his position and so he ventured out mostly alone.

The book follows the way of the 3.Mountain Division of which he was part through russia and the mountains in ukraine to hungary.
Besides his storys of being a one man scout on the front lines he also tells of a few full scale russian attacks he was part of, stopping huge numbers in close combat with his G43. The Germany army did not deploy the snipers as they should have been, instead they were basically normal soldiers manning foxholes together with their comrades during enemy attacks.

All in all, I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to get a view of what happened during those times. Of course you need to read more books, like guy sawyer, korroschek or willy peter reese to increase the details of the big picture but this one tells tales that no other book does. Still, a bit of carefullness is needed for this book. While there are many descriptions of german soldiers mutilated by russians after being captured there is only one situation were the germans tortured and killed a captured russian soldier. Most likely there are many more such things that are not told in this book, either because he does not want to remember them or he does not see them as important compared to the russian cruelty. I can´t blame him if he saw the enemy as the bad and his comrades as the good.

I wonder what kind of sick bastard exposed her breasts in that picture... I mean come on she has half her face blown of.
Afaik it happened because they fell down from the treetops where they were hiding.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 05-10-2010, 16:10:13
Simo Häyhä   FTFW

(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/badass_soldiers/hayha.jpg)


Here's something appropriate when talking about this crazy Finn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YKhz7YBrpI

that soldier in pic isn't Häyhä. Rifle isn't M28/30 "Pystykorva" rifle, which he used + sniper would never use bayonet...

here is the real Häyhä..
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Simo_hayha_honorary_rifle.png/220px-Simo_hayha_honorary_rifle.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 05-10-2010, 16:10:59
I wonder what kind of sick bastard exposed her breasts in that picture... I mean come on she has half her face blown of.


I think you need to understand that with her face damaged so badly, the first reaction of soldiers would be something like this :

Karl, sehen Sie dass lange Haare? Es könnte eine Frau sein, vielleicht. Entdecken Sie ihren Oberkörper, ich möchte für die Statistik sicher sein..

(Karl, do you see that long hair? It could be a woman, perhaps. Uncover her torso, I want to be sure for the statistics).

Even if it was not out of army protocol (identification of enemy victims) it might have been out of sheer curiousity from the soldiers ; what the heck...a girl? a sniper? (The fact there is a picture of this specific sniper means it was special ; if  it would have been the 200th snipergirl, I'm sure we would not see an image of her).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-10-2010, 19:10:20
One of the most awesome things ever made :p
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/urcj0ws9hnz26u3f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-10-2010, 19:10:49
Ppsh?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 05-10-2010, 19:10:53
OMg, I was litrally just now thinking about how cool it would be to have aerosans in FH2 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-10-2010, 19:10:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Frontlinie_in_Griekenland.jpg)
Second World War. Frontline in Greece, 1941.
A bunker of the so-called Metaxas line

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 05-10-2010, 19:10:00
Ppsh?

I would never say that about something that is a mere copy of something much superior :)

I am talking about the...
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/smk2n1dau3ypwf9r.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 05-10-2010, 20:10:40
Ppsh?

I would never say that about something that is a mere copy of something much superior :)

I am talking about the...
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/smk2n1dau3ypwf9r.jpg)
Ya'll talkin' 'bout dem en-kay-els?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZCgYdwqOQ
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 05-10-2010, 21:10:26
(http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/air_force/air_force_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 05-10-2010, 21:10:10


that soldier in pic isn't Häyhä. Rifle isn't M28/30 "Pystykorva" rifle, which he used + sniper would never use bayonet...

here is the real Häyhä..
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Simo_hayha_honorary_rifle.png/220px-Simo_hayha_honorary_rifle.png)


My apologies!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-10-2010, 01:10:12
Just had to post this photo, it really shows a diffrent side of the War and all WW2 things and all FH2 stuff


(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7397/ladiessi0.jpg)

German troops recieving the "Pinkeln!" order

Despite what drank before, the average german soldier was trained to empty its blatter in 12 seconds
compared to 13.5 for the british and 38 for the americans ;D ;D ;D
ok that was made up, but who cares.its a funny photo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-10-2010, 14:10:26
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/0592zdygmfci0vrk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 06-10-2010, 14:10:41
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/0592zdygmfci0vrk.jpg)

FH1 anyone? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-10-2010, 07:10:51
Its not a photo of then, but let us remeber this.
Today it is 67 years ago that Birkenau commando 3 revolted. Commando 1 revolted later. They succeeded in blowing up Crematorium 4. They knew their fates, and blew themself up with it.
(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6443/auschwitzbirkenaukremat.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-10-2010, 10:10:53
Hehe, yeah,  i know, i am having a FH1 moment :p
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/rfrzh7u5jp4xplio.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 07-10-2010, 12:10:43
hehe christmas flying-schwimmwagen with camels, present bombs and jingle-bells dive break sound

good times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vsx1P2BJEk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vsx1P2BJEk)

(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k46/Skipper67/forbach40.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2010, 16:10:21
Allemands sapping mon Champagne!

(http://www.theblogofrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/terrified-young-german-soldier.jpg)

A truly painfull photo to watch. This terrified german soldier was so scared he wetted his pants. SO many young men sended out to fight because they had to.

Shows a truly diffrent side of the war. The REAL side of the war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-10-2010, 16:10:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-024-3536-28%2C_Kreta%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29%2C_Reparatur.jpg)

Greece, Crete .- repair of a Panzer VI "Tiger I". Replacement of the engine;
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: mopskind on 08-10-2010, 16:10:40
err i could easily be wrong,

but isn't that a scene from the movie "Die Brücke" (The Bridge)?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 08-10-2010, 16:10:33
that must be photoshoped. germans cant cry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-10-2010, 16:10:05
err i could easily be wrong,

but isn't that a scene from the movie "Die Brücke" (The Bridge)?
I was about to say that.

Next time someone will post a snapshot from SPR about the correct uniforms on colour pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-10-2010, 16:10:55
Yes, that picture is 100% fake, it is from a movie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-10-2010, 16:10:27
psst Theta change your pic to that! http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/27/2758/8M6TD00Z.jpg fast they have not noticed yet!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 08-10-2010, 16:10:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Junkers_Ju_388L-1.jpg)


Junkers Ju 388.


Badass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 08-10-2010, 16:10:39
Allemands sapping mon Champagne!

(http://www.theblogofrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/terrified-young-german-soldier.jpg)

A truly painfull photo to watch. This terrified german soldier was so scared he wetted his pants. SO many young men sended out to fight because they had to.

Shows a truly diffrent side of the war. The REAL side of the war

Just quoting this post entirely for the internets to see, in case you will correct it  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2010, 17:10:01
MAGGOTS! here i am bringing you fools touching photo's, and zhis is how you thank me?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-10-2010, 17:10:01
Yes, yes we do :)
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/vi9pu7gcj04skhbz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-10-2010, 17:10:01
MAGGOTS! here i am bringing you fools touching photo's, and zhis is how you thank me?

Here's an actual photo then:

(http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2008/06/crying.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2010, 19:10:41
Thanks Mudra


and to the rest of you=I am dissapoint
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-10-2010, 20:10:09
Thanks Mudra


and to the rest of you=I am dissapoint

You are disappointed in us for your own failure. It is time to take the blame for your own failures, son.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-10-2010, 21:10:55
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2066/dsc01562.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 08-10-2010, 23:10:19
MAGGOTS! here i am bringing you fools touching photo's, and zhis is how you thank me?

Here's an actual photo then:

(http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2008/06/crying.jpg)

But those are just cowardly yanks, who have NO CHANCE AGAINST ZE MASTER RACE YA!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-10-2010, 23:10:58
<cough>

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/102781-2/lovegcolor)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2010, 00:10:00
<cough>

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/102781-2/lovegcolor)
ye, a very famous photo. The russian photographer took his time to make a photo

i wonder what became of this german soldier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2010, 00:10:26
I used to have another photo of the same guy, taken at a different angle.  You sure it was a russian who took the photo though?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-10-2010, 02:10:12
Hi Nubs.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/480967-2/Hung+Paratroops)


When Hungary began her rearmament in 1938, among the many steps taken was the formation of a paratrooper unit. Many qualified soldiers responded to the call to volunteer and a unit of four-hundred tough paratroopers was trained. Equipped with automatic small arms, they saw action first in 1941, during the German/Hungarian drive into Yugoslavia, when Hungary sought to recover the lost territory of Southern Hungary.




Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-10-2010, 02:10:19
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9708/88cmflak189.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2010, 11:10:53
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/198/mas36german.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2010, 11:10:31
I used to have another photo of the same guy, taken at a different angle.  You sure it was a russian who took the photo though?
Yep theirs 2. One black & white and one in color. The black & white was taken first. He just got captured then (and recently lost its other artillery crew comerades)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 09-10-2010, 13:10:44
Another famous photo, showing the cruelty of war:
It´s graphic, so I didn´t post it, instead click on this GRAPHIC link (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/Sw-Ar9kEc5I/AAAAAAAAG_8/belwA5ydcFM/s1600/nazi-germany-second-world-war-ww2-color-clour-pictures-images-photos-german-soldier-injured-russia-1942.jpg).
There´s no caption for it, but it seems to be early war. Maybe someone with more knowledge can shed some light on that matter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 09-10-2010, 15:10:29
I remember seeing a photo of the eastern front showing an SS soldier holding his severed arm in his other hand.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 09-10-2010, 15:10:06
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0317__Russland__Bergung_eines_Verwundeten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-10-2010, 15:10:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0547-09%2C_Kreta%2C_Zugkraftwagen_schleppt_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer.jpg)

:o what is that in the back of it?!

Original description : Griechenland, Kreta.- leichter Schützenpanzer (Sd.Kfz. 250) auf Anhänger, gezogen von schwerem Zugkraftwagen 18 t (Sd.Kfz. 9); PK 690
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2010, 15:10:24
im more intrested in the trailer!

Does anyone know a site wich explains the logistic system of the armies of WW2? things like trucks, trailers, ammo boxes, logistic boxes (Like the packkisten 10 in FH2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-10-2010, 15:10:17
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2008-0317__Russland__Bergung_eines_Verwundeten.jpg)

Is that dude on the right wearing a docter's coat?

And Bouras, that seems to be some kind of modified 250 halftrack.
Here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3617-30A,_Russland,_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer_Sd.Kfz._250.jpg)'s one aswell, but don't know what role it performs.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 09-10-2010, 15:10:21
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0547-09%2C_Kreta%2C_Zugkraftwagen_schleppt_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer.jpg

:o what is that in the back of it?!

Original description : Griechenland, Kreta.- leichter Schützenpanzer (Sd.Kfz. 250) auf Anhänger, gezogen von schwerem Zugkraftwagen 18 t (Sd.Kfz. 9); PK 690
The text says it's a SdKfz 250, but it looks more like a SdKfz 252 ammunition carrier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 09-10-2010, 16:10:04
Is that dude on the right wearing a docter's coat?
I think it´s some sort of selfmade winter camouflage.
Most German divisions were not even equipped with the winter helmet camo in 1941, let alone the white overcoats.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2010, 17:10:03
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0547-09%2C_Kreta%2C_Zugkraftwagen_schleppt_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer.jpg

:o what is that in the back of it?!

Original description : Griechenland, Kreta.- leichter Schützenpanzer (Sd.Kfz. 250) auf Anhänger, gezogen von schwerem Zugkraftwagen 18 t (Sd.Kfz. 9); PK 690
The text says it's a SdKfz 250, but it looks more like a SdKfz 252 ammunition carrier.

You are most correct in your assesment ;)

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/sdkfz252.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-10-2010, 17:10:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/491169-2/DKuO_112_4%23)

Some of the last available German Tiger tanks involved in the defensive battles in East Prussia, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-10-2010, 19:10:05
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1999/37cmflak364.jpg)
3,7cm Flak 36/37
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-10-2010, 20:10:24
Jagdpanther
(http://www.panther1944.de/images/stories/Jagdpanther/japa_001.jpg)
Something I'm wondering, usually the Germans didn't put zimmerit on the track skirts. I have never seen Tigers and King Tigers with this. Yet there seem to be a lot of Jagdpanthers having it. Why?
Lack of proper self-defence? Stationary target? Always facing the enemy to the front?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2010, 21:10:59
obsession  ;)

Zimmerit was useless in the end
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-10-2010, 00:10:12
The scenery looks really ...depressing.
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2348/37cmflak365.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-10-2010, 00:10:59
(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2340/41inf21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 10-10-2010, 12:10:17
(http://battle.volgadmin.ru/front_foto/img/5991.jpg)
Russian Infantry awaits the German assault somewhere in the workers district in Stalingrad. September/October 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DannyNickelov on 10-10-2010, 12:10:52
err i could easily be wrong,

but isn't that a scene from the movie "Die Brücke" (The Bridge)?

Yes it is
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-10-2010, 13:10:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-179-1552-13%2C_Griechenland%2C_erh%C3%A4ngter_Mann_in_Ortschaft.jpg)

Greece.Hanged man in village with an Evzonas of the security guards next to him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-10-2010, 17:10:57
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/495357-2/Taierzhuang_charge)

Chinese soldiers advance to a Japanese position, March 1938 during the battle of Tai-erzhuang.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-10-2010, 18:10:50
When the snow melts...
(http://media.englishrussia.com/snowmobile_equipment/djy3lnqpsrd0b74b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 10-10-2010, 19:10:53
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/10.10.10/6vwxmt3dkixn.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7347736/3632898065_a6d30fc420.jpg.html)
(such a skin in Fh2 .....)

(http://www5.pic-upload.de/10.10.10/r5yrbnxhzfx.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7347754/Tiger-I-503.jpg.html)
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/10.10.10/6s7lrs7r3asf.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7347761/Tiger-I-ss103.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 10-10-2010, 20:10:18
Some from my collection. Prewar demonstration, tanks still in 3-tone camo and with MG-13 as a armament.
(http://s48.radikal.ru/i121/1010/7a/957648166449.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-10-2010, 20:10:27
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6098/surrender.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-10-2010, 20:10:32
FJ in Berlin ^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-10-2010, 22:10:11
Very cool Taranov! Don't forget to post more  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 10-10-2010, 23:10:57
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Von_poop/bu181.jpg)
german late war anti tank airplane :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 11-10-2010, 01:10:18
I want those ingame <3
Specially the L3 grasshopper/zooka combo <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-10-2010, 03:10:36
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_kIWY2DV0KnE/Symso7DslRI/AAAAAAAAFJQ/zIrzYd7zPMA/Battle%20of%20the%20Bulge%20-%20US%20prisoners%20on%20December%2022nd%201944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 11-10-2010, 04:10:42
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6098/surrender.jpg)
German soldiers, surrender, on THIS forum......
Anyway, not to break the rules.
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/BRITISHAIRBORNE4.jpg)
"6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION AIRLANDING TROOPS IN HORSA GLIDER PRIOR TO D DAY"
Thats a black guy second from top on the left right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-10-2010, 04:10:42
He sure looks black. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-10-2010, 04:10:39
Its called charcoal face camo :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 11-10-2010, 04:10:44
Its called charcoal face camo :P
Nobody else is wearing charcoal face camo, his hands are darker too. As far as I'm awear the glider troops only landed during day time(excluding at pegasus), so whats the point in blacking your face up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-10-2010, 04:10:15
Also the pure fact that units were fully segregated.  And no, there are two or three other's there who also have the charcoal.  Look at the guys on center and bottom right :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 11-10-2010, 04:10:29
Also the pure fact that units were fully segregated.  And no, there are two or three other's there who also have the charcoal.  Look at the guys on center and bottom right :P
In the US army maybe. I've seen no evidence for this being the case in the British army. I know "something i saw on T.V" is a bad source, but.... there was a Black officer in the British Army (and not in a coloniel unit) in the First World War. It was a documentry, not a drama or some shit like that. Ambrose also makes reference to a black soldier in Peagsus Bridge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-10-2010, 05:10:58
OOhh, right, these are brits.  Still, chances are extremely slim guys :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 11-10-2010, 07:10:44
The guy's light skin shows through around his lips and eyes, indicating it is face camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2010, 07:10:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/493865-2/1944b)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SUTTO on 11-10-2010, 08:10:10

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/493865-2/1944b)

I know that this would be a weird place to find one but is that a variant of a arisaka rifle? and what is it doing there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-10-2010, 09:10:40
It's a Panzerbuchse but which version, I dunno.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 11-10-2010, 11:10:41
Mauser T-Gewehr? (http://world.guns.ru/atr/atr004-e.htm)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2010, 14:10:02
(http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/rifles/armagm/arm092.jpg)
Rifle 11 mm M1886
or
(http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/rifles/armagm/arm093.jpg)
Rifle 8 mm M1886 - 90
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-10-2010, 14:10:08
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/nash_win.jpg)
Nashorn <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2010, 16:10:56
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/nash_win.jpg)
Nashorn <3
I need nashorn the day it is released on FH2/WOT

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-10-2010, 17:10:35
(http://panzerkeil.dre.hu/harcjarm/spw/sdkfz251/251_rocket.jpg)

Bring up your Stuka zu Fuss photos!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2010, 18:10:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/496038-2/volks_2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 11-10-2010, 18:10:52
(http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/rocket/f1_german_rocket_weapons_251_warsaw.jpg)
Warsaw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 11-10-2010, 18:10:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0547-32%2C_Kreta%2C_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer_auf_Eisenbahnwagon.jpg)

Quote
Greece, Crete .- light armored vehicle (Sd.Kfz 250; license plate: WH 829 873) is loaded onto railway wagons. infront of it a Stug III, PK 690
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-10-2010, 19:10:22
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1999/37cmflak364.jpg)
3,7cm Flak 36/37
The scenery looks really ...depressing.
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2348/37cmflak365.jpg)

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/885/37cmflak366.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 11-10-2010, 20:10:16
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/afnuyt/swissdca3875mmschneider1.jpg)
Quote
Swiss Schneider 75mm AA gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2010, 20:10:02
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/afnuyt/swissdca3875mmschneider1.jpg)
Quote
Swiss Schneider 75mm AA gun
Please! more info! i always have been a great fan of any AA- artillery

Like this awesome looking piece (No WW2 pics found, anyone who has some=Share!)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/20_ITK_40_VKT_Maneesi_1.JPG/300px-20_ITK_40_VKT_Maneesi_1.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 11-10-2010, 20:10:28
Quote
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/11.10.10/yocwswgx96gi.jpg)

Sorry if it was posted before... it's just LOL. I love the picture even more than the Kingtiger with ~30 ppl on it (Surrender at Wesel).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 11-10-2010, 21:10:02
Wasn't that a Jagdtiger at Wesel?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 11-10-2010, 21:10:47
I believe that there are at least 2 of those Wesel pictuers - I know which one you mean.. the one next to the river with the Jagdtiger with the bushes on it?

Lovely as well...  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-10-2010, 21:10:54
I love the picture even more than the Kingtiger with ~30 ppl on it (Surrender at Wesel).

Please do post. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2010, 22:10:24
(http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/M3_TD_.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 11-10-2010, 22:10:30
Aufklärungspanzer 38 (t).
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6KNl-YQKMaw/THkMIM-TWWI/AAAAAAAAAPc/DWvQSWKvWBw/s1600/1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-10-2010, 23:10:41
Aufklärungspanzer 38 (t).
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6KNl-YQKMaw/THkMIM-TWWI/AAAAAAAAAPc/DWvQSWKvWBw/s1600/1.jpg)
Pz II and a Sdkfz 222 had sex and got this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-10-2010, 23:10:44
More like a Panzer 38(t) (or Sd.Kfz. 140) and a Sd.Kfz. 222 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 11-10-2010, 23:10:03
Please! more info! i always have been a great fan of any AA- artillery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_anti-a%C3%A9rien_de_75mm_mod%C3%A8le_1939
The best I could find.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-10-2010, 23:10:01
I found something cool!
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/pz5_jap.jpg)
Quote
In 1943, single early Panther Ausf D along with PzKpfw VI Tiger was sold to Japan, but both were never delivered due to the war situation and were loaned by Japan to the German Army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-10-2010, 16:10:27
Did they ever gave them back?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-10-2010, 16:10:52
Seriously Theta, what do you think? State of the German and Japanese navy vs the Allied navy in that time, 'cause you sadly can't teleport them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-10-2010, 17:10:50
Did they ever gave them back?

They never went to Japan. This picture is taken in Germany (Henschel factory in the background) and because the Germans had no means to transport them to Japan, the Japs loaned them to Germany so the Wehr could use them for their own. (with lower upkeep or whatever)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-10-2010, 17:10:10
Just ingenious!
How the hell did they think of that... ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 12-10-2010, 17:10:16
I wonder why they did not just take the plans and pictures ?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-674-7772-13A,_Flugzeug_Focke-Wulf_Fw_190,_Bewaffnung.jpg)
In 1943 the German Luftwaffe needed a stronger weapon against the allied heavy bombers and started to experiment with the Rocket from the 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42, the Werfer Granate 21. Placed in tubes under the wings, up to four on the Me110, they could be fired from up to 1200 meters away into enemy bomber formations.

These weapons were used over Schweinfurt. On 17. August 1943, 60 planes out of 376 were shot down over Schweinfurt, doubling the highest previous losses of the USAAF.
At 17. October 1943, the second Raid on Schweinfurt, 77 out of 291 were shot down and only 33 returned undamaged. It was the highest loss rate the USAAF ever had and is now know as Black Thursday.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 12-10-2010, 17:10:37
I wonder why they did not just take the plans and pictures ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_J9Y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-201
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-10-2010, 17:10:00
I remember in my Osprey book on Me110 day fighters, it talked about the first shot of a rocket fired by the Me110.  It hit a B-17 directly, blowing it and its bomb load up.  The debris took down another B-17, and the shock wave literally knocked a 3rd out of the sky.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 12-10-2010, 17:10:54
I wonder why they did not just take the plans and pictures ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_J9Y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-201
Yes, I know of the plans for the Me262, but why not the same for the tanks ? Surely japan could have created the parts and assembled a panther when they could copy the jet engine.

I remember in my Osprey book on Me110 day fighters, it talked about the first shot of a rocket fired by the Me110.  It hit a B-17 directly, blowing it and its bomb load up.  The debris took down another B-17, and the shock wave literally knocked a 3rd out of the sky.
Think about the psychological aspect. The defensive MGs on the bombers were pretty much useless on more than 400 meters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-10-2010, 18:10:55
Air to air rockets used by the luftwaffe where useless in killing Bombers, but GREAT to disperse them.

Make no mistake, the luftwaffe lost many many many planes in attacking bombers. In formations, it was difficult to get out without being hit. And the luftwaffe needed to send out their planes in large numbers.
On average, 2% of the rounds fired hitted a bomber. 20-30 20mm Shells where need to bring down a bomber. An average 1000 rounds had to be fired to bring a single bomber down.

BUT a B-17 was a sitting duck once it left the formation. Luftwaffe pilots could aim longer and with more patience, with a rise from 2% of the rounds hit, to 30%. Because of the far less defensive fire.

Luftwaffe aces knew however, Not to underestimate the Defensive gunners, because the B17 had the best defensive armament of any mass produced bomber AND also had excellent trained gunners.

Always combat photo's, Post your non combat photo's!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-343-0663-17,_Belgien-Frankreich,_Dornier_Do_17,_Instandhaltung.jpg) DO-17's getting maintance. The Bramo 323 can be well seen. This was an ex-Belgian airforce hanger, used by the germans for the battle of britain


In Spring 2011, the Royal airforce Museum will raise a discoverd Do-17 (of 7 Staffel, III Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3) to restore it to its former glory, Bringing an end to the extenction of the Do-17/215/217 line

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-10-2010, 18:10:42
I love the "Verboden te rooken" in the background, up to date spelling would be "verboden te roken", funny how languages change.

It means "forbidden to smoke"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-10-2010, 20:10:47
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Qr5tc4fLMY/SeV9zfCt4HI/AAAAAAAAAjY/mMNnzZ2GHn4/s400/panzer0359.jpg)

An american GI poses proudly next to a destroyed Jagdpanther, winter 1944-45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Toddel on 12-10-2010, 22:10:57
Hungry?

(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6958/1531d1233016336tww2germ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-10-2010, 22:10:01
Hungry?

(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6958/1531d1233016336tww2germ.jpg)
I think they are stripping its fur
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-10-2010, 22:10:42
I think they are freezerjacks.  Just like lumberjacks, but instead of cutting wood, they cut frozen mystery meat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 12-10-2010, 22:10:02
look at my horse my horse is amazing......
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-10-2010, 22:10:53
Give it a lick....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-10-2010, 22:10:22
hmm, it tastes just like raisins"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-10-2010, 22:10:00
Flippy will ban you. Sing-a-long, kids.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-10-2010, 22:10:45

Bring up your Stuka zu Fuss photos!


(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4559/02597.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 12-10-2010, 23:10:55
(http://www.network54.com/Realm/overvalwagens/swisstanks.jpg)
Quote
Swiss LTH tanks (PzKpfw 38(t))
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-10-2010, 03:10:59
(http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/53375511.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14B5769D13BE66928DAD37A1891AD5CA189169EE7551FF8DACB01E70F2B3269972)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 13-10-2010, 11:10:33
STOP POSTING BROKEN IMAGES!!!

(http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/036/089/original/hnnng.jpg?1263695987)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-10-2010, 12:10:12
Get a decent internet connection? For me they all work on this page  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-10-2010, 12:10:18
Not here, last 2 pictures do not work, even when i open them in a new tab or copy paste the url.


(http://media.englishrussia.com/colors_of_world_war_ii/17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 13-10-2010, 15:10:51
such a thing in Fh2 ....

nice pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-10-2010, 18:10:03
What in the hell is that?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 13-10-2010, 18:10:41
Its called a cannon ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-10-2010, 18:10:32
I think its 38.cm Naval Gun of Batterie Siegfried (Later Batt. Todt) duering building time
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 13-10-2010, 18:10:15

Bring up your Stuka zu Fuss photos!


(http://www5.pic-upload.de/13.10.10/5cddn72asl5.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7380486/Stuka-zu-Fu--feuert-seine-Granaten-ab.jpg.html)
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/13.10.10/bpbv52nau1b.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7380491/sdkfz251D_rocket-launcher.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 13-10-2010, 20:10:52
Could anyone tell me what truck is it? It is from Bohemia, 1945
(http://www.rozhlas.cz/_obrazek/751580--Obrazek--1-447x470p0.jpeg)

(album here (http://www.rozhlas.cz/tank/fotogalerie/_galerie/476772?type=image&pozice=1))
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2010, 20:10:55
I think its 38.cm Naval Gun of Batterie Siegfried (Later Batt. Todt) duering building time

no, it's the batterie lindemann.

Could anyone tell me what truck is it? It is from Bohemia, 1945
(http://www.rozhlas.cz/_obrazek/751580--Obrazek--1-447x470p0.jpeg)

(album here (http://www.rozhlas.cz/tank/fotogalerie/_galerie/476772?type=image&pozice=1))

maybe a fiat 639 or renault agr
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-10-2010, 02:10:35
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/746/z20karlgalster.jpg)
Destroyer Class 1936 Z20 Karl Galster / Trawler
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-10-2010, 18:10:56
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=217385)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 14-10-2010, 21:10:26
hr hr hr I see the schachbrett :D

That can only be the Croatian Air Legion :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 14-10-2010, 22:10:39
NIce!  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-10-2010, 22:10:19
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/504/z39ow.jpg)
Destroyer Class 1936A(Mob) Z39
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 14-10-2010, 22:10:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/468889-2/italian_p38)
P-38 captured by the Italians at Capoterra, Sardinia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 14-10-2010, 23:10:23
lol where did they get a chance to acctually capture a P-38?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-10-2010, 23:10:24
They captured a few from crash landed pilots, and one kill was confirmed by an Italian flying one.  Also, they did indeed operate photo-recon types in the allied-aligned Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force after 1943 over the Balkans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-10-2010, 23:10:25
They captured a few from crash landed pilots, and one kill was confirmed by an Italian flying one.  Also, they did indeed operate photo-recon types in the allied-aligned Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force after 1943 over the Balkans.
One landed by accident IIRC

after a while the fuel tanks rotted away because something with the gasoline ofa die italians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 14-10-2010, 23:10:22
The American "stomach" of dat'a plan'a could'a not'a withstand'a the awesomenes of da Italian food...


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0509-14%2C_Kreta%2C_Gefangennahme_britischer_Soldaten.jpg)

Crete May 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-10-2010, 00:10:18
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KezhQ6waZT0/S0GETDO-h6I/AAAAAAAAUvY/pYmJ6jKyxUs/s1600/oddservicelossreport.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KezhQ6waZT0/S0GEWkMbR0I/AAAAAAAAUvg/axnBdjaJCQk/s1600/1266495_com_vesuvius4.png)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KezhQ6waZT0/S0GEbj3-ubI/AAAAAAAAUvo/hhlj6ZKGLkg/s1600/1266437_com_vesuvius0.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 15-10-2010, 02:10:14
For a moment I was wondering how P-40s got so close to Hiroshima...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 15-10-2010, 06:10:50
WOW! :o

interesting Pictures!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-10-2010, 12:10:45
Check out there rifles, never knew they where used in Europe during WW2. Looks like it was a British paratrooper rifle before it became the Jungle Carbine. (Lee Enfield No5 Mk1)
(http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL605/2357344/20915470/392595972.jpg)
(http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL605/2357344/20915470/392595969.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-10-2010, 12:10:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher_sinking.jpg)

The German heavy cruiser "Blücher" sinking due to coastal artillery and coastal artillery from the fortress "Oscarrborg" or something.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-10-2010, 15:10:47
(http://www.i-italy.org/files/imagecache/545x/files/still_photos/Italian%20soilder%20surreder_1203258023.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 15-10-2010, 21:10:47
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher_sinking.jpg)

The German heavy cruiser "Blücher" sinking due to coastal artillery and coastal artillery from the fortress "Oscarrborg" or something.



dont fuvk with norway or we will sink your cruizzzerz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-10-2010, 22:10:41
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4903/z2agroun.jpg)
Destroyer Class 1934 Z2 Georg Thiele after having been ran abeach at Rombaksbotten/Narvik. The ship ran out of ammo before. Several crewman were lost by enemy bombardement during their embark.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-10-2010, 01:10:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/497783-2/1)

In the picture Italian Bersaglieri Troops (50th Regiment "Torino") in one of many cornfields.Ukraine,August 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 16-10-2010, 02:10:18
italiens .... the real loosers of WW2  ::)

(http://www3.pic-upload.de/16.10.10/ixf9qxxcpna.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7407828/1.jpg.html)
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/16.10.10/rluc44vky94r.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7407831/Impruneta508.jpg.html)
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/16.10.10/t31jz6lf3bb.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7407832/505nivergleich25.jpg.html)
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/16.10.10/rfgvrw14i2e8.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7407836/is1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-10-2010, 10:10:41
The tiger tank=the REAL loser of WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-10-2010, 12:10:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/90559-2/tankai+vilniuje)
Lithuanian army parading in Vilnius
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 16-10-2010, 13:10:51
The tiger tank=the REAL loser of WW2.

every Tiger won more battles than the whole italien Army :P  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-10-2010, 13:10:02
If you can't even spell them right, don't bash them.

- Italian Bias Fanclub.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-10-2010, 13:10:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/90559-2/tankai+vilniuje)
Lithuanian army parading in Vilnius

Pretty certain this is pre-ww2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-10-2010, 13:10:51
 ;) italian may have lost the war but it has brought them democraty.
Without the war, who know when the Mussolini dynasty would have fallen.

(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6904/41inf10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-10-2010, 13:10:36
If you can't even spell them right, don't bash them.

- Italian Bias Fanclub.
+1
MOAR italian stuff!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-10-2010, 14:10:47
If you can't even spell them right, don't bash them.

- Italian Bias Fanclub.

If it has to do with Italian-Greek front then were do i sign up??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-10-2010, 16:10:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/498031-2/gun+cam)

Photograph of a Luftwaffe pilot jumping from his damaged plane was made by Maj. James Dalgish, Rome, N.Y., a U.S. 9th AF fighter-bomber pilot, during a air battle over the Belgian Bulge. The enemy pilot deserted his ship after Major Dalgish had scored direct hits with .50 caliber bullets. Seconds later the plane began to fall apart.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-10-2010, 20:10:14
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7458/z38v.jpg)
Front: Destroyer Class 1936A(Mob) Z38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-10-2010, 11:10:12
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8844/user5417pic384561255798.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-10-2010, 21:10:03
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34early/t-34_early_353.JPG)
Captured T-34
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-10-2010, 21:10:16
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3410/z37f.jpg)
Destroyer Class 1936A(Mob) Z37
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-10-2010, 19:10:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Tank_Maczek.jpg)
"Gen. Stanisław Maczek (top left), the division commander, in his command Cromwell tank."

When he wasn't cruising around in his Cromwell, he used to annihilate German divisions. During the late August '44 he was on a really busy mood. The outcome was the total destruction of 14 German divisions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-10-2010, 19:10:38
A polish chuck norris  ;D

In a tank!

(http://www.rafiger.de/Homepage/Artgallery/Historic02/Niobe.jpg)

The "Flackschiff" Niobe. Once HNLMS Gelderland, this dutch coastal defense ship was transformed into a floating flak battery.
8× 10.5 cm FlaK L/45 C/32
4× 40 mm Bofors L/60
4× 20 mm (4×4) Vierlinge C/38

The soviets did a bombing raid at Kotka. Their was a photo wich they thought to be the coastal defense ship Väinämöinen, wich was searched for by the soviets as Much as Simo Häyhä. The Niobe was first not attacked, and shot down 5 aircraft. It was then attacked and shot down 4 more planes, but then 2 A-20 with "Bounching bombs" dropped their bombs like a Happy TF2 demoman, sinking the ship. 70 men where lost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-10-2010, 20:10:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/486596-2/Turan+I+Crossing+Bridge)
Hungarian Turan I Tank Crossing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-10-2010, 23:10:02
(http://users.tkk.fi/jaromaa/Navygallery/Photos/Coastal_defence_ships/PPanssarilaiva-piilossa2.jpg)
a Panssarilaiva or armoured ship. A coastal defense ship of the Finnish navy. Dont know wich one this is. my guess the Väinämöinen as it saw service trough the entire war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 18-10-2010, 23:10:34
What ship?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 18-10-2010, 23:10:04
(http://users.tkk.fi/jaromaa/Navygallery/Photos/Coastal_defence_ships/PPanssarilaiva-piilossa2.jpg)
a Panssarilaiva or armoured ship. A coastal defense ship of the Finnish navy. Dont know wich one this is. my guess the Väinämöinen as it saw service trough the entire war.

why would you post a picture of a forest and a island with some trees on it? thats just silly ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-10-2010, 23:10:42
It's Väiski alright.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-10-2010, 02:10:39
Nice tree-boat.

Germans surrender to the Soviets outside of Moscow.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/S-bE0c1Kq4I/AAAAAAAAEvs/kbflf5TAWpA/s640/BATTLE-MOSCOW-DECEMBER-1941-WW2-EASTERN-FRONT-RUSSIAN-ILLUSTRATED-HISTORY-PICTURES-IMAGES-PHOTOS-004.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 19-10-2010, 11:10:42
A polish chuck norris  ;D

In a tank!

(http://www.rafiger.de/Homepage/Artgallery/Historic02/Niobe.jpg)

The "Flackschiff" Niobe. Once HNLMS Gelderland, this dutch coastal defense ship was transformed into a floating flak battery.
8× 10.5 cm FlaK L/45 C/32
4× 40 mm Bofors L/60
4× 20 mm (4×4) Vierlinge C/38

The soviets did a bombing raid at Kotka. Their was a photo wich they thought to be the coastal defense ship Väinämöinen, wich was searched for by the soviets as Much as Simo Häyhä. The Niobe was first not attacked, and shot down 5 aircraft. It was then attacked and shot down 4 more planes, but then 2 A-20 with "Bounching bombs" dropped their bombs like a Happy TF2 demoman, sinking the ship. 70 men where lost.

(http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/Jatkosota/Rintama/4407KotkaUpotettuNiobe.jpg)

And there she is as a wreck in harbour of Kotka
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 19-10-2010, 11:10:26
The artillery dudes, of the 13th (erm...) Seaside-mountain Division in 1944 (read: Yugoslav Partisans)
(http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/8532/p1010045i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 19-10-2010, 15:10:52
(http://yle.fi/ecepic/archive/00220/V_in_m_inen_220658b.jpg)

Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-10-2010, 15:10:58
Such a bloody shame it got scrapped....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-10-2010, 19:10:16
(http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/80794159.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA5489187901F7AEE59ADFA1EB8058868E10BE79D38EB1BD49B63)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 19-10-2010, 21:10:38
I have some special treats for you today... :o
These pictures come from someone in which I personally know, he's a interesting and supprisingly upbeat character...he has a very active and impressive military history which includes A Silver Star, A Bronze Star, A Combat Infantry Badge, and a Purple Heart...

This is him in Germany...
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0019_image002.jpg)

He's on the left, standing on the beaches of Normandy, in which he came ashore..
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0034_image002.jpg)

He's the Driver...
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0032_image002.jpg)

This was "his" jeep, impressively equipted with a .50 Cal. One of his jeeps took a hit from an 88.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0035_image001.jpg)

The following 2 photos are rounding up prisoners at the end of the war...
target="_blank"><img src="http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0017_image002.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0003_image001.jpg)

Downed Aircraft, in which i'm sure you'll recognize...
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0013_image002.jpg)

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0017_image001.jpg)

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0027_image001.jpg)

Yes, he fought at the Rhine...
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0009_image001.jpg)

(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0012_image001.jpg)

...another rather interesting shot.. of a very fimiliar place; see if you can spot the B-17.  ;)
 (http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0036_image001.jpg)

Captured Equiptment...
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac324/Oddball_8/tomasik0036_image002.jpg)

Sorry about the quantity of photos, although I don't post often.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-10-2010, 23:10:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/499572-1/french_fcm2c_2)

The French heavy tank FCM 2C nr. 97, “Normandie” (former “Lorraine”), destroyed by detonation charges at Meuse, on June 15, 1940. It was being hauled by rail transport to the south along with other FCM 2C tanks, to avoid capture by advancing German forces. The rails were blocked by a burning fuel tank and the convoy couldn’t go further. The tanks had then to be destroyed by detonating charges. However, the failure of one of the charges allowed one FCM 2C to be captured almost intact.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 20-10-2010, 13:10:35
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/R3d-ra1URjI/AAAAAAAAD8o/MHIJM4822Fc/s1600/Normandy.jpg)

Panther gets taken out by bazooka team
some strange artifacts on the picture make me somewhat scream shopped, can anyone confirm if this is real ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-10-2010, 13:10:23
The track is already off, the barrel is also down asif it is already burned out. It could be real, but i think they are shooting a knocked out tank. Also, i am missing the smoke of shooting the bazooka a bit.
I would say 75% fake, 25% chance of being real but they are shooting a knocked out tank. Do not believe this is combat at all.


I have an interesting picture here, seems to be Feb/March 45 to me (looking at the landscape)
An M10 TD with a forward firing .30 (are you listening here devs :p) and a shitload of sandbag armour. Also seems the have a strange design of hedgerow cutter. Never seen one like this. Also note the "winter" tracks. Something i would also like to see in this game once we reach the Buldge.
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8820/img260small.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 20-10-2010, 14:10:06
The track is already off, the barrel is also down asif it is already burned out. It could be real, but i think they are shooting a knocked out tank. Also, i am missing the smoke of shooting the bazooka a bit.
I would say 75% fake, 25% chance of being real but they are shooting a knocked out tank. Do not believe this is combat at all.

i also dont believe that this is real combat action and more like target practice on an already knocked out tank, but still the smoke has lots of artifacts and as you said no indication of the bazooka being fired.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-10-2010, 16:10:14
It could be that the panther was disabled first, and then when danger was gone=COME GUYS LETS TAKE AWESOME PHOTO!

The germans did it, the british did it, Mericans did it aswel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-10-2010, 16:10:52
I think the Panther was dying already and some guys with explosives decided to end the Panthers suffering but then this guy with a camera came up and said, "How 'bout you boys pose with dem bazooka aimin' at dem Pantha!".

Posed bazooka shot, real demolition of a Panther tank to avoid re-capture by the Germans. My theory.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-10-2010, 18:10:31
I've seen that photo, and a couple other angles of it, before.  It was a posed shot.  They had an already knocked out Panther, and the zook team, so they posed the zook team, and had they take a shot a the panther for the cameras.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-10-2010, 18:10:46
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/R3d-ra1URjI/AAAAAAAAD8o/MHIJM4822Fc/s1600/Normandy.jpg)

Panther gets taken out by bazooka team
some strange artifacts on the picture make me somewhat scream shopped, can anyone confirm if this is real ?

LOL look more closely at the smoke guys. Doesn't it look rather square-ish? ;)

Definitely shopped, and a really bad one at that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-10-2010, 18:10:07
<cough>  <points at my post>


Its not a shop.  Its just a posed photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-10-2010, 18:10:49
If you mean the top part of the smoke, it could be a simple copy error that occurs once and a while when changing date to a different location. It does not have to mean shopped. It's not even a big error or the picture would just be corrupted.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 20-10-2010, 20:10:56
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r164/StigOTracy_2006/StackedT-34s.jpg)

Stacked T34 sandwich ...why not..!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-10-2010, 20:10:36
SANDVICH?
NOM NOM NOM NOM


Who's awesome? HMS rodney is awesome

(http://www.naval-history.net/Photo01bbRodneyMQ.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-10-2010, 00:10:28
(http://www.euro-webonline.com/world_cultures/images/wwII_stalingrad.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 21-10-2010, 01:10:03
(http://te.com.mk/sliki/zanimlivosti/Red_army_soldiers_raising_the_soviet_flag_on_the_roof_of_the_reichstag_berlin_germany.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-10-2010, 01:10:49
(http://te.com.mk/sliki/zanimlivosti/Red_army_soldiers_raising_the_soviet_flag_on_the_roof_of_the_reichstag_berlin_germany.jpg)

Was a real pain at 1152x864.

Nono, you should have kept it big size for people with 27' Screens. Now my post is obsolete. Admin, delete this post please.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 21-10-2010, 15:10:34
Great pic CPS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: fehfromdk on 21-10-2010, 16:10:47
Here's a brummbar, one of my favorite tanks of ww2. I think it looks both funny and yet fearsome on the same time ;)
i will post more of my favorite tanks and weapons of ww2 later.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: fehfromdk on 21-10-2010, 16:10:33
hmmm.... looks like i used it at my signature thing instead of actually showing the pic...sorry i dont know how to post pictures :-[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 21-10-2010, 17:10:19
copy the image url into img brackets
Code: [Select]
[img]http://yourpicture.com/theimage.jpg[/img]
care for the / in the closing bracket !

you attached the picture as a file not as signature, works too but you have to click it to get it to normal size

this is ofcourse if you want to use pictures from the internet, if the picture is on you pc you should upload it somewhere first.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: fehfromdk on 21-10-2010, 17:10:34
where do i find the picture's url when i have saved it? Im sorry for being such an idiot at this >:(
edit*Seems like the image you posted after ''copy the image url into'' doesnt work.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 21-10-2010, 18:10:15
If you want to post pictures you have on your computer, you'll have to upload them to teh internetz first by using certrain upload sites, like imageshack.us. They will provide you with a link that you can post here (mind to resize). If you want to post a picture that you found on google or any other site, copy its URL (right click on the picture; properties), and post it here using the IMG tags around the url.
Once again, don't forget to resize if needed. ( [img width=680] )

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-10-2010, 20:10:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/HMS_Barham_explodes.jpg)

HMS Barham. A WW1 era queen-elizabeth class battleship. She was hit by 3 torpedos fired by U-331.
She quickly capsized to port, when the 4inch magazine"s exploded. 2/3 of their crew lost their lives.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 21-10-2010, 21:10:06
(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/7743/64629059.jpg) (http://img576.imageshack.us/i/64629059.jpg/)

Americans advancing through the Bulge
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-10-2010, 22:10:43
I declare repost day.

(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/559/x156.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-10-2010, 22:10:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/499766-2/pic_orig_g_SS_fw_observers_001)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-10-2010, 00:10:32
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SFZt0tl-B3U/SuYIsbzVO7I/AAAAAAAAnOc/dY8O-WJLMuQ/s400/731_1.jpg)
Quote
In March 1941 , the Italian Army launched a last ditch assault to break Greek resistance on the Albanian front. This offensive known as "Operazione Primavera" (Operation Springtime) was planned to its last detail and supervised by Mussolini himself who arrived to Albania on March 2nd. For 17 days, a number of intense attacks were launched on the Greek positions. The strategic objective known as Hill 731, stood at the center of the Italian effort. The Italians made every attempt to seize this objective which was the key to their entire effort. The Greeks, fighting outnumbered and outgunned exceeded all their hopes and stopped the enemy cold.

(Read for the battle here: http://greekodyssey.typepad.com/my_greek_odyssey/2010/06/the-battle-for-hill-731.html )
March 26th:
At sunrise, Greeks troops attack and seized Hill 717. When they reached the top, they discover abandoned positions. The battle is finally over. During the seventeen day battle for 731, the 1st Division casualties are 27 Officers dead, 59 WIA, 531 men KIA, 2,028 WIA.(Italian Casualties were far Greater than this but i cant find the right site.IIRC it was at least 3000 dead.) It is thereafter named "the Iron Division." After the battle Hill 731 was called Hill 729
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 22-10-2010, 09:10:13
i hope this wil not happen in the FH2-BotB  Scenario  ;D
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/22.10.10/piy7b8xfb7b3.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7478937/2.jpg.html)

(http://www3.pic-upload.de/22.10.10/lorydpjeyqzd.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7478942/German-Paras.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: fehfromdk on 22-10-2010, 09:10:29
(http://images.travelpod.com/users/chronometers/amsterdam.1064841420.germantank.jpg)
Yes! I got it working ;D thanks for your help.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 22-10-2010, 10:10:22
That one looks very familiar, it's in Bayeaux isn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-10-2010, 11:10:53
i hope this wil not happen in the FH2-BotB  Scenario  ;D
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/22.10.10/piy7b8xfb7b3.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7478937/2.jpg.html)


AMERIKANEN SAPPING MAH KINGTIGER
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-10-2010, 11:10:54
That is not a real hetzer, its a converted postwar tank. It is in front of the Battle of the Buldge museum near the battle of the buldge memorial near Bastogne, Belgium.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: fehfromdk on 22-10-2010, 14:10:10
I dont know where it is. I couldnt remember the name of that tank :-\ so i just searched for german tanks in botb, and that picture was the only one of that tank. I will attept to get a better picture of the ''hetzer'' now when i know the name of it  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 22-10-2010, 17:10:05
Uralmash-1 on the trials
(http://s54.radikal.ru/i144/1010/29/6da62c21737e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 22-10-2010, 17:10:22
Uralmash-1 on the trials
(http://s54.radikal.ru/i144/1010/29/6da62c21737e.jpg)
Error 503
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 22-10-2010, 17:10:34
Error 503

Working
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 22-10-2010, 18:10:21
Error 503

Working
Mmmm, pimping  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-10-2010, 18:10:05
It looks like as if SU-100 assembler had a bad day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 22-10-2010, 19:10:21
It looks like as if SU-100 assembler had a bad day.

T-44 as a base.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-10-2010, 19:10:40
Aah alright. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 22-10-2010, 20:10:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/454166-2/5919) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/finnish_forces/5919.html)

Finnish soldiers somewhere during continuation war.

What weapon is that guy using ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 22-10-2010, 20:10:22
Isn't that a M/26 "Lahti-Saloranta" LMG?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-10-2010, 20:10:39
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 light machinegun and theres a Suomi kp/-31 (I) leaning against the wood.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2010, 21:10:50
(http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9190/user5417pic384551255798.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 22-10-2010, 23:10:54
(http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9190/user5417pic384551255798.jpg)

Black death FTW!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-10-2010, 23:10:40
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3d-05.jpg)

Yes it Is Greece
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 23-10-2010, 01:10:47
As if we even had to guess?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-10-2010, 02:10:03
Hey some might have said that thats way too much snow for Greece  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 23-10-2010, 07:10:39
T-34 from 5 Panzerdivision
(http://s49.radikal.ru/i125/1010/e9/da14e3f1d67d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-10-2010, 09:10:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/500608-2/Shanghai_1932_military_police)

Shanghai-Incident, also known as the January 28 Incident. Chinese MPs in combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2010, 13:10:49
(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8812/user8979pic395131256158.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 23-10-2010, 13:10:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/500608-2/Shanghai_1932_military_police)

Shanghai-Incident, also known as the January 28 Incident. Chinese MPs in combat.

Surely that is stretching the limits of the thread too far seeing as it took place in 1932, five years before the start of the Sino-Japanese war. Personally the Sino-Japanese war shouldn't be included in this tread either, but that's another matter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 23-10-2010, 14:10:41
M0AR black coats!!! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 23-10-2010, 15:10:24
Yes they are dutch.. On training in the winter of 1939.

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/meerpaal/Schermafbeelding2010-10-23om151008.png)

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j75/meerpaal/Schermafbeelding2010-10-23om150900.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-10-2010, 15:10:00
What is their weapon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 23-10-2010, 16:10:12
Hembrug M.95 (licent build Steyr Mannlicher rifles) and Hembrug M.95 carbines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 23-10-2010, 17:10:13
Hembrug M.95 (licent build Steyr Mannlicher rifles) and Hembrug M.95 carbines.

Moar info: http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl18-e.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-10-2010, 17:10:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/500608-2/Shanghai_1932_military_police)

Shanghai-Incident, also known as the January 28 Incident. Chinese MPs in combat.

Surely that is stretching the limits of the thread too far seeing as it took place in 1932, five years before the start of the Sino-Japanese war. Personally the Sino-Japanese war shouldn't be included in this tread either, but that's another matter.

Uh, really? I Always considered the Second Sino Japanese war as part of WW2, why should i post it in (Other Eras)?. Your right anyways, thats not even part of the Second Sino Japanese War but, i'll post it anyways.

I dont like the "(Other Eras)" Thread.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 23-10-2010, 19:10:46
Croatian pilots
(http://i27.tinypic.com/34q6z45.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 23-10-2010, 20:10:12
The best of the best :P
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/543/prinzeugen1bn0.jpg)
Quote
Soldiers of the 7.SS Prinz Eugen Division with the local Ustasha forces
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2010, 21:10:27
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3631/post1265499491.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 23-10-2010, 23:10:42
Siberian?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 24-10-2010, 00:10:00
Marines
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 24-10-2010, 01:10:54
No, I'm asking if that guy is Siberian. He looks like he is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-10-2010, 04:10:52
No, I'm asking if that guy is Siberian. He looks like he is.

I think what you are grabbing at is "Mongoloid", which is the correct term for the racial category he, and this fellow are.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/SvpTIbOERgI/AAAAAAAAGcw/8VOwa0jk0GE/s400/soviet-russian-army-berlin-1945-ww2-second-war-two-incredible-pictures-images-photos-005.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 24-10-2010, 10:10:05
Danish Royal Lifeguard - 9 April, 1940

(http://i2-images.tv2.dk/s/93/18802393-d4e434e964c7ff8382a9df0a4318bc21.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-10-2010, 10:10:35
More likely a south caucasian ethny like Kalmyk people which were deported by stalin and forced enlist.

(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8488/yk002160.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-10-2010, 17:10:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/501395-2/t-34_85_25)

MP40 with Silencer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-10-2010, 17:10:04
They were indeed prototyped, but rejected due to the bolt making too much noise.  First time I've seen a pic of one though.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 24-10-2010, 18:10:47
(http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0510/images/swanson07.jpg)

An icon for the American people.his name? Angelos Klonis (http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0510/swanson.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-10-2010, 23:10:59
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5615/02852021f0551aorig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 24-10-2010, 23:10:37
Bigger picture:
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34-85/t-34_85_25.jpg)
Quote
Germans soldiers in soviet uniform from Kommandoverband "Jaguar" study MP-40 with silencer near T-34/85 m.44. Hungary, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 24-10-2010, 23:10:40
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8594/q109.jpg)
Somewhere in Austria.

(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4331/s43g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 25-10-2010, 00:10:46
How odd, those guys always seem to have ammo belts for 1910 Maxims, yet you never see pics of them actually with the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-10-2010, 00:10:28
It's just a bad-ass way to carry extra rifle ammo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-10-2010, 00:10:32
Yeah, its just for carrying their rifle ammo and looking fearsome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 25-10-2010, 00:10:52
Another Example:

(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum17/granatieri17ssinnormandia.jpg)

And some more STG-44s.  Can't get enough.
(http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9364/mp44stg44snipersv2.jpg) (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_femhrxbNtS0/THZStL0mXjI/AAAAAAAAHSE/RdZYHgTJqxM/s1600/STG44_02.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-10-2010, 01:10:48
Nah, that other pic is just them carrying ammo for the MG.  Remember, at all times a squad of german soldiers was just a large MG team, and almost always the men carried spare belts to beat the beast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-10-2010, 02:10:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/501417-2/ROC_warplanes_in_formation)

Chinese Douglas O-2MC in Formation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-10-2010, 18:10:21
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8594/q109.jpg)
Somewhere in Austria.
I thinks its Arsenal (War museum), Vienna
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-10-2010, 19:10:29
here a maxim:

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6664/32177023.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 26-10-2010, 02:10:27
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2185/22c80dbe195a.jpg)

some russian please translate that. reichstag 1945

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/mpnet/12.jpg)

thats what i call hull down position (berlin 1945)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-10-2010, 06:10:43
Not a hull down position, that's a Panther turm, a panther turret mounted on a bunker.  They can be in FH2 for Berlin maps, AND for any Italy maps ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 26-10-2010, 06:10:29
Not to mention Poland (Breslau), some eastern front maps,  Germany itself (although most were disabled panthers itself, not the regular or modified Pantherturm). And there are good reports on the coasts of France as well, I read an article describing such turm on the southcoast but I cannot find it anymore :(

In other words, this turm could be in right NOW ! :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2010, 12:10:18
IIRC Some where not regular panther turrets but specially build with extra armour to all sides.

Al aboard fail plane.
(http://media.englishrussia.com/war/war-51.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 26-10-2010, 13:10:25
IIRC Some where not regular panther turrets but specially build with extra armour to all sides.

some of them had enchanched armour on the backplate.
but the most evident change was the missing commander cupola.
if there is no commander´s cupola, it´s a panther bunker, not an digged in tank.

@t:
(http://www.ghwk.de/engl/exhibit-garden/berlin.jpg)
apparently it didnt
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-10-2010, 16:10:09
bangoo, you forgot the troll faces on that ISU crew  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-10-2010, 20:10:27
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5060/04716bdeee4322orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-10-2010, 20:10:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Yamato_hit_by_bomb.jpg)

Quote
Yamato hit by a bomb near her forward gun turret in the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-10-2010, 20:10:45
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/mpnet/12.jpg)

thats what i call hull down position (berlin 1945)

^^Some sources state that this picture was actually from Breslau.

(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6392/berlin19451.jpg)
Panther hull, copula relocated, engine removed, inlets covered, Berlin 1945. At least I think so.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 26-10-2010, 20:10:16
More like cupola and back hatch blown off. The mantlet doesn't seem too happy either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 26-10-2010, 21:10:43
Panther hull, copula relocated, engine removed, inlets covered, Berlin 1945. At least I think so.

Probably just a turret, not a hull.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-10-2010, 21:10:43
Yep, its just the turret.  THe thing its mounted on is the bunker, you can even see the entrance, the copula thing off to the side. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2010, 22:10:37
Quote
(http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/09/01/27/32/4_110.jpg)

You mean the hatch behind the commander copula thing? the comander copula went on the turret up untill the moment the little internal explosion made all the hatches flying away due to overpressure.

Entrance to the bunker was indeed the comander copula, when it was still on the turret or the hatch in the lower left side of the picture (but is more like an escape hatch)

Nice repro of this bunker:
(http://www.combatgroupdynamix.com/Diorama/WargameSeries/Accessories/TankTurretEmplacement/PantherBEmplacement03.jpg)

Notice the squaire hatch in the right corner. also visible on the picture

And a nice little picture of the same location, just a different angle.
(http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/09/01/27/32/sans_t11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-10-2010, 22:10:23
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6392/berlin19451.jpg)
Panther hull, copula relocated, engine removed, inlets covered, Berlin 1945. At least I think so.

Probably just a turret, not a hull.

I agree that the copula has been blown off. Nevertheless it is a complete hull. You can also see the fixings for the towing cable on left and spare tracks on the right side. It is a G-type. The bunker turrets are not that big. Only slightly bigger than the turrent itself. Cp:

(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3844/panthergcl9.jpg)

(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/93/51465559.jpg)




*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2010, 22:10:25
Agreed, must indeed be a modified dug in tank, i see it now.

Do keep in mind that several types of bunkers existed, and germans tend to be creative at the end of the war, so many things where possible.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 26-10-2010, 22:10:38
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/93/51465559.jpg)

www.explainthisimage.com??????

how did it end up there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-10-2010, 23:10:02
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5921/panteraard.jpg)
The Lord moves in mysterious ways.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2010, 23:10:52
Interesting to see that the rear 2 torsion bars are broken. I always wonder about this kind of suspension, how long do there bars last? How easy is it to break them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-10-2010, 23:10:53
From what i read, the panther had a fragile suspension (hence the speed governor on it)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Japanese_battleships_Yamashiro,_Fuso_and_Haruna.jpg)

From front to rear=
Yamashiro
Fuso
Haruna

Yamashiro, fuso, the cruiser magami and 4 destroyers where engaged by a rather ironic force=6 Battleships= West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania; all but Mississippi had been sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor and since repaired

Fuso got sunk by the heavy cruiser USS Louisville and the rest by the rest of the 7th support fleet
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2010, 23:10:22
Yes, but is was the same type of suspension as the Hellcat, Chaffee, T-34,.... Did there suspension suck?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-10-2010, 23:10:44
Yes, but is was the same type of suspension as the Hellcat, Chaffee, T-34,.... Did there suspension suck?
The suspension dint sucked, it was just made to light to be used at high speeds  ;D

but it was very complex and difficult to repair. And the Interleaved roadwheels especialy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 26-10-2010, 23:10:41
T34 wasn't torsion suspension, it was Christie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-10-2010, 01:10:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/502317-2/a-20-1)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/502314-2/a-20-2)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/502311-2/a-20-3)


Douglas A-20G-25-DO Havoc s/n 43-9432
387th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bomb Group
"Bevo" being flown by 1st Lt. James L. Knarr (KIA) with the gunner being S/Sgt. Charles G. Reichley (KIA).

Twelve A-20s took off from Hollandia Airfield on a mission led by Col. Strauss against Kokas, Dutch New Guinea.

This A-20 was part of the last flight of three aircraft over the target, led by Captain Jack W. Klein, with wingman 2nd Lt. Melvin H. Kapson and this aircraft. Approaching from the inland side of the the target, they dropped 250 lbs bombs and strafing gun positions. Hit by antiaircraft fire and crashed into the bay off Kokas, exploding when it hit the sea.

The other A-20s, involved in their own runs and evasive maneuvers were unaware of the fate of this A-20, until the photos of the mission were developed.

A series of four photos, taken by another A-20 ahead of it captured the plane's last moments in the air. These photos were later released to the media and appeared in Yank Magazine and TIME Magazine in support of the war bond drive captioned "Death of an A-20".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-10-2010, 12:10:47
Combat photo's like these are always gruel to see.

This was a common attack move used by A-20 squadrons. Fly low drop bombs/strafe and get out. They worked very very well but if you got hit there was little room for manouvering.

I wonder when we will finnaly see light and medium bombers in FH2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-10-2010, 19:10:54
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8756/vmf1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-10-2010, 22:10:10
(http://media.englishrussia.com/war/war-31.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 27-10-2010, 22:10:29
(http://photo.hanyu.iciba.com/upload/encyclopedia/05/2f/bk_052fccbd90899f7fa1378569432b0966_MllqMN.jpg)
t34-100
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 27-10-2010, 23:10:28
(http://photo.hanyu.iciba.com/upload/encyclopedia/05/2f/bk_052fccbd90899f7fa1378569432b0966_MllqMN.jpg)
t34-100

me want in FH2 and MoW<3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-10-2010, 13:10:59
Putting shape charge magnetic mines on friendly tanks training.

(http://media.englishrussia.com/war/war-47.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-10-2010, 13:10:26
Putting shape charge magnetic mines on friendly tanks training.


lets hope training does not turn out like the Soviet anti-tank dog training

EZELS DUMBKOPFS!
Was herr Oberstleutnant?
you are supposed to place zhem on RUSSIAN TANKS in real combat!!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 28-10-2010, 13:10:26
looks like volkssturm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-10-2010, 13:10:59
well its normal they get these mines. They builded like hundreds of thousands of these things and then they invented the panzerfaust  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-10-2010, 14:10:15
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/SzuvQh8i5cI/AAAAAAAAEAA/Ntlo0ZODvXY/s400/1.jpg)
Quote
Adolf Hitler and other senior Nazi dignitaries observing the preparations of Schwerer Gustav.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-10-2010, 14:10:48
believe it or not, but adolf hitler did suggested a anti-tank version of the gustav to counter land battlefortresses( like ratte)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-10-2010, 14:10:44
Sorry for many pics but today is a special day ;)

On October 28, 1940,at 5:30 in the morning and after Greek premier Ioannis Metaxas rejected an Italian ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory, Italian forces invaded Greece. The Hellenic Army counter-attacked and forced the Italians to retreat and by mid-December, the Greeks occupied a quarter of Albania, tying down 530,000 Italian troops. In March 1941, a major Italian counter-attack failed, humiliating Italian military pretensions. The Greek victory over the Italians was the first Allied land victory of the Second World War, and may have influenced its course of events.

The original Italian plan (known as Contingency G) was a limited territorial expansion into the Epirus region for which the nine Italian divisions in Albania were deemed sufficient. However, this was expanded in a second phase to the total occupation of Greece at a meeting only two weeks before the invasion at which the naval and air force chiefs were not even present.

(http://img.search.com/thumb/8/84/Greekitalianwarmap.gif/350px-Greekitalianwarmap.gif)
After the first battles with the Italians the Greeks got on the counter attack and pushed them backwards in Albania.The most remarkable battle was the Battle for Hill 731 

(http://members.fortunecity.com/fstav1/thisdayofyear/aera40b.jpg)
There were many times were Greeks fought Only using charges against the Italians.Many battles were fought hand to hand.As a veteran says It was not the problem that the italians were "bad soldiers".It was simply that they had no plan and that their equipment had a huge spread of fire and was inferior to the Greek this way.He even added that"If we had to take some of their machine guns because our own were out of ammo,we would drop them first chance we got.Our soldiers knew they were bad weapons".


(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KCuHoU9QBUU/SbjHKyiug5I/AAAAAAAAPXU/c7V9e2qQLTY/s400/731afterthebattle4mj.jpg)
«This hill is located on the northern 20chil Kleisouras. It was one of the strongest pillars, which was the Greek Army during the Winter Games, which preceded it, the whole key site in the central sector of Albania.In March 1941 , the Italian HQ launched a last & helpless assault to break the Greek resistance on the Albanian front. This offensive known as "Operazione Primavera" (Operation Springtime) was planned to its last detail and was supervised by Mussolini himself who arrived to Albania on March 2. For 17 days, a number of intense attacks were launched on the Greek positions. For 17 days, the attacks were repeled by the Greeks. The strategic importance Height 731, stood at the center of the Italian effort. The Italians made every attempt possible to step on the hill. The Greeks, exceeded all hopes and stopped the enemy."

(http://members.fortunecity.com/fstav1/thisdayofyear/war1940_epirus.jpg)
Usually this was the way the battlefield looked.High up on the mountains of Epirus and Albania Frostbite and lack of supplies were the worst enemy of both armies.

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t96/panos1980/2003857656720534729_rs.jpg)
Special referance needs to be done for the Hellenic Army Artillery as it was the most valuable asset in the whole campaign.Greeks coming from a poor country had to make sure each shot counted.The Italians said that the Greek artillery was really accurate but most of the rounds were duds...

=General Info for the whole campaign=

Strength
Italians:
529,000 men,
463 aircraft



Greeks:
Under 300,000 men,
77 aircraf


Casualties and losses

Italians:
63,000 dead,
100,000+ wounded,
25,067 missing,
12,368 incapacitated by frostbites,
ca. 23,000 taken prisoner,
64 aircraft (another 24 claimed)

Greeks:
13,325 dead,
42,485 wounded,
1,237 missing,
ca. 25,000 incapacitated by frostbites,
1,531 taken prisoner,
52 aircraft

Quote from: Joke circulating around occupied france
Hitler calls Mussolini on the phone:
"Benito aren't you in Athens yet?"
"I can't hear you Adolf."
"I said aren't you in Athens yet?"
"I can't hear you. You must be ringing from a long way off, presumably London."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 28-10-2010, 15:10:14

the worst militar campain ever seen,

they plan that invasion on the propaganda's information

they belive that the Greek army lack of moral and training, but they was well trained and equipped by the French before the war...

that could only happen when you put a not trained Corporal to mastermind a whole war...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-10-2010, 15:10:31
Greeks where the allied finns  :)

There was an account where one greek soldier killed an italian soldier by trowing his bajonet wich was equipped on his rifle like a spear.

Now that    is frakking awesome
Enough greek bias

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-341-0456-04,_Frankreich,_Flugzeuge_Dornier_Do_17.jpg)

Awesome formation of awesome DO 17 over france
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-10-2010, 15:10:31
Greeks where the allied finns  :)

During the winter war, Finns were fighting against the axis Soviets ;)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/6/6e/20080723210813!Talvisota_7th_Army_1939.PNG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-10-2010, 16:10:09
+1 there Thorondor
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-10-2010, 16:10:52
Ah Bouras you beat me to it...anyway hail the Hellas army! I read somewhere the Italians were scared shitless because some greek troops attacked them with knives, baynonets, pitchforks, (and other stuff) and also used their nails and teeth on them...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-10-2010, 16:10:12
Ah Bouras you beat me to it...anyway hail the Hellas army! I read somewhere the Italians were scared shitless because some greek troops attacked them with knives, baynonets, pitchforks, (and other stuff) and also used their nails and teeth on them...

On an occasion after the Hellenic army surrender to the German army some Italian soldiers were passing by some Greek ones.The Greeks started yelling their war cry "Aera" and the Italians started running for cover ;) . Hill 731 was stepped on by the Italians 4 times and was taken back solely by using bayonet charges...So yeah usually the Greeks depleted completely their ammo and they had to use their trusty bayonet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-10-2010, 16:10:04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRoRCptl8z0#t=1m43s
Pretty much sums up Greek feelings?
lollollollollollollollollol
so thats how the greeks delayed the germans
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 28-10-2010, 18:10:03
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5126/50604364468de9b14a4dz.jpg)
Quote
Saint Lô, August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 28-10-2010, 19:10:07
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5126/50604364468de9b14a4dz.jpg)
Quote
Saint Lô, August 1944

I think it's after that this is after the battle... XD

hey is their pics of St-Lo during the Battle ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-10-2010, 19:10:36
Ooh those americans, got to love there definition of liberation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-10-2010, 20:10:20
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9797/000rgydy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 28-10-2010, 21:10:29
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/28/acevedo.holocaust.soldier/index.html

"The tattered journal, its pages yellow with age, contains the painful memories of a U.S. medic, a man who recorded the deaths of soldiers who survived one of World War II's bloodiest battles yet met their end as slaves in Nazi Germany.
32. Hamilton 4-5-45
33. Young 4-5-45
34. Smith 4-9-45
35. Vogel 4-9-45
36. Wagner 4-9-45
"Some were dying," said its author, Tony Acevedo, now 86. "Some died, and I made a notation of that."
Flipping through the pages, you encounter a horrific part of world history through the eyes of a 20-year-old inside a slave labor camp. Amid the horror, the journal captures extraordinary human moments of war. Acevedo sketched beautiful women in the back pages, pinups whose eyes provided comfort amid hell.
Acevedo kept the diary hidden in his pants. He feared death if the commanders saw it. Yet he believed it was his duty as an Army medic to catalog the deaths and the atrocities against the 350 U.S. soldiers at the camp known as Berga, a subcamp of the notorious Buchenwald compound."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 28-10-2010, 22:10:13
Ooh those americans, got to love there definition of liberation.

Well clearly they should have just politely just asked the Germans to leave.  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-10-2010, 22:10:26
Oo, nice Seth.  PPDs ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-10-2010, 23:10:38
Ooh those americans, got to love there definition of liberation.
"Coward! You should be proud to be bombed by the RAF!"

- Allo Allo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 28-10-2010, 23:10:14
Hehehe epic show ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 29-10-2010, 00:10:37
(http://images.pctflux.net/201010294213000/Zwischenablage01.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 29-10-2010, 01:10:25
first time I saw a calliope :P nice found
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-10-2010, 07:10:03
Hehe, fellar behind him, shall not drive too close :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-10-2010, 08:10:23
(http://wwii.ca/photos/germany/germany_amphibious.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 29-10-2010, 14:10:01
them focken thieves!! Otto sie haben unseren Schwimmwagen gestolen!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 29-10-2010, 14:10:11
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/29.10.10/odtfp2fz5fvh.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7561835/tigerinr01spzabt502le12.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-10-2010, 15:10:37
Is there anything to see apart from a tree and a 3 d00ds hanging out??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-10-2010, 15:10:24
Hehehe epic show ;D
Then you'll love this  ;D

Epic stereotype of British and germans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Ikn2zkfEk
Quote
If this is the standard of british airman, how could it happen, goering lost the battle of britain??

BOB TAIME

Crashed JU-88 inspected by RAF. The JU-88 was the most difficult to shoot down of all easy to shoot down 4 German bombers.

(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2684/ju88a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 29-10-2010, 17:10:41
Hehehe epic show ;D
Then you'll love this  ;D

Epic stereotype of British and germans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Ikn2zkfEk
British Airmen ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rWvGSmOuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSxjpcfxfI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-10-2010, 19:10:15
Keep it on topic guys
(http://wwii.ca/photos/ortona/ortona_e6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Grim on 29-10-2010, 19:10:53
Whats that little hatch that is open on the side? It looks like it has a thingy (cant find the word ;D) attached to it. So dont think the empty shells can fit through it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-10-2010, 19:10:42
I believe you mean the pistol port. When the enemy is to close, you open it, stick you Thomson true it and spray around. You can also use it to get better visibility since your loader can scout true it. The loader can also throw out his used shells true it. Most if not all tanks have this somewhere on the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 29-10-2010, 20:10:35
Whats that little hatch that is open on the side? It looks like it has a thingy (cant find the word ;D) attached to it. So dont think the empty shells can fit through it.

Guessing that the shells on the ground next to the tank actually belong to it, the hatch seems big enough to fit them through. So like Siben said, it's probably the loader's discard hatch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 29-10-2010, 20:10:55
Hehe ty theta ;D
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/mobel_1.jpg)

Mobelwagen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 29-10-2010, 21:10:49
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/34KingTiger.jpg)

Knocked out King Tiger, Germany 1945.

I believe that two single rounds knocked the beast and the rest was just for testing or just to make sure it was knocked out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-10-2010, 21:10:23
I believe you mean the pistol port. When the enemy is to close, you open it, stick you Thomson true it and spray around. You can also use it to get better visibility since your loader can scout true it. The loader can also throw out his used shells true it. Most if not all tanks have this somewhere on the turret.

It is purely for loading and discarding shells. You don't get more visibility for the loader because he doesn't need it, his only job is to put shells in the breach as fast as he can. And if infantry are close, you want to stay completely buttoned up so they don't throw a grenade in.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 29-10-2010, 22:10:40
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/34KingTiger.jpg)

Knocked out King Tiger, Germany 1945.

I believe that two single rounds knocked the beast and the rest was just for testing or just to make sure it was knocked out.

What's the gun it has? Looks like it's bigger than an 88 L/68, and if it's an 88 it lacks the muzzle break while it doesn't seem to disabled.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-10-2010, 22:10:16
I think someone has just taken the muzzle brake off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-10-2010, 23:10:22
Yeah, the pistol ports are extremely small holes that can only fit the barrel through.  That's just a loader's hatch so he can toss out the empty shell casings.  The panther and KT have very large ones on the back of the turret, and in combat, if a good sherman could put a round through the open hatch, bye bye kitty.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 29-10-2010, 23:10:25
the door at the panther and at the tiger is constructed to be the emergency hatch for the crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 30-10-2010, 00:10:12
the door at the panther and at the tiger is constructed to be the emergency hatch for the crew.

And can be also used to eject the used shells or a discrete recharge of ammo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-10-2010, 00:10:49
It can even be a toilet if you poop out it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-10-2010, 00:10:55
the door at the panther and at the tiger is constructed to be the emergency hatch for the crew.

It had multiple uses....   :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 30-10-2010, 00:10:10
It can even be a toilet if you poop out it.

Or a camping trip hatch!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-10-2010, 00:10:01
Chat ends here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-10-2010, 01:10:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/502904-2/su-76i_02)

Sturmgeshutze SU-76I from 128 Pz.Jg.Abt. 23 Pz.Div. December, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-10-2010, 01:10:37
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8281/020rk.jpg)
'Have you seen the enemy? I thought he was heading at your direction.' - 'No, they were running towards you.' - 'Damned, they must be here, somewhere.'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-10-2010, 12:10:06
(http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7901/698464.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 30-10-2010, 12:10:23
Hit :D

(http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/0//53/537/53537621_pak40.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-10-2010, 17:10:30
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8281/020rk.jpg)
'Have you seen the enemy? I thought he was heading at your direction.' - 'No, they were running towards you.' - 'Damned, they must be here, somewhere.'
SPY!!! SPY AROUND HERE!

(http://www.desertrats.org.btinternet.co.uk/images/Pictures/22ABnormandyjuly1944.jpg)

Cromwells right before Operation goodwood

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 30-10-2010, 21:10:31
OMG! :o

then im happy that we never see such a Tank power in FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-10-2010, 21:10:40
At goodwood, 762 british tank fought 107 german ones  ;D


FH 2 ingame ratio=10 allied 7 german  ::) >:( >:(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 30-10-2010, 21:10:16
Yet the map is balanced. Throw in another 10 Fireflies and 30 Cromwells and see what happens. ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-10-2010, 21:10:36
Yet the map is balanced. Throw in another 10 Fireflies and 30 Cromwells and see what happens. ::)
A sexton would be nice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-10-2010, 00:10:54
(http://worldwartwozone.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Pz_Art_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 31-10-2010, 01:10:42
(http://worldwartwozone.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Pz_Art_3.jpg)

he tried this:
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:rjOYRPZosuhz9M:http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-9/1322698/T-34%20disable%20while%20ramming%20gun%202.jpg&t=1)


but failed...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 31-10-2010, 01:10:54
(http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/Lifebuoy_flamethrower_Cdn_Army_WWII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-10-2010, 01:10:31
I think he succeeded Zeno.  Look at the trail, its bent to all hell and gone.  He prob pushed that howitzer for awhile.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 31-10-2010, 01:10:21
I think he succeeded Zeno.  Look at the trail, its bent to all hell and gone.  He prob pushed that howitzer for awhile.

imagine if they fired at that range ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-10-2010, 01:10:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/503233-2/Stalingrad1_DW_Kult_402937p)

"...and when the battle was won, Russia's greatest enemy was still sitting in the Kremlin - undefeated.".
Well, Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-10-2010, 01:10:40
I think he succeeded Zeno.  Look at the trail, its bent to all hell and gone.  He prob pushed that howitzer for awhile.

imagine if they fired at that range ;D

Then I think there wouldn't be a turret anymore  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 31-10-2010, 08:10:10
I think he succeeded Zeno.  Look at the trail, its bent to all hell and gone.  He prob pushed that howitzer for awhile.

imagine if they fired at that range ;D

Then I think there wouldn't be a turret anymore  ;D

... and no gun crew

(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/tanks/sherman/SH35.jpg)
ardennes

(http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/explore/images/vehicles/M4%20Sherman/M4%20Sherman_l.jpg)
dont know where this is ... those are sherman 76 - but it looks like italy or north africa which is out of time, maybe a post war pic? not sure about the muzzle break. i think its post war, maybe north korea  ???, but whatever sherrrrrrmannnnnns!11!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 31-10-2010, 10:10:50
These Shermans where deployed really late in the war but looking at the terrain I think we can safely state this is post-war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-10-2010, 10:10:54
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/8217/a00004b2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 31-10-2010, 10:10:58
These Shermans where deployed really late in the war but looking at the terrain I think we can safely state this is post-war.

That is not North Africa, that is the Mohave Desert in Southern California. Could very easily have been taken during the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 31-10-2010, 10:10:59
No shit that is not North Africa  :-\ Then it is still outside the war..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Taranov on 31-10-2010, 11:10:14
(http://s008.radikal.ru/i305/1010/da/c666dffedf21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-10-2010, 15:10:23
ENTIRE team is BABIES!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/S5etHePRvOI/AAAAAAAADFA/cEWHnu7D2Hw/s640/american-soldiers-ww2-second-world-war-rare-pictures-photos-images-008.jpg)

Sherman and troops at the streets of waldenburg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 31-10-2010, 15:10:22
That cloud scares me  :-[


(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4273/18cv7.jpg)

Quote
A WW2 Greek Veteran:
It was simply heart breaking up to the point i stopped shooting at them and simply shot above their heads.I got tired of killing Italians.Instead of keeping their spacing and taking cover they were advancing bounced up and on openings.As soon as i pulled my trigger it was a sure kill...Our artillery massacred them."They sented us here" once some Italian told me after asking him what are they here for...


On a more comical note:

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/630/11xf3.jpg)
Greeks invented the Faustdonkey :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 31-10-2010, 17:10:11
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff35/abndeuce/britishwomenwartime1939mc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-10-2010, 19:10:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/497189-2/German-Paras)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 31-10-2010, 22:10:51
ah, fallschirmjäger

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Cobra/Fallschirmjager-06.jpg)

dont look very old these guys ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 31-10-2010, 23:10:01
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/31.10.10/53itavbcg6yb.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7594864/german-sniper.jpg.html)
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/31.10.10/1po8r1r47jcr.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7594870/k49wmt.jpg.html)
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/31.10.10/75t69znxfpdi.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7594871/feld20.jpg.html)
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/31.10.10/vusr83svann.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7594874/Flassanstank.jpg.html)
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/31.10.10/jsp9ogslggjx.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7594878/Arnheim_Grenadiere.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-10-2010, 23:10:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/497189-2/German-Paras)


hans what do you see?
"Wunderbarr!! 10% discount on captured spam!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-10-2010, 23:10:37
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/2685/img903e.jpg)

(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9979/img903c.jpg)

Fallschirmjager using British weapons and gear in Africa, probably Rampke Brigade.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 31-10-2010, 23:10:30
Why in gods name does he use a british helmet? - yes it will protect him, but i would rather worry about friendly fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-11-2010, 01:11:51
Ramcke Brigade was cut off completly after the battle of El Alamein, and was thought completly annhilated.  Unknown to the DAK, they fought their way clear, captured a British supply column, and used that to make their escape, eventually making their way to to friendly lines.  My guess is that they lost a lot of their own gear along the way.

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On the night of 6/7 November, the brigade came upon a British 8th Army supply convoy, consisting of a large number of British transport vehicles. Without firing a shot, the brigade hijacked the column. Now fully motorised, the brigade continued moving west. The transport unit which they had hijacked happened to be the entire supply convoy for an allied Armoured division, and besides the trucks themselves, Ramcke's men had captured quantities of fuel, water, food and cigarettes. By the time the brigade reached friendly forces, it had travelled over 200 miles. Following this feat, the brigade was sent back to Tunisia for rest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 01-11-2010, 11:11:08
Ramcke was badass. So badass I named my company in WaW #15 after them :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2010, 15:11:13
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6611/a0014b22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-11-2010, 09:11:15
This one could be a repost, so will post 2
(http://wwii.ca/photos/italy/piat_ortona_10jan44.jpg)

(http://wwii.ca/photos/ortona/ortona_dig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 02-11-2010, 13:11:41
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/aircraft/bomber/arado-ar-234-bomber/arado-ar-234-a-blitz-bomber-02.png)
blitzbomber during takeoff
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-11-2010, 13:11:53
Are those JATOS on his wings?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 02-11-2010, 15:11:57
RATO, actually ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-11-2010, 17:11:06
i demand a working image!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-11-2010, 19:11:19
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1060/0a87c43d79c6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 02-11-2010, 20:11:34
I miss those blitzbombers.... </3
Gotta get 'em now in FH2!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-11-2010, 23:11:40
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1060/0a87c43d79c6.jpg)
Da this will work!



(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/1944_il-2_crew_pilot_leutnant_w_t_aleksuchin_gunner_a_d_gamajunow_summer_1944.jpg)

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Soviet airfield with Il-2 ground attack aircrafts (belarus summer 1944). The crew in front is lieutenant W. T. Aleksuchin (Алексухин) (pilot) and A. D. Gamayunov (Гамаюнов) (gunner)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-11-2010, 00:11:53
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3370428271_1c71252f86.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-11-2010, 19:11:20
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2413/a00004c9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 03-11-2010, 21:11:36
Burn baby burn ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 03-11-2010, 21:11:57
more respect to the soldier that died on such burning ships!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 03-11-2010, 22:11:09
and waht about the soldeirs who burned in her tank?
or in abunker when a sherman flamethrower was finish with it?

such a sherman is very cute against a King tiger^^
(http://www3.pic-upload.de/03.11.10/hbqcjxep43yl.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7630778/Capture1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-11-2010, 00:11:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/431998-2/x_71cac8a3)

recoloured picture
description says: hit by a panzerfaust

i dont know, but i would have gone nuts if ordered to man such a thing, how can you keep your head clear in combat situations?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 04-11-2010, 10:11:56
Sry if I offended you with my stupid comment :(
Excuse pic:   (http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/C0CED03C-9AC7-41F0-B8EF-1BD2A69244C7/IH162921.jpg)
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British soldiers salute as the Union jack is hoisted up a flagpole in Benghazi after that town's recapture from the Italians. Libya, ca. 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-11-2010, 16:11:08
i dont know, but i would have gone nuts if ordered to man such a thing, how can you keep your head clear in combat situations?


You seem to be under the misconception that there are safe places in a combat zone. But to answer your question: training, training, training, training. All they are doing is switching their fight/flight reflex to fight.

Civilian mentality:
If you run away, they can't shoot at you anymore.

Military mentality:
If you kill them all, they can't shoot at you anymore.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 04-11-2010, 16:11:15
i dont know, but i would have gone nuts if ordered to man such a thing, how can you keep your head clear in combat situations?


You seem to be under the misconception that there are safe places in a combat zone. But to answer your question: training, training, training, training. All they are doing is switching their fight/flight reflex to fight.

Civilian mentality:
If you run away, they can't shoot at you anymore.

Military mentality:
If you kill them all, they can't shoot at you anymore.

Artillery Corps mentality:
If we bombard them from 20km away they can't even try shoot at us .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-11-2010, 17:11:16
Fuchs mentality: If you sneak past them, they wont notice you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-11-2010, 17:11:33
Flippy's mentality: If you lock the thread,They wont spam you to death  ;D

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3b-14.jpg)
"Moments from a camp at the Front"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-11-2010, 17:11:52
i dont know, but i would have gone nuts if ordered to man such a thing, how can you keep your head clear in combat situations?


You seem to be under the misconception that there are safe places in a combat zone. But to answer your question: training, training, training, training. All they are doing is switching their fight/flight reflex to fight.

Civilian mentality:
If you run away, they can't shoot at you anymore.

Military mentality:
If you kill them all, they can't shoot at you anymore.

Artillery Corps mentality:
If we bombard them from 20km away they can't even try shoot at us .

Ahh yes. Because the enemy surely won't have artillery of their own that can shoot back at your artillery. Again, there is no safe place in combat.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/germans/german_artillery.sized.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-11-2010, 17:11:11
Artillery gun crews are usually the 2nd highest casualty rate behind the infantry.  THe one case this didn't happen was for american/brit gun crews in 1944/45, but that was mostly due to the germans not being able to fire back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 04-11-2010, 17:11:25
Ahh yes. Because the enemy surely won't have artillery of their own that can shoot back at your artillery. Again, there is no safe place in combat.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/germans/german_artillery.sized.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Nenonen_V_P.jpg)
Mr. Nenonen begs to differ because the enemy artillery is shot to pieces and ours has relocated before that happens.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-11-2010, 17:11:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-007-2477-06%2C_Russland%2C_Milit%C3%A4rpolizei_in_Partisanengebiet.jpg)

Just join the Military Police and stay behind the frontline. Every grunt will hate you, but hey, not everyone can love you. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-11-2010, 17:11:09
Artillery gun crews are usually the 2nd highest casualty rate behind the infantry.  THe one case this didn't happen was for american/brit gun crews in 1944/45, but that was mostly due to the germans not being able to fire back.
Russian artillery crews also did not have a high casualty rate because of there guns wtf outranging any of there german counterpart with 3 -6 km

German artillery crews on the other hand.. They had a high casualty rate. Many just destroyed there guns and surrenderd right away also because they had insufficient means to transport the guns out safety (and there crews)

One of the things that kept British/ami artillery crews casualities low, where these brilliant gun/transport systems=
(http://www.sixtharmygroup.com/portal/cpg/albums/userpics/10586/normal_CMP_FAT_Macleans_Dec_1_1941_p_42.jpg)

Quad gun tractor morris + No 27 trailer (carrying 32 shells + propellants) + 25 pounder
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-11-2010, 18:11:35
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/germans/german_artillery.sized.jpg

Looks like a russian 152mm but it reminds me of the Belgian coast for some reason.

Here is a post cart from belgium.
(http://www.leuchtturm-welt.net/HTML/BEPK/ORIGINAL/RAVERSIJDE.JPG)

These lighthouses where taken down because they where an easy reference point for finding the harbour of oostende. witch had several German artillery bunkers that they themselves build there in WW1. They also build an awesome mortar bunker there witch had a 5cm automatic mortar. The AA used there by the germans where mostly bofors 40mm and a few 20mm guns (not the flaks we have ingame) other then the heavy artillery to shoot ships at long range there where also bunkers pointed to sea witch had several PAK 36 and 40 to shoot at the sea, and even a u-boot gun. These bunkers all belonged to the kriegsmarine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-11-2010, 18:11:26
Oh you guys are fucking clever now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 04-11-2010, 19:11:59
Artillery gun crews are usually the 2nd highest casualty rate behind the infantry.  THe one case this didn't happen was for american/brit gun crews in 1944/45, but that was mostly due to the germans not being able to fire back.
Russian artillery crews also did not have a high casualty rate because of there guns wtf outranging any of there german counterpart with 3 -6 km

German artillery crews on the other hand.. They had a high casualty rate. Many just destroyed there guns and surrenderd right away also because they had insufficient means to transport the guns out safety (and there crews)

One of the things that kept British/ami artillery crews casualities low, where these brilliant gun/transport systems=
(http://www.sixtharmygroup.com/portal/cpg/albums/userpics/10586/normal_CMP_FAT_Macleans_Dec_1_1941_p_42.jpg)

Quad gun tractor morris + No 32 trailer (carrying 34 shells + propellants) + 25 pounder
One of my grandfathers was a Morris driver for an artillery unit attached to an infantry regiment in Normandy. Probably the main reason he survived :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-11-2010, 19:11:25
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/germans/german_artillery.sized.jpg

Looks like a russian 152mm but it reminds me of the Belgian coast for some reason.



It is a Russian 152. And it could very well be the Belgian coast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-11-2010, 19:11:14
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8618/24trofy41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-11-2010, 19:11:33


Quad gun tractor morris + No 32 trailer (carrying 34 shells + propellants) + 25 pounder
One of my grandfathers was a Morris driver for an artillery unit attached to an infantry regiment in Normandy. Probably the main reason he survived :P
They where very good tractors :) excellent performance these things had.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-11-2010, 20:11:46
Well ... i never said there was a safe place in combat.

i rather ment, well its bad enough to die or get injured in combat. but its way worse to die in a claustrophobic metal box where you might burn, cant breath get injured by metal splinters etc. than being shot or whatever (im not saying this isnt hell either/ most of the time you arent instantly dead). - i would get crazy if i would have in mind i could become a human-torch every moment.

and in the case of the sherman nearly every anti tank weapon can instantly knock it out. the gun (while good for its anti inf purpose) isnt that good vs hard targets.

added to this you have to lead an offensive most of the time, which means you will sooner or later drive into prepared killzones.

the same of course also applies to panzer IVs for example - but at least you have a better gun (by standard) and you use the thing more defensively (late war) - compared to the sherman. - on the other hand you have to fear to drive in the daylight because of allied aircrafts ...

(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6567/mace5zg41ca5.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3192708980_1199a0843d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 05-11-2010, 01:11:38

i rather ment, well its bad enough to die or get injured in combat. but its way worse to die in a claustrophobic metal box where you might burn, cant breath get injured by metal splinters etc. than being shot or whatever (im not saying this isnt hell either/ most of the time you arent instantly dead). - i would get crazy if i would have in mind i could become a human-torch every moment.

and in the case of the sherman nearly every anti tank weapon can instantly knock it out. the gun (while good for its anti inf purpose) isnt that good vs hard targets.


And to make matters worse many Shermans were knocked out, repaired, and put back into service with new crews. Who got to breathe in the smell of death still in the tank from the old crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 05-11-2010, 02:11:57
It makes me laugh to see you realizing what ALL combat is like and focusing it on this one specific area of combat because of a particular "icky" way to die.

I am only saying that your focused fear is irrational and based on misconception, Butcher.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-11-2010, 03:11:40
dying sux

i would definitly surrender.  maybe a pussy move, but still.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/106175-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0509-16__Kreta__Gefangennahme_britischer_Soldaten)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 05-11-2010, 03:11:05
Depends the circumstance...But I think i'd rather die fighting, you know how PoWs were treated? You know the loss of honor and dignity that comes with surrendering, the feeling of defeat can really be demoralizing...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-11-2010, 03:11:16
I think it depends on the enemy.  Fighting the japanese, you'd rather die.  Fighting the germans, if you're american (and not jewish...), you're fine if you surrender :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-11-2010, 10:11:32
@butcher: It was easier to escape from a Panzer IV due to its 3 doors at the turrets, then from the Sherman.
And more frighting is it to be in a submarine. If you dont have to luck to survive, or die immidatly you will asphyxiate.
@surrender topic: In the early stage of war it was ok to surrender on both sides (exluding Russian campaing --> KZ, human test on the one hand vs. Siberia on the other).
Later it was not safe at all. There were massacres on both sides killing POW.
--------------------------------------------
Back to topic with 2 exellence pics:
7,5cm l.IG18 at Narva April of 1944
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/253/50727474.jpg)

2 Pz. Bef. Wg. V Panther G from 11. Panzer Div. in southern France during summer of 44.
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/1193/pantherk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-11-2010, 12:11:01
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7208/81631496.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 05-11-2010, 13:11:54
@surrender topic: In the early stage of war it was ok to surrender on both sides (exluding Russian campaing --> KZ, human test on the one hand vs. Siberia on the other).
Later it was not safe at all. There were massacres on both sides killing POW.

There were plenty of massacres by the Wehrmacht in the early stages of the war.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wormhoudt_massacre
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mass_murders_in_Pia%C5%9Bnica
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/German_AB-Aktion_in_Poland
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281939%29
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Massacre_in_Ciepiel%C3%B3w
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Dyn%C3%B3w
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Intelligenzaktion
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gmina_Besko
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gmina_Gidle
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gmina_K%C5%82ecko
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Massacre_of_Brzostowica_Ma%C5%82a
...and many more in Poland in 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-11-2010, 14:11:44
the first 2 of the post where done by SS. =/= Wehrmacht.
And the rest are not about killing surrendering soldiers. They are about ethnic cleaning operations. That has absolutly nothing to do with surrendering soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 05-11-2010, 14:11:08
All in all, Africa would be the best bet to survive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-11-2010, 14:11:54
In my opinion the africa war campaing was the last fair war of human kind.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2010, 14:11:20
99% of all warcrimes done by the Heer where done by the SS, not the wehrmacht

and when the wehrmacht DO was involved, they often where being told by the SS.

Back to topic with 2 exellence pics:
7,5cm l.IG18 at Narva April of 1944


"Hans"
""Jah Werner? WAIT why zo you put up trollface???
"Zhit is your time to clean to up!!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 05-11-2010, 14:11:58
99% of all warcrimes done by the Heer where done by the SS, not the wehrmacht

and when the wehrmacht DO was involved, they often where being told by the SS.

Cool story bro. Too bad it's pure BS of the highest order.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht

Massacres of POWs on all fronts, mass rape, forced prostitution in brothels, massacres of civilians, instituting the mass killing of Soviet POWs, hostage taking during partisan reprisals, etc, etc.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2010, 15:11:08
99% of all warcrimes done by the Heer where done by the SS, not the wehrmacht

and when the wehrmacht DO was involved, they often where being told by the SS.

Cool story bro. Too bad it's pure BS of the highest order.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht

Massacres of POWs on all fronts, mass rape, forced prostitution in brothels, massacres of civilians, instituting the mass killing of Soviet POWs, hostage taking during partisan reprisals, etc, etc.


In the end mostly the SS is involved.

But ye, germans where shit against POW. It was pathethic once to see one german saying russians where horrible against german POW, when 300 000 germans died in captivity, while 6.5 or so million russian soldiers in german captivity
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 05-11-2010, 15:11:52
Every major (and some minor) army (US, british, all commonwealth, chinese, russians, germans, italians, finns, romanians and so on) did war crimes, there is no doubt of it. So stop fighting about it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2010, 15:11:37
Thats the point. All nations did it. One did it severly then others

Even we belgians killed some POW's
The reason? because of the butchering of belgian civilians in WW1. Yet is that a reason to kill POW?

We tell no, but in war, things change. War changes humans
so let us all not make war and just love eachother <3
Group HUG!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-11-2010, 15:11:52
How about posting pictures instead?
Like this:
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7208/81631496.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-11-2010, 15:11:28
99% of all warcrimes done by the Heer where done by the SS, not the wehrmacht

and when the wehrmacht DO was involved, they often where being told by the SS.

Cool story bro. Too bad it's pure BS of the highest order.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht

Massacres of POWs on all fronts, mass rape, forced prostitution in brothels, massacres of civilians, instituting the mass killing of Soviet POWs, hostage taking during partisan reprisals, etc, etc.


In the end mostly the SS is involved.

But ye, germans where shit against POW. It was pathethic once to see one german saying russians where horrible against german POW, when 300 000 germans died in captivity, while 6.5 or so million russian soldiers in german captivity

Nono. This is a picture of a german policeman in 1937.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C00772%2C_Berlin%2C_Polizist_bei_K%C3%A4lte.jpg/439px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C00772%2C_Berlin%2C_Polizist_bei_K%C3%A4lte.jpg)

The german police was subdued to Heinrich Himmler. German policemen and their squadrons, mostly elder men, less suitable for combat, were used to guard transports to the concentration camps, to keep order in ghettos, to hunt down jews outside of ghettos and had to participate in large scale executions. It is supposed that more than 2 million people were killed by the actions of the german police during world war 2.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-030-0780-28%2C_Krakau%2C_Razzia_von_deutscher_Ordnungspolizei.jpg)
Raid in Cracow

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-019-1224-10%2C_Polen%2C_Kontrolle_von_Juden.jpg)
Passport checks, Poland

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J18155%2C_Russland%2C_verhaftete_weibliche_Zivilisten.jpg/439px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J18155%2C_Russland%2C_verhaftete_weibliche_Zivilisten.jpg)
Arrests in russia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2010, 15:11:01
Weird helmet, never saw that one

(http://www.strangemilitary.com/images/content/138176.jpg)

VerbindungsTauben!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 05-11-2010, 18:11:19
How about posting pictures instead?
Like this:
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7208/81631496.jpg

so more dummies!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XNJTz6hdBSw/TE0Aat68pGI/AAAAAAAAIvU/cGf0pop50dw/s1600/WW+II+Museum+26+exhibit+dummy+inflatable+tanks.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-11-2010, 22:11:54
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2094/12416385212376.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 05-11-2010, 22:11:19
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2094/12416385212376.jpg

not sure but is that the famous stairs from potemkir ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 05-11-2010, 22:11:24


not sure but is that the famous stairs from potemkir ;D
Aye, Odessa!! :D
I think it is really Odessa, aswell when on pic are sailors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-11-2010, 23:11:54
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XNJTz6hdBSw/TE0Aat68pGI/AAAAAAAAIvU/cGf0pop50dw/s1600/WW+II+Museum+26+exhibit+dummy+inflatable+tanks.jpg)

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/04/15/2/b60c31c4c2177b6c4b79d22d7a26dda4_image_document_large_featured_borderless.jpg) (http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2010/04/15/2/832d9a03966a17b8c8add00beb5ce9ca.pdf)

Click on picture for complete report(PDF).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-11-2010, 00:11:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/504987-2/P-47+strike)

Two P47 Strafing a... Potez-63 ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [130.Pz]I.Kluge on 06-11-2010, 02:11:41
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o296/Panzergranadier/whynot.jpg)
"Wish you were here..."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-11-2010, 03:11:10
Ok so this is really offtopic but now I am curious, do pigs really make little piglets by like humping?  Weird.

Anyway:
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/weapons/stg44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-11-2010, 04:11:52
^ We seen that pic a like 10 Pages ago and also, repost x3

;/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 06-11-2010, 04:11:39
^ We seen that pic a like 10 Pages ago and also, repost x3

;/

The MP44 is pure awesomeness.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-11-2010, 10:11:28
^ We seen that pic a like 10 Pages ago and also, repost x3

;/

The MP44 is pure awesomeness.
No because of german bias  ;D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Sturmtiger_interior.jpg)
The breech of one of the most awesome german vehicle's there is. Who can guess it? and dont quote my post to see the answer!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-11-2010, 11:11:25
I know what it is, since that steering wheel with a barrel like that can only mean 1 tank.

Here is a harsh picture, don't click link if you are not sure if you should.
http://wwii.ca/photos/ortona/ortona_deadgerman.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-11-2010, 11:11:51
The photos next to it make it even more harsh :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2010, 11:11:30
sturmtiger breech

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4396/romanianpow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-11-2010, 11:11:45
Ding ding we have a winner!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 06-11-2010, 16:11:58
(http://www.theblogofrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/a-young-german-wwii-soldier-in-pain-being-treated-by-an-american-gi.jpg)

(http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/mout/WWII_MOUT_medic.jpg)

i like those pics. shows you that there is at least a little bit humanity in war. - Helping enemy soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: phillip on 06-11-2010, 16:11:03
(http://med-dept.com/gallery/images/ScanWise23445.jpg)

Somewhere in Normandy, a 1st Infantry Division medic offers a smoke to a wounded German prisoner, July 1944.


lots of interesting medical pics here.
http://med-dept.com/gallery/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 06-11-2010, 17:11:54
the last 3 pics are very interessting and a sign how fuxking shit war is.
You also see the low quality of uniforms of both sides, US and SS (last pic)

SS Troops in a trench at the Estonian border early spring 44
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8540/123qw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-11-2010, 18:11:43
Ready to support the advancing germans in the battle of the buldge.
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SC0XJLtsnVI/AAAAAAAAMZA/KOkPmvFTP40/s400/56.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2010, 00:11:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/498499-2/A4000_0%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2010, 09:11:44
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1599/27trofy41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 07-11-2010, 10:11:20
tanks of the "schweren Panzerregiment Bäke" in winter 43/44
(http://www5.pic-upload.de/07.11.10/63fytebhz2yw.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7668664/tigerinrxxxspzabt5016.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 12:11:05
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/498499-2/A4000_0%23)
+1

HE111 JU88 and DO series>all

(http://www.luchtoorlog.be/img/do217/len.jpg)

Awesome DO217
No other info
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-11-2010, 15:11:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Tt-26.jpg/479px-Tt-26.jpg)
Shot-up TT-26 remotely-controlled tank (teletank) with TOZ-IV telematics equipment from 217th separate tank battalion of 30rd tank brigade. Two antenna leads on the turret roof and two-colour camouflage of the vehicle are visible. Karelian Isthmus, February 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 07-11-2010, 17:11:25
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-217-0496-04__Russland-Sud__schweres_Geschutz__feuernd.jpg)
east front 1942 sfh18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 18:11:33
I dunno if thats a SFH18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2010, 18:11:47
rather a K18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 07-11-2010, 18:11:41
rather a K18
dude, i have no clue. i just post pictures wich show amesome 1337ness of german forces!
deutschland! fick ja!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 19:11:43
Enough german bias already on the POTD  ::) ::)


Needs far more italian photos
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2010, 19:11:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/506815-1/nns)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 19:11:41
Thats a rather weird scope.   
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-11-2010, 19:11:51
Thats a rather weird scope.   

How come?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 19:11:36
Thats a rather weird scope.   

How come?
Oh i ment that i never saw it before  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2010, 21:11:42
soviet pem scope.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-11-2010, 21:11:45
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/89/02143iia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 07-11-2010, 22:11:56
Pz.II?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 22:11:18
Pz.II?
What else? dumpkopf!

I have to say, moar pictures of PZII

small but the pic says enough=Flammpanzer 2

(http://www.panzer-reich.co.uk/images/tanks/panzer-2/panzer-2-flamm/panzer2flamm-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-11-2010, 22:11:29
-its definately a panzer 2.

-the word is dummkopf

(http://cohblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lehr-ca-02.jpg)
panzer lehr div. normandy 44
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2010, 22:11:34
-its definately a panzer 2.

-the word is dummkopf


Ezel!  ;D

German cursing words are so awesome because they so relate to dutch ones  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2010, 22:11:09
How about A20 day?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/507425-2/A-20+Attack)

A20 Scores a direct Hit on a Japanese Transport.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 07-11-2010, 22:11:58
In my defense, if I said "woo, Pz.II <3"
I didn't want some crackhead to burst through my window on fire screaming at me that its a Pz.III ausf. A or something obscure :|

Panzer II Luchs <3
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/panzer-ii-luchs-lynx.jpg)

(http://maquettegarden.free.fr/Vehicules/Panzer%20II%20Luchs/images/Panzer%20II%20Luchs%2001.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 07-11-2010, 23:11:08
(http://www.dornier24.com/images/pictures/Do-24_p033.jpg)

If I could make dirty love to this picture, I would.


<3<3<3<3 Dornier Do-24 My all-time favorite war machine.
There is something magic about flyingboats/waterplanes too me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 07-11-2010, 23:11:02
nom nom, PBY Catalina <3
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/PBY_Catalina_landing.jpg)
PBY Catalina landing at NAS Jacksonville during WWII.


Sorry, I just HAVE to squeeze one last picture in.
(http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/NY/FloydBennett_NY_40s_V-173.jpg)

A circa 1940s view of the prototype of the Chance-Vought V-173 Flying Flapjack.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 08-11-2010, 01:11:24
Its the flying pancake!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-11-2010, 02:11:04
(http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/raaf/images/coastal/suk14695_500.jpg)

Ground crew of 10 Squadron RAAF haul a Sunderland flying boat ashore for maintenance at RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth, England, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 08-11-2010, 07:11:31
2 cool things for the space of one photo. A gun that I will not pretend to know the designation of at full recoil being fired by Bersaglieri.
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3851/img0452l.jpg)

At what speed that paper caliber can travel from hand to hand? I can tell by the look of his eyes that it was faster than he anticipated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-11-2010, 07:11:38
Wow, I just got embarrassed through the internet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 08-11-2010, 09:11:47
Wow, I just got embarrassed through the internet.

Lol, anyway; what was the weapon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-11-2010, 17:11:01
Re-found it.
(http://digilander.libero.it/avantisavoiait/Bardia_Bersaglieri_in_difesa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-11-2010, 18:11:31
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1714/2211u.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-11-2010, 18:11:29
moar flying boats

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Kawanishi_H8K_Emily_take_off.png)

Kawanishi H8K 'emily' taking off
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-11-2010, 20:11:17
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/italy/spg/DA_105_25/Da_105_25_02.jpg)
Semovente Da 105 / StuG M43
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-11-2010, 20:11:53
soviet navy  ;)

(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/102/mbr5overg5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-11-2010, 20:11:37
Tell me papa, was did you do during zie war?
(http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/402/47498830lh7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-11-2010, 20:11:50
PAPA yousa hava die many medals from war!

"This row miya son! Is for service in Greece!"
"This row! for service in north africa!"
And bottom row papa?
"For service in Fiats  ;D

The sketch from allo allo might be true after all
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-11-2010, 21:11:34
One of my favorite, Theta ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 09-11-2010, 06:11:34
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs462.ash2/73551_1511755398127_1361649799_31321141_7503601_n.jpg)


German mg42 gunner.  ;)

The re-enacting thread, slowly misleading the public, one by one...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-11-2010, 06:11:47
Tad bit obvious with the blank ammo.  Try this one:

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs468.ash1/25694_1308492076671_1361649799_30827334_3929689_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-11-2010, 12:11:20
Try to keep the photo's real plz.

Graves of German soldiers killed during the desert fighting between American and German forces in the El Guettar Valley.
Location: El Guettar, Tunisia
Date taken: 1943
Photographer: Eliot Elisofon
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4421/31144600dl6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-11-2010, 16:11:24
US soldier=I SEE SPY
German soldier=Nein ich dacht van nicht!
US soldier=Carefull boys! There is a spy around here!
British=BLOODY SPY!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/GERMAN_TANK_DISGUISED_AS_AN_AMERICAN_TANK.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-11-2010, 17:11:13
I see nothing but an M10 at this pic  ;D

(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1maxikritis/photos/polemiko/big/3.jpg)

Crete
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-11-2010, 22:11:39
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2042/5cmpak38aufpz1kpfw.jpg)
5cm Pak38 on PzKpfw. IV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-11-2010, 21:11:55
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3983/afdefense.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 10-11-2010, 22:11:01
Tad bit obvious with the blank ammo. 

No wonder the germans lost the war..poor bastards...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-11-2010, 22:11:52
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/280/5cmpak38auffahrgestellp.jpg)
5cm Pak38 on PzKpfw II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-11-2010, 22:11:30
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/280/5cmpak38auffahrgestellp.jpg)
5cm Pak38 on PzKpfw II

Very interesting vehicle, had never seen one of those before...I love variants, they always surprise you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-11-2010, 23:11:14
That one looks great

the PZIV 5cm however.....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-11-2010, 23:11:41

the PZIV 5cm however.....

I agree, its a wasted hull, it would better off to be a Jagdpanzer IV, besides that i bet that the crew was anihilated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-11-2010, 00:11:49
well you have to know that is 1941. The wehrmacht was desperate to try and find a way to kill a T34 and KV. The 5CM pak 38 was there best hope. all of these conversions proved to be bad ones in the end..Simply because the T34/kv could withstand the shots at normal ranges, while it could easily fire back
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-11-2010, 00:11:33
Yep, much better to mount a Pak38 on the hull of a Panzer IV than use its low velocity 75mm.  It was probably a damanged Panzer IV D or F1 that they removed the turret from and made it into a much more useful tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-11-2010, 00:11:18
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/280/5cmpak38auffahrgestellp.jpg)
5cm Pak38 on PzKpfw II

(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/280/5cmpak38auffahrgestellp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-11-2010, 10:11:47
Yep, much better to mount a Pak38 on the hull of a Panzer IV than use its low velocity 75mm.  It was probably a damanged Panzer IV D or F1 that they removed the turret from and made it into a much more useful tank.
Ye half of those had turrets wich where shot up beyond repairs. A hull can be more easily repaired then the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2010, 10:11:24
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/566/a00116b0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-11-2010, 22:11:14
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/7061/panzerif.jpg)
PzKpfw. I Ausf. F
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 11-11-2010, 22:11:15
PzKpfw. I Ausf. F
wow! what guns do they have? they look pretty strong armoured for  pz1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-11-2010, 22:11:09
Same two MGs, but they had 80mm frontal armour.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 11-11-2010, 22:11:53
The Panzer I aus. F (VK 1801) was built for Infantry support, but only 30 was ever built. The 1 Pz and 12 Pz Div were the only one got it.
80mm frontal armor, only 2 MG 34, max 25 km/h
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 12-11-2010, 01:11:05
(http://www6.pic-upload.de/12.11.10/fol5ednp1hbt.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7730529/abccc.jpg.html)
(http://www6.pic-upload.de/12.11.10/wkaiu2s9hnhg.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7730546/f.jpg.html)
(http://www6.pic-upload.de/12.11.10/gtw2pys9a8e7.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7730560/9ssvergleich-203.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 12-11-2010, 09:11:58
(http://www6.pic-upload.de/12.11.10/fol5ednp1hbt.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7730529/abccc.jpg.html)

Lol, that look's like he's holding a mobile phone: "I got a sms from Mutti"  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 12-11-2010, 09:11:56
 ;D

"Shit the Battery is empty"
Edit: the Panther have a nice camo btw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-11-2010, 14:11:34
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/509837-2/Abordaje+del+Leipzig+por+el+Prinz+Eugen)

Prinz Eugen Ramming Leipzig on 15 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-11-2010, 15:11:23
looks like a bet gone horribly wrong.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-11-2010, 17:11:35
Don't play chicken with battleships.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 12-11-2010, 17:11:40
better to show the sexor pics too then eh ..

(http://www.collectrussia.com/sBoot/PG/Action10.jpg)

(http://www.collectrussia.com/sBoot/PG/Action69.jpg)

(http://www.collectrussia.com/sBoot/PG/Action66.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2010, 19:11:38
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5968/000rfkyw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-11-2010, 19:11:09
submarine Surcouf
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1283810648/gallery_28554_197_1322.jpg)
For the first years of the battle of the atlantic it have given a good commercial destroyer for the Kriegsmarine, if they had captured it   :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 12-11-2010, 22:11:15
submarine Surcouf
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1283810648/gallery_28554_197_1322.jpg)
For the first years of the battle of the atlantic it have given a good commercial destroyer for the Kriegsmarine, if they had captured it   :o

Thats a pretty uinteresting sub.
To Wikipedia, away!


Le Edit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surcouf_(N_N_3)


Interesting story behind it  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 13-11-2010, 01:11:21
so many conspiracies :o

and speaking of big-ass subs:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/British_Submarine_HMS_M2,_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-11-2010, 11:11:07
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8140/000r9pe7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-11-2010, 11:11:11
(http://castlemaine-boy.smugmug.com/photos/339625178_kReha-L.jpg)

Quote
A Matilda tank ploughing ahead towards the battle area in an effort to drive the Japanese out of strongposts held near the Finschhafen area
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 13-11-2010, 15:11:52
poor japanese having to stand agains the mighty coal powered MATILDA!!

but seriously? did the japanese have any at weapon to kill it with from a distance?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-11-2010, 15:11:32
no. Not really. The japanese had dual purpose guns but they used them wrongly in the AT role

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-11-2010, 16:11:10
On Peleliu they destroyed Shermans by
1. Separating them from their infantry support by a cross fire of automatic weapons
2. Shooting the tanks in the flanks with 47mm at guns in defiladed positions
3. Attacking the rest in close combat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-11-2010, 17:11:36
IN Burma though, they didn't have close to the AT support they had on the islands.  The Maty's basically had a field day, and were only stoppable by mines :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-11-2010, 17:11:52
On Peleliu they destroyed Shermans by
1. Separating them from their infantry support by a cross fire of automatic weapons
2. Shooting the tanks in the flanks with 47mm at guns in defiladed positions
3. Attacking the rest in close combat
Yep they planned that well. But they couldnt fully destroy the shermans, just disable them. Most crews survived that unharmed.

Even so, even a sherman was difficult to take out. The 47mm gun was the only modern AT gun the japanese had and still had problems with the sherman, despite in theory it could take it out. This was because of bad japanese quality of AP shells.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-11-2010, 17:11:27
On Peleliu they destroyed Shermans by
1. Separating them from their infantry support by a cross fire of automatic weapons
2. Shooting the tanks in the flanks with 47mm at guns in defiladed positions
3. Attacking the rest in close combat
Yep they planned that well. But they couldnt fully destroy the shermans, just disable them. Most crews survived that unharmed.

Even so, even a sherman was difficult to take out. The 47mm gun was the only modern AT gun the japanese had and still had problems with the sherman, despite in theory it could take it out. This was because of bad japanese quality of AP shells.

And yet, 57% of Shermans deployed on Okinawa were knocked out...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-11-2010, 17:11:41
and Air Strikes?


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/510383-2/Finnish+T-28+during+the+Battle+of+Karhum__ki)

Finnish T-28 during the Battle of Karhumäki. November 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-11-2010, 17:11:39
On Peleliu they destroyed Shermans by
1. Separating them from their infantry support by a cross fire of automatic weapons
2. Shooting the tanks in the flanks with 47mm at guns in defiladed positions
3. Attacking the rest in close combat
Yep they planned that well. But they couldnt fully destroy the shermans, just disable them. Most crews survived that unharmed.

Even so, even a sherman was difficult to take out. The 47mm gun was the only modern AT gun the japanese had and still had problems with the sherman, despite in theory it could take it out. This was because of bad japanese quality of AP shells.

And yet, 57% of Shermans deployed on Okinawa were knocked out...

They destroyed the shermans with kamikaze heat grounds, suicide miners/satchel chargers, and grenades in places such as down the engine intakes.  Many Sherman crews that were in combat for long actually constructed steel wire fencing around anything a grenade could conceivably be stuffed into.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-11-2010, 17:11:51
On Peleliu they destroyed Shermans by
1. Separating them from their infantry support by a cross fire of automatic weapons
2. Shooting the tanks in the flanks with 47mm at guns in defiladed positions
3. Attacking the rest in close combat
Yep they planned that well. But they couldnt fully destroy the shermans, just disable them. Most crews survived that unharmed.

Even so, even a sherman was difficult to take out. The 47mm gun was the only modern AT gun the japanese had and still had problems with the sherman, despite in theory it could take it out. This was because of bad japanese quality of AP shells.

And yet, 57% of Shermans deployed on Okinawa were knocked out...
Knocked out, not fully destroyed. The japanes did not had good killing power.

One sherman POA who was in constant full action got knocked out 7 times, and every time it got towed back and repaired. With the crew only suffering some injuries in the 7th time it got knocked out
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 13-11-2010, 17:11:30
So essentially we're saying that any tank in this kind of environment is going to be vulnerable?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 13-11-2010, 18:11:03
Of course.  Any tank in an environment where it can easily get swarmed by enemy infantry is vulnerable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-11-2010, 18:11:07
Yep. A single infantry men with a small explosive charge can cripple even the best protected tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-11-2010, 19:11:00
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5782/32096336.jpg)
A late production Matilda II hull modified to accept a A24 style 6-pounder turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 13-11-2010, 20:11:18
http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/Polish_victim_of_German_Luftwaffe_action_1939.jpg

Has some harsh material, so I put only a link.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 13-11-2010, 22:11:10
http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/Ciupita/Historical/Polish_victim_of_German_Luftwaffe_action_1939.jpg

Has some harsh material, so I put only a link.

Quite sobering, definitely a darker side of war that Call of Duty does not portray.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 13-11-2010, 22:11:16
A darker side of war? Where is the bright side.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 13-11-2010, 22:11:24
Of course.  Any tank in an environment where it can easily get swarmed by enemy infantry is vulnerable.

Yup, take the soviets as example; in the battle of Kursk, soviet infantry used a molotov cocktail with a mix of acids and other quemicals to disable Tigers; they threw the deadly mix in the breathing slits.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-11-2010, 23:11:09
So the russians went to rajamäki and bought themselfs some molotovs?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-11-2010, 23:11:00
No they tapped blood of their minister Molotov and added that into the bottles, making it Molotov Cocktails. A mix of fine Molotov blood and flamable fluids.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-11-2010, 00:11:10
Another fun fact, in the center of the Panzer 4 between the radio op and the driver was the battery box.  If hit, battery acid had a nasty tendency to splash up into the turret and onto the turret crew.  In panzer gunner, the author mentions one such incident, where a rather handsome Leutnant was badly burned all over one side of his face by the splashing acid when his tank was hit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-11-2010, 02:11:46
(http://castlemaine-boy.smugmug.com/photos/335636339_pywxS-L.jpg)

(http://castlemaine-boy.smugmug.com/photos/335638133_kWjbT-L.jpg)

(http://castlemaine-boy.smugmug.com/photos/335638676_nJcRe-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-11-2010, 10:11:03
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2578/r1capturedsubodessa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-11-2010, 11:11:42
Sorry for the spam but I just...

November 14, The Coventry Blitz 1940.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Coventry_devastation_H_5601.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Coventry_bomb_damage_H5600.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Churchill_CCathedral_H_14250.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Coventry_Cathedral_cropped.jpg)

Quote
1940 – World War II: Coventry Cathedral (ruins pictured) and much of the city centre of Coventry, England, were destroyed by the German Luftwaffe during the Coventry Blitz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-11-2010, 11:11:33
Of course.  Any tank in an environment where it can easily get swarmed by enemy infantry is vulnerable.

Yup, take the soviets as example; in the battle of Kursk, soviet infantry used a molotov cocktail with a mix of acids and other quemicals to disable Tigers; they threw the deadly mix in the breathing slits.
Or one german soldier who found it fun to strap together alot of explosive charges from steilgranate and took down a T34 that way
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-11-2010, 15:11:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/503734-2/gerat+809)

Geschutzwagen "Tiger"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 14-11-2010, 15:11:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/503734-2/gerat+809)

Geschutzwagen "Tiger"

???????????
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-11-2010, 15:11:07
A giant self propelled artillery gun, like a hummel, but bigger and slower but more powerfull.

Here is a drawing. It has a 17cm K72 gun.
(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/20118/TSM00378_1.jpg)


Info + pics for those who want it.

http://planetarmor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5967
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 14-11-2010, 16:11:51
Those silly germans  ::)


Edit1: Pretty interesting so far. +50 rep for finding it as a model and for having the modelling thread have real pictures. Probably gonna take a walk around wikipedia as well
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-11-2010, 16:11:51
Silly enemies of the Germans who are going to get pwnd by that beast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-11-2010, 17:11:05
What happend to that chassis they found?

Dont tell me those lame asshole americans scrapped it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 14-11-2010, 17:11:42
please tell me that it was intended as a at gun ;D

would be so awsome to have american supertanks ws german supertankdestroyers battle it out ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 14-11-2010, 17:11:47
please tell me that it was intended as a at gun ;D

would be so awsome to have american supertanks ws german supertankdestroyers battle it out ;D
What's wrong with Ferdinand or Jagdtiger?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-11-2010, 17:11:03
No!  supertanks suck, i much prefer the cute little baby early war tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 14-11-2010, 17:11:12
please tell me that it was intended as a at gun ;D

would be so awsome to have american supertanks ws german supertankdestroyers battle it out ;D
What's wrong with Ferdinand or Jagdtiger?

Haters gonna hate.
He can't stand the Ferdi Fire-rate
Once he sees a ferdi, he knows his fate.
They're gonna send him home in a crate.
Above his grave on a slate
Its gonna say, "Shoulda made like Han Solo and got frozen in carbonate!"


(It popped in my head. First and only time I'll make a rap)


Did  a quick google on the Geshutzewagen tiger, couldn't find much on it.

Edit 1: Agreed with CPS, Pz 38(t) <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-11-2010, 17:11:33
You not like giant early wartime tanks?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Heavy-tank-OWI-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-11-2010, 18:11:02
Quote
Grille 17 weighted 58000kg but only carried 5 rounds of ammunition.

Quote
Grille 21 weighted 52700kg and carried only 3 rounds of ammunition.


Hm.Not good, even more when the war is about to end, if it was completed around Mid 44 then we can talk, but May 1945....


 More Hummels > Grilles


And yes Theta, i think that thing got Scrapped like the E100
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-11-2010, 22:11:29
Omfg bloody american yanks


Why scrap such a thing?


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-11-2010, 00:11:50
The first problem occurs when you try to tow such heay tanks away. For example when the suspension breakes. Or if it gets hit by a typhoon.

(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7091/ht2.jpg)

(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3233/ht1y.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 9 FAMO (18t)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-11-2010, 01:11:29
I'll just follow your lead, Dukat

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2926-11A%2C_Russland%2C_Abschleppen_eines_Tiger_I.jpg)

Quote
Three Sd.Kfz. 9s towing a Tiger I in the USSR
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-11-2010, 07:11:56
The first problem occurs when you try to tow such heay tanks away. For example when the suspension breakes. Or if it gets hit by a typhoon.
Sd.Kfz. 9 FAMO (18t)

Heh nice, first picture I was like wtf one truck to tow a Maus?! Then second pictures was like aaah that's more like it. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-11-2010, 11:11:11
WE must push little cart!
NO CART is not moving!



(http://www.germandressdaggers.com/Panzer%20mk6%20sturm%20tiger%20captured.jpg)
American troops examine a captured sturmtiger
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-11-2010, 11:11:17
Probably one of the most underapreciated but important jobs during a battle, keeping the comunications going.

(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9295/99751987np7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DLFReporter on 15-11-2010, 15:11:01
Something I just read about in a magazine. ^^
British Sea Forts!
(http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-150568-galleryV9-ejsp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 15-11-2010, 19:11:34
interesting picture  :)

(http://www6.pic-upload.de/15.11.10/nrundbh3uyfh.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7773705/DZW_175_1.jpg.html)

(lend lease sherman in Russia today)
(http://www6.pic-upload.de/15.11.10/vtzbd31qm9p8.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7773717/russian_lend_lease_sherman_2005.jpg.html)

nice impacts on the turret
(http://www6.pic-upload.de/15.11.10/99vv62ouv4z.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7773765/Fallschirmjager.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-11-2010, 19:11:47
Second picture is on some tiny island in the pacific, forgot the specific name, there are more then 1 sherman like that there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 15-11-2010, 20:11:49
Some "History Today"  *cough*

(http://www.oldukphotos.com/graphics/England%20Photos/Warwickshire,%20Coventry%20Cathedral%20after%20its%20destruction%20in%201940.jpg)
Coventry Cathedral after the German Bombardement of the 14th November 1940

and some related Radio recordings:
1940-11-15 BBC Coventry Loudspeaker Announcement (http://speedshare.org/download.php?id=546638AB11)
1940-11-15 BBC Very Reverend RT Howard - Coventry Cathedral Destroyed (http://speedshare.org/download.php?id=356DA59811)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 15-11-2010, 20:11:01
Something I just read about in a magazine. ^^
British Sea Forts!
(http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-150568-galleryV9-ejsp.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3EIogaEwxY&feature=related

as seen around 3:05
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 15-11-2010, 20:11:27
(http://mandroph1.klack.org/bilder/fkaufbau10.jpg)
frauenkirche, dresden, 1945, burned out and collapsed one day after british bombardement., rebuild 2004
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-11-2010, 00:11:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/511333-2/Ukraine+1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 16-11-2010, 01:11:47
whats that on those 2 guys back? its to big to be a panzerfaust, and i think its not a schreck either (to short). what is it? - now as a guess i would say, well, panzerschreck but im not sure.

the tank in the background seems to be a panzer III - so thats propably before 1944 (although panzer IIIs were of course still used in 44, but not as common), so a predecessor of the panzerschreck? panzerschreck was used since spring 1944 i think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 16-11-2010, 01:11:55
Seeing the bipods i'd go as far as to say infantry mortars
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-11-2010, 02:11:39
Yep, those are mortars :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-11-2010, 02:11:00
Yes and i was too lazy to add "Ukraine 1941".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-11-2010, 19:11:00
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/124/25118486nz7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 16-11-2010, 20:11:30
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/124/25118486nz7.jpg)
american in North Africa ? Kasserine Pass ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-11-2010, 22:11:38
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/124/25118486nz7.jpg
american in North Africa ? Kasserine Pass ?
Yes, but El Guettar Valley, Tunisia, 1943.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_El_Guettar

My next 10 pics or so will probably all be of this battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 17-11-2010, 09:11:57
(http://www.whq-forum.de/cms/uploads/pics/maus-02.jpg)
Just doin' it ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-11-2010, 19:11:06
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/373621cbd2e9f186_landing)

Quote
American Sherman M4 tank moves past another gun carriage which slid off icy road in the Ardennes Forest during push to halt advancing German troops in what was to become known as the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-11-2010, 19:11:18
I think thats actually a M36 Jackson.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-11-2010, 19:11:47
I think thats actually a M36 Jackson.
I agree, anyhow it ain't a M4 Sherman  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-11-2010, 19:11:42
You can even see the angled sides and back of the M10 and with that gun and mantlet, must be. Still based on M4 though  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 17-11-2010, 19:11:21
I agree, anyhow it ain't a M4 Sherman  :D

Its a Panther M10, disguised as a Sherman  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-11-2010, 13:11:34
Us tanks on the move in Tunisia
(http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2261/74938294nr2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 18-11-2010, 17:11:02
Tiger commander: Dear diary.. Jackpot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-11-2010, 17:11:36
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/78e4684a53795018_landing)

Quote
The Rex Cinema on the Grand Boulevard transformed into a German soldiers' movie house in German-occupied France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 18-11-2010, 17:11:04
Quote
The Rex Cinema on the Grand Boulevard transformed into a German soldiers' movie house in German-occupied France.
Also where http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YeN7YxPcWg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-11-2010, 20:11:28
Quote
The Rex Cinema on the Grand Boulevard transformed into a German soldiers' movie house in German-occupied France.
Also where http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YeN7YxPcWg
Yes, the same place Hitler died. I read history you know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 18-11-2010, 20:11:59
Us tanks on the move in Tunisia
(http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2261/74938294nr2.jpg)

true story

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii69/ultrakill91/shermans.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2010, 21:11:58
Shermans drive towards hill

Tiger is useless
(http://kindalame.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/trollface.gif)
Tiger would also break down before it can get into position
(http://kindalame.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/trollface.gif)


(http://www.patricktaylor.com/uploads/ackackgun.jpg)

British AA gunners and there 3.75INCH AA gun. Together with the M1 90mm and Italian Canone 90mm, one of the best performing Heavy AA guns of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 18-11-2010, 22:11:52
i see crusaders where shermans are supposed to be
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-11-2010, 23:11:52
Shermans drive towards hill

Tiger is useless
(http://kindalame.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/trollface.gif)
Tiger would also break down before it can get into position
(http://kindalame.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/trollface.gif)


(http://www.patricktaylor.com/uploads/ackackgun.jpg)

British AA gunners and there 3.75INCH AA gun. Together with the M1 90mm and Italian Canone 90mm, one of the best performing Heavy AA guns of the war.

<cough> 88mm :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2010, 23:11:12
No vonmudra thats a 3.75inch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-11-2010, 23:11:57
I think he meant that you forgot about the 88 as a good heavy AA weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 18-11-2010, 23:11:32
From what I've heard the 88 lacked the AA performance of the other nations guns.

Take into consideration that this is mostly due to it being much lighter therefore allowing it to be used in dual roles such as AT were it excelled.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2010, 23:11:55
I think he meant that you forgot about the 88 as a good heavy AA weapon.
From what I've heard the 88 lacked the AA performance of the other nations guns.

Take into consideration that this is mostly due to it being much lighter therefore allowing it to be used in dual roles such as AT were it excelled.

+1 Chadoi

All those heavy AA guns outperformed the 88. The 88 was just the only one so widely deployed in multi-purpose

Surely the 3.75Inch was heavier, but the british also had better ways to transport them
Italian 90mm infact had the best performance

Now the 120mm M1 and 128mm Flak gun, now those wtfpwn everything  ;D
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/8.8_cm_Flak_41_1.jpg

Please. i want this in FH2. look at that carriage!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-11-2010, 23:11:55
It was just as good as any of the other AA guns....  Slight difference in weight of the carriage didn't change accuracy and effectiveness of the shell, nor did that effect the superior training for the german AA crews.  Yes the shell wasn't as powerful, but generally you had to score either a direct hit, or lucky near misses, and the difference of a couple kilograms of HE wasn't enough to cause much of a change in that regard.


Oh, and can't forget the 128mm for its abilities as an AA gun:

(http://intero.ru/wp-content/uploads/encyclopedia%20of%20weapons%20of%20world%20war%20ii-514.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 19-11-2010, 01:11:01
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=38978)
now how do you do that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 19-11-2010, 01:11:55
Not strictly a picture of combat operations, but it is of something that took place during the war and had a major effect upon both the war and the modern world in general.

(http://chicagosilver.com/silver_files/image005.jpg)
One of the Manhattan Project's Oak Ridge calutrons, which used several billion dollars' worth of silver wire and connecting bars made from bullion borrowed from the US Treasury

Quote
The Y-12 facility contained several large racetrack-shaped electromagnetic separators or "calutrons," giant electromagnets that deflected the slightly heavier stream of charged U-238 particles into one collector and their slightly lighter U-235 cousins into another.  Normally the windings for these would be made of copper wire, but copper was needed for war munitions.  So the scientists borrowed 14,700 tons of pure silver from the Treasury to fabricate the wire and bus bars for the enormous magnets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-11-2010, 01:11:40
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=38978)
now how do you do that?

The book The Day of the Panzer, on the rampage of a single Panther tank from the 11th Panzer Division during the invasion of southern france, ends with the panther a few day's later being disabled by a sherman tank that spotted their barrel poking out from from undergrowth.  The sherman crew aimed and shot the barrel clean off, and the panther crew surrendered.

http://www.amazon.com/DAY-PANZER-American-Sacrifice-Southern/dp/193203370X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-11-2010, 07:11:01
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3092/hs117di7.jpg)
Radio remote-controlled Hs 117 'Schmetterling' FlaRak.
Although 3000  was ordered, but no more was delivered
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 19-11-2010, 07:11:02
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=38978)
now how do you do that?

The book The Day of the Panzer, on the rampage of a single Panther tank from the 11th Panzer Division during the invasion of southern france, ends with the panther a few day's later being disabled by a sherman tank that spotted their barrel poking out from from undergrowth.  The sherman crew aimed and shot the barrel clean off, and the panther crew surrendered.

http://www.amazon.com/DAY-PANZER-American-Sacrifice-Southern/dp/193203370X

this is a T34 gun  and not a panther
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-11-2010, 08:11:02
I know, I was just comparing that to another story of a tank barrel being shot, only my case, it was shot clean off ;3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 19-11-2010, 10:11:38
In a documentary "Weapons of War - Tanks" an incident happened at Ostfront: A Panzer III enncountered a KV-1 and fire several shots into it's side, with no results. Then he fired a round at the gun barrel, and it snapped.

And of course there's the simple fact that T-34s weak spot is where the turret meets the hull, and that space is what, 10 cm tall? That's where gunners were told to aim, and when they started doing that, killing T-34s became a bit easier for 50mm guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 19-11-2010, 10:11:36
It was just as good as any of the other AA guns....  Slight difference in weight of the carriage didn't change accuracy and effectiveness of the shell, nor did that effect the superior training for the german AA crews.  Yes the shell wasn't as powerful, but generally you had to score either a direct hit, or lucky near misses, and the difference of a couple kilograms of HE wasn't enough to cause much of a change in that regard.


Oh, and can't forget the 128mm for its abilities as an AA gun:

(http://intero.ru/wp-content/uploads/encyclopedia%20of%20weapons%20of%20world%20war%20ii-514.jpg)

All good points but what use is training when the bombers simply fly above the maximum effective altitude of the gun?

That coupled with a lack of proximity fuses until late in the war has to hurt the case for the 88. Or not?

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/S0GShuXBWbI/AAAAAAAACT8/Jel9ws7dQAA/s400/ww2-second-world-war-battle-leningrad-rare-pictures-images-photos-009.jpg)

USSR 37mm AA gun and crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-11-2010, 11:11:58
Not strictly a picture of combat operations, but it is of something that took place during the war and had a major effect upon both the war and the modern world in general.

http://chicagosilver.com/silver_files/image005.jpg
One of the Manhattan Project's Oak Ridge calutrons, which used several billion dollars' worth of silver wire and connecting bars made from bullion borrowed from the US Treasury

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The Y-12 facility contained several large racetrack-shaped electromagnetic separators or "calutrons," giant electromagnets that deflected the slightly heavier stream of charged U-238 particles into one collector and their slightly lighter U-235 cousins into another.  Normally the windings for these would be made of copper wire, but copper was needed for war munitions.  So the scientists borrowed 14,700 tons of pure silver from the Treasury to fabricate the wire and bus bars for the enormous magnets.


Silver also is a better conductor then copper.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 19-11-2010, 11:11:41
In a documentary "Weapons of War - Tanks" an incident happened at Ostfront: A Panzer III enncountered a KV-1 and fire several shots into it's side, with no results. Then he fired a round at the gun barrel, and it snapped.

And of course there's the simple fact that T-34s weak spot is where the turret meets the hull, and that space is what, 10 cm tall? That's where gunners were told to aim, and when they started doing that, killing T-34s became a bit easier for 50mm guns.
Having seen that gap in real life, I was like: "WTF, what were they thinking". Is there good reason to make it as it is done?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-11-2010, 11:11:51
It was just as good as any of the other AA guns....  Slight difference in weight of the carriage didn't change accuracy and effectiveness of the shell, nor did that effect the superior training for the german AA crews.  Yes the shell wasn't as powerful, but generally you had to score either a direct hit, or lucky near misses, and the difference of a couple kilograms of HE wasn't enough to cause much of a change in that regard.


Oh, and can't forget the 128mm for its abilities as an AA gun:

Actually the guns did had better performance then the 88. Higher ceiling, less flight time and such

128mm had 4 times more propellant, only 1/3 of the flight time then the 88! And also higher surface ceiling
While the 120mm wassent deployed in WW2, it was shown during vietnam how accurate that thing was.


In a documentary "Weapons of War - Tanks" an incident happened at Ostfront: A Panzer III enncountered a KV-1 and fire several shots into it's side, with no results. Then he fired a round at the gun barrel, and it snapped.

And of course there's the simple fact that T-34s weak spot is where the turret meets the hull, and that space is what, 10 cm tall? That's where gunners were told to aim, and when they started doing that, killing T-34s became a bit easier for 50mm guns.
Yet keep in mind that those T34's are firing back at you at long range and they are killing you.

The attempts to stop the T34 in 1941/1942 where very desperate sometimes.

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6658/105cmflak.jpg)

10.5cm Flak 38. While better in the AA role then the Flak 88, the Flak 10.5cm had the same AT performance, while being much heavier

It was primarly deployed by the Kriegsmarine and as static AA guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-11-2010, 19:11:44
Lets beat that.

(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1380/128cmflak40.jpg)
12,8cm Flak40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-11-2010, 20:11:41

(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/2ea7c2a0b74f4b64_landing)

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British 8Th Army At El Alamein
During an outdoor church service an English chaplain plays violin for HQ staff of British 8th Army while they sing traditional songs the night before an attack during the campaign in North Africa's Western desert.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-11-2010, 21:11:29
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1530/snlftype100.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-11-2010, 21:11:51
You rarely see Japanese with smgs. or is he even chinese?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-11-2010, 21:11:47
He's japanese, SNLF.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-11-2010, 07:11:48
(http://www.abload.de/img/bundesarchiv_bild_146-bife.jpg)
Milice française arresting members of the Resistance
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-11-2010, 16:11:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/504526-2/1__001)

Abandoned Italian 155mm artillery piece with New Zealand soldier



Vincenzo, We're doing it Wrong!


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-11-2010, 16:11:45
Now this is one heavy soldier! He did that to the cannon with only his hand!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-11-2010, 16:11:58
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/60c8dea1850c83f4_landing)

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German tank sitting abandoned on beach at Tobruk after retreat of German Afrika Corps during North African campaign, WWII.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-11-2010, 16:11:41
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/105/infantryattackpl39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-11-2010, 23:11:27
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1534/128mmflak.jpg)
12,8cm Flak40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-11-2010, 23:11:11
(http://www.abload.de/img/bundesarchiv_bild_146-bife.jpg)
Milice française arresting members of the Resistance

the Germans equipped them with captured british weapons?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-11-2010, 23:11:16
the Germans equipped them with captured british weapons?

That will keep them low on ammo. And I guess it would take too long to ship british ammo to Vichy France just in case it would decide to defect to allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-11-2010, 00:11:20
The resistance used alot of british weapons, so it might be captured weapons from them
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-11-2010, 00:11:21
the Germans equipped them with captured british weapons?

That will keep them low on ammo. And I guess it would take too long to ship british ammo to Vichy France just in case it would decide to defect to allies.
The Milice were just as Nazi as the Nazis, i don't think there was ever any fear of them of them going back.  Quislings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-11-2010, 00:11:45
the Germans equipped them with captured british weapons?

That will keep them low on ammo. And I guess it would take too long to ship british ammo to Vichy France just in case it would decide to defect to allies.
The Milice were just as Nazi as the Nazis, i don't think there was ever any fear of them of them going back.  Quislings

Most likely the Milice just got whatever was left over after Wehrmacht had been supplied in full.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 21-11-2010, 05:11:47
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/60c8dea1850c83f4_landing)

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German tank sitting abandoned on beach at Tobruk after retreat of German Afrika Corps during North African campaign, WWII.
Can anyone identify the plane in the water?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 21-11-2010, 10:11:54
I'd say P-38 Lightning. They suffered most in North Africa when compared to other fronts in K/D ratio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-11-2010, 10:11:33
I'd say P-38 Lightning. They suffered most in North Africa when compared to other fronts in K/D ratio.
Thats not a reason why it is there, and tbh it doesnt look like a lightning
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2010, 11:11:06
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2033/phocathumblsherman7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-11-2010, 11:11:08
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/82ed5ba8d057ce14_landing)

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American soldier firing back at unseen German sniper during the battle for Cisterna
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 21-11-2010, 16:11:21
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/60c8dea1850c83f4_landing)

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German tank sitting abandoned on beach at Tobruk after retreat of German Afrika Corps during North African campaign, WWII.
Can anyone identify the plane in the water?

Gotha Go 242 glider.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-11-2010, 16:11:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/513675-2/snipergermanski)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-11-2010, 16:11:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-561-1138-21A,_Grosseto,_Lastensegler_Gotha_Go_242,_Schweineherde.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-11-2010, 17:11:09
Gotha Go 242 glider.

I agree that's what it is, but how did one of those end up in Tobruk harbor?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 21-11-2010, 21:11:35
I agree that's what it is, but how did one of those end up in Tobruk harbor?

They went fishing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-11-2010, 23:11:09
I agree that's what it is, but how did one of those end up in Tobruk harbor?

They went fishing.
clearly somebody dint read the manual

"HANS! SEE! HERE! SIE GOTHA IS NOT EIN BOOT!PAGE 354. I TOLD YA SO!!"

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/italy/aircraft/floatplane/cant-z-506b-airone-floatplane/cant-z-506b-airone-floatplane-01.png)

Awesome flying boat is awesome. The CANT Z506 was one of the finest flying boats of the war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-11-2010, 02:11:42
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6964/hetzer5.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) Hetzer with camo, western front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 22-11-2010, 04:11:38
The lads themselves, Monty, Eisenhower, Zhukov, and de Lattre de Tassingy.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-14059-0018%2C_Berlin%2C_Oberbefehlshaber_der_vier_Verb%C3%BCndeten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-11-2010, 11:11:56
(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/5792/83931853xx0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-11-2010, 14:11:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/514111-2/factory_001)

Stalingrad, Evacuating Wounded.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-11-2010, 17:11:06
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/799e557a7ac30dd0_landing)

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German General Erwin Rommel, dressed in shorts and a pith helmet, jumping from a captured British tank after inspecting it. March, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 22-11-2010, 18:11:25
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/799e557a7ac30dd0_landing)

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German General Erwin Rommel, dressed in shorts and a pith helmet, jumping from a captured British tank after inspecting it. March, 1942

Those shorts and shoes will haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-11-2010, 19:11:08
rommels outfit kind of reminds me of that
(http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/imgs/artists/hanson-duane/duane_hanson_tourists_2.jpg)

this one made me laugh. badass
(http://www.e-yliko.gr/htmls/istoria/icons/files/images/prosopawwarII/Winston%20Churchill.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 22-11-2010, 19:11:40
(http://www.e-yliko.gr/htmls/istoria/icons/files/images/prosopawwarII/Winston%20Churchill.jpg)

Winston Churchill was crazy in the coconut when WW2 was over, he was already trying to start WW3 with the russians in a planned invasion with rearmed germans.

Cant remember the name of the operation but the british officers were like "OH SHIT WE HAVE A NUTJOB IN OUR ASSES". And kicked his ass out of the office.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 22-11-2010, 20:11:13
Wasn't that his back up plan for if the Russkies would go nuts and attack their former allies for total Communist domination in Europe?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 22-11-2010, 20:11:30
Funny how he got reelected again in 1951  ;D a hell of alot more worthy of a state funeral than Margaret Thatcher will ever be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-11-2010, 20:11:16
nonetheless he was a good politician.

in ´45 he wasnt reelected and Attlee took his place on the potsdam conference (whats going to happen to germany, poland etc. after the war). So it was Stalin who had quite some knowledge of the business negotiating with truman and attlee who were both pretty green. this f*cked up germany at the time, because in some points they just couldnt get their point through. - i think with churchill still in charge some things may have gone different.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-11-2010, 21:11:39
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1218/1trofy41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-11-2010, 21:11:24
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1218/1trofy41.jpg)

Damn, automatically made me think of the legendary serbian soldiers loop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7G4o29bv2s&feature=related) on youtube.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 22-11-2010, 21:11:44
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1218/1trofy41.jpg)

Somehow I cant picture somone playing that thing without a dancing monkey...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 23-11-2010, 00:11:01
(http://www.bronetehnika.narod.ru/rbt5/rbt5_2.jpg)
BT-5 armed with rocket launchers ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 23-11-2010, 00:11:10
Thats pretty cool, got anymore history behind it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 23-11-2010, 00:11:49
i think  Photoshop is the history behind it  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-11-2010, 00:11:10
(http://www.e-yliko.gr/htmls/istoria/icons/files/images/prosopawwarII/Winston%20Churchill.jpg)



Cant remember the name of the operation but the british officers were like "OH SHIT WE HAVE A NUTJOB IN OUR ASSES". And kicked his ass out of the office.

By this I think you mean "unelected".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 23-11-2010, 02:11:26
To me that looks like the definition of bad-ass. I'm telling you, gangsters have lost the style now-a-days...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 23-11-2010, 09:11:17
By this I think you mean "unelected".

Thats the polite way of saying it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Martinlegend on 23-11-2010, 13:11:52
Churchill the old Gangster  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 23-11-2010, 15:11:11
(http://www.e-yliko.gr/htmls/istoria/icons/files/images/prosopawwarII/Winston%20Churchill.jpg)

Winston Churchill was crazy in the coconut when WW2 was over, he was already trying to start WW3 with the russians in a planned invasion with rearmed germans.

Cant remember the name of the operation but the british officers were like "OH SHIT WE HAVE A NUTJOB IN OUR ASSES". And kicked his ass out of the office.

Patton had the same Idea.....maybe that's why he died in a car accident.....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 23-11-2010, 16:11:38
(http://www.bronetehnika.narod.ru/rbt5/rbt5_2.jpg)
BT-5 armed with rocket launchers ;D

not sure if this exact picture is shopped but russian were experimenting with BT series tanks with 230mm and 320mm rockets mounted like this on their turrets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-11-2010, 19:11:50
i indeed think the picture is real, probably a one off prototype though.

(http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5809/73352549ox8.jpg)
I think these are scouting troops looking for the enemy.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-11-2010, 19:11:15
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4790/41inf8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 23-11-2010, 19:11:40
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not sure if this exact picture is shopped but russian were experimenting with BT series tanks with 230mm and 320mm rockets mounted like this on their turrets.
There was a whole site dedicated to it. I hope it's real but the project definetly was.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-11-2010, 00:11:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/514820-2/tankandinf)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-11-2010, 00:11:13
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1863/mard230138.jpg)
Heinz showing off his gongs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-11-2010, 01:11:45
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4790/41inf8.jpg)
Tank troops?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 25-11-2010, 16:11:27
Captured TKS:
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4445/germanstksvy0.jpg)

TKS with rail wheels (or something):
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8623/tkswhatnt8.jpg)
aren't those the wheels of a Pz.1?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-11-2010, 18:11:53
Nope, those were railroad wheels, meant to be used to drive the TKS on a railroad for anti-partisan duties.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 25-11-2010, 19:11:20
but the black thing on the wheels look like rubber. Also its a little bit flat down there. Or did they used rubber wheels for traintracks? :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-11-2010, 19:11:49
transport wheels, you just hook em up behind a truck like a trailer and drive the tank around.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2010, 21:11:23
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4790/41inf8.jpg)
Tank troops?

soviet paratrooper
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-11-2010, 00:11:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/515438-4/unknown+halftrack)
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In the streets of Kharkov. - Units of the Waffen-SS re-captured the town of Kharkov on March 14, 1943. Covered by an APC regimental commander of an SS-Panzergrenadier-Division and oakleaves winner Fritz Witt advances together with his men."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 26-11-2010, 18:11:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/515438-4/unknown+halftrack)
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In the streets of Kharkov. - Units of the Waffen-SS re-captured the town of Kharkov on March 14, 1943. Covered by an APC regimental commander of an SS-Panzergrenadier-Division and oakleaves winner Fritz Witt advances together with his men."
I´m currently reading "Grenadiere" by SS General Kurt Meyer. He was in the same "Aufklärungs Abteilung" with Fritz Witt and mentions him often during the battles for charkov. Very interesting to read how they managed unbelievable victories with their unusual fighting style, blitzkrieg with sidecar motorcycles and fast reconnaissance tanks as much as it gets. A few times they captured thousands of russian soldiers each day with only a few own soldiers lost. Although those times were already over in 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2010, 09:11:36
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/1885/bulge20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-11-2010, 12:11:38
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5664/komando.jpg)

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Men from No. 6 Polish Troop on exercise in Scotland 1943. Note the No.10 Commando, Poland and the combined operations badges
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-11-2010, 02:11:21
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8664/maxh.jpg)
10,5cm K18 on chassis Pz.Kpfw. IV 'Dicker Max'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-11-2010, 10:11:17
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3837/weaponmg4215.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-11-2010, 11:11:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-783-0104-38%2C_Nordafrika%2C_italienische_Panzer_M13-40.jpg)

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Italian M13/40 tanks advancing across the desert, April 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 28-11-2010, 11:11:33
MG42 pic

Say goodbye to your eardrums. And cheek. And coat shoulder and possibly your own shoulder.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuzz on 28-11-2010, 12:11:04
(http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/5244/picturecs0.png) (http://img831.imageshack.us/i/picturecs0.png/)

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G.I.'s inspecting a German self propelled anti-tank gun, a 7.5cm PaK40/3 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf H (Sd Kfz 138), knocked out during the drive towards Rome, May 23,1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-11-2010, 12:11:20
(http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/4751/40397778jz1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-11-2010, 14:11:42
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8664/maxh.jpg)
10,5cm K18 on chassis Pz.Kpfw. IV 'Dicker Max'

that thing is awsome in MoW ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-11-2010, 16:11:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/516294-2/Tulema__s+railways+bridge+is+burning)

Finnish soldiers prearing a Defensive position, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-11-2010, 18:11:39
MG42 pic

Say goodbye to your eardrums. And cheek. And coat shoulder and possibly your own shoulder.

Ear drums yes, the rest not.  That is a common position for an MG gunner to use.  If you had nothing to prop the gun up on to fire at something (remember, a prone position doesn't allow you much room to angle up) or such, you would prop it on the assistant.

Also, a neat pic:

(http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/3134885.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=45B0EB3381F7834DE066FA5798460C5C2C53D4D3519CB091CA52222F25EC092C)

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January 1945: A typical French Alpine soldier carrying a German machine gun and ammunition belt makes his way to a mountain post on the French-German frontier, from which he can detect the movements of the enemy. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-11-2010, 19:11:59
(http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/8AB6D4A9-9487-4B06-A92A-8F22DE5E86E6/HU035899.jpg)

Camouflage Brought To Fine Art. The task of patrolling Dartmoor is undertaken by the Home guard Yeomanry Company composed in the main of moor bred men. They know their own locality well and master the art of camouflaging themselves to blend into the boulders [..] perfectly. This member of the Home Guard Yeomanry Company is camouflaged so well against the Dartmoor background that he is unrecognisable at 30 yards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 28-11-2010, 22:11:10
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_56C-ixCTGN4/S-OsXP8IfPI/AAAAAAAAC5E/SFdAd6uYxC4/s400/luftfaust3.jpg)
Luftfaust
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-11-2010, 22:11:50
Also, a neat pic:

(http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/3134885.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=45B0EB3381F7834DE066FA5798460C5C2C53D4D3519CB091CA52222F25EC092C)

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January 1945: A typical French Alpine soldier carrying a German machine gun and ammunition belt makes his way to a mountain post on the French-German frontier, from which he can detect the movements of the enemy. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Image doesn't appear unless url copied to address bar.  Have to agree with Paasky (who failed basic quotation) though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-11-2010, 22:11:53
Picture simply does not appear here, even if i copy paste the link.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-11-2010, 23:11:49
(http://www.allworldwars.com/image/012/LG-GermanFortifications.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-11-2010, 23:11:22
Here, I uploaded the pic to imageshack:

(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3366/3134885.jpg)


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January 1945: A typical French Alpine soldier carrying a German machine gun and ammunition belt makes his way to a mountain post on the French-German frontier, from which he can detect the movements of the enemy. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

And yeah, what first drew me to the pic was that it looked like he was a frozen corpse, but if you look closely, he isn't, just covered with snow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 29-11-2010, 00:11:47
Apparently I fail at quoting so much my post has disappeared...

The closer I look, the more it looks like a frozen corpse. Look at his right hand: You don't get that much of that kind of snow on you unless you stand still for a long time. Ie the way fences or trees stand.

Unless someones just used a snow blower next to him and he hasn't had a wash in several months.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2010, 00:11:04
I'm more likely to trust the Getty Museum than forum peepz, sorry :P  And its more likely that he's standing there getting his photo taken while snow is beating down on him from the side.  If you notice, there is minimal snow on his other side.  Also, if he froze in place, he wouldn't be standing up smiling with a gun over his shoulder.  Frozen corpses tend to be huddled on the ground in a mass of clothing trying to stay warm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 29-11-2010, 00:11:59
I know my snow dammit I'm Finnish :P

Either it's a) a corpse, b) a very strangely and well staged photo or c) both. If he had any warmth left in his body that snow on his face & neck could only be there because someone has just thrown a very large snowball.

All in all, he is feeling very cold at that moment ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-11-2010, 00:11:10
If it's snowing, he isn't freezing to death *facepalm*.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 29-11-2010, 01:11:59
Thats not my idea of a corpse  :P (smiling while freezing to death?)
maybe he fell over or camouflaged himself
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 29-11-2010, 02:11:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-676-7969A-23%2C_Flugzeug_Heinkel_He_177.jpg)
german strategic bomber warming up its four engines
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2010, 04:11:28
<waits in the shadows for anyone to say its only two engined>
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 29-11-2010, 04:11:31
Either it's a) a corpse, b) a very strangely and well staged photo or c) both. If he had any warmth left in his body that snow on his face & neck could only be there because someone has just thrown a very large snowball.

It appears that he is wearing a ski mask, which would explain the snow on the face. What I am wondering about is his apparent lack of gloves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-11-2010, 04:11:49
Hey its only two engined! :)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/516485-2/kurk)

Soviet Infantry in front of a Recently Knocked out Tiger, Battle of Kursk.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2010, 04:11:56
Hey its only two engined! :)

<lunges out growling and drags you into the shadows with me.  There is a loud commotion and the sound of gnashing teeth, then all is silent, as a thin trickle of blood pools out down the cracks in the pavement>
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 29-11-2010, 09:11:01
It is actually 4-engined, as wikipedia explains:

"The He 177 required at least a pair of 2,000 PS (1,973 hp, 1,471 kW) engines to meet performance requirements. However, no engine at the time developed such power. To overcome this problem without resorting to four smaller engines and their attendant drag and maneuverability penalty, Gunter decided to employ two of the complex Daimler-Benz DB 606 "power system" setups for propulsion. This "power system", which was first introduced on the record breaking Heinkel He 119, consisted of a pair of Daimler-Benz DB 601 liquid-cooled 12-cylinder inverted-vee inline engines mounted side by side in a single nacelle driving a single propeller. The two component engines in each "system" were mounted side by side in each nacelle and inclined inwards by 30° in the vertical axis of each component engine's crankcase, so that the inner cylinder banks were disposed almost vertically, a single gear casing connecting the front ends of the two crankcases, with the two crankshaft pinions driving a single airscrew shaft gear. This engine configuration stemmed directly from the RLM's, and the OKL's determination that the He 177 should be capable of dive bombing. The use of only two propellers on a heavy bomber offered many advantages such as a substantial reduction in drag, reduction of dive instability, and a marked improvement in maneuverability. Indeed, the initial prototypes and pre-production models of the He 177 displayed an airspeed and maneuverability comparable to many heavy fighters of the time. Two of the DB 606s, each of which initially developed 2,600 PS (2,564 hp, 1,912 kW) for take-off, were to power the He 177."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2010, 09:11:10
Fine, ruin my fun Lightning >:  Stupid dreamcrusher  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 29-11-2010, 16:11:50
Fotograf gesichtet ;D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-217-0485-28%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_Marder_II.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 29-11-2010, 17:11:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S52911%2C_Polen%2C_Blick_aus_Bugkanzel_einer_He_111.jpg/784px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S52911%2C_Polen%2C_Blick_aus_Bugkanzel_einer_He_111.jpg)
bowgunner heinkel 111, poland 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 29-11-2010, 18:11:35
It is actually 4-engined, as wikipedia explains:

"The He 177 required at least a pair of 2,000 PS (1,973 hp, 1,471 kW) engines to meet performance requirements. However, no engine at the time developed such power. To overcome this problem without resorting to four smaller engines and their attendant drag and maneuverability penalty, Gunter decided to employ two of the complex Daimler-Benz DB 606 "power system" setups for propulsion. This "power system", which was first introduced on the record breaking Heinkel He 119, consisted of a pair of Daimler-Benz DB 601 liquid-cooled 12-cylinder inverted-vee inline engines mounted side by side in a single nacelle driving a single propeller. The two component engines in each "system" were mounted side by side in each nacelle and inclined inwards by 30° in the vertical axis of each component engine's crankcase, so that the inner cylinder banks were disposed almost vertically, a single gear casing connecting the front ends of the two crankcases, with the two crankshaft pinions driving a single airscrew shaft gear. This engine configuration stemmed directly from the RLM's, and the OKL's determination that the He 177 should be capable of dive bombing. The use of only two propellers on a heavy bomber offered many advantages such as a substantial reduction in drag, reduction of dive instability, and a marked improvement in maneuverability. Indeed, the initial prototypes and pre-production models of the He 177 displayed an airspeed and maneuverability comparable to many heavy fighters of the time. Two of the DB 606s, each of which initially developed 2,600 PS (2,564 hp, 1,912 kW) for take-off, were to power the He 177."

I wonder why this werent mass producted; the problem with Germany is that it had so much variants and models instead of focusing in just a few models. That way they would cut out research time, money and resources. Germany never had long range and heavy bombers instead of this one, that wasnt mass produced and it was heavily armored to, good payload, excellent armor; probably on par with the B-29.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-11-2010, 18:11:23
Because Germany wanted never a war against the British.
Why builds a heavy bomber, if the enemy (Poland and France) are on the continent?
A tactical bomber likes the He 111 and Ju 88 have been enough for it.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 29-11-2010, 18:11:23
Because Germany wanted never a war against the British.
Why builds a heavy bomber, if the enemy (Poland and France) are on the continent?
A tactical bomber likes the He 111 and Ju 88 have been enough for it.  :P

I think that the german invasion to the Uk would work, Hitler was a douche and he couldnt plan for shit. Rommel was right after all, Hitler was a corporal running an army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-11-2010, 18:11:55
Because Germany wanted never a war against the British.
Why builds a heavy bomber, if the enemy (Poland and France) are on the continent?
A tactical bomber likes the He 111 and Ju 88 have been enough for it.  :P
United States. If you can bomb New York or military strongpoints on the American continent, you achieved something. Plus the US wouldn't really expect something like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 29-11-2010, 19:11:55
United States. If you can bomb New York or military strongpoints on the American continent, you achieved something. Plus the US wouldn't really expect something like that.

But then again, you can only bomb so much and I doubt it Germany would've been better off pissing off the Americans even further. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 29-11-2010, 19:11:10
United States. If you can bomb New York or military strongpoints on the American continent, you achieved something. Plus the US wouldn't really expect something like that.

But then again, you can only bomb so much and I doubt it Germany would've been better off pissing off the Americans even further. :)

Hell what would have happened if Germany allied with USA after Pearl Harbor? The possibilities...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 29-11-2010, 19:11:16
actually the heinkel he117 failed because hitler wanted yet another more heavier dive-bomber
mainly because of the propaganda  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2010, 19:11:34
Also, it was hated by its crews as it was known as a widow maker.  The early types had a nasty tendency to have their engines randomly catch on fire and explode.  Later versions rectifiedthis, but it never recovered from its reputation :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-11-2010, 20:11:58
Also, it was hated by its crews as it was known as a widow maker.  The early types had a nasty tendency to have their engines randomly catch on fire and explode.  Later versions rectifiedthis, but it never recovered from its reputation :P
Late versions where fine planes and liked by the crews, flying firelighter was not hated later on but yeah, a reputation does alot  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-11-2010, 21:11:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-676-7972A-34%2C_Flugzeug_Heinkel_He_177%2C_Heckkanone.jpg)

Tail gun position on the He177
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-11-2010, 21:11:56
Is that the 13mm?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 29-11-2010, 21:11:48
Most likely a 20 mm MG151/20.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-11-2010, 21:11:03
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9634/site1f5536cad093330d9de.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-11-2010, 22:11:18
Most likely a 20 mm MG151/20.
I swear I've read the 20mm was located in the belly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-11-2010, 23:11:23
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9634/site1f5536cad093330d9de.jpg)
That guy has a face like=
"Please dont detonate prematurly"
"Please dont detonate prematurly"
"Please dont detonate prematurly"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 30-11-2010, 03:11:24
(http://completeall.com/pictures/ww2/world-war-2-color20.jpg)

Got it from a color picture site, Dukat's mortar picture was there as well, no info was given for it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2010, 03:11:16
Famous photo, been posted before, but never seen it that large :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bravo3945 on 30-11-2010, 03:11:24
(Quote Imaged Removed to save space)

Got it from a color picture site, Dukat's mortar picture was there as well, no info was given for it.
Did his leg or arm get blown off? Is he still alive? :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2010, 04:11:43
Arm, its laying in front.  And he's still alive in the pic, who knows if he made it though....

IIRC, this was taken in France 1940 by a Life photographer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 30-11-2010, 12:11:20
Usually they hide dismember limbs due to making the patient too scared  :-\ why not now?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 30-11-2010, 12:11:28
They're in the field, and It looks like it had just happened, or they had just found him, with the cameraman tagging along behind.  They were distracted by a large noise, possibly an explosion from an artillery round, and the photographer snapped this shot while they were looking away.  This is just speculation, though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 30-11-2010, 15:11:05

IIRC, this was taken in France 1940 by a Life photographer.

didnt know that life photographers were with the germans ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 30-11-2010, 16:11:16
maybe Photographers of the Propagandakompanie. And after the war the pics got into the LIFE magazine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 30-11-2010, 16:11:41
maybe Photographers of the Propagandakompanie. And after the war the pics got into the LIFE magazine.

nice propaganda ::)

and now some colorpicture spam!:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/Szteo5R1fAI/AAAAAAAACLM/MEjqdhEfhbg/s640/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-022.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/Szteoi3cYKI/AAAAAAAACLE/Qj6P6D8w92M/s640/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-023.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/SzteoBLZG-I/AAAAAAAACK8/1cvMRfz3LO4/s400/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-024.jpg)
German light tanks in action in a Polish town

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/SzteddGNNBI/AAAAAAAACK0/tLfp1n-s0FU/s400/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-021.jpg)
Ju-87 Stuka dive-bombers roar in the skies

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/Sztec-1V__I/AAAAAAAACKs/AqItFCxmts8/s400/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-020.jpg)
German soldiers dig trenches on the Eastern Front

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/SzteGjoV1gI/AAAAAAAACKM/-HjRIjxnemk/s640/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-016.jpg)
Germans fire the 210mm gun at the Russians

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/SzteGcDwOBI/AAAAAAAACKE/K5jofpfIpic/s400/incredible-images-pictures-photos-ww2-second-world-war-third-reich-nazi-germany-color-rare-015.jpg)
German heavy fighter Me-410 on the Western front





Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2010, 17:11:56

IIRC, this was taken in France 1940 by a Life photographer.

didnt know that life photographers were with the germans ???

Before the american declaration of war, yes, they were.

And it looks more like they're shouting for help imo :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 30-11-2010, 18:11:24
Sorry if it was posted before, with 392 pages to flip through there are bound to be some double ones.

But impressive photo ey, I see most of you agree, somehow the most gruesome pics from ww2 haven't been showed that much. With exception for the holocaust ones..

(http://englishrussia.com/images/ww2_color/28.jpg)

Today Berlin, tomorrow we in invade the capitalists!  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-11-2010, 18:11:51
That silly drink tequila is made here, don't drink it comrades!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-11-2010, 23:11:07
"You see here? in that country, they make strong liquor riped in barrels of WORMS!"
""NO Match for our potato vodka! VHAHAHAHA!""
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-11-2010, 23:11:59
It's still 30th of November to a lot of you, post some friggin' Winter War pics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 30-11-2010, 23:11:48
(http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/images/Bild%20101I-215-0354-14%20snow1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-11-2010, 23:11:08
(http://uralica.com/kuvat/skiisandguns.jpg)


Truly an amazing photo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 30-11-2010, 23:11:34
"And that pic grandpa?"
"Ermm that was from my ski trip in Lapland"
We have to get a ski pickup kit with the finns ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 01-12-2010, 00:12:13
(http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/2992/02111wk0.jpg)
Swiss soldier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 01-12-2010, 00:12:10
He has taken a military police out for a walk. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-12-2010, 08:12:14
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7008/me262leipheim.jpg)
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3681/me262leipheim3.jpg)
(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4976/me262leipheim2.jpg)
Nice example for decentralized production. An assembly line for the Me262 in the forests of bavaria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 01-12-2010, 18:12:57
Why not posting the link to the article in "Spiegel online" directly?  :P

http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/18081/hightech_im_wald.html
(german link)

Here you go.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-12-2010, 19:12:16
IIRC, this was taken in France 1940 by a Life photographer.
You sure about this one, Mudra? From what I've heard behind this photo, it's early days of Operation Barbarossa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-12-2010, 20:12:30
IIRC, this was taken in France 1940 by a Life photographer.
You sure about this one, Mudra? From what I've heard behind this photo, it's early days of Operation Barbarossa

Yeah, I'm pretty damn sure on that one.  Makes sense too, the shield decal, the strap on his helm, the tunics they all have, and most especially, the VERY early war regulation style of wearing the gas cape on the chest instead of wrapped to the gasmask canister, something which was dropped awhile before barbarossa, and was already falling out of practice in 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 02-12-2010, 02:12:09
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/SxEVpRKxuAI/AAAAAAAAHAE/U1leQuPOqn0/s1600/ss-nazi-second-world-war-ww2-germany-two-amazing-incredible-dramatic-pictures-images-photos.jpg)

Annual midnight swearing-in of SS-men in Feldherrnhalle, Munich. 1938. I can certainly see why people where impressed with these rituals, the use of rituals, mysticism and symbolism in Nazi-Germany is always interesting to put it that way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-12-2010, 13:12:24
Posting photo's with swastika's=Not allowed i am afraid
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-12-2010, 13:12:55
It is historical context.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 02-12-2010, 13:12:29
Ofc it is :z.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-12-2010, 13:12:23
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4809/towardsberlin.jpg)
B-17 manoeuvreing over Brandenburg countryside during their approach on Berlin. Civilian photo taken from the ground, somewhere outside of Berlin.




*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-12-2010, 13:12:46
It is historical context.
I see

very well

(http://i34.tinypic.com/6fwa2o.jpg)
Inside the Nose gunner of a Fiat BR.20

BONUS PIC

(http://i35.tinypic.com/20sbsxd.jpg)

i THINK it is the rear gunner of a sparviero, but im not sure
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 03-12-2010, 20:12:50
yes is a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 "sparviero"

(http://www.dodecaneso.org/sorci%20verdi.jpg)


that is from the "sorci verdi" (green rats)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-12-2010, 23:12:13
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9194/4111bunkkerintyhjennyst.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-12-2010, 23:12:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/517643-2/Weapons_of_Manchurian_bandits)

Quote
Bandits in Manchukuo were relatively common. Even before the creation of this sattelite country of Japan, the Kuomintang gouvernment had relatively little influence in this area.

Some of the Bandits did their doing as a real profession, others did it out of needs when the harvest was bad for example. Some even joined the ranks of warlord armies or the Kuomintang army.

After the Japanese gains and establishment of Manchukuo, many of those former bandit,s who were now soldiers, deserted and followed their old profession again.

Repeated bandit attacks, robberies, kidnappings and similar crimes led the Japanese and the Manchukuo goverment to start a large scale fight against the bandits to pacify the area. They were very successful, as they could use planes, tanks and other heavy weaponry.

The bandits could nevertheless be dangerous to the Japanese as well. The garrison of Newchwangchen for example was encircled and besieged by bandits.

Later bandits were very welcome in the Volunteer Armies fighting against the Japanese army and the State of Manchukuo.

Interesting to know, during the Russo-Japanese War, the bandits were cooperating with the Japanese, providing reconaissance and guarding duties.




In the picture are some bandit weapons, probably confiscated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-12-2010, 01:12:00
Nice percussion locks and lances. Amazing to think that was used in WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-12-2010, 01:12:30
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2695/panzerivwith88mm.jpg)
panzer_iv_with_88mm.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2010, 17:12:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/517437-2/743rd+TB+Warden+Nov+18+Sturmgeschutz+III)

German Sturmgeschutz III, a 75mm assault gun, knocked out by the U.S 743rd tank battalion, in Warden in the Jakobstrasse (11/18/1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-12-2010, 17:12:35
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6747/wespe12.jpg)
Let's turn the perspective for once: Sd.Kfz. 124 'Wespe'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-12-2010, 17:12:04
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6461/clebschancevought.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-12-2010, 14:12:04
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a3bb8fe35adb5e9f_large)

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Two camouflaged A-20 attack planes sitting on airstrip at American desert air base during Allied North African campaign. Tunisia, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-12-2010, 16:12:46
(http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/mauspic/e5.jpg)

German troops at the start of Operation Seelowe





(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1151068398/75378-TrollFace_normal.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 05-12-2010, 16:12:31
(http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/mauspic/e5.jpg)

German troops at the start of Operation Seelowe


Mmmm, there's something different here, but I cant place my finger on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 05-12-2010, 17:12:46
Well this picture looks like it's made by photoshop... The Kubelwagen doesn't fit and the E-100 is well... wierd montage...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-12-2010, 17:12:30
How about posting real pictures?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-12-2010, 17:12:35
Fine geez, no fun anymore these days  :-\
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Sov_Artillery/panther_11.jpg)

Panther tank hit in combat by a 152.4mm APHE shell from an SU152. Afterwards, a 57 or 76mm gun fired at the turret for comparision in later soviet propaganda
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-12-2010, 20:12:28
First i was like.. Oh that little hole.

Then i was like, OMG WTF

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/518129-2/Padus_10)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-12-2010, 20:12:32
Well that's something you don't see every day.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-12-2010, 20:12:36
First i was like.. Oh that little hole.

Then i was like, OMG WTF

ye i bet the russians where like that aswel. They towed the panther away from the battlefield, letted a regular tank fire at panther tank and then they used this as propaganda. Effect way i'de say
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 05-12-2010, 21:12:03
(http://stangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/mauspic/e5.jpg)

German troops at the start of Operation Seelowe


Wenn es nicht für Operation Seelöwe, könnten wir alle sprechen Englisch jetzt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-12-2010, 21:12:32
(http://stangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/mauspic/e5.jpg)

German troops at the start of Operation Seelowe


Wenn es nicht für Operation Seelöwe, könnten wir alle sprechen Englisch jetzt.
Sie haben Recht

Verdamnte SEELOWEN! wir zerdrückt Ihre pathetisch Reich!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-12-2010, 22:12:43
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/c586c76e71b066b3_landing)

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Hungary, January 1945
German panzer column waiting to engage enemy troops during the defensive fight to hold back Russian forces along the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-12-2010, 00:12:42
^^ wrong picture or wrong description?

(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5209/stiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 06-12-2010, 02:12:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/336387-2/4017579736_6f1b8cffd8)

American soldiers enjoying some French wine.The wine was given to the soldiers by a appreciative Frenchmen after the occupying German troops had been driven out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-12-2010, 09:12:27
Red Army soldiers looking at finnish flag.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Red_Army_Finnish_flag_Winter_War.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 06-12-2010, 10:12:20
"Even their coat of arms is stabbing itself in the head just because it lives in Finland"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-12-2010, 10:12:47
"Da, we must liberate them!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-12-2010, 11:12:33
"Hey dont you think there is something wrong with our new sheets??

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0328-15%2C_Griechenland%2C_Panzer_I_B_mit_I.G._33.jpg)
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Griechenland.- Schweres Infanterie-Geschütz 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzer I Ausführung B der 5. Panzerdivision; PK 690
Greece .- Heavy infantry gun 33 on Panzer I chassis version B of the 5th Panzer Division, PK 690


This is ought to make some people playing WOT happy :b
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 06-12-2010, 12:12:22
I like how in WoT the engine on that thing makes a small put-put-put sound now  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-12-2010, 16:12:14
I just hope italian tanks will have this sound=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibKu0kC5Ew

Just like IRL and FH2

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Achilles_tank_destroyer_on_the_east_bank_of_the_Rhine.jpg)

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Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945: An Achilles tank destroyer on the east bank of the Rhine moves up to link with airborne forces whose abandoned gliders can be seen in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-12-2010, 20:12:26
(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/81a1d438dd4613db_landing)

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American soldier standing outside of building where artful handmade sign says "Hermann Goering's Art Collection through the courtesy of 101st Airborne Division," at end of WWII.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-12-2010, 00:12:28
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7034/divers9.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 162 Jagdpanzer IV L/48
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-12-2010, 00:12:16
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7034/divers9.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 162 Jagdpanzer IV L/48

Too bad the Jagdpanzer IV we have on FH2 dont have folliage camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 07-12-2010, 07:12:00
Fine geez, no fun anymore these days  :-\
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Sov_Artillery/panther_11.jpg)

Panther tank hit in combat by a 152.4mm APHE shell from an SU152. Afterwards, a 57 or 76mm gun fired at the turret for comparision in later soviet propaganda

Holy shit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 07-12-2010, 16:12:00
Knocked out Panzer IV/70(V).

(http://www.lg-c.dk/uploads/panzer13-10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 07-12-2010, 22:12:04
I just hope italian tanks will have this sound=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibKu0kC5Ew

Just like IRL and FH2


include those kingtiger sounds too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsS20WJfBI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 07-12-2010, 23:12:29
include those kingtiger sounds too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsS20WJfBI

First time I saw how to start a KT... well, I was not thinking it was like that lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-12-2010, 10:12:13
Great Tiger video. Awesome. Though I prefer the distorted panther sound from this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6_GEWDOGmE


(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6476/a6berlin.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 162 Jagdpanzer IV L/48. Eastern front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 08-12-2010, 12:12:45
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4870915253_56cca09be1_b.jpg)
Don't know the story of this awesome photo!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-12-2010, 12:12:49
I just hope italian tanks will have this sound=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibKu0kC5Ew

Just like IRL and FH2


include those kingtiger sounds too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsS20WJfBI
Include this M26 pershing aswel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9C8TkU4Urs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4inUtKYhk1o&feature=related

Or dis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EHUOzsS98&feature=related

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 08-12-2010, 17:12:45
I just hope italian tanks will have this sound=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibKu0kC5Ew

Just like IRL and FH2


include those kingtiger sounds too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsS20WJfBI
Include this M26 pershing aswel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9C8TkU4Urs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4inUtKYhk1o&feature=related

Or dis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EHUOzsS98&feature=related


+ this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AAgE4YV5RU&NR=1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-12-2010, 18:12:31

wait isn't this picture of the day thread :b

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-164-0357-29A%2C_Athen%2C_Einmarsch_deutscher_Truppen.jpg)

Greece,Athens May 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-12-2010, 18:12:27
include those kingtiger sounds too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsS20WJfBI

First time I saw how to start a KT... well, I was not thinking it was like that lol

IIRC that was the backup way of starting it, it could be started "normaly" as well. But since the tank is this video is rather old, and needed a restoration, it was broken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 08-12-2010, 20:12:38
Hmm, that hanomag doesn't have MG on it :o. I always tought "part of that vehicle", just like hull mg is for tank and so on...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-12-2010, 20:12:27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SdKfz_253

Cuz its this :P

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-158-0085-44%2C_Balkan%2C_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer%2C_Fahrt_%C3%BCber_Br%C3%BCcke.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-12-2010, 21:12:32
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1633/2514tigerreloaded.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 251/4 leIG tractor improvised as ammo carrier for larger shells.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 08-12-2010, 21:12:43
Lol, my bad. Should have noticed  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 09-12-2010, 00:12:01
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3402265989_3b0d63e952.jpg)

Pull on some pants man! 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2010, 12:12:32
I just hope italian tanks will have this sound=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibKu0kC5Ew

Just like IRL and FH2


include those kingtiger sounds too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsS20WJfBI
Include this M26 pershing aswel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9C8TkU4Urs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4inUtKYhk1o&feature=related

Or dis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EHUOzsS98&feature=related


+ this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AAgE4YV5RU&NR=1
my god at 0.38!!!!!

(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/21stpanzertrans.jpg)Can anyone give the name of these vehicles?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 09-12-2010, 12:12:11
I think they are Horch vehicles
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-12-2010, 12:12:53
Notably they don't have any spare wheels attached between front and rear wheels. I believe in a Steyr 1500a of the early series manufactured until 1942.

(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6628/steyr1500a.jpg)

Cp.: http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww317/schnobs20/AFV%20WIPS3/TamiyaGermanHorch1Amit2cmFlak38009.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-12-2010, 13:12:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0041-31%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_1.jpg)

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A Panzerjäger I in North Africa

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_169-0110%2C_Russland%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_1.jpg)

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1941 colour photograph of a Panzerjäger I in western Ukraine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Marder on 09-12-2010, 21:12:44
(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/21stpanzertrans.jpg)Can anyone give the name of these vehicles?
[/quote]
I think it's a group of Stoewer Typ 40. http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/leepkw.htm (http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/leepkw.htm)
(http://imcdb.org/i136941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-12-2010, 21:12:34
Nice call. But the rear window is too narrow. Some vehicles we considered kübelwagen might actually be Stoewer types, like in the center of the picture. But the ones in front have dual windows in the canopy.

(http://storm.webvis.net/steyrgpg.jpg)
This is the version with external spare wheel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 09-12-2010, 23:12:10
Horch 901 Typ 40 Kfz.15.

(http://fotoarchiv-kunkel.startbilder.de/1024/kfz-15-horch-901--91967.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2010, 23:12:35
Sorta want in FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 09-12-2010, 23:12:30
Me, too. I'd much rather that than another tank tbh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 10-12-2010, 15:12:00
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=144986&d=1291967186)
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=144991&d=1291967177)

I know its big, but I thought you guys would like it. (rare vehicles and stuff)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-12-2010, 21:12:28
And they scrapped that one, despite it being reasonably intact

Sigh
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-12-2010, 21:12:03
And they scrapped that one, despite it being reasonably intact

Sigh

Pfft...

That's nothing, after the war the British Army scrapped a Sturmtiger, Bergepanther and a Panther Ausf.D (Captured at Kursk), which were all shipped here, the RAF even scrapped a He 177 in the fifties. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-12-2010, 23:12:34
And they scrapped that one, despite it being reasonably intact

Sigh

Pfft...

That's nothing, after the war the British Army scrapped a Sturmtiger, Bergepanther and a Panther Ausf.D (Captured at Kursk), which were all shipped here, the RAF even scrapped a He 177 in the fifties. 
Stop it! This makes me rage even more
ESPECIALY the HE177. Such an AWESOME heavy bomber! NONE exists today!

ARGH
Lol, having CAPS LOCK EVENING?
ajappat is going offtopic, somebody stop him please

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-Churchill1.jpg)

Churchill MKI on exercise. The MKI, along with the MKII and III where landed at Dieppe. The Churchill MKI actually did performed well in terms of its armament and armor. But the reliability of the MKI was bad. Also the howitzer was not good on the beach, as it could elevate much. 2 MKI solved this by driving on a dune, but still the reliability killed the MKI
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-12-2010, 00:12:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/520136-2/2n1ff2t)

Semovente 90/53 Self-Propelled AA/AT Gun

The Semovente da 90/53 was the best armed Italian armoured vehicle of WWII. Its design was prompted by a desperate request from the Russian front. The CSIR urgently asked for ’something’ capable of knocking out the Soviet T-34 and KV-1 tanks. Ansaldo industries were asked to mount the 90/53 anti-aircraft gun on an armoured carriage to overcome this problem.

None were ever sent to the Russian Front. 24 Semovente 90/53s did see service against the Allies in the 10° Ragruppamento Semoventi, which was stationed in Sicily.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-12-2010, 12:12:07
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Orders-of-Battle/Germany/4-SS-Polizei-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-12-2010, 12:12:31
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7084/65trofy41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 12-12-2010, 01:12:18
Hahaha, brilliant lill tank!

(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/dc28bdb1ba6a595f_landing)

Josip Broz, better known as Marshal Tito (R) w. some of the senior members of his anti-Nazi partisans at a remote HQ. Tito's ww2 story is epic, should be made in a film, but sadly, such a movie can only dissapoint.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-12-2010, 23:12:47
(http://www.hnsa.org/ships/img/crijnssen3.jpg)

After 3 days i can finnaly post this

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The ship was based at Surabaya in the Netherlands East Indies when Japan invaded in 1941.[3][4] Following the Allied defeats at the Battles of the Java Sea and Sunda Strait, all Allied ships were ordered to withdraw to Australia.[2]


Abraham Crijnssen, in disguise as a jungle island
To escape detection by Japanese aircraft, the ship was heavily camouflaged with jungle foliage, giving the impression of a small island.[4] Abraham Crijnssen only travelled at night, and remained close to shore.[2][4] headed for Fremantle, Western Australia, where she arrived on 20 March 1942; Abraham Crijnssen was the last vessel to successfully escape Java, and the only ship of her class in the region to survive.

Is it an island? is it a gaint TURTLE with an island on top? NEE! it is sie dutch sneaking out of the graps of the japanese
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 19-12-2010, 00:12:23
Thats the best thing i have ever seen!
-Sir we've attacked that suspicious looking island
-And?
-It returned fire and retreated north-east with high speed
-WUT?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-12-2010, 00:12:04
3 Days without Forums = 3 Sets of Pictures.

(http://worldwar2.lapunk.hu/tarhely/worldwar2/kepek/tengfire/buzoganyveto.jpg)

At the time referred to as the “Hungarian secret weapon,” this rocket’s projectile had a 215mm maximum caliber weighing 4.2kg packed with high explosives. Its muzzle speed was 200 km/hour, effective range was up to 1200 meters, and it was capable of penetrating up to 300mm of armor. As shown above, the weapon was affixed to an undercarriage, or a tripod, or fastened to a truck bed for providing mobility. It was deployed particularly during the defense of Budapest during the winter of 1944-1945 and proved to be a successful tank buster.

____________________________________________________________________

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/522273-2/14_002)
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/522281-2/15)

____________________________________________________________________

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/522136-2/copiadesinnombre27bm7)

Himmler Inspecting Troops. More like a training or demostration, i dont see Himmler and Company walking around the Battlefield randomly visiting troops...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-12-2010, 03:12:07
At a later stage of war Himmler was made a frontline commander. He failed horribly though and stopped trying, I think.

(http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/1343/he1773s.jpg)
He 177

Extra:
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1849/panzer51.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-12-2010, 04:12:08
Yeah, Himmler took command of Army Group Vistula and everything ended in total failure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-12-2010, 10:12:45
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1786/potez26.jpg)
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9949/potez29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-12-2010, 12:12:57
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7128/f4ucorsairusmcmajuroww2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kwiot on 19-12-2010, 20:12:41
(http://derela.republika.pl/danuta7.jpg)

Polish armoured train - I would like to see it in FH2 in the future  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 19-12-2010, 21:12:41
This weather outside deserves more snowy pictures! Soviet cavalry!

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/4096080670_493ccb3ddb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-12-2010, 21:12:22
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/German-Winter44-03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 19-12-2010, 21:12:44
Let's get lost in a photo-story  ;) Those mg42-men only press the cavalry into a charge...

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/italy-falls-to-allies-28.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-12-2010, 21:12:57
Let's get lost in a photo-story  ;) Those mg42-men only press the cavalry into a charge...

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/italy-falls-to-allies-28.jpg)
Wich where in ww2 8/10's succesfull btw

(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Chronology/1939/09/pictures/WW2-Chronology-019-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-12-2010, 22:12:50
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/German-Winter44-03.jpg)

Note the rifle ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-12-2010, 22:12:30
Not my game, but...

 - G41?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-12-2010, 22:12:01
Note them running.

(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1952/landser46.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-12-2010, 22:12:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/518653-2/hitler-youth-hitler-jugend-ww2-nazi-germany-history-pictures-amazing-incredibel-images-photos-014)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-12-2010, 00:12:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/518653-2/hitler-youth-hitler-jugend-ww2-nazi-germany-history-pictures-amazing-incredibel-images-photos-014)

he is no match for the lifebouy ;D
(http://viewfromsaturn.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/lifebuoy_flamethrower_cdn_army_wwii.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-12-2010, 05:12:19
this is not the I pwn you thread you delinquents.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2010, 05:12:32
In honour of winter, I offer a snowball fight:

(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2260/6fcd2671cb089d2dlarge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 20-12-2010, 10:12:24
Nothing makes a soldier feel more appreciated than being transported to the front in cattle wagons :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-12-2010, 10:12:44
Schneifgranaten!

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/Italy/Ita-RenaultR35.jpg)

Italian troops and R35 renault tanks
These where in the end defeated by 37mm guns in Italy campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 20-12-2010, 15:12:03
someone enlighten me what the use of an armored train is?
isnt that a hell lot of resources spent on a train which is pretty likely to derail - especially when under fire? guns, aircraft or if you hit the rail? seems risky to me. i can imagine it withstands small arms fire - but lets take partisans for example need to place 1 demo charge somewhere and that train is gone. regular trains for logistics are of course important - but i dont see what an armored train is going to change.

(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7451/sovt34train07michael.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-12-2010, 15:12:34
they where used to protect regular railroad trains iirc
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 20-12-2010, 18:12:51
(http://digilander.libero.it/avantisavoiait/Treno_Armato_Liguria.jpg)

Italian Armored Train, used by Regia Marina.

They were use as mobile costal gun, they were use in sicily versus the allied landing force...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-12-2010, 20:12:01
someone enlighten me what the use of an armored train is?
isnt that a hell lot of resources spent on a train which is pretty likely to derail - especially when under fire? guns, aircraft or if you hit the rail? seems risky to me. i can imagine it withstands small arms fire - but lets take partisans for example need to place 1 demo charge somewhere and that train is gone. regular trains for logistics are of course important - but i dont see what an armored train is going to change.

(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7451/sovt34train07michael.jpg)


They were used as highlly mobile, heavily armoured strong points that could speed into an area and start smashing shit apart.  The poles used them to great effect in 1939, where, though extremely vulnerable to Stukas, they were a bane of the german panzer divisions along with the Polish cavalry, especially at the battle of Mokra.  The germans also used lots of them, including captured polish and russian ones, in France and Russia against partisans, including single piece types with full engine, and a tank turret mounted on top.  They preformed extremely well too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2010, 20:12:32
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3976/10060501545836098616873.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-12-2010, 20:12:10
(http://www.battlefield.ru/tanks/zis30/zis30_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-12-2010, 20:12:09
(http://www.battlefield.ru/tanks/zis30/zis30_3.jpg)

awsome!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-12-2010, 22:12:23
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3976/10060501545836098616873.jpg)
Schatze! Ich bin zu Hause!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 20-12-2010, 23:12:09
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3976/10060501545836098616873.jpg)

Seriously though, how the hell did he get his wing into a hole in the wall without taking the entire place down or at least the top part??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 20-12-2010, 23:12:00
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3976/10060501545836098616873.jpg)

Seriously though, how the hell did he get his wing into a hole in the wall without taking the entire place down or at least the top part??

Its a scale model. Seen it on other forums before. The tale seem shoped. the lightning isn't perfect if i'm not mistaking.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 21-12-2010, 16:12:06
Here we see something we need in the future for fh2. m7 priest.
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/m7-priest.jpg)

(http://www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES/Building%20Academy%20Priest/Historical/M7%20early-mid%202.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-12-2010, 16:12:21
Sexton > Priest kthxbi

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/420696-1/SextonNijmegen153)
Sexton SP - Nijmegen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 21-12-2010, 16:12:51
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/axiscaptured/SPG/Hummel_01.jpg)

HUMMEL
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 21-12-2010, 16:12:17
* soviet * Hummel

well, sexton is british, so not really something for the bulge, but whatever ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 21-12-2010, 17:12:47
well, sexton is canadian, so not really something for the bulge, but whatever ;)

fixed it for you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-12-2010, 17:12:47
well, sexton is canadian, so not really something for the bulge, but whatever ;)

fixed it for you.
+1

(http://www.geniak.be/Blog%202009/over%20head%20ramp%20ARK%20G.jpg)

Churchill ARK and sherman practising before D-day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-12-2010, 20:12:35
Its a scale model. Seen it on other forums before. The tale seem shoped. the lightning isn't perfect if i'm not mistaking.

ah what a shame :(

(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8086/10061011450736098620483.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-12-2010, 20:12:18
(http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/ferdinand/ferd04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-12-2010, 20:12:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/523150-2/Shanghai1937KMT_fortification)

A Chinese roadblock in Shanghai, 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FlyGuy45 on 22-12-2010, 00:12:04
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/axiscaptured/SPG/Hummel_01.jpg)

HUMMEL

76MM Sherman in the back? :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-12-2010, 00:12:47
Yeah lend and lease. the Russians used them in big numbers from hungary onwards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-12-2010, 00:12:21
while they where hard needed in westren Europe ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 22-12-2010, 02:12:36
I just finished the book "Grenadiere" by Kurt Meyer and it contained this picture:
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/267496-2/tankpodbitsovetskiyzx9)
Helmut "Bubi" Burose, Unterführer of 2./AA LAH, destroying an enemy armored fighting vehicle in Russia 1941.

somehow the soldier in the background looks like he is crushing something with his foot :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-12-2010, 04:12:05
I can see lightning in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-12-2010, 13:12:42
I just finished the book "Grenadiere" by Kurt Meyer and it contained this picture:
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/267496-2/tankpodbitsovetskiyzx9)
Helmut "Bubi" Burose, Unterführer of 2./AA LAH, destroying an enemy armored fighting vehicle in Russia 1941.

somehow the soldier in the background looks like he is crushing something with his foot :P
He is giving orders

SCHNELLER helmut! SCHNELLAR! Du bist ein ezel! meine Mutter war dann, dass fasrer! Nicht langsam!! SCHNELLAR! BY zhe Taime you has killed zhat armoured car, i would have zerstroyed 7 Panzers mit mein left FOOT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 22-12-2010, 17:12:57
He is giving orders

SCHNELLER helmut! SCHNELLAR! Du bist ein ezel! meine Mutter war dann, dass fasrer! Nicht langsam!! SCHNELLAR! BY zhe Taime you has killed zhat armoured car, i would have zerstroyed 7 Panzers mit mein left FOOT!
Somehow that reminds me of arnold schwarzenegger
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-12-2010, 17:12:29
Somehow that reminds me of arnold schwarzenegger
Get your mother please!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-12-2010, 18:12:48
 perhaps he is possessed by the spirit of a monkey(or a pissed Gorilla)


"Scheise wie has to do this faster Heinz , Take the charges and go to ze ozer side"
"Ohw bha bha bha ?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-12-2010, 18:12:20
You guys are freaking hilarious.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2010, 21:12:08
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3626/brevansbloch131.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-12-2010, 23:12:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/523820-2/DlhT_235_1%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-12-2010, 16:12:20
As usual so much pictures of the german army
Yet so LITTLE about german bombers!
SCHNELL deutsche bomber!

(http://www.luchtoorlog.be/img/he177/law21-49b.jpg)

HE 177 A-5 'Greifs' preparing for maritime patrol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 23-12-2010, 17:12:02
(http://www.savonanews.it/fileadmin/archivio/savonanews/old/S/seconda%20guerra%20mondiale.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 23-12-2010, 17:12:38
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/aircraft/bomber/arado-ar-234-bomber/arado-ar-234-c-blitz-bomber-01.png)
it looks photoshopd
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-12-2010, 17:12:21
(http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avar2343.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 23-12-2010, 18:12:57
(http://luftwaffefielddivisions.devhub.com/img/upload//luft5.jpg)
I always knew that my Grandfather was with the Luftwaffe as technical ground crew, stationed in Czechoslovakia.
Lately, I talked to friends from his "soldatenkameradschaft" and received a more detailed account he wrote for them.

In June 1942 he was put into a Luftwaffe Field Division and send to Army Group Center on the eastern front.
In June 1944, during the crumbling of the central eastern front, he got seriously wounded and captured by the Soviets.
He was treated at the Russian field medical station and then brought to a Prisoner Camp near Kirov by train and on foot.
Luckily, the Camp Commander was in German captivity during WW1 and got treated well. Thanks to him they received small rations and were even allowed to decorate a Christmas tree. My Grandfather got home to Germany in march 1947.

I think he must have ended up with the Luftwaffe Feld Division 4 or 6 that got destroyed near Witebsk during the beginning of Operation Bagration. All other LwFD were either stationed with Army Group North or South or were in France or Italy between 1942 and 1944. I´m sure he would have mentioned this. To bad I can´t ask himself anymore, but I can understand now better why he never wanted to talk about any of this :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-12-2010, 19:12:07
(http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/pictures/TIGER9.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-12-2010, 01:12:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/524105-1/nashorn+eee)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-12-2010, 01:12:34
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/981/panzer79.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 24-12-2010, 14:12:30
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/xmas.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-12-2010, 20:12:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/524207-2/Sorozatveto+Collage_+1944)

Quote
These are four frames of a December, 1944, Hungarian newsreel. A Hungarian-made sequential rocket launcher or SOROZATVETO is shown in action in a cornfield located nearby Budapest, as the Soviet forces were fighting their way toward the west during late 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-12-2010, 20:12:50
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5501/starsofdavid.jpg)

Merry Christmas to all :3


And judging by this tree, Happy Chanukkah too ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-12-2010, 21:12:05
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1570/panzer20m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-12-2010, 22:12:28
(http://kotenikkote.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/3214.jpg)

(http://img.over-blog.com/567x474/0/39/65/84/GERMAN-WW2/Afrika-Korps-Panzer-III-1.jpg)

(http://www.prisonerofwar.org.uk/winter_2006/image021.jpg)

(http://0.tqn.com/d/militaryhistory/1/0/5/3/-/-/USTroopsSicily.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3492084005_83f3dd77fc.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-12-2010, 22:12:20
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1236/humourfe4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 24-12-2010, 23:12:09
Always a good one that!  :)

(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f5/HangmenHeaven/Military/001.jpg)

Soviet soldier with ppsh and body armor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 25-12-2010, 03:12:16
(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/history-research/18871d1226749132t-german-soviet-trophees-folksgewehr.jpg)

Rare PPsh2 prototype
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 25-12-2010, 04:12:41
Guy on the right looks like a young Harvey Keitel  ::)

lovely Kronach, 1945
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/2619748720_f7cbaa9869_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-12-2010, 10:12:56
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3697/pa201371.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 25-12-2010, 12:12:17
M3 half-track with 75mm gun, or M3 GMC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chariot on 25-12-2010, 16:12:59
Looks more like a GMC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-12-2010, 16:12:46
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3697/pa201371.jpg)

North-West Europe 1945?

A few months back i found a flickr account with a load of photos of a British Reece Regt, taken in Europe (IIRC the low countries, Germany and Denmark) during late '44 -'45, with a few of M3 75mm GMC. Never took note of the account name though.  :(

M3 half-track with 75mm gun, or M3 GMC

Technically it's 75 mm SP, Autocar.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-12-2010, 01:12:22
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8610/panzer38.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 26-12-2010, 01:12:02

M3 half-track with 75mm gun, or M3 GMC

Technically it's 75 mm SP, Autocar.  ;)

What I meant was M3 half-track with 75mm gun, AKA M3 Gun Motor Carriage. And 75mm SP, Autocar is a British callsign for 75mm Self-Propelled (gun), manufactured by Autocar, right?

Also used by British in Tunisia. Hmm...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-12-2010, 12:12:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-301-1955-05%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Flakpanzer_auf_Landstra%C3%9Fe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-12-2010, 01:12:26
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3199/winteriu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-12-2010, 01:12:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/524534-2/Pznbfz%23)

Grosstraktor.


Wish it was in WoT..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-12-2010, 08:12:08
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3199/winteriu.jpg)

I think I can see the Governator Arnold Schwartz in there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-12-2010, 10:12:27
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1485/fmcombat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-12-2010, 13:12:32
Belgian  APX-2B. The only true tank we had during the invasion. We had an amazing 12 of these.
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/bel/Bel-AMC35-47mmGun.jpg)
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/bel/belgamc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-12-2010, 13:12:38
The germans got there first taste of french armor

One APX knocked out 15 tanks or so, was a great story
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-12-2010, 00:12:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/524962-2/Shanghai1937KMT_street88th)

Soldiers of the 88th Division looking for Japanese Troops in a Corner, during the Battle of Shanghai.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-12-2010, 10:12:50
(http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/4469/scapturedbyrussianinhal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-12-2010, 11:12:05
Quote
28 December 1943 – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division captured the Italian town of Ortona

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Ortona.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Canadian_sniper_in_Ortona.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Ortona1.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/DeadGermanOrtona.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-12-2010, 11:12:59
(http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/4469/scapturedbyrussianinhal.jpg)
what are those?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 28-12-2010, 11:12:04
^ Japanese Type 11 machine guns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_11_light_machine_gun) probably captured by the Soviets during the Japanese-Soviet clashes in the late 30´s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-12-2010, 11:12:10
I was gonna say Hotchkiss machine guns, but then i was like=Waiiit a minute

Good to know, thanks

Always loved french and japanese machineguns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-12-2010, 17:12:35
(http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/3318149.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=45B0EB3381F7834D624CB9C82FAB6ED2AAC191030572534F8D143FD4AE7FC81B)

1945: Soviet troops fighting in the Suburbs of Konigsberg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-12-2010, 11:12:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Stalingrad_battle_for_the_factory.jpg)

Quote
Battle of Stalingrad, fighting for a factory
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-12-2010, 11:12:07
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2454/japaneseaamgscapturedby.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-12-2010, 23:12:08
Pilots are cool
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2179925968_598256c2e4_o.jpg)
Quote
Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) Oct 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-12-2010, 00:12:10
Hungarian Pilots > AmericaFuckYeah Pilots

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/503945-2/333Pilots_+Eastern+Front_+March_+1944)
Quote
The photo above was taken on the eastern Front in early March, 1944. The pilots from left: Senior Aircraftsman Sándor Tanács (3 kills), Captain József Kovács (back), the Squadron commander (4 kills), 2ndLt Kálmán Szeverényi (7 kills), 2ndLt György Debrődy (26 kills), Sergeant János Mátyás (5 kills). This snap was made by a Hungarian officer, Emil Terray.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-12-2010, 00:12:40
I still look more awesome!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/2179922040_933552fec4_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 30-12-2010, 00:12:58
I still look more awesome!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/2179922040_933552fec4_o.jpg)

looks a bit like taranov.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 30-12-2010, 00:12:34
So he was model or pilot? pft  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-12-2010, 00:12:48
He was both combined. A test pilot  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 30-12-2010, 02:12:17
So he was model or pilot? pft  ::)

Most ground forces would ask you if there is a difference.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-12-2010, 06:12:30
(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/m/me110-color.jpg)

A pair of Me110's doing what they do best, boom and zoom runs.

(http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/3276492.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=45B0EB3381F7834DBD6936A773E16785F8A6FB2E24E7CCB711D40A26B3E28636)

And a Me110 banking over the countryside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-12-2010, 10:12:55
*smacks fist on table

and still no bloody ME110/p38 INGAME dammit!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-12-2010, 11:12:11
(http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4807/2trofy41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-12-2010, 11:12:01
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2178438877_1a4232bed0_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 30-12-2010, 12:12:14
Very nice Siben! nice to see one of those pretty girls in color!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-12-2010, 13:12:53
Haha, i knew you guys liked her :p

Will post some more of her the following days.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/2178432839_3439db55ef_o.jpg)
Quote
Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 30-12-2010, 15:12:21
(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/savoia/s79_278-2_132as.jpg)

Quote
Inservienti caricando il siluro su di un S.79, probabilmente della 278a Squadriglia, 132° Gruppo Aerosiluranti.

Ground crew loading the torpedo on a S.79, probably of the 278th Squadron of the 132nd Torpedo Bombers Group.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 30-12-2010, 17:12:00
They look so sweaty. I WANT WARM NOT THIS WHITE AND COLD BULLSHIT!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-12-2010, 17:12:48
Very nice Siben! nice to see one of those pretty girls in color!
Saw this one at Sanicole airshow on kleine brogel
My dad helped to start it up, taxy, take off, marshalled it in and also refueled it. We got many many information from the pilots, allowed to watch inside, sit at the controls and such.
(The one in the picture is the ACTUALL one i saw)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Pbv-1a_canso_flying_boat_g-pbya_arp.jpg

Planes or gtfo
(http://www.avionslegendaires.net/Images/Gmb174.jpg)
Bloch MB 174. A french light bomber and reconnaisence. Served up to 1950
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-12-2010, 18:12:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/520991-2/M262k-m__nchen)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-12-2010, 19:12:58
(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sm82aa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 30-12-2010, 21:12:28
Yeah, that looks like fun operation; show me some more PBY-Catilina...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-12-2010, 21:12:50
Are you sure you want more pictures?
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2178435675_4481693584_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 30-12-2010, 22:12:28
(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/fiat/g50_bf110_bundesarchiv.jpg)

that is a nice one!!

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Fiat G.50 di scorta ad una formazione di Messerschmitt Bf. 110, Nord Africa 1941(1024x768)  Fonte: Bundesarchiv
   
Fiat G.50 escorting some Messerschmitts Bf. 110, Norh Africa 1941 (1046x712)  Source: Bundesarchiv
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-12-2010, 22:12:10
People, plz, resize your pictures, i don't want pictures that are 3 times the size of my laptop screen. Max width = 780
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-12-2010, 23:12:57
(http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/images/bobacme110.jpg)

Sharks mouth <3

And:

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UoGmOMKG5ro/0.jpg)

The view from the rear gunner to the pilot of one :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-12-2010, 00:12:55
(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/fiat/g50_bf110_bundesarchiv.jpg)

that is a nice one!!

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Fiat G.50 di scorta ad una formazione di Messerschmitt Bf. 110, Nord Africa 1941(1024x768)  Fonte: Bundesarchiv
   
Fiat G.50 escorting some Messerschmitts Bf. 110, Norh Africa 1941 (1046x712)  Source: Bundesarchiv
and still no Italian planes nor ME110 in North africa......
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 31-12-2010, 09:12:54
(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/savoia/fiat_g12_605_4.jpg)

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Il Fiat G.12 MM.60651 della 605a Squadriglia 148° Gruppo mostra i segni della caccia nemici. Aeroporto di Sciacca 1943.

The Fiat G.12 SN.60651 of the 605th Squadron, 148th Group showing the signs of the enemy fighters, Sciacca airport 1943.

we want more italian stuff!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2010, 11:12:31
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2504/a211h.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 31-12-2010, 13:12:57
MOAARRRRS M79 Sparviero!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/SM79_193.jpg)
This image show the 193ª Squadriglia (193th Squadrilla), 87º Gruppo (87th Group), 30º Stormo (30th Wing).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-12-2010, 14:12:35
Hmmm, shiny bombs infront of a catalina
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2179225554_3c7f28fd57_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 31-12-2010, 14:12:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/2582-5/wrecked-italian-aircraft.jpg)

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Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army air forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast. Wrecked Axis aircraft, victims of bombing and strafing lie piled up on Castel Nenito Airdrome, awaiting arrival of expert salvage crews to denude the wreckage of any usable parts, the remainder to be turned into scrap.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-12-2010, 16:12:31
*pain in heart


(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/macchi/mc200_382sq_voroscilovgrad_lug1942.jpg)

Macchi MC 200

very manouverable and agile for its time, but underpowerd and underarmed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 31-12-2010, 17:12:18
*pain in heart

very manouverable and agile for its time, but underpowerd and underarmed

do you want more?

(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/macchi/italian_wrecks_1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-12-2010, 17:12:59
*pain

At least it issent a bunch of luftwaffe bombers in still decent shape that will be scrapped

Dont show me such a picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-12-2010, 17:12:20
What happens if you combine Italian Awesomness with Finns?

You get this.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/526491-2/Fiat+G)

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Finland bought 35 Fiat G.50's in total from Italy in 1930-'40. Germany hindered the transit of the aircraft so that the first G.50's didnt get to the Finnish squadrons until late february 1940. Despite of this, during the Winter War the pilots managed to shoot down 11 enemy aircrafts losing only 2 of the Fiats.(other one of them in accident)

In the Continuation War(1941-1944) the Finnish Fiat G.50 shot down 88 Soviet aircrafts with own losses of 20(from which 9 for Anti-Aircraft fire or for non-combat causes)

The most successful Finnish Fiat G.50 fighter pilots were:
O. Tuominen (23)
O. Puhakka (11)
N. Trontti (6)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 01-01-2011, 01:01:31
Every single Italian plane of the war was vastly underarmed. 4 7.62's just didn't cut it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2011, 12:01:37
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/310/ww23011.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-01-2011, 12:01:34
Every single Italian plane of the war was vastly underarmed. 4 7.62's just didn't cut it.
italian planes where armed with 12.7mm BREDA-SAFAT. only the very early biplanes had 7.7mm machine guns
Most of them had 2 12.7mm machine guns with the folgore and Falco having 2 7.7mm additional MG's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-01-2011, 12:01:31
On this day in history...

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1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Unternehmen Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Bodenplatte.jpg)

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Overview of the operation

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Fw_190A_Abschuss1_1944-45.jpg)

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A shot down by a fighter of the USAAF XXIX Tactical Air Command in 1944 or 1945. Losses were very heavy by late 1944.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Dietrich_Peltz.jpg)

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Generalleutnant Dietrich Peltz. Peltz planned the operation.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Y-34_Metz_Airfield_-_Destroyed_P-47s_Operation_Bodenplatte.jpg)

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Destroyed P-47s at Y-34 Metz-Frescaty airfield

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmen_Bodenplatte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmen_Bodenplatte)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 01-01-2011, 13:01:28
Ju 88G-6.

During Operation Bodenplatte each formation of Luftwaffe fighters (per target) had a Ju 88G-1 or G-6 assigned for navigation. 5, 7, 9./NJG 1; 1, 4, 9, 10./NJG 3 and 11./NJG 101 provided aircraft for the opeation.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/Ju88-12.jpg)

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/ju88g6_134.jpg)

Fly like a 'G-6.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-01-2011, 13:01:11
Link doesnt work

Fix it fix it fix it!
FIX IT FIX IT !

MOAR german bombers! MOAR!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/33789-5/Ametrallador+de+Heinkel+He-111+dispara+contra+un+Fokker+G-1+holand__s_+1940)

This photo shows the front gunner of a HE-111.
MOAR AXIS BOMBERS
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 01-01-2011, 14:01:44
(http://aerostories.free.fr/dossiers/AA/vichy/LeO45vi_01.JPG)

Vichy French Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 under repairs after a British Air Raid.


Collaborateurs!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-01-2011, 19:01:48
Link doesnt work

Fix it fix it fix it!
FIX IT FIX IT !

MOAR german bombers! MOAR!

MOAR AXIS BOMBERS

Um, those are Ju-88G6's, ie, night fighters ;)

MOAR NIGHT FIGHTERS!!!!

(http://en.valka.cz/files/do217-j2_177.jpg)

(http://batfredland.free.fr/Foe_Do217j2.jpg)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SGjWm4saLwI/AAAAAAAARu8/w5a2o6p_ygs/s400/21.jpg)

3 pics of the Do217 J-2 night fighter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 01-01-2011, 19:01:56
Nightfighters you say?

(http://www.hawkertempest.se/res/default/ESS_PasteBitmap000310.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-01-2011, 19:01:05
Bloody beautifull Vonmudra

(http://www.ausairpower.net/Do-217K-Hs-293A-1.jpg)

Epic DO 217 carrying one of the first operational Anti-ship missiles. These missiles sunk 6 ships and damaged 40


MOAR AXIS BOMBERS/NIGHTFIGTHERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNHaiSs7F5E#t=0m16s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-01-2011, 20:01:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/503949-2/444Caproni+CA+135bis+bomber+squadron_+Hung)

Italian-built Caproni CA 135bis, a Hungarian bomber unit is shown here during some sort of ceremony that took place around 1942 in Hungary.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-01-2011, 21:01:08
So many German planes, better get my P51 mustang (Mustang Mk IA) with 4 x 20mm in the air!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2179075547_69e69d70bc_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 01-01-2011, 21:01:39
(http://www.strangemilitary.com/images/content/157255.jpg)


Anti-air says NO
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2011, 13:01:36
(http://www.clubedosgenerais.org/userimages/b690_8.jpg)

Breguet 691 during a bombing run in france, 1940


i think

MOAR BOMBERS/twin engined planes!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-01-2011, 14:01:53
(http://www.clubedosgenerais.org/userimages/b690_8.jpg)

Breguet 691 during a bombing run in france, 1940


i think

MOAR BOMBERS/twin engined planes!

wtf?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 02-01-2011, 14:01:58
Reminds me of a Japanese aircraft (of which I cant remember the name of), I think it was used as a light bomber and a night fighter iirc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 02-01-2011, 15:01:59
So many German planes, better get my P51 mustang (Mustang Mk IA) with 4 x 20mm in the air!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2179075547_69e69d70bc_o.jpg)

Pure sex that airplane...especially without the stupid striped paintjob...omg. It ..is...perfect!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-01-2011, 15:01:20
(http://www.btinternet.com/~lee_mail/Bf109-4.jpg)


I like many planes from ww2: almost all German ones,most American,most British,few Italian,many Russian,and none French(at least from those i know and i have not studied them all).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-01-2011, 16:01:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Volkssturm.jpg/752px-Volkssturm.jpg)

Quote
19 April 1945: a Bataillonsführer (Walter Doenicke), erroneously described as a "Volkssturm general", who committed suicide in the city hall, Leipzig, Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-01-2011, 19:01:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/527244-2/334_1_)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-01-2011, 12:01:03
awch^

(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7301/wrak2ap1.jpg)
(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5058/scan544copyqc1.jpg)
Tanks destroyed by the polish during the battle of Bzura, during the polish campaign

It is know the the above is a PZIV, but on the site i took these photo's, they are not sure wich is the bottom one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 03-01-2011, 12:01:53
(http://www.divegallery.com/wreck_Nippo_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 03-01-2011, 13:01:34
awch^

(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7301/wrak2ap1.jpg)
(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5058/scan544copyqc1.jpg)
Tanks destroyed by the polish during the battle of Bzura, during the polish campaign

It is know the the above is a PZIV, but on the site i took these photo's, they are not sure wich is the bottom one

pzII turret and crap around it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 03-01-2011, 13:01:25
Probably a Pz.II Ausf.b judging by the size of the roadwheel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 03-01-2011, 13:01:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Finnish-305mm-coastal-gun.jpg/800px-Finnish-305mm-coastal-gun.jpg)

Russian 305mm Battleship/Railway gun, captured by the Finns. These were used to keep the Soviet Baltic Fleet in hiding.

What it looks like today:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/305_52_O2_Kuivasaari_2009-08-02.JPG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-01-2011, 13:01:24
Epic paasky
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 03-01-2011, 15:01:47
Probably a Pz.II Ausf.b judging by the size of the roadwheel.

You see a roadwheel somewhere?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 03-01-2011, 16:01:02
Probably a Pz.II Ausf.b judging by the size of the roadwheel.

You see a roadwheel somewhere?

There is a section of hull with a roadwheel attached (whats left of one), upside down in front of the railway wagon at the top of the picture, though on closer inspection i think that it is more likely the engine compartment of a Panzer IV, as there are louvres above the track guards, the mount for the idler wheel looks correct too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2011, 18:01:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/527478-2/1_)

Romanians.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-01-2011, 18:01:31
(http://i35.tinypic.com/2jca1wn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 03-01-2011, 19:01:36
interresting the big hole in the back of the Pz IV, what can make a hole like that ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 03-01-2011, 19:01:55
interresting the big hole in the back of the Pz IV, what can make a hole like that ?
Almost anything if armour is too hard and of bad quality. :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-01-2011, 22:01:32
interresting the big hole in the back of the Pz IV, what can make a hole like that ?
Almost anything if armour is too hard and of bad quality. :p
+1

Remeber the photo i posted of the panther recieving a  152.4mm APHE shell. that hole was 3 times that size

(http://www.lietadla.com/lietadla/talianske/sm-84/sm84-06.jpg)

Flight of Savoia-Marchetti SM.84

And a bonus=
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Fiat_B.R.20_bombers_in_flight.jpg)
Fiat BR 20 bombers over yugoslavia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 03-01-2011, 23:01:26
(http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/428737/81068432.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 04-01-2011, 02:01:32
(http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/428737/81068432.jpg)

WTF ?!?!   :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 04-01-2011, 03:01:34
WTF ?!?!   :o

Sexual deceases were quite the shocker in those days, while condoms were encouraged everyone thought with their dicks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 04-01-2011, 12:01:33
And yet again they blame the man  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-01-2011, 14:01:53
once again not enough german bombers
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-341-0456-03,_Frankreich,_Flugzeuge_Dornier_Do_17.jpg)

DO 17's in a '"stepped up" echelon formation
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 04-01-2011, 15:01:43
That enough for ya, Winston?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-01-2011, 16:01:47
That enough for ya, Winston?  ;D
its above france :v
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 04-01-2011, 16:01:24
he wasn't in france?
must've been the Arabs then :n
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-01-2011, 16:01:34
he wasn't in france?
must've been the Arabs then :n
correct
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-01-2011, 18:01:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/527745-2/Loopgraaf3)


Dutch soldiers in a Trench
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 04-01-2011, 18:01:06
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/trop8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-01-2011, 22:01:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/42930-8/J__hde)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 04-01-2011, 23:01:04
Yeah Go Dutch!

(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7904/solothurn1vu9.jpg)
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Dutch KNIL in the east-Indies armed with a Solothurn 20mm Anti-Tank rifle.


and BONUS:
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/106975-2/Ger+ATR+Solothurn+Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-189-1250-10__Russland-S__d__Soldat_mit_Panzerb__chse)
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Though they used them, these were not as "common" among the German Foorces as the PzB 38 & 39. Solothurn made several models of Anti-tank rifle; this looks to me like it is the same model used by the Hungarians.

MOAAAR BIG AT rifles!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-01-2011, 23:01:57

MOAAAR BIG AT rifles!
YES!

Finnish Lahti L-39 20mm anti tank rifle on a AA mount:
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3013/l39s2cu6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Invincible on 05-01-2011, 12:01:57
(http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/irootoko_jr/imgs/e/8/e8a85429.jpg)

Hr. Ms. Java visiting the port of Sydney, in the back Hr. Ms. De Ruyter and Hr. Ms. Evertsen. In theback of the photo Sydney bridge. The Ruyter and The Java where both sunk during the battle of the Javasea. The Evertsen the day after. It tryed to escape trough the Sunda Strait together with a British and American ship. they where totally outgunned by the Japanese.


I was thinking.. The battle for the Javasea is one of the last big ship vs ship battle I can really think of.
I know the Japanese air force owned big times, but most battle I think where between conventional Ship's.
Wasn't it?

(Not a lone wolf like the Bismarck :P).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2011, 13:01:31
There where many ship vs ship actions aswel at the Battle of guadalcanal. Also the Royal navy and Reggia Marina clashed out several times in ship to ship combat. In wich both sides gained victories and defeats

But yes, these where the last Ship vs Ship combats

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0214-500,_Golf_von_Neapel,_Italienische_Kreuzer.jpg)

The 4 Zara Heavy cruisers of the Regia marina
3 of these ships,  Zara, Fiume and Pola, where sunk during the Naval clash with the Royal navy at the battle of Cape Matapan. These 3 where sunk at a distance of 2000m by the Royal navy battleships=Barham, Valiant and Warspite
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-01-2011, 14:01:31
After WWI the japanese tried to overcome the limitations in size and numbers of ships by adding more firepower to their vessels. In a ship vs ship battle they were clearly superior. Their heavy destroyers would outclass any other destroyer.

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7803/shipfuso10.jpg)
Battleships Fuso (foreground) and Yamashiro (background)


*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 05-01-2011, 14:01:44
moar big ass AT rifles

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/257240-2/C__pia+de+s+Phillipines+_74_)
Type 97 - 20mm anti-tank rifle, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2011, 15:01:49
Ships and big ass AT rifles or GTFO people!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-01-2011, 16:01:41
then post one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2011, 16:01:35
then post one
i already did, one picture a day

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-01-2011, 17:01:25
I will not be commanded by a rebel, heres a Japanese MG nest on Guadalcanal.

(http://www.daveswarbirds.com/guadalcanal/pics/ground/Jap_machine_gun_nest.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-01-2011, 18:01:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/528033-1/ussr35)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2011, 18:01:23
I will not be commanded by a rebel, heres a Japanese MG nest on Guadalcanal.

I Prefer the term freedom terrorist, thank you very much
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-01-2011, 13:01:38
(http://ww2db.com/images/vehicle_panzervi168.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 06-01-2011, 15:01:44
Nice to see an early tiger, but repair the link pl0x xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-01-2011, 03:01:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Chinese_troops_on_Stuart_tanks_Ledo_road.jpg)

Chinese Stuart tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-01-2011, 03:01:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/529285-2/1__016)

Lockheed Hudson on a recon mission near the beaches of Dunkirk, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-01-2011, 13:01:33
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-01-2011, 23:01:36
(http://www.history.neu.edu/fac/burds/hnr1205_files/image015.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-01-2011, 11:01:55
(http://www.karlskoga.se/images/18.26979b5d125f990bde580007466/stalingrad5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2011, 11:01:19
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7624/19403.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 08-01-2011, 13:01:03
The guy in Seth's pic looks like Oddball.

Anyway:
(http://waffen-ss.cz/wp-content/uploads/finns-of-1kpfinnisches-frwbndw-ss-at-gross-born-truppenlager1941.jpg)

Finnish Volunteers in SS-Wiking division, 1941

A story: December 4th, 1942. The battalion had taken over the defence of Tschikola village. The main german supply route ran through the village. A group lead by Untersturmführer Kuutti was given charge of holding an impotant hill South of Tschikola. After the Soviets attacked through the valley Kuuttis group lost communications to the rear, and the men got into a pocket, or motti as we Finns know it. Kuutti decided that they should break out of the motti and retreat to the village itself. However, two men, Rottenführer Kalevi Könönen and Schütze Yrjö Pyyhtiä, at the lower MG-nest refused to leave their comrades (wounded Unterscharführer Madysewski and Shütze Valtakari, who suffered from shellshock) behind, so they stayed put. For six hours, the two men armed with one MG-42 and K98 rifles held their positions at the hill, got two prisoners, and killed over 300 russians until relieved. Both men received Iron Crosses. Unfortunately Pyyhtiä was wounded by a mortar grenade that killed Obersturmführer Hortling on the same day, and Könönen was killed at Karelian front in 1944.

Himmler himself said that "Where a Finnish SS-man stood, enemy was always defeated"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-01-2011, 13:01:37
Including jews who met Wiking aswel  ::) ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 08-01-2011, 14:01:02
Including jews who met Wiking aswel  ::) ::)

Including them. Finns didn't allow real fascists to join SS. I bet only 1/10 would have passed the test for being "arayans". They probably shot surrendered enemies like EVERY OTHER UNIT in the war, but nothing more serious. Fighter unit, not a Sonderkommando.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-01-2011, 14:01:55
Including jews who met Wiking aswel  ::) ::)

Including them. Finns didn't allow real fascists to join SS. I bet only 1/10 would have passed the test for being "arayans". They probably shot surrendered enemies like EVERY OTHER UNIT in the war, but nothing more serious. Fighter unit, not a Sonderkommando.
Recent research has shown that the volunteer SS-batallions are not that innocent as most people think. Ofcourse some joined to counter the 'bolshevik threat' but there where enough Jew haters.

Overall the Dutch people think the SS volunteers where baddies but not as bad as German SS, they just volunteered.. Last year someone started to dug up Dutch SS diaries and in the diaries they lively describe how they round up Jews and shoot them. They also round up locals and shoot them. And I highly doubt the Dutch where the only ones to do that, especially as the Finnish could join the actual Finnish Army to fight the Russians, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-01-2011, 14:01:55
Not all German SS members were hardcore Aryans, either. Especially later in the war many Germans were drafted in the SS, although they wouldn´t have made it through the early "selction tests" of the Waffen SS. It´s a difficult topic and each unit, even better, each person should be treated as a seperate case.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-01-2011, 14:01:11
Including jews who met Wiking aswel  ::) ::)

Including them. Finns didn't allow real fascists to join SS. I bet only 1/10 would have passed the test for being "arayans". They probably shot surrendered enemies like EVERY OTHER UNIT in the war, but nothing more serious. Fighter unit, not a Sonderkommando.
I met general wiking   actually

nvm i should have rephrased it properly.. forgive me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 08-01-2011, 14:01:36
Including jews who met Wiking aswel  ::) ::)

Including them. Finns didn't allow real fascists to join SS. I bet only 1/10 would have passed the test for being "arayans". They probably shot surrendered enemies like EVERY OTHER UNIT in the war, but nothing more serious. Fighter unit, not a Sonderkommando.
Recent research has shown that the volunteer SS-batallions are not that innocent as most people think. Ofcourse some joined to counter the 'bolshevik threat' but there where enough Jew haters.

Overall the Dutch people think the SS volunteers where baddies but not as bad as German SS, they just volunteered.. Last year someone started to dug up Dutch SS diaries and in the diaries they lively describe how they round up Jews and shoot them. They also round up locals and shoot them. And I highly doubt the Dutch where the only ones to do that, especially as the Finnish could join the actual Finnish Army to fight the Russians, right?

Sending voluteers was a political issue. In the Netherlands, those who joined SS were mostly really nazies and fascist. It's different. Here sending was controlled by government: if you were right-wing radical or jew haters: not allowed to join.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-01-2011, 14:01:50
Stop - open another thread - this is offtopic, not sparta
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-01-2011, 15:01:23
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=38663&sid=3a5b24fdfcc9d88bd5f4e816fc514b41)
Quote
Captured Russian KV-2 mounted with commander's cupola.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-01-2011, 17:01:33
I know it is against the rules, but i just had to post it here.

Colour film of DAB in New york.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFrt8ANBW4

Anyone know what hapened to these people when the us joined the war? Put into camps (prisons) like the japanese? Deported?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2011, 17:01:03
nothing, the party was just dissolve afaik
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-01-2011, 20:01:41
Google is your friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American_Bund

I still wonder though how many meanings I could put into Deutsch - Amerikanische Berutsmeinschaft, like the uploader on you tube translated the organization name. I mean, I could found a gay club and call it Berutsmeinschaft, and everybody would say 'hey, I always knew that is what the word stands for'. A must have for researchers... lol

(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9863/scharnhorst.jpg)
Scharnhorst
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2011, 22:01:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/530012-2/Grazianis-desert-infantry-px800)

Italian Soldiers during the Attack on Sidi Barrani, Egypt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-01-2011, 12:01:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg/350px-Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-01-2011, 12:01:28
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/321/19123.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-01-2011, 22:01:30
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7582/grafzeppelin.jpg)
german carrier Graf Zeppelin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-01-2011, 02:01:46
WOW, that is quite a bit of freeboard on that boat.

See, this is much more proportional.

HMS Colossus
(http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/ships/Colossus1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2011, 02:01:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/530203-2/SiM_147_2%23)

German Pilot bailing out from his Me109.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-01-2011, 12:01:01
Lazy germans never finished it

I would have giving everything for a Royal navy vs Kriegsmarine Carrier battle >:(


(http://www.avionslegendaires.net/Images/Gsm79-2.jpg)

Moar sparviero's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-01-2011, 12:01:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1361-16A%2C_Schlachtschiff_Bismarck%2C_Indienststellung.jpg)

Quote
Bismarck at her commissioning

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2011, 20:01:39
The Italians also had a Aircraft Carrier...


(http://www.chuckhawks.com/aquila.jpg)

'Aquila' after the War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-01-2011, 23:01:19
(http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/German-Bombing-of-Piraeus-in-Greece.jpg)

On the 11th of January 1944 Piraeus suffered a devastating air bombing from the allied forces with the reason of "Driving away the German forces".Bombarding started on 12°clock in the midday ,lasted for three hours and left 5000 dead and wounded of which only 8 were German soldiers.National organizations counted the destruction to be worthy of more than 350 million drachma (money which ofc was never paid to the Greek).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-01-2011, 01:01:11
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3898/akagi.jpg)
Flight deck of Akagi as seen from an aircraft that just took off from the carrier, Apr 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-01-2011, 13:01:52
why why did they scrapped the aquila

and the graf zeppelin...

(http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4401-bilder/urbes166.jpg)

A nakajima B5N Kate recieves a direct hit from a bofors 40mm shell on its wing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 11-01-2011, 17:01:56
(http://opinion-maker.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Chiran_high_school_girls_wave_kamikaze_pilot.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-01-2011, 18:01:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/8714-5/amg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-01-2011, 21:01:42
Puma in desert camo?  :o ??? ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 11-01-2011, 21:01:10
probably very late war and just factory paintings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-01-2011, 21:01:15
Isnt it just normal Dunkelgelb?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-01-2011, 21:01:36
Isnt it just normal Dunkelgelb?

Yep, its called Ordnance Tan.  Pretty much almost all german field gear, armour, etc after 1943 came out of factory with that as its base colour.  Camo could be applied in field or sometimes at factory too.  This picture, rather famous, is prob of them taking it out for its first spin after arriving at their unit :P  Interestingly, a censor has blacked out the license plate at front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 11-01-2011, 21:01:33
Isnt it just normal Dunkelgelb?
Yeah. Probably just a new vehicle just out of the factory, green and brown camo yet to be applied.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2011, 22:01:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/530753-1/berlin77)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 11-01-2011, 23:01:54
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/Yustax/Untitled-2.png)

Quote
Machine gunner Zina Kozlova, 30 June 1942. Photo: Mikhail Savin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 12-01-2011, 19:01:00
(http://waffen-ss.cz/wp-content/uploads/mg42-13.jpg)
om nom nom
butterbrot ... and a mg 42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-01-2011, 20:01:38
(http://reallygoodmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/jing/2009-02-10_2301.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-01-2011, 20:01:54
(http://waffen-ss.cz/wp-content/uploads/mg42-13.jpg)
om nom nom
butterbrot ... and a mg 42
no TF2 heavy taking a break and eating sandvich!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 12-01-2011, 22:01:02
http://nonplused.org/panos/mvtf/html/09.html
360° picture of panther commanders seat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2011, 22:01:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/531745-2/DLiB_282_1%23)

Leibstandarte Obersturmführer (1st Lt.) and medic smoking a cigarette during a break in battle. Normandy, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dimoun on 12-01-2011, 23:01:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/8714-5/amg.jpg)
Yes, it is normal europian camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ha on 13-01-2011, 14:01:35
(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1241/yokosukad4y.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-01-2011, 14:01:24
Yokosuka D4Y amiright?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ha on 13-01-2011, 15:01:47
yes, that's IJN dive bomber.

D4Y1
Maximum speed. 545km/h
Range. 1800-2200km
Armament. 7.7mm MG
250kg or 500kg bomb *1

I love airplanes of the water cooled engine.  :)
that's very beautiful form.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-01-2011, 00:01:35
Name that plane!

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/plane2.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/plane.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 14-01-2011, 00:01:58
...Looks like a souped up Mustang... ???


Martin-Baker MB 5   ;D
I hope your right...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-01-2011, 00:01:31
Martin-Baker MB 5
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-01-2011, 00:01:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/532272-2/beachlandings27ha5)

USS Tennessee bombarding Okinawa with her 14" main battery guns, as LVTs in the foreground carry Marines to the invasion beaches April 1, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 14-01-2011, 00:01:54
Martin-Baker MB 5

Curse you!  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-01-2011, 01:01:09
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5787/tirpitz.jpg)
Tirpitz being camouflaged in a norwegian fjord.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ha on 14-01-2011, 08:01:51
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5164/ab784fff.jpg)
HMS Ark Royal and Swordfish

(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9046/980c175b.jpg)
Battleship HMS "King George V".

cool  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ha on 14-01-2011, 08:01:15
Kriegsmarine
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8248/a8f6efe2.jpg)
KMS Bismarck class Battleship "Bismarck"

(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/647/7ba9fc73.jpg)
KMS Admiral Hipper class Heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen"

 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 14-01-2011, 09:01:30
Try to keep it to 1 or 2 photos at a time, old chum.  Give everyone a chance to post their finds.

Do it like this.
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8656/kretasnpr.jpg)
Fallschirmjäger sniper on Crete.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-01-2011, 16:01:04
(http://www.eucmh.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Kreta-Vormarsch-deutscher-Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-01-2011, 01:01:31
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2209/jan42soc3a.jpg)
Seagull floatplane parked on escort carrier Long Island's snowy deck, off Argentia, Newfoundland, Jan 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 15-01-2011, 01:01:19
so an escort carrier is just a smaller carrier?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-01-2011, 01:01:41
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/3654/taiyo.jpg)
Escort carrier Taiyo

Escort Carriers are usually conversions of other ships. Like freighters or warships. But they have not been sat up as carriers originally. Thus they are usually less useful than a regular carrier due to their limitations. The allies used escort carriers actually to transport and store airplanes to be used on the 'real carriers'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-01-2011, 11:01:37
US and british escort carriers where used as full aircraft carriers though. most to escort transports or smaller units, like advance forces of destroyers and cruisers.

They simply carried much less aircraft, and often diffrent aircraft aswel. For example most US escort carriers had F4 wildcats for the entire war, not the new F6 and F4U corsair
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2011, 19:01:46
something related to ww2.
French f1 grenade (and 1 rg34)in soviet russia  ;)

(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3374/2575098.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 15-01-2011, 22:01:45
I'm wondering if they are still a threat is this condition... maybe try a throw just to see if they still work ? XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-01-2011, 22:01:21
Gunpowder should still work, fuze is another problem, could be broken in a way that it will no longer go off, or in a way that simply moving them will make them go off.

These look ok to be honest, might still function correctly, do not see that much corrosion on them. There is no way in hell i will ever pull the pin on these and try though, don't want to die yet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-01-2011, 11:01:14
A +1 internetz to whoever guesses what this weapon is

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4493/image003bn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-01-2011, 11:01:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-343-0694-21%2C_Belgien-Frankreich%2C_Flugzeug_Heinkel_He_111.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 16-01-2011, 12:01:11
A +1 internetz to whoever guesses what this weapon is

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4493/image003bn.jpg)

maybe one of the cheap to produce weapons for the british home guard, the northover-projector mortaror something similar?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 16-01-2011, 12:01:18
ye but isn't the uniform WWI german?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2011, 13:01:57
A +1 internetz to whoever guesses what this weapon is

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4493/image003bn.jpg)

polish Granatnik wz. 1936.
What do i win  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-01-2011, 17:01:23
A +1 internetz to whoever guesses what this weapon is

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4493/image003bn.jpg)

polish Granatnik wz. 1936.
What do i win  ;D
Mes ami's you win my eternal loyality to le francais army on FH2 and WOT  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-01-2011, 21:01:47
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/9631/akagi2c.jpg)
Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deck
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-01-2011, 22:01:53
(http://www.theeasternfront.co.uk/Graphics/italian3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 16-01-2011, 22:01:15
(http://www.theeasternfront.co.uk/Graphics/italian3.jpg)
Damned I hope to see this map in Fh2 eastern front ^^
We need more biased italian and URSS news :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-01-2011, 23:01:59
(http://www.theeasternfront.co.uk/Graphics/italian3.jpg)
Damned I hope to see this map in Fh2 eastern front ^^
We need more biased italian and URSS news :P
indeed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-01-2011, 23:01:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/533257-2/Nra_tank_fighting_japanese_1937)

Quote
Japanese Troops fighting a Chinese Tank, during the Battle of Shanghai.

When i put it in QUOTE its because i dont know if its true or not, the same question always comes to mind, What the hell is the cameraman doing/Thinking? Where is the chinese infantry then?

I tought i could share it tho.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-01-2011, 23:01:49
maybe the armor is already shot down :/
a good picture for the propaganda
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ha on 17-01-2011, 03:01:09
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5276/gsni02m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-01-2011, 03:01:54
Type 99 LMG? (could be fitted with scope and bayonet iirc).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 17-01-2011, 05:01:55
I think that are mg's with magazines are useless, you only have 20 to 40 rounds, instead of a good belt of constant ammunition. Thanks the humanity for the german's idea of a light machine gun. Especially the italian mg's ugh how i hate them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 17-01-2011, 05:01:57
I think that are mg's with magazines are useless, you only have 20 to 40 rounds, instead of a good belt of constant ammunition. Thanks the humanity for the german's idea of a light machine gun. Especially the italian mg's ugh how i hate them.

Are you saying you think the Germans invented the light machinegun?

Bonus, misleading photo.
(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1604/funeralt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2011, 12:01:50
The first true LMG's was the Madsen. No discussion here!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-01-2011, 13:01:44
^Yeah, and it probably was a fine gun, but right now I don´t know any other belt-fed light machine gun, that came out before the Bergmann lMG 15...that either speaks for German engineering or against my knowledge of weapon history.  ???

EDIT: Kadings photo shows the funeral of the German ambassador Leopold Von Hoesch in London, 1936.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 17-01-2011, 17:01:56

Are you saying you think the Germans invented the light machinegun?

Im saying that the doctrine of light machine guns per squad and the easy to use german mg's were revolutionary, while many armies mg's barrels had to be replaced taking the whole weapon apart, the mg34 just had to be flipped open, remove the barrel and insert a new one and close it, thats it.

Seriously I dislike magazine machine guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-01-2011, 18:01:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Tank_destroyers.jpg)

Quote
Two American M10 tank destroyers in France during World War II.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2011, 18:01:26

Are you saying you think the Germans invented the light machinegun?

Im saying that the doctrine of light machine guns per squad and the easy to use german mg's were revolutionary, while many armies mg's barrels had to be replaced taking the whole weapon apart, the mg34 just had to be flipped open, remove the barrel and insert a new one and close it, thats it.

Seriously I dislike magazine machine guns.
Yet the germans where complaining that there squads lacked Magazine fed MG's like the bren and the British where complaining there squads lacked belt fed machine guns

Problem more?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 17-01-2011, 18:01:56
]Yet the germans where complaining that there squads lacked Magazine fed MG's like the bren and the British where complaining there squads lacked belt fed machine guns

Problem more?

They were dumb shits then, having a mg with at least a drum mag or belt fed meant more suppression, more firepower and less mobility.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2011, 18:01:51
]Yet the germans where complaining that there squads lacked Magazine fed MG's like the bren and the British where complaining there squads lacked belt fed machine guns

Problem more?

They were dumb shits then, having a mg with at least a drum mag or belt fed meant more suppression, more firepower and less mobility.
But having a Magazine fed MG ment you could use it standing, on the move,hip firing and so on
Also your barrel dint overheat... something that happend very fast with the MG34/42(barrels where changed fast though)

Trust me, the MG34/42 on squad level was good but not as epic/dominating/revolutional as you think  ;)

THIS german engineering weapon was revolutionairy

(http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzerfaust4.jpg)

Go find an army wich does not have one shot disposable Anti-tank weapons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQSFWXzcx14
Can someone tell me what epic weapon that is in the beginning?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 17-01-2011, 18:01:38
Pupchen (spelt wrong)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-01-2011, 18:01:05
lol
TF2 soldier: 'Protect the briefcase!'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 17-01-2011, 18:01:33

many armies mg's barrels had to be replaced taking the whole weapon apart, the mg34 just had to be flipped open, remove the barrel and insert a new one and close it, thats it.

Seriously I dislike magazine machine guns.

I can think of at least the ZB vz.26 which had an interchangeable barrel system before the MG34. A more modern one too.

(http://ww2db.com/images/weapon_zbvz26_9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 17-01-2011, 18:01:54
The first true LMG's was the Madsen. No discussion here!


There is my man ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2011, 18:01:54
The first true LMG's was the Madsen. No discussion here!


There is my man ;D
you know it  ;)
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I can think of at least the ZB vz.26 which had an interchangeable barrel system before the MG34. A more modern one too.
This aswel.The Czechs had very fine Machine guns.
The vickers was one of the first quick and reliable barrel changing design.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 17-01-2011, 18:01:40
Maybe the Madsen was a presessor to the ZB.26

Chezch did use Madsen in the 20s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2011, 19:01:17
Maybe the Madsen was a presessor to the ZB.26

Chezch did use Madsen in the 20s.
It surely made an influence. The madsen was one of the first effecient, effective, reliable Squad based light machine gun. Expensive to produce though
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-01-2011, 21:01:23
it remains the oldest lmg used.

Brazil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qobInwK_VnQ

(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7418/37160442jo8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-01-2011, 21:01:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/532947-2/M13-40_unter_Feuer-px800)

Carro Armato M14/41s under fire at El Guettar in Tunisia, spring 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 18-01-2011, 01:01:18
Need some REAL color in here.
(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9959/pziiiaufj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-01-2011, 17:01:09
What version is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-01-2011, 19:01:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Leningrad_skiers.jpg)

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Soviet ski troops by the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 18-01-2011, 19:01:40
What version is that?

Excuse me, I forgot to say it was an Auf J.



Not much info on this photo other than what you see.
American soldiers, phosphorus grenade exploding, taken at the earliest in fall 1944, but probably taken sometime in 1945 (note the two buckle boots).

Fun details include the fallen portrait of Hitler, and the proper color of American uniforms.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6999/phos.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-01-2011, 21:01:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/532924-2/20-07_20Fst_2003)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-01-2011, 23:01:34

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6999/phos.jpg)
KA-PPEEEEIIIIIII
Demoman is dominating Herr Fritz kraut
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 18-01-2011, 23:01:57
That image is as staged as they get. Interesting though why they would go through the effort...
Being a photographer myself you can just feel the 'stagedness'. Everything is exactly in the place you would optimally want it to be ; the soldiers nicely evened out across the foreground (and not really distributed by tactical choice as you would expect).

Then there's the nice timing of the explosion...the hitler portrait in the foreground. And the generally perfect composition/framing of the entire scene.

No, staged :D But very interesting nontheless!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-01-2011, 01:01:27
That image is as staged as they get. Interesting though why they would go through the effort...
Being a photographer myself you can just feel the 'stagedness'. Everything is exactly in the place you would optimally want it to be ; the soldiers nicely evened out across the foreground (and not really distributed by tactical choice as you would expect).

Then there's the nice timing of the explosion...the hitler portrait in the foreground. And the generally perfect composition/framing of the entire scene.

No, staged :D But very interesting nontheless!

Wow, thanks for the backhanded complement on the late war color photo I found.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-01-2011, 07:01:49
(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/photos-papers-propaganda-3-reich/1551d1233016336t-ww2-german-ostfront-pictures-z156.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2011, 19:01:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/534434-2/8staal_004)
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An example of the "8Stall 84mm field gun" (?), a Krupp-manufactured field gun employed by Dutch forces in May, 1940. The only thing particularly modern about this weapon was that it was a breech-loader. Realistically, it was a fairly typical late-19th century design that would not have been regarded as current, in design terms, even in 1914. Dutch forces fielded over 100 of these against the Germans in May, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-01-2011, 20:01:35
(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/photos-papers-propaganda-3-reich/1570d1233016458t-ww2-german-ostfront-pictures-mvc-058s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-01-2011, 22:01:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/USS_Savannah_(CL-42)_is_hit_by_a_German_guided_bomb,_off_Salerno,_11_September_1943.jpg)

USS Savannah being hit by a Fritz X anti-ship missile/guided bomb, launched from a DO 217 K-2 during the invasion of Salereno 1943

197 crewmen lost there lives. Aswel as 4 men being trapped in water tight compartiments for almost a month(they got out alive though)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 19-01-2011, 22:01:17
Those Fritzes X.....They were a menace!
I watched some cool tv show 'bout it and some dudes were doing a live replica, kinda cool!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 19-01-2011, 22:01:36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/USS_Savannah_(CL-42)_is_hit_by_a_German_guided_bomb,_off_Salerno,_11_September_1943.jpg)

USS Savannah being hit by a Fritz X anti-ship missile/guided bomb, launched from a DO 217 K-2 during the invasion of Salereno 1943

197 crewmen lost there lives. Aswel as 4 men being trapped in water tight compartiments for almost a month(they got out alive though)

They were trapped for 60 hours, not a month heh
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-01-2011, 14:01:43
Those Fritzes X.....They were a menace!
I watched some cool tv show 'bout it and some dudes were doing a live replica, kinda cool!
Even more epic are the planes that launched them=Dornier DO 217!!!<3


They were trapped for 60 hours, not a month heh

oops misread it, sorry

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Finnish-coastaldefenceship-ilmarinen-turku-winterwar.png)

Finnish coastal defense ship Ilmarinen during the winter war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-01-2011, 20:01:07
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R98401%2C_K%C3%B6nigsberg%2C_Volkssturm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-01-2011, 20:01:10
What rifle is it? Can't recognize it. Stock looks italian? is it a Carcano M91?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-01-2011, 20:01:56
Looks like a Carcano to me.  The Volksturm recieved lots of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-01-2011, 21:01:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/535017-2/HU034496)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-01-2011, 21:01:42
What rifle is it? Can't recognize it. Stock looks italian? is it a Carcano M91?
Thats a carcano alright
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-01-2011, 21:01:01
Looks like a Carcano to me.  The Volksturm recieved lots of them.

Sorry lads, forgot to grab the information about the picture. It's a Volksturm unit in East Prussia awaiting the Russians while the civilians fled to the west.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-01-2011, 01:01:18
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3715/hiryub17.jpg)
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu maneuvered to avoid three sticks of bombs dropped by B-17 bombers, shortly after 0800, 4 Jun 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-01-2011, 11:01:07
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5155/hiryuburning.jpg)

Hiryu again, after the B17 attack. This time she was attacked by Dauntless Dive bombers. A fire started wich went out of control and she eventually exploded

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-01-2011, 18:01:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/535056-2/1__011)

Abandoned Belgian T-13 B3 captured by the German Forces, May 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-01-2011, 20:01:49
IIRC thats the one wich took out a bunch of german tanks,including a PZIII
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 21-01-2011, 20:01:35
that tin can? :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-01-2011, 20:01:27
that tin can? :o
the 47mm Cockerill went trough german armor like butter  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-01-2011, 12:01:07
(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/photos-papers-propaganda-3-reich/93007d1269788353t-ww2-german-ostfront-pictures-tank-691.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-01-2011, 13:01:28
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1711/prisoabbbef.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 22-01-2011, 16:01:54
Captured British and French soldiers in 1940?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 22-01-2011, 16:01:06
Seeing as how the British all still have all their equipment and the Germans do not and how the person in the window, for whom they're all standing in line for, seems to be wearing a British officer's cap - I'd say they were German prisoners in 1940.

(1940 because of the European setting, French and British helmets.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 22-01-2011, 16:01:07
Good point, guess I am so used to seeing pictures from around then of the Germans as the victors.  And did the British and the French work that closely often?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-01-2011, 21:01:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/535385-2/Four_Japanese_Navy_Type_96_planes)

Four Japanese Navy Type 96 planes (Mitsubishi G3M)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 23-01-2011, 00:01:58
Japanese Tiger I
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/452544-1/Tiger+I+-+Japanese+testing)
In 1943, single early Panther Ausf D along with PzKpfw VI Tiger was sold to Japan, but both were never delivered due to the war situation and were loaned by Japan to the German Army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2011, 09:01:07
Good point, guess I am so used to seeing pictures from around then of the Germans as the victors.  And did the British and the French work that closely often?

Abbeville pocket


(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1634/japanesesoldier.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-01-2011, 11:01:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Buna_%28AWM_014008%29.jpg)

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January 7, 1943. Australian forces attack Japanese positions near Buna. Members of the 2/12th Infantry Battalion advance as Stuart tanks from the 2/6th Armoured Regiment attack Japanese pillboxes. An upward-firing machine gun on the tank spray treetops to clear them of snipers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 23-01-2011, 11:01:59
sry but
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An upward-firing machine gun on the tank spray treetops to clear them of snipers.

I think the mg is just left up, so that the inside is down, and the gunner has more space, because the whole situation looks quite relaxed, and I doubt that a sniper climps up a 20m high, thin palm tree, where he has no space to operate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-01-2011, 11:01:13
Also note epic hipfiring bren gun guy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2011, 11:01:05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-CfuvCHq4I#t=2m12s  
;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-01-2011, 11:01:28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-CfuvCHq4I#t=2m12s  
;)

Ofcourse the bren wins, The bren was adopted in 1938, the BAR in 1918. It would be a shame if it was worse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 23-01-2011, 13:01:25
sry but
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An upward-firing machine gun on the tank spray treetops to clear them of snipers.

I think the mg is just left up, so that the inside is down, and the gunner has more space, because the whole situation looks quite relaxed, and I doubt that a sniper climps up a 20m high, thin palm tree, where he has no space to operate.

o`rly?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 23-01-2011, 14:01:43
yes otherwise I wouldnt post it....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-01-2011, 21:01:27
yes otherwise I wouldnt post it....

In fact the Japanese made extensive use of tree snipers to the point where it became standard operating procedure to spray the treetops with bullets, as is shown in the photo.

The snipers were placed there to kill enemy soldiers until they themselves were killed. Unlike those of other nations who would sensibly get out of harm's way to fight another day.

Naturally there are very few photos of live ones in the trees (I have never seen one). So to avoid posting some heap of dead guy, there is an artist's rendition.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/253342-2/f+_40_)

So you see, it is quite likely that the hull MG on the Stuart was spraying the trees.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2011, 22:01:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/493535-2/DgO1942_21_1%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 24-01-2011, 00:01:55
 A buddy of mine who is now deceased, used to talk about his experiences in Burma and he said most of the Japanese snipers in the trees were nervous as hell and never really got off more than a few shots at any of his patrols. They were normally tied up with a length of rope and that alot of them wore shorts to make it easier to relieve themselves and stay cooler.

WRT their impact, To quote Bobby, "we always got the buggers before they got to us"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 24-01-2011, 00:01:57
right thread this time:

(http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/miller/images/JUN_JU87.jpg)

cant count how many time this have happened during landing ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2011, 01:01:51
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/493535-2/DgO1942_21_1%23)

So beautiful <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2011, 09:01:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/493535-2/DgO1942_21_1%23)

So beautiful <3
epic twin engined german planes are epic indeed

*smacks with his fist on table
WHY NOT IN FH2 !!!!!!!

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/aircraft/bomber/dornier-do-217-bomber/dornier-do-217-bomber-03.png)

do 217 <3

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-01-2011, 14:01:00
Heh, page 420.

Anyway.....


Captured equipment *I HAVE ONE!!!*

Info (speculation): NCO in the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment manning a field observation post with an American EE-8-A field telephone.
(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8039/americanfieldphone.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-01-2011, 16:01:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Browning_M2HB_Normandy.jpg/761px-Browning_M2HB_Normandy.jpg)

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A U.S. soldier in Normandy stands guard with the M2HB installed on a dual-purpose mounting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-01-2011, 18:01:39

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/536114-2/SZCharB11Jun_025)


The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division, "Prinz Eugen" was highly regarded among SS antipartisan units, but performed poorly when pitted against frontline Soviet units toward the end of the war. Part of the reason for this lay in its particular training. Another reason was its heavy equipment, which was in short supply, often captured non-German and (in consequence) not always state-of-the-art, or appropriate to the Division's needs. This appears to be an example - a French-built Char-B. Apart from the Balkenkruez, note the Odal/Othala ("family/kinship/brotherhood") rune, emblem of "Prinz Eugen" on the side of the tank. The Division was assigned a number of different types of captured French tanks. Some were undoubtedly useful for mountain division operations; but is is hard to imagine that this slow, unreliable, obsolete type was terribly easy to use in the conditions of the Balkans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-01-2011, 19:01:22
Don't click the link if you don't like dead children.

http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/5083.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 24-01-2011, 20:01:35
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/FDofficer.jpg)

Wilhelm Klink on the eastern front :\ .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 24-01-2011, 23:01:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/238074-2/csg44)
Soldiers of 5th Battalion/Coldstream Guards in the French town of Arras, early September 1944.

i have a bren and look around grim.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 25-01-2011, 12:01:20
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Another envelope reveals images of cannibalism. Russian troops, surrounded by Finns and with no hope of relief, have started to eat their dead.

The lid of a mess-tin and the rib-bones of a Russian soldier photographed at Leipäsuo in the Karelian Isthmus in March 1942.


(http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/hs1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-01-2011, 16:01:56
(http://www.wio.ru/galgrnd/flak/flak.jpg)

Russian M1939 61-K 37mm Automatic air defense gun. One of the deadliest AA guns of the war, this AA gun has a confirmed over 10 000 kills on axis aircraft
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-01-2011, 18:01:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/536596-2/1__013)

Belgian T13 in 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-01-2011, 20:01:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-15%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg)

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Großdeutschland Division private with Karabiner 98k and mounted Schießbecher.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-01-2011, 20:01:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-732-0123-15%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_der_Div._%C2%BBGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%C2%AB.jpg)

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Großdeutschland Division private with Karabiner 98k and mounted Schießbecher.
Verdamnt, ein krass!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-01-2011, 20:01:37
Those grenade lauchers, almost 1.5 million made, and they still cost almost 900 euro a piece, i so want one, but they are so expensive :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 25-01-2011, 22:01:35
Verdamnt, ein krass! its Gras^^ Krass is cool in german

Pretty old soldier for a elite regiment and for a privat class
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 25-01-2011, 22:01:10


Pretty old soldier for a elite regiment and for a privat class

First thing I thought when I saw this photo: reenacting thread is that way----->

I've been wrong before, but that's what my gut is telling me.

Old man private
Crisp photo
Amaturish foliage camo
Helmet camo that doesn't match the terrain

But like I said, I've been wrong before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 25-01-2011, 22:01:31
Yeah, it's a reenactor, I'm sure of it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-01-2011, 22:01:04
Verdamnt, ein krass! its Gras^^ Krass is cool in german

Pretty old soldier for a elite regiment and for a privat class

How do you know his rank :P. The only thing for sure is that he is not an NCO.

Also, i have seen this pic before.  Its genuine.  Grossdeutschland was an elite divison, but that doesnt mean all its mens were cream of the crop perfect aryans.  I even have a photo of a russian volunteer with GD cyphers....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 26-01-2011, 00:01:35
found this in the internet:

(http://thomo.coldie.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/wwii438.jpg)

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/battle-specifics/20679-koreans-normandy.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-01-2011, 00:01:16
Verdamnt, ein krass! its Gras^^ Krass is cool in german

Pretty old soldier for a elite regiment and for a privat class

How do you know his rank :P. The only thing for sure is that he is not an NCO.

Also, i have seen this pic before.  Its genuine.  Grossdeutschland was an elite divison, but that doesnt mean all its mens were cream of the crop perfect aryans.  I even have a photo of a russian volunteer with GD cyphers....

And here it is:

(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8079/athene57hsrpd3jz81b8280.jpg)



Also, there were lots of asians in the german army, especially in normandy.  The Georgian Azerbaijani, and Turkmenistani volunteer brigades were all stationed in France as static Atlantik Wall units.  One interesting tale, concerning their combat ability, was that of the 2 Georgian Brigades.  One pretty much shot any germans nearby and surrendered en masse.  But the other had recieved leaflets telling them that the allied forces would 'free them and return them to their nation. (IE, to Stalin)'  They fought to the death.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-01-2011, 08:01:17
VN I know that there were a lot of nations in the german army!
Where did I said that he is not allowed to be in GD because he does not look arish?!

Quote
How do you know his rank
It was quoted in the text below the pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-01-2011, 08:01:04
No, I was referring to your comment, and Kading's, of "Pretty old soldier for a elite regiment and for a private class."  I was merely pointing out that just because GD was elite, doesn't mean that they were all young german guys.  Some were old, and some weren't even German.  I posted the russian GD guy as an example of this.  Normally, one wouldn't combine "Russian volunteer" and 'elite division", but there it is.

Also, I didn't know that the picture text had his rank, considering the only text posted with it reads "private." :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 26-01-2011, 15:01:22
Well it's posted on Wikipedia, and it's the only place where I can find that picture (did a tineye search).

With modern day trickery I cant conclusively say if it's digital or film - there are many simple applications that allow you to place a proper film-grain over any digital photo. This is nearly undetectable.

Would be nice to see more sources on this image than just the original wikimedia...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-01-2011, 16:01:21
When Betty woke up and looked at the sky, she realized the huge lack of rooms in the Moabit hospital.
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4416/zoobunkerfebruar45.jpg)
Berlin Zoobunker Februar 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 26-01-2011, 16:01:47
found this in the internet:

(http://thomo.coldie.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/wwii438.jpg)

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/battle-specifics/20679-koreans-normandy.html

Wow, pretty far away from home. :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-01-2011, 17:01:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/537346-2/NRA_soldiers_firing_inside_Sihang_warehouse)

NRA Soldier during the Battle of Sihang Warehouse, Shanghai 1937. These Soldiers covered the retreat of the Chinese Forces from Shanghai and inflicted Heavy Casualties to the invading Japanese Army. The Defenders had to fight against Tankettes, Constant fire from Artillery and many Infantry Waves. Thanks to its Thick walls, the Warehouse managed to resist cannon fire and attacks with explosives.

The Flag of the Republic of China was raised on top of the Warehouse, with Civilians yelling "Long Live China" and also Informing the movements of the Japanese Army. The Japanese navy tried to launch air attacks to destroy the Flag and the Warehouse itself, but no bomb was dropped because they feared hitting Foreign Concessions. The Japanese also used Mustard Gas, right in front of the Western Eyes.

The battle ended in November 1st, with 376 Men led by Xie headed towards the British Concessions in Shaghai, because most of the Chinese troops in Shanghai already retreated and they were defending much better positions.

The battle was fought from October 26 to November 1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-01-2011, 17:01:06
Thread currently lacking Hellenic Bias.

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/natonato4/3a-02.jpg)
Heading for the front

(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1maxikritis/photos/polemiko2/big/2.jpg)
Crete FH2 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-01-2011, 18:01:16
(http://warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/photos-papers-propaganda-3-reich/1572d1233016458t-ww2-german-ostfront-pictures-mvc-060s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-01-2011, 18:01:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/537773-2/27)

Soldier of the 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer" in Budapest, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-01-2011, 07:01:02
(http://gothicline.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/polizei20beretta.jpg)

HA, FINALLY!  Found a photo of the 10 round mag for the Beretta in usage!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-01-2011, 08:01:36
But look at that guy behind him
"Hans was ist das?"
""Mar UnterFeldwebel, das ist ein 10 round magazine! So awesome Jah!""
"Und meine mutter is einen Biber! dieser Müll loswerden!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-01-2011, 09:01:50
It'll be cool if you actually speak English...


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/537768-2/Soviet_POW_and_Martti_Aho_in_Jessoila)

Major Martti Aho interrogates a camouflaged Soviet PoW.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-01-2011, 12:01:46
10 round mag? Whats the use of that in an SMG like that?

Love the look on the face of the Russian POW. 'Fuck, busted.'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-01-2011, 12:01:04
(http://gothicline.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/polizei20beretta.jpg)

HA, FINALLY!  Found a photo of the 10 round mag for the Beretta in usage!

RSI?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-01-2011, 19:01:03
10 round mag? Whats the use of that in an SMG like that?


VM tells me it's for police work behind the lines. So I guess you can think of it as an 8lb pistol with a shoulder stock...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-01-2011, 20:01:54
@ TS:  They're SS on anti-partisan duty in Italy.

And yeah, the 10 round mag was for Police.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 28-01-2011, 20:01:38
Interesting uniform mix in that photo. I can see a full Splittertarn uniform and tropical uniforms, right? Also I can see the sleeve eagle which is typical for the Waffen SS, but can´t see Waffen SS collar tabs which show a Waffen SS soldiers rank and the Sig Runes/Divisional insignia. Weren´t they sewn on tropical uniforms?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2011, 03:01:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538225-2/1937_USS_Augusta_during_Japanese_bombing_of_Shanghai_)

1937 USS Augusta during Japanese bombing of Shanghai.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-01-2011, 03:01:35
Interesting uniform mix in that photo. I can see a full Splittertarn uniform and tropical uniforms, right? Also I can see the sleeve eagle which is typical for the Waffen SS, but can´t see Waffen SS collar tabs which show a Waffen SS soldiers rank and the Sig Runes/Divisional insignia. Weren´t they sewn on tropical uniforms?

Those are all undershirts.  One guy has just sewn a sleeve eagle to his shirt :P

And the camo is actually an italian camo jumpsuit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-01-2011, 11:01:33
I hope this link works :/

(http://forums.gunboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=395200&d=1296152410)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 29-01-2011, 14:01:05
I hope this link works :/

(http://forums.gunboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=395200&d=1296152410)
I see it doesn't.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-01-2011, 14:01:16
kk, i gues you need an acount to see it.

Here is a reupload.

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8639/volksstrurm.jpg)

The rifles, anyone have a clue? French Berthier? Also the weapon the guy in the front is carrying. I have no idea what it could be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-01-2011, 15:01:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Americans_cross_Siegfried_Line.jpg/769px-Americans_cross_Siegfried_Line.jpg)

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US soldiers cross the Franco–German Siegfried Line
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2011, 21:01:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538296-2/Vickers_Crossley_armored_car_in_Shanghai)
Vickers Crossley Armored Cars(total 12 units were imported from UK) of the IJA were used in the Manchurian Incident and those of the IJN were used in the Shanghai Incident. The car on this image was from the Navy, as it was written on the number plate.

The picture was taken in Shanghai.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-01-2011, 11:01:56
Probably a re-post. But this thread is getting too upbeat. We're forgetting what war is about...

Famous photo by Robert Capa. When it was featured in "Life" magazine, his face was censored because the family would not yet have been notified of his death before the issue hit the news stands.
(http://www.redcmarketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/631.x600.art.opener.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 30-01-2011, 14:01:23
(http://www.anicursor.com/ce-cologne1.jpeg)
Cologne 1945.
I once saw a documentation in the television where one man said that the allied bomber crews had order not to bomb the Kathedral, because its colognes main-symbol.
In the background a bridge, obviously destroyed by retreating germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 30-01-2011, 14:01:56
(http://kurier.at/mmediagal/1284356977/12843571450548_5.jpg)
The Riesenrad in Vienna Prater after a bomb raid.

@butcher: It was just luck that the dom was not totaly destroyed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 30-01-2011, 15:01:37
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9533/russenchurchill.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-01-2011, 17:01:28
Finish officer shooting russian inflitrator on the spot. Pic 2 and 3 not for sensitive people.

(http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/hs4.jpg)
http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/hs6.jpg
http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/5101.jpg


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 30-01-2011, 17:01:23
Too smiley for a man about to die :S
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 30-01-2011, 19:01:40
Too smiley for a man about to die :S
Nah, He just had his poker-face on.  ;) Thought he was bluffing....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-01-2011, 19:01:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538509-2/Sihang_1937)

Sihang Warehouse under Attack by Japanese Forces. Note the ROC Flag on the Roof, wich upset the Japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-01-2011, 20:01:23
Kading and Butcher, you both get the special 'Medal For Gazillionth Repost'. Must have counted those pics for over 10 times. Each.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J16092%2C_Italien%2C_Panzerwerkstatt.jpg)

Tank workshop, Italy fall '43.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-01-2011, 20:01:52
Finish officer shooting russian inflitrator on the spot. Pic 2 and 3 not for sensitive people.

(http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/hs4.jpg)
http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/hs6.jpg
http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/5101.jpg


And here are some of the women and children that those infiltrators murdered on the Finnish side of the border:

http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/hs3.jpg
http://media.englishrussia.com/new_finlandwar/5080.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-01-2011, 20:01:57
I understand why, but that is sort of tasteless of you to post as a comeback.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-01-2011, 20:01:12
Especially when a lot of us know what that picture is about, and fully understand why the russkie should have been executed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-01-2011, 20:01:46
Anything wrong with posting the whole story?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-01-2011, 20:01:59
well, you did not do that. he could have been on a recon mission to spot the enemy lines aswell. You just showed one of the possibilities of the reason of his presence. and it happened to be the most gruesome one and you had to post pictures with it.

So you did anything but posting the whole story.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-01-2011, 21:01:18
well, you did not do that. he could have been on a recon mission to spot the enemy lines aswell. You just showed one of the possibilities of the reason of his presence. and it happened to be the most gruesome one and you had to post pictures with it.

So you did anything but posting the whole story.

You're right, I shouldn't assume the worst.

However, if you look at the photos on the site you'll notice that they are mostly of murdered Finnish civilians, Soviet infiltrators/partisans and the remains of Russian soldiers exposed to their comrades' cannibalism. The context suggests that the men responsible for actions such as these are also the ones executed.

I don't know if it was common practice in the Finnish army to execute prisoners for doing reconnaissance, perhaps someone could fill me in here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-01-2011, 21:01:41
Alone behind enemy lines or in civilian clothes ==> spy ==> interrogated and shot.

I believe about every nation did that in those days.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-01-2011, 22:01:08
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8711/airhellcat7.jpg)
Ensign Byron Johnson's F6F Hellcat crash landed on Enterprise, 10 Nov 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2011, 22:01:46
(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4826/1943northafrica04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2011, 15:01:23
Alone behind enemy lines or in civilian clothes ==> spy ==> interrogated and shot.

I believe about every nation did that in those days.
Yep. Every soldier wich had civilian clothes on was considerd a spy and shot on sight
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 31-01-2011, 16:01:14
Alone behind enemy lines or in civilian clothes ==> spy ==> interrogated and shot.

I believe about every nation did that in those days.

You said alone behind enemy lines OR in civilian clothes ...
So does this mean even if you were in your uniform but behind enemy lines you got shot? of course there are always assholes who do that, but i dont think its a reason to shoot somebody on the spot (not to speak about the Geneva Convention). - i mean it happened every day that units retreated and someone was left behind.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-01-2011, 17:01:58
Nah, it was alone behind enemy lines without any form of military ID such as paperwork, dog tags, etc (making you a spy), or in civilian clothes and shooting at soldiers (IE, partisan) could both be legally shot on capture under the geneva conventions of the time.  It wasn't until 1949 when you couldn't just execute partisans on the spot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 31-01-2011, 18:01:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Infantry_anti-tank_crew_fires_on_Nazis.jpg)

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A U.S. anti-tank crew in combat in the Netherlands, November 4, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 31-01-2011, 20:01:14
I spy a captured weapon.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-01-2011, 21:01:04
I Spy repost..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538610-2/2j3h7uo)

Italian RSI soldiers in a defensive position with a Breda 37.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 31-01-2011, 22:01:24
Never seen this one before. Not sure if its the Yamato or the Musashi, or even if it's a real photo. I hope somebody will say that it is real.
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9026/yamatoi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2011, 23:01:00
Its the yamato alright

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yamato_battleship_under_construction.jpg
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/M3_Tank_Stalingrad.JPG)

Soviet troops launching a counterattack around the area's of stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-02-2011, 17:02:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/US_Army_Pathfinders_June_1944.jpg)

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U.S. Army Pathfinders and C-47 Skytrain flight crew just before D-Day in June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-02-2011, 18:02:30
Too smiley for a man about to die :S
Have you ever seen the picture of the French Resistance fighter, flashing his executors a smile seconds before he is shot?  It is a very powerful picture and unfortunately I cannot find it on the internet.

Edit: Here it is
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2463027517_6ce36a35c4_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2011, 18:02:18
There's a story about one French Marquis member, he got captured and he was instant sentenced to death by firing squad. They however, did not tied him up, in wich moments before he got shot, he turned around pulled his pants down and showed his ass

The only thing that was mentioned, that it was during Operation Dragoon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 01-02-2011, 20:02:45
There's a story about one French Marquis member, he got captured and he was instant sentenced to death by firing squad. They however, did not tied him up, in wich moments before he got shot, he turned around pulled his pants down and showed his ass

The only thing that was mentioned, that it was during Operation Dragoon

So the French prefer it in the ass?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-02-2011, 21:02:33


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538832-2/BobSemple3)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538836-2/BobSemple2)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/538828-2/BobSemple1)


 Bob Semple Tank.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-02-2011, 22:02:00
There's a story about one French Marquis member, he got captured and he was instant sentenced to death by firing squad. They however, did not tied him up, in wich moments before he got shot, he turned around pulled his pants down and showed his ass

The only thing that was mentioned, that it was during Operation Dragoon

So the French prefer it in the ass?

I know I do!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2011, 22:02:40
There's a story about one French Marquis member, he got captured and he was instant sentenced to death by firing squad. They however, did not tied him up, in wich moments before he got shot, he turned around pulled his pants down and showed his ass

The only thing that was mentioned, that it was during Operation Dragoon

So the French prefer it in the ass?

I know I do!  ;D
haters gonna hate :v
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-02-2011, 22:02:19
Lovers gonna lovvveeee <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 01-02-2011, 22:02:29
Moderators gonna moderate.

And Hetzers gonna Hetz:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3330357416_e1fc61f068.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-02-2011, 22:02:21
Char's gonna char......GE  ;D

(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Beutepanzer/B1-1%209PD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2011, 22:02:39
As they say in WOT=Church's gonna chill

(http://www.geschiedenisnieuws.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/windowslivewriterslagomhetreichswald-73churchill-tank-reichswald-1.jpg)

I remeber this churchill tank well. This forrest was so dense, the german thoughts no tanks could go trough it, in wich they deployed almost all of there AT guns on the sides..

Along came one churchill, destroyed all the MG positions in the forrest, taking out 55 german troops and All the Pak 40's and one Pak 97 gun. 100 Soldiers surrenderd for this beast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-02-2011, 22:02:20
And Hetzers gonna Hetz:

As 'Hetzer' means 'baiter' it is going to bait. German pun is this case.

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4871/kaiyo.jpg)
Japanese Escort Carrier Kaiyo, November 15th, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 01-02-2011, 22:02:02
@ Mudra: too much information! :D

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WW2%20pacific%20weapons/US%20Marine%20Corps/Marines_at_Tarawa.jpg)

fits the update
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 01-02-2011, 22:02:14
Hetzer <3
(In this case Hetzer Flammpanzer)
(http://www.efour4ever.com/hertzer_850.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-02-2011, 23:02:13
There's a story about one French Marquis member, he got captured and he was instant sentenced to death by firing squad. They however, did not tied him up, in wich moments before he got shot, he turned around pulled his pants down and showed his ass

The only thing that was mentioned, that it was during Operation Dragoon
Maquis, no r.  Sorry everybody says marquis for some reason
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-02-2011, 23:02:54
There's a story about one French Marquis member, he got captured and he was instant sentenced to death by firing squad. They however, did not tied him up, in wich moments before he got shot, he turned around pulled his pants down and showed his ass

The only thing that was mentioned, that it was during Operation Dragoon
Maquis, no r.  Sorry everybody says marquis for some reason

One thing that should always be remembered though, execution of partisans, on the spot, was legal. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-02-2011, 23:02:30
(http://dim-galat.pel.sch.gr/projects/akropolis/images/akr_109.gif)
Germans Sightseeing...German occupation of 2011 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 02-02-2011, 01:02:46
Wait, we're in 2011, wow... I just must be having a lot of flashbacks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-02-2011, 06:02:30
German air crew radio operator, and officer candidate, in a highly customized double breasted cotton tunic.  Of interest other than the tunic itself, are the breast eagle that has been placed low under the pocket, the air gunner badge underneath the embroidered radio-op badge, and the metal crusher cap eagle, which appears to have had the talons removed/broken off.

(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7439/2556p.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-02-2011, 20:02:59
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-F0316-0204-005%2C_Russland%2C_Paulus_in_Kriegsgefangenschaft.jpg)

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Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus (left), with his chief of staff, Generalleutnant Arthur Schmidt (middle) and his aide, Wilhelm Adam (right), after their surrender (Battle of Stalingrad)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-02-2011, 23:02:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539075-2/uyznzowe)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-02-2011, 23:02:57
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539075-2/uyznzowe)
What? its just an explosion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 03-02-2011, 01:02:27
Cool guys don't look at explosions...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 03-02-2011, 02:02:48
Probably the best place to put this nice baby :P

(http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o431/Cowboy31a/US%20Army%20Tanks/T32%20series%20heavy%20tank/T32rear.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-02-2011, 13:02:53
HRHRHRHR T-32

if this tank was mass produced, German panzers pants will be full of bricks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 03-02-2011, 14:02:29
Until the germains were told to aim default for the hull, not the turret. Which was exactly why the Americans opted for the insanely thick turret armor - German's default strategy for taking out enemy armor was to aim for the turret.

With the Americans on the attack, having hull down possibility is not so important as it is when defending, so this tanks main (and arguably very very advantageous) strength would be of a lesser value than you would think. The hull was nothing the Germans haven't met and dealt with before, the turret is relatively small so should be doable.

But yes, would've been a lot tougher than a few shermies here and there  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-02-2011, 19:02:58
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9594/ww222.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-02-2011, 20:02:24
- I wish i had my BAR


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539710-2/IJA_tanks_attacked_Nanking_Chonghua_gate)

IJA Type 94 tanks attacking Nanking Chonghua gate. 1937
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-02-2011, 21:02:39
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1023/prenormandy.jpg)
US Army M4 Sherman tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 03-02-2011, 22:02:53
Thats a nice Panther G
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2gtuc7l.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-02-2011, 23:02:23
Here is a nice one aswel
(http://www.anicursor.com/panttreffer.jpg)
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRsOBl4-Ac0hdncgkbMe1DagrGY5DoYaj5yaPry_iTYFQI8B0iNcQ&t=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-02-2011, 00:02:36
(http://www.topdesignmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-02-2011, 00:02:03
everybody knows that pic ... but we cant have a pic of a german tank without posting the pic of a destroyed one 2 mins later, can we?
nice of the pershing crew that they had the manners to shoot 2 further shots into the machine of  the fleeing panther crew... i dont blame the gunner, because i saw his interview (he felt bad for the crew), but the commander should be ashamed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-02-2011, 00:02:19
nice of the pershing crew that they had the manners to shoot 2 further shots into the machine of  the fleeing panther crew... i dont blame the gunner, because i saw his interview (he felt bad for the crew), but the commander should be ashamed.

Why? In war you are out there to kill people, not take half measures. People who fight halfheartedly don't make good soldiers. You can be darned sure no elite Panzer crew ever thought twice about pumping enough shells into a Sherman or T-34 to get the job done.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-02-2011, 00:02:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5bJQOkI1g

seen the video? the panther gets hit the commander and gunner bail out ... the narrator says that the driver is killed (but you can see him bailing out and getting away also) - and THEN they fire 2 further shots although the tank is no threat any longer ... sry but i think thats not necessary.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 04-02-2011, 00:02:31
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1023/prenormandy.jpg)
US Army M4 Sherman tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944

The M4 Sherman behind the M4A1 is fitted with an M1 dozer blade. LCT-213 behind carries four M7 Priests (three visible)  and an M3A1 halftrack. These belonged to the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, scheduled to land at Fox Green at H+90 (08:00).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-02-2011, 00:02:44
wrong one person fall back in the tank, the gunner or the loader
he was about to get out but in this moment the second bullet hit and he fell back into the tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-02-2011, 00:02:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5bJQOkI1g

seen the video? the panther gets hit the commander and gunner bail out ... the narrator says that the driver is killed (but you can see him bailing out and getting away also) - and THEN they fire 2 further shots although the tank is no threat any longer ... sry but i think thats not necessary.
When there is just one hole in it there might be a chance the Germans can recover it and use it again, and maybe the next time you come across it you wont notice it on time and then you are the one in a burning tank with holes in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-02-2011, 00:02:34
(http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/c/c017295.jpg)
Taken out Churchills at Dieppe Beach.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-02-2011, 01:02:08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5bJQOkI1g

seen the video? the panther gets hit the commander and gunner bail out ... the narrator says that the driver is killed (but you can see him bailing out and getting away also) - and THEN they fire 2 further shots although the tank is no threat any longer ... sry but i think thats not necessary.
When there is just one hole in it there might be a chance the Germans can recover it and use it again, and maybe the next time you come across it you wont notice it on time and then you are the one in a burning tank with holes in it.

That is the famous burned out panther, that was knocked out by a Pershing tank, shortly after it had knocked out a sherman.  The reason you'd fire multiple rounds is yes, to kill occupants (experienced tank crews are hard to come by), and to make sure it can't be used again.  The germans were utterly amazing at tank recovery, its one reason they took such few total tank losses.  The tank recovery units would even ride into combat just behind the tanks to immediately pull knocked out tanks out of line, rather than lose them.  This happened especially in Africa, where the germans could even end a battle with more tanks than they started out with, cuz they'd do the same with british tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 04-02-2011, 01:02:13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5bJQOkI1g

seen the video? the panther gets hit the commander and gunner bail out ... the narrator says that the driver is killed (but you can see him bailing out and getting away also) - and THEN they fire 2 further shots although the tank is no threat any longer ... sry but i think thats not necessary.
When there is just one hole in it there might be a chance the Germans can recover it and use it again, and maybe the next time you come across it you wont notice it on time and then you are the one in a burning tank with holes in it.

That is the famous burned out panther, that was knocked out by a Pershing tank, shortly after it had knocked out a sherman.  The reason you'd fire multiple rounds is yes, to kill occupants (experienced tank crews are hard to come by), and to make sure it can't be used again.  The germans were utterly amazing at tank recovery, its one reason they took such few total tank losses.  The tank recovery units would even ride into combat just behind the tanks to immediately pull knocked out tanks out of line, rather than lose them.  This happened especially in Africa, where the germans could even end a battle with more tanks than they started out with, cuz they'd do the same with british tanks.
Germans Tank crews only had their kills counted if the enemy tank burned. Maybe the US had the same doctrine ?

In the book I currently read about the Sw.Pz.Abt.503 is a story where a Tiger II was shoot in the lower hull. They crew bailed out but no one was injured so they all went back and stuffed the hole with some shirt because the light coming in from the hole was distracting them ;) So yes, a simple hole maybe kills one or two of the crew, but the tank will be back in action soon.

Actually the only occasions so far into the book (Hungary 1945) were a Tiger II was really perforated by a shot was near Caen from a German 88 near Cagney that mistook the Tigers for enemy tanks. They shoot two Tiger II straight trough the front armor and killed some of the crew.

Seems like nearly all German heavy tank losses were trough self destruction because of disabled tracks or wheels or simply getting stuck while driving at night trough bad terrain. And most German heavy tank crew members actually got killed while trying to get their tanks running again or driving around with the head outside the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-02-2011, 10:02:01
(http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/c/c017295.jpg)
Taken out Churchills at Dieppe Beach.
AAAGH

the pain
THE paaaiiiinn
Stupppiiid tactics! STUPID deployment! all that precious churchills potential wasted..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-02-2011, 10:02:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539860-2/Railway+gun)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539863-2/Railway+gun+firing)

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The gun in the photo is 180-mm Soviet TM-1-180 railway gun, which Finnish Army called "180/57 NRaut" (180-mm L/57 barrel Soviet railway gun). December of 1941 Finnish Army captured battery equipped with four of these guns in Hanko/Hango/Gangut peninsula and parts of another railway gun battery also equipped with these guns were captured in Säiniö (in Carelian Ishmus) in summer of 1941. While the Soviets had tried to destroy the guns before them falling to Finnish hands, the Finns succeeded repairing four of them one by one in 1941 - 1943. These four guns were issued to 1st Railway Artillery Battery, which operated in Karelian Isthmus in 1941 - 1944. December of 1944 Finnish government decided to sell them back to the Soviets and they were taken to Soviet Union.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-02-2011, 14:02:14
3 of those 4 guns are still preserved IIRC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 04-02-2011, 16:02:30
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/3859199472_89e904e8e4_o.jpg)

Knocked out Panzer IV in North Africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 04-02-2011, 16:02:50
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/3859199472_89e904e8e4_o.jpg)

Knocked out Panzer IV in North Africa

well this one germans can't really repair it :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 04-02-2011, 16:02:42
just a new paint and it will be allright
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 04-02-2011, 16:02:11
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Sov_Artillery/t34_06.jpg)
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Knocked out T34, inspected by German troops
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-02-2011, 17:02:04


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February 4, 1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Berlin-ship1944.jpg)

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Irving Berlin singing aboard USS Arkansas, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-02-2011, 22:02:00
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6595/texasi.jpg)
A heavy German coast artillery shell fell between Texas (background) and Arkansas (foreground) off Cherbourg, France, 25 Jun 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2011, 12:02:17
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/777/20090714t40.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 05-02-2011, 15:02:00
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/777/20090714t40.jpg)

t-60?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 05-02-2011, 15:02:06
T-40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 05-02-2011, 21:02:26
Thought I'd post some Battle of the Bulge related photo's while we wait for the next release  :)

(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/875/10007892.jpg)

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A pair of 3rd Armoured Division Shermans in the Ardennes with a veteran M4A1(76) on the left and one of the heavily armoured M4A3E2 assault tanks on the right.

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The Panther's side armour remained vulnerable to a wide range of weapons. This Panther Ausf G, of the 9th SS Panzer Division, was knocked out by a 57mm antitank gun during fighting for Langlir, to the northeast of Houfallize, on january 13 1945. The penetration can be seen on the turret rear at the bottom of the tactical number 121. In hands of brave crews, the infantry's obsolete 57mm antitank gun remained a major hazard to Panthers in the Ardennes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 05-02-2011, 21:02:18
Pair of ZSU M17's.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/1274955786480.jpg)

The US supplied 1000 M17 MGMC's and 100 M15A1 CGMC's to the Soviet Union in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-02-2011, 22:02:29
They where particulary fond of the M15 MGMC. Excellent firepower and accuracy that thing had.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-02-2011, 22:02:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/540499-2/DL1361_F%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-02-2011, 12:02:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J16897%2C_Italien%2C_Nettuno%2C_britische_Kriegsgefangene%2C_Verwundete.jpg)

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British POWs near Nettuno, Operation Shingle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 06-02-2011, 14:02:24
(http://i51.tinypic.com/67tzec.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2011, 16:02:22
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5141/img802500223453942.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 06-02-2011, 18:02:10
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1508/1000794k.jpg)

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An M4A3(76) of the 774th Tank Battalion passes by a knocked out Panther tank near Bovigny on January 17, 1945, while supporting the 83rd division during the drive to seal the Bulge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-02-2011, 22:02:01
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j18/lettow_vorwek/MarkVBerlin3.jpg)

Russian MarkV Captured by the Germans and used as Barricade or to Fight the Soviets in the Battle of Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-02-2011, 22:02:25
How to throw a grenade. Also, i really want the gasmask he is carying under his left arm, but they are just impossible to find here :(
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2179130295_fde9fd7ae1_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-02-2011, 03:02:16
Finns in Czechoslovak helmets.

(http://mosinnagant.net/images/Czech-wire.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 07-02-2011, 13:02:14
A column of SU-57 assault guns.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/SU_57_02.jpg)

650 T48 57mm GMC's were supplied to the Soviet Union (called SU-57 in Soviet service), mainly from the United Kingdom. Four Soviet assault gun brigades were equipped with the SU-57 in febuary 1944, these were the 14th, 16th, 19th and 22nd Brigades, seeing combat in the Ukraine in mid '44 and also Romania in August (presumably Hungary and Czechoslovakia as well). The Polish forces also recieved a number of SU-57's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 07-02-2011, 18:02:40
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1599/1000803ag.jpg)

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The crew of an M4A3(76) command tank of Capt John Megglesin of the 42nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armoured division cross their fingers for good luck. This new tank was the third they had been issued in two weeks of fighting. The two previous tanks had been knocked out, fortunately without the loss of a single crewman. It was a grim statistic that on average, one crewman was killed every time a Sherman tank was knocked out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-02-2011, 18:02:30
this was for the M4A1 mostly, but crew survivability was the highest of any tank in a M4A3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-02-2011, 19:02:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Torpedoed_merchant_ship.jpg)

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A U-boat shells a merchant ship which has remained afloat after being torpedoed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-02-2011, 19:02:43
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2314/weaponarisakatype383.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 07-02-2011, 20:02:43
Some fellas from the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment looking completely normal.
(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr173/sgmrjsh3/img035.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-02-2011, 20:02:45
Nice camo.
armored infantry (regiment) = allied counterpart to Panzergrenadiere?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-02-2011, 22:02:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/541594-2/9++Beregfy+and+SS_+Nov)

During December, 1944, Hungarian Minister of Defense Beregfy is photographed at the first ring of the defensive "Arpad line" built around Budapest. This section was held by the 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia. On Beregfy's right stands SS officer Karl-Heinz Keitel, the eldest son of Field-Marshall Keitel, who later would be wounded and evacuated by air from the city.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-02-2011, 23:02:05
Croatian armour!!!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Croatian_Panzer_I.jpg)
PzI lost somewhere in the Balkans....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-02-2011, 02:02:10
Nice camo.
armored infantry (regiment) = allied counterpart to Panzergrenadiere?

Pretty much. VM will probably in here to expand on that shortly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-02-2011, 03:02:11
Nice camo.
armored infantry (regiment) = allied counterpart to Panzergrenadiere?

Pretty much. VM will probably in here to expand on that shortly.

Yeah, that they are.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 08-02-2011, 11:02:03
The Commonwealth equivalent to the Panzergrenadiere/Armored Infantry were the Motor battalions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-02-2011, 15:02:13
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks8g13JlhE1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg)

Soviet VVS pilot and its P-39's

in many months, germans gonna cry airacobra bias on FH2  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-02-2011, 18:02:53
They won't get a chance to whine because I'll keep those aircobras down with mah 88  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-02-2011, 19:02:28
you do know that was the airacobra's primary target and you did knew wehrmacht and luftwaffe AA Losses on the eastfront where massive because of these planes? right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-02-2011, 19:02:06
you do know that was the airacobra's primary target and you did knew wehrmacht and luftwaffe AA Losses on the eastfront where massive because of these planes? right?

Ummmmm, noooo, the airacobra was a fighter, its a myth that it was used as a ground attack plane.  The airacobra was the plane that MADE the top aces in the soviet airforce.  Was it used in strafing runs, yes, but the IL-2 would still be the main killer.

(http://uralstalker.ekaterinburg.com/articles/images/005/210/5210/rechkalov.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-02-2011, 19:02:44
you do know that was the airacobra's primary target and you did knew wehrmacht and luftwaffe AA Losses on the eastfront where massive because of these planes? right?

Ummmmm, noooo, the airacobra was a fighter, its a myth that it was used as a ground attack plane.  The airacobra was the plane that MADE the top aces in the soviet airforce.


It was used alot in strafing missions, together with the IL-2. The P-39 would fly in conjunction with the IL-2 as fighter protection, but would often go along with the IL-2. But then for strafing runs. Mostly AA positions and such. Trucks and APC's aswel. Simply because the 37mm was so lovely and devestating.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 08-02-2011, 19:02:10
We all love this one, maybe eastern front ?
(http://i40.tinypic.com/nn7dr8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 08-02-2011, 19:02:54
you do know that was the airacobra's primary target and you did knew wehrmacht and luftwaffe AA Losses on the eastfront where massive because of these planes? right?

Ummmmm, noooo, the airacobra was a fighter, its a myth that it was used as a ground attack plane.  The airacobra was the plane that MADE the top aces in the soviet airforce.  Was it used in strafing runs, yes, but the IL-2 would still be the main killer.

(http://uralstalker.ekaterinburg.com/articles/images/005/210/5210/rechkalov.jpg)

I know very little about it's actual performance in the USSR, but it was at least very capable of strafing runs:

"...though outclassed by Japanese fighter planes, it performed well in strafing and bombing runs, often proving deadly in ground attacks on Japanese forces trying to retake Henderson Field.."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-02-2011, 19:02:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/236006-2/tt-no)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2011, 22:02:26
Ah the P39, my favorite airplane in Il2 <3


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/541597-2/8++Beregfy+and+Troop+Instruction_+1944)

General Beregfy is shown here inspecting the training of Hungarian soldiers in the use of the German Panzerfaust anti-tank weapon. He also facilitated the integration of many new Hungarian recruits and transfers into the German military structure, most of all by the establishment of the 25th SS Grenadier Division "Hunyadi".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-02-2011, 13:02:15
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/miloslavhrabec/Panzerfaust/1945.jpg)
ok, grandpa. lets do this!

(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/miloslavhrabec/Panzerknacker/06.jpg)
very catchy descriptions of tanks :P

Erst merke Dir den Eleganten                                    First of all, remember the elegant
Mit schrägen Flächen, scharfen Kanten,                    with edges at an angle, sharp edges,
5 Rollen, den studiere fleißig,                                     5 rolls, this one study keen,
Denn das ist der T34.                                                because thats the T34.

Von KW1 ist dann zu sprechen,                                 It has to be a KW1,
Wenn scharfe Kanten, steile Flächen,                        If you have sharp edges, steep surface,
6 Rollen, massige Figur.                                             6 rolls, massive figure.
Des Wagens äußere Statur.                                       It´s the vehicles outer appearance.

Gefährlich oft bemerkbar macht sich,                         Often noticeable as dangerous,
Der starke KW85,                                                       The strong KW85,
Vom KW1 das Fahrgestell.                                         The chassis of the KW1.
Turm größer, runde Kanten, schnell.                          The tower bigger, round edges, fast.

Der Sherman ist, das sag ich ehrlich,                         The Sherman is, I tell you honestly,
Von vorne gar nicht ungefährlich,                              From the front not harmless,
Ist ziemlich schnell, auch merk Dir ständig,                It´s very fast, further always keep in mind,
6 Rollen, runde Kanten, wendig.                                6 Rolls, round edges, agile.

Den Churchill wir erkennen sollen                              We shall recognize the Churchill
An vielen, dafür kleinen Rollen,                                  by many, but therefor small rolls.
Senkrechte Flächen. Er ist kläglich                             vertical surface. He is pathetic
Trotz großer Ketten unbeweglich.                              although he has big tracks he is immobile.

Doch niedriger und schnelle Wagen,                         But low and fast vehicles,
Die zwei und drei die Rollen tragen.                          with 2 or 3 rolls.
Das müssen Valentinen sein:                                    Those have to be Valentines:
Das Tempo groß, die Stärke klein.                             The speed big, the strenght low.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-02-2011, 13:02:19
Awesome stuff Butcher  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-02-2011, 13:02:15
Yes but please add T34 description too  :D

(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/6756/ww2a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-02-2011, 13:02:13
thx, i did add the T34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-02-2011, 13:02:54
is that a trench panzerfaust?  ;D

Panzerfaust Mit Zeiss Scope!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-02-2011, 23:02:51
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/542329-2/____t)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-02-2011, 00:02:53
Aggressive red boils over to pink. I should post some candy here in a counter move.

(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/6223/normandy189.jpg)
LST unloading a Cromwell tank onto Sword beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 10-02-2011, 12:02:28
(http://dulceetdecorumest.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/BabiYarMassacre.jpg)

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All Jews living in the city of Kiev and its vicinity are to report by 8 o’clock on the morning of Monday, September 29, 1941, to the corner of Melnikovsky and Dokhturov Streets (near the cemetery). They are to take with them documents, money, valuables, as well as warm clothes, underwear, etc. Any Jew not carrying out this instruction and who is found elsewhere will be shot. Any civilian entering flats evacuated by Jews and stealing property will be shot.

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The mobile killing unit Einsatzgruppe C, which kept records of the massacre, reported that they systematically killed 33,771 Jews from Kiev in two days, on September 29th and September 30th.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-02-2011, 14:02:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/542916-2/Finnish+soldiers+by+remains+of+Soviet+bunker)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zero on 10-02-2011, 19:02:02
from Operation Chariot (one of the few instances in WWII that Scots were allowed to wear kilts)
(http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4567/bundesarchivbild101i065u.jpg)
Tom McCormack
2930404, 1st (Liverpool Scottish) Bn., Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and 5 (Scottish) Troop, No 2 Commando.
Died aged 25 on 11th April 1942 of wounds sustained at St Nazaire on 28th March 1942.
Son of Jeremiah and Joanna McCormack, of Allerton, Liverpool.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 10-02-2011, 19:02:34
(http://i54.tinypic.com/nvxeys.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-02-2011, 20:02:39
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/S-QkQj1UjiI/AAAAAAAAEug/a_J6tcWzWag/s1600/german-soldiers-wehrmacht-ww2-second-world-war-color-pictures-history-pictures-illustrated-001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-02-2011, 20:02:17
Heins himmelsdorf carrying 2 teller mines for zhe national yearly Tellermine trowing competition? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 10-02-2011, 21:02:46
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2311/1000869.jpg)

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An M4A3(76) of the 42nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armoured Division passes by an abandoned German PzIV tank along the Houffalize road outside Bastogne on january 15, 1945.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-02-2011, 01:02:44
(http://dulceetdecorumest.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/BabiYarMassacre.jpg)

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All Jews living in the city of Kiev and its vicinity are to report by 8 o’clock on the morning of Monday, September 29, 1941, to the corner of Melnikovsky and Dokhturov Streets (near the cemetery). They are to take with them documents, money, valuables, as well as warm clothes, underwear, etc. Any Jew not carrying out this instruction and who is found elsewhere will be shot. Any civilian entering flats evacuated by Jews and stealing property will be shot.

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The mobile killing unit Einsatzgruppe C, which kept records of the massacre, reported that they systematically killed 33,771 Jews from Kiev in two days, on September 29th and September 30th.

These blast points... too accurate for sand people...
edit: lol, but sorry for any possible offense.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 11-02-2011, 01:02:27
[img]http://dulceetdecorumest.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/BabiYarMassacre.jpg[/ig]

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All Jews living in the city of Kiev and its vicinity are to report by 8 o’clock on the morning of Monday, September 29, 1941, to the corner of Melnikovsky and Dokhturov Streets (near the cemetery). They are to take with them documents, money, valuables, as well as warm clothes, underwear, etc. Any Jew not carrying out this instruction and who is found elsewhere will be shot. Any civilian entering flats evacuated by Jews and stealing property will be shot.

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The mobile killing unit Einsatzgruppe C, which kept records of the massacre, reported that they systematically killed 33,771 Jews from Kiev in two days, on September 29th and September 30th.

These blast points... too accurate for sand people...
edit: lol, but sorry for any possible offense.

Meh, would have been more funny if it was in the desert...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-02-2011, 02:02:31
(http://collect-helmets.snadno.eu/pics/P-13.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 11-02-2011, 04:02:29

(http://www.bilderberg.org/dutch.jpg)  (http://www.bilderberg.org/danzig.jpg)
I don't think I need to name that division..
I found it on a french forum, but without explanations, but the ADGZ shows thats probably in Danzig in Austria
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-02-2011, 05:02:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/543114-2/Finnish+Junkers+K+43)

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Finnish Junkers K 43fa. February 1942.

Before WWII the Finnish Airforce had five Junkers K 43fa's and one W 43hi version. These aircrafts flew 13 reconnaissance missions during the Winter War.

In Continuation War the aircraft was used for transporting wounded and supplying long distance patrols operating behind enemy lines. During the war the planes transported around 1600 wounded soldiers to safety. Five more Junkers of W 43hi version was bought in 1944 but they were only used as training aircraft.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 11-02-2011, 08:02:46
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I found it on a french forum, but without explanations, but the ADGZ shows thats probably in Danzig in Austria
>:(
Danzig  was not Austria!
danzig was Poland, and was attacked at 1st Sept 1939.
Austria was occupied in March 1938 -

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6749/anschluss4ef3.jpg)
Hitler and his staffcars in front of Vienna Capital Hall 1938
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-02-2011, 11:02:26
Hehe, the Austrian Empire made rapid expansions  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 11-02-2011, 14:02:11
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I found it on a french forum, but without explanations, but the ADGZ shows thats probably in Danzig in Austria
>:(
Danzig  was not Austria!
danzig was Poland, and was attacked at 1st Sept 1939.
Austria was occupied in March 1938 -

Sorry, my mistake, the ADGZ is an Austrian AFV, and the Pic is in Danzig, Poland. I was probably distracted when writting the post :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 11-02-2011, 19:02:48
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2654/10008732.jpg)

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Panther Armour plate became increasingly brittle in 1944 as supplies of key alloys disappeared. This Panther Ausf.G is from the Panzer Lehr Division, knocked out during the attacks on Buissonville after Christmas. The two hits on the front turret side caused the plate to break away in large chunks instead of creating small holes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-02-2011, 21:02:20
Yet so many german fanboys claim this rarely occured on panther tanks. Bullocks i say. Of the 2 panthers i saw in my life, both had weldings wich i could say=Fail.

Removing molybedenum and adding huge amounts of carbon and vanadium is just death wrong

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-02-2011, 21:02:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/543324-2/3)

M15/42 from the 22nd SS Freiwilligen Kavallerie Division Maria Theresa. During the battle for Budapest, the divisions M42's fought as part of the 22nd SS Panzerjäger Abteilung, along side with the division’s Hetzer's and with those of the 8th SS Kavallerie Division Florian Geyer during February of 1945 Budapest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-02-2011, 21:02:54
I wonder if those M15's have HEAT rounds for there 47mm guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-02-2011, 21:02:17
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/254/036973.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-02-2011, 21:02:04
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I wonder if those M15's have HEAT rounds for there 47mm guns

Nah, they didn't.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-02-2011, 11:02:32
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I wonder if those M15's have HEAT rounds for there 47mm guns

Nah, they didn't.
whata mistaka to maka  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-02-2011, 12:02:08
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4771/97tkhmg02.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-02-2011, 13:02:09
(http://wwii.ca/photos/carp/caen_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 12-02-2011, 15:02:34
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/6531/1000848d.jpg)

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A M4A3(76) of the 750th Tank Battalion moves into Salmchateau in support of the 75th Division on January 16th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 12-02-2011, 15:02:32
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2cosfbd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-02-2011, 22:02:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/543321-2/1_004)

German M15/42 tank with Hungarian infantry in December 1944 near Budapest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-02-2011, 10:02:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F088675-0031%2C_Dresden%2C_Ruine_der_Frauenkirche.jpg)

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The ruins of the Frauenkirche in 1991

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Dresden-Frauenkirche-night.jpg)

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The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) as part of the allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War. In four raids, altogether 3,600 planes, of which 1,300 heavy bombers dropped as much as 650,000 incendiaries, together with 8,000 lb. high-explosive bombs and hundreds of 4,000-pounders,[1] in all more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices were dropped on the city, the Baroque capital of the German state of Saxony. The resulting firestorm destroyed 15 square miles (39 square kilometres) of the city centre.[2]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-02-2011, 11:02:36
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7683/12446709.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 13-02-2011, 17:02:30
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7039/1000884v.jpg)

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MG crew in action on the Eastern front, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-02-2011, 21:02:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/543327-2/5_001)

Knocked out M15/42 from the 22nd SS Freiwilligen Kavallerie Division Maria Theresa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 13-02-2011, 22:02:49
(http://i53.tinypic.com/28clxmt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-02-2011, 10:02:09
I dont know if that isn't a repost ....  :P
SOMUA S35 , S40 and SAU40
(http://wklej.in/images/390872bd43f42afdbee.jpg)

very interesting picture of Panther with broken frontal armor plate ...
(http://wklej.in/images/736pantherui9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-02-2011, 11:02:56
1945. AKA bad steel quality. Brittle steel seems to be the cause of this.

(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/IJARG/images/ki51-1.jpg)

One of the lesser know japanese planes, yet still built in larger numbers then the Aichi D3 val. The Mitshubishi K-51 "Sonia". 2500+ served with the Imperial Japanese army

While slow and not so manouverable as the Aichi Val, the Ki-51 was one of the few japanese planes wich could absorb damage
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 14-02-2011, 17:02:19
But that Panther shouldnt have bad steel because its a late D ore A Panther. So what is the reason for this havy damage ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 14-02-2011, 18:02:53
Too hard steel alloy. When hit, it cracks and shatters.

The armour could have been just as bad on A's and D's as well as on G's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-02-2011, 18:02:40
The description says 105mm HE shell, if it is lobed onto the front plate it can impact in a straight angle and i guess could also do a lot of damage. The 105 is a serious explosion, i think that even if it was good quality armour it could still have cracked like that.

It is a Type A, so the armour should be at its best for a panther.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 14-02-2011, 19:02:55
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3853/1000890m.jpg)

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A Sd.Kfz.251/9 'Stummel' Halftrack during operations at Kursk in july 1943. Note the white painted kill rings on the barrel of the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-02-2011, 20:02:49
(http://www.lostbulgaria.com/pic/239.jpg)

German troops on a Sonderkraftfahresel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-02-2011, 21:02:01
Enemy jackass spotted!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-02-2011, 21:02:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/543329-1/6_001)

Outskirts of Budapest, Captured Hungarian and German Vehicles of the Maria Theresa Division. Some Turans, Panzer IIIs, A Bizon(?, Matilda II, Zrinyi SPG and few others.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-02-2011, 13:02:48
(http://image.space.rakuten.co.jp/lg01/05/0000063505/43/img32d14ea1zik8zj.jpeg)
Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär early production without the hull mg.
.. dont know if its a repost, sry i cant look through 6500 posts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: phillip on 15-02-2011, 14:02:54
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3853/1000890m.jpg)

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A Sd.Kfz.251/9 'Stummel' Halftrack during operations at Kursk in july 1943. Note the white painted kill rings on the barrel of the gun.

Commander Report: Company destroyed 2 enemy tanks and secured the area.  Company also successfully shot and destroyed one Unidentified Flying Object.  The Flying object was circular and shiny.  It was taken to "Bereich Einundfünfzig"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-02-2011, 19:02:15
More Panthers in trouble  ;D
(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6091/p127.jpg)

(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5014/p535k.jpg)
Is that me ... or i see a hole in the front plate ?

(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5039/churchillustroops.th.jpg) (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/churchillustroops.jpg/)
Hmm ... Churchill Mk V and US Paras ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 16-02-2011, 19:02:32
Showing the so-called "Main Defence Line" of Denmark

Not a real picture, but its WWII

(http://diorama.biz/indhold/5s6-b-udst19-b002.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-02-2011, 19:02:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/544542-2/1__)

That is, without question, a Panther in trouble.


Please, one picture per member per day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-02-2011, 19:02:33

Hmm ... Churchill Mk V and US Paras ?
Difficult to see. Could also be an MKVIII. It is however a churchill with a 95mm howitzer.


(http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr245/Verrieres/world%20war%202/Q-46.jpg?t=1248044384)

Many more panthers in trouble
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 16-02-2011, 23:02:08

Hmm ... Churchill Mk V and US Paras ?
Difficult to see. Could also be an MKVIII. It is however a churchill with a 95mm howitzer.


100% certain it's a Mark V, the Mark VIII like the VII has a round aperture for the hull MG. It's doubtful the Mark VIII ever reached any units before VE-Day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 17-02-2011, 14:02:55
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M4_sherman/sherman-75-04.jpg)

captured M4A1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-02-2011, 14:02:58

Hmm ... Churchill Mk V and US Paras ?
Difficult to see. Could also be an MKVIII. It is however a churchill with a 95mm howitzer.


100% certain it's a Mark V, the Mark VIII like the VII has a round aperture for the hull MG. It's doubtful the Mark VIII ever reached any units before VE-Day.
Ah yes indeed your rigth. I failed as a churchill expert

MKVIII did saw combat though, but more in the later parts of the war. 1945 and such
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-02-2011, 14:02:51
(http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/images/p-mg4275.jpg)
Canadian Grizzly Tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-02-2011, 15:02:04
Thats (http://wklej.in/images/912pb01.jpg) how we ride a wood bridges in FH2 ... and how (http://wklej.in/images/554pb02.jpg) should be ended  ;D

And on end , one question ...  8)
(http://wklej.in/images/1191297830694587.jpg)
When we gonna see that beauty under West Europe sky ?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-02-2011, 16:02:48
When we gonna see that beauty under West Europe sky ?  ;)
Never.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Battle_of_Eniwetok.jpg)
Landing craft heading for Eniwetok Island on 19 February 1944

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The Battle of Eniwetok was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought between 17 February 1944 and 23 February 1944, on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-02-2011, 17:02:45
First ME110, P38 and such plx
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-02-2011, 17:02:53
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rqH4fUbko2U/TGSAkmGvFGI/AAAAAAAARgs/SfBLsnhsf1s/s1600/ME+110+222.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-02-2011, 17:02:21
And then

(http://www.ourbrisbane.com/files/gallery/user-submitted/1116814024.JPG)


CAPICHE?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-02-2011, 17:02:07
And then

(http://www.ourbrisbane.com/files/gallery/user-submitted/1116814024.JPG)


CAPICHE?
Invalid: about as fake as weapon sway in BF2 (only one I could think of atm :P)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 17-02-2011, 18:02:12
G.Drew, you just jelly they don't let pilots do that anymore.

Anyhoo, my grandpappy flew in P-61s during the war as a navigator.
His vision wasn't binocularish enough to be a pilot but he still had high marks in nearly every other category. They made him a proposition "we can get you in a plane, but we can't tell you what you will be doing." He agreed and served in the first night fighter to be built from the ground up as such.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2956114086_ac4b7abc4d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-02-2011, 18:02:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Battle_of_Eniwetok.jpg)

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Landing craft heading for Eniwetok Island on 19 February 1944

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1944 – World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-02-2011, 19:02:23
G.Drew just posted that pic a fewposts up, rawhide :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 17-02-2011, 23:02:06
(http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/images/p-mg4275.jpg)
Canadian Grizzly Tank

Wrong thread, the picture is of a Portugese army Grizzly, behind it is an M74 TRV, which didn't enter service until 1954.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 18-02-2011, 00:02:31
Found this about the Grizzly tank, little resumé of it.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2894444762_bc1ff8f844.jpg)

Edit :
The Grizzly I was a Canadian built M4A1 Sherman tank with some modifications, it had thicker, more sloping armour, had a longer range, and, most notably was fitted with Canadian Dry Pin (CDP) tracks.

could be cool to add this tank for the Canadians :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 18-02-2011, 00:02:26
The Grizzly I was only used for training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 18-02-2011, 01:02:51
The Grizzly I was only used for training.

I know that the Ram was only used for trainning, but the Grizzly ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-02-2011, 01:02:11
nope a part of grizzlys equipped Canadian/Britsh Forces in Europe(used in Normandy), while the rest was used for training purposes  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-02-2011, 09:02:35
The sexton MKII did used the Grizzly chassis

oh wait still no sexton........
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-02-2011, 09:02:38
nah ... If FH2 need some twin boom plane and ASAP , that must be a FW-189  ;D
(http://wklej.in/images/214fw189.jpg)
Good armed - 2 x 7.92 mm MG17 shooting to front , defend was good too -  2x II 7.92 mm MG81Z , was not easy to kill , not like some Fi 156  :P . That plane is needed especially on Cobra  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-02-2011, 09:02:03
me and Mudra will rape you if you get the Fw 189 ingame before the ME110 , you do know that right?

then again, it could carry even bombs
..hmm..
First ME110 and P-38, then this mkay?


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-605-1705-17A,_Frankreich,_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug,_Heck-MG.jpg)

Rear gunner gondula of FW189
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 18-02-2011, 14:02:51
to be honest im not very interested into planes. you are always at a disadvantage when you have no joystick... xD
Im more of a tank whore.

(http://www.80thdivision.com/Photos%20-%20Murrell/Web%20-%2023%20MAR%2045%20-%20German%20Jagdt%20Tiger%20Tank.jpg)
havent seen these 2 jagdtigers yet.
picture description says 23.march.45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 18-02-2011, 14:02:51
to be honest im not very interested into planes. you are always at a disadvantage when you have no joystick... xD
Im more of a tank whore.

(http://www.80thdivision.com/Photos%20-%20Murrell/Web%20-%2023%20MAR%2045%20-%20German%20Jagdt%20Tiger%20Tank.jpg)
havent seen these 2 jagdtigers yet.
picture description says 23.march.45

anyone got some more info in the performance on the jagdtiger?

i always see pictures of the destroyed ones not those that are still alive :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-02-2011, 14:02:52
Performance? Usually they just ran out of gas and broke down. Then their crews destroyed them. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: mopskind on 18-02-2011, 14:02:08
Bis useless pieces of shit, the big gun wasn't even better then the 8,8-cm-KwK 43 L/71 from the Tiger II. Besides being 'mobile' pillboxes they were not useful :D but strangely i have a strange liabilty to these buggers :P made one once for fh2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-02-2011, 14:02:07
The 128mm dint penetrated much more then the 88mm L71, but the 128mm kept much more penetrating power over longer distances


Jagdtigers where useless yes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 18-02-2011, 14:02:36
to be honest im not very interested into planes. you are always at a disadvantage when you have no joystick... xD
Im more of a tank whore.

(http://www.80thdivision.com/Photos%20-%20Murrell/Web%20-%2023%20MAR%2045%20-%20German%20Jagdt%20Tiger%20Tank.jpg)
havent seen these 2 jagdtigers yet.
picture description says 23.march.45
Date is correct. That´s Jagdtiger 331 and 323 from s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 in Neustadt, Germany :)
look here for detailed info on this picture: http://www.thirdreichruins.com/spjabt653.htm (http://www.thirdreichruins.com/spjabt653.htm)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 18-02-2011, 18:02:06
nah ... If FH2 need some twin boom plane and ASAP , that must be a FW-189  ;D
(http://wklej.in/images/214fw189.jpg)
Good armed - 2 x 7.92 mm MG17 shooting to front , defend was good too -  2x II 7.92 mm MG81Z , was not easy to kill , not like some Fi 156  :P . That plane is needed especially on Cobra  ;D

Ugh, 7.62mm machine guns in war were so bad against other targets, especially against better ally fighters with better armor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-02-2011, 18:02:29
nah ... If FH2 need some twin boom plane and ASAP , that must be a FW-189  ;D
(http://wklej.in/images/214fw189.jpg)
Good armed - 2 x 7.92 mm MG17 shooting to front , defend was good too -  2x II 7.92 mm MG81Z , was not easy to kill , not like some Fi 156  :P . That plane is needed especially on Cobra  ;D

Ugh, 7.62mm machine guns in war were so bad against other targets, especially against better ally fighters with better armor.

They were MG81Z, meaning they were double barreled, and capable of 1800 rpm, and all going into the engine of the enemy aircraft chasing them.  Not to mention that the build structure of the Fw189 was incredibly well done, and it was probably as indestructable as IL-2s.  Also, the rear gondola rotates, and so from a diving attack, an enemy fighter would be running into 4 machine guns each belching out 1800 RPM.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-02-2011, 18:02:09
Enough airforce stuff, more ground troops!

(http://www.zib-militaria.de/WebRoot/Store8/Shops/61431412/4D50/1AEE/7D15/F448/7C8E/C0A8/2935/2368/erbse.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-02-2011, 18:02:08
enough german stuff, time for italians

(http://www.antitank.co.uk/images/20mm/solothurn-PhotoItalyBersaglieri.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-02-2011, 18:02:15
Holly Maccaroni ... now i remember what is most missed in Africa maps ... Solothurn AT Rifle for Italians and Germans  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-02-2011, 18:02:26
It is there.


ON A SAHARIANA. Muhahahahha!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-02-2011, 19:02:27
But not in use by infantry ... and is so weak in game ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-02-2011, 19:02:45
(http://www.bf-games.net/forum/uploads/1212441424/gallery_28554_184_53725.jpg)
captured Cruiser-tank by italy-forces
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-02-2011, 21:02:31
enough german stuff, time for italians
That picture is a re-post but still, it's fucking amazing. A favorite of mine for sure.

More pictures with Italians. Because?

MOAR

(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr345/mrsmithspictures/German%20Snipers/WW2%20Photos/GrenadierScheuter.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-02-2011, 22:02:10
Enough airforce stuff, more ground troops!

-image with AT crew-
Nice, look at the helmet. Looks like they painted the peadot on it? Or is that just me?

captured Cruiser-tank by italy-forces

Looks like a Valentine tank to me, road wheels. Small one, small one, large one. Surely helps with the supplies for the engineers if one breaks down..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-02-2011, 22:02:13
The Valentine was based on the Cruiser Mk. II. And that is definitely a cruiser turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-02-2011, 22:02:16
True on the turret..

But if it goes as fast as the Valentine, not really a cruiser anymore is it?  :-\

Ah, found some extra pics of it in a big fat tank book. Very different from the Valentine, you're definitely right Thor. Those road wheels just screamed Valentine at me.

Seems it was intended as a infantry tank but failed. So they made the Valentine. Cool stuff  :P

To contribute, this is one in Greece:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-161-0317-26%2C_Balkan%2C_Griechenland%2C_britischer_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2011, 22:02:33
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9940/1501d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 18-02-2011, 23:02:17
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9940/1501d.jpg)

We need a new ZW36 nau!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-02-2011, 23:02:36
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9940/1501d.jpg (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9940/1501d.jpg)
"and if that don't work... use more gun"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-02-2011, 02:02:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/545303-2/cantz_1007bis_59a)

Viterbo airport, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-02-2011, 02:02:12
mmmm...Cant1007z....mmmmm

(http://en.valka.cz/files/cant_z1007bis_191sq_86gr_35st_bt_grecia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-02-2011, 03:02:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/p108_crew1.jpg)
Italian heavy bomber Piaggio P.108B and its crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-02-2011, 09:02:02
Great Scott ... do someone ever mentioned about the famous plane in Africa ?
(http://wklej.in/images/826p40112sq.jpeg)
How we can play on Africa maps without sharkmouthed P-40's from 112 Squadron ? >:(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-02-2011, 09:02:03
(http://www.americanmilitaryhistorymsw.com/img/upload/kaasdsfder.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-02-2011, 10:02:19
Great Scott ... do someone ever mentioned about the famous plane in Africa ?

How we can play on Africa maps without sharkmouthed P-40's from 112 Squadron ? >:(
because another german plane in North africa was more important  ;)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/P03372.011_kittybomber.jpg)
RAF Kittybomber P-40. North africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-02-2011, 18:02:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/545760-1/1_031)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 19-02-2011, 19:02:00
kk, i gues you need an acount to see it.

Here is a reupload.

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8639/volksstrurm.jpg)

The rifles, anyone have a clue? French Berthier? Also the weapon the guy in the front is carrying. I have no idea what it could be.

and thanks to an encyclopedia found in Germany, it's the 9 mm MP Erma, EMP und MP 740(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-02-2011, 20:02:07
They're either Berthiars, or Lebels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-02-2011, 10:02:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Hellcats_F6F-3%2C_May_1943.jpg)

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1942, February 20 – Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace

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Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was a naval aviator of the United States Navy who on February 20, 1942 became the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Butch O'Hare's final action took place on the night of November 26, 1943, while he was leading the U.S. Navy's first-ever nighttime fighter attack launched from an aircraft carrier. During this encounter with a group of Japanese torpedo bombers, O'Hare's F6F Hellcat was shot down; his aircraft was never found. In 1945, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS O'Hare (DD-889) was named in his honor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O%27Hare
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2011, 11:02:02
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8449/jc45.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-02-2011, 17:02:09
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2033/trebesina8ja.jpg)

Greek Supplies were carried up on the mountains of Epirus/Albania mainly by donkeys or local women who  wanted to help.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-02-2011, 17:02:45
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8634/washingtonv.jpg)
Battleship Washington in drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard to repair collision damage sustained from battleship Indiana in the previous month, Hawaii, United States, Mar 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-02-2011, 21:02:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/545835-2/German+infantry+advance+past+wounded+French+soldier)

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A mortally wounded French soldier feebly tries to raise his arms in surrender to show that he is unarmed. German Infantry decide the wounded soldier is no longer a threat and cautiously bypass him while they focus on securing the rest of the French town.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-02-2011, 21:02:47
Painfull picture a bit

but thats war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 21-02-2011, 03:02:25
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3418780580_5b1d96fac6_b.jpg)

American landing craft. Note the SVT40 leaning against the side (near the bottom of the picture)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 21-02-2011, 04:02:19
What does a SVT40 do here ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-02-2011, 04:02:20
Probably captured.  Note also the ami wearing what looks like a german parka, in the middle, with the hood up.  SVT, prob captured by the germans, and now a war souvenir for a lucky ami ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-02-2011, 05:02:26
Did soldiers ever just choose to use captured weapons (besides situations where they ran out of ammo or supplies were low, i.e. in pockets and such) ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-02-2011, 05:02:39
Did soldiers ever just choose to use captured weapons (besides situations where they ran out of ammo or supplies were low, i.e. in pockets and such) ?

Plenty.  The germans loved captured weapons (you've seen plenty of photos of germans with SVT40, DP28, ppsh, and berettas, haven't you?!)  and the amis often picked up MP40s.  British and american snipers had a love for the german k98k sniper rifle, and there was one German regiment in BOTB that captured an american supply column loaded down with M1 garands and M1 carbines, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammo.  They promptly exchanged their rifles for the american rifles, and used them through to the end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2011, 05:02:07
And for some reason the Soviets liked the MP40

Anybody know if a Random BAR Gunner exchanged his weapon for a MG42?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-02-2011, 05:02:53
Never heard of that, problem would be having enough ammo for it.  Here's a fun photo though:

(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3157/beuteamericanbrowningba.jpg)

Polish BAR on the ostfront ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-02-2011, 06:02:15
Did soldiers ever just choose to use captured weapons (besides situations where they ran out of ammo or supplies were low, i.e. in pockets and such) ?

Plenty.  The germans loved captured weapons (you've seen plenty of photos of germans with SVT40, DP28, ppsh, and berettas, haven't you?!)  and the amis often picked up MP40s.  British and american snipers had a love for the german k98k sniper rifle, and there was one German regiment in BOTB that captured an american supply column loaded down with M1 garands and M1 carbines, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammo.  They promptly exchanged their rifles for the american rifles, and used them through to the end of the war.
Oh duh, my bad, brain fart of course I've seen those pictures.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2011, 08:02:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/546574-2/B3++Waffenss22mariatheresap)
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The seasoned 8th Waffen SS Cavalry Division was established during 1942, mainly from the Volksdeutsche population of the provinces of Transylvania, Bacska, and Banat. The less-experienced 22nd Waffen SS Cavalry division was formed more recently, both from the ethnic Germans and the Magyars of Hungary. Here 22nd Waffen SS Division's soldiers operate an anti-tank artillery piece in Budapest.

The presence of these divisions, along with Hungarian hussar regiments, happened to bring into the city about 30,000 cavalry horses, which would not only suffer for lack of sufficient fodder, but would eventually help to feed both the starving civilians and soldiers holed up in the capital.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-02-2011, 11:02:50
well thats the advantage with horses over motorized vehicles

if you cant feed/fuel them anymore, they can be used to feed you

Ever tried a Jeep steak? NON i think not!

(http://www.wio.ru/tank/aces/isu122ace.jpg)

ISU-122 after the battle of berlin. At the end of its career, it has destroyed 6 german tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-02-2011, 15:02:02
This is  ISU-122S , with modified gun D-25S  with semi-automatic breech block and new gun mantlet . Normal ISU-122 don't look different from ISU-152 .
(http://wklej.in/images/871isu122.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 21-02-2011, 16:02:04
well thats the advantage with horses over motorized vehicles

if you cant feed/fuel them anymore, they can be used to feed you

Ever tried a Jeep steak? NON i think not!

(http://www.wio.ru/tank/aces/isu122ace.jpg)

ISU-122 after the battle of berlin. At the end of its career, it has destroyed 6 german tanks


Don't you mean obliterated? I don't think there would be much left after being hit by that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-02-2011, 19:02:59
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-278-0899-26%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_mit_MP_40_im_Schnee.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 22-02-2011, 03:02:06
Plenty.  The germans loved captured weapons (you've seen plenty of photos of germans with SVT40, DP28, ppsh, and berettas, haven't you?!)  and the amis often picked up MP40s.  British and american snipers had a love for the german k98k sniper rifle, and there was one German regiment in BOTB that captured an american supply column loaded down with M1 garands and M1 carbines, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammo.  They promptly exchanged their rifles for the american rifles, and used them through to the end of the war.

Out of curiosity, was there any danger in using enemy weapons? It just seems like it would be an awkward situation to be captured with an enemy weapon, which they might assume you looted off a friendly soldier of their's you killed. Something like that might deter me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-02-2011, 03:02:53
You're fucked anyways, with or without a captured weapon ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-02-2011, 03:02:46
derpderphistory
Out of curiosity, was there any danger in using enemy weapons? It just seems like it would be an awkward situation to be captured with an enemy weapon, which they might assume you looted off a friendly soldier of their's you killed. Something like that might deter me.

I read a MACV/SOG book awhile back and they detailed in one operation they managed to give NVA soldiers boobytrapped ammunition for their AKs by sabotaging a supply dump. The ammunition (when fired) would break something inside the AK and fling the bolt into the face of the user, often being lethal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-02-2011, 03:02:17
Plenty.  The germans loved captured weapons (you've seen plenty of photos of germans with SVT40, DP28, ppsh, and berettas, haven't you?!)  and the amis often picked up MP40s.  British and american snipers had a love for the german k98k sniper rifle, and there was one German regiment in BOTB that captured an american supply column loaded down with M1 garands and M1 carbines, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammo.  They promptly exchanged their rifles for the american rifles, and used them through to the end of the war.

Out of curiosity, was there any danger in using enemy weapons? It just seems like it would be an awkward situation to be captured with an enemy weapon, which they might assume you looted off a friendly soldier of their's you killed. Something like that might deter me.

Not really.  Really, the only weapon you'd be in danger of having upon capture would be a sniper rifle.  Otherwise, no one really cared.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-02-2011, 14:02:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/512256-2/German+soldier+posing+with+captured+Russian+weapon)
captured weapons for the win.

look at pictures of german infantry on the eastern front. you will see that on every 2nd picture there is a german with a ppsh.


as for problems when being captured i think you have more to worry about your uniform:

- a russian commissar (Kommissarbefehl)
- SS
- allied bomber crews
- SAS

will have it harder than other captured soldiers/ will be killed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-02-2011, 15:02:32
(http://wwii.ca/photos/germany/xanten_flame.jpg)
Quote
L/Cpl. J.E. Cunningham, 4 Canadian Infantry Brigade, practices firing "Lifebuoy" flame thrower in orchard. Xanten (vic.), Germany, 10 Mar. 1945.

Of course, if you had one of these - you didn't even get captured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-02-2011, 15:02:22
Shamefully no, despite the well known doctorine of the british to never ever use the flamethrowers directly against personal

Doctorine was to first fire in front of the bunker/target and to give the enemy the time to evacuate/surrender
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-02-2011, 16:02:31
(http://www.bockonline.ch/images/sk141a_680.jpg)
Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1.04.1944 after US bombing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-02-2011, 17:02:09
Shamefully no, despite the well known doctorine of the british to never ever use the flamethrowers directly against personal

Doctorine was to first fire in front of the bunker/target and to give the enemy the time to evacuate/surrender


And for the germans, they usually did :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-02-2011, 18:02:16
Shamefully no, despite the well known doctorine of the british to never ever use the flamethrowers directly against personal

Doctorine was to first fire in front of the bunker/target and to give the enemy the time to evacuate/surrender


And for the germans, they usually did :P

I certainly would.

Although from what I understand a direct blast from a flamethrower was pretty much instant death.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-02-2011, 18:02:50
No matter how you look at it, death by fire takes time. My wild guess is about a minute or two. You might black out sooner because of burned lungs and poisoning. If the person in question feels pain i don't know, i am leaning towards saying no. Massive pain usualy gets turned off when experienced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-02-2011, 18:02:37
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4934040755_be40eab378.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-02-2011, 18:02:36
Shamefully no, despite the well known doctorine of the british to never ever use the flamethrowers directly against personal

Doctorine was to first fire in front of the bunker/target and to give the enemy the time to evacuate/surrender


And for the germans, they usually did :P

I certainly would.

Although from what I understand a direct blast from a flamethrower was pretty much instant death.

Yeah...its not.  Either the oxygen in the bunker/cave/tunnel is completely burned out and you suffocate to death, or you are burned alive, and don't die until your body goes into completely shock, you black out, and you are cooked to death.  Either way, there's a reason people, when lit on fire, usually run around screaming in agony.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-02-2011, 18:02:17
I will place some pickup and static captured weapons on my map. It mixes things up and is pretty realistic, especially when the mod arrives at the eastern front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 22-02-2011, 18:02:39
Its always time for a football
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HzAThb2RgMc/TKRIUL1DBdI/AAAAAAAABMU/ky1tCZcs_UU/s1600/Great+WWII+%285%29.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 23-02-2011, 00:02:22
No matter how you look at it, death by fire takes time. My wild guess is about a minute or two. You might black out sooner because of burned lungs and poisoning. If the person in question feels pain i don't know, i am leaning towards saying no. Massive pain usualy gets turned off when experienced.

if you breath in the hot gases and smoke youre actually knocked out within seconds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-02-2011, 00:02:02
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/547068-2/17+Honveds+in+Budapest)

Panzerfausts, Pancelrem in Hungarian, would have been very useful during the battles of the Don River, giving the infantry some chance against attacking tanks. By the time of the Budapest siege, the effective German Panzerfaust was available in reasonable numbers, and so was its Hungarian-designed and manufactured cousin. In fact, until the Soviets captured them on Csepel Island, the factories there continued to manufacture these weapons for the besieged troops.

Between October 29--November 27, Soviet units lost about 650 tanks and assault artillery while fighting on the eastern periphery of Pest. Above are a Hungarian officer and a private tending to business with German Panzerfausts on their shoulders, reportedly each already responsible for having taken out a T-34 tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-02-2011, 00:02:35
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/142284868_6a1bda247a.jpg?v=0)
British soldiers take a tea break during the Rhine crossing, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-02-2011, 18:02:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg)

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1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize and become the model for the national USMC War Memorial.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-02-2011, 18:02:57
No matter how you look at it, death by fire takes time. My wild guess is about a minute or two. You might black out sooner because of burned lungs and poisoning. If the person in question feels pain i don't know, i am leaning towards saying no. Massive pain usualy gets turned off when experienced.

if you breath in the hot gases and smoke youre actually knocked out within seconds.


Yeah, hence the you might black out sooner due to burned lungs and poisoning, just had no idea how long it took, my guess was about 8 seconds, but thats just because that number is in my head now for some reason.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 23-02-2011, 19:02:00
No matter how you look at it, death by fire takes time. My wild guess is about a minute or two. You might black out sooner because of burned lungs and poisoning. If the person in question feels pain i don't know, i am leaning towards saying no. Massive pain usualy gets turned off when experienced.

if you breath in the hot gases and smoke youre actually knocked out within seconds.



Yeah, hence the you might black out sooner due to burned lungs and poisoning, just had no idea how long it took, my guess was about 8 seconds, but thats just because that number is in my head now for some reason.

Running, screaming and burning vietnamese on well documented cases prove otherwise. These people get boiled alive and can very well last for many minutes before going in shock...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-02-2011, 19:02:32
If you run you move forward, if you move forward your face gets cleared of fire and you can breath clean air, thus making it worse for you i guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.GN_Angrybeaver on 23-02-2011, 21:02:47
If you run you move forward, if you move forward your face gets cleared of fire and you can breath clean air, thus making it worse for you i guess.

this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-02-2011, 22:02:59
If you run you move forward, if you move forward your face gets cleared of fire and you can breath clean air, thus making it worse for you i guess.

In my Chem and Bio lab classes in highschool, we were always told that if something happened and someone caught fire (be it from a Bunsen burner or mixing chemicals or such), that we should not run at all, as it will merely feed oxygen into the flames. :|
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Godall on 23-02-2011, 22:02:17
С Днём защитника отечества. Слава войнам!
(http://i003.radikal.ru/1101/d9/2c9b37155ad5.jpg)
(http://b2-nkvd.ucoz.ru/x_6fd3cfaf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 23-02-2011, 23:02:01
What has the first picture got to do with war pictures?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 23-02-2011, 23:02:24
(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/104/canonach24mm1941suisse0ny0.jpg)
Quote
Swiss soldiers with a 22mm semi-automatic AT gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Godall on 24-02-2011, 10:02:18
What has the first picture got to do with war pictures?
Topic: Picture of the Day. February 23 - Fatherland Defender's Day in the USSR. So I congratulated the all guys.  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-02-2011, 19:02:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/1944_5307th_Composite_Unit.jpg)

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1944 – World War II: The United States Army long-range penetration special operations unit known as Merrill's Marauders began a 1000-mile (1600 km) march over the Patkai region of the Himalayas and into the Burmese jungle behind Japanese lines
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: phillip on 25-02-2011, 05:02:42
a long range penetration unit eh?

(http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/02b0dfb666179025_landing)
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Muddy boots of soldier in infantry walking along road in Kasserine Valley during Allied North African campaign, WWII.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-02-2011, 12:02:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0527-04%2C_Kreta%2C_Kondomari%2C_Erschie%C3%9Fung_von_Zivilisten.jpg)

Our friends the Germans putting to sleep villagers of Crete.1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 25-02-2011, 12:02:34
This year will mark 70th anniversary of the invasion on Greece. Incidentally, I'm going to Greece and Crete (and Rhodes) with my school on the "prom" trip for 10 days and Bouras, would you happen to know any war memorials and/or museums on Crete ( Άγιος Νικόλαος and the vicinity, or Ηράκλειον), and Athens?

Sorry for off-topic, here's a pic to make up for it.

(http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/images/article_images/drvar%20art.jpg)
Drvar, 1944, entrenched positions of the 500th SS Paras
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 25-02-2011, 12:02:50
This year will mark 70th anniversary of the invasion on Greece. Incidentally, I'm going to Greece and Crete (and Rhodes) with my school on the "prom" trip for 10 days and Bouras, would you happen to know any war memorials and/or museums on Crete ( Άγιος Νικόλαος and the vicinity, or Ηράκλειον), and Athens?

Sorry for off-topic, here's a pic to make up for it.

(http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/images/article_images/drvar%20art.jpg)
Drvar, 1944, entrenched positions of the 500th SS Paras

there is a warcemetery in Chania but i dont know anything else
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: mopskind on 25-02-2011, 12:02:14
There is a little Museum in Heraklion right next to the big Historical Museum in the City Center. It is a bit hidden, you have to go down stairs n stuff. I was kinda disappointed because there is mostly old rusty stuff and not much restored weapons or anything and many many papers but all in greek. But worth a visit.

 If you have a drivers license i would recommend renting a jeep with some friends and make a tour through the island. Forking awesome and not too expensive. Especially all the "wild" pot plantation attracted our attention back then :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-02-2011, 12:02:02
Hmm..Never been to Crete before but from Athens i can tell you a few:

There is the war museum obviously which has a great variety of ancient to modern weapons and more things like flags,papers,rounds and many more from ww2.Its free too for all ages so no need to spent money there.You could also go at our parliament and pay a visit at the "Nameless soldier" statue there.Other than that i don't know real ww2 memorials as most are scattered all around Greece (Crosses,statues etc etc).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-02-2011, 12:02:17
I have been to Platanias, ~10km west from Chania. The oh-so-famous Maleme aerodrome is nearby, along with memorials and war cemeteries.

(http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-22Ba/WH2-22BaP008a(h280).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 25-02-2011, 13:02:26
I have been to Platanias, ~10km west from Chania. The oh-so-famous Maleme aerodrome is nearby, along with memorials and war cemeteries.

(http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-22Ba/WH2-22BaP008a(h280).jpg)

i have been to platanias 3 times... where is the Maleme Aerodrome?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-02-2011, 13:02:24
Maleme airport is in use by army so i don't think you can visit it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-02-2011, 14:02:39
i really wish to see that Sherman in Fh2  ;D
(http://wklej.in/images/431post_1223027858.jpg)
Any one , know something more about that tank ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-02-2011, 16:02:26
I have been to Platanias, ~10km west from Chania. The oh-so-famous Maleme aerodrome is nearby, along with memorials and war cemeteries.

http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-22Ba/WH2-22BaP008a(h280).jpg

i have been to platanias 3 times... where is the Maleme Aerodrome?
~5 km to west:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maleme
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-02-2011, 21:02:35
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/230/2r3a1pz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-02-2011, 22:02:56
i really wish to see that Sherman in Fh2  ;D
(http://wklej.in/images/431post_1223027858.jpg)
Any one , know something more about that tank ?

It's an M4 Composite hull, basically a welded hull M4 with the cast front hull of an M4A1 welded on. IIRC in US service most were used in the Pacific. They were also supplied to Commonwealth forces after stocks of the M4A4 ran out. Most, if not all were converted into Fireflies, designated Sherman Ic Hybrid.

According to ww2drawings it belongs to the "175th Tank Bttn, 123rd Rgt, 33rd Infantry Division - Philippines, March 1945". However drawing on the site has unit markings of a tank from Company B, 24th Tank Battalion, 13th Armored Division, which arrived in France on the 30th of January 1945.

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Allies/1-USA/02-MediumTanks/M4-Sherman/M4%28hybrid%29.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-02-2011, 23:02:15
40th of January :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-02-2011, 23:02:12
Yeah they had longer months back then.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-02-2011, 14:02:28
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8659/m4a1fireflyic.jpg)
Very orginaly "pimped" Firefly IIC(?)* , look how barrel is camouflaged  8) , especially like he imitate normal 75 mm gun ;D

*/ some sources tellings , theres no M4A1 converted on Firefly , so what we see ? :-\ And this isn't a Canadian Grizzly Firefly ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 26-02-2011, 14:02:24
That's a Sherman IC Hybrid, as far as I know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-02-2011, 14:02:33
Covered with Churchill tracks, but what are those others at the front (right)?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-02-2011, 14:02:15
looks like some kind of catapilar trucks, maybe from a french one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 26-02-2011, 15:02:15
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8659/m4a1fireflyic.jpg)
Very orginaly "pimped" Firefly IIC(?)* , look how barrel is camouflaged  8) , especially like he imitate normal 75 mm gun ;D

*/ some sources tellings , theres no M4A1 converted on Firefly , so what we see ? :-\ And this isn't a Canadian Grizzly Firefly ...

Sherman Ic hybrid.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/header.jpg)

edit.

beaten by Thorondor


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-02-2011, 17:02:40
From my new Buldge book, love it so far.

(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3894/panthery.jpg)
Quote
This is one of the 5 Panthers of the first company of the 12th SS-Panzer Regiment which fought their way into Krinkelt around 0730hrs on December 18. Four where knocked out by bazooka teams and antitank guns and this vehicle escaped down to Bullingen road where it was knocked out be an M10 3in GMC of the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion at around 1100hrs. It had 11 bazooka hits, several 57mm hits and three 3in impacts in the rear

Looks like pathers could take a rather large beating before going down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 27-02-2011, 17:02:55
In the good ol' days when steel was on it's high quality
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 27-02-2011, 17:02:28
I doubt that in early 1945, where people didnt even have enough to eat, steal qualtiy was on its maximum.....
But still it was good
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 27-02-2011, 17:02:59
It's late '44
:P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-02-2011, 17:02:54
The steel wouldnt have matterd Cropanzer. Its all about luck. There was one sherman wich took 11 hits wich all penetrated, yet not a single crew member was hit nor did the sherman catched fire.

Sometimes..you just had luck
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-02-2011, 18:02:34
(http://www.ocshistory.org/army_museum/TD/119M-18-med.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 27-02-2011, 18:02:59
I know, you got point.
I remember Master Chief (aka 373 ) told me 'bout some Tiger that recieved over 200 hits in one battle
and it was from all sorts of calibers.
And a sherman with 11 penetrated hits?
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-02-2011, 18:02:20
http://www.ocshistory.org/army_museum/TD/119M-18-med.jpg
Sure this is WW2 and not Korea? Looks like the wrong gun for WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-02-2011, 18:02:58
Muzzle breaked 76mm guns appeared in march siben IIRC

I know, you got point.
I remember Master Chief (aka 373 ) told me 'bout some Tiger that recieved over 200 hits in one battle
and it was from all sorts of calibers.
And a sherman with 11 penetrated hits?
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!  ;)
You have hits and penetrations yes, and the sherman had 11 penetrations
It was in cologne IIRC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 27-02-2011, 18:02:26
http://www.ocshistory.org/army_museum/TD/119M-18-med.jpg
Sure this is WW2 and not Korea? Looks like the wrong gun for WW2.

The M18 wasn't used in Korea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-02-2011, 18:02:34
*sigh* miss identified it, yes, its a hellcat, its fine, ignore me now plz. Thank you.

And one could say that the German steel quality went down after '43, or that it went to Russian standards :p

Also, steel quality goes down when you make it thicker, don't forget that, if you test a 20mm plate or a 100mm plate the 100mm will never be the same as 5x20mm plates. Production methods of the time did not allow it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 27-02-2011, 18:02:33
Unarmed, tropicalised Hurricane Mk.IIc BP654, 346th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, Sardinia

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/HawkerHurricane1.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/skcoclis/HawkerHurricane2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 27-02-2011, 19:02:06
An American Hurricane? I've heard of American spitfires in the mediterranean, but not a Hurricane...tell me more!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-02-2011, 20:02:37
*sigh* miss identified it, yes, its a hellcat, its fine, ignore me now plz. Thank you.

And one could say that the German steel quality went down after '43, or that it went to Russian standards :p

Also, steel quality goes down when you make it thicker, don't forget that, if you test a 20mm plate or a 100mm plate the 100mm will never be the same as 5x20mm plates. Production methods of the time did not allow it.
German steel quality started to degrade when the only source of Molybedenum, a mine in norway was destroyed by allied fighter bombers. The supply of this vital mineral lasted untill somewhere end 1943.

This element was pretty important in RHA. As it did had an effect on the armors of PZIV and Panthers. With allied penetrating there armors at much further ranges then in theory it should have protected.
To a tiger it wouldnt have matterd much. Most tigers got defeated by AT vehicles like the Firefly anyway.

Germany had a very very very small source of molybedenum back in 1944, but lost it when Russia took the mine. And this moly was reserved for the first king tigers. And IIRC the oldest KT at Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham had evidence of much better steel then the other KT's

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3226162224_3a81678855.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3226161710_33fbd69c34_z.jpg)

Sqd 30 Bristol beaufighters of the RAAF.
Nicknamed the whispering or silent death by the japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 28-02-2011, 11:02:26
(http://operatorchan.org/v/src/v41566_2860882084_c5589eb84c_b.jpg)
SUDDENLY M10
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-02-2011, 15:02:54
thats not a m10 your pic is a lie  >:(
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/354969-1/PantherM10)
thats a m10  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 28-02-2011, 15:02:57
I made a model of the house in the background.

It's on half the Bulge maps.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 28-02-2011, 15:02:13
Hopefully with an Panther M10 wreckage :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 28-02-2011, 16:02:57
I made a model of the house in the background.

It's on half the Bulge maps.  ;D

How many is half?  ;D

(http://www.v-like-vintage.net/uploads/images/Cropped700/00060624.jpg)

"Ich brauche einen Mechanikeeeer!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-02-2011, 16:02:39
thats not a m10 your pic is a lie  >:(
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/354969-1/PantherM10)
thats a m10  ;D
(http://friendsoftheprogram.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/its-a-trap.jpg)

In wich 57mm Guns opend fire and killed all 5 "M10"s  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 28-02-2011, 16:02:28
I know they really tried and everything, but hell, couldnt they have at least put some covering over the wheels?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-02-2011, 18:02:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Warsaw_Uprising_by_Tomaszewski_-_Mazowiecka_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-02-2011, 18:02:21
I know they really tried and everything, but hell, couldnt they have at least put some covering over the wheels?
Or atleast made the turret right
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-02-2011, 19:02:49
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/TGI7u-sOIFI/AAAAAAAAQK8/2oazH5B-5GU/s1600/FT+17+4.jpg)

Dump of German tanks. Though they are not really German, notice the FT-17 in the front, Italian M13/40 or M14/41 in the back and maybe some other tanks too, can't really see. Right up front a cute Kettenkrad too and the Panther in the middle looks like a Bergepanther to me. I liked this pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 28-02-2011, 20:02:40
A Tiger and a CV33/35 as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-02-2011, 20:02:48
I had seen the Tiger but good that you mention the CV33, I just noticed it in front of that tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-02-2011, 20:02:07
And Ft-17

And i already posted it :v
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-02-2011, 22:02:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Greek_artilery_Morava_Nov_1940.JPG)
Quote
The Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider (Greek: Πεδινό Πυροβόλο Σνάιντερ 85χιλ. (υπόδειγμα 1925)) was a field gun used by Greece during World War II. After the occupation of Greece, the Germans allotted this gun the designation of 8.5 cm Kanonehaubitze 287(g), but it is unknown if they actually used them themselves. It appears to have been the inspiration, if not the source, for the Japanese 75 mm Type 90 Field Gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-02-2011, 23:02:22
And Ft-17

And i already posted it :v
I already mentioned the FT-17.

And in so many pages a repost happens. This is just 1, theres plenty of pictures that have been posted 5+ times.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 01-03-2011, 11:03:58
(http://operatorchan.org/v/src/v41574_3664358614_d93c77d26b_o.jpg)
i accidently your ferdinand
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 01-03-2011, 13:03:40
Infos please to that ferdinand. I heard that most of them got destroyed by handheld AT at kursk. what happened with this one? the whole superstructure is blown away - my guess is the ammunition was set on fire.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/2781-5/italy2-530606.jpg) M24 chaffee - this looks like italy... first use was in botb. hope this is actually a ww2 pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-03-2011, 17:03:20
Yeah, that's actually a WW2 pic :P

And it that Ferdinand was probably blown up by its crew after being immobilized/breaking down.  That's how most were lost :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-03-2011, 18:03:26

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/129-4/stuck-german-tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-03-2011, 18:03:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Battle_of_Brittany_-_Lorient_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 01-03-2011, 19:03:37
Here's an "appropriate" one...

The caption reads: Back to Benghazi, the city is more and more in ruins, but the cinema is still working.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 01-03-2011, 19:03:37
Oh Lucky!
What book? :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 01-03-2011, 19:03:44
Oh Lucky!
What book? :)

It's from Rommel's Africa Korps by Kenneth Macksey.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 02-03-2011, 05:03:28
German Waffen SS overlooking the terrain with a captured SVT-40, Eastern Front.

(http://www.gunstar.co.uk/images/Gun-Images/Tokarev-SVT-40-A15756.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-03-2011, 13:03:24
Is that a luger holster i spy with my little eye!?

(http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/macchi_c202.jpg)

Macchi 202 folgore shot down by A south african brigade

appearntly a single button killed the engine. The pilot was able to glide it and land it safely
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-03-2011, 17:03:06
German Waffen SS overlooking the terrain with a captured SVT-40, Eastern Front.

(http://www.gunstar.co.uk/images/Gun-Images/Tokarev-SVT-40-A15756.jpg)

And two Gew98a rifles ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-03-2011, 20:03:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Sherman_intramuros.jpg)

Quote
The Battle of Manila, fought from 3 February to 3 March 1945 by American, Filipino and Japanese forces, was part of the 1945 Philippine campaign. The one-month battle, which culminated in a terrible bloodbath and total devastation of the city, was the scene of the worst urban fighting in the Pacific theater, and ended almost three years of Japanese military occupation in the Philippines (1942–1945). The city's capture was marked as General Douglas MacArthur's key to victory in the campaign of reconquest.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-03-2011, 20:03:50
Time for church!

(http://amazingdata.com/mediadata34/Image/hot_weird_funny_amazing_cool7_world-war-2-ii-pics-photos-22_200907271309393061.jpg)

I really wonder what they putted in that dish
you can see everyone with trollfaces around him
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-03-2011, 16:03:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F016223-0018%2C_Russland%2C_Kertsch%2C_Soldaten%2C_Motorrad_mit_Beiwagen.jpg)

Krim, May 1942 In the fight around the peninsula Kertsch. - Kradmelder in foxhole sleeping, besides BMW R75 with sidecar on free field.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-03-2011, 17:03:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/A20BismarckSea.jpg)

Quote
An A-20 Havoc/Boston bomber of the 89th Squadron, 3rd Attack Group is shown at the moment that it clears a Japanese merchant ship following a successful skip bombing attack off Wewak, New Guinea in March 1944. This photo illustrates the type of low level attack that was used so successfully during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-03-2011, 19:03:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F016223-0018%2C_Russland%2C_Kertsch%2C_Soldaten%2C_Motorrad_mit_Beiwagen.jpg)

Krim, May 1942 In the fight around the peninsula Kertsch. - Kradmelder in foxhole sleeping, besides BMW R75 with sidecar on free field.
Only to wake up next day to find out russian soldiers stole his bike??  ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-03-2011, 20:03:52
and his ass hurting, prolly
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-03-2011, 20:03:15
I find a freshly dug pit, when dry, rather comfy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-03-2011, 20:03:24
I find a freshly dug pit, when dry, rather comfy.
Re-read dnarag his post in a diffrent style and sexual preference
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-03-2011, 21:03:05
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8801/23tgtq0.jpg)
 ;) this rifle was fun to create
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-03-2011, 22:03:19
Is that?
MON dieu!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 04-03-2011, 23:03:13
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH OOUIIIIII !!! On se croise les doigts !!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 05-03-2011, 06:03:32
Why I cant see any imageshack pics?!?!?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-03-2011, 09:03:29
Why I cant see any imageshack pics?!?!?!
Chavez thinks that Imageshack is a Western evil.  ;)

Seriously though, are you on a company or school network? Maybe they blocked it. If you're just at home, no idea. I remember I couldn't see Imageshack pictures for a certain time. Comes back after a while though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 05-03-2011, 10:03:46
Why I cant see any imageshack pics?!?!?!
got the ipv6 protocoll enabled?

€:
(http://operatorchan.org/v/src/v41364_3080028399_a7b3cd9a24_o.jpg)
pic related
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 05-03-2011, 13:03:35
Holy oversize batman!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-03-2011, 16:03:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Koeln_1945.jpg)

Quote
The City of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, including 31 times by the Royal Air Force (RAF). Air raid alarms went off in the winter/spring of 1940 as enemy bombers passed overhead. However, the first actual bombing took place on 12 May 1940. The most notable attack on Cologne was the first Allied 1,000 bomber raid on 30/31 May 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 05-03-2011, 16:03:29
Battle of the Bzura: Polish cavalry in Sochaczew in 1939.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Polish_cavalry_in_Sochaczew%281939%29a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-03-2011, 18:03:19
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rgLL4e_UAYs/TGTSfyPhCdI/AAAAAAAAE7w/kiJt3sIl90k/s1600/Stug+III+7.jpg)

Nicely down, driver.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-03-2011, 18:03:36
So there's where you go when you go Eastbound and down!  ;D

*Baaadabum kisch!*

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week!


No seriously, there's too much TA0 in this post so I'll also add a picture, see it as a Saturday Bonus from me:


(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Cobra/Fallschirmjager-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-03-2011, 18:03:01
There is nevar enough of me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-03-2011, 19:03:33
There is nevar enough of me
This post made my point, thank you

(http://www.desertrats.org.btinternet.co.uk/images/Pictures/1RTRMatildas.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-03-2011, 09:03:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-268-0178-13%2C_Russland%2C_Sp%C3%A4hpanzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-03-2011, 10:03:58
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/TAdiamZ5dAI/AAAAAAAANmI/V7zvplWuMbI/s1600/17.jpg)

Hide and seek with a M14/41.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TBZ` on 06-03-2011, 11:03:21
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/18.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-03-2011, 11:03:46
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5721/2009u.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-03-2011, 11:03:53
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/TAdiamZ5dAI/AAAAAAAANmI/V7zvplWuMbI/s1600/17.jpg

Hide and seek with a M14/41.

"How to stop an italian tank"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-03-2011, 12:03:30
Either you trow the rock against the tank, or you lay a few rocks on it  ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-03-2011, 13:03:08
Great picture there, Seth!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0512-39%2C_Kreta%2C_Abgest%C3%BCrzte_Ju_52.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 06-03-2011, 15:03:58
^how crete feels like with 128 players ;D

a cool pic:
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/Winimperial/046zj8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-03-2011, 20:03:49
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/TAdiamZ5dAI/AAAAAAAANmI/V7zvplWuMbI/s1600/17.jpg

Hide and seek with a M14/41.

"How to stop an italian tank"
'Let's go tanking, Luigi!'
'Wait, it's covered in rocks. Screw this, let's go back to the base.'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TBZ` on 07-03-2011, 10:03:40
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/27.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 07-03-2011, 15:03:52
^how crete feels like with 128 players ;D

a cool pic:
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/Winimperial/046zj8.jpg)


A T-34/85 and long gunned Sherman? Are you sure that's not a Korea war pic?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-03-2011, 15:03:52
A rare pictures a stranded U-boot  8)
(http://wklej.in/images/6931290641029649_tn.jpg) (http://wklej.in/view.php?filename=6931290641029649.jpg) (http://wklej.in/images/3571290643193741_tn.jpg) (http://wklej.in/view.php?filename=3571290643193741.jpg)

 ::) Thats a M4A2 (76) W Sherman , who was one of the standard tanks in soviets Guards Tank units right with a T-34-85 ... and that is a picture from fights in Manchuria 1945 .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-03-2011, 16:03:31
^how crete feels like with 128 players ;D

a cool pic:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/Winimperial/046zj8.jpg

A T-34/85 and long gunned Sherman? Are you sure that's not a Korea war pic?

The Alps are in Austria. Sherman is lend-leased.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-03-2011, 18:03:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_173-0422%2C_Remagen%2C_besch%C3%A4digte_Br%C3%BCcke.jpg)

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Ludendorf Bridge between March 8 and 11, 1945.

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The bridge capture was an important strategic event of WW2 because it was the only remaining bridge over the Rhine River into Germany's heartland and was also strong enough that the Allies could cross immediately with tanks and trucks full of supplies. Once it was captured, the German troops began desperate efforts to damage it or slow the Allies' use of it. At the same time, the Allies worked to defend it, expand their bridgehead into a lodgement sufficiently large that the Germans could no longer attack the bridge with artillery, and kept it in repair despite the ongoing battle damage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-03-2011, 19:03:00
Floating mines, V2's, Arado's 234... they tried it all, all invain

A single M15 MGMC brought down 2 of those IIRC(arado's)
The bridge did collapsed a few days later

(http://amazingdata.com/mediadata34/Image/hot_weird_funny_amazing_cool7_world-war-2-ii-pics-photos-12_200907271309313052.jpg)

Russian anti-aircraft snipers!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 07-03-2011, 20:03:26
IIRC the Ludendorff Bridge collapsed the day after suffering some near misses from a V-2 attack, which weakened the structure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-03-2011, 20:03:54
IIRC the Ludendorff Bridge collapsed the day after suffering some near misses from a V-2 attack, which weakened the structure.
Still a theory, but it is possible due to the sheer impact of the V2. The closest hit was 264meters and it MIGHT have been the cause. But the Bridge was also under constant artillery fire. this could have weakend it aswel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 08-03-2011, 00:03:44
(http://amazingdata.com/mediadata34/Image/hot_weird_funny_amazing_cool7_world-war-2-ii-pics-photos-12_200907271309313052.jpg)
Russian anti-aircraft snipers!

HAHAH that's just a lol... If they shoot at a Swordfish I can understand, but I only hope they're not trying to destroy heavy bombers XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-03-2011, 00:03:36
Actually, the germans, the russians, and the japs used mass rifle fire as an AA tool.  When you don't have any AA guns around, any lead in the air is better than no lead and all.  And with liquid cooled engines, a single rifle bullet in the right place can cause the engine to overheat and force the pilot to land.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 08-03-2011, 00:03:07
Some very lucky Panther and her crew  8)
(http://wklej.in/images/2281294037665419.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-03-2011, 08:03:31


HAHAH that's just a lol... If they shoot at a Swordfish I can understand, but I only hope they're not trying to destroy heavy bombers XD

I believe it was primarily a defense against low flying strafers, ground attack and dive bombing aircraft.

Some planes were actually shot down this way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 08-03-2011, 10:03:26
Some very lucky Panther and her crew  8)
[img size=400]http://wklej.in/images/2281294037665419.jpg[/img]


Interesting to see they seemed to have aimed for the viewport...curious at what range they were shooting at the Panther..mm. Details, details!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 08-03-2011, 10:03:23
Some very lucky Panther and her crew  8)
[img size=400]http://wklej.in/images/2281294037665419.jpg[/img]


Interesting to see they seemed to have aimed for the viewport...curious at what range they were shooting at the Panther..mm. Details, details!

probably with the loltraktor, because in wot everything penentrated panther front!  >:(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-03-2011, 11:03:24
lol Bang0o
I believe it was primarily a defense against low flying strafers, ground attack and dive bombing aircraft.

Some planes were actually shot down this way.
In the yugoslav wars, one dude here in Croatia downed a MiG21 with his AK47  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-03-2011, 11:03:19
Proof plx ;) ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TBZ` on 08-03-2011, 11:03:37
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/23.jpg)

Is he just crying "Aaaaaalert"?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 08-03-2011, 11:03:40
^he looks photoshopped :o

and since he is russian i doubt he is crying "Aaaaalert" ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TBZ` on 08-03-2011, 11:03:25
^he looks photoshopped :o

and since he is russian i doubt he is crying "Aaaaalert" ;)

сигнал тревоги   ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-03-2011, 11:03:55
@Theta
I'll try to find it, kinda hard because every mention of a MiG brings up tons of new 'bout the recent crash of 2 of our own xD
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-715-0212A-06A%2C_Ungarn%2C_Jagdpanzer_Hetzer.jpg)
Hetzers in Hungary! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 08-03-2011, 15:03:34
@ tbz :when i see that russian with his mouth wide open i have to think about that russian singer who is singing trololol...

edit: Sh*t .. image doesnt work

another one then:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3878398817_ee7e4449e5.jpg)
captured sdkfz 234/2 Puma
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-03-2011, 18:03:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/U.S._Soldiers_at_Bougainville_%28Solomon_Islands%29_March_1944.jpg)

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The Bougainville campaign occurred during World War II from November 1, 1943 to August 21, 1945, on and around Bougainville Island in the South Pacific, between forces of the Empire of Japan and the Allies. Bougainville, at that time, was part of the Australian territory of New Guinea, although geographically it was part of the Solomon Islands chain. The Bougainville campaign was, therefore, part of both the Allied New Guinea and Solomon Islands campaigns. Bougainville was occupied in 1942 by Japanese forces, who constructed naval air bases at Buka in the north and Buin in the south, as well as a naval ship base in the nearby Shortland Islands. The Japanese bases provided security for their major base at Rabaul, New Britain and supported their forces operating at other locations in the Solomon Islands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-03-2011, 23:03:08
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/179357_1824722705994_1478046751_2035072_3433426_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-03-2011, 11:03:51
Hans und Ulrich meeting Georgian wine barrels?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 09-03-2011, 11:03:19
(http://operatorchan.org/v/src/v41421_3466812639_cfa44844d2_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-03-2011, 18:03:32
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/USS_Randolph_%28CV-15%29_under_repair.jpg)

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Operation Tan No. 2 was a long-range Kamikaze mission directed at the main Allied naval fleet anchorage at Ulithi atoll in the western Pacific on March 11, 1945. The Japanese hoped to take the U.S. Pacific fleet by surprise and sink or damage a significant number of the fleet's aircraft carriers or other large ships. In the attack, 24 "Frances" twin-engine bombers took off from Japan to conduct suicide attacks on the U.S. fleet at Ulithi atoll. Only two of the aircraft reached Ulithi, arriving after nightfall.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 09-03-2011, 19:03:52
epic picture bangoo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TBZ` on 09-03-2011, 20:03:10
(http://englishrussia.com/images/world_war_2_by_baltermants/19.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 10-03-2011, 09:03:02
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-559-1085-07%2C_Italien%2C_Flugzeug_Me_323_Gigant%2C_Opel_%22Maultier%22.jpg)
opel maultier with lefh unloaded from an me323 in italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-03-2011, 18:03:09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Tokyo_1945-3-10-1.jpg)

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The bombing of Tokyo, often referred to as the "firebombing", was conducted by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. The U.S. mounted a small-scale raid on Tokyo in April 1942, with large morale effects. Strategic bombing and urban area bombing began in 1944 after the long-range B-29 Super Fortress bomber entered service, first employed from China and thereafter the Mariana Islands. B-29 raids from those islands commenced on November 17, 1944 and lasted until August 15, 1945, the day Japan capitulated.[1] The air raid of 9-10 March 1945 was one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 10-03-2011, 19:03:01
^ Silly Japanese and their wooden houses...

Alright a 3 in 1 pic from me:

On the left: "A British Stuart passing a destroyed German tank."
On the right: "Stuka in a cloud of dust." and "There was never enough gasoline for the Afrika Korps."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-03-2011, 16:03:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/M3-Stuart-Buna-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-03-2011, 17:03:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/554217-2/gorlowka)

Italians in Urban Combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 13-03-2011, 03:03:26
^ Russian front?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2011, 03:03:40
Si.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-03-2011, 06:03:33
Like i mentioned in Italian Stuff , we need some fine lady in Africa  ;)
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6430/dianan.jpg)
Ladies and gentelman , we looking for Lady Diana  ;D (Sd.Kfz. 6/3 (7,62cm FK(r) auf 5t Zgkw) aka "Diana" )
That SPG we can put on Gazala ... and Mersa Matruh  maps  8)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2011, 07:03:55
(http://www.panzer-reich.co.uk/images/haftracks/SdKfz/7-62cm-pak-36-r-auf-5t-zugkraftwagen-diana-sdkfz-6-3/SdKfz-1.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-03-2011, 13:03:00
Diana?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2011, 17:03:52
That was kinda the point of posting it right after you ;)

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBi14pJTHAGAHcOYX17kz1ED40YYSfUOFT1uVrj7VJ_lfNEpVV&t=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 13-03-2011, 17:03:37
(http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/68EA6C68-31CB-4709-8822-594A8E81ED80/BE028039.jpg)
5/27/41-Athens, Greece: German tanks rumbling through the historic streets of the Greek capital as the conquering soldiers stage a victory parade in honor of field marshal List, who commanded the campaign against Greece.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-03-2011, 12:03:17
Very interesting Pz IV Ausf E ,  with strange extra armor on the front of turret  8)
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/2076/pziv51770152.th.jpg) (http://img856.imageshack.us/i/pziv51770152.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-03-2011, 14:03:25
I forgot what it is called, but some PIVs were outfitted with extra armor. They were supposed to lead the way of tank columns (a bit like the jumbo)

edit:
(http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Images/1-Vehicles/02-Medium_Tanks/Panzer4/Panzer4-Ausf.F(Vorpanzer)/FrontRear.jpg)

Vorpanzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 14-03-2011, 14:03:16
need in FH2 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 14-03-2011, 15:03:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-587-2253-17%2C_Normandie%2C_Fallschirmjäger_mit_MG_42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-03-2011, 19:03:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Veneto_guns_at_Gaudos.jpg)

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The Battle of Cape Matapan was a Second World War naval battle fought from 27-29 March 1941. The cape is on the southwest coast of Greece's Peloponnesian peninsula. A force of British Royal Navy ships accompanied by several Royal Australian Navy ships, under command of British Admiral Andrew Cunningham, intercepted and sank or severely damaged the ships of the Italian Regia Marina under Admiral Angelo Iachino.

The opening actions of the battle are also known in Italy as the Battle of Gaudo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-03-2011, 20:03:14
And a while later, the Reggia marina did the same to the Royal navy

The Naval battles in the mediterrainan sea where intense. The royal navy had the advantage of aircraft carriers and more ships. But the Italians had the advantage of Land based aircraft(both italian and German) and the support of Many submarines

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4880740887_ce1f63e590.jpg)
The italian Heavy cruiser of the zara class=Trento at venice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-03-2011, 20:03:20
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8043/mi000162.jpg)
Italian propaganda poster
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 15-03-2011, 15:03:22
Quick ... to the Batplane , Robin !! ( start the MUSIC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU) )  ;D
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4702/xp67.th.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/xp67.jpg/)
McDonnel XP-67 aka Bat or Moonbat



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 15-03-2011, 16:03:43
Quick ... to the Batplane , Robin !! ( start the MUSIC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU) )  ;D
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4702/xp67.th.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/xp67.jpg/)
McDonnel XP-67 aka Bat or Moonbat




Looks badass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-03-2011, 16:03:27
Quick ... to the Batplane , Robin !! ( start the MUSIC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU) )  ;D
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4702/xp67.th.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/xp67.jpg/)
McDonnel XP-67 aka Bat or Moonbat




Looks badass.

Armament
Guns: 6 × 37 mm (1.46 in) M4 cannons

HOLY FUCKING
TAKE that me 262
ALPENFESTUNG with this plane! NAAOO!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 16-03-2011, 04:03:42
You guys got it wrong though, as the me262 isn't really an easteregg plane as over a thousand were produced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-03-2011, 04:03:10
I think he is referring to the armament :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-03-2011, 14:03:09
I think he is referring to the armament :P
^this

LOOK AT YOU! ITSTY tiny ME262 with 4 30MM CANNONS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-03-2011, 14:03:27
Sometimes ... ramming isnt a good idea  ;D
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6597/37mmpak.jpg)
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/996/t3476805713.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-03-2011, 17:03:41
Took me a second view at the first picture to realize that is a Schwimmwagen  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-03-2011, 18:03:53
Looks like a Pak36 to me....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 16-03-2011, 19:03:33
Looks like a Pak36 to me....
it is
fuchs needs glasses  :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-03-2011, 19:03:24
I can see the Schwimmwagen Fuchs mentioned. On the 2nd glimpse. When I look closer then, I realize it can't be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-03-2011, 19:03:57
Dont you Dills see that barrel?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 16-03-2011, 19:03:38
I can see the Schwimmwagen Fuchs mentioned. On the 2nd glimpse. When I look closer then, I realize it can't be.

Third, fourth and fifth glimpse left me even more puzzled. Is that peashooter upside down?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-03-2011, 20:03:31
Yes. Looks like he drove (forward) over it from the back, it got stuck in his track and he then probably blew his transmission disabling his tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-03-2011, 20:03:27
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6597/37mmpak.jpg)

And nah Siben, he probably drove over it.  A common tactic to knock out an AT gun, if you were pretty sure you could get the drop on it, or that it couldn't penetrate your frontal armour, was to simply charge it and smash it apart.

Poor Panzerjagers >:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-03-2011, 20:03:48
Plz, read my post again VM.

And i know it's a common tactic, but this guy drove over it from behind the gun, almost no other way is possible to get it like that.

Also, i have this feeling to say it's shopped for some reason, shadows look wrong, the wheels look strange.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-03-2011, 20:03:45
Could have driven over it, and rode over it, bit got stuck in his track, rode up into the well, and disabled the track ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-03-2011, 08:03:41
Bad day for ramming continues - pt 2  ;D
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6623/ttt4wg7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 17-03-2011, 10:03:00
Würzburg in Frankonia, Northern Bavaria, more than 1300 years old, was called by many the "Florence of the North"
(http://diathek.kunstgesch.uni-halle.de/dbview/diathek/durchl/jpg/04t2260d.jpg)

Undamaged until January 1945, many thought it was to be spared from destruction.
On 16th march 1945, between 21:25 and 21:42 about 500 Avro Lancasters of the 5th Bomber Group dropped 1200 tons of bombs, causing 90% destruction of the city and 5000 victims.

(http://www.oberpfalznetz.de/Media/3/102/524/1824688.jpg)

This very Bomber dropped a 2ton Air mine and 150 2kg incendiary bombs on this day on the city.
(http://www.467463raafsquadrons.com/S_Sugar/Images/loadingsugar.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 17-03-2011, 11:03:20


This very Bomber dropped a 2ton Air mine and 150 2kg incendiary bombs on this day on the city.

Thats S for Sugar right?

Edit: Herp Derp, I didn't read the caption on the photo, my bad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-03-2011, 11:03:35
I really love AVRO "Lancaster" , that is the most beautiful bomber in all WW2  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 18-03-2011, 00:03:48
British forces in Libya!!!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/9_Div_Tobruk%28AWM_020779%29.jpg)

Infantry at Tobruk during World War II. Beginning on 10 April 1941, the Siege of Tobruk lasted for 240 days.

Interesting, a 70-year anniversary is almost taking place  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 18-03-2011, 00:03:37
On another note, shame about that city of Wurzburg, the old picture looked really nice.

The new rebuilt version just misses something.

(http://fwallpapers.com/files/imagecache/1024x768/images/w%C3%BCrzburg-germany.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-03-2011, 11:03:06
Bad day for ramming pt.3  8)
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8485/pzart3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-03-2011, 12:03:22
Take one female tank

let it mate with an artillery gun

i wonder what comes out of that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-03-2011, 12:03:53
A SU-122 ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-03-2011, 22:03:28
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2577/img388502266641917.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-03-2011, 00:03:43
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7889/73027732.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 10 DEMAG (1t) (internal nickname: Cutie) with 28/32cm Schweres Wurfgerät 41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2011, 01:03:40
Quick ... to the Batplane , Robin !! ( start the MUSIC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qP-NglUeZU) )  ;D
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4702/xp67.th.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/xp67.jpg/)
McDonnel XP-67 aka Bat or Moonbat




Looks badass.

Armament
Guns: 6 × 37 mm (1.46 in) M4 cannons

HOLY FUCKING
TAKE that me 262
ALPENFESTUNG with this plane! NAAOO!

Fuck off whatever that thing is.

THIS is a killer.

(http://www.stormbirds.net/images_variants/me262A-1aU4_photo2.jpg)

And thats a Me 262 A-1a/U4 with a 50mm Bombahkillah cannon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-03-2011, 08:03:51
We need more allied bias  ;D
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2333/m4a3t26turret.jpg)
M4A3 (90) W Sherman  8) ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-03-2011, 12:03:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Attack_on_carrier_USS_Franklin_19_March_1945.jpg)

Quote
Franklin listing, with crew on deck, 19 March 1945.

Quote
The USS Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben" was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy, the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars. She was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945, with the loss of over 700 hundred of her crew, becoming the most heavily damaged United States carrier to survive the war. Movie footage of the actual attack was included in the 1949 film Task Force starring Gary Cooper.

After the attack she returned to the U.S. mainland for repairs, missing the rest of the war; she was decommissioned in 1947. While in reserve she was reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS), and finally an aircraft transport (AVT), but was never modernized and never saw active service again. Franklin and Bunker Hill (damaged by a kamikaze) were the only Essex-class carriers not to see active service as aircraft carriers after World War II. The Franklin was sold for scrap in 1966.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-03-2011, 16:03:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/332ndFighterBriefing1945.jpg)

Tuskegee Airmen in a pre-flight briefing.  Today is the 70th anniversary of their creation.

Quote
On 19 March 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron [N 3] was activated at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2011, 17:03:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/557726-1/JRS-79B+IAR)

SM JRS-79B beign used by Romanian Airforce.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-03-2011, 23:03:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/AVRE_02.jpg)

Medics attend to the wounded, being coverd by a Churchill AVRE on Gold beach.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-03-2011, 02:03:54
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7889/73027732.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 10 DEMAG (1t) (internal nickname: Cutie) with 28/32cm Schweres Wurfgerät 41

(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5306/bundesarchivbild101i049.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-03-2011, 09:03:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/NA-127-G-68998.jpg)

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U.S. Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. December 26, 1943

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Operation Cartwheel (1943–1944) was a major military strategy for the Allies in the Pacific theater of World War II. Cartwheel was a twin-axis of advance operation, aimed at militarily neutralizing the major Japanese base at Rabaul. The operation was directed by the Supreme Allied Commander in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA), General Douglas MacArthur, whose forces advanced along the northeast coast of New Guinea and occupied nearby islands. Allied forces from the Pacific Ocean Areas command, under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, advanced through the Solomon Islands towards Bougainville. The Allied forces involved were from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and various Pacific Islands
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 20-03-2011, 11:03:00
(http://operatorchan.org/v/src/v47153_1257453206442.jpg)
SUDDENLY katjuscha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2011, 11:03:50
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9350/img388502266641921.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2011, 18:03:31
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5771/romanianscaucasusautumn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-03-2011, 19:03:21
Rare picture of T-34-57-1943  8)
(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6148/82561126.th.jpg) (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/82561126.jpg/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 21-03-2011, 19:03:48
oeh, nice!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 21-03-2011, 20:03:46
moar

(http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWII/T34/T34_57.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 22-03-2011, 04:03:44
(http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dev05/barchpic/2009/03-04/94/38/de/athene-5o71s6nmag01cbzxm7so_layout.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-03-2011, 10:03:27
 ::) Blasphemy !!!!! According to FH2 , MG any version was never shot from the standing position !!!  ;D (trollface.jpg)
Nice picture of MG15  :)

btw ...
(http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/3928/76598730.jpg)
The first trollface.jpg ever in history ?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-03-2011, 21:03:52
(http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dev05/barchpic/2009/03-04/94/38/de/athene-5o71s6nmag01cbzxm7so_layout.jpg)
Must resist saying TF2 quotes

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-03-2011, 21:03:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/070802-F-1234S-006.jpg)

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B-24 "Sandman" on a bomb run over the Astra Romana refinery in Ploieşti, Romania, during Operation Tidal Wave
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 22-03-2011, 22:03:30
(http://i51.tinypic.com/2a5mxht.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 22-03-2011, 22:03:03
complete diffrent tank:
(http://images.4fuckr.com/3bf9e8be0996/1/3/8/8/6/13886cc708.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-03-2011, 22:03:27
(http://s1.postimage.org/636w244h1/newpicturevl.png)

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Giannis Plagis in a Spitfire IX cockpit on August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-03-2011, 22:03:43
IMG NOT working because to much greek bias  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 23-03-2011, 01:03:31
Gentlemen, may I present you with the most badshit insane idea in the history of WW2. The flying tank...

(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/1/9/20419.jpg?v=1)

Its a T60 light tank pulled by a plane; the idea was to let this baby drop to glide in the air while shooting down to earth. The crazi-I mean, the inventor was Walter Christie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-03-2011, 01:03:53
It actually worked.  Never was used, but worked.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-03-2011, 01:03:22
Erm. The construction isn't suitable to shoot targets on the ground while gliding, as the the turret faces upward. And why would it have tracks? Any bomber could do the same, with a gun mounted at its lower hull.
However, this is what wikipedia states:

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One T-60 was converted into a glider in 1942 and was designed to be towed by a Petlyakov Pe-8 or Tupolev TB-3 bomber and was to be used to provide partisan forces with light armour. The tank was lightened for air use by removing armament, ammunition, headlights and leaving a very limited amount of fuel. Even with the modifications the TB-3 bomber had to ditch the glider due to the T-60's poor aerodynamics during its only flight to avoid crashing. The T-60 landed on a field near the airdrome and after dropping the glider wings and tail returned to its base. Due to lack of sufficiently powerful aircraft to tow it the project was canceled and never resumed.

That is a totally different story. I'd consider the idea acceptable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-03-2011, 01:03:48
Yeah, it wasn't meant to fire....  Just glide.  The brits ended up just putting light tanks into gliders, and thus the Tetrarch was born.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrarch_%28tank%29
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 23-03-2011, 10:03:54
What going up ... sometimes going down  ;)
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2386/342pc.th.jpg) (http://img25.imageshack.us/i/342pc.jpg/)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-03-2011, 10:03:20
Cletus did you remeber to lower dem landing gear
Sure jet  cours i did..oh wait*CRASH
No dammi"t! Forget again!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-03-2011, 22:03:19
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5653/kv1w.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 23-03-2011, 22:03:09
it's a good anti-theft way to park ur tank :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 23-03-2011, 22:03:11
i dont even know where to begin^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-03-2011, 00:03:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/559120-2/Tykki)

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longer-barreled 76 K/02-30/40). Actual calibre 76.2 mm. This was the most numerous Finnish field gun during the war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-03-2011, 17:03:58
German copycat ?  ;D
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6438/toheavyforabrigde.jpg)

... ich brauche a mechaniker  !! ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kwiot on 24-03-2011, 17:03:32
This Tiger should have exploded - like in FH2!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-03-2011, 20:03:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1975-102-14A%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_II%2C_K%C3%B6nigstiger%29.jpg)

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Tiger II's of Schwere Heers Panzer Abteilung 503 (s.H.Pz.Abt. 503) 'Feldherrnhalle' posing in formation for the German newsreel

Re-post for sure but...

STILL AWESOME
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-03-2011, 20:03:24
I wonder what the tank up front did with their MG.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 24-03-2011, 20:03:29
maybe in repair or removed for a PK - camera
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-03-2011, 23:03:06
Or stolen by russians  ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-03-2011, 23:03:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/558676-2/BLONDEBOMBERIIcatturato)

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"Blonde Bomber II" summary:
This 98th bomb group B-24D U.S.A.A.F. #41-23859, damaged and off course after a raid on Naples on 20 February 1943, looking desperately for a landing mistook the Sicilian airfield at Pachino for Malta and made a forced landing there. It was repainted with Italian markings for pictures but was soon on it's way to the Luftwaffe evaluation center and was eventually taken on strength by KG200 and for some reason, retained it's original desert pink color.
It was found on the ramp at Rechlin heavily damaged by 8th Air Force fighter bombers personnel at the end of war.

Here the translation from Italian text by google:

The growth, with the proceed of adverse events of war, raids on the peninsula leading to the capture by the Royal Air Force a B.24, certainly one of the most important war booty gained during the Second World War and perhaps the first of this kind of aircraft from Axis forces.
The unit, to be precise, a Consolidated B.24D-1-CO Liberator based in Benin (Libya) Serial No. 41-123659, pursuant to 98 ° ° BS BG/343 the 12th AF, with which first pilot Lt. Col. Dan Story and crew mixed Anglo-American, as evidenced by the "very flash" British on both sides of the drifts. It has the typical coloration of the dorsal and lateral surfaces Sand 49 Neutral Grey FS30279 and FS 36173 for the lower 43. on the right side of the snout bears the name "Blond Bomber II together with symbols of the twenty five missions, while on the left the relative well-executed portrait of nose art (for the inimitable Blue Sky). On both sides of the third body are white streaks to scribble on the meaning undefined.
During action on the shelling of Naples, it is hit by flak and has an engine in poor condition. Unable to return to Libya, the crew plans to make an emergency landing in Malta. Coupling instead on the extreme southeastern tip of Sicily, it is deceived by some signals from our makeshift camp located in Pachino. The plane lands es'impantana alluvial bottom, so that it is vain to attempt to ridecollare men on board as soon as they realize the error. While our military flock around the enemy plane, a crew member trying to destroy the target of a revolver pointing el'autopilota which are the most interesting devices on board. A few days later, the plane stopped on the ground is subject to an attack with very modest results by aircraft from Malta. Pilots of Air Force Command Sicily trying in vain to move it to a more secure, but without success: in taxiing, and ignore the particular characteristics of the fuel circulation system, is a loss of power to the engines. He then called for help pilots and specialists in the Centro Sperimentale di Guidonia. On February 24, 1943 Pachino and they come to grapple with the aircraft damaged, the secrets of his power, the airport's small size. On 4 March, the pilot Captain John Raina, assisted by engineer Aldo Stagliano of trust (the clear illustration of this specialist, Bronze Medal of Valor aeronautics, we have already had occasion to speak on the topic "flying sull'Heartland") takes off, however, regularly with little fuel left and landed at Catania-Fontanarossa to stock up on gasoline in Germany (we are not suitable for engines of the aircraft). On March 6, the same driver as you carry flight to Guidonia but during the trip, despite the attachment of a white band crosses the tail and the plane did sign a new anti-reaction that causes damage in the tail.
A Guidonia the aircraft is completely repaired even with regard to the damage done by the target tracking. This complex of particular interest to the Air Force already on 11 March 1943, advised by his staff present in Catania - Fontanarossa, has made an explicit request to consider the B.24 D "Blonde Bomber II". Meanwhile, the Royal Air Force aircraft carried out with the testing of fire and aviation. The livery of the unit, perhaps, changes in olive green and blonde pin-up disappears, removed by vigorous brush strokes (horrors!!). The violent bombings of May 1943 at Naples, at Lido di Roma seaplane base, the port of Civitavecchia, Grosseto suggest very exposed Guidonia home airport. In early June, our B. 24D is not centered about Foligno.
A few days later it returned to Guidonia to undertake a visit of courtesy "for two weeks in Germany, following further German demands. On June 19, 1943 Captain Raina moved to the Monaco of Bavaria and the next day at the Experimental Center of the Luftwaffe, in Rechlin: during the trip, the plane door next to our banner civil war with the serial number I-RAIN.
The Germans are very kind to our drivers, allowing you to try flying the Heinkel bomber and Boeing B.17 He.177 U: S: Army Air Force, captured in Holland after a crash landing. After a test flight at the controls the Hans Werner Lerche and only German personnel on board, "Blonde Bomber II" is still to finish taxiing on a special strip of land intended for testing (for breaking) of the carts. The incident almost certainly unintentional, causes damage to the front semicarrello immobilizing the aircraft and preventing their return to Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 25-03-2011, 02:03:34
maybe in repair or removed for a PK - camera

or its a 40's photoshop!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-03-2011, 11:03:50
Like how Stalin's Minion's did?  :P

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/22/soviet-russian-photos-correction/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 25-03-2011, 19:03:00
(http://www.gedenkstaette-seelower-hoehen.de/images/geschichte/haeuserkampf-g.jpg)

Captured Sherman in use, Küstrin, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-03-2011, 10:03:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1997-026-32A%2C_Flugzeug_Me_109%2C_Wartung_und_Bewaffnung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2011, 23:03:53
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6386/vichy621126.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-03-2011, 12:03:07
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6086/post1232555953.jpg)  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-03-2011, 19:03:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/560704-2/reich)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 27-03-2011, 21:03:49
CHARGE!!!

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUbTBSRFOI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/4xl7jXaxOA0/s1600/armia-czerwona-46.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-03-2011, 21:03:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/319785-2/DZW-Fm_388_2%23)
Dead Soviet soldier got caught by the tracks of his own tank - at least that's what the official caption says.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 27-03-2011, 21:03:41
those are tracks of a german tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-03-2011, 21:03:41
Or T-26.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-03-2011, 23:03:36
This is a T-26 ...
(http://czolgi.info/wozy/t_26.jpg)
Just look on typical ala Vickers rear wheels  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 28-03-2011, 00:03:52
really sucks your life ends under a T26. It's just like I tell my girlfriend that if I ever get driven over by a car, PLEASE let it not be a fiat or a french car. That would just ruin my day - last thing you see is the front of some shitty crap car.

No. Maybach for me. Or Jaguar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-03-2011, 10:03:10
Present day I would be honoured to be run over by a T-26. Theres not many left, maybe not even a running one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 28-03-2011, 11:03:09
Present day I would be honoured to be run over by a T-26. Theres not many left, maybe not even a running one.

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There are about 45 T-26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish and Finnish)

And there is atleast two T-26's in running condition in Finland alone. Don't know how many there are in Russia or Spain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-03-2011, 11:03:57
Well ... live is really full of surprises  ;D
(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/1452/bt701.jpg)
BT-7 tank captured by US Army ... in Italy  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-03-2011, 11:03:51
Present day I would be honoured to be run over by a T-26. Theres not many left, maybe not even a running one.

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There are about 45 T-26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish and Finnish)

And there is atleast two T-26's in running condition in Finland alone. Don't know how many there are in Russia or Spain.
I think that would roughly make up like 10/15 that might be in running condition, and I put my bets on 10 or lower.

Very exclusive to be ran over by  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-03-2011, 12:03:03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS8RUNTT8pw ;)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Raattentie_T-26.jpg/300px-Raattentie_T-26.jpg)
Of them being inspected by its new owners, January 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-03-2011, 14:03:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-3722-22%2C_St._Nazaire%2C_Zerst%C3%B6rer_%22HMS_Campbeltown%22.jpg)

+1 who can say whats special about this photo of this destroyer

It was a german photo right after a raid and it carries a surprise for the germans
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-03-2011, 14:03:21
shitloads of boom-stuff hidden in it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-03-2011, 15:03:40
shitloads of boom-stuff hidden in it?
One crossed wire, one pinch of potassium chloride
ONE meddling bomb defusing german! AND KABLEWI!!!

After the St Nazaire raid, the germans where like=ooh nice trophy ship from battle we won
What they did not knew, was that Campbeltown carried 4.5 tonnes of explosives. At noon the charges went of, demolishing the Normandie dry dock. Preventing large ships like Tirpitz to use this drydock

250 german soldiers where killed by the explosion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-03-2011, 17:03:16
any links to the documentary with Jeremy Clarkson? cant find it...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 28-03-2011, 17:03:00
any links to the documentary with Jeremy Clarkson? cant find it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgF0R4dhUqk&feature=related
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-03-2011, 20:03:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-127-0362-14%2C_Belgien%2C_belgischer_Panzer_T13.jpg)

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Abandoned Belgian tank is inspected by two German soldiers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-03-2011, 21:03:30
^T.13 armed with 47mm gun of belgian design

We only had 12 T 13's but the 7 of them wich saw combat destoyed 45 german tanks

We Belgians had very modern anti-tank artillery underway. Our 47mm AT gun was better then the french 47mm and even the 50mm KWK of germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 28-03-2011, 23:03:51
shitloads of boom-stuff hidden in it?
One crossed wire, one pinch of potassium chloride
ONE meddling bomb defusing german! AND KABLEWI!!!

After the St Nazaire raid, the germans where like=ooh nice trophy ship from battle we won
What they did not knew, was that Campbeltown carried 4.5 tonnes of explosives. At noon the charges went of, demolishing the Normandie dry dock. Preventing large ships like Tirpitz to use this drydock

250 german soldiers where killed by the explosion

I've never understood why the Germans weren't more suspicious of this. Did they literally think the Brits would just leave an entire destroyer behind on purpose?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-03-2011, 00:03:14
This destroyer landed the commando's. The german command thought it was used as a well armoured landingcraft, because also of the cemented sections in the destroyer

The germans believed it to be extra armor, but in reality it was to hide the explosives and delay defusers for a very long time should it be discoverd
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 29-03-2011, 01:03:48
This destroyer landed the commando's. The german command thought it was used as a well armoured landingcraft, because also of the cemented sections in the destroyer

The germans believed it to be extra armor, but in reality it was to hide the explosives and delay defusers for a very long time should it be discoverd

That is one awfully expensive landing craft. Giving the enemy a free destroyer wouldn't seem particularly logical to me...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-03-2011, 01:03:41
Actually, it makes perfect sense.  Just look up the operation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid

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The Campbeltown was a First World War vintage destroyer and had previously been the USS Buchanan in the United States Navy.

IE, its a WW1 era ship gotten through the destroyers for bases lend lease agreement.  Obsolete, useless.  But perfect for this kind of mission, and no need to get it back.

From the german perspective, its an obsolete ship that the brits didn't care about, and so uparmoured and such for a suicide-type mission.  They didn't expect something like tons and tons of explosives.

Also, just remember, it WORKED.  The commando force and escort boats were wiped out, however the job was done, and the dry dock was destroyed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-03-2011, 17:03:44
The most helluva interesting picture  ;D
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8439/1293851568694.jpg)
German infantryman standing close to a Soviet Churchill tank , with Tommygun in hand  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-03-2011, 17:03:24
When something allied worked, its controversy
when something german worked, its AWESSSOMMME

  ;)

Sorry but sometimes i do get that feeling of a few people here...


MOAR british commando's!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Commandos_archery.jpg)

British commando's during operation Archery
The operation was a succes
British commando casualties where 22 killed and 57 wounded. The German forces much higher, with 120 killed and 98 captured. 10 ships where sunk by the Royal navy and the RAF shot down 8 planes.

That picture is BLASPHEMY paythoss!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 29-03-2011, 17:03:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Destroyed_KV1_in_Aunus.jpg)
A destroyed Soviet KV-1 in Olonets, September 1941, during the Continuation War
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-03-2011, 17:03:47
Lots of smoke, perhaps molotovs?
tracks do seem blown off
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-03-2011, 18:03:13
Allied tanks were sold lend and leased to the soviets with thompsons in one package, jsut like the Germans sold the Finns MP40s with their stugs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 29-03-2011, 18:03:30
But foreign waepons means more different types of ammunition. Did the Russians made a lot of use of such weapons like the thompson? Were did the 0.45 came from?

Then another Question came into my mind. When the russians got Shermans for example, did they use the .30 cal? And did they produce for example the 75mm shells by themself? With such thought lend-lease dont make so much sense.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-03-2011, 19:03:09
Yes.  Everything lend leased by the americans used american ammo

The status of the lend leased product had to remain the same

For example, many people believed that P-39's had there .30CAL and .50CAL replaced by SHVAK and Derushin MG's, but this never happend
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 29-03-2011, 19:03:35
Sorry, second picture today, but I found this interesting.

(http://miliblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/berlin-1945-87.jpg)
Soviet Shermans in Berlin, 1945. Behind there is SU-85
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-03-2011, 20:03:32
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Panzer4/Pz4A-2.jpg)
Panzer IV ausf. A  in France
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-03-2011, 20:03:07
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Pte._L._V._Hughes%2C_Canadian_Military%2C_WW2.jpg/486px-Pte._L._V._Hughes%2C_Canadian_Military%2C_WW2.jpg)

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Canadian Sniper during World War II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-03-2011, 21:03:39
But foreign waepons means more different types of ammunition. Did the Russians made a lot of use of such weapons like the thompson? Were did the 0.45 came from?

From what I've read the Russians never really used the Thompson's. One veteran remarked that the SMG was way too big and bulky to be used in such a cramped tank like the Sherman. They where all stored, and I think most of the original M1928A1's are in fact from Soviet storage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 29-03-2011, 22:03:47
Sorry, second picture today, but I found this interesting.

(http://miliblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/berlin-1945-87.jpg)
Soviet Shermans in Berlin, 1945. Behind there is SU-85


sure that a pic of berlin? Im pretty sure I though this pic when I was looking about pics about the fights in Vienna,
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-03-2011, 22:03:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Cdl.gif)

M3 Grant Canal Defence Light, 15 February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2011, 22:03:28
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4145/53156920fi9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 29-03-2011, 22:03:26
that makes a lot of stahlhelm and the funny afrika korps  cap :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-03-2011, 23:03:49
But foreign waepons means more different types of ammunition. Did the Russians made a lot of use of such weapons like the thompson? Were did the 0.45 came from?

From what I've read the Russians never really used the Thompson's. One veteran remarked that the SMG was way too big and bulky to be used in such a cramped tank like the Sherman. They where all stored, and I think most of the original M1928A1's are in fact from Soviet storage.

Yup, the us goverment destroyed all its Thompson's rather then selling them. (not the M1A1 model, i mean the 1928  and older types and such)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 29-03-2011, 23:03:13
(http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/39xx/394x/3942_Hitlers_Stealth_Fighter-08_10240768.jpg)

(http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/39xx/394x/3942_Hitlers_Stealth_Fighter-09_10240768.jpg)

(http://www.digimedia.ru/UserFiles/image/materials/Area_51_Dreamland/YB49-2_300.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/YB35_300.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-03-2011, 23:03:23
that makes a lot of stahlhelm and the funny afrika korps  cap :P

You mean a pith helmet, which was worn by every single military that operated in hot environment, and is still worn today by most militaries as part of honorary uniforms, including Marine rifle range trainers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 29-03-2011, 23:03:51
You mean a pith helmet, which was worn by every single military that operated in hot environment, and is still worn today by most militaries as part of honorary uniforms, including Marine rifle range trainers?
Anyone can wear a pith helmet.  I needs a scarlet jacket to look good though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 29-03-2011, 23:03:57
pith helmet is the name ? good to know, sounds less silly than the funny afrika korps cap :P it's always interresting to see what Mudra have to say he is WWII :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 30-03-2011, 00:03:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/other/french_ss.jpg)

french volunteers in ww2. i wonder what happened with guys like these after ww2.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-141-1258-15%2C_Russland-Mitte%2C_Soldaten_der_franz%C3%B6sischen_Legion%2C_Fahne.jpg)
a 2nd picture ... so no picture from me tomorrow.

edit: wiki search:

"Though the French civil authority handed out many death sentences and prison terms to collaborators after the war, some Frenchmen who'd fought for the Germans were given the option to redeem themselves by serving in the Foreign Legion in French Indochina. Some of the higher ranking officers, however, were still executed, while rank-and-file members were given prison terms."

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2011, 00:03:07
IIRC, most who were given prison terms, got pardoned pretty quickly.  However, all in all, very few survived, most ended up fighting to the end, and dying in Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-03-2011, 00:03:42
Yeah, lots of foreign SS volunteers ended up in Berlin. They knew that they could expect little mercy from their fellow countrymen afterwards. When you volunteer for foreign countries armies, you're most likely a die hard believer in their political ideas, fascism in this case.

(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4715/pz1f1.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 101 PzKpfw. I Ausf. F
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 30-03-2011, 01:03:57
I found this picture on a pro-URSS biassed website, I always heard that the first IS-3 was on Berlin parade but I never found a picture of it, so here it is.
(http://www.communisme-bolchevisme.net/images/war_soviet_IS3_122_sept_1945_berlin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-03-2011, 01:03:02
One of you chaps say somethin bout foreign volunteers?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4398867014_18cef7f766.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2011, 01:03:52
I found this picture on a pro-URSS biassed website, I always heard that the first IS-3 was on Berlin parade but I never found a picture of it, so here it is.
(http://www.communisme-bolchevisme.net/images/war_soviet_IS3_122_sept_1945_berlin.jpg)


what the hell is the URSS?  You keep posting that.  Its the USSR.  Or CCCP if you wanna do russian initials.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 30-03-2011, 01:03:51
what the hell is the URSS?  You keep posting that.  Its the USSR.  Or CCCP if you wanna do russian initials.

In french it's URSS (Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques) I always forget that in english it's USSR.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LtJimmy on 30-03-2011, 01:03:51
...what the hell is the URSS?...
Union of Repeatively Spurious Spelling

*EDIT: Damn beaten to the punchline
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aetius on 30-03-2011, 04:03:07
Come on, show a bit of mercy for people who don't have English as their first language.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2011, 05:03:35
what the hell is the URSS?  You keep posting that.  Its the USSR.  Or CCCP if you wanna do russian initials.

In french it's URSS (Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques) I always forget that in english it's USSR.

Oooohhhhh, ok.  Didn't know that that was the french term xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 30-03-2011, 05:03:52
what the hell is the URSS?  You keep posting that.  Its the USSR.  Or CCCP if you wanna do russian initials.

In french it's URSS (Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques) I always forget that in english it's USSR.

Hey EvhGear I think you are from Québec like me, no? Cause that image REALLY looks like the "Patriotes" or "Coureurs des Bois".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 30-03-2011, 05:03:23
Hey EvhGear I think you are from Québec like me, no? Cause that image REALLY looks like the "Patriotes" or "Coureurs des Bois".

OH YEAH !!   another Québécois on this forum !!!  Yes it's a Patriote of 1837 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-03-2011, 06:03:37
(http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/39xx/394x/3942_Hitlers_Stealth_Fighter-08_10240768.jpg)

(http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGC/StaticFiles/Images/Show/39xx/394x/3942_Hitlers_Stealth_Fighter-09_10240768.jpg)

(http://www.digimedia.ru/UserFiles/image/materials/Area_51_Dreamland/YB49-2_300.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/YB35_300.jpg)


So what this mean ? So you believe that is all flying wings idea is only german ? BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH .... sorry  8)
Go back to school , start read some real history books , look for some Mr. Northrop works , find a real history of XB-35 ... and next time use a thumbnails miniatures , when pictures are bigger than 800x600 , please ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-03-2011, 07:03:55
Yeah, lots of foreign SS volunteers ended up in Berlin. They knew that they could expect little mercy from their fellow countrymen afterwards. When you volunteer for foreign countries armies, you're most likely a die hard believer in their political ideas, fascism in this case.

I do not agree, look at the recruiting posters in foreign countries, they do not say, become a nazi, they say do the right thing and fight communism. Being anti communist does not make you a nazi, even if you help nazi's fighting communism.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-03-2011, 09:03:12
One of you chaps say somethin bout foreign volunteers?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4398867014_18cef7f766.jpg
A volunteer from Guernsey or Jersey? Or one who fled Britain?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 30-03-2011, 10:03:48
Sorry, second picture today, but I found this interesting.

(http://miliblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/berlin-1945-87.jpg)
Soviet Shermans in Berlin, 1945. Behind there is SU-85


sure that a pic of berlin? Im pretty sure I though this pic when I was looking about pics about the fights in Vienna,

Might be, the source just said it's Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-03-2011, 10:03:37
(http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/pi4/colossus.jpg)
Colossus MkII

Designed by Tommy Flowers, these computers were used to help in the breaking of German Lorenz SZ40/42 encoded transmissions.  The MkII had 2400 valves, and compared 5000 characters a second read from a punch tape with it's internal memory.  A single MkI computer was in use from 5th February 1944, with 9 more MkII in use starting from June.  After the war, all but two were destroyed immediately, with the others following in the 60's.  Apparently, the secrecy was in part due to the UK selling enigma based code machines to foreign countries (which wouldn't have worked if the decoding computers were known about).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-03-2011, 10:03:00
I found this picture on a pro-URSS biassed website, I always heard that the first IS-3 was on Berlin parade but I never found a picture of it, so here it is.
(http://www.communisme-bolchevisme.net/images/war_soviet_IS3_122_sept_1945_berlin.jpg)


Between 1945 and 1947, the Chelyabinsk Kirov Factory No. 185 built 2,311 IS-3 tanks. While IS-3 tanks were touted as the best in the world by the Soviets, and were paraded at every chance, the fact of the matter is that they were mechanically unreliable. While Western analysts raved about the ballistic shape of the turret and the seemingly invulnerable glacis, in reality the crew worked under cramped and dark conditions. Due to flexing and cracking of the hull welds and road wheel bearings that burned out all too soon, the IS-3 did not meet minimum Soviet operational standards for reliability.

Consequently, the Soviets found themselves in the embarrassing situation of tanks rolling off the production line in Chelyabinsk onto trains to go to the factory in Leningrad for correction of their defects. Even in 1946 a committee was formed to fix the problems of what had become the flagship Soviet tank, and to prevent Western intelligence agencies from finding out how bad the tank really was. As a result, the IS-3 began a nearly continual cycle of upgrades and repairs, with every single tank receiving three major rebuilds and upgrades between 1948 and 1959 .

Militarily the IS-3 offered little more than propaganda value, as it was an embarrassment and seldom offered to Soviet allies. Poland held trials with two tanks and rejected them; later the Czechs got one and kept it for parades after it failed their trials. It was only in the 1960s that approximately 100 tanks were sold to North Korea, a small lot to China, and 120 to the Egyptians. While the Russians used the IS-3 in Hungary in 1956, losing a few to the rebels, the only real combat use of the tank came at the hands of the Egyptians in 1967. Here they were so poorly handled that, coupled with the tank’s intrinsic failings, 73 were lost. The remaining tanks were regrouped into a single regiment, which formed a deep reserve unit during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

The Soviets quietly converted most of those that did not serve as “hard” targets on ranges into pillboxes along the Chinese border in the 1970s and 1980s, and some still remain in service there today with machine gun artillery units in the Fortified Regions

Source: Red star, white elephant? by Chief Warrant Officer 2 (Retired) Stephen L. “Cookie” Sewell. Armor, 2002


trollface.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7470/51377139.jpg) 8) ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 30-03-2011, 13:03:59
Sorry, second picture today, but I found this interesting.

(http://miliblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/berlin-1945-87.jpg)
Soviet Shermans in Berlin, 1945. Behind there is SU-85


sure that a pic of berlin? Im pretty sure I though this pic when I was looking about pics about the fights in Vienna,
Might be, the source just said it's Berlin.
Soviet tanks in Berlin would have large white bars on their turret for identification to allied aircraft most likely. This was introduced in late April 1945 at the start of the "Battle for Berlin". Battles in Vienna were already over at that time.
Also I saw that pic in some Vienna context before as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-03-2011, 14:03:30
FACIST and CAPITALISTIC PROPAGANDA doubting the GLORIOUS TANKS OF MOTHER RUSSIA

LIES!
 COME SING VIT ME
Sayuz nerushim resputin pavori!

(http://www.wio.ru/gal2a/bomb/pe2dive.jpg)

PE-2 of the VVS in a dive. I SWEAR FH2 eastfront needs these planes!
Together with ME110!
And JU88 and HE111!
And blackjack! and hookers!
you know what, forget about the planes and the blackjack
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-03-2011, 19:03:43
One of you chaps say somethin bout foreign volunteers?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4398867014_18cef7f766.jpg
A volunteer from Guernsey or Jersey? Or one who fled Britain?

I think I saw this photo in a documentary, identifying him as a British POW who was recruited into the SS while he was in the camp. One of...I want to say 11...who were recruited this way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-03-2011, 19:03:04
Now you mention it, I've heard/read about that a long time ago. There was even a list, think your amount is pretty accurate  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2011, 20:03:45
According to wiki:
Quote
Adrian Weale's research[1] has identified about 59 men who belonged to this unit at one time or another, some for only a few days. At no time did it reach more than 27 men in strength — smaller than a contemporary German platoon.[2]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 30-03-2011, 22:03:46
what the hell is the URSS?  You keep posting that.  Its the USSR.  Or CCCP if you wanna do russian initials.

In french it's URSS (Union des Républiques Socialistes Soviétiques) I always forget that in english it's USSR.

Oooohhhhh, ok.  Didn't know that that was the french term xD

From this moment, I start to use NL (Neuvostoliitto, finnish for Soviet Union) or SNTL (Sosialististen neuvostotasavaltojen liitto, finnish for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) to make people even more confused!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 30-03-2011, 22:03:04
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KCuHoU9QBUU/SbYdhxR6QhI/AAAAAAAAPRc/MFFt6nVwsqk/s400/HV-72%2520%3D%2520str_%252076-83%2520%3D%25201.jpg)

And i'll use Ε.Σ.Σ.Δ for the hell of it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 30-03-2011, 22:03:10
(http://yle.fi/ecepic/archive/00269/tupolev_sb2_pommiko_269125b.jpg)
SB-2 bomber that used to belong to the VVS of the SNTL in FAF colours.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-03-2011, 22:03:35
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsPSgPTQicc/SZHkY10wisI/AAAAAAAAAyI/1w7AJjvYL5Q/s1600-h/11.jpg)

Vickers with Canadian crew in Italy, near Ortona.

At least that's what my source states, to me that amazing quality looks so re-enactment, the sharpness, the shine, the perfect moment for the picture. But I trust my source!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-03-2011, 22:03:04
Epic thorondor

WE DEMAND BOMBERS FOR EASTFRONT
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/LW-Eastfront-06.jpg)
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4951/trollfacecoveringswasti.jpg)
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/LW-Eastfront-07.jpg)

A few epic photo's of Operation bagration
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-03-2011, 23:03:23
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9743/dat9l19.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 30-03-2011, 23:03:36

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/LW-Eastfront-07.jpg)


love how the guy to the right doesnt even react to the fact that he almost got blown into bits :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2011, 23:03:43

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/LW-Eastfront-07.jpg)


love how the guy to the right doesnt even react to the fact that he almost got blown into bits :o

The fact that they're not dead means it probably staged ;)  The russians were big on staging combat for the reels, not showing actual combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-03-2011, 00:03:39
Negative these are actuall combat photo's(according to the site)

Consider them lucky
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-03-2011, 01:03:28
Kinda hard to prove that that one is.  For instance, another famous photo, commonly cited as real combat, is that one of the german tanks in the background, and in the foreground are a bunch of soviet soldiers, and a couple dead bodies, and such.  You've probably seen it.

Its actually from a wartime propaganda movie....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 31-03-2011, 05:03:16
Kinda hard to prove that that one is.  For instance, another famous photo, commonly cited as real combat, is that one of the german tanks in the background, and in the foreground are a bunch of soviet soldiers, and a couple dead bodies, and such.  You've probably seen it.


that sounds like about 90% of ww2 pictures haha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-03-2011, 10:03:52
Kinda hard to prove that that one is.  For instance, another famous photo, commonly cited as real combat, is that one of the german tanks in the background, and in the foreground are a bunch of soviet soldiers, and a couple dead bodies, and such.  You've probably seen it.

Its actually from a wartime propaganda movie....
Then i can start to doubt all those epic german photo's wich people claimed they are actuall combat footage

The only real authenthic photo's are Italian ones ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 31-03-2011, 11:03:04
Not sure if this has been here before as it's been so long time since I've checked these forums but
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Molotov_bread_basket.jpg)

Molotov bread basket
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 31-03-2011, 12:03:34
Sometimes you shooting to planes .... sometimes planes shooting to you  8)
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9454/wallz5173destroyedtank.th.jpg) (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/wallz5173destroyedtank.jpg/)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-03-2011, 20:03:38
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3186/terre10040r191.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 01-04-2011, 16:04:25
Sorry for that  :-\ ... but all pictures showing interesting version of Flakpanzer 38(t)  8)
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6338/0221h.jpg)
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1571/1163v.jpg)
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8725/227b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-04-2011, 07:04:07
French precision , Russian temperament  ;D
(http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/2001/hybridp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-04-2011, 09:04:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-770-0280-20%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Panzer_IV.jpg)

Quote
German Panzer IV of the 11th Panzer Division advancing into Yugoslavia from Bulgaria as part of the Twelfth Army.

Quote
The Invasion of Yugoslavia (code-name Directive 25 or Operation 25), also known as the April War, was the Axis Powers attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which began on April 6, 1941 during World War II. The invasion ended with the unconditional surrender of the Royal Yugoslav Army on April 17, 1941, annexation and occupation of the region by the Axis powers and the creation of the Independent State of Croatia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-04-2011, 10:04:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/563013-2/bf-109g-6_150gr_act_365sq-01)

Very nice picture of a Me 109 of 365a squadriglia, individual no. 14. DVX
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-04-2011, 11:04:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F016230-0009%2C_Bersaglieri_in_Jugoslawien.jpg)

Quote
Italian Bersaglieri during the invasion (of Yugoslavia)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2011, 11:04:30
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9074/terre10215l05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 03-04-2011, 13:04:14
(http://h-2.abload.de/img/88flak7bik.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 04-04-2011, 01:04:13
:o funtional?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 04-04-2011, 04:04:08
:o funtional?

You fire it just as your position is being overrun by the enemy...;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 04-04-2011, 07:04:36
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/flak-panzers/flakpanzer.asp
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/grille-series-cricket-series.htm

Very interesting object  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-04-2011, 13:04:25
ever since i got Luchs in WOT, i want fuchs in FH2.

(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/panzer-ii-luchs-lynx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 04-04-2011, 14:04:14
Fuchs already is in FH2, what the hell do you mean ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 04-04-2011, 14:04:50
ever since i got Luchs in WOT, i want fuchs in FH2.
Fuchs already is in FH2, what the hell do you mean ?
8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-04-2011, 16:04:38
I've been playing for years  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-04-2011, 17:04:32
oops
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2011, 19:04:01
A series so i won't have to post them separately:

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6568/terre10013l80.jpg)

(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6021/terre10013l71.jpg)

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5403/terre10013l74.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-04-2011, 19:04:54
And to complete your series, this tank today in Saumur Tank musuem, France. Note the shell still stuck in the frontal armour.

(http://inlinethumb42.webshots.com/38569/2340807740101845556S600x600Q85.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 04-04-2011, 20:04:56
what tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-04-2011, 21:04:42
Jagdpanzer IV L/70(A)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 05-04-2011, 02:04:45
As compared to the more recognisable V variant:

(http://www.precision-panzer.moonfruit.com/communities/9/004/006/621/409/images/4537096961.jpg)

Quote
Jagdpanzer IV L/70(V). Ardennes 17th December 1944.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 05-04-2011, 09:04:55
I somehow find Jagdpanzer IV very ugly, just an ugly conversion or so...


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/BT_42.jpg)

Poor BT-42 (sorry again if this has been here before)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-04-2011, 11:04:02
Nothing can be compared to that beauty  ;D
(http://i27.tinypic.com/2gtot8o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2011, 19:04:10
again a series, FFF departure from africa.

(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5572/dg22463.jpg)
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7033/dg22470.jpg)
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1836/dg22473.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-04-2011, 19:04:07
(http://www.wio.ru/tank/aces/pant-pegov.jpg)
One destroyed panther and one immobilized Panther.

These 2 tanks where defeated by a T-70 light tank. Wich its 45mm gun achieved by firing APCR rounds into the side armor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-04-2011, 20:04:52
Propaganda lies!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-04-2011, 20:04:09
It was a well set ambush and the distance was very short  ;)

*awaits german fanboys with propaganda!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 06-04-2011, 10:04:14
Yes bunch of bolshevik propaganda as everyone knows that tigers and panthers we're and are next to god :)

(http://uwemilitaria.org/2-track/stug3/Graphic/18-2.jpg)

Revenge! Stug driving past 2 destroyed T-34s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-04-2011, 12:04:43
Exactly 70 years ago, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was attacked at 5 am by Axis powers!
Quote from: Wikipedia
The Invasion of Yugoslavia (code-name Directive 25 or Operation 25), also known as the April War (Croatian: Travanjski rat, Serbian/Bosnian: Aprilski rat, Slovene: aprilska vojna), was the Axis Powers' attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which began on April 6, 1941 during World War II. The invasion ended with the unconditional surrender of the Royal Yugoslav Army on April 17, 1941, annexation and occupation of the region by the Axis powers and the creation of the Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, or NDH).
I hope you don't mind me postin more than one pic but I just feel the duty to do so.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-035-12%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_jugosl._Panzer.jpg)
Blown up Yugoslav FT-17

(http://m1.ikiwq.com/img/xl/RUDUTlXUCpw81F6teSjORd.jpg)
Yugoslav built IK-3 Ikarus fighter plane

(http://www.matica.hr/HRRevija/revija2010_4.nsf/0/1e3a0261c6a54c69c12577e400422745/$FILE/STG13911/STG13911.gif?OpenElement)
The Germans held a parade in the newly created state's capital Zagreb

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-04-2011, 14:04:57
(http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/7422/46386977.jpg)
Dont ask me how that was working .... SdKfz 251 with 10.5cm leFH18 on him  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-04-2011, 14:04:46
I guess they do a couple of shots, then the chassis is spoiled. The usual stuff: slits not closing properly, rear door not closing properly, shafts dragging...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-04-2011, 17:04:25
Quote
(http://m1.ikiwq.com/img/xl/RUDUTlXUCpw81F6teSjORd.jpg)
Yugoslav built IK-3 Ikarus fighter plane

That's the IK-2, this is the IK-3:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/I%D0%9A3.jpg)

Quote
At the beginning of the April war, only 6 out of 12 IK-3 from the first production series were operational. One aircraft was lost in a fatal accident before the war (it dived into the Danube River under power; investigators concluded the pilot had blacked out), four were grounded for scheduled services and repairs and one aircraft was undergoing modification to Series II IK-3 standard in the Rogozarski airplane factory. The six remaining IK-3s were assigned to 161st and 162nd fighter squadron (3 IK-3 each) of the 51st Fighter group. The 51st fighter group was part of the 6th fighter regiment of Royal Yugoslav Air Force which was tasked to defend Yugoslav capital, Belgrade. Both fighter squadrons were stationed at Zemun airport. One source[2] states: " . . the IK-3s put up a valiant resistance against the Luftwaffe, scoring a number of "kills" before they were finally destroyed in combat." Another source[3] claims 11 victories for the IK-3, with Narednik (Flight Sergeant) M. Semiz as most successful (4 victories).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-04-2011, 18:04:28
That IK-3 , looks like child of rape MS.410C.1 on Yak-1  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 06-04-2011, 18:04:33
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger1-2002-Picz/FLAK36-Firing-in-Russia.jpg)
The 8.8 cm Flak 36 in action as anti-tank gun in Russia, 1942. Note the use of the stereoscopic range finder at the right, which made possible for the 8.8 cm Flak 36 guns to hit targets at record ranges.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-04-2011, 18:04:54
<sigh>

I had a chance to get one of those range finders for 150 bucks, in the original case, with all the accessories, made in england pre-war, but all writing in german....

When I got back with money a couple hours later, the store was closed.  Permanently  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-04-2011, 21:04:21
<sigh>

I had a chance to get one of those range finders for 150 bucks, in the original case, with all the accessories, made in england pre-war, but all writing in german....

When I got back with money a couple hours later, the store was closed.  Permanently  :'(
Harass the building as long as you can until the owner comes out! Stuff doesn't disappear, you can always but it from him/her personally.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 06-04-2011, 21:04:00
I didn't even think tht Mudra would know something like that!
I'm quite impresed. Well I uncautiosly just copied the text and I overlooked the wrong designation.
School makes me freaky.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2011, 21:04:46
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6623/18dat1012l12.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-04-2011, 21:04:11
<sigh>

I had a chance to get one of those range finders for 150 bucks, in the original case, with all the accessories, made in england pre-war, but all writing in german....

When I got back with money a couple hours later, the store was closed.  Permanently  :'(
1000 euro on belgian fair for that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-04-2011, 22:04:01
170 for a british made one from 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-04-2011, 22:04:31
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6623/18dat1012l12.jpg

This HAS to be propanganda or reenactment !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-04-2011, 23:04:16
170 for a british made one from 1939.
When its german, it gets overrated and overpriced  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wyrdstone on 07-04-2011, 17:04:47
I have a British ww2 rangefinder.

I have no idea why/how it got there, but it was under my grandmas house!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-04-2011, 19:04:07
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4686/terre10040r25.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 07-04-2011, 19:04:42
Rare picture of an Archer 17pdr. probably in november-december 1944
(http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Allies/Photos/UK/4-InfantryTanks/Mark3-Valentine/Conversions/Archer_photo-01.ww2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-04-2011, 04:04:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/552123-2/03)

Honvéds in Eastern Front. Note the M.31 Machine Gun and probably a Manlicher Rifle Model 1935/Puska 35M.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-04-2011, 10:04:47
SdKfz 165/1 10.5cm leFH 18/1(Sf) auf Geschützwagen IVb . 10 prototypes was completed from 200 ordered and used in 16th Pz Div in Russia by the years of 1942/43 .
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7586/prototiposelbstfahrlafe.jpg)

Looks like that chassis was planed for future using ... like in Pz III/IV  8)
(http://images46.fotosik.pl/153/25268f02a91923e1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wyrdstone on 09-04-2011, 13:04:11
(http://i.imgur.com/QQkBW.jpg)

Captured Dingo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-04-2011, 14:04:16
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5633/171armee6a20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dnarag1M on 09-04-2011, 17:04:14
SdKfz 165/1 10.5cm leFH 18/1(Sf) auf Geschützwagen IVb . 10 prototypes was completed from 200 ordered and used in 16th Pz Div in Russia by the years of 1942/43 .
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7586/prototiposelbstfahrlafe.jpg)

Looks like that chassis was planed for future using ... like in Pz III/IV  8)
(http://images46.fotosik.pl/153/25268f02a91923e1.jpg)

Actually the other way around. The chassis of the PIII/IV was developed to be a unificational tank base to make the production of pIII *and* pIV more efficient. This movement was stopped at some point (Very foolishly), however the chassis philosophy and schematics were transferred to several tankdestroyers that went in various stages of production.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 10-04-2011, 00:04:00
(http://www.avionslegendaires.net/Images/Gta154.jpg)
 Ta 154 "Moskito"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-04-2011, 02:04:23
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2208/germanpowapril45.jpg)
german prisoners of war, April 1945


From a tapped record of german prisoners in british and american captivity:
Quote
Bäumer: "Da haben wir vorne eine Zwei-Zentimeter-Kanone einbauen lassen. Dann sind wir im Tiefflug über die Straßen, und wenn uns Autos entgegenkamen, haben wir den Scheinwerfer angemacht, die dachten, es käme ein Auto ihnen entgegen. Dann haben wir mit der Kanone reingehalten. Damit hatten wir viele Erfolge. Das war sehr schön, das machte riesigen Spaß. Auch Eisenbahnzüge und so Zeug."
Greim: "Wir haben einmal einen Tiefangriff bei Eastbourne gemacht. Da kommen wir an und sahen ein großes Schloss, da war anscheinend ein Ball oder was, auf alle Fälle viele Damen in Kostümen und eine Kapelle. Das erste Mal sind wir vorbeigeflogen, dann haben wir noch einen Angriff gemacht und haben reingehalten. Mein lieber Freund, das hat Spaß gemacht."

Quote
Bäumer: "Some day we made them attach a two-centimeter cannon in front. Then we went in a low-altitude flight over the roads, and if cars came to meet us, we put on the headlight, they thought, a car would advance on them them. Then we fired on it with the cannon. This way we had lots of successes. That was very beautiful, made enormous fun. Also railway trains and such stuff."
Greim: "We made once a low attack at Eastbourne. As we arrive we saw a large castle, there was apparently a ball or something, however many ladies in costumes and a chapel. The first time we flew past, then we made another attack and fired at it. My dear friend, that was fun."


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Budde: "Zwei Störangriffe habe ich geflogen, also Häuser beschossen."
Bartels: "Aber nicht wie wir Zerstörangriffe, also mit bestimmtem Ziel?"
Budde: "Nein, nur Störangriffe. Was uns in die Quere kam, so Villen auf einem Berg, waren die schönsten Ziele. Wenn man so von unten anflog, dann wupps, so ringehalten, dann rasselten die Fenster, und oben das Dach ging hoch. Da war mal Ashford. Auf dem Marktplatz, da wurde eine Versammlung gehalten, Haufen Leute, Reden gehalten, die sind vielleicht gespritzt! Das macht Spaß!"

Quote
Budde: "I flew about two spoiling attacks, shooting houses."
Bartels: "Not like we did spoiling attacks, but with a certain goal?"
Budde: "No, only spoiling attacks. Whatever came in our way, like mansions on a hill; were the most beautiful targets. When you approached from downside, then woop, you fired at it, then the windows rattled, and the roof went high above. For once we were in Ashford. On the market place, there was a meeting held, a crowd of people, holding speeches, you can't imagine how they squirted apart! That makes fun!"

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Quote
Zotlöterer: "Ich habe einen Franzosen von hinten erschossen. Der fuhr mit dem Fahrrad."
Weber: "Von ganz nahe?"
Zotlöterer: "Ja."
Heuser: "Wollte der dich gefangen nehmen?"
Zotlöterer: "Quatsch. Ich wollte das Fahrrad haben."

Quote
Zotlöterer: "I shot a Frenchman from the rear. He was on a bicycle."
Weber: "From close distance?"
Zotlöterer: " Yes."
Heuser: "Did he want to take you as prisoner?"
Zotlöterer: "Bollocks. I wanted the bicycle."

Source: http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/22555/_wupps_so_ringehalten_das_macht_spass.html

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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-04-2011, 03:04:35
what?

nice to know they shot civil crowds with their aircraft on a market place. "that was fun."
and they saw a ball and thus attacked? thats even more ruthless, people are celebrating and then you kill them.

if thats really real those guys are friggin perverts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 10-04-2011, 04:04:56
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4686/terre10040r25.jpg)
These Soldiers from the 'Hood'? They're wearing their helmets backwards?  ;D

I'm back... well.. for a little..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-04-2011, 05:04:32
what?

nice to know they shot civil crowds with their aircraft on a market place. "that was fun."
and they saw a ball and thus attacked? thats even more ruthless, people are celebrating and then you kill them.

if thats really real those guys are friggin perverts.

I've heard the same stuff out of pretty much every air force.  I've heard British bomber crews talk about how they loved knowing that they were bombing civilians.  I've heard allied fighter pilots by the score talk about lighting up crowds of people.  There were no untouchable civilians to the air forces of ww2.

War is hell.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-04-2011, 10:04:54
Those are tanker helmets, Oddball.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-04-2011, 11:04:53
For me , the best Tiger Ace ever  8)
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/992/cariustiger.jpg)
Otto Carius and his beast  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-04-2011, 11:04:44
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4686/terre10040r25.jpg)
These Soldiers from the 'Hood'? They're wearing their helmets backwards?  ;D

I'm back... well.. for a little..

these are commando

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3825/terre10041r20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-04-2011, 13:04:36
Does that one guy have a Lanchester?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-04-2011, 13:04:17
For me , the best Tiger Ace ever  8)

Otto Carius and his beast  ;D
Aye.

Just like knispel, carius never was for the fame
Unlike that Nazi Wittman

(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/BT/BT-7A/Photos/BT_7A_10.jpg)
BT-7's and Bt-7a abandonded during operation barbarossa. The crewman did not had fuel for there Bt-7's and abandonded them

but something is odd, look at the tracks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-04-2011, 13:04:54
what?

nice to know they shot civil crowds with their aircraft on a market place. "that was fun."
and they saw a ball and thus attacked? thats even more ruthless, people are celebrating and then you kill them.

if thats really real those guys are friggin perverts.

Believe me, he posted the most harmless examples from that source.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 10-04-2011, 14:04:15
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/BT/BT-7A/Photos/BT_7A_10.jpg)
BT-7's and Bt-7a abandonded during operation barbarossa. The crewman did not had fuel for there Bt-7's and abandonded them

but something is odd, look at the tracks

Not odd at all.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 10-04-2011, 15:04:24
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/BT/BT-7A/Photos/BT_7A_10.jpg
BT-7's and Bt-7a abandonded during operation barbarossa. The crewman did not had fuel for there Bt-7's and abandonded them

but something is odd, look at the tracks

Not odd at all.  ;)

There is nothing odd, its a problem with the shaders  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 10-04-2011, 16:04:29
Wasn't BT7 meant to be used without tracks when moving on roads.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Grim on 10-04-2011, 16:04:24
How is that actually possible? The middle wheels arent powered right? Damn Tusken Raiders all the time for stopping russian might.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 10-04-2011, 16:04:00
How is that actually possible? The middle wheels arent powered right? Damn Tusken Raiders all the time for stopping russian might.

Quote
The BT tanks were "convertible tanks". This was a feature designed by J. Walter Christie to reduce wear of the unreliable tank tracks of the 1930s. In about thirty minutes the crew could remove the tracks and engage a chain drive to the rearmost road wheel on each side, allowing the tank to travel at very high speeds on roads.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-04-2011, 18:04:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/566449-2/pacific039)

B25 Mitchell of the US 5th Airforce during an Air Raid on Japanese ships, Rabaul, New Britain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 10-04-2011, 20:04:01
German tankers making model of KV-1  :D
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/905/23photopodborka117.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-04-2011, 22:04:35
An incredible though nut to crack untill the tiger and panther appeared  ;)


"Sheisse IKEA model! Wer sindt das bottom armor?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 10-04-2011, 22:04:46
An incredible though nut to crack untill the tiger and panther appeared  ;)


"Sheisse IKEA model! Wer sindt das bottom armor?"

Rofl
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/152576-1/Landsverk+Anti+II++AA++tank)

I find this piece of equipment very interesting :) Landsverk AA tank used by Finland during WW2 (obviously) I read somewhere that they downed around dozen enemy planes during 1944 and all six that Finland had survived the war and are in museums now
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: $pitfire on 10-04-2011, 22:04:11
An incredible though nut to crack untill the tiger and panther appeared  ;)


"Sheisse IKEA model! Wer sindt das bottom armor?"

Rofl
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/152576-1/Landsverk+Anti+II++AA++tank)

I find this piece of equipment very interesting :) Landsverk AA tank used by Finland during WW2 (obviously) I read somewhere that they downed around dozen enemy planes during 1944 and all six that Finland had survived the war and are in museums now

One of them can be found in the Armoured Brigade in Parola ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-04-2011, 22:04:09
(http://wwii.ca/photos/ortona/ortona_b1.jpg)

"Platoon Commander Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) ready to give order to attack at S. Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 December 1943. Left to right, Sergeant J.T. Cooney, Privates A.R. Downie, O.E. Bernier, G.R. Young (kneeling, with Lee-Enfield rifle), Corporal T. Fereday and Private S.L. Hart (lying down with Bren gun) all of the 48th Highlanders."


An incredible though nut to crack untill the tiger and panther appeared  ;)


"Sheisse IKEA model! Wer sindt das bottom armor?"
seriously: learn german or let it   :-*  i didnt even know what you wanted to tell with the 2nd sentence
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-04-2011, 22:04:02
why are there about 8 million photos of the fighting in Ortona?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-04-2011, 23:04:50
I believe the term would be a "propaganda photo shoot".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 11-04-2011, 06:04:07
I believe the term would be a "propaganda photo shoot".

 WRONG
why are there about 8 million photos of the fighting in Ortona?

 Mostly because the Canadian Army corps had the benefit of a large press corps that accompanied the advances up the Italian peninsula. There's a bunch of CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) film and audio archives that are available as well as the photo imagery that is largely available through the Canadian War Museum and Libraries and Archives Canada.

 Italy was important to the Canadian people and was followed very closely as it was (for the time), our largest combined arms operation to date during World War II. Especially when it comes to the blood spilled for Ortona (sometimes referred to as "little Stalingrad"), the Canadian population has been well educated about that particular chapter in the conquest of Italy.

 Part of it is due to who was there (press), part of it due to interest from the home country, and in no small part, it was due to the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who served in that neck of the woods. Names like Smokey Smith, Merritt, and Major Triquet will live forever due to their actions in Italy and it's a small gesture for us to remember their commitment.

 Lest we forget, je me souviens
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-04-2011, 10:04:04
An incredible though nut to crack untill the tiger and panther appeared  ;)


"Sheisse IKEA model! Wer sindt das bottom armor?"

Rofl
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/152576-1/Landsverk+Anti+II++AA++tank)

I find this piece of equipment very interesting :) Landsverk AA tank used by Finland during WW2 (obviously) I read somewhere that they downed around dozen enemy planes during 1944 and all six that Finland had survived the war and are in museums now

One of them can be found in the Armoured Brigade in Parola ;)

Under the name 40M Nimrod was used by Hungarian Army too .
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9678/nimrod.jpg)
Nice camo scheme  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-04-2011, 11:04:07
I believe the term would be a "propaganda photo shoot".

 WRONG
why are there about 8 million photos of the fighting in Ortona?

 Mostly because the Canadian Army corps had the benefit of a large press corps that accompanied the advances up the Italian peninsula. There's a bunch of CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) film and audio archives that are available as well as the photo imagery that is largely available through the Canadian War Museum and Libraries and Archives Canada.

 Italy was important to the Canadian people and was followed very closely as it was (for the time), our largest combined arms operation to date during World War II. Especially when it comes to the blood spilled for Ortona (sometimes referred to as "little Stalingrad"), the Canadian population has been well educated about that particular chapter in the conquest of Italy.

 Part of it is due to who was there (press), part of it due to interest from the home country, and in no small part, it was due to the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who served in that neck of the woods. Names like Smokey Smith, Merritt, and Major Triquet will live forever due to their actions in Italy and it's a small gesture for us to remember their commitment.

 Lest we forget, je me souviens

Still, i very much believe that like the picture posted that they are staged and not actual combat. Thus, a staged photo, about a conflict, where you show yourself as the victor is propaganda in my eyes.

Edit: added a picture.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/311204-2/DWAA-GW_144_1%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TheRevoluzer on 11-04-2011, 23:04:38


"Sheisse IKEA model! Wer sindt das bottom armor?"
seriously: learn german or let it   :-*  i didnt even know what you wanted to tell with the 2nd sentence

This German is just funny and remebers me of my grandgparents trying to talk english (I am Austrian)...

He says, that the tank-modell has no bottom-armor... Is it that hard?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 11-04-2011, 23:04:42

This German is just funny and remebers me of my grandgparents trying to talk english (I am Austrian)...

He says, that the tank-modell has no bottom-armor... Is it that hard?

of course not i was exaggerating. but (as you know) "wer" is "who" and correct would be "wo" which equals "where"  :)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: McCloskey on 11-04-2011, 23:04:50
What do you want from a guy who mixes up "definitely" & "defiantly", "their" & "there" etc. :P

No offence theta ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-04-2011, 16:04:30

This German is just funny and remebers me of my grandgparents trying to talk english (I am Austrian)...

He says, that the tank-modell has no bottom-armor... Is it that hard?

of course not i was exaggerating. but (as you know) "wer" is "who" and correct would be "wo" which equals "where"  :)


Butcher it is the whole point that it is said in Half german 49.9% english and 0.01% WTFhetalkingabout?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-04-2011, 17:04:48
I think his point is that you are not funny. At all. Ever.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-04-2011, 17:04:24
Hi there. How about a nice hot cup of STFU with a GTFO biscuit?

AKA, back to business gents.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-04-2011, 17:04:03
I think his point is that you are not funny. At all. Ever.
To you i dont, but to others i do
I said it before, get to know me on TS3 and you will be amazed
btw you cant laugh about anything here  ;)

Anyway back to hungarian bias
(http://wio.ru/tank/for/turan1.jpg)

40M Turan 1 tank on test trails.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-04-2011, 17:04:47

-checking Greek bias supplies-
-Greek bias depleted-
-administering dose of Greek bias-

(http://i19.tinypic.com/4grho9i.jpg)
Greek Soldiers possibly on the mountains of Epirus


-bias level increase has been successful-
-back on normal observation of thread-

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-04-2011, 19:04:54
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7584/06daa130l17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 12-04-2011, 20:04:19
right soldier left pouch ID pls
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-04-2011, 12:04:16
M4A2E4
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5409/m4a2e4.jpg)
Hmm ...75 mm gun , diesel engine plus M24 Chaffee chassis .... loltractor  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-04-2011, 19:04:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Canadianmortarteam.jpg)

Quote
A Canadian mortar team in action in France, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-04-2011, 13:04:24
But but but ... Mr. Officer .... it was only a one glass of vodka ... tiny 0.5 l ....

(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/6309/ttt3em9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 14-04-2011, 14:04:41
So THATS how the Panzer38(t) was born?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 15-04-2011, 00:04:43
(http://www.czolgiem.com/niemcy/foto/HKP902_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-04-2011, 01:04:12
Edit:// Or is that an Sd.Kfz. 11?


Another variant of the Sd.Kfz. 10 (1t), this time with a 3.7cm Pak 36
(http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/7905/57s1020pak37sfheho.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2011, 11:04:15
Those are both so epic
WANT INGAME NAO
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 15-04-2011, 13:04:18
I swear Mr. Officer ... light was still yellow ....
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3155/113637239.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-04-2011, 18:04:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-198-1394-06A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_mit_MP.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-04-2011, 18:04:05
I got another one. Don't ask me what this is. I can only tell,that it is a 3,7cm Pak.

(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9281/kindofhanomag.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 15-04-2011, 19:04:29
I'd assume that it's an Sd.Kfz.10 fitted with an improvised armoured superstructure, looks pretty flimsy tbh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2011, 19:04:04
Nah, i think its a hanomag, but i do agree they added extra armour too it.  Probably enough to deflect russian anti tank rifle rounds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-04-2011, 21:04:54
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3694/d250113.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-04-2011, 15:04:02
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/288352-2/life_169)

Quote
African-American artillerymen firing a 155mm Howitzer behind sandbagged barricade on the Italian front in the Appennine Mountains,Italy(rudeerude)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-04-2011, 16:04:02
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3410/05daa398l14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-04-2011, 16:04:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/568617-2/3061)

Bulgarian Skoda LT vz.35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 16-04-2011, 16:04:57
Nah, i think its a hanomag, but i do agree they added extra armour too it.  Probably enough to deflect russian anti tank rifle rounds.
Surely Hanomags don't have rounded wheel covers?

Looks like an SdKfz 10 after being stuck in a poorly guarded barn with the German A-team for an hour.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-04-2011, 17:04:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Singaporesurrender.jpg)

Quote
Lt Gen Arthur Percival, led by a Japanese officer (center), marches under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Allied forces during the Battle of Singapore, on February 15, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 16-04-2011, 18:04:34
Almost reminds me of the old Freikorps armoured cars that were around Germany after the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-04-2011, 19:04:48
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/5186/l289443.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 10 with 3,7cm Pak 36. Fieldmodification.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 16-04-2011, 23:04:08
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8/kaukasus1942.jpg)

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Gebirgsjägers with flak in the kaukasus
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-04-2011, 02:04:28
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/8826/krausshkette8towl39255b.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 7
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-04-2011, 03:04:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/568993-2/1636)

Аvia B-534, Bulgarian Air Force.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-04-2011, 03:04:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-680-8283A-18A,_Budapest,_Pfeilkreuzler.jpg)
Hungary Arrow Cross Party Soldiers with Sowjet 45mm AT-Gun and Tiger II B
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-04-2011, 14:04:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Beaufighter252sqn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-04-2011, 23:04:38
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B23252__Kaukasus__Gebirgskanone_im_Schnee.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-04-2011, 00:04:48
(http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/8543/zug1t37pak.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 10 with Pak 36
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-04-2011, 04:04:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/569270-2/Bundesarchiv+Bild+101I-301-1952-03%23)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-04-2011, 17:04:17
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2162/0d37a72d9d51.jpg)
ISU-152-2 / ISU-152BM (object 247 ) armed with 152.4 mm BL-8 L/46 gun ... wheres your Tiger II now ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-04-2011, 17:04:15
Right here:
(http://9november1923.home.comcast.net/~9november1923/Tiger_II_1komp_sPzAbt503_wreck_02.jpg)

Oh...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 18-04-2011, 17:04:11
self destruction ...pretty sure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 18-04-2011, 18:04:39
what ISU?

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/S_Fa50knbJI/AAAAAAAAMAY/i_jr3qhHdLA/s1600/44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-04-2011, 18:04:53
The german pride is hurt!

MOAR DESTROYED PANZERS

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h180/JohnMatrix_photos/panther_5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2011, 19:04:09
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/3414/19dat30l22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 18-04-2011, 19:04:47
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/miloslavhrabec/Berlin/SU152.jpg)
Moar destroyed russian mammoths bwhahaahhaa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 18-04-2011, 19:04:53
The german pride is hurt!

MOAR DESTROYED PANZERS

(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h180/JohnMatrix_photos/panther_5.jpg)

Bah Tiny just woke up after night drinkin and hit his head on the turret so it popped out
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MvB_1988 on 18-04-2011, 19:04:30
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/miloslavhrabec/Berlin/SU152.jpg)

Moar destroyed russian mammoths bwhahaahhaa

I have never seen this picture...got more?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 18-04-2011, 20:04:58
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/miloslavhrabec/Berlin/SU152.jpg)

Moar destroyed russian mammoths bwhahaahhaa

I have never seen this picture...got more?

Not at this moment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 18-04-2011, 22:04:03
Wow what a couple of nice pictures of tanks you found there guys.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-04-2011, 22:04:44
It's wreckage day? Again?

(http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/7240/stug27.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 19-04-2011, 06:04:35
Don't know if this has been here before
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/302129-2/T-34+destroyed+with+satchel+charge)

And no no no it's not german wreckage day it's RUSSIAN!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-04-2011, 08:04:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Ronson_flame_tank_Iwo_Jima.jpg)

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A USMC M4A3 uses its flame thrower armament during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 19-04-2011, 10:04:01
Russian Sherman in Vienna
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SCrOULtsk7I/AAAAAAAAMBU/4S0-Inarlss/s1600/26.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-04-2011, 11:04:59
Westland "Whirlwind"
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7585/iiwskolor046.jpg)
One from the most beautiful planes ever ... its really shame that no one survive to our times   :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 19-04-2011, 18:04:03
Westland "Whirlwind"
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7585/iiwskolor046.jpg)
One from the most beautiful planes ever ... its really shame that no one survive to our times   :'(

I find it ugly its so plain in shapes yet it doesn't look fearsome and fast. But the tail is the worst part
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-04-2011, 19:04:12
One thing ive never really liked is when, on a twinengine plane, the engines extend past the nose of the plane.  Planes like Me110 just look beautiful, whilst the he111 looked great imo with the pre-war/early war E type then they switched to that glazed nose, and it just looks worse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 19-04-2011, 20:04:25
(http://torabladesforum.co.uk/uploads/532/westland-whirlwind.jpg)

Looks awesome here, sleek like a glider at the back and menacing with those cannons in at the front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-04-2011, 20:04:01
(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/1113/195armee13e177.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-04-2011, 20:04:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/GedenksteinBautzen.jpg)

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Memorial in Bautzen

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The Battle of Bautzen (April 1945) fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg–Torgau Offensive saw days of pitched street fighting between forces of the 2nd Polish Army, the Red Army's 52nd Army and remnants of the German 4th Panzer and 17th Armies, and was the last successful German armoured counteroffensive of the Second World War.

The battle was fought in the town of Bautzen and the rural areas to the northeast situated primarily along the line Bautzen - Niesky. Combat began on April 21, 1945, and continued up to April 26. There were still isolated engagements up to April 30. The battle appears to have been part of Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front push toward Berlin, part of the larger Soviet Berlin Offensive. In particular, the Polish Second Army (Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego) under Karol Świerczewski suffered high losses.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-04-2011, 20:04:57
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4969/italiancamo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-04-2011, 17:04:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/569793-2/ab)

Bulgarian Officer in a Steyr 1500.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-04-2011, 17:04:29
 ::) Im don't gonna talk about taste with someone who have ugly clown in avatar  ;D

Pz Kpfw VI Tiger I Ausf H2
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7325/51895953.th.jpg) (http://img839.imageshack.us/i/51895953.jpg/)

Very interesting version of kitty  8) ... shame that wasn't make it  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-04-2011, 19:04:56
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9310/163armee44c1100.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-04-2011, 17:04:26
Cruiser Tank Mk VIII (A30) "Challenger" Mk I
(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/1743/1290613122471.th.jpg) (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/1290613122471.jpg/)
Equal to Tiger I in armor (at last in front ) and fire power ( well , almost  ;D ) - how long we must wait for that sweetie ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 21-04-2011, 17:04:42
That is a Ordnance QF 17 pounder? How is that "almost" equal to Tiger I's firepower? :P

Its penetration is superior compared to the short 88 mm and the Panther's long 75 mm. It would take the long 88 mm of Tiger II to beat the 17 pounder.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-04-2011, 17:04:46
But 88 HE shells was more powerful than from 17pdr  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 21-04-2011, 19:04:36
(http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/tanks/gb/inf/chur/spec/03018.jpg)

Sir Percy Hobart is not amused by your puny 88 mm HE firecracker.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-04-2011, 19:04:28
+1 thorondor

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 21-04-2011, 19:04:43
(http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/tanks/gb/inf/chur/spec/03018.jpg)

Sir Percy Hobart is not amused by your puny 88 mm HE firecracker.

I'll see you and raise you.  ;)

(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2193/sturmtiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-04-2011, 20:04:02
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1397/157armee60g458.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-04-2011, 07:04:21
SAY WHAAT !? NANCY HOGWART ?! SAY LOUDER , I CANT HEAR YOU !!  KABOOOOMMMMMM !!!
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6112/morser06.jpg)
 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-04-2011, 10:04:16
(http://www.aeropedia.be/birds/ussr/pe2-1.jpg)

But then came PE-2's and all arguments failed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 22-04-2011, 11:04:39
(http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Bundesarchiv_Bild_164-12-6-09A__Frankreich__Vierlings-Flak_auf_Zugkraftwagen.jpg)
Come a little bit closer...  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-04-2011, 11:04:04
GERMAN BIAS! unleash the italians!

(http://digilander.libero.it/lacorsainfinita/guerra2/armi/1autocannone90-53.jpg)

Ansaldo truck with 90-53 cannone
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 22-04-2011, 11:04:41
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/flak/grille/001.jpg)
Versuchflakwagen prototype

Flakday?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 22-04-2011, 11:04:25
Flak day
12,8cm Zwillingflak on a flaktower
(http://www.airpower.at/news03/0813_luftkrieg_ostmark/dual128-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-04-2011, 11:04:13
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3307/day112.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-04-2011, 12:04:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-635-3999-24%2C_Deutschland%2C_Flak-Batterie_in_Feuerstellung.jpg)

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German 88 mm flak gun in action against Allied bombers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 22-04-2011, 13:04:34
Your AA is no match for sniperzz

(http://englishrussia.com/images/more_war_photos/7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-04-2011, 15:04:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/479772-2/800mm+Bofors-MAVAG+AA+Gun)
Hungary 80mm 29M Bofors
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-04-2011, 20:04:04
Your AA is no match for sniperzz

(http://englishrussia.com/images/more_war_photos/7.jpg)

Probably looking into the sun for a dare.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-04-2011, 20:04:52
(http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Bundesarchiv_Bild_164-12-6-09A__Frankreich__Vierlings-Flak_auf_Zugkraftwagen.jpg)
Come a little bit closer...  ;D

Wow. That is porn. :o

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4840/a4belin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 22-04-2011, 21:04:46
Wow. That is porn. :o

Well... I think I don't want to know what you do when ur alone...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-04-2011, 22:04:11
Wow. That is porn. :o

Well... I think I don't want to know what you do when ur alone...

What? Play FH2?  ???


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/571095-2/HMS_Bittern_ablaze)

HMS Bittern ablaze in Namsos Fjord after having suffered a direct hit in the stern by a bomb.

30 April 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 23-04-2011, 08:04:20
Allied biased drilling  ;D
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7076/1297399089829.th.jpg) (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/1297399089829.jpg/)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-04-2011, 09:04:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-003-3445-33%2C_Russland%2C_Lufttransport_mit_Junkers_Ju_52.jpg)

Quote
The Demyansk Pocket was the name given for the encirclement of German troops by the Red Army around Demyansk (Demjansk), south of Leningrad, during the Second World War on the Eastern Front. The pocket existed mainly from 8 February until 21 April 1942. A much smaller pocket was simultaneously surrounded in Kholm, about 100 km to the southwest. These were the results of German retreat following their defeat during the Battle of Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 23-04-2011, 11:04:23
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/gebirgeak7.55bltmloeo00kwo8gks0k84c0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-04-2011, 12:04:30
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3530/terre10356r09.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 23-04-2011, 12:04:10
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/raketomet/006.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-04-2011, 07:04:20
Only for 18y olds  :P
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5659/stackedt34s.jpg)

... and thats how Russians make a T-70 , Hans ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-04-2011, 07:04:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/571171-2/Image00006)

A Honved gravesite at a military funeral for fallen Hungarian soldiers at the Don River, summer-fall, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 24-04-2011, 10:04:33
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/kuriozity/005.jpg)

??  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-04-2011, 10:04:10
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/kuriozity/005.jpg)

??  ;D
Zhey see me rollin'
they hatin'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 24-04-2011, 12:04:13
GTA Western Campaign ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2011, 13:04:47
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8814/terre10379l50.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-04-2011, 19:04:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg/350px-Shelter_near_an_M10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-04-2011, 10:04:31

Quote
25 April, 1945: Last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/LapinSota.jpeg/800px-LapinSota.jpeg)

Quote
Germans put up a bitter sign in Muonio that reads "As a thanks for not demonstrating a brotherhood of arms"

Quote
The Lapland War were the hostilities between Finland and Nazi Germany between September 1944 and April 1945, fought in Finland's northernmost Lapland Province. While the Finns saw this as a separate conflict much like the Continuation War, German forces considered their actions to be part of the Second World War. A peculiarity of the war was that the Finnish army was forced to demobilize their forces while at the same time fighting to force the German army to leave Finland. The German forces retreated to Norway, and Finland managed to uphold its promises made under the Moscow Armistice, although she remained formally still at war with the two Allied powers that were the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, one government in exile in London and the British Dominions until the formal conclusion of the Continuation War was ratified by the 1947 Paris peace treaty.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-04-2011, 12:04:31
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/6484/imgut.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 26-04-2011, 14:04:31
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/kuriozity/005.jpg)

??  ;D

If you can't kill it, run. Or it will kill you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 26-04-2011, 18:04:55
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/kuriozity/005.jpg)

??  ;D
Zhey see me rollin'
they hatin'

ANd that's how the Kublewagen  was born.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-04-2011, 18:04:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B27180%2C_Russland%2C_italienische_Soldaten_mit_Mauleseln.jpg)

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Italians with pack mules in Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-04-2011, 19:04:42
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9053/warsawuprisingcyprianod.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 27-04-2011, 00:04:58
^

It's wrote : Winning ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-04-2011, 01:04:39
^

It's wrote : Winning ;)

?? It is a badge from the SS volunteer division "Wiking".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 27-04-2011, 11:04:58
(http://www.45thdivision.org/Photo_Gallery/wartime/German_Armor_Anzio.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-04-2011, 19:04:14
^

It's wrote : Winning ;)

?? It is a badge from the SS volunteer division "Wiking".

 ;) winning over wiking


(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8741/2036421hw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 27-04-2011, 19:04:11
ANd that's how the Kublewagen  was born.  ;D

I posted that pic a long time ago. By page 300 or so.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-04-2011, 21:04:01
ANd that's how the Kublewagen  was born.  ;D

I posted that pic a long time ago. By page 300 or so.
Ja und?

SEEENNOI  BANZZAAIII

(http://www.viperalley.com/gallery/data/500/kamikaze.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 27-04-2011, 21:04:27
Ein schöner Panther  ;D

(http://i55.tinypic.com/zk0qs1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 27-04-2011, 22:04:28
Ja und?

Many of my pics were taken down for that reason  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-04-2011, 00:04:06
I really wish to see that "Tiger II" camouflage scheme in FH2   8)

(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5329/tigerii.th.jpg) (http://img593.imageshack.us/i/tigerii.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-04-2011, 19:04:21
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2898/214150fkd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-04-2011, 19:04:55
251/21? Or is that thing something else in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-04-2011, 21:04:35
It could be the 15mm drilling mounted on it. IIRC a few hanomags got fitted with them
Whats surprising is though, that the 'driling' system was employed for Ground combat. engaging aircraft was just a secondary role. Elevation was only 49 Degrees max
(http://www.lonesentry.com/ordnance/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sdkfz-251-21-drilling-halftrack.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-04-2011, 22:04:38
Yeah. It is the Sd.Kfz. 251/21 with MG152/20 Drilling

Here, have a picture without watermark.

(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5688/251drillingcaptured.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-04-2011, 22:04:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-045-08%2C_Westfeldzug%2C_Rommel_bei_Besprechung_mit_Offizieren.jpg)

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Rommel in the Western Europe campaign (June 1940)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 29-04-2011, 08:04:29
Yeah. It is the Sd.Kfz. 251/21 with MG152/20 Drilling

Here, have a picture without watermark.

(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5688/251drillingcaptured.jpg)

Can someone tell me a bit more about the MG152/20 Drilling? Is it just 2X20mm or what?
(http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/cutaway/pic18.jpg)

HMS Barham going kaboom!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-04-2011, 08:04:26
Its 3 (thus the name "Drilling) 15mm cannon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 29-04-2011, 09:04:33
Ah okay didn't know that! Thanks Mudra

Little edit:
Were these 15mms the same ones used in some Me-109 models?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-04-2011, 09:04:08
Actually I think that is where they got em from.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-04-2011, 10:04:13
Ye they had many thousands of them over. 800 where shipped to japan. And then many where converted in this way

They took the Idea of the Russian PM1. These machineguns where also no longer used by aircraft, and just mounted in a quadruple line and placed on whatever was avaible

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 29-04-2011, 11:04:13
Ah okay thanks just never seen mounting like that even though I thought I knew a lot :P But people now time for moar pics!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-04-2011, 10:04:12
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (née Braun), committed suicide with him by ingesting poison. That afternoon in accordance with Hitler's prior instructions, their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker. The Soviet archives record that their burnt remains were recovered and interred in successive locations until 1970 when they were again exhumed, cremated and the ashes scattered.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Stars_%26_Stripes_%26_Hitler_Dead2.jpg)

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Cover of US armed forces newspaper The Stars and Stripes, 2 May 1945

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F051673-0059%2C_Adolf_Hitler_und_Eva_Braun_auf_dem_Berghof.jpg)

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Eva Braun and Hitler with Blondi (probably in 1940)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-V04744%2C_Berlin%2C_Garten_der_zerst%C3%B6rte_Reichskanzlei.jpg)

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The remains of the above-ground portion of the Führerbunker in the garden of the Reich Chancellery. Entrance is to the left and circular structure was for generators and ventilation.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0331-500%2C_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring_und_Adolf_Hitler_bei_Truppenbesuch.jpg)

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Hitler (right) visiting Berlin defenders in early April 1945 with Hermann Göring (centre) and the Chief of OKW, Field Marshal Keitel (partially hidden)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Churchill_sits_on_bunker-chair.jpg)

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Churchill sitting on a damaged chair from the Führerbunker in July 1945

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1204-319%2C_Berlin%2C_Reichskanzlei%2C_gesprengter_F%C3%BChrerbunker.jpg)

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The destroyed Führerbunker in 1946


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 30-04-2011, 10:04:38
Neue Reichskanzlei
(http://www.german-reich.de/german-reich/german_reich_bilder/reichskanzlei/reichskanzlei_Vossstr.jpg)

and today.
(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/323648.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-04-2011, 10:04:50
A chinese supermarket!
IRONY!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-04-2011, 13:04:33
The most mysterious a la Marder II ever  ;D
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6181/5cmpak.jpg)
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/280/5cmpak38auffahrgestellp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-05-2011, 04:05:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/573724-2/hurricanecatturatoincombat)


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This Hurricane, piloted by a young and low-experienced Australian pilot, was damaged and forced to surrender in a WWI style by a pilot of 151 gruppo caccia in Northern Africa.
Here the camera takes the moment in which the two aircrafts are landing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2011, 09:05:08
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8830/022946dbfberlin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-05-2011, 15:05:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R77767%2C_Berlin%2C_Rotarmisten_Unter_den_Linden.jpg)

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Soviet soldiers hoisting the Soviet flag on the balcony of Hotel Adlon in Berlin after the battle

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A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 01-05-2011, 15:05:34
no second pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-05-2011, 15:05:46
no second pic
There's no second picture, just one picture and two quotes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 01-05-2011, 15:05:52
aha....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 01-05-2011, 23:05:09
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/tanky/captured/010.jpg)

Captured KV-1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-05-2011, 14:05:05
Seems to be a model 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-05-2011, 17:05:21
I really wish to see one of that mixed Panthers on some maps from Eats Front .
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3914/budapestgd.jpg)
Panther Ausf G hull , Ausf D turret  8)  That Panther was last spotted on Budapest street in 1945  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-05-2011, 20:05:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/82nd_Grave.jpg)

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The 82nd Airborne Division dropping on Grave, during Operation Market Garden.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-05-2011, 21:05:59
Wish there was a larger resolution on that one  :P Awesome picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-05-2011, 21:05:19
(http://www.tanksinworldwar2.com/pictures/canada/cruiser-tank-ram-06.jpg)

Canadian crews training in there Ram 2 tanks. Almost 2000 of these tanks where built, wich had much better armor then the Sherman, and the 6PDR could fire the latest ammo.

As the Ram 2 directly, none saw combat. But the grand majority where converted to the Ram Kangaroo APC and these saw heavy combat. The Ram "Badger" flamethrower tank and the Ram OP/Command tank also saw action in normandy.

So! OPERATION TOTALIZE IN FH2! Y U NO HAEV KANGAROOS?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 03-05-2011, 13:05:03
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/tanky/pz38/013.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-05-2011, 17:05:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/574469-2/Tiger_20I_20_4_)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-05-2011, 20:05:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Large_explosion_aboard_USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29%2C_8_may_1942.jpg)

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U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Lexington explodes on 8 May 1942, several hours after being damaged by a Japanese carrier air attack
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-05-2011, 22:05:58
"The lady lex goes down...but with glory"

She fought well


(http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Douglas-Dauntless/IMAGES/Douglas-SBD-Dauntless-Crash.jpg)

SBD Dauntless that had a collapsed landinggear
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Grim on 03-05-2011, 23:05:03
that second guy from the right got some balls standing so close to the propeller  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 04-05-2011, 10:05:00
Did you ever think , why Black Helicopters always appears in right time ?
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/9946/1253105373329.th.jpg) (http://img860.imageshack.us/i/1253105373329.jpg/)
Because they have always F.A.C. in air  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-05-2011, 20:05:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/U-110_Entern.jpg)

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German submarine U-110 was a Type IXB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy on 9 May 1941 which provided a number of secret cipher documents to the British. U-110's capture, later given the code name "Operation Primrose", was one of the biggest secrets of the war, remaining secret for seven months. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was only told of the capture by Winston Churchill in January 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-05-2011, 11:05:39
Crouching Iosif , Hidden Stalin (http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7584/1000763v.jpg)  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-05-2011, 19:05:56
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2448/191821ai5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-05-2011, 20:05:51
Pre war, the Polish, Lithuanians, and germans held joint manuveres (was before relations soured between Poland and Germany).  There's a Lithuanian officer on the extreme right.  Hitler originally wanted an alliance with Poland against the Soviet Union, but in 1939 decided that Danzig was too much of a major point to ignore.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-05-2011, 21:05:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Hegra_Fortress_gun_position.jpg)

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Norwegian 7.5 cm gun in action during the battle

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The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a twenty-five day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting superior German forces. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in southern Norway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: absolutelybadass on 05-05-2011, 22:05:04
The first IR in the world. Wunderwaffe :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-05-2011, 01:05:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/575025-2/vehicle_humberlrc17)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-05-2011, 13:05:28
Posting 2 pictures, because they fit together (battle of the bulge):


(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2464/battle5.jpg)
american .50 cal quad gun

(http://api.ning.com/files/Eu9SezSbTHOjDUjrdqjO9bte8iSeVBSKnAPWacIB*ItRpEwu7gPRHXHa-QoE--uXfsaX4ufQql*9x58kSwefvKprxqvy-PvV/01bob01.jpg)
botb ... isnt that dude on the left the guy from that famous foto?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 07-05-2011, 13:05:21
I think he is!
Let's see. A bayonet, a shovel and a Browning. Nice load  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 07-05-2011, 13:05:31
Dont forget the greyhound in the back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-05-2011, 13:05:47
Sack AS-6 ... the one and only real German flying (jumping  ;D ) saucer   8)
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/310/1304597310904.jpg)(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/677/sackas6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-05-2011, 15:05:53
(http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Allies/Photos/USA/8-Halftracks/M15A1/M15A1_02.TI2.jpg)

One of the AA defenders of Bastogne. A M15 MGMC. A halftrack armed with one 37mm AA gun and 2 .50CAL's.

2500 of these where produced, along with the 3500 produced M16 GMC's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-05-2011, 16:05:27
(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4097/14dg54760.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-05-2011, 17:05:15
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7572/20080702.jpg)

Whatever this guy did, it was epically badass, knocked out 3 tanks, and earned him from no medals to every grade of the Iron Cross in one go ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-05-2011, 01:05:53
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4371/cokeg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-05-2011, 02:05:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/575809-1/g)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-05-2011, 12:05:58
Quote
Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) commemorates May 8, 1945 (in Commonwealth countries; May 7,1945), the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. The formal surrender of the occupying German forces in the Channel Islands was not until May 9, 1945. On 30 April Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government. The act of military surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France, and ratified on 8 May in Berlin, Germany.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Churchill_waves_to_crowds.jpg/641px-Churchill_waves_to_crowds.jpg)

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Winston Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/VE_DAY_Piccadily_1945.jpg/800px-VE_DAY_Piccadily_1945.jpg)

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Crowds gathered in celebration at Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly Square) during VE Day, 1945

(http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/f1257_sA_it0195.jpg)

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VE Day in Toronto

(http://explorepahistory.com/images/ExplorePAHistory-a0k0h4-a_349.jpg)

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VE Day in Philadelphia

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-05-2011, 16:05:53
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9531/024rx6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-05-2011, 00:05:05
(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/5193/bundesarchivbild101i155.jpg)
Russia, Summer 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 09-05-2011, 11:05:29
(http://img.lenta.ru/photo/2010/05/08/krieg/pic011.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 09-05-2011, 15:05:17
(http://wargaming.net/tanks/Photos/5_post.gif)
panzer IV H  
Bagration Operation (Byelorussia 1944)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/194407_abandoned_german_vehicles_belarus_%28revised%29.jpg)

other war materials left behind by the germans when they retreated from this russian offensive.

bikes, shitload of trucks but what the thing in the center left ? the big boxy thing with the camouflage painting ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Godall on 09-05-2011, 17:05:27
Happy Victory Day. С Днём Победы! Ура!

(http://i.i.ua/cards/pic/4/2/39224.jpg)
(http://de.trinixy.ru/pics3/20080508/victory_19.jpg)(http://www.9may.ru/images/galery/9006013.JPG)
(http://img11.nnm.ru/2/a/4/c/8/11fd04bb50ca509e8977270b2fe.jpg)
(http://images-2.moifoto.ru/big/1/87/1490847pdn.jpg)

Оur pride, our liberty!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-05-2011, 17:05:02
So happy Cold War beginning eh?   ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-05-2011, 17:05:03
Оur pride, our liberty!

wohoo liberty! wait ... soviet russians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-05-2011, 18:05:35
Last I checked, the Soviets didn't bring much liberty to the world.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 09-05-2011, 18:05:27
Last I checked, the Soviets didn't bring much liberty to the world.

Some were just more free than others, that's all :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-05-2011, 18:05:52
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/286/day174.jpg)

Uraa!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-05-2011, 20:05:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Kharkov1.jpg)

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German Panzer knocked out during the offensive

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The Second Battle of Kharkov, so named by Wilhelm Keitel, was an Axis counteroffensive against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted from 12 May to 28 May, 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objective was to eliminate the Izium bridgehead (Russian: Изюмский плацдарм) over Seversky Donets, or the "Barvenkovo bulge" (Russian: Барвенковский выступ) which was one of the Soviet offensive's staging areas. After a successful winter counteroffensive that had driven German troops away from Moscow, but also depleted the Red Army's reserves, the Kharkov offensive was a new Soviet attempt to expand upon their strategic initiative, although it failed to secure a significant element of surprise.

On 12 May 1942, Soviet forces under the command of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launched an offensive against the German 6th Army from a salient established during the winter counteroffensive. After initial promising signs, the offensive was stopped by German counterattacks. Critical errors by several staff officers and by Joseph Stalin himself, who failed to accurately estimate the 6th Army's potential and overestimated their own newly-trained forces, led to a successful German pincer attack cutting off advancing Soviet troops from the rest of the front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 10-05-2011, 02:05:36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/MatildaII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 11:05:24
Оur pride, our liberty!

wohoo liberty! wait ... soviet russians?
After losing 10 million soldiers KIA and 14 million civilians lives due to Nazi atrocity i think they have the right to celibrate victory

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2011, 11:05:11
Victory, yes. Liberty, no.

Not that any other nation could claim that after World War Two.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 12:05:24
Victory, yes. Liberty, no.

Not that any other nation could claim that after World War Two.
I said victory not liberty  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-05-2011, 12:05:21
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/TG_XPX7USWI/AAAAAAAAIrA/OUX9cmqGDwA/s1600/dieppe-raid-august-19-1942-ww2-history-in-pictures-images-001.jpg)

August 18th was the last day that the tides would suit the Allies. On August 17th, 24 landing ships had taken on board their cargo - new Churchill tanks. Sixty fighter squadrons had been put on standby along with seven fighter-bomber and bomber squadrons. Air cover was to come mostly from Spitfire fighter planes. The heaviest gun carried at sea were the 4 inch guns of the destroyers that accompanied the flotilla. On the night of August 18th, 252 ships loaded with troops and equipment sailed from four south coast ports. They sailed behind mine sweepers and in near radio silence. At 03.00 on August 19th, they arrived seemingly undetected 8 miles off of Dieppe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 12:05:02
This landing was actually crucial for the churchill. It proved that the MK1 design was flawed (the dual gun design) yet that the MKIII design showed much promise. Something wich it proved during the battle of el alamein

(http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/38300/kingforce%202.jpg)

Churchill MKIII of "Kingforce" advancing towards kidney ridge. Where dozens of Crusaders and Shermans failed, is where 5 Churchills succeeded. At day one the churchill tanks together with infantry, captured Kidney ridge and destroyed 4 panzers. The churchills withstood many hits. One of them recieved 94 hits. However the command churchill was hit at a range of 300-400 meters(sources vary) from the last remaining flak 88. The turret was penetrated and the commander killed.

The next day the 4 churchills defended Kidney ridge from the famous large counterattack by the germans, succesfully repelling the attack.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2011, 13:05:21
Because one is real small and the other pretty small too I will post 2 pictures. Plus I haven't posted a picture in ages  :P

Theme is Panzergruppe Guderian, as I've just finished the book about Guderian and the development of the Panzerwaffe.

(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/p/panzer3-guderian.jpg)

Image name says 'panzer3-guderian' but this looks like a Panzer IV D to me. I first thought F but the tracks on the front armour are covering up the curve.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/36229-6/Panzergruppe+Guderian+auf+dem+Weg+zur+Beresina)

And parts of the Panzergruppe Guderian in Russia during the early stages of Barbarossa, although I believe it was no longer called Panzergruppe Guderian by then. The G's where still there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-05-2011, 16:05:06
M'kay .... time for some allied bias  ;D

(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7871/inmoodsherman.jpg)
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3706/sgtpooltank.jpg)
Staff Sergeant Lafayette Pool and his tank ... Wittman is a pussycat noob  ;D in compare to that tank ace  8)
More info on THAT (http://www.3ad.org/wwii_heroes/pool_lafayette/pool_ordnance1.htm) site  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 17:05:49
*awaits the german fanboys who do everything to undermine the story and reputation

It happend on WOT forums, it will happen here, mark my words  ;D ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2011, 17:05:49
I always find it funny that he was outside the tank as much as possible (even in combat) because he was claustrophobic  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 10-05-2011, 17:05:29
Why don't people make the gunners the stars of history and not the damned commanders? like Pool did shit. It was his gunner who knocked shit out. Same with every other tank. Carius? Wittmann? Knispel? rrrrrrright....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 10-05-2011, 17:05:39
*awaits the german fanboys who do everything to undermine the story and reputation

It happend on WOT forums, it will happen here, mark my words  ;D ;)

I'm not a german fan but top western allied tank ace was canadian Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters with 18 kills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-05-2011, 17:05:54
Comparing to Wittmann... Sure, but then Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters was the allied Kurt Knispel.

(http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vol10/no1/images/mantle-zaporzan-2.jpg)


Edit: Damn, ninja Ciupita :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-05-2011, 17:05:10
Remember though Wittman had only a crappy tiger at his disposal not a cool american full fueled and ammo fed beast .


(http://thedoomuniverse.phpbb3now.com/users/13/13/34/smilies//smile210.png)


And master chief...Its like saying the pawns on a chess won the game.In actuality they did but it was the commander who gave the orders and made them win...If a commander has a queen (or an experienced gunner) he will be more able than the other and win.But it is mainly he who decides all thats why he gets the stars and stripes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2011, 17:05:50
Why don't people make the gunners the stars of history and not the damned commanders? like Pool did shit. It was his gunner who knocked shit out. Same with every other tank. Carius? Wittmann? Knispel? rrrrrrright....
If Pool hadn't been the super obsessive trainer he was that gunner would've been that good. Mind you, the commander decides everything, driving directions, targets to fire at, etc. Pool knew what to do.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 17:05:19
Why don't people make the gunners the stars of history and not the damned commanders? like Pool did shit. It was his gunner who knocked shit out. Same with every other tank. Carius? Wittmann? Knispel? rrrrrrright....
If Pool hadn't been the super obsessive trainer he was that gunner would've been that good. Mind you, the commander decides everything, driving directions, targets to fire at, etc. Pool knew what to do.
Carius and Knispel always, btw, gave credits towards there gunners. Not themself. Both of these man often shared kills with other tanks of there units.

Wittman is a diffrent story. He was simply a glory seeking, fame hungry nazi. He was the most popular one, but did not had the most kills.

Carius and knispel where much diffrent man.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-05-2011, 17:05:25
*awaits the german fanboys who do everything to undermine the story and reputation

It happend on WOT forums, it will happen here, mark my words  ;D ;)

I'm not a german fan but top western allied tank ace was canadian Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters with 18 kills.

Only 18 ? When Sgt Pool have over 250 ? Maybe you lost some digit ?  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-05-2011, 17:05:55
Maybe you lost some digit, Paythoss.

Theres tank kills and vehicle kills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-05-2011, 17:05:17
Hmm ... but still behind russian tank aces  8)
http://www.wio.ru/tank/ww2aces.htm

And who knows how many tanks is in that 250 kill of Sgt Pool list ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-05-2011, 18:05:59
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/SC180476.jpg)

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The U.S. Liberty ship Robert Rowan explodes after being hit by a German bomber off Gela, Sicily, 11 July 1943

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The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the Italian Campaign.

Husky began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, and ended 17 August. Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners. The Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island; the Mediterranean's sea lanes were opened and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was toppled from power. It opened the way to the Allied invasion of Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Heinrich (Mr.Uniwersum_GER) on 10-05-2011, 18:05:09
(http://i53.tinypic.com/244dspf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 18:05:15
Hmm ... but still behind russian tank aces  8)
http://www.wio.ru/tank/ww2aces.htm

And who knows how many tanks is in that 250 kill of Sgt Pool list ?
Unlike german sources, allied tank kill sources are not super accurate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-05-2011, 18:05:01
Not WW2, but Still Berlin 1945.
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages/berlin1945-20.jpg)
So, truck on the right, any info on it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-05-2011, 18:05:39
Оur pride, our liberty!

wohoo liberty! wait ... soviet russians?
After losing 10 million soldiers KIA and 14 million civilians lives due to Nazi atrocity i think they have the right to celibrate victory



did i say they couldnt celebrate their victory?

i just meant its not liberty they brought to europe. - tell that to the german women that got mass raped, or the germans and ESPECIALLY THE POLISH PEOPLE that got forced to relocate and of course the people that lost their property because they were part of the "bourgeoisie". or the freedom of speech the soviets brought to us...

this of course happened because the nazis mass murdered and slaugthered the people especially on the eastern front. - but what "justification" did they have to force the polish people into different territory or not even helping in the warshaw uprising?

no side in the war was perfect, but i think we got liberated in the true sence by the western allies. - i heard stories of my grandmother that the allies gave them sweets when they arrived; now compare that to the east.




Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-05-2011, 19:05:53
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/4774/mp1ap.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 19:05:17
Оur pride, our liberty!

wohoo liberty! wait ... soviet russians?
After losing 10 million soldiers KIA and 14 million civilians lives due to Nazi atrocity i think they have the right to celibrate victory



did i say they couldnt celebrate their victory?

i just meant its not liberty they brought to europe. - tell that to the german women that got mass raped, or the germans and ESPECIALLY THE POLISH PEOPLE that got forced to relocate and of course the people that lost their property because they were part of the "bourgeoisie". or the freedom of speech the soviets brought to us...

this of course happened because the nazis mass murdered and slaugthered the people especially on the eastern front. - but what "justification" did they have to force the polish people into different territory or not even helping in the warshaw uprising?

no side in the war was perfect, but i think we got liberated in the true sence by the western allies. - i heard stories of my grandmother that the allies gave them sweets when they arrived; now compare that to the east.
Yes the Soviets commited crimes. But you cant deny the fact that the Nazi's started it and did things 1000 times worse

Every nation is guilty of warcrimes. Churchill And Arthurs harris bombing of German civilian cities like Dresden and Humbug.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-05-2011, 19:05:24
Don't think so, Soviets started there crimes in the early 20's when the political prisoner's started disappearing. Germans only got serious in the early 40's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 19:05:05
Don't think so, Soviets started there crimes in the early 20's when the political prisoner's started disappearing. Germans only got serious in the early 40's.
i ment ww2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 10-05-2011, 20:05:38
lets end the political discussion here, FH forum, not axis history forum
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/3957495738_8c1ef823d1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 21:05:57
Yes lets do that

I say more italians

(http://www.targheitaliane.it/gallery/bersaglieri1.jpg)
The famous bersaglieri and there motor cycles
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 10-05-2011, 23:05:11
Not WW2, but Still Berlin 1945.
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages/berlin1945-20.jpg)
So, truck on the right, any info on it?

It is Dutch armoured vehicle Wilton Fijenoord , originaly ordered for Dutch colonies. Only 3 were built. After unsuccessful tests were 2 of them sold to Brazil police and one accepted to Dutch army with artillery regiment. It was armed with 3 MG's and crew consisted of 3 men. It is not known what happend to last one vehicle after Germans captured it, until it was found near Reichstag.

Edit: If you mean that black armoured thing with cross at back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pr0z4c on 10-05-2011, 23:05:45
Don't think so, Soviets started there crimes in the early 20's when the political prisoner's started disappearing. Germans only got serious in the early 40's.
i ment ww2.


http://stagevu.com/video/ljxlsscptmer
download it, you can find english subtitles with google.
there's another story
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2011, 23:05:18
Theres many stories. Wich to believe?


I say Iceland and Peru where the good guys of ww2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 10-05-2011, 23:05:02
And Greeks.Killed Germans and Each other.What's not to like?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 11-05-2011, 01:05:22
Theres many stories. Wich to believe?


I say Iceland and Peru where the good guys of ww2

Hey dude, not fair. Venezuela gave oil to the allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 11-05-2011, 08:05:57
mexico! Was the only country protesting at the Anschluss of Austria ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pr0z4c on 11-05-2011, 14:05:05
Holland was too busy selling cheese and tulips, and besides who would listen to someone wearing wooden shoes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-05-2011, 14:05:27
Luckily the rest of the Netherlands meanwhile invested in the armed forces because of the Nazi-threat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-05-2011, 16:05:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Multiple_.50_caliber_Gun_Motor_Carriage_T77.JPG)

Multiple .50Calibre Gun motor carriage T77

I say alpenfestung

Americans=T77 and M19 Duster
Germans= Wirbelwind and One of those 5cm and 5.5cm Flak panthers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 11-05-2011, 17:05:53
(http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9357/rbt5dq7.jpg)

bt-5 tank armed with 2x130mm rockets.


and just because i can a nice pak 40 picture
(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4183/weapon75cmpak4012.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-05-2011, 19:05:14
What are they doing? holding it together?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-05-2011, 19:05:37
(http://imageshack.us/m/27/1940/1830588r7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 11-05-2011, 19:05:17
What are they doing? holding it together?
There seems to be a small slope there. Probably counter-weighing the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-05-2011, 19:05:52
^Yup, counter-weight. Must be one of the worst jobs ever...

(http://www.abload.de/img/kjzt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-05-2011, 21:05:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Ko-hyoteki_Sydney.jpg)

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A Japanese Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine, believed to be Midget No. 14, is raised from Sydney Harbour the day after the attack

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In late May and early June 1942, during World War II, submarines belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy made a series of attacks on the cities of Sydney and Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. On the night of 31 May – 1 June, three Ko-hyoteki class midget submarines, each with a two-member crew, entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships. After being detected and attacked, the crews of two of the midget submarines scuttled their boats and committed suicide without successfully engaging Allied vessels. These submarines were later recovered by the Allies. The third submarine attempted to torpedo the heavy cruiser USS Chicago, but instead sank the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 sailors. This midget submarine's fate was unknown until 2006, when amateur scuba divers discovered the wreck off Sydney's northern beaches.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-05-2011, 21:05:17
Luckily the rest of the Netherlands meanwhile invested in the armed forces because of the Nazi-threat.

Oh yes, we bought a tank!
Then crashed it.

(http://home.tiscali.nl/~grebbelinie/Images/Inundatie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-05-2011, 21:05:07
That was propaganda  :P

And we did invest in it, AA department was 'up to date' in the late 30's after investments where finished.

But I never get why they didn't buy more tanks. They went 'oh shi-' after may 1940 and bought loads of stuff for the East-Indies, obviously too late.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 11-05-2011, 21:05:08
And you had the best early war interceptor.

It was so good that most of them were lost like this:
(http://llv24.com/main_files/pics/Fokker_nokillaan.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-05-2011, 22:05:13
What are they doing? holding it together?

They are acting to try and keep the gun from sliding back too far when it fires.  Since the gun is set up ona  flat road surface, firing can (and will) cause the gun to roll backwards, crushing people behind it.  So these guys are holding it down and pressing forward, to help keep it from rolling back too far and injuring the gunner :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pr0z4c on 11-05-2011, 22:05:50
(http://ww2worldwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/me-bf109main1.jpg)

(http://www.pionnair-ge.com/spip1/IMG/jpg/MeBf109-Buochs-1943-44-coul.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-05-2011, 22:05:21
And you had the best early war interceptor.

It was so good that most of them were lost like this:
(http://llv24.com/main_files/pics/Fokker_nokillaan.jpg)

A very ingenious function designed by mr. Fokker himself reducing battle loses to 0%!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-05-2011, 22:05:33
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7880/t39st3.jpg)
T-39 ... never build ... shame  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 11-05-2011, 23:05:01

They are acting to try and keep the gun from sliding back too far when it fires.  Since the gun is set up ona  flat road surface, firing can (and will) cause the gun to roll backwards, crushing people behind it.  So these guys are holding it down and pressing forward, to help keep it from rolling back too far and injuring the gunner :P

We need this in FH2... I'm sick and tired of those sliding mobile AT guns!  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-05-2011, 23:05:12
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7880/t39st3.jpg)
T-39 ... never build ... shame  ;D
wo
woa
woa
WHA?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 12-05-2011, 11:05:12
Why not put wheels on a destroyer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 12-05-2011, 12:05:19
!@! Sirkys + Typhoon + eXavs Paythoss + Panther = !@#$%^&*(*&^%$#$%^&  ;D ;D ;D
(http://imageshack.us/m/638/1772/1305053776098.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-05-2011, 14:05:27
Why not put wheels on a destroyer?
Tank destroyer you mean?

That happened once and they got the M8 Greyhound.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-05-2011, 15:05:39
Greyhound isnt a tank destroyer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2011, 15:05:10
Actually, it was originally designed as a tank destroyer....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-05-2011, 16:05:53
Being originally designed isnt the same as actually being something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2011, 16:05:26
Being originally designed isnt the same as actually being something.

Quote
The M8 first saw action in Italy in 1943 and was used by the U.S. Army both in Europe and in the Far East. In the latter theater, it was used mostly on Okinawa and the Philippines, and was occasionally employed in its original tank destroyer role as most of the Japanese armor was vulnerable to its 37 mm gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-05-2011, 16:05:22
Did they call BAR an anti-tank gun since it could knock out Jap tanks too?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2011, 17:05:00
Well, unlike the BAR, the M8 was designed purposefully to be a tank destroyer.  Just because it was obsolete doesn't change that fact :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-05-2011, 17:05:07
Well yeah, a door-knocker is still an AT-gun in 1944.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 12-05-2011, 17:05:50
cmon stop it girls :)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/219037-2/Waffen+SS+MG42+team)

Waffen - SS MG42 somewhere
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 12-05-2011, 17:05:54
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/warpictures3438424.jpg)
M. Savin, “The Soviet antitank gun”.
This really should be in someones sig.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2011, 17:05:26
TO WENDY'S!!!


(anyone who gets that reference gets a gold star and a kiss from a very happy dragon)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-05-2011, 18:05:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-064-18A%2C_Westfeldzug%2C_%C3%9Cbergang_%C3%BCber_die_Maas.jpg)

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Despite the destruction of the Wilhelminabrug, German troops passed this vital traffic hub relatively quickly. Photo taken 10 May 1940 in Maastricht
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 12-05-2011, 18:05:59
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/warpictures3438424.jpg
M. Savin, “The Soviet antitank gun”.

This really should be in someones sig.
If anyone wants it;

(https://regtransfers-sth-se.diino.com/download/zrixxx/Pics/Sigs/job/fhatsig.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-05-2011, 18:05:34
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/1261/terre3398035.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-05-2011, 19:05:19
Greyhound isnt a tank destroyer.
Which is exactly my point. They designed it as a TD, it failed. Then it was an armoured scout car.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 12-05-2011, 19:05:58
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/warpictures3438424.jpg
M. Savin, “The Soviet antitank gun”.

This really should be in someones sig.
If anyone wants it;

(https://regtransfers-sth-se.diino.com/download/zrixxx/Pics/Sigs/job/fhatsig.png)
thanks dude
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-05-2011, 20:05:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/A6M3_Model22_UI105_Nishizawa.jpg)

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A6M3 Model 22 over the Solomon Islands, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 12-05-2011, 21:05:05
(anyone who gets that reference gets a gold star and a kiss from a very happy dragon)

Keep it in your pants, bro.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-05-2011, 21:05:30
Who said I'm wearing any?

And since people here suck, here's where that's from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFb8a1i90RQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=22s


And to be on topic, a photo:

(http://imageshack.us/m/691/1413/f21of.jpg)

I actually own this one.  On the back, is written "1941" and the name of a russian sounding town.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 13-05-2011, 20:05:32
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-214-0328-28,_Russland,_Soldaten_der_franz%C3%B6sischen_Legion.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-05-2011, 21:05:30
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-05-2011, 22:05:44
 ;D the only thing that was amazing there
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-05-2011, 22:05:49
TO WENDY'S!!!


(anyone who gets that reference gets a gold star and a kiss from a very happy dragon)
Hahaha, Von Mudra, my dad and I went to Wendy's today, and when we got into the car to go there I waved my hand and shouted "TO WENDY'S!"  My dad just looked at me strangely.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-05-2011, 00:05:07
TO WENDY'S!!!


(anyone who gets that reference gets a gold star and a kiss from a very happy dragon)
Hahaha, Von Mudra, my dad and I went to Wendy's today, and when we got into the car to go there I waved my hand and shouted "TO WENDY'S!"  My dad just looked at me strangely.

Good one! :D  <gives you gold star and big wet dragon kiss> :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-05-2011, 02:05:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/577661-2/5d19e72fd99f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-05-2011, 09:05:32
(http://imageshack.us/m/221/2779/iiwskolor145j.jpg)

I think , that Tiger need some cleaning  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-05-2011, 15:05:21
Was is das! O_O

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-05-2011, 16:05:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/AHS_Centaur.jpg)

Quote
Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur(I) was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 14 May 1943. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilian crew aboard, 268 were killed.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/I-176_submarine.jpg)

Quote
I-176, a KD7 type Kaidai class submarine. The three suspected attackers were all of this type.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-05-2011, 16:05:14
(http://imageshack.us/m/827/2750/230911zwg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 15-05-2011, 05:05:55
...whats this Ivan  ? ...
This is a fascist Tiger tank , Boris ...
(http://imageshack.us/m/708/2498/wschodni229.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-05-2011, 15:05:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Askaris_im_Warschauer_Getto_-_1943.jpg)

Quote
Two Askaris (i.e. Soviets in German service) peer into a doorway past the bodies of Jews killed during the suppression of the uprising. Stroop Report original caption: "Askaris used during the operation"

Quote
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German occupied Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp.

The insurgency was launched against the Germans on January 18, 1943. The most significant portion of the rebellion took place from April 19 until May 16, 1943, and ended when the poorly armed and supplied resistance was crushed by the German troops under the direct command of Jürgen Stroop. It was the largest single revolt by the Jews during the Holocaust
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-05-2011, 00:05:46
(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/500/Destroyed_BT-5_Poland_1939.jpg)
knock out BT 5 Poland 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-05-2011, 07:05:53
The mysterious prototype of armored car SdKfz 231 (4-rad) or , like others sources says , SdKfz 234 (4-rad) .

(http://imageshack.us/m/805/7727/pc1s.png)
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/7862/dibujozh6fu5.jpg)

Nobody knows what hapens with that AC in the end of the war ... probably used in desperation on some fights and destroyed  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-05-2011, 13:05:00
(http://s7.directupload.net/images/110511/3jj9gwtf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-05-2011, 14:05:54
(http://s7.directupload.net/images/110511/3jj9gwtf.jpg)
IIRC one of the flak towers on berlin?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-05-2011, 14:05:47
yes flaktower at berlin zoo but in Hamburg and Vienna were also these too
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-05-2011, 16:05:48
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1214/italianbreda30mab38afin.jpg)

Italian Bias!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2011, 19:05:40
(http://s7.directupload.net/images/110511/3jj9gwtf.jpg)

moh FINAL stage :D

(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1526/091137ver.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-05-2011, 20:05:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Dunkirksoldier1.JPG)

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A British soldier on Dunkirk's beaches fires at strafing German aircraft
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-05-2011, 03:05:32
Free French pilot during the Battle of Britain.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Emile_Fayolle_portrait_battle_of_britain_free_french_RAF.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-05-2011, 07:05:06
A little german biass  8)
(http://imageshack.us/m/27/3162/sqmdex.jpg)
SdKfz 251 with 7.5cm PaK 44 L/70  ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 17-05-2011, 16:05:33
Major Anders Lassen, VC, MC and two bars the only UKSF recipient of the VC was a SBS commander during the Second World War
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Anders_Lassen_1920-1945.jpg/220px-Anders_Lassen_1920-1945.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-05-2011, 17:05:19
Major Anders Lassen, VC, MC and two bars the only UKSF recipient of the VC was a SBS commander during the Second World War

Sounds awesome but what the hell does it all stand for? :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 17-05-2011, 17:05:00
Major Anders Lassen, Vietcong, Mulitcam, and two bars of the United Kingdom special forces recipient of the Vietcont was a selfish badass soldier commander ^^  ;D
(http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel-afb/jagdtiger_00419_1g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 17-05-2011, 19:05:54
Major Anders Lassen, VC, MC and two bars the only UKSF recipient of the VC was a SBS commander during the Second World War

Sounds awesome but what the hell does it all stand for? :D
Victoria Cross, Military Cross and SBS might be SAS?

Just guessing here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 17-05-2011, 19:05:22
It's Special Boat Service
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-05-2011, 19:05:57
(http://imageshack.us/m/810/3331/091752yw6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-05-2011, 19:05:56
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages/sovietsoldiers-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-05-2011, 20:05:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jean_Sassi_001.jpg)

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French Jedburgh commando Jean Sassi in 1944

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Jean Sassi (11 June 1917 – 9 January 2009) was a French Army colonel and intelligence service officer, former "Jedburgh" (BCRA) of France and Far East. Commando chief of the SDECE's 11th Shock Parachutist Regiment (11e Régiment Parachutiste de Choc). Maquis chief in French Indochina through the GCMA (1953-1955).

During the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in April 1954 Jean Sassi led Mèo partisans (GCMA) in Operation Condor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 18-05-2011, 02:05:22
It's Special Boat Service
Yep. Imagine SAS + Royal Marine.

Hard
Core.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-05-2011, 18:05:17
(http://imageshack.us/m/19/9127/t34f34l11.jpg)
Looks like wider tracks not always works  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-05-2011, 21:05:15
[img]http://imageshack.us/m/19/9127/t34f34l11.jpg[/img
Looks like wider tracks not always works  ;D
The best terrain crossing vehicles where SU-76, Luchs and Churchill  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 18-05-2011, 22:05:17
[img]http://imageshack.us/m/19/9127/t34f34l11.jpg[/img
Looks like wider tracks not always works  ;D

Sometimes, having good all-terrain drive makes the driver a bit cocky...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-05-2011, 22:05:53
Edited posts. Lets not have the same bloody picture three times in a row. Thankyouverymuch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-05-2011, 08:05:31
I wonder if this is actual photo from battle or is staged ...  8)
(http://imageshack.us/m/541/8681/panthersjy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-05-2011, 08:05:50
Staged.  Why would the photographer be standing in the middle of a tank assualt whilst shells explode all around him. ;)  For all WW2 combat photos, always ask "where is the camera man".  If he's standing around whilst all hell is breaking out around him...its probably staged ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-05-2011, 09:05:11
Yeah ... "probably" :3 . But there was some nuts between camera mans ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-05-2011, 15:05:16
Not that nutty :P  Even the ones that went into combat still acted like troops, not like superman.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-05-2011, 21:05:32
Morane pilote

(http://imageshack.us/m/688/2826/dg09109.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/m/8/7099/dg09108.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-05-2011, 21:05:09
Not that nutty :P  Even the ones that went into combat still acted like troops, not like superman.

You were saying, old chum?

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g10000/g17489.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 19-05-2011, 21:05:16
It looks shopped  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-05-2011, 22:05:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Bundesarchiv_Billd_146-1971-011-27%2C_Belgien%2C_Eben_Emael%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-05-2011, 23:05:43
Not that nutty :P  Even the ones that went into combat still acted like troops, not like superman.

You were saying, old chum?

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g10000/g17489.jpg)


I know the story behind that photo though.  The camera man was ducking over armoured plating on the bridge and snapping photos.  When he moved up to take another photo, that bomb exploded, and he was killed whilst taking the shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 20-05-2011, 03:05:23
YES!!! I trolled VM!!! I am fully aware that the poor cameraman was killed by that explosion and have actually talked to you about it in person!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-05-2011, 08:05:31
I love you Kading.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-05-2011, 08:05:39
(http://imageshack.us/m/269/6808/zagadkafj.jpg)
It so sad picture ... poor T1/M6  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 20-05-2011, 09:05:18
Sad?  Good riddance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-05-2011, 21:05:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Interrogation_sovjet_partisan_1942.jpg)

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Interrogation of a Soviet partisan by Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratroopers, Russia 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-05-2011, 00:05:30
Sad?  Good riddance.
tbh for its time it was well armoured and armed


frontally
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 21-05-2011, 00:05:20
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090305/ef47587ebcf67a87b2997f2444e85184/317a481a6771f99a3fda0a1b6793ed80.jpg)
bt-7 with ir nightvision
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-05-2011, 00:05:57
*trollface towards german fans who drool and fap on Panther with Nightvision,claiming it was the first
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 21-05-2011, 00:05:32
The mighty IR strelok.
(http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090307/3dfed23681af3ef7785c002fe1b54d84/47dee89512e73107c49d3b748a0d3e50.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 21-05-2011, 00:05:35
why on earth would they equip a BT-7 with IR?

why not a IS or a KV?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-05-2011, 00:05:31
why on earth would they equip a BT-7 with IR?

why not a IS or a KV?
So scout can see everything? I don't know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 21-05-2011, 00:05:55
Because those pics are from '40-'41 and yes, scouting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-05-2011, 01:05:34
The mighty IR strelok.
http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090307/3dfed23681af3ef7785c002fe1b54d84/47dee89512e73107c49d3b748a0d3e50.jpg (http://img5.imageshost.ru/imgs/090307/3dfed23681af3ef7785c002fe1b54d84/47dee89512e73107c49d3b748a0d3e50.jpg)
I for one welcome our new soviet overlords.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 21-05-2011, 07:05:13
@Bangoo

God help us when pictures of Night IR equipped buses start showing up  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-05-2011, 08:05:04
Douglas XBLR-2/XB-19 - the US Army Air Force biggest bomber plane in WW2 ...
(http://imageshack.us/m/191/8749/b19pa.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/m/806/8361/xb19.jpg)
I still dont know , hows was possible to make that giant fly ......  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-05-2011, 15:05:48
I want to learn more about this Russian nightvision...where can I read about it?

I'm assuming it was active nightvision like the German and American WW2 systems which used an invisible IR searchlight to illuminate stuff. Which meant that if someone else on the other side had NVDs then you would look like a giant homing beacon to them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 22-05-2011, 01:05:24
Considering designation of that giant US bomber, it ended as prototype right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2011, 01:05:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/579499-2/cannoneda149catturato)

wo British soldiers observing an abandoned Ansaldo gun 149/40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-05-2011, 13:05:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/USS_Bunker_Hill_hit_by_two_Kamikazes.jpg)

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USS Bunker Hill burns after being hit by two kamikazes within 30 seconds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2011, 13:05:22
(http://imageshack.us/m/855/4972/terre3398034.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-05-2011, 17:05:30
Japanese Vickers tank copy - Type 89B  8)
(http://imageshack.us/m/823/6632/type89b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-05-2011, 18:05:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E10458%2C_Polen%2C_Zollstation%2C_deutsche_Soldaten.jpg)

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German troops remove Polish insignia at the Polish-Danzig border near Zoppot on 1 September 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2011, 18:05:23
kar98a
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 23-05-2011, 00:05:26
(http://www.theblogofrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/a-young-german-wwii-soldier-in-pain-being-treated-by-an-american-gi.jpg)

A young German WWII soldier in pain being treated by an American GI.

(http://www.theblogofrecord.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1940-tour-de-france.bmp)

1940 Tour de France ;D lol

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 23-05-2011, 09:05:30
Very fascinating camo scheme for Matilda tanks , used in defend of Malta  8)
(http://imageshack.us/m/806/633/matildamk2hfraser3.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/m/560/5025/matilda001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 23-05-2011, 09:05:25
(http://www.456fis.org/JUNKERS/Junkers_Ju388L-1%5B1%5D.jpg)

Ju-388 <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 23-05-2011, 12:05:35
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/hs129-1.jpg)
HS 129 B-3/Wa
I want that thing so badly for the eastern front... 75mm pak 40 shots from above. awesome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-05-2011, 13:05:53
(http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/fotobiancr.jpg)

Soviet Air Force MiG-3s in winter camouflage. The slogan on the nearest aircraft reads "Za Rodinu" – "For the Motherland"


This is the plane i want to see and if it is ingame then i swear i am going learn how to fly well just for it !

Question is will it be in or will the Yak-9 or Il-2 be added?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 23-05-2011, 14:05:58
Very fascinating camo scheme for Matilda tanks , used in defend of Malta  8)
(http://imageshack.us/m/806/633/matildamk2hfraser3.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/m/560/5025/matilda001.jpg)


I'm assuming this camo is to make the tank harder to spot from the air when hiding under the shade of a tree, correct?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rataxes on 23-05-2011, 15:05:12
Very fascinating camo scheme for Matilda tanks , used in defend of Malta  8)
PIC
PIC

I'm assuming this camo is to make the tank harder to spot from the air when hiding under the shade of a tree, correct?

Yea, reducing visibility by breaking up the outline of the vehicle, the same basis for any camouflage pattern.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-05-2011, 15:05:40
Very fascinating camo scheme for Matilda tanks , used in defend of Malta  8)
http://imageshack.us/m/806/633/matildamk2hfraser3.jpg
http://imageshack.us/m/560/5025/matilda001.jpg


I'm assuming this camo is to make the tank harder to spot from the air when hiding under the shade of a tree, correct?
Nope, Malta is covered in rock walls, which is why they took this special camo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 23-05-2011, 18:05:30
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5687713537_d0b9dac74a_b.jpg)
I really can't tell what spg is that thing on the pic. Any proffesionals here to help me? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 23-05-2011, 18:05:24
looks like ASU 57
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 23-05-2011, 19:05:41
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//berlingreatwar2011060564.jpg)
b4m mortar, berlin 45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-05-2011, 19:05:27
(http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/fotobiancr.jpg)

Soviet Air Force MiG-3s in winter camouflage. The slogan on the nearest aircraft reads "Za Rodinu" – "For the Motherland"



Question is will it be in or will the Yak-9 or Il-2 be added?
MiG 3's where still very common during 1943. So if we see a Kursk or Prokharovka map, Soviet VVS should have both Migs, yaks and Il2s. Aswel as a PE-2.
As for the germansn they should have a bit less planes, but still plenty. Like 2 ME 109's, JU88,StukaD and Stuka G
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-05-2011, 21:05:11
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5687713537_d0b9dac74a_b.jpg)
I really can't tell what spg is that thing on the pic. Any proffesionals here to help me? ;D
Sd. Kfz. 301 Borgward IV maybe

(http://imageshack.us/m/94/2143/terre10356r24.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-05-2011, 21:05:30
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5687713537_d0b9dac74a_b.jpg
I really can't tell what spg is that thing on the pic. Any proffesionals here to help me? ;D

Ferdinand/Elefant with top armour blown off?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-05-2011, 21:05:09
More like a small tankette with extra armour. Probably one of the French ones.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wyrdstone on 23-05-2011, 23:05:52
Paythoss do you read military modeling?

Just that your photo of the type 89 was in it the other month.

DEPTH CHARGE!
(http://i.imgur.com/TAA8v.jpg)
A picture for the sake of a me bothering to post.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Herc on 24-05-2011, 02:05:52
(http://www.fototime.com./8521E197DE06E8D/standard.jpg)
Two Swedish P-35As being assembled at Nichols Field, Philippines, end of 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-05-2011, 06:05:19
Mostly , im just lurking in internet for interesting me photos or pictures .

That pic is bugging me from years ... i really wish to know story of that Tiger I .
(http://img268.yfrog.com/img268/2272/tigerak.jpg)
The most interesting is theres no muzzle brake on the barrel  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 24-05-2011, 14:05:29
(http://www.fototime.com./8521E197DE06E8D/standard.jpg)
Two Swedish P-35As being assembled at Nichols Field, Philippines, end of 1940.
What were they doing there?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Die Happy on 24-05-2011, 16:05:51
@paythoss:

no muzzle break
no "mud flaps"
"early" model

could be a prototype in field testing or something like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 24-05-2011, 17:05:11
(http://www.fototime.com./8521E197DE06E8D/standard.jpg)
Two Swedish P-35As being assembled at Nichols Field, Philippines, end of 1940.
What were they doing there?  ???

They were taken into US service for reinforcing the Philippines air defenses before they could be delivered to Sweden.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-05-2011, 19:05:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-443-1589-07%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Rommel_in_Befehlsfahrzeug.jpg)

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Erwin Rommel and Fritz Bayerlein near Bir Hakeim

Quote
Bir Hakeim (sometimes written Bir Hacheim) is a remote oasis in the Libyan desert, and the former site of a Turkish fort. During the Battle of Gazala the First Free French Division of General Marie Pierre Koenig defended the site from 26 May to 11 June 1942 against attacking German and Italian forces directed by General Erwin Rommel. Resisting for 16 days, the Free French gave the retreating British Eighth Army enough time to reorganize, thus allowing them to halt the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein.

General Bernard Saint-Hillier would say in an October 1991 interview:
“ A grain of sand had curbed the Axis advance, which reached Al-Alamein only after the arrival of the rested British divisions: this grain of sand was Bir Hakeim"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-05-2011, 22:05:47
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150743&d=1298974476)

(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150742&d=1298974448)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-05-2011, 22:05:11
Nice MP 38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-05-2011, 00:05:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-092-29%2C_vor_Berlin%2C_Volkssturm_mit_Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg)

Volkssturmmann with panzershreck, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-05-2011, 00:05:11
*panzerschreck.


 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-05-2011, 01:05:58
sorry, i made panzerfaust a word in my internet dictionary for a report i wrote once, so it auto-corrects panzerschreck to panzerfaust.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 25-05-2011, 01:05:48
sorry, i made panzerfaust a word in my internet dictionary for a report i wrote once, so it auto-corrects panzerschreck to panzerfaust.

i assume a report for school, since your profile says you are 17. and then you can make reports about panzerfausts? thats awesome! - damn, we always skipped the interresting war-parts, if not the whole ww2 in german history class. we "only" learned about hitlers way to power and of course the holocaust here.

back then we had exactly 2 lessons (1 and a half hour) where some volunteers had to report about the role of the countries in ww2. a friend of mine who was also interrested in ww2 had russias role as topic and when he reported about how T-34s influenced the war our teacher was like: "ok, i dont know what you are talking about, stop it here, that has nothing to do with history" - consider yourself lucky to be able to make these reports.

(http://www.gautierandcharles.biz/chuck/images/15-tank-us-snow.jpg) sherman camo, do i have to say botb winter 44/45?

edit: "... since your profile says ..."  sorry, that must sound creepy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-05-2011, 01:05:38
Honestly, looks a lot more like snow than actual white wash :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 25-05-2011, 01:05:11
well i said sherman camo, not sherman winter-camo.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: C.Abrams on 25-05-2011, 04:05:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/G13065_USS_Yorktown_Pearl_Harbor_May_1942.jpg)
USS Yorktown
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: C.Abrams on 25-05-2011, 04:05:23
(http://www.fototime.com./8521E197DE06E8D/standard.jpg)
Two Swedish P-35As being assembled at Nichols Field, Philippines, end of 1940.
What were they doing there?  ???
The 2 Seversky P-35As are either under construction or repairs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-05-2011, 05:05:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/85961-2/Opel+Blitz)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-05-2011, 05:05:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/580050-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-201-1563-17A__Balkan__deutsche_und_italienische_Soldaten)

Fiat L6/40 Crew and a German Officer before an Anti-Guerrilla Operation in the Balkans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 25-05-2011, 05:05:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/85961-2/Opel+Blitz)

PICTURED: A squad moving to another flag via AA truck, FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 25-05-2011, 07:05:19
rofl :D

(http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-545_skc34_Scharnhorst_fwd_pic.jpg)

Scharnhorst <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-05-2011, 14:05:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/HMS_Duke_of_York_gunners_A_021168.jpg)

HMS Duke of York gunners pose after the battle of north cape. In wich HMS Duke of york, the Light cruisers Belfast and sheffield and the heavy cruiser Norfolk, sunk the Scharhorst
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-05-2011, 14:05:09
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_FZZrd678n1U/S7n_1mGGosI/AAAAAAAAAc0/n_xJgkoWNzk/Bismarck%20Fires%20on%20HMS%20Hood%20%23%20113.jpg)
Bismarck fires on Hood from the view of the cruiser Prinz Eugen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 25-05-2011, 15:05:46
Dang I wanted to post pic of Hood then exploding or even any ship going kaboom but meh already posted today
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-05-2011, 15:05:47
Looks like people want to keep the german as victorious! It shall not happen!
(its for the lulz)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Konigsberg_h80979.jpg)

Light cruiser Kongsberg under attack. It was sunk by 19 Blackburn Skua's who scored several direct hits, in wich the ship capsized
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 25-05-2011, 15:05:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher_sinking.jpg)

Blucher capsizing in Oslo Fjord after being sunk by 1893 vintage 280mm Krupp cannon from Oscarborg Fortress.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-05-2011, 16:05:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/471147-2/torpedoes)

In the torpedo room of a German U-boat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-05-2011, 16:05:02
Blackburn "Skua" ... the first and only British deck dive bomber in WW2. I like her silhouette  :)
(http://imageshack.us/m/37/6148/bombingf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-05-2011, 17:05:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher_sinking.jpg)

Blucher capsizing in Oslo Fjord after being sunk by 1893 vintage 280mm Krupp cannon from Oscarborg Fortress.

Actually, it was sunk by the torpedos launched by the fortress....

Quote
The Germans were unaware of a torpedo battery near Oscarsborg's main gun battery at North Kaholmen Island. Built in 1901, it was equipped with three shore-mounted dual elevators firing the torpedoes via underwater tunnels. The torpedoes were Austro-Hungarian-built Whitehead torpedoes (in the torpedo factory of Fiume, Hungarian Kingdom, now Rijeka, Croatia) of the same turn-of-the-century vintage. These torpedoes had been practice-launched well over 200 times before being fired in anger, and no one was certain if they would function or not.[8] They did. Blücher received two direct hits, one near her forward turret Anton and the second in the engine room, leaving her drifting out of control in the narrow fjord. The torpedoes sealed her fate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pr0z4c on 25-05-2011, 18:05:54
lauster wargel
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/lauster_wargel_lw5_bergepanzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 25-05-2011, 18:05:34
Pretty ME-110

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/aircraft/fighters/messerschmitt-bf-110-fighter/messerschmitt-bf-110g-4-night-fighter-early-fug-220-small-fug-202-antenna-01.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-05-2011, 18:05:26
So pretty, but its in RAF markings ;)  That be the captured one that accidentally landed in England!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-05-2011, 19:05:16
So pretty, but its in RAF markings ;)  That be the captured one that accidentally landed in England!
correct  thats the same beauty thats surviving now at RAF Duxford
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-05-2011, 19:05:42
So pretty, but its in RAF markings ;)  That be the captured one that accidentally landed in England!
correct  thats the same beauty thats surviving now at RAF Duxford

Nope

RAF Colindale. Saw it last summer.
(http://imageshack.us/m/98/7695/p1030880p.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-05-2011, 19:05:50
(http://imageshack.us/m/13/1026/leningrad.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 25-05-2011, 19:05:25
Is there any pics of T26-A (the one with 76.2mm gun) can't seem to find any :(

NVM found the one I meant

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/T-26_tank_with_A-43_turret.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-05-2011, 19:05:21
So pretty, but its in RAF markings ;)  That be the captured one that accidentally landed in England!
correct  thats the same beauty thats surviving now at RAF Duxford

Nope

RAF Colindale. Saw it last summer.
(http://imageshack.us/m/98/7695/p1030880p.jpg)


Oops, switched it with the JU 88P nightfigther

sorry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-05-2011, 19:05:45
Also in RAF Colindale...

Almost all the BoB planes are there.
(http://imageshack.us/m/204/8302/p1030866b.jpg)

Note the BMW emblems on the engines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-05-2011, 19:05:58
le fu?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 25-05-2011, 19:05:12
they produced that engine in eisenach. later in the soviet era they produced the wartburg there.
(http://www.luftfahrtnetz.de/tl_files/images/nachrichten/2009/September/Fred-Jakobs-BMW-Classic_EA-29082009_Tikwe_01_W.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-05-2011, 22:05:44
le fu?
Pwned by Siben.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: C.Abrams on 26-05-2011, 01:05:58
(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13314/1Arado.jpg)
A Ar 196C that is being launched from a German battleship (unknown class)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-05-2011, 07:05:59
Stug taxi ... why we cant use that in FH2 ?  ;D
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2111/stugtaxi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-05-2011, 13:05:20
(http://www.battlefieldsww2.com/Gun_Battery_Adour-Nord_files/bunker_barbara-filtered.jpg)

Batterie Adour Nord (Batterie Barbara)

Southern france
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-05-2011, 16:05:13
(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13314/1Arado.jpg)
A Ar 196C that is being launched from a German battleship (unknown class)
looks like Tirpitz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-05-2011, 20:05:51
(http://imageshack.us/m/684/2846/20dat966l3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: C.Abrams on 27-05-2011, 00:05:41
(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13314/1Arado.jpg)
A Ar 196C that is being launched from a German battleship (unknown class)
looks like Tirpitz
Oh so it's a Bismarck Class Battleship
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: C.Abrams on 27-05-2011, 00:05:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/82nd_Grave.jpg)
The 82nd Airborne Division dropping on Grave
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 27-05-2011, 12:05:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/M3_Tank_Stalingrad.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-05-2011, 15:05:08
 ::) LIES !! Capitalistic propaganda !! Every knows , that Russians use and win only on T-34 !!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 27-05-2011, 15:05:13
and what does "cybopob" mean? is that russian for robo-cop?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-05-2011, 15:05:00
and what does "cybopob" mean? is that russian for robo-cop?


Generalissimo Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov.

Edit: Or maybe it comes indirectly from him, if they are from a town named after the generalissimo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-05-2011, 17:05:55
(http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13314/1Arado.jpg)
A Ar 196C that is being launched from a German battleship (unknown class)
looks like Tirpitz
Oh so it's a Bismarck Class Battleship
Tirpitz was the sister ship yes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-05-2011, 21:05:30
a series of pic about the same subject (so i will avoid to post them separately):
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/5927/terre10303r22.jpg)
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7586/terre10303r20.jpg)
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9470/terre10303r11.jpg)
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8089/terre10298g19.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-05-2011, 02:05:27
(http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/is2_80.jpg)
Object 240 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2011, 14:05:25
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4370/272armee71b841.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 29-05-2011, 14:05:39
D.520?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-05-2011, 14:05:33
Oh snap ...
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3448/b17yo.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/101/b17yo.jpg/)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wyrdstone on 29-05-2011, 15:05:44
Pretty bad that pic.
Assuming it's the one where they knock off its wing when dropping their bomb load?
Because no one survived.

Imagine how awful you'd feel as the bombardier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 29-05-2011, 16:05:09
Pretty bad that pic.
Assuming it's the one where they knock off its wing when dropping their bomb load?
Because no one survived.

Imagine how awful you'd feel as the bombardier.

is that picture real? it looks a bit fotoshopped to me ... if you look carefully at the place where the wing should be, you see there is a line of trees EXACTLY where the wing should end. and its a bit darker there. - then again the whole bomber is upside down, so i would say it could also be real.

well, while it must be horrible for the bombadier i think better him than a bomb hitting civilians on the ground.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2011, 17:05:34
D.520?
ms406 more likely
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-05-2011, 20:05:13
On this day in history, 29th of May 1945...

Quote
First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Consolidated_TB-32_production_line.jpg)

Quote
TB-32s being assembled at Consolidated's Fort Worth factory

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/B32.jpg)

Quote
Consolidated B-32-1CF, the first B-32 built after modification to Block 20 standard
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pr0z4c on 30-05-2011, 10:05:03
Oh snap ...
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3448/b17yo.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/101/b17yo.jpg/)

Im not sure, but i think i saw footage of that crash on the bbc documentary World at War. i dont know wich episode it was, could be ''The Whirlwind'' or the ''Warrior'' episode.

in this footage you see the bomber in distress, probably after being hit with flak or enemy aircraft, the the plane flies lower than the othter bombers in the formation, the shot is filmed from a bomber above him while dropping his bombs. unfortunatly 1 bomb goes right trough the wing, causing it to crash.

at least that is what i saw, as the piece of film is only a few seconds i cant realy know for sure.
i couldnt find the footage on youtube, but found another accident.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4j1fmrgYg8
pretty shocking...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-05-2011, 10:05:45
So who w as talking , that Grant cant fly ?  ;D
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/850/post1224108797.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-05-2011, 10:05:17
*rommel looks trough binocs on el alamein

MEIN gott! FLIEGENDE grants!
*becomes sick
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-05-2011, 15:05:50
a series of pic about the same subject (so i will avoid to post them separately):
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/5927/terre10303r22.jpg)
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7586/terre10303r20.jpg)
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9470/terre10303r11.jpg)
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8089/terre10298g19.jpg)
Battle for Royan?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-05-2011, 19:05:15
yes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-05-2011, 21:05:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Germanprisonerscherbourg.jpg)

Quote
German prisoners after the battle

Quote
The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on June 6, 1944. American troops isolated and then captured the fortified port, considered vital to the campaign in Western Europe, in a hard-fought campaign of 2 months.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 31-05-2011, 21:05:47
I-400 - Japanese submarine & aircraft carrier  ;D
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2586/7870o.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/7870o.jpg/)
Only atom era submarines was bigger than I-400  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-05-2011, 22:05:05
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/581942-2/Lupte_distrugerea_unei_cazemate)

Romanian Soldiers, Crimea 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-05-2011, 23:05:04
(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/5530/engineers.jpg)
It is certainly a repost from someone else, if so , sorry !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-06-2011, 10:06:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Hawker_Typhoon_showing_salvo_of_rocket_projectiles.jpg)

Gun camera footage of a salvo of RP-3 rockets fired from a Hawker Typhoon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 01-06-2011, 16:06:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Hawker_Typhoon_showing_salvo_of_rocket_projectiles.jpg)

Gun camera footage of a salvo of RP-3 rockets fired from a Hawker Typhoon

wow that pilot really wants to blow something up ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 01-06-2011, 17:06:03
(http://warphotos.basnetworks.net/photos/galleries/world_war_two/canadian_army/aboard_a_sherman_firefly_tank.jpg)

this one is new to me. a british firefly in holland. note all the extra tracks for protection.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PnjruCyyH70/SbXtKeN4BXI/AAAAAAAAAQc/6dZnYCE389U/s400/1940%2Bgerman%2Bparatroops.png)

and i post this one also, just because it looks badass. the german paratroopers that captured Fort Eben Emael.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-06-2011, 18:06:49
Sadly, that gent smoking the cigarette was killed by a drunken Horst Trebes, a Knights Cross winner on kreta (who has been argued to have not deserved that knights cross, as shortly after, he organized the execution of 100 Greek men for being partisans, though he had no proof of such).  Trebes had has a feud with that gent in the middle (I forget his name), and fired a gun at him while he was asleep (supposedly to "scare him") and the bullet ricocheted and went into his head.  Trebes was chastized heavily, but due to political connections, kept his rank, and died fighting in Normandy, commanding an infantry company of FJR6
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-06-2011, 18:06:05
Sadly, that gent smoking the cigarette was killed by a drunken Horst Trebes, a Knights Cross winner on kreta (who has been argued to have not deserved that knights cross, as shortly after, he organized the execution of 100 Greek men for being partisans, though he had no proof of such).  Trebes had has a feud with that gent in the middle (I forget his name), and fired a gun at him while he was asleep (supposedly to "scare him") and the bullet ricocheted and went into his head.  Trebes was chastized heavily, but due to political connections, kept his rank, and died fighting in Normandy, commanding an infantry company of FJR6
Source?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-06-2011, 18:06:14
http://www.fallschirmjager.net/men/Trebes/trebes.html

Sry, messed up on a couple details, so here yah go:



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Fallschirmjäger Oberleutnant Horst Trebes
October 22, 1916 - July 29, 1944

The strange history of his life...

Oberleutnant Horst Trebes (pronounced Tray-bes) was a central figure in the Kondomari massacre. The events of his life following Kondomari are very interesting.

Horst Trebes was born in Köln (Cologne) on 22 October 1916. He joined the Wehrmacht as an Officer candidate 1 April, 1936 and was promoted to Leutnant on 20 April 1938. In 20 June 1938 he volunteered for the new Army Fallschirmjäger Batallion under the command of Major Richard Heidrich. Army Fallschirmjäger were incorporated into the Luftwaffe on 1 April 1939 as a part of the III Battalion, 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment (III FJR/1).

Trebes saw action in both the Polish and Holland campaigns earning the Iron Cross Second Class in Poland and the Iron Cross First Class in Holland. In 1941 during the invasion of Crete he served as a staff officer under the 1st Stürm Regiment.

In Crete a kampfgruppe was formed from the regimental staff consisting of Oberleutnant Trebes, Oberleutnant Schächter and Major Baum. The kampfgruppe landed near the bridge over the Travotinis river in nine gliders to the West of Malemes. The mission was to capture the bridge and then capture the Flak gun position on the west of the Malemes airfield.

On May 20 Oberleutnant Trebes attacked relieving Leutnant Kalhey's platoon which had been surrounded. During this attack Major Baun was killed and Oberleutnant Schächter was wounded. Trebes assumed command of the kampfgruppe. The next action was on May 23 west of Palantias when the kampfgruppe captured hill 107. Ostensibly it was for this action Trebes was awarded the Knights Cross, though the date of the award is listed as 9 July 1941.

Oberleutnant Horst Trebes at the awarding ceremony on Crete, 1941.

Photo dated 19 July 1941.

On 2 June 1941 Oberleutnant Trebes drove with four trucks filled with Fallschirmjäger to the village of Kondomari where more than 100 civilians were rounded up and executed. Oberleutnant Trebes commanded this terrible reprisal action.

Oberleutnant Horst Trebes commanding the firing squad in Kondomari.

Photo dated 12 June 1941.

A month after the massacre in Kondomari Trebes was awarded the Knights Cross. He returned to Germany where at a drunken celebration in Halberstadt with a group of Fallschirmjäger. The party ended tragically; Oberjäger Karl Polzin; a member of the famous Fallschirmjäger Trupp 4 which had captured Fort Eben Emael was carelessly shot and killed by Trebes.

(http://www.fallschirmjager.net/men/Trebes/polzin1.jpg)

Oberjäger Karl Polzin in the middle with cigarette, after the capture of Eban Emael.

As the party wound down Oberjäger Polzin was drunk and sleeping in the bathroom, Trebes insisted on awakening Polzin by shooting his pistol! The ricocheting round killed Polzin. Rumour has it that Polzin had been ragging Trebes about his 'heroic deeds' in Crete that had won him the Knights Cross during the evenings drinking; alluding to Trebes reprisal action.

Trebes was spared the death penalty probably due to his stature as a Knight's Cross winner as well as his mother-in-law's direct appeal to Reichsmarschall Göring. (She had worked as a nurse in 1917 and met Göring when he was a young fighter pilot in military hospital after being shot down.) Trebes was stripped of his commission as well as every award including the Knight's Cross.

Now demoted to simple enlisted Jäger, Trebes was sent to Africa. (Many sources say the he lost his right arm, however many photos after this time show him with both arms). He earned a reputation as a daringly reckless and emotionally shattered man by tempting fate every chance he got. Though winning praise for his bravery and action. Eventually he regained his commission and fought in Russia as commander III/LL Stürm Regiment. In early spring of 1944 he was transferred to Normandy to command III/FJR6 at the request of Major Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte who was in desperate need of seasoned commanders.

(http://www.fallschirmjager.net/men/Trebes/DA14-1944.jpg)

Oberleutnant Helmuth Walter, Hauptmann Horst Trebes, Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley, Field Marshall Rommel.

Photo from Der Adler, 1944.

Hauptmann Host Trebes was KIA near Carentan, South of Saint-Denis-le-Gast on 29 July 1944 during the fighting in the hedgerows and break out of the Allied armies through Saint-Lo.


Only thing there is it is now known that he might have never lost his commision, from the photos of him in Ramcke Brigade dress, wearing his awards and rank:

(http://www.fjr6.net/images/trebes_lehr.jpg)


Info on the Kondomari massacre here:

http://www.fallschirmjager.net/Bundesarchiv/Kondomari/Kondomari.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-06-2011, 18:06:05
How did the Germans put it back then?

1 Soldier= 1 village of Greeks?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-06-2011, 19:06:20
The general story is that they found mutilated German corpses in the town.  Student ordered the men arrestted and shot in a reprisal.  Technically, due to the findings, and due to the fact that yes, probably many of those men did act as partisans, it was legit (and thus why Student was cleared after the war), however imo, its still a crime, since they had no proof that any of those men were in fact partisans, even if by the rules of war in WW2, you were allowed to execute partisans on the spot, no trial.

What is now known is that the "mutilated corpses" were probably mutilated by the sun and carrion birds.  However, from the common soldier's point of view, the Cretan partisans were terrorists and murderers, and indeed, by the rules of war, any that took part in attacks on FJ were.

In the end, the incident is the one stain on the FJ war record.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-06-2011, 08:06:27
Somewhere in (in)famous place on Totalize map ....  ;D ;D
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9711/tigersinditch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: mopskind on 02-06-2011, 09:06:16
Ditches love tanks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-06-2011, 14:06:57
Corsica liberation 1943
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2306/terre1011958.jpg)
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1504/terre1011974.jpg)
(http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/3743/terre1011994.jpg)
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1391/terre1012021.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-06-2011, 14:06:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L19017%2C_Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger_vor_dem_Start_nach_Kreta.jpg)

Quote
Mountain troops prior to their transfer to Crete
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-06-2011, 15:06:34
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_balkans2.jpg)

Troops of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler negotiated difficult terrain in Greece, 1941


Yes mudra cause we can obviously see on the link you posted that all these women,old men and kids were a threat to the Germans  ::) All the men that could fight and were partisans were up on the mountains...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-06-2011, 15:06:47
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_balkans2.jpg)

Troops of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler negotiated difficult terrain in Greece, 1941


Yes mudra cause we can obviously see on the link you posted that all these women,old men and kids were a threat to the Germans  ::) All the men that could fight and were partisans were up on the mountains...

Did you even read my post?

Quote
they had no proof that any of those men were in fact partisans

And none of the women or children were killed, so...yah.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-06-2011, 16:06:27
On that place....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 02-06-2011, 16:06:53
Dude, it´s a well-known fact that (and I´m sure most members here on the FH2 board know this) German soldiers comitted warcrimes during the fight for Crete...stop beating dead an old horse...
OT:

(http://www.axishistory.com/fileadmin/user_upload/r/roa-feldgendarmerie.jpg)
A member of the so-called "Russian Liberation Army" together with a military policeman of the "Feldgendarmerie". Source. (http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=11053)

Happy now, Mudra? ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-06-2011, 16:06:08
Odd caption.  Looks more like the MP is just explaining something to him, not controlling him with mental powers :P


Yes, yes I am.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-06-2011, 17:06:45
Corsica liberation 1943
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2306/terre1011958.jpg
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1504/terre1011974.jpg
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/3743/terre1011994.jpg
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1391/terre1012021.jpg

I have been there last year, same spot. There's only one road so close to Barbaggio. The PaK40 is still there.

Couldn't find any other picture, think I lost most with the new PC.. Still have them elsewhere.

(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/446/img1357r.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-06-2011, 23:06:43
(http://pics.livejournal.com/lord_k/pic/006cyrqt)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-06-2011, 11:06:50
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9782/f2a4f34a1527.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-06-2011, 12:06:49
(http://pics.livejournal.com/lord_k/pic/006cyrqt)
Wassent this Char b1 now in Saumur museum?


Anyway, Italian time! mama mia!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Semovente_75-18.jpg)

Semovente 75/18 just before the battle of El alamein
The HEAT shell could defeat almost any tank in the north africa campaign. Only the churchill tank could withstand the powerfull shell.

FH2 DEV TEAM!
Y U NO INCLUDE SEMOVENTE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 03-06-2011, 13:06:33
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/S2-O2QpVmtI/AAAAAAAAGcU/5Htsh1l6i-Y/s400/7.jpg)

12.8 cm FlaK 40 Zwilling

Damn it's huge and awesome

around 20 rounds per min think about the pureawesomness sound!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-06-2011, 13:06:05
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/S2-O2QpVmtI/AAAAAAAAGcU/5Htsh1l6i-Y/s400/7.jpg)

12.8 cm FlaK 40 Zwilling

Damn it's huge and awesome

around 20 rounds per min think about the pureawesomness sound!
This depended from crew to crew. The record with the Flak 88 was IIRC 43 rounds Per minute on a Zwilling.

It all depended at the crew coordination,strenght and such.but 20 RPM was indeed yes, the average RPM of the Zwilling 12.8cm. It is amazing how fast these guns could be fired

The 5in 127mm gun on the atlanta AA cruiser for example. There where 16 guns. Each gun could achieve 15 RPM Average. Thats 240 rounds Per minute in full AA engagement! (with naval guns included, the 5inch is often regarded as the best AA gun of the war, mainly due to the VT fuze shells)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 03-06-2011, 13:06:22
Ya I know? I mean the crew stuff etc. but it would be horrible to list all the achieved RPM per crew :P so it's pretty normal to use the average^^

Yeah Atlanta doing AA is pretty nice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 03-06-2011, 20:06:33
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3805/80582633.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/80582633.jpg/)
Nothing , like 2 shots from PzGr 40 in sides of Matilda  ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-06-2011, 15:06:02
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/582989-2/Berlin_-Zoo-Flakturm_1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-06-2011, 18:06:01
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9357/marine4158252.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 04-06-2011, 22:06:53
whats even the point of posting that pic when your not translating the text...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 05-06-2011, 00:06:52
« We will never be alone,
 Always with "Bidasse",
 It's with that "" that we will win war »
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 05-06-2011, 01:06:17
(http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7_Missouri_projectiles_flight.jpg)

pretty known pic of USS missouri Firing its main guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-06-2011, 07:06:19
(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/8275/rattex.jpg)
Somewhere ... in someone fantasy  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-06-2011, 08:06:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/582832-2/BA_27M_03)

BA-27M Soviet armoured car destroyed in Byelorussia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-06-2011, 17:06:49
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2757/ohpants.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 05-06-2011, 19:06:10
oh my god, they have caught mountain-giants!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-06-2011, 11:06:14
The perfect camo  ;D
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6236/bf109etrop.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 06-06-2011, 11:06:37
 ^
 |

I love that picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 06-06-2011, 12:06:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/581350-2/3c20)
M13/40 captured by Greeks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-06-2011, 17:06:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Tat%27yana_Baramzina.jpg/200px-Tat%27yana_Baramzina.jpg)

A photo of Tanya Baramzina.Sent to the Woman sniper school she took out 16 German soldiers and snipers in 3 months in 1943

On July 5, 1944 Baramzina's battalion parachuted behind enemy lines as part of a larger attempt to seize the crossroads near the village of Pekalin in Smalyavichy, hoping to block the retreat of German forces. An engagement broke out before they reached the crossroads, and the battalion took heavy casualties. After killing 20 German soldiers, Baramzina was re-assigned to care for the wounded personnel, due to her medical training.

The trench was recaptured by the germans. Tanya baramzina was then tortured, her eyes gouged out and then shot point blank with an Anti-tank rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-06-2011, 19:06:07
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2631/295armee25e391.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-06-2011, 21:06:19
The perfect camo  ;D
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6236/bf109etrop.jpg)
just sand and rocks wtf?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 07-06-2011, 23:06:50

The trench was recaptured by the germans. Tanya baramzina was then tortured, her eyes gouged out and then shot point blank with an Anti-tank rifle.

wow....

somebody really wanted her dead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-06-2011, 23:06:39

The trench was recaptured by the germans. Tanya baramzina was then tortured, her eyes gouged out and then shot point blank with an Anti-tank rifle.

wow....

somebody really wanted her dead.

i bet she was quite famous at that time ... you wont get flowers for that. propably some SS overreacting. the thing that shes russian (a weaker race in nazi believe) , killed a lot of germans AND was a woman (who are seen as weaker anyways and especially at that time and especially in the "nazi world order") propably was to much.

edit: + she was a sniper. you were pretty much fuc*ked anyways as soon as the enemy could get their hands on you. I guess you all have heard that story about the german sniper who was caught by the russians near a sawmill and then died a horrible death because he was sawed to death.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-06-2011, 00:06:57
Actually, probably because she was carrying a sniper rifle.  Snipers were not very respected, by both sides, and it was common to torture snipers or shoot them on capture.  German snipers never even wore their sniper badges (if they ever even got them) because of this.  In sniper on the eastern front, there's one case where he gave his old mosin nagant, that had kill notches from when he first started before he got sick of doing kill notches, to a brand new replacement sniper.  During combat, the kid was captured, and he watched the kid surrender and be led away.  They later found what remained of him tied to the board of a table saw in a wood mill. |:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 08-06-2011, 00:06:06
ah you beat my edit -.-
lol even the same story
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 08-06-2011, 00:06:27
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/A-tree/sovietsoldiers-21.jpg)
Soviet Soldiers like cats too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 08-06-2011, 00:06:20
Nice to see his face when watching and touching the cat. Maybe the first peacful and cute thing he had seen for ages...  ;)

Somehow a really special image!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 08-06-2011, 00:06:40
if you look at him just right he looks like he is thinking about eating that cat!. :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 08-06-2011, 13:06:17
if you look at him just right he looks like he is thinking about eating that cat!. :o

Nah, Russians don't eat cats... Americans on the other hand...

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60-dfYCcUIw/TSYBZf8isgI/AAAAAAAAAps/x6MczBiqiyY/s1600/24d0151d-be14-48f9-a84b-57802b9c43f1.jpg)

And not to make it completely OT:
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7526/pic0002k.jpg)

From left to right:

British infantry passing by a destroyed German tank

Hitler promoting Rommel to a Marshall and congratulating him on his successes.

German soldiers in a captured British truck.

The winner and the beaten: Monty with captured German general Von Thoma.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-06-2011, 19:06:47
Actually, probably because she was carrying a sniper rifle.  Snipers were not very respected, by both sides, and it was common to torture snipers or shoot them on capture.  German snipers never even wore their sniper badges (if they ever even got them) because of this.  In sniper on the eastern front, there's one case where he gave his old mosin nagant, that had kill notches from when he first started before he got sick of doing kill notches, to a brand new replacement sniper.  During combat, the kid was captured, and he watched the kid surrender and be led away.  They later found what remained of him tied to the board of a table saw in a wood mill. |:
At the moment, mudra, she was taking care of the wounded(During that battle, she was infact officialy a medic)

several other prisoners also got tortured like her. One of them was used as a target practise for a AP shell from a Panzer IV later on

SS where just a bunch of pigs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 08-06-2011, 20:06:47
Actually, probably because she was carrying a sniper rifle.  Snipers were not very respected, by both sides, and it was common to torture snipers or shoot them on capture.  German snipers never even wore their sniper badges (if they ever even got them) because of this.  In sniper on the eastern front, there's one case where he gave his old mosin nagant, that had kill notches from when he first started before he got sick of doing kill notches, to a brand new replacement sniper.  During combat, the kid was captured, and he watched the kid surrender and be led away.  They later found what remained of him tied to the board of a table saw in a wood mill. |:
At the moment, mudra, she was taking care of the wounded(During that battle, she was infact officialy a medic)

several other prisoners also got tortured like her. One of them was used as a target practise for a AP shell from a Panzer IV later on

SS where just a bunch of pigs

sounds like stuff that medieval catholic church would do......... ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-06-2011, 21:06:23
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9220/23marine2433382.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 09-06-2011, 05:06:50
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/121702.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-06-2011, 21:06:11
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1385/bundesarchivbild101i738.jpg)

a destroyed british cromwell tank after the battle of villers bocage, which saw wittmann destroying about 27 vehicles (not just tanks) of the british 7th armoured division aka desert rats. the story is old however i havent seen that picture yet.

edit: it was posted already back in 2009 by lightning, but its cool so i repost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 10-06-2011, 03:06:15
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/feld12.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-06-2011, 16:06:50
(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1385/bundesarchivbild101i738.jpg)

a destroyed british cromwell tank after the battle of villers bocage, which saw wittmann destroying about 27 vehicles (not just tanks) of the british 7th armoured division aka desert rats. the story is old however i havent seen that picture yet.

edit: it was posted already back in 2009 by lightning, but its cool so i repost.
*disabled  ;)
Several crews infact abandoned there vehicles. IIRC 3 cromwells where captured intact and where infact used untill they where recaptured

Beutepanzer Cromwell  ;D

"So is that cromwell now ours   or captured by the germans
*well normally they paint german crosses on it for identification
"ah ok

..
"But what if they did that on purpose?
*but what if they dint do that but to make us confused that we think they dint do that so we suspect the cromwell is captured....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-06-2011, 22:06:47
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3945/jpn197.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-06-2011, 23:06:13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gi6UOoKItY

Awesome interview with a 24 kill german nightfighter ace, who flew Me110s and Ju88s. They even get him behind the cockpit of a A-26, and have him intercept a real Lancaster!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 10-06-2011, 23:06:33
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3945/jpn197.jpg)
lol the guy in the left is a bad Hitler
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 10-06-2011, 23:06:42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gi6UOoKItY

Awesome interview with a 24 kill german nightfighter ace, who flew Me110s and Ju88s. They even get him behind the cockpit of a A-26, and have him intercept a real Lancaster!
that's really cool that they shot them from underneath.   was that plane in fh1?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-06-2011, 00:06:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gi6UOoKItY

Awesome interview with a 24 kill german nightfighter ace, who flew Me110s and Ju88s. They even get him behind the cockpit of a A-26, and have him intercept a real Lancaster!
that's really cool that they shot them from underneath.   was that plane in fh1?

Yes, there was a Me110 night fighter and a Heinkel He219 Uhu night fighter in FH1.  Both were fitted with "radar" that would auto detect nearby enemy planes, though I think neither had the Schrage Musik instillation
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-06-2011, 00:06:24
they did
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 11-06-2011, 00:06:17
they did

Pics or...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-06-2011, 00:06:19
they did

They did?  Why do I not remember this |:

Must have not been very useful ingame if they did.... x3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-06-2011, 01:06:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/577773-1/77+Borsodi_Tuzerek_Bofors)

Quote
An artillery crew from the northern Hungarian county of Borsod gathers by its Bofors long-range artillery piece.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 11-06-2011, 07:06:28
(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/kv/kv-1/kv-1ab/kv-1-67.jpg)
Wooden brigdes don`t carry KV1  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-06-2011, 08:06:39
I hope , that isn't this same KV-1 from earlier photo  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-06-2011, 10:06:35
(http://www.beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/kv/kv-1/kv-1ab/kv-1-67.jpg)
Wooden brigdes don`t carry KV1  :-\
believe it or not, they managed to pull that KV1 out again
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2011, 13:06:39
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/1876/solomonguadalcx1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-06-2011, 14:06:14
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//uniqueexhibition858534.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-06-2011, 14:06:12
they did

They did?  Why do I not remember this |:

Must have not been very useful ingame if they did.... x3
I was able to shoot a lancaster down once with the Uhu on that night map. It was very difficult yes...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-06-2011, 14:06:16
they did

They did?  Why do I not remember this |:

Must have not been very useful ingame if they did.... x3
I was able to shoot a lancaster down once with the Uhu on that night map. It was very difficult yes...


I flew it upside down and strafed the enemy with it....

Took me a long time before i realised i was shooting upwards and not forewards, lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-06-2011, 00:06:57
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=168938)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 12-06-2011, 01:06:31
can anyone tell me what is wrote in the tank? i cant see it vary well :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-06-2011, 01:06:36
can anyone tell me what is wrote in the tank? i cant see it vary well :)

Bitte alles aussteigen. Probably means something like "please, get all out."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 12-06-2011, 01:06:43
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/feldfarb.jpg)

David Duchovny's evil twin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-06-2011, 06:06:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/585072-2/pikkutykki)

French 90mm K77 Gun beign "used" by the Finns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-06-2011, 10:06:55
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4636/caravaneq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 12-06-2011, 11:06:56
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4636/caravaneq.jpg)

Campers!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 12-06-2011, 11:06:35
"Those soldiers have the worst taste in accommodation.... In the world"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-06-2011, 12:06:18
can anyone tell me what is wrote in the tank? i cant see it vary well :)

Bitte alles aussteigen, which literally means 'please take everything (out)'.
I'm not sure though what they meant with it. Perhaps a reminder for the engineers to take the weaponry out to be reused or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-06-2011, 12:06:13
No it means "Everyone exit the vehicle."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 12-06-2011, 12:06:27
"Bitte alles aussteigen" means "Everybody disembark, please" and it´s a phrase used mostly when a train reaches its final destination and all passengers are asked to leave the train.
I guess the German soldiers wrote it on the wreck as a "friendly" (=ironic) reminder to the tank´s crew to bail out because it´s destroyed and has therefore reached its "final destination".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-06-2011, 12:06:36
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//uniqueexhibition858513.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 12-06-2011, 13:06:04
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Reference/Untitled-1.jpg?t=1307879520)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-06-2011, 21:06:36
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4636/caravaneq.jpg)

Campers!!!!!!!
Dutch people in wehrmacht!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-06-2011, 00:06:08
Definitely Dutch volunteers. Don't let Schneider see it  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 13-06-2011, 12:06:58
(http://www.sci.fi/~fta/illu-002s.jpg)

Ilmari Juutilainen in front of his Brewster

The top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force
94 confirmed aerial combat victories
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 13-06-2011, 20:06:06
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/8315/1000908x.jpg)

An M4A3E8 of the 4th armoured division somewhere outside of Bastogne, 8th january 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2011, 21:06:43
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4638/blockade11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-06-2011, 21:06:39
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4638/blockade11.jpg)
.what is that?   :o

(http://www.rileggiamolagrandeguerra.fvg.it/download/fotografie/grandi/26110838.jpg)

E GIUNTO IL MOMENTO CODARDO OMICIDIO

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 13-06-2011, 21:06:25
.what is that?   :o
I would imagine that it is a dismounted DT (tank version of DP with 60rnd mag).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-06-2011, 21:06:39
Indeed, Degtyaryova Tankovy. The tank cousin of infantry DP and aeroplane DA.

Finns used quite a few those as LMG, and even replaced the MG34's of StuG's with those.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-06-2011, 21:06:02
would be cool as a pickup kit. Like with MG42 pickup kit on some maps where MG34 is spawnable
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 13-06-2011, 21:06:36
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//uniqueexhibition858513.jpg)
nice landing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-06-2011, 21:06:58
.what is that?   :o
I would imagine that it is a dismounted DT (tank version of DP with 60rnd mag).

63
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-06-2011, 22:06:24
been reading about this, seems the DT was used enough to be a pickup kit on some maps. They where salvaged from T34's wich where deemed "Unrepairable" (and other tanks like that)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 14-06-2011, 04:06:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1818-05%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_englischer_Panzer_M10_Achilles.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-06-2011, 10:06:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Marines_take_cover_behind_medium_tank.jpg)

Quote
Marines take cover behind a M4 Sherman tank while cleaning out the northern end of the island of Saipan. 8 July 1944

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The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June-9 July 1944. The Allied invasion fleet embarking the expeditionary forces left Pearl Harbor on 5 June 1944, the day before Operation Overlord in Europe was launched. The U.S. 2nd Marine Division, 4th Marine Division, and 27th Infantry Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Holland Smith, defeated the 43rd Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-06-2011, 16:06:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/RedBallExpress.jpg)

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The "Red Ball Express" was an attempt to resolve persistent Allied supply problems

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The Red Ball Express was an enormous convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forward-area combat units moving through Europe following the breakout from the D-Day beaches in Normandy. The term "Red Ball" was a railroad phrase referring to express shipping. The system lasted only three months, from August 25 to November 16, 1944, when the port facilities at Antwerp, Belgium were opened. The term Red Ball is often used incorrectly to refer to all World War II European supply convoys by historians and the veterans themselves
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-06-2011, 19:06:48
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/620/terre10298g14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 16-06-2011, 09:06:30
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/M1tankKoreaHanriver1951.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-06-2011, 10:06:59
Wrong thread Kev.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 16-06-2011, 13:06:07
(http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/images/salwen_2.jpg)
Löjtnant Per-Johan Salwén of the Flyglottilj 19 during the Winter War. The F19 fought against the Russian in northern Finland.

Salwén shot down two and a half SB-2 bombers and one I-15bis fighter with his Gloster Gladiator.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Gloster_Gladiator_Mk.1.F19_H.jpg)
F19's Gladiator on its way to Sweden after the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-06-2011, 14:06:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S73822%2C_Arnheim%2C_Grenadiere_gehen_durch_Gr%C3%A4ben_vor.jpg)

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German soldiers at Arnhem
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-06-2011, 20:06:57
(http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/9536/3armee55c1220.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-06-2011, 11:06:59
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/895/trialsk.jpg)

(Footnote 1 -- reads, "The full name of the document is, "An Evaluation of the T-34 and KV tanks by workers of the Aberdeen Testing Grounds of the U.S., submitted by firms, officers and members of military commissions responsible for testing tanks." The tanks were given to the U.S. by the Soviets at the end of 1942 for familiarization.")
The condition of the tanks

The medium tank T-34, after driving 343 km, became disabled and could not be fixed. The reason: owing to the extremely poor air cleaner on the diesel, a large quantity of dirt got into the engine and a breakdown occurred, as a result of which the pistons and cylinders were damaged to such a degree that they were impossible to fix. The tank was withdrawn from tests and was to be shelled by the KV and its "Z/ 3" (?) -- by the cannon of the M-10 tank. After this it would be sent to Aberdeen, where it would be analyzed and kept as an exhibit.

The heavy tank KV is still functional. Tests are continuing, although it has many mechanical defects.
The silhouette/configuration of the tanks

Everyone, without exception, approves of the shape of the hull of our tanks. The T-34's is particularly good. All are of the opinion that the shape of the T-34's hull is better than that of any American tank. The KV's is worse than on any current American tank.

Armor

A chemical analysis of the armour showed that on both tanks the armour plating has a shallow surface tempering, whereas the main mass of the armoured plating is made of soft steel.

In this regard, the Americans consider that, by changing the technology used to temper the armoured plating, it would be possible to significantly reduce its thickness while preserving its protective capacities. As a result the weight of the tank could be decreased by 8-10%, with all the resulting benefits (an increase in speed, reduction in ground pressure, etc.)
Hull

The main deficiency is the permeability to water of the lower hull during water crossings, as well as the upper hull during rain. In heavy rain lots of water flows through chinks/ cracks, which leads to the disabling of the electrical equipment and even the ammunition.

The Americans liked how the ammunition is stowed.
 
Turret

Its main weakness is that it is very tight. The Americans could not understand how our tankers could fit inside during winter, when they wear sheepskin jackets. The electrical mechanism for turning the turret is very bad. The motor is weak, heavily overloaded and sparks horribly, as a result of which the device regulating the speed of the rotation burns out, and the teeth of the cogwheels break into pieces. They recommend redoing it as a hydraulic or simply manual system.


Armament

The gun of the T-34 is very good. It is simple, dependable and easy to service. Its weakness is that the initial speed of the shell is significantly less than that of the American "Z/ 3" (3200 feet versus 5700 feet per second).
Aiming/Back-sight

The general opinion: the best in the world. Incomparable with any existing (well-known here) tanks or any under development.
 
Track

The Americans very much like the idea of steel tracks. But they believe that until they receive the results of the comparative performance of steel vs. rubber tracks on American tanks in Tunis and other active fronts, there is no basis for changing from the American solution of rubber bushings and pads.

The deficiencies in our tracks from their viewpoint results from the lightness of their construction. They can easily be damaged by small calibre shells and mortar bombs. The pins are extremely poorly tempered and made of poor steel. As a result they quickly wear and the track often breaks. The idea of having loose track pins that are held in place by a cam welded to the side of the hull, at first was greatly liked by the Americans. But when in use under certain operating conditions, the pins would become bent which often resulted in the track rupturing. The Americans consider that if the armour is reduced in thickness the resultant weight saving can be used to make the tracks heavier and more reliable.
 
Suspension

On the T-34, it is poor. Suspension of the Christie type was tested long ago by the Americans, and unconditionally rejected. On our tanks, as a result of the poor steel on the springs, it very quickly (unclear word) and as a result clearance is noticeably reduced. On the KV the suspension is very good.
Motor

The diesel is good and light. The idea of using diesel engines on tanks is shared in full by American specialists and military personnel. Unfortunately, diesel engines produced in U.S. factories are used by the navy and therefore the army is deprived of the possibility of installing diesels in its tanks.

The deficiency of our diesels is the criminally poor air cleaners on the T-34. The Americans consider that only a saboteur could have constructed such a device. They also don't understand why in our manuals it is called oil-bath. Their tests in a laboratory showed that:

- the air cleaner doesn't clean at all the air which is drawn into the motor;
- its capacity does not allow for the flow of the necessary quantity of air, even when the motor is idling. As a result, the motor does not achieve its full capacity. Dirt getting into the cylinders leads them to quickly wear out, compression drops, and the engine loses even more power. In addition, the filter was manufactured, from a mechanical point of view, extremely primitively: in places the spot-welding of the electric welding has burned through the metal, leading to leakage of oil etc. On the KV the filter is better manufactured, but it does not secure the flow in sufficient quantity of normal cleaned air. On both motors the starters are poor, being weak and of unreliable construction.
Transmission

Without doubt, poor. An interesting thing happened. Those working on the transmission of the KV were struck that it was very much like those transmissions on which they had worked 12-15 years ago. The firm was questioned. The firm sent the blueprints of their transmission type A-23. To everyone's surprise, the blueprints of our transmission turned out to be a copy of those sent (?). The Americans were surprised, not that we were copying their design, but that we were copying a design that they had rejected 15-20 years ago. The Americans consider that, from the point of view of the designer, installing such a transmission in the tank would create an inhuman harshness for the driver (hard to work). On the T-34 the transmission is also very poor. When it was being operated, the cogs completely fell to pieces (on all the cogwheels). A chemical analysis of the cogs on the cogwheels showed that their thermal treatment is very poor and does not in any way meet American standards for such mechanisms.
Rolling friction clutches

Without doubt, poor. In America, they rejected the installation of friction clutches, even on tractors (never mind tanks), several years ago. In addition to the fallaciousness of the very principle, our friction clutches are extremely carelessly machined from low-quality steel, which quickly causes wear and tear, accelerates the penetration of dirt into the drum and in no way ensures reliable functioning.
General comments

From the American point of view, our tanks are slow. Both our tanks can climb an incline better than any American tank. The welding of the armour plating is extremely crude and careless. The radio sets in laboratory tests turned out to be not bad. However, because of poor shielding and poor protection, after installation in the tanks the sets did not manage to establish normal communications at distances greater than 10 miles. The compactness of the radio sets and their intelligent placement in the tanks was pleasing. The machining of equipment components and parts was, with few exceptions, very poor. In particular the Americans were troubled by the disgraceful design and extremely poor work on the drive/ gear/ transmission links/ blocks (?) on the T-34. After much torment they made new ones and replaced ours. All the tanks' mechanisms demand very frequent adjustments/ fine-tuning.
Conclusions, suggestions

1. On both tanks, quickly replace the air cleaners with models with greater capacity capable of actually cleaning the air.

2. The technology for tempering the armour plating should be changed. This would increase the protectiveness of the armour, either by using an equivalent thickness or, by reducing the thickness, lowering the weight and, accordingly, the use of metal.

3. Make the tracks thicker.

4. Replace the existing transmission of outdated design with the American "Final Drive," which would significantly increase the tanks' manoeuvrability.

5. Abandon the use of friction clutches.

6. Simplify the construction of small components, increase their reliability and decrease to the maximum extent possible the need to constantly make adjustments.

7. Comparing American and Russian tanks, it is clear that driving Russian tanks is much harder. A virtuosity is demanded of Russian drivers in changing gear on the move, special experience in using friction clutches, great experience as a mechanic, and the ability to keep tanks in working condition (adjustments and repairs of components, which are constantly becoming disabled). This greatly complicates the training of tankers and drivers.

8. Judging by samples, Russians when producing tanks pay little attention to careful machining or the finishing and technology of small parts and components, which leads to the loss of the advantage what would otherwise accrue from what on the whole are well designed tanks.

9. Despite the advantages of the use of diesel, the good contours of the tanks, thick armour, good and reliable armaments, the successful design of the tracks etc., Russian tanks are significantly inferior to American tanks in their simplicity of driving, manoeuvrability, the strength of firing [reference to speed of shell], speed, the reliability of mechanical construction and the ease of keeping them running.

Signed -- The head of the 2nd Department of the Main Intelligence Department of the Red Army, General Major of Tank Armies, Khlopo... (end missing: Khlopov?)



Sorry for long text  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-06-2011, 12:06:43
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Chronology/1940/12/pictures/WW2-Chronology-247-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-06-2011, 18:06:20
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Chronology/1940/12/pictures/WW2-Chronology-247-px800.jpg)
that gate looks familiar
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 17-06-2011, 18:06:18
Fort Capuzzo.  Even has some statics in the mod build that were mostly never used.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 17-06-2011, 19:06:30
Fort Capuzzo.  Even has some statics in the mod build that were mostly never used.
Wouldnt mind seeing another Giarabub map. Urban fighting with Italians is always fun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-06-2011, 20:06:52
(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9498/071armee40a617.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 18-06-2011, 12:06:59
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-587-2253-15%2C_Normandie%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_MG_42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-06-2011, 13:06:59
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum14/5647_g.jpg)
Waffen-SS troops with a MG26(t).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-06-2011, 13:06:53
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/5858/424cl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-06-2011, 13:06:21
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum14/5647_g.jpg)
Waffen-SS troops with a MG26(t).
MG26

my hidden love

Y U NOT IN FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-06-2011, 16:06:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/586570-2/Cherbourg1944-)

US Soldiers, Cherbourg 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-06-2011, 19:06:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-020-1262-26%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Soldaten_mit_Zivilbev%C3%B6lkerung.jpg)

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German soldiers with Soviet civilians - propaganda photo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 18-06-2011, 19:06:20
[img]http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum14/5647_g.jpg
Waffen-SS troops with a MG26(t).
MG26

my hidden love

Y U NOT IN FH2
Because that would be Axis Bias.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-06-2011, 19:06:02
[img]http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum14/5647_g.jpg
Waffen-SS troops with a MG26(t).
MG26

my hidden love

Y U NOT IN FH2
Because that would be Axis Bias.
There is a reason why i have been begging for more italian stuff and Czech weapons for germans

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 18-06-2011, 19:06:09
Yeah they were gonna put it in but then someone said "No theta will whine" so they deleted it and put more stg44 zfs on PdH instead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-06-2011, 19:06:28
Yeah they were gonna put it in but then someone said "No theta will whine" so they deleted it and put more stg44 zfs on PdH instead.
Seriously if that was true, i would be crying  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-06-2011, 20:06:34
I demand to see a 15 mm ZB 60 ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-06-2011, 20:06:48
I demand to see a 15 mm ZB 60 ...
Information please!

Edit=
(http://world.guns.ru/userfiles/images/machine/mg92/zb60.jpg)

WANT!

Being reading about this, the germans took over the factory and produced the guns for the Wehrmacht. Common! Imput! nao! along with ZB 26 and ZB36!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-06-2011, 01:06:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Light_Tank_Mk_VIC.jpg)
ZB60 was used by Brits too , by name of Besa 15 mm . I wish to see a Vickers Mk VI C on some maps ... Krete or Tobruk  ... or Humber Mk I  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-06-2011, 11:06:00
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Light_Tank_Mk_VIC.jpg)
ZB60 was used by Brits too , by name of Besa 15 mm . I wish to see a Vickers Mk VI C on some maps ... Krete or Tobruk  ... or Humber Mk I  8)
Seconded!


And italian stuff!
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/42821-7/AB41ExtStarAntenna)

Autoblinda 41. Used during battle of gazala
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-06-2011, 12:06:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1970-033-04%2C_Russland%2C_Kaukasus%2C_Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger.jpg)

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German Gebirgsjäger operating a 2 cm anti-aircraft gun in the Central Caucasus near Teberda, September 1942

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Case Blue was the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) name for its plan for a 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and November 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-06-2011, 12:06:55
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9479/13dg1281810.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-06-2011, 18:06:57
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/578441-2/PAK43+with+Hungarian+crew_+Hungary+1944+or+1945)
Hungarians.
 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 19-06-2011, 18:06:23
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/img025vy7.jpg)

Hungry Hungarians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-06-2011, 18:06:23
Germanys most loyal allied hungay soldier in position
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/552130-2/1021)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-06-2011, 19:06:27
I spy MG30!
the father of MG34 and Mg42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-06-2011, 22:06:10
Germanys most loyal allied hungay soldier in position
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/552130-2/1021)

I Believe Germany's most loyal ally was Croatia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 19-06-2011, 23:06:13
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/Wolchow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-06-2011, 01:06:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Croiseur_de_bataille_Strasbourg_03-07-1940.jpg)

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Battleship Strasbourg under fire.


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The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, part of Operation Catapult and also known as the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, was an engagement next to the coast of French Algeria on 3 July 1940. A British naval task force attacked the main part of the French fleet, which was at anchor there, resulting in the deaths of 1,297 French servicemen, the sinking of a battleship and the damaging of five other ships. France and Britain were not at war but France had signed an armistice with Germany and Britain feared the French fleet would end up as a part of the German Navy. Although French Admiral François Darlan had assured Winston Churchill the fleet would not fall into German hands, the British acted upon the assumption that Darlan's promises were insufficient guarantees. The attack demonstrated to the world and to the United States in particular, Britain's determination to continue the war with Germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-06-2011, 01:06:39
The interesting thing is that the Germans did not try to take the fleet...that didn't happen until Case Anton and the invasion of Vichy in 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-06-2011, 02:06:12
Yes, i think it would have fucked up the British mediterranean fleet, + the Italians.

Oh!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-06-2011, 06:06:09
The interesting thing is that the Germans did not try to take the fleet...that didn't happen until Case Anton and the invasion of Vichy in 1943.

They did not take it because it was at the bottom of the ocean...

However I doubt Germany could have rapidly produced the trained manpower to crew the French fleet had they taken it.

Hungarian Bf109:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/88021860he2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-06-2011, 08:06:43
The interesting thing is that the Germans did not try to take the fleet...that didn't happen until Case Anton and the invasion of Vichy in 1943.

They did not take it because it was at the bottom of the ocean...

However I doubt Germany could have rapidly produced the trained manpower to crew the French fleet had they taken it.

No, only one battleship was sunk, the rest of the fleet was a-ok.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-06-2011, 08:06:38
probably Germany would also come in a better position for a peace, because they do not threaten the British supremacy at sea, by takeover of the French ships
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/572594-2/3+Bevonulas+Erdelybe_+1940)
Return of Hungarian Town in Transylvania, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-06-2011, 15:06:41
No, only one battleship was sunk, the rest of the fleet was a-ok.

They might not have had their hulls resting on the sea bed but they were not exactly what I would call "OK"...

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/800px-Mogador_03-07-1940_jpg.jpg)
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/800px-CuirassC3A9_Bretagne_03-07-1940_jpg.jpg)
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/1940_07_06_dunkerque.jpg)
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/merselkebir.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 20-06-2011, 15:06:19
'Fucked' would be a more applicable word.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 20-06-2011, 16:06:13
I also recall that the French fleet was fucked up pretty badly by the British to avoid capture and usage by the Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-06-2011, 16:06:37
Big guns  ;D

(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3105/sig33bkv2.jpg)
sIG33(sf) and KV-2 first series
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: HauptmannX on 20-06-2011, 17:06:53
Very nice pic of the Kv-2 Paythoss
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-06-2011, 17:06:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/575290-2/german20tank20captured2dr3)

Former Nationalist Chinese Panzer I B captured by Japanese forces and put into service.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-06-2011, 17:06:46
Big guns  ;D

(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3105/sig33bkv2.jpg)
sIG33(sf) and KV-2 first series

A bison and the Derp gun kv.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-06-2011, 19:06:04
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7499/34dat1024l4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-06-2011, 19:06:50
Some device to listen for enemy activity on the other bank of the river? Simple solution, isn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 20-06-2011, 20:06:37
Big guns  ;D

(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3105/sig33bkv2.jpg)
sIG33(sf) and KV-2 first series

A bison and the Derp gun kv.
Exactly what I thought, Wolrd of Tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 20-06-2011, 22:06:14
Some device to listen for enemy activity on the other bank of the river? Simple solution, isn't it?

 i could very well be wrong but my interpretation of that pic is that it was made in the first monrths of the war on the german/french border. i´ve heard that it was basically both sides sonicating the other side of the rhine river with propaganda til may 1940. ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-06-2011, 11:06:34
Way to few italian bias
you should all be deeply ashamed

(http://italy.greyfalcon.us/pictures/mg9.jpg)

Italian foxhole at the siege of tobruk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-06-2011, 15:06:48
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4531/d2b55cd2e0e317a983663bf.jpg)
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/mysteries-of-a-nazi-photo-album
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-06-2011, 17:06:09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B28822%2C_Russland%2C_Kampf_um_Stalingrad%2C_Infanterie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 21-06-2011, 18:06:16
reminds me of the backgroundvideo on fh2 where the stug drives by :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-06-2011, 19:06:05
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/328.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-06-2011, 20:06:11
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4356/010325vqb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-06-2011, 09:06:47
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June 22, 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21459%2C_Bei_Tobruk%2C_britische_Kriegsgefangene.jpg)

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Allied P.O.Ws June 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 22-06-2011, 17:06:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1818-05%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_englischer_Panzer_M10_Achilles.jpg)

I wonder what it looked like on the other side of those holes...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 22-06-2011, 18:06:10
Those shots most likely hit the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-06-2011, 19:06:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1818-05%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_englischer_Panzer_M10_Achilles.jpg)

I wonder what it looked like on the other side of those holes...

german has left the driver dead inside and has put anti personnal mine around the tank ...
(the tank was destroyed in a short range combat, it was documented by the german signal magazine)

(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9346/080019prf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-06-2011, 23:06:46
Seth you have to cover up swastikas
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-06-2011, 23:06:43
Historical context. He doesnt have to do shit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-06-2011, 23:06:13
Historical context. He doesnt have to do shit.

Yep.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-06-2011, 23:06:10
Historical context. He doesnt have to do shit.
Well SORRY for!

AGH screw it!

i already get commanded 8 hours by one fin , i will not be commanded after that!

(http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2005/03/images/iar80_06.jpg)

Maintance time for a IAR-80

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 23-06-2011, 04:06:04


(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9346/080019prf.jpg)
Any info on that pic?
Your photos are usually really good, Seth, but your lack of captions is sometimes a bit confusing. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-06-2011, 05:06:45
I see a french flag, could be some Buddhist order in French Indochina?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 23-06-2011, 11:06:36
Also, the swastika is flipped, compared to the Nazi swastika
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-06-2011, 12:06:38
Then its a Sauwastiga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauvastika)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-06-2011, 12:06:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/RNVittorio_Veneto-Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento.jpg)

Quote
RN Vittorio Veneto at the Battle of Cape Spartivento.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-06-2011, 19:06:43
I see a french flag, could be some Buddhist order in French Indochina?

more likely

ilishi doesn't provide info

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6088/075951bah.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 24-06-2011, 00:06:48
(http://www.angelfire.com/tn3/luftwaffefeld/photos/070207.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-06-2011, 00:06:23
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7035/6136a222932c26e76c74d2f.jpg)
These remind me of FH2. Minsk 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 24-06-2011, 03:06:09
I see a french flag, could be some Buddhist order in French Indochina?

 That white dude in the frock looks suspiciously like a Jesuit missionary to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 24-06-2011, 13:06:07
Not a pic, but a collage:
http://www2.hs.fi/extrat/audioslide/kotimaa/Korpisoturin_kotialbumi/

The personal photographs of the men on the front lines tell a different story than the official war photographs.

During the Continuation war.

(protip: PYSÄYTÄ stops the slideshow)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-06-2011, 22:06:55
(http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/2699/042041hxv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-06-2011, 02:06:20
V-Day 1940
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L05487%2C_Paris%2C_Avenue_Foch%2C_Siegesparade.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-06-2011, 10:06:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/359452-2/3197442576_9702b3a05b)
Finnish Ju-88
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-06-2011, 13:06:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/359452-2/3197442576_9702b3a05b)
Finnish Ju-88
look at zhat beauty
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-06-2011, 01:06:10
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//uniqueexhibition858514.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-06-2011, 02:06:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/584536-2/66+Ansaldo+35M_+Bp_+Gendarmes_+44-45)

The dwindiling German and Hungarian military pressed into service all available units, including these Hungarian gendarmes ordered to fight in these small and outdated Ansaldo tankettes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-06-2011, 10:06:49
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/239.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-06-2011, 13:06:13
Behold ... the mighty secret German supersonic stealth fighter  ;D :P

(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9081/planeuv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-06-2011, 13:06:16
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/1835/33131502e9e9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-06-2011, 16:06:18
(http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9039/6baaac1e9a8ad3ae4ddfc79.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-06-2011, 07:06:47
Shittt mayne. I'd hire that company to get rid of the spam bots  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 27-06-2011, 07:06:36
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/1835/33131502e9e9.jpg)

HAY Is that von werras? I just did a paint job to his plane!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-06-2011, 12:06:02
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1009/d619f70e811fe7c3ec1b983.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 27-06-2011, 13:06:39
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/ta152-4.jpg)

TA-152 <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-06-2011, 13:06:21
Pfft, short wing low altitude prototype ;)

(http://secondeguerremondiale.s.e.pic.centerblog.net/ug53pmyc.jpg)
Ta-152 H <3


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-06-2011, 18:06:58
Supermarine "Spitfire" Mk XIV  <3

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5669/spitfiremkxive.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 27-06-2011, 20:06:43
Pfft, short wing low altitude prototype ;)





Couldn't find good pic of H :( but luckily you did
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-06-2011, 20:06:23
(http://www.asisbiz.com/Battles/Balkans-Campaign/images/British-Matilda-Tank-abandoned-Greece-01.jpg)
British Matilda Tank abandoned - Greece
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-06-2011, 20:06:23
(http://www.asisbiz.com/Battles/Balkans-Campaign/images/British-Matilda-Tank-abandoned-Greece-01.jpg)
British Matilda Tank abandoned - Greece
ye. Most of the matilda's broke down due to engine failure
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-06-2011, 00:06:07
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5435/2eaa9a2e7ae2179e2a769b5.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-06-2011, 01:06:04
(http://www.asisbiz./Battles/Balkans-Campaign/images/British-Matilda-Tank-abandoned-Greece-01.jpg)
British Matilda Tank abandoned - Greece
ye. Most of the matilda's broke down due to engine failure

But from what i can see this one must have taken some beating...I can count 10 holes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-06-2011, 19:06:52
(http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/3971/164612hgs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-06-2011, 20:06:27
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/569/707257a5da44e9a4678c728.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-06-2011, 20:06:47
(http://www.dday-overlord.com/img/bdn/elarg/maltot_char_chruchill_rtr.jpg)

Epic churchill tank at maltot. July 26. 1944. Guess what operation this was?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-06-2011, 20:06:52
Jupiter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 28-06-2011, 20:06:35
Jupiter ended on July the 11th.

its operation spring! July 25-27.

*which is directly after goodwood - i know how much TAO wants a churchill on goodwood, so i assume he wants to show chruchills operated there, which they of course did.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-06-2011, 21:06:16
actually i dint knew what operation this was from. i just found this photo and i wanted to know what operation it was
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-06-2011, 21:06:49
Pfft, you made it sound like a quiz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-06-2011, 00:06:44
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2134/eb0fded2080f5488dcd5f81.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1942. The recent set of photos posted by me are from a private collection made by a member of the '1. Artillerie-Regiment 29', part of the 6th Army that went to Stalingrad. He was flown out before the final collapse at the end of 1942 and survived.


*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-06-2011, 18:06:33
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4686/b70605ab6c1efd3292664ba.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. The bridge was to weak for the weight of the tank. In the foreground you can see the newly constructed overpass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 29-06-2011, 18:06:47
More Churchills, 'cause MOAR!

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iv-churchill/infantry-mk-iv-churchill-mk-iii-01.jpg)

Quote
7th Motor Brigade somewhere in North Africa

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iv-churchill/infantry-mk-iv-churchill-mk-iii-mk-iv-01.jpg)

Quote
Curchills near the River Foglia, Italy, in September 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-06-2011, 20:06:47
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/Lendlease/churchill/Churchill_04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-06-2011, 20:06:31
propaganda
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 29-06-2011, 20:06:17
Haha, name a picture in this thread which isn't?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-06-2011, 20:06:29
Wish to see that on Totalize map  ;D
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1444/1297399089829tofk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-06-2011, 20:06:09
Wish to see that on Totalize map  ;D
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1444/1297399089829tofk.jpg)
Those are actually the correct AA guns yes. Triple oerlikons on Morris truck or on trailer
Or the Morris truck with bofors

These where the most common SP AA guns of the british. IIRC 4000 of them where deployed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 29-06-2011, 23:06:25
i think paythoss meant half naked brits.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-06-2011, 01:06:39
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8641/dd1a31e0b31f0aa5d7fd1ab.jpg)
Eastern Front 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. I'm not sure what kind of artillery gun that is or to whom it belonged. But the horses are dead, for sure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-06-2011, 01:06:46
Looks like this gun:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_mm_howitzer_M1938_%28M-30%29
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: A-tree on 30-06-2011, 04:06:19
i think paythoss meant half naked brits.
Look like canuks on juno too me. Also, why is that guy pointing to the sky AND the ground? Thats just gonna confuse people.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 30-06-2011, 17:06:20
i think paythoss meant half naked brits.
Look like canuks on juno too me. Also, why is that guy pointing to the sky AND the ground? Thats just gonna confuse people.
No! He says "Hey you! Get back here."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 30-06-2011, 21:06:56
WOW! I think I'm going to build a model to this! It is a BF109G-6 being converted to a G14 when Allies took the airfield apparently. Notice it has the tall tail but still has the G-6 canopy, tailwheel, wing bulges, and nose bulges.


(http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo324/flyboy_fx/410061a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-06-2011, 21:06:54
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/3388/1248258u5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-06-2011, 22:06:27
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1493/1d234b2e837ebf9344e5f1a.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. Wrecked KV-1 at the roadside seems to pique peoples curiosity. If it can be called a road at all.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-07-2011, 00:07:24
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/489/84879f6163a116309437e87.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. The end of the road: trucks stuck in the mud.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-07-2011, 14:07:41
What kind of mercedes trucks are those?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-07-2011, 16:07:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/584525-2/99+Bp_+Loose+Horses_+Jan+45)

January, 1945. Budapest.

Both Waffen SS cavalry units and Hungarian hussars introduced about 30,000 horses into the defensive ring established at Budapest. Because these soldiers fought as infantry units, many of their horses got loose, roaming the streets even after the siege. But a higher number were consumed by the besieged soldiers and civilians alike.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-07-2011, 17:07:45
What kind of mercedes trucks are those?

The one in the foreground might be a Mercedes-Benz Lo 2000. But that is very difficult to determine, as all those trucks look very similar on the first glimpse.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:MHV_MB_LO_2000_Diesel_1932.jpg

(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2493/0195fae4e3d981b67ab4744.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. Soldiers examining the destruction done to some russian blockhouse. Maybe they're checking the effect of their own shells fired?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-07-2011, 18:07:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-783-0110-12%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Panzer_II%2C_Kraftfahrzeuge.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-07-2011, 18:07:18
Just founded that picture ... and dont know WTF is that   :o
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2680/129504189033.jpg)

Looks like oversized  LT Vz 38/Pz 38 (t)  ???  
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 02-07-2011, 20:07:59
Industrial tank! It builds guns on the battlefield!  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-07-2011, 21:07:15
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4523/437eb8d472c258d7a2e7e09.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. The first snow of the season covers ground and tracks in a lovely white color. While the guns seems to be deployed in the vale, soldiers pass on the causeway in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-07-2011, 21:07:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/591538-2/580px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-480-2245-30_2C_Italien_2C_Artillerie)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-07-2011, 22:07:54
Just founded that picture ... and dont know WTF is that   :o
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2680/129504189033.jpg)

Looks like oversized  LT Vz 38/Pz 38 (t)  ???  

due to the lack of fuel a lot of vehicles were transform using gasifier. Maybe it's a german prototype for tank.
German already had done this transformation on italian tank or sdkfz :

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/673/panzer154.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 03-07-2011, 12:07:28
OMG ... is there a some hope to see Queen of the Night flying again ?  8)

(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/2307/1308914703008.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-07-2011, 13:07:52
Was reading true an old WW2 italian propaganda magazine and found this a nice picture to show so i took a quick picture of it with my phone.
(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9493/imag0241eh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-07-2011, 14:07:28
Siben ninjaphotographed them  ;D  i distracted the saler  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 03-07-2011, 14:07:40
The pics with the SdKfz with the gasifier astonished me. A already knew a lot of german farmers put a gasifier for wood on their tractors, because of the lack of fuel , but i never thought there would be also tanks with them.

Panzer I with Panzer III(?) turret and seems also to have a gasifier on its back.

(http://tinypic.com/4sgn74)

Panzer II? with a Carro armato:

(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5955/wq37dl4.jpg)

(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7706/wq39ln3.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-07-2011, 14:07:23
What is this gazifier?
enlighten me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-07-2011, 14:07:30
I guess a big stove for steam powered vehicles
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 03-07-2011, 14:07:50
In short words: You put any biomass in a boiler, heat it (without combusting it, only heating), then a gas, which consist most of carbon hydrides, carbon monoxide,..., discharges out of your biomass . You can burn this then more or less like "normal" fuel.
The most obvious part of such a system on avehicle is a big boiler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-07-2011, 16:07:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/1944_german_pow_pocket_minsk_first_quarter_of_july.jpg)

Quote
A column of German POWs being marched from the encirclement east of Minsk in early July
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-07-2011, 14:07:44
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1015.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 04-07-2011, 15:07:01
Model 1940 with L-11 75mm gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-07-2011, 15:07:43
Model 1940 with L-11 75mm gun?
Yes, but it was 76mm

Yes, the stock T34 for WoT was used :p This one is in lviv Ukrainian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 04-07-2011, 15:07:38
derp, close enough :P

Remember playing the T-34 and wishing i didnt have that POS gun :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2011, 18:07:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/FriedrichHo%C3%9Fbach.jpg)


General der Infanterie Friedrich Hoßbach

Quote
At the end of the war, Hoßbach was being treated for a minor illness in Göttingen when US troops approached the town. As a traditionalist conservative largely opposed to the Nazi regime, Hoßbach had been warned by friends to expect a visit from the Gestapo – who arrived at his house an hour before the Americans. Hoßbach, armed with his pistol, proceeded to engage the visitors in a firefight until they fled, and was taken into American custody.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 06-07-2011, 20:07:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-212-0209-32%2C_Russland-Nord%2C_Panzer_und_Soldat.jpg)

A french S35 tank in german service on the eastern front (September, 1941).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 06-07-2011, 21:07:45
Must have been alot of work to reconfigure it to run forward instead of in reverse. LOL jk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pascucci the Whiner on 07-07-2011, 06:07:25
Must have been alot of work to reconfigure it to run forward instead of in reverse. LOL jk

Don't insult Somuas it's about as low as you can get.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-07-2011, 08:07:22
Yeah, insulting Somua's means a personal offense to many people.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 07-07-2011, 09:07:53
It's more like insulting french people than just the Somua (which I btw hate, ugly and shit... oh and in blitzkrieg those almost made me cry when you had to lure em into 88s...)

(http://i8.tinypic.com/24d25vt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-07-2011, 09:07:39
You better take that back! Somua Protection Front!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-07-2011, 10:07:00
French tanks sux  :P
Hooray for Queen of the Desert  ;D

(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1044/a12matilda2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 07-07-2011, 10:07:40
I like them as looks but not as tanks

Anyways, one of my most favorite tanks of the war


(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/pz3_10.jpg)

Quote
Panzerkampfwagen IV (Special) Ausf F2
Panzer Grenadier Division "Grossdeutschland", Eastern Front, Summer of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-07-2011, 17:07:39
It's more like insulting french people than just the Somua (which I btw hate, ugly and shit... oh and in blitzkrieg those almost made me cry when you had to lure em into 88s...)

How can anyone think the Somua is ugly?!?!

(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/somua-s35_3.jpg)

F'ing beautiful. <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 07-07-2011, 17:07:11
It looks like a swollen 38t ech. lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 07-07-2011, 17:07:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Fra-Char2C-Destroyed.jpg)

One of the heaviest tanks of the interwar period, the french Char 2C. It had four machine guns and a 75mm gun (one was temporaly fitted with a 155mm howitzer instead of the MGs). A number of 10 were build, but because of its weight (68t) and very slow speed they never saw any combat. They were mostly used for propaganda purpose. When the germans broke the french lines, they were send to southern france. As the railroad was blocked, the french decided to blow them up, before the germans could capture them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 07-07-2011, 18:07:06
It looks like a swollen 38t ech. lol

You sir, have my vote

I like my tanks sleek, german and with good firepower :P (well okay I admit I do like couple russian tanks like KV-1/2 and SU-76)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 07-07-2011, 18:07:12
It looks like a swollen 38t ech. lol

You sir, have my vote

I like my tanks sleek, german and with good firepower :P (well okay I admit I do like couple russian tanks like KV-1/2 and SU-76)
And, of course, let us not forget:

(http://www.battlefield.ru/images/phocagallery/sp_guns/su100/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_su100_6.jpg)
SU-100
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-07-2011, 19:07:52
It looks like a swollen 38t ech. lol

You sir, have my vote

I like my tanks sleek, german and with good firepower :P (well okay I admit I do like couple russian tanks like KV-1/2 and SU-76)

The Somua was one of the first tanks ever to use sloped armour, and its gun could knock out any german tank of the day from any side....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-07-2011, 19:07:59
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CbwnjooteyI/SBLWZ0h9K4I/AAAAAAAAJ2E/nWdU14QMy94/s1600/6.jpg)

cant wait to make some ambushes with that thing in FH2, its so small, but still has a potent gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-07-2011, 19:07:34
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7009/203258jid.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 07-07-2011, 20:07:56
OH YEA! Hetzer FTW!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MXu96taKq-Y/TGjT-pIFP3I/AAAAAAAAQts/oMLz3Z2DoXI/s1600/Hetzer+21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-07-2011, 22:07:42
(http://i55.tinypic.com/149p5b9.jpg)
hetzer gone hetz  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-07-2011, 22:07:57
Germans are so cool, they even made a convertible version of the awesome hetzer!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 07-07-2011, 22:07:35
Someone finally had it with the ridiculously cramped interior? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bang0o on 07-07-2011, 23:07:42
it´s the summer cabriolet version ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-07-2011, 23:07:18
seriously, if that tard doesnt like his claustrophobic hetzer he should ask high command for a marder!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 08-07-2011, 00:07:18
It looks like a swollen 38t ech. lol

You sir, have my vote

I like my tanks sleek, german and with good firepower :P (well okay I admit I do like couple russian tanks like KV-1/2 and SU-76)

The Somua was one of the first tanks ever to use sloped armour, and its gun could knock out any german tank of the day from any side....

Not wanting to make this any longer but I didn't say it was a bad tank :P Just that I hate it, it's ugly and it's french oh and I did say I hate em in Blitzkrieg (the game not the mod) because of their goddamn armor thickness
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-07-2011, 00:07:49
its not german and therefor he hates it

Probleme? vous fou?  ;D

(http://www.carbinesforcollectors.com/libya1a.jpg)

FORGO! Italian 90mm(or 75mm?) defending the port of! OF

BARDIA!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-07-2011, 00:07:21
(http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/8894/0211tj4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 08-07-2011, 00:07:33
Here's some problems for you

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Warsaw_Uprising_-_Prudential_Hit_-_frame_2a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-07-2011, 00:07:49
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7884/55e138d8572e6c90720a4ef.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. Germans crossing a frozen river with some rubber boats.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-07-2011, 03:07:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-331-3045-17%2C_Russland%2C_Ju_52_mit_Minensprengring.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 08-07-2011, 03:07:42
(http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/8894/0211tj4.jpg)
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy"

Popped into my head when I saw that :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 08-07-2011, 03:07:41
Marco... Polo!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 08-07-2011, 04:07:37
(http://www.highstrangeness.tv/articles/images/Ho-Vc_title.jpg)
(http://www.highstrangeness.tv/articles/images/Horton_replica.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 08-07-2011, 04:07:23
Go 229A. Beautiful craft.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-07-2011, 12:07:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Canadians_Sicily1.jpg)

Quote
Canadians in Sicily: Troops of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment enter Modica.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-07-2011, 18:07:32
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2911/terre3398060.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-07-2011, 19:07:52
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/593403-2/corpsfrancs5fs)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: dinart on 09-07-2011, 20:07:44
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihBk_ce9nXw/TWg7Aiy1UBI/AAAAAAAAAz0/MbKq-42S21c/s1600/13_feb+entrada_em_montese+copy.jpg)

Brazilian Expeditionary Force in WWII after defeating the Germans in the town of Montese Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 10-07-2011, 00:07:19
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2911/terre3398060.jpg)

Mudra would  be bitchslappin the shit out of those kids. LOL :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-07-2011, 01:07:37
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8139/2ee2f042fefc3255a236031.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. The very, very end of all movement.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 10-07-2011, 09:07:33
(http://www.simviation.com/pageimages/177a-3r1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-07-2011, 11:07:13
On this day in history...

Quote
July 10, 1940 – The German Luftwaffe begins attacking British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0678%2C_Flugzeuge_Heinkel_He_111.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-07-2011, 11:07:09
(http://www.simviation.com/pageimages/177a-3r1.jpg)
dam Greif, you sexy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-07-2011, 20:07:27
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/879/d2a5aababe3ec7d88e9021c.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. Icicles on a watermill.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-07-2011, 03:07:18
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9231/03cc8e5cdf1f119db724727.jpg)
Eastern Front, 1941/42. 1. Artillerie-Regiment 29. Self-portrait of the photographer.

(german) article "Dad never wanted to talk about it" and complete picture series (almost all of the pictures have been shown here already):

http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/authoralbumbackground/22877/_vater_wollte_nie_darueber_sprechen.html (http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/authoralbumbackground/22877/_vater_wollte_nie_darueber_sprechen.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-07-2011, 05:07:32
 ::) You call that flying hot dog a sexy plane ? Geezzz  ...  :P

That is a sexy and most missed in FH2 , plane  ;D
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8470/a20gvavoc2.jpg)
Douglas A-20/DB-7 "Havoc"
Just look on that smexy skull on the nose  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 11-07-2011, 10:07:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/JunkersJu89LargerResolution.jpg)

Ju-89
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 11-07-2011, 10:07:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/C-47_aircraft_hit_by_flak.jpg)

Quote
An American C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burns after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther in a field near Gheel in Belgium. 17 September, 1944

Refractor 2 Engine is accurate, tank physics were bad in world war two, tanks just flipped over, ok bad joke:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/German_tank_upside-down.jpg/487px-German_tank_upside-down.jpg)

Quote
A German Jagdpanther-tank destroyed by air attack near Altenkirchen, Germany. Note another destroyed vehicle across the road. 1945

Pimpin' ma tank!

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tank-hunters/jagdpanther-tank-hunter/jagdpanzer-v-japgpanther-15.png)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2011, 19:07:05
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1972/terre3137418.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 11-07-2011, 23:07:22
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LoPTdkHrjjk/SvFBKJiozmI/AAAAAAAAFsA/nwgg6gWaIxM/s1600/french-ss-charlemagne-unit-berlin-1945-fight-russian-tanks.jpg)
knock out JS2 Berlin 45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-07-2011, 00:07:33
Fail matilda is fail
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/Lendlease/Matilda/Matildas_170thSTB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 12-07-2011, 00:07:39
^^nice driving probably :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-07-2011, 01:07:54
Well in soviet russia tanks ride you...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 12-07-2011, 02:07:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/German_tank_upside-down.jpg/487px-German_tank_upside-down.jpg)

Quote
A German Jagdpanther-tank destroyed by air attack near Altenkirchen, Germany. Note another destroyed vehicle across the road. 1945

Oh Noes! D:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-07-2011, 03:07:56
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7015/23049ea6559a3d70b0b3b10.jpg)
June 22nd 1941. German soldiers crossing a river near Brest at the outbreak of the war with Russia. Propaganda picture.

Extra: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/world-war-ii-mystery-solved-in-a-few-hours (http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/world-war-ii-mystery-solved-in-a-few-hours)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 12-07-2011, 11:07:43
(http://www.luchtoorlog.be/img/ju87b/b2c.jpg)

Stuka with skis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 12-07-2011, 15:07:16
A couple of interesting pictures of soviet tanks , using a wheels from Panther tank  8)
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1907/36919292.jpg)
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8320/62733483.jpg)
(http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/7262/41591810.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-07-2011, 22:07:57
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7783/0e86d6657d3332d135a677e.jpg)
I know, this picture is on the web for years now. But in my memory it covers only the part where the soldier is aiming his rifle while standing on the tank. I don't recall the second tank on the left. Official german propaganda picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2011, 19:07:28
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/539/d6e788a460ad6715e4f9c3b.jpg)
German soldier scouting a russian village. Propaganda picture. The germans tended to claim that the russians lit up the villages themselves, thus the picture backs this thesis up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-07-2011, 19:07:02
To be honest, why wouldn't they?  Lighting up villages would be denying housing to the enemy, its scorched earth tactics in its most basic form....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2011, 19:07:27
Yeah, maybe you're right. It is just that germans often lit those villages up, whenever they met armed resistance there, even if it was just the red army but not the inhabitants who opposed the germans.

Don't forget, it was a war of extermination. All those common uneducated "subhuman" slavonians were destined to starve to death.

The official german tenor was, that the red army lit em up, while the common people cheered at the german soldiers.

(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5282/69880967ca76560e7725acc.jpg)



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-07-2011, 19:07:09
Well, the truth is, in the Ukraine, Eastern Poland, Baltic States, and Belarus, the German troops WERE greeted as liberators.  All these were nations that had been brought forcefully under the yoke of communism, and had suffered greatly for it.  It was only after the frontlines moved and the initial cheers of liberation were met by the Einsatzgruppen and the SS, that that ended.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 13-07-2011, 19:07:59
Subhuman Slavs not slavonians, those are just the people from a region in Croatia...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-07-2011, 22:07:46
i hope it isn't a repost
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1369/sw1300409018.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 13-07-2011, 22:07:31
it was posted some pages back IIRC  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-07-2011, 22:07:40
 :D sorry

new one then !

(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/844/232947mg2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 14-07-2011, 05:07:03
Is that a scene from Allo Allo?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-07-2011, 08:07:48
I stil wonder hows that was working ...
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/309/30579952.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 14-07-2011, 10:07:59
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/Lendlease/Matilda/Matilda_SWF_085.jpg)
MOAR MATILDAS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-07-2011, 16:07:04
Happy Bastille Day!  Vive la France!

(http://france1940.free.fr/photos/inf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-07-2011, 01:07:42
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6232/ff56b101151a50dced0ab3d.jpg)
Picture taken by PK Company.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-07-2011, 10:07:38
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6592/1522535z4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 16-07-2011, 00:07:51
(http://www.ww2gyrene.org/assets/amtank_camo_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-07-2011, 10:07:10
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8169/152256c3m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 17-07-2011, 02:07:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Paratroopers_jumping_from_Tupolev_TB-3.jpg)

Russian paratroopers jumping from a TB-3. Doors? Who needs doors when you can wingwalk?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-07-2011, 06:07:08
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7765/3f6cfb473b99877aa2d3c9d.jpg)
Tallinn, September 2nd 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2011, 10:07:41
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/989/091334ueq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-07-2011, 12:07:21
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1121.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-07-2011, 13:07:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/British_Sherman_Firefly_Namur.jpg)

Quote
British Sherman "Firefly" tank in Namur on the Meuse River, December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-07-2011, 15:07:43
It would be nice to see a british sector Meuse river

The 29th armoured brigade consisted of=
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
23rd Hussars
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
8th battalion The Rifle Brigade

This means shermans, cromwells, churchills(YES!) and fireflies.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/US_engineers_Luxembourg_1945.gif)

US 10th engineers near luxembourg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-07-2011, 17:07:45
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w02_10105014.jpg)
British Infantrymen in position in a shallow trench near Bardia, a Libyan Port, which had been occupied by Italian forces, and fell to the Allies on January 5, 1941, after a 20-day siege.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 17-07-2011, 18:07:51
They can't be British, they have nice teeth  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-07-2011, 21:07:19
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8864/765a0cc0ed41ddaf69bd134.jpg)
Riga, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 18-07-2011, 05:07:56
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Infanteriegeschutze/sIG33-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 18-07-2011, 14:07:01
(http://homepage.eircom.net/~nightingale/graphics/panzerschreck2.jpg)

Shreck-cart :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-07-2011, 18:07:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/596554-2/German+x_001)

Quote
German troops in Warsaw trying to dislodge Polish snipers who continued to harass them even after the city was conquered.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2011, 19:07:31
(http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1251/091338lga.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-07-2011, 21:07:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-405-0593-36%2C_Flugzeug_Junkers_Ju_88.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-07-2011, 23:07:45
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9749/2e2b6986e5924e916f278e7.jpg)
Case Blue 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-07-2011, 00:07:04
german/danzig soldier on westerplatte 39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0513-500%2C_Danzig%2C_Westerplatte%2C_Wald.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-07-2011, 00:07:46
Enough german bias
i demand italians!
SIE SENORE!

(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/14/36/08/34/bersag24.jpg)

Beragelerie at the siege of tobruk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 19-07-2011, 09:07:42
I demand more Finnish!

Sorry if repost!

(http://www.metsapirtti.net/artikkelit/penttiahtiainen/jankajaak/janka53.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 19-07-2011, 14:07:23
I demand pictures of Americans pwning Germans:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/column-of-german-pows.jpg)

Also video of the same scene in Band of Brothers:

http://youtu.be/K_DnRn9hyFU
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 19-07-2011, 15:07:12
I demand pictures of Americans pwning Germans:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/column-of-german-pows.jpg)

Also video of the same scene in Band of Brothers:

http://youtu.be/K_DnRn9hyFU

as much as i liked the series, webster better shut the fuck up,

1) pffft ... whats so bad about horses? russians used them, germans used them, others too. just because you are short of fuel and the most logical thing to do is using horses to tow your guns doesnt make them bad, does it?

also germans acted on a far bigger front, so its even harder to fully motorize your units.

and ford and general motors werent known to produce super top notch stuff at that time.

2) also why is he complaining about the germans keeping them away from home? their airborne divison is completely made by volunteers, so it was his decision.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-07-2011, 18:07:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Bartolomeo_Colleoni_under_attack.JPG)

Quote
Bartolomeo Colleoni sinking

Quote
The Battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in Second World War. It took place on 19 July 1940 in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete

Quote
The battle occurred when an Allied squadron patrolling the Aegean encountered two Italian cruisers transferring from Tripoli to Leros, at that time an Italian colony in the Dodecanese Islands. The Allied squadron was commanded by the Australian Captain John Collins aboard the light cruiser HMAS Sydney and included the British H class destroyers HMS Havock, Hyperion, Hasty, Hero and the similar I class destroyer Ilex. The Italian 2nd Cruiser Division was commanded by Rear Admiral Ferdinando Casardi and consisted of the high-speed light cruisers Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and Bartolomeo Colleoni.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-07-2011, 19:07:13
I demand pictures of Americans pwning Germans:

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/column-of-german-pows.jpg)

Also video of the same scene in Band of Brothers:

http://youtu.be/K_DnRn9hyFU

as much as i liked the series, webster better shut the fuck up,

1) pffft ... whats so bad about horses? russians used them, germans used them, others too. just because you are short of fuel and the most logical thing to do is using horses to tow your guns doesnt make them bad, does it?

also germans acted on a far bigger front, so its even harder to fully motorize your units.

and ford and general motors werent known to produce super top notch stuff at that time.

2) also why is he complaining about the germans keeping them away from home? their airborne divison is completely made by volunteers, so it was his decision.
Doesnt matter. Germans started the war.

Well Nazis did actually.
yet He has every right to be like that especialy when they came across the concentration camp.


@Rawhide
+1 mate. you summed it up

Dont be such a defensive fool about the germans all the time. I will be the first to step in when some prick comes in and says that all germans where nazis.. But in this case, people like David webster back in 1945..Where absolutely right and had every goddam right to say that

Ford and General Fucking motors Babeh!

It amazes me everytime though..   Last few times at dilsem stokkem airsoft event. ALOT of german people. Young and old alike. Even now, many germans still feel very sorry for what some fucked up austrian did back then and the wannabe germans who followed him. I have huge respect to these kinds of people who feel responsible for things there parents there parents and sometimes there parents did.
To me it issent needed..they wherent responsible for this, nor the german people

But be dam sure i gave a full 13 bofors headwind when i saw one of those German mongols starting with German bias nazi fanboyism. And there's still quite a bunch who feel that way. And they had to restrain one of the germans who tried to kick his ass, because it was "Facist pricks like you who mess things up and got so many killed and germany put in a huge discrace"

Back to epic italians

(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5164/savoiamarchettism81ital.jpg)
Savio-Marchette M81 during a bombing run. No info where
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-07-2011, 19:07:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/596934-2/july+2nd)

Romanian Armor, i think its an R-1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-07-2011, 19:07:44
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w11_10211168.jpg)
The body of an Italian soldier lies where he fell during battle, in a stone-walled fort somewhere in the West Libyan desert, on Febrary 11, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2011, 20:07:32
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5571/091333abm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 19-07-2011, 23:07:01
I assume you are trying to tell me that you think im a fascist or something like that, seeing that you wrote some sentences in the 2nd person.
i can assure you im not. i dont push you into a corner either, so dont do that with me.

i disgust every crime the nazis did in ww2!

and that im a "german defending fool" - yes, you can get that impression. but there is always more than 1 perspective. its easy to say something like that here:

Doesnt matter. Germans started the war.

Well Nazis did actually.

what lead to the situation that hitler got so much power?
who made the treaty of versailles who humbled the germans, gave them the total fault of ww1, demanded reparation, took away german territory and so on.
granted the german nation has the biggest fault, but its not as easy as you put it there.

oh, i will stop here im just becoming a german defending fool again...

and now on topic:
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/46816-7/Italian+pows)
"Italian POWs on the march after Beda Fomm, 1941."


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-07-2011, 05:07:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Fw_190A_Abschuss1_1944-45.jpg)

FW 190 being shot down by an American fighter. Pilot is bailing out, you can see the canopy flying off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 20-07-2011, 15:07:47
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1970-097-76%2C_Hitler-Attentat_vom_20._Juli_1944.jpg)

67 years ago, on 20 July 1944, an attempt was made to assassinate Adolf Hitler inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters. On this foto Hitler visits the bomb site with Mussolini.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-07-2011, 18:07:47
"And here I will have a sauna and a jacuzzi."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-07-2011, 18:07:56
I believe Hitler's actual response was to proclaim "I am immortal." Dude had gone completely loco by 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-07-2011, 19:07:32
Is that a shadow, or does mussolini have a moustache?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-07-2011, 19:07:30
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6121/235625rgf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-07-2011, 22:07:18
Is that a shadow, or does mussolini have a moustache?
italians always have Moustaches
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-07-2011, 23:07:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Odessa_Soviet_artilery.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-07-2011, 23:07:46
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7213/251467dba9f8bbf71b10dd1.jpg)
germans successfully conquered a russian bathroom.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-07-2011, 17:07:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/First_flag_on_Guam_-_1944.jpg)

Quote
Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-07-2011, 18:07:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/First_wave_of_LVTs_moves_toward_the_invasion_beaches_-_Peleliu.jpg)

Peleliu, September 15, 1944.

Quote
The first wave of LVTs moves toward the invasion beaches, passing through the inshore bombardment line of LCI gunboats. Cruisers and battleships are bombarding from the distance. The landing area is almost totally hidden in dust and smoke. Photographed from a USS Honolulu (CL-48) plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-07-2011, 18:07:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/First_flag_on_Guam_-_1944.jpg)

Quote
Two U.S. officers plant the American flag on Guam eight minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed
I always thought that was cheap, they should have at least waited till they won first, instead of being all douchebaggy to the Japanese like that.  Manners!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-07-2011, 19:07:49
I always thought that was cheap, they should have at least waited till they won first, instead of being all douchebaggy to the Japanese like that.  Manners!

LOL what?

Guam was American territory under foreign occupation...they were putting the proper flag back where it belonged.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2011, 19:07:20
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/673/124823n3v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-07-2011, 19:07:55
I always thought that was cheap, they should have at least waited till they won first, instead of being all douchebaggy to the Japanese like that.  Manners!

LOL what?

Guam was American territory under foreign occupation...they were putting the proper flag back where it belonged.
Where it belonged.. It's still a colony in my eyes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-07-2011, 20:07:13
Then so is Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten

Also:

"During the occupation, the people of Guam were subjected to acts that included torture, beheadings, and rape,[7] and were forced to adopt the Japanese culture.  Guam was subject to fierce fighting when US troops recaptured the island on July 21, 1944, a date commemorated every year as Liberation Day."

And finally, all US territories are allowed to, at any time, hold elections to leave the USA.  Puerto Rico does so every few years, and every time, it is overwhelming to remain a part of the US, and indeed, almost wins Statehood.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Puerto_Rico#The_1998_plebiscite


And to stay on topic:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Frederic_Louis_Riefkohl.JPG)

Quote
Rear Admiral Frederick Lois Riefkohl (February 27, 1889–September 1969), a native of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, was an officer in the United States Navy and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from the United States Naval Academy and to be awarded the Navy Cross. The Navy Cross is the second highest medal, after the Medal of Honor, that can be awarded by the U.S. Navy for heroism or distinguished service. He was a World War I Navy Cross recipient who served as Captain of the USS Vincennes during World War II.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-07-2011, 21:07:34
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3396/481423a44754167db8201a5.jpg)
Soup for everybody!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 21-07-2011, 22:07:25
And finally, all US territories are allowed to, at any time, hold elections to leave the USA.  Puerto Rico does so every few years, and every time, it is overwhelming to remain a part of the US, and indeed, almost wins Statehood.:

This. Plus, the main motive most US territories have for remaining territories is because the populations of US territories are exempt from having to pay US federal taxes. If they became states, they would have to start paying taxes like states.

(Oddly enough, this is not true for the District of Columbia, which lacks statehood status and voting representation in congress but nevertheless still gets taxed. In protest, the District has made their license plates read "taxation without representation.")
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-07-2011, 23:07:51
Um I was just trollin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-07-2011, 01:07:33
totaly need this tank :,O
(http://i33.tinypic.com/2le2qlv.jpg)
Semoventi 75/18 near Bir Hacheim, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-07-2011, 01:07:33
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/JewishBrigade01.jpg)

Members of the Jewish Brigade (British force raised from inhabitants of the Mandate of Palestine) prepare to leave Tel Aviv.

(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/inourownhands.jpg)

Bonus picture. Because carrying a giant Torah scroll through the desert is just that awesome.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 22-07-2011, 02:07:01
Looks like a massive scroll (cant remember the offical term), but ok.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-07-2011, 02:07:04
Looks like a massive scroll (cant remember the offical term), but ok.

Wow. I feel dumb now. Edited.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-07-2011, 08:07:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-757-0023-32%2C_Oslo%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_auf_Flugplatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 22-07-2011, 11:07:43
Fårnebu?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 22-07-2011, 14:07:56
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/battle_japansurrender44.jpg)

Surrender of the Japanese garrison on Wake Island, September 4, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-07-2011, 20:07:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-784-0203-14A%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Bayerlein%2C_Rommel%2C_Nehring.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-07-2011, 21:07:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/598063-2/gun-empl)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 22-07-2011, 21:07:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/598063-2/gun-empl)

where from?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-07-2011, 14:07:28
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/Hammond_Lord/_1943__982.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-07-2011, 16:07:37
Gebirgsjaegers with ZB 37! LE AWESOME
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-07-2011, 17:07:51
Those are SS....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-07-2011, 17:07:40
Those are SS....
Who cares about that, there's epic czech stuff in it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-07-2011, 19:07:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/598063-2/gun-empl)

where from?

I just know they're german AA Batteries and they're proably in Siegfried line.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-07-2011, 02:07:54
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5576/d09d8b1aff0981719c3f8a8.jpg)
31 rats/mice taken out during one night.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 24-07-2011, 03:07:20
why in gods name would you string that up! :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-07-2011, 10:07:07
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Attack_on_Hamburg.jpg)

Quote
Lancaster over Hamburg, 30/31 January 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-07-2011, 04:07:54
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4876/89ef7d33d682b12e2be1ab3.jpg)
Italians, Caucasian region.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 25-07-2011, 10:07:35
Howitzer M1931 with B-4 Mortar, ready to hurl a 100kg high explosive shell at some germans.

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/s_w21_10915096.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 25-07-2011, 18:07:27
absolutely love that beast in MoW:AS ;D

seems like you lost connection there mr. german
(http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss237/Antidead2/781px-Mini-tanks-p012953.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-07-2011, 19:07:14
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3405/11daa456l26.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-07-2011, 23:07:35
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6885/2d64e7f108a6cc24226ca08.jpg)
Army Group South, Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 26-07-2011, 03:07:29
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/s_w10_8e04850u.jpg)
Machine gunners of the far eastern Red Army in the USSR, during the German invasion of 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 26-07-2011, 11:07:12
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3405/11daa456l26.jpg)
Love this picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2011, 20:07:33
here an other from the series then !

(http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4427/10dat3105l11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-07-2011, 20:07:04
oooooooooooooooooooooh my tikky tikker
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 26-07-2011, 21:07:27
My heart skipped a beat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2011, 00:07:18
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7148/293d216722a0ee38b200ce8.jpg)
Caucasus Mountains
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 27-07-2011, 10:07:52
My heart skipped a beat.
Wich one do you want?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 27-07-2011, 10:07:22
here an other from the series then !

(http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4427/10dat3105l11.jpg)

IF only I could have all the Guns and ammo there...
(http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy239/theriospendragon/clips/drooling_homer-712749_gif2.png)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 27-07-2011, 15:07:14
here an other from the series then !

(http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4427/10dat3105l11.jpg)

What rifles those are? Looks like mausers but straight bolt handle or whatever it's called so... Vz. 24s?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-07-2011, 17:07:32
I spy a maxim MG08, a berthair, a lebel, and a few wz.29s, and a sabre...my guess is it's all Polish stuff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-07-2011, 18:07:00
SCREW this im going back in time
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-07-2011, 00:07:34
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/103/531a8fc111217c0fe2e33cb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 28-07-2011, 01:07:56
SCREW this im going back in time

yes because ww2 was such a happy time and place to be ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: KurtisMayer on 28-07-2011, 02:07:35
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/103/531a8fc111217c0fe2e33cb.jpg)

where it was??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Lord Helmchen on 28-07-2011, 03:07:38
bukarest is closest, paris and berlin are only 360 from each other. My guess is somewhere southeast europe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-07-2011, 12:07:16
Just average picture of  captured  Geman vehicles depot in Paris ... interesting Minenraumpanzer III ...  one Wespe ... oops ...

(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9674/1002009.jpg)

I demand that thing on some Normandy maps  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 28-07-2011, 13:07:41
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/103/531a8fc111217c0fe2e33cb.jpg)

where it was??

grab yourself a map of europe and make a circle with the distances shown on the signs around those cities. see where they cut.

edit: seeing the distances south east europe is to close. MOSCOW is my guess, since a quick google search also said that the distance between moscow and bukarest is 1500km :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 28-07-2011, 15:07:17
3450 km from Berlin puts you past the Urals or in the middle of the Sahara.

The fact that it's 6,200 km from Kirkenes precludes it being anywhere in Russia.

In fact, drawing some lines in Google earth has shown me that the distances match no place on earth, so I vote someone was just screwing with people.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 28-07-2011, 16:07:40
maybe the distances are distances on roads (and not the "air-distance") wich makes them longer? if theres no direct connection you have to take other roads and that maybe sums up over some thousand kilometers?
(then you could of course screw the idea of drawing circles on a map)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 29-07-2011, 02:07:17
That is neat! I should add that to my panzer IV Ausf D!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 29-07-2011, 03:07:09
Well... I would like some pin art on US airplanes and tanks :P and I would like skulls, iron cross and swastikas on german tanks since it's an historical fact :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-07-2011, 20:07:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/599904-4/dtukfdg)

Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-07-2011, 00:07:52
 >:( ...
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/s_w22_3b09277u.jpg)
Rapidly advancing German forces encountered serious guerrilla resistance behind their front lines. Here, four guerrillas with fixed bayonets and a small machine gun are seen in action, near a small village.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-07-2011, 00:07:59
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/7289/9abcea4f3674425645063f4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 30-07-2011, 07:07:37
mmmm, DP 28 <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 30-07-2011, 08:07:05
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-90.jpg)
"Gen. Erwin Rommel with the 15th Panzer Division between Tobruk and Sidi Omar. Sdf. Zwilling, Libya, January or November 24, 1941"
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-167.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-184.jpg)
"The German ultimatum ordering the Dutch commander of Rotterdam to cease fire was delivered to him at 10:30 a.m. on May 14, 1940. At 1:22 p.m., German bombers set the whole inner city of Rotterdam ablaze, killing 30,000 of its inhabitants."* Aerial view of the ruins of Rotterdam. 208-PR-10L-3."
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-186.jpg)
"American soldiers, stripped of all equipment, lie dead, face down in the slush of a crossroads somewhere on the western front." Captured German photograph. Belgium, ca. December 1944. 111-SC-198245.
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-187.jpg)
"With torn picture of his feuhrer beside his clenched fist, a dead general of the Volkssturm lies on the floor of city hall, Leipzig, Germany. He committed suicide rather than face U.S. Army troops who captured the city on April 19. 1945." T5c. J. M. Heslop. 208-YE-148. "
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 30-07-2011, 09:07:02
I wonder why he suicided, if he did warcrimes..ok maybe. But Allies ways of treating prisoners wasn't as harsh as the Axis ones.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 30-07-2011, 09:07:15
Proud
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-07-2011, 09:07:08
I wonder why he suicided, if he did warcrimes..ok maybe. But Allies ways of treating prisoners wasn't as harsh as the Axis ones.
dont forget the german propaganda machine...they pumped in everyones mind that the allies showed little mercy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-07-2011, 14:07:03
I wonder why he suicided, if he did warcrimes..ok maybe. But Allies ways of treating prisoners wasn't as harsh as the Axis ones.
Really? Soviets where also part of the Allies. Weren't that nice. But ok, this man had to face the Americans.

Still, think about it.

After you have been captured you are a disgrace for the thing you once believed in as you gave up. Further you have to be in prison for a long time or you get executed. Better do it yourself then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 30-07-2011, 14:07:46
"General" of the Volkssturm...

From Wiki:
"In order for these militia units to be effective, Hitler and Bormann counted not only on strength in numbers, but also in fanaticism. During the early stages of Volkssturm planning, it became apparent that if militia units lacked morale they would lack combat effectiveness. To achieve the envisaged fanaticism, Volkssturm units were placed under direct command of the local Nazi party, meaning local Gau- and Kreisleiters."

"With the Nazi Party in charge of organizing the Volkssturm, each Gauleiter, or Nazi Party District Leader, was charged with the leadership, enrollment, and organization of the Volkssturm in their district."

so i guess that "general" (in fact he is just a Batallionsführer - some kind of major) was just a die hard nazi or at least a member of the nsdap. and out of fear, fanaticism or shame he just commited suicide.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 30-07-2011, 18:07:06
I'm pretty sure the title of the thread is "Picture of the Day", not "Warcrime discussion"

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/A_Douglas_SBD_Dive_Bomber_over_Wake_Island%2C_1943.jpg/800px-A_Douglas_SBD_Dive_Bomber_over_Wake_Island%2C_1943.jpg)


Douglas SBD, Wake island 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 31-07-2011, 01:07:25
8====D That is a nice picture! I LOVE SBDs!!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-07-2011, 02:07:31
I wonder why he suicided, if he did warcrimes..ok maybe. But Allies ways of treating prisoners wasn't as harsh as the Axis ones.
Really? Soviets where also part of the Allies. Weren't that nice. But ok, this man had to face the Americans.

Still, think about it.

After you have been captured you are a disgrace for the thing you once believed in as you gave up. Further you have to be in prison for a long time or you get executed. Better do it yourself then.

Also the Axis treated Western Allied POWs very well, it was the slavs and partisans they didn't treat well at all....

He probably committed suicide because he was an officer in the volksturm, as pointed out, that means he was prob nazi party, and while that doesn't mean he did anything bad directly, like work in a concentration camp or something, he probably did oversee deportations of Jews, arrestting of dissidents, etc etc etc.  He prob was a bad guy, maybe not evil, but bad.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 31-07-2011, 05:07:08
Also the Axis treated Western Allied POWs very well, it was the slavs and partisans they didn't treat well at all....

Generally yes, with notable exceptions. Commandos (even those in uniform) were often tortured/executed. American Jews were sometimes identified, removed from POW camps and sent to slave labor camps (the US Army only recently admitted that this happened).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-07-2011, 06:07:10
Also the Axis treated Western Allied POWs very well, it was the slavs and partisans they didn't treat well at all....

Generally yes, with notable exceptions. Commandos (even those in uniform) were often tortured/executed. American Jews were sometimes identified, removed from POW camps and sent to slave labor camps (the US Army only recently admitted that this happened).

Very rarely though, most were not.

As for the commandos, that is indeed true, and was considered a warcrime.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-07-2011, 09:07:16
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5348/bundesarchivbild101i218.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 31-07-2011, 10:07:34
American Jews were sometimes identified, removed from POW camps and sent to slave labor camps (the US Army only recently admitted that this happened).
That's sad  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 31-07-2011, 21:07:57
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_7/s_w01_20607072.jpg)

The USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this December 7, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 01-08-2011, 03:08:29
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/w03_10721018.jpg)
An Sd.Kfz-250 half-track in front of German tank units, as they prepare for an attack, on July 21, 1941, somewhere along the Russian warfront, during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo) #

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/w06_11106119.jpg)
German Stuka dive-bombers, in flight heading towards their target over coastal territory between Dniepr and Crimea, towards the Gate of the Crimea on November 6, 1941. (AP Photo) #

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/w09_3-L20208.jpg)
With a burning bridge across the Dnieper river in the background, a German sentry keeps watch in the recently-captured city of Kiev, in 1941. (Deutsches Bundesarchiv/German Federal Archive) #

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/w18_11102140.jpg)
Evidence of the fierce fighting on the Moscow sector of the front is provided in this photo showing what the Germans claim to be some of the 650,000 Russian prisoners which they captured at Bryansk and Vyasma. They are here seen waiting to be transported to a prisoner of war camp somewhere in Russia, on Nov. 2, 1941. (AP Photo) #

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/w29_10718013.jpg)
German soldiers remove one of many Soviet national emblems during their drive to conquer Russia on July 18, 1941. (AP Photo) #
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 01-08-2011, 03:08:05
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/w44_08270150.jpg)
Russian snipers leave their hide-out in a wheat field, somewhere in Russia, on August 27, 1941, watched by German soldiers. In foreground is a disabled soviet tank. (AP Photo) #

: I Don't think that's wheat I have ever seen.....And i should know I live on a farm.      I think that is weed ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 01-08-2011, 04:08:47
Could be a hemp farm you know, like, for ropes and whatnot.  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 01-08-2011, 05:08:33
Those POW photos are pretty sobering when you look at those guys and realize 2/3 of them probably didn't survive. :(

On the other hand the field of weed misidentified as wheat is hilarious.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 01-08-2011, 06:08:07
What's the tank btw?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 01-08-2011, 07:08:20
Look like a flamethrower tank  version of T-26 - ChT-130/OT-130
http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/12392

BTW ... so everyone agreed , that we gonna see a T-34-76 on some Normandy map ?  ;D
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9674/1002009.jpg
http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/france/france_t-34.htm
And back to the topic ...  8)

Some mysterious KV tank from Russian propaganda film . Probably this is a KV-3 (Object 220) , equipped with standard KV-1 turret .
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2001/34671079.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-08-2011, 08:08:28

Some mysterious KV tank from Russian propaganda film . Probably this is a KV-3 (Object 220) , equipped with standard KV-1 turret .
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2001/34671079.jpg)
Object 220 and KV3 had 7 bottom roadwheels, this one has 6
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 01-08-2011, 09:08:04

Some mysterious KV tank from Russian propaganda film . Probably this is a KV-3 (Object 220) , equipped with standard KV-1 turret .
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2001/34671079.jpg)
Object 220 and KV3 had 7 bottom roadwheels, this one has 6

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5996828833_e3d6430434.jpg)

I'd say that's seven (7) roadwheels..  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-08-2011, 07:08:39
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8987/64570065.jpg)
IJN Super Yamato  aka A150 Project Battleship  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 02-08-2011, 10:08:34
Battleship time:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/BB55Panama_Canal.jpg)

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USS North Carolina on her return form the pacific war, 11 October 1945, photographed in the Panama Canal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-08-2011, 01:08:04
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/161/31f7d9ea25f3b04864b7c52.jpg)
Entering of Stalingrad at the risk of one's own life
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-08-2011, 19:08:24
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2725/00047934.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 03-08-2011, 20:08:47
Looks like there could be easy 50 POWs, now, he only has like 5 or 6 rounds in that thing. Why don't they just flash mob him? LOL (Yea I know there is bound to be more guys with guys then him) ^_^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 03-08-2011, 20:08:52
See Band of Brothers episode 5 'Crossroads'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 03-08-2011, 23:08:18
Looks like there could be easy 50 POWs, now, he only has like 5 or 6 rounds in that thing. Why don't they just flash mob him? LOL (Yea I know there is bound to be more guys with guys then him) ^_^

Yeah, but who wants to be one of the 2-3 guys he can easily gun down. That and the fact that a lot of times people were somewhat resigned to being a prisoner, since it was often better than the alternative.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 03-08-2011, 23:08:43
Most of the times, prisoner revolts don't have a chance because you won't be able to make it to friendly lines and the enemy will always have more men they can call on in reserve. The best you can hope for is to go down fighting.

Evidence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Qala-i-Jangi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaber_Uprising
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp#Birkenau_revolt

Exceptions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Dengler#Escape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobibor_extermination_camp#The_uprising

And even in these cases, most of the prisoners were recaptured or killed shortly after their escape.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 04-08-2011, 00:08:58
Yea, alternative can be bad... lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-08-2011, 04:08:39
Famous WW2 Shot
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/601360-2/Dunkirk2soldiers)

Dunkirk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-08-2011, 19:08:02
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4319/bundesarchivbild101i639.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 05-08-2011, 10:08:02
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w01_07110168.jpg)
Entering their fourth year of war against Japan, Chinese military forces were strengthening their air force, producing their own armaments, and training their officers in the methods of modern war. Here, Chinese cadets in full battle dress, they favor the German type of steel helmet, on parade somewhere in China, on July 11, 1940. (AP Photo)

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Warships of the British Mediterranean Fleet bombarded Fort Cupuzzo at Bardia, Libya, on June 21, 1940. On board one of the battleships was an official photographer who recorded pictures during the bombardment. Anti-aircraft pom-pom guns stand ready for action. (AP Photo) #

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Children of Japan, Germany, and Italy meet in Tokyo to celebrate the signing of the Tripartite Alliance between the three nations, on December 17, 1940. Japanese education minister Kunihiko Hashida, center, holding crossed flags, and Mayor Tomejiro Okubo of Tokyo were among the sponsors. (AP Photo)

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U.S. Postal employees feed 17 tons of reading matter, labeled by postal authorities as propaganda, into a furnace in San Francisco, California, on March 19, 1941. The bulk of the newspapers, books, and pamphlets came from Nazi Germany and some from Russia, Italy and Japan. (AP Photo)

The USA Would never do anything like that :o ::)....lol

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_2/s_w08_3b45301u.jpg)
Two tanks of the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division cross the Bzura River during the German invasion of Poland in September of 1939. The Battle of Bzura, the largest of the entire campaign, lasted more than a week, ending with the German forces capturing most of western Poland. (LOC/Klaus Weill)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-08-2011, 15:08:15
Dude... 1 picture per day.  One and done.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-08-2011, 22:08:55
(http://i.imgur.com/OPnPS.jpg)
October 1944, Budapest
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-08-2011, 11:08:10
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2777/zaczelasiewojna3492091.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-08-2011, 11:08:51
i see what i think is a Gewehr 98 and a FM24/29
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 07-08-2011, 12:08:12
Its a Browning wz.28, and a bunch of other weapons used by Polish.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-08-2011, 12:08:16
Its a Browning wz.28, and a bunch of other weapons used by Polish.
epic <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-08-2011, 12:08:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-158-0094-35%2C_Balkan%2C_PKW_der_Leibstandarte_Adolf_Hitler.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-08-2011, 13:08:21
(http://i3.tinypic.com/w1s1mu.jpg)
fallschirmjäger kingtiger surfing in the battle of the bulge. next to his cigarettes the guy on the left also has a sten gun, although i dont know how ammo supply is, when you arent facing a lot of brits.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 07-08-2011, 14:08:12
Whaddya mean? It's the same 9mm Parabellum/Luger as MP40. Just keep the empty clips and fill them with MP40 cartridges.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-08-2011, 17:08:54
I thought the Mp 40 was considered better than the Sten anyway?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 07-08-2011, 17:08:56
I thought the Mp 40 was considered better than the Sten anyway?
Maybe mp40 wasn't worth teamkill  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-08-2011, 18:08:15
I thought the Mp 40 was considered better than the Sten anyway?
The sten had a semi auto firemode(And this was VERY heavily appreciated) and was faster to reload. The sten is also more compacter and 0.8KG lighter.

Also the MP40 had more troubles with the magazine then the Stengun. For example, many German soldiers never loaded the full 32 rounds in a magazine.The feed double, but ended in single And this caused alot of friction, and resulted in quite some feed failures.Also the magazine was much more subticle to dirt. The sten guns magazine was a direct copy of the Erma MP28's. While having the same problems, it did however, sufferd less from feed failures(due the mag being horizontal) and the sten's magazine had a Slightly thougher spring

Combat wise, the MP40 was actually one of the least performing SMGS during the war.KP31,PPSH, Thompson, Berreta 38..These all had much better combat performance
BUT for the panzertruppen=An excellent weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-08-2011, 00:08:42
I think it's also just personal preference. And stories that the other team always has the better stuff.

I've seen plenty pictures of Commonwealth soldiers with MP40's. Not just trophy show off, but shooting at enemy troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-08-2011, 00:08:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/602459-2/vehicle_hornisse7)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-08-2011, 02:08:19
I think it's also just personal preference. And stories that the other team always has the better stuff.

I've seen plenty pictures of Commonwealth soldiers with MP40's. Not just trophy show off, but shooting at enemy troops.
I would totally take enemy weapons.  You would be the coolest dude in the section!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 02:08:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/602459-2/vehicle_hornisse7)

Ah, I remember that pic fondly, was posted awhile ago.  I made an educated guess at what happened, and sheik came in with the actual story, which confirmed my guess 100% xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-08-2011, 02:08:36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Captured_Italian_tanks_005042.jpg)

Whole fleet of captured Italian tanks, now in Aussie service.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 08-08-2011, 03:08:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/602459-2/vehicle_hornisse7)

Ah, I remember that pic fondly, was posted awhile ago.  I made an educated guess at what happened, and sheik came in with the actual story, which confirmed my guess 100% xD

 Melfa river area if I remember correctly...

 would make one hell of an amazing scenario of maps for FH2, close infantry anti-tank action mixed with plenty of ground assaults against fixed german positions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 04:08:56
That it would....as well would purely having a Hornise ingame :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 08-08-2011, 15:08:08
Some myths never dies ...  :P

(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9661/mythk.jpg)

BTW ... I found that picture very funny  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 08-08-2011, 17:08:21
Say what you want but those tanks look awesome. Sloped armor and everything! and that round turret! wow.
And it actually looks like the Germans are getting their ass kicked. Commander on the right dies. tank on the left shoots somewhere into the sky, middle tank has soldier trying to shoot through the vision slit, cool pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 17:08:22
Yeah, middle tank also has lances thrust through the little hatch on the side, probably stuck in the crew!

I've seen that painting before, never known where it's from though....  Such utter propaganda, I find it amazing that people thing that the Poles were so apparently stupid as to think lances would work on tanks xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-08-2011, 17:08:43
Well in the picture it looks like it's working great
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 08-08-2011, 17:08:57
I've done some searching. Its a painting by polish painter Jerzy Kossak and its called "Battle of Kutno"
there you go a bit more colorful version of painting
http://www.koneser.krakow.pl/photos/2446?size=big
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 18:08:50
Doing even further look, it looks like he was working with the Nazi propagandists.  He released an "updated" version of it in 1943:

(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum24/kutno_39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-08-2011, 18:08:48
I think it's also just personal preference. And stories that the other team always has the better stuff.

I've seen plenty pictures of Commonwealth soldiers with MP40's. Not just trophy show off, but shooting at enemy troops.
Ofcourse. Your army is using a rather simular SMG with matching magazines and ammo. The commonwealth even used a few german tanks during WW2(The famous Cuckoo for example)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-08-2011, 18:08:08
According to Guderian there were cases when Polish cavalry charged Germany tanks, but they were trying to break out after being encircled, not making frontal assaults. Under the circumstances, this was their best option.

http://www.polamjournal.com/Library/APHistory/Cavalry_Myth/cavalry_myth.html

As this article details, Polish cavalry were equipped with horse drawn antitank guns and WZ35 antitank rifles for use against armor. Sabers and lances were carried because they were more effective than bayonets for hand to hand combat on horseback. Carbines were the primary weapon of Polish cavalry (as they were for German horse cavalry).

At the Battle of Mokra on September 1, 1939 the 4th Panzer Division lost 50 tanks in fighting with the Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade.

Here's some Polish cavalry to keep this thread going:
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/Szwadronkawaleriipowracaz__wicze___drugapo__owalat30.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 19:08:31
@Mega:

Gudarian was making it up.  His example was the battle of Krojanty, which actually happened like this:

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The 18th Pomeranian Uhlans spotted a group of German infantry resting in a clearing in the Tuchola Forest heath near the railroad crossroads of Chojnice - Runowo Pomorskie line.

Colonel Kazimierz Mastalerz decided to take the enemy by surprise and ordered Eugeniusz Świeściak, commander of the 1st squadron, to execute a cavalry charge at 1900 hours, leading two squadrons, about 250 strong. Most of the two other squadrons, and their TKS/TK-3 tankettes, were held back in reserve.

The charge was successful: the German infantry unit was dispersed, and the Poles occupied the clearing. However German armored reconnaissance vehicles appeared from the forest road, probably part of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 20, and soon the Polish units came under heavy machine gun fire, probably from Leichter Panzerspähwagen equipped with MG 34, or Schwerer Panzerspähwagen equipped also with a 20 mm gun. The Poles were completely exposed and began to gallop for cover behind a nearby hillock.[5]

Commander Świeściak was killed, as was Mastalerz, who tried to save him. About a third of the Polish force was dead or wounded. On the other hand, the German advance was halted long enough to allow the withdrawal of Polish 1st Rifle battalion and National Defence battalion Czersk from the nearby battle of Chojnice.

The Polish cavalry charge impressed the Germans and caused a delay in the offensive of the German 20th Motorised Infantry Division which considered a tactical retreat. This was however prevented by personal intervention of Gen. Guderian, who in his memoirs stated that he encountered his staff "wearing helmets, preparing an anti-tank gun for a possible Polish cavalry attack,"[6] and that "the panic of the first day of war was overcome quickly".[7]

It is very well accepted that the charges Gudarian cites never actually happened.

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Other possible source of the myth is a quote from Heinz Guderian's memoirs, in which he asserted that the Pomeranian Brigade had charged on German tanks with swords and lances.[5] Although such a charge did not happen and there were no tanks used during the combat, the myth was disseminated by German propaganda during the war with a staged Polish cavalry charge shown in their 1941 reel called "Geschwader Lützow".[1] In that movie Luftwaffe Avia 534B trainer planes of Czech origin acted as Polish PZL-11 fighters. After the end of World War II the same fraud was again being disseminated by Soviet propaganda as an example of the stupidity of Polish commanders and authorities, who allegedly did not prepare their country for war and instead wasted the blood of their soldiers.

There were cases of Polish cavalry riding on horseback at German tanks, but it was in ambushes, where the first and last tanks in a column would be knocked out by Bofors 37mm cannon, and the the cavalry would ride down onto the german tanks and toss satchel charges on them.  Considering they were mostly Panzer 1s and 2s, or very early 3s, Pz38ts, and 4s, this was devastating.

At Mokra, it's generally accepted the Cavalry knocked up between 50 and 100 German tanks.  Problems in recording are that the Germans didn't count repairable tanks as knocked out, whereas the Poles would have counted them as a kill.

Finally, The polish cavalry was responsible for between 350-400 Germans tanks knocked out, out of a total of 700+ in the campaign.  This accounts for over 1/3 of the German tank force committed to Poland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-08-2011, 19:08:43
8 out of 10 polish cavalry charges where a huge succes. The myth that hundreds of polish cavalry troops got slaughtherd is a hoax.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-08-2011, 19:08:32
Wikipedia, citing a Polish article which no longer exists, lists the following cavalry charges in addition to the famous charge at Krojanty:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cavalry#Cavalry_charges_and_propaganda

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    September 1 - Battle of Mokra - 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment took by surprise the elements of German 4th Panzer Division, which retreated in panic.[4][7] During the charge, lances were used.
    September 1 - Battle of Janów - 11th Polish Legion Uhlan Regiment on a recce mission encountered a similar unit of German cavalry. Lieut. Kossakowski ordered a cavalry charge, but the enemy did not accept battle and after a short clash withdrew[3] towards their positions.
    September 2 - Battle of Borowa Góra - 1st squadron of the 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment encountered a squadron of German cavalry in the village of Borowa. A charge was ordered, but the Germans withdrew.[3]
    September 11 - Osuchowo - 1st squadron of the 20th Uhlan Regiment charged through[3] the German infantry lines to avoid encirclement, and broke through. There were negligible losses on both sides.
    September 12 - Kałuszyn - 4th squadron of the 11th Polish Legion Uhlan Regiment charged overnight at the German positions in the town of Kałuszyn. Although the charge was a mistake (the Polish infantry commander issued a wrong order which was understood as a charge order while the cavalry was meant to simply move forward), it was a success. After heavy casualties on both sides, the town was retaken[3] in the early morning.
    September 13 - Mińsk Mazowiecki - 1st squadron of the 2nd Grochów Uhlan Regiment charged German infantry positions, but was repelled by German MG and artillery fire.
    September 13 - Maliszewo - 1st squadron of the 27th Uhlan Regiment was engaged in heavy fighting near the village of Maliszewo. After the Germans were beaten[3] and started to retreat towards the village, the Poles charged and took the village along with a large number of German prisoners.
    September 15 - Brochów - elements of the 17th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment charged towards the German positions to frighten [3] the enemy infantry. Shortly before reaching the range of enemy weapons, they dismounted and continued their assault on foot; the attack was successful.
    September 16 - Dembowskie - a platoon from the 4th squadron of the 17th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment charged towards a small German outpost located around a foresters' hut. The small number of Germans withdrew.[3]
    September 19 - Battle of Wólka Węglowa - Most of the 14th Jazłowiec Uhlan Regiment (without its MGs and AT platoon) was ordered to probe the German lines near the town of Wólka Węglowa. After elements of 9th Małopolska Uhlan Regiment arrived, the group was ordered to charge through the German lines to open the way towards Warsaw and Modlin for the rest of Polish forces who were withdrawing from the Battle of Bzura. The Poles charged through a German artillery barrage and took the German infantry by surprise.[3] Polish losses were high (205 killed and wounded), the German losses remain unknown, but the Polish unit broke through and was the first to reach Warsaw after the Battle of Bzura.
    September 19 - Łomianki - recce squad of 6th Mounted Artillery Detachment charged through the German lines in the town of Lomianki and paved[3] the way for the rest of the unit to Warsaw.
    September 21 - Battle of Kamionka Strumiłowa - 3rd squadron of the 1st Mounted Detachment (improvised) charged through German infantry who were preparing to assault the Polish positions. The preparations were paralysed and the Germans withdrew.[3]
    September 23 - Krasnobród - 1st squadron of the 25th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment charged towards the town of Krasnobród. After heavy casualties, they reached the hilltop on which the town was located. A unit of German organic cavalry from the German 8th Infantry Division countercharged from the hill, but was repelled and the Poles captured the town and took the HQ[3] of the division, together with its commander and about 100 German soldiers. 40 Polish combatants previously taken prisoner by the Germans were also freed.
    September 24 - Husynne - reserve squadron of the 14th Jazlowiec Uhlan Regiment (some 500 sabres), reinforced with an improvised cavalry unit of police and some remnants of divisional organic cavalry, was ordered to break through the Soviet infantry surrounding the Polish positions in the village of Husynne. The charge was led by the mounted police, and the Soviet forces withdrew in panic.[3] However, the attack was soon halted by a strong Soviet tank unit. Casualties were similar on both sides.
    September 26 - Morańce - 27th Uhlan Regiment twice charged an entrenched German infantry battalion in the village of Morańce. Both charges were repelled with heavy casualties (the Poles lost 20 KIA and about 50 wounded, German losses are unknown). After the second charge the Germans sent out a soldier with a white flag and, after a short discussion with the Polish commander of the Nowogródek Cavalry Brigade, the Germans withdrew.[3]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-08-2011, 20:08:26
Also at the end of WW2, the polish under command of the soviets did a succesfull charge again in berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 08-08-2011, 20:08:21
Also at the end of WW2, the polish under command of the soviets did a succesfull charge again in berlin.
Screw tanks  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 21:08:45
Also at the end of WW2, the polish under command of the soviets did a succesfull charge again in berlin.
Screw tanks  ;D

More like screw the russians:P  They succeeded where the russkies had failed:

http://www.chakoten.dk/polryt07.html

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"West Pomerania on the morning of March 1, 1945. A chill wind was sweeping low, heavy, threatening clouds across the rolling countryside; small lakes sparkled among the dark forests and, here and there, patches of dirty snow could still be seen. In a village near to the small town of Schönfeld, the military band was playing the Polish national anthem "Poland is not yet lost". [The "Dobrowski Marski" in Polish, as far as I know/PEFIN.]

Two cavalry squadrons was trotting in front of a group of senior officers. One of the squadrons, under Lieutenant Spisacki, wheeled round to the right towards the forest as the other, under Lieutenant Starak, moved straight ahead towards the railway line. A few kilometres further on, in a valley, lay Schönfeld, behind flat meadows criss-crossed like a chessboard with irrigation canals. The town was divided by the railway line with a trunk road running directly parallel; on both sides were lakes, while beyond were more meadows and woods. It was here that the Pomeranian "wall" was situated - the last German defence line between the Oder and Berlin.

The horsemen of the 1. Samodzielna Warzawska Brygada Kawalerii - a cavalry brigade fighting on the side of the Soviet Union as part of the 1. Armia WP, the 1st Polish People's Army - had a tough nut to crack: they were to break through the Pomeranian wall if at all possible. The Poles had already been trying to storm the German lines for two days. The tanks and infantry storming party had got stuck in the boggy fields the previous day and was then wiped out in a hail of anti-tank grenade fire from powerful tank-busters, well camouflaged in the irrigation ditches. The infantry was forced to withdraw with heavy losses under heavy machine-gun fire. The task, which the T-34 tanks and the assault infantry had failed to achieve, was now to be undertaken by two cavalry squadrons supported by the remaining tanks. The cavalry could only hope that the Germans would direct their anti-tank gunfire at the T-34s and not at the horses.

A few tanks moved in line towards the trunk road, and a red very-light soared into the air in a high arc: this was the signal for the cavalry to attack. The squadron commander Lieutenant Starak, raised his sabre and ordered: "Forward - Follow me!" Yelling "Hurrah" they galloped off and rapidly crossed the road. Thick billows of smoke from the burning tanks formed a protective blanket. They were quickly upon the horrified and astonished anti-tank gunners: "Russian Cossacks, Russian Cossacks!" The gunners had probably thought it impossible that cavalry would be accompanying the tanks. Behind the German positions, the horsemen dismounted and attacked from the rear.

The second squadron, under Lieutenant Spisacki, had assembled in a small corpse and was soon in difficulty. Even before their charge, a section of the tank force had got stuck in thick mud and was now in flames, hit from the side by German anti-tank fire. The exploding tanks made the horses shy, and the thick black smoke caused confusion. The galloped blindly through. In the trenches ahead of them all was quiet, then suddenly shooting broke out. Possibly the Germans had been disconcerted momentarily by the sight of the cavalry galloping towards them. The squadron's horsemen jumped over the forward German positions, found cover in a hollow a short distance from Schönfeld, and dismounted. It was the last Polish cavalry charge in history.

Both squadrons fought their way nearer to the town. And by evening, with tank and infantry support, Schönfeld, which was fortified with a few dugouts, had been captured. The infantry losses were 370 dead and wounded, but the cavalry lost only seven uhlans."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-08-2011, 21:08:04
this was also the biggest advantage of cavalry. Even back then, nobody expected a cavalary charge
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 21:08:29
Exactly.  And for the infantry man, there was incredible fear of the thunderous noise, the seemingly unstoppable mass of flesh, and of course, less the bullet, and more the cold steel of a sabre or lance.  The lance and the sabre, throughout the history of guns, were always much more feared than the bullet, probably due to their wounds, and the pure idea of seeing the thing that will kill you, and the closeness of it, rather than the tiny lump of lead you never see.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-08-2011, 21:08:22
Yep and the fact that you can see it coming means that you can run away. Which means that the possibility of running away is in your mind and you can act on it. Unlike a bullet, which you can't see in order to outrun.

And TheTao is right, cavalry charges were only successful because no one was expecting them. If they had been a commonly used tactic, infantry would have adapted and charges would have become suicidal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-08-2011, 21:08:34
I can understand why that'd be scary, i'd be so fucking pissed off if I got lanced in fucking 1939.  I could deal with it more in like 1809, but if that shit happened to me in ww2 I'd flip a shit/die.

Here's some Chinese cavalry.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Menggukangriyoujidui.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-08-2011, 22:08:14
I remember seeing a while back a picture of Mongolian camel cavalry that took part in Operation August Storm in 1945, but I can't find it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2011, 22:08:41
I have a pic of Romanian Camel Cavalry....

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3962/romaniancamels.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-08-2011, 22:08:21
Any pictures of the Micronesian Camel Corps?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 08-08-2011, 23:08:34
poles never charged german tanks on horses.

i dont see how cavalry would have worked in ww2. horses for logistical purposes were good and needed. but how dou you want to fight on a horse? you cant aim, and charging without the element of surprise is more than dangerous. and even when you catch your enemy off guard he can shoot at you with rifles (also mgs were in all german squads, and how long does it take to set them up?) - how do you want to shoot accurately from a horse?

also the path of horses charging is rather predictable. - the first thing i would do would be tossing grenades into their path. also the horses (even though special trained battle horses existed even before the middle ages) would suffer under the stress of explosions. even though its evil i would try to startle/ injure the horses - thats the weakness.

obviously there were cases where cavalry acted successful in ww2 but still its rather hard for me to imagine that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 08-08-2011, 23:08:15
I have a pic of Romanian Camel Cavalry....

(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3962/romaniancamels.jpg)

I request an explanation of this bizarre picture, since camels and desert environments are not found in Romania...

Edit: AxisHistory tells me they were Turkmen serving with Romanian forces?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 08-08-2011, 23:08:23
i dont see how cavalry would have worked in ww2.

That's true. What's more statistic show that upkeep of cavalry in Poland was higher than it would be when we'd invest in tanks. Truth is that Polish cavalry was an outdated type of unit and fought mostly on foot.

About the cavalry throwing satchels at tanks - I belive that I read about it but it was about Poles versus Soviets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2011, 07:08:04
i dont see how cavalry would have worked in ww2.

That's true. What's more statistic show that upkeep of cavalry in Poland was higher than it would be when we'd invest in tanks. Truth is that Polish cavalry was an outdated type of unit and fought mostly on foot.

About the cavalry throwing satchels at tanks - I belive that I read about it but it was about Poles versus Soviets.

That account is from Kading's friend's grandfather, who was one of the Polish cavalry men doing it.

And of course it was supposed to fight on foot.  It had nothing to do with being outdated, cavalry had been mainly a foot fighting force since the US Civil war.  It was actually the best investment for Poland, it was affordable unlike true motorization (remember, only England ever fully motorized their troops).


poles never charged german tanks on horses.

i dont see how cavalry would have worked in ww2. horses for logistical purposes were good and needed. but how dou you want to fight on a horse? you cant aim, and charging without the element of surprise is more than dangerous. and even when you catch your enemy off guard he can shoot at you with rifles (also mgs were in all german squads, and how long does it take to set them up?) - how do you want to shoot accurately from a horse?

also the path of horses charging is rather predictable. - the first thing i would do would be tossing grenades into their path. also the horses (even though special trained battle horses existed even before the middle ages) would suffer under the stress of explosions. even though its evil i would try to startle/ injure the horses - thats the weakness.

obviously there were cases where cavalry acted successful in ww2 but still its rather hard for me to imagine that.

1)  Cavalry was far less expensive than motorization.  The Germans never got above 25% or so motorization for the entire war, and for most of it, it was less than that.

2)  You don't fight from a horse.  As I said above, cavalry stopped fighting from horses 90% of the time since the US Civil War, in which almost all cavalry actions were fought dismounted.

3)  Grenades won't do much to a horse, horses can take multiple gun shots and keep going, they are built mostly of muscle.

4)  Horses were trained to not be afraid of explosions.  They way they did it in the 1800s was to repeatedly charge them at cannon firing blank rounds.  Eventually, the horses grew used to it, since it wasn't harming them.

And to summerize the situation fully:

Germany started the war with a single cavalry division.  By 1943, they had several cavalry corps, a cossak corp, and 2 SS cavalry divisions.  Some served as anti-partisan, and others served in Russia, using their ability to go where motors couldn't.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-08-2011, 11:08:03
(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/9522/plpziv.jpg)
First , and only one , picture of captured Panzer IV and used by Polish Soldiers in Italy . Still unknow,  if this picture is actually from 1944 and not from 1945 . Tank probably painted in British Olive Green .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 09-08-2011, 17:08:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28150%2C_Deutsche_Soldaten_mit_Panzerf%C3%A4usten.jpg)
German soldiers, armed with Panzerfausts, Eastern Front, February 45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-08-2011, 19:08:47
someone enlighten me, i noticed that on many late war photos the german soldiers seem to wear more and more caps than helmets. where there not enough helmets? was there a lack of materials? or where so many young and old "men" drafted that production coulndt keep up? or did i just spot wrong?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-08-2011, 19:08:59
someone enlighten me, i noticed that on many late war photos the german soldiers seem to wear more and more caps than helmets. where there not enough helmets? was there a lack of materials? or where so many young and old "men" drafted that production coulndt keep up? or did i just spot wrong?

It is winter and you are freezing, what would you wear, your steel helmet or your woollen cap. I would know what to choose. Most of these late war pics are from the first 3 months of the year, temperatures in Europe in March can still easily go below -10 during the nights then and stay around freezing during the day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 09-08-2011, 19:08:53
someone enlighten me, i noticed that on many late war photos the german soldiers seem to wear more and more caps than helmets. where there not enough helmets? was there a lack of materials? or where so many young and old "men" drafted that production coulndt keep up? or did i just spot wrong?

It is winter and you are freezing, what would you wear, your steel helmet or your woollen cap. I would know what to choose. Most of these late war pics are from the first 3 months of the year, temperatures in Europe in March can still easily go below -10 during the nights then and stay around freezing during the day.

-10? hahahaaaa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-08-2011, 19:08:27
ive seen pictures of soldiers wearing the cap under their helmet - so i would prefer a combination of those two. i know that the volkssturm at least had problems to get uniforms for its troops so i thought a supply with helmets for the regular troops would also have dificulties.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2011, 20:08:35
Actually, you just plain can't get a cap into the German helmets.  They were size fitted to your head, so there simply wasn't room for that extra wool.  So that's why you don't see that.  The germans never ran out of helmets though :P  Even volksturm got some in the form of the home defense Luftschutz "gladiator" helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 09-08-2011, 20:08:44
Can I zee a pic of one of those pl0x?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-08-2011, 20:08:34
someone enlighten me, i noticed that on many late war photos the german soldiers seem to wear more and more caps than helmets. where there not enough helmets? was there a lack of materials? or where so many young and old "men" drafted that production coulndt keep up? or did i just spot wrong?

It is winter and you are freezing, what would you wear, your steel helmet or your woollen cap. I would know what to choose. Most of these late war pics are from the first 3 months of the year, temperatures in Europe in March can still easily go below -10 during the nights then and stay around freezing during the day.

-10? hahahaaaa
? You walk in t-shirts with -10?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-08-2011, 20:08:08
(http://www.etulinja.net/images/galleries/2/images/ikkelajarvi05.jpg)

Actually, you just plain can't get a cap into the German helmets.

that was one of the pics where i saw it. but its obviously no ww2 photo and just bad reenactment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2011, 20:08:36
Can I zee a pic of one of those pl0x?

(http://www.danielsww2.com/sitebuilder/images/LuftschutzHelmetPhoto-279x399.jpg)

http://www.google.com/search?q=luftschutz+helmet&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=888
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 09-08-2011, 21:08:40
someone enlighten me, i noticed that on many late war photos the german soldiers seem to wear more and more caps than helmets. where there not enough helmets? was there a lack of materials? or where so many young and old "men" drafted that production coulndt keep up? or did i just spot wrong?

It is winter and you are freezing, what would you wear, your steel helmet or your woollen cap. I would know what to choose. Most of these late war pics are from the first 3 months of the year, temperatures in Europe in March can still easily go below -10 during the nights then and stay around freezing during the day.

-10? hahahaaaa
? You walk in t-shirts with -10?

Almost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-08-2011, 21:08:29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Josefstalinjatkosota.jpg)

Quote
The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive or Karelian offensive was a strategic operation by the Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus and East Karelia fronts of the Continuation War, on the Eastern Front of World War II. The Soviet forces captured East Karelia and Vyborg. After that, however, fighting reached a stalemate.

The operations of the strategic offensive can be divided into the following offensives:

    Vyborg (10 June 1944 - 20 June 1944) by the Leningrad Front
    Virojoki-Lappeenranta (21 June 1944 - 15 July 1944) by the Leningrad Front
        Björkö landing (20 June 1944 - 25 June 1944) by the Baltic Fleet
    Svir–Petrozavodsk (21 June 1944 - 9 August 1944) Karelian Front
        Tuloksa landing (June 23, 1944 - June 27, 1944) by the Soviet Ladoga Flotilla
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-08-2011, 21:08:32
? You walk in t-shirts with -10?

Almost.

Makes you pretty cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 09-08-2011, 22:08:35
Can I zee a pic of one of those pl0x?

(http://www.danielsww2.com/sitebuilder/images/LuftschutzHelmetPhoto-279x399.jpg)

http://www.google.com/search?q=luftschutz+helmet&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=888
Tnx / Tomo arigato / molto grazie / vielen dank / merci  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-08-2011, 03:08:33
? You walk in t-shirts with -10?

Almost.

Makes you pretty cool.

The colder it gets, the more t-shirts I wear.  ;D

(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/7153/ed45ac1415c9bc18f2243de.jpg)
Germans in Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-08-2011, 10:08:18
Apart from that very lame joke, I do walk around in t-shirts with that temperature. Only not outside. Just a t-shirt and a coat does the job. And on the subject of freezing temperatures..

Italian Alpini in Ukraine, 1942. Caption said with captures Russian MG.

(http://images50.fotki.com/v1526/fileF8eI/2db62/6/1267826/7675761/AlpiniinUkrainia1942.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 10-08-2011, 14:08:58
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7044/interrogationsovjetpart.jpg)
Soviet POW being interrogated, somewhere on Eastern Front, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: C.Abrams on 12-08-2011, 04:08:06
The 1st flag raised in Iwo Jima (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/First_Iwo_Jima_Flag_Raising.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tim270 on 12-08-2011, 09:08:31
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Hampden-bomber-bombs.jpg)

Quote
A Handley Page Hampden bomber prepares for operations at RAF Scampton
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 12-08-2011, 09:08:12
nice pics m8 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-08-2011, 18:08:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-698-0038-07%2C_Russland%2C_8%2C8cm_Pak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-08-2011, 19:08:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Nymphe_Norwegian_harbour.jpg)

"Nymphe" a german anti-aircraft ship, or Flak ship. Origenally HnoMS Tordenskjold a former coastal defense ship, she was rebuild with 6 flak 10.5cm, 2 40mm bofors and 14 20mm oerlikon cannons
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 12-08-2011, 19:08:49
Jesus Christ I want that thing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-08-2011, 11:08:58
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=213622)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-08-2011, 12:08:50
Too bad Hellikki didnt do anything like the rest of her sisters who arrived in -44. Notice the extra concrete armour added on the vehicle.

Is this pic from the war thought? It could very well be post-war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-08-2011, 13:08:53
(http://englishrussia.com/images/newpictures/germoccup007-13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 13-08-2011, 13:08:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-698-0038-07%2C_Russland%2C_8%2C8cm_Pak.jpg)

Saw one in Normandy and that really is one giant ass cannon.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 13-08-2011, 14:08:16
very huge gun, found a pic of it with soldiers so you can see how big:
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger-2-2002-Picz/PaK43.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-08-2011, 14:08:12
Pak43

Y U NOT on Operation totalize?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-08-2011, 15:08:42
It's only as big as the 17 pounder AT gun IIRC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 13-08-2011, 17:08:53
The cradle might be but the gun isnt surely? considering its an 88mm L/71.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 13-08-2011, 18:08:03
It's only as big as the 17 pounder AT gun IIRC

Judging by pictures, the Pak 43 is about 1-1,5 times the size. And it's 1,5 times the weight.
(http://www.war44.com/misc/images/3/17-pdr_anti-tank_gun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-08-2011, 18:08:20
Pak 43= 4.3 tonnes
17PDR=3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 13-08-2011, 19:08:20
We have the pak 43 ingame... It's just in the Jagdkitty
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 13-08-2011, 20:08:10
We have the pak 43 ingame... It's just in the Jagdkitty
of course it is. its also in the Tiger II, but if you are refering to theta0123s comment its still not on totalize.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-08-2011, 02:08:05
We have the pak 43 ingame... It's just in the Jagdkitty
of course it is. its also in the Tiger II, but if you are refering to theta0123s comment its still not on totalize.
Yep. The 17PDR was not on totalize btw, but it WAS present at operation goodwood and the defense of falaise pocket

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Totalise88gun.jpg)
this is the photo of the Pak 43 at Operation totalize


It is a shame Operation perch is not in FH2. This would have been truly an epic map. 17PDR, Pak 43, Centaur tanks..*drools
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-08-2011, 09:08:41
17Pdr could replace the 6pdr's on Goodwood.  :P

Fair? Who gives a crap!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 15-08-2011, 01:08:24
(http://img48.exs.cx/img48/5629/stug3_07_153.jpg)
"US-soldiers with captured Stg-44 and Sturmgeschütz 3"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 15-08-2011, 15:08:55
With concrete topping  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 15-08-2011, 16:08:14
MOAR CAPTURED STUFF!
(http://wio.ru/tank/capt/sov-pz43.jpg)
Zhe Russians with captured PzIV F1 and PzIII J
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-08-2011, 20:08:05
(http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/attachments/world-wars/5060d1153391643-prokhorovka-tank-battle-what-really-happened-su-76i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 16-08-2011, 01:08:04
New piczor!
German Hotchkiss H38 in Split, Croatia, October 1943
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-049-1553-16%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Split%2C_Einmarsch_von_Panzern.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-08-2011, 07:08:31
Going to some African  party  :P ?
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7881/tygryseki.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-08-2011, 11:08:18
keinen party mit schnapps Britzen schveinhunden!

"Ooh jerries please! Our tea is just as fine! Homebrewed on a hot Crusader tank!

(http://ww2db.com/images/weapon_maxim1910_16.jpg)
PV-1 in a triple mount. PV-1's are aircooled aircraft versions of the PM M1910 or russian maxim.

So many thousands got built and where leftover, they all got converted into single, dual, triple, quadruple and even OCTO static Machinegun mounts.
Here you can see them on an armoured train, heading towards the outskirts of the ladoga lake, for supplies send towards leningrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 16-08-2011, 17:08:16
^ please take german lessons, please, please!

(http://www.ascene.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/asc-die-russen-sind-da.jpg)
Russian Soldiers "reloading" a Stalin-Organ in Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 16-08-2011, 17:08:39
http://www.milweb.net/features/m3a1_stuart_tank.php

Pictures in the link. Someone found 16 M3 Stuart tanks in the jungles of Brazil and had them shipped to the UK.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-08-2011, 17:08:57
^ please take german lessons, please, please!

German sucks

German english is focking awesome
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 17-08-2011, 00:08:48
Renault R35 somewhere in Jugoslavia
Pic says 1941-42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-174-1154-13%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_franz%C3%B6sischer_Panzer_H39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-08-2011, 20:08:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-291-1213-34%2C_Dieppe%2C_Landungsversuch%2C_deutsche_MG-Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-08-2011, 20:08:27
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//coolsovietpictures53666.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 20-08-2011, 01:08:49
2 pics of wehrmacht training, could be slightly pre war but its still interesting.

(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3846/mgtraining7pn.jpg)
what gun is that? the discription says its during the grundausbildung/ basic training of wehrmacht soldiers.

(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4289/ergebenfrdenfallderfllealsbung.jpg)
also basic training: how to act when capturing hostile soldiers and how to behave when being captured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-08-2011, 02:08:37
vz 37 heavy mg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-08-2011, 02:08:48
vz 37 heavy mg

Also known as MG37(t)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-08-2011, 11:08:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J24359%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_Kolonne_von_Panzer_V_%28Panther%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-08-2011, 13:08:10
vz 37 heavy mg

Also known as MG37(t)
Y U NOT IN FH2!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 20-08-2011, 15:08:54
vz 37 heavy mg

Also known as MG37(t)
Y U NOT IN FH2!

It is already ingame since 2.0.  You can find it on every british tank.

(http://datastoreonline.de/trollface.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-08-2011, 15:08:19
vz 37 heavy mg

Also known as MG37(t)
Y U NOT IN FH2!

It is already ingame since 2.0.  You can find it on every british tank.

(http://datastoreonline.de/trollface.jpg)
And on Marder III
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-08-2011, 16:08:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Houffalize-Panther-1945.jpg)

Panther in a Belgian river, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-08-2011, 18:08:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/567459-2/romanians_caucasus_autumn_1942_11)
need Romanian Forces  :<
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-08-2011, 19:08:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Houffalize-Panther-1945.jpg)

Panther in a Belgian river, 1945.
That panther got scrapped in 1969 on order off the walloon goverment

FACKING FRENCH BASTARDS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 20-08-2011, 19:08:19
LOL, they left it upside down in the river for 24 years?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 20-08-2011, 20:08:00
(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq8pg72qiS1qmsesco1_500.jpg)

83rd infantry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-08-2011, 22:08:55
LOL, they left it upside down in the river for 24 years?

No, Vehicle was recovered out of the river Ourthe by French engineers on 20th September 1948.
(http://www.oorlogsmusea.nl/upload/0824061012210053.jpg)
It is still in Houffalize, only like 50 meters from that bridge. The tank used to belong to the 116th armour division and was numbered 111. Crew was still dead inside upon recovery. What happened nobody really seems to know, but most likely a bomb hit very closeby cousin the tank to go off the bridge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-08-2011, 00:08:47
LOL, they left it upside down in the river for 24 years?

No, Vehicle was recovered out of the river Ourthe by French engineers on 20th September 1948.
(http://www.oorlogsmusea.nl/upload/0824061012210053.jpg)
It is still in Houffalize, only like 50 meters from that bridge. The tank used to belong to the 116th armour division and was numbered 111. Crew was still dead inside upon recovery. What happened nobody really seems to know, but most likely a bomb hit very closeby cousin the tank to go off the bridge.
you sure that is the same one? Because i do remeber a panther tank wich met its fate that way
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-08-2011, 00:08:04
Always take a picture of the sign next to the tank :)
Not the same picture as posted, but it looks rather the same scene.
(http://www.panther1944.de/Bilder/Panther/g_houffalize/g_houffalize_tafel.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 21-08-2011, 01:08:53
'Die Bilder gibt's hier:

www.panther1944.de'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-08-2011, 11:08:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/GuadTenaruSandbar.jpg)

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Dead Japanese soldiers, killed assaulting United States Marine positions, lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal after the battle on August 21, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 21-08-2011, 14:08:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/GuadTenaruSandbar.jpg)

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Dead Japanese soldiers, killed assaulting United States Marine positions, lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal after the battle on August 21, 1942.

around 4:00
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-08-2011, 16:08:05
Some cold French soldiers in 1945.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/454505-2/PT2-photo2-440)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-08-2011, 20:08:59
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/GuadTenaruSandbar.jpg
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Dead Japanese soldiers, killed assaulting United States Marine positions, lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal after the battle on August 21, 1942.

around 4:00

Mostly killed by M2 and M3 Stuarts  8)
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-M2A4.jpg)
Guadalcanal was first and last operation for M2 light tanks ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 21-08-2011, 20:08:09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/M2A4-Guadalcanal.jpg)

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Guadalcanal-Tulagi Landings, 7-9 August 1942 - A US Marine Corps M2A4 "Stuart" light tank is hoisted from Alchiba (AK-23) into a LCM(2) landing craft, off the Guadalcanal invasion beaches on the first day of landings there, 7 August 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 21-08-2011, 22:08:31
Found this little number in my unsorted bookmarks:

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/453209-2/Rintamamies_ja_lintu)
Finnish soldier with his two pets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-08-2011, 01:08:07
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/GuadTenaruSandbar.jpg
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Dead Japanese soldiers, killed assaulting United States Marine positions, lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal after the battle on August 21, 1942.

around 4:00

Mostly killed by M2 and M3 Stuarts  8)
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-M2A4.jpg)
Guadalcanal was first and last operation for M2 light tanks ...

Um, no, the Stuarts only cleaned up the survivors after the battle was over.  The main killer of the battle was actually 2 37mm AT guns firing canister over the sandbar....:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Front_line_of_Kwajalein.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-08-2011, 01:08:24
grapeshot!

Free French soldiers in Italy 1944. 
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/253063-2/life_99n)

Also where is Johannes, I know I have seen pictures of Free French with the classic French greatcoat, and I just got one and want to start a Free French impression and was wondering if that was accurate at all.  Johannes is always the man when it comes to questions on the French, unless maybe VM knows.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 23-08-2011, 01:08:25
Interesting that they still have French helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 23-08-2011, 01:08:21
I think Johannes once said that every French soldier was ordered to get as much original gear as possible.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 23-08-2011, 10:08:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-599-1043-31%2C_Frankreich%2C_Soldaten_im_Liegestuhl_vor_Bunker.jpg)

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German soldiers infront of their bunker somewhere at the English Channel. 1942/43
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-08-2011, 19:08:04
 ;) escalles (bottom of cap blanc nez) in nord pas de calais
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 24-08-2011, 13:08:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/American_tank_firing.jpg/800px-American_tank_firing.jpg)

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M10 near Saint Lo, June 1944.


;) escalles (bottom of cap blanc nez) in nord pas de calais

Thanks for info, thought yesterday about asking, whether someones the correct position, but I forgot it.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-08-2011, 01:08:27
Maori battalion Haka!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/E_003261_E_Maoris_in_North_Africa_July_1941.jpg/608px-E_003261_E_Maoris_in_North_Africa_July_1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 25-08-2011, 01:08:47
I'd make a face like that too if I got sand in my shoe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 25-08-2011, 01:08:25
I love maori warrior faces. They really look so mad, that they will rip your guts out and decorate a christmas tree with your intestinals.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 25-08-2011, 02:08:43
I love maori warrior faces. They really look so mad, that they will rip your guts out and decorate a christmas tree with your intestinals.
Or just play Rugby.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 25-08-2011, 02:08:15
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/GuadTenaruSandbar.jpg
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Dead Japanese soldiers, killed assaulting United States Marine positions, lie on the sandbar at the mouth of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal after the battle on August 21, 1942.

around 4:00

Mostly killed by M2 and M3 Stuarts  8)
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-M2A4.jpg)
Guadalcanal was first and last operation for M2 light tanks ...

Um, no, the Stuarts only cleaned up the survivors after the battle was over.  The main killer of the battle was actually 2 37mm AT guns firing canister over the sandbar....:

Why did the Japanese always use such rush tactics and suicide charges during the Island hopping campaign?  Did the Japanese soldiers on the mainland use such tactics?

It seems like they could have performed a lot better if they fought more conservatively instead of wasting so many lives like that.

EDIT - I know they didn't always do that, but it seems like each battle for the Japanese always ended with them using stupid rush tactics on the islands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-08-2011, 02:08:29
Well the Japanese at first often fought defensivly with most focus on stopping the Allies on the beaches of the islands, a strategy that didn't always work too well, often getting blown up by naval gunfire.   When thier beach defences were breached, they didn't have much hope left to win so they made a final banzai charge to kill as many Americans as possible and to sacrifice their lives.

At islands like Iwo Jima and Guam the Japanese fought with defences in depth, learning from experience, and caused a whole tonne of trouble for the Allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-08-2011, 02:08:26
They used them in China too, they used them everywhere.  It was simply their training, a lack of respect for life, and the fact that they had heavily learned in China that they were highly effective, the chinese troops would generally run away rather than stay and fight when faced with a massive human wave.  Such military training is very hard to change, especially in wartime conditions.  It was, in essence, the only way they knew to conduct offensive action.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 25-08-2011, 04:08:41
It was, in essence, the only way they knew to conduct offensive action.

I think that might be an overgeneralization, seeing as how the Japanese managed to conquer a lot of territory in 1941-1942 without resorting to suicide charges all the time.

I think part of the "beach defense" versus "defense in depth" debate is overblown. Early islands that the Japanese defended only at the beach were places like Tarawa or Eniwetok where the island is basically nothing but beach. You couldn't defend those places in depth because there was no depth to fall back to.

Larger islands such as Peleliu, Okinawa, etc were larger and could be defended differently.

Basically, though, small islands can only hold out for so long without naval support. They'll all fall eventually.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-08-2011, 06:08:35
Eehhh, pretty much all their assaults in Burma, Malaya, Wake, Philippines , and New Guinea did indeed fall back on human wave assaults.  They were adept at getting in close, at stealthly moving into position, but at the last moment, they would indeed frontally attack.  It was something they had done since the Russo-Japanese war, and was rigid to their military code even before the twisting and contorting of Bushido.

On the rest, however, I agree.  It's sorta hard to defend in depth a tiny strip of sand.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 25-08-2011, 09:08:04
My guess is this one has already been done - but a great story all the same

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Wojtek_the_bear.jpg)

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Wojtek, was a Syrian brown bear cub found in Iran and adopted by soldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, Wojtek helped move ammunition.

According to numerous accounts, during the Battle of Monte Cassino, Wojtek helped his friends by transporting ammunition – never dropping a single crate. In recognition of the bear's popularity, the HQ approved an effigy of a bear holding an artillery shell as the official emblem of the 22nd Company (by then renamed to 22nd Transport Company).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_%28soldier_bear%29
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-08-2011, 15:08:51
Thats one epic bear
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 25-08-2011, 16:08:46
Does that make him a Warbear? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 25-08-2011, 16:08:40
Does that make him a Warbear? ;D

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The name "Wojtek" or "Wojciech" is an old Slavic name that is still very common in Poland today. It derives from two words: "woj" (the stem of "wojownik", warrior, and "wojna", war); and "ciech", enjoyment. Thus the name has two meanings: "he who enjoys war" or "smiling warrior".

Looks like it... A smiling warbear! :P


(http://www.scenicreflections.com/files/Smiling_Bear_Wallpaper_b854b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-08-2011, 17:08:23
That bear looks like he is about to say: It is good day to ban people!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 26-08-2011, 01:08:03
He's happy, you're n.... *Flyboy's been banned*  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 26-08-2011, 01:08:41
Happy liberation of Paris day!  Vive la France!


(http://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/c10b3d8cae.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 26-08-2011, 06:08:52
France ca. 1944
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_frenchresistance3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-08-2011, 11:08:59
(http://images36.fotosik.pl/76/c0b5e50287c8bb8c.jpg)
Armoured draisine , probably some NKVD units . I wish to see some on East Front maps  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 26-08-2011, 20:08:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/HMS_Warspite%2C_Sicily_1943.jpg)

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July 1943: The 15 inch guns of HMS WARSPITE hurling shells at enemy troops still holding out at Catania, Sicily.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 27-08-2011, 04:08:59
Eehhh, pretty much all their assaults in Burma, Malaya, Wake, Philippines , and New Guinea did indeed fall back on human wave assaults.  They were adept at getting in close, at stealthly moving into position, but at the last moment, they would indeed frontally attack.  It was something they had done since the Russo-Japanese war, and was rigid to their military code even before the twisting and contorting of Bushido.

On the rest, however, I agree.  It's sorta hard to defend in depth a tiny strip of sand.

 A very close friend of mine (now deceased), used to tell me of his travails in Burma for the entire war and he always had a healthy respect for the stealth employed by the Japanese.
He would specifically talk of establishing defence in depth at night because the Japanese would attack from anywhere, given half the chance. The Japanese sometimes fought dumb and they sometimes fought smart but one common refrain is that "they always fought hard".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-08-2011, 12:08:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Danish_soldiers_on_9_April_1940.jpg)

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A group of Danish soldiers on the morning of the German invasion, 9 April 1940. Two of these men were killed later that day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-08-2011, 12:08:05
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7405/102228.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 28-08-2011, 15:08:15
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A group of Danish soldiers on the morning of the German invasion, 9 April 1940. Two of these men were killed later that day

Two of the 17 danish soldiers who were killed during operation weserübung.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 28-08-2011, 16:08:44
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A group of Danish soldiers on the morning of the German invasion, 9 April 1940. Two of these men were killed later that day

Two of the 17 danish soldiers who were killed during operation weserübung.

11 soldiers...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 28-08-2011, 17:08:30
i read it were 17 some time ago, and wiki confirms this.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmen_Weser%C3%BCbung

(yeah, wiki isnt a good source)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 28-08-2011, 18:08:00
11 soldiers, 3 bodergurds and 2 airpersonel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-08-2011, 20:08:31
i read it were 17 some time ago, and wiki confirms this.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmen_Weser%C3%BCbung

(yeah, wiki isnt a good source)
Sometimes it is, sometimes it issent. Well popular articles often have great sources wich are confirmed by wikipedia itself
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 28-08-2011, 21:08:57
From looking at English language Wiki...

...Did the Germans seriously lose 203 men killed or wounded taking Denmark, at the cost of 16 Danes killed and 20 wounded?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-08-2011, 21:08:49
From looking at English language Wiki...

...Did the Germans seriously lose 203 men killed or wounded taking Denmark, at the cost of 16 Danes killed and 20 wounded?

Considering the Canadians and Americans lost over 100 people storming an empty island once that seems possible.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-08-2011, 21:08:17
if we recount the events and battles, it is pretty certain that the germans did lost that amount of men. Especialy the Madsen 20mm guns inflicted alot of damage on the relativly light equipped german forces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-08-2011, 00:08:09
Especially the ones mounted on the motorcycles.  Those things ate Panzer 1s and 2s for breakfast.

Also, here be italian AND british bias...in the same photo!:


(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/watermark.php?file=14756&size=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-08-2011, 09:08:12
Actully, the 20mm Madsen wasn't able to penetrate PzI or PzII to the front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-08-2011, 10:08:04
And that's why they shot at the sides and rear.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-08-2011, 10:08:29
A little hard when they come at you front on ;)

(http://www.nefer.dk/1206120.jpg)

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1. company 4. battalion from Odense Barrack April 8th in Søgaardlejren. Two of the soldiers will not return home alive(the two on the other picture)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-08-2011, 11:08:52
Actully, the 20mm Madsen wasn't able to penetrate PzI or PzII to the front.
From long range no.. but the Danish had these guns alot, and spreaded the guns well around. And since most german convoys decided to take the roads...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-08-2011, 11:08:12
From long range no.. but the Danish had these guns alot, and spreaded the guns well around. And since most german convoys decided to take the roads...

Actully, only two PzI were destroyed by the Madsen 20mm, and that was in side cities
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-08-2011, 12:08:15
From long range no.. but the Danish had these guns alot, and spreaded the guns well around. And since most german convoys decided to take the roads...

Actully, only two PzI were destroyed by the Madsen 20mm, and that was in side cities
Yes but casualties where huge amongst armoured car and motorcycle troops. 11 armoured cars where lost. 2 Panzers I where destroyed, but 4 Panzer II's where heavily damaged with crew casualties.
The largest casualties was at Abild. with 2 armoured cars destroyed and 2 failed german assaults on the danish anti-tank team.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-08-2011, 12:08:10
Are you sure, because in Haderslev, 3 tanks were destoyed, 1 tank damaged, severel infantry killed.

And in Bredevad, 3 - 4 Sd.Kfz 222 got destroyed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-08-2011, 13:08:56
Are you sure, because in Haderslev, 3 tanks were destoyed, 1 tank damaged, severel infantry killed.

And in Bredevad, 3 - 4 Sd.Kfz 222 got destroyed.
Or destroyed. There was a huge article about the battle of denmark somewhere on the internet. This was by a german itself who's grandfather fought in Denmark. It pretty much confirmed those losses more or less

I see if i can dig it up again.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-08-2011, 16:08:43
A little hard when they come at you front on ;)


Not hard at all...the Madsen 20mm can penetrate the Panzer 1 and 2 frontal armour out to 600 yards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-08-2011, 16:08:41
Pics goddamnit, or this thread goes kaputt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-08-2011, 17:08:15
Not hard at all...the Madsen 20mm can penetrate the Panzer 1 and 2 frontal armour out to 600 yards.

And you know this from where? I'll be interested in knowing that, because the gunners said, the rounds bounced of.

(http://multimedia.jp.dk/archive/00229/Bes_ttelsen_-_stort_229257e.jpg)

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Danish soldiers on a knocked-out German Armored Car at Bredevad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-08-2011, 17:08:53
http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AT_GUNS1.htm

Bamp.

And all that means is they were probably firing at too high an angle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 29-08-2011, 17:08:03
(http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WeserC3BCbung-SC3BCd_Danes_2.png)

Danish troops bike to the front lines to fight German armored columns, April 9, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-08-2011, 17:08:45
(http://operatorchan.org/k/arch/src/k179641_Danish%20Nimbus%20MC%20with%20a%2020mm%20Madsen%20machine-gun%20mo.jpg)

Danish Motorcycle AT gun and its crew, looking to mess somebody up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 29-08-2011, 17:08:06
this...is..purely badass!
do want
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-08-2011, 20:08:41
Pretty sure it's a repost but WTH

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-206-35%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg)

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Soldiers with a Tiger I of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich advance through the southern Voronezh Front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 30-08-2011, 02:08:07
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_cruiser_Blücher_sinking.jpg)
Around 07:30 9th April 1940. Blücher in her death struggle in the Oslofjord
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 30-08-2011, 06:08:52
Are all those ships that sank in the Fjords still there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 30-08-2011, 08:08:26
Apparently so...

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Two torpedoes fired by land-based torpedo batteries struck the ship, causing serious damage. A major fire broke out aboard Blücher, which could not be contained. After a magazine explosion, the ship slowly capsized and sank, with major loss of life. The wreck remains on the bottom of the Oslofjord.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cain on 30-08-2011, 09:08:41
Several Italian AB 41's somewhere in the balkans
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-08-2011, 17:08:02
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Guadalcanal-Tulagi_Operation%2C_Mitsubishi_G4M.jpg)

you gotta give those japs credit...They had balls
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 30-08-2011, 17:08:16
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Guadalcanal-Tulagi_Operation%2C_Mitsubishi_G4M.jpg)

you gotta give those japs credit...They had balls
Delusions is more of an applicable word.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-08-2011, 20:08:41
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6421/flamejeep.jpg)
I wonder ... how many just start  drooling on that view ... and how many wish to see that in FH2 ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 30-08-2011, 21:08:32
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6421/flamejeep.jpg)
I wonder ... how many just start  drooling on that view ... and how many wish to see that in FH2 ?  ;D

I'm ready to bet that the "gunner" will shoot straight in front of the Jeep going at 90km/h, resulting the death of both the driver and gunner :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 31-08-2011, 01:08:32
first we need a fireproof hazard suit!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 31-08-2011, 10:08:11
(http://i5.tinypic.com/14l3m7n.jpg)
(http://i5.tinypic.com/14l3iq0.jpg)
1945 Poland , Czestochowa . 
And only i have vision of "rommel kiste" from Pz III/IV behind the turret of that Tiger I Ausf H1 ? Some sources tells that tank must be from 1943 ... but if this is original turret , that is a Tiger I from the initial series , from 1942  :o  .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 01-09-2011, 08:09:55
With pair of another pictures of that Tiger I ... I'm even more confused about what version is that tank ...

(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/2128/436wp.jpg)
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9250/437u.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SJonni on 01-09-2011, 15:09:53
Does anyone know a good site with many Battle of Crete photos? Whenever I search I seem to find the same ones over and over again.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-09-2011, 23:09:38
German soldiers on September 1st, 1939, at the Polish border.
(http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/images/highres_30002211%20copy.jpg)

72 years today.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 03-09-2011, 15:09:18
Very interesting version of Panzer I , VK 601 Pzkpfw I Ausf C
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/39/zagadkaw.jpg)

When we gonna see that baby on some Normandy maps ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 03-09-2011, 16:09:33
Very interesting version of Panzer I , VK 601 Pzkpfw I Ausf C
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/39/zagadkaw.jpg)

When we gonna see that baby on some Normandy maps ?  ;D

I wouldnt even dare to use it...it'll be knocked out in seconds by even a puny 37mm round.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-09-2011, 23:09:30
About 40 of them served in Normandy...IIRC all were lost too :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-09-2011, 17:09:43
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/608608-2/1945+___8+__________________________________________92+____________)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Archimonday on 04-09-2011, 21:09:40
At the Parade today.  ;D

(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/318478_258055814228057_100000709223011_870895_422344_n.jpg)

(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/317665_258052797561692_100000709223011_870882_5983432_n.jpg)

(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/320884_258055784228060_100000709223011_870894_3341094_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-09-2011, 03:09:54
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6714/a2dd555413bd0dbe82e66e1.jpg)
BMW R75, 21st Panzerdivision, Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 05-09-2011, 15:09:17
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7931/dsc00630ju.jpg)

(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3446/dsc00631zp.jpg)

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4831/dsc00618no.jpg)

(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/9412/dsc00628nh.jpg)

Polish Army Museum
Equipment used by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 05-09-2011, 17:09:04
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6714/a2dd555413bd0dbe82e66e1.jpg)
BMW R75, 21st Panzerdivision, Africa.

So devs when are we getting those?  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 05-09-2011, 17:09:13
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6714/a2dd555413bd0dbe82e66e1.jpg)
BMW R75, 21st Panzerdivision, Africa.

So devs when are we getting those?  ::)
There's a few on Wake Island.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-09-2011, 19:09:31
He asked the devs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 05-09-2011, 19:09:30
 :-[ Reading comprehension would be a valuable skill........
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 06-09-2011, 07:09:21
As in:

So Devs... when are we getting them? (to the devs; direct question)

So Devs! When are we getting them?! (feeling devastated. rage question to no-one in particular; expressing an urge for the said item)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-09-2011, 10:09:34
I declare Maxims in WW2 day!

The most produced Maxim ever, with over one million produced=The PM M1910 russian maxim on sokolov mount

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/firearms-ordnance/63651d1257885795-m1910-maxim-130-1-.jpg)
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/firearms-ordnance/63654d1257885795-m1910-maxim-p181.jpg)

While the mount it was installed on was heavy, cumbersome...and heavy...Still the Russian maxim is one of the best maxim variants ever made. With a ROF of 600 instead of 450, a gunshield wich could actually stop bullets and a snow collecting tool for water for the guns cooling(stolen from the Finnish maxim), the Russian maxim is THE thing you need today for a Nazi zombie invasion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-09-2011, 10:09:44
Of course , we don't see that in the FH2 air zone ... but they could be standing on some airfield ?  ;D
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4595/1256502777155.jpg)
Heinkel He-111 Z Zwilling (http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/He111Z.php)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-09-2011, 10:09:31
Göring at one of his drunken nights
"VAT if ve attach 2 Heinkels together?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 06-09-2011, 10:09:25
A Payload of 2 V-1s ftw!  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-09-2011, 18:09:12
Twas mainly used as a glider tow for the Me321, and as a troop transport/supply ferry.  So essentially, the same roles as the Me323, plus it was a glider tow. :P

Now, MAXIMS!:

(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2842/germansoldierswithmaxim.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-09-2011, 19:09:11
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_12/s_w24_11130127.jpg)

Quote
A wounded German officer, found in the Egyptian desert during the first two days of a British offensive, is guarded by a sentry while awaiting backup, on November 13, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 06-09-2011, 19:09:47
Maxim Day:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Vickers-KrasnyyKavkaz.jpg)

Vickers .50 on Soviet cruiser Krasnyy Kavkaz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 06-09-2011, 19:09:38
Of course , we don't see that in the FH2 air zone ... but they could be standing on some airfield ?  ;D
*pic*
Heinkel He-111 Z Zwilling (http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/He111Z.php)

LOL I saw that in the recent FHSW event and was like WTF? Then I took it for a ride and dropped gliders on the brits...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 06-09-2011, 20:09:34
Mortain Main Street, 13 august 1944
(http://11.img.v4.skyrock.net/118/omaha-2007/pics/2856981242_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 07-09-2011, 17:09:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Dorniervictoriastation.jpg)

Fuselage section of a Do 17 falls on London, Sept 15, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-09-2011, 19:09:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/London_Blitz_791940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-09-2011, 20:09:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J28303%2C_H%C3%BCrtgenwald%2C_schweres_Infanteriegesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-09-2011, 05:09:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/610040-2/defiant2)
Quote
The 13th of May, 1940 has gone down in the annals of the Battle of France as 'The Day of the Defiants'. That morning a flight of six Boulton Paul Defiant fighters of No. 264 Squadron was attacked by a swarm of Me Bf109 just south-east of Rotterdam. In the ensuing fight 5 of the 6 Defiants were shot down. This photo was taken later that summer at RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, to where the squadron had been transfered on July 23. In the cockpit of the aircraft nearest the camera is Pilot Officer Desmond Kay, the only pilot to come back from the ill-fated mission.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-09-2011, 11:09:43
I loved that bad boy in FH1 <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-09-2011, 17:09:54
Yeah, iirc it had a 250kg bomb and it was on BoB, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-09-2011, 17:09:00
I loved that bad boy in FH1 <3
Yeah it was awesome

Yeah, iirc it had a 250kg bomb and it was on BoB, right?
Yes. And IIRC there was a good reason for that to, because there is one confirmed account where a boulton paul defiant jury rigged with a 250KG bomb made an attack on a german airfield, dropped the bomb and damaged an aircraft and made it back

Also..
Unlike what the hoax and myths says
Defiants actually shot down more planes then they got shot down
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Schneider on 11-09-2011, 02:09:40
Definitely Dutch volunteers. Don't let Schneider see it  :P

Yes yes. They "stole" your grandfathers bike. Suuuure.
Now I know it all..  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: [WDW]Megaraptor on 11-09-2011, 05:09:42


Also..
Unlike what the hoax and myths says
Defiants actually shot down more planes then they got shot down

Debatable. Defiant squadrons also overclaimed a lot more than other fighter units, because it was very easy to have several turret gunners shooting at the same plane and think that they were the ones who shot it down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-09-2011, 12:09:25
Definitely Dutch volunteers. Don't let Schneider see it  :P

Yes yes. They "stole" your grandfathers bike. Suuuure.
Now I know it all..  ;)
How deep did you went back into this dreaded thread? 12th of June? I don't even remember that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-09-2011, 12:09:26


Also..
Unlike what the hoax and myths says
Defiants actually shot down more planes then they got shot down

Debatable. Defiant squadrons also overclaimed a lot more than other fighter units, because it was very easy to have several turret gunners shooting at the same plane and think that they were the ones who shot it down.
With the overclaims taken in mind, comparing Luftwaffe records as well as RAF records, it has been confirmed that defiants shot down a bit more planes then they got shot down themself

There was an article about it on the RAFfan forums a year ago. Very well researched.

Besides, the germans also overclaimed that they shot down many defiants. The famed myths that entire defiant squadrons got massacered? All incorrect. The closest that came to it, and infact the only incident, was 141 Squadron wich lost 7 out of 9 defiants when attacked by a flock of ME109's

As for the "Multiple gunners on one plane", this was only once, namely 264 squadron who claimed to have shot down 50 luftwaffe planes, losing 14 defiants themselfs. Luftwaffe records only report 15 planes shot down by that action.

But let us all admit one thing=if the defiant stayed longer in frontline service it would have been raped. The theory of this plane was good, but the tactics where terrible. If you send these planes with good fighter escort, then yes its a concept that could work. But they where sended out ALONE most of the time..And the defiant could also easily have carried a forward firing armament. Even 4 of these MG's would have cutted down losses alot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-09-2011, 14:09:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/EdsonsRidge.jpg)

Quote
An American Marine stands near some of the fighting positions on Hill 123 on "Edson's" Ridge after the battle. Edson's command post during the battle was located just to the right of where the Marine is standing.

Quote
The Battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, Battle of Raiders Ridge, and Battle of the Ridge, was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place from 12–14 September 1942, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, and was the second of three separate major Japanese ground offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-09-2011, 14:09:32
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5784/13494750.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-09-2011, 19:09:21
Is that me ... or that plane was more beautiful then Defiant ?
(http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww2/roc/roc-8.jpg)
Blackburn "Roc"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-09-2011, 21:09:43
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9783/c82ab7f6491507a6eedea42.jpg)
Junkers Ju 87 D, Charkov
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-09-2011, 00:09:36
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4346/sig33powst.jpg)
sIG 33
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 12-09-2011, 08:09:58
So , we gonna see something like that in Africa ?  ;D
(http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/15/44/83/45/03788132.jpg)
15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) aka Bison II aka Sturmpanzer II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Marder on 12-09-2011, 13:09:50
So , we gonna see something like that in Africa ?  ;D
Very few made and it's performance was very poor. Imho this would be better for Alam Halfa, El-Al (vs Priest) and Supercharge:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Abandoned_SdKfz_135-1_near_El_Alamein_1942.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-09-2011, 17:09:44
We are first gonna need a priest/sexton

But a new german artillery is more important OFCOURSE!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-09-2011, 17:09:53
I will second Theta
MOAR GERMANS, MOARRR!
 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-09-2011, 17:09:41
Here's a touching story

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/firearms-ordnance/14510d1221524426-italian-carcano-rifles-used-germans-000_2127.jpg)

A pile of K98's, G98's, Carcano's and panzerfaust. The caption of the photo on the site says that all of these rifles where transported to the US(so lets hope they made a safe haven there)

The Panzerfausts where all discarded in testings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 12-09-2011, 20:09:04
I hope not a repost

Italian gunners man their light field piece in a field of Tunisian cactus, on March 31, 1943.
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_12/s_w39_30331198.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2011, 21:09:32
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6088/kamera10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-09-2011, 21:09:54
Considering my signal magazines are full of awesome pictures, here is the Next German arty that i want in this game!

(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/6226/knipo.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 13-09-2011, 00:09:19
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/samohybky/grille/042.jpg)

Another self-propelled SIG-33
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-09-2011, 00:09:51
Nobody posted a Bison I so far.

(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4285/sig3301.jpg)
15cm sIG 33 on Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.B Sturmpanzer I Bison
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-09-2011, 00:09:14
I take your Bison I and call Bison II
There were only 12 of its sort.
It was on chassis of Panzer II which was made 60cm longer, 32 cm wider and with a additional wheel.
All 12 tanks were sent to the siege of Tobruk till April 42. Eventhouth the gun was powerfull, the engine was too weak, and so the last vehicle was lost in Dezember of the same year.
There are some sources that say that there was a Bison II in the 1948 Palestine war.

(http://www.abload.de/img/bison_2_001hua3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 13-09-2011, 01:09:42
don't forget about this German arty! The Karl-Gerat
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/imgs/karl-gerat.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 13-09-2011, 01:09:47
on this picture we can see a panzer IV hull being used to cary ammunition I guess(?), but the Karl-Gerat is based on a tracked vehicle, what is it ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Laffey on 13-09-2011, 01:09:28
A karl Gerat, it wasnt based on any other tank chassis as a conversion, it was a "pure" design so to speak
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ajs47951 on 13-09-2011, 02:09:29
A karl Gerat, it wasnt based on any other tank chassis as a conversion, it was a "pure" design so to speak
Here is the Link from the Pic if you want to read up on it.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=297
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-09-2011, 02:09:14
So , we gonna see something like that in Africa ?  ;D
Very few made and it's performance was very poor. Imho this would be better for Alam Halfa, El-Al (vs Priest) and Supercharge:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Abandoned_SdKfz_135-1_near_El_Alamein_1942.jpg)

This isnt a SiG 33 ~.~
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-09-2011, 17:09:22
Indeed.Thats a 15 cm sFH13/1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_cm_sFH_13

ALL FEAR STURMHETZER
(http://www.milicast.com/shop/images/T/G90JH.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-09-2011, 19:09:31
and before you feared this one
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/downloads/Bilder/DiverseBilder/privatebilder/Panzer/DSC01861.JPG)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 13-09-2011, 20:09:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/First_wave_of_LVTs_moves_toward_the_invasion_beaches_-_Peleliu.jpg)

Quote
5 September 1944-The first wave of LVTs approach the beaches during the American assault on Peleliu

Quote
he Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September–November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau. U.S. forces (originally consisting of only the 1st Marine Division, but later relieved by the Army's 81st Infantry Division), fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island.

Major General William Rupertus—commander of 1st Marine Division—predicted the island would be secured within four days. However, due to Japan's well-crafted fortifications and stiff resistance, the battle lasted over two months. In the United States, it was a controversial command decision because of the island's questionable strategic value and the high casualty rate, which was the highest for U.S. soldiers of any battle in the Pacific War. The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-09-2011, 00:09:56
and before you feared this one
(http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/downloads/Bilder/DiverseBilder/privatebilder/Panzer/DSC01861.JPG)

(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6044/pztr81.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 14-09-2011, 02:09:32
(http://www.arquebusiers.be/40-45/bastogne1.jpg)
Quote
Abandonned King Tiger from SS Panzer-Abteilung 506, near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, south of Bastogne
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-09-2011, 13:09:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/596492-2/Semovente_75_46)

Semovente 75/46. With 15 tonnes weight, a high velocity 75mm gun, and 75mm of frontal armor, it was one of italies promising AFV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 14-09-2011, 18:09:21
How many of those were made?
Seems like a decent piece of equipement
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-09-2011, 19:09:28
A lot! Huge number!

...

You need 3 hands to get to the number. 15 produced..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-09-2011, 19:09:29
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/5342/knipselrl.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-09-2011, 19:09:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-050-21A%2C_Polen%2C_Volksdeutsche_begr%C3%BC%C3%9Fen_deutsche_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 14-09-2011, 19:09:26
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m377/mousepad_2008/GPW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 14-09-2011, 20:09:53
More information guys. Anyone can post a picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-09-2011, 20:09:32
Euhm, ok, victims of allied bombings being helped by some hot german chick in uniform.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/5342/knipselrl.png (http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/5342/knipselrl.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-09-2011, 22:09:16
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m377/mousepad_2008/GPW.jpg)
That photo makes me very sad

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-09-2011, 22:09:29
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7558/wschodni068.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/wschodni068.jpg/)
I need to see that Russian battle tractor on some map ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 14-09-2011, 22:09:59
is there any background on that photo? when and where was that. they obviously fired the maxim and got caught. nonetheless this is a warcrime.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-09-2011, 22:09:59
Maybe they are Partisans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-09-2011, 23:09:43
Maybe they are Partisans.
highly doutable with a Maxim 1910
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-09-2011, 23:09:00
is there any background on that photo? when and where was that. they obviously fired the maxim and got caught. nonetheless this is a warcrime.

He could just be posing with them with the gun leveled, no different than any other pic taken where the guy has his gun pointed at prisoners, doesn't mean he shoots them.

And for why they're crying, well, I sure would cry too if I had just been captured, after probably being told tales of how the fascist beasts are going to rape you, torture you, and if you ever make it back home, you'll be called a traitor and sent to the gulags.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-09-2011, 23:09:26
According to an article I read a while ago, it is a Russian fake.  Now, I don't know if I could trust the site (it seemed a bit national socialist to me), but the photo itself does seem to have that unreal quality to it when you compare the people to the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-09-2011, 23:09:11
Yeah, it does look a bit "off."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-09-2011, 09:09:10
somewhere in the east

(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/021.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 15-09-2011, 09:09:26
Yeah it doesn't seem real - the blur is too smooth - almost shooped
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-09-2011, 18:09:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Goering_giving_a_speech_to_his_fighter_pilots_near_Calais_September_1940.jpg)

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Calais, September 1940. Göring giving a speech to pilots about the change in tactics: to bomb the towns instead of the airfields
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-09-2011, 20:09:17
Checking the quality of the artillery shells.
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/5184/imag0384bd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-09-2011, 09:09:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Danzigm17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 16-09-2011, 09:09:52
Berlin smokes Juno? ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 16-09-2011, 09:09:24
Canadians yes?

Juno/Moose/Lumberjack hats

(I always go to say the plural of moose is meese like goose and geese lolol)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-09-2011, 10:09:14
Soviet troops and vehicles in Danzig, March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 16-09-2011, 10:09:29
Couldn't have been more wrong >.< lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 16-09-2011, 13:09:51
Yeh,, its one of the few american armed vehicles that the russian's actually loved.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 16-09-2011, 14:09:05
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/013.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-09-2011, 14:09:20
Welcoming committee  ;D
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1680/wschodni137.jpg)
From Russia with love  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 16-09-2011, 15:09:44
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7158/volkss10.jpg)
Volkssturm men as POWs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-09-2011, 23:09:29
Stalingrad
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/165.jpg)
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/124.jpg)
(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/419.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 17-09-2011, 04:09:52
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_February_1945


Picture inside, very cool!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-09-2011, 16:09:09
Welcoming committee  ;D
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1680/wschodni137.jpg)
From Russia with love  :P

Reminds me of noobs in WoT that are reluctant to show their front armor.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-09-2011, 09:09:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Muddy_road_in_the_Hurtgen_Forest.jpg)

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A U.S. halftrack of the 16th Infantry Regiment/1st U.S. Division in the Hürtgen Forest, 15 February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-09-2011, 10:09:39
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7246/germanmachineguncrewins.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-09-2011, 19:09:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Waves_of_paratroops_land_in_Holland.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-09-2011, 22:09:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/612163-2/FeldzugImOsten033)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 19-09-2011, 03:09:03
I can't find info about what happened to this JadgTiger, but I imagine that it was disabled by the crew.
(http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/jagdtiger/jagdtiger07d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-09-2011, 13:09:27
IIRC that jagdtiger got hit in the side by a 90mm round, disabeling the engine completely. With the JT facing in a inappropiate way, the crew indeed setted charges and destroyed the JT

I am not sure, it was on the axis history forums
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-09-2011, 13:09:37
I think I will post pictures related to my Hearts of Iron III campaign. Trying to find historical counterparts to my in-game experiences.

Ironic picture of Russian and German officer shaking hands. In my campaign it was even worse as I proposed an alliance between Germany and the Soviet Union, it was one of the choices you had, and I have never seen the USSR accept it in any AAR but in my game they did accept.

(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1130/germansoviet.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 19-09-2011, 13:09:49
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/5828790795_efc94ab3a0_o.gif)

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Private First Class Troy Dixon, Leadhill, Arkansas, uses a Japanese barber chair to cut the hair of Sergeant John Anderson, June 10, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 19-09-2011, 19:09:31
I can't find info about what happened to this JadgTiger, but I imagine that it was disabled by the crew.
(http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/jagdtiger/jagdtiger07d.jpg)


IT CAN'T BE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 19-09-2011, 20:09:11
I can't find info about what happened to this JadgTiger, but I imagine that it was disabled by the crew.
(http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/jagdtiger/jagdtiger07d.jpg)


IT CAN'T BE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
You really havent seen this one before?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-09-2011, 00:09:36
It appears so big, but with all the armor it looks pretty narrow inside.

(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5308/60078349.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-09-2011, 11:09:35
British POW's after a raid in Norway, December 1941. Which again matches my HoI3 campaign. Damn, those Brits are spamming troops like crazy  :P

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/571410-2/Wounded_British_officer_norway)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 20-09-2011, 16:09:40
Taken from infocus World War 2 in photos:

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_14/s_w28_waru0007.jpg)

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A T-34 drives through the Square of Fallen Fighters, Stalingrad. January 1943.


People that have played RO2 will easily recognise the clothing store in the background (main German position on the map).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 20-09-2011, 17:09:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hitlerjugend_panzerfaust_1945_panzerjagdkommandos.3pqn5d1jj7i84g80sswgg0kkw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
British Tank Commander with captured German Hitler-youth soldiers, armed with StG44 and Panzerfaust on a Bike.
Germany, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: im_a_lazy_sod on 20-09-2011, 20:09:25
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2708/71704618.jpg)
(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/340/56931877.jpg)

shoopz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-09-2011, 20:09:13
*awaits the german favoured replies 'Probaly propaganda of soviets, set in scene and cetra"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-09-2011, 20:09:09
*awaits the german favoured replies 'Probaly propaganda of soviets, set in scene and cetra"
What the fuck, Theta? You blind? It's obvious the ones with the Soviet POW's is the photoshopped one..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-09-2011, 21:09:10
Hey, now i see it, the trees in the background repeat eachother.

Glad my hunch turned out to be true.

Also, soviet patriots are happy to die for there country, they do not cry!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-09-2011, 21:09:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Fires_ravaging_Bettenhausen_after_Allied_bombing_cph.3a21897.jpg)

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Two people observing fires ravaging the Bettenhausen district after bombing

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The Kassel World War II bombings were a set of Allied strategic bombing attacks which took place from February 1942 to March 1945. The fire of the most severe air raid burned for seven days, at least 10,000 people died, 150,000 inhabitants were bombed-out, and the vast majority of the city center was destroyed. The US First Army captured Kassel on 3 April 1945, and only 50,000 people were in residence (versus 236,000 in 1939)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-09-2011, 23:09:06
I live in Kassel  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-09-2011, 00:09:29
So they missed?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 21-09-2011, 02:09:19
I can't find info about what happened to this JadgTiger, but I imagine that it was disabled by the crew.
(http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/jagdtiger/jagdtiger07d.jpg)


IT CAN'T BE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

dude, what does this guy have in his fingers? and how can I get some?   8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-09-2011, 02:09:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/612892-1/2+Two+Csaba__s)

Csaba towing another Csaba..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 21-09-2011, 09:09:50
So they missed?

with every bomb so far... ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-09-2011, 19:09:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Romanian_soldiers_in_Transilvania_1944.jpg)

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SdKfz 250 carrying Vânători de munte (mountain troops) in Transylvania, late 1944. The Romanian Army used both Soviet and German equipment extensively during the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DannyNickelov on 22-09-2011, 19:09:30
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6421/flamejeep.jpg)
I wonder ... how many just start  drooling on that view ... and how many wish to see that in FH2 ?  ;D

Hey... isn't that in Aviodrome @ Lelystad? I was there... and i recognize that place.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-09-2011, 21:09:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-M2KBK-771-34%2C_Arnheim%2C_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtze.jpg)

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German Self-propelled guns of the 9th SS during the battle. The presence of the II SS Panzerkorps would have a significant effect on the battle.

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The Battle of Arnhem was a famous Second World War military engagement fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-09-2011, 23:09:24
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4157/1256666345741.jpg)
Captured Tiger I from 1/504sPzAbt in Tunisia , probably the most knowed pic  8)

(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9927/1251789945706.jpg)
But that isn't this same Tiger I ? Anyone know where that tank is , or was ?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-09-2011, 23:09:27
Thats the one Paythoss
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-09-2011, 01:09:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-M2KBK-771-34%2C_Arnheim%2C_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtze.jpg)

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German Self-propelled guns of the 9th SS during the battle. The presence of the II SS Panzerkorps would have a significant effect on the battle.

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The Battle of Arnhem was a famous Second World War military engagement fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-M2KBK-771-34, Arnheim, Sturmgeschütze.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-M2KBK-771-34,_Arnheim,_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtze.jpg

Notably those are not Sturmgeschütze. Those are actually Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen, most likely equipped with a 3.7cm gun.

(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4122/mobel.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 23-09-2011, 02:09:25
this is new to me

(http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90-473-488-90/27/2778/QRUTD00Z/posters/william-vandivert-german-soldiers-walk-over-elbe-river-to-surrender-to-allied-forces-in-the-waning-days-of-wwii.jpg)

German soldiers cross the elbe on a broken bridge to surrender to western allied forces rather than soviets, end of april 45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 23-09-2011, 10:09:16
http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Tigers.pdf    .... OMG  :o What they do with that Tiger now ....  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 23-09-2011, 20:09:07
(http://oi56.tinypic.com/3480fh3.jpg)

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442nd REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
The motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was “go for broke.” It’s a gambling term that means risking everything on one great effort to win big. The soldiers of the 442nd needed to win big. They were Nisei - American-born sons of Japanese immigrants. They fought two wars: the Germans in Europe and the prejudice in America.
The motto was invented by the high-rolling Nisei soldiers who came from the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii-born Nisei, also known as “Buddhaheads,” made up about two-thirds of the regiment. The remaining third were Nisei from the mainland. In April 1943, the islanders and mainlanders arrived for training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Immediately, they fought with each other because of different perspectives based on where they grew up.
But on January 19, 1942, the Army discharged all the Japanese Americans in the ROTC - and changed their draft status to 4C - “enemy alien.” The Nisei cadets felt such despair that the very bottom of their existence fell out. But community leaders convinced the demoralized students to turn the other cheek. One hundred and seventy students petitioned the military governor: “Hawaii is our home; the United States our country. We know but one loyalty and that is to the Stars and Stripes. We wish to do our part as loyal Americans in every way possible, and we hereby offer ourselves for whatever service you may see fit to use us.”
From May 1943 through February 1944 the men trained for combat. The men excelled at maneuvers and learned to operate as a team. In March, Chief of Staff General George Marshall inspected the regiment. In April the regiment packed up, and on May 1, 1944 the men boarded ships destined for Europe.

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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service, in the entire history of the U.S. Military. The 4,000 men who initially came in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 3.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, ultimately earning 9,486 Purple Hearts , 21 Medals of Honor and an unprecedented eight Presidential Unit Citations.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-09-2011, 17:09:40
Why do i have feeling , that should be a trollface.jpg on that ISU-152 ?  ;D :P
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2416/s07.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-09-2011, 18:09:54
That over there really happend, at Battle of the Seelow Heights. i believe it was a ISU of the 8th guards
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 24-09-2011, 18:09:16
(http://pverp.home.xs4all.nl/images/fokker_d-xxi_2.jpg)
Czech(?) Fokker D.XXI's. These babies have saved my ass in my current HoI2 game.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 24-09-2011, 20:09:39
this is new to me

(http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90-473-488-90/27/2778/QRUTD00Z/posters/william-vandivert-german-soldiers-walk-over-elbe-river-to-surrender-to-allied-forces-in-the-waning-days-of-wwii.jpg)

German soldiers cross the elbe on a broken bridge to surrender to western allied forces rather than soviets, end of april 45.

Then you should read about how the 12th Army (Wenck) helped the remains of the 9th Army (and all the others who escaped from seelow heights) breaktrough from the Oder to the Elbe to escape the russian captivity. They went trough the "pocket of halbe" in the forests near märkisch buchholz, south of berlin, were in a few minutes some ten thousand soldiers and civilians were killed.

I read a very gripping book with a personal account from a soldiers who went trough all that, but can´t remeber atm which it was :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 24-09-2011, 23:09:35
(http://pverp.home.xs4all.nl/images/fokker_d-xxi_2.jpg)
Czech(?) Fokker D.XXI's. These babies have saved my ass in my current HoI2 game.

Nope they're Dutch. Our Royal Airforce badge just looks like the Czeck flag. ;)
(http://www.marktplaza.nl/images/1/54/KONINKLIJKE-LUCHTMACHT-5524154.jpg)

Also note they appear to have painted the national red-white-blue on their rudders. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-09-2011, 23:09:26
They also used the orange triangle with black border. But I found a picture with that marking that had a caption of the airplane being at Schiphol, don't think the Czechs land there  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-09-2011, 23:09:57
A picture out of one of my Signal magazines.
Building mah tanks.

(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/629/imag0382w.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 25-09-2011, 09:09:33
this is new to me

(http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90-473-488-90/27/2778/QRUTD00Z/posters/william-vandivert-german-soldiers-walk-over-elbe-river-to-surrender-to-allied-forces-in-the-waning-days-of-wwii.jpg)

German soldiers cross the elbe on a broken bridge to surrender to western allied forces rather than soviets, end of april 45.

Then you should read about how the 12th Army (Wenck) helped the remains of the 9th Army (and all the others who escaped from seelow heights) breaktrough from the Oder to the Elbe to escape the russian captivity. They went trough the "pocket of halbe" in the forests near märkisch buchholz, south of berlin, were in a few minutes some ten thousand soldiers and civilians were killed.

I read a very gripping book with a personal account from a soldiers who went trough all that, but can´t remeber atm which it was :/

Was the name "Saat in den Sturm"? I've read that book and it also had that part in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-09-2011, 13:09:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/GuadPatrol.jpg)

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A U.S. Marine patrol crosses the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal in September 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 25-09-2011, 16:09:03
Today is Polish day.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/10Dyw.JPG)
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Polish Crusader of the 1. Polish Amoured Division somewhere in Scotland, 1943.
I guess they were at first equipped with old english equipment?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Polish_Tanks_Caen.jpg)

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Polish Crusader III AA Mk III anti-aircraft self-propelled guns of the Polish 1st Armoured Division near Caen, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-09-2011, 16:09:07
Crusaders were used in training.

Polish day continues:
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Briefings/Normandy/Polish-1AD-06.jpg)
Dywizja Pancerna's Fireflies arriving to France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-09-2011, 17:09:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/613985-2/s79_siluramento)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-09-2011, 19:09:46
(http://www.greendevils.pl/polacy/maczek/Falaise_1944.jpg)
Mont Ormel aka "Maczuga" 1944 . Effect of work polish Shermans and Cromwells  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 25-09-2011, 19:09:37
Whoa, that is some bad quality you got there ;)

It's the corridor of death at Mont Ormel:
(http://img.odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum13/panther_mont_ormel_03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-09-2011, 19:09:51
(http://www.abload.de/img/polen_polnische_panzerth9p.jpg)
German soldiers inspecting two abandoned Polish tanks; Renault FT-17
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 26-09-2011, 04:09:22
(http://www.greendevils.pl/polacy/maczek/Falaise_1944.jpg)
Mont Ormel aka "Maczuga" 1944 . Effect of work polish Shermans and Cromwells  8)


Umm, someone please correct me if I am wrong but the Poles at the Maczuga did not have tank support. I should go back and re-read about Op. Totalize but IIRC, the Polish at Hill 30 were an infantry only complement.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Laboraffe on 26-09-2011, 05:09:16
Snapped from a BBC documentary on the Spitfire.

(http://i.imgur.com/UXJWW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-09-2011, 05:09:00
Umm, someone please correct me if I am wrong but the Poles at the Maczuga did not have tank support. I should go back and re-read about Op. Totalize but IIRC, the Polish at Hill 30 were an infantry only complement.

Dunno about Hill 30, but at Maczuga (which is btw Hill 262) they had two armored regiments positioned to cover southern and northern approaches to the north peak of the hill. So yes, they indeed had tanks supporting the several infantry units and yes they were reinforcing those infantry units with more tanks as the battle went on (however one single panther managed to knock out several). In the end however the poles were surrounded on the northern peak of the Hill 262 and lost 99% of their tank support that still operated on the hill itself. Rest of the tanks were cut off from the hill by the germans who desperately tried to keep the pocket open for their comrades to slip through.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-09-2011, 18:09:37
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1750/imag0428o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-09-2011, 21:09:59
For those who don't speak Dutch, I translated the caption ^^
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*about above picture I guess*
<Stormtroopers advance. Bolsjevic snipers are hiding in the houses of Charkow and fire from numerous positions onto the advancing grenadiers. While the troops clear the houses, armored vehicles slowly follow them.>
[picture below:] Soon afterwards armored troop carriers roll through the cleaned streets in colones, to bring up reserve troops.


Speaking about Stormtroopers, does anyone have pictures of them? They were by far my favourite unit on CoH but I've never really seen or heard about them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cain on 26-09-2011, 21:09:25
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9509/dutcharty.png)
Dutch artillery battery somewhere in the Netherlands on training. Pre war 1938
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-09-2011, 22:09:03
Sure, stormtroopers, no problem, here you have the whole article from Signal magazine number 9, may 1943.

(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7838/imag0451h.jpg)
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2697/imag0454gv.jpg)
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/936/imag0455j.jpg)
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1269/imag0453o.jpg)
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2683/imag0452s.jpg)

You have the last pic already.
Sorry for posting more then 1 picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-09-2011, 22:09:18
For those who don't speak Dutch, I translated the caption ^^
Quote
*about above picture I guess*
<Stormtroopers advance. Bolsjevic snipers are hiding in the houses of Charkow and fire from numerous positions onto the advancing grenadiers. While the troops clear the houses, armored vehicles slowly follow them.>
[picture below:] Soon afterwards armored troop carriers roll through the cleaned streets in colones, to bring up reserve troops.


Speaking about Stormtroopers, does anyone have pictures of them? They were by far my favourite unit on CoH but I've never really seen or heard about them.

They didn't.  What the text is refering to is assualt troops.  Basically a big, tough way of saying "infantry."  However there were "sturmpionier", or assualt engineers, engineer units specifically equipped and trained for assualts on fortifications and the like.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-09-2011, 22:09:14
They existed in WWI and I always thought they continued to exist in WWII. But now I read it's rather the idea and tactics of those WWI StoBtruppen that were implemented into WWII units like the Waffen SS?

Thanks for the article anyway Siben. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-09-2011, 00:09:29
They wrote "Strolch" on that hanomag. A "Strolch" is a thug.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 27-09-2011, 12:09:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/USS_Louisville_hit_by_kamikaze.jpg)

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The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA-28) is hit by a kamikaze in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, 6 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 27-09-2011, 13:09:34
They wrote "Strolch" on that hanomag. A "Strolch" is a thug.

"strolch" is rather a rascal. its a rather harmless description (for naughty kids and dogs). a thug would be a "schläger", which is of course more agressive.  just a little difference.  ;D

on topic:
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/German-sub-crewmen-pose-with-a-freshly-killed-polar-bear..jpeg)
seriously wtf! "German sub crewmen pose with a freshly killed polar bear." September 43.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/138949-2/DlT_80_1%23)
And we all know the Fairbairn-Sykes knife this british soldier "carries".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-09-2011, 14:09:16
The belgian paracommando's still use F-S knives. my cousin is currently in training and his F-S knife is so fucking awesome
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Grim on 27-09-2011, 19:09:46
Just had to post this from infocus.com because its just to awesome:

(http://nick.radelaar.org/files/WWII pacific1.jpg)

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Following in the cover of a tank, American infantrymen secure an area on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, in March 1944, after Japanese forces infiltrated their lines during the night.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-09-2011, 21:09:51
They existed in WWI and I always thought they continued to exist in WWII. But now I read it's rather the idea and tactics of those WWI StoBtruppen that were implemented into WWII units like the Waffen SS?

Thanks for the article anyway Siben. :)

In WW1 yes, they started as specialized assualt troops in 1915, though by 1917, their tactics had general been adopted by the entire german army, and they became more an elite assualt branch.

THat said, their tactics were implemented into all units of the German army as early as 1917.  Thus why there was no actual such thing as a "stosstrupp" in the German army (there was, however, the SA Stormtroop, which was the name for the brownshirted thugs of the Nazi Party).  The Waffen-SS however entered WW2 with very very little training, much less tactical training, and were slaughtered wholesale in the first years of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-09-2011, 21:09:58
I wish i had an A3 size scanner for these pictures, i have to use the camera in my phone to ge these to you guys.

(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/5913/imag0393r.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-09-2011, 16:09:49
Looking that the faces i think only 1 person will enjoy this :p

(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9085/imag0434x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 28-09-2011, 18:09:04
Nice
For what did the soldier get the knight's cross? (That's how much I could understand dutch)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Laboraffe on 28-09-2011, 20:09:17
Surmising from machine translation... coastal defense?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-09-2011, 21:09:54
No, does not say where or why, it just shows a Croatian tradition.

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State secretary Regic is giving out military medals* - and kissis those who recieve it on the cheak as to kroatian tradition.

*not really medals, don't know how to correctly say it, the word is not really used anymore

Knight's cross is "ridder kruis", not "ridder orden"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-09-2011, 21:09:15
Google translates it into knighthoods, so I'm guessing it's the same thing as all the other "Knight of the this and that"s and "Order of the something else"?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-09-2011, 21:09:50
without translator (i don't speak dutch):
a croatian secretary give a award. the commentary is that the picture represent a kiss given after the award was given
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 28-09-2011, 21:09:54
Looking at the Dutch gramatics, he received a military medal that puts them in some kind of military order.

Dunno how it is in other countries but in the Netherlands there's something like Ridderorden, which are simply groups of people that got themselves distinguished. Doesn't mean strictly getting a knighthood. My grandpa is/was a member of the Orde van Oranje Nassau for example. Received a medal for it but wasn't a knight or anything.

Translation:
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[Croatian] Secretary of State 'Regic' hands out military medals/knighthoods, and kisses the receiving soldiers on their cheek according to Croatian tradition
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 28-09-2011, 22:09:23
Ah I think I might be getting the point there
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-09-2011, 22:09:22
Croats swearing loyal to Hitler

(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7783/imag0429y.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 30-09-2011, 01:09:51
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lri5kquR9o1qdbwfqo1_400.jpg)

France, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 30-09-2011, 01:09:19
See, the scale is way off in that one. An AT-AT would be much larger than that. It should be an AT-ST (chicken walker) in that photo for several reasons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 30-09-2011, 04:09:40
Yeah, not my own job, just a cool one I found
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-10-2011, 14:10:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Warsaw_siege2.jpg)

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Volunteer fire-fighters watching an air duel over Warsaw. Propaganda poster reads "To Arms - United, we will defeat the enemy"

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The 1939 Battle of Warsaw was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Armia Warszawa) garrisoned and entrenched in the capital of Poland (Warsaw) and the German Army. It started with huge aerial bombardments by the Luftwaffe starting on September 1, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 01-10-2011, 18:10:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Window_-_Lancaster_Dropping_Window.jpg)
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An Avro Lancaster dropping Window (the crescent-shaped white cloud on the left of the picture) from within the accompanying bomber stream.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-10-2011, 21:10:41
Finnish trolls
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9553/imag0457i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-10-2011, 08:10:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/17-pdr_anti-tank_gun_near_Nijmegen_Bridge.jpg)

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British 17 pounder AT gun at Nijmegen, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 02-10-2011, 11:10:58
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1098/1387937303_23234e9899.jpg)
The 3 nijmegen bridges.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 03-10-2011, 19:10:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/17-pdr_anti-tank_gun_near_Nijmegen_Bridge.jpg)

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British 17 pounder AT gun at Nijmegen, 1944

Is that a hotchkiss 1914 I see in the right corner?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-10-2011, 19:10:01
Probably captured stuff that was used by the Germans. Would be my guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-10-2011, 21:10:57
German regiments in holland had many beutewaffen and old equipment

For example... German panzer devisions still had a Few PZIII Ausf J!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 03-10-2011, 21:10:24
For example... German panzer devisions still had a Few PZIII Ausf J!

is that actually true? by end of 44 i think all of them were converted to stug IIIs or at least Ausf. N for infantry support. what do you mean by "a few"? i dont think ausf. Js were used in market garden at all.

"...the Panzer III was, after the Battle of Kursk, relegated to secondary roles, such as training..."

"By the end of the war, the Pz.III had almost no frontline use and many exemplars had been returned to the factories for conversion into StuG assault guns, which were in high demand due to the defensive warfare style adopted by the German Army by then."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-10-2011, 22:10:22
Too bad Butcher:

http://www.defendingarnhem.com/Kampfknaust.htm

(http://www.defendingarnhem.com/Knaust3.gif)

You can even see the Panzer 3 long barrel there.

"Kampfgruppe Knaust was primarily made up of two units. The first was Panzer-Grenadier-Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Battalion 64 which was a training and replacement battalion from Bocholt, Germany and was commanded by the 38 year old Major Hans-Peter Knaust. The unit consisted of 1 x SPW and 4 infantry companies with soldiers that were classed as ‘not quite fit for front line service'. The second unit was Panzer-Kompanie Mielke which was commanded by Company Commander Lieutenant Mielke. This company was part of the 6th Panzer Replacement Regiment ‘Bielefeld' tank driving school in Germany. It consisted of six Panzerkampfwagen III and two Panzerkampfwagen IV tanks."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-10-2011, 22:10:56
Yep, there is a famous photo of a PZIII ausf J with short 5 CM cannon that got disabled by british paratroopers. It is in my book of operation market garden
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 03-10-2011, 22:10:29
^ thx for the quick answer. well obviously they participated in combat, but these tanks here were also used for training before and then used for combat again.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-10-2011, 23:10:02
^ thx for the quick answer. well obviously they participated in combat, but these tanks here were also used for training before and then used for combat again.
they where used because they dint had anything  ;D

In holland, either a german unit was very well equipped, or completly bad equipped.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 04-10-2011, 09:10:55
At last , one Pz III Ausf J or L , was used and destroyed in Poland , Silesia 1945  8)
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2479/pziiirogw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 04-10-2011, 13:10:37
good parking, the fence and the house are not destroyed ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-10-2011, 17:10:04
good parking, the fence and the house are not destroyed ^^

well that was german ground (at that time). you wouldnt want to fock up some other germans garden even more, would you? i mean he already destroyed the lawn by parking there.

can somebody tell me the (estimated) numbers of PIIIs (pre Ausf. N) deployed in 44/45 if available at all? were these desperate exceptions or did a PIII show up from time to time?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 04-10-2011, 19:10:03
According to some sources , at the end of 1944 , in use was a 533-534 Pz III all version .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-10-2011, 19:10:16
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Partizani_Bitola.JPG)

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Partisan troops of the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia marching through liberated Bitola in 1944.

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The National Liberation War of Macedonia was a political and military campaign, part of World War II, carried out by mainly Macedonian Partisans of the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia (part of the Yugoslav Partisan movement) from October 11, 1941 until the end of 1944 when Yugoslavia was reestablished. The operation was a regional conflict of the greater Yugoslav People's Liberation War but combatants also developed further aspirations over the geographic region of Macedonia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-10-2011, 21:10:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/616453-2/cantz1007_190a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-10-2011, 22:10:25
(http://www.network54.com/Realm/daintree41/PzIIBNijmeganATB.jpg)
Panzer II, Netherlands, autumn 1944.

Can't see the pic >:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-10-2011, 22:10:40
(http://www.network54.com/Realm/daintree41/PzIIBNijmeganATB.jpg)
Panzer II, Netherlands, autumn 1944.

Can't see the pic >:
Damn, the picture vanished. Here's another one:
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2807/pzii121holland.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-10-2011, 22:10:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/616453-2/cantz1007_190a)
Bravissimo!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-10-2011, 01:10:43
Indeed, IMO the sexiest tactical bomber of WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 05-10-2011, 14:10:24
(http://www.network54.com/Realm/daintree41/PzIIBNijmeganATB.jpg)
Panzer II, Netherlands, autumn 1944.

Can't see the pic >:
Seems like the remote host does not allow other referrers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referrer), like many webpages do.
It only works if you open a new browser tab and paste the url there, so you are not opening the pic from within another webpage. After you did that, it also works in here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-10-2011, 14:10:39
Why can I just see the picture fine?

On my macbook though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-10-2011, 17:10:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Kalamas1939.JPG)

Contstruction of fortifications in Eleas-Kalama sector (Epirus-Greece), March 1939, before the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War (1940-1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-10-2011, 20:10:12
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7172/zagadkage.jpg)
The most interesting effect of field(?) improvisation  8)  8.8 cm KwK 43 L/70 from Jagdpanther on FlaK 36 mount .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 05-10-2011, 23:10:15
:D with saukopfblende ... someone was desperate to get a gun there!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-10-2011, 00:10:31
It is on the testing grounds, i think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: 44mag on 06-10-2011, 04:10:45
(http://deepscape.com/images/neshipwrecks/u_853_6.jpg)
(http://deepscape.com/images/neshipwrecks/u_853_5.jpg)

inside the kitchen of u-853 the last uboat sunk in ww2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-10-2011, 10:10:29
Someone was saying , that big tanks cant in to the river ?  ;D
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/448/1268061918484.jpg)
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7712/1268061970543.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-10-2011, 22:10:48
Char F1 Champagne! EXISTS IN KUBINKA IN RUSSIA

I WANT TO BELIEVE!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-10-2011, 01:10:44
Someone was saying , that big tanks cant in to the river ?  ;D
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/448/1268061918484.jpg)
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7712/1268061970543.jpg)

I will make sure that this cumbersome piece of shit bites the dust with APCR ammo :P Besides, crappy main gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-10-2011, 15:10:42
75mm APX gun penetrating 80mm of armor at 1000 meters? The char 2C was the first tank operational with a 3 man turret...

For a tank its size, its weight, its armor and firepower, designed in 1919...Thats an achievement...Surely the design was outdated by WW2...  An update program started in 1939..The result was a 2C with a much more powerfull engine and 90mm of armor at the front and 65mm at the sides and rear....

But its replacement..the Char F1. 100mm of armor everywhere, a 90mm Gun...Sorry but the french where actually capable of producing heavy useless tanks wich dint broke down!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 08-10-2011, 09:10:36
Yankee have a RocketWilly ...

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8279/sellerkerstinskramkiste.jpg)
I demand a WurfPanzer for Germans  ;D  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2011, 13:10:30
A map with Sherman calliope, British sherman tulipe, and german Wurfpanzers anyone?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 08-10-2011, 18:10:05
75mm APX gun penetrating 80mm of armor at 1000 meters? The char 2C was the first tank operational with a 3 man turret...

For a tank its size, its weight, its armor and firepower, designed in 1919...Thats an achievement...Surely the design was outdated by WW2...  An update program started in 1939..The result was a 2C with a much more powerfull engine and 90mm of armor at the front and 65mm at the sides and rear....

But its replacement..the Char F1. 100mm of armor everywhere, a 90mm Gun...Sorry but the french where actually capable of producing heavy useless tanks wich dint broke down!

Well...20 km/h, maximum speed. Dude, I could outrun that thing running. Im sorry, but an ultra heavy tank and heavily armored, compared to speed it's badly built. Granted, the Tiger II could have a better engine for more speed now that I think about, and better transmision.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2011, 18:10:49
75mm APX gun penetrating 80mm of armor at 1000 meters? The char 2C was the first tank operational with a 3 man turret...

For a tank its size, its weight, its armor and firepower, designed in 1919...Thats an achievement...Surely the design was outdated by WW2...  An update program started in 1939..The result was a 2C with a much more powerfull engine and 90mm of armor at the front and 65mm at the sides and rear....

But its replacement..the Char F1. 100mm of armor everywhere, a 90mm Gun...Sorry but the french where actually capable of producing heavy useless tanks wich dint broke down!

Well...20 km/h, maximum speed. Dude, I could outrun that thing running. Im sorry, but an ultra heavy tank and heavily armored, compared to speed it's badly built. Granted, the Tiger II could have a better engine for more speed now that I think about, and better transmision.
The Char 2C broke down less then a Kingtiger. Bringing up only one disadvantage while leaving out the actuall good things..Thats very very sad.

Sure the thing was useless by the time of WW2. But for its time...Its size, weight, armor firepower,..1919? dude the 2C was a prime example of actuall good french engineering.

The french and germans are very alike. Both nations had technology miles ahead of there counterparts.
For the germans, it was things like rockets, jet engines and such. For the french, it was tanks.

French tanks where much better then there corresponding nations. Built in both quality as quantity. The new tank designs in 1939..where groundbreaking. The char G1 is a perfect example. It could have been introduced already in 1938. It had 60mm of frontal sloped armor, 60 mm everywhere else. A powerfull diesel engine, a good top speed of 38 KM/H, a dual purpose high velocity 75mm gun, great cross country capability and was not that expensive to produce.

But just like germany, France had complete idiots in the high command. They postponed many great designs, they made stupid decisions, like the maginot line for example. They refused to let the french army retreat to algeria, along with the production facilities and the new tank designs

Thats right, the french army, navy and airforce had plannes to simply retreat in 1940, set up shop in algeria and then take over north africa from Italy, going to iraq, syria, greece and further. Algeria had decent resources, with the agreement of the US and UK that they will supply them with all the raw materials needed for a full war economy. This plan would have perfectly worked.

But the French high command=NON vichy france!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 08-10-2011, 19:10:41
75mm APX gun penetrating 80mm of armor at 1000 meters? The char 2C was the first tank operational with a 3 man turret...

For a tank its size, its weight, its armor and firepower, designed in 1919...Thats an achievement...Surely the design was outdated by WW2...  An update program started in 1939..The result was a 2C with a much more powerfull engine and 90mm of armor at the front and 65mm at the sides and rear....

But its replacement..the Char F1. 100mm of armor everywhere, a 90mm Gun...Sorry but the french where actually capable of producing heavy useless tanks wich dint broke down!

Well...20 km/h, maximum speed. Dude, I could outrun that thing running. Im sorry, but an ultra heavy tank and heavily armored, compared to speed it's badly built. Granted, the Tiger II could have a better engine for more speed now that I think about, and better transmision.
The Char 2C broke down less then a Kingtiger. Bringing up only one disadvantage while leaving out the actuall good things..Thats very very sad.

Sure the thing was useless by the time of WW2. But for its time...Its size, weight, armor firepower,..1919? dude the 2C was a prime example of actuall good french engineering.

The french and germans are very alike. Both nations had technology miles ahead of there counterparts.
For the germans, it was things like rockets, jet engines and such. For the french, it was tanks.

French tanks where much better then there corresponding nations. Built in both quality as quantity. The new tank designs in 1939..where groundbreaking. The char G1 is a perfect example. It could have been introduced already in 1938. It had 60mm of frontal sloped armor, 60 mm everywhere else. A powerfull diesel engine, a good top speed of 38 KM/H, a dual purpose high velocity 75mm gun, great cross country capability and was not that expensive to produce.

But just like germany, France had complete idiots in the high command. They postponed many great designs, they made stupid decisions, like the maginot line for example. They refused to let the french army retreat to algeria, along with the production facilities and the new tank designs

Thats right, the french army, navy and airforce had plannes to simply retreat in 1940, set up shop in algeria and then take over north africa from Italy, going to iraq, syria, greece and further. Algeria had decent resources, with the agreement of the US and UK that they will supply them with all the raw materials needed for a full war economy. This plan would have perfectly worked.

But the French high command=NON vichy france!

To be fair it is difficult to just leave your whole country, even if it is strategically viable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-10-2011, 19:10:01
Um, Poland, Norway, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Free French forces, Russia, all did it.  France could have done it too |:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2011, 19:10:32
The french realised that they had lost, once the british retreated. The french army still had alot of forces intact, and wanted to preserve them to fight another day.

Um, Poland, Norway, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Free French forces, Russia, all did it.  France could have done it too |:
^this

Many french troops where commited to this plan. The french navy HAD the capabilities to perform this evacuation. It was perfectly possible
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-10-2011, 02:10:55
75mm APX gun penetrating 80mm of armor at 1000 meters? The char 2C was the first tank operational with a 3 man turret...

For a tank its size, its weight, its armor and firepower, designed in 1919...Thats an achievement...Surely the design was outdated by WW2...  An update program started in 1939..The result was a 2C with a much more powerfull engine and 90mm of armor at the front and 65mm at the sides and rear....

But its replacement..the Char F1. 100mm of armor everywhere, a 90mm Gun...Sorry but the french where actually capable of producing heavy useless tanks wich dint broke down!

Well...20 km/h, maximum speed. Dude, I could outrun that thing running. Im sorry, but an ultra heavy tank and heavily armored, compared to speed it's badly built. Granted, the Tiger II could have a better engine for more speed now that I think about, and better transmision.
Stuff


Yeah but, remember that the Char 2C was built in Peacetime, there was no urgent need for new tanks.

While germany had an Urgent need of Heavy tanks, Tiger IIs were built faster and with lots of problems.

Eh, i think it was you who said that in the latests stages of the war, many German Tanks were so bad welded, that only one shot could do lots of damage to them, or something like that.

To make it short, France had all the time in the world to develop some of these tanks

While Germany had the Soviets and their Western Allies in their backyards.



I believe a well built Tiger II is a very Effective Tiger II.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/617328-2/Undamaged+Polish+city)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: 44mag on 09-10-2011, 05:10:49
nah ger didnt have enough supplies of men and fuel fighting a war on two fronts was a recipe for disaster.
not to mention they had a maniac running the show lol.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oqftJAVZ5_4/TfKpPU2IkxI/AAAAAAAAIn4/SsKcfKXM428/s1600/tumblr_lfw99bFr0b1qgsc5lo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 09-10-2011, 06:10:13
Um, Poland, Norway, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Free French forces, Russia, all did it.  France could have done it too |:

I thought there was a pretty significant gulf between continuing to fight from exile, and literally moving your whole military organization instead of defending your homeland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2011, 06:10:13
Then look at the Russians.  They moved their entire industrial base to SIberia.  Or Dunkirk.  Under major luftwaffe attack, the British were able to evac a huge amount of men.  Given that the french would have had several weeks, not days, before being forced from France, especially if they constricted their defense around the port cities, they would have easily evaced their heavy equipment and industrial parts needed, plus their air force and navy would have been easily evaced, especially with Royal Navy support.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-10-2011, 14:10:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0332-25%2C_Griechenland%2C_Kriegsgefangene_neben_Panzer_IV.jpg)
Balkan, Griechenland.- Panzer IV auf Landstraße, gefangene Griechen und Briten
Balkans, Greece- Panzer IV on a dirt road,(with) captured Greeks and British
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-10-2011, 15:10:54
Then look at the Russians.  They moved their entire industrial base to SIberia.  Or Dunkirk.  Under major luftwaffe attack, the British were able to evac a huge amount of men.  Given that the french would have had several weeks, not days, before being forced from France, especially if they constricted their defense around the port cities, they would have easily evaced their heavy equipment and industrial parts needed, plus their air force and navy would have been easily evaced, especially with Royal Navy support.

I dont know, Dunkirk in some way wasnt a dissaster for the Allies becuase England was too close from it. RAF and the Royal Navy could easily support the Evacuation.

IF a French evacuation takes place in Mersaille or something well, that'd be a different story. In the Channel you have some small Kriegsmarine units attacking the large Convoy and the Luftwaffe, in Southern France you might have the Luftwaffe, Regia Aeronautica and most important, Regia Marina.

I think it would have been a disaster.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2011, 16:10:16
Look at the performance of the Regia Marina in WW2.  Even if it DID bother to sally out (something that it rarely did), it would have been utterly slaughtered by the British and French Navy (as it was throughout the war).

The Regia Aeronautica meanwhile was not in any place to mount effective operations (to be honest, it didn't start getting to be a good airforce until 1942/43, far too late in the war).

THe Luftwaffe had it's chance in Dunkirk, with open skies, and it still was unable to do much of anything.

Also, the Luftwaffe was a shortrange force.  The Germans were still hundreds of kilometers from Marsaille, it would have been easy to transfer tanks, aircraft, and men.  Not all are gonna get out, but many will, enough to continue the fight from Algeria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-10-2011, 18:10:57
I dondt know, its a what-if scenario. We're just guessing what could have happend, i believe that if the Evacuation took place in Mersaille then the Regia Marina would have been the key for succes, i mean deploying the biggest vessels of the RM.

Of course it wasnt a very effective Navy, was always scared of going after the Royal Navy.

And about evacuating everything to Algeria, hmm no. I dont think so. Abandonning the Mainland and setting up in a "Foreign" and "Slighty Hostile" territory? What are the evacuated french think about that?

They rather have Vichy france than that imo.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2011, 18:10:47
The reggia marina wouldnt have succeeded. Mussolini was very catious with it, and keep in mind that the french navy was a very modern navy.

France had 3 modern battleships and 5 older battleships. These battleships had excellent firepower and armor, but slow speed. For an evacuation that wassent neccesary
France had also good cruisers and very modern Destroyers. Especialy impressive the "Large class destroyers"
And the fastest destroyer of them all=The Fantasque class reaching 40 knots and equipped with large number of AA guns

The reggia marina was not a threat whatsoever, the German airforce couldnt do zip. The regia marina was a force to be reckoned however in 1941-1942. But not in 1940.


This has been well reviewed by many historians and strategists. And it would have had a very high chance of succes.

The Royal navy was also willing to help aswel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-10-2011, 20:10:21
Hm, the Numerical and Material superiority seems to be on the Allies Side, but, the Italians would have done some damage to the Evacuation fleet, thats for sure.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/604162-2/IMG+-+Copy+_2_)

A Stug-III Ausf. A of the 1. Kompanie SS Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung "LSSAH" approaches the first Soviet T-34 encountered by this unit, Mariupol Russia, July 1941. The men are evacuating SS-Unterscharfuhrer Bergemann after his unsuccessful attempt to destroy the T-34 with a mine. Several rounds fired against the tank at a range of 25 meters by the Sturmgeschütz failed to damage it. Destruction came as a result of gasoline "bombs" being hurled against the vehicle and setting it afire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2011, 20:10:20
Nope, the Italians wouldn't have done shit.  They proved over and over in the war unable to commit their navy to any kind of risk, mostly because of Mussolini's doing.  They would have never committed to a battle where their navy would have been completely wiped out.

Also, Algeria was far from "hostile" and "foreign" territory.  It was, in fact, considered a part of Metropolitan France, just as much as Normandy or Brittany.  Hell, on the coastline, the population was 30% pure blood French.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 09-10-2011, 21:10:29
Greece, Czechoslovak-made 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 37(t) / sFH 37(t) (also known as Škoda 149 mm K-series)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0319-07A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Artilleriestellung_auf_freiem_Feld.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-10-2011, 21:10:37
Painting made in 1941 of a slightly decorated FJ?

(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/7808/imag0463.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 09-10-2011, 21:10:22
Joachim Müncheberg, 135 victories. Shot down over Tunisia in 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2011, 21:10:06
Greece, Czechoslovak-made 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 37(t) / sFH 37(t) (also known as Škoda 149 mm K-series)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0319-07A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Artilleriestellung_auf_freiem_Feld.jpg)
One of the best howitzers of the war. Only the ML20 was better.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2011, 22:10:49
Joachim Müncheberg, 135 victories. Shot down over Tunisia in 1943.

Not so much shot down as blown out of the sky when the plane he was shooting down exploded. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-10-2011, 03:10:30
Painting made in 1941 of a slightly decorated FJ?

[img]http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/7808/imag0463.jpg[/img

Not FJ. It has been established by now that he was a fighter pilot, but let me tell you how I know that without knowing who this fellow is:
The badge above his left breast pocket is a Pilot's Badge. The one below that pocket with the gold wreath is a Fighter Pilot's Clasp. The more dull badge next to it is a Wound Badge for what appears to be a relatively minor wound.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-10-2011, 03:10:19
Painting made in 1941 of a slightly decorated FJ?

[img]http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/7808/imag0463.jpg[/img

Not FJ. It has been established by now that he was a fighter pilot, but let me tell you how I know that without knowing who this fellow is:
The badge above his left breast pocket is a Pilot's Badge. The one below that pocket with the gold wreath is a Fighter Pilot's Clasp. The more dull badge next to it is a Wound Badge for what appears to be a relatively minor wound.

Do you know that your signature makes no sense in German?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-10-2011, 03:10:20
You flipped them, the clasp above the pocket is the Fighter Clasp, the one below the iron cross, with the wreath, is the pilot's badge :P

Also:

(http://2jager.com/_wizardimages/103.jpg)

Finnish soldiers in Karalia...notice the guy on the right as both a German decaled helmet, and german gaiters ;)  Also, the M39 rifle has a turndown bolt :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2011, 03:10:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/618277-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-King-035-37_2C_Russland_2C_Charkow_2C_Fritz_Witt)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 11-10-2011, 07:10:45

Do you know that your signature makes no sense in German?

I figured it wasn't very spot on, but I haven't looked at it since I started actually TAKING German. It was supposed to be a modification of a famous line from a famous book, but I guess it didn't translate well. I'll switch it to English so it makes sense.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-10-2011, 12:10:43
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5895/panzerfaustt.jpg)
Flying Panzerfaust anyone ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 11-10-2011, 16:10:42
Another  Škoda gun, 10,5cm hrubý kanón vz. 35/Schwere 10,5-cm-Kanone 35(t) in France

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-228-0301-09A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Artilleriestellung%2C_Gesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 11-10-2011, 18:10:01

Do you know that your signature makes no sense in German?

I figured it wasn't very spot on, but I haven't looked at it since I started actually TAKING German. It was supposed to be a modification of a famous line from a famous book, but I guess it didn't translate well. I'll switch it to English so it makes sense.

Break your picks and crack your spades! Dig deep if you want to live!

Zerstört eure Spitzhacken und zerbrecht eure Spaten! Grabt tief, wenn ihr leben wollt!


edit: before that you had something about "squeezing out pimples with a spade" standing there :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 13-10-2011, 02:10:25
Wow, and it's been like that for many months now. The shame...
Anyway, a photo to repent for my poor grammar.
KITTEH!!!
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8647/1289582574757.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-10-2011, 17:10:41
Wow, and it's been like that for many months now. The shame...
Anyway, a photo to repent for my poor grammar.
KITTEH!!!
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8647/1289582574757.jpg)
UND mein kameraden, ve must do vatever it takes to capture se Russian Cat food factory No 120.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-10-2011, 17:10:16
more important: which unit?
you can see spezial arm shield, and spezial Insignia on the 2 right guys.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 13-10-2011, 17:10:13
more important: which unit?
you can see spezial arm shield, and spezial Insignia on the 2 right guys.

20. Waffen-Grenadier Division, Estonians. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Estonian))
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-10-2011, 17:10:11
yeah just found out myself
.Uhm no they didnt refused to wear SS insignias, as all volunteer Units had them, and also spezial elite units like "totenkopf"
http://www.waffen-ss.no/Kragenspiegel.htm
------

so a pic of end of war in Vienna.

Destroyed tanks at the Arsenal in Vienna.

(http://www.manufaktur.dk/panzer0476.jpg)

Whats interesting is that it looks like all of them have Zimmert, so they are propaply brought there after the war from the battlefield all over europe, or during war to rebuild them.,
And is there a Luchs with number 332 in the right ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-10-2011, 01:10:07
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/14e1b.jpg)
2 seamen taking a break on the patio while traveling on surface, Type VIIC U300, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-10-2011, 10:10:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/B-17F_formation_over_Schweinfurt%2C_Germany%2C_August_17%2C_1943.jpg)

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B-17 Flying Fortresses on the second Schweinfurt raid
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2011, 03:10:34
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/618646-2/FANO)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-10-2011, 13:10:15
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1153/3388958719597338062.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-10-2011, 13:10:19
most of the pantherturm didnt have a cupola. this must be the turret of a regular panther mounted on a bunker with an enhanced backplate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-10-2011, 16:10:58
Seth, chinese troops?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 15-10-2011, 16:10:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/B-17F_formation_over_Schweinfurt%2C_Germany%2C_August_17%2C_1943.jpg)

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B-17 Flying Fortresses on the second Schweinfurt raid

(http://klee-klaus.business.t-online.de/wehrmacht/krieg_37.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-10-2011, 16:10:20
that PZIII has a IS styled hull?  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-10-2011, 17:10:03
Seth, chinese troops?
yes, did you spot all the interresting things on the picture ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-10-2011, 17:10:48
I only saw one interesting thing in that pic. M/26.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-10-2011, 17:10:56
Alpenfestung on FH2 with british?

THIS PLEASE
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-Churchill-ArdeerAggie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2011, 23:10:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/619220-2/CH109)

The Messerschmitt Bf.109G-14 Wk.Nr. 262818, pilot the Fw Siegfried Henning, III/JG 3, damaged after an air combat with USAAF P-51 over Germany, landed in emergency in Switzerland, Affeltrangen, December 17, 1944. Interned in Switzerland and repaired by Swiss, was incorporated in Swiss Air Force with the code J-714.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-10-2011, 13:10:33
Quote
The Kragujevac massacre was the murder of men and boys in Kragujevac, Serbia, by Nazi German soldiers between 20–21 October 1941. All males from the town between the ages of sixteen and sixty were assembled and the victims — including high school students — were selected from among them. On 29 October 1941, Felix Benzler, the plenipotentiary of the German foreign ministry in Serbia, reported 2,300 people executed. Later investigations by communists inflated numbers between 5,000 and 7,000 people, although these numbers were never proven reliable

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/142_Germans_arested_people_in_Kragujevac.jpg)

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Germans escorting people from Kragujevac and its surrounding area to be executed.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Execution_of_serbs_in_Kragujevac_on_21_10_1941.jpg)

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Germans rounding up civilians

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Kragujevac_-_V3.jpg)

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"Broken Wing" - a monument to those who were killed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-10-2011, 20:10:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/619404-2/Grreek-fighter-P24F-px800-AFTER+DOGFIGHT-ME109)

Polish Built PZL-24 of the Royal Hellenic Air Force. Photo taken after a Dogfight with a German Bf109
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-10-2011, 20:10:04
Ofcourse the PZL won
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 18-10-2011, 22:10:39
This is my picture today, because of the combo of german infantry, the year 1944 and a french tank S35!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-300-1858-23A%2C_Soldaten_mit_MG_42%2C_Panzer_Somua_S35.jpg?uselang=de)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-10-2011, 01:10:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/620140-2/RO41-LW-TORRETTA)

A trainer aircraft IMAM Ro.41 former Italian Regia Aeronautica and sized by Luftwaffe destroyed in an airport of Central Italy, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-10-2011, 18:10:35
Quote
1944 – General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War

(http://encyc.org/pmwiki/uploads/Main/Douglas_MacArthur_lands_Leyte1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-10-2011, 18:10:35
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_17/s_w34_51347500.jpg)

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A U.S. soldier stands in the middle of rubble in the Monument of the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig after they attacked the city on April 18, 1945. The huge monument commemorating the defeat of Napoleon in 1813 was one of the last strongholds in the city to surrender. One hundred and fifty SS fanatics with ammunition and foodstuffs stored in the structure to last three months dug themselves in and were determined to hold out as long as their supplies. American First Army artillery eventually blasted the SS troops into surrender. (Eric Schwab/AFP/Getty Images)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-10-2011, 14:10:07
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w27_13106466.jpg)

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A squad of German soldiers pass through a Greek village, during the occupation of Greece, in May 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-10-2011, 14:10:20
We need a german helmet with the goggles on!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-10-2011, 15:10:23
meinen Augen! die Brille nichts tun!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 21-10-2011, 15:10:08
meinen Augen! die Brille nichts tun!

Sounds more like Polish speaks german, thats not a bad joke worked with some at work. Funny people =)
And they speaking funny german x`D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-10-2011, 15:10:44
meinen Augen! die Brille nichts tun!

Sounds more like Polish speaks german, thats not a bad joke worked with some at work. Funny people =)
And they speaking funny german x`D
Hey it is my best german. The good thing about being dutch is that we can understand german well, but when we try to speak or write it, We always fuck up by adding our own dutch into it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 21-10-2011, 16:10:38
^ the same with germans and dutch. i can perfectly understand dutch when hearing or reading it, although i dont speak a word dutch. your german always reminds me of that denglish in coh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4SpP7VBtA8 

jump to 4:37 - they are hilarious but its so bad german (when they actually speak it)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-10-2011, 18:10:26
Its a great advantage. Germans and dutch can perfectly communicate without knowing eachother's language.
There are diffrences, but if a german says= Ich vill ein schwein kaufen

I just have to say that dutchified and i will somewhat end up with ik wil een zwijn kopen! OOH he wants to buy a pig!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 21-10-2011, 19:10:21
Your not dutch, you belgium wich is something entirely different.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-10-2011, 19:10:19
Your not dutch, you belgium wich is something entirely different.

You are absolutely right, Belgians are definitely superior to Dutch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 21-10-2011, 20:10:16
so much for belgian cohesion and unity. he is already claiming to be a dutchman.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-10-2011, 22:10:32
Your not dutch, you belgium wich is something entirely different.

You are absolutely right, Belgians are definitely superior to Dutch.
Silent, rebel scum!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 21-10-2011, 22:10:42
Your not dutch, you belgium wich is something entirely different.

You are absolutely right, Belgians are definitely superior to Dutch.
You've got fries, I'll give you that. Other than that...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WstSMMApDRI#t=33s
:P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-10-2011, 03:10:39
Who cares about Belgium and the Dutch.

Post pictures or gtfo.  >:(


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/620642-2/FIZIR-1)

After the end of short war against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, April 1941, the Italians seized some aircraft of Yugoslav Royal Air Force like thirteen units of the advanced trainer Fizir FP-2. In Italian hands the Fizir FP-2s were used from May 1941 to June 1943 for fighting the partisan units in Montenegro and Albania. In the photo some of this planes in service with the 39th Squadriglia in Albania.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 22-10-2011, 07:10:29
Romanian R 35 of the 2nd Tank Regiment with a 45 mm Russian gun as main armament. Near Brno in 1945.

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/romania/foreign/r_35_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sagal on 22-10-2011, 16:10:16
(http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/bundesarchiv_bild_101ii-mw-4260-37_lorient_u-boote_u-123_und_u-201_auslaufend.jpg?w=500&h=333)

IXB class u-boat, im my very humble opinion one of the finest submarines ever built. Very successful class nevertheless. (well every IX class boat was great but i'm just in love with IXB subclass, it's my current sub in my latest SH3 career)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 22-10-2011, 17:10:43
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3063/naalost.jpg)
Royal Yugoslav submarine "Nebojša".
I think it was built in Great Britain in between 1926-28 (Coastal submarine type L)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-10-2011, 22:10:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/621082-2/10_006)

A soldier of the 5th SS Pz. Div. Wiking, taking a phone call as Panthers Ausf A's advance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-10-2011, 11:10:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/El_Alamein_1942_-_British_tanks.jpg)

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British tanks advance to engage German armour after infantry had opened gaps in the Axis minefield at El Alamein

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1942, 23rd of October – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.

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The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The battle took place over 14 days from 23 October – 5 November 1942. The First Battle of El Alamein had stalled the Axis advance. Thereafter, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery took command of the British Eighth Army from General Claude Auchinleck in August 1942. The Allied victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign. It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 23-10-2011, 12:10:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Cloud_of_ships_near_normandy_coast.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-10-2011, 15:10:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/620003-2/una+gita+in+barca+per+il+fuherer)

Adolf Hitler visiting Battleship Conte di Cavour in Naples, 1938.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-10-2011, 03:10:39
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9333/variety.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 24-10-2011, 03:10:56
The Lee in the middle has a very interesting hull shape.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-10-2011, 04:10:55
I chose that photo because of the variety in similar tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-10-2011, 09:10:41
That is a M3A1 Lee with casted hull , early model . Late models was without side doors .

BTW ... do we gonna see some action on Balkan front  ?
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8077/6129859364dc55c9ca72.jpg)
I have hope to see that in FH2  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 07-11-2011, 17:11:52
hehe Tito's partisans
They mounted like everything on top of those stuarts.
Stuart pak 40 is my favorite one ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2011, 18:11:28
(http://images.abolkhaseb.net/gi-newsletter/GI%20SPECIAL%206A19-06.jpg)
Take the time to read this rather tragic story

The photo of eddy slovik. The only american soldier who was court martialled and excecuted for desertion. During WW2 21 000 US soldiers deserted there post. Of these 21 000 49 recieved death sentences. Only eddy slovik actually recieved it.

While en route to his assigned unit, Slovik and a friend, Private John Tankey, took cover during an artillery attack and became separated from their replacement detachment. This was the point at which Slovik later stated he found he "wasn't cut out for combat." The next morning, they found a Canadian military police unit and remained with them for the next six weeks. Tankey wrote to their regiment to explain their absence before he and Slovik reported for duty on October 7, 1944. The US Army's rapid advance through France had caused many replacement soldiers to have trouble finding their assigned units, and no charges were filed against them.
The following day on 8 October, Slovik informed his company commander, Captain Ralph Grotte, that he was "too scared" to serve in a rifle company and asked to be reassigned to a rear area unit. He told Grotte that he would run away if he were assigned to a rifle unit, and asked his captain if that would constitute desertion. Grotte confirmed that it would. He refused Slovik's request for reassignment and sent him to a rifle platoon.[7]
The next day, 9 October, Slovik deserted from his infantry unit. His friend John Tankey caught up with him and attempted to persuade him to stay, but Slovik's only comment was that his "mind was made up". Slovik walked several miles to the rear and approached an enlisted cook at a headquarters detachment, presenting him with a note in which he stated his intention to "run away" if he were sent into combat. The cook summoned his company commander and an MP, who read the note and urged Slovik to destroy it before he was taken into custody, which Slovik refused. He was brought before Lieutenant Colonel Ross Henbest, who again offered him the opportunity to tear up the note, return to his unit and face no further charges. After Slovik again refused, Henbest ordered Slovik to write another note on the back of the first one stating that he fully understood the legal consequences of deliberately incriminating himself with the note, and that it would be used as evidence against him in a court martial.
Slovik was taken into custody and confined to the division stockade. The divisional judge advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sommer, again offered Slovik an opportunity to rejoin his unit and have the charges against him suspended. He offered to transfer Slovik to a different infantry regiment where no one would know of his past and he could start with a "clean slate". Slovik, convinced that he would face only jail time, with which he had experience and found preferable to combat, declined these offers, saying, "I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial."

lovik was charged with desertion to avoid hazardous duty and tried by court martial on 11 November 1944. Slovik had to be tried by a court martial composed of staff officers from other US Army Divisions, because all combat officers from the 28th Infantry Division were fighting on the front lines.[2] The prosecutor, Captain John Green, presented witnesses to whom Slovik had stated his intention to "run away." The defense counsel, Captain Edward Woods, announced that Slovik had elected not to testify. The nine officers of the court found Slovik guilty and sentenced him to death. The sentence was reviewed and approved by the division commander, Major General Norman Cota. General Cota’s stated attitude was. "Given the situation as I knew it in November, 1944, I thought it was my duty to this country to approve that sentence. If I hadn’t approved it—if I had let Slovik accomplish his purpose— I don’t know how I could have gone up to the line and looked a good soldier in the face."[2]
On 9 December, Slovik wrote a letter to the Supreme Allied commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, pleading for clemency. However, desertion had become a systemic problem in France, and the surprise German offensive through the Ardennes had begun with severe US casualties, pocketing several battalions and straining the morale of the infantry to the greatest extent yet seen during the war.
Eisenhower confirmed the execution order on 23 December, noting that it was necessary to discourage further desertions. The sentence came as a shock to Slovik, who had expected a dishonorable discharge and a jail term (the latter of which he assumed would be commuted once the war was over), the same punishment he had seen meted out to other deserters from the division while he was confined to the stockade.

The execution by firing squad was carried out at 10:04 a.m. on 31 January 1945, near the village of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. A remorseless Slovik said to the soldiers whose duty it was to prepare him for the firing squad before they led him to the place of execution, "They're not shooting me for deserting the United States Army, thousands of guys have done that. They just need to make an example out of somebody and I'm it because I'm an ex-con. I used to steal things when I was a kid, and that's what they are shooting me for. They're shooting me for the bread and chewing gum I stole when I was 12 years old."

Twelve picked soldiers were detailed for the firing squad from the 109th Regiment. The weapons used were standard issue M-1 rifles. One was loaded with a blank. On the command of "Fire", Slovik was hit by eleven bullets. The wounds ranged from high in the neck region out to the left shoulder, over the left chest, and under the heart. One bullet was in the left upper arm. An Army physician quickly determined Slovik had not been immediately killed. The firing squad's rifles were reloaded in preparation for another volley. But before the officer reloading the rifles was able to finish, Private Slovik died, at age 24.

Although Antoinette Slovik and others petitioned seven U.S. presidents for a pardon, none was granted.


An excecution wich was right or wrong? That is what you decide.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 07-11-2011, 19:11:19
Nice story but desertion is desertion. He tried to get away with it because he had seen other guys get away with it, exactly the reason to make him an example. Still, sad for the chap and his family.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 07-11-2011, 22:11:44
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/2210.jpg)

Found this while playing darkest hour and researching -44 tank destroyers. WTF is it? Looks more like AA than TD...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-11-2011, 22:11:29
It is an ontos from vietnam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M50_Ontos
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2011, 22:11:30
pretty much a mobile TD carying 6 106mm Recoilles rifles. It was light, effective and loved by its crews and the troops. Hated by the Brass, like any effective and well needed vehicle in the US army..And got phased out

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 08-11-2011, 00:11:27
In Norway, around 1940

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-761-221N-06%2C_Norwegen%2C_Panzer_%22Neubaufahrzeug%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 09-11-2011, 19:11:17
a British Firefly in Namur, Meuse river
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/British_Sherman_Firefly_Namur.jpg)

when a british map in the Bulge ??   ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-11-2011, 22:11:08
British fought at the meuse river. The only but hard battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-11-2011, 10:11:35
A two pictures of very interesting modified StuG III Ausf G late  8)

(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5070/stugalajagdpanzer.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/stugalajagdpanzer.jpg/)

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9145/stugalajagdpanzer1.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/stugalajagdpanzer1.jpg/)
StuG belongs to 10 Panz.Gren. Division and photographed in Havlickuv Brod , Moravia around 10 May 1945 .


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 11-11-2011, 05:11:55
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7319/italiancamosmocks.jpg)
Luftwaffe combat personnel. The two on the flanks are sporting Italian camo smocks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 11-11-2011, 22:11:01
(http://utenti.quipo.it/mc68/italtank/Immagini/celere-s-3.jpg)
Italy Crusader replica
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-11-2011, 17:11:41
(http://utenti.quipo.it/mc68/italtank/Immagini/celere-s-3.jpg)
Italy Crusader replica
The production lines where just ready when italy lost north africa. That thing was insane, it had 60mm frontal sloped armor, a german 75mm gun(prototype had mockup 47mm), a powerfull and very reliable aircraft engine and a speed of 71 KM/H
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 12-11-2011, 20:11:36
Never heard about this vehicle before, whats the name of it ? was it produced or just a few prototypes ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 12-11-2011, 21:11:10
(http://utenti.quipo.it/mc68/italtank/Immagini/celere-s-3.jpg)
Italy Crusader replica

info on that tank? Oo, doesnt look like a crusader
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2011, 21:11:59
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8317/waffen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-11-2011, 23:11:10
(http://utenti.quipo.it/mc68/italtank/Immagini/celere-s-3.jpg)
Italy Crusader replica

info on that tank? Oo, doesnt look like a crusader

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/2-Italy/02-MediumTanks/Celere-Sahariano/Celere-Sahariano.htm

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Being impressed with the British cruiser tanks, the Italians attempted to make a copy for use in North Africa. The Italians lost the battle for North Africa before a prototype was completed in 1943 and the project was cancelled. A 75mm main gun was proposed for production models. A 47mm gun was used in the prototype.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 13-11-2011, 00:11:50
should the 75mm in this turret?
it seem a little bit small or ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-11-2011, 00:11:55
That's the 47mm it was first fitted with.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 13-11-2011, 01:11:05
i mean the planned 75kwk should be in these turret ? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-11-2011, 02:11:58
i mean the planned 75kwk should be in these turret ? ;)
they could fit a 17PDR in a sherman tank turret, the 17PDR gun is huge...
besides there was a second turret for this, it was larger, there is a photo of it somewhere
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-11-2011, 05:11:02
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/629831-2/leros1)

German Forces in Leros. 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-11-2011, 19:11:11
if you want to find the general
I KNOW WHERE HE IS
I KNOW WHERE HE IS
I KNOW WHERE HE IS
if you want to find the general
I KNOW WHERE HE IS
HE is taking a piss in the rhine!
(http://www.5ad.org/ppatton.jpg)
I SAW HIM
I SAW HIM
taking a piss in the rhine
Taking a piss in the rhine



(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8317/waffen.jpg)

ME gusta
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 15-11-2011, 21:11:52
lmao Theta, the lyrics  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-11-2011, 22:11:57
lmao Theta, the lyrics  ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K1BdDVvV9Q
origenal :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 15-11-2011, 22:11:52
I know, saw it on WoT forums few days ago  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-11-2011, 09:11:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Captured_Tiger_II_with_American_markings.jpg)

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Captured Tiger II with improvised US markings

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Operation Queen was an American operation during World War II at the Western Front at the German Siegfried Line. The operation was aimed against the Rur River, as a staging point for a subsequent thrust over the river to the Rhine into Germany. It was conducted by the 1st and 9th U.S. Army.

The offensive commenced on 16 November 1944 with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombing of the war. However, Allied advance was unexpectedly slow, against heavy German resistance, especially in the Hürtgen Forest through which the main thrust of the offensive was carried out. By mid-December the Allies finally reached the Rur and tried to capture its important dams, when the Germans launched their own offensive dubbed Wacht am Rhein. The ensuing Battle of the Bulge led to the immediate cessation of the Allied offensive efforts into Germany until February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-11-2011, 18:11:55
We still missing one of the most interesting and originaly vehicles , used in Africa  ;D

(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/188/81534273.jpg)
Pz.SFl. II (HKP902)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-11-2011, 00:11:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/50036-2/WeFiM_35_1)
A puppy stays close to the body of a dead French soldier, June, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-11-2011, 14:11:12
Oh, Snap!
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/8826/ohsnaph.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-11-2011, 16:11:46
Sure make a comment like that when in front of you 10 men could have died, and probaly would have
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 17-11-2011, 17:11:26
Sure make a comment like that when in front of you 10 men could have died, and probaly would have

Yes, they all died. Shit happens when war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-11-2011, 17:11:14
Sure make a comment like that when in front of you 10 men could have died, and probaly would have

Yes, they all died. Shit happens when war.
still when you see that photo, or the previous photo of the dead french soldier...

war sucks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 17-11-2011, 17:11:10
the photo of the french soldier and the puppy is sad. the bomber, well meh. not that they deserved it, but if that bomber wasnt hit there would propably be a lot more dead civilians on the ground. and yes, war is shit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-11-2011, 17:11:00
Bomber crews where forced to do it. And often they dint knew they bombed civilian targets. "HEY GUYS REALLY IT IS FACTORY you are bombing! OOPS SORRY IT WAS A SCHOOL!

Any references to arthur "Bomb everything flat" harris is purely coincidal

if they refused to bomb, hard labour or even court martial.

Its the same with some SS troops during WW2. Obersturmfuhrer says=Kill those civilians. Soldiers say no? Then you stand with the civilians and be shot aswel.


War sucks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-11-2011, 21:11:17
(http://www.b17sam.com/files/B24wingoff.gif)

And now for something completely different
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-11-2011, 23:11:47
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1873/hmcstrilliumbridgejt159.jpg)

Can't remember if I posted this before, but here it is again.  The bridge of the HMCS Trillium, a Flower-class Corvette.

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She was launched on 26 June 1940, transferred to the RCN, and commissioned on 31 October 1940. She was named after the Trillium genus of flowering plants including wakerobin, tri flower, and birthroot.

Trillium escorted trade convoys between Halifax Harbour and Liverpool through the battle of the Atlantic. The ship was returned to the Royal Navy after it escorted the last HX convoy of the war. She was sold for civilian use as Olympic Winner in 1950 and renamed Otori Maru No. 10 in 1956.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-11-2011, 01:11:27
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5752/podmornicauibeniku.jpg)
Royal Yugoslav Navy submarine osvetnik class, "Osvetnik" tied to pier at Šibenik
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 18-11-2011, 01:11:48
Solothurn used by italians
(https://forum.ioh.pl/graficzki2/1236771568_solothurn-photoitalybersaglieri_1_.jpg)
Mi Piace
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-11-2011, 01:11:39
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8783/e6a206fdc6dc04c8cfc37bb.jpg)
wrecked Me 109, El Daba 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-11-2011, 10:11:49
This time something funny ... i think  ;D
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8306/pziiisig33.jpg)
Isnt that a axis bias ? sIG 33 from Sturmpanzer II on Panzer III chassis  8) , some field modification from Africa  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 18-11-2011, 11:11:53
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4219/image284105galleryv9upd.jpg)

not wwII but wwII related


A Russian T-34 tank is loaded on a truck in Rostock, Germany. The tank was found during construction work and still contained ammunition, grenades and human remains. The German organisation for the burial of war-dead, Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgräberfürsorge is investigating the remains and trying to indentify the crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 18-11-2011, 16:11:32
This was propably a T-34 of the 65th army of the 2nd belorussian front. On the first of may 1945 this tank was sent out for scouting and got destroyed by a policeman who blew up the bridge it was crossing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 18-11-2011, 19:11:40
US 60th infantry regiment around Germeter
(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/westwall/hu02.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-11-2011, 00:11:47
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6632/46588cc92b84f94320e5d62.jpg)
Driver: David Stirling, Commander of the L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade, North Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-11-2011, 20:11:49
Soon to be in Fh2 in every assault kit:

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/firearms-ordnance/182174d1312791632t-mp40-silencer-110.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-11-2011, 01:11:44
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5066/7202b5c0780ac06784bbb33.jpg)
Admiral Karl Dönitz with fellow officers at map table, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: azreal on 20-11-2011, 06:11:04
Soon to be in Fh2 in every assault kit:

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/firearms-ordnance/182174d1312791632t-mp40-silencer-110.jpg)

that looks like a silenced MP40...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-11-2011, 07:11:36
Yep, the Germans were prototyping it, but never went into production.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-11-2011, 09:11:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Tarawa.jpg/759px-Tarawa.jpg)

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Lt Alexander Bonnyman (4th from right) and his assault party storming a Japanese stronghold. Bonnyman received the Medal of Honor posthumously.

Quote
The Battle of Tarawa, code named Operation Galvanic, was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, largely fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. It was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MvB_1988 on 20-11-2011, 14:11:58
Soon to be in Fh2 in every assault kit:

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/firearms-ordnance/182174d1312791632t-mp40-silencer-110.jpg)

that looks like a silenced MP40...

Kommandoverband "Jaguar", 1944/1945

At the end of 1944 a special unit "Jaguar" was created, initially acting in the region of Krakow and had tasks the similar to tasks of 150 brigade used in the Ardennes.

Staff of this unit is unknown, but in its composition there was the so - called medium company, equipped with tanks T-34/76 and T-34/85. Unit receive their tanks from tank repair plant in Braunsberg (East Prussia, about 62 km from Koenigsberg, now is Kaliningrad, Russia). In this detachment was the Russian soldiers who were come over to the Germany side, and the German soldiers well knowing russian language.

In autumn of 1944 the personal has passed special training, according Red Army drill, charters and manuals, in area of small town Lamsdorf (Lamsdorf) in the Silesia (now Lambinowice, a southwest of Poland). Also in this city there was a camp war prisoners Stalag 344 (Stalag VIII-B), it is probable from among prisoners of this camp there was completiong of detachment.

At the end of 1944 Kommandoverband was moved in the composition of army group "South" and in the composition 6 TA SS participated in combat in the territory of Hungary during January 1945. During operation on 22 December 1944 to the west of the city of Sekeshfehervar, germans name of this city Stuhlweissenburg, the fighting group had in structure a 3 tanks T-34/85 and 37 mans (12 Germans, 18 Russian and 7 Hungarians) operated during 6 hours in territory occupied with the Soviet Army, and not uncovered..According with germans officers and soldiers memoires this unit had up to 14 tanks, including IS-2 heavy tank.

source: http://www.ww2incolor.com/german/t-34_85_25.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-11-2011, 20:11:12
(http://i10.tinypic.com/2qntsfl.gif)

Volkssturm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-11-2011, 20:11:24
I can be wrong ... but that looks like from Tunisia 1943  8)
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8159/otros09fs1.jpg)

Some sources says about using a MG42 for first time in Battle of El Alamein ...

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=193754
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 23-11-2011, 16:11:03
I can be wrong ... but that looks like from Tunisia 1943  8)
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8159/otros09fs1.jpg)

Some sources says about using a MG42 for first time in Battle of El Alamein ...

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=193754

That pic is from El Alamein.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 23-11-2011, 17:11:50
Ubersoldier: Gefreiter Schneemann, with his Luftwaffe Comrads
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqfvzh9aXf1r120mro1_400.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-11-2011, 17:11:39
Ein master in making of ze Schneifgranate!

Last year we made a snowman in the middle of our"nomansland" on our private airsoft terrain. Gave him a helmet and everything  ;D

Me and the german biased guy kept trowing Schneifgranate and sneg granatu at eachother
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-11-2011, 05:11:27
 ::)  Oh well ... at last theres a proof  that MG42 was in Africa  ;D

(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5779/1321753670450.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/1321753670450.jpg/)

Why no Ausf. J in Bulge ?  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 24-11-2011, 12:11:12
Pretty much requires a new model, and doesnt add anything to the gameplay and is purely costmetic, hence why it hasnt been added yet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 24-11-2011, 18:11:53
Pretty much requires a new model, and doesnt add anything to the gameplay and is purely costmetic, hence why it hasnt been added yet.
nope ... slower turret traverse (not a big change, but still affects gameplay).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-11-2011, 18:11:04
Not much changes to make.  Would have slower turret traverse, and the only model change would be the mesh side skirts, thus making it go a slight bit faster if anything.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 24-11-2011, 18:11:28
+ 3 instead of 4 small wheels and the different exhaust pipes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-11-2011, 18:11:52
Would still be very awesome to see Ausf J. But yeah, it had a very slow turret traverse

Slightly better then a M10 however
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-11-2011, 18:11:48
Faster way is make a Ausf J early model . Nothing to change in turret skin ( side doors was identical like in H ) , only removing side vision slites for driver and radio-operator from hull . Chassis this same from Ausf H . Change only rear part of hull by removing small exhaust . Sideskirts without change too .  8)

http://www.srac.hu/iron/galery/pz4/08.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-11-2011, 20:11:04
Faster way is make a Ausf J early model . Nothing to change in turret skin ( side doors was identical like in H ) , only removing side vision slites for driver and radio-operator from hull . Chassis this same from Ausf H . Change only rear part of hull by removing small exhaust . Sideskirts without change too .  8)

http://www.srac.hu/iron/galery/pz4/08.jpg
Not every Panzer had sideskirts, this is something i want again in FH2. Some panzer commanders choose this because of the mobility danger (Mud clogging and the worst fear=The skirt fired upon by HE became twisted inside the tracks and wheels)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 24-11-2011, 20:11:34
Pics or gtfo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-11-2011, 21:11:11
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/Przemo/okolice_elblga_183.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 24-11-2011, 22:11:38
Always like this part of forum, the best indeed ! so here's my little bricks

Bombing of Saint-Malo, you can see La Varde up-left, close to tail's b-24. At same time Op. Luttich begun 100km away, "historic nerd" ;D should look for Bacherer, Von Aulock worth the look too.
(http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/b24sm10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=30&u=14766804)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-11-2011, 22:11:20
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/6766/13494747.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 25-11-2011, 02:11:48
New day new photo, La varde again ;D
Was keeping it for the "official" load screen, a discovered photo by the "tower of happyness" roughly traduced, my last static to complete the map, what he song in his mind ? (http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/pakatl10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=31&u=14766804)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 25-11-2011, 19:11:01
unlocked the stug in WoT, so i fell like posting stugs:

(http://www.panzerace.net/images/biog/wittmann_08.jpg)
thats wittmann on the left front after getting the Iron Cross II for destroying 6 T34/76 in the Stug. the Stugs nickname was Bussard - Buzzard in english.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 25-11-2011, 21:11:46
Germans preparing to cross the Meuse in May 1940.

Why do we invented propaganda???  ;D ;D it's so funny without it !!!

(http://fxeuzet.free.fr/blog/1940/france/13-05b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-11-2011, 01:11:54
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6464/676a6ceb1c7d965f6e76f10.jpg)
...and then I said: no! I won't eat my soup!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 26-11-2011, 11:11:39
Psy-ops during battle of Paramé, part of Saint-Malo, 1 week of urban festivity

(http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/dsc00110.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=33&u=14766804)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 26-11-2011, 21:11:35
Two pics of Ram and Priest Kangaroos:

(http://www.canadiankangaroos.ca/Site/News/84ADBDB2-04AB-49AD-A88A-0BFD5F9E5D91_files/PA_129172_totalize.jpg)

(http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/1cacr/pics/kangaroo_10.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 27-11-2011, 11:11:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/USMC_LVT-2_Water_Buffalo.JPEG)

Quote
A Water Buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for beaches of Tinian Island near Guam. July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 27-11-2011, 15:11:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/314031-2/French_20soldiers_20with_20Erma_20SMGs)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 27-11-2011, 19:11:00
(http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/011110.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=34&u=14766804)

"drei muskater" in St-malo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-11-2011, 07:11:08
Pickup kit jackpot

(http://www8.pic-upload.de/27.11.11/rsajakb21msg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 28-11-2011, 16:11:57
Nice picture. Looks a bit wtfbbq that their holding their guns by their very short barrels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 28-11-2011, 19:11:50
Regelbau 677 in Rochebonne, part of Paramé. The beach covered by the 88 was also covered by La Varde's artillery.

(http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/pteder10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=35&u=14766804)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-11-2011, 21:11:13
Sir we've spotted the objective

A bunker
*no worries
Steel reinforced
*Thats it?
Pak 40 surrounded by MG34's
*will not even break a sweat
a german shepherd
*...Call off the invasion


anyway, needs more churchills

(http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/90/126190-004-4029A259.jpg)

Churchill Crocodile, Before the battle of Caen. 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-11-2011, 21:11:15
needs PAK43's first

(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Artillery/Guns/German/Flak-36/images/Acht-Acht-Pak_Russian-mud-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 28-11-2011, 21:11:48
Sir we've spotted the objective

A bunker
*no worries
Steel reinforced
*Thats it?
Pak 40 surrounded by MG34's
*will not even break a sweat
a german shepherd
*...Call off the invasion


anyway, needs more churchills

[img]http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/90/126190-004-4029A259.jpg[/
Churchill Crocodile, Before the battle of Caen. 1944
Theta: I usually do not agree with your humor but this was fucking funny actually...  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 29-11-2011, 06:11:34
Don't let me be misunderstood, my goal isn't destroying FH2 at all, far from that, i can even say i used to want add arguments to the mod, solid as bunkers, efficient as sometimes this kind of heavy lines served, & forgotten battle as the french 40 campaign and reduction of festungen are.

Let me plz share some fruits from years of dedication to 2 projects, again i spare you Sedan or Dynamo exemple of what we've found to work with, firstly i've thought of showing you a "short tour of festung", seven day seven interesting pics,'ll shortened that.
Like all forumers wanna show something special, lik' yur "churchill'devotion" THeTA0123, my whish is to show you why Germans considered festung Saint-Malo the most accomplished one of the western front

Copyrighted Lee Miller, an interesting figure to search for !

(http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/img_1310.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=36&u=14766804)

17/08/44 ,inland combat ceased by surrender of festungkommandant Von Aulock,rest of P-38 squadron NaPalm-loaded are directed to Cézembre island (note that they're called "dive bomb" in USAF report of action), which 400 men garrison (M.A.A. 608,Oberleutnant Seuss) hold till 2 september, night/day shelling, even a quick google map's search worth the shot.

Believe me i'm the saddest here, was the "London Calling " for us, unlike the Clash i never felt so much a lack.... but we're dead it's the past now, you must make peace with him to enjoy present !

Just listen together this one lik "virtual ww2 soldier" i'm sure we could stop bad joking & feel respect towards a dead & a still living team, long life to you , no sarcasm inside.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnQFJQM3D4, my dead choice for La Varde's loadsong.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-11-2011, 13:11:44
I call that allied bias ... Chevy with Boys AT rifle  ;D
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2358/boyschevy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-11-2011, 17:11:19
Nice picture. Looks a bit wtfbbq that their holding their guns by their very short barrels.

I like how they have weapons of 3 different nations:

G43, K98k - Germany
Mosin Nagant - Russia
Beretta MAB 38/42 - Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-11-2011, 19:11:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/540167-2/UuAddH_69_1%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 01-12-2011, 15:12:49
Marder III M (early Series) in Italia, it´s even a Marder III M who gets burned in James Rayn.

Posting 2 Pics, cause its the same tank  :D

(http://ww2db.com/images/vehicle_marderiii_9.jpg)
(http://ww2db.com/images/vehicle_marderiii_10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-12-2011, 18:12:22
Not a photo, but a hilarious story

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Sgt. Carmello and his company of crack Carabinieri had been pinned down in the mountain pass for two very cold, uncomfortable and frightening hours. With his captain dead, casualties mounting and their advance stalled by heavy machine-gun fire from the heights above them, Sgt. Carmello and his only surviving officer, a young cadet lieutenant, called for armor support. The path to retreat was still clear, but none of the soldiers wanted to go back. After all, Carmello told his comrades, the men shooting at them were wearing skirts. Surely such men would not stand up to Italian tanks.

The sergeant was wrong. As he has often related in his halting yet clear English, that was the day he knew Italy would lose the war. It was also the day he vowed he would someday go to America, if only to get away from such idiots as Benito Mussolini.

In 1938 Carmello and many of the other men in his company of Sicilians had joined the Italian national police, the Carabinieri, to escape being drafted into the Italian army. Unfortunately for them, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini militarized the Carabinieri. Some of the Carabinieri were selected to serve as field police while others were formed into crack commando units. Mussolini, or “Il Duce,” as he preferred to be called, had personally reminded the Carabinieri of their regiment’s glorious history as an elite heavy cavalry regiment during the Risorgimento and Reunification of Italy in the previous century. The Carabinieri, Il Duce had proclaimed, had always been at the forefront of battle. Now they would lead the army in retracing the footsteps of the ancient legions to rebuild Mussolini’s New Roman Empire.

Those footsteps had taken some Carabinieri into Ethiopia, Libya and now Egypt, where they were confronting British General Archibald Wavell’s small Middle East Command. Carmello’s company had been spared the desert campaigns. They had been sent into newly conquered Albania, where they were selected to be the very tip of the spearhead of General Sebastiano Visconti-Prasca’s invasion of Greece in late October, 1940. The Carabinieri were to clear the difficult mountain roads along the Greco-Albanian frontier of “light resistance.” So far, however, like their brethren in the Alpini, Bersaglieri and other elite regiments in the advance guard of the Italian army, the Carabinieri had met with nothing but heavy fire.

Greek General Alexander Papagos had had many months to prepare for Visconti-Prasca. Papagos had built up a series of strong defensive lines in the difficult mountain terrain along the Greco-Albanian border. Although not as well-equipped as the modern, mechanized Italian army, Papagos had nearly as many men (150,000 vs 162,000 Italians), and he had positioned them well.

The men Papagos positioned in the mountain passes wore light olive green skirts, knee socks and shoes with little fluffy tassels. These were the “men in skirts” that Carmello say firing down on his Carabinieri. Little did he know at the time that these skirted warriors were the Evzones, the best shots in the Greek army. Tough, native mountain fighters with a tradition not unlike that of the Scottish Highlanders or the Italian Alpini, the Evzones manned the first line of defense: the mountain passes.

Carmello had lost too many men dueling with the Greek snipers. He ordered his soldiers to take cover in the rocks and cuts alongside the road. He saw no sense in exposing his men to danger when victory would be assured once the tanks arrived.

An hour later, he heard the telltale clankety-clank, rumble-rumble, whirr-whirr of bogie wheels as the Italian armor approached. His men began to cheer as the lead tank in the Italian armored column turned the corner and came up the road behind them.

The tank was alone.

One tank. That was all the Italian Tank Corps had sent. Carmello was a little downcast, but he did not let his men see his disappointment. At least it was not one of the little light machine-gun tanks (like the Carro Veloce 35). It was a real tank. A big tank. The best the Italians had made to date: an M.11/39 medium tank, with a real cannon -- a 37 mm gun.

The Evzones poured fire down on the M.11/39. Carmello’s Carabinieri jeered as machine-gun and rifle bullets bounced off its armor plates. The turret rotated to allow its 8 mm light machine-gun to spray the heights. The tank turned on its treads so that the main gun in the body of the tank could bear. It fired. A great “boom” echoed in the pass. Rocks flew in the air where the shell hit.

...and Sgt. Carmello remembers that there was also another strange banging sound, like a rattle, coming from the tank.

The tank fired again, and again and again. Each time the gun fired and recoiled, however, Carmello recalls, the rattling got louder. Then he notice that the armor was coming loose.

Italian tanks were not solid-cast. Plates of thin armor (30 mm in the case of the M.11/39) were bolted on to a metal frame. Unfortunately, the bolts tended to come loose, especially when the tanks were jostled going over rough terrain or when they were subjected to stress -- like the recoil of their gun. The tankers knew this; they carried special wrenches to tighten the bolts during rest stops.

Carmello tried to crawl to the tank, but the Evzones were still pouring fire down on his position. The tank fired again, and again and again....and then a plate fell off. The tankers were probably too excited or too busy choking from the dust and smoke to notice, and they fired again and again....and another plate fell off.

That is when Carmello heard another sound he has never forgotten: laughter. The Greeks stopped firing. They were laughing. As the dust began to clear Carmello could see why: there sat the tank, a half a dozen of its armor plates lying about, and the turret gunner sitting there, unprotected, for all to see.

The gunner kicked down and yelled to the driver to put the tank in gear and retreat -- but it would not go. One of the plates that had fallen off had become jammed in the bogie wheels. The turret gunner scrambled out of the skeleton turret and ran for the rocks. The driver and cannoneer jumped out and followed. As they cowered behind Carmello the sergeant looked around at the bewildered faces of his men ... and like a single man, they all stood up with their hands over their heads.

The rattletrap tank had been the last straw; it had convinced them all that Italy would never win this war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-12-2011, 20:12:34
Posting this story on facebook  ;D I love you ! <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 01-12-2011, 20:12:21
This story made my day  :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 01-12-2011, 20:12:09
PAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAAHAAAAAA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-12-2011, 20:12:02
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Kleisoura.Italiko.tank.jpg/766px-Kleisoura.Italiko.tank.jpg)

Kleisoura Pass, Italian tank (guarded by Greek soldiers)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 01-12-2011, 20:12:50
This story made my day  :-*

And that's why I never use italian tanks; too weak, too badly armored, too badly equipped. With a weak gun and weak armor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-12-2011, 21:12:17
This story made my day  :-*

And that's why I never use italian tanks; too weak, too badly armored, too badly equipped. With a weak gun and weak armor.
I always take Italian tanks, And you can see me rollin and hatin and owning on Gazala with them
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 01-12-2011, 21:12:49
Rather pick german armor when I have the chance...it's the only way to destroy heavy ally tanks. 47 and 37mm guns are too weak against Grand M3.

50mm gun at least do something against them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 01-12-2011, 21:12:07
i dont even enter italian tanks any more. if theres no infantry they are useless - and thats the fact on pretty much any NA map. parked the semovente behind a grant once and fired 10!! -i didnt have other targets- AP shells into its ass without doing damage. no way im going to enter one of these tin cans again, nice decoration nothing more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-12-2011, 21:12:49
You are all a Bunch of NO hopers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 01-12-2011, 21:12:35
You are all a Bunch of NO hopers

No Theta; we just dont play for novelty or joy for a certain vehicle. I play in a vehicle for stats and effectiviness. For me a weak gun in a tank is completely useless.

It's why I pick a Panzer 3 50mm over an italian tank any day, that at least has a good gun and moderate protection, while the italian tank sucks at long to medium, and even to short range and has a thin can protection.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-12-2011, 21:12:21
Then you simply dont have fun. I prefer to take the underdog, and then rub it in there faces when i am performing well with it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 01-12-2011, 21:12:55
Then you simply dont have fun. I prefer to take the underdog, and then rub it in there faces when i am performing well with it
More likely you want an excuse for your horrible skills  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 01-12-2011, 21:12:10
Then you simply dont have fun. I prefer to take the underdog, and then rub it in there faces when i am performing well with it

Keep trying to kill a Panther with a Grayhound 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-12-2011, 22:12:17
Then you simply dont have fun. I prefer to take the underdog, and then rub it in there faces when i am performing well with it

Keep trying to kill a Panther with a Grayhound 8)

In FH1, I would indeed do just that all the time.  I actually kept a tally of german heavy tanks that I destroyed with the Greyhound.  Was going into the double digits for Panthers, Stugs, and PzIVs.  I also love taking light tanks like the Pz2 and toying with heavys with them.  Knocking out M3 Grants on Mersa Matruh  with the Pz2 is awesome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 01-12-2011, 22:12:44
Well, on the matter of driving ITA tanks in FH2, theta can always count on me as his carro armato follower!
I remember once I was in one and two more were following me. We encountered a grant and just spammed him with shells so he was unable to accurately shoot back at us and so he retreated. Afterwards we beat off a british assault with some crusaders and stuarts and we only lost one tank.
Those things can be pretty epic sometimes.
And on Sidi Rezegh I tend to use the Fiat L6/40 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-12-2011, 01:12:59
You are all a Bunch of NO hopers

Dont look at them Non Believers Theta, stay away from them!

Italian Tanks needs users like us!

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/637581-2/LEO-451-RA-3)

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A LeO-451 former Vichy’Air Force with the white Italian cross on the fins. Photo taken perhaps still in France, prior of transfer in Italy. Note the original French roundels of the wings cancelled, but not again replaced by Italian Regia Aeronautica insignias. Beyond a certain numbers of aircrafts find on some Southern France’s airfield, the Italians troops captured 39 LeO-451 in SNCASE factory in Ambérieu-en-Bugey (Lyon). This planes were requested on 1943 to Italian Regia Aeronautica by German Luftwaffe in exchange of a lot of Dewoitine D-520s fighters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 02-12-2011, 18:12:34
Then you simply dont have fun. I prefer to take the underdog, and then rub it in there faces when i am performing well with it

Keep trying to kill a Panther with a Grayhound 8)

In FH1, I would indeed do just that all the time.  I actually kept a tally of german heavy tanks that I destroyed with the Greyhound.  Was going into the double digits for Panthers, Stugs, and PzIVs.  I also love taking light tanks like the Pz2 and toying with heavys with them.  Knocking out M3 Grants on Mersa Matruh  with the Pz2 is awesome.

Not AS impressive. But I once finished a round in FH1 BotB in a Puma with 106 kills and 2 deaths. I say not as impressive because it was an early morning crowd and my gun was better than that of a Greyhound.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-12-2011, 18:12:21
making kills with puma=not so impressive

making kills with a PZII ripping apart tanks or a greyhound=Thats impressive
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 02-12-2011, 18:12:05
And that's why always I kill more Greyhounds than any other vehice  ;D

Vehicle rambo commandos are easy shooting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-12-2011, 18:12:01
im not listening anymore to you blasphemers and non believers

therefor i present italian tanks

(http://www.lonesentry.com/panzer/may/pics/m14-41-italian-tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 02-12-2011, 20:12:12
hardly a "tank" by september ´43 standards. by that time most german tanks were equipped with the long 75mm/L48. (the better compared to the italian tanks) Panzer III production was halted and russians would soon equip their T34s with the 85mm gun. not to speak of the shermans who outgunned those fiats anyway. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 02-12-2011, 20:12:25
In Africa maps, the sherman is perhaps one of the best tanks. Even the 50mm has much problems hurting the frontal armor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-12-2011, 23:12:38
Yeah but these piece of crap Sherman is much more expensive than my cute M13/40, so suck it up Sherman.


Literally.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/637873-2/CA316_mm27193)

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A quiet haven of peace not yet reached by the war: the Lake Iseo (or Lake Sebino), in Lombardia, on Summer of 1940. The all whit seaplane is the prototype, military code MM27193, of maritime reconnaissance aircraft Caproni Ca.316 built by Cantieri Aeronautici Bergamaschi, Caproni Group, powered by two Piaggio PVII radial engines (each with 480 HP of power) which flew for first time at Montecollino (Iseo) on 14 August 1940. A dozen of Ca.316s were built for the naval components (Marinavia) of Italian Regia Aeronautica mainly employed at Orbetello by 3rd Squadriglia of Scuola Osservazione Marittima (Maritime Reconnaissance School) for training of the Italian Navy’s air observer. The production of Ca.316 ceased on 15 January 1942. Switched at Portorose, in Istria (today Portorož, Slovenia) on Summer 1943, after the Armistice of Italy the surviging Ca.316s were damaged by the Italian personnel to avoid their seizure by Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2011, 00:12:04
the following picture is WW2 but also not WW2
Kudos who can identify things here

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=124737&sid=04c0fda86c86ac9c44decd781ccc951e)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 04-12-2011, 00:12:41
swizz:
why: helmet
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2011, 00:12:58
Quickly edited your mistake eh :P

Irish has answerd it=

these are swiss troops training again right after Germany invaded france. The soldier on the left is armed with a Karbiner 11(I think, its not a K31 because the magazine is not located at the trigger housing)
To the left the Furrer M25 light machinegun. A very awesome MAGAZINE FED LMG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-12-2011, 01:12:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-316-1196-27%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten_in_MG-Stellung.jpg)
Italy soldiers with Fiat 14/35 with 50 round strips
do want <3   :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2011, 01:12:42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7JyWyWxxg

yes its that epic  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2011, 04:12:59


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/637577-2/LEO-451-RA-1)

Three Italian Air Force’s NCOs standing up in front of a former French Air Force bomber Lioré-et-Olivier LeO-451 seized by Italians after the Vichy Government’s fall on November 1942. Location unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-12-2011, 11:12:38
After going through my Imageshack account I found a bunch of photos my grandfather took prior to and during WW2. He was drafted into the "Reichsarbeitsdienst" (some pseudo-military working service that was mandatory for German young men before they joined the Wehrmacht) in 1938 and joined the Wehrmacht half a year later.
Because of basic training he missed the Polish campaign and he first saw action in France, as part of Army Group South.
He was an enlisted soldier in a signals unit and an enthusiastic photographer who took lots of photos and spend lots of time developing and sorting his photos.
I´ve decided to post them in a loose order here in this thread (or in the "other eras" thread if pics were taken before WW2) so they can be shared.

The first photo was taken at the German-Swiss border. The Swiss were very accurate when it came to shooting down planes that violated their air space wether they were Allied or Axis.
This photo shows German and Swiss soldiers talking during a ceremony where the bodies of shot down German pilots were returned back to Germany:
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3124/90968178.jpg)

If time permits I´ll continue uploading other photos during the coming days. I hope some might find them interesting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2011, 11:12:50
Some? dude these kinds of photo's are always 10 times more intresting! MOAR PLX!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-12-2011, 14:12:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Guad2MarineRaiderPatrol.jpg)

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Carlson's patrol, also known as The Long Patrol or Carlson's long patrol, was an operation by the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion under the command of Evans Carlson during the Guadalcanal Campaign against the Imperial Japanese Army from 6 November-4 December 1942. In the operation, the 2nd Raiders attacked forces under the command of Toshinari Shōji, which were escaping from an attempted encirclement in the Koli Point area on Guadalcanal and attempting to rejoin other Japanese army units on the opposite side of the U.S. Lunga perimeter.

In a series of small unit engagements over 29 days, the 2nd Raiders killed almost 500 Japanese soldiers while suffering only 16 killed. The raiders also captured a Japanese artillery cannon that was delivering harassing gunfire on Henderson Field, the Allied airfield at Lunga Point on Guadalcanal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ZeG on 04-12-2011, 16:12:56
(http://i.imgur.com/B48ma.jpg)
Quote
German snipers, Bautzen, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-12-2011, 16:12:36
Didn't I post that 2 pages ago?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 04-12-2011, 16:12:37
Ah well....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-12-2011, 20:12:59
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/2214/medium/tank4.jpg)
M3 Lee in NA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-12-2011, 21:12:05
^ looks quite broken. ammo storage blown up? stuka? self destroyed?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2011, 21:12:43
I remeber that one yeah, engine was shot to pieces by flak 88. IIRC it was the counter attack at alam halfa. In wich the crew detonated there own ammo storage with explosives to avoid the tank being captured
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-12-2011, 22:12:54
It is nothing but a scratch. Some new paint and it is as good as new.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2011, 22:12:36
Sending it back to the UK for repairs? nono, Wrench!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-12-2011, 22:12:55
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/11.JPG)

Packing up artillery pieces - Greece 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2011, 22:12:28
Sending it back to the UK for repairs? nono, Wrench!
LOL

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/543321-2/1_004)

italian M15/42 in use by the german 12th panzer in italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-12-2011, 00:12:51
Italy ?
12.th Panzerdiv. No

12th Panzerdivision was fighting Poland, France, and then Russia. Its end was in the Kurland Pocket.

and it cant be 12. SS. Panzerdiv. either cause they were fighting France, Bulge, Hungary, Austria.

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Anyway:

Graz, the 2nd biggest city in Austria with around 260.000 inhabitants, was the most bombed Austria city with 56 attacks.

(http://austria-lexikon.at/attach/Wissenssammlungen/Historische_Bilder/Bombardierung_von_Graz/scaled-600x417_35415.jpg)

The most hitted target was the Grazer mainstation. In the pic its in the center where the smoke is coming from.

This is what they found in March this year at construction work at the station
(http://static1.kleinezeitung.at/system/galleries_520x335/upload/2/7/5/2729661/3995992_BLD_Online.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 05-12-2011, 03:12:17
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/11.JPG)

ACHTUNG PFERDARTILLERIE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-12-2011, 10:12:45
donkey actually :P
Another pic of a bomb attack on norhern part of the Grazer Mainstation.

(http://www.461st.org/Missions/images/Mission%20188.jpg)

Amazing how good the quality is
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-12-2011, 11:12:20
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5017/ussrsu76i.jpg)
Early version of SU-76i ... later extra gun shield was added .
Cant wait to see that in FH2 .

http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/ww2/snippet/su76i.htm   Some info can be useful for map makers ? 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-12-2011, 15:12:49
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/18.JPG)

Pogradec , Greek fighter


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"The tactic was that they would mount their bayonets on their rifles and raise them all up like a phalanx from behind cover, shining against the sun. Then they would scream "AERA" and we knew that a horrific charge was soon to come..."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 05-12-2011, 16:12:27
(http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/0044caffd7da3176caba2164f6aa45dd7c1aa73dca4754c7648d79af8eb69d3b5g.jpg)
17/25 pounder africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MvB_1988 on 05-12-2011, 16:12:40
Would be nice to have this little beast  ;D

(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/2983/brencarrierwithatriflen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 05-12-2011, 20:12:40
Next photo of my grandfathers collection:

(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5051/16711209.jpg)

Invasion of France, Army Group South, somewhere at the German French border. German troops rest next to a Panzer 3, while others talk to its crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 06-12-2011, 20:12:34
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M4_sherman/su/sherman-75-03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 07-12-2011, 00:12:53
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/tanky/captured/002.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 07-12-2011, 00:12:52
which soldiers were driving captured tanks? Crews that lost their own tank and were waiting for a new one ect?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-12-2011, 09:12:29
Mostly for divisions that could not field enough tanks.  This especially was apparently towards the end of the war, as it became harder and harder for German panzer divisions to be up in numbers.  On the Eastern Front though, some independent Panzer brigades did specialize specifically in using T-34s and other captured Russian tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 07-12-2011, 10:12:43
and another question:
10 new Panzer IV were build in Factory
Was the crew send to the factory, or the tanks to the front and they got it there?

(http://www.kurland-kessel.de/erlebnisse/erlebnis3_1.jpg)
Kurland Kessel.


Ps: At my sherman pic: Its a Russian land leased Sherman that was capped by Germans. So it had 3 owners: USA. Russia. Germany, pretty funny
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 07-12-2011, 16:12:32
Hoping this isn't a repost...

Take zhat, Heinz! DREI Kings!!!


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-359-2003-05%2C_Flugzeug_Junkers_Ju_88%2C_Besatzung_spielt_Karten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-12-2011, 01:12:50
which soldiers were driving captured tanks? Crews that lost their own tank and were waiting for a new one ect?

I actually wondered as well.

Mostly for divisions that could not field enough tanks.  This especially was apparently towards the end of the war, as it became harder and harder for German panzer divisions to be up in numbers.  On the Eastern Front though, some independent Panzer brigades did specialize specifically in using T-34s and other captured Russian tanks.

But this didn't really help me. I wonder how it happens practically.

Example: When a german Grenadier Regiment captures a tank, where is the line between salvage and scrap? What if just the engine is damaged but can be easily repaired? Who will do the salvage? The Infantry Regiment with their means or will it be done by men from the very next armoured division nearby? Or are special units for the purpose of salvaging enemy tanks being attended? Can an average german tank driver operate an enemy tank right away, or does he need to call a specialist to be taught the controls? Who is being choosen to man these captured tanks? Are the best men taken for these purposes or do they pick an unexpierenced crew that is waiting for a new tank anyway? And how long does it take until the enemy tank is pressed into service again? Will it be used again after an hour, a week or several month?

and another question:
10 new Panzer IV were build in Factory
Was the crew send to the factory, or the tanks to the front and they got it there?

Lovely question. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-12-2011, 01:12:51
The tanks were transported  to the front by rail, and the the crews collected them at a depot.  Sometimes, it could take quite awhile.  The author of Panzer Gunner spent almost half of 1943 on "guard duty" in Trieste, waiting for his unit's Panzer 4's to arrive.

And you would indeed need to learn the controls.  Usually, if a tank was captured, it was damaged, and so would be sent to the salvage units.  They would fix them up, put on markings, and sometimes even replace all the labeled parts with German labels (for instance, one of the M3 Greyhounds in a reenacting unit out here is actually a German capture.  All american markings and labels were changed to German, including things like speedometers and such.  That would all matter on how much time the salvage guys had.  Then, if it was deemed acceptable, it would be sent to a panzer unit that needed tanks badly, and could not wait for resupply.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-12-2011, 04:12:36
21. Panzer, using all sorts of French stuff! And they actually had succes in the early times of Overlord.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/638604-2/FIAT-25-4-44)


15th Air Force’s raid over Fiat Aeronautica at Turin on 25 April 1944. The factory was nearly completely destroyed and the aircraft’s production was practically halted. In foreground a three engine transport aircraft G.12 under construction for Luftwaffe destroyed by the warehouse’s collapse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-12-2011, 17:12:32
New day, new photo. French colonial POWs. Can someone identify where they´re from?

(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9564/52440364.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-12-2011, 19:12:27
One of them seem to be Senegalese, others look like they are from Lebanon/Syria or Morocco.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-12-2011, 20:12:50
Finally a new page so i can spam some more Greek Bias:


(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/31.JPG)

"The road to the front"

Those would actually be quite nice FH2 models *wink-wing-nudge-nudge*. You know no hard to do skirt and all....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 08-12-2011, 21:12:19
The tanks were transported  to the front by rail, and the the crews collected them at a depot.  Sometimes, it could take quite awhile.  The author of Panzer Gunner spent almost half of 1943 on "guard duty" in Trieste, waiting for his unit's Panzer 4's to arrive.

And you would indeed need to learn the controls.  Usually, if a tank was captured, it was damaged, and so would be sent to the salvage units.  They would fix them up, put on markings, and sometimes even replace all the labeled parts with German labels (for instance, one of the M3 Greyhounds in a reenacting unit out here is actually a German capture.  All american markings and labels were changed to German, including things like speedometers and such.  That would all matter on how much time the salvage guys had.  Then, if it was deemed acceptable, it would be sent to a panzer unit that needed tanks badly, and could not wait for resupply.

Thank for the explanation, I find this all interesting as well. Are there any books you could direct me to?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-12-2011, 23:12:09
The tanks were transported  to the front by rail, and the the crews collected them at a depot.  Sometimes, it could take quite awhile.  The author of Panzer Gunner spent almost half of 1943 on "guard duty" in Trieste, waiting for his unit's Panzer 4's to arrive.

And you would indeed need to learn the controls.  Usually, if a tank was captured, it was damaged, and so would be sent to the salvage units.  They would fix them up, put on markings, and sometimes even replace all the labeled parts with German labels (for instance, one of the M3 Greyhounds in a reenacting unit out here is actually a German capture.  All american markings and labels were changed to German, including things like speedometers and such.  That would all matter on how much time the salvage guys had.  Then, if it was deemed acceptable, it would be sent to a panzer unit that needed tanks badly, and could not wait for resupply.

Thank for the explanation, I find this all interesting as well. Are there any books you could direct me to?

Panzer Gunner, by Bruno Friesen.

http://www.amazon.com/PANZER-GUNNER-Osfront-Regiment-Division/dp/1906033110
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-12-2011, 03:12:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/639701-2/SWORDFISH-K8403-813-SQN-GUIDONIA-40)

Captured Fairey Swordfish. This Swordfish from the Fleet Air Arm 813 Squadron from the HMS Eagle was forced to land of Scarpanto Island, at that time, Occupied by the Italians. The Swordfish was taking part on a raid on Maritza Airfield, as it was damaged by CR.42 Fighters and forces to land. Both crew members were taken prisoner.

Now in Italian hands, this machine was transfered to Guidonia (Were the photo was taken) for repairs. Spare parts from other captured Swordfish were used to make this Airplane operable.

Flown by 68th Squadriglia of 34th Gruppo Bombardamento liaison duties until June 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-12-2011, 09:12:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Rushing_to_Zhongshan_Gate01.jpg)

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Rushing to Zhongshan Gate

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The Battle of Nanking began after the fall of Shanghai on October 9, 1937, and ended with the fall of the capital city of Nanking on December 13, 1937 to Japanese troops, a few days after the Republic of China Government had evacuated the city and relocated to Wuhan. The Nanking Massacre followed the fall of the city
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 09-12-2011, 19:12:24
(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7148/23668919.jpg)
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Winter 1939, Southern Germany. German soldiers stand next to a snow-made Chamberlain.[/img]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-12-2011, 03:12:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/640744-2/5920129784_8031a4cce9_b)

SS-Panzergrenadiers of 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Totenkopf' pass behind a burning and destroyed T-34, make signs for the SS-Kriegsberichter to leave the area during battles raged around the Starówka (Old Town). Warsaw, Poland. 18 August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-12-2011, 09:12:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg)

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Photograph from a Japanese plane of Battleship Row at the beginning of the attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the USS Oklahoma. Two attacking Japanese planes can be seen: one over the USS Neosho and one over the Naval

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The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 11-12-2011, 16:12:15
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1554/22955951.jpg)
Quote
French civilians sit at the Rhine bank and watch German troops cross the river on a pontoon bridge, errected by German pioneers, after French forces blew up the original bridges in order to delay the German advance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-12-2011, 02:12:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-013-0068-08%2C_Polen%2C_Treffen_deutscher_und_sowjetischer_Soldaten.jpg)
German and Soviet soldiers meet at the common border in Poland 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 12-12-2011, 09:12:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Kwajalein-Invasion_1944.jpg)

Invasion of the Kwajalein Atoll. Marshall Islands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 14-12-2011, 20:12:04
Been busy the last days, but here´s another photo of my grandfathers collection:

(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4237/86080026.jpg)
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German soldiers sit next to a road and play cards to pass time. German-French border, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-12-2011, 20:12:15
(http://www.sdkfz222.org.uk/communities/7/004/006/760/257/images/4523244005.jpg)

A pretty propaganda picture of a Sdkfz 222. The chassis of these neat little cars where produced by Auto Union. The engine was a big eight cylinder made by Horch, which both are predecessors to Audi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-12-2011, 21:12:32
Been busy the last days, but here´s another photo of my grandfathers collection:

(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4237/86080026.jpg)
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German soldiers sit next to a road and play cards to pass time. German-French border, 1940.


those are nice !

i would advise you to put copyrights on them (any kind that avoid to see his picture published, layer of text over all etc ...)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-12-2011, 07:12:50
Who needs a Bridge  ;D

(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/083.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 15-12-2011, 12:12:19
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/3.JPG)

"Greek mother saying "goodbye" to her son as he leaves for the front"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-12-2011, 18:12:34
"Do not worry mother as my bayonet spear Schoenauer shall protect me"
*Alexios you can shoot with it you know?
"REALLY?"


Sorry everytime i see greek bias i just cant forget the story of that Greek soldier who rambo trew his bayonet rifle schoenauer and killed an italian with it...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-12-2011, 11:12:43
"Tiger I" LPG  ;D
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3557/extra35.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 16-12-2011, 11:12:26
those are nice !

i would advise you to put copyrights on them (any kind that avoid to see his picture published, layer of text over all etc ...)
Thanks!
To be honest I´m not a big fan of putting watermarks on photos. My grandfather made these photos over 70 years ago and I couldn´t care if someone would "misuse" them. After all I´ve got the originals at home.
And I´d rather see them being shared the way they are than have them misfigured with watermarks or locked up in my room. Personal history needs to be shared, IMO.

Next photo, this time from basic training in the German Wehrmacht, late 1938.
As I´ve said earlier, my granddad served in a signals unit.
This photo shows a Private carrying a cable drum on the double, a difficult task because those things are quite heavy. Interestingly the Bundeswehr uses the same design as the Wehrmacht and I had the "pleasure" of laying cables with it, too, during Basic Training.

(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8864/47254545.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 16-12-2011, 14:12:21
keep them coming homer. i like the fact that we are the first ones to see them after you and your family. i wonder how many millions of pictures of ww2 arent published and lie around at peoples homes. thx for that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-12-2011, 20:12:59
Homer, I raise my hat to you for sharing your grandfathers pictures and doing it without any fuzz and unnecessary watermarks and so.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 17-12-2011, 11:12:14
Thanks guys, I´m glad you like them. It´s cool to share them, otherwise they´d just sit in my bookshelf and that´d be a damn shame..
Another scene from basic training:
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/948/22725278.jpg)
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At their very first day in the Wehrmacht new recruits of "Signals Detachment 57" (Nachrichtenabteilung 57) enter Kornwestheim Barracks, already marching in line. With that day their compulsory military service begins.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-12-2011, 15:12:16
New day, new photo:
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2562/85702551.jpg)
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Spring 1940, shortly before the beginning of the so-called "Westfeldzug": A group of German soldiers enjoys some food and drink, off-duty.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 18-12-2011, 15:12:49
What are their ranks? All Privates? They look quit "old" in their late 20s.

Thanks for the pics homer-jay, I also enjoyed my grandfathers photos about Kurland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 18-12-2011, 15:12:23
They appear to be Privates, since I can´t see any insignia indicating otherwise. Atleast my grandpa was quite young when he was drafted, but I can´t say about the others. I think early 1940 not many older men were drafted, so i assume they´re the same age as my granddad. Who knows, maybe back then people in their 20s really did look older?
They were not as "soft" as our generation, nowadays, so that might be possible.
I´m glad you enjoy the pics, sharing is really good.

My other granddad fought on the northern part of the Eastfront, too and was captured on the Hel peninsula, after spending most of his time infront of Leningrad. Unfortunately I don´t have any photos from him. :/

How about you, could you find a way to share your granddads photos? Personal history is such a nice thing because it´s often not staged and more authentic, unlike official propaganda pieces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 18-12-2011, 16:12:05
They are at my parents home, and there I dont have a scanner. Wont be able to upload them in near future.
Its also just a handfull of pics. One showing 5 officers in the middle of a forest chatting with each other.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 18-12-2011, 18:12:26
a good digital camera will do the trick also, i have one that can do this with a special modus to fotograph small things and other photos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-12-2011, 01:12:36
A wounded but smiling member of the French resistance expresses his happiness to a Moroccan soldier, 1944.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/592497-1/tirailleur+et+r__sistant+13+aout+44+marseille)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 19-12-2011, 21:12:07
New day, new picture.
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7979/11345379.jpg)
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Young recruits learn basic navigation skills, using compass and  map, while their instructor supervises them.
The two stripes on the Sergeants uniform indicate that he´s the Company Sergeant (in German "Spieß"), AFAIK.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-12-2011, 17:12:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/644106-2/CZ506-KALAFRANA)

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This seaplane was the protagonist of a dramatic history in the Mediterranean’s sky. On July 29, 1942 an Italian maritime reconnaissance floatplane Cant-Z-506B of 139th Squadriglia. After the rescue of four crewmen of a RAF’s Bristol Beufort shot down near Corfu, it flew Taranto with the prisoners, one British, one South African and two New Zealander. But during the flight, the prisoners overwhelmed the Italian crewmen and hijacked the aircraft to Malta where the Italians were declared POW. At Malta the plane was commandeered by RAF, repainted in British colors and markings and registered as HK977. Afterwards the floatplane, in this photo still at Malta, moored at Kalafrana, was transferred in to Alexandria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 24-12-2011, 02:12:23
silly italians ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 24-12-2011, 03:12:04
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/39.JPG)

-FORWARD ALWAYS FORWARD...

18. Greek infantry marching on foot somewhere in Albania

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-12-2011, 16:12:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/645424-2/CZ506-IS-GRECHE)

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At the end unsuccessful campaign against the Greece, the Italy, long time present in Aegean Islands, on April 1941 occupied the Ionian Islands with a briefly operation accomplished at beginning with a small lot of airborne forces. The start of operation was the takeoff from Brindisi, the morning of April 28, 1941, of five float planes Cant-Z.506B of 86th Gruppo which landed at Corfu under the protection of fighters and fighter bombers. In the afternoon at Corfu landed other four Cant-Z-506B with a small force of Regia Aeronautica’s personnel and Carabinieri, in total about 100 men. Two days later landed on Corfu an infantry’s regiment and the conquest of Corfu was completed. In the photo some Italian soldiers and high ranks officers after the Island’s capitulation. Note in background two of the mission’s Cant-Z-506Bs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-12-2011, 13:12:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Bastogne_resupply1944_sm.jpg)

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101st Airborne Division troops watch as C-47s drop supplies over Bastogne, 26 December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-12-2011, 09:12:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Canadian_sniper_in_Ortona.jpg)

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Canadian sniper at the Battle of Ortona

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The Battle of Ortona (December 20–28, 1943) was a small, yet extremely fierce, battle fought between a battalion of German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) from the German 1st Parachute Division under Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich, and assaulting Canadian forces from the 1st Canadian Infantry Division under Major General Chris Vokes. It was the culmination of the fighting on the Adriatic front in Italy during "Bloody December". The battle, dubbed "Little Stalingrad" for the deadliness of its close-quarters combat, took place in the small Adriatic Sea town of Ortona, with its peacetime population of 10,000.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-12-2011, 13:12:14
at that battle a Canadian trew a picked up fully loaded stengun inside a building, the stengun started shooting  its magazine all around and the germans inside the room fled to the other one  ;D

Could be a nice pickup kit "Sten grenade" named
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-12-2011, 13:12:17
In other words, you simply do not fuck with Canadians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-12-2011, 02:12:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/646873-2/Schneider+m)

Romanian Schneider 105mm M1936.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 27-12-2011, 09:12:22
crazy shit happened in Ortona. the streets were deadly fields of fire swept by heavily emplaced German fallschirmjaeger's. Ordered to hold at all costs the Germans put up possibly the hardest fight that the 1 Canadian Infantry Division ever encountered.

(http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=loyal+edmonton+regiment+ortona&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1280&bih=574&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=sGypH456sekn4M:&imgrefurl=http://wwii.ca/page44.html&docid=A7npBW_Y3QxZaM&imgurl=http://wwii.ca/photos/ortona/ortona_cplboyd.jpg&w=600&h=448&ei=6IH5To_DJO3KiAKf3ImODQ&zoom=1)

""26 December
The savagery of the battle was evidenced on this day by the demolition of a house containing a Canadian platoon; 23 men were killed and 1 man buried alive for three days. German pioneers had booby trapped the house with a sizeable explosive charge. The Canadians retaliated later by similarly demolishing a house with up to 50 Germans in it.""


Don't fuck with Johnny Canuck, Eh!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-12-2011, 12:12:06
Yep. it was hard vs hard but the Canucks where harder

In one instance a canuck simply bounded a bunch of mills grenade around a stick of Nobel explosive and trew that in a house, killing 7 germans in one room

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 27-12-2011, 13:12:05
point taken
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 27-12-2011, 14:12:54
found a side with nice pictures:

(http://62.149.27.202/forum/picture.php?albumid=759&pictureid=17734)

Possibly this truck load was on its way to Dordrecht, and part of the Gruppe De Boer that headed for the southeast of the city. The truck is faced into the direction of Dordrecht, and since indeed this outfit moved itself around on commandeered Dutch trucks, it seems likely to presume this picture was taken before or during the transport. May 1940

Read more: http://www.histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=3918&start=1240#ixzz1hk0GnNrB
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 27-12-2011, 18:12:17
Is that guy learning to cycle?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 27-12-2011, 18:12:59
^ Pretty sure that's a repost... Anyway how many people can you fit on a truck?  :o

And no I don't think he's learning, he just got tired of pedaling...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 27-12-2011, 18:12:28
The guy sitting above the Driver reminds me of COH pioneers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-12-2011, 18:12:07
Yeah he definitely copied their look.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-12-2011, 19:12:46
(http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/rsi-antisom-sailors.jpg)
RSI naval commandos using Beretta submanchine guns during training
Italy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 27-12-2011, 19:12:54
found a side with nice pictures:

(http://62.149.27.202/forum/picture.php?albumid=759&pictureid=17734)

Possibly this truck load was on its way to Dordrecht, and part of the Gruppe De Boer that headed for the southeast of the city. The truck is faced into the direction of Dordrecht, and since indeed this outfit moved itself around on commandeered Dutch trucks, it seems likely to presume this picture was taken before or during the transport. May 1940

Read more: http://www.histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=3918&start=1240#ixzz1hk0GnNrB


riiing ,  riiing   that is what comes to mind for this pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 27-12-2011, 19:12:19
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/35.JPG)

Alright this guy either wears the heaviest gloves in the world or has the biggest pair of fucking hands in the wold!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 28-12-2011, 04:12:30
(http://62.149.27.202/forum/picture.php?albumid=1238&pictureid=32973)

Who hasnt done this in fh2  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-12-2011, 05:12:31
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/409768_10100705409455651_6026632_58135713_703437253_n.jpg)

Who said you can't look good in war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 28-12-2011, 06:12:43
(http://62.149.27.202/forum/picture.php?albumid=1238&pictureid=32973)

Who hasnt done this in fh2  ;D
Reminds me of me :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-12-2011, 10:12:19
then again, the guy did that on a slope

impressive
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-12-2011, 22:12:53
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/409768_10100705409455651_6026632_58135713_703437253_n.jpg)

Who said you can't look good in war.
First thought: Damn Johnny Depp has got that Hunter S. Thompson look locked down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-12-2011, 12:12:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/IS-2-44.jpg)

IS2 model 1944, featuring the new simplified hull.120mm sloped back at 50 degrees and 160mm thick around the driver hatch

This one was deployed during the battle of berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 29-12-2011, 13:12:54
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/IS-2-44.jpg)

IS2 model 1944, featuring the new simplified hull.120mm sloped back at 50 degrees and 160mm thick around the driver hatch

This one was deployed during the battle of berlin

Did it attract a panzerschreck team?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 29-12-2011, 15:12:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/IS-2-44.jpg)

IS2 model 1944, featuring the new simplified hull.120mm sloped back at 50 degrees and 160mm thick around the driver hatch

This one was deployed during the battle of berlin
*cough* 60 degrees from vertical, or 30 degrees from horizontal, 240mm effective
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-12-2011, 11:12:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Verzetsgroep_Dalfsen-Ommen-Lemelerveld.png)

Resistance group Dalfsen ommen lemelerveld, dutch resistance.11-9-1944
Intresting set of weapons
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 30-12-2011, 20:12:30
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1VGAGSaO4TI/ThxPNhTFGwI/AAAAAAAAGqU/Ar5wFgdqdpI/s1600/german-soldiers-look-at-skull-on-T-34-tank.jpeg)

"Manfred, where the hell did that skull come from?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 31-12-2011, 08:12:41
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1VGAGSaO4TI/ThxPNhTFGwI/AAAAAAAAGqU/Ar5wFgdqdpI/s1600/german-soldiers-look-at-skull-on-T-34-tank.jpeg)

"Manfred, where the hell did that skull come from?"
the skull is giving the soldiers the creeps.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 31-12-2011, 10:12:30
BTW ... do we gonna see that OT-34-76 in FH2 Eastern Front ? Pretty PLZ  ;D

And when that AT rifle will replace a PzB 39 for Italian Force on almost all Africa maps ?  8)

(http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/1434/urugwaj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-12-2011, 20:12:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/648610-2/S79-JU88)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-12-2011, 20:12:02
Bomber porn?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-01-2012, 12:01:45
MAMA MIA!

A BEAUTIFULL JUNKERS!
MY HEART GO BOOM die die boom, die die boom
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 01-01-2012, 15:01:41
Cross breading bombers?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-01-2012, 15:01:27
Quote
Operation Bodenplatte (Baseplate) launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries during the Second World War. The goal of Bodenplatte was to gain air superiority during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge, to allow the German Army and Waffen-SS forces to resume their advance. The operation was planned for 16 December 1944, but it was delayed repeatedly owing to bad weather until New Years Day, the first day that happened to be suitable

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Fw_190A_Abschuss1_1944-45.jpg)

Quote
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A shot down by a fighter of the USAAF XXIX Tactical Air Command in 1944 or 1945. Losses were very heavy by late 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 01-01-2012, 15:01:33
(http://www.eucmh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Battle-of-the-Bulge-005-600x300.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-01-2012, 17:01:27
MAMA MIA!

A BEAUTIFULL JUNKERS!
MY HEART GO BOOM die die boom, die die boom

Child must be one of these Italian medium bomber prototypes that never made it to mass production, wich are so sexy.


(http://www.cannonsuperstore.com/1917/200852120258_azione.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-01-2012, 17:01:55
MAMA MIA!

A BEAUTIFULL JUNKERS!
MY HEART GO BOOM die die boom, die die boom


Here in the Luftwaffe we never kiss a Junkers privates!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2012, 18:01:58
MAMA MIA!

A BEAUTIFULL JUNKERS!
MY HEART GO BOOM die die boom, die die boom


Here in the Luftwaffe we never kiss a Junkers privates!!
Whata mistaka to maka!

This row! For service in north africa!
This here! For service in abbysinia!
*and zhe bottom one?"
Zhey are for service in Savoia-Marchetti
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/SM79_193.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-01-2012, 20:01:33
Germans have MG lafette  ... lets give for Yanks M2 HB lafette  ;D
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8418/scopedm2hb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 02-01-2012, 21:01:22
That looks like it can poke out an eye or two...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 02-01-2012, 21:01:56
Is that Hathcock's record setup?

In that case, not WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-01-2012, 23:01:41
Is that Hathcock's record setup?

looks like it yes, can somebody remind me how far that kill was recorded at?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 02-01-2012, 23:01:26
Quote
In fact, Hathcock set the record for the longest confirmed kill at 2,460 yards or 1.3 miles (2,250 m), a record which stood until 2002.[43][44]
Says Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning#M2_as_a_sniper_rifle)

And to stay on topic:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Browning_M2HB_Normandy.jpg/761px-Browning_M2HB_Normandy.jpg)
Quote
A U.S. soldier in Normandy stands guard with the M2HB installed on a dual-purpose mounting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-01-2012, 01:01:35
It is quite a well recorded, and established kill, homerjay.  Wikipedia has a good tendancy to be correct, you know.

Also:

(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4397/germanwith50.jpg)

I may have posted this here before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 03-01-2012, 01:01:42
Actually the last 4 pics were reposts... (not counting the Browning-laffete and the Italian? cannon ).

C'mon people find some new pics!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-01-2012, 01:01:35
Here is a new pic


(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1maxikritis/photos/maxi_kritis/medium/0005.jpg)

This is supposed to be in Crete.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 03-01-2012, 02:01:06
WHAT ???? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!?!?!?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2012, 04:01:57
Actually the last 4 pics were reposts... (not counting the Browning-laffete and the Italian? cannon ).

C'mon people find some new pics!

Its an Italian Cannon, and no, its not a repost. I recall i posted a pic like that, but it was way different. Same gun, snow and it was in the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-01-2012, 07:01:17
This is supposed to be in Crete.

Looks like tropical FJ uniforms, and those didn't exist until the Ramcke Brigade happened in 1942 :P  So either the photo is really really washed out, or that's actually North Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 03-01-2012, 11:01:32
It is quite a well recorded, and established kill, homerjay.  Wikipedia has a good tendancy to be correct, you know.
Uhm, yes, but I never said that Wikipedia was wrong on that one, I was just answering Zenos question.



(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2756/02680sq1.jpg)
Quote
FlaK18 mounted on a modified SdKfz 8. Only a few of these were built and used in the campaigns in Poland, France and Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-01-2012, 12:01:25
This is supposed to be in Crete.

Looks like tropical FJ uniforms, and those didn't exist until the Ramcke Brigade happened in 1942 :P  So either the photo is really really washed out, or that's actually North Africa.


Oh well another historical inacuracy from the Hellenic Army official Site....Hell they even had a caption under a photo with Germans using a captured Bren Carrier saying :"German armored tank"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 03-01-2012, 18:01:17
Oh you've seen nothing, Stackpole called Ferdinands Tigers and every Panzer IV was Panzer III and vice versa...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2012, 19:01:41
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/648908-2/_z)

Tiger at Brandemburg Gate, Berlin 1945.


Makes me think of what Regiment does it belong to, i know that the Panzer Division Müncheberg fought in Berlin, raised in April 8 iirc. Perhaps from the Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 503?.

Or maybe it was the last Tiger I of the Müncheberg Division, wich was apparently abandonned near the Brandemburg Gate.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 04-01-2012, 00:01:16
(http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx326/300445PotsdaM/0_49e0c_b1604786_L.jpg)

Berlin 45

And
here something funny

(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/Recaptured/recaptured_01.jpg)

Russian T34 that got capped by Germans, equipted with a German cupola, and recapped by the russians.

Kinda funny
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-01-2012, 05:01:26
Poor T34 will have psychological problems cause it won't know where it belongs  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-01-2012, 06:01:22
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/roa/t34-05.jpg)
1st division of Russian Liberation Army in Prauge
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-01-2012, 20:01:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Woundet_Soldier_at_Guadalcanal.jpg)

Quote
The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, part of which is sometimes called the Battle of the Gifu, took place from 15 December 1942 to 23 January 1943 and was primarily an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign. The U.S. forces were under the overall command of Alexander Patch and the Japanese forces were under the overall command of Harukichi Hyakutake.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 05-01-2012, 02:01:30
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6000/soustov.c3/0_4dd16_e8292291_XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-01-2012, 11:01:45
(http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/5715/t3476.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/t3476.jpg/)
Poor M3 Lee ...  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 05-01-2012, 12:01:28
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6530/31432225.jpg)
Quote
Scene from basic training: Recruits take a break during a field exercise. Southern Germany, ~early 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2012, 18:01:50
erika plays in my head

(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1127/5148990925_3588ebb3b7_z.jpg)

Russian troops in the battle of berlin. The soldier on the left carries the new M44 Carbine. This carbine was issued in large numbers starting from december 1944 and for berlin alone an additional 75 000 where issued to regular troops.

So yes, Battle of berlin? M44 carbine PLX!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-01-2012, 22:01:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/649500-2/CZ1007-ABB)


Italian CANT Z.1007 shot down over the Mediterranean by 808 Squadron of Fairey Fulmar, launched from Ark Royal. This CANT Z.1007 was one of the 10 Airplanes that were sent to raid Royal Navy's Force H and were Intercepted by the 808 Squadron.

Two CANT Z.1007 were lost in this raid, both by Fairey Fulmar flown by Rupert Claude Tillard (Pilot) and Mark Somerville (Apparently, nephew of  James Somerville  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Somerville)).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-01-2012, 22:01:08
Looks like some of the crew is getting out ok.  I hope they made it :O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-01-2012, 01:01:57
It is made of wood. It will float. I just dont get the second paragraph. There must be some major flaw hidden in the sentence construction.

(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3611/user4470pic183815131715.jpg)
Horch Kfz. 15. Interesting equipment there.

Edit:// edited vehicle name twice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-01-2012, 02:01:03
It is made of wood. It will float. I just dont get the second paragraph. There must be some major flaw hidden in the sentence construction.

(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3611/user4470pic183815131715.jpg)
Horch Kfz. 15. Interesting equipment there.

Edit:// edited vehicle name twice

I think they made it, someone took the photo and it could have been a seaplane, italian or british, either back to base or POW. I wonder how the pilot made it out, the nose seem to be gone as there is a cut right by both engines, left side of the pilots, cant be underwater.

Oh, forgot to add that Mark Somerville was the observer of Ruperts Fulmar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-01-2012, 03:01:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/RennellChicago.jpg)

Quote
U.S. cruisers of Task Force 18 at sea en route to Guadalcanal on 29 January 1943, just hours prior to the Japanese night air attack off Rennell Island. Photographed from USS Wichita. USS Chicago is in the right center, with Louisville in the distance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-01-2012, 11:01:18
Let me know if these pictures doesn't work

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WyLLNdKkHJI/TqNDVkguCDI/AAAAAAAABKI/KWyiDjGieko/s1600/8rad_03.jpg)

Quote
The crew of a reconnaissance Sd.Kfz 231 resting near a well

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2Rptr0i-eTg/TX3iY6ZuzZI/AAAAAAAABGQ/LN08Qb3n4GU/s1600/lefh18_01.jpg)

Quote
A SdKfz11 halftrack towing a leFH18 105mm gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-01-2012, 21:01:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/643703-2/CR32-162-SQ-DODECANESO)

Fiat CR.32 in Patrol Mission over Dodecanese, 1941. Probably belongs to 162nd Squadriglia based in Rhodes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-01-2012, 02:01:01
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9827/2inc.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (P) "Elefant"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-01-2012, 11:01:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Raate_road.jpg)

Quote
Fragment of the destroyed Soviet column on the road

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Marching_to_Raate-road.jpg)

Quote
Finnish soldiers on Raate Road

Quote
The Battle of Raate Road was fought during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland in January 1940, as a part of the Battle of Suomussalmi.

On December 7, 1939, the Soviet 163rd Division captured Suomussalmi, but found itself trapped deep inside Finnish territory, and the Soviet 44th Rifle (Ukrainian) Division was sent to aid the 163rd. Over the next week, Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo's outnumbered 9th Division stopped and decisively defeated the Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road. This battle proved the effectiveness of Finnish motti tactics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 07-01-2012, 11:01:12
(http://p.twimg.com/AiansXHCMAAE5FH.jpg:large)

Quote
Finns driving 1000s of reindeer south from Lapland, depriving Red Army of meat & fur.


Found on the RealTimeWW2 Twitter channel.
http://twitter.com/realtimewwii


And remember: Do never ever invade f*** Finland!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-01-2012, 18:01:04
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5787/tigerinr141spzabt501pau.jpg)

I have question - how many Tiger tanks was used in Africa ? Trying to count them down and always have 28 tanks ... 20 from 501st sPzAbt and something about 8 from 1st company 504 sPzAbt . Is that correct number ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 07-01-2012, 18:01:29
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5149/5557208765_4483c12294_z.jpg)

Panther tank and infantry near Kowel, April 1944. This is one of the earliest photos of an StG44 in use that I know of.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 07-01-2012, 19:01:46
do the 2 guys left of the stg 44 gunner also have pouches for the stg?
Is it me, or does the STg 44 guy just have one stg pouch, and he is wearing that with an extra sling over the neck ?

Unit?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 07-01-2012, 21:01:30
Tiger I of s.Pz. Abt 503 getting ammo before start of Op. Zitadelle.

Note the extrem good camoflage of the barrel

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2948-23%2C_Russland%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29%2C_Munition.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-01-2012, 21:01:16
top shelve camo i'de say!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 07-01-2012, 22:01:43
Barrel? What barrel?

(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/12.JPG)

Transporting supplies ( no its not Finland its Greece :P )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-01-2012, 22:01:25
Quite obvious. We have finnhorses instead of donkeys.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-01-2012, 22:01:30
And the war escalates!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 07-01-2012, 22:01:21
I thought you used Russians or bears....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2012, 00:01:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/641758-2/S79-SIL-LANC)

Italian SM.79 launching a Torpedo against a British Convoy in the Mediterranean, date Unknown.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-01-2012, 12:01:45
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KnFW042MUis/TRojUzUi-II/AAAAAAAAAww/4-UvO7_1dq8/s1600/panzeriv_01.jpg)

Quote
A Panzer IV penetrating the Mersa Matrouh perimeter
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 08-01-2012, 13:01:01
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KnFW042MUis/TRojUzUi-II/AAAAAAAAAww/4-UvO7_1dq8/s1600/panzeriv_01.jpg)

Quote
A Panzer IV penetrating the Mersa Matrouh perimeter
You can penetrate my Mersa Matruh any day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-01-2012, 13:01:16

(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/weandthey/theyandwe008-20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 08-01-2012, 14:01:26
What is that???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-01-2012, 14:01:56
it is an Acoustic radar.

like this model to be more presise.

(http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/ear/RRHsep.jpg)

(http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/ear/RRH6.jpg)

(http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/ear/RRH5.jpg)
It is used to find aircraft.

Quote
This apparatus was called the Ringtrichterrichtungshoerer (or RRH) which Matthias Warkus tells me translates literally as "ring funnel direction hearer", or more accurately: "ring-horn acoustic direction detector".

The RRH was mainly used in World War 2 antiaircraft searchlight batteries for initial aiming of the searchlights at night targets, presumably because it was cheaper and easier to make than a radar set. Later in the war they were replaced by radar sets.

Like the British and French versions, the RRH was also composed of four horns, two to determine bearing, and two for elevation, arranged in a ring. The two lateral horns have a horizontal bar across their mouths.

The RRH could detect targets at distances from 5 to 12 km, depending on weather conditions, operator skill, and the size of the target formation. It gave a directional accuracy of about 2 degrees.

It had a crew of three - traverse aimer on the left seat, elevation aimer on the right seat and a dial-reader/talker in the middle. The rolled-up material above the operators' heads could be unfurled to provide shelter.

The curved things visible under the ring are the rear of the horns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-01-2012, 14:01:50
Looks like a CPU fan to me :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 08-01-2012, 15:01:53
Never knew such a system exsisted thanks for the explaination siben  8)

My contribution (from wiki)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/He_111_-_BV_143a_Test_%281941%29.jpg)

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A He 111 coastal bomber drops a BV 143a during a 1941 test. Note the ventral altitude probe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 08-01-2012, 15:01:05
(http://pirkanperinto.fi/kuvat/537.jpeg)
Personnel of the 14th Searchlight Battery, Anti-aircraft Regiment 1 near Helsinki.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2012, 19:01:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/640675-2/RE2000-CAT-MIRAGLIA-MM8281)

The first catapulted Reggiane Re.2000 (Re.2000 Catapultabile) during tests on Regia Marina seaplane Tender "Giuseppe Miraglia".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-01-2012, 21:01:01
Me gusta
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-01-2012, 14:01:47
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/10.JPG)

Cleisoura, Italian Captured tank. In the distance you can see Trempesina
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 09-01-2012, 16:01:26
Is that the tank that nearly fell apart when they tried to use it against Greeks? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-01-2012, 18:01:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/621982-2/Granger_0170118_preview)

Italian and German Troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-01-2012, 19:01:46
Whoopsie

(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/weandthey/theyandwe008-14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-01-2012, 19:01:34
Not sure if I've posted this before:

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2842/germansoldierswithmaxim.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-01-2012, 19:01:20
PM M1610 MAXIM <3

IN hands of facisti suukis!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-01-2012, 00:01:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/621982-2/Granger_0170118_preview)

Italian and German Troops.
is there any background information about this picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-01-2012, 00:01:44
Whoopsie

(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/weandthey/theyandwe008-14.jpg)

There must be a background story here as well. She looks like Hanna Reitsch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B02092%2C_Hanna_Reitsch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 11-01-2012, 20:01:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-311-0926-04%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-01-2012, 22:01:15
get.that.flag.out.of.my.face

(http://www.lonesentry.com/panzer/may/pics/autoblinda-41-ab41.jpg)

Epîc italian autoblindas in the balkans 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2012, 23:01:54
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-311-0926-04%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten.jpg)

The guy is like

"That dude with the flag is SO ANNOYING"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 11-01-2012, 23:01:19
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-311-0926-04%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten.jpg

The guy is like

"That dude with the flag is SO ANNOYING"

At Army they told us Flags are Female. So if she touch you, or you are allowed to to touch her it´s the best thing that can happen to you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-01-2012, 00:01:24
get.that.flag.out.of.my.face

(http://www.lonesentry.com/panzer/may/pics/autoblinda-41-ab41.jpg)

Epîc italian autoblindas in the balkans 1943

Epic?  Pft.  If Autoblindas were epic, then the Germans would have used them.

(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5/ab4172.jpg)

Oh wait....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2012, 09:01:37
Wonder why these three guys are wearing vests..

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/641859-2/S79-NAVE-FIAMME)

Italian SM.79 flying over a burning Tanker in the early Stages of the War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-01-2012, 13:01:39
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/13.JPG)

Transporting Ammunition
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-01-2012, 18:01:56
Wonder why these three guys are wearing vests..

Judging by the fact that they're all standing around, and other guys in the background have lifevests on, they're prob getting ready to cross a waterway by boat :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-01-2012, 19:01:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0595-05%2C_Russland-Mitte-S%C3%BCd%2C_Infanteristen.jpg)

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German infantry marching, June 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 13-01-2012, 15:01:58
(http://www.afv-news.com/wp-content/forum-image-uploads/tanks/M4-Medium-Tank/m4a3w76hvss_thunderbolt7_4ad_ccb_Horazdovice_may45_760.jpg)
Creighton Abrams "Easy Eight" in Horazdovice, May 1945.

(http://www.afv-news.com/wp-content/forum-image-uploads/tanks/M4-Medium-Tank/Thunderbolt-VII.jpg)
His tank was nicknamed "Thunderbolt VII". You might remember it from FH2. I´m sure most of you knew this before, but for me its funny because I just found out it´s in the mod.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 13-01-2012, 16:01:57
(http://www.afv-news.com/wp-content/forum-image-uploads/tanks/M4-Medium-Tank/m4a3w76hvss_thunderbolt7_4ad_ccb_Horazdovice_may45_760.jpg)

I didn't see the actual 76mm barrel and I honestly thought it was a Soviet Sherman with a T34 turret mounted on it, pointing backwards. The back of the turret with the background house's gutter look exactly like one.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-01-2012, 17:01:32
Oh man, cannot be unseen!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-01-2012, 18:01:39
... The fight is over , sleep well my prince ...

(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/215/tiger2f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-01-2012, 18:01:16
Hakenkreuz is wrong ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-01-2012, 19:01:27
Probably  painted by some Yankee soldiers after fights ... Russian soldier was painting that too on some panzers ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-01-2012, 21:01:41
I first was going to post that perhaps the picture was mirrored but that doesn't make sense as the MG is on the right spot  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-01-2012, 23:01:02
Paythoss your posts always sound extremely german     
wait for it
wait for it
Biased

You like kingtiger?why not centurion?
(http://www.madaxeman.com/images/centurion.jpg)
Centurion at final driving testings.they where shipped to europe but arrived JUST too late
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-01-2012, 23:01:50
Paythoss your posts always sound extremely german     

To Sound German is awesome
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 14-01-2012, 00:01:30
Paythoss your posts always sound extremely german     

To Sound German is awesome
Don´t know how we sound to foreigners, but i heard German makes a similar impression like the Russian language to them. And Russian sounds awesome.


You like kingtiger?why not centurion?

Centurion at final driving testings.they where shipped to europe but arrived JUST too late
Why like the Centurion then? It had the same effect on WW2 like the Maus. None. Only 6 arrived by May 45 in Europe. At least the Tiger II B saw combat.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-01-2012, 00:01:20
i was gagging around maybe? Having fun?teasing?

SHEISSE  ;D

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/hungary/tanks/turan/turan-ii-01.png)

Turan 2, 1943. hungarian army
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 14-01-2012, 01:01:45
OMG you used the new old new spelling! alt+225, alt+225!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-01-2012, 01:01:14
ß will always be nicer and cooler than ss.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-01-2012, 01:01:47
So you wanna something not german from me ...

(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6949/47086778jt0.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/47086778jt0.jpg/)
That M3(late) Stuart have full complet of M1919A4 , even in sponsons  8) , just like on that picture
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9025/tamiya35042.jpg)
Funny to see that in FH2  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 14-01-2012, 02:01:29
Just found this picture, it says that this Centurion is one of the 6 prototype that where deployed in May 1945
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7109/tankbbfl1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-01-2012, 04:01:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/652355-2/S82-COLOR-7)

Savoia-Marchetti SM.82s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 14-01-2012, 09:01:39
Just found this picture, it says that this Centurion is one of the 6 prototype that where deployed in May 1945
I see your Centurion and raise you a Matilda Mk.I:

(http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/matilda_i_01(1).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-01-2012, 10:01:11
Paythoss your posts always sound extremely german     

To Sound German is awesome
Don´t know how we sound to foreigners, but i heard German makes a similar impression like the Russian language to them. And Russian sounds awesome.

As a foreigner I can happily state your accent sounds really funny and is not like Russian at all. It's more silly. I advice all Germans, who are not aiming to be Prussian officers in old war movies, to get rid of their accent.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-01-2012, 10:01:30
Paythoss your posts always sound extremely german     

To Sound German is awesome
Don´t know how we sound to foreigners, but i heard German makes a similar impression like the Russian language to them. And Russian sounds awesome.

As a foreigner I can happily state your accent sounds really funny and is not like Russian at all. It's more silly. I advice all Germans, who are not aiming to be Prussian officers in old war movies, to get rid of their accent.
totally this^

According to some here i sound like a iraqi sometimes......

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/weapons/Italian-German-vehicles-01.jpg)

Germans who stole superior M15/42 tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-01-2012, 14:01:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/I1Sub.jpg)

Quote
Operation Ke was the largely successful withdrawal of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal at the conclusion of the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II. The operation took place between 14 January and 7 February 1943, and involved both army and navy forces under the overall direction of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (IGH). Commanders of the operation included Isoroku Yamamoto and Hitoshi Imamura.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-01-2012, 23:01:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/627236-2/AB39_40PAI)

Polizia dell'Africa Italiana (Italian African Police).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-01-2012, 00:01:48
Paythoss your posts always sound extremely german     

To Sound German is awesome
Don´t know how we sound to foreigners, but i heard German makes a similar impression like the Russian language to them. And Russian sounds awesome.

As a foreigner I can happily state your accent sounds really funny and is not like Russian at all. It's more silly. I advice all Germans, who are not aiming to be Prussian officers in old war movies, to get rid of their accent.
totally this^


German Accent is awesome  ;D German and Germany is the greatest thing on this World  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-01-2012, 00:01:30
And with that we end the neutral and totally unbiased conclusion of dr. Krätzer.

And now for something completely different, a type 94 tankette amidst people that are taller than her.

(http://lemairesoft.sytes.net:1945/webfr/photo/char0/102007283.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-01-2012, 01:01:12
I raise with sexy Panzer IV Ostketten. I hope this isnt a repost, but try to search in 8500+ posts for the word "Panzer". For "Ostketten" i didnt find an entrance, so here we go! Now the big question is: Ausführung H or J?
(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Panzer4/Pz4G-16.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 15-01-2012, 01:01:38
Judging by antenna cover on the right side of hull ... Ausf G
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-01-2012, 02:01:28
But it has the skirts around the tower, which is a sign for an Ausf. H or J. J had the grid-skirts only on the hull. Maybe it´s a G that got upgraded.

Oh and a last thing concerning the german accent. Who couldnt love zis?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxn0Xfqkgw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-01-2012, 02:01:06
Isn´t it a Winterkette?

(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww358/FM-TY/History/Ostketten%20-%20Winterketten/Stug_III_3.jpg)

Thought this is a Ostkette :p
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/golem-0815/stug-III-ostkette.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-01-2012, 02:01:06
As a foreigner I can happily state your accent sounds really funny and is not like Russian at all. It's more silly. I advice all Germans, who are not aiming to be Prussian officers in old war movies, to get rid of their accent.

Just for the logs: For a german dutch sounds like kitten lolspeak. That isn't bad, as it gives you the desire to hug the speaker. ;D

Now to something fresh directly from the scanner:
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7555/bugriver220641.jpg)
June 22nd, 1941. Germans crossing the bug river towards russia. Don't blame me for the white spots, must have been on the photographers lense.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 15-01-2012, 09:01:55
Isn´t it a Winterkette?

(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww358/FM-TY/History/Ostketten%20-%20Winterketten/Stug_III_3.jpg)

Thought this is a Ostkette :p
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/golem-0815/stug-III-ostkette.jpg)

First is Winterkette, 2nd is Ostkette
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2012, 10:01:10
 ;) at batterie todt !
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/971/batterytodt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-01-2012, 13:01:53
For you who missed it you can now see all the parts in The Atlantic's World War II series. Some really interesting footage and also a big collection from all over the War.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html

Such as...

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_3/s_w12_00529022.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 15-01-2012, 13:01:08
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/2-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-DIEYTHINSIS-ISTORIAS-STRATOY/big/16.JPG)

The 3rd artillery regiment which fires from Morava to Ivan on November 18 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 15-01-2012, 15:01:04
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w01_07110168.jpg)
Taken somewhere in China during a parade on July 11, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-01-2012, 18:01:07
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9326/1326610355736.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-01-2012, 18:01:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/653313-2/02)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-01-2012, 19:01:05
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9326/1326610355736.jpg)
wow, this is quite an epic picture!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-01-2012, 19:01:50
To be honest, i am not 100% sure it is real.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-01-2012, 20:01:23
This can be said to any photo. What is known however is that they issued alot of camera's for the final battle of berlin, for propaganda purposes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-01-2012, 20:01:00
What makes me think fake is the lack of magazine in the ppsh, the panzerfaust on his left knee looks strange, no magazine pouches in the FJ guy and no magazine in his rifle, strange position of the helmet and much much more like strange shadows.

Still, looks epic this picture if you don't analyse it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-01-2012, 21:01:06
and the relativly  "calmness of everyone around it"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 15-01-2012, 23:01:34
This picture comes from the website of Rawhide, really impressive pictures on this site, really worth to click on it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_2/w31_0018369u.jpg)
Quote
Spoils of war -- captured Soviet tanks and cars, along a road in a snow covered forest on January 17, 1940. Finnish troops had just overpowered an entire Soviet division. (LOC)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-01-2012, 23:01:43
The winter war is probaly the best example when you set the best prepared troops in front of the worst prepared troops
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-01-2012, 23:01:16
T35 outside of Tarnopol 1941, Note: Slovakian Soldiers infront of it.
(http://www.soviet-empire.com/arsenal/army/tanks/t35/t35_006.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-01-2012, 00:01:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-577-1917-08%2C_Monte_Cassino%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Granatwerfer.jpg)

Quote
German paratroopers at Monte Cassino

Quote
The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four battles during World War II, fought by the Allies against Germans and Italians with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome.

In the beginning of 1944, the western half of the Winter Line was being anchored by Germans holding the Rapido, Liri and Garigliano valleys and certain surrounding peaks and ridges, together known as the Gustav Line. The Germans had decided to not occupy or integrate the historic hilltop abbey of Monte Cassino, founded in AD 524 by Benedict of Nursia and which dominated the town of Cassino and the entrances to the Liri and Rapido valleys into their defensive positions, however they manned some positions up to 300 meters away set into the steep slopes below the abbey walls. On 15 February, the monastery, high on a peak overlooking the town of Cassino, was destroyed by 1,400 tons of bombs dropped by American bombers. The bombing was based on the fear that the abbey was being used as a lookout post for the German defenders. Two days after the bombing, German paratroopers took up positions in the ruins; the destruction caused by the bombing and the resulting jagged wasteland of rubble gave troops improved protection from air and artillery attack making it a more viable defensive position. From 17 January to 18 May, the Gustav defences were assaulted four times by Allied troops. For the last of these the Allies gathered 20 divisions for a major assault along a twenty mile front and drove the German defenders from their positions but at a high cost
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-01-2012, 02:01:36
Best part is, he's not FJ, he's a Captain in the SS....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-01-2012, 21:01:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/620561-2/MC200-ATT)


Saettas landing in a Major Airfield in Southern Italy, 1941.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-01-2012, 21:01:11
ooooooooooooh thats apples mayte

(http://avionswwii.free.fr/images/avions/Savoia_Marchetti_SM84/SavoiaMarchettiSM84_7.jpg)
Savoia Marchetti SM 84 Heading for malta, flying along the italian coast
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-01-2012, 10:01:38
Do we gonna  see some Pz IV Ausf G on Tunisia maps ?  ;D
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3/37693194uf3.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/37693194uf3.jpg/)
El Guettar after battle ...

Tiger should be reskinned in to Afrika Korps Yellow , for more correct camo  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-01-2012, 12:01:43
Pz4F2=early model Pz4G

Mind blown? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-01-2012, 16:01:36
Not quite ... Auf G have rear armor plate thickened to 30 mm ( F2 - 20 mm ) but rest true  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2012, 17:01:34
only 100 or so where sended to NA   

But i wouldnt mind it because well, it requires little change

btw
Ausf J

WHERE ARE YOU?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-01-2012, 18:01:07
Not quite ... Auf G have rear armor plate thickened to 30 mm ( F2 - 20 mm ) but rest true  8)

Yep, but there would be no visual changes...just some code lines change :P


And I would agree withe Theta, the J would be much nicer to see, due to noticeable changes (slower turret speed and mesh skirts).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2012, 18:01:41
And historical accuracy towards le bulge

Let us not forget increased road range!
oh wait

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/28886-5/_________________________+____________)

Soviet soldiers marching before they head to the front. All armed with the PTRD anti tank rifle, the PTRD had the same armor penetration then the semi auto PTRS, but it retained its Penetration much better then the PTRS beyond 200 meters. And the PTRS had an effective range of 800.While the PTRD had a range of 3000 because of much better barrel harmonics and recoil management
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-01-2012, 18:01:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Indian_sikh_soldiers_in_Italian_campaign.jpg)

Quote
ndian soldiers fire a Bren light machine gun in the Italian campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-01-2012, 06:01:00
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7603/universalcarrierflak.jpg)

Just imagine that in FH2 ...  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-01-2012, 15:01:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/613806-2/majora3)

L6/40 in the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-01-2012, 18:01:37
(http://www.zf41.be/ZF41.befoto1.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-01-2012, 19:01:12
g41 + k98zf41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2012, 18:01:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/648155-2/bs_22_14_DW_K_1468503s)

Hope we see it in FH2 again, we're waiting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-01-2012, 18:01:43
the beauty! LA bella Semovente!


(http://www.tincrossmilitaria.com/Finnish%20cannon%202.jpg)

Inferior finnish troops with superior Italian Breda 35 20mm AA guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-01-2012, 18:01:29
(http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/breda/breda_ba88_riccardo_nicola.jpg)
Breda Ba.88
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-01-2012, 22:01:54
On this day in history...

Quote
1983 – The Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie was arrested in Bolivia, 32 years after the US Army Counterintelligence Corps helped him flee to Argentina

(http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/nazioccupation/images/klaus%20barbie%20in%20Lyon%201943.jpg)

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Klaus Barbie in Lyon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-01-2012, 22:01:52
Funny, because that's a Wehrmacht uniform, a general and an officer.  And a quick google image search show that photo a lot, and a photo of a Wehrmacht NCO as being "Klaus Barbie in his SS officer uniform"

So I think there's a mistake somewhere here.

Here is the real Klaus Barbie:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Klausbarbie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-01-2012, 23:01:56
I had that feeling as well but I just didn't want to post a portrait photo, sorry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-01-2012, 00:01:24
You know what, looking at that photo you posted, it might be right, if he is the one in the fedora and rain coat behind and between the two soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 20-01-2012, 01:01:46
I thought Barbie was made up for a cheap joke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp_v5PNJDQ0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp_v5PNJDQ0)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 20-01-2012, 09:01:16
(http://www.historytoday.com/sites/default/files/soldiers_zion.jpg)

Don't know any back story.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-01-2012, 12:01:02
One of the most interesting field modification of Universal Carrier  ;D
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6625/carrier25mmfrenchgun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 20-01-2012, 15:01:23
Found one interesting picture as the title page of Die Wehrmacht magazine, shooting contest, any has an idea what gun is it?
(http://www.germaniainternational.com/images2/Wehrmacht/Wehrmacht%20shooting%20contest%20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 20-01-2012, 17:01:50
Obrez.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-01-2012, 18:01:38
The Obrez was pretty much a shortend mosin nagant modified as a single shot bolt action pistol for partisans


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/8-inch-japanese-gun-betio.jpg)

one of the 4 Vickers 8 inch guns used by the japanese at the island of tarawa, after the battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-01-2012, 19:01:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/641867-2/S79-LOW-PASS)

SM.79 and Italian Tanker in the Mediterranean.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-01-2012, 04:01:42
Insurgent, Warsaw Uprising 1944
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gUxi5M3xE04/TpD9PmOoOeI/AAAAAAAACuA/9e6OXichmKQ/s1600/Polish+Soldier+Warsaw+Uprising.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-01-2012, 12:01:26
Quote
Operation Compass was the first major Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during World War II. British and Commonwealth forces attacked Italian forces in western Egypt and eastern Libya in December 1940 to February 1941. The operation was a complete success. Allied forces advanced from inside Egypt to central Libya, captured 115,000 Italian prisoners, and destroyed thousands of tanks, artillery pieces, and aircraft, while suffering very few casualties

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Awm_005392_2nd11th.jpg)

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22 January 1941. The Australian 2/11th Infantry Battalion regroups on the escarpment at the south side of Tobruk harbour, after penetrating the Italian outer defences and attacking anti-aircraft positions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-01-2012, 10:01:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/CompassPrisoners.jpg)

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Italian soldiers taken prisoner during Operation Compass
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2012, 00:01:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/648912-2/S81-ATTACK)

SM.81 During an attack on Greece.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 23-01-2012, 00:01:06
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/6-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-APO-TO-ARXEIO-TOY-7ou-EPITELIKOY-GRAFEIOY-TOY-GENIKOY-EPITELEIOY-STRATOY/big/30.JPG)

GET THAT PLANE!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-01-2012, 17:01:33
im afraid not

(http://mg-34.com/images/stories/photo/cant%20z.1007bis%20alcione.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-01-2012, 22:01:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Marines_rest_in_the_field_on_Guadalcanal.jpg)

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November 1942—United States Marines rest in the field during the Guadalcanal campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 23-01-2012, 22:01:25
Good evening, ye lads and lasses!
I just found a true treasure trove of scotts during various conflicts. Please note the outstanding, absolutely epic painting of the charging highlanders accompanied by pipers! I had been looking for something like this for years! I was extremely delighted when I discovered this website. Enjoy!
This is the link: http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/picgallery.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 23-01-2012, 23:01:49
^ That's it I demand kilts in the mod! And piper pickup kits! NAOW!  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-01-2012, 00:01:23

(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/7876/1327345127694.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-01-2012, 12:01:57
http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/648908-2/_z

Tiger at Brandemburg Gate, Berlin 1945.
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Makes me think of what Regiment does it belong to, i know that the Panzer Division Müncheberg fought in Berlin, raised in April 8 iirc. Perhaps from the Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 503?.

Or maybe it was the last Tiger I of the Müncheberg Division, wich was apparently abandonned near the Brandemburg Gate.

Yup , that is a 323 from Müncheberg Division .
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/867/323tiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-01-2012, 16:01:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Battle_of_Brittany_-_Lorient_01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 24-01-2012, 21:01:52
^ That's it I demand kilts in the mod! And piper pickup kits! NAOW!  :P
Well, the Black Watch (at the time 42nd Highland regiment) could be used on multiple NA maps. One that comes specifically to mind is El Alamein. However, to make it truly epic, we would need a night version with a bagpipe ambient sound. I am not true if the engine supports kilts, though (I really hope so  :P ).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2012, 21:01:19
The kilts were not being worn in combat in WW2.  They were worn only with walking out uniforms/parade uniforms.  Thus the officers in the painting with kilts, and the bagpipe bangs playing in kilts.  They did not wear them in actual combat though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 24-01-2012, 21:01:28
Well, you are certainly right on that from the official point of view. Howver, you still had scotts insting to wear kilts, even in front line combat (I do admit it was not a very common sight and kind of completely stopped after the NA campaign). That is the reason for why kilt aprons were still being manufactured during WWII. In 1944 in Normandy, some very courageous pipers were still following their fellow men into combat playing the pipes during larger infantry charges. However only like two of those actions that took part in the later part of the war are confirmed. Scottish soldiers were therefore wearing the 1902 pattern service tunic (the scottish version, cut in the way that kilts could be worn with it) much longer than the units coming from the southern part of the UK. By the beginning of WWII. they had completely changed to the P37 battle dress, at least as far as I can tell.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-01-2012, 21:01:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/624904-2/re2000_catapultabile)

Re 2000 Catapultabile
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2012, 21:01:55
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/Italy/Ita-CarroArmatoSahariano.jpg)

Sahariano prototype tank after its testing runs. The tank flawlessly passed all tests and was just awaiting for the new 75mm gun to be finished so that the tank could start production. With a speed of 70KM/H, 60mm frontal sloped armour and a 75mm gun, it was a very impressive italian tank(origenal prototype shows 47mm, but this was a temporary gun)
Saddly this dint happend as North africa was taken
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 24-01-2012, 22:01:21
I must admit that I didn't expect such a great tank made by Italian engineers. Please note that I by no means intend to be disrespectful, but thinking of what funny little tin cans they produced  before that design-well I think that those funny little thingies were a threat to infantry, but not to an enemy tank. Seriously, the crew of a British armored car could smoke those things stunningly fast if they coordinate their attack well. Please keep in mind that British armored cars might be lightly armed and armored, but have a high cruising speed. Contrary, Italian 'tanks' have all the disadvantages of the armored cars, but no advantages of their own, making them an easy prey for allied tanks (even light ones, such as crusaders, which are by the way often underestimated in my opinion).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2012, 22:01:20
the biggest diffrence was that mussolini had no influence on this tank whatsoever.

The gun was the same gun used on the P40 Carro armato heavy tank. Plannes for production where infact, as i read here, about to begun untill the italian armestice.

but yeah, this was a very well designed tank by Italian engineers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 24-01-2012, 22:01:49
Crusader and Cruiser tanks where certainly not underestimated by the Italians, since they basically based the Sahariano on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2012, 22:01:50
Crusader and Cruiser tanks where certainly not underestimated by the Italians, since they basically based the Sahariano on it.
Yep. A captured Crusader was infact used as a basis.

Just like many great designers did, the italians took something decent and with potential and they brought the potential out
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 24-01-2012, 22:01:44
Well, I am referring to many hobby historians who call them 'ineffective', 'weak' and 'underarmored and by far outgunned by the Germans'. Those people most certainly tend to forget that not all tanks were always designed to be used in frontal asaults, able to survive dozens of hits by AT guns and enemy tanks. Those tanks, like for example matildas, tigers and the Soviet IS I. and IS II. were slow, heavy (therefore not having a good mobility) and were not able to quickly flank enemy forces. They also took much longer to build than a light/medium tank. In the end the low production rates cost Germany a high price; they lost WWII. with some of the most impressive tank designs, because they could not properly and quickly replace them if lost and the delivery of spare parts did also take ages. So, to summarize my post: Most tanks have advantages and disadvantages. A commander just needs to know how to exploit the abilities of those vehicles and their crews need to know the powers and weak points of their tank. Usually, there are no designs which are simply retarded. The japanese tanks (yes those things that can be destroyed by hitting them with small arms fire or by simply kicking against them) had an advantage, too: They could easily manouvre through dense and almost impenetrable jungle, in contrast to the much superior, but larger American designs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-01-2012, 23:01:16
Early crusader tanks where extremely unreliable, they where broken down more then they worked. Also, there was no mechanism to raise and lower the gun, you had to manually hold it into the correct position, witch did not make them accurate at all at range. It did have the  advantage that a very well trained crew could shoot a lot more accurate on the move then other tanks. (the gunner acted as a crude gyroscope then) With unexperienced crews they preformed worse then regular tanks.

cant remember by head in witch types they changed it later though. I am assuming the late type cruisers where good at their task.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-01-2012, 01:01:28
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8771/d7bdcfc91ac64572651cb52.jpg)
Agat Bay, Guam, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 25-01-2012, 05:01:54
Well, you are certainly right on that from the official point of view. Howver, you still had scotts insting to wear kilts, even in front line combat (I do admit it was not a very common sight and kind of completely stopped after the NA campaign). That is the reason for why kilt aprons were still being manufactured during WWII. In 1944 in Normandy, some very courageous pipers were still following their fellow men into combat playing the pipes during larger infantry charges. However only like two of those actions that took part in the later part of the war are confirmed. Scottish soldiers were therefore wearing the 1902 pattern service tunic (the scottish version, cut in the way that kilts could be worn with it) much longer than the units coming from the southern part of the UK. By the beginning of WWII. they had completely changed to the P37 battle dress, at least as far as I can tell.

 While I commend you for your enthusiasm regarding piper's in action, I must make it very clear that your information is very wrong.

Alot of kit for the Scottish battalions were essentially remnants from past surplus stocks. With respect to the "kilt-cut" tunic's, it is a tradition still adhered to even if the Highland regiments no longer wear kilts as part of regular dress.

 WRT, Kilt aprons, those were issued to Canadian units on the basis that Pipe bands were to wear full battle dress uniforms (each Highland regiment was authorized a strength of 6 pipers, 3 drummers) and if you ever wear a kilt you will know that they get dirty easily and they are so prized that they deserve to be well kept. Tartan was so valuable that historically, the Scots themselves fought naked in battle, rather than dirty their only good clothes.

 In regards to pipers playing in theatre, there are plenty of examples of piper's performing under combat situations across all theatres of war. Most notably, the Queen's own Cameron Highlanders, the 72 btn.Seaforth Highlanders and No.4 commando regiment (Lord Lovat's) come to mind.

 Queen's own : Dieppe, August 1942  (Blue Bonnet's o'er the Border, very famous example)
 Seaforth's : Ortona (in particular, Christmas dinner)
and Lord Lovat, Chief of the clan Fraser, required a piper in escort at all times.

As an aside, Gen. Crerar (Canadian HQ) halted all Canadian advances in Normandy, in order to hold a victory parade to suit his own ego. Technically, in a theatre of war, under combat conditions. So, yes Pipers saw action but their morale efforts ceased the moment they needed to pick up a rifle and be a Soldier first.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-01-2012, 09:01:10
Tiger II with strange positioned exhaust ...  8)

(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9396/538176fce963.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 25-01-2012, 10:01:44
Tonight on Pimp my Tiger:

Yo, Hans! I heard you like some good engine noise so we took away the mufflers and put some big-ass pipes on the exhaust, so you can cause havoc in your 'hood with the engine and the 88.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-01-2012, 19:01:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/637042-2/RO43-INCR)


IMAM Ro.43 on the bow of Regia Marina Heavy Cruiser Pola (Zara Class). Note the White and Red bands on the upper wing of the Ro.43 and on the Cruisers bow. Also, four Ansaldo 203/50 mm guns can be seen, built in the OTO Shipyard in Livorno.

Pola was sunk in the Battle of Cape Matapan in    27–29 March 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 26-01-2012, 01:01:48
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_16/s_w39_SC354700.jpg)
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The haystack at right would have softened the landing for this paratrooper who took a tumble during operations in Holland by the 1st Allied Airborne Army on September 24, 1944. (U.S. Army) #

That is probably the worst parachute landing ever, landing on his head  :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-01-2012, 02:01:26
He probably isn't actually landing on his head.  He probably is just in the middle of a rather uncomfortable roll.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 26-01-2012, 07:01:48
Must be filling dizzy :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-01-2012, 08:01:03
Still a perfect moment to make a picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-01-2012, 16:01:23
(http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/NAS1942/Pz%20IV%20G%20Bau%20800x600/DSC09922small.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-175-1268-06A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Panzer_IV.jpg)

does anyone know what the little cross means? Its alawys on the same horizontal positions, but not on the same vertical one. Its also on late Panzer IV H / J even on the zimmerit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 26-01-2012, 17:01:20
I think it means: hit here for bonus points
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-01-2012, 17:01:01
Is probably maintenance or transportation related.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-01-2012, 17:01:12
please just tell if you are 90% sure waht it is. ^^ 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-01-2012, 18:01:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/633206-2/tattiche+antilightining)

ANR Pilots discussing about Anti-P38 Lightning tactics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-01-2012, 21:01:38
(http://www.militaryautographs.com/images/items/Kramer2.JPG)

Oberfeldwebel Christoph Krämer, Platoon leader in the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7.  Won his Knights Cross on May 14th, 1944.  Can't find details on the circumstances sadly.  He survived the war though, and died on October 9th, 1990.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-01-2012, 21:01:40
After canadian lumberjacks, Bavarian lumberjacks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-01-2012, 01:01:53
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4337/c14743b164e6222de0ceb3d.jpg)
Most likely an Aichi D3A on kamikaze mission. No info on the ship though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 27-01-2012, 02:01:34
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4337/c14743b164e6222de0ceb3d.jpg)
Most likely an Aichi D3A on kamikaze mission. No info on the ship though.
USS Columbia (CL-56), Cleveland class light cruiser.

"Japanese Kamikaze aircraft diving on the ship at 1729 hrs on 6 January 1945, during the Lingayen Gulf operation. This plane hit the main deck by the after gun turret, causing extensive damage and casualties."

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h79000/h79450.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-01-2012, 07:01:35
Probably a few of you have seen this before but I haven't seen it posted in here and I went through the whole thread once. Linked due to size.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9364/1289342895599.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9364/1289342895599.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-01-2012, 07:01:44
Ah yes, a classic shot.  Last I saw, it was getting labeled as being somewhere in France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 27-01-2012, 10:01:23
It's on the cover of "Eastern Inferno" of Pen&Sword publishing too!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-01-2012, 23:01:47
Quote
1945 – World War II: The Red Army liberates the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Auschwitz-Richard_Baer_Karl_Hocker_Enno_Lolling.jpg)

Quote
SS-Standartenführer Dr. Enno Lolling, the director of the Office for Sanitation and Hygiene in the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps looks over a document with SS-Sturmbannführer Richard Baer, commandant of Auschwitz, and his adjutant SS-Obersturmführer Karl-Friedrich Höcker (left to right)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-01-2012, 23:01:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/629421-2/RO37-5-GR-MASS)

Italian Airplanes flying in Albania. The two biplanes of this color picture belong to 5th Gruppo Osservazione Aerea (Aerial Observation Group), Squadriglie 31st and 39th, on 15 February 1941 transferred from Bari to Devoli, in Albania.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-01-2012, 10:01:03
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8648/image015aw.jpg)
Is that a real camo paint for Tigers from 501 sPzAbt in Tunisia ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-01-2012, 10:01:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Japanese_troops_mopping_up_in_Kuala_Lumpur.jpg)

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Japanese troops advancing through Kuala Lumpur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malaya
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-01-2012, 12:01:32
(http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/6-FOTOGRAFIKO-YLIKO-APO-TO-ARXEIO-TOY-7ou-EPITELIKOY-GRAFEIOY-TOY-GENIKOY-EPITELEIOY-STRATOY/big/46.JPG)

"Say, this will make a nice souvenir!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 28-01-2012, 14:01:57
won't it fall apart as well?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 28-01-2012, 14:01:55
won't it fall apart as well?

Not when they apply Greek bias™ on it...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-01-2012, 15:01:42
Thats right folks!

Use Greek bias™ against rust, bolts coming loose, engine failure, heart failure, STD's, Double D's, offensive nations as well as a worm infestation!


All that for the low price of only 9.99€

Call now and we'll throw in a second deal of a Greek Gras. Y:1874 FOR FREE!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 28-01-2012, 15:01:06
Disclaimer: Greek bias™ can not be held responsible for ruining the economy or breaking your plates.

On-topic: Funeral for Hungarian soldier.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/other/Funeral_for_Hungarian_Soldier.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-01-2012, 01:01:33
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7072/e0dcbb2468dcfbcb6f9e5e8.jpg)
Wooden flight deck of a U.S. carrier after having been hit by a kamikaze. No further info given.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2012, 03:01:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/643707-2/CR42_109)

Two fighter’s generations in a Sicilian airfield, perhaps Comiso, 1941 On the right an Italian biplane Fiat CR.42 on maintenance, on the left a Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Bf-109E of Tenth German Air Corps on taxiing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-01-2012, 03:01:00
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-476-2053-30A%2C_Italien%2C_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtz_III_im_Gel%C3%A4nde.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-01-2012, 11:01:52
Why is that guy by himself on that field? WAIT ANOTHER GUY FLOATING WTF?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 29-01-2012, 12:01:06
how did stugs actually worked?
Was the gunner able to move the whole tank while aming, or did he said the driver turn 20° left and then the gunner made the rest with the gun?
---
Like on the B17 where the bombercoordinator (or what you call him) controlled the whole plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 29-01-2012, 12:01:28
The commander orders the driver to point the whole vehicle into a certain directon. Then the gunner aims at the target with the swivel range the gun has. If he doesn´t get the target into the swivel range, he reports to the commander/ directly to the driver if needed that the whole assault gun should be slightly turned left or right, so he can engage the target.
I think that´s one of the reasons asault-guns were better suited to set ambushes than actually assaulting. It was way easier to set ambushes with them, also because of the low silhouette.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-01-2012, 12:01:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Kwajalein-closing_in.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-01-2012, 22:01:22
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/296/8163bb6487e57ec9d8aa16f.jpg)
May, 2nd 1945. USS Missouri.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 30-01-2012, 00:01:07
(http://www3.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/b675447d1eae6fe63a98d04253806fc96g.jpg)
Soldiers from the 32nd Division crash into Montgomery’s right flank northwest of Adwa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-01-2012, 20:01:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/642085-2/Magyar+Hotchkiss)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-01-2012, 21:01:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Timor2.jpg)

Quote
Signaller Keith Richards, Corporal John Donovan and Sergeant Frank Press (left to right), from the Australian 2/2nd Independent Company, using a radio on a mountain top in Japanese-occupied Timor, in about November 1942. (Photograph by Damien Parer.)

Quote
The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 20 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military personnel—known as Sparrow Force—predominantly from Australia and the Netherlands East Indies. Following a brief but stout resistance, the Japanese succeeded in forcing the surrender of the bulk of the Allied force after three days of fighting, however several hundred Australian commandos continued to wage an unconventional raiding campaign. They were resupplied by aircraft and vessels, based mostly in Darwin, Australia, about 650 km (400 mi) to the southeast, across the Timor Sea. During the subsequent fighting the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but they were eventually able to contain the Australians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-01-2012, 01:01:56
(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/5563/4de7b7d7800fe2b0803cf93.jpg)
USS Bunker Hill, May 11th, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 31-01-2012, 17:01:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-313-1001-07%2C_Italien%2C_getarnter_Panzer_V_(Panther).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 31-01-2012, 17:01:19
^Why are they putting shells on the roof of a house ...  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2012, 17:01:14
^Why are they putting shells on the roof of a house ...  ???
Not sure if trolling................
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 31-01-2012, 17:01:56
That panther pic is taken in Italy, near the Rapido River. I saw it just a few days ago in a book about the Battle for Monte Cassino.

(http://www.kiwiveterans.co.nz/images/custom/interviews/times_produce_events_and_events_produce_the_men/bombing_of_cassino._italy_1944._da09541f.jpg)
Bombing of Cassino, March the 15th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 31-01-2012, 18:01:07
^Why are they putting shells on the roof of a house ...  ???
Not sure if trolling................
Here, take this

(http://l0lwut.com/f/z/pics/lulz/sarcasm_detector.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-01-2012, 18:01:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/650709-2/BF499)

Fighting to the bitter end, the Armee de L'Air shot down this Henschel 126 on the 24th of June 1940. It was brought down at 6.15p.m by S/Lt. Marchelidon of GC I/2 (probably him in the photo) during an observation sortie between Romans and Valence. Fw H-J. Lessing was killed and Oberlt C. Jahn was badly wounded dying the next day and thus becoming the last German airman killed in action in the Battle of France. This airplane was the last German aircraft shot down by French fighters prior to the Armistice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2012, 22:01:53
^Why are they putting shells on the roof of a house ...  ???
Not sure if trolling................
Here, take this

(http://l0lwut.com/f/z/pics/lulz/sarcasm_detector.jpg)
oooh god this baby is OFF THE CHARTS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 01-02-2012, 00:02:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-316-1198-27%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten_mit_Gesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)
RSI-soldiers with le IG 18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-02-2012, 00:02:58
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5853/098ff79e4a51c1fa0dcb8ac.jpg)
Smoke pervades the flight deck of USS Intreprid after a fire broke out on the decks below. November 25th 1944, near Luzon, Phillippines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 01-02-2012, 22:02:16
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0853%2C_Kreta%2C_Abwurf_eines_3%2C7_cm_Pak-Gesch%C3%BCtzes.jpg)

PaK 36.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-02-2012, 00:02:37
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/5841/58928cc24cf03bf7ec9c8e6.jpg)
January 1945, Pacific.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-02-2012, 15:02:30
(http://www.v-like-vintage.net/uploads/images/Cropped700/00089078.jpg)
abandoned Char D2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-02-2012, 17:02:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B28822%2C_Russland%2C_Kampf_um_Stalingrad%2C_Infanterie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-02-2012, 21:02:55
(http://www.ro50pc.net/images/public/Macchi202v.jpg)

Look at me
Now look at your FW190
Now look at me again
Now you think your ME109 and P51 are ugly
Now back to the macchi again
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 02-02-2012, 22:02:54
And now back to Focke-Wolf 190 :P
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/fw190d-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-02-2012, 22:02:03
Too bad for the Folgore as it wasnt really well armed, just some puny overkill 7mm machineguns

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/658474-2/MC202-73-COL)

Than you realize theres two of them.

Note the sand filter on the engine cowling, always on the left hand side, and the two camouflage’s different types, sign of MC.202s built by two different manufactures. The propeller spin white was characteristic of MC.202s employed in North Africa. In background a transport aircraft SM.82 of 604th Squadriglia SAS-Servizi Aerei Speciali.


Panzer, that photo has been posted and viewed a million of times, cmon, ill give you a never seen FW190 photo...

And now back to Focke-Wolf 190 :P
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/546438-4/fw190faberqa6+legnitz)



I've just fixed it for you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-02-2012, 22:02:50
the macchi was very agile and a very good dogfighter, while still sorting proper armour protection

Its main weakness being the armament however, 2 breda SAFAT  7.7 and 2 Breda Safat in 12.7mm

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 02-02-2012, 23:02:21
the macchi was very agile and a very good dogfighter, while still sorting proper armour protection

Its main weakness being the armament however, 2 breda SAFAT  7.7 and 2 Breda Safat in 12.7mm


It looks best on a poster though :D. Simply beautiful plane.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-02-2012, 23:02:34
FJ in Italy.  There was a big thread on this photo in Wehrmacht Awards about if it was real or not, due to the clarity, the number of berettas, the cleaniness of the uniforms, and the moustache/goatee worn by the guy standing with the EKI on the left.  The owner of the photo was able to contact the original photography company that took the photo in WW2, and confirmed it to be the real thing.

(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/6436/senzatitolo3ta.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 03-02-2012, 05:02:58
That is E-PIC!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 03-02-2012, 13:02:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H27779%2C_Berlin%2C_Flakturm_am_Zoo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-02-2012, 18:02:55
Flakturms!!!

One of the two places that were never captured by the Soviets during the Battle of Berlin, also used to be Goebbel's Office and one big problem for the Russians when they assaulted the Reichstag and Konigsplatz, as it was a massive concrete fortification still with their AA guns active, wich they used to knock out Soviet tanks by the Moltke Bridge. The 12.8 cm Flak 40 were a nightmare for the soviets.

That thing was certainly hard to bring down, the Soviets used their heaviest howitzers available with no effect on the concrete, so decided to bypass it. The other German stronghold that held during the entire Battle was some historic, something related with italians fortress of some sort, dont know much about it but the Soviets believed that taking it by assault would be worthless, so they bypassed it.

However there was no hope for the German Soldiers and Civilians in the Towers, and they surrendered after the Z Sector fell.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/630311-2/S79_BF110)

Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S.79 of 30th Stormo escorted, during a mission over Mediterranean, by a German Messerschmitt Bf 110D-3 of III/ZG26, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 03-02-2012, 19:02:18
There´s also a quite famous pic about an JS-2 who tried to pass near such a Flakturm and got knocked out. Those towers were quite a nut to crack.

Another propaganda picture from the Battle of Berlin. Note how the JS-2 is sent before the T-34s to protect them. Was that doctrine, or is that coincidence/ some effect the photographer wanted to create?
(http://i2.tinypic.com/vgix03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-02-2012, 19:02:54
Nope that was the doctorine. IS2's faired reasonably. Because any fire taken could be returned in the firepower of the 122mm HE

But any Urban combat, like the battle of berlin, is deadly for tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-02-2012, 23:02:12
(http://oi40.tinypic.com/2l5oo4.jpg)
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/1531nat.jpg)
probably AA Bunker Humboldhain/Berlin, full hit after bombing raid. Taken from a video, have yet to find pictures.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-02-2012, 01:02:12
Wow, just when i thought i've seen all Berlin Flakturm photos, you come up with this!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-02-2012, 01:02:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0395-26%2C_Paris%2C_Panzer_V_(Panther)_vor_Arc_de_Triomphe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 04-02-2012, 13:02:58
Im not sure if its Humboltdhain bunker, at least not northern tower, as the 2 gun plattforms are on almost the same level connected with a bridge, while they are now not on the same level. Also the northern tower plattform is smaller.


(http://www.abload.de/img/p1010010kmp9x.jpg)

still an outstanding pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-02-2012, 00:02:07
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/18bt5g.jpg)
From left to right: Tetsuya Ueno, Koshiro Hayashi, Naoki Okagami, Takao Oi, Toshio Yoshitake. Only Toshio Yoshitake returned alive from a kamikaze mission in November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-02-2012, 03:02:20
Can't decide if that's a fail or not.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 05-02-2012, 03:02:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/396807-2/5)
The French soldiers are being interned in Switzerland.June 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 05-02-2012, 08:02:10
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//uniqueexhibition858510.jpg)

My apologies if a repost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 05-02-2012, 15:02:35
Assault deer spotting for arty
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 05-02-2012, 15:02:14
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/18bt5g.jpg)
From left to right: Tetsuya Ueno, Koshiro Hayashi, Naoki Okagami, Takao Oi, Toshio Yoshitake. Only Toshio Yoshitake returned alive from a kamikaze mission in November 1944.

Notice how he's feeling lucky... They're all like :| :| :| :| and he's like  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-02-2012, 17:02:51
any after action story?
were they sent another day to die for their country?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-02-2012, 18:02:29
IIRC one Kamikaze returned alive from his mission, when he reported back at his HQ his Superior was like "Im Going to Execute you, coward", ofcourse he survived the war, but i dont remember if he was sent to some jail or put back in an airplane for another sortie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-02-2012, 04:02:21
(http://oi43.tinypic.com/350rzuf.jpg)
Tunesia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-02-2012, 11:02:47
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Luccaitaly1944.png)

Quote
A U.S. soldier fires an M9 bazooka at a German machine gun nest, Lucca 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-02-2012, 20:02:45
Executing communist pigs. middle picture, don't want to cut the series.

(http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/211.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-02-2012, 22:02:58
i always knew that pig was a bloodey spaye
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-02-2012, 00:02:07
They couldn't wait until the pig was grown up, ehh? Taken from a family with 1...2...3... ...16...17 children. What a waste.

(http://oi43.tinypic.com/xefpef.jpg)
M5 Stuart, North Africa. Might be a repost, but I like the overall quality of the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-02-2012, 02:02:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/658987-2/SM91-400af__1_)

The fuselage and the wings of the SM 91 were all-metal with the control surfaces being fabric. The central nacelle held the crew of two, the pilot and the radio operator/gunner. Three 20mm cannon were housed in the nose with an additional 20mm cannon in each wing next to the fuselage. The rear gunner had a 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine gun. It could also carry a 3,600 pound bomb load and fly at 363 MPH with a range of 995 miles. Two prototypes were manufactured but they were taken over by the Luftwaffe when Italy capitulated and went over to the Allies. Both prototypes were destroyed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-02-2012, 03:02:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/3/32/Breda_Ba88_8.jpg)
Breda Ba.88 FH2 style landing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-02-2012, 19:02:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S54286%2C_Italien%2C_Schlachtschiff_%22Littorio%22.jpg)

Italian Battleship Littorio
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-02-2012, 00:02:21
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/1zqd06c.jpg)
Messina 1943, Operation Husky.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-02-2012, 07:02:56
(http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/fotoecke/019.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 08-02-2012, 07:02:17
Ok...I admit. I want those mix of russian and german vehicles in the Eastern Front update.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 08-02-2012, 15:02:12
Wish to see that jeep on some map ...   8)
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/25ywxef.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 08-02-2012, 15:02:47
^ Yeah but the problem is how to make it so you can use all those MGs... There's simply no simple way to do it... (or maybe it is? Devs please enlighten us!). Besides we already have the usual SAS jeep with 1 MG (which btw we need more of! Put more of these on maps! BECAUSE MOAR! :P)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 08-02-2012, 15:02:09
^ Yeah but the problem is how to make it so you can use all those MGs... There's simply no simple way to do it... (or maybe it is? Devs please enlighten us!). Besides we already have the usual SAS jeep with 1 MG (which btw we need more of! Put more of these on maps! BECAUSE MOAR! :P)
It would be like Sahariana is already. If all guns are manned, everyone blocks eachothers sights and no one can really shoot anything  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 08-02-2012, 15:02:19
(http://www.paolomalerba.it/Modellismo/Foto/Sahariana-AS47.jpg)
Quote
Auto Avia Saharianas in North Africa sitting in one of their eight AS42's. The Auto Saharianas were the Italian equivalent of the British Long Range Desert Group.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2012, 23:02:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/659905-2/CR42-LINEA-MONT)

The CR.42’s final assembly line on the Fiat Aeritalia’s factory, Turin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-02-2012, 00:02:59
(http://oi41.tinypic.com/14vtyc8.jpg)
Normandy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-02-2012, 23:02:16
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/HMS_Venturer_%28P68%29_%28IWM_FL_004031%29.jpg)

HMS Venturer, a V class submarine
this sub is famous as being the Only submarine wich sank another submarine when BOTH where submerged.

HMS Venturer sank U 864 on 9 february 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_February_1945

The V class submarine was small with only 4 torpedo tubes and 8 torpedo's, while U 864 was 4 times heavier, carried 6 torpedo tubes with 24 torpedo's


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-02-2012, 00:02:02
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/fok37r.jpg)
Cherbourg Outskirts 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-02-2012, 06:02:13
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/307558_10100495818327951_6026632_56719673_2976989_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 10-02-2012, 08:02:05
What is this image all about?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 10-02-2012, 09:02:18
(http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/fotoecke/niestroy/20g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-02-2012, 09:02:48
What is this image all about?
OMG ZHAT AMMO BOX IS SO AWWEESOME
"Heinkel das ist ein verbandkisten!
NEIN man! DAS IST MUNITIONENKISTEN!

or something like that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-02-2012, 12:02:12
What is this image all about?
OMG ZHAT AMMO BOX IS SO AWWEESOME
"Heinkel das ist ein verbandkisten!
NEIN man! DAS IST MUNITIONENKISTEN!

or something like that

(http://www.abload.de/img/deutschmutterfickerm55duo.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-02-2012, 12:02:56
nein ich sprechen dutch/deutsche das ist Iel wat anders

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5685528642_330fdce27e.jpg)

T32 Heavy tank during testing. The design performed well and had extreme armour of 294mm on the gun mantlet and turret and 127mm on the hull, sloped back giving armour protecting of 217mm

The 90mm T15E2 gun performed well however the war ended before it came into production
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 10-02-2012, 13:02:22
THat's the most beautiful thing on the american tech tree in WoT
It really has that american mouslce thingy :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 10-02-2012, 17:02:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Iskra_german_defences.JPG)

Quote
German field defences in near Leningrad January 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-02-2012, 17:02:39
OMG ZHAT AMMO BOX IS SO AWWEESOME
"Heinkel das ist ein verbandkisten!
NEIN man! DAS IST MUNITIONENKISTEN!

or something like that

Since when are Americans named Heinkel and speaking German?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-02-2012, 18:02:43
What is this image all about?
OMG ZHAT AMMO BOX IS SO AWWEESOME
"Heinkel das ist ein verbandkisten!
NEIN man! DAS IST MUNITIONENKISTEN!

or something like that

It's two americans and a German medic with that really cool MG ammo box-turned medic case.  My guess is they're doing a medical supplies trade.  Also of coolness, the GI in the center is wearing a german parka.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-02-2012, 20:02:30
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/307558_10100495818327951_6026632_56719673_2976989_n.jpg)

''This is not the ammo-medic box you are looking for''
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-02-2012, 21:02:20
What is this image all about?
OMG ZHAT AMMO BOX IS SO AWWEESOME
"Heinkel das ist ein verbandkisten!
NEIN man! DAS IST MUNITIONENKISTEN!

or something like that

http://www.abload.de/img/deutschmutterfickerm55duo.jpeg
Not really but I do know you are about to lose your job, Wulff!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-02-2012, 21:02:22
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Kasimir Dietrich von Saucken, the last winner of the diamonds to the Knights Cross

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AuPoOCVtSzM/TLYBO5TDOQI/AAAAAAAACuc/uk0Q2paEE9c/s1600/Saucken,+Dietrich+von+-+General+der+Panzertruppe.jpg)

Quote
A cavalry officer who regularly wore both a sword and a monocle, Saucken personified the archetypal aristocratic Prussian conservative who despised the braune Bande ("brown mob") of Nazis. When he was ordered to take command of the Second Army on March 12, 1945, he came to Hitler's headquarters with

    "...his left hand resting casually on his cavalry sabre, his monocle in his eye, . . . [and then] saluted and gave a slight bow. This was three 'outrages' at once. He had not given the Nazi salute with raised arm and the words 'Heil Hitler', as had been regulation since 20 July 1944, he had not surrendered his weapon on entering....and had kept his monocle in his eye when saluting Hitler."

When Hitler told him that he must take his orders from Albert Forster, the Gauleiter (Nazi governor, or "District Leader") of Danzig, Saucken

    "...returned Hitler's gaze....and striking the marble slab of the map table with the flat of his hand, he replied 'I have no intention, Herr Hitler, of placing myself under the orders of a Gauleiter'. In doing this he had bluntly contradicted Hitler and not addressed him as Mein Führer."

To the surprise of everyone who was present, Hitler capitulated and replied "All right, Saucken, keep the command yourself." Hitler dismissed the General without shaking his hand and Saucken left the room with only the merest hint of a bow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-02-2012, 21:02:37
Not really but I do know you are about to lose your job, Wulff!

That´s Westerwelle, our beloved Foreign Minister. He upset some/most Germans because right when he started to do his job he refused to give an interview in english. --> Thus on this meme the "motherfucker" is in german. A word which isn´t even used here. Wulff is our president (not the chancellor) and well yeah he should go, because he threatened the media to not inform the people about the dubious private credits he got for his house. Meanwhile he flew for free around the globe and got a new Audi and so on. However no need to know them when you are not German. It´s better this way.  ;D

Hey, ww2 stuff:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/SxN6vH0hECI/AAAAAAAAHGs/PV6KUR96PC4/s1600/life-occupied-russia-german-occupation-ww2-second-world-war-two-amazing-incredible-pics-dramtic-pictures-photos-images-007.jpg)
Russians throwing stones at a Lenin-Statue in occupied territory, 1941.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 10-02-2012, 22:02:03
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Kasimir Dietrich von Saucken, the last winner of the diamonds to the Knights Cross

[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AuPoOCVtSzM/TLYBO5TDOQI/AAAAAAAACuc/uk0Q2paEE9c/s1600/Saucken,+Dietrich+von+-+General+der+Panzertruppe.jpg[/img

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A cavalry officer who regularly wore both a sword and a monocle, Saucken personified the archetypal aristocratic Prussian conservative who despised the braune Bande ("brown mob") of Nazis. When he was ordered to take command of the Second Army on March 12, 1945, he came to Hitler's headquarters with

    "...his left hand resting casually on his cavalry sabre, his monocle in his eye, . . . [and then] saluted and gave a slight bow. This was three 'outrages' at once. He had not given the Nazi salute with raised arm and the words 'Heil Hitler', as had been regulation since 20 July 1944, he had not surrendered his weapon on entering....and had kept his monocle in his eye when saluting Hitler."

When Hitler told him that he must take his orders from Albert Forster, the Gauleiter (Nazi governor, or "District Leader") of Danzig, Saucken

    "...returned Hitler's gaze....and striking the marble slab of the map table with the flat of his hand, he replied 'I have no intention, Herr Hitler, of placing myself under the orders of a Gauleiter'. In doing this he had bluntly contradicted Hitler and not addressed him as Mein Führer."

To the surprise of everyone who was present, Hitler capitulated and replied "All right, Saucken, keep the command yourself." Hitler dismissed the General without shaking his hand and Saucken left the room with only the merest hint of a bow.


He's pretty bad ass...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-02-2012, 22:02:07
Ooh. He looks like Wulff. In my opinion. Read enough about his adventures, he can't hold his position  :P

Awesome Prussian, Mud, what happened to him? Shrapnel hit above his right eyebrow?

Anyways, a pic to stay on topic. German soldier with lenses for his camera.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-068-2465-31%2C_Frankreich%2C_Soldat_mit_Objektiven_für_Fotoapparat.jpg)

If I'd do a re-enactment impression, I'd get myself a 1940's camera and run around taking shots. Propaganda, on zhe fuhrers orders!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-02-2012, 22:02:11
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Kasimir Dietrich von Saucken, the last winner of the diamonds to the Knights Cross

[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AuPoOCVtSzM/TLYBO5TDOQI/AAAAAAAACuc/uk0Q2paEE9c/s1600/Saucken,+Dietrich+von+-+General+der+Panzertruppe.jpg[/img

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A cavalry officer who regularly wore both a sword and a monocle, Saucken personified the archetypal aristocratic Prussian conservative who despised the braune Bande ("brown mob") of Nazis. When he was ordered to take command of the Second Army on March 12, 1945, he came to Hitler's headquarters with

    "...his left hand resting casually on his cavalry sabre, his monocle in his eye, . . . [and then] saluted and gave a slight bow. This was three 'outrages' at once. He had not given the Nazi salute with raised arm and the words 'Heil Hitler', as had been regulation since 20 July 1944, he had not surrendered his weapon on entering....and had kept his monocle in his eye when saluting Hitler."

When Hitler told him that he must take his orders from Albert Forster, the Gauleiter (Nazi governor, or "District Leader") of Danzig, Saucken

    "...returned Hitler's gaze....and striking the marble slab of the map table with the flat of his hand, he replied 'I have no intention, Herr Hitler, of placing myself under the orders of a Gauleiter'. In doing this he had bluntly contradicted Hitler and not addressed him as Mein Führer."

To the surprise of everyone who was present, Hitler capitulated and replied "All right, Saucken, keep the command yourself." Hitler dismissed the General without shaking his hand and Saucken left the room with only the merest hint of a bow.


He's pretty bad ass...
How about Barkhorn, Krupinski and Hartmann going to see Hitler to receive oak leaves/swords for their knight's crosses totally drunk. Whilst they were waiting for their audience, Hartmann was exploring and causing general mischief wearing a too large officer's hat. The fun stopped only when Hitler's adjutant saw them and told them "Put it back! That's Führer's hat!".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-02-2012, 23:02:36
He had a wound badge in gold, so my guess is he caught shrapnel there, and it took out part of his eyebrow:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/a/a8/20080904211736!Dietrich_von_Saucken.jpg)

He survived the war though, lived to 1980.

And that's less badass, and more randomly funny, Thor.

Another badass I've posted before is General Hoßbach, who defied za Fuhrer's orders by informing von Fritsch about the false charges that would be levied against him for his defiant stand against Hitler's warplans, and had an hour long shoot out with gestapo agents who tried to arrest him at the end of the war, driving them off just as the american troops arrived for him to surrender to.  Best part is, they let him keep his pistol to defend himself in case they came back ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 11-02-2012, 10:02:25
(http://www.americainwwii.com/images/facingthefoxshermans.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 11-02-2012, 16:02:48
Op Desert storm@1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 11-02-2012, 16:02:04
Shermans, Shermans everywhere!

Now imagine that in FH 2  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 11-02-2012, 17:02:07
Most PCs won't be able to handle it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-02-2012, 00:02:12
I expect nothing less than a good stoning for this repost:

(http://oi41.tinypic.com/dg6ip0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-02-2012, 01:02:12
REPOST.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/642122-2/Elakadtunk+honv__dek)

Hungarian Soldiers and Soviet T38 (?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-02-2012, 10:02:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-D0331-0042-012%2C_Russische_Flugzeuge_%C3%BCber_Berlin-Lankwitz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-02-2012, 20:02:17
Marder I FCM36
(http://48.img.v4.skyrock.net/486/panzer78/pics/3048142901_1_5_B40mfAzj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-02-2012, 21:02:16
(http://oi40.tinypic.com/16bcaxk.jpg)
Nürnberg, Karolinenstraße, after a night raid, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sizum85 on 12-02-2012, 21:02:26
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/fok37r.jpg)
Cherbourg Outskirts 1944

Which unit?
They look like airborne but i thought they werent at Cherbourg?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-02-2012, 22:02:22
Info might be wrong. Those captions quoted here are made by non-professionals.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-02-2012, 08:02:36
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/GB-Matilda2-6pdr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-02-2012, 19:02:19
 ::) I need that in FH2  ;D
That too
(http://img211.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-18617/loc908/915898188_image004_122_908lo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 13-02-2012, 20:02:39
Dafuq is that anyway?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 13-02-2012, 20:02:17
Obviously some experiment where they put a 6pdr in a centaur/cromwell turret onto a matilda.  Obviously not needed since there was the churchill and even later valentine tanks.

BTW Paythoss, your image does not work.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-02-2012, 20:02:15
AT1*   - thats all what i knew about that swimming tank ....

http://www.d-daytanks.org.uk/articles/developing-tank.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-02-2012, 22:02:12
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4350/heraklion.jpg)

Heraklion, Crete.  The officer with the Knights Cross is Oberst Bruno Bräuer.

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In November 1942 Bräuer replaced General Alexander Andrae as commander on Crete. He tried to make his officers treat the Cretans with more respect. On 25 March, Greek National Day, he released 100 Cretan prisoners from jail. One prisoner, Constantinos Mitsotakis, would later become Prime Minister of Greece. Brauer acquired the reputation as hard but fair and the most humane commander of Crete.

Along with General Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Brauer was charged with war crimes by a Greek military court. He stood trial in Athens for alleged atrocities on Crete. He was accused of the deaths of 3,000 Cretans, massacres, systematic terrorism, deportation, pillage, wanton destruction, torture and ill treatment[1] Brauer was convicted and sentenced to death on 9 December 1946. He was executed by firing squad at 5 o'clock on 20 May 1947, the anniversary of the German invasion of Crete. Historian Antony Beevor describes him as 'a truly unfortunate man' having been executed for crimes 'committed under another general'.[2]

Three years later, the Association of German Airborne troops requested that Brauer's remains be moved to Crete and reinterred on hill 107, with German troops killed on the island during the invasion and the occupation. His remains were buried by George Psychoundakis, resistance fighter and author of The Cretan Runner. Brauer's grave can be found in the far left corner of the cemetery next to an unknown soldier.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-02-2012, 01:02:54
Woah, afterwar life kinda sucked for some Commanders and Officers...

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/661794-2/havoc1)

A-20 during an Attack on a Japanese Airfield in Saipan.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-02-2012, 01:02:40
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5459/486pxptelvhughescanadia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-02-2012, 10:02:49
(http://xmages.net/storage/10/1/0/3/3/upload/951d09a4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 15-02-2012, 12:02:37
 ::)  Is that Michelle ?  ;D

Wish to see some in action  8)
(http://oi39.tinypic.com/4rdi77.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 165/1 10,5-cm le.FH. 18/1 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen IV b (http://www.warandtactics.com/smf/experimental-prototypes-research-in-the-reich/sd-kfz-1651-10-5-cm-le-fh-181-(sf)-auf-geschutzwagen-iv-b/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 15-02-2012, 13:02:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Lahti-Saloranta_M-26_in_position.jpg)

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A Finnish soldier with a Lahti-Saloranta M/26 in battle stations during the Winter War in February, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-02-2012, 14:02:47
Special "wheels" on that thing? Panzer IV chassis had 8 of those small ones. The chassis with 6 "wheels" is usually a Panzer III chassis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-02-2012, 16:02:13
(http://wwii.ca/photos/ortona/ortona_vickers.jpg)

Vickers MG of Saskatoon Light Infantry laying down surpressive fire at Ortona, italy. Being a more static warfare then mobile one, these old MG's proved to be surprisingly effective. The italian battlefield saw alot of Old Fiat revelli's, MG08's and even some austria-hungarian Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 in action
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 16-02-2012, 01:02:05
 Alot of Canadian kit used in italy was leftovers from the British desert/Italian invasion forces. Prior to deployment in Italy, the Canadian regiments were fully equipped with new material but were forced to leave it behind in England (they had been told that new equipment was waiting for them in Sicily).

 This unfortunate turn of events was, and still is resented, and consequently during the Normandy invasions, the Canadian forces resorted to hoarding materials and weapons in order to bolster their fighting strength. The most notable example being the Thompson .45 acp. Under orders to surrender the weapons, the Canadians instead reported 'massive losses' of ammunition and guns. (my old regiment alone hoarded hundreds of Tommy's and hundreds of thousands of rounds and it turned out to be a wise decision, nice to look at in the museum)

Although a minor factor, such decisions to improperly kit out the Canadians lead to a greater emphasis on Canadian command structures, which in turn was validated by the courageous fighting of both 1 and 2 Canadian divisions during their actions in NW Europe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-02-2012, 01:02:47
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/428225_10100833466368571_6026632_58768389_1420228122_n.jpg)

Cheers!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-02-2012, 01:02:20
Drinking on the decisive victory in the west, ehh?

Boys, this time we really won the war!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 16-02-2012, 21:02:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Altmark_Incident.jpg)

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German dead are brought ashore for burial after the incident

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The Altmark Incident was a naval skirmish of World War II between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany, which happened on 16 February 1940. It took place in what were, at that time, neutral Norwegian waters. To date, it is the last major boarding action fought by the Royal Navy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmark_Incident
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-02-2012, 17:02:00
inb4 german fanboys claiming warcrimes


shooting fleeing people in the back is hard then again they lied about there cargo
Then again


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Incrociatore_Bartolomeo_Colleoni_a_Venezia.jpg)

The italian light cruiser  Di Giussano class. These ships had heavy firepower and fast speeds but traded this for armor and protection
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 17-02-2012, 17:02:27
(http://www.thedarkpaladin.com/WW2%20Snipers_files/mnpe9.jpg)

russian snipers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2012, 17:02:54
Italian ships had an avanced firecontrol system, but they lacked radars/sonars or stuff like that.  Thats the main reason of why they lost some of the most important naval battles against the Royal Navy in 41/42.

(http://www.regiamarina.net/images/content/photo/massenza/2.jpg)

The R.N. Gorizia in drydock.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-02-2012, 18:02:29
The battleships where well equipped


but mussolini's retardness spreaded everywhere


The akula class Aircraft carrier could have been completed much earlier if wanted to
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2012, 19:02:14
You probably meant Aquila :)

But no, i dont think the italians would have succeded if they had the Aquila and the other Carrier. Mussolini was right when he said that Italy was a big carrier. The problem, is that the Airforce and the Navy did not really cooperated, IF they cooperated a little more, things would have been different.


The Project was cancelled after some Stukas sank or heavily damaged a British Carrier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-02-2012, 19:02:13
yeah

Reggia marina had the ships, The reggia aeronautica had excellent long range planes wich got the job done.

like Savoia-Marchetti SM.84. They wrecked alot of havoc amongst british shipping


Italy ftw!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2012, 19:02:34
yeah

Reggia marina had the ships, The reggia aeronautica had excellent long range planes wich got the job done.

like Savoia-Marchetti SM.84. They wrecked alot of havoc amongst british shipping


Italy ftw!

Ya, their torpedo airplanes were extremly succesfull in their attacks, Germany sent pilots to be recruited in Italy for Torpedo Bombing Tactics, unfortunely for the Italians, there was no cooperation between the Navy and the Air Force, and the lack of Fuel was also a desicive factor.

Also their Submarines, afaik, they werent used properly (Like the Germans), their Captains were more, reservists, not taking too many risks. Another important factor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-02-2012, 00:02:41
The battleships where well equipped


When? What? How? Doubt it.  :P


(http://oi41.tinypic.com/dq0thg.jpg)
Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 18-02-2012, 14:02:26
Alot of Canadian kit used in italy was leftovers from the British desert/Italian invasion forces. Prior to deployment in Italy, the Canadian regiments were fully equipped with new material but were forced to leave it behind in England (they had been told that new equipment was waiting for them in Sicily).


Interesting. However, in many of the pictures from Ortona and other Canadian battles in Italy, you can see them equipped with No4 rifles, while many British units still ran around with No1 SMLEs. Since it wasn't used in the desert, these would have to be originally issued weapons?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 18-02-2012, 21:02:05
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Operation_Jericho_-_Amiens_Jail_During_Raid_1.jpg/517px-Operation_Jericho_-_Amiens_Jail_During_Raid_1.jpg)

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Operation Jericho - Amiens Prison during the raid - picture taken from the accompanying PRU Mosquito (the fuselage & tailwheel of which appears in the top-right of the picture) and also showing one of the attacking Mosquitoes (with bomb-doors open) at the extreme top-left of the picture. The Prison itself is the large, dark building, at the centre-left.

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Operation Jericho was a low-level World War II bombing raid by Allied aircraft on Amiens Prison in German-occupied France on 18 February 1944. The stated object of the raid was to free French Resistance and political prisoners. The raid is remarkable for the precision and daring of the attack, which was filmed by an on-board camera on one of the planes. However, controversy persists as to who requested and authorised the attack, and whether it was necessary.

Mosquito bombers succeeded in breaching the walls and buildings of the prison, as well as destroying guards' barracks. Of the 717 prisoners, 102 were killed, 74 wounded, and 258 escaped, including 79 Resistance and political prisoners, although two thirds of the escapees were recaptured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 18-02-2012, 22:02:48
inb4 german fanboys claiming warcrimes


shooting fleeing people in the back is hard then again they lied about there cargo
Then again


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Incrociatore_Bartolomeo_Colleoni_a_Venezia.jpg)

The italian light cruiser  Di Giussano class. These ships had heavy firepower and fast speeds but traded this for armor and protection

Awesome picture!!! Southern shore of Venezia looking at Piazza San Marco.

It's a damn good thing Venice was left untouched during the war, incredible city.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-02-2012, 09:02:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/First_Iwo_Jima_Flag_Raising.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 20-02-2012, 11:02:44
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/TC9CBVxBJwI/AAAAAAAAH2A/ZXXMLXf6y1Y/s640/rare-ww2-second-world-war-pictures-images-photos-rare-unseen-amazing-pictures-history-soviet-russian-soldiers-street-fighting-vienna-austria-1945.jpg)

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Soviet soldiers engaged in bitter street fighting to finish off the remnants of the German resistance in Vienna. April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 20-02-2012, 11:02:30
where you got the pic from, need moar from fights in Vienna
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 20-02-2012, 11:02:13
where you got the pic from, need moar from fights in Vienna

the soviet unit that fought in Vienna had a lot of landleased stuff- I know some pics - also posted here - with 76 Shermans in Vienna.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 20-02-2012, 12:02:34
Got it from this site after I just googled for "rare ww2 pictures" since I didnt want to repost. It has a lot of interesting pictures but I choose this one because of the lend lease actually used by russians.

http://pictureshistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/some-rare-pictures-of-german-soldiers.html

Its a very confusing site which is difficult to navigate trough.
Also the site seems to be very pro nazi/fascist despite their own claims of not being so.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/TF1uLkTFGtI/AAAAAAAAIkI/htpwddNZG94/s1600/submarine-u107-with-support-boat-ww2-second-world-war-history-pictures-images-photos-pics-German-soldiers-001.jpg)

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U-Boat staff and a support ship
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 20-02-2012, 15:02:08
(http://www.commandposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/29-0004a.gif)

LTJG G.W. Bush being rescued by the USS Finback (SS-230) after his TBF Avenger was shot down during a raid on Chi Chi Jima. LTJG Bush survived the war and later became the 41st President of the United States.  ;D

If anyone's looking for a good book, Flyboys by James Bradley (same author wrote Flags of our Fathers) tells the story of the air raids over Chi Chi Jima and the plight of American airmen shot down and captured by the Japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-02-2012, 17:02:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/663819-2/advancedx)

Italian Batteries in North Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 20-02-2012, 17:02:05
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/32824/942071-mp44_scoped_super.jpg)

waffen SS with a StG44 zf and autumn camouflage
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 20-02-2012, 18:02:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-M2KBK-196-34%2C_Atlantikwall%2C_Fliegerabwehr_durch_Gewehrbeschuss.jpg)
Using the K98 for Anti Air Defense.
Note the Geballte Ladung made out of a Stick grenade with 6 Egg grenades wrapped around.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 20-02-2012, 18:02:10
the AA k98 doesnt sound that effective aginst aircraft  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-02-2012, 18:02:34
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/32824/942071-mp44_scoped_super.jpg)

waffen SS with a StG44 zf and autumn camouflage

That was taken on a test range btw. It was never used in combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 20-02-2012, 18:02:56
And that weapon is actually a MP-43.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-02-2012, 20:02:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Chiang_Wei-kuo_Nazi_1.jpg)
Chiang Wei-kuo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-02-2012, 20:02:56
Oh yeah, Chiang Kai-shek's son, i think he was leading a Panzer Unit or something during the German Invasion of Austria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-02-2012, 08:02:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0508-31%2C_Kreta%2C_Vormarsch_deutscher_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 21-02-2012, 18:02:20
hmm.. those should be falschirmjaegers (german paratroopers) and if we look at the terrain; it should be somewhere in Greece or Albania...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-02-2012, 18:02:59
They are fallschirmjager's in mopping up operations in Crete.  It's actually a rather neat photo set, that shows them hanging around a building, then moving out, advancing (as seen in that photo), engaging some British hold outs, and killing a few, capturing the rest.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/372613-2/Digitalizar0003)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-166-0508-32,_Kreta,_Vormarsch_deutscher_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Kb5MpIdgFA/TaVNzQEHAxI/AAAAAAAAGNw/AkRQjSFBuM4/s1600/british-troops-surrender-crete-battle-crete-ww2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 21-02-2012, 18:02:50
Does the one FJ pointing towards the photographer have a Thompson?? Last pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-02-2012, 18:02:44
Am I the only one who would have requested different pants as a British soldier? So easy to scrape your knees open, every damn battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-02-2012, 18:02:20
I think it's just a MP40.

And in that heat, they obviously traded scrapped knees for comfort :P  Though the British did have the awesome bombay bloomers, which look like giant puffy bell bottom pants, and button up into shorts when you need to lose heat:

http://www.solomonadler.com/zbozi/42.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 21-02-2012, 19:02:15
(http://broeder10.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/captured_italian_tanks_005042.jpg)

Carro Armato M13/40 captured from the Italians by the Australian during the North African Campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 21-02-2012, 20:02:32
Does the one FJ pointing towards the photographer have a Thompson?? Last pic

Could very well be that he lost his weapon in the drop and picked up a British one I suppose.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 22-02-2012, 00:02:42
Carro Armato M13/40 captured from the Italians by the Australian during the North African Campaign
Two M11/39 and a M13/40 in the background ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 22-02-2012, 13:02:24
some excellent colour pics from WWII

(http://www.pavelkosenko.com/lj/048/15.jpg)
October 1942. Kansas City, Kansas. "B-25 bomber plane at North American Aviation being hauled along an outdoor assembly line." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.



more here


http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 22-02-2012, 17:02:11
some excellent colour pics from WWII

http://www.pavelkosenko.com/lj/048/15.jpg
October 1942. Kansas City, Kansas. "B-25 bomber plane at North American Aviation being hauled along an outdoor assembly line." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.



more here


http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914

Nice pics, you found there. Although I am not sure, what is more awesome, this nice colour pic with the B25 or the McCormick towing it?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1523-03A%2C_Italien%2C_Lanz_Bulldog_mit_Lastensegler_DFS_230.jpg)

(http://Lanz Bulldog towing DFS230 somewhere in Italy, 1943)

Tractors are awesome! Still searching for some pics of a Lanz Bulldog towing a sFH18, although atleast some people in different forums claimed, they exist, as some Lanz Bulldogs served with artillery batallions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-02-2012, 17:02:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-34%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)

Fallschirmjäger using a 10,5cm Leichtgeschütz 40 near San Felice (Monte Circeo) on the 26th of December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-02-2012, 17:02:47
http://oi42.tinypic.com/muhfs4.jpg

Propably Knispel's Tiger II . Ironically , his number was ( according to some sources ) 007 ... Looks that number is jinxed  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 22-02-2012, 17:02:45
(http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/images/stories/nthafrica/nthafrica-002.jpg)

New Zealand forces- somewhere in  North Africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kradovech on 22-02-2012, 18:02:01
From "WW2 tweets from 1940"
Quote
RAF conducting aerial reconnaissance, using new camouflage: pink Spitfires to blend in with clouds at sunset/rise
(http://p.twimg.com/AmIYBxSCEAA0KZX.jpg)

http://io9.com/5872484/why-world-war-ii-spy-planes-used-pink-camouflage

Is this for real or fake?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-02-2012, 18:02:58
Real

the same real as this=
(http://www.playconcepts.co.nz/images/uploads/SAS_LRDG_rover35076.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 22-02-2012, 19:02:43
that landrover looks good  :o would fit for fh2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-02-2012, 19:02:24
that landrover looks good  :o would fit for fh2
nope, its post war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-02-2012, 19:02:36
The LRDG though did use pink camo on some of it's vehicles, IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-02-2012, 00:02:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Stiwell_and_Merrill.jpg)

Quote
Merrill and Stilwell in Burma

Quote
Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations unit in the South-East Asian Theater of World War II which fought in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, or CBI. The unit became famous for its deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines, often engaging Japanese forces superior in number.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-02-2012, 12:02:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0848%2C_Kreta%2C_Soldatengr%C3%A4ber.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 23-02-2012, 13:02:24
(http://www.chakoten.dk/images/dan_army_2a_2049.jpg)
Quote
Danish soldiers at the roadblock in Sønderbro Street, passing Private 108/Hansen who was killed while serving a 20 mm auto-cannon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Easy Eight on 24-02-2012, 11:02:59
(http://i.imgur.com/wkHDO.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 24-02-2012, 15:02:14
THAT, gentlemen, is 88 times 900 (79.200!) rounds per minute in your face
Or 88 x 71 (6248) bullets. Not knowing how many reloads are available.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 24-02-2012, 18:02:41
THAT, gentlemen, is 88 times 900 (79.200!) rounds per minute in your face
Or 88 x 71 (6248) bullets. Not knowing how many reloads are available.

Does someone actual crawl down there with a safety line replacing PPSH drums. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-02-2012, 18:02:25
Nope.  It was a prototype test for a strafing plane, that would fly over a road column and unload with the ppsh rounds.  It was not accepted though to major accuracy issues.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 24-02-2012, 20:02:21
that design.... is not that genious...  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-02-2012, 21:02:53
that design.... is not that genious...  :P

The idea is sound, just the tests showed it was too difficult to get good accuracy on targets, plus it was less effective than the russian bomblets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 25-02-2012, 01:02:20
(http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1329/barbarossa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-02-2012, 03:02:56
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=212285)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 25-02-2012, 04:02:38
(http://i.imgur.com/wkHDO.jpg)

I want that in an upcoming Secret weapons of WWII expansion for FH2...



(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/Andrew/EA/Norway005.jpg)
German soldiers advancing carefully behind a Pz I after being ambushed somewhere in Norway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-02-2012, 12:02:09
(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/bunkerofhitler/hitbun007-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-02-2012, 18:02:37
That truck belongs to SS Panzergrenadier Nordland, and it could be Berlin too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 25-02-2012, 19:02:48
It looks nice. I think fh2 needs more vairations of trucks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 25-02-2012, 20:02:33
The truck on the left is a Ford V3000, there is a sIG33 in the centre too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 25-02-2012, 21:02:30
It looks nice. I think fh2 needs more vairations of trucks.

and little boys in shorts...   ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 25-02-2012, 21:02:49
man... what kind of parents lets his/her children out during wartime?  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 25-02-2012, 22:02:57
well I imagine this picture is like a day or 2 after the fight, theres no really danger anymore.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-02-2012, 22:02:25
Look at how there is a clean path in between the rubble and vehicles, the fighting has been over for quite a time, maybe even weeks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Easy Eight on 26-02-2012, 12:02:35
(http://i.imgur.com/KB5FF.png)

Bicycle with StG44 and Tellermine. 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-02-2012, 12:02:19
That truck belongs to SS Panzergrenadier Nordland, and it could be Berlin too
I say Berlin too before the Mudra lock!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 26-02-2012, 16:02:20
Now this is what I call a military bicyicle!  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 26-02-2012, 17:02:03
(http://forum.axishistory.com/files/panther2_183.jpg)

I´m posting this beauty. Looks awesome with that extra wheel. Also notice the guy on the Panther looking out for aircraft.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-02-2012, 18:02:37
hahha epic gas can next to exhaust pipes XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-02-2012, 19:02:48
Good guess guys, It is post war Berlin, a few weeks after the battles i think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-02-2012, 19:02:01
(http://i.imgur.com/KB5FF.png)

Bicycle with StG44 and Tellermine. 8)
schturmfietse mit tellermine aus Fahrrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 26-02-2012, 19:02:02
hahha epic gas can next to exhaust pipes XD

You mean the thing above the pipes? Funny enough I made a screen of that ingame on the Jagdpanther some days before and it says "Wischer und Stange" (wiper and rod). ???

(http://s14.directupload.net/images/120226/4j97uiev.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 26-02-2012, 20:02:41
no I know that this is the "toolpipe". On G versions it was moved to the rear, the earlier version had it on the side-
No between the box and the exhaust pipes there are 2 gas cans ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 26-02-2012, 20:02:04

schturmfietse mit tellermine aus Fahrrad

? Was?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-02-2012, 20:02:08
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9657/bundesarchivbild101iim2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 26-02-2012, 20:02:31
no I know that this is the "toolpipe". On G versions it was moved to the rear, the earlier version had it on the side-
No between the box and the exhaust pipes there are 2 gas cans ^^
The Jerrycans next to the exhaust? yeah a bit weird. Probably they weren't for petrol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 26-02-2012, 20:02:46
no I know that this is the "toolpipe". On G versions it was moved to the rear, the earlier version had it on the side-
No between the box and the exhaust pipes there are 2 gas cans ^^
The Jerrycans next to the exhaust? yeah a bit weird. Probably they weren't for petrol.
Those aren't even jerrycans, they're storage units, a bit like the rommelkiste on the back of the turrets of many a panzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-02-2012, 20:02:25
no I know that this is the "toolpipe". On G versions it was moved to the rear, the earlier version had it on the side-
No between the box and the exhaust pipes there are 2 gas cans ^^
The Jerrycans next to the exhaust? yeah a bit weird. Probably they weren't for petrol.
Those aren't even jerrycans, they're storage units, a bit like the rommelkiste on the back of the turrets of many a panzer

Yes, and on the inside of those you see 2 jerrycans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-02-2012, 20:02:49
(http://forum.axishistory.com/files/panther2_183.jpg)

I´m posting this beauty. Looks awesome with that extra wheel. Also notice the guy on the Panther looking out for aircraft.


There are the common storage boxes on the very left and the very right. But between those storage boxes and the exhaust there is a 20 liter jerrycan attached on each side. They were either used for water or gasoline.

jerrycan:
(http://www.zarghami-import-export.de/bilder17/29/1.JPG)

color picture from France, 1944:
(http://oi40.tinypic.com/2yjvk05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 26-02-2012, 21:02:14
We really need those awesome variants of halftracks into FH2 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 26-02-2012, 21:02:52
we need one with the 2.8 cm sPzBsch. 41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-02-2012, 21:02:17
No. Stummel please.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 26-02-2012, 23:02:51
Okay, now even I can see it. I was propably distracted by that guy who looks like Ben Stiller.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-02-2012, 23:02:30
(http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq184/abflug_r34/BM%2013%20KATYUS/Image%20Volt/BM-31-12_on_ZIS-12_3-1-1.jpg)

BM31 katyusha is best katyusha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 28-02-2012, 07:02:50
No doubt about that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-02-2012, 19:02:03
The most common launcher was BM 13 with 16 rockets, the most know also with 56% in total
The BM30 and 31 launchers where the second most common with 23%
the BM 8 with the ligher rockets at 21%

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 29-02-2012, 12:02:05
wtf is that
(http://www.abload.de/img/raetselggea7.jpg)
not sure if WW2 or more likly pre ww2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 29-02-2012, 15:02:23
Prototype of the Kubelwagen ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-02-2012, 15:02:15
Austrian ADMK Wheel-cum-Track Tankette "Mulus"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 29-02-2012, 21:02:04
(http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/Pictures/adg9.jpg)  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 29-02-2012, 21:02:32
omg I want that :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DLFReporter on 29-02-2012, 23:02:03
Oh nasty surprise for the enemy there.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 02-03-2012, 16:03:40
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iDLP5rIVWqI/Toq0a_CsvoI/AAAAAAAAGiI/QEYi5VD_-no/s1600/german-soldiers-walk-past-aburning-russian-T-34-tank-pomerania-debruary-1945.jpg)

German soldiers walk past burning T-34s, Pomerania February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 02-03-2012, 22:03:13
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/34issjc.jpg)

I demand more flying M3s in FH2  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-03-2012, 02:03:37
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iDLP5rIVWqI/Toq0a_CsvoI/AAAAAAAAGiI/QEYi5VD_-no/s1600/german-soldiers-walk-past-aburning-russian-T-34-tank-pomerania-debruary-1945.jpg)

German soldiers walk past burning T-34s, Pomerania February 1945.

This is a great propaganda picture. They just encountered the enemy on a small spot with superior firepower, boosting the moral of the soldiers localy with the fact that they got away once more. Then they take a picture when the soldiers smile happily while passing the burning tanks. The very next day it is shown in the national press with the headline "Enemy beaten, troops on advance." Just due to the happy smile of the soldier, giving people a picture of confidence.

Well, you want a picture, don't you? :)

(http://oi41.tinypic.com/sziszk.jpg)
Sd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther, s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 654
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 03-03-2012, 13:03:38
Where was this pic taken?
I always wanted to have a battle with that many of my favorite tankhunter.  ;D ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rustysteel on 03-03-2012, 13:03:37
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9836/kwk38l42.jpg)

German tank crew cleaning the gun barrel of their Panzer III with the wiper and rod somewhere in the desert. This would have to be done daily to remove carbon build up in the barrel from heavy use.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TurkishCommando007 on 03-03-2012, 15:03:34
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/TJ2t9HffpVI/AAAAAAAAJUs/Bm-XVoAQ-fs/s640/italian-soldiers-ww2-rare-pictures-001.jpg)

I wonder why this italian paratrooper is holding a sten?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-03-2012, 15:03:15
Because he is part of the allies after the Italian capitulation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-03-2012, 17:03:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/619457-2/PAR1_11-1)
RSI paratrooper in Genoa 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-03-2012, 03:03:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/KAR_Kenya.jpg/800px-KAR_Kenya.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 07-03-2012, 10:03:29
Hurray, Brown people
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 10-03-2012, 11:03:12
(http://www.abload.de/img/0105_180f9f68.jpg)
10,5cm LeFh auf Sdkfz 251/D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-03-2012, 13:03:39
(http://oi43.tinypic.com/2qtlqvn.jpg)

So ... when in FH2 ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 10-03-2012, 13:03:19
My God, they used them?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 10-03-2012, 15:03:57
cannon fodder
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-03-2012, 16:03:53
Free French army forces guarding the ports and such used lots of old French tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-03-2012, 01:03:43
(http://www.95thrifles.org/pics/orig/Charge3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 12-03-2012, 07:03:10
CHAAARGE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 12-03-2012, 12:03:31
^nice pic staged or real? ANd what is the smg that the soldier to the right holds in his hands?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 12-03-2012, 15:03:27
^This is not a MP40 ??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 12-03-2012, 16:03:16
Just a PPSh, there's cooler holes in the barrel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-03-2012, 16:03:38
He means on the far right, and yes, it is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-03-2012, 19:03:53
photocameras did exist in the soviet army you know  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 13-03-2012, 07:03:02
Really, then what did.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-03-2012, 10:03:48
(http://www.panzerworld.net/pictures/00117.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 13-03-2012, 16:03:12
It bounced those shells quite nicely.
No zimmerit?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-03-2012, 17:03:49
zimmerit was just applied till september 44- cause there was a myth that it burns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-03-2012, 17:03:33
...or that germans realised that no one else than they themselfs used magnetic anti-tank mines so they decided not to apply anymore "useless" zimmerit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-03-2012, 18:03:15
Germans had magnetic mines

But germans believed there own german bias that everyone copies from germans

Now Zimmerit did had one advantage=Captured Hoffladungs couldnt be used against zimmerit equipped tanks
HOWEVER
the biggest disadvantage was that a zimmerit was applied when the vehicle was done.........And the vehicle coated in zimmerit had to remain idle for >3< days for the zimmerit to dry

Zimmerit was recently copied by someone on youtube, and it did worked..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2012, 18:03:41
The problem was indeed the myth that it burns.  The crews refused to drive the tanks, so they had to stop putting it on them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-03-2012, 19:03:32
... And Not a Single Fuck Was Given That Day ...

(http://oi43.tinypic.com/ouvel4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 13-03-2012, 20:03:28
now there's an understatement
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-03-2012, 21:03:29
still zimmerit and the hundrets of different way its applied is facinating - and it helps telling which version a tank is pretty easy :D and some 2mm non steal armour is always welcome :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-03-2012, 21:03:35
It had zero effect

but it worked for its intended purpose
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-03-2012, 21:03:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Unusual_sarcasm_notice.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 13-03-2012, 22:03:08
The problem was indeed the myth that it burns.  The crews refused to drive the tanks, so they had to stop putting it on them.
Was it just myth then?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2012, 22:03:47
Indeed it was :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-03-2012, 08:03:13
So , what was that again , with some myth about week point in Char B1 ?  ;D
(http://oi39.tinypic.com/10cqhr4.jpg)
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/aaamon.jpg)
Two pictures of this same tank  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 14-03-2012, 09:03:04
Luckily it doesn't have that weakpoint in WoT  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 21-03-2012, 18:03:33
(http://heninen.net/kollaa/kuvia/146.jpg)

Finns in Karhumäki 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 21-03-2012, 22:03:46
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YYMeAu4i7gA/TJ2Sm1QGfTI/AAAAAAAAJR0/vGKRyvTVft0/s640/wehrmacht=german-soldiers-rare-images-pictures-history-ww2-second-world-war-018.jpg)
Coundt find any description just tought the magnetic mines where interesting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-03-2012, 14:03:02
Can we has the same ammo count in game plox? here is a pic with proof that they had at least 250 shells each.

(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7237/imag0669q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-03-2012, 20:03:45
Not sure if enough ammo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-03-2012, 12:03:10
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/weapons/Italian-art-105-28.jpg)
Italy crew with Cannone da 105/28 somewhere in NA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-03-2012, 11:03:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/A6M3_Zuikaku_Rabaul.jpg)

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Carrier A6M2 and A6M3 Zeros from the aircraft carrier Zuikaku preparing for a mission at Rabaul
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zrix on 27-03-2012, 13:03:36
That's a big carrier!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 27-03-2012, 14:03:47
It even has trees on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 27-03-2012, 14:03:15
It's called camoflage! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 27-03-2012, 14:03:07
Yes, trees are great camouflage in the middle of the ocean.[/troll]

Somebody probably captioned it wrong
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-03-2012, 14:03:35
Or maybe those planes actually are from an aircraft carrier. ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-03-2012, 17:03:48
Or maybe the Island is a Giant Carrier, or maybe Japan is a Gigantic Carrier!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-03-2012, 17:03:51
And maybe the CIA made up dinosaurs to discourage time travel!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 27-03-2012, 17:03:44
Dinosaurs were found long before the CIA


Or they are editing history textbooks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 27-03-2012, 18:03:36
Dinosaurs were found long before the CIA
That's what they want you to believe!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 27-03-2012, 19:03:28
Y'all realize they would fly planes from the carrier, to land?  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 27-03-2012, 23:03:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Capitulation_of_Japanese_forces.jpg)
August, 1945, Soviet Invasion of Manchuria. Surrender of Japanese soldiers to the Red Army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-03-2012, 00:03:14
The Manchurian Campaign was one of the biggest schelackings in recorded history.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-03-2012, 00:03:55
French soldiers with a trophy, 1945
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/314077-3/Captured_20German_20flag)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-03-2012, 18:03:49
(http://oi40.tinypic.com/ayojlv.jpg)

This not gonna be end well ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 30-03-2012, 19:03:34
In my experience a bomber flying upside-down "dropping" bombs never ends well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 30-03-2012, 19:03:28

The anti-gravity bombers were developed right after hover Crusaders (and Grants for that matter).  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-03-2012, 19:03:17

The anti-gravity bombers were developed right after hover Crusaders (and Grants for that matter).  :P
Still reliability was an issue at first

Take the track equipped scharnhost for example. That thing rampaged trough entire russia with no difficulty!
Then they use it to invade iceland, one stupid engine part breaks, the entire ship runs out of power and its bombed to submission
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 31-03-2012, 00:03:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Croatian_Pilots_of_WWII.PNG/426px-Croatian_Pilots_of_WWII.PNG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-04-2012, 13:04:33
Dornier!!!!<3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 01-04-2012, 17:04:40
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/rocket/BM_8_24.JPG)

do want! <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 01-04-2012, 18:04:07
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/rocket/BM_8_24.JPG)


Want PLS
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 01-04-2012, 23:04:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/B-17-battle-casualty1.gif)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Damaged_tail_of_B-17.jpg/800px-Damaged_tail_of_B-17.jpg)

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Boeing B-17F-5-BO (S/N 41-24406) "All American III" of the 97th Bomb Group, 414th Bomb Squadron, in flight after a collision with an Me-109 over Tunis. The aircraft was able to land safely on her home base in Biskra, Tunisia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 02-04-2012, 01:04:50
JEEZZZ!!! :O   And this plane was able to land safely in their base... Quite solid plane :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-04-2012, 03:04:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Normandy5.jpg/744px-Normandy5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 02-04-2012, 15:04:08
Dornier!!!!<3
A Croatian one! :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-04-2012, 21:04:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Japanese_battleship_Musashi_cropped.jpg)

Japanese Battleship "Musashi" before the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-04-2012, 01:04:02
Dornier!!!!<3
A Croatian one! :D

What does 1000.Lijet mean? 1000 hours?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 03-04-2012, 17:04:18
Google translation tool says: Lijet = flies in

Flown in there the 1000 time. (I added the time because of the point behind the 1000) Now, is it correct?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 03-04-2012, 17:04:37
Should mean 1000. flight although it's a word that isn't used in that form today
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-04-2012, 18:04:44
It means 1000 combat flights. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 03-04-2012, 22:04:20
Ah, I was confused here for a minute. 1000 sorties is a huge amount, especially for a Croatian Dornier, but wikipedia's description is that they're celebrating the unit's 1000th sortie.

Also, the word is sortie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-04-2012, 20:04:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Soviet_artillery_firing_on_berlin_april_1945.jpg)

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Soviet artillery bombarding German positions during the battle for Seelow Heights
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2012, 23:04:05
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/538759_3346592417218_1041021580_33162652_1107649006_n.jpg)

Warfare is serious biznez.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 04-04-2012, 23:04:48
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Soviet_artillery_firing_on_berlin_april_1945.jpg
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Soviet artillery bombarding German positions during the battle for Seelow Heights

Didn't they fear counter artillery or air strikes at all  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-04-2012, 23:04:28
Germans had nothing to counter those with. They just had to deal with it.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-04-2012, 00:04:59
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Soviet_artillery_firing_on_berlin_april_1945.jpg
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Soviet artillery bombarding German positions during the battle for Seelow Heights

Didn't they fear counter artillery or air strikes at all  :o

By 1945, flippy is right.  The germans didn't have the ammo to do counter battery, and didn't have the airforce to attack.  Russian, american, british artillery was able to mass together into massive batteries in the open without fear of reprisal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-04-2012, 00:04:36
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/538759_3346592417218_1041021580_33162652_1107649006_n.jpg)

Warfare is serious biznez.
wat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-04-2012, 05:04:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/673335-2/Italian_001)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-04-2012, 09:04:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0319-07A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Artilleriestellung_auf_freiem_Feld.jpg)

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German artillery firing during the advance through Greece
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-04-2012, 17:04:35
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/538759_3346592417218_1041021580_33162652_1107649006_n.jpg)

Warfare is serious biznez.

The guy on the right has very charming combat boots. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-04-2012, 17:04:22
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Soviet_artillery_firing_on_berlin_april_1945.jpg
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Soviet artillery bombarding German positions during the battle for Seelow Heights

Didn't they fear counter artillery or air strikes at all  :o
Plus russian guns mostly outranged most german guns. And the soviets always had alot of 122mm A-13 field guns ready to support there own artillery.

The most common russian medium gun, the ML20 152.4mm outranged the SFH18 with 17.4KM vs 13KM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 05-04-2012, 23:04:08
(http://www.chakoten.dk/images/danfod_2529.jpg)

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Scheiby, SiC at 3rd regiment's antitank-company; behind him sits Bogulski.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-04-2012, 13:04:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Sutjeska_povlacenje_1943.jpg)

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Partisan column during the Battle of the Sutjeska
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 06-04-2012, 20:04:27
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/1152275322_9384eccfa3.jpg)

Japanese mini sub is paraded trough the streets. Most likely Sydney.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-04-2012, 21:04:39
There was a US armoured division stationed in/near Sydney?

Waiting for transport?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 06-04-2012, 21:04:02
yeah.
Even in "The Pacific" the movieseries you see them in Australia- then they are shipped to Guadalcanal
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 06-04-2012, 22:04:20
Those where Marines though  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-04-2012, 22:04:33
Yes, but there were armoured units too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: silian on 07-04-2012, 17:04:40
The police officer looks distinctly American.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-04-2012, 18:04:05
Not to mention that billboard showing an American soldier and not an Australian one (judging by the helmet).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 07-04-2012, 20:04:01
The picture had no caption so I just thought of the most likely place they would actually parade that thing. Because in mainland us they would have to ship the thing all the way back just to parade it trough the streets. So I thought it was just a minisub that failed at sydney harbour and they showed it off as trophy.

Than again my thoughts where wrong  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-04-2012, 01:04:58
I knew my gut feeling was right. And plenty of harbours on the west coast where the Japanese took a dive. Go watch '1941' for a historical and serious approach to that scenario.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-04-2012, 04:04:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/676901-2/usa_pr_japan_3061)

Boom.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-04-2012, 11:04:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R98401%2C_K%C3%B6nigsberg%2C_Volkssturm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 09-04-2012, 02:04:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-189-13%2C_Russland%2C_Charkow%2C_Waffen-SS_mit_Panzer_IV.jpg)

Waffen SS soldiers on a panzer4 moving into Kharkov at the the third battle for Kharkov 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-04-2012, 02:04:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/676901-2/usa_pr_japan_3061)

Boom.

Looks like there are two soldiers standing on the wing of that bomber.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-04-2012, 05:04:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/676901-2/usa_pr_japan_3061)

Boom.

Looks like there are two soldiers standing on the wing of that bomber.

I have that photo on a bigger resolution in a Book, and what you see is not a Human, its just a dark mark on the airplane, probably part of the Camouflage (Wich is awesome, love Japanese Camo on their airplanes, especially bombers!).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 09-04-2012, 11:04:02
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B27180%2C_Russland%2C_italienische_Soldaten_mit_Mauleseln.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 09-04-2012, 12:04:32
April 9, it is 72 years since ~1500 Danish soldiers went into war, and fought a un-winable battle.

Danish casulties: 16 dead, 20 wounded
German casulties: 203 dead, 75 wounded

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Danish_soldiers_on_9_April_1940.jpg/800px-Danish_soldiers_on_9_April_1940.jpg)
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A squad of Danish troops on the morning of the German invasion, 9 April 1940, photographed near Bredevad i Southern Jutland. Two of these men were killed later that day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-04-2012, 17:04:30
That sucks. Most of them look younger than 20. :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 09-04-2012, 21:04:53
War is seldom fought by old people...it´s the mostly the young who fight.

Anyway, interesting way of storing magazine pouches:
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/30/fallschirmjager.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-04-2012, 21:04:26
Only for the jump I guess, can't imagine that walks really comfortable.

Wreck of a captured M3 halftrack in Tunisia, may 1943.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/German_M3_wreck2_Tunis_May1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 10-04-2012, 15:04:26
Go watch '1941' for a historical and serious approach to that scenario.

1941, seriously underrated for a Spielberg, still funny as hell
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-04-2012, 16:04:20
It's in my top ten of favourite movies. The paranoia, giant clusterfuck and awesome actors (Belushi, Pickens, etc.) make it brilliant. Most of the critics piss on it but I love the fact Spielberg made a solid comedy too  :P

And today's picture features another captured M3 halftrack in Africa, now also featuring Rommel and Bayerlein.

(http://ww2db.com/images/vehicle_sdkfz251_101.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-04-2012, 10:04:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Yamamoto%27s_airplane_crash.jpg)

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Yamamoto's crashed airplane in the Bougainville jungle

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Operation Vengeance was the name given by the Americans to the military operation to kill Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18, 1943, during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was killed on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by U.S. Army fighter aircraft operating from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal.

The mission of the U.S. aircraft was specifically to kill Yamamoto and was based on United States Navy intelligence on Yamamoto's travel plans in the Solomon Islands area. The death of Yamamoto reportedly damaged the morale of Japanese naval personnel (described by Samuel Eliot Morison as being considered the equivalent of a major defeat in battle), raised the morale of the Allied forces, and may have been intended as revenge by U.S. leaders who blamed Yamamoto for the Pearl Harbor attack which initiated the formal state of war between Imperial Japan and the U.S. After the war, more controversy surrounded the legacy of the mission, as several of the U.S. fighter pilots involved debated for years over who should have received the credit for downing Yamamoto's aircraft

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Yamamoto-Isoroku.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Yamamoto%27s_ashes_on_Musashi.jpg/800px-Yamamoto%27s_ashes_on_Musashi.jpg)

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Yamamoto's ashes return to Japan at Kisarazu aboard battleship Musashi on May 23, 1943.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Barber_cross.jpg)

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Rex Barber wearing the Navy Cross he received for his actions during the mission that killed Yamamoto.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-04-2012, 12:04:58
I wonder what the Japanese thought of that disgraceful cowards action. What did Wellington say again when Napoleon left? Generals don't shoot each other?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 14-04-2012, 12:04:10
Yes he did, but those were different times, look at the meeting Napoleon and Tsar Alexander had at Tilsit, you wouldn't say they were at war a bit earlier. And Wellesley was a gentleman (or at least he was expected to be one)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-04-2012, 12:04:28
I still think it's really silly to do and even if you take out that one brilliant individual it wont really change a lot, will it? Japanese get angry and fight even harder because their hero is gone. Other things will make up for it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 14-04-2012, 14:04:45
I wonder what the Japanese thought of that disgraceful cowards action. What did Wellington say again when Napoleon left? Generals don't shoot each other?
Exactly, the fighting should be left to the peasants, that's what they're there for.

A soldier is a soldier, irregardless of rank. Why exactly is shooting down a general a cowardly action but shooting down any other bomber a heroic deed?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 14-04-2012, 14:04:01
Because it is like using HAXX
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-04-2012, 15:04:58
I wonder what the Japanese thought of that disgraceful cowards action. What did Wellington say again when Napoleon left? Generals don't shoot each other?
Exactly, the fighting should be left to the peasants, that's what they're there for.

A soldier is a soldier, irregardless of rank. Why exactly is shooting down a general a cowardly action but shooting down any other bomber a heroic deed?

I was talking from the perspective of the Japanese, who did everything for honour. As in my previous post, wouldn't this only fuel the fighting spirit?

Oh and about me personally, put me in command and they all dun goofed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2012, 17:04:51
I still think it's really silly to do and even if you take out that one brilliant individual it wont really change a lot, will it? Japanese get angry and fight even harder because their hero is gone. Other things will make up for it.

It changed shitloads because the guy was an active general and a brilliant tactician who was now dead.  It is no different than using snipers to kill officers.

Really, the only general's death I feel was wrong is the death of Fedor von Bock, as he was driving in a private car along the road to Hamburg, on May 4th, 1945, when it was strafed randomly by a British fighter.  He, his wife, and his only daughter were killed.  IE, FUCK YOU dumbshit British pilot who decided that strafing civilian vehicles was fun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 14-04-2012, 17:04:39
The pilot was like a standard SP player









like me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-04-2012, 18:04:23
I still think it's really silly to do and even if you take out that one brilliant individual it wont really change a lot, will it? Japanese get angry and fight even harder because their hero is gone. Other things will make up for it.

It changed shitloads because the guy was an active general and a brilliant tactician who was now dead.  It is no different than using snipers to kill officers.

Really, the only general's death I feel was wrong is the death of Fedor von Bock, as he was driving in a private car along the road to Hamburg, on May 4th, 1945, when it was strafed randomly by a British fighter.  He, his wife, and his only daughter were killed.  IE, FUCK YOU dumbshit British pilot who decided that strafing civilian vehicles was fun.

How is that case any different? It's not like the vehicle has a large sign with 'private car' on it. And seriously, may 4th 1945. Even the dumbest British pilot would've figured out what kind of people could still afford to drive cars.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 14-04-2012, 18:04:34
Yeah, at the the time they were most likely going to strafe anything moving vehicle wise to be safe than sorry. I do not think it was right, in the same way bombing population centers was morally wrong as well. Still, it was acceptable under the conditions of war at the time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2012, 18:04:07
I still think it's really silly to do and even if you take out that one brilliant individual it wont really change a lot, will it? Japanese get angry and fight even harder because their hero is gone. Other things will make up for it.

It changed shitloads because the guy was an active general and a brilliant tactician who was now dead.  It is no different than using snipers to kill officers.

Really, the only general's death I feel was wrong is the death of Fedor von Bock, as he was driving in a private car along the road to Hamburg, on May 4th, 1945, when it was strafed randomly by a British fighter.  He, his wife, and his only daughter were killed.  IE, FUCK YOU dumbshit British pilot who decided that strafing civilian vehicles was fun.

How is that case any different? It's not like the vehicle has a large sign with 'private car' on it. And seriously, may 4th 1945. Even the dumbest British pilot would've figured out what kind of people could still afford to drive cars.

There is a huge difference, imo, between a random civilian car, and a military plane that is known to have only military targets on it.

And blue, imo, such an order is reprehensible.  Bombing was to hit factories or such, bombing inaccuracy led to the civilian deaths, mostly.  But giving a kill order for anything you see is directly saying "shoot civilians on purpose."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-04-2012, 18:04:40
Strafing cars happened during the whole war, in an occupied zone you can guess who have cars. Nazi's and their helpers.

Even here in the village where I live a man strafed his own brother. He had fled the Netherlands and joined the RAF while his brother staid and joined the NSB (Dutch national-socialists) so he drove around in a car. And then his brother's squadron was ordered to wreak havoc so he strafed a car. What are the odds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-04-2012, 19:04:02
Bombing was to hit factories or such, bombing inaccuracy led to the civilian deaths, mostly.

I think there's plenty of people from Dresden that would disagree with that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 14-04-2012, 19:04:24
moral bombing. . . hitting the people not the factories.
and the more the allied bombed, the more the germans produced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2012, 19:04:58
Note the word "mostly".  I do view Dresden, and other such fire bombings, as wrong.

And yep, strategic bombing was a complete and utter failure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 14-04-2012, 19:04:54

It changed shitloads because the guy was an active general and a brilliant tactician who was now dead.  It is no different than using snipers to kill officers.

Really, the only general's death I feel was wrong is the death of Fedor von Bock, as he was driving in a private car along the road to Hamburg, on May 4th, 1945, when it was strafed randomly by a British fighter.  He, his wife, and his only daughter were killed.  IE, FUCK YOU dumbshit British pilot who decided that strafing civilian vehicles was fun.

Sounds to me like the fighter pilot did his job. How can you possibly speculate as to whether the pilot some 67 years ago thought it was fun?  ::)

(http://i.imgur.com/plq6Wl.jpg)

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Bombarding Okinawa with her 14"/50 main battery guns, as LVTs in the foreground carry troops to the invasion beaches, 1 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 14-04-2012, 22:04:56
PLEASE remember the Blitz. The Gerrys killed many civilians and destroyed A LOT of civilian property in London (to give you an idea:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg) and many other larger cities in order to terrorize the civilian population and and British high command. If we wouldn't have stopped them, the would have started their invasion and they would have continued like that all the way.
As the year of 1945 was reached, all these sweet memories came back and our lads simply wanted to make the Germans suffer as much as possible. This form of revenge (bombing of Dresden, strafing of civvie vehicles, and so on) seems (in this case) totally legit to me. Seriously, I would have reacted the very same way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-04-2012, 22:04:55
Ah yes, because fire is best treated with more fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 14-04-2012, 22:04:56
bla

If I had a ban button I would have used it on you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-04-2012, 22:04:56
PLEASE remember the Blitz. The Gerrys killed many civilians and destroyed A LOT of civilian property in London (to give you an idea:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/LondonBombedWWII_full.jpg) and many other larger cities in order to terrorize the civilian population and and British high command. If we wouldn't have stopped them, the would have started their invasion and they would have continued like that all the way.
As the year of 1945 was reached, all these sweet memories came back and our lads simply wanted to make the Germans suffer as much as possible. This form of revenge (bombing of Dresden, strafing of civvie vehicles, and so on) seems (in this case) totally legit to me. Seriously, I would have reacted the very same way.

Yeah that's why the US flew planes into afghan skyscrapers after 9/11.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 14-04-2012, 22:04:31
I'll ban each and every one of you if you don't post pics.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-04-2012, 22:04:42
Now now, stop this nonsence.

Brutal nazi's raping and pillaging eastern European village.

(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/occupation1/occupation002-43.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-04-2012, 22:04:05
*Banned*

*Unbanned after pre-emptively banning Thorondor*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 14-04-2012, 23:04:41
I am cordially sorry for derailing the thread; it was absolutely not my intention  :-\ .
So, let me start to get this thread back on topic: This website contains some rare photos of the Battle of El Alamein (nothing spectacular, but at least some pictures that aren't too popular and are already known  :P )

LINK:http://www.secondworldwar.org.uk/el_alamein.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-04-2012, 23:04:44
lol @ overenthusiastic Thorondor.

(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/occupation1/occupation002-14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2012, 23:04:43
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QgEH7fpDPk8/TyTpDT0vfeI/AAAAAAAAHcU/2SmTZAyM__o/s1600/giovanni_messe.png)

Marshall of Italy Giovanni Messe, arguably Italy's best general, and Chief of Staff of the Italian Co-Belligerent Forces, that fought bravely and ferociously alongside the allied armies in Italy.

(http://comandosupremo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/allieditaly.jpg)

Troops of the FIrst Motorized Combat Group, the first unit to fight on the Italian peninsula, it proved itself around Cassino in 1943, at the battle of Monte Lungo.  Afterwards, the unit was taken off the front lines due to extremely heavy casualties, and was reformed from a 2 division sized force of 5,500 men into a full Corps sized force (Italian Liberation Corps) of 22,000 men, and returned to Monte Cassino in 1944.  They wore Italian uniforms throughout these unit's lifespans, only switching to British style uniforms and weapons after July 1944, when it was reformed into the much larger Italian Co-belligerent Army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-04-2012, 23:04:57
Are those German medals i see? could he keep them while fighting for the allies?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-04-2012, 23:04:53
Photo was probably taken before the armistice.  Here's a later photo of him:

(http://italy1943-45.devhub.com/img/upload/na004096.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 15-04-2012, 02:04:52
And blue, imo, such an order is reprehensible.  Bombing was to hit factories or such, bombing inaccuracy led to the civilian deaths, mostly.  But giving a kill order for anything you see is directly saying "shoot civilians on purpose."

I actually do not disagree with that at all, just that it was not seen that way at the time. WW2 had a lot of 'no holds barred' sort of mentality and a large amount of tragedies generally came of flimsy justifications.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-04-2012, 14:04:52
(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/occupation1/occupation002-36.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2012, 14:04:23
T35!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 15-04-2012, 14:04:03
Less talk more pictures, should go for every POTD thread also Babe thread.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Nazi_occupation_of_Greece_-_A_Greek_colonel_and_German_governor_Sepp_Dietrich.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 15-04-2012, 14:04:55
(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/occupation1/occupation002-36.jpg)

Wat is dis POS?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 15-04-2012, 16:04:17
(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/occupation1/occupation002-36.jpg)

Wat is dis POS?
T35!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 15-04-2012, 20:04:47
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/CA_13_40_01.png)

Eventough with the use of "natural" camouflage this italian tank suffered a fate like many of its kind.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 15-04-2012, 21:04:58
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/m4_sherman_tunesien_1943.baj3fmi0uxskgos0kw0gsscgk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-04-2012, 21:04:36
Tunisia?

Huh, what are the odds for that to happen with the barrel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 16-04-2012, 12:04:56
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/087.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-04-2012, 18:04:06
(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/occupation1/occupation002-21.jpg)

Personally i find that the guy in the front has a silly walk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 18-04-2012, 00:04:58
(http://personal.inet.fi/koti/pekka.jaatinen/sakskuva/images/Telttamajoitusta.jpg)
Lapland, date unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-04-2012, 17:04:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Dolittle_Raider%2C_Plane_1.jpg)

Quote
18 April 1942: Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle (second from left) and his crew pose in front of a B-25 on the deck of the USS Hornet {Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Crew No. 1 (B-25 #40-2344, target Tokyo): 34th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, pilot; Lt. Richard E. Cole, copilot; Lt. Henry A. Potter, navigator; SSgt. Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; SSgt. Paul J. Leonard, flight engineer/gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)}
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-04-2012, 02:04:08
Hungarian soldier
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lijeurzPWb1qcsla3o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-04-2012, 15:04:05
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Infantry/Firearms/German/MP-40/images/Ufz_AfrikaKorps-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 19-04-2012, 19:04:51
does the hungarian soldier hold a Steyr m95?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-04-2012, 19:04:30
Yes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 19-04-2012, 22:04:45
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/023/0/8/03_ss_s_pz_abt_101_by_wolfenkrieger-d4nffbm.jpg)

Quote
Frankreich Panzer VI Tiger I in Ortschaft.

SS s.Pz-Abt 101 Tiger 131, commanded by Walter Hahn,
moves through a villiage in Normandy, France, 1944.
An Sd.Kfz.1/20 Schwimmwagen sits nearby.

Source:http://wolfenkrieger.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=96
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 20-04-2012, 09:04:39
"Schwimmwagen ready for a Dip"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-04-2012, 13:04:47
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Collinsbradley.jpg)

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Bradley and Collins near Cherbourg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-04-2012, 12:04:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Heinkel_he_59.jpg)

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The German Seenotdienst operated 14 Heinkel He 59 floatplanes (this one is in Suomen Ilmavoimat service) as well as a variety of fast boats.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-04-2012, 15:04:14
13 year old German versus 14 year old Jew
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg850/scaled.php?server=850&filename=1335004672312.jpg&res=landing)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-04-2012, 15:04:28
Jews have ties. Beware!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-04-2012, 20:04:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/678994-2/BEAUFIGHTER-RA)

The Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC X7887 of No 252 Squadron RAF landed by mistake during a flight from Malta on Augusta airfield, Sicily, 6 January 1942, and immediately captured by Italians. The aircraft, in the photo already with the Regia Aeronautica’s insignias, was tested by the Guidonia’s Flight Test Center and afterwards assigned to 253rd Squadriglia deployed on Northern Italy. The Italian Beaufighter was destroyed on take-off from Venegono airfield on 23 January 1943 because a pilot’s mistake with the hand throttle (at this time over the Italian aircraft the hand throttle’s position were inverted respect the German and Allies planes)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-04-2012, 11:04:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-003-3445-33%2C_Russland%2C_Lufttransport_mit_Junkers_Ju_52.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 23-04-2012, 21:04:08
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7650/ssflak017pm.jpg)
Flak used in a ground attack role during an assault.

I read "Flakartillerie greift an" (http://www.amazon.de/Flakartillerie-greift-Tatsachenberichte-Wort-Adler-B%C3%BCcherei/dp/B0030BJW78)  a few days ago and it had this interesting statistics on the last page.

Destroyed by Flakartillery (everything from light 20mm AA to the 88) from 1. September 1939 to the 31. October 1941:
5381 Airplanes
1253 Bunkers
34 Armored Forts
1930 Tanks
279 Battery positions (artillery?)
2901 Cannons, Antitank guns, Mortars
5361 MG positions
5024 Trucks
119 columns (infantry?)
55 Transport trains
4 Destroyers
19 Warships
16 Transport ships
1 citadel
32 Ammunition depots

Even if the numbers might be too high (it´s from a 1941 propaganda book) the relation shows that the AA guns played a very important role in Poland, Fall gelb and the battle of france to enable the fast advances during that time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-04-2012, 21:04:35
AA guns have always played an important role and even the past decades showed again that they are Very important.

a SAM missile might reach further then a cannon

But it cant shred houses infantry and everything else like a ZSU-23 shilka can (They used Shilkas in urban combat with VERY high effective in soviet invasion of afghanistan

(http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/m15.jpg)
Take the M15 MGMC for example. They used it for everything. In aachen these armoured box AA guns used there 37mm AA guns and dual watercooled .50CALS to great effect

Its a shame it issent in FH2. They only made a few hundred less then the M16 GMC. It was very common in italy, normandy and beyond that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-04-2012, 06:04:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/CruiserHaguro.jpg)

Japanese "Haguro" Heavy Cruiser. Sank in May 16, 1945.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 24-04-2012, 17:04:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-042-42%2C_Russland%2C_Kesselschlacht_von_Demjansk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MvB_1988 on 24-04-2012, 19:04:23
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1682/ssarmora25117lateanda25.jpg)
Waffen SS soldiers waiting to advance during Unternehmen Sonnenwende, 1945. Great picture showing the flat terrain in Pomerania and a rare in action image of a Sd.Kfz 251/21 and Sd.Kfz 251/22.

Anyone know what unit these soldiers/vehicles belong to?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 24-04-2012, 20:04:08
you wont be able to identify them as you dont see any troop indication either on helmets nor on apcs.
But in this operation the 11. SS-Panzerarmee was fighting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-04-2012, 20:04:03
Dat Ersatz pressed cardboard shovel carrier. :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-04-2012, 01:04:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-042-42%2C_Russland%2C_Kesselschlacht_von_Demjansk.jpg)

Look! It's the Ku Klux Klan off skiing.

No, seriuosly: Kinda amazing how all men stack behind the strongest weapon (tank). Its like they deeply believe the closer they get the more pretection they have. Like sheep. The picture is from Demyansk Pocket btw.


picture (hopefully no repost):
(http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4025/franzpanzer39hj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 25-04-2012, 02:04:05
No, seriuosly: Kinda amazing how all men stack behind the strongest weapon (tank). Its like they deeply believe the closer they get the more pretection they have. Like sheep. The picture is from Demyansk Pocket btw.

I think it was more they would rather walk through the tracks left by the tank than through the snow haha.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 25-04-2012, 15:04:16
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Japanese_battleship_Haruna_attacked.jpg)

Quote
Haruna at her moorings near Kure, Japan, under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft, 28 July 1945[/qoute]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 25-04-2012, 17:04:08
Pretty awesome picture of a Typhoon just off the tail of a Lancaster (I believe?).

(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/BARC/images/typhoon2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 25-04-2012, 20:04:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Japanese_battleship_Haruna_attacked.jpg)




Are those bigass explosions from the attackers or are they are trying to defend from low level attack by shooting the sea in front of the planes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 25-04-2012, 21:04:08
my guess would be the bombs, 1000 lb bombs can pack quite a punch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-04-2012, 23:04:49
Probably bombs.  The Haruna was sunk that day during the attacks.  So that's probably the last known photograph of it still above water.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-04-2012, 23:04:42
is it me or did the haruna had awesome casemat styled secondary batteries?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Haruna_1934.jpg


Big image
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-04-2012, 01:04:31
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Panzerserra/Churchill%20Mk%20I%20CS%20-%20Pz%20III%20cupola/Bushmills-7.jpg)
Tunisia, Churchill with Panzer III cupola
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 26-04-2012, 02:04:18
is it me or did the haruna had awesome casemat styled secondary batteries?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Haruna_1934.jpg


Big image

Used to be a ww1 battleship but it got refitted before pearl harbour to catch up with the more modern mainguns and targeting systems.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-04-2012, 02:04:20
my guess would be the bombs, 1000 lb bombs can pack quite a punch

If im not mistaken, the Marat was "sunk" by a 1000lb Bomb.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Kongo_under_attack.jpg/735px-Kongo_under_attack.jpg)

Japanese Battleship "Kongō" during an Attack. Sank on 21 November, 1944 by USS Sealion II Submarine. 1.200 men on the Kongō died that day.

It was the last Battleship sunk by a Submarine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 26-04-2012, 18:04:12
If im not mistaken, the Marat was "sunk" by a 1000lb Bomb.
You are mistaken; it was sunk by a 1000 kg bomb. That's twice as heavy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 27-04-2012, 04:04:29
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33vi2bbFp1qbqohko1_500.jpg)

Quote
Weary American Marine, PFC T. E. Underwood, drinking from canteen while still under fire during the final days of the fierce battle for Saipan.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 28-04-2012, 00:04:31
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/across.576lwp6aobk0o8kso08kcsssw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 28-04-2012, 02:04:42
Am i totally wrong or is that a V1 ?

Great picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 28-04-2012, 10:04:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Reichstag_after_the_allied_bombing_of_Berlin.jpg)

Quote
Reichstag in postwar occupied Berlin, June 3, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-04-2012, 06:04:35
(http://www.worldwar2.ro/images/content/smr_carol_scufundare_l.jpg)

10 October 1941. Romanian Minelayer SMR Regele Carol I sinking after hitting a mine laid by Soviet Submarine L-4.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-04-2012, 18:04:31
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2928/pzdiv4polandon1septembe.jpg)

Panzer 2 knocked out in the battle of Mokra by Polish cavalry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 01-05-2012, 14:05:55
It looks it got Brewed up, how did they manage to knock it out?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 01-05-2012, 14:05:06
They used lances , sabres and horse shoes ... they Pollacks  ...
But seriously ... 37 mm AT gun Bofors Wz. 36 , 75 mm field gun Wz.02/26 , 7.92 mm AT rifle Wz.35  ... that was many things to kill that Panzer  8)


BTW ... when in FH2 ? There was some in Normandy  ;)
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/2im9iyx.jpg)
PzSpWg II Ausf L "Luchs"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 01-05-2012, 14:05:21
Wait, did they use the AT gun like horse artillery? Quickly charge in and deploy fast and fire at the Panzer? And 7.92mm rifle, what was the Panzer made of, Sheet metal? WTF
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-05-2012, 15:05:20
look at this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfWzXY8A8AU

Yes, a panzer 1 was sheet metal armour. Between 6 and 13mm. Standerd AP bullets for infantry rifles could basicly penetrate it. 7.92mm from an AT rifles is many times more powerful then from a normal rifle.

It shot with this.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/MWP_DS7_92.JPG/799px-MWP_DS7_92.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-05-2012, 17:05:29
IIRC, that specific one though was knocked out with a 75mm cannon.  The Polish cavalry were heavily equipped with anti-tank weapons, as their main training was to be a mobile anti-tank force.  They used anti-tank rifles, 37mm Bofor's AT guns, and 75mm field guns (not actually AT guns, but with the thing armour of all German tanks of the time, they simply buckled and crunched through the german tanks).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-05-2012, 17:05:52
Wait, did they use the AT gun like horse artillery? Quickly charge in and deploy fast and fire at the Panzer? And 7.92mm rifle, what was the Panzer made of, Sheet metal? WTF
sheet metal ranges from various thicknesses. i work with as small as 0.6mm to 30mm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-05-2012, 17:05:36
(http://img.odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/mokra_iii___zniszczony_panzer_ii___foto_2_ix_1939__xxx.jpg)

Another Panzer 2 knocked out at Mokra.

(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2293/photo633zt4.jpg)

A collection of Panzer 1's and 2's, all knocked out.  You can see how confused and disoriented the German tank crews were, with the different directions the tanks were going.  The battle took place on Sept. 1st, and they were probably in no way expecting this kind of a fight.

Quote
German tank crewman from Panzer-Regiment 36. - Hartie Effenberg - in his memories wrote about his involvement in the battle of Mokra:

"We crossed the German-Polish border after 12:00; probably in third or fourth wave. Our unit stopped in Wilkowiecko and was waiting for further orders. (...) From the battlefield to Wilkowiecko they were constantly bringing wounded soldiers, it was the first time I saw such severely burned people. I had got some bad misgivings, I was scared. (...) Then the order to fight came. I prayed to God to protect me. I started. (...) Everything around me was burning, tanks crashed during the morning attack were smoking, ruins of houses were burning out. Only small church remained and that small church - among oaks - I could see in my viewfinder on the right, when our tank - driving at full speed, shooting from the gun - crashed a Polish tankette. (...) We received enemy machinegun fire - but ineffective - on our armour. (...) The commander - Kurt Scheele - was constantly pressing the loader, we were conducting a constant fire from both our machineguns and gun towards shooting to us from the right side enemy battery [...]"

After a moment Effenberg's tank was blocked between two other eliminated German AFVs and soon after that it received a side hit from the Polish gun. The commander of the tank - Kurt Sheele - managed to open the manhole and pull out heavily wounded Hartie Effenberg (he lost his leg) from the tank - but soon he (Kurt Sheele) was killed. Hartie Effenberg survived the battle.

Approx. 50-90 (sources differ) German tanks were knocked out in a single day.  3 Panzer divisions, with infantry divisions and the luftwaffe in support, were defeated by a single Polish cavalry brigade backed up by an armoured train.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-05-2012, 18:05:40
Another example is the german invasion of denmark. German losses where 203 killed and wounded while Danish losses where only 16 killed and 20 wounded. All thanks to Madsen 20mm autocannons mounted on motorcycles wich shredded 12 armoured cars and 4 tanks to pieces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 01-05-2012, 19:05:40
Another example is the german invasion of denmark. German losses where 203 killed and wounded while Danish losses where only 16 killed and 20 wounded. All thanks to Madsen 20mm autocannons mounted on motorcycles wich shredded 12 armoured cars and 4 tanks to pieces.

They could not penetrate Pz1 and Pz2 frontal armor though
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 01-05-2012, 19:05:10
Another example is the german invasion of denmark. German losses where 203 killed and wounded while Danish losses where only 16 killed and 20 wounded. All thanks to Madsen 20mm autocannons mounted on motorcycles wich shredded 12 armoured cars and 4 tanks to pieces.

They could not penetrate Pz1 and Pz2 frontal armor though
20 mmMadsen penetrates 16 mm at 50 meters, more than enough to cut through Panzer II's frontal armour.

(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/denmark/Madsen20mm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 01-05-2012, 21:05:41
20 mmMadsen penetrates 16 mm at 50 meters, more than enough to cut through Panzer II's frontal armour.

One thing is what is it suppose to do, another thing is what it can do in the field ;)

Quote
Lundtoftebjerg, private 10/Dalum remarks: "Det er sgu'ette det rene pap, de kører med dernede!" ("It's damn not the pure cardboard, they are running down there!"), after he see's his 20mm Madsen bullets failing to penetrate the frontal armor of the advancing Panzers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 01-05-2012, 21:05:30
It must still be hell inside panzer, even with almost penetrating hits raining on them. That could lead to enemy tank making mistake, like showing it's side while trying to find cover.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 01-05-2012, 22:05:48
I personally don´t consider Panzer II and especially Panzer I a tank. They were almost obsolete at the beginning of the war anyways and just there to even have anything like a tank army as the german industry couldn´t produce enough Panzer III and IVs that early in the war. The Panzer II chassis was best used on the Wespe-, Marder- etc. series.

It must still be hell inside panzer, even with almost penetrating hits raining on them. That could lead to enemy tank making mistake, like showing it's side while trying to find cover.

You shouldn´t be clausrophobic. And even non penetrating hits will cause some splinters to fly through the cramped interior. In this situation you might even forget that you are sitting inside this box with lots of fuel and shells.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-05-2012, 22:05:50
I've seen more and more recent books referring to the Panzer 1 and 2 as tankettes, not tanks, and I'm quite liable to agree.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-05-2012, 23:05:50
I think the Panzer I and II were not meant to be used in a War?. Aren't they prototypes?. Due to Hitler's plans to enter the war quickly these tanks were pushed into service.?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/682509-2/Ju290)

Me-109 and Ju-290 abandoned in Salzburg, Austria, 1945. Note the US truck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-05-2012, 05:05:17
They were meant for learning and training the tactics, however the German industry was never able to build replacement tanks fast enough, so they just had to use what they had.  Thus, the Panzer 1 remained in frontline service into 1941/42, and the Panzer 2 was in the frontlines all the way to the end of the war (as the Luchs varient).  Hell, there was even a Panzer 1 at Kursk, and 38 of them in Normandy in 44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 02-05-2012, 07:05:54
The Panzer 1 only had a MG right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 02-05-2012, 08:05:27
well its a driving machine gun. still better armour then a soldier^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-05-2012, 18:05:12
2 MG's.  And actually, considering it's a crew of two, the time and materials to make it, and the fact that is basically is knocked out by a slight scratch, it was utterly useless, and didn't contribute much of anything.  Indeed, it was more of a wasted liability than anything. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 02-05-2012, 19:05:22
Hmm, it could collapse if it were kicked at the right spot, or so it would seem.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-05-2012, 20:05:56
Of the metal used on PZI, they could make many many many MG's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-05-2012, 00:05:11
What was the Japanese tankette whose armor could be penetrated by a M1 Garand?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Attacking_the_Gate_of_China02.jpg/648px-Attacking_the_Gate_of_China02.jpg)

Type 94s at "The Gate of China", Nanjing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 03-05-2012, 02:05:36
I think that was the Ha-Go's. Isn't there a scene in "The Pacific" too where a tank gets shot to pieces by rifle fire ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-05-2012, 05:05:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Partisans_Oath_27_Dywizja_AK_1944.jpg)

An official oath of soldiers of 27th Home Army Infantry Division, winter 1944

Shows just how organized the Polish Home Army was :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 03-05-2012, 12:05:23
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/GreifRochefort.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 03-05-2012, 16:05:07
For those that don't know. The German soldier writes: "Aus der Traum", a German dictum, means in English something like "It's all over" or literally "the dream has ended" on the guard plate of the AT gun or whatever this is.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 03-05-2012, 17:05:04
Strictly translated "Away with the dream"?

So 1945, maybe Berlin or the outskirts?
(Y WE NO HAVE berlin_outskirts-1945 no more in FH1?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 03-05-2012, 18:05:41
Its not easy to translate it directly, because it does not follow grammar. Strictly or word-for-word: "Away the dream" :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-05-2012, 19:05:29
Looks like a US gun though, with those rubber wheels. Maybe the dream is over for the Amis during the Wacht am Rhein offensive?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-05-2012, 20:05:40
Could just be pressed into service.  And I doubt any German soldier actually thought that Wacht am Rhein was going to succeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 03-05-2012, 21:05:59
I found the Picture here:

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/wbb2/print.php?threadid=6029&page=1&sid=10ee1e1123c24ee306d7b161fce1c1ef
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-05-2012, 23:05:55
Taken in Rochefort, seems my suspicions where right. This one does believe in the German victory.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 03-05-2012, 23:05:48
Well, im not sure mudra.

There are some short forms i can not really attach, but I think he says that the 150. Panzerbrigade usually fought in German uniforms, but there were German/French soldiers that got the order to disguise themselves as US soldiers.

He seems to be one of them because the author says he wears a US field jacket, M1 carbine, and other US stuff, the helmet seems to be non US though.

If he does believe in german victory or not is debatable, isnt it ?

Edit: Just checked an article about that Skorzeny who gave the orders for them due to the author. Skorzeny was accused after the war for disguising Germans in US uniforms (although during Battle of the Bulge)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-05-2012, 00:05:13
Too little amount of POTD's are being posted compared to all sorts of jibbajabba.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-05-2012, 22:05:31
http://www.polishnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=404%3Alast-great-charge-of-the-polish-cavalry&catid=93%3Ahistoriapolish-history&Itemid=329&showall=1

Whilst the article's title is a bit misleading (this was def not the last great cavalry charge) this account, written by a veteran who participated and served in this unit and this very charge, is mind-blowingly awesome.

(http://www.generals.dk/content/portraits/Podhorski_Zygmunt.jpg)

Brigadier General Zygmunt Podhorski, commander of the Suwalki Cavalry Brigade.  Survived POW camp in Germany, died in 1960.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RedBullBF2 on 05-05-2012, 00:05:49
very good photos of France (color)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-05-2012, 05:05:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/HMS_Warspite%2C_Sicily_1943.jpg)

HMS Warspite bombarding German Positions in Catania, Italy, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 05-05-2012, 16:05:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-758-0056-35%2C_Norwegen%2C_deutsche_Kriegsschiffe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 07-05-2012, 20:05:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/282384-3/Hetzenauer_+Matth__us_Gefreiter%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-05-2012, 06:05:20
(http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/40788/spg-05.jpg)

(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/mk-VI/spg-11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 08-05-2012, 10:05:10
If I'm not mistaking, a captured french field gun on a Vickers in German mits, we so need this

Feldkanone X auf Geschützwagen Vickers or something like that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-05-2012, 21:05:08
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Victory in Europe Day — known as V-E Day or VE Day — commemorates 8 May 1945 (in Commonwealth countries; 7 May 1945), the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. The formal surrender of the occupying German forces in the Channel Islands was not until 9 May 1945. On 30 April Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government. The act of military surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France, and ratified on 8 May in Berlin, Germany.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Churchill_waves_to_crowds.jpg)

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Winston Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation that the war with Germany had been won.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/VE_DAY_Piccadily_1945.jpg)

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Crowds gathered in celebration at Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly Square) during VE Day, 1945

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-05-2012, 05:05:59
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/683604-2/woods)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-05-2012, 11:05:41
Not bad made visualization ,  for one of the planned modification for Panzer IV  8)
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6822/222951646z.jpg)
( yes , that is a photoshop  :P )

When in FHSW ?  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 09-05-2012, 11:05:03
They actually did it the other way around:

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/tanks-medium/pzkpfw-v-medium-tank/pzkpfw-v-panther-medium-tank-13.png)

This was however a one-off vehicle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-05-2012, 15:05:16
And if im not mistaken, it was used in the Battle of Kursk as a command vehicle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 09-05-2012, 17:05:45
What is it exactly?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-05-2012, 18:05:40
Pic above is a Panther with a Panzer IV turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-05-2012, 18:05:13
actually
they did made a PZIV with panther turret.
But it was way to heavy for the chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 10-05-2012, 00:05:38
actually
they did made a PZIV with panther turret.
But it was way to heavy for the chassis

Just a prototype, which appears in WoT. The Schmallturm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2012, 00:05:03
actually
they did made a PZIV with panther turret.
But it was way to heavy for the chassis

Just a prototype, which appears in WoT. The Schmallturm.
no no, not the schmallturm. An panther turret.
Somewhere in 1944 to use turrets of hull damaged panther tanks on PZIV chassis, but the design was a big failure
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 10-05-2012, 00:05:22
And the schmallturm would be the Panther Ausf. F turret.

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/p5f_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 10-05-2012, 00:05:30
Correctomundo, Thor. Quote from Achtungpanzer.com:

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In November of 1944, interesting concept was proposed by Krupp to mount Panzer IV Ausf H with Panther Ausf F’s new narrow turret (mounted with 75mm KwK 42 or 44/1 L/70 gun), but it was rejected since it would overburden the chassis. In addition, in 1944, Krupp designed simplified six sided turret (Vereinfachter Turm fuer PzKpfw IV) with cupola and three simple hatches but it was not approved.

(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/pz4_pz5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-05-2012, 15:05:29
M'kay ... I understand that I must wait for to see a (A27M) "Cromwell" MK VII on some proper map , like Belgium , Holland or Germany 1945  >:(

But FFS ... How long I must wait for to see (A22F/A42) Churchill Mk VII on some Normandy maps ?  :P

(http://oi47.tinypic.com/iz96h0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 11-05-2012, 12:05:55
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/samohybky/105b2/023.jpg)

10,5cm LeFH 18/3 auf Geschützwagen B2 (f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 11-05-2012, 12:05:00
actually, 10,5 cm LeFH 18/3 auf GW B1 (f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 13-05-2012, 02:05:33
actually, 10,5 cm LeFH 18/3 auf GW B1 (f)

Yes it's LeFH, but captured B1's were renamed (or re-marked?) to B2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-05-2012, 03:05:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Kawanishi_H6K_Type_97_Transport_Flying_Boat_Mavis_H6K-16s.jpg)

A Kawanishi H6K going down in flames.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-05-2012, 17:05:54
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/542361_261939110560941_176170115804508_625173_795768149_n.jpg)

Sikh troops of the 20th Indian Division in action at Mandalay.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 14-05-2012, 18:05:55
Nice, which MGs are they?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 14-05-2012, 18:05:08
Probably modified Browning .303 Mark II aircraft guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-05-2012, 17:05:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-34%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 17-05-2012, 18:05:55
(http://www.milhist.dk/fotografiet/10aa/11_10aa.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 17-05-2012, 22:05:23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qq32AjE9oMU
JagdTigers :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 18-05-2012, 12:05:24
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/flak/bussing/001.jpg)

8,8cm Flak auf Büssing NAG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-05-2012, 13:05:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/619779-2/4+Bofors+AA+222)
Hungary Bofors 80mm Flak
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 18-05-2012, 16:05:27
(http://i48.tinypic.com/j59egy.jpg)

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A German soldier stands guard as Danish soldiers bury their comrade who fell during the invasion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 18-05-2012, 16:05:43
Looks like a US gun though, with those rubber wheels. Maybe the dream is over for the Amis during the Wacht am Rhein offensive?

Yes it was taken during wacht am Rhein. There is actually news reel footage of it, including a part where the narrator makes fun of the Americans because one of the vehicles had "America first" written on it.

The use of the phrase could also be a pun on the "American dream"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-05-2012, 16:05:59

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A German soldier stands guard as Danish soldiers bury their comrade who fell during the invasion

They're not standing guard.  They're presenting arms, IE, saluting.  So they're actually there on ceremonial duty, and paying honour to the dead danish soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 18-05-2012, 17:05:07

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A German soldier stands guard as Danish soldiers bury their comrade who fell during the invasion

They're not standing guard.  They're presenting arms, IE, saluting.  So they're actually there on ceremonial duty, and paying honour to the dead danish soldiers.

Sorry, me and my stupid words again.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-05-2012, 11:05:23
StuG III Ausf F with very interesting tactical marking ... anyone know , from what unit is that StuG ?

(http://s15.postimage.org/hqqb1j1nt/1337403828109a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ikhoppa on 19-05-2012, 11:05:37
Stug-Abteilung 210, 1942 insignia variant.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-05-2012, 17:05:37
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-576-1848-31%2C_Italien%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Beiwagen-Krad_und_MG_34.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-05-2012, 13:05:28
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-576-1848-31%2C_Italien%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Beiwagen-Krad_und_MG_34.jpg)
I saw one of those today at Meldert, repainted in origenal colours and in perfect condition
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 20-05-2012, 17:05:09
"Motorcycle on ze move"

I need to play COH, NOW
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-05-2012, 20:05:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/687342-2/S79-BASSO)

An Italian bomber S.79 flying at very low altitude over the Mediterranean, perhaps in front to Southern Italy’s coasts. The plane is an aircraft of 58th Squadriglia, 32nd Gruppo, 10th Stormo BT (Bombardamento Terrestre/Land Bombardment), on 1942 based in Sicily.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-05-2012, 22:05:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Submarine_attack_%28AWM_304949%29.jpg)

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U-848 under attack by Allied aircraft in the South Atlantic (10-09 S, 18-00 W) – the second pass of Lieutenant Charles A. Baldwin USNR, in PB4Y-1 107-B-12 of VB-107 5 November 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-05-2012, 23:05:35
So that picture was taken from an US airplane, right?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 22-05-2012, 00:05:26
 South Atlantic
 US naval reserve
 Flying a PBY Catalina


 chances are 100 percent that is a Yankee.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 22-05-2012, 07:05:45
It was quite common for Spitfires to land with their nose in the dirt. Not much written about it since it isn't very heroic.

Spent an hour trying to find this:
(http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/online-exhibitions/taking-flight/images/did-you-know/inter-war/CrashLG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 22-05-2012, 07:05:17
Do my eyes deceive me or is that a Hurricane? IIRC both the Spit & Bf109 had ground-handling problems due to the landing gear being so close to the center of the plane. So they would often tip/fall in the hands of rookie pilots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-05-2012, 07:05:33
Yep, that's a hurri. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 22-05-2012, 13:05:07
It was quite common for Spitfires to land with their nose in the dirt. Not much written about it since it isn't very heroic.

Too much brakes too fast or out of runway...

Yep, happens in IL 2 all the time... :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 22-05-2012, 14:05:38
It was quite common for Spitfires to land with their nose in the dirt. Not much written about it since it isn't very heroic.

Too much brakes too fast or out of runway...

Yep, happens in IL 2 all the time... :P
reduce yer airspeed before touchdown and apply short brakes with intervals
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 22-05-2012, 18:05:29
(http://davidderrick.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/polish-szare-szeregi-fighters-during-the-warsaw-uprising-1944.jpg)
Polish fighters during the warsaw uprising.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-05-2012, 10:05:30
Do my eyes deceive me or is that a Hurricane? IIRC both the Spit & Bf109 had ground-handling problems due to the landing gear being so close to the center of the plane. So they would often tip/fall in the hands of rookie pilots.
yeah both had bad landing and takeoff qualities, but the Me109 had it the worst wich was its eventuall downfall.

10% of all Me109's where lost in landing and take off accidents and 1/3 where involved in one

How bout a video instead of a picture?
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/free-belgium-navy-gets-a-new-recruit

I am proud to see this
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 23-05-2012, 12:05:36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-97906%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_Stra%C3%9Fenkampf.jpg)

SS-Sondereinheit Dirlewanger in Warschau (Warsaw)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-05-2012, 16:05:40
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Crusader_tanks_in_Yorkshire_1942.jpg)

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The British Commander-in-Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, in a Crusader tank (s/n T43824) of the 42nd Armoured Division during a large-scale exercise near Malton in Yorkshire (UK), 29 September 1942.

Also an A13 Mk.III Covenanter in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 23-05-2012, 19:05:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/HMS_Ark_Royal_h85716.jpg)

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The aircraft carrier Ark Royal with a flight of Swordfish overhead
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-05-2012, 14:05:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bir_Hacheim_1990.jpg)

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The ruins of the fort Bir Hakeim, taken 1990. The red flags indicate positions of land mines

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Bir Hakeim is a remote oasis in the Libyan desert, and the former site of a Turkish fort. During the Battle of Gazala, the 1st Free French Division of Général de brigade Marie Pierre Kœnig defended the site from 26 May-11 June 1942 against attacking German and Italian forces directed by Generaloberst Erwin Rommel. Resisting the much larger Axis forces for 16 days was certainly an enormous achievement of Kœnig and his men. The battle was later greatly used for propaganda purposes by all involved parties which explains the mystification of it. Tobruk was taken 10 days later by Rommel's troops. Rommel continued to advance against delaying actions by the British until halted at First Battle of El Alamein in July.

Général Bernard Saint-Hillier said in an October 1991 interview: "A grain of sand had curbed the Axis advance, which reached Al-Alamein only after the arrival of the rested British divisions: this grain of sand was Bir Hakeim."[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 26-05-2012, 18:05:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/U.S._Army_Bantam_Jeep_crossing_a_river_on_the_Kapa_Kapa_Trail_1942.jpg)

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Members of the 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 32nd Division, in an Army Bantam Jeep crossing a river on the Kapa Kapa Trail on Papua New Guinea during October 1942.

During this move to outflank the Japanese the 126th didnt encounter a single enamy soldier but made over 70% of casualties. By the time they had crossed the australian troops who had confronted the japanese frontally had already won the battle and advanced.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 27-05-2012, 15:05:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/U.S._Army_Bantam_Jeep_crossing_a_river_on_the_Kapa_Kapa_Trail_1942.jpg)

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Members of the 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 32nd Division, in an Army Bantam Jeep crossing a river on the Kapa Kapa Trail on Papua New Guinea during October 1942.

During this move to outflank the Japanese the 126th didnt encounter a single enamy soldier but made over 70% of casualties. By the time they had crossed the australian troops who had confronted the japanese frontally had already won the battle and advanced.

wtf? how could that happen? ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 27-05-2012, 15:05:34
Ever been inside a jungle on a mountain range with a thousand people? It's not pretty.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-05-2012, 16:05:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Bundesarchiv_Billd_146-1971-011-27%2C_Belgien%2C_Eben_Emael%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)

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The victors of Eben-Emael: Fallschirmjäger of Sturmabteilung Koch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-05-2012, 17:05:36
Disease counts as casualties.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 27-05-2012, 17:05:54
Probably also a few friendly fire ambushes via paranoia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Harmonikater on 27-05-2012, 22:05:43
malaria, dengue fever, bush typhus, amoebic dysentery, bacillary, along with jungle rot, dobie itch, trench foot, athlete's foot and ringworm according to wikipedia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-05-2012, 00:05:32
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/LeParadisMassacre_site.jpg)

Le Paradis massacre. Soldiers of the 2d battalion norfolk regiment where isolated from there company in 1940 during the battle of france. These men occupied a farmhouse and defended outmanned and gunned against the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. Once they ran out of ammo, the soldiers surrenderd. In wich the SS troops under command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein led the 99 survivors to a wall and machinegunned them. 97 men died, 2 men survived, wich escaped but where later recaptured(these men survived)

While in some cases SS soldiers where orderd to excecute soldiers, this was a diffrent case. The men under command of Fritz knochlein where heavily devoted to the Nazi party, germany and hitler and a deep hatred against jews, britians and americans.

The day after the massacere, Gunter d'Alquen journalist of the Waffen SS took the above photograph and together with Dr Thum, the SS-Totenkopf deputy legal advisor, could only conclude that these soldiers where killed by excecution. The shots where very close range and the skulls where often smashed in.

News of the massacre spread to neighbouring German divisions, eventually reaching General Erich Hoepner, commander of the German forces in France. He disliked the SS, especially Eicke, and was determined to have him dismissed if charges of mistreatment or murdering of prisoners could be brought. However none of these investigations were ever successful, possibly because Knöchlein stated that the British had been using dumdum bullets, thus violating the Hague Convention of 1899.[15] Regardless, many SS officers were appalled by the massacre; some reportedly challenged Knöchlein to a duel, although none were ever fought

One of the surviving soldiers, Pooley was repatriated in 1943 but his story was not believed, because the british assumed that the germans could not do such atrocities against british troops. When the second survivor was released in 1945, he confirmed the story of Pooley, in wich an investigation was set up and post war,he was trailed, found guilty and hanged.



A story wich showed the scum that was present in the SS. But a story wich also showed the despise and hatred of fanatical SS troops BY SS troops and german armed forces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 28-05-2012, 04:05:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C0212-0043-012%2C_Edertalsperre%2C_Zerst%C3%B6rung.jpg)

The Eder dam was breached on the night of 16-17th of may1943 as a part of Operation Chastise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-05-2012, 14:05:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C0212-0043-012%2C_Edertalsperre%2C_Zerst%C3%B6rung.jpg)

The Eder dam was breached on the night of 16-17th of may1943 as a part of Operation Chastise.

I grew up there. My grandmother still remembers the night when it was breached. Luckily our house stands uphill.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 28-05-2012, 14:05:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/LeParadisMassacre_site.jpg)

Le Paradis massacre. Soldiers of the 2d battalion norfolk regiment where isolated from there company in 1940 during the battle of france. These men occupied a farmhouse and defended outmanned and gunned against the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. Once they ran out of ammo, the soldiers surrenderd. In wich the SS troops under command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein led the 99 survivors to a wall and machinegunned them. 97 men died, 2 men survived, wich escaped but where later recaptured(these men survived)

While in some cases SS soldiers where orderd to excecute soldiers, this was a diffrent case. The men under command of Fritz knochlein where heavily devoted to the Nazi party, germany and hitler and a deep hatred against jews, britians and americans.

The day after the massacere, Gunter d'Alquen journalist of the Waffen SS took the above photograph and together with Dr Thum, the SS-Totenkopf deputy legal advisor, could only conclude that these soldiers where killed by excecution. The shots where very close range and the skulls where often smashed in.

News of the massacre spread to neighbouring German divisions, eventually reaching General Erich Hoepner, commander of the German forces in France. He disliked the SS, especially Eicke, and was determined to have him dismissed if charges of mistreatment or murdering of prisoners could be brought. However none of these investigations were ever successful, possibly because Knöchlein stated that the British had been using dumdum bullets, thus violating the Hague Convention of 1899.[15] Regardless, many SS officers were appalled by the massacre; some reportedly challenged Knöchlein to a duel, although none were ever fought

One of the surviving soldiers, Pooley was repatriated in 1943 but his story was not believed, because the british assumed that the germans could not do such atrocities against british troops. When the second survivor was released in 1945, he confirmed the story of Pooley, in wich an investigation was set up and post war,he was trailed, found guilty and hanged.



A story wich showed the scum that was present in the SS. But a story wich also showed the despise and hatred of fanatical SS troops BY SS troops and german armed forces.

While I think it´s a good thing to remember such things, I think it´s very bad to see such a propaganda and hate speech here. Surely they were not all "devoted to nazis and hating jews.." and it does not show the "SS to be specially full of hatred and fanatic soldiers." to me. It needs just one MG gunner to follow an order from his superior for such things to happen, no matter what the rest of the division thinks.

I recommend reading Herbert Bruneggers account from that battle in his book "Saat in den Sturm". The snipers of the british troops used dumdum ammunition and the germans lost many men in several cases of enemy troops attacking after they surrendered and even by fake wounded soldiers. So there are enough examples of leaving the rules of war on both sides, you even wrote that yourself.

Also the fact that a few of the german SS men even challenged their commander to a duell over this atrocity and that Bruneggers account finally helped to sentence Knöchlein to death in 1949 shows that not all, not even those in the Totenkopf Division, were fanatics, but some were just normal soldiers who did not want such things to happen. Generalizing every SS soldier into a criminal after the war does not resemble reality.

pic from "Saat in den Sturm" by Herbert Brunneger
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ahq4f6Tb_38/T8NxJuLuvMI/AAAAAAAACVE/m6zrbWbMzWI/s400/DSC00254.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kWnBDN6l1MVZNrzKl4vSStMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-05-2012, 16:05:01
Mayhemic, please read my post


-The men UNDER Fritz Knöchlein where devoted nazi scumbags. I am not saying EVERY soldier in the SS was like this
-While in some cases SS soldiers where orderd to excecute soldiers(i wrote this). AKA Soldiers had the choise=Either you shoot them, or we shoot you. I have used examples before regarding SS devision wiking where 12 flemish soldiers where excecuted because they refused to shoot russian civlians

It was never confirmed that the british used hollow point ammo in that battle, this was brought up by Fritz knochlein much later, aka he made that up. The cases examined did not showed any special ammo

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I recommend reading Herbert Bruneggers account from that battle in his book "Saat in den Sturm". The snipers of the british troops used dumdum ammunition and the germans lost many men in several cases of enemy troops attacking after they surrendered and even by fake wounded soldiers. So there are enough examples of leaving the rules of war on both sides, you even wrote that yourself

And the germans and russians used explosive sniper bullets alot aswel, even tough they where banned.


Did you also missed this part?
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News of the massacre spread to neighbouring German divisions, eventually reaching General Erich Hoepner, commander of the German forces in France. He disliked the SS, especially Eicke, and was determined to have him dismissed if charges of mistreatment or murdering of prisoners could be brought. However none of these investigations were ever successful, possibly because Knöchlein stated that the British had been using dumdum bullets, thus violating the Hague Convention of 1899.[15] Regardless, many SS officers were appalled by the massacre; some reportedly challenged Knöchlein to a duel, although none were ever fought

AKA the commander of the Waffen SS was disgusted by this masscere, aswel as MANY SS and german officers. If i made a "Hate" post, surely i would leave parts like this out, wouldnt i?

I spoke with other forum members in the past regarding this and they can back me up with this. Wehrmacht is Not SS. Many SS and waffen SS where filled with scum but many SS and waffen SS soldiers where drafted and forced to kill/commit warcrimes or they where shot themselves


Please read my post correctly the next time you make a response like this. I find your post much more one sided then mine TBH. As you only used an example in favour of one side.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-05-2012, 16:05:02
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The Totenkopf was initially formed from concentration camp guards of the 1st (Oberbayern), 2nd (Brandenburg) and 3rd (Thüringen) Standarten (regiments) of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, and soldiers from the SS-Heimwehr Danzig.

Basically, until after the French campaign, Totenkopf guys were concentration camp guards mostly, plus the guys who participated in the siege of the Polish post office in Danzig.  So they probably just didn't like the idea of killing British prisoners because the British were a part of the "master race."  These were guys who brutalized prisoners in the concentration camps (but this is before the Holocaust began).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 28-05-2012, 16:05:24
Ok, a big sorry first. Calling it a hate speech was wrong, since you clearly did not intend that.

This was basically the only point I was worried about:
-The men UNDER Fritz Knöchlein where devoted nazi scumbags. I am not saying EVERY soldier in the SS was like this
I think the second part of your sentence also is true for the men under Knöchleins command. They could not choose their commander. That´s why I added the Infos about Bruneggers and his book. He was in fact  threatened by his commander Knöchlein personally because he knew of and spoke against those killings.
He is the example that not even those under Knöchleins command were all nazi scumbags.

It might be easy to have a clear picture of the enemy. A exact group of evil beings that you can hate. But reality is more complex.

Anyway, I read a book about the fightings around my home town Schweinfurt recently, that has eye witness reports from many civilians living in the surroundings villages. The americans encountered resistance and had heavy fights in and around some villages. There are at least three examples of groups of german prisoners (up to 20) getting executed by the 42. "Rainbow" ID after they surrendered. But that is just what war is. If someone just tried to kill you with all he could, it needs a very strong will to keep a sense for forgiveness and the rules of war.

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The Totenkopf was initially formed from concentration camp guards of the 1st (Oberbayern), 2nd (Brandenburg) and 3rd (Thüringen) Standarten (regiments) of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, and soldiers from the SS-Heimwehr Danzig.

Basically, until after the French campaign, Totenkopf guys were concentration camp guards mostly, plus the guys who participated in the siege of the Polish post office in Danzig.  So they probably just didn't like the idea of killing British prisoners because the British were a part of the "master race."  These were guys who brutalized prisoners in the concentration camps (but this is before the Holocaust began).
Yes, he writes about that too. But he was conscripted far before he knew that he had to do that. He applied for the SS aged 15 (!), so I think he did not really know what was coming at all.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 28-05-2012, 16:05:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Crusader_tanks_in_Yorkshire_1942.jpg)

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The British Commander-in-Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, in a Crusader tank (s/n T43824) of the 42nd Armoured Division during a large-scale exercise near Malton in Yorkshire (UK), 29 September 1942.

Also an A13 Mk.III Covenanter in the background.

Looks like a scale Model  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 28-05-2012, 18:05:28
What is Dumdum?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-05-2012, 18:05:16
(http://www.google.hr/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00605/news-graphics-2005-_605637a.jpg&sa=X&ei=o6TDT_j7M6So4gTGg_CcBA&ved=0CAkQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNGNXAxH9xj339IS2nSFyxMC6t1XXg)

The tip is cut off so it gets everywhere when it hits a target.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 28-05-2012, 18:05:09
wiki search for dumdum: "An expanding bullet is a bullet designed to expand on impact, increasing in diameter to limit penetration and/or produce a larger diameter wound. It is informally known as a Dum-dum or a dumdum bullet. The two typical designs are the hollow point bullet and the soft point bullet."



EDIT:
During the Hague Convention of 1899, the British delegation attempted to justify the use of the dumdum bullet by pointing to its utility when putting down colonial unrest. Barbara Tuchman writes that, "Developed by the British to stop the rush of fanatical tribesman, the bullets were vigorously defended by Sir John Ardagh against the heated attack of all except the American military delegate, Captain Crozier, whose country was about to make use of them in the Philippines. In warfare against savages, Ardagh explained to an absorbed audience, "men penetrated through and through several times by our latest pattern of small calibre projectiles, which make a small clean holes," were nevertheless able to rush on and come to close quarters. Some means had to be found to stop them. "The civilized soldier when shot recognizes that he is wounded and knows that the sooner he is attended to the sooner he will recover. He lies down on his stretcher and is taken off the field to his ambulance, where he is dressed or bandaged. Your fanatical barbarian, similarly wounded, continues to rush on, spear or sword in hand; and before you have the time to represent to him that his conduct is in flagrant violation of the understanding relative to the proper course for the wounded man to follow - he may have cut off your head."[13] However, the rest of the delegates at the Hague Convention 1899 did not accept this justification and voted 22-2 to prohibit the future use of the dumdum bullet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-05-2012, 18:05:05
What is Dumdum?
hollow point. These where banned internationally during WW2.


Mayhemic, apolgy accepted. I always have a wide view on things, and i rarely actually pick  a side. I remain neutral untill i am absolutely sure.

the SS had many bastards, scums,cruel and evil men. But also many draftees forced to fight.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 28-05-2012, 18:05:57
(http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Galleries/787-2/0051.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-05-2012, 21:05:16
What is Dumdum?
hollow point. These where banned internationally during WW2.

Actually, banned since 1899 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-05-2012, 21:05:28
What is Dumdum?
hollow point. These where banned internationally during WW2.

Actually, banned since 1899 :P
ooh


Are they banned today? In military use?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 28-05-2012, 21:05:15
Yes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-05-2012, 22:05:08
Yes theta, British got into a bit of trouble even during the war and had to change the .455 Webley ammunition they used in there service revolvers. These where soft led nosed bullets originally, thus Dum Dum. From 1939 onwards they changed it to Full metal jacket. In WW1 they where even made of flat nosed lead.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/455_Webley_Revolver_Carts.jpg/300px-455_Webley_Revolver_Carts.jpg)

Last one is the WW2 version.

Needles to say the old model of bullets where also used, giving a bit of trouble to who ever was in possession of that revolver when captured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tuco on 28-05-2012, 22:05:39
(http://www.lg-c.dk/uploads/panzer15-4.jpg)
(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5955/wq37dl4.jpg)
wood power ftw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bustedstring on 29-05-2012, 01:05:08
Speaking of crashed planes, this picture was taken 2km from my grandfathers house. He went to visit the plane the day after it crashed but some soldiers stopped him. He came back the next day and took what he could use from the wreck. Weapons, ammunition and instruments where taken from the plane by the local occupying Canadian army, the rest was for whoever got it first. I believe i saw a picture  of the plane after a month once, it may be in our local town museum. but that is only open a few days a year. On that picture the plane was in a more looted state. The wreck stayed there for several months before being cut up.
The plane came back from a bombing raid over Koblenz, but had 3 dead engines after some flak hits so it never made it home. Its a B-17G called "FLAK PLOW" of the 8ste USAAF  486BG - 834 Squadron
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh26/NUBINA/FLAKPLOW-1.jpg)



    My uncle was the bombadier on that plane. He is still alive and 89 years old. He visited the crash site and the town about seven years ago. That was his 28th mission. They were hit on 13 other missions, but always made it home.   
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 29-05-2012, 03:05:34
My uncle was the bombadier on that plane. He is still alive and 89 years old. He visited the crash site and the town about seven years ago. That was his 28th mission. They were hit on 13 other missions, but always made it home.

Awesome story! Small world...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2012, 04:05:44
Awesome!  Do you have any pics from your grandfather or such??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 29-05-2012, 13:05:03
Now that's what I call a lucky coincidence :D Feel also free to tell us more if you like, I love to hear the stories of single soldiers during war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-05-2012, 13:05:16
(http://diorama.biz/indhold/3s7-h-planche13-b129.jpg)
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Fallschirmjäger at Masnedøfortet, April 9th 1940 after the first attack in the world made by paratroopers. The two Danish seamen were the only soldiers they encountered
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 29-05-2012, 16:05:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Sherman_tank_and_Horsa_glider.jpg/595px-Sherman_tank_and_Horsa_glider.jpg)
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A Sherman tank of 13th/18th Royal Hussars in action against German troops using crashed Horsa gliders as cover near Ranville, Normandy, 10 June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 29-05-2012, 16:05:31
^ Dat camo! DO WANT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2012, 17:05:45
(http://diorama.biz/indhold/3s7-h-planche13-b129.jpg)
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Fallschirmjäger at Masnedøfortet, April 9th 1940 after the first attack in the world made by paratroopers. The two Danish seamen were the only soldiers they encountered

Those are all Wehrmacht troops...perhaps they are simply occupation troops that arrived later
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 29-05-2012, 18:05:49
Well, I wouldn't be so quick on the trigger, yes there are Wehrmacht troops on the picture, probably a unit detached for POW escort, but since we cannot see the breast eagles clearly I'd say it could also be FJ.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 29-05-2012, 18:05:13
Those are all Wehrmacht troops...perhaps they are simply occupation troops that arrived later

I found it funny that they are dressed in Wehrmacht uniforms too, but no other soldiers arrived at the Masnedøfort that day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2012, 18:05:03
Well, I wouldn't be so quick on the trigger, yes there are Wehrmacht troops on the picture, probably a unit detached for POW escort, but since we cannot see the breast eagles clearly I'd say it could also be FJ.

Nope, they're wearing M36 and M40 tunics.  Plus breast eagles only started being sewn onto the fliegerbluse in 1941.

They MIGHT be glider borne troops though.  IIRC, some those were still included in the Wehrmacht at the time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 29-05-2012, 19:05:27
QED, my knowledge of German armed forces isn't perfect...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-05-2012, 19:05:22
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/docs-paper-items-photos-propaganda/282442d1324736662t-ww2-swiss-army-photograph-album-not-technically-allied-forces-i-know-027.jpg)

Swiss troops in full excercise. With germany making threats of a possible invasion in 1940, the entire swiss army was mobilized and prepared itself for an invasion. Initially operation Tannenbaum would have used 27 italian and 23 german devision. 3 Times did an invasion was very close of happening. But faith intervened always

Post war analysis of both the germans as the swiss came to the conclusion that an invasion would have likely resulted in a major defeat of the axis forces.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2012, 22:05:55
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4219/flamethrowers03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 30-05-2012, 13:05:31
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YlA4tBv8y2g/TcTdfbImuAI/AAAAAAAAGSY/aNlx2snKnzE/s1600/British-Indian-soldiers-examine-a-captured-german-tank.jpg)

Description: "Many Indians fought in the British army during WW2. Here a group of Indian Sikh soldiers examine a captured German tank." An Italian Semovente 75/18, which was later produced and deployed under german command, because the factory was in german-occupied Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bustedstring on 31-05-2012, 23:05:22
Awesome!  Do you have any pics from your grandfather or such??



My uncle is on the front row 2nd from the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Bustedstring on 31-05-2012, 23:05:15
Now that's what I call a lucky coincidence :D Feel also free to tell us more if you like, I love to hear the stories of single soldiers during war


This is another photo of Flak Plow from the 486th website. When their plane was hit they were losing about 1,000ft per minute. The crew voted not to bailout, but to try and make the allied lines. They threw everything out of the plane and tried to jetison the ball turret, but it wouldn't release. By the time they guessed they were near the lines they were to low to bail and the ground obscured by very low clouds. When they broke under the cloud cover they were glad to see an open field.   My uncle said he rememberd watching the wings plow through piles of harvested potatos.

The ball turret acted like a brake in the soft ground and when they came to a stop they were just short of a railroad embankment. If they had gotten the turret off they may have gone into the ravine. The crew fely bad about the farmers crop and they put  their escape money together and offered it to him, but he would not accept.

A few years ago my uncle received a small box from Belgium. In it was a piece of the plane with FLAK Plow and the date the plane went down written on it.

On D-Day they flew at 6,000ft carpet bombing woods where armor divisions were believed to be hiding. My uncle said he had about eight flak jackets spread out on the floor under him because as he put it,"Just about anything can shoot up to 6,000 feet".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-06-2012, 13:06:48
amazing!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 01-06-2012, 14:06:27
Definitely. Many thanks for sharing that story :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 04-06-2012, 10:06:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ikuta_air_pt.jpg/800px-Ikuta_air_pt.jpg)

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Ikuta, Kuroiwa, and Takeo pose in front of a Nakajima A1N2 Type 3 fighter aircraft

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Kaga was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture. Originally intended to be one of two Tosa-class battleships, Kaga was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty to an aircraft carrier as the replacement for the battlecruiser Amagi, which had been damaged during the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. Kaga was rebuilt in 1933–35, increasing her top speed, improving her exhaust systems, and adapting her flight decks to more modern, heavier aircraft.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 04-06-2012, 21:06:38
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/qqq1_001.asho9tosu1c8w44ws8c40wwws.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-06-2012, 09:06:30
Yesterday , was 70th anniversary of the most important 5 minutes in the history of the Pacific War ...
(http://s8.postimage.org/mqgcziogj/h95557.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 05-06-2012, 22:06:21
Yesterday , was 70th anniversary of the most important 5 minutes in the history of the Pacific War ...
(http://s8.postimage.org/mqgcziogj/h95557.jpg)

What is this "PACIFIC WAR" you speak of ?  I thought ww2 was only in North Africa, Italy, and Western Europe!!!!


 ;D           :-*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 06-06-2012, 15:06:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Sinking_of_japanese_cruiser_Mikuma_6_june_1942.jpg)

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Sinking of the Mikuma at Battle of Midway

1942, June 6 – Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 06-06-2012, 17:06:12
no D Day pics yet?
What a shame

D-Day Gold Beach
then
(http://www.dday-overlord.com/img/dday/gb/gold_beach_debarquement_landing_craft_assault.jpg)
and now
(http://www.abload.de/img/p1010892ccl1p.jpg)
Arromances - Mulberry B. from west in the morning. Aug. 2011
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-06-2012, 01:06:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Sinking_of_japanese_cruiser_Mikuma_6_june_1942.jpg)

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Sinking of the Mikuma at Battle of Midway

1942, June 6 – Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.

(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2012/05/31/1/203cd6f504e9d637d19d7ad1d06bfb43_image_document_xxl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-06-2012, 00:06:25
(http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/lockheed_hudson_dunkirk.jpg)

Lockheed Hudson in Dunkirk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-06-2012, 08:06:51
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2345/shermanwithhcr2hp9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-06-2012, 01:06:01
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/6gzsl1.jpg)
P-47 Thunderbolt, France, August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 09-06-2012, 07:06:51
Reminds me of the operation Cobra map
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 09-06-2012, 10:06:21
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/stihace/105/055.jpg)

10,5cm K 18 auf Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV, Dicke Max
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-06-2012, 00:06:20
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2n9cnbc.jpg)
Avranches, France, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-06-2012, 17:06:38
Still waiting to see Vickers Lafette  ;D
(http://i93.photobucket.com/download-albums/l49/davidcoates/Military%20Refs/VickersMG5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-06-2012, 17:06:39
Still waiting to see Vickers Lafette  ;D
(http://i93.photobucket.com/download-albums/l49/davidcoates/Military%20Refs/VickersMG5.jpg)
WHAT IS THAT BEAUTY?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-06-2012, 17:06:17
Tis a scope mounted on a vickers.  Sadly, not used as much in WW2 as it was in WW1.  The germans also mounted scopes in WW1 on the Maxim 08.

Also, not quite a lafette...still lacks a recoil system ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-06-2012, 01:06:51
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2cwre5x.jpg)
Palais de Justice, St. Lo, France, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 12-06-2012, 11:06:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Holten-Rijssen_April_1945.gif)

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Canadian troops in Rijssen-Holten, April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sizum85 on 12-06-2012, 13:06:26
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Holten-Rijssen_April_1945.gif)

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Canadian troops in Rijssen-Holten, April 1945

My grandparents live in Holten, they used to tell me about the fighting that took place there, since they witnessed the liberation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 12-06-2012, 18:06:21
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/17_pounder_Italy_1943.jpg)

17pdr in Italy, 1943. Note the 4 waves on the top of the gun shield that seems to imitate the brodie helmet shape
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 12-06-2012, 18:06:32
What purpose did that serve  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-06-2012, 18:06:53
My guess, the shape similarity is accidental.  They're prob there to break up outline and tie camo onto.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-06-2012, 18:06:17
Probably some aid to attach camo, it wasn't standard, that is for sure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sizum85 on 12-06-2012, 19:06:06
Not a picture, but a painting of the crossing of the rhine on May 10 1940, a painting wich was very popular with Nazis.
(http://cs4309.vkontakte.ru/u2008214/136562458/z_dae10197.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 12-06-2012, 23:06:12
when war was still fun  ;D
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loypn7Y3zV1r0z0svo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-06-2012, 23:06:35
War was ever awesome


but a funny photo nonetheless
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-06-2012, 01:06:59
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/25s0xg0.jpg)
La Haye Du Puits, August 1944. I'm merely posting because of the colors. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-06-2012, 01:06:50
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/r9075f.jpg)
P-38 Lightning, Type 166 Schwimmwagen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 14-06-2012, 10:06:09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/TillyCromwell.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-06-2012, 13:06:08
Nah ... Centaur Mk IV and his QF 95 mm howitzer ... with 110 mm armor penetration , perfect for trolling any German tank  ;D
Scratch Churchill AVRE  , give us a Cromwell Mk VI and Churchill Mk V on Totalize and Goodwood  8)...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-06-2012, 14:06:57
when war was still fun  ;D
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loypn7Y3zV1r0z0svo1_500.jpg

It is very likely a late WW1 picture. The helmet/gasmask combination gives it away.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-06-2012, 14:06:39
It is WWI, check out the belt buckle. Looks more like a crown than an eagle to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-06-2012, 18:06:20
Yes, it's WW1.  Gas mask canister, belt buckle, helmet, and bayonet are all ww1 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-06-2012, 18:06:06
I think the belt buckle is the most assuring part. There's pictures of reserve troops wearing the old helmets and other old junk but I don't think any political correct officer would approve the royal belt buckles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-06-2012, 18:06:05
Actually, I've seen royalist belt buckles in WW2, as well as Reichswehr.  Not many people cared, it's a belt buckle. :P 

However, that gas mask canister had been out of service for about a decade when WW2 started.  Plus, all these things put together would be highly unlikely.  Oh, and he also has a bayonet troddel, a distinctly WW1 thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 14-06-2012, 19:06:58
ok, ok, i messed it up :D    I hope the cat was worth it

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5m0in5Yw21qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
The German Aircraft Carrier "Graf Zeppelin" in Kiel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 14-06-2012, 22:06:23
German military comedy pictures are great, they have the best from all nations. And do seem like the only nation with humour in wartime. Dangerous combination.

Actually, I've seen royalist belt buckles in WW2, as well as Reichswehr.  Not many people cared, it's a belt buckle. :P 

However, that gas mask canister had been out of service for about a decade when WW2 started.  Plus, all these things put together would be highly unlikely.  Oh, and he also has a bayonet troddel, a distinctly WW1 thing.
Please report at the local Kommandeur, we need an appointment for your court martial case. Not a big deal, pfft! Let's see what the Führer says about that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-06-2012, 00:06:28
There are so many funny WW2 pics. I´m posting some, hope I´m not annoying anyone by breaking the 1 photo per day rule. Found here: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71439&page=130

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/S8Xjlew8hsI/AAAAAAABI-Y/ShF3hqUcn7M/s1600/phot5234a.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LoPTdkHrjjk/StljAi8nCJI/AAAAAAAAFl8/eoVYuHru6yk/s1600/funny-pictures-german-soldiers-second-world-war-004.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0SEHRnChrHA/TGm1noizsVI/AAAAAAAABRw/fi_kAaUiLnc/s640/funny_world_war2_pics26.jpg)
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/348755-1/b0e07dfd0d)
Here "the ass of the world" begins.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-06-2012, 02:06:46
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/vqqm1h.jpg)
Le Gast, France, June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Abuzer on 15-06-2012, 14:06:02
Humorous but vulgar:

(http://i.imgur.com/MpD5V.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-06-2012, 17:06:38
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7765/17935718247227059941478.jpg)

(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9894/49749030qm8.jpg)

(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/272/zn448.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-06-2012, 02:06:52
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/99qpvm.jpg)
Champs-Elysées, Paris, August 26th 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-06-2012, 06:06:12
IMAGES

Ah, it seems that these Germans had lots of free time in their hands.




(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/693002-2/York)

HMS York being inspected by German Troops shortly after the fall of Crete. HMS York, deployed in Suda Bay, was attacked by six (Only two succesfully targeted HMS York) Italian Motor Boats launched by Destroyers Crispi and Sella on 26 March 1941, due to the damage suffered, she was run aground to prevent her from sinking. A British Submarine, HMS Rover, supplied enough electrical power to keep Anti-Aircraft guns running. The Submarine had to be pulled back as German aircraft bombed both HMS York and HMS Rover. On 18 May, German Air Attacks damaged her to the point it was beyond repair. Her main guns were wrecked by demolition charges on 22 May 1941 when the Allies began to evacuate Crete. York's wreck was salvaged in February 1952 and towed to Bari (Italy) to be broken up beginning on 3 March.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-06-2012, 01:06:27
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2wfpatj.jpg)
Stratford-upon-Avon, England, May 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 17-06-2012, 07:06:41
Of course. Americans without fast food cannot exist
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 17-06-2012, 22:06:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/HIJMS_Zuikaku_and_two_destroyers_under_attack.jpg)

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The carrier Zuikaku (center) and two destroyers under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft, June 20, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-06-2012, 03:06:16
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/1499q3a.jpg)
Avranches, France, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 18-06-2012, 12:06:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Admiral_Graf_Spee_Flames.jpg)

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Admiral Graf Spee in flames after being scuttled in the River Plate estuary
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-06-2012, 16:06:20
I wonder , if somebody spot what is not quite right ...  8)
(http://s15.postimage.org/eabtd1e5l/image.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-06-2012, 02:06:46
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/jsegi1.jpg)
Junckers Ju 88
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-06-2012, 13:06:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Russian_POW_%281941%29.jpg)

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A group of Soviet POWs, taken to undefined Prison Camp. Some 2.8 million Soviet prisoners were killed in just eight months of 1941–42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-06-2012, 17:06:21
5.2 million Russian POWS of wich 3.6 million died

And then you see Cunts on WOT forums whining and bitching about 374 000 german POWS killed of the 3.7 million total.

Its like they are numbers.....They just put strenght on butcher stalin his most famous quote. The death of one man is a tragedy...The death of a million is a statistic.

So many men died because of politics.......sigh.

but as i said before=Nobody goes out free

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Victims_of_Soviet_NKVD_in_Lvov_%2CJune_1941.jpg)

Civilians excecuted in Lvov in 1941 by the NKVD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-06-2012, 01:06:56
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2zyest3.jpg)
Junckers Ju 87, November 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-06-2012, 11:06:54
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/PST-tykki_Kannaksella.jpg)

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Finnish 7,5 cm Pak 40 antitank gun in action
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-06-2012, 16:06:55
They are posing, they arent actually "in action".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 21-06-2012, 19:06:24
Why do the finns use German Helmets?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-06-2012, 19:06:57
They bought stuff from Germany. Not just helmets but also weapons, planes, tanks, gear. Lots of things. To say it very simple, they got along with each other because they shared the same enemy, the USSR.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-06-2012, 20:06:58
Why do the finns use German Helmets?

Even today, most armies use German-style helmets.  The modern kevlar helmets used by almost all militaries are just slightly altered versions of the German helmet (specifically, almost no visor, and less neck protection...so actually a worse version, coverage wise).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-06-2012, 20:06:14
The most intresting helmets are the east german and the Swiss ones
How bout some swiss troops during WW2?
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/496394-2/DavosParade)

Swiss troops on a parade just before the start of WW2. note the helmets!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-06-2012, 21:06:27
Swiss helmets actually, imo, afforded even better protection than German.  And the East German helmets were apparently the best metal helmet made, and could even stand up to par protection wise with kevlar helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-06-2012, 21:06:40
I think protection wise the material it is made of does not matter much, just the webbing that is inside.
They both stop falling pieced of rock, they both stop pistol ammo, and the both get penetrated front and back with rifle ammunition. Also, they both weigh a fucking ton.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 21-06-2012, 21:06:21
I've an East German helmet, Pascucci and I call them dickhead helmets, you can guess why.
Webbing is nice though, my helmet is a little scratched up paint-wise, but I am hard pressed to find nicks in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 21-06-2012, 23:06:08
East German helmet was the adoption of a very late war Nazi design, right? Their final helmet that would be cheap and super quality.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 22-06-2012, 01:06:47
IIRC yes it was a prototype helmet that was undergoing testing before the war ended.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-06-2012, 01:06:51
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/nwhrbl.jpg)
Junckers Ju 87
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 22-06-2012, 08:06:46
Why do the finns use German Helmets?

Even today, most armies use German-style helmets.  The modern kevlar helmets used by almost all militaries are just slightly altered versions of the German helmet (specifically, almost no visor, and less neck protection...so actually a worse version, coverage wise).

Ah so you mean a politically correct version
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 22-06-2012, 14:06:19
Lets get some proper helmets:

(http://www.milhist.dk/fotografiet/naestved/naestved6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-06-2012, 16:06:46
(http://www.nam.ac.uk/images/online/war-balkans-1941-45/images/106902.jpg)
German paratroops negotiate the mountainous Greek terrain, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-06-2012, 01:06:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-97906%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_Stra%C3%9Fenkampf.jpg)
scary.  always wondered if this was a posed shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-06-2012, 02:06:06
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2ppbsqw.jpg)
Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" from "USS Enterprise" on "USS Yorktown". Battle for Midway. June 4th, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-06-2012, 02:06:00
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-97906%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_Stra%C3%9Fenkampf.jpg)
scary.  always wondered if this was a posed shot.

It's Dirlewanger troops in Warsaw.  As far as i know, it's not posed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-06-2012, 02:06:57
Dirlewangers company of criminals. If the polish resistance in Warsaw was that weak, a photographer might have dared to jump on the street, turn around and take a photo while being totally exposed. However, we can only guess can't we?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-06-2012, 05:06:56
Might have been taken from across the street.  In the window's reflection, you can see the building is quite close on the other side.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-06-2012, 09:06:20
When it is a german photo, it is not posed, when it is a russian one it is posed ;)

saw these discussions quite enough
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-06-2012, 15:06:50
When it is a german photo, it is not posed, when it is a russian one it is posed ;)

saw these discussions quite enough


Not enough to learn avoiding them, obviously.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 23-06-2012, 18:06:03
 THeTA wants to get banned
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-06-2012, 20:06:35
(http://comandosupremo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Armchairgeneral1.jpg)

Italian Breda M37 troops is ready to provide cover fire for advancing troops in Russia


Not sure if posed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 24-06-2012, 07:06:38
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7476/000099999.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-06-2012, 07:06:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/695490-2/img796)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 24-06-2012, 21:06:43
Seems to be a WW2 version of "The ugly duckling". Those "ducks" just can´t compare to the "swan". ------>

(http://sites.google.com/site/6thguardstankbrigade/Cuckoo4thColdstream.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 24-06-2012, 21:06:18
Heheheh poor Churchills dont have any idea that a Panther is stalking them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-06-2012, 23:06:05
Recently gathered a good number of WW2 Navy, and in particular, SeaBee photos. I have taken what use I need from them. Now I pass them on to you's guys.
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6704/37938373.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-06-2012, 00:06:49
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/20urfdd.jpg)
USS Yorktown, Battle for Midway, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-06-2012, 01:06:31
Type 97 Chi-Ha (early) and Type 95 Ha-Go , Saipan airfield 1944
(http://s15.postimage.org/h52t2o7uh/x1_1.jpg)
(http://s15.postimage.org/bw7s4spfd/x2_1.jpg)

BTW ... someone can say what camo pattern was used on that Chi-ha ? Early or late  ? 8)

Okay ... Im changed  pics from png to jpg ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 26-06-2012, 01:06:19
Your image host does not appear to like direct links Paythoss.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-06-2012, 08:06:49
 ???  I can see picture ... Anyone have problems too ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 26-06-2012, 11:06:27
me neighter D:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-06-2012, 12:06:26
Modified post ... now pics should be visible  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Smiles on 26-06-2012, 12:06:18
NOpe..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-06-2012, 13:06:45
Right click on image for properties and just copy the URL into your browser.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-06-2012, 01:06:19
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/33o781u.jpg)
Africa. 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-06-2012, 11:06:39
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/2r7ork8.jpg)
I have better truck  ;D

Just imagine German scouts attacking a column of innocence trucks ...  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-06-2012, 00:06:15
I can offer a french village in return.

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/dlhowx.jpg)
Looks like the allies parked a B-25 in there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 28-06-2012, 03:06:32
 nice pic Dukat,

super + 1 for you
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-06-2012, 19:06:53
US Navy Seabees working on a pier at Tarawa.
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2011/americansailorsworkingi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-06-2012, 03:06:06
I didn't know WW2 had such colors.  :o

(http://oi47.tinypic.com/6fzfol.jpg)
camoflagued hangar
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-06-2012, 09:06:46
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/301eyqq.jpg)
How long , to see that beauty in FH2 ?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-06-2012, 16:06:59
(https://p.twimg.com/AwUPgJkCAAEgCtr.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-06-2012, 01:06:17
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/24pkikl.jpg)
Heinkel He 111 being equipped with practice ammunition, Avord, France, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 01-07-2012, 22:07:20
I didn't know WW2 had such colors.  :o

Got a few of them saved up...
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1867/trioofamericanserviceme.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-07-2012, 00:07:05
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/wvakut.jpg)
Wojtek Warbear in his younger days when he was with the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps in Iran. I think he is Flippy's granduncle, isn't he, Flippy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 02-07-2012, 22:07:14
SeaBees chatting on Tarawa
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9161/post97871274365400.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-07-2012, 23:07:49
Keep them coming, Kading. Brilliant set you are sharing here. We should thank the US for actually putting effort in the photography of their military back then. Special training course, good cameras, colour!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-07-2012, 00:07:23
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2hq6vxv.jpg)
Wojtek Warbear getting his license. Today: reverse parking.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-07-2012, 03:07:14
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/21oxxfr.jpg)
Like every soldier, warbears need to know how to dance, in order to impress the ladies in foreign countries when on recreation. This picture shows Wojtek being teached foxtrot, I believe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-07-2012, 08:07:33
You don't like bears anymore, do you?

New pictures: Another mystery photo album of unknown origin.

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/316ryip.jpg)
Looks to me like these are signalmen laying a telephon cable when they suddenly get under enemy artillery fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-07-2012, 16:07:00
Looks too me like a training exercise too, unless that camera man had his eye to the camera that exact moment and was stupid enough to keep standing when everyone else went to ground.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-07-2012, 17:07:00
http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/6448/061le.jpg
WTF  :o  Sniperpanzer ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 05-07-2012, 17:07:21
I wish my eyes where telescopes so I could read that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 05-07-2012, 20:07:43
Under the first picture the first 2-3 words are in bold type, this is likely a name or title of something. "In Zwoelf Tagen" can be clearly made out, which translates to "In Twelve Days". Judging by the first picture these look like Polish soldiers surrendering to German forces. Now the tank is likely a Panzer III Ausf. D in 1939.


Nice find Payt. If anybody wants to know for absolute sure as to what this is I'd ask someone like Militaergeschichtliches Forschungsamt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-07-2012, 21:07:52
Looks like french troops actually :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 05-07-2012, 22:07:06
Oh, you might be right. Uh, deceptive trench coats, just noticed them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-07-2012, 02:07:12
Looks too me like a training exercise too, unless that camera man had his eye to the camera that exact moment and was stupid enough to keep standing when everyone else went to ground.

I'm not familiar with exercises in the military, however there is a lot of mud in the air. Did (or do) they create explosions like this for training purposes?

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/mhejk3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2012, 02:07:41
Yep, they did.  Explosive set up to go off and make the training exercise more real.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-07-2012, 02:07:12
Then it is excercise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2012, 17:07:04
Seabees constructing a runway on Bougainville. Note the tropical helmets.
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2570/bougainvilleseabees800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-07-2012, 02:07:49
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/ke6gt2.jpg)
total war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-07-2012, 06:07:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/42821-8/AB41ExtStarAntenna)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-07-2012, 18:07:45
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lroy2vBmbY1qi1raio1_500.jpg)

Quote
Little known to the outside world, although they have been fighting fascist regimes since 1927, the Italian “Maquis” carry on their battle for freedom under the most hazardous conditions. Germans and fascist Italians are targets for their guns; and the icy, eternally snow-clad peaks of the French-Italian border are their battlefield. This school teacher of the Valley of Aosta fights side-by-side with her husband in the “White Patrol” above the pass of Little Saint Bernard in Italy, on January 4, 1945. (AP Photo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-07-2012, 19:07:15
That picture still puzzles me. A suomi with a coffin magazine in god-knows-where.

What what what what what?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-07-2012, 23:07:48
Awesome area.. Aosta Valley and the French-Italian alps itself are amazing. I'd fight a guerrilla war for it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-07-2012, 23:07:42
Italian battleships?

(http://itsworldwar.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/littorio-and-vittorio-italian-battleships1.jpg)

Italian battleships.

The Littorio and Vittorio veneto with guns trained to port.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-07-2012, 03:07:49
That picture still puzzles me. A suomi with a coffin magazine in god-knows-where.

What what what what what?

Seen the photo before, she's an italian partisan ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-07-2012, 03:07:54
Italian battleships?

(http://itsworldwar.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/littorio-and-vittorio-italian-battleships1.jpg)

Italian battleships.

The Littorio and Vittorio veneto with guns trained to port.

The guns are nearly as big as the ships hehe. Epic Battleships, they didn't had much action because of the lack of oil. AFAIK, they had great firing control systems.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-07-2012, 04:07:56
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/29frr6s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-07-2012, 04:07:42
That picture still puzzles me. A suomi with a coffin magazine in god-knows-where.

What what what what what?

Seen the photo before, she's an italian partisan ;)

Well no shit, thats what the quote says. Doesnt explain where she got the gun from thought.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-07-2012, 06:07:30
So said "god knows where", so I told yah. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 09-07-2012, 21:07:00
Most of this set is from Tarawa, by the way.
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3470/guardondutybeneathanosm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 09-07-2012, 21:07:06
Hm, an entire no-smoking island. healthy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 09-07-2012, 21:07:37
I wonder how many Marines adhered to that rule? Probably not even the guy who made it up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-07-2012, 02:07:26
None adhered to that rule. Well, I wouldn't.
In my province they just hardened the rules once more, outlawing smoking in bars and clubs without a single exception being made any longer. I'm so pissed, I'll only visit outdoor events from now on. I swear. Even though I gave a damned about current smoking prohibitions so far. If there are 20 people in a club smoking without the security doing anything about it, I'll be number 21. Laws are written on paper, and paper doesn't blush, does it?

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/dcefxd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-07-2012, 09:07:57
I wonder how many Marines adhered to that rule? Probably not even the guy who made it up.

For the record, the fellow in the photograph is a sailor, most likely a SeaBee. Not a Marine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 11-07-2012, 07:07:34
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd204/Martin_punkyto/f1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 11-07-2012, 17:07:35
Italian Re.2000
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtTWK2_TUic/TzsJhD6u8uI/AAAAAAAAEbo/YNFNxxJM3A4/s1600/Re.2000+Falco+1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-07-2012, 04:07:58
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=275467&mode=view)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 12-07-2012, 04:07:18
wat.
That pic makes my brain fill up with funk. a german captured Derp version of KV.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SRXKqIGokLI/T2_kUnKd-mI/AAAAAAAAF00/8XPs7bambCc/s1600/Meng+minesweeper.jpg)
More strangeness
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-07-2012, 06:07:09
Looks extremely photo shopped to me.  Especially the panzer 1 turret....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-07-2012, 07:07:31
Ah, but wasn't that thing supposed to clear out minefields or something?.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/696166-2/500x350x39h.pagespeed.ic.61HnfU8VRI.jpg)

PzKpfw 39h (French Hotchkiss H-39 light tank in German service) column makes its way across the frozen roads of the Balkans. While no unit insignia are in evidence, the characteristic "Hotchkiss" nameplate is visible on the tank. The need for armored support for anti-partisan operations in the Balkans was mainly met by the assignment of obsolete French machines such as the H-39
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 12-07-2012, 16:07:26
https://www.google.no/search?client=opera&rls=nb&q=VsKfz+617+MINENR%C3%84UMER&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest

I just searched for 'strange tanks' on google. Maybe this one is too strange...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 12-07-2012, 18:07:08
I wonder why no one spotted ... that is a photo of model of that minraumer  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 12-07-2012, 18:07:03
It's the one they got at Kubinka, methinks:
(http://assets.hemmings.com/uimage/1349271-450-337.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-07-2012, 19:07:59
Oh it did exist.  But that photo on the previous page is pretty photoshopped. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 12-07-2012, 19:07:11
Oh it did exist.  But that photo on the previous page is pretty photoshopped. :P
Not only photosopped, it's a model ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2012, 02:07:08
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/bfqetc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-07-2012, 03:07:56
Oh it did exist.  But that photo on the previous page is pretty photoshopped. :P
Not only photosopped, it's a model ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dZl3yfGpc
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-07-2012, 05:07:47
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2q1fihs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-07-2012, 06:07:38
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w21_10630170.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 15-07-2012, 08:07:48
Last photo in my color set.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7209/americanbaseonthetarawa.jpg)

Here is a bonus because it has a watermark and I don't want to post it by itself.

Close observers will be quick to note why this sailor (and yes, he is part of a USN salvage detachment on Anzio) is unusual.
(https://www.ww2incolor.com/buy/index.proxy.php?cmd=image&image_id=1511)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-07-2012, 11:07:07
At first i thought a Lebel, but closer inspection makes me think he is carying a Martini henry Mark 1?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 15-07-2012, 11:07:22
It is indeed a Martini Henry. Hell if I know what mark it is, but yeah.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-07-2012, 18:07:58
Perhaps he is a veteran of the Zulu Wars.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 16-07-2012, 14:07:28
Torenico are those Nationalist chinese tanks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-07-2012, 17:07:01
Those are Japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-07-2012, 00:07:21
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/9s9v15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-07-2012, 00:07:50
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/aovvw9.jpg)
Russia? A walk in the park, it is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-07-2012, 23:07:57
Not a photo, cause i couldnt find it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outward

but can anyone find photos of this?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-07-2012, 00:07:34
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/24nfzp3.jpg)
Actual Operation Outward balloon launch from the Felixstowe, Suffolk, site (from The National Archives of the United Kingdom, folder #ADM 199–848).

(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4ugpc8.jpg)
Royal Navy WREN Cecilia Banister, daughter of Captain C.G. Banister, director of Boom Defence for the Admiralty, lighting the fuse on a payload during a balloon launch operation (from E.G. Finley, RCN Beach Commando W, 1944, p. 71).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-07-2012, 09:07:34
Do we gonna see some easter eggs  , like this in Normandy ?  ;D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-300-1858-35A%2C_Frankreich-Belgien%2C_Panzer_Somua_S35.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 21-07-2012, 00:07:40
(http://ww2db.com/images/battle_kursk10.jpg)

Russian PTRD anti tank crew near Kursk, Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-07-2012, 07:07:00
I don't remember , if that was posted here ...
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/3023p76.jpg)
Near miss from W.GR.21  8)
BTW ... what a lucky pilot of that B-17  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-07-2012, 13:07:20
More like "If that day that worker who worked on that rocket paid more attention to quality"

But ye, a deviation like that was common on all WW2 rocket armed aircraft.  A typhoon who had his crosshairs dead on a tiger tank, could miss all of his eight rockets  ;D

(http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/1555tyu.jpg)

Always found this to be an amazing photo. The M12's where deployed with devestating results in aaechen.

A very tough battle that was. I hope we get to see it someday in FH2. Aaechen outskirts and then aaechen city itself

Would require in theory the M12 tough and the M15 MGMC as these where deployed heavily in the front lines
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 22-07-2012, 01:07:17
 More like slave worker sabotages German production.

 Quality is not a word that works well when describing the German Industrial complex in WW2. If quality mattered then the German's would not have enslaved millions to do their dirty work. If Germany cared, they might have tried feeding the people who made their products (perhaps given them blankets and warmth.

 I attended a number of Holocaust symposium's and many of the speakerss made many accounts of their sabotage efforts and what the german's did in retribution.

 Cigarette butts in a transmission, slight error's while machining parts, pissing in the rocket fuel or just working as slow as humanly possible. These men and women, knowing they were facing almost certain death at the hand's of monster's did anything they could to make sure the german's paid for what they did to their family. (most didn't care much about how they were treated as condmned men know their fate and accept it with open arms, "Personally, I would rather have died than serve that evil war machine")
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-07-2012, 01:07:47
12 500 men died working on the V2 rockets. 4 for every V2.
200 of these where excecuted for acts of sabotage. quite some V2's bursted into air.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 22-07-2012, 02:07:08
 The problem with such a statistic is that the German's did not keep exact records of how many people they killed, let alone how many they just worked to death.

 The numbers could be much higher but we will never know for sure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 22-07-2012, 09:07:12
(http://en.valka.cz/attachments/796/123.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-07-2012, 11:07:17
what the hell is that  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 22-07-2012, 11:07:00
looks like a Sherman with 90 mm AA gun mounting.


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/PIAT.jpg)

Pictures finally work for me.  That ain't no webley on the gunner's back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 22-07-2012, 11:07:20
Magnificent!
When in FH2?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 22-07-2012, 13:07:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0595-05%2C_Russland-Mitte-S%C3%BCd%2C_Infanteristen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-07-2012, 13:07:36
http://en.valka.cz/attachments/796/123.jpg

Thats a RAM Tank with OQF 3.7 inch Anti-aircraft Gun  8)

Well ... if not in Normandy , do we gonna see , at last , some SOMUAs in Tunisia 1943 ?
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/315y0jb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-07-2012, 19:07:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/701903-2/Captured_Finnish_howitzers_Summa_Feb1940)

Quote
150mm M1914 howitzers of Japanese origin Winter War, February 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-07-2012, 03:07:24
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/2j3r66h.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-07-2012, 04:07:43
(http://www.vintagewings.ca/Portals/0/Vintage_Stories/NewStories-C/Lower%20than%20a%20snake/Lowdown33.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 24-07-2012, 07:07:12
(http://www.canadaatwar.ca/photos/carp/carp1.jpg)


Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa machine gunners firing through a hedge during the attack on Carpiquet, July 4th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-07-2012, 15:07:04
(http://www.vintagewings.ca/Portals/0/Vintage_Stories/NewStories-C/Lower%20than%20a%20snake/Lowdown33.jpg)
Is that a saetta?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-07-2012, 16:07:48
Yes.


I got some info about that picture.

Quote
An Allied pilot flying a Macchi 200 buzzing Taranto , Italy. It sadly proved that these kind of stunts aren't
without danger as the pilot hit a member of the ground crew and more or less decapitated him. The pilot
hadn't noticed a thing and after landing was confronted with a dent in his wing's leading edge, containing
skull fragments.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-07-2012, 16:07:55
Jesus Christ!  Poor guy.  Is the pilot an Italian who switched sides, or did their planes get confiscated?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 24-07-2012, 16:07:25
one of those "oops" moments.

not noticing hitting anyone with an aircraft going 300 kph or more, pretty darn macabre
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-07-2012, 17:07:27
Jesus Christ!  Poor guy.  Is the pilot an Italian who switched sides, or did their planes get confiscated?

There's no info on the pilot so far, i know he's an allied pilot.

The Saetta is with Regia Aeronautica markings, so i bet that Saetta was found there when the allies arrived in Taranto and some Allied pilot decided to test that airplane.


Sad story indeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-07-2012, 02:07:27
FFI during the Liberation of Paris
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg26/scaled.php?server=26&filename=parisaug44.png&res=landing)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-07-2012, 03:07:14
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/2hfovba.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 25-07-2012, 04:07:43
 You should re-enact the pretty one in the middle Pyjama.

(http://wwii.ca/photos/caen/caenb4.jpg)

Canadian Infantry men with a Bren gun looking out for snipers on a street corner, Caen. 10 July 1944 / Caen, France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 25-07-2012, 07:07:12
(http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/14/76/68/04/amateu10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=64&u=14766804)

Luftwaffe "spe-ops" ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 25-07-2012, 07:07:58
Is that guy on the far left wearing a bowl on his head :D?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-07-2012, 07:07:37
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/bigbossmalone/Lowdown6.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Grim on 25-07-2012, 11:07:49
any info on that pic Torenico? Looks very familiar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-07-2012, 11:07:06
Is that guy on the far left wearing a bowl on his head :D?
A good luftwaffe special ops soldat uses his enviroment as his equipment!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SixKiller on 25-07-2012, 18:07:20
Fort Knox, June 1942

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/78327731/1a35194u_0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-07-2012, 20:07:20
any info on that pic Torenico? Looks very familiar.

Extracted from a site:

Quote
A P-40 flies down the beach at extreme low level, as Marines practice an amphibious landing somewhere in
the Pacific. In order to get this photo, the photographer standing on the beach would have had to have his
back to the oncoming P-40 trusting that pilot would do a buzz job of the beach and not his hair.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-07-2012, 00:07:23
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/20zaal1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 26-07-2012, 01:07:31
descriptions on the pics posted would be nice, then we would not have to ask all the time,

just simple stuff like year and place
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-07-2012, 01:07:51
I dont have any descriptions for the recent 15 pictures. They from some photo album found in an inheritance in the USA. Most of the pictures are supposed to be eastern front though.

(http://oi47.tinypic.com/ke6gt2.jpg)
total war

For example, there is a discussion on the website the pictures have been published at, and people can't agree whether this is Smolensk or Vitebsk. So, there is very little info I can provide.

On another occassion, somebody states that this is a takeoff from Alakurtti, Finland. Kinda hard to proove.
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/2hfovba.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 26-07-2012, 01:07:12
I spy a swastika.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-07-2012, 03:07:28
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-07-2012, 06:07:04
Quite interesting story.

(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/bigbossmalone/Lowdown46.jpg)

Quote
The strange end of Donald Scratch.  Not an extreme low level shot, but this image of a P-40 chasing a B-25 Mitchell over buildings in the Vancouver area is worth a lengthy explanation. Jack Cook describes the background and the event pictured here:

"Sgt. Scratch was born in Saskatchewan, July 7, 1919, and enlisted in the RCAF in Edmonton, as R60973 AC2 on July 20, 1940. He earned his wings as a Sergeant Pilot and flew with that rank for a long time. He flew Liberators from Gander, Newfoundland, as a co-pilot on anti-submarine patrols. Scratch was good at his job and was eventually raised to commissioned rank.

As a Flying Officer and with many hours to his credit, Scratch wanted to fly as aircrfaft commander, however, RCAF officials considered that, as he was slight in build, and had suffered ankle injuries in the past, he would not have the strength to control a Liberator in an emergency.

Sgt. Scratch wanted more action but was unsuccessful in getting an overseas posting. He became very depressed. One evening, June 19. 1944, in the mess, he entered into a debate about one man being able to take off, fly, and land, a Liberator. Scratch left the mess, went down to the hangar, fired up a Liberator, and took off. He shot up the American base at Argentia, and the base at Gander. When some fighters approached him to order him to land, they found him occupying, and rotating the mid-upper gun turret, with the aircraft on autopilot. The guns were fully armed and operational. When he returned to base he was placed under arrest, later court marshalled, and dishonorably discharged.

Mr. Scratch returned to Edmonton, Alberta, and went directly to the RCAF recruiting office where he was accepted back into the RCAF as a Sergeant Pilot. He was posted to No. 5 OTU, Boundary Bay. 5 OTU was training aircrew on Liberators for service against Japan. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was winding down and many of the pilots were senior aircrew from Training Command. Again Sgt. Scratch found himself flying second pilot to officers with far less experience than himself. The training started on B-25 Mitchell aircraft and advanced to Liberators. When his experience and flying skills were not recognized, Sgt. Scratch again became frustrated.

On December 5, 1944, Sgt. Scratch attempted to take off, unauthorized, in a Liberator, Due to the fact that there was no official flying that night, the field was in darkness and the control tower un-manned, Scratch mistook a roadway for the runway and crashed into a wooden bridge wiping out the undercarriage. Undaunted, he returned to the hangar and signed out a B-25 Mitchell and took off.

Scratch flew down to Seattle, Washington, area and beat up the Seattle airport causing many aborted take offs. The Americans sent up fighter aircraft to bring the Mitchell down however, Scratch returned to Canada, disrupting and grounding flights at the Vancouver airport. He then flew around the Hotel Vancouver, well below the roof level and down Granville Street.



The following is an eye witness report by Norman Green. “7:00 hrs. December 6, 1944, while it was still dark, I was in the mess hall when it was shaken, and dishes fell to the floor as a result of an aeroplane flying low overhead. The same pass shook WDs out of their bunks.

As usual that morning at 8:00 hrs., 1200 airmen and airwomen, all ranks (I among them), formed up on the tarmac in front of the control tower for CO’s inspection. Just as the parade was about to be called to attention a B-25 Mitchell bomber came across the field at zero altitude, and pulled up sharply in a steep climb over the heads of the assembled airmen, just clearing the tower. Within seconds, 1,200 men and women were flat on the ground. The Mitchell then made several 25 ft. passes over the field. Group Captain Bradshaw dismissed the parade and ordered everyone to quarters.

Over the next two hours we witnessed an almost unbelievable demonstration of flying, much of it with the B-25’s wings vertical to the ground, below roof top level, defying gravity. We were continually diving into ditches to avoid being hit by a wingtip coming down a station road. He flew it straight and level, vertically with the wing tip only six feet above the ground without losing altitude, defying all logic, and the law of physics.”

After an hour of this, three P-40 Kittyhawks from Pat Bay Station arrived on the scene, fully armed, with orders to shoot the B25 down if it left the area of the station. They tried to get on his tail but could not stay with him in his tight turns below rooftop level. After two hours of this, Sgt. Scratch flew over a corner of the field and circled one spot vertically, with the Kittyhawks joining in like may pole dancers.

Sgt Scratch then climbed to 2,000 feet and wagged his wings as he crossed the field, boxed in by the fighters. When they were clear of the station, the Kittyhawks signaled Sgt. Scratch to land. He nodded his head, gave them the thumbs down sign, rolled over, pulled back on his controls, and, aiming at an uninhabited spot on Tillbury Island in the Fraser River, dived into it. The shattered red taillight lens was later located dead centre between the points of impact of the engines.”

All in all, a remarkable story, but further on in the forum where this account was published, someone named JDK put into words very eloquently what my thoughts were about this psychopath: “I've always rather liked the saying that 'the superior pilot is one who uses his superior judgement to avoid using his superior skill'. Unless there's bits we don't know, Sgt Scratch was a disgrace with a few remarkable skills. As a military airman, wrecking several aircraft (and worse) simply because he wanted to do another job than allocated in wartime was utterly selfish and short-sighted. Flying skill to the extent of suicide while wasting government equipment and hazarding the lives of your fellow airmen hardly sounds like 'a superb pilot' to me.

Makes a good bar tale though. And his ghost walks the corridors to this day...”
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 26-07-2012, 07:07:39
(http://i.imgur.com/BkRIa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 26-07-2012, 07:07:16
(http://i.imgur.com/BkRIa.jpg)

High chance that it got used as toilet paper.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-07-2012, 09:07:35
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
European laws sound like you are implying the swastika is illegal in Europe. It's only German laws.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 26-07-2012, 13:07:22
@ Torenico

Great Story, really enjoyed reading it. If you got more stories like that, feel free to post them :p
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-07-2012, 13:07:37
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
Only german laws and since this server is based in Germany but lighting decides wich is a go or no go
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 26-07-2012, 13:07:19
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
Only german laws and since this server is based in Germany but lighting decides wich is a go or no go

Not only german law. Its prohibited in most european countries actually. Austria is one of many too ..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-07-2012, 13:07:48
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
Only german laws and since this server is based in Germany but lighting decides wich is a go or no go
Austria is one of many too ..
Well ye you spawned the bastard  ;D   

Personally i can understand with these laws, but a historical photo like the one mudra posted
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 26-07-2012, 14:07:43
(http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/10/08/13/44/1939_410.gif)

French soldiers (42 DI) at Lauterbach in the Sarre - 9 Sep 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SixKiller on 26-07-2012, 15:07:52
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
Only german laws and since this server is based in Germany but lighting decides wich is a go or no go
Austria is one of many too ..
Well ye you spawned the bastard  ;D   

Personally i can understand with these laws, but a historical photo like the one mudra posted

I don't believe the law bans the use for historic purposes.  The German govenrment makes such images available via "Das Bundesarchiv" for public viewing and download.  The European Union has not passed such a law last time I checked, but other countries in Europe have similar laws such as Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 26-07-2012, 17:07:24
So?  Historical photos are ok by european laws.
Only german laws and since this server is based in Germany but lighting decides wich is a go or no go

Not only german law. Its prohibited in most european countries actually. Austria is one of many too ..
Well, if you count Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary & Lithuania (last two of which have also banned soviet symbols) to be most of Europe, then sure. The rest of us are smart enough to understand that showing a few swastikas won't make people immediately go on a genocidal rampage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-07-2012, 19:07:24
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa226/bigbossmalone/Lowdown11.jpg)

Quote
A Douglas A-20G Havoc night fighter of the 417th Night Fighter Squadron does a little daylight low flying
down in the weeds possibly near the Orlando , Florida base where they were formed.
Their first deployment was to Europe where they immediately re-equipped with Bristol Beaufighters.
Today, the unit still trains for a night time job, but flying the F-117 Nighthawk or so-called Stealth Fighter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 26-07-2012, 19:07:07
(http://www.rifletech.net/ptrs41/ptrs41-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-07-2012, 23:07:01

Quote
A Douglas A-20G Havoc night fighter of the 417th Night Fighter Squadron does a little daylight low flying
down in the weeds possibly near the Orlando , Florida base where they were formed.
Their first deployment was to Europe where they immediately re-equipped with Bristol Beaufighters.
Today, the unit still trains for a night time job, but flying the F-117 Nighthawk or so-called Stealth Fighter.

<cough>  F117 got pulled out of service back in 2008
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-07-2012, 01:07:48
That article is old.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2012, 04:07:12
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/25ibuc2.jpg)
Volga, Rzhev, Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-07-2012, 13:07:10
(http://fcdn.valka.cz/attachments/11345/thumbs/zk_412.jpg)

Maschinenkarabiner 42 SS, prototype assault rifle developed for the Waffen SS in occupied czechia, never adopted.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SixKiller on 27-07-2012, 15:07:36
A soldier from the SS Nord Division shakes hands with a wounded Finnish soldier.

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/78327731/Fin_Nord.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-07-2012, 18:07:35
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Infantry/Firearms/Italian/Modello-91/images/Mannlicher-Carcano-02-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-07-2012, 19:07:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/660480-3/Hun+arty+47+Belgs+canon411)

The Hungarians received several Belgian anti-tank guns from the Germans. IIRC, the guns were quite effective for their caliber, but suffered from a fragile targeting system.

Quote
The guns arrived with only minimal spare parts,no sights or limbers.The Hungarian Army wanted to use the guns against Russian medium tanks.It was the second version of the 47mm gun with the improved recoil brake.Another problem for the Hungarians was that they wanted to use the guns being towed by horses,however the guns were designed to be towed by vehicles.So by 1941 the guns had been relegated to second line duties/reserve units.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-07-2012, 14:07:56
Yep the Belgian 47mm penetrated an unusually high 85mm at 500 meters(30 degree angle). Targeting systems where actually advanced but these where destroyed before they where deliverd to prevent them from being used by germany and there allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 28-07-2012, 15:07:33
Yep the Belgian 47mm penetrated an unusually high 85mm at 500 meters(30 degree angle). Targeting systems where actually advanced but these where destroyed before they where deliverd to prevent them from being used by germany and there allies.

Plucky Belgian Tank Destroyers made mincemeat out of several German tanks in the Ardennes, including Panzer III's and a Panzer IV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-07-2012, 15:07:23
Yep the Belgian 47mm penetrated an unusually high 85mm at 500 meters(30 degree angle). Targeting systems where actually advanced but these where destroyed before they where deliverd to prevent them from being used by germany and there allies.

Plucky Belgian Tank Destroyers made mincemeat out of several German tanks in the Ardennes, including Panzer III's and a Panzer IV
Yep. The 47mm punches straight trough there armour without problem.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-07-2012, 18:07:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/703506-2/stalino1941awk0)

Italian Infantry in action, Stalino/Ukraine, late 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 29-07-2012, 08:07:40
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5607/29134428.213/0_73e35_a31c5bbc_XL)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 29-07-2012, 17:07:16
 How did that tank got stuck in there?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-07-2012, 18:07:22
Dug in to use as static defence. Good effort considering you can only hit the tiny turret if you want to destroy it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-07-2012, 18:07:09
Great new toy for these kids.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/700559-4/NYMPHE)

German Anti-Aircraft Ship "Nymphe".

Formerly the Norwegian Coastal Defense Ship - HNoMS Tordenskjold

When she was rebuilt by the Germans she was fitted with 6 x single 105mm, 2 x single 40mm, 2 x quad 20mm and 6 x single 20mm.

Returned to Norway after VE Day (having been damaged by the RAF) and scrapped in 1948.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 29-07-2012, 23:07:10
How did that tank got stuck in there?  :o

I don't think it's a tank, but rather a Panther turret used as a bunker:

(http://forum.valka.cz/files/panther-6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-07-2012, 23:07:18
Panzer 4 turret with a hull under it completely dug in.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-07-2012, 00:07:04
^^
The road sign on right tells 'Kurfürstendamm', accordingly it is Berlin.


(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2h69duf.jpg)
written note on backside: 'pictorially not well taken - crowd missing!'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 30-07-2012, 02:07:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0032-11,_Jugoslawien,_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)

Jugoslavian Anti-partizan operation, notice the M38 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-07-2012, 04:07:27
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/648164-3/bs_22_20_DW_1468509s)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-07-2012, 18:07:36
(http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/M10_panther_conversion.jpg)

Not sure if M10 is a spy or not.........
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-07-2012, 03:07:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/703862-1/Sevastopol)

Siege of Sevastopol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 31-07-2012, 09:07:14
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/4069298802_74bedb26fc_o.dlrs7c5v5ugcs0cockcc848ck.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Allied soldiers trying out their newly acquired weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-07-2012, 10:07:37
the amount of times i putted axis fanboys on there place when i told them the panzershreck was copied from the bazooka  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 31-07-2012, 11:07:05
and improoved :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-07-2012, 11:07:05
and improoved :P
Only slightly  ;D  from like 80mm to 250mm?  ;)

But the shreck did had its disadvanteges. Much heavier, much more expensive to produce, and the huge cloud of smoke when you fired the thing. Its a nice thing but i think the panzerfaust was more worth it then the panzerschreck
.
(http://www.historyfacts.biz/en/37_Download_Fragmente/00_content.htm/Panzerfaust_Lehrbildreihe_253_Bild_9.jpg)
From a german field manual
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 31-07-2012, 12:07:38
(http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/planbato/planbato/V_photos/SURCOUF%201929/SURCOUF%201929%20B58.jpg)

Croiseur sous-marin Surcouf / Submarine cruiser Surcouf (France)
The only submarine carrying more shells than torpedoes...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 31-07-2012, 13:07:01
the amount of times i putted axis fanboys on there place when i told them the panzershreck was copied from the bazooka  ;D
So? Every asset in the war is copied from an original, but that doesn´t mean it´s bad or inferior. Are all tanks except the british ones bad, because they introduced tanks first? I don´t think so. Is the Panther bad, because it adapted the T-34s sloped armour? Or the US armies M60 machine gun that got influenced by german MG42 squad tactics? That is called progress and there is no bias involved. You simply copy (and modify) stuff other nations used effectively. :P

(http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/gallery_page2/ww2_fighter_planes_over_leeds.jpg)
Planes in a dogfight leave their trails over Leeds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-07-2012, 13:07:47
If you look at the big picture, few armies actually have origenal things

The germans have the unique thing that is known as the panzerfaust. No army ever went down this road. A single shot, disposable, cheap and effective anti-tank weapon. The LAW, RPG-17, M136 AT4, armburst...All of these come from that single panzer faust design=Cheap, effective and disposable.

The americans in turn have there bazooka wich pretty much led to todays Carl gustaf, RPG7 and PzF 44.


And i ran out of examples  ;D  Everyone copied of everyone :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 31-07-2012, 15:07:17
M134, =Cheap, effective and disposable.


lol wut?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-07-2012, 17:07:20
M134, =Cheap, effective and disposable.


lol wut?
Sorry forgot the 6  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-07-2012, 19:07:32
We all know every single nation copied their shit from the Italians, and their amazing weaponry.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/696951-2/coroma)

Roma, displaying her amazing guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 31-07-2012, 22:07:48
the amount of times i putted axis fanboys on there place when i told them the panzershreck was copied from the bazooka  ;D
Or the US armies M60 machine gun that got influenced by german MG42 squad tactics? T

IIRC M60 got influenced by FG42, not MG42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 31-07-2012, 22:07:08
the amount of times i putted axis fanboys on there place when i told them the panzershreck was copied from the bazooka  ;D
Or the US armies M60 machine gun that got influenced by german MG42 squad tactics? T

IIRC M60 got influenced by FG42, not MG42.
Actually both  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-07-2012, 22:07:24
M60 took mostly German design elements
thats why it was so dam unreliable ;)
Your precious german affection wont save you now, Butcher!
But lets continue with my german bias=The panzerfaust!
(http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_articles/panzerfaust150.jpg)
Rare photo of a panzerfaust 150. Produced in the last months of WW2.

Biggest advantage was the new warhead as previous warheads had trouble with newer soviet Heavy tanks. Range was increased with 50 meters. The firing tube was reinforced in wich the tube could be used for 10 shots. And the muzzle velocity was increased. Production started in march 1945 but panzerfaust 100 recieved more priority because it was less intensive to produce (even the 60 continued production)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 31-07-2012, 23:07:44
IIRC it took the firing system layout of FG42 and combined it with the exterior design and belt feed from MG42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 01-08-2012, 01:08:01
(http://www.homeofheroes.com/footnotes/2007/images/0102_Oryoku_Maru.jpg)

The imperial japanese passenger-liner Oryoku Maru is being straffed by allied planes while transporting allied POWS of war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-08-2012, 02:08:02
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/6igqpt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 01-08-2012, 10:08:39

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Fausts-being-blown-up-byUSengs.jpg)

Speaking of panzerfausts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-08-2012, 10:08:46
a pile of fausts and a pile of TNT....wont mix well i guess

(http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/attachments/1piat.jpg)

Suddently
PIAT's on a brengun carrier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 01-08-2012, 13:08:06
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/6igqpt.jpg)

MP-28! Woohooo!  :D Would love to see it in FH2, but it got rejected.  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 01-08-2012, 17:08:50
(http://mccoy.nu/zone/dak-bilder/AAAAUS36.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 135/1 French Lorraine 37L. 15 cm Schwere Feldhaubitze
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-08-2012, 20:08:59
(http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_2pounder_m8_Octuple_pic.jpg)

The evil looks of an octo QF 2pounder Pom pom of Ark royal
While at the beginning of the war a ineffective weapon, new fuzes, radar and gun directory increased accuracy enormously and shot down large number of axis aircraft beyond 1942 up to the end of the war.

2PDR single mountings where recalled into service as the 20mm oerlikon was found to have insufficient stopping power against kamikaze aircraft in 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 01-08-2012, 23:08:06
I remember using maxim pom pom's in Battlefield 1918.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 02-08-2012, 00:08:09
http://i.imgur.com/RykJR.jpg

Don't know whether it is wartime or not, but a B-17 flying over the Golden gate bridge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-08-2012, 00:08:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/704187-2/Stalingrad_+City_+1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-08-2012, 02:08:44
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/2cjax1.jpg)
stamp on backside: uncensored - military and politically.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 02-08-2012, 08:08:21
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/111.edizkw0vsl4wk4sk48gws4gs0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

The Germans do the darndest things!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 02-08-2012, 11:08:49
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/111.edizkw0vsl4wk4sk48gws4gs0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

The Germans do the darndest things!

there is always that one guy who manages to flip the heavy tanks... ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 02-08-2012, 11:08:02
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/111.edizkw0vsl4wk4sk48gws4gs0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

The Germans do the darndest things!

there is always that one guy who manages to flip the heavy tanks... ::)

Indeed there is. Panthers are for noobs though, real men flip the King Tiger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 02-08-2012, 13:08:41
Pls stop quoting pictures. That is just retarded.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 02-08-2012, 13:08:53
Flipping heavy tanks? Steep elevation and a tank with a heavy turret don´t work out very well. *Waits for someone to explain how the thing actually flipped.
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Flipped%20KV2%20tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 02-08-2012, 17:08:47
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/7643444798_82aafdd9aa_o.jpg)
A German Ferry, constructed by Luftwaffen officer Siebel for Operation Sealion.
Intended to protect the invasion troops against air and surface attacks and getting Flak Batallions over there.

Later used also in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-08-2012, 18:08:08
Greek and Anzac soldiers, getting some courage for the coming Battle of Crete,
(http://neoskosmos.com/news/sites/default/files/crete-soldiers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 02-08-2012, 19:08:15
Flipping heavy tanks? Steep elevation and a tank with a heavy turret don´t work out very well. *Waits for someone to explain how the thing actually flipped.
(http://www.user.dccnet.com/russianfront/jpegs/Flipped%20KV2%20tank.jpg)

I guarantee you they have a high safety crash rating, though!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 02-08-2012, 19:08:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/German_tank_upside-down.jpg/623px-German_tank_upside-down.jpg)

Real men The air force flips the Jagdpanther!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-08-2012, 19:08:44
I would like to share these 4 photos i found on ze internets
Its from a guy who went to peleliu

http://ptutty.smugmug.com/Other/Palau-2009/10015182_mxhLTg/6#!i=685355515&k=skvW7

(http://ptutty.smugmug.com/Other/Palau-2009/DSC0145/685359457_AJCWm-XL.jpg)
(http://ptutty.smugmug.com/Other/Palau-2009/DSC0140/685359845_cDvWa-XL.jpg)
(http://ptutty.smugmug.com/Other/Palau-2009/DSC8775/685357902_Q43rx-XL.jpg)
(http://ptutty.smugmug.com/Other/Palau-2009/DSC0154/685359393_mVcsM-L.jpg)

Does anyone know what the first artillery gun is?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-08-2012, 00:08:17
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/2cjax1.jpg)
stamp on backside: uncensored - military and politically.

(http://oi49.tinypic.com/5w9nj6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 03-08-2012, 03:08:40
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/bomber_cr.1amhp07a3pggosscwk00swsg4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 03-08-2012, 06:08:45
(http://www.ussbush.com/burke4.jpg)

This is USS John Burke, a liberty supply ship struck by a suicide fighter on December 28, 1944. The impact and the aftereffects detonated all ammunition stored in the ship. The explosion created an atomic bomb-like huge mushroom cloud, which kind of invalidates that mushroom clouds are unique characteristics of atomic/nuclear bomb explosion. There are no survivors from USS John Burke.

source: http://www.ussbush.com/slotow.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-08-2012, 08:08:00
Cool pic/story, but who ever thought that mushroom clouds only happened with nukes?   ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 03-08-2012, 08:08:52
The narrator in various Discovery Channel/NatGeo documentary commented on every atomic bombing anniversary: ".....which produced the unique mushroom cloud..."

And has been a stereotype in popular culture reference ever since.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-08-2012, 17:08:43
I would say mushroom clouds are pretty unique.  But saying unique there doesn't qualify it as saying that mushroom clouds are only produced by atom bombs.  What that is, is like saying "tornados are a unique part of weather".  In this sense, it is using this definition: "not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile.".  Mushroom clouds are unique as they only happen under specific circumstances, IE, when blast yield is large enough.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 03-08-2012, 18:08:05
I would actually say, that it is fairly common belief among people that are not intrested at war stuff. Last time was actually in army, when we got to shoot LAW. It left mushroom cloud on impact to target and someone said something like: "I though only nuclear explosion can make that".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 03-08-2012, 19:08:31
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5JrTjkSexjY/TiHBWTdTMtI/AAAAAAAAHbQ/GBNLDbfUITA/s1600/ry_k_leet.jpg)
"Vaan hyvin on korkea tuo pilvi, jonka pommi tekköö."


And back on topic:

(http://www.veteraanienperinto.fi/suomi/Kertomukset/sotilas/sotilas/jatkosota/mauno_koivisto/koivisto1.jpg)
Mauno Koivisto, the ninth President of Finland.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-08-2012, 19:08:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/704924-1/BF109-STRAFING-WEST-DES-1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: luftwaffe.be on 03-08-2012, 21:08:14
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/02/article-2153688-136A6020000005DC-359_634x787.jpg)

Kyoungjong Yang, a Korean in service with the wehrmacht  at his surrender in 1944 france. He started his military career being pressed into service in the Japanese Imperial army. Captured and being pressed into service by the Soviets, he  surrendered to the Germans at Moscow, where he swapped his USSR uniform for a German one  ..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-08-2012, 05:08:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Italian_battleship_Roma_%281940%29_forward_turrets.jpg/800px-Italian_battleship_Roma_%281940%29_forward_turrets.jpg)

Roma, a Vittorio Veneto Class Battleship.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-08-2012, 13:08:51
bravissomo!

(http://comandosupremo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/zara.jpg)

RN Zara of the Zara class heavy cruisers. These ships with excellent armament and gun directoy and firecontrol systems where a big threat to the Royal navy. These ships dealt almost all the damage in the battle of calabria and cape spartivento
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-08-2012, 17:08:44
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/704105-2/reginaldo+giuliani+sotto+attacco)

Sub Reginaldo Giuliani under the attack of 3 Sunderlands. Coming back home from a positive mission in the Atlantic, september 1st 1942 she was attacked by 3 Sunderland and heavily damaged. 5 men were killed and 4 wounded. The following day she substained 3 more air attacks, the last one by a Wellington that caused further heavy damage. The sub was forced to find the safety in the neutral port of Santander in Spain. With a benevolent eye of the former comrades of the civil war, the sub had over a month of fast repairs, and finally was able to escape the surveillance of the enemy waiting for her leaving, finally reaching the Betasom base in Bordeaux


The Italians had a good Submarine fleet, they operated in almost all fronts, even in the Far East as Transport Submarines. However, much like the entire Regia Marina, the subs faced many problems, like  supplies and a bad officers.  Even with these problems, the Italian Subs did a great job.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-08-2012, 17:08:47
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/02/article-2153688-136A6020000005DC-359_634x787.jpg)

Kyoungjong Yang, a Korean in service with the wehrmacht  at his surrender in 1944 france. He started his military career being pressed into service in the Japanese Imperial army. Captured and being pressed into service by the Soviets, he  surrendered to the Germans at Moscow, where he swapped his USSR uniform for a German one  ..

film inspired by the story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j4Gcu7wlMc
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-08-2012, 05:08:25
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/2yxem0w.jpg)
Quote from caption: German submarine (right) chased by U.S. submarine. June 1st, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-08-2012, 07:08:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/705090-2/G50-PASS-BASSO)

Low pass of five Italian fighters Fiat G.50 over a Northen Italy Airbase (Turin?).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SixKiller on 06-08-2012, 17:08:39
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/78327731/cNmfn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 07-08-2012, 10:08:36
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M3_stuart/stuart-12.jpg)

(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M3_stuart/stuart-14.jpg)

M3 Stuarts in german use in North Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-08-2012, 13:08:34
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/A12_matilda/matilda-28.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-08-2012, 19:08:50
Indeed I did.  I guess I'll just delete that post then.  And here, for on topic:

(http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/420994_10100833477511241_1507931924_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 08-08-2012, 01:08:51

   
Quote
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/578860_374805502592026_476628271_n.jpg)
Troops of Operation Torch landing near Algiers in 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-08-2012, 02:08:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/705082-2/JU87-LW-LOW)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 08-08-2012, 10:08:55
One of the 29 churchills captured a Dieppe.

(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/A22_churchill/churchill-03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SixKiller on 08-08-2012, 14:08:31
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/78327731/ScreenHunter_16.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 08-08-2012, 16:08:21
Marder III M
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv1lmwXZkN1qg5z8jo1_500.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 08-08-2012, 21:08:02
(http://i33.tinypic.com/j6h79i.jpg)
Panzer III ausf N used by the Division Centauro, some were imported from Germany in Early 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 09-08-2012, 04:08:55
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/20100221_tigr2.5wd849oivssgcgoc8csko0sgw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-08-2012, 07:08:36
(http://rpmedia.ask.com/ts?u=/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Ploiesti_1943_bombardament.jpg/120px-Ploiesti_1943_bombardament.jpg)

An Oil Refinery located in Ploiești, Romania, after an Air Attack.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-08-2012, 13:08:31
Do we have chance , to see some IS-2 in that interesting camo scheme ?  ;D ;)
(http://s7.postimage.org/fpovicjk9/jsiidiob.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-08-2012, 22:08:08
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iv-churchill/mk-iii/infantry-mk-iv-churchill-mk-iii-mk-iv-01.jpg)

Churchill tanks near the foglia river, Italy. Churchill tanks saw there biggest use in Italy, where these tanks could scale hills that no other tank could.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-08-2012, 07:08:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/706000-2/s_w13_00Toyama)

The picture of a burning Toyama following a Air Raid by B-29 Superfortress in 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-08-2012, 13:08:34
Yo, Theta0 ... you manage to confuse there/their in EVERY situation. From now on look at your messages and then exchange every "there" with "their" and vice versa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-08-2012, 01:08:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/692923-2/500x333xcr32+abbatte+inglese.pagespeed.ic.4Vcd3_Sekh.jpg)

North Africa. What appears to be a RAF Airspeed Oxford or a Airspeed Envoy, was probably just shot down by that Fiat CR.32 present in the picture. Nothing is known about the RAF pilot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 12-08-2012, 10:08:29
(http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/6813/resolver62bc2ffl0.jpg)

Downed B-17 near Bornerbroek.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-08-2012, 11:08:11
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/acefrehleyrox/1161374642.jpg)

GOTTAM move dat gear up

Bergepanther towing away a broken down panther tank to the rear for repairs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 12-08-2012, 14:08:24
A photo of Tanya Baramzina.Sent to the Woman sniper school she took out 16 German soldiers and snipers in 3 months in 1943

On July 5, 1944 Baramzina's battalion parachuted behind enemy lines as part of a larger attempt to seize the crossroads near the village of Pekalin in Smalyavichy, hoping to block the retreat of German forces. An engagement broke out before they reached the crossroads, and the battalion took heavy casualties. After killing 20 German soldiers, Baramzina was re-assigned to care for the wounded personnel, due to her medical training.

The trench was recaptured by the germans. Tanya baramzina was then tortured, her eyes gouged out and then shot point blank with an Anti-tank rifle.
We already had this picture posted by you some time before. I´m quotign the old post here. Not nice, but common procedure with soldiers carrying a sniper rifle. Now was it an anti tank rifle or an 88?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-08-2012, 14:08:35
son of a ass you are right(completly forgot that i posted this before)

now i am starting to doubt this article

better replace it with something actuall authenthic

(new photo in place, please remove this and the above post for correction ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-08-2012, 18:08:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/706677-2/athene-603gwv8rxnst507zcu5_layout)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 12-08-2012, 18:08:15
nice maschinenkarabiner 42 :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-08-2012, 12:08:13
Marder III Ausf. M tank destroyers in the Soviet Union, Jan-Feb 1944
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Reference/vehicle_marderiii_8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-08-2012, 19:08:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/697333-2/Nagato)

Nagato Battleship, the only Japanese Battleship that survived the War. After the war, the North Americans used it as part of their "Operation Crossroads" at the Bikini Atoll, 1946, she sank after second test  codenamed -Baker-. German Heavy Cruiser "Prinz Eugen" was also used on this Operation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-08-2012, 19:08:45
I don't know why ... but I like that "swimming pagoda" battleship IJN "Fuso" more then others Japanese ships  8)
(http://s9.postimage.org/f3i1fp5h9/Fuso.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-08-2012, 19:08:01
image doesnt work paythoss

(http://www.oocities.org/ziggyfoos/images/BB63-CB1-1.jpg)

Above the alaska class battlecruiser USS alaska, below the USS Iowa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 14-08-2012, 19:08:21
water looks like a carpet love that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: mopskind on 14-08-2012, 20:08:50
this is for...wait for it...easier carpetbombing harr harr
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-08-2012, 21:08:18
image doesnt work paythoss


Right click on the X for properties and copy URL into browser.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-08-2012, 23:08:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/608528-1/______________________________________________________CV-33____________)

Japanese Soldiers inspecting a Chinese CV.35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 15-08-2012, 22:08:08
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6099/6348808136_fd0a85a841.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-08-2012, 03:08:30
(http://ww2db.com/images/ship_mutsu5.jpg)

Nagato Class Battleship 'Mutsu' of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was one of the two Nagato Class Battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1921. Reconstruction in 1937 included two of her 5.5 inch guns and the 3 inch anti-aircraft guns replaced with four twin 5-inch anti-air turrets and ten twin 25mm mount. Mutsu and Nagato formed the Battle Division 1. They took part in the Battle of Midway as the main Ships.

8 Jun 1943, Mutsu's No. 3 turret and No. 4 turret magazines exploded. The reason might be the improper storage of 16-inch Type 3 "Sanshikidan" incendiary shells. The loss of Mutsu was kept as a secret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-08-2012, 22:08:28
So , how long to see M7 HMC in FH2 ?
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2ih7z9t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 17-08-2012, 12:08:40
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/

Found a 2 year old link in fav. Huge collection of pics from the pacific war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 17-08-2012, 13:08:09
Excellent collection. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-08-2012, 17:08:12
Something for Theta  ;)
(http://s14.postimage.org/mvy85jzb3/1341381266065.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-08-2012, 20:08:44
Something for Theta  ;)
(http://s14.postimage.org/mvy85jzb3/1341381266065.jpg)
is that a !

MON DIEU!

i mean

BOLJI MOï!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-08-2012, 23:08:03
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/707026-2/LOCKHEED+LIGHTNINGS+IN+FLIGHT)

Official caption: "1943-04-13. New Guinea. Lockheed Lightnings (P38) in flight. (Negative by N. Brown)." An Australian photographer captures two USAAF Lightnings doing a low-level beat-up of the airfield. Note the single fuel tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 18-08-2012, 12:08:32
Panther, medium tank destroyed by a M1 Bazooka, Normandie 44

(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/589984Capture.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 18-08-2012, 12:08:29
That's totally not a staged propaganda photo.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 18-08-2012, 12:08:42
They shooting an Wreck!??!

Gun alavation is allready on the lowest Position and Track is missing,
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-08-2012, 17:08:20
IIRC, wasn't the story that they actually DID knock that Panther out, and then a camera man asked awhile later for them to shoot it again for the cameras?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 18-08-2012, 17:08:03
IIRC, wasn't the story that they actually DID knock that Panther out, and then a camera man asked awhile later for them to shoot it again for the cameras?
This is what I have heard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-08-2012, 21:08:15
The panther was knocked out by a bazooka indeed. And a cameraman later asked if the guys wanted to show it how they did it.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 19-08-2012, 16:08:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/AlliedTankDieppe.jpg/800px-AlliedTankDieppe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-08-2012, 00:08:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/707597-2/G)

Original Caption - "In Germany, you had to be ready to fight every minute. Blast them out, advance a couple of yards and then hit them again."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 21-08-2012, 01:08:10
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/702380l44.jpg)

Rosie the Rocketer
Look at the wings
 ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-08-2012, 17:08:01
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/702380l44.jpg)

Rosie the Rocketer
Look at the wings
 ;D
http://warbirdsforum.com/showthread.php?t=1505

in this thread the people quickly diminish the 6 tanks killed as allied propaganda

untill the actuall daughter of Major Charles Carpenter comes into the thread

Some photo's of his daughter carol

(http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8984/img035ur3.jpg)
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7999/img041qk8.jpg)
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3094/img052qu4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-08-2012, 17:08:07
Considering how slow that plane could glide, I could see him maybe knocking out a tank or two, but 6 is def too high.  Remember, the allied airforces CONSTANTLY overclaimed.  They "officially destroyed" many more German tanks than ever served in normandy in total.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 23-08-2012, 18:08:38
Possible, I'd not be sure though.

He was slow, up to 6 Bazookas mounted, most likely used on non moving targets. The man himself knows best how many he shot down and in Theta's link his daughters description about him do not create an impression of a guy that desperately wants to be a glorious war hero. He probably would have told his daughter too if the official numbers were wrong after the war. It just does not make sense to me. I know that it's great propaganda if something like that happens, most likely a damaged tank also meant it's a destroyed tank but I believe the essence of the story and the numbers of tanks he damaged/destroyed, maybe -1. We also don't know how many flights he did. I just guess more than a few, so 6 tanks don't sound completely unrealistic to me and furthermore I simply believe his daughter. That all this is a lie sounds more odd than 6 tank kills after reading Thetas link.

Not everything has to be wrong or faked because it seems odd. It's alright when you doubt it, but saying that 6 tank kills are definitely too much is not respectful and inappropiate in my view.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-08-2012, 21:08:29
And again, when it is 6 allied tanks destroyed, it is german so it has to be true. but when it is allies? IMPOSSIBRU

Swallow that bitter pride and for once accept things like this  ::) 

and 6 tanks over months of time doesnt sound that unrealistic aswel :/
(http://ww2db.com/images/weapon_type92_4.jpg)
Chinese soldiers pose with captured japanese Type 92 machineguns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-08-2012, 22:08:27
Uhhh, where am I saying that the German airforce's number claims were any better?  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-08-2012, 22:08:09
i am not reffering to the luftwaffe. I am reffering to every forum where something like this is posted. Allied this killed 4 german that. It gets branded instantly as propaganda and unrealistic..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 23-08-2012, 22:08:25
Who cares, 3 or 6 tanks taken out, its a Piper Cub with zookas! Its awesome regardless.
i am not reffering to the luftwaffe. I am reffering to every forum where something like this is posted. Allied this killed 4 german that. It gets branded instantly as propaganda and unrealistic..
If they do that who cares? They are just lying to themselves
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 24-08-2012, 14:08:22
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K4Gf2laQ2es/Tz9pLatR5dI/AAAAAAAAE7E/yeeIwGEFay4/s1600/He+112B-1+1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-08-2012, 17:08:01
(http://ww2db.com/images/weapon_browninghp2.jpg)

A Soviet soldier teaching partisans how to operate a Browning Hi-power handgun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 27-08-2012, 11:08:11
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/988796pz30.jpg)

A early Panzerschreck with the first version front sight and second version rear sight. It has been updated with the Schutzbügel and shield.
Note the sloppy application of camouflage that has run down the rear of the tube. This Panzerschreck has the low-profile shoulder block. The rocket is once again the winter ammunition for 1943/44. It appears that is was ready to fire. The wooden dowel is lying in front of the sergeant's right knee and is probably still connected with the wire (the length appears correct).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-08-2012, 18:08:11
Dear internet, please inform me, what different models existed in the panzershreck? I am talking all the variations here, including amunition types.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-08-2012, 18:08:09
Dear internet, please inform me, what different models existed in the panzershreck? I am talking all the variations here, including amunition types.
The first model was the RPzB 43 which was 164 centimetres (5.38 ft) long and weighed about 9.25 kilograms (20.4 lb) when empty. Operators of the RPzB 43 had to wear a protective poncho and a gas mask without a filter to protect them from the heat of the backblast when the weapon was fired.[citation needed] In October 1943, it was succeeded by the RPzB 54 which was fitted with a blast shield to protect the operator and was heavier weighing 11 kilograms (24 lb) empty. This was followed by the RPzB 54/1 with an improved rocket, shorter barrel and a range increased to about 180 meters
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-08-2012, 21:08:15
Citation given:

(http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/imgs/panzerschreck_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-08-2012, 21:08:58
Thanks, but not what I wanted to know. For example the citation mentioned different front and rear sights, different shoulder rests. How many models where there of those. also, 43/44 winter ammunition, how do you see that? what are the differences?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 27-08-2012, 21:08:15
He's wearing that gasmask and protective suit because they're testing it right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 27-08-2012, 21:08:42
He's wearing that gasmask and protective suit because they're testing it right?
No, he is wearing them because that's the RPzB 43 and he would burn without them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-08-2012, 21:08:47
Unlike the Bazooka rocket witch was already out of fuel before it left the tube the Panzershreck rocket continued to burn a few meters after it left the tube, this gave it much greater range and better ballistics. The result of that is that you needed a shield (later models) or gasmask with gloves and protective vest (early models) to not get your face burned off when fired.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-08-2012, 23:08:05
Yep the bazooka is a recoilles rifle as the propellant is burned up before it exits the tube
the panzerschreck is an rocket launcher as the projectile still accelerates when leaving the tube.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-08-2012, 00:08:21
One, the bazooka tube isn't rifled so it would be a recoilless gun (like the panzerfaust); and two, the bazooka projectile is a rocket, so the bazooka is a rocket launcher and not a recoilless gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: luftwaffe.be on 28-08-2012, 03:08:43
And again, when it is 6 allied tanks destroyed, it is german so it has to be true. but when it is allies? IMPOSSIBRU

Swallow that bitter pride and for once accept things like this  ::) 

and 6 tanks over months of time doesnt sound that unrealistic aswel :/



Actually luftwaffe claims are one of the most reliable of WWII. In order for a pilot to claim a victory two independent witnesses  where needed, of which one on the ground, or video footage of the action itself was needed, on which there could be no doubt that the action of the pilot caused the claimed victory
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-08-2012, 04:08:39
Yep the bazooka is a recoilles rifle as the propellant is burned up before it exits the tube
the panzerschreck is an rocket launcher as the projectile still accelerates when leaving the tube.

Doesn't matter where the propellent is burned up, it's still a rocket.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Horstpetersens on 28-08-2012, 04:08:25
attacking tanks with a piper is more like suezide.
one burst of an mg42 is enough to bring that plane down.
even a the smalest aa is a big thread if u consider how low he had to be to hit a target.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-08-2012, 15:08:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/709552-2/RS14-BS-7_7MM)



The waist emplacements of the two 7.7 Breda-Safat machine guns in the fuselage of a recce seaplane Fiat RS.14. Note the ammunitions belts linked to the fuselage’s roof and the aluminium containers for the spent belt and cases.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-08-2012, 20:08:53
Very interesting picture from some field exercises , a twin turret 7TP towing TK-S , armed with Browning Wz 30   8)
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/71nwuu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 28-08-2012, 22:08:44
Canadian Bofors during training.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Bofors-p004596.jpg/585px-Bofors-p004596.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-08-2012, 17:08:10
Still waiting to see that cute thing in FH2   :-\ ...
 (http://oi50.tinypic.com/282djiw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-08-2012, 17:08:08
It's only a model...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-08-2012, 22:08:23
Yep the bazooka is a recoilles rifle as the propellant is burned up before it exits the tube
the panzerschreck is an rocket launcher as the projectile still accelerates when leaving the tube.

Doesn't matter where the propellent is burned up, it's still a rocket.
IT IS NOT THE SAME  ;D

(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/tanks/sherman/SH21.jpg)
Sometimes you need a little less gun
T-34 calliope preparing to fire at the gothic line. Once loaded, the calliope would follow into the frontlines to unleash its 60 × 4.5 inch rockets of doom.

Together with the 7.2Inch whizbang (20 rockets, heavier firepower but shorter range) these units saw combat in various US Armoured devisions in Normandy, germany, italy and the pacific
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 30-08-2012, 02:08:12
Not sure if posted,  :-\

(http://img.izismile.com/img/img3/20100829/640/world_war_ii_640_60.jpg)

American Sherman tank in war paint.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 30-08-2012, 02:08:26
That belongs in the 'other eras' thread, because that is the Korean War. Lovely paintjob nonetheless.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 30-08-2012, 02:08:54
My bad...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 31-08-2012, 12:08:05
Canadian Bofors during training.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Bofors-p004596.jpg/585px-Bofors-p004596.jpg)

 I have seen this picture before but actually cited as being an operational emplacement. As part of the Home guard duties, canadian units throughout britain were given responsibility for low level anti-aircraft engagement (amongst many other duties).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 01-09-2012, 03:09:03
Not sure if posted,

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J08362%2C_%C3%9Cbung%2C_Panzer-Nahbek%C3%A4mpfung.jpg)

"German training mockup of a T-34 built over a captured Polish TKS"

I find this image funny to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 01-09-2012, 11:09:32
tankette looks like a boytoy compared to the soldier and espessialy the tnak
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 01-09-2012, 13:09:39
(http://www.langmanzg.com/bbs/file/2008511234453_60.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 02-09-2012, 01:09:32
(http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/lmgbulge.jpg)


"New Year's Day, snow & frost-covered Browning .30 caliber LMG,
in position near Sourbrodt, Belgium, Jan 1, 1944"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 02-09-2012, 11:09:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Missouri-flyover.jpg)

Quote
Huge formation of American planes over USS Missouri and Tokyo Bay celebrating the signing, September 2, 1945.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Perry_flag_1945.jpg)

Quote
Commodore Perry's flag was flown from Annapolis, Maryland to Tokyo for display at the surrender ceremonies which officially ended World War II.

Quote

We, acting by command of and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, hereby accept the provisions in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments of the United States, China, and Great Britain 26 July 1945 at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied Powers.

We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese Armed Forces and all Armed Forces under Japanese control wherever situated.

We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated and the Japanese people to cease hostilities forthwith, to preserve and save from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property, and to comply with all requirements which may be imposed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese Government at his direction.

We hereby command the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters to issue at once orders to the commanders of all Japanese forces and all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to surrender unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control.

We hereby command all civil, military, and naval officials to obey and enforce all proclamations, orders, and directives deemed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to effectuate this surrender and issued by him or under his authority; and we direct all such officials to remain at their posts and to continue to perform their non-combatant duties unless specifically relieved by him or under his authority.

We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese Government, and their successors to carry out the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders and take whatever action may be required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or by any other designated representative of the Allied Powers for the purpose of giving effect to that declaration.

We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all Allied Prisoners of War and civilian internees now under Japanese control and to provide for their protection, care, maintenance, and immediate transportation to places as directed.

The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to rule the State shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, who will take such steps as he deems proper to effectuate these terms of surrender.

Signed at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 09.04 on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945

Mamoru Shigemitsu
By Command and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government

Yoshijirō Umezu
By Command and in behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters

Accepted at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 09.08 on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945, for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan.

Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

C.W. Nimitz
United States Representative

Hsu Yung-Ch'ang
Republic of China Representative

Bruce Fraser
United Kingdom Representative

Kuzma Derevyanko
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Representative

Thomas Blamey
Commonwealth of Australia Representative

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave
Dominion of Canada Representative

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Provisional Government of the French Republic Representative

C.E.L. Helfrich
Kingdom of the Netherlands Representative

Leonard M. Isitt
Dominion of New Zealand Representative
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 02-09-2012, 16:09:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/615640-2/10++T-34+in+Hung+service_+1944)
Hungarian trophy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-09-2012, 16:09:16
(http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/lmgbulge.jpg)


"New Year's Day, snow & frost-covered Browning .30 caliber LMG,
in position near Sourbrodt, Belgium, Jan 1, 1944"

well

he issent gonna need to worry about overheating his gun

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-09-2012, 16:09:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Yokosuka_naval_base_18_July_1945.jpg)

A U.S. Navy reconnaissance photograph of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 18 July 1945. Nagato is located at the upper left of the photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 02-09-2012, 19:09:04
Czechs at Tobruk... making dumplings.
(http://img.aktualne.centrum.cz/343/47/3434768-tobruk-siege.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 03-09-2012, 01:09:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/632929-3/aPoland)

Soldiers of the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division,
resting in a ditch alongside a road on the way to Pabianice,
during the invasion of Poland in 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-09-2012, 11:09:00
Oh god! Is that an MP18 I see in the right? :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 03-09-2012, 14:09:47
Mp18/Mp34 not sure which one...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-09-2012, 15:09:02
Mp18/Mp34 not sure which one...

Anyways, wish we will get to use one of these on the future patches.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-09-2012, 17:09:21
SS used a lot of older weapons in the first years of the war.  Plus lots and lots of czech machine guns and such.

The SS in Poland also got slaughtered.  In a couple cases, the Poles so badly defeated them, that Himmler banned certain units from wearing insignia for months after the invasion, as punishment for their performance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 03-09-2012, 17:09:03
Ouch. Let me guess, Polish Cavalry?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-09-2012, 17:09:01
Actually, infantry.  In a couple cases the Poles even launched night time bayonet charges into SS camps, and wiped them out.  Germania-VT lost their entire motorized unit that way:

(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4688/rysunkigundlach1cf3.jpg)

(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4198/rydunkigundlach2hg4.jpg)

Drawings by Jan Gundlach, who fought in the battles against the SS-VT units in Poland.  They at one point captured their entire motorized artillery regiment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-09-2012, 17:09:53
SS used a lot of older weapons in the first years of the war.  Plus lots and lots of czech machine guns and such.

The SS in Poland also got slaughtered.  In a couple cases, the Poles so badly defeated them, that Himmler banned certain units from wearing insignia for months after the invasion, as punishment for their performance.
Yep

the primary service rifle for the SS was not the K98k in the early years of the war. But the VZ 24 and FN herstal Model 24(mostly VZ 24 tough). This was changed to the G24t and only after 1942 IIRC did the SS recieved the K98

Same goes for there machine guns. They mostly had MG 26T as the LMG and the primary medium machine gun was the ZB 53 or MG 37(T)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-09-2012, 21:09:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/613280-4/kiraly+g__ppiszt)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-09-2012, 21:09:49
what is that weapon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-09-2012, 21:09:39
an M50 reising

quite an amazing SMG. There was a SMG version in .45ACP. And a fully automatic Light rifle in .30 Carbine.
Had its complex delayed-blowback design bein more simplified, it might have replaced the thompson and even the M1 Carbine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-09-2012, 21:09:22
no a hungarian 39m

Nice pic !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-09-2012, 22:09:32
Right its a hungarian 39M (http://www.bf-games.net/forum/style_emoticons/default/daumenhoch.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 03-09-2012, 22:09:28
an M50 reising

quite an amazing SMG. There was a SMG version in .45ACP. And a fully automatic Light rifle in .30 Carbine.
Had its complex delayed-blowback design bein more simplified, it might have replaced the thompson and even the M1 Carbine

Seriously, when you don't know, don't tell.
Reising stink alot and the marines (the only groupe who had it) drop them in the early pacific campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-09-2012, 23:09:15
an M50 reising

quite an amazing SMG. There was a SMG version in .45ACP. And a fully automatic Light rifle in .30 Carbine.
Had its complex delayed-blowback design bein more simplified, it might have replaced the thompson and even the M1 Carbine

Seriously, when you don't know, don't tell.

Hey dipshit those 2 look alot alike :/ ever heard of Human error?Just trying to fucking help
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 03-09-2012, 23:09:25
Quit being bitter you two!  ;)

(http://weirdplanet.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/funny_world_war2_pics24.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-09-2012, 23:09:46
LOL! didn't know wehrmacht rations were that bad!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 04-09-2012, 00:09:47


Hey dipshit those 2 look alot alike :/ ever heard of Human error?Just trying to fucking help

It's deepshit :) and I was talking about this bullshit :
Quote
quite an amazing SMG. There was a SMG version in .45ACP. And a fully automatic Light rifle in .30 Carbine.
Had its complex delayed-blowback design bein more simplified, it might have replaced the thompson and even the M1 Carbine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 04-09-2012, 00:09:52
LOL! didn't know wehrmacht rations were that bad!  ;D


Luckily, they had these for dessert.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TLNCcju9Yyw/TAh5b3T5E3I/AAAAAAAABEg/NWI3lr0nZ_c/s1600/tin1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 04-09-2012, 00:09:32
Here a m50 with, IIRC, a Navajo codetalker.

(http://www.vojsko.net/photo/zbrane/samopaly/reising_m50_02.jpg)


Here the big picture:
http://navajopeople.org/images/Navajo-code-talkers2.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 04-09-2012, 00:09:09
LOL! didn't know wehrmacht rations were that bad!  ;D


Luckily, they had these for dessert.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TLNCcju9Yyw/TAh5b3T5E3I/AAAAAAAABEg/NWI3lr0nZ_c/s1600/tin1.jpg)

MyGerman knowledge tells me thats a box of chocolate. Whats so special about it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 04-09-2012, 00:09:15
Ah, WW2's eatable Red Bull ;D I seriously think that this stuff raised morale a lot. Must have been like Christmas when they opened those beautiful boxes after eating shitty food for weeks and experiencing the cruelty of war.

The special thing about it is that it has a high percentage of caffeine. I just checked, it has 200mg caffeine out of 100g total weight. The box contains more caffeine than modern energy drinks.

Also dark chocolate is known for rising morale and improving concentration. Plus the caffeine it should be really nice stuff to make the soldiers feel better.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-09-2012, 00:09:14
Im addicted to that shit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-09-2012, 04:09:09
an M50 reising

quite an amazing SMG. There was a SMG version in .45ACP. And a fully automatic Light rifle in .30 Carbine.
Had its complex delayed-blowback design bein more simplified, it might have replaced the thompson and even the M1 Carbine

Seriously, when you don't know, don't tell.

Hey dipshit those 2 look alot alike :/ ever heard of Human error?Just trying to fucking help

I fail to notice similarity beyond both being submachine guns.  The 39m and 43m are much bigger, look (and in size, is) more like a carbine, have a very different stock and receiver, etc.....  Made even more obvious by the hungarian helmet on that guy.

Also, the Reising was a complete failure and a piece of crap....

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 04-09-2012, 13:09:22
LA-5
(http://airaces.narod.ru/all1/evstign8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-09-2012, 17:09:03
I see your La-5 and raise it with a La-7!

(http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/VVS1/La7-4.jpg)

one of the few soviet fights where was equal to the Manouverbility of the ME-109 and the endurance of a FW-190. This plane scored good K/D ratios in 1944 and 1945. the 63rd Guard Fighter Aviation Corps shot down a confirmed 55 fighters for losing 8 planes themselves.

One of the few planes that shot down an ME262. Namely one piloted by Kurt Lange from 1./KG(J)54
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-09-2012, 18:09:03
I loved the La5 and 7 in IL-2.  Especially the La7 with 3 B-20 20mm...I called it "The Eviscerator"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 04-09-2012, 20:09:37
Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-09-2012, 20:09:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/612883-1/6+Nimrod+BB)
Nimrod
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-09-2012, 20:09:59
Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)
mostly Tupolev SB and TU-2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-09-2012, 23:09:55
Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)
mostly Tupolev SB and TU-2

Yeah, Tu-2 was getting quite common by war's end.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-09-2012, 06:09:10
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/710512-2/BREDA88-3)

Despite the total failure of the plane and the phasing out of all aircraft in service, during 1941 Breda and IMAM produced again the Breda 88, 19 by the first, 48 by the second, all delivered to Regia Aeronautica. None entered in service. The majority of this Breda 88, after the factory test, was transferred from the factory directly to scrapping for salvage of the strategic materials.

 The Breda 88 of this picture, the white band on the fuselage date the photo 1941, is very probably one of this aircraft. Few aircraft was modified on 1942 at Cascina Costa by Agusta with wing span lengthen of 2 meters and wing surface increased for reduce the wing loading, dive brakes, engine Fiat A74, only four MGs on the nose, but the performances remained poor. On 7 September 1943, eve of the Armistice of the Italy, three Breda 88 Modified are on Lonate Pozzolo airfield, Lombardy, with the 103rd Gruppo Tuffatori (103rd Dive Bombers Group).

This planes was seized by the Luftwaffe with German markings, tested by German pilots, but immediately phased out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 05-09-2012, 12:09:39
Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)
mostly Tupolev SB and TU-2

Yeah, Tu-2 was getting quite common by war's end.

Thanks guys

Edit: I see your Lavochkins, and I raise with a Ta-152
(http://www.be-hippy.nl/roald/ta152.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-09-2012, 16:09:50
I see your Ta.152 ...
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/ab44ur.jpg)
P-51H ... checkmate ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-09-2012, 16:09:52
I see your P51 and raise with Me262

(http://herbert-thiess.de/Laber/LeistungssteigerungMe262/Me262Flug-X0770.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 05-09-2012, 16:09:45
... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 05-09-2012, 16:09:45
... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.

yup, Biggles proves it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-09-2012, 16:09:05
Maybe with P-51D/K  ... but against P-51 H ? Me 262 need more luck in air , if gonna be stupid to try dogfight with that very fast ( not only in diving ) and agile Pony  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 05-09-2012, 16:09:10
... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.
yup, Biggles proves it

READ! Best chance... doesn´t mean they could be shot down in other situation for what reason ever, but it was a tactic to attack ME 262s when they landed. Why was that? Because the thing was HARDER to shoot down in air to air combat and that´s where they excelled - at least in shooting down B-17 formations as an interceptor. If you take the  joke "checkmate " literally I can´t help you...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 05-09-2012, 17:09:37
was joking myself
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2012, 17:09:28
... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.
Not exactly..... ME262 was deadly vs bombers...but a P51 still outmanouverd an ME262. And aiming those 4 x30mm cannons at such high speeds was not easy. Also initial acceleration of the ME262 was very slow.

Let us not forget the huge quantity of jet fuel and the not so super well armoured ME..

A smart ME262 dived in, opened fire, and ran for it.

Not to mention the danger of the engines. a ME262 004 engine had an operational lifespan of 20 hours...

Yet you cant deny the impact this thing had.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Operation_Jericho_-_Amiens_Jail_During_Raid_1.jpg/517px-Operation_Jericho_-_Amiens_Jail_During_Raid_1.jpg)
Operation Jericho - Amiens Prison during the raid - picture taken from the accompanying PRU Mosquito (the fuselage & tailwheel of which appears in the top-right of the picture) and also showing one of the attacking Mosquitoes (with bomb-doors open) at the extreme top-left of the picture. The Prison itself is the large, dark building, at the centre-left.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 05-09-2012, 17:09:39
A challenger appears

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/GlosterMeteorMelsbroek.jpg)

Gloster Meteor F Mark III of No. 616 Squadron RAF being services at Melsbroek, Belgium. One of the 20mm guns in the aircraft's nose is being cleaned by an armourer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 05-09-2012, 17:09:38
Didn't the Tommies say that the Me262 was far better than the Gloster Meteor?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2012, 17:09:14
Didn't the Tommies say that the Me262 was far better than the Gloster Meteor?
And this is said where?

ME262 had slightly better speed
ME262 had better high speed acceleration but meteor had better acceleration at lower speeds.
The Meteor had a tigther turn circle then the ME262

Meteor engines have a good life span and reliability, the ME 262 did not. The Meteor was far easier to maintain then the ME262 aswel

ME262 had 4 x 30mm autocannons. the meteor had 4 20mm cannons.
But the ROF and Muzzle velocity of the 30mm was FAR and far lower then the Hispano 20mm cannon. Also ammo capacity was far lower. Recoil was also much heavier. In a dogfight this matters.

Adolf galland, ME262 pilot and meteor tester, said he preferred the ME262. He stated that the best plane would be the ME262 airframe with the Gloster meteor engines.


Its very difficult to say wich plane is better. Its like the ME 109 vs the Spitfire in the battle of britain. It really depended on the skill of the pilot
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GIJordncc1701d on 05-09-2012, 18:09:36
Don't forget that if the Germans had had better materials, the engines would have lasted much longer.

And don't forget about this interesting contraption, the first turboprop! The Trent Meteor!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gloster_Trent-Meteor_EE227.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2012, 18:09:15
Don't forget that if the Germans had had better materials, the engines would have lasted much longer.

This was actually the design itself. All nations with early turbojet engines had this flaw. The amount of jet engines before the gloster meteor  ;D  uncountable

there was one jet engine developed in 1942 that had a lifespan of 1.5 hours  ;D 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 05-09-2012, 19:09:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/540516-1/1938_June_Yellow_River)
KMT Soldier at the Yellow River
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 05-09-2012, 20:09:05
Nice ZB26 on the back. By the way, what is KMT?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2012, 20:09:11
Nice ZB26 on the back. By the way, what is KMT?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMT

Basicly, Capitalist china

wich is now Taiwan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-09-2012, 20:09:30
Actually Theta, more like facist china.  Even Taiwan was a backward, single part dictatorship until Chiang died.  They didn't become a functioning democracy and capitalist country until mid 90's, and experienced incredible economic growth as they became that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2012, 20:09:08
ooh

*shames
 
must trow in a distraction!
Something german biased!
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120513200025/world-war-2/images/b/b8/M30_Drilling%2C_North_Africa.jpg)

a M30 luftwaffe drilling gets handed to a stuka pilot in north africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-09-2012, 00:09:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/710864-1/LWK_FT30_)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-09-2012, 07:09:08
Propably , the best jet fighter of WW2 .
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/1rako6.jpg)
Probably , because there was no hurry with sending another jet in to the battlefield  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-09-2012, 17:09:10
oooh god i love those beauties

saw them at sanicole once! Such Cool aircraft!
(http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/A20Havoc.jpg)

A-20 havocs <3 i LOVE them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVqImhbKAqg&feature=player_embedded#!

bit allied propaganda , yet he is right, the A-20 Havoc, or the boston, Raped the germans in alam halfa  ;D

Everything in this video will allow you to fly the A-20 havoc
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 07-09-2012, 15:09:41
Marina Raskova, foundress of 3 VVS squadrons, the 586 Fighter Aviation Reg., the 125 Guards Bomber Aviation Reg., and most famous of the three: the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Reg., known to the Germans as "die Nachthexen", the Night Witches.

(http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/swp_marina_raskova_350.jpg)

About them:
Quote
The regiment flew in wood and canvas Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes, a 1928 design intended for use as training aircraft and for crop-dusting, and to this day the most-produced biplane in all of aviation history. The planes could carry only two bombs at a time, so multiple missions per night were necessary. Although the aircraft were obsolete and slow, the pilots made daring use of their exceptional maneuverability; they had the advantage of having a maximum speed that was lower than the stall speed of both the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, as a result, the German pilots found them very difficult to shoot down. A stealth technique of the night bombers was to idle the engine near the target and glide to the bomb release point, with only wind noise to reveal their location.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-09-2012, 16:09:33
Good the good old Nähmaschine/ sewing machine. Was called like that by Germans because of the distinct engine sound. 150 km/h max speed. :P We definately need that in FH2.

Russians even had a 14 year old - Arkadi Nikolai Kamanin - the youngest pilot in their airforce fly that thing.

(http://media.englishrussia.com/son_of_a_hero/2.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 01:09:05
(http://leuchtpistole.free.fr/ImagePLFsitu/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-433-0859-13,_Nordafrika.jpg)
Dat drilling!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2012, 11:09:00
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5087/aaa33.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 11:09:03
BASTARD NAZI WAR CRIMINAL!

zhe motherland will make you PAY FOR THIS!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 09-09-2012, 11:09:27
 Awesome photo Seth,


also about the dumbest way to try and kill a chicken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 12:09:07
Captured ppsh  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 12:09:35
Captured ppsh  :P
Yep. Not converted to 9mm tough.

Quite loved by the germans. And the old 7.63×25mm Mauser machines still existed wich allowed for a good supply of ammo for them (7.63×25mm Mauser and 7.62x25 tokarev are practicly interchangable)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 13:09:00
Captured ppsh  :P
Yep. Not converted to 9mm tough.

Quite loved by the germans. And the old 7.63×25mm Mauser machines still existed wich allowed for a good supply of ammo for them (7.63×25mm Mauser and 7.62x25 tokarev are practicly interchangable)
I once read that the converted ppsh's were highly dangerous to use because it usually fatally wounded the user.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 13:09:25
Captured ppsh  :P
Yep. Not converted to 9mm tough.

Quite loved by the germans. And the old 7.63×25mm Mauser machines still existed wich allowed for a good supply of ammo for them (7.63×25mm Mauser and 7.62x25 tokarev are practicly interchangable)
I once read that the converted ppsh's were highly dangerous to use because it usually fatally wounded the user.
And why should that be? The PPSH and PPS had no problems withstanding the 9mm para nor 7.63x25 mauser. It only required a new barrel and magazine adapter
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 13:09:32
Captured ppsh  :P
Yep. Not converted to 9mm tough.

Quite loved by the germans. And the old 7.63×25mm Mauser machines still existed wich allowed for a good supply of ammo for them (7.63×25mm Mauser and 7.62x25 tokarev are practicly interchangable)
I once read that the converted ppsh's were highly dangerous to use because it usually fatally wounded the user.
And why should that be? The PPSH and PPS had no problems withstanding the 9mm para nor 7.63x25 mauser. It only required a new barrel and magazine adapter

Dont remember why, unfortunately. I read it about it a few years ago in a book that I found in a local library so I cant go and check it out again.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-09-2012, 13:09:34
(http://shelftanks.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/jgpz_iv_01.jpg)
Jagdpanzer IV used by Russians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-09-2012, 17:09:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/711618-2/Speermud)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 09-09-2012, 20:09:10
(http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/5/8/6/1/a1397436-55-Turkish%20FW190%202.jpg?d=1184735986)
Turkish FW190
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 20:09:29
Aw yeah! When is this? 1974?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 20:09:56
Aw yeah! When is this? 1974?
anywhere from 1942 till 1949
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 20:09:49
Aw yeah! When is this? 1974?
anywhere from 1942 till 1949

Hmm... I suppose they were considered too old for service and wasnt used anymore?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 20:09:22
Jet fighters my friend
jet fighters


and the lack of spare parts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 20:09:22
Jet fighters my friend
jet fighters


and the lack of spare parts

Yeah, just like the thompson, it was removed from service because other and better things replaced it. It was, uh... how can I say... démodé.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 09-09-2012, 21:09:08
Obsolete, is the word you're looking for. By todays standards Thompsons are heavy and have lots of recoil. And they're probably not the most accurate weapons available. But imagine if they started to make Thompsons with lighter modern-day materials.. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-09-2012, 21:09:12
But imagine if they started to make Thompsons with lighter modern-day materials.. :D

Carbon-fiber grips and light, stainless steel! Yummy!  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 09-09-2012, 21:09:08
Captured ppsh  :P
Yep. Not converted to 9mm tough.

Quite loved by the germans. And the old 7.63×25mm Mauser machines still existed wich allowed for a good supply of ammo for them (7.63×25mm Mauser and 7.62x25 tokarev are practicly interchangable)
I once read that the converted ppsh's were highly dangerous to use because it usually fatally wounded the user.
And why should that be? The PPSH and PPS had no problems withstanding the 9mm para nor 7.63x25 mauser. It only required a new barrel and magazine adapter

Dont remember why, unfortunately. I read it about it a few years ago in a book that I found in a local library so I cant go and check it out again.  :P

Pretty sure it is bunk because I know re-enactors who use converted PPSH weapons and none of them have been so much as injured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-09-2012, 21:09:02
The fuck is this? Some nitting club where you gossip the latest news of the neighbourhood? Pics or gtfo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-09-2012, 23:09:41
(http://www.war44.com/misc/images/6/Russian_Maxim_machine_gun.jpg)

Russian Maxim in action during the continuation war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-09-2012, 01:09:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/711618-2/Speermud)

It is him. It's Albert Speer himself.

(http://www.wiley-vch.de/books/tis/cover_big/0745639186.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-09-2012, 06:09:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/712404-2/________________________+-+1944)

General Wei Lihuang in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 11-09-2012, 12:09:36
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oMNzW4kOLM0/T5nFkyOdLcI/AAAAAAAAHpc/PoNeEF43nu8/s1600/Guard+on+duty+beneath+a+NO+SMOKING+sign+on+Tarawa+during+WWII..jpg)

1944 Tarawa, Gilbert Islands

Source: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/43fdc9f8f4fc30c3.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-09-2012, 13:09:15
i  think that was posted like 10 pages ago
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-09-2012, 17:09:29
We really need more springfields in FH2. I have seen 1944 photos in italy of units still completly armed with springfields and recon units aswel in normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-09-2012, 17:09:42
(http://www.freedom.hu/IIvh/Fegyverek/Olasz/Flotta/Anyahajo/re2001.jpg)

Reggiane Re.2001
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 14-09-2012, 10:09:33
(http://earlyaviators.com/julifin2.jpg)
"The Field-marshal of Abyssinia", former commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force Hubert F. Julian in Finland some time in 1940. He volunteered to fight in the Winter War, but like many others coming from America, he arrived when the war had already ended. He spent some time in Finland and held a rank of captain, and marshal of Abyssinia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-09-2012, 10:09:05
Panzerkampfwagen I Ausführung F
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/tanky/pz1/087x.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 15-09-2012, 13:09:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/552130-4/1021)
Honvéds defending the line.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 15-09-2012, 15:09:29
love the entranched pak-
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 15-09-2012, 16:09:54
This looks like the first shot from this position will probably kick up so much dust and dirt that the guys left and right get knocked out and the rest can´t see anything for 5 minutes :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 15-09-2012, 23:09:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/FinnishTroops_Tornio1944_005.jpg)
Quote
Finnish fireteam near Kemi in October 1944 after Tornio amphid invasion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 15-09-2012, 23:09:09
what rifle is that in the back ?
 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 15-09-2012, 23:09:45
Suomi KP31.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-09-2012, 23:09:12
That's a Suomi smg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 15-09-2012, 23:09:46
I'm quite sure that it's a M/31 "Suomi"

Edit: Well, I'm slow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 16-09-2012, 23:09:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Hegra_Fortress_-_surrender_5_May_1940.jpg)
Quote
The Norwegian garrison surrenders to the germans after the battle at Hegra Fortress 5th of May 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 17-09-2012, 01:09:42
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ww2-ipad-computer-wallpaper-1024-x-1024.jpg)

I have no information on this pic,
Seems like M3 Lee's in Tunisia.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-09-2012, 02:09:21
I think it is a picture from time magazine taken during the excercise at Fort Knox in 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-09-2012, 07:09:15
So ... if theres gonna be a map "Berlin 1945" , do we gonna see that sweet little baby  ;D ?
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/2ngd8ra.jpg)
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2my47eq.jpg)
PzJg I with 7.5 cm StuK 40
I know that is propably repost  ;) , but now I have painting scheme of that beauty  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-09-2012, 16:09:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/527882-1/110)
Magyar(hungarian) Mountain troops in fox holev
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 17-09-2012, 16:09:06
what is that weapon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-09-2012, 19:09:33
Solothurn 31.M Golyoszoro/MG 30
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-09-2012, 19:09:51
Second line MG for Wehrmacht. Used by Waffen SS and axis allies

Many where made before WW2. and the ones that dint got sold to portugal where used in WW2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 17-09-2012, 19:09:24
Panzer I looks like a giant Kettenkrad to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-09-2012, 12:09:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/480967-4/Hung+Paratroops)
Hungarian Paratroopers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 18-09-2012, 13:09:04
What is this big rifle there (the anti-tank rifle I suppose). Looks a bit like a Solothurn S18 to me. Anyone got an idea?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-09-2012, 14:09:28
Thats right its a S18 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 18-09-2012, 14:09:52
"Sometimes I'm even amazed by myself" :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-09-2012, 18:09:27
(http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/images/germanys_gold_2.jpg)
nazi gold in switzerland
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 18-09-2012, 19:09:15
How the fuck did the swiss allow a picture of that? And what happened to it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-09-2012, 20:09:39
How the fuck did the swiss allow a picture of that? And what happened to it?


Swiss bank probably. I know that most were stuck underground never to be brought to daylight when the depot collapsed. Not sure if that happened in Switzerland, maybe Czechosolvakia or somewhere like that..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-09-2012, 01:09:49
Those were the currency reserves of the Reichsbank, stored in a potash mine at the village of Merkers in Thuringia. Besides gold there were also banknotes and art treasure found by the US army in april 1945.

(http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/images/111-SC-204515-l.jpg)

(http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/images/111-SC-204516-l.jpg)

(http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/images/111-SC-204517-l.jpg)

(http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/images/111-SC-203453-5-l.jpg)

(http://www.widdershausen.de/images/merkers_papiergeld_gi.jpg)

(http://www.widdershausen.de/images/merkers_generals_in_the_mine11_niedrig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 19-09-2012, 14:09:44
Hmm I wonder if they took a bar or two for themselves... It's not like they would notice. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 19-09-2012, 14:09:54
I was wondering the same...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-09-2012, 17:09:50
Hmm I wonder if they took a bar or two for themselves... It's not like they would notice. :P

1 or 2? i bet they took all of them


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/703296-2/TulagiJapanese1942)

Officers of the 3rd Kure Special Naval Landing Force, defenders of Tulagi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-09-2012, 17:09:51
How the fuck did the swiss allow a picture of that? And what happened to it?
This was "official" nazi gold stored and some was kept by the swiss bank as by some way they had right of it

but most, if not all, was given out to countries who sufferd because of the nazi's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 19-09-2012, 17:09:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Allies_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate%2C_1945.jpg)

FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY DECORATES RUSSIAN GENERALS AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE IN BERLIN, GERMANY, 12 JULY 1945. The Deputy Supreme Commander in Chief of the Red Army, Marshal G Zhukov, the Commander of the 21st Army Group, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Marshal K Rokossovsky and General Sokolovsky of the Red Army leave the Brandenburg Gate after the ceremony.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 19-09-2012, 17:09:55
The one on the back left  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 19-09-2012, 22:09:48
The one on the back left  ;D

Hahaha, was about to comment PHOTOBOMB! already ;D

Also the British had ridiculous pants
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 19-09-2012, 22:09:12
Officers of the 3rd Kure Special Naval Landing Force, defenders of Tulagi.

Aka Too-laggy island for us FHers. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-09-2012, 23:09:56
What is today on the menu? the DT machine gun! Having a pistol grip and 60 round magazines, these where origenally placed on AFV's. But thousands and thousands got salvaged by retreating Red army troops in 1941 and they where often salvaged the entire war. These MG's could easily be dismantled and ready to be used by troops(bipod was included). This would make a great pick-up kit for FH2

(http://en.valka.cz/attachments/1058/Tankov__gu_omet_DT.jpg)
(http://www.bratishka.ru/archiv/2010/5/images/2010051008.jpg)
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSRFm-17QV0Gz1DyWQQxw-fm0AXrf4VyJz1bZNWZc4K8yVRcZZXFU5ynfsh5w)

http://www.o5m6.de/degtyarev_dt.html

^the AA mounting
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 20-09-2012, 18:09:42
(http://i40.tinypic.com/29lmijc.jpg)
Foliage camo <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-09-2012, 08:09:39
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/688532-1/zb-53+machinegun+team_+Moldova+1944)

Romanian Zb-53 Machinegun Team, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 21-09-2012, 09:09:15
(http://i40.tinypic.com/29lmijc.jpg)
Foliage camo <3

Bunch of Kids.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-09-2012, 22:09:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/44546-7/pfeilkreuzler)
Hungarian arrow cross soldier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 23-09-2012, 16:09:44
(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/infantry-mk-iii-valentine/infantry-mk-iii-valentine-mk-ii-05.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-09-2012, 07:09:26
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/715617-2/JU87-RA-MERC)

An Italian Air Force’s dive bomber “Picchiatello” (Junkers Ju 87 Stuka) pulling out just after a dive attack against an enemy merchant ship likely during a counter mission against a supply’s convoy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-09-2012, 17:09:32
M'Kay ... everyone know that picture from Kursk battles . But anyone wasn't surprised about lenght of that barrel ? ZiS-5 was shorter ... so what a gun is monted on that KV-1 ?
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2ueibt1.jpg)
Some sources speculated about this is a ZiS-2 , 57 mm gun .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-09-2012, 10:09:29
If anyone was wondering , hows in the hell  they put fighters on that wing  ;D
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/so1ket.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 26-09-2012, 11:09:33
Oh, that was in FHSW.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-09-2012, 11:09:12
Oh, that was in FHSW FH 2.

You just weren't around then...  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 26-09-2012, 12:09:25
Oh, that was in FHSW FH 2.

You just weren't around then...  :P

Yeah, I only discovered FH2 about 2 years ago, also when was it in FH2?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-09-2012, 13:09:25
Yeah, I only discovered FH2 about 2 years ago, also when was it in FH2?

Well not officially in FH 2, but WaW organized an event with testing their new maps, and one of them included a flyable version of that. I guess you were around then, but weren't active on the forums...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 26-09-2012, 15:09:27
(http://www.whatbosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/funny_world_war2_pics08.jpg)

A Luftwaffe pig.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 26-09-2012, 16:09:37
So sad its gonna be a meal for the Oberkommando a few months after. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-09-2012, 17:09:09
(http://www.whatbosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/funny_world_war2_pics08.jpg)

A Luftwaffe pig.  ;D

"Ja Hans, das ist gonna be zee nice Schnitzel Wiener Art when it getz some weight"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-09-2012, 07:09:05
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/715953-2/img007b)

German truck driver managed to escape after Soviet Partisans ambushed his vehicle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-09-2012, 12:09:17
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/14uevbt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 27-09-2012, 17:09:18
E-25 photoshop?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 27-09-2012, 17:09:12
But if not ? Who knows ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 28-09-2012, 02:09:05
Yeah, looks photoshopped to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-09-2012, 08:09:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-004-32%2C_Heinkel_He_219_als_Nachtj%C3%A4ger.jpg)

Heinkel He-219 "Uhu", Nachtjäger.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 28-09-2012, 17:09:48
(http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/487528_473680849339082_880354572_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 28-09-2012, 18:09:14
I always thought these rubber tanks would look completely weird but I can see why you cannot tell the difference from air now :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 28-09-2012, 18:09:06
I always thought these rubber tanks would look completely weird but I can see why you cannot tell the difference from air now :)

Depends on by whom / when they were made. The British ones in North Africa generally weren't this detailed (by far), but that was mostly because they were in the field with less resources, and because the desert heat would neglect details anyway. These ones however were made in England and had to completely convince the Germans that there were tons real tanks building up in staging areas far from Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 28-09-2012, 19:09:57
I also heard that the axis made a tank shaped chassis on on Fiat trucks to fool the Brits durin El Alamein.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 28-09-2012, 21:09:40
I think that was the Brits. Disguising tanks as trucks, and trucks as tanks, fooling the Germans and leading the attack to a weak spot to win the battle of El Alamein. I know they did that, and I doubt the Germans used the same tactics, but can't confirm 100 % though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 28-09-2012, 23:09:31
Rommel deployed some motors in the desert to create dustclouds to fool the Allies afaik.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 28-09-2012, 23:09:59
On another interesting note, Brits also used bedouin tents to conceal their tanks and AT gun positions in the desert.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-09-2012, 01:09:52
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/33o5vr9.jpg)
Rubber tanks near the village of Anrath at Düsseldorf, March 1945. Track traces have been created using Halftracks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 29-09-2012, 03:09:40
(http://oi48.tinypicom/33o5vr9.jpg)
Rubber tanks near the village of Anrath at Düsseldorf, March 1945. Track traces have been created using Halftracks.
That's Sun Tzu in action right there!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-09-2012, 08:09:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/586906-4/73571793_japanese_army_soldiers_with_captured_guns_6vbiqsasr1c080o0woo0wkggc_ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4_th)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 29-09-2012, 12:09:50
M'Kay ... everyone know that picture from Kursk battles . But anyone wasn't surprised about lenght of that barrel ? ZiS-5 was shorter ... so what a gun is monted on that KV-1 ?
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2ueibt1.jpg)
Some sources speculated about this is a ZiS-2 , 57 mm gun .

Id rather say 57mm ZiS-4, since that was used on the T-34 too. Maybe some Prototype KV, who knows.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-09-2012, 12:09:16
some KV tanks got indeed equipped with the 57mm zis 4. But these where only a dozen or so
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-09-2012, 09:09:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/708982-1/Ukraina+__Kiev+-+4)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 30-09-2012, 11:09:05
(http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/271154_465666780144138_1389863548_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-09-2012, 12:09:47
Another interesting picture  8)
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/317h9ch.jpg)
Captured Cruiser Mk IV - 1941 , Eastern Front  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 30-09-2012, 13:09:28
(http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/271154_465666780144138_1389863548_n.jpg)
I'm assuming this is Copenhagen but do you have any idea of where the picture is actually taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Viktor2a5 on 30-09-2012, 16:09:12
I'm assuming this is Copenhagen but do you have any idea of where the picture is actually taken?

It's actully in Slagelse, in the western part of Zealand ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 01-10-2012, 12:10:41
(http://imageshack.us/a/img833/8138/1349086972590.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 02-10-2012, 04:10:25
Cruford! Bedsader?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 02-10-2012, 09:10:41
Another interesting picture  8)
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/317h9ch.jpg)
Captured Cruiser Mk IV - 1941 , Eastern Front  ;)

Nice picture!

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/desert-meal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-10-2012, 10:10:34
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/a9kzzq.jpg)
KV-1 tank  armed with prototype gun F-27 .
Maybe there was more tanks with that gun and some , at last one , was used in combat ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-10-2012, 09:10:50
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/stug-iii-assault-gun-wallpaper.jpg)

(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/world-war-2-tank-ipad-wallpaper.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 06-10-2012, 13:10:40
For some reason, knocked out Panzer IVs almost always look totally devastated as opposed to tanks like the Panther, where you'd have to search for a little penetration hole somewhere to know whether it was knocked out or not.

Any particular reason to this or is it just coincidence?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 06-10-2012, 16:10:27
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/Narva-Soviet-Dest-Panther.jpg)

;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-10-2012, 16:10:24
For some reason, knocked out Panzer IVs almost always look totally devastated as opposed to tanks like the Panther, where you'd have to search for a little penetration hole somewhere to know whether it was knocked out or not.

Any particular reason to this or is it just coincidence?

I know what you mean. Not that I know why that is, but I know what you mean :D.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aOIxuxwoGig/Tg2njbIYyvI/AAAAAAAAD0E/jsR95XLDv3s/s1600/VeronicaFoster-RonnieBrenGunGirl-smoke.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-10-2012, 16:10:12
For some reason, knocked out Panzer IVs almost always look totally devastated as opposed to tanks like the Panther, where you'd have to search for a little penetration hole somewhere to know whether it was knocked out or not.

Any particular reason to this or is it just coincidence?
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4700/soustov.c2/0_4d3d2_10951aac_XL.jpg)

On the above, a 57mm penetration made after the battle
for comparision with the 152mm APHE shell that destroyed this panther tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 06-10-2012, 17:10:19
And still, except for the two holes, the rest of the tank remains completely intact.

Yet, with most Panzer IVs that got knocked out it seems like the hull has fallen apart or is broken in two, wheels are blown off, tracks gone and dozens of hatches and schurtzen lying all over the place.

(http://www.scalemodelguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/PZ4G_DAK_Knocked_out.jpg)
Hull is devastated
(http://www.warfoto.com/bh0014%20copy.jpg)
Hull is devastated
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2664/3946020070_152d5909cb_o.jpg)
Heh...

It just seems to be constructed so much poorer than any other tank. Knocked out IVs almost always have their hulls either completely bend or (partially) blown off / apart. As opposed to most other tanks that only show small penetration signs. Except for ammo racked ones ofcourse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-10-2012, 17:10:46
I'd point up to Thor's photo of the Panther.  Also, you're probably seeing that because the Pz4 is less armoured and much more common, IE more chances of being knocked out, and so more chances of exploding :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-10-2012, 20:10:10
Another intact Panther:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Panther_Argentan.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Panther_Argentan.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 06-10-2012, 22:10:12
Wow. Use
Code: [Select]
[img width=760][/img]
Or what ever number of pixels you want it to be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 07-10-2012, 04:10:14
(http://imageshack.us/a/img255/8174/notes0717.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-10-2012, 11:10:46
(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/3990/1695op.jpg)

2 IS2 model 1945's, one T34-85 and a ISU-152 on the rear line during the battle of berlin. Also seen is an artillery tractor and a BR-4 203mm howitzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 07-10-2012, 15:10:01
Marder III M late

(http://www.history.jp/images/MarderIIIM-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-10-2012, 19:10:31
(http://www.wio.ru/galgrnd/mg/mgcrews.jpg)
from http://www.wio.ru/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-10-2012, 00:10:54
Cromwell of the Welsh Guards on ambulance duty.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/711252-2/666666666666666)

Quote
Wounded German soldiers being ferried to an aid post on the hull of a Cromwell tank of 2nd Welsh Guards, 3 September 1944. They were captured after the Guards shot up a German convoy that blundered into their path, 20km from Brussels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-10-2012, 00:10:02
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rLAgeQqWo7w/Tp0x-1YIppI/AAAAAAAAiyw/Cnh7tnICzLQ/s1600/funny_world_war2_pics28%255B1%255D.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 08-10-2012, 06:10:38
Was it "opposite day" or what?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 08-10-2012, 08:10:00
More of a Bring-your-donkey-to-work-day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-10-2012, 18:10:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/717630-2/1_010)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 08-10-2012, 20:10:17
What the fuck is that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-10-2012, 21:10:07
Looks like a german 7tp tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 08-10-2012, 21:10:39
To the NaziMobile!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 08-10-2012, 21:10:43
That looks like what every german tank in WoT would look like, if kids could design the emblems for them selves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 08-10-2012, 21:10:32
Are you sure that tank is German??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-10-2012, 23:10:07
Yep, looks like a 7TP
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-10-2012, 23:10:46
(http://www.wio.ru/galgrnd/mg/mgcrews.jpg)
from http://www.wio.ru/
hungarian troops

Huzagol 41 <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 09-10-2012, 04:10:52
That looks like what every german tank in WoT would look like, if kids could design the emblems for them selves.

And now they can to a degree...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 09-10-2012, 06:10:01
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/462/a211728v6.jpg)

Quote
Corporal S. Kormendy of The Calgary Highlanders, who is wearing a Dennison smock and a camouflaged head scarf, takes a concealed firing position in a cornfield. Kapellen, Belgium, 6 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 09-10-2012, 17:10:54
To the NaziMobile!!!
Best comment on the pic  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-10-2012, 18:10:47
To the NaziMobile!!!
Best comment on the pic  ;D

Hehe, thanks  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2012, 19:10:07
(http://www.wio.ru/galgrnd/mg/mgcrews.jpg)
from http://www.wio.ru/
hungarian troops

Huzagol 41 <3

Soviet ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2012, 19:10:50
(http://www.wio.ru/galgrnd/mg/mgcrews.jpg)
from http://www.wio.ru/
hungarian troops

Huzagol 41 <3

Soviet ...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/35M_rifle%2C_illustration.jpg)
Take a close look at the rifles my friend
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2012, 20:10:36
Soviet or Yugoslavian.  That's a M38 mosin carbine.  The hat on the MG gunner tends to make me think Yugoslavian partisan though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2012, 21:10:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Mosin_Nagant_M38.jpg)
Yougoslavian indeed. They used a lot of italian weapons
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2012, 21:10:36
please forgive me..........
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-10-2012, 23:10:58
please forgive me..........

You may now offer sacrifice and tribute, that me and seth shall forgive your transgressions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-10-2012, 01:10:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/634473-2/halder)

Generaloberst Franz Halder
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 10-10-2012, 01:10:08
(http://dickiebo.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/funny_world_war2_12.jpg)

Laying down on the job.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-10-2012, 01:10:34
V.I.P. day?

(http://oi48.tinypic.com/igf6g1.jpg)
Left to right: Miklós Horthy (Hungarian Head of State), Joachim von Ribbentrop (German Foreign Minister), Wilhelm Keitel (Generalfeldmarschall, O.K.W.), Martin Bormann (party executive).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 10-10-2012, 07:10:50
Russian parade in Berlin:

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Berl-vict-parad-Sep45.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-10-2012, 11:10:08
... and after parade , all that tanks was returned to factories for repairs  ;D . IS-3 , the worst heavy tank ever  8) .
(http://valkiria.net/uploads/pic/historia/wwii/uzb/rustanks/is3/is3_1.jpg)

Between 1945 and 1947, the Chelyabinsk Kirov Factory No. 185 built 2,311 IS-3 tanks. While IS-3 tanks were touted as the best in the world by the Soviets, and were paraded at every chance, the fact of the matter is that they were mechanically unreliable. While Western analysts raved about the ballistic shape of the turret and the seemingly invulnerable glacis, in reality the crew worked under cramped and dark conditions. Due to flexing and cracking of the hull welds and road wheel bearings that burned out all too soon, the IS-3 did not meet minimum Soviet operational standards for reliability.

Consequently, the Soviets found themselves in the embarrassing situation of tanks rolling off the production line in Chelyabinsk onto trains to go to the factory in Leningrad for correction of their defects. Even in 1946 a committee was formed to fix the problems of what had become the flagship Soviet tank, and to prevent Western intelligence agencies from finding out how bad the tank really was. As a result, the IS-3 began a nearly continual cycle of upgrades and repairs, with every single tank receiving three major rebuilds and upgrades between 1948 and 1959 .

Militarily the IS-3 offered little more than propaganda value, as it was an embarrassment and seldom offered to Soviet allies. Poland held trials with two tanks and rejected them; later the Czechs got one and kept it for parades after it failed their trials. It was only in the 1960s that approximately 100 tanks were sold to North Korea, a small lot to China, and 120 to the Egyptians. While the Russians used the IS-3 in Hungary in 1956, losing a few to the rebels, the only real combat use of the tank came at the hands of the Egyptians in 1967. Here they were so poorly handled that, coupled with the tank’s intrinsic failings, 73 were lost. The remaining tanks were regrouped into a single regiment, which formed a deep reserve unit during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

The Soviets quietly converted most of those that did not serve as “hard” targets on ranges into pillboxes along the Chinese border in the 1970s and 1980s, and some still remain in service there today with machine gun artillery units in the Fortified Regions

Source: Red star, white elephant? by Chief Warrant Officer 2 (Retired) Stephen L. “Cookie” Sewell. Armor, 2002
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-10-2012, 11:10:38
There is an IS 3 on display in Brussels, really gives a powerful impression hen you see it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-10-2012, 00:10:26
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/i2qamt.jpg)
Kurfürstenstraße between Keithstraße and Nettelbeckstraße, female red cross assistant, 2 air raid wardens, Berlin 1943/44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-10-2012, 02:10:37
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee380/ASYLUM_thirteen/FuG217JNeptun.png)

Me 109G-14AS w/ Neptun FuG217J
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-10-2012, 02:10:00
I spy rejected helmets! :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 11-10-2012, 16:10:03
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/WaffenSS-pass-Russ-cars.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 11-10-2012, 23:10:08
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6iysxqUiN1qk6uvyo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-10-2012, 00:10:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/715026-2/Romanian+Bf+109E-3+Stalingrad)

Quote
A Bf 109E-3 of GrupuI 7 Vânătoare prepares for take-off from Karpovka West airfield, Stalingrad, in November 1942. 'Yellow 45' (Wk-Nr. 2731) survived the Soviet encirclement in late November, when 12 of the group's Emils were abandoned. Note the girl's name Ileana painted on the engine cowling, 'Yellow 45' soldiered on with Gr. 5 Vân. in the coastal patrol role over the western shores of the Black Sea.
The Red Army's winter offensive began in the sector held by the Romanian 3rd and 4th Armies on 19 and 20 November 1942, respectively. This shifted the focus of air operations to ground support for troops cut off from the rear and cover for transport aircraft supplying the encircled units. In the days following the Soviet onslaught, Grupul 7 Vânătoare also found itself cut off. Once the seriousness of the situation was realized, personnel at Karpovka prepared for defense, and the airfield's few flak guns were organized in an artillery role, their primary job being to protect the aircraft. This was done just in time, for at dusk on 22 November, the first Red Army reconnaissance vehicle appeared on the horizon and was quickly knocked out by the flak guns.
Before dawn the next day Soviet tanks arrived in strength. Romanian deliberations on how to meet this threat were cut short by the tanks firing across the airfield. For the airmen, there was only one solution - take to the air, regardless of the attacks and the darkness. Accordingly, all 16 airworthy Bf 109Es were hastily prepared for a night take-off for which their pilots were not trained. Radio equipment and armour was stripped from each fighter to make room for a passenger - either a pilot whose aircraft was unserviceable or a ground-crewman.
As soon as the aircraft engines were started, the Russian tanks headed for the airfield,. The first Messerschmitt attempting to take-off suffered a direct hit and crashed in flames. Then two other fighters collided while taking off in the darkness. Both were set on fire. But the flames helped the other pilots see the makeshift runway and they were able to get airborne. All remaining aircraft were able to escape the hell of Karpovka, as well as the nearby airfields not yet overrun by the Soviets. But the crews of the Rumanian flak guns stayed to fight, and most were killed or captured. Twelve Bf 109Es were left behind to fall into Soviet hands, together with large quantities of ammunition, fuel and other materiel.
The Rumanian retreat continued well into the New Year, with fighter pilots continuing to evacuate one airfield after the other, IAR 80/81-equipped Grupul 6 and 8 were finally withdrawn to Romania in mid-January 1943. By then, their pilots had claimed 26 kills, plus 15 confirmed and two unconfirmed victories, in 33 aerial battles. Some 14 aircraft were in turn lost in combat, together with 11 in accidents and six captured.
Thanks to an infusion of replacement aircraft from German stocks, Grupul 7 Vânătoare soldiered on alongside the few surviving He 111 Hs at Stalino - this ad hoc group comprised ten Bf 109Es and six He 111Hs. After limited activity with its few serviceable aircraft, this last ARR unit was ordered back to Romania in mid-February. By the time of the final withdrawal, Messerschmitt pilots had claimed nine Yak- 1s, two Hurricanes and one 'Curtiss' shot down, plus three enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground. Gr. 7 Vân. lost 22 Bf 109Es either in combat, in accidents or just abandoned during the retreat.
The top ace of the Stalingrad campaign in respect to overall claims was Adj. Av. Teodor Zabava of Grupul 8 Vânătoare with six victories. His score comprised three Yaks confirmed as destroyed in aerial combat, plus another Yak and a MiG unconfirmed and a fifth Yak shared with Adj. Av. Marian Dumitrascu. But it was Cpt. Av. Emil Droc (a former IAR test pilot who volunteered for service with Gupul 6 Vânătoare) who had the most confirmed kills - two Yaks and two MiGs, plus an unconfirmed ground victory. (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces - 54 - Romanian Aces of World War 2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-10-2012, 01:10:43
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbn7zfalUm1qd66yno6_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-10-2012, 06:10:04
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/715872-2/GERMAN-PILOT-PARA)

The pilot of a German aircraft, shot down while attacking an ammunition dump in the Anzio bridgehead, descends by parachute, 21 March 1944. Certainly the Luftwaffe’s pilot was taken POW. A British Army’s Humber Mk III light reconnaissance car can be seen in the foreground.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 13-10-2012, 10:10:28
Nice armoured car!  :o I feel like going to the Suggestions section..... ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-10-2012, 10:10:08
We still don't have Daimler and AEC AC in Africa or Normandy and You think , there gonna be some other armored car ? >:(
(http://www66.tok2.com/home2/tankguy/brussel/daimler2ac/daimler2ac-02.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-10-2012, 10:10:14
You think , there gonna be some other armored car ? >:(


 :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 13-10-2012, 10:10:43
Why dont we have both?
.
.
.
.
.
.

*cheers and claps*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-10-2012, 10:10:40
Cause there is no need for them :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 13-10-2012, 10:10:55
Aww... I just wanted to play with an armoured car which looks like rolls-royce..




  :-[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-10-2012, 11:10:43
Cause there is no need for them :D
there is no need for the humber? Staghound?

but we surely need the super rare Puma of only 100 units built!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-10-2012, 11:10:12
French tanks in Italy, 1944:

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/326/frenchinital44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 13-10-2012, 11:10:33
I always thought they left out those big white stars later in the war because they made up a pretty good target.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-10-2012, 12:10:26
I never understood why it seemed common practice for all armies to paint what are effectively targets on their tanks. A lot of Finnish tanks in winter camo were painted white and off-grey, yet had a giant, vivid, electric blue swastika on the turret. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but then again maybe a tank is so conspicuous and difficult to hide generally, it didn't make much difference.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-10-2012, 12:10:25
I didnt know tanks were part of the Finnish airforce.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-10-2012, 12:10:11
Old Russian tanks where thrown back with catapults.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 13-10-2012, 13:10:37
but we surely need the super rare Puma of only 100 units built!

Sure cause Germans a fubar awesome, they get everything.  8)

Something you have to deal with if a Dev Team contains many Germanskis. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-10-2012, 13:10:24

but we surely need the super rare Puma of only 100 units built!
And they served as the recon vehicle for the armoured units in (the small area of) Normandy, making them much more common than some Allied vehicles in (the very large area of) northern Africa.

I never understood why it seemed common practice for all armies to paint what are effectively targets on their tanks. A lot of Finnish tanks in winter camo were painted white and off-grey, yet had a giant, vivid, electric blue swastika on the turret. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but then again maybe a tank is so conspicuous and difficult to hide generally, it didn't make much difference.
Well maybe because that never happened? What the hell are you talking about?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-10-2012, 13:10:27

but we surely need the super rare Puma of only 100 units built!
And they served as the recon vehicle for the armoured units in (the small area of) Normandy, making them much more common than some Allied vehicles in (the very large area of) northern Africa.

I have given plenty of examples of British armoured cars used in both NA as Normandy. The humber was for example used in both NA as with the 11th hussars on Villers bocage, with the 23rd hussars at Operation goodwood
the same goes with the Daimler MKI. Also used in the above engagements
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-10-2012, 13:10:48
Yeah it would be nice to have British armored cars on say Villers Bocage, but if noone is making them, noone gets to play them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-10-2012, 15:10:48
Swastikas being painted on Finnish tanks never happened? I'd say it's harder to find a picture of a Finnish tank that doesn't have one painted on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-10-2012, 15:10:24
Swastikas being painted on Finnish tanks never happened? I'd say it's harder to find a picture of a Finnish tank that doesn't have one painted on.

Point being that the blue swastikas on tanks were part of an armored squad within the first division during the beginning of the continuation war. What were painted on armored vehicles by standard was the black swastika with white borders (different to nazi swastika). So saying that Finns painted blue swastikas on their tanks is both right and wrong. Right because they DID paint blue swastikas on SOME of their vehicles, but wrong because that number of vehicles was very low, so infact the swastika painted was the black'n white one in majority of the vehicles.

However, blue swastikas (more similar to the nazi swastika) were painted on the planes of the Finnish airforce.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 13-10-2012, 15:10:40
I came here to see pictures. All i found was a side full of discussion. I hope you are glad now, you made Butcher sad. Two pictures to compensate the lack of images on this side (the 2nd one is postwar but related to ww2 for obvious reasons).

(http://www.nedhardy.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2012/february/funny_ww2_photos/funny_ww2_photos_6.jpg)
(http://i30.tinypic.com/68xbm9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kwiot on 13-10-2012, 15:10:32
I don't know if somebody has posted it already, but the replica of Polish bomber "Łoś" was finally made:

(http://redir.atmcdn.pl/scale/o2/tvn/web-content/m/p1/i/b3ba8f1bee1238a2f37603d90b58898d/3dcdbed2-0a2f-11e2-b47e-0025b511226e.jpg?type=1&quality=90&srcmode=4&srcx=0/1&srcy=0/1&srcw=972&srch=2000&dstw=972&dsth=2000)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 13-10-2012, 15:10:56
It's Glorious!  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 13-10-2012, 16:10:28
Swastikas being painted on Finnish tanks never happened? I'd say it's harder to find a picture of a Finnish tank that doesn't have one painted on.
Please try to find even one picture of a Finnish tank in a white camo with huge blue swastikas on it.

Spoiler: You can't.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 13-10-2012, 22:10:36
FJs of the 5th Regiment in Tunisia
(http://imageshack.us/a/img829/2313/19dcea15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-10-2012, 22:10:20
Also, the reason for those markings was identification.  It was important to not shoot your own tank, or, for your airfoce to do so.  The Germans also commonly put national flags on their engine decks or on top of the turrets to ID them to friendly air forces.  This would be especially important when allied nation's air forces were operating in the area, or in low-sight conditions.

And yeah, no giant blue swastikas on finnish vehicles.  They were black with a white outline.

Also, that PzL Łoś is fucking awesome :O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-10-2012, 00:10:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/703662-2/Leningrad-Nowgorod_1941_5_001)

A Stuka during the Battle of Leningrad, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-10-2012, 00:10:41
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/vill-boc-trucks.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-10-2012, 06:10:00
(http://imageshack.us/a/img543/1225/panzersturmbellissimo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 14-10-2012, 09:10:19
^ Is this a Brummbär?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 14-10-2012, 10:10:27
"StuIG 33 B" I believe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-10-2012, 10:10:27
Correct!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm-Infanteriegesch%C3%BCtz_33B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm-Infanteriegesch%C3%BCtz_33B)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 14-10-2012, 12:10:29
What is the difference between those two? Only the chassis?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-10-2012, 12:10:03
What is the difference between those two? Only the chassis?
The Stug 33 used the PZIII chassis. the Brummbar used the PZIV chassis. The cannon (Stuh 42) was also better adopted for AFV use then the standard SIG 33 infantry gun used on the Stug 33
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 14-10-2012, 17:10:47
Thank you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-10-2012, 04:10:34
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Stalin-fact.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2012, 06:10:30
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/719403-2/img011)

General Walther Nehring, Commander of the 1.Panzerarmee in Lauban/Silesia, early March 1945.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-10-2012, 20:10:25
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Stalin-fact.jpg)
Okay tovaritischi. I have worked 3 days on dis plan

Stage  1. Move into tank into position
Stage 2. Aim huge ASS GUN at suukas!
Stage 3..Vodka?
stage 4. VICTORY
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 16-10-2012, 01:10:55
I guess with their smaller hands women could clean the corners of the tanks interior better, resulting in cleaner tanks. Also combat efficiency in tanks where women and men fought together sunk drastically, because the men weren´t relaxed for they had to hold in their farts.
This one was amazing +1, it was aimed at both men AND woman!

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Stalin-fact.jpg)
Okay tovaritischi. I have worked 3 days on dis plan

Stage  1. Move into tank into position
Stage 2. Aim huge ASS GUN at suukas!
Stage 3..Vodka?
stage 4. VICTORY

This one was not
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-10-2012, 01:10:13
Yeah seriously, Theta, please don't try to be funny in my presence anymore.
You're so unfunny, if you dressed up as a clown to cheer up a children's cancer ward, the little bald kids would catch AIDS too. Everytime you make a joke, milk actually shoots back up my nose. If humour was a discipline at the paralympics you would be the only one leaving the field without a hug.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-10-2012, 01:10:25
(http://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/artillerie/breda20-65/7%27.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-10-2012, 03:10:13
Ah Theta, he loves Italian stuff as much as i do.. he's a good guy.... unlike this two guys:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Ante_Paveli%C4%87_und_Joachim_von_Ribbentrop_.jpg)

Ante Pavelić and Joachim von Ribbentrop in 1941. Ante Pavelić was a Croatian Fascist and Politician. He ruled the Independent State of Croatia from 1941 to 1945. Under his regime, Between 172,000 and 290,000 Serbs, 31,000 of the 40,000 Jews and almost all of the 25,000—40,000 Roma were killed by Pavelić and the Ustaše. He fled to Austria with the remaining of his Regime to surrender to the British, he was trying not to surrender to the rebel forces chasing him.

After the war, Pavelić disguised himself as a Peruvian Priest and lived for a short time in Italy where he was given shelter by the Vatican.

After avoiding capture in Italy, he fled to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There, he worked as a security advisor for Peron under a fake name. In the 16th anniversary of the creation of the Independent State of Croatia, he was shot in the back in El Palomar. When he was in the hospital, his real identity was revealed. After Peron's fall, he fled to Santiago, Chile. He spent about 4 months there before leaving to Spain (Some people thought he fled to Paraguay and helped Alfredo Stroessner). He lived a low-profile life, probably because the Spanish Government wanted so. He wanted to reestablish the Independent State of Croatia however, he died on December 28, 1959 at the age of 70, buried in the San Isidro Cemetery, Madrid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 16-10-2012, 05:10:47
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyqieOhku1qbwvhpo1_500.jpg)

Sgt William Furia of Philadelphia, PA, wears a piece of a fancy lace curtain for a helmet cover. Starting as a joke, the lace decoration has proven practical as snow-camouflage cover in Luxembourg” - The Windsor Daily Star - Feb 9, 1945






Devs, you know what to do.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 16-10-2012, 06:10:36
(http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/536/11panzerfaust_schreck.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-10-2012, 02:10:16
(http://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/automitrailleuses/as42sahariana/3%27.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 17-10-2012, 06:10:13
Is that a sahariana?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-10-2012, 06:10:10
With a 47mm on it :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 17-10-2012, 09:10:15
And enough Jerry Cans to cross the desert (don't know the fuel consumption though).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 17-10-2012, 09:10:48
I want it! The Italians need a counterpart for the AEC Deacon (I know it was removed, I hopeit gets fixed and back in the mod ASAP)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-10-2012, 17:10:04
I want it! The Italians need a counterpart for the AEC Deacon (I know it was removed, I hopeit gets fixed and back in the mod ASAP)
Seconded!


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hu/b/b4/Sahariana-AS42.jpg)

UND where is the autoblinda?????
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-10-2012, 18:10:21
Screw that ... when Im gonna see a Pz IV L/70 with schurtzens and armed with bow MG42 ?
(http://demo-pro.ucoz.ru/_pu/2/18042966.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-10-2012, 18:10:12
we have tonnes of german vehicles...We have critical italian vehicles missing and allied SP artillery
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 17-10-2012, 19:10:59
But it has Schürzen!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 17-10-2012, 19:10:40
"Why dont we have both?"

But seriously, we need MOAR ITALIAN VEHICLES!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-10-2012, 21:10:34
But it has Schürzen!
WHAT? WHY DINT YOU SAY SO!!!!!!!




(http://nono06.hautetfort.com/images/medium_zb_37_et_suomi_ss.2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-10-2012, 21:10:14
But it has Schürzen!

http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/imagesfh2/vehicles/SdKfz%20162%20Jagdpanzer%20IV/big.jpg 

So , where do you see some schurzens here on Pz IV L/70 ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 17-10-2012, 23:10:39
I meant the thing on your picture, Paythoss. Theta0 said there is some allied stuff missing and I was making fun that the thing you showed has schürzen, thus making it a priority. Hoho, funny!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-10-2012, 23:10:16
and then i said=shut up and take my reichsmarks!


we got enough german tanks. We really need dem italian semovente's and autoblindas. Those autoblindas could mean a bunch on Keren
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 17-10-2012, 23:10:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/391685-4/DZW-RC_572_2%23)
Soviet workers defending Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 17-10-2012, 23:10:47
Good example of Luftwaffe tropical tunics.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img690/5079/fjpio1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-10-2012, 00:10:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/658302-3/dd88d1ed60b276a5e4643723549b3b31_2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-10-2012, 00:10:24
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=29094&sid=dd7341c4e2f0852699eec5f0910764b5)
43M Lehel armoured troop transporter
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 18-10-2012, 07:10:54
(http://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/artillerie/breda20-65/7%27.JPG)

It's not fair, they have more than 12 rounds  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 18-10-2012, 18:10:54
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/Matilda-BirHacheim42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 19-10-2012, 02:10:45
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/italy/autocannone_saharina_corta75-27/autocannone_da75-27_spa37_1.jpg)
autocannone da75/27
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-10-2012, 03:10:19
Waits for VM to explode.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img841/9845/hodgepodge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-10-2012, 03:10:33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI27fEkKf3M
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 20-10-2012, 10:10:47
Italian flamethrowerzzzzz! Seriously, if we gonna have it for the Americans, we should have Axis counterparts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 20-10-2012, 13:10:57
You daily come up with counterparts as argument for implementing pretty much everything that was in WW2 while there is lowest possible priority for that in the mod, don't you ?

Also:

(http://classic-mopeds.crazy-box-berlin.de/zundapp/zundapp-ks600ostfront.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-10-2012, 17:10:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/718551-2/A20-47-OVER-CLOUDS)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-10-2012, 17:10:53
I...I finally did it.

I found the Normandy-camoed Panzer 1C in 1944.

Well, a photo of one of the 37 that were used anyways.


Embrace and enjoy it's splendor:

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4449/normandiawh5.jpg)



It was armed with a MG34 and a EW141, a special made, recoil operated gun firing PzB39 7.92mm bullets.  It was semi auto, and was capable of penetrating a wopping 26mm of armour at 100 yards (against vertical plate).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 20-10-2012, 17:10:27
Looks like the Eastern Germany tanks for the children which they used on parades.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 21-10-2012, 12:10:44
(http://files.myopera.com/eyeswideshut/wwII/eyeswideshut_wwii_part_17_007.jpg)
Low flying C-47 transport planes roar overhead as they carry supplies to the besieged American Forces battling the Germans at Bastogne, during the enemy breakthrough on January 6, 1945 in Belgium

(http://files.myopera.com/eyeswideshut/wwII/eyeswideshut_wwii_part_17_019.jpg)
Flak bursts through the vapor trails from B-17 flying fortresses of the 15th air force during the attack on the rail yards at Graz, Austria, on March 3, 1945.

(http://files.myopera.com/eyeswideshut/wwII/eyeswideshut_wwii_part_17_018.jpg)
This combination of three photographs shows the reaction of a 16-year old German soldier after he was captured by U.S. forces, at an unknown location in Germany, in 1945.

From this URL, it has some really interesting photos:
http://my.opera.com/eyeswideshut/blog/?tag=WW%20II&startidx=3&nodaylimit=1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-10-2012, 17:10:36
EDIT: Knew it looked familiar.. haven't seen SPR in a long time. New photo, then:

(http://imageshack.us/a/img820/1412/nijmegen6pdroct44.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 21-10-2012, 19:10:51
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-494-3376-08A%2C_Villers-Bocage%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Panzer_IV_und_VI.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 21-10-2012, 21:10:15
That pic shows quite well why would allies sometimes thing panzer 4 was tiger  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-10-2012, 23:10:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-066-11A%2C_Berlin%2C_Trauerfeier_f%C3%BCr_Ernst_Udet.jpg)

Galland (front honour guard, left) at Ernst Udet's funeral. The building is the Air Ministry, Berlin 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 22-10-2012, 02:10:59
Okinawa:

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Okinawa-bogged.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 23-10-2012, 04:10:08
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Kingtiger-with-panther-gun-EastGerMar45.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 23-10-2012, 14:10:55
(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Chronology/1941/10/pictures/WW2-Chronology-406-px800.jpg)

Quote
Panzers break through 'Vyazma Defence Line'. 6 Russian armies encircled
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 24-10-2012, 02:10:27
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Kingtiger-with-panther-gun-EastGerMar45.jpg)

Is that me, or the angle of the picture, but the gun seems pretty small for an 8.8/71  ?  By looking at the lenght of the gun it looks more like a 8.8/56
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-10-2012, 03:10:39
Tis probably the angle. :P

(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2162/53084632482081758282622.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 24-10-2012, 03:10:18
(pic)[/img]

Is that me, or the angle of the picture, but the gun seems pretty small for an 8.8/71  ?  By looking at the lenght of the gun it looks more like a 8.8/56

The caption when I saved that photo (and the url) says it's a King Tiger with a Panther's gun, but it looks more like a Panzer IV's gun to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-10-2012, 03:10:36
Vlasov's troops.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0301-503%2C_General_Wlassow_mit_Soldaten_der_ROA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-10-2012, 17:10:24
"Anyway, Zhat is how i lost my commanding license"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 24-10-2012, 19:10:10
I knew the Vehicle was allready in this Thread, but i´m not sure if this foto was.

(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Reference/sumsumadadda.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-10-2012, 20:10:11
Is that some kind of armoured tractor?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 24-10-2012, 20:10:33
I believe it is a "mine panzer" used to clear minefields.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-10-2012, 20:10:25
So it goes right over mines and has a very thick armour that doesnt get damaged in an explosion?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-10-2012, 20:10:31
Pretty much yes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-10-2012, 20:10:07
Hmm, interesting. I suppose its early war, something like this looks kinda old compared to WW2 vehicles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-10-2012, 21:10:54
Mid war, prototype was made in 1942.  It was rejected though, as too vulnerable to enemy fire, and the prototype eventually ended up in the Kublinka museum.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-10-2012, 22:10:28
Knew this wouldnt get an active role in warfare, maybe this belongs to the FH2SW Minimod thread  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 24-10-2012, 22:10:35
Silly Germans and their ideas...

(http://imageshack.us/a/img21/5498/sh24v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-10-2012, 22:10:18
Minesweeper tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 24-10-2012, 23:10:51
Yes. A so called Sherman "Crab".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 24-10-2012, 23:10:15
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8500/sdkfz300borgward.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-10-2012, 00:10:16
(pic)[/img]

Is that me, or the angle of the picture, but the gun seems pretty small for an 8.8/71  ?  By looking at the lenght of the gun it looks more like a 8.8/56

The caption when I saved that photo (and the url) says it's a King Tiger with a Panther's gun, but it looks more like a Panzer IV's gun to me.

If it is a panther gun, it is a 7,5cm. Probably a L/71 or L/48. It looks just very short.

(http://oi50.tinypic.com/25rmm4n.jpg)
B-17 Flying Fortress during an air raid on Berlin, June 1944. Looks like the crew in the focus wanted to get rid of their load quickly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 25-10-2012, 00:10:02
Since minesweepers seem to be all the rage today..

http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/files/BEMIL115/upload/2008/01/PT%20-%2034%20mineroller.jpg (http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/files/BEMIL115/upload/2008/01/PT%20-%2034%20mineroller.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 25-10-2012, 11:10:54
(http://wwiimodeller.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Ju87-In-A-Ditch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 25-10-2012, 13:10:35
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/T26-flowers-near-Stalingrad.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 25-10-2012, 17:10:21
^ Was that painted by van Gogh?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-10-2012, 01:10:38
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/20igpqf.jpg)
German soldiers arrive on the danish island of Samsø on May 15th, 1940. The truck behind them is jam-packed with their equipment and supplies. It takes about a dozen of soldiers to occupy the island with its 6000 inhabitants. Occupation lasts until the end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 26-10-2012, 02:10:03
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_2/s_w08_3b45301u.jpg)

Two tanks of the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division cross the Bzura River
during the German invasion of Poland in September of 1939. The Battle of Bzura,
the largest of the entire campaign, lasted more than a week, ending with the
German forces capturing most of western Poland.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-10-2012, 09:10:49
Valentine Mk IX tank from Poland , yesterday digged up from river Warta  in "mint" condition   8)
(http://d.naszemiasto.pl/k/r/68/c1/50897dc068878_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 26-10-2012, 10:10:53
^ Was that painted by van Gogh?  :P

Couldn't be. The detail is too sharp and it doesn't make me want to kill myself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 26-10-2012, 21:10:22
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7152/54629104e98766bblarge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2012, 21:10:57
That is a picture of a shitload of TNT blowing up a tiger tank in Tunisia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 26-10-2012, 21:10:23
But where is the tiger?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 26-10-2012, 22:10:08
It's Everywhere
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2012, 22:10:26
Yeah, everywhere, here you have 2 after explosions and 1 before explotion picture.

(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2403/91395093qa3.jpg)

(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8515/92406634vj4.jpg)

(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1703/38918814db7.jpg)

Link for the series of pictures.
http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=131161
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 26-10-2012, 22:10:44
why would they blow it up?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-10-2012, 22:10:06
Bored and a surplus of explosives? No idea to be honest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-10-2012, 22:10:25
Perhaps it was the only way to remove the hull off the road during that certain point of time, maybe they didnt have time nor equipment to pull/push it off, maybe they were in a rush to get it off the road as fast as possible to get their own vehicles moving again.

I dunno, could be that they feared that germans would somehow recapture the vehicle(s) or something. Could be anything.

Helluva good pictures though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 26-10-2012, 22:10:03
Perhaps it was the only way to remove the hull off the road during that certain point of time, maybe they didnt have time nor equipment to pull/push it off, maybe they were in a rush to get it off the road as fast as possible to get their own vehicles moving again.

I dunno, could be that they feared that germans would somehow recapture the vehicle(s) or something. Could be anything.

Helluva good pictures though.

dude... look at the crater  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-10-2012, 22:10:12
What crater?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 27-10-2012, 16:10:19
What crater?

look between the 2 soldiers, the road is totaly destroyed
(http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2403/91395093qa3.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-10-2012, 16:10:23
Looks like the crater is on the side of the road, besides, its not like you cant fill a hole...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 27-10-2012, 16:10:20
Hmm I wonder why the devs who made Sherman and Lee skins for Tunis didn't make them more dusty like on those pictures... Would look much better than the fresh factory made look we have now...

EDIT: Apparently there's dust on the Lee but on the Sherman or Stuart it's not that visible...

Also wtf is that

(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/8526/35828377vl6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 27-10-2012, 18:10:00
M31 Tank recovery vehicle. Basically a Lee with a dummy 75mm and the 37mm removed. Think of it as a Bergepanzer, american style.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 27-10-2012, 20:10:42
Why dummy gun ???.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 27-10-2012, 20:10:29
No idea, no room for ammo, or no point in having a gun, since it's not meant for fighting anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-10-2012, 01:10:16
Mostly so that it doesn't look like it's defenseless.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 28-10-2012, 08:10:00
(http://media.englishrussia.com/112012/soviettanks4/abandonedsoviettansk003-55.gif)

More info unknown I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-10-2012, 08:10:13
Nightfighting is Russia, winter 43/44? Just a wild guess here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-10-2012, 21:10:59
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6FIlexpsE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 29-10-2012, 17:10:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Ghetto_Uprising_Warsaw2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 30-10-2012, 05:10:18
Nicely camo'd StuG.

(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/746/stugcamo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 30-10-2012, 05:10:20
good lord, if you could camo your tank like that in FH2 I wouldn't make it 2 feet before being shot in the face

makes me appreciate the brass set of balls tankers had knowing that was out there waiting for them
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-10-2012, 05:10:16
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/723417-2/01300000347970123523657671035_003)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 30-10-2012, 06:10:54
good lord, if you could camo your tank like that in FH2 I wouldn't make it 2 feet before being shot in the face

makes me appreciate the brass set of balls tankers had knowing that was out there waiting for them

Good call, I hadn't even considered that part of the equation. You may be familiar with the Axis History forum, but I found the pic of that StuG in this thread dedicated to nicely camouflaged vehicles (http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=43315), which may interest you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 31-10-2012, 00:10:56
First aid in France

(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/080/1/1/first_aid_to_wounded_soldier_by_wolfenkrieger-d4th4nw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-10-2012, 05:10:15
Never knew about this one:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Imre_Kemeri_Nagy_and_Oscar_Enckell.png)

Quote
The group was led by Captain Imre Kémeri Nagy. Seeing him off was Lieutenant General Oscar Enckell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Volunteers_in_the_Winter_War
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 31-10-2012, 06:10:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-189-1250-10,_Russland-S%C3%BCd,_Soldat_mit_Panzerb%C3%BCchse.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 01-11-2012, 06:11:38
(http://img66.xooimage.com/files/0/5/4/somua-n-10-2e54dd3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-11-2012, 13:11:29
(http://www.bildites.lv/images/bhtplg5niw48ogg1mos.jpg)

Whoever guesses this gets one can of sauerkraut
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 01-11-2012, 14:11:30
A Vickers with a French gun on it, probably a 75 or a light howitzer.

Wo ist mein Sauerkraut

edit: pic's a repost
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-11-2012, 04:11:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Kalamas1939.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-11-2012, 04:11:32
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/724021-2/o20125318523914f461a77e615b)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 02-11-2012, 05:11:44
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/49_RTR_Matilda_tank_Dover_Oct_1941_IWM_H_14960.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-11-2012, 10:11:06
A Vickers with a French gun on it, probably a 75 or a light howitzer.

Wo ist mein Sauerkraut

edit: pic's a repost
no sauerkraut for you, is not a 75mm french gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 02-11-2012, 15:11:24
A Vickers with a French gun on it, probably a 75 or a light howitzer.

Wo ist mein Sauerkraut

edit: pic's a repost
no sauerkraut for you, is not a 75mm french gun

10.5 cm leFH 16 Geschützwagen MkVI(e). Its a Vickers, but with a bigger gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-11-2012, 15:11:41
Now you are right Korsakov :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 02-11-2012, 21:11:25
December 23, 1941. Japanese bombing of Rangoon, Burma.
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3524/5679176558db92c50263z.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 03-11-2012, 09:11:37
A Vickers with a French gun on it, probably a 75 or a light howitzer.

Wo ist mein Sauerkraut

edit: pic's a repost
no sauerkraut for you, is not a 75mm french gun

Could be 150mm too though

10.5 cm leFH 16 Geschützwagen MkVI(e). Its a Vickers, but with a bigger gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 03-11-2012, 10:11:03
I suspected something like that...

Have fun with your Sauerkraut and Bratwurst
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-11-2012, 14:11:36
These where old Belgian LEF16's wich we recieved from germant after WW1. They got recaptured in WW2 and used on these vickers chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 03-11-2012, 18:11:41
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3680/775j.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-11-2012, 02:11:58
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/725265-2/ss+22budapest)

Exhausted Waffen SS soldier from the 22th Waffen SS "Maria Theresia" Cavalry after the breakout from the encircled city of Budapest. February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-11-2012, 03:11:54
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/t9jvo8.jpg)
All I have is a date: October 26th, 1940. British Home Guard, I guess. I have the feeling these would not have done any better than the german Volkssturm did 4 years later. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 04-11-2012, 05:11:31
(http://albumwar2.com/images/stories/photo/05.08.2012/638.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 04-11-2012, 17:11:52
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2nu1suw.jpg)
A very interesting picture , founded in the Internet abyss  :D
Pz IV Ausf D (or maybe E ) , upgunned with KwK 40 L/43 , abandoned in Falaise Pocket  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-11-2012, 17:11:58
Interesting indeed, that fellow in British equipment is wearing his khaki drill trousers. Didn't know they did that in the European Theater.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 04-11-2012, 17:11:12
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/469594gabin.jpg)

Jean Gabin, famous french actor and M10 tank destroyer commander.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 04-11-2012, 22:11:21
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/t9jvo8.jpg)
All I have is a date: October 26th, 1940. British Home Guard, I guess. I have the feeling these would not have done any better than the german Volkssturm did 4 years later. ;D

They look too well equipped to be Home Guard. I'm not sure they would have ever been issued with 'real' carrier pigeons  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-11-2012, 22:11:48
Home guard got long distance-ducks instead of pigeons
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 04-11-2012, 22:11:21
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7bvyi3uRn1ry96k9o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-11-2012, 01:11:28
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/725413-2/D520-ELEUSIS)

Quote
French Vichy Air Force’s Dewoitine D 520s fighter aircraft, likely of the GC III/6, parked on Eleusis Airport, Athens, May 1941. Eleusis were a stopover during the long ferry flight from the France to Syria, via Italy or Germany, of the Vichy’s fighter units committed for defence of French Middle East against the threat of the British Forces. After Eleusis, on the Greece occupied by the Axis forces, the last stopover, before the arrival at Rayak, Lebanon, were at Rhodes, at this time in Italian hands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 05-11-2012, 02:11:25
I found a lot of scans of an old soldier's scrapbook. My heart skipped a beat every time a caption reminded me of FH2 ;D. There are lot of "St. Vith" for instance.

C-c-c-click that link (http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Photos.htm).

(http://www.oldhickory30th.com/531AA3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 05-11-2012, 12:11:54
(http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Slideshow1%20Big%20Gun.jpg)

"Rocket gun captured by 117th IR in Weser Forest

9th Army ordnance personnel inspect a huge howitzer-like-gun captured by the 30th ID. The gun fires a rocket-propelled shell 15 ins. in diameter weighing 1500 lbs. Photo taken at Nusa, Germany, April 2nd, 1945."


This weapon is new to me. Any name or other info on it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 05-11-2012, 12:11:40
(http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Slideshow1%20Big%20Gun.jpg)

"Rocket gun captured by 117th IR in Weser Forest

9th Army ordnance personnel inspect a huge howitzer-like-gun captured by the 30th ID. The gun fires a rocket-propelled shell 15 ins. in diameter weighing 1500 lbs. Photo taken at Nusa, Germany, April 2nd, 1945."


This weapon is new to me. Any name or other info on it?
Sturmtiger's gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leibermuster on 05-11-2012, 13:11:47
(http://albumwar2.com/images/stories/photo/05.08.2012/638.jpg)

Fixed it for you m8  ;)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 05-11-2012, 15:11:23
the Rommelkiste of the 2nd tank is interesting, its not the standardmodel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-11-2012, 17:11:11
Its a standard ... for the initial serie of Tiger I tanks .
A Tiger I tanks from 501st sPzAbt , ready to embark on the ferry to the Africa in 1942 .
http://oi50.tinypic.com/sopcg3.jpg
BTW ... that Initial Tiger I was ... the last Tiger I who surrended in Tunis 1943  8)

Oh ... and I forgot , that Tiger survived that disaster action in Leningrad 1942  ;)

Shame that he was scrapped ... today that tank could be a priceless  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-11-2012, 01:11:41
(http://www.oldhickory30th.com/Slideshow1%20Big%20Gun.jpg)

"Rocket gun captured by 117th IR in Weser Forest

9th Army ordnance personnel inspect a huge howitzer-like-gun captured by the 30th ID. The gun fires a rocket-propelled shell 15 ins. in diameter weighing 1500 lbs. Photo taken at Nusa, Germany, April 2nd, 1945."


This weapon is new to me. Any name or other info on it?
Sturmtiger's gun?

Sturmtiger got a mortar, 38cm L/5,4. Shell weight is 760lbs. Text above mentions 1500lbs and 15 ins. If that is supposed to be a typo and it actually means 15 inch, then 15 inch are indeed 38cm. Only reason for double weight could be an increased propelling charge.
However, I grew up at the Weser, and "Weser Forest" doesn't tell me anything. That could be everywhere. It is as precise as "Mississippi Forest". Whereas Nusa doesnt tell me anything either. What is "Nusa" supposed to be? A village? Short form for a military complex? I got no clue.


(http://oi50.tinypic.com/2jeembl.jpg)
Two german soldiers on the guard, Samsø, Denmark.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-11-2012, 01:11:18
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/336/viewfromtiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 06-11-2012, 08:11:53
FH2 in black and white.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 06-11-2012, 16:11:23
that picture is awesome -  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-11-2012, 19:11:31
probaly propaganda and set up
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 06-11-2012, 19:11:27
probaly propaganda and set up

And that's important...because...?  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-11-2012, 19:11:54
probaly propaganda and set up

And that's important...because...?  :-\
sorry, last time i posted an awesome photo i got that answer. Because it was russian and no way that panzer could have been destroyed and crap like that

(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/samohybky/105fcm/030.jpg)

Always loved these conversion..They look like


somebody took a HUGE gun on the smallest possible chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 06-11-2012, 19:11:28
Yeah, propaganda... that T-34 totally destroyed itself. Of course the photographer thought it would be a nice picture shot from the Tigers point of view, that´s what good photographers do: Trying to get nice pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 06-11-2012, 19:11:21
probaly propaganda and set up

And that's important...because...?  :-\
sorry, last time i posted an awesome photo i got that answer. Because it was russian and no way that panzer could have been destroyed and crap like that

(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/samohybky/105fcm/030.jpg)

Always loved these conversion..They look like


somebody took a HUGE gun on the smallest possible chassis

Is that a 105 on a Renault D2 chassis?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-11-2012, 19:11:02
Yeah, propaganda... that T-34 totally destroyed itself. Of course the photographer thought it would be a nice picture shot from the Tigers point of view, that´s what good photographers do: Trying to get nice pictures.

95% sure that is just a screenshot from a newsreel. Thus pure propaganda, but, that does not make the thing a set up, it could be a real view that a front line camera man captured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-11-2012, 19:11:29
probaly propaganda and set up

And that's important...because...?  :-\
sorry, last time i posted an awesome photo i got that answer. Because it was russian and no way that panzer could have been destroyed and crap like that

(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/samohybky/105fcm/030.jpg)

Always loved these conversion..They look like


somebody took a HUGE gun on the smallest possible chassis

Is that a 105 on a Renault D2 chassis?
Lefh 18 105 on FCM 36 chassis :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 06-11-2012, 20:11:32
Nice Mg!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 06-11-2012, 20:11:52
French tanks were never my speciality, so: close enough. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nissi on 06-11-2012, 20:11:41
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6938344597_7cf4530eca_z.jpg)

Where's that?
MAN Werke Hannover?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-11-2012, 23:11:07
Yeah, propaganda... that T-34 totally destroyed itself. Of course the photographer thought it would be a nice picture shot from the Tigers point of view, that´s what good photographers do: Trying to get nice pictures.

95% sure that is just a screenshot from a newsreel. Thus pure propaganda, but, that does not make the thing a set up, it could be a real view that a front line camera man captured.

Implying you can't learn anything from photos presented in a propaganda format. Also, at least 70% of the photos in this thread are posed in one way or another. So why is anyone complaining about this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-11-2012, 23:11:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/725733-2/aBel)

Quote
Exhausted Belgian troops on the Brussels road...

Also, probably it's propaganda.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 07-11-2012, 00:11:07
Tiger pic: does not look like propaganda, the quality is too bad, and a lot of soldiers had private photocameras with them, but we dont see much of these pics, as they are still in the family albums.
I have some too,showing my granddad and some of his comrates in a forest spring 45 in Kurland.

Also Kurlandpocket:

(http://www.kurland-kessel.de/erlebnisse/erlebnis3_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-11-2012, 01:11:58
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/dr2el1.jpg)
'Frikorps Danmark' marching through Copenhagen, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-11-2012, 04:11:14
Tiger pic: does not look like propaganda, the quality is too bad, and a lot of soldiers had private photocameras with them, but we dont see much of these pics, as they are still in the family albums.
I have some too,showing my granddad and some of his comrates in a forest spring 45 in Kurland.

Also Kurlandpocket:

(http://www.kurland-kessel.de/erlebnisse/erlebnis3_1.jpg)

Hmmm, that's cool.  He has his qualification badge over his rank, it should be on the wrist of the sleeve, SS put it above the rank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2012, 07:11:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/725963-2/201282115654713_004)

8th Route Army.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 07-11-2012, 10:11:26
@mudra: guess he didnt care much in this stage of the war.

Winter 44/45 Also Kurland:
(http://www.kurland-kessel.de/erlebnisse/erlebnis11/bild20.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 07-11-2012, 11:11:20
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/453/panthersv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-11-2012, 18:11:22
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/axiscaptured/Tanks/PzIV/PzIV_07.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-11-2012, 18:11:24
http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/725733-2/aBel

Quote
Exhausted Belgian troops on the Brussels road...
[/center]

Also, probably it's propaganda.

Clearly Walloon, you can tell by the to lazy to walk attitude and the sleeping on the job.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 07-11-2012, 18:11:11
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/axiscaptured/Tanks/PzIV/PzIV_07.jpg)


what.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 07-11-2012, 19:11:46
(http://militarymodels.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Panzerschreck-RPzB-43-18.jpg)

Early Panzerschrecks didn't have a blast shield so operators had to wear a protective mask.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-11-2012, 20:11:53
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/axiscaptured/Tanks/PzIV/PzIV_07.jpg


what.
Propably Bulgarian Maybach T-IV .

(http://oi48.tinypic.com/2qcigc2.jpg)
Now : This is madness ! .... no , this is SPARTAAAA !!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-11-2012, 20:11:02
crazy yanks
Also 6!6!6! the NUMBER OF THE BEAST!


HELL and fire! WHERE SOON TO BE RELEASED

(http://desertwar.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Churchill-Crocodile-tank.jpg)
Churchill crocodile at Caen. This one is not shooting at enemies, but to clear the roads ahead of mines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 07-11-2012, 22:11:08
Is this really at Caen? The fighting around Caen ended in August 44. On this picture the trees are bald, the road looks like it´s covered in snow and the soldiers seem to be wearing thick winter uniforms --> winter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2012, 23:11:35
Ugly Ugly number, quick spam this thread so we get out of page 666

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/668443-3/Yugo+POW_+1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 08-11-2012, 00:11:39
Ugly Ugly number, quick spam this thread so we get out of page 666
Nothing wrong with page 0x029A ;D

Anyway:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lancaster_617_Sqn_RAF_dropping_Grand_Slam_bomb_on_Arnsberg_viaduct_1945.jpg/794px-Lancaster_617_Sqn_RAF_dropping_Grand_Slam_bomb_on_Arnsberg_viaduct_1945.jpg)
Quote from: Wikipedia
A Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special) (PB996 'YZ-C') of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown by Flying Officer P. Martin and crew, releasing a 22,000-lb (10,000 kg) MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Grand Slam') over the viaduct at Arnsberg, Germany. The viaduct was attacked on 15 March with one bomb in poor weather, with no hits. It was destroyed four days later, using 6 "Grand Slam" and 13 "Tallboy" bombs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-11-2012, 02:11:14
Quote from: Wikipedia
A Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special) (PB996 'YZ-C') of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown by Flying Officer P. Martin and crew, releasing a 22,000-lb (10,000 kg) MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Grand Slam') over the viaduct at Arnsberg, Germany. The viaduct was attacked on 15 March with one bomb in poor weather, with no hits. It was destroyed four days later, using 6 "Grand Slam" and 13 "Tallboy" bombs.


(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2cqxi0x.jpg)

(http://oi47.tinypic.com/dgi5ww.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-11-2012, 02:11:44
Page 666? It's page 200 for real men.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-11-2012, 07:11:00
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5121/38422540776420928848665.jpg)

Bassooonnnn
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 08-11-2012, 14:11:13

Quote
http://oi48.tinypic.com/2qcigc2.jpg
Now : This is madness ! .... no , this is SPARTAAAA !!  ;D

What is that behind the sherman?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-11-2012, 17:11:44
Is this really at Caen? The fighting around Caen ended in August 44. On this picture the trees are bald, the road looks like it´s covered in snow and the soldiers seem to be wearing thick winter uniforms --> winter.
Woops i mixed the captions of the website. This is italy in the winter. The other photo was also off a crocodile, but at the bocage around the outskirts of Caen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 08-11-2012, 18:11:46

Quote
http://oi48.tinypic.com/2qcigc2.jpg
Now : This is madness ! .... no , this is SPARTAAAA !!  ;D

What is that behind the sherman?

I'm not sure but it looks like a bunch of corpses being dragged away in some crazy farm implement.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 08-11-2012, 19:11:03

Quote
http://oi48.tinypic.com/2qcigc2.jpg
Now : This is madness ! .... no , this is SPARTAAAA !!  ;D

What is that behind the sherman?

I'm not sure but it looks like a bunch of corpses being dragged away in some crazy farm implement.

Its a device to transport infantry from small arms fire. Basically infantry lay in those capsule thingies and avoid the bullets whizzing over them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 09-11-2012, 12:11:54

Quote
http://oi48.tinypic.com/2qcigc2.jpg
Now : This is madness ! .... no , this is SPARTAAAA !!  ;D

What is that behind the sherman?

I'm not sure but it looks like a bunch of corpses being dragged away in some crazy farm implement.

Its a device to transport infantry from small arms fire. Basically infantry lay in those capsule thingies and avoid the bullets whizzing over them.

Did it work? Was it effective?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-11-2012, 15:11:41

Quote
http://oi48.tinypic.com/2qcigc2.jpg
Now : This is madness ! .... no , this is SPARTAAAA !!  ;D

What is that behind the sherman?

I'm not sure but it looks like a bunch of corpses being dragged away in some crazy farm implement.

Its a device to transport infantry from small arms fire. Basically infantry lay in those capsule thingies and avoid the bullets whizzing over them.

Did it work? Was it effective?


It was a prototype, dont know how much it has been used in combat or was it effective, so I dont know. But it should be while manouvering in tall grass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 09-11-2012, 15:11:44
"Infantry sled"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-11-2012, 15:11:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/726443-2/Bf-109E-taking-off-North-Africa)

Quote
This aerial view of five Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 taking-off from a North African airfield give a meaningful idea of the operational conditions in the presence of the thin desert’s sand and dust raised at the smallest air’s movement (imagine the propeller’s blow!). Note the plane on the left fully run by the sand clouds raised by in front aircrafts: a delight for the visibility and for propeller and aircraft’s forward section, although the anti-sand filter is able to preserve the engine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-11-2012, 21:11:31
(http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/432206_380371241976134_1590234126_n.jpg)

Spot what's strange ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-11-2012, 22:11:33
Holster is backwards?Something very akward on the right of the photo?


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 10-11-2012, 03:11:17
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t46mt0ta1r0n310o6_500.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-11-2012, 06:11:46
Holster is backwards?Something very akward on the right of the photo?

That's how Germans wore their pistols. Works much better (see William Hickock).

Well, the one guy doesn't have hat insignia...no service shirt, either. Guy handing him stuff has cuff rings that I am not familiar with but have seen...somewhere...also, is that a Jager cap?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-11-2012, 06:11:15
I do remember i seen this picture somewhere, i have it in a Spanish 50's WW2 book, but i don't recall seeing it here. Here it goes:

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/726101-2/Matilda+recaptured)

Captured Matilda is now about to be recaptured by it's former users.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-11-2012, 06:11:00
To answer, the enlisted man is wearing a M43 tunic that he has custom tailored (either by a tailor or by himself) with a M36's bottle green collar :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 11-11-2012, 00:11:19
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/701033-1/BF110-IRAQ)
Bf110 during the anglo iraqi war. Notice the Iraqi airforce marking under the wing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 11-11-2012, 00:11:17
(http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23816052-v)
Quote
Caption: Photo showing the Australian Ski Corps deployed against Vichy French forces in the mountains of Lebanon

Sorry couldnt resist posting these two in one day  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-11-2012, 00:11:04
Australian ski corps.

Now I've seen everything.
Or was it a division specially formed for WWII operations in mountain areas? As in that it's not an all-time thing they got sitting around?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 11-11-2012, 03:11:54
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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-11-2012, 06:11:14
(http://www.members.shaw.ca/junobeach/images/juno-4-7.4-Sherman%20tank.jpg)

Canadian Sherman near Juno Beach.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 12-11-2012, 08:11:29
Isn't that St. Lambert?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 12-11-2012, 11:11:23
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_3/s_w33_00521039.jpg)

Quote
German troops walk down a deserted street in Luxembourg, on May 21, 1940, with rifles, pistols and grenades ready to protect themselves. (
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-11-2012, 15:11:59
As far as i know, Luxemburg offered no resistance to the German invasion. And why that guy is wearing kind of, white pants?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/727020-2/dec+8+jap+tanks+shanghai+international+settlement)

Japanese Forces moving in to the International Settlement in Shanghai, December 8 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 12-11-2012, 15:11:06
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  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 12-11-2012, 18:11:18
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  8)

Many thanks I didnt even notice :D
Thirst thing it made me think off ;)
(http://www.sudosecure.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/storm_website.jpg)

Back on topic:

(http://wwiimodeller.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/KV-1-Upside-Down.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 12-11-2012, 18:11:56
Cannon penis  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-11-2012, 18:11:54
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 13-11-2012, 00:11:18
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.

(http://w3.restena.lu/primaire/differdange/diffhist/un14/p56b.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-11-2012, 01:11:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/727153-2/SAF-East-Africa-31_003)

Captured M11/39s in Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-11-2012, 08:11:42
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/742/356289456456246.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-11-2012, 19:11:59
A rare tank - KV-100 8)
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/k2zqx1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-11-2012, 20:11:06
KV-85 with 100mm S-34 :)

Worked very well, but the rate of fire was only 4 shells a minute.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-11-2012, 02:11:52
Apparently the Germans didn't find the Marder flammable enough already:

(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9782/gasmarder8ne.jpg)

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

(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5016/matilda11112222.jpg)

(http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/7752/matilda11112223.jpg)

Quote
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-11-2012, 05:11:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/727379-2/1208261902992182da5ed1231b_002)

I'm not sure what is that, looks like a Chinese Nationalist Soldier with some sort of... AT-Gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 14-11-2012, 16:11:27
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.

(http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/20PstK40_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 14-11-2012, 17:11:51
(http://www.allmystery.de/i/t02daaa_is2rx6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-11-2012, 01:11:11
^^ 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:

(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9782/gasmarder8ne.jpg)


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.


(http://oi47.tinypic.com/2mfduvk.jpg)
Berlin, June 21th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 15-11-2012, 01:11:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/727379-2/1208261902992182da5ed1231b_002)

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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-11-2012, 02:11:47
Great find Korsakov829  ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/727701-2/watermark_001)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-11-2012, 09:11:43
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6285/ital6400jo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 15-11-2012, 15:11:18
Engine heater! Carro leggero L6 tank. When it gets too cold, you might need something like this to start up the engine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 15-11-2012, 22:11:30
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/1zg2n9.jpg)
I really wish to see that in FH2  ;D


Hmm ... i cant post too , only can modify early post . Funny thing  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 15-11-2012, 22:11:54
Paythoss' pic seems legit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-11-2012, 00:11:02
Indeed it is, but it looks like a propaganda shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-11-2012, 00:11:04
Definitely staged.  I mean, think about where the camera man is.  No way he could build a ladder that high without being shot at in real aerial combat.


 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 16-11-2012, 01:11:42
Some Poland 1939 for you all:  :)


(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2482/pz4us1.jpg)
Panzer IV from 5. Panzer-Division lost near Sambor, Poland. In the
background we can see Fahrschulewagen I.


(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/pol/Pol-Matilda1-Poland1939-JMarszalkiewicz.jpg)


(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080511233360/althistory/images/7/79/Lietuvos_3.PNG)
Lithuanian Vickers M1936 tanks and infantry wait for orders to cross the Lithuanian-Polish frontier
on September 19, 1939.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/407236-4/poland084wq)
(No description available)


And lastly, a big 1600x753 picture of a German advance:
http://worldwar2-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/82305-050-64EE0989.jpg
EDIT: ^this is not in Poland 1939

 :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-11-2012, 02:11:31

(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080511233360/althistory/images/7/79/Lietuvos_3.PNG)
Lithuanian Vickers M1936 tanks and infantry wait for orders to cross the Lithuanian-Polish frontier
on September 19, 1939.



They must have been waiting for longer, as Lithuania never participated in the occupation of Poland.



(http://oi48.tinypic.com/mm9.jpg)
Funeral service after the Battle of Midway. With those helmets, they look like Brits.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-11-2012, 02:11:02
Also, no Matilda 1's in Poland.  Also, AFAIK, the first stugs were used in France 1940, so that's not a Poland photo either.


(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum23/spalony_czog_sowiecki_1939.jpg)

T-26 destroyed in the Soviet Invasion of Poland.  One of the over 150 tanks the Russians lost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-11-2012, 02:11:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/728047-2/s-10__146_)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 16-11-2012, 02:11:23
Sorry for my mistakes, I hope this will make up for it:

(http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6409/sochaczew.png)
German soldiers during street combats in Łeczyca.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 16-11-2012, 17:11:30
Quote
http://oi48.tinypic.com/mm9.jpg
Funeral service after the Battle of Midway. With those helmets, they look like Brits.

Those are US M1917A1 "Kelly" helmets, same design used in WWI and later replaced by the M1 by late 1941. Frontline infantry would wear the new M1s, but these older helmets were likely given to the navy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 16-11-2012, 17:11:47
burned early Panther
(http://slesvigske.dk/69.jpg)

and a Brummbär in Italy

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/30321-5/brumbar1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 16-11-2012, 19:11:13
(http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/switzerland/Nahkampf-kanon%20NKII.jpg)
Swiss SPG Nahkampfkanone II "Gustav"
Four units accepted into service between 1942-45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-11-2012, 19:11:45
Is very similar to "Soviet Hetzer" (http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Allies/Allies/1-Vehicles/USSR/5-TankDestroyers/Russian-Hetzer/Russian-Hetzer.htm) project design ...

They are gossips , about some 1 or 2 Panther F tanks was used in defence of Berlin in 1945  8)
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2qm40g2.jpg)
Couple of historian are not denied that , but say that IF they was used , for sure was equipped with standard Pather G turret .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-11-2012, 20:11:37
schmallturm of Panther was indeed not yet free of faults

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 16-11-2012, 23:11:55
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0318-14A%2C_Balkan%2C_Griechenland%2C_Beutefahrzeuge.jpg)

Tanks captured by German Forces; Greek, 1941.


What tanks are those? British Cruiser MkII?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-11-2012, 00:11:07
Yes, Cruiser Mk II.

Edit: Translation of the text on the wall. The second line was illegible to my eyes but the first is CAFE (Kafeneion) and the second is CIGARS (Tsigara).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-11-2012, 00:11:14
That second behind , is a CS version with 76 mm howitzer  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 17-11-2012, 00:11:44
That second behind , is a CS version with 76 mm howitzer  8)

DO WANT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-11-2012, 01:11:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/728272-4/124342)

Quote
Night fighter ace Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (middle), an ace with 121 aerial victories with his radio operator Friedrich "Fritz" Rumpelhardt (right) with 100 shared kills and his tail gunner Wilhelm Gänsler (left) with 98 shared kills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 17-11-2012, 02:11:47
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7889/3d6ed16b2d4ea061landing.jpg)

..and if it's a Panther, I may be too :D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-11-2012, 02:11:32
Yes, Cruiser Mk II.

Edit: Translation of the text on the wall. The second line was illegible to my eyes but the first is CAFE (Kafeneion) and the second is CIGARS (Tsigara).


Fagita tas oras?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-11-2012, 03:11:55
Grilled Food, yes that makes sense now.

http://imageshack.us/a/img705/33/kgrhqfl0ef6w271ibpz9dj3.jpg
This currently has the price of $4500 US Dollars. And how much did the New York times cost in 1945? Maybe this will get a few people saving such things.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-11-2012, 21:11:28
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TLNCcju9Yyw/TL3R6Y-SbWI/AAAAAAAABhc/SaSmV-piJfM/s1600/Swedish+Soldier+w+Mauser+WW2.JPG)

WW2 has broken out! With germany in the south making threats, and Soviet union attacking its neigbour for sverige's iron ore, this Swedish soldier is on manouvers to train for an possible invasion. The rifle in his hands is the m/1894 Carbine(AKA swedish mauser).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 17-11-2012, 22:11:16
Looks like the Karabiner 88
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-11-2012, 23:11:02
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8563/antitankaircraft.jpg)
Bücker Bü 181 equipped with Panzerfausts. Experimental, did not work well as I understand.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-11-2012, 01:11:56
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/35ld8pv.jpg)
Vasily Zaytsev on the right, left of him two trainees. Stalingrad, October 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2012, 01:11:42
(http://www.beredskapsmuseet.com/valkommen1.jpg)

Left: winter in Djuramossa, Battery Helsingborg, 1941
Because of the war in finland, Swedish troops recieved additional training in the winter. The winter war showed many flaws in many armies infrastructure when it came to fighting the cold.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 18-11-2012, 17:11:11

Left: winter in Djuramossa, Battery Helsingborg, 1941
Because of the war in finland, Swedish troops recieved additional training in the winter. The winter war showed many flaws in many armies infrastructure when it came to fighting the cold.

In fact, the name is Batteri Hälsingborg.
The 9th of April, Germany occupied Denmark. The Swedish coastal defence is largely non-existent. Decisions are made to build up a defensive line along the Scanian coast (southern end of Sweden.).

Construction began the 28th of April, 1940 with the Hälsingborg battery, located a little bit inland from the settlement Viken. Over 1000 men worked day and night with the project.

The battery consisted of four 15,2 cm coastal guns, MG nests, anti aircraft tower, bombshelters, searchlights, observation posts and measurement stations, to name e few.

The 5 of June, the battery test fires all the guns, and 2 days later the battery reports ready for combat.
Its been 47 days since construction began.


The battery went out of the Swedish military structure 1990, and 1997 it was opened to the public as a museum.

(http://www.beredskapsmuseet.com/uppbyggnad2.jpg)

The battery being inspected, June 1940
The text say that the picture didn't pass the censors office.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2012, 17:11:52
i would do alot for a video game wich covers the "what if" scenarios of WW2. nazi invasion of sweden, soviet invasion of sweden. Axis invasion of Switzerland..

Having both a swedish mauser and Schmidt-rubin Karbiner 31 fuels this desire  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-11-2012, 17:11:31
Axis invasion of Switzerland..

Nowv that would be damn cool!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 18-11-2012, 17:11:35
...nazi invasion of sweden...

The planned operation would go straight through my home town!
IIRC it was called Operation Polarfuchs, but wikipedia says that was in Finland 1941. =/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-11-2012, 17:11:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/711635-2/2003887730253362891_rs)

Greek Soldiers operating a St Etienne M1907 Machine Gun in the Albanian Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-11-2012, 17:11:25
Axis invasion of Switzerland..

Nowv that would be damn cool!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum
Hitler almost carried it out. In 1941, just before operation barbarossa (the troops used for Tannenbaum were party used in the invasion of yugoslavia). In 1944 Hitler planned to again invade Switzerland to use it as an "Huge southren alpenfestung" but this operation got again cancelled when the allies made huge offensives in italy and Russia

...nazi invasion of sweden...

The planned operation would go straight through my home town!
IIRC it was called Operation Polarfuchs, but wikipedia says that was in Finland 1941. =/
wikipedia can be bitch from time to time. Oh you are from sweden? nice :)
have a little piece of swedish history myself :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 18-11-2012, 23:11:59
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2594/nocheating1250.png)

Panther tank and Maschinengewehr buffs should know what this is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 19-11-2012, 04:11:35
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5391/fireflygangeltdutchgerb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 20-11-2012, 10:11:55
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8372/fjparade.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 21-11-2012, 00:11:41
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2594/nocheating1250.png)

Panther tank and Maschinengewehr buffs should know what this is.
Vampire tech? :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-11-2012, 00:11:07
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/529176_10101161418375121_433777190_n.jpg)

FJ with a Pak36, Feb 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 21-11-2012, 00:11:40
COLOR FJs! 2 Photos because they are small.
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4317/colorrom1.jpg)
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3010/colorrom3.jpg)
German capture of Rome, btw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-11-2012, 21:11:43
No information beyond the name "Peninsula Sredniy".

(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5373/peninsulasredniy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 21-11-2012, 21:11:04
Thats a really cool photo. I might use this for my school project about WW2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-11-2012, 21:11:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/711635-2/2003887730253362891_rs)

Greek Soldiers operating a St Etienne M1907 Machine Gun in the Albanian Front.
Is that a Berthier carbine?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 21-11-2012, 21:11:24
No information beyond the name "Peninsula Sredniy".

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5373/peninsulasredniy.jpg

Thats in the Kola peninsula, ceded to Finland after the revolution and taken back with the Moscow Peace Treaty. Until late 1943 half the Sredny-Rybachy peninsula was occuipied by the Germans. I'd imagine this could have been anywhere between late 1939 to 1943; it looks like the Red Army is attacking the western side.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 22-11-2012, 15:11:09
What would we do without you, Korsakov? Cheers for the info.

Thats a really cool photo. I might use this for my school project about WW2

I remembered where I found that picture, if you find it useful: http://albumwar2.com/photo-19391945?start=1580 (http://albumwar2.com/photo-19391945?start=1580).


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 22-11-2012, 16:11:36
What would we do without you, Korsakov? Cheers for the info.

Thats a really cool photo. I might use this for my school project about WW2

I remembered where I found that picture, if you find it useful: http://albumwar2.com/photo-19391945?start=1580 (http://albumwar2.com/photo-19391945?start=1580).

Thanks! Cool photos, many to use!  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leibermuster on 22-11-2012, 16:11:51
(http://albumwar2.com/images/stories/photo/05.05.2012/georg%20schentke.jpg)
Here's a nice one (IMO) from that site

109's, sexy beasts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 22-11-2012, 19:11:30
Its a possible to see that in FH2 ?  ;D
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/34ytz81.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 22-11-2012, 23:11:25
ZOMBIE BT tanks!
WANT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 23-11-2012, 10:11:30
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/nx9fds.jpg)
We really need that tank on some FH2 maps  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-11-2012, 11:11:28
http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/711635-2/2003887730253362891_rs

Greek Soldiers operating a St Etienne M1907 Machine Gun in the Albanian Front.
Is that a Berthier carbine?

Berthier rifle, French colonies had there own version IIRC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 24-11-2012, 04:11:33
(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/322/fjjackboots.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-11-2012, 06:11:16
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/315859_10100495819495611_7194432_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-11-2012, 06:11:45
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/25h0ok3.jpg)
Another subtle sugestion for Cruiser Mk II and Mk II CS  ;D ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 24-11-2012, 06:11:47
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/315859_10100495819495611_7194432_n.jpg

The one with the beard on the far left is Alfred Streccius. Dino Alfieri is the 3rd from the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-11-2012, 07:11:29
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/729183-2/CR32-DIRA-DAUA-8-40)

Quote
Dire Dawa, Somalia, August 1940: Italian fighters Fiat CR.32 taking off during the operations against the Somaliland started on 3 August when the Italian troops went the borders advancing without strong resistance.
At the start of the operations the Italian East Africa’s Air Force deployed for the attack a total of 85 airplanes: 51 bombers (19 S.81 of the Gruppi 4th and 29th, 11 S.79 of the 44th Gruppo and 21 old Ca.133 of the 27th Gruppo), 25 fighters (nine CR.32 and 16 CR.42 of the Squadriglie 410th, 411th and 413rd, afterwards grouped into a single Gruppo) and nine observation planes Ro.37bis of the 110th Squadriglia. The bombers was committed mainly against harbor of Aden and Berbera (this last was conquered by Italians on 19 August) and some airfield as Hargheisa, Burao and La Feruk. The RAF’s forces in this sector were quite weak, the main was deployed for the Aden’s defense, and the reaction wasn’t that envisaged by the Italians.
A report wrote by the Air Vice Marshal Air Officer Commanding British Forces Aden attached to General Archibald Wavell’s report, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Middle East Command, posted to Wavell to the Secretary of State for War on 12 September 1941, highlighted the local air superiority of the Italian Air Force. Afterwards the latter was committed on the close air support to land forces until the end of the campaign. In this missions was employed also the CR.32s with bomb racks under the bottom wing with two 50kg bombs.
During this brief campaign, the Italian East Africa’s Air Force flew 935 hours in war missions: 376 for bomb missions, 204 for fighters missions and 355 for recce missions with the loss in action of 4 aircraft (two S.81, one CR.32 and one S.79) and of 20 men (KIA and MIA): six officers, two NCO and twelve privates claiming five enemy planes destroyed in aerial combat and nine on the ground. The Italian claims was in part confirmed by the Reid’s report: seven RAF’s aircraft destroyed, ten heavily damaged with the loss of 12 men KIA or MIA from the 5 until 19 August.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 25-11-2012, 19:11:17
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1681/coolhelmet.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 26-11-2012, 07:11:30
Same as PotD(OE), gimme your best thousand-yard stare photographs please, need to write about something for my English 101 final and we need to bring a photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 26-11-2012, 08:11:05
2012 and you still don't Google?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/WW2_Marine_after_Eniwetok_assault.jpg/220px-WW2_Marine_after_Eniwetok_assault.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-11-2012, 14:11:15
drawings count?
(http://www.google.hr/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://www.milhist.net/images/2000YardStare.jpg&sa=X&ei=8WizUKzwCMfKswaZzICwAw&ved=0CAsQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNF9yEwCooBvlO4Rs5dc4-EfqxL3qg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 26-11-2012, 15:11:02
2012 and you still don't Google?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/WW2_Marine_after_Eniwetok_assault.jpg/220px-WW2_Marine_after_Eniwetok_assault.jpg)

I could google, but I know all the FH2 guys have the rarer and cooler photos stashed away somewhere.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-11-2012, 16:11:25
Gonna post a few that I think count for thousand yard stare:

(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8564/496138900002eac6ae62.jpg)

(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5105/mgbeardgunner.jpg)

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6953/affoltinxa.jpg)

(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8306/l5a69bf097b0d4df68f7121.jpg)

(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8283/d78iusd481.jpg)

(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1/164549black.jpg)

(http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/377/beardedss.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-11-2012, 02:11:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/729581-2/A20-TO-47BG-GR)

Douglas A-20 Havoc of the 15th Air Force’s 47th Bombardment Group taking off from Grosseto. Photo taken likely late Spring 1945 when the 47th were ready to replace its Havoc with A-26 Invader. The photo give and idea of the size of this large airport, built by the Italian Regia Aeronautica on Thirties, but updated with concrete runway by the German Luftwaffe, West of the town of Grosseto, on Southern Tuscany. Cleary visible the foothills of the Tuscany’s Apennines, East of the airport. Today the Grosseto Airport is a Main Operational Base of the Italian Air Force, base of the 4th Stormo “Amedo Duca d’Aosta”, first Italian air unit equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-11-2012, 22:11:14
Brain camo xD
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6999/coolhelmettrio.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 30-11-2012, 01:11:30
Some Warsaw Uprising,  :)


(http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/smg.jpg)
Pole aiming down the Lightning gun.

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Warsaw1944/Warsaw44-05.jpg)

(http://www.grhborujsko.vot.pl/img/ak2.jpg)

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Warsaw1944/Warsaw44-06.jpg)



(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjqikfjsQ1rujg44o1_1280.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-11-2012, 03:11:10
I always wondered about the role of children during the Warsaw Uprising, they were used for combat roles?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2012, 04:11:14
Iirc the really young kids were to be used as runners.  But since the germans shot everyone, no matter how young, their chances of seeing combat would be high.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-11-2012, 05:11:51
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/730472-2/Hotchisout+copy)

Quote
A GI of the 75th Infantry Division peers into the hatch of a Hotchkiss H 39 in Ostheim, France, January 1945. The little tank was known to the Wehrmacht as Pz.Kpfw.38 H


I know the children got caught in the middle of a battle, but, it still forbidden to use them for any combat role... isn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 30-11-2012, 06:11:17
What ever happened to one pic per day? Anyway...

(http://www.kennislink.nl/system/files/000/054/711/medium/Opstandige_Georgiers.jpg?1271325475)
Opstand der Georgiërs
5 April 1945 to 20 May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 30-11-2012, 16:11:14
I know the children got caught in the middle of a battle, but, it still forbidden to use them for any combat role... isn't it?

Well, the Geneva convention rules (if there is one about kids) technically only apply to forces wearing a uniform. The Polish did not, and thus were free to do whatever they wanted. But the same goes for the Germans in regards of their treatment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2012, 16:11:45
I know the children got caught in the middle of a battle, but, it still forbidden to use them for any combat role... isn't it?

Well, the Geneva convention rules (if there is one about kids) technically only apply to forces wearing a uniform. The Polish did not, and thus were free to do whatever they wanted. But the same goes for the Germans in regards of their treatment.

Actually, the Poles are the only resistance movement in Europe that did follow international law regarding how resistance movements should fight.  They ALL wore uniforms, often times wearing Polish 1939 uniforms, German uniforms with insignia changed to polish, etc.

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8hh_3s2suj_XFxYWdwx6fw9nkcosvGtD3w558fPNjdf4zJay-qU5_XSxS)

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/polish-resistance-in-ww2-armia-krajowa/75257d1262869592-home-army-pictures-27pp_ak3.jpg)

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/polish-resistance-in-ww2-armia-krajowa/81903d1265328281-home-army-pictures-bez_nazwy_1.jpg)

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/polish-resistance-in-ww2-armia-krajowa/81905d1265328281-home-army-pictures-nowy_obraz.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Partisans_Oath_27_Dywizja_AK_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 30-11-2012, 17:11:37
The Poles on the StG44-pic look badass. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-11-2012, 18:11:06
The Poles on the StG44-pic look badass. ;D
you came to the wrong neighbourhood kurva  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2012, 18:11:20
There are shittons of STG44 pics with the poles.  I think they were raiding truck convoys and stealing them xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-12-2012, 04:12:44
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/318thFG-June44-Transfer-Dee-Icer-42-75302-73rdFS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 01-12-2012, 09:12:48
A cool photo of the sasquatch on a WW2 carrier  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 01-12-2012, 11:12:15
And what is a P-47 doing on an aircraft carrier anyway?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 01-12-2012, 13:12:52
Actually, the Poles are the only resistance movement in Europe that did follow international law regarding how resistance movements should fight.  They ALL wore uniforms, often times wearing Polish 1939 uniforms, German uniforms with insignia changed to polish, etc.

Cool to know!
However the question was about children in the Warsaw Uprising specifically.
I don't think those people wore uniforms?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-12-2012, 16:12:53
Polish resistance was very organised. Probaly the best of the entire war. They even made there own weapons

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/B%C5%82yskawica_and_other_insurgent_weapons.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-12-2012, 17:12:38
And what is a P-47 doing on an aircraft carrier anyway?

That is why i posted it here, heh, i was like "What is going on here?".

But apparently these are from 318th Fighter Group, 7th Fighter Command. As far as i know, these airplanes were transported by carriers to Saipan, and the P-47 taking off from the Carrier is making it's way to Saipan, 1944.

(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/318thFG-June44-Transfer-15.jpg)

Quote
USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) came under enemy air attack on June 23, 1944 east of Saipan. Two fighter-bombers attacked her from dead ahead, dropping four bombs which missed their target — the Manila Bay was transporting 37 Army P-47 Thunderbolts from 73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group and, as a precautionary and rather unusual move which Admiral Spruance later characterized as "commendable initiative," four of them were launched to fly protective CAP until radar screens were clear of contacts. The Army fighters then flew to Saipan, their intended destination.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: 69rat on 03-12-2012, 01:12:56
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q210/69rat/friday-dopamine-dump-51.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 03-12-2012, 01:12:30
I think you'll find that one a few hundred posts back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 03-12-2012, 05:12:15
Hahaha that's a great picture though. I'm glad that making dick jokes and gestures was still as funny 65 years ago as it is today.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-12-2012, 06:12:30
If they fire that thing the one on the back's gonna get castrated  :-X
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 03-12-2012, 09:12:06
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/44/media-44713/large.jpg?action-d)
The 29cm Petard spigot mortar on a Churchill AVRE of 79th Squadron, 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers, under command of 3rd Infantry Division, 29 April 1944. A 40lb bomb can be seen on the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: G.Drew on 03-12-2012, 16:12:29
And was Theta's Avatar for at least a year.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2012, 19:12:57
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/731138-2/untitled_001)

German and Italian forces leaving Sicily.

The Axis forces managed to evacuate about 50.000 German Soldiers and 75.000 Italian Soldiers from Sicily to mainland Italy trough the Strait of Messina when the Allies invaded it in 1943. The Allied forces couldn't stop the evacuation, as their Air force attempted interdiction, the Germans were able to protect their retreat with an impressive number of AA Guns stationed in the area. The Germans did a great job delaying the advance of Allied forces and allowing the others escape.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-12-2012, 19:12:22
And was Theta's Avatar for at least a year.
Correct

(http://6juin1944.perso.sfr.fr/blindes/avre/avre4.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 05-12-2012, 06:12:47
One of the pictures I'm using in the FH2 guide, hadn't seen it posted here:

(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4372/tumblrmdew9hprlt1qa38ya.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 05-12-2012, 07:12:24
Same as PotD(OE), gimme your best thousand-yard stare photographs please, need to write about something for my English 101 final and we need to bring a photo.

:(.

(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3135/tumblrm1mv8ypvw91qa38ya.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-12-2012, 08:12:22
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/7595/tumblrm23jattpae1qa38ya.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-12-2012, 20:12:32
So has everyone forgotten this is the best thread on the site?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-12-2012, 23:12:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/731729-2/tumblr_mam1l3LTxM1rubozqo1_1280)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-12-2012, 00:12:26
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/304344_10100495811132371_2457843_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 07-12-2012, 00:12:13
So, I hope somebody can figure this one out. Makes me unsure of everything I ever knew about Australian kit. Unless this is from the Korean War...
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5462/ozsniper.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-12-2012, 00:12:44
IIRC that is postwar kit
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/32360/20100306-0022/www.diggerhistory.info/pages-equip/australian_2.html

Yep, Malaya, 1944 webbing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 07-12-2012, 01:12:22
Note the personal weaponry..

(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3231/tumblrmdh09ogzhv1qa38ya.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 07-12-2012, 01:12:41
^ We sooo need this kit in FH 2 one day...

Colt 1911/Thompson
Tanker hat
Smoke nade
Binocs(?)
and of course... THE MACHETE!  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 07-12-2012, 02:12:27
More Poland 1939!   :)

(http://www.worldwar2photos.net/images/thumbs/invasion-of-poland/big7.jpg)
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/386/panzer3pzkpfwiii.jpg)
German Panzer III ausf D in Poland.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Polish_infantry.jpg)
Polish infantry in action.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lVCC9aDALT4/S4txDZeIdWI/AAAAAAAAKVw/JGRFXBgzJeE/s400/WBK_-battle_of_Bzura_1939.jpg)
Polish cavalry.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udeiLWD5hg8/TmOO6gSuc9I/AAAAAAAAAL4/iGN3g3czqRI/s1600/2.gif)
German infantry moving into a town.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/536660-4/Panzer-1%23)
Panzer III stuck.


That is all for now,
Next: Bitwa nad Bzurą (Battle of the Bzrua)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-12-2012, 03:12:43
Yes but, one pic per day, please.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 07-12-2012, 05:12:45
(http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3488/tumblrmc4619fjgs1riha7k.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 07-12-2012, 22:12:58
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcelzrKpsg1qbzq4yo1_r2_500.jpg)

So much tanks....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 07-12-2012, 23:12:38
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9179/r35v.jpg)
Second Battle of Sedan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-12-2012, 23:12:50
ZHE GERMANS are coming!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--GixKRZxr3Y/Tqq6C8vGPUI/AAAAAAAAEGU/rZljdwhbzmo/s400/swiss+cow+cavalry.JPG)

Soldier of the 1st KuhKavalerie regiment, swiss army. Because of the shortage of cows, the swiss had to resort eventually to horses, bicycles, vehicles and tanks..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-12-2012, 00:12:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/536660-4/Panzer-1%23)
Panzer III stuck.

This is a scale model, I believe. I doubt it would be stuck either.


(http://oi48.tinypic.com/ayo87k.jpg)
Aerial picture, Londen, May 29th, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-12-2012, 00:12:45
and its saturday so a new swiss photo!

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-EIIYfUeaM/Tqq6Uag8-CI/AAAAAAAAEG8/2h8diVykV1I/s400/swiss+soldier+wwii.jpg)
Swiss soldier testing out his brand-new Karabiner 31 during a shooting excercise. 1942.

Swiss troops heavily practised there markmanship for a possible italian-german invasion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-12-2012, 00:12:43
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2438/tumblrm9nkvhamfc1qasw04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 08-12-2012, 00:12:18
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/536660-4/Panzer-1%23)

Panzer III Ausf A (!) on a test range. the pic looks kinda strange, as they were sometimes resharpened.

(I have some pics that look like they were drawn with pencil)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-12-2012, 01:12:15
What was the main armament for the Panzer III ausf A?
 ~Looks below 50mm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-12-2012, 01:12:38
37mm, wasn't it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-12-2012, 07:12:09
For the record: I know what is going on in this photo. But I know it will make somebody's day to explain it to somebody going "why pirate flag?"
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8643/rnsub.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 08-12-2012, 08:12:04
(http://s18.postimage.org/osa04ylxj/1354869289005.jpg)
I wonder , why no one post anything yesterday or today ... TENNO HEIKA BANZAII !!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-12-2012, 11:12:59
For the record: I know what is going on in this photo. But I know it will make somebody's day to explain it to somebody going "why pirate flag?"
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8643/rnsub.jpg)
Because she boarded an italian sailing ship  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 08-12-2012, 12:12:09
british subs use to show the pirate flag after a succsessfull raid - attack - whatever.
they are still using this - (2011 when a british sub, which fired some cruise missles at lybia, the also had a pirate flag when returning into the harbour)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-12-2012, 15:12:16
But isn't that illegal?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-12-2012, 15:12:59
actually thats a polish submarine......british made,Free polish navy crewed

But isn't that illegal?
It was a flag like any other
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 08-12-2012, 15:12:26
Wow... St. Vith anyone?

(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2438/tumblrm9nkvhamfc1qasw04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 08-12-2012, 16:12:40
I agree with TASSER, this is agreat picture. I never saw this one before! Actually, it is the best photo of the Battle of the Bulge that I've seen to date!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-12-2012, 16:12:43
@ Theta
I know it's a flag but isn't it stated in the international marine laws that any variations of the jolly roger are made illegal and are to be sanctioned?
Something that bearing that flag indicates your hostilities towards everyone?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-12-2012, 17:12:16
Wow... St. Vith anyone?

(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2438/tumblrm9nkvhamfc1qasw04.jpg)
I agree with TASSER, this is agreat picture. I never saw this one before! Actually, it is the best photo of the Battle of the Bulge that I've seen to date!

That's why it's going in the guide :D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-12-2012, 17:12:39
@ Theta
I know it's a flag but isn't it stated in the international marine laws that any variations of the jolly roger are made illegal and are to be sanctioned?
Something that bearing that flag indicates your hostilities towards everyone?
No it is not illegal

Quote
During the war, British submarines were entitled to fly the Jolly Roger on the day of their return from a successful patrol: it would be hoisted as the boat passed the boom net, and remain raised until sunset
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-12-2012, 17:12:17
If the pirate flag is recognized as a symbol displayed by a pirate ship, then it is illegal.

i.e. If the International Maritime Law states that a warship which flies the Jolly Roger is essentially stating its criminal intentions towards other ships and is subject to attack by warships of any nation, if in international waters, and if in territorial waters, subject to attack by the coast guard/navy of the country in whose waters they are sailing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-12-2012, 17:12:21
The pirate FLAG itself is a black flag with the jolly roger

The flag used by british subs used various things including a jolly roger

Also some U-boats also made use of the Jolly roger
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-12-2012, 17:12:00
Ok, you explained the meaning but you didn't tell the story behind it. Much shame.

See, back in WW1, the British Admiralty said something along the lines of "All submarine crews are nothing but pirates". Talking of course about the UBoat crews. Well, RN sub crews didn't take kindly to this labeling and decided to start acting like pirates in protest. They did this by sailing back into port with a Jolly Rodger. You may fly any flag you want provided you do not try to fight anyone. If you fight a ship while you are flying a pirate flag, you are a pirate. If you sail your submarine back into port with a pirate flag, you are fine.

Photo cuz I give a fuck about the rules xD
(http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/1747/japhorsehat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-12-2012, 19:12:26
Yeah, like the Conqueror displaying a pirate flag after sinking the ARA Belgrano.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/676803-2/Hungs+with+Captured+Flag)

Hungarians with a capture flag. Some people say that it's a former Chetnik flag and it says 'for freedom and honor of the fatherland', probably captured in the Bacska and Banat provinces during 1941-1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-12-2012, 19:12:02
What was the main armament for the Panzer III ausf A?
 ~Looks below 50mm

37mm.  The idea was to have the ammo be same as the infantry's anti-tank gun.  The best decision made was to make sure that it could still take a 50mm if needed.  After 1940, they learned quite quickly the 50mm was most needed.  But some 37mm's soldiered on in Greece and Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 08-12-2012, 19:12:25
Yeah, like the Conqueror displaying a pirate flag after sinking the ARA Belgrano.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/676803-2/Hungs+with+Captured+Flag)

Hungarians with a capture flag. Some people say that it's a former Chetnik flag and it says 'for freedom and honor of the fatherland', probably captured in the Bacska and Banat provinces during 1941-1944.
It is Chetnik

And I should post a pic, didn't do that in a while :)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/tank204snowR.jpg)
Quote
Ardennes- This Kingtiger (i.d. No.204) had apparently been abandoned (undamaged?) in La Gleize and was in running order.
After the battle it was being driven away by US troops up this hill when it stalled and the engine caught fire.
The Americans later towed it off for scrapping.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-12-2012, 20:12:19
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6706/aergaergr.jpg)

Quote
Two soldiers look on at the serene sunset over the English Channel in the ruined Saint-Malo, France, after the city’s capture by Allied forces - August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-12-2012, 21:12:38
(http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/images/2007/08/29/pz3_pst.jpg)

We're coming!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 08-12-2012, 21:12:57
@ KT pic... Axis fanboys would probably say that Americans didn't know how to drive it properly, and that's why they broke it...  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 01:12:38
axis is so overrated


(http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/gws_gertrenchswiss_01.jpg)

Swiss ftw!

Swiss trench at the german border. The purpose of this trench was just to slow down the advance of the invading nazi troops, so the massive fortresses behind them could get all there ammo from arsenals to the cannons

Swiss fortifications were very well hidden and well equipped. But only ment to slow down invading troops
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 09-12-2012, 01:12:13
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9499/tumblrmcmoyygx5g1qasw04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-12-2012, 03:12:12
axis is so overrated


(http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/gws_gertrenchswiss_01.jpg)

Swiss ftw!

Swiss trench at the german border. The purpose of this trench was just to slow down the advance of the invading nazi troops, so the massive fortresses behind them could get all there ammo from arsenals to the cannons

Swiss fortifications were very well hidden and well equipped. But only ment to slow down invading troops

<cough>

That's a WW1 pic, theta.  IIRC it's a german trench, and that's its end at the swiss border.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 09-12-2012, 03:12:02
Still, less embarrassing than referring to skirts as trenchcoats ;D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 09-12-2012, 04:12:14
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3033/211671828.jpg)
Kyösti Karhila's Curtiss P36 Hawk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-12-2012, 12:12:47
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/31563311.jpg)
Bad luck Theta0...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 09-12-2012, 13:12:34
Road to 2.5 ;D

(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/761176BundesarchivBild101I269024011ARusslandPanzermitaufgesesssenerInfanterie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-12-2012, 14:12:47
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/820/post1182943823.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-12-2012, 16:12:21
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/732248-2/pzl23_karas)

A wreck of PZL 23 Karaś

What does "Karas" means?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 17:12:32
To y'all history and grammar nazi's i say=


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sw4HVgbWh0&feature=youtu.be&t=6m9s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 09-12-2012, 17:12:14
What does "Karas" means?

Karaś pospolity, crucian carp.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 09-12-2012, 17:12:40
To y'all history and grammar nazi's i say=


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sw4HVgbWh0&feature=youtu.be&t=6m9s

also, wrong thread :P

(http://www.google.hr/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://s2.hubimg.com/u/5691353_f520.jpg&sa=X&ei=CLzEUKyPN8TFtAa-ooGYCQ&ved=0CAoQ8wc4Lw&usg=AFQjCNErhU8zl1m2u6tK2sBBTsDGpKT8ag)

Muslim section of the 13th SS Division, praying.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-12-2012, 17:12:17
Muslim section of the 13th SS Division, praying.

WUT

I tought nazis hated Muslims?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 17:12:16
its so funny to see neo nazis in my country

OUT with all the turkish SIEG ****

Then i go=

What if i told you..........turkey and nazi germany were good friends during WW2...........

(http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9633/turkishdelegation126haziran435.jpg)

Here you see a turkish delegation viewing the performance of the Tiger tank in 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-12-2012, 17:12:37
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-036-05%2C_Amin_al_Husseini_bei_bosnischen_SS-Freiwilligen.jpg)

The Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, alongside SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen SS (Brigadier) Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1987-004-09A%2C_Amin_al_Husseini_und_Adolf_Hitler.jpg)

Haj Amin al-Husseini meeting with Adolf Hitler.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-12-2012, 17:12:09
I tought nazis hated Muslims?  ???

They generally didn't care about religion, except for the Jews ofcourse but they are more of a people than a religion anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-12-2012, 17:12:51
I know that they were friends, aldo Hitler gave a golden Walther PPK to one of our generals at the time, but I didnt know they were... ya' know... This much. This isnt something to be proud of.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 09-12-2012, 18:12:14
The story would go like this.

When recruiting people from occupied Bosnia, a whole lot of them turned out to be pretty good fighters, so Himmler formed a whole division of bosnian Muslims and Croats. He stated that the fanaticism and the faith of the Muslim soldiers was admirable, and was to be looked up to by his Aryan troops.

All in all, it wasn't a recruitment of Turks nor it had anything to do with them except the fact that the Ottomans brought the religion to this area, and that's it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 19:12:38
Hitler and his idea of a Great germany was the european lands to be of one pure aryan race. His goals did not reached to the far east and turkey. Hitler always had a respect for the turkish people, because of there huge resistance, faith and loyalty they gave for there cause. Hitler was for example, very respectfull for the performance of the turkish army its defense in the gallipoli campaign.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-12-2012, 19:12:30
Hitler and his idea of a Great germany was the european lands to be of one pure aryan race. His goals did not reached to the far east and turkey. Hitler always had a respect for the turkish people, because of there huge resistance, faith and loyalty they gave for there cause. Hitler was for example, very respectfull for the performance of the turkish army its defense in the gallipoli campaign.

This brings a memory of my friend Kerim's great granddad:

Him and one of his friends were in Germany in 1919-1923. So, one day they are drinking at some kind of a bar, where they heard that Hitler and the German Workers Party (early nazi party) members came to make  speeches. Then they hear the sound of a door, and they see everyone rising up from their seats. Guess who? Hitler himself! So, everyone starts staring at them angrily because they didnt  stand up. So Hitler comes over to them and asks: "Why dont you rise?" Then they answer: "We're Turkish." And Hitler suddenly becomes very soft and sweet, he says; "Oh! no problem. Please, be my guest. Enjoy your drinks, gentlemen."

This is a true story, as he told me, and I couldnt believe it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 09-12-2012, 19:12:17
Thread needs more pictures:

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/312007-2/Chinese+Panzer-Ia+abandoned+in+Nanking)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 19:12:15
Hitler and his idea of a Great germany was the european lands to be of one pure aryan race. His goals did not reached to the far east and turkey. Hitler always had a respect for the turkish people, because of there huge resistance, faith and loyalty they gave for there cause. Hitler was for example, very respectfull for the performance of the turkish army its defense in the gallipoli campaign.

This brings a memory of my friend Kerim's great granddad:

Him and one of his friends were in Germany in 1919-1923. So, one day they are drinking at some kind of a bar, where they heard that Hitler and the German Workers Party (early nazi party) members came to make  speeches. Then they hear the sound of a door, and they see everyone rising up from their seats. Guess who? Hitler himself! So, everyone starts staring at them angrily because they didnt  stand up. So Hitler comes over to them and asks: "Why dont you rise?" Then they answer: "We're Turkish." And Hitler suddenly becomes very soft and sweet, he says; "Oh! no problem. Please, be my guest. Enjoy your drinks, gentlemen."

This is a true story, as he told me, and I couldnt believe it.
Yep thats Hitler alright.

The reason why hitler hated the jews, was, according to him, the jews were only in the high ranks of the Imperial army in WW1, and that the common german had to fight and die while jews sended them to there deaths. Hitler also tought jews as a corrupt and rich people who stole everything from the germans. Reality was, that the grand majority of jews was infact poor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 09-12-2012, 20:12:09
I remember watching this documentray on TV a few months ago, were they said hitler hate towards jews was fueled by him spending most of his youth in this poor part of a city were jew mobs and gangs usually made bad things (dont remeber if steal, or bully others).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 20:12:33
Yeah that aswel


but fuck hitler, time for more Suizze

Hitler also hated the Swiss goverment and its way of governing things. But he declared the German swiss as "Aryan"
Twice did hitler almost invaded switzerland.

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4482/dca38de34mmarmeesuisseo.jpg)

Swiss 34mm oerlikon AA gun.Introduced in 1938. These AA guns had a very long range and were well liked by Swiss AA gunners. Many were deployed near the german border and these AA guns claimed several Luftwaffe Aircraft

These guns were also equipped with AP rounds, in wich they could penetrate 50mm of armour at 500 meters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 09-12-2012, 22:12:17
That site doesn't allow hotlinking
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-12-2012, 22:12:29
Theta sucks so hard, when you ride the elevator with him you automatically owe him 25 bucks for a blow job.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2012, 23:12:34
Dint matter, earned 25 bucks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 10-12-2012, 04:12:49
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9915/1353618198540.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-12-2012, 06:12:35
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/732242-1/Fin_anti-aircraft_machinegun_1941-1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-12-2012, 18:12:17
^^^
who are?


Also, this.
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/996/gallery2855418449553.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-12-2012, 18:12:52
They are Finns, Kading.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-12-2012, 18:12:52

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/145/lvfnewyear19431944.jpg)
 ;) they aren't german
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-12-2012, 22:12:31
They are Finns, Kading.

Finns, of course, using a Soviet Machine gun that was regularly used on airplanes...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 12-12-2012, 05:12:14
They are Finns, Kading.

Finns, of course, using a Soviet Machine gun that was regularly used on airplanes...

(http://en.valka.cz/files/bm_13_01_786.jpg)
Russians beat it with shooting aircraft rockets from a truck  ;D


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-12-2012, 05:12:33
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4474/scotsgreysshermansheik.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 12-12-2012, 06:12:36

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/145/lvfnewyear19431944.jpg
 ;) they aren't german
French?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-12-2012, 19:12:40
indeed !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-12-2012, 02:12:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/733014-2/ruedesarchivespak)

German soldiers awaiting for Leclerc's Shermans, Paris 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 13-12-2012, 02:12:47
That doesn't look as if it will end well. Suppose they'd have a chance if they could hit the ass end of a Sherman, though..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 13-12-2012, 11:12:56
I hightly doubt that this is Paris 1944.
Why: everyone of them has helmet emblems. Thats a sight for early years of war.
I guess its Belgium 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 13-12-2012, 12:12:20
That doesn't look as if it will end well. Suppose they'd have a chance if they could hit the ass end of a Sherman, though..
Well, considering they are in town or city, they might get to shoot at ranges below 100m. Even PaK36 could penetrate sherman at those ranges.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 13-12-2012, 14:12:30
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9nItIsoTMJg/ToVsYBxje2I/AAAAAAAAGhc/aMsZ-Pc6nAc/s1600/german-soldiers-march-lower-silesia-march-1945.jpg)
Panther G´s in Silesia March ´45. Looks like a Fallschirmjäger linked up with them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-12-2012, 19:12:24
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/541/teetrt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 13-12-2012, 19:12:03
Are those the French soldiers who fought for the Germans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-12-2012, 20:12:12
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/polishdi4-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 13-12-2012, 23:12:18
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/polishdi4-1.jpg)

What is that first plane? I know the others are PZL. 37s

Small Pic(sorry):

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5584/mokra2ix1939.jpg)
Aftermath of the battle at Mokra, casualities caused by the Volhynian cavalry brigade and its supporting units
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-12-2012, 00:12:20
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1659/srhasrhaerth.jpg)

Apologies if repost.

Actually I don't give a fuck :D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-12-2012, 00:12:26
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWS-33_Wy%C5%BCe%C5%82

Tis the PWS-33 Wyżeł, pizzza.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-12-2012, 03:12:04
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Wespe-and-Russian-Sher.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-12-2012, 21:12:27
Are those the French soldiers who fought for the Germans?

yes the few french nazi (lvf and later 33ss),
so rare photos are interresting and never posted here.

(http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/4/75897931.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-12-2012, 22:12:00
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/B-25s-Vesuv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-12-2012, 22:12:47
AFAIK, some SS Volunteer Units (French) ended up fighting in Berlin, by the government district area.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/733163-2/PIPER-L4-F-IT)

Free French Forces Piper L-4 flying above an Italian town in southern Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-12-2012, 04:12:34
Sherman with wooden armor on Iwo Jima.

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Sherman-Iwo-Jima-wooden-planking.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: titsmcgee852 on 15-12-2012, 11:12:18
^ wouldn't that have just meant shrapnel for nearby troops?

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/B-25s-Vesuv.jpg)
Is this in the Aleutians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 15-12-2012, 12:12:11
Is this in the Aleutians?

No it's Italy, 1944.

http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/Vesuvius.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-12-2012, 13:12:24
^ wouldn't that have just meant shrapnel for nearby troops?

Since the Japanese didn't have much penetrating AT weapons left, I suppose this is an attempt of the crew to reinforce the armor against HE weapons, like TNT or grenades. They did the same for weakspots in the armor like hatches: reinforcing them with a steel frame so the enemy wouldn't be able to put explosives directly on them.

So I guess it's not very dangerous for nearby soldiers because it's very unlikely the tank would get disabled by a penetrating hit that sets off the ammo or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-12-2012, 16:12:50
IIRC the wood would be for magnetic mines.  The hatch wire frames were indeed to keep blasts directly off the hatches, and they would also wire cage the engine block for similar reasons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 15-12-2012, 18:12:03
The problem with the wood itself is that it can provide an extra source of schrapnel that can inflict wounds on friendly soldier.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3576/3674365429_8514972d5d.jpg)

Quote
Flight over Siam somewhere in ww2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-12-2012, 22:12:40
I think we can all agree that Shermans in the Pacific looked a lot cooler than their sisters in Europe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-12-2012, 23:12:53
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/722861-1/c27be7bebe_002)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-12-2012, 23:12:31
(http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/96/file4k.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 16-12-2012, 00:12:24
(http://www.picturevip.com/v2/images/2012/12/11/e2I86.jpg)

:D.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-12-2012, 05:12:01
(http://www.congedatifolgore.com/news/fotonews/herring.jpg)

Italian Nembo Paratroopers loaded into a C-47 for Operation Herring, the last combat jump in the ETO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Herring
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 16-12-2012, 14:12:47
Polish General: Stanisław Maczek recieving a medal.

(http://www.polishclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Gen-Maczek-Komandoria-Krzyza-Legii-Honorowej-fot-NAC-stygn-37-529-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-12-2012, 18:12:26
(http://www.congedatifolgore.com/news/fotonews/herring.jpg)

Italian Nembo Paratroopers loaded into a C-47 for Operation Herring, the last combat jump in the ETO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Herring
Wow, that's some neat history that you don't usually hear about.  Are those Beretta smgs?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-12-2012, 19:12:28
Yes, they are.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 16-12-2012, 22:12:35
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5933/spitfiretippingv1flying.jpg)
Spitfire tippin a V-1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-12-2012, 22:12:59
Berreta 38, Suomi KP31 and PPSH. best Mofo SMG's of the war baby

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vlvjA9o21r2cjnuo1_500.jpg)

The war is over. 2 Red army soldiers stand guard in Berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 17-12-2012, 00:12:26
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Sherm-2ndFrenchArmd-Div1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-12-2012, 02:12:30
French M10  LE TERRIBLE II
(http://www.chars-francais.net/new/images/stories/m10/le-terrible2_rbfm.jpg)
Pocket Royan end of April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 18-12-2012, 03:12:03
Soviet soldier liberates his home village in 1943, greeted by his mother and sister..

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Libs-his-home-ville-sisters1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 18-12-2012, 04:12:06
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5933/spitfiretippingv1flying.jpg)
Spitfire tippin a V-1

I'm surprised he's still able to fly the Spitfire after fitting those massive balls of his into the plane. (I avoided saying cockpit). I can't imagine the sheer courage it required to pull a maneuver like that. Seriously, God bless those guys...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-12-2012, 17:12:40
Three Axis officers at Stalingrad, from left to right, Romanian, Italian, German.

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/275/5/6/comrades_at_stalingrad_1942_by_kazi2000-d2zyaxo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 18-12-2012, 22:12:16
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1611.jpg)
SdKfz 232 8x8. eastern front USSR 1942

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-12-2012, 00:12:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/734339-4/Tobruk__Norwegen_10__35_)

Quote
Dogfight over a French harbor, 1940. Taken by a German sailor.

I have my doubts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 19-12-2012, 00:12:19
Panther with infra-red apparatus:

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Infra-redtests1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 19-12-2012, 12:12:45
Soviet soldier liberates his home village in 1943, greeted by his mother and sister..

Must have been the best moment of his life.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 20-12-2012, 00:12:44
Soviet soldier liberates his home village in 1943, greeted by his mother and sister..

Must have been the best moment of his life.

I think that too.

(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4599/action2232.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 20-12-2012, 11:12:34
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3014/pziiiearly.jpg)
Early model training PzIII
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-12-2012, 23:12:03
(http://s11.postimage.org/j43dt0rpb/1355034159510.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/j43dt0rpb/) (http://s10.postimage.org/g5n12sj5h/1355034293599.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/g5n12sj5h/)
I think , thats a good idea for static on some Eastern Front maps ?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-12-2012, 02:12:32
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Peenemunde_test_stand_VII.jpg)

Peenemünde Army Research Center
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-12-2012, 02:12:33
Flamingo

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8315/flammpanzeriiflamingo.jpg)

Wasp

(http://www.perthregiment.org/rguide2_images/carriers/carrier23.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 21-12-2012, 03:12:24
(http://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/50625022.jpg?w=900)
1st Army GIs search for German paratroopers during the Battle of the Bulge

Winter is beautiful


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-12-2012, 06:12:55
Cracking shot!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-12-2012, 20:12:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Kayaba_ka-1.jpg)

Kayaba Ka-1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-12-2012, 21:12:38
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/EprussiaHorsesFeb45.jpg)

East Prussia, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 22-12-2012, 02:12:33
(http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f240/324616d1324234494-vivid-new-battle-bulge-photos-article-2075565-0f353b7c00000578-185_964x438.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-12-2012, 02:12:35
(http://i53.photobucket[dot]com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/EprussiaHorsesFeb45.jpg)

East Prussia, February 1945.
That's a great coat he has. And ponies too!? Things are going well for the Fatherland!
Ok, a picture.
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2576/ff279a4499056c68b951958.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 22-12-2012, 18:12:16
Taken at Fort Benning in 1950.

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/FtBenning1950.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 22-12-2012, 18:12:06
OMG! M2 Carbine, its a must-have for 1944-45 maps!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-12-2012, 18:12:01
OMG! M2 Carbine, its a must-have for  45 maps!
fixed*

The first conversions reached the front at the end of the bulge battle

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Carbine-iwo-jima-194502.jpg)

M1 Carbine with M8 rifle grenade launcher. Another must for the M1 Carbine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 22-12-2012, 18:12:55
More used in the Pacific then?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 23-12-2012, 05:12:41
German tank crew with paper KV-1:

(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1609/paperkv1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 23-12-2012, 06:12:24
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/54/media-54083/large.jpg?action-d)

The first pay day for an RAF beach unit in Normandy. A captured German 'Beetle' tank serves as a desk as the Adjutant, Flight Lieutenant W S Smith, accompanied by his pay clerk, Corporal C Woodbridge, hands Flight Sergeant F W Riches his money.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-12-2012, 10:12:16
Lol, did they know that thing is completely loaded with explosives?  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 23-12-2012, 10:12:19
What did they use a paper model for?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 23-12-2012, 10:12:45
Beetle Tank? It´s an Goliath.   :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 23-12-2012, 10:12:39
What did they use a paper model for?

Learning and recognizing the shape of enemy tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-12-2012, 12:12:06
Seems from me looking it up before posting my outrage has discovered that "Beetle" is probably some sort of nickname for the Goliath. No idea who it comes from, but it yields google results.
Here is a Marder and a Gigant.
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7152/mardergigant.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 23-12-2012, 16:12:58
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Me109-Croation.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 23-12-2012, 16:12:31
what kind of BalkenKreuz is that?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-12-2012, 16:12:22
Croatian Air Force
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-12-2012, 16:12:59
The Trefoil, AKA the "Zvonimirov trolist", the insignia of the Croatian Air Legion


http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/1248/padobranci6sv.jpg

German paratroopers carry a wounded British soldier who lost his foot to a landmine, a bit graphic so I left it as a link.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2012, 17:12:38
The Trefoil, AKA the "Zvonimirov trolist", the insignia of the Croatian Air Legion


http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/1248/padobranci6sv.jpg

German paratroopers carry a wounded British soldier who lost his foot to a landmine, a bit graphic so I left it as a link.

Wonder why the brit in the background is carrying a Gew41?  Some kind of truce, and he's carrying a rifle for the FJ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-12-2012, 17:12:03
Could be that the Germans are the prisoners, the one holding the G41 is waving to someone to the left, might be calling for a medic. None of them look in fighting shape though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2012, 17:12:11
Ah, yeah, that makes sense x3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-12-2012, 17:12:10
Seems from me looking it up before posting my outrage has discovered that "Beetle" is probably some sort of nickname for the Goliath. No idea who it comes from, but it yields google results.

Beetle is the nickname for a British 'mobile land mine' experiment in WWII simular to the German Goliath.
They were never deployed, but because of it the Allies started calling the Goliaths 'Beetle'.
 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-12-2012, 18:12:23
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2istbv7.jpg)
The Madonna of Stalingrad. Coal on paper, 95cm x 115cm (backside of a russian map). Painted until December 24th, 1942, by german army medical Kurt Reuber for his comrades in the pocket of Stalingrad. The picture was flown out in early 1943. Kurt Reuber died in soviet imprisonment in January 1944.

The original drawing is exhibited in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin. Copies can be found in the Cathedrals of Coventry and Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad).

Caption: 1942. Christmas in the pocket. Fortress Stalingrad. Light. Living. Love.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-12-2012, 18:12:28
That is really sad. :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 24-12-2012, 00:12:31
(http://www.chars-francais.net/new/images/stories/galery/1921_fcm2c/10-90%20poitou%2001.jpg)

Bonus picture:

Polish cavalry charge in Sochaczew (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Polish_cavalry_in_Sochaczew%281939%29a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 24-12-2012, 01:12:42
Sherman 76mm with extra concrete armour, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Sher76mm-with-concrete-armour-Gelsenkirchen-Ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-12-2012, 04:12:55
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_17/s_w36_01010922.jpg)

The original caption says:
Quote
A German officer eats C-rations as he sits amid the ruins of Saarbrücken, a German city and stronghold along the Siegfried Line, in early spring of 1945. (AP Photo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-12-2012, 06:12:03
Not any german officer.  Looks like he's a police officer, nco rank, judging by both the twisted interior braid of his shoulderboards, and the bordered collar litzen on his tunic.  According to the rank charts, he's a "Meister", the highest NCO rank for a police officer in German police force of the time.  This is municipal police btw, not gestapo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 24-12-2012, 09:12:21
The Trefoil, AKA the "Zvonimirov trolist", the insignia of the Croatian Air Legion


http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/1248/padobranci6sv.jpg

German paratroopers carry a wounded British soldier who lost his foot to a landmine, a bit graphic so I left it as a link.


That pic is amazing!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 25-12-2012, 00:12:40
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Archer-street.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 25-12-2012, 00:12:27
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4006/ussnip.jpg)

Dunno where this was taken, sorry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-12-2012, 00:12:54
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4006/ussnip.jpg)

Dunno where this was taken, sorry.
US Army Pfc. Edward J. Foley of the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division cleaning his Springfield M1903A4 sniper rifle, near Valletri, Italy, 29 May 1944

This regiment(and this devision) had huge numbers of Springfield M1903A1 and A3 rifles in there inventory even at the end of WW2 as many refused to hand over there springfields for Garands
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-12-2012, 05:12:50
Not any german officer.  Looks like he's a police officer, nco rank, judging by both the twisted interior braid of his shoulderboards, and the bordered collar litzen on his tunic.  According to the rank charts, he's a "Meister", the highest NCO rank for a police officer in German police force of the time.  This is municipal police btw, not gestapo.

Nice, thanks

I was suspicious about it at first, judging by the look of his hat. If he was a Wehrmacht Officer or something, he wouldn't be just sitting in the open eating while the city is being attacked... will he?.

It's still a great photo!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J28536%2C_Volkssturm%2C_Einsatz_einer_Hitler-Jugend-Kompanie.jpg)

 Members of a Hitlerjugend company of the Volkssturm at the German-Soviet front in Pyritz, Pomerania, February 1945.

Love their uniforms!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 25-12-2012, 15:12:14
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Me109-Croation.jpg)

Found the info:

Falconara airfield, Italy, April 16th, 1945.
2 Me109 G-10s flown by Unteroffizier Ceković (Black 10) and Unteroffizier Sandtner (Black 4) who defected to the Allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 26-12-2012, 01:12:01
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/KT-fran.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 26-12-2012, 02:12:41
The real Panzer V.

(http://www.history.jp/wehrmacht/027-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-12-2012, 05:12:43
Neubaufahrzeug

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L03744%2C_Norwegen%2C_Oslo%2C_Deutsche_Panzer_im_Hafen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 27-12-2012, 00:12:43
(http://albumwar2.com/images/stories/photo/02.10.2012/29883.jpg)
Gerät 040 - 600mm self-propelled Heavy Mortar + Panzer IV ammunition carrier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-12-2012, 05:12:18
5 SS Wiking, Kharkov:

(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8263/5sswikingkharkov.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-12-2012, 05:12:08
Fallschirmjager with a Panzerhandmine 3, an early hand held shaped charge weapon.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5578/panzermineiii.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 27-12-2012, 12:12:39
That guy looks hardcore
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-12-2012, 17:12:14
That guy looks hardcore

He'd have to be to use a weapon like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 27-12-2012, 17:12:27
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/FinnishsoldierwithK31SMG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 27-12-2012, 18:12:45
Thats a suomi SMG, but whats that helmet?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-12-2012, 21:12:04
Czech helmet.  Finns used quite a lot of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 27-12-2012, 21:12:42
Looks kinda unprotective since the ears stay unguarded. :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 27-12-2012, 21:12:19
http://albumwar2.com/photo-19391945/35-gallery/6884-an-officer-from-the-division-lgrossdeutschlandr-in-the-trenches-at-the-kursk-bulge (http://albumwar2.com/photo-19391945/35-gallery/6884-an-officer-from-the-division-lgrossdeutschlandr-in-the-trenches-at-the-kursk-bulge)
An officer from the division «Großdeutschland» in a trench at the Kursk Bulge. Late July-early August 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 28-12-2012, 00:12:07
Original resolution here (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/US_Navy_LST.jpg).

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/201/usnavylstres.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 28-12-2012, 18:12:46
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Finnish-18pdr.jpg)

Finnish 18-pounder
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-12-2012, 05:12:09
A Christmas Truce between Greek and Italian troops in the Albanian mountains.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A-9rSZ8CMAAC8hi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 29-12-2012, 15:12:27
(http://i37.tinypic.com/r2pxch.jpg)
Italy P IV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 29-12-2012, 22:12:20
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8493/egeq35641.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 29-12-2012, 23:12:00
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/444687pic.jpg)

Rocket Sherman
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 30-12-2012, 07:12:19
Tiger in Nevel, 1944.

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tiger_Nevel_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 30-12-2012, 07:12:08
 Loyal eddie's on the move in ortona

 (http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo8/no4/images/Gooderson-06.jpg)


also resize your images Andrew (please)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 31-12-2012, 05:12:18
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Dutch-troops-DutchEastInds-preJap-invas.jpg)
Dutch troops in Dutch East Indies before Japs invaded
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 31-12-2012, 20:12:41
Hi-res for my pal Sheik (http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5058/4t63q4345.jpg)

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5824/4t63q4345res.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 01-01-2013, 01:01:23
Panzer III snowplow:

(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4002/320311213734.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 01-01-2013, 01:01:22
(http://historywarsweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/image/GermanTanks1(1).jpg)
"Battle of the Bzura" 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 01-01-2013, 10:01:02
What I am PRETTY sure is a Fallschirmjager in Normandy.
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/993/panzerfaustnormandy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-01-2013, 19:01:38
Hans, you're doing it wrong.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2013, 11:01:18
Zhat explains the burning PZIV behind me....



Aaah the german wehrmacht. Diciplined, well organized and drilled

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs20/f/2007/309/4/4/in_the_morning_by_Jhonni.jpg)

ACHTUNG!
LEGT AN!
PINKELT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 02-01-2013, 11:01:10
Whaaa? Are they peeing?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 02-01-2013, 15:01:32
No. Human males are 75% water, what you see here is just Germans leaking because of bullet holes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-01-2013, 15:01:41
Sadistic enemies shooting them all into crotch. That has got to be against geneva convention or something.

Denying reinforcements, the long term version?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 02-01-2013, 16:01:54
"Tulta munille!" ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2013, 23:01:46
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4039/4540390220_7368045b6f_z.jpg)

Obersturmfuhrer Hans "Derpze" derpenstein from the 9th devision derpenhammer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 03-01-2013, 00:01:54
I say fake. As in taking place decades after WWII.

Its just suspicious, all I'm saying.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2013, 01:01:50
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/HiryuBurning.jpg/800px-HiryuBurning.jpg)

The Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu burning and sinking the morning after being bombed by U.S. aircraft during the Battle of Midway on 5 June 1942. Photographed by a plane from the carrier Hosho.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-01-2013, 05:01:38
I'd say real, since it has something the vast majority of post-war stuff will miss out one, pre-war embroided unit numbers on the shoulder boards.  The tunic also looks like one of the early runs of the M36 that lacked the bottle green collar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-01-2013, 19:01:53
Vonmudra shoots and scores :>
Time for another photo of my folder containg funny german photos of WW2
(http://www.camelphotos.com/pic/army_camels14.jpg)

Damn BUDGET CUTS


Tommorow another epic photo....this one goes out to vonmudra :>
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 03-01-2013, 20:01:05
That is one epic photo. Ersatz-Kamel!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-01-2013, 00:01:05
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/11twxax.jpg)
Japanese I-400-Class submarine. The hole in the fin is actually a cargo hangar for aircrafts to be launched from.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-01-2013, 17:01:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/736900-2/captured_redarmy_officers_przemysl_1941_4r5nbw5uqq68k0o40ggc0sgsg_ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4_th)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 04-01-2013, 22:01:45
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-70/t-70_12.jpg)

Row of captured T-70's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-01-2013, 00:01:20
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/15wx7nr.jpg)
About 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 05-01-2013, 01:01:55
Karl Gerät 041 battery. The horror, the horror...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Karl23.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 07-01-2013, 22:01:05
You lazy bums...

3.7cm PaK 35/36 auf Artillerie Schlepper 604
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/rongoins/pak%2036%20auf%20artillerie%20schlepper%20603%20r/37cmPaKaufgepArtillerieSchlepper630.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2013, 01:01:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/737641-1/me_328)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-01-2013, 03:01:26
You lazy bums...

3.7cm PaK 35/36 auf Artillerie Schlepper 604
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/rongoins/pak%2036%20auf%20artillerie%20schlepper%20603%20r/37cmPaKaufgepArtillerieSchlepper630.jpg)

5 kill rings.  Impressive, if a bit lazy, gun crew ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-01-2013, 09:01:28
You lazy bums...

3.7cm PaK 35/36 auf Artillerie Schlepper 604
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/rongoins/pak%2036%20auf%20artillerie%20schlepper%20603%20r/37cmPaKaufgepArtillerieSchlepper630.jpg[/img

5 kill rings.  Impressive, if a bit lazy, gun crew ;)

Not the crew, people posting pictures have been slacking off. I got stuff to post and I really hate double posting. It sickens me...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-01-2013, 18:01:55
(http://www.orpheusandlyra.com/files/ukraine_viina/ukraine_kharkiv_wwii.jpg)

Ukraine, probably Kkarkov, no more details (1942?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 08-01-2013, 20:01:33
Seems quite early in the war, since the StuG seems to have the short 75mm, so I think it's 1941-1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 09-01-2013, 16:01:56
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8940/fallschjg08copy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-01-2013, 18:01:15
The moment even the most motivated soldier realises war is just misery
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-117.jpg)
Crossing the Rhine under enemy fire at St. Goar. March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 09-01-2013, 21:01:10
Heavy Cruiser "Prinz Eugen". Can't say for sure, but might be during a visit of admiral Dönitz around 1942/1943 as he is on other pictures. My grandfather served on that ship in 1942/43 and these pictures are not taken by him. Found some of these pictures on the internet too. They were taken by a photographer and then given to crew members I guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 09-01-2013, 21:01:57
Since we're on the ships topic:
(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/7015/hmsladybird1.jpg)

EDIT:
These small forgotten ships ended up in most unlikely places, contrary to their original purpose:
http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/the-insects/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-01-2013, 02:01:56
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7816/rafbombs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2013, 02:01:44
Handle with care.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/737600-2/tanketka_fr_6bvfsfchbqko0ocskok0cccko_ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4_th)

Remains of a Renault 31R.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 10-01-2013, 17:01:15
Attached two pictures (because they kinda belong tohether) Sorry for bad quality and light reflection.

These are Don-Cossacks entertaining the crew. My grandfather remembers them and he told me they danced very nicely and did great tricks with swords and knives for example like the second picture shows.
The crew really liked them.

A good bunch of Cossacks defected to the Wehrmacht hoping to gain more rights and freedom as Stalin haunted lots of them. Can't say exactly why they have been put on the Prinz Eugen. I also can't say if these were regular crew members or just entertainers. I just know that most of them actually fought at the Eastern front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-01-2013, 19:01:09
IIRC most fought in Yugoslavia, but there WAS a unit of them that served in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-01-2013, 19:01:26
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-48.jpg)
Quote
A youngster, clutching his soldier father, gazes upward while the latter lifts his wife from the ground to wish her a `Merry Christmas.' The serviceman is one of those fortunate enough to be able to get home for the holidays.

December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 10-01-2013, 22:01:59
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/stihace/Pzjager1/054.jpg)

Not sure if captured Panzerjäger I, or captured hats. But these hats look Russian to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2013, 22:01:32
They're German, one of them has German Rank Insignias.

And these hats were also used by Germans, and by Sepp Dietrich:

(http://www.nndb.com/people/171/000087907/sepp-sm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 10-01-2013, 23:01:03
Australian patrol, supposedly at Trobruk.
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/28/tobrukpatrol.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 11-01-2013, 04:01:20
...these hats look Russian to me...

Ushanka... USHANKA!
OO-SHAAN-KA!
УШАНКА!

...Sorry, just.. stereotype sensitive.
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7646/ushanka.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-01-2013, 14:01:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-08778-0001%2C_Dresden%2C_Tote_nach_Bombenangriff.jpg/800px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-08778-0001%2C_Dresden%2C_Tote_nach_Bombenangriff.jpg)
Dresden, 14th of februari 1945. A pile of victims of the airraid, ready to b burned in a masscremation
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Plakat1940.jpg/220px-Plakat1940.jpg)
sorry for double picture, but i saw those so soon after each other, that the second picture gave me an extra sour taste...Eventho the poster itself probably refers to the Battle of Brittain
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 11-01-2013, 14:01:28
 The poster quote absolutely refers to the Battle of Britain. (hence the attribution from the Prime Minister and his incredibly famous address to the nation)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 11-01-2013, 15:01:16
...these hats look Russian to me...

Ushanka... USHANKA!
OO-SHAAN-KA!
УШАНКА!

...Sorry, just.. stereotype sensitive.
[img]http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7646/ushanka.png[/img

I prefer calling them "Fish Fur" hats.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 11-01-2013, 16:01:18
The Prinz Eugen once again.

Can't post half of the pictures I got by the way because of swastika flags all over the place for celebrational purposes on the ship :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-01-2013, 17:01:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Plakat1940.jpg/220px-Plakat1940.jpg)
sorry for double picture, but i saw those so soon after each other, that the second picture gave me an extra sour taste...Eventho the poster itself probably refers to the Battle of Brittain

That's right. It's a British poster that directly refers to the Battle of Britain.
''Never was so much owed by so many to so few'' was a line of Churchill, who thanked the RAF (the few) for saving the entire United Kingdom (the many) from a German invasion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2013, 19:01:50
The Prinz Eugen once again.

Can't post half of the pictures I got by the way because of swastika flags all over the place for celebrational purposes on the ship :/

Meh, i would post them anyways.


Prinz Eugen is a great ship!, but the gringos with power decided to nuke it... at least they could have kept it as a Museum ship!.  The Prinz Eugen was used in the late stages of the war for shore bombardment when the Soviets attempted to advance into Konigsberg, would be nice to have one of these maps in FH2 one day....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-01-2013, 19:01:01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_section_86a
§ 86 StGB Dissemination of Means of Propaganda of Unconstitutional Organizations
(1) Whoever domestically disseminates or produces, stocks, imports or exports or makes publicly accessible through data storage media for dissemination domestically or abroad, means of propaganda:
1. of a party which has been declared to be unconstitutional by the Federal Constitutional Court or a party or organization, as to which it has been determined, no longer subject to appeal, that it is a substitute organization of such a party;
[…]
4. means of propaganda, the contents of which are intended to further the aims of a former National Socialist organization,
shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. […]
(3) Subsection (1) shall not be applicable if the means of propaganda or the act serves to further civil enlightenment, to avert unconstitutional aims, to promote art or science, research or teaching, reporting about current historical events or similar purposes. […]
§ 86a StGB Use of Symbols of Unconstitutional Organizations
(1) Whoever:
1. domestically distributes or publicly uses, in a meeting or in writings (§ 11 subsection (3)) disseminated by him, symbols of one of the parties or organizations indicated in § 86 subsection (1), nos. 1, 2 and 4; or
2. produces, stocks, imports or exports objects which depict or contain such symbols for distribution or use domestically or abroad, in the manner indicated in number 1,
shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine.
(2) Symbols, within the meaning of subsection (1), shall be, in particular, flags, insignia, uniforms, slogans and forms of greeting. Symbols which are so similar as to be mistaken for those named in sentence 1 shall be deemed to be equivalent thereto. […]
[edit]

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I'd say it's further civil enlightenment and research or teaching. (might be wrong due to translation of the law)
what do admins think? Maybe it's the easiest to keep it banned at all to prevent any discussions...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-01-2013, 21:01:18
Afaik swastikas are allowed to be posted as long as they are in historical context, so posting pictures that happen to have one in them in a historic picture thread is completely legal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 11-01-2013, 23:01:07
Afaik swastikas are allowed to be posted as long as they are in historical context, so posting pictures that happen to have one in them in a historic picture thread is completely legal.

We'll see!

(http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-third-reich/gallery/carouselGallery/0/assetPhotos/06/image/nazi-chancellor-4.jpg)
1938-39 Nuremburg rally.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-01-2013, 04:01:21
See, now you are posting pre-war photos. That's a whole new problem.
(http://www.birminghamstories.co.uk/db/media/lrg/panzer_tanks.jpg)
That's how you do it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2013, 05:01:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/613618-2/Goeringbuffet)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 12-01-2013, 07:01:53
See, now you are posting pre-war photos. That's a whole new problem.

Important events leading up to the war should count! The anschluß, annexation of Austria, pressure on the Allied forces?

Regarding the rallies, the 1939 rally was cancelled because the invasion of Poland was on the day before the planned date and ironically was known as Reichsparteitag des Friedens (Reich national party day for peace).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-01-2013, 18:01:17
(http://lockthewelderdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/u-boat.jpg)
anyone can say more about this picture?
I guess it's post-war, the sub surrendered and the brits inspect it, might make it attraction and then sink it in practises?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 12-01-2013, 18:01:37
^THAT is what they call a U-Kreuzer. A U-boat with more cannons than usual. Most likely used as an escort sub, like U-676 in WWII, but then against light surface vessels. They were used in WWI, the flag and the picture quality give it away, so wrong thread. But still cool as heck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-01-2013, 18:01:28
thought it was amateur picture, but ur version makes way more sense  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-01-2013, 19:01:42
thought it was amateur picture, but ur version makes way more sense  ;D
Yeah, the flag is the real giveaway, it is the Imperial Naval Jack. If it was WW2, it would be a big ol swastika flag.

Also, WW2 German submarines were a bit narrower than their WW1 counterparts for hydrodynamic reasons. Regarde:
(http://images.wikia.com/empiresandallies/images/4/41/German-u-boat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 12-01-2013, 19:01:35
One of the smaller towers, most likely a pair of 10x12.5cm guns firing. Don't know if actual combat or just practice. If I'm not mistaken you can see a marine loading the next shell. As far as I remember, my grandfather was gunner in one of the towers (being on the ship was part of completing the drill in order to become naval officer after. He finished in 1943, but again no clue when picture was taken.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-01-2013, 02:01:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/504478-2/xbmhs2)

Can anybody identify these Generals? apart from Hitler.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-01-2013, 02:01:43
The ones I can see faces of are Gudarian on the left and von Reichenau on the left.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 13-01-2013, 02:01:20
Why is it blue like that? Alot of it has been cut out as well...

This was taken on 3rd of October, 1938 in Sudetenland, road between Franzensbad and Eger. They're taking a rest on a long road during the invasion.

Here is a more proper photo of the event, I'll be going by it:
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/8125/hp273616.png)

On Hitler's left is Konrad Henlein, to his left is Wilhelm Keitel. On Hitler's right is Walther von Reichenau, and on his right is Heinrich Himler, and on his right is Heinz Guderian.

Again, the anschluß! It counts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-01-2013, 03:01:35
(http://www.fororacing.com.ar/images/smilies/biggrinthumb.gif) thanks!

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-01-2013, 13:01:35
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-145.jpg)
Attack on Garapan, July 1944
Marines using captured Japanese stuff
I love the different reactions on this picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-01-2013, 13:01:34
The guy crouching

whoo

im firing a cannon
yay
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-01-2013, 13:01:27
He must be an artillerist, used to having to deal with bigger caliber guns...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 13-01-2013, 15:01:33
He must be an artillerist, used to having to deal with bigger caliber guns...

its not that impressive when you are used to it  ;) even 155mm doesnt seem that impressive after a while  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 14-01-2013, 10:01:53
Sooooo FJs with M43 tunics?
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8651/muddywuzwrong.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-01-2013, 18:01:02
I'm totally new in recognizing in all the uniforms etc., could you tell me on what things you can easily identify what they are?
Only thing that i see right now is that they got Fallschirmjäger helmets and that the shield on the side insinuates it's probably early in the war?

anyway, new dat new picture
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-152.jpg)
`C' Battery, 90th Field Artillery, lay down a barrage on troublesome Jap artillery positions in Balete Pass, April 19, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 14-01-2013, 19:01:24
It's not early war. M43 means "model of 1943". So I'd guess the FJ are in Northern Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 14-01-2013, 19:01:45
It's not early war. M43 means "model of 1943". So I'd guess the FJ are in Northern Italy

Here's the thing: I'm not quite sure. The Luftwaffe DID have a tunic that looked like that, but ALL photos of Fallschirmjagers show them wearing a distinctive, short, 2 pocket tunic. Von Mudra reckons they could be pre-war Army paratroopers, but they have Luftwaffe breast eagles.
My best guess is some sort of late war thing, as a good many of them are in jackboots (lace up jump boots became scarce at the end of the war for production reasons).

This photo gives better detail of the Luftwaffe M43. Thing is, it was somewhat uncommon and would only be seen with FlaK crews and, in some cases, the Luftwaffe Field Divisions. Not sure about the Herman Goering Division, though.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AP-rb774dmQ/R8Fn5IxhTFI/AAAAAAAABUc/9I1i3p8TeZk/S660/Luftwaffe+Flak+Mannschaft+OK.jpg)

Fallschirmjagers have had these on in every photo I have ever seen. Note the covered buttons and lack of breast pockets.
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3705/fjgroup.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-01-2013, 20:01:03
My other guess is they could be an air landing unit.  Either way they're def in training, only one seems to have a FJ jump badge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 14-01-2013, 20:01:19
I'm totally new in recognizing in all the uniforms etc., could you tell me on what things you can easily identify what they are?
Only thing that i see right now is that they got Fallschirmjäger helmets and that the shield on the side insinuates it's probably early in the war?

anyway, new dat new picture
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-152.jpg)
`C' Battery, 90th Field Artillery, lay down a barrage on troublesome Jap artillery positions in Balete Pass, April 19, 1945

anyone recognize the gun? doesnt look like a normal M1A2 Howitzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aggroman on 14-01-2013, 21:01:48
M114 maybe?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 14-01-2013, 21:01:46
M114 maybe?

its a 155mm alright, but i cant recognize the recoil-brake
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-01-2013, 22:01:13
M114 maybe?

its a 155mm alright, but i cant recognize the recoil-brake

Almost certain it is this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M114_155_mm_howitzer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-01-2013, 16:01:48
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lVq1KjPBSZE/UKC94kDMMDI/AAAAAAAA3dg/OCNDSRFg8_E/s1600/390th+Group+B-17+Flying+Fortresses+Strike+Bois-Colombes+31+December+1943.jpg)
B-17 strike on what seems to me to be Paris
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 15-01-2013, 19:01:31
Why would you think that's Paris?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-01-2013, 19:01:27
I think i can see Île de la Cité under on the pic and Île Saint-Louis, and to go on, the extreme structure in the cityplan. I've been in Paris many times and I've flown a few times over the city when it was cloudless weather, then u see that structure clearly. IIRC, that form was made by the governement for easy control in case of riots, then they could just put cannons on the road crossings and control the streets easily.
Anyway, not 100% sure it's Paris, but 99% sure, it would be too much coincidence
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-01-2013, 20:01:01
You are wrong in your identification in that these are not the islands you think they are. Also saying this is Paris because of the street layout is wrong since this is basicly how every european city looks. These cities grew over a course of thousands of years, they just turned out like this, there is no planning really. The only thing planned are the main roads and railroads and those where build afterwards by simply saying, thanks for the house, GTFO now.

Now, the fact that the picture name is "390th+Group+B-17+Flying+Fortresses+Strike+Bois-Colombes+31+December+1943.jpg" should be a clear hint that they are bombing near Colombes. One of many suburbs of Paris. A little look as google maps shows us that in fact they seem to be bombing Bécon-les-Bruyères railwaystation/intersection. It is somewhere in the top half of the cloud of smoke witch seems to be about 2000 meter long. Bombing takes place about 12km northwest of Paris city centre.

I will go back lurking now, bye

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 15-01-2013, 20:01:05
I love you guys....so much xD

(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9128/fallschjg23copy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-01-2013, 22:01:42
i just put B-17 strike in google and clicked the first image i got of a bombing itself (http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=li&q=b-17+strike&biw=1920&bih=952&sei=x8D1UNKyKuab1AX9j4DQCg#hl=nl&tbo=d&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=b-17+flying+fortress+strike&oq=b-17+flying+fortress+strike&gs_l=img.3...69114.73069.0.73731.16.16.0.0.0.0.205.1602.9j3j4.16.0...0.0...1c.1.EzgVnEH0KmI&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41018144,d.d2k&fp=d1d20aa05629fe38&biw=1920&bih=952) I read that caption, but thought since it contained bois, what i know is french for forrest, meant it was a bombing of a forrest, so i just ignored what was there assuming it was worthless, which is also why i didn't put date with it, as i usually try to do. Since, i did think it were those islands, i put "ile de la cité" in google maps, and watched if it matched the picture, when i went down on the map, i noticed Place d'Italie had a starshaped form like u see one on the topleft of the image, so it matched the picture if the bombers came from the NE, and then headed to SW. And even then, i still said i assumed it. (also the only other larger cities that i know with islands from that shape and size in very urban area are Berlin and Antwerp, but it's clearly none of them). Anyway, sorry i posted wrong information here for the second time, next time i'll only post captions i found with pictures on sites with histroical background and not just by googling things i know.

PS: if u think i did check "bois Colombes" in google maps, do you really think i would be that stupid to put wrong names of islands in why i think it's Paris?

EDIT: and if you are trying to insinuate i'm trying to be a smartass here,
A) why would i say this kind of stuff "I'm totally new in recognizing in all the uniforms etc., could you tell me on what things you can easily identify what they are?"
B) I don't kno anyone here in RL or even in-game, i don't even play FH2 (i don't have bf2 and can't find it in stores and i hate online buying) just FH1 sometimes. I just came here because i like to know more about the militaria and the wars of the 20th century and i thought i could make these treads a bit more active
C) You can probably notice i frequently put "i think" or question marks behind descriptions or in this case "seems to me". Yeah, then i sure wanna look like the guy that knows everything, i'm just here to lear more and have fun doing so, i'm perfectly aware of the fact i know nothing of WWI or WW II compared to you, that's also why i ask so many questions, i know i will get correct answers here. Everyone i know in RL knows less than me of WW II so i can't ask them, yet i know so little compared to everyone here.

Anyway, i got the point, i'll use sites with historical backgrounds or wikipedia to get captions and if they are wrong, i'll have an excuse or i can blame the inaccuracy of wikipedia. Just don't come and cry it's a famous picture. I'm sorry if it seemed to you i wanted to look like a smartass.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 15-01-2013, 22:01:39
(http://oberkampf.muddeln.free.fr/images/German%20losses/bochesapoil.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-01-2013, 00:01:18
One of the creepiest pictures i know, pictures like this say so much more than all the numbers you read
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R69919%2C_KZ_Auschwitz%2C_Brillen.jpg)
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R69919, KZ Auschwitz, Brillen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-01-2013, 17:01:10
(http://ww2db.com/images/weapon_mg42_9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-01-2013, 20:01:57
i just put B-17 strike in google and clicked the first image i got of a bombing itself (http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=li&q=b-17+strike&biw=1920&bih=952&sei=x8D1UNKyKuab1AX9j4DQCg#hl=nl&tbo=d&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=b-17+flying+fortress+strike&oq=b-17+flying+fortress+strike&gs_l=img.3...69114.73069.0.73731.16.16.0.0.0.0.205.1602.9j3j4.16.0...0.0...1c.1.EzgVnEH0KmI&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41018144,d.d2k&fp=d1d20aa05629fe38&biw=1920&bih=952) I read that caption, but thought since it contained bois, what i know is french for forrest, meant it was a bombing of a forrest, so i just ignored what was there assuming it was worthless, which is also why i didn't put date with it, as i usually try to do. Since, i did think it were those islands, i put "ile de la cité" in google maps, and watched if it matched the picture, when i went down on the map, i noticed Place d'Italie had a starshaped form like u see one on the topleft of the image, so it matched the picture if the bombers came from the NE, and then headed to SW. And even then, i still said i assumed it. (also the only other larger cities that i know with islands from that shape and size in very urban area are Berlin and Antwerp, but it's clearly none of them). Anyway, sorry i posted wrong information here for the second time, next time i'll only post captions i found with pictures on sites with histroical background and not just by googling things i know.

PS: if u think i did check "bois Colombes" in google maps, do you really think i would be that stupid to put wrong names of islands in why i think it's Paris?

EDIT: and if you are trying to insinuate i'm trying to be a smartass here,
A) why would i say this kind of stuff "I'm totally new in recognizing in all the uniforms etc., could you tell me on what things you can easily identify what they are?"
B) I don't kno anyone here in RL or even in-game, i don't even play FH2 (i don't have bf2 and can't find it in stores and i hate online buying) just FH1 sometimes. I just came here because i like to know more about the militaria and the wars of the 20th century and i thought i could make these treads a bit more active
C) You can probably notice i frequently put "i think" or question marks behind descriptions or in this case "seems to me". Yeah, then i sure wanna look like the guy that knows everything, i'm just here to lear more and have fun doing so, i'm perfectly aware of the fact i know nothing of WWI or WW II compared to you, that's also why i ask so many questions, i know i will get correct answers here. Everyone i know in RL knows less than me of WW II so i can't ask them, yet i know so little compared to everyone here.

Anyway, i got the point, i'll use sites with historical backgrounds or wikipedia to get captions and if they are wrong, i'll have an excuse or i can blame the inaccuracy of wikipedia. Just don't come and cry it's a famous picture. I'm sorry if it seemed to you i wanted to look like a smartass.

Nono, dude, don't worry, I am not attacking you, just correcting, never take it badly or personal. When i want to attack somebody personal i will just say something like "I hope you die in a fire" The fact that you say things like "I think" is really good since it shows that it could be correct, but could also be wrong since it is a personal opinion.

And be assured, I know very little about WW2 compared to most here, I am a Small arms, Gassmasks and a bit of a tank guy, that is all i know really. The rest are just some general things or simply a good observation.

Also, Bois is Forest, correct, but just because there is no forest now does not mean there never was a forest, 500 years ago Europe was basicly a forest.

I will give a simple example on how names change, The orriginal meaning of Brussels (Capital of Belgium) is "settlement in a swamp" As you can see on pictures there is little indication that today Brussels is still a swamp
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 16-01-2013, 22:01:24
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/46d10a5128833eb527978ece9ef78cdb/tumblr_mgns7wRwaC1qa38yao1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-01-2013, 06:01:15
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3803/hp514120.png)
British commando with his Fairbairn smatchet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 17-01-2013, 17:01:46
*pic of a guy with an MP-40

Isn't that a picture from a re-enactment?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-01-2013, 18:01:36
Yeah, something about the colours in it scream "reenactment photo that someone switched to black and white in photoshop."


Here though:

(http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/385986_10100632873094101_1028603675_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-01-2013, 18:01:51
How bout this one

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LoPTdkHrjjk/StljBBKXr1I/AAAAAAAAFmE/0ZSwVvbhrb0/s400/funny-pictures-german-soldiers-second%20-world-war-005.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-01-2013, 18:01:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/740606-2/533814_10152061398620752_231059324_n)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 17-01-2013, 19:01:54
That dog is in panic.  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 17-01-2013, 19:01:15
That dog is in panic.  ???

It's having Ostfront flashbacks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-01-2013, 19:01:53
Photo was probably taken during Battle of Britain, judging by the look of the 109 behind... looks like a E-7
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-01-2013, 21:01:06
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/436875-1/88f37)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 18-01-2013, 01:01:43
dafuq is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 18-01-2013, 07:01:02
Looks like a Möbelwagen with a FlaK18 on it :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 18-01-2013, 10:01:32
Its a VFW Flak 41 , 3 or 4 was build .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-01-2013, 17:01:15
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/TIGER-2%20PICS/KTiger-sPzAbt506-Captured.jpg)
Quote
This Pz.Kpfw.Tiger Ausf.B, from the 2.Kompanie/schwere Panzer Abteilung 506 was captured by American troops and restored to running condition by Company B, 129th Ordnance Battalion by 15 December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-01-2013, 16:01:09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/B-24_hit_by_Flak.jpg)
Quote
B-24 hit by a FLAK
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-01-2013, 19:01:51
They should have stopped PZIV production already in 1942 and replace that with the 35 ton panther tank. Then came hitler and fucked things up by increasing the armour and the weight of the panther and making it the super-prone-to-breakage-tank it became.

(http://wiki.worldoftanks.kr/images/4/41/VK_3001_(H)_7.jpg)


First testings of the VK 3001 H. The type had increased mobility over the PZIV, sported the new 7.5CM KWK 43 and it was cheaper to construct. Eventually cancelled and the chassis used for the dicker max
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 19-01-2013, 19:01:15
We are exaggerating, aren´t we? The rushed Ausführung D set itself on fire, no doubt about that. However the later Panthers were reliable. The final drive was still a problem, but all in all it wasn´t that unrealiable. Also the L/70 didn´t fit onto the earlier designs of the Panther. I don´t see how increasing the armour was that much of a design flaw, after all it could deflect 76mm and 85mm shells. Sure the weight increased, but imagine what would have happened to Panthers if those guns could penetrate their frontal armour with regular ammunition.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 19-01-2013, 19:01:45
December 1944. PZIV has an operational capacity of 72%, KT has of 80% and the Panther tank of 61%.

The problem with the panther tank was its complicated suspension. They were complicated to produce and an nightmare to maintain and repair. Debris quickly gathered in between the wheels.

And the transmission

Quote
The problems were from a combination of factors. The original MAN proposal had called for the Panther to have an epicyclic gearing (planetary) system in the final drive, similar to that used in the Tiger I.[35] However, Germany at the time suffered from a shortage of gear-cutting machine tools and, unlike the Tiger tanks, the Panther was intended to be produced in large numbers. To achieve the goal of higher production rates, numerous simplifications were made to the design and its manufacture. This process was aggressively pushed forward, sometimes against the wishes of designers and army officers, by the Chief Director of Armament and War Production, Karl-Otto Saur (who worked under, and later succeeded, Reichminister Speer). Consequently, the final drive was changed to a double spur system.[36] Although much simpler to produce, the double spur gears had inherently higher internal impact and stress loads, making them prone to failure under the high torque requirements of the heavy Panther tank. Furthermore, high quality steel intended for double spur system was not available for mass production, and was replaced by 37MnSi5 tempered steel, which was unsuitable for high-stress gear

Its actually pretty impressive how they managed to produce so much Panther tanks.

(http://fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger1-2002-Picz/Tiger1-Production-02.jpg)

2 Tiger tanks, fresh from the production lines! I love photos like these
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2013, 20:01:08
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/741001-2/AO00000765)

Ethiopian Machinegunner, using a gun i don't recognize.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 19-01-2013, 20:01:50
Its the M1895 "potato masher" MG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-01-2013, 20:01:45
Its the M1895 "potato masher" MG

Just to clarify, it is a "potato DIGGER". As a bonus of info, it is an American machinegun designed by John Browning. It got the name because of an exposed swinging piston that drove the firing mechanism with the propellant gasses.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2013, 20:01:57
Cool! i didn't knew about it.

And there aren't many photos of Ethiopian soldiers during the Italian invasion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-01-2013, 21:01:27
My guess is he's Imperial Guard, judging by how well dressed he is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 19-01-2013, 22:01:42
Sherman encounters Elephant  ;D

(http://i.imgur.com/El120.jpg)
Quote
The British commander and Indian crew of a Sherman tank of the 9th Royal Deccan Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade, encounter a newly liberated elephant on the road to Meiktila, 29 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 20-01-2013, 08:01:38
look at how cute that elephant is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-01-2013, 10:01:14
Do NOT show this picture to Theta  ;)
(http://s13.postimage.org/runkvmy2r/444687pic.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/runkvmy2r/)
He gonna start screaming ALLIED BIAS !  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-01-2013, 10:01:26
Aaah the sherman tulip  ;D   Bit to late war for the current maps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-01-2013, 18:01:59
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-20.jpg)
Quote
Douglas Aircraft's Long Beach, Calif., plant. Women workers groom lines of transparent noses for A-20 attack bombers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 21-01-2013, 00:01:04
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3360/1358710391418.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-01-2013, 17:01:13
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OvCtrRP-SA/Tvz-9ka3MbI/AAAAAAAAETM/0IAvRSNzJZY/s1600/Ju87G2.jpg)
Junkers 87 G Kanonenvogel, I love these preties
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 21-01-2013, 17:01:40
My guess is he's Imperial Guard, judging by how well dressed he is.
???

(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110803185721/warhammer40k/images/4/4c/Cadian_8th_Regiment-small.jpg)

 ;D

here's my real pic
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Japanese_soldier_suicide_Cape_Endaiadere.jpg)
Quote
A Japanese soldier in the sea off Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea on 18 December 1942 holding a hand grenade to his head moments before using it to commit suicide. The Australian soldier on the beach had called on him to surrender.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-01-2013, 18:01:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/741927-2/L640)

Italian-built L6/40 in German service, Balkans 1944/45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 21-01-2013, 19:01:06
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/934601pic2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-01-2013, 05:01:51
Yeah, I know, dead people. War is hell, get over it.
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/6757/1358706505418.jpg)
Bonus points if you can spot the British officer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 22-01-2013, 09:01:46
the guy with the shovel is the officer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-01-2013, 10:01:54
the guy with the shovel is the officer

Give me one reason why if you are kinda cool, and two reasons if you are a boss.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 22-01-2013, 10:01:04
the guy with the shovel is the officer

Give me one reason why if you are kinda cool, and two reasons if you are a boss.

A: he has an SMG, probably a Sten.
B: Methinks he has stripes on his sleeve, probably corporal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-01-2013, 10:01:28
C because he is second to last.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 22-01-2013, 12:01:14
D: The shovel is an indication to friendlies where the CO is, while it's not obvious to the enemy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-01-2013, 16:01:55
the guy with the shovel is the officer

Give me one reason why if you are kinda cool, and two reasons if you are a boss.

A: he has an SMG, probably a Sten.
B: Methinks he has stripes on his sleeve, probably corporal.

Corporal isn't an officer :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 22-01-2013, 16:01:42
the guy with the shovel is the officer

Give me one reason why if you are kinda cool, and two reasons if you are a boss.

A: he has an SMG, probably a Sten.
B: Methinks he has stripes on his sleeve, probably corporal.

Corporal isn't an officer :P
NCO, but still a person with command authority  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-01-2013, 17:01:40
Still wrong.  There is a very specific thing that will signify him as an officer (not a NCO).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 22-01-2013, 17:01:30
Well, apart from the shovel that Steel_Lion mentioned, the only thing I can think of is, that what I saw as stripes, is actually an insignia of sorts. Other than that, not a clue.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 22-01-2013, 17:01:16
His backpack?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-01-2013, 18:01:24
Since Kading seems absent, I'll give the answer (not to worry boys, I got it wrong too when I asked him).  Look at the soles of his boots.  No hobnails, which means they're british officer boots ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-01-2013, 19:01:49
Guys, you know that guessing gives you wrinkles.

Good noticing of the Sten, that is indeed one of the reasons you can tell he's an officer.
The other is that the soles of his boots have no hobnails in them. This would only have been done by an officer because he could afford to replace the soles more often than an enlisted man.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leibermuster on 22-01-2013, 19:01:38
(http://www.7thfighter.com/albums/var/albums/Iwo-Jima-Post-Invasion-Ops/342-FH-3A-42133-57110AC_531st_fs_311_and%20more_.JPG?m=1305563385)

Quote
Pictorial proof of a bad Jap dream come true is this hornet's nest of more than 100 American P-51 Mustangs on Iwo Jima within range of the Japanese homeland. Once Japanese planes parked here, ready for assaults on Saipan's Boeing B-29 base. Now the AAF will turn the tables on Tokyo. 531st Fighter Squadron
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-01-2013, 19:01:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/741082-2/FinnishAirForce_ace_Martti_Kalima_M)

Lieutenant Martti Kalima (1916-2002) next to his Morane-Saulnier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-01-2013, 20:01:20
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E12007%2C_Horchger%C3%A4t_der_Flak_bei_Berlin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-01-2013, 03:01:38
Vat did you do in zee var Papa?


I...uh...I vurked fer Herr Dokter Suess!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2013, 03:01:01
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/739195-2/grossdeutschland28)

Slovakian Infantry, Poland 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-01-2013, 06:01:15
http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E12007%2C_Horchger%C3%A4t_der_Flak_bei_Berlin.jpg

Der Ringtrichter-Richtungshörer RRH! Sound localization devices such as these used in WWI and WWII are often forgotten. I believe that in a report in 1944 almost 6000 were in service, although I'm likely wrong.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-01-2013, 07:01:25
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6858/tumblrmcxohycp141qa38ya.jpg)

Garand anyone?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tuco on 23-01-2013, 07:01:51
More Garands MOAR!
Iknowthatfeel, currently own 6 and still need more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 23-01-2013, 08:01:33
M1928 on the right, classy!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 23-01-2013, 11:01:26
I´m willing to be told otherwise, but ain´t that Garand picture a reenactment photo? The quality looks quite good. To good, if you ask me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 23-01-2013, 14:01:34
I´m willing to be told otherwise, but ain´t that Garand picture a reenactment photo? The quality looks quite good. To good, if you ask me.
Not only that, but weren't helmet insignia's supposed to be removed in what I assume is a late war scenario?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-01-2013, 16:01:22
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1987-1210-502%2C_Polen%2C_Stukas.jpg)
StuKa's over Poland 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-01-2013, 17:01:56
I´m willing to be told otherwise, but ain´t that Garand picture a reenactment photo? The quality looks quite good. To good, if you ask me.
Not only that, but weren't helmet insignia's supposed to be removed in what I assume is a late war scenario?

It's real, it's of Luftwaffe Field Division troops collecting up enemy weapons after a battle.

Also, helmet insignia was supposed to be removed on production line.  But that doesn't mean older helmets had their insignia removed.  Once again, this is German army we're talking here, regulations on uniforms really didn't matter much.  Many factories even continued making M36 tunics, helmets, and even the old pony-hide packs through to war's end, despite getting orders from the government to stop.

To further add to the awesomeness of the photo, despite being Luftwaffe Field division troops, they're wearing italian camo jumpsuits, like the type 12th SS armoured troops wore quite a bit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-01-2013, 18:01:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/51_RTR_Churchill_tanks_Italy_May_1944_IWM_14976.jpg)


 Churchill tank crews HQ Troop, 51st Royal Tank Regiment, 25th Tank Brigade, share out rations near their camouflaged vehicles before going into action in support of 1st Canadian Division, Italy.

The churchill tank saw its largest usage in the Italy campaign. It was the only Allied tank that could go Anywhere in the italian mountains.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-01-2013, 20:01:41


To further add to the awesomeness of the photo, despite being Luftwaffe Field division troops, they're wearing italian camo jumpsuits, like the type 12th SS armoured troops wore quite a bit.

Look closely, it is a pant-tunic combo. Guy on our right has his tucked in, guy on the left has his untucked.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-01-2013, 22:01:12
AH, right you are!  Didn't see those at first glance, had to look closer.  Still, very cool to see a full italian camo set.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-01-2013, 22:01:23
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1926/hp715481.png)
Wedding rings, found at one of the camps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 24-01-2013, 01:01:21
American soldiers holding the front line in Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgvw6hzcfP1qbjz0go1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 24-01-2013, 17:01:50
A 1945 photograph of the Hotel Adlon in Berlin clearly shows at least 3 expended Fliegerfaust B's lying in the rubble.


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/469106-4/1_)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fliegerfaust
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-01-2013, 20:01:07
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B0130-0050-004%2C_Russland%2C_Kesselschlacht_Stalingrad.jpg)
bombing of Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2013, 21:01:43
(http://gyazo.com/3116d93f20c4f2d63d26dcd50ddf66f4.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2013, 22:01:26
(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/6408445_700b.jpg)

Yes its 9gag. Still an epic photo

i mean

PPSH-check
2 nagant revolvers-check
3 F1 grenades-Check
1 RPG-40-check!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-01-2013, 23:01:25
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBTcXNOCYAE2RPx.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 24-01-2013, 23:01:07
That picture is mirrored for some reason.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 25-01-2013, 00:01:40
That picture is mirrored for some reason.

the tank were probably so quicly abandoned that they just painted the kangaroo on before even bothering with turning the tank around  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-01-2013, 21:01:48
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-662-6660-27A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Radarger%C3%A4t_%22W%C3%BCrzburg%22.jpg)
Funkmessgerät Würzburg in France
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 25-01-2013, 23:01:30
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/40/media-40303/large.jpg?action-d)

Two members of the Home Guard armed with a 'Tommy gun' and Bren light machine-gun, Dorking, Surrey, 1 December 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 25-01-2013, 23:01:20
^ Thar screams propaganda to me! I thought the Home Guard only had pitchforks and old spears and claymores! :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-01-2013, 00:01:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HnpDJT_gQ4
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-01-2013, 00:01:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HnpDJT_gQ4
DAMMIT beat me to it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUTV6F6IyM

Origenal :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 26-01-2013, 14:01:07
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/606460pic3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-01-2013, 18:01:26
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/italy/cv33/cv33_africa_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-01-2013, 20:01:49
(http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/fotoecke/bild57.jpg)

Who can guess this one  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 26-01-2013, 20:01:11
Well my first thought was panzer 38(t) with sdkfz 222 turret. But I guess that's italian tank actually. Could google but I'll just give other chance :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-01-2013, 20:01:54
I need a name  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 26-01-2013, 20:01:05
I need a name  ;D

Aufklärer auf Fahrgestell Panzer 38(t)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-01-2013, 20:01:55
I need a name  ;D

Aufklärer auf Fahrgestell Panzer 38(t)
http://youtu.be/loozTMJgD3c?t=57s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-01-2013, 22:01:22
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-133-0703-05%2C_Polen%2C_Trupp_deutscher_Infanterie_im_Winter.jpg)
Unterfeldwebel in Poland during an exercise, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 27-01-2013, 14:01:21
(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/6424406_460s_v1.jpg)

you've got 3 unread messages.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 27-01-2013, 21:01:38
Hahaha nice!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-01-2013, 22:01:47
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/72/Henschel_Hs_132_wiki.jpg)
Henschel Hs 132
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 28-01-2013, 08:01:11
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3d7b1431c7f69c057ac2ba8437bbe20/tumblr_mgusc5tqdm1r3gfw3o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-01-2013, 13:01:11
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-2737%2C_Bei_M%C3%B6dlingen%2C_unterirdische_Flugzeugproduktion.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2013, 06:01:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/743394-2/image_001)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 29-01-2013, 08:01:33
T-34 made to look like a Tiger? Kelly's heroes prototype?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-01-2013, 10:01:56
Ah yes, the concrete up-armored T-34. Been awhile since somebody posted that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 29-01-2013, 14:01:47
Ah yes, the concrete up-armored T-34. Been awhile since somebody posted that.

Up-armored, with the visibility reduced to...0?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2013, 16:01:08
Ah yes, the concrete up-armored T-34. Been awhile since somebody posted that.

Up-armored, with the visibility reduced to...0?  :P

But up-armored !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-01-2013, 22:01:15
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Boeing_B-17G_2_BG_dropping_bombs.jpg)
Bombs away!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-01-2013, 23:01:03
Ah yes, the concrete up-armored T-34. Been awhile since somebody posted that.

Up-armored, with the visibility reduced to...0?  :P

If it makes you feel better, the design didn't progress very far.

EDIT:
Needed photo to appease to mods.
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2636/japscalingwall.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-01-2013, 17:01:19
cool photo Kading

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBPGlSNCUAAs4CW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-01-2013, 18:01:04
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/73/IJN_Destroyer_Akizuki_blows_up.jpg)
IJN Akizuki exploding
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2013, 19:01:48
First watch this(and read this)

(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/6462939_460s_v1.jpg)


Something is odd about this photo. Who can guess it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 31-01-2013, 19:01:13
The mask? Or the gun, which is not a mosin as far as I know?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-01-2013, 19:01:30
Swedish mauser.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 31-01-2013, 19:01:15
Oh, I see. so its the mask?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2013, 19:01:18
No its the rifle. Why is he posing with a Swedish mauser when he rejected a scoped Swedish mauser before?

He found the Swedish mauser to be "dead-on accurate" but the rifle was to big for him (The M/96 was 1.26 meters long)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-01-2013, 19:01:38
He is a Finn, using a fine Swedish weapon in the picture. I think theta wants to show that it is odd that they use this picture, and not one where he has a finnish Nagant rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 31-01-2013, 20:01:02
I think it isnt weird, Sweden and Finland being so close to eachother. but I dont know much about this man's preference of rifles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-01-2013, 20:01:17
IIRC, what's wrong with it is it's not actually Simo Hayha.  He used a mosin nagant, unscoped.


Also that's a bad list if he's the only "non-soviet" on a list of top snipers.  The germans had plenty of top snipers too, as did the British....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 31-01-2013, 20:01:55
Major König  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 31-01-2013, 21:01:55
(http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/313875_4882833702349_349200502_n.jpg)

The crew of the Japanese aircraft carrier ZUIKAKU (at that point the last remaining Pearl Harbor veteran carrier) gives one last Banzai as the ship sinks during the Battle of Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 31-01-2013, 22:01:56
Anyone have the picture of a Sherman with the turret turned 90°, facing his left or right on a road with an infantry man laying near it? It's quite classic and pretty cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-01-2013, 22:01:22
i wonder how that photo survived the war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 31-01-2013, 22:01:14
(http://de.valka.cz/files/brk013_153.jpg)
+ 10 internets if you know whose Panther that is. (It´s not the name written there. -.-)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 31-01-2013, 22:01:13
SS-Oberscharfuhrer E.Barkmann and his PzKpfw V Panther Ausf D No.401.


 i don't want any stinking points,  i would maybe trade them for a bitchslap on Alakazou so that he will stop his personal vendetta against me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 31-01-2013, 23:01:59
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/77/M-36_tank_destroyer_crosses_a_field.jpg)
"M36 Jackson near Dudelange/Luxemburg (3rd of January 1945)"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 31-01-2013, 23:01:02
i wonder how that photo survived the war
a very good and waterproof camera, haha
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 01-02-2013, 00:02:33
First watch this(and read this)

(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/6462939_460s_v1.jpg)


Something is odd about this photo. Who can guess it?
He is most likely a Swedish volunteer, and definitely not Häyhä.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 01-02-2013, 03:02:20
"Wow..." at the Zuikaku picture. Just simply wow. I'm stunned. Never seen that photo before. God I love this thread.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-02-2013, 05:02:05
Major König  :P

Not a real person.  All the top German snipers survived the war too, top ranking being Hetzenauer with 345 confirmed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matth%C3%A4us_Hetzenauer

i wonder how that photo survived the war
a very good and waterproof camera, haha

"862 officers and men were rescued by the destroyers Wakatsuki and Kuwa."

Oh, and a photo:

(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/310230_10100495808068511_6953392_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 01-02-2013, 10:02:41
Major König  :P

Not a real person.


Yeah, I know he's a Stalingrad myth, but did actually someone duel Vassili Zaitsev?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-02-2013, 11:02:36
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/GreeceAp41.jpg)

Greece April 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2013, 15:02:57
Cruiser MK III CS and MK III ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-02-2013, 18:02:22
Major König  :P

Not a real person.


Yeah, I know he's a Stalingrad myth, but did actually someone duel Vassili Zaitsev?

Apparently he did have a 3 day long fight with a German sniper whom he did eventually kill, but when he found the body it was just some random German who had picked up a mosin sniper rifle.  As I said, all the top German snipers survived the war, and none were promoted above Unteroffizer (you simply didn't need to be an officer to be a sniper).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-02-2013, 20:02:46
(http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E0406-0022-011%2C_Russland%2C_deutscher_Kriegsgefangener.jpg)
"Red Army soldier marches a German soldier into captivity." (Battle of Stalingrad probably)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-02-2013, 01:02:01
high class staging there ^^

(http://oi49.tinypic.com/11vk4eb.jpg)
Stalingrad, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-02-2013, 02:02:38
(http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-F0316-0204-005%2C_Russland%2C_Paulus_in_Kriegsgefangenschaft.jpg)
"Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus (left), with his chief of staff, Generalleutnant Arthur Schmidt (right) and his aide, Wilhelm Adam (middle), after their surrender."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-02-2013, 08:02:32
You mean left for Schmidt.  That's Paulus on the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-02-2013, 11:02:45
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Gree1941.jpg)

Greece 1941


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-02-2013, 13:02:13
(http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-F0316-0204-005%2C_Russland%2C_Paulus_in_Kriegsgefangenschaft.jpg)
"Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus (left), with his chief of staff, Generalleutnant Arthur Schmidt (right) and his aide, Wilhelm Adam (middle), after their surrender."

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/16kc237.jpg)

Left is right when right is left.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-02-2013, 19:02:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/SM_79_attacking_Malta_convoy_MIWM_FLM_003795.jpg)

Sorry for "bad quality" of the image.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 03-02-2013, 08:02:14
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m6qm16gY1qa38yao1_r2_1280.jpg)

Dieppe Raid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-02-2013, 10:02:54
More importantly: a KM SOLDIER. This is a very rare thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 03-02-2013, 11:02:08
(http://s3.postimage.org/650bx3f43/brk013_153.jpg)
Whats is so special with that Panther ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 03-02-2013, 12:02:15
It´s Barkmanns Panther, one of the most successful Panther commanders of the war. It´s the "401" he used in the Ardennes. With his "424" Barkmann achieved quite a victory over 14 Shermans at "Barkmanns corner" in Normandy on the 27th of July, eventually knocking out 9 M4s on his own and blowing up an allied fuel truck. Despite being attacked by fighter bombers damaging his "424" he made it back to friendly lines.

The "401" later saw action in the Ardennes where Barkmann could knock out some M4s. There the "401" also got rammed by a Sherman.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 03-02-2013, 13:02:59
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-783-0104-09__Nordafrika__italienische_Soldaten_auf_dem_Marsch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 03-02-2013, 14:02:06
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m6qm16gY1qa38yao1_r2_1280.jpg)

Dieppe Raid.

Shit that's awesome.

Few questions though, the rifle, which is it? And what's the patch on his sleeve?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-02-2013, 15:02:42
I believe thats a K98AZ.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 03-02-2013, 15:02:07
 The patch is a Kriegsmarine anchor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 03-02-2013, 15:02:59
That was fast, thanks guys  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-02-2013, 19:02:56
The patch is a Kriegsmarine anchor.

You can also tell he is a sailor by his baggy, dark trousers. The brass buttons are also a good indication in any military that the person is in the Navy. My guess is he has something to do with heavy coastal artillery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 03-02-2013, 19:02:55
 There was definitely coastal artillery in the vicinity of Dieppe but goiing off the top of my head there is a distinct possibilty that the sailor pictured was part of the naval detachment which was posted to the naval HQ in Dieppe.

 I am in the midst of packing up my house to move but an excellent book "Dieppe" by R.L. Whitaker in my collection speaks at length of the naval Enigma coding machine being one of the primary objectives of that failed assault.

 In addition, that tank in the picture is epicentral to that doomed episode as it was the command vehicle tasked with radio dispatches to, and from, the command destroyer. In a great example of the fog of war, the tank commander actually radio'ed that no further reinforcements were to be landed (given their failure to breach the sea wall and defences) but due to an unfortunate mis-communication, the reserves were embarked and sent to their demise.

 Heroically, that Churchill provided cover until the very end, allowing numerous evacuations to take place.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Canadian_POWs%2C_Dieppe.jpg)

Canadian POW's, Dieppe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-02-2013, 20:02:55
Also he is wearing the kreigsmarine peacoat, with NCO braid.

(http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/380081_10100705410398761_309711059_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 03-02-2013, 22:02:22
some more naval infantry, this is interesting really

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/ossoperative/German%20Naval%20Infantry/GermanNavalInfantryDenmark1.jpg)

Denmark, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-02-2013, 22:02:01
(http://www.esacademic.com/pictures/eswiki/85/U-3003.jpg)
"U-3003 in Wilhemshaven"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 03-02-2013, 23:02:37
some more naval infantry, this is interesting really

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/ossoperative/German%20Naval%20Infantry/GermanNavalInfantryDenmark1.jpg)

Denmark, 1940.

Cool, I LOVE how they have stuck the grenades in their boots.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 04-02-2013, 09:02:59
It´s Barkmanns Panther, one of the most successful Panther commanders of the war. It´s the "401" he used in the Ardennes. With his "424" Barkmann achieved quite a victory over 14 Shermans at "Barkmanns corner" in Normandy on the 27th of July, eventually knocking out 9 M4s on his own and blowing up an allied fuel truck. Despite being attacked by fighter bombers damaging his "424" he made it back to friendly lines.

The "401" later saw action in the Ardennes where Barkmann could knock out some M4s. There the "401" also got rammed by a Sherman.

There is an argument whether the Barkmann encounter really happened since US losses in the sector did not include M4s, although a number of lighter vehicles were lost. So if it even did happen, it was not in the area he described. There is a whole debate about it at a few different places. Axis history people have been debating it for like 50 pages. Keep in mind it was also common for tankers/pilots of both sides to overrepresent kills when reporting them. Another Axis example of this would be Wittmann at Villiers Bocage, whose tally has been corrected for actual vehicle losses recorded in the sector.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1360781

(http://i.imgur.com/ORqZX3j.jpg)
T-34's in formation, supposedly at Kursk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 04-02-2013, 10:02:47
Whitewashed tanks, empty harvested crop fields and leafless trees in July?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-02-2013, 13:02:29
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8082/85731366.jpg)

Quote
New Zealand and Greek soldiers at a farm in Italy, during World War 2, 21 Sep 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-02-2013, 14:02:31
It´s Barkmanns Panther, one of the most successful Panther commanders of the war. It´s the "401" he used in the Ardennes. With his "424" Barkmann achieved quite a victory over 14 Shermans at "Barkmanns corner" in Normandy on the 27th of July, eventually knocking out 9 M4s on his own and blowing up an allied fuel truck. Despite being attacked by fighter bombers damaging his "424" he made it back to friendly lines.

The "401" later saw action in the Ardennes where Barkmann could knock out some M4s. There the "401" also got rammed by a Sherman.
There is an argument whether the Barkmann encounter really happened since US losses in the sector did not include M4s, although a number of lighter vehicles were lost. So if it even did happen, it was not in the area he described. There is a whole debate about it at a few different places. Axis history people have been debating it for like 50 pages. Keep in mind it was also common for tankers/pilots of both sides to overrepresent kills when reporting them. Another Axis example of this would be Wittmann at Villiers Bocage, whose tally has been corrected for actual vehicle losses recorded in the sector.
Where the fuck is VonMudra when you need him?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 04-02-2013, 15:02:42
Whitewashed tanks, empty harvested crop fields and leafless trees in July?
Kursk, November '41? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-02-2013, 17:02:21
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34hex/das_reich13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-02-2013, 17:02:03
It´s Barkmanns Panther, one of the most successful Panther commanders of the war. It´s the "401" he used in the Ardennes. With his "424" Barkmann achieved quite a victory over 14 Shermans at "Barkmanns corner" in Normandy on the 27th of July, eventually knocking out 9 M4s on his own and blowing up an allied fuel truck. Despite being attacked by fighter bombers damaging his "424" he made it back to friendly lines.

The "401" later saw action in the Ardennes where Barkmann could knock out some M4s. There the "401" also got rammed by a Sherman.
There is an argument whether the Barkmann encounter really happened since US losses in the sector did not include M4s, although a number of lighter vehicles were lost. So if it even did happen, it was not in the area he described. There is a whole debate about it at a few different places. Axis history people have been debating it for like 50 pages. Keep in mind it was also common for tankers/pilots of both sides to overrepresent kills when reporting them. Another Axis example of this would be Wittmann at Villiers Bocage, whose tally has been corrected for actual vehicle losses recorded in the sector.
Where the fuck is VonMudra when you need him?

Sleeping.  And yeah, there's quite an argument on Barkmann and Wittmann's claims.  I'm no expert on it, but I can say without a doubt that it was not uncommon to claim higher than you got with air kills, just due to being unsure or not remembering fully.  I can see the same thing happening with tank kills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 04-02-2013, 18:02:52
It´s Barkmanns Panther, one of the most successful Panther commanders of the war. It´s the "401" he used in the Ardennes. With his "424" Barkmann achieved quite a victory over 14 Shermans at "Barkmanns corner" in Normandy on the 27th of July, eventually knocking out 9 M4s on his own and blowing up an allied fuel truck. Despite being attacked by fighter bombers damaging his "424" he made it back to friendly lines.

The "401" later saw action in the Ardennes where Barkmann could knock out some M4s. There the "401" also got rammed by a Sherman.
There is an argument whether the Barkmann encounter really happened since US losses in the sector did not include M4s, although a number of lighter vehicles were lost. So if it even did happen, it was not in the area he described. There is a whole debate about it at a few different places. Axis history people have been debating it for like 50 pages. Keep in mind it was also common for tankers/pilots of both sides to overrepresent kills when reporting them. Another Axis example of this would be Wittmann at Villiers Bocage, whose tally has been corrected for actual vehicle losses recorded in the sector.
Where the fuck is VonMudra when you need him?

Sleeping.  And yeah, there's quite an argument on Barkmann and Wittmann's claims.  I'm no expert on it, but I can say without a doubt that it was not uncommon to claim higher than you got with air kills, just due to being unsure or not remembering fully.  I can see the same thing happening with tank kills.

It is not a slight to tankers or pilots either. Just in hindsight there is a lot more time to analyze claims. We have the luxury of being able to compare some of them with the corresponding enemies listed positions and losses.

It´s Barkmanns Panther, one of the most successful Panther commanders of the war. It´s the "401" he used in the Ardennes. With his "424" Barkmann achieved quite a victory over 14 Shermans at "Barkmanns corner" in Normandy on the 27th of July, eventually knocking out 9 M4s on his own and blowing up an allied fuel truck. Despite being attacked by fighter bombers damaging his "424" he made it back to friendly lines.

The "401" later saw action in the Ardennes where Barkmann could knock out some M4s. There the "401" also got rammed by a Sherman.
There is an argument whether the Barkmann encounter really happened since US losses in the sector did not include M4s, although a number of lighter vehicles were lost. So if it even did happen, it was not in the area he described. There is a whole debate about it at a few different places. Axis history people have been debating it for like 50 pages. Keep in mind it was also common for tankers/pilots of both sides to overrepresent kills when reporting them. Another Axis example of this would be Wittmann at Villiers Bocage, whose tally has been corrected for actual vehicle losses recorded in the sector.
Where the fuck is VonMudra when you need him?

Sorry you take it so personally, I was just making a comment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 04-02-2013, 18:02:19
Was not meant offensively I guess, he just asked where VonMudra is because he usually knows such stuff and can clear things up ;)

Edit: Uploading some more stuff from my grandpa's collection again in the next few weeks.

This should be Dönitz during a visit of the Prinz Eugen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-02-2013, 19:02:21
Why is everybody offended so fast? I didn´t mean to be rude to either VM or blue. Neither was it an accusation that VM wasn´t here with a nine hour timeshift, nor did I mean to ignore your comment, blue. It was a try at making a funny comment, because VM usually knows everything. Next time I´m going to post funny smileys so nobody is offended. :)

It´s just that I got a bit suspicious that "Barkmanns Corner" is a term created by English speaking people; I never heard the same expression in German.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-02-2013, 19:02:38
i would take the most popular tankers there kill "claimings" with a pinch of salt. I can believe kurt knispels 168 kills more then Wittmans 168 kills
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-02-2013, 19:02:23
I understood it was humour :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: blue on 04-02-2013, 20:02:59
The Kursk thing was just the label on the photo, I just like T-34s moving in formation. :(

I wish I had time to scan because a few years ago my library was giving away books. I picked up 12 or so volumes of a book series that is just WW2 photographs.

i would take the most popular tankers there kill "claimings" with a pinch of salt. I can believe kurt knispels 168 kills more then Wittmans 168 kills

Yeah, I am under the same impressions.

Also:

(http://i.imgur.com/kyk706l.jpg)
US troops riding captured German vehicle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 04-02-2013, 22:02:05
Whitewashed tanks, empty harvested crop fields and leafless trees in July?
The soviet army captured Kursk on February the 8th 1943, so the pic can very well be from around Kursk.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Eastern_Front_1942-11_to_1943-03_de.png)
Edit: just saw the original post was modified, maybe it said july.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-02-2013, 23:02:25
i would take the most popular tankers there kill "claimings" with a pinch of salt. I can believe kurt knispels 168 kills more then Wittmans 168 kills
The thing is that their confirmed tank kills are that high. The unconfirmed ones are always higher. That being said it could very well be higher than the stated numbers. Knispel for example is also supposed to have a count of knocked out armour up to 195 tanks, but this however was not confirmed - so it´s rather higher than 168. Knispel also gave other tankers credit for what they achieved, giving them the "kill".

It´s claimed that Wittmann had 138 tank kills, not 168.

However in the heat of battle it´s also hard what tank did knock out the enemy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-02-2013, 23:02:57
thats the whole thing. Wittman was known to take kills of unit members and then to his "confirmed kills"

Knispel did the exact opposite, he was caught many times trying to give his own confirmed kills to members of his unit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 04-02-2013, 23:02:33
Oh if only there was a user interface to confir the kill like in a game :P. Aces could compare high scores then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-02-2013, 23:02:08

US troops riding captured German vehicle

Looks like a captured Renault UE

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/746051-2/500x352ximage_002.pagespeed.ic.UsBrm3F6gY.jpg)

Panther Ausf. D. Damage inflicted by a ISU-152 Zveroboy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-02-2013, 02:02:01
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/vqr7lu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 05-02-2013, 02:02:51
@ Dukat,

 any info on the pic? looks to me like a bombed out power plant...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-02-2013, 03:02:44
Picture was taken from an article about Stalingrad and the anniversary. But modern journalists often take example pictures for sceneries they describe, without bothering about correct info. This could be anywhere else than Stalingrad, accordingly I did not put any info. Maybe Kursk or Minsk, but supposedly eastern front. Caption says "Wehrmacht soldiers occupying a destroyed factory", but I believe in a bombed out power plant as well. Good observation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-02-2013, 23:02:08
(http://home.online.no/~ru-hau6/Images/gallery/Armour/Hetzer/hetzer1.jpg)
Knocked-out Hetzer being inspected by what seems to me to be Americans
I think you can even see the penetration hole in the side
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-02-2013, 03:02:59
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grzo3i8WGhQ

Not a photo, but some very good footage of the fighting in Warsaw and liberation.  At the end a citizen of Warsaw punches a German soldier being marched into captivity, that was a powerful image for me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 06-02-2013, 06:02:12
(http://0.tqn.com/d/canadaonline/1/0/E/A/dieppecameronhighlanders.jpg)

Cameron Highlanders in Landing Craft at the Battle of Dieppe

Attributed to Frank Royal/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-113245
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 06-02-2013, 16:02:04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grzo3i8WGhQ

Not a photo, but some very good footage of the fighting in Warsaw and liberation.  At the end a citizen of Warsaw punches a German soldier being marched into captivity, that was a powerful image for me.

Why did they have PIAT  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 06-02-2013, 16:02:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grzo3i8WGhQ

Not a photo, but some very good footage of the fighting in Warsaw and liberation.  At the end a citizen of Warsaw punches a German soldier being marched into captivity, that was a powerful image for me.

Why did they have PIAT  ???

Allied planes dropped weapons and supplies all over the city for the rebels to use. Altough most of these supplies fell into German hands, a lot of English and American weapons were used by the rebels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-02-2013, 19:02:41
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-6307-32%2C_Minen_auf_S-Booten_im_Bunker.jpg)
Mines on an S-Boot
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-02-2013, 19:02:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grzo3i8WGhQ

Not a photo, but some very good footage of the fighting in Warsaw and liberation.  At the end a citizen of Warsaw punches a German soldier being marched into captivity, that was a powerful image for me.

Why did they have PIAT  ???
Nearly everyone in that footage was in the Polish Resistance. They, during the Warsaw Uprising, adopted lots of German uniforms and weapons. So much so, that it was common for them to be mistaken for German soldiers. The can be distinguished by a white and red arm band. I also saw a few with a white helmet band. Anyway, the PIAT would have been supplied to the Polish Resistance by the British. It was also an extremely simple weapon that could have been manufactured in any machine shop, like the STEN.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 06-02-2013, 20:02:30
Exactly. I heard they also captured a factory producing uniforms for the Germans. And one guy called Mathias Schenk in the German Sturmpioniers said that they couldnt wear their helmets because they might be mistaken as Polish Resistance.

Also, they made a homemade SMG based on the Sten, thr Blyskawica. Check out Warsaw Uprising 1944 thread, it has some interesting info on the first page.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-02-2013, 20:02:08
Just as a note, those "citizens" of Warsaw greeting soviet troops are either trucked in by the Soviets, or the footage is from a different town.  After the uprising, the Germans destroyed almost the entire city, and the population was expelled.  At liberation, less than 2000 people remained in the entire city, living in the sewers and hiding from German death squads that patrolled the city to catch them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 07-02-2013, 00:02:36
At liberation, less than 2000 people remained in the entire city, living in the sewers and hiding from German death squads that patrolled the city to catch them.

WOW. The things I learn on this forum never cease to amaze me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-02-2013, 03:02:25
(http://es.metapedia.org/m/images/8/85/Wilhelm_Canaris.jpg)

Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr (Counter espionage/information gathering/military intelligence branch) from 1935 to 1944. Wilhelm Canaris took part in the 20 July Plot, the famous attempt to kill Adolf Hitler. The plot failed and Canaris was arrested and kept alive by Hitler until 9 April, 1945, when he was executed at the Flossenbürg concentration camp, after being humiliated in front of everyone.

It is said that Canaris never liked the Nazi Party at all, and he completely disagreed with Hitler's desire to eliminate Jews, also, it is said that Canaris helped numerous Jews escape from the Nazis, allowing them to flee into Spain or other neutral countries. Canaris had contacts with the MI6, and with Churchill himself. He was watched constantly by the SS, especially by Heydrich. According to some people, Canaris tried to stop the Nazis as much as he could, but his efforts led him to his death, other says that his actions were one of the causes of Germany's defeat in the War. After his death, the Abwehr was dissolved.

One big mysterious person of WW2, i never studied this character, a Hero to some, just another Nazi to others.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-02-2013, 12:02:59
Canaris was an officer in the prussian tradition. Though he disliked the Nazis, he still felt more bound to his duties as a soldier.

AFAIK this prussian aspect has changed after 1945 in the german military training. Nowadays soldiers are taught to follow their conscience when they have high doubts in the rightfulness of an order.

Anyway:
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/10shvg4.jpg)
Eastern Front. Stalingrad, allegedly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kev4000 on 07-02-2013, 18:02:49
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6095/6263179567_176396b731.jpg)

damn u mudra pointed out its a fake
http://henk.fox3000.com/t34/t34-88/2/02.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-02-2013, 18:02:56
A fake perhaps, but the germans did that in the Eastern Front. They combined the T34 hull and an 88 with shield.

(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/hypothetical/t34_88_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 07-02-2013, 18:02:38
That looks freaking epic!  :o How much can turret can rotate?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-02-2013, 19:02:49
Not sure, but I think it can rotate 360 degrees.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 07-02-2013, 21:02:26
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3741/germansherman.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/826/germansherman.png/)


There were 3 Sherman Tanks heading for Esch-sur-Sûre (Luxemburg) when they ran into a Panzerschreckambush. One Sherman got disabled and the other two ran away. The engines were still running when the German troops found the two remaining Shermans the other day in the neighbourtown with no sights of their tankcrew.
Since the Shermans were in running condition they were used, as seen on the picture, by the Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-02-2013, 23:02:46
(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/72/Horten_Ho_IX_on_ground.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-02-2013, 01:02:44
(http://www.gardensafari.net/hania/tad/tad_pzl_p23_karas.jpg)
Polish airplane PZL-P23 Karas used in 1939

^Did this airplane partake in any major battles in the Polish-Defensive War?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2013, 01:02:42
Probably it did, but the Karas suffered heavy losses.

As far as i know these were one of the firsts aircraft to bomb Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-02-2013, 05:02:23
It was mainly used like a Stuka, though not as capable of dive bombing.  It did suffer heavy losses, but did preform quite well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-02-2013, 17:02:38
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4664/232423342.jpg)
If someone knows the story behind the picture, feel free to tell it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2013, 18:02:27
Looks like a prison guard being attacked by his former prisoners.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-02-2013, 18:02:17
Was also thinking in that direction, but the prisoner doesn't look like he barely had food the last weeks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-02-2013, 19:02:39
Judging by the hat, the one in the striped shirt looks German
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 08-02-2013, 21:02:33
Judging by the shirt he's wearing, I'd rather say that he's a prisoner detained in one of the German death camps. He could have taken the side cap off the German soldier prior to attacking him. Also, it looks like he's wielding a knife, aiming it at the German's back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2013, 23:02:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/746743-2/image_002)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-02-2013, 01:02:17
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4664/232423342.jpg)
If someone knows the story behind the picture, feel free to tell it

If the picture is from WWII at all, then car in the background appears to be allied. The guys beating up the single guy wear all different caps, some of them of military origin. I'd say these are members of resistance groups beating up a collaborator after their liberation from german rule.

Also keep in mind that germany transferred millions of civilian workers and prisoners of war all across europe, running various forced labour projects (besides the well known labour death camps). These millions were freed, but were still displaced. They started walking home, sometimes thousands of kilometers all across europe. During their way home, they formed gangs and lived off the country. And for sure they took vengeance upon their former masters in a time when there was lack of public order.

Anyway...
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/14430ip.jpg)
Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-02-2013, 09:02:33
(http://s17.postimage.org/531gehofv/image.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/531gehofv/)
I dont remember if that picture was placed here before , but this is propably the only picture of one of last two , from four remaining ,  sPzJg Ferdinand/Elefant* , used in defense of Berlin in 1945 , somewhere in Zossen .

*) Some of the sources says , that name Elefant was rarely in use and all vehicles was still called Ferdinand .

Is that Me or bad quality of picture , but I cant see if vehicle is still covered by zimmerit and definitively Ferdinand was repainted .

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2013, 11:02:34
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4664/232423342.jpg)
If someone knows the story behind the picture, feel free to tell it
searching similar pictures tells that it might be a kapo ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 09-02-2013, 11:02:12
(http://s17.postimage.org/5kfnl1bsr/Sp_her_MP44.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/5kfnl1bsr/)

German Scouts with MP44
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-02-2013, 11:02:56
Anyway...
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/14430ip.jpg)
Stalingrad

Sniping with PPSHs?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 09-02-2013, 11:02:33
Anyway...
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/14430ip.jpg)
Stalingrad

Sniping with PPSHs?
Unlike Thompsons and other toy guns, PPSh and M/31 have quite long effective range ;)
Not to mention the accuracy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 09-02-2013, 12:02:08
Long range, high rate of  fire, high magazine capacity,This ppsh is a wonder weapon. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-02-2013, 12:02:30
Anyway...
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/14430ip.jpg)
Stalingrad

Sniping with PPSHs?
Unlike Thompsons and other toy guns, PPSh and M/31 have quite long effective range ;)
Not to mention the accuracy.
Correct. A PPSH or M/31 and M38 berreta have an effective range of 200-250 meters while an MP40 sten or tommy only have one of 100 meters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-02-2013, 14:02:15
Anyway...
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/14430ip.jpg)
Stalingrad

Sniping with PPSHs?

Isn't this just posing for a propaganda picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-02-2013, 14:02:21
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9085/f32844l.jpg)
"Romanian troops using camels for crossing the Caucasian wastelands."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-02-2013, 01:02:23
Isn't this just posing for a propaganda picture?

I believe this as well. Plus: They're very well equiped for Stalingrad 1942. Considering that 2 soldiers had really to share one rifle, 3 PPSHs and one rifle is pretty much for 5 people.

Now look at these. 5 people, 3 PPSHs, one rifle? :P

(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2w40lmo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-02-2013, 01:02:44
Um, the idea that people were doing "one man with rifle, another follows him" is a myth mostly created by that movie |:  It didn't actually happen.  At Stalingrad, the soviets were actually having trouble with manpower, not weapons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-02-2013, 01:02:45
Hmm. Interesting. I thought the soviets really lacked firearms at the start of the battle, thus it being based on a fact.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-02-2013, 01:02:44
I once heard a story, i thought it was in Kursk, about platoons that had shovels as only weapon, and they even took down 1 tank using only shovels (don't ask me how or don't ask me for proof, i think i just heard it on the tv once). The reason they used the shovels was becuz they didn't have enough guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 10-02-2013, 08:02:37
"Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my shovel!"

 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 10-02-2013, 08:02:02
"Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my shovel!"

 ;D

How he didnt saw that one coming :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-02-2013, 11:02:57
There was never a shortage of Mosin nagants and even PPSH's. By 1943 1/5th of every russian soldier was equipped with a PPSH and by 1944 1 in every 3.5 had a PPSH or PPS. Then count in the large numbers of DT, maxim and PTRS and PTRD rifles....By FH2 ingame ways, the limited kits should yield more then west allied/German limited kits

The only real things that were in shortage were Boots, trucks and Meat.

(http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Vehicles/Tanks/US/Sherman-tank/images-76mm/Sherman-76mm-03-px800.jpg)76mm sherman tanks, WW2 lend lease to mother russia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 10-02-2013, 12:02:34
Why do people believe WW2 movies are historically accurate? Is it the setting?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-02-2013, 13:02:22
Why do people believe WW2 movies are historically accurate? Is it the setting?
Wait! Are you telling me Americans didn´t blow up Tiger tanks with socks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 10-02-2013, 13:02:48
A limited sock bomb kit for Ramelle. That would be so cool  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-02-2013, 13:02:39
Why do people believe WW2 movies are historically accurate? Is it the setting?
Wait! Are you telling me Americans didn´t blow up Tiger tanks with socks?
technically

they did not blew them up
they destroyed the tracks

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 10-02-2013, 14:02:45
Why do people believe WW2 movies are historically accurate? Is it the setting?
Wait! Are you telling me Americans didn´t blow up Tiger tanks with socks?

Sure they did. And in the 1800s Will Smith drove a gigantic mechanized spider tank through the US desert.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-02-2013, 15:02:04
Also they killed a Tiger crew by spraying them with a Thompson from outside, all hatches closed.


'MURICA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 10-02-2013, 15:02:12
Don't forget the famous bullseye sniper shot through the ZF optics!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-02-2013, 16:02:24
Don´t forget the scene where they just throw back grenades that seem to have a 10 sec timer just so the enemy can do exactly that. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 10-02-2013, 16:02:37
Or the most epic of the epic where a gunfight between an SS officer and a GI turns into a helmet throwing contest  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 10-02-2013, 16:02:17
Or the most epic of the epic where a gunfight between an SS officer and a GI turns into a helmet throwing contest  ;D

Throwable helmets kit... That would be even more epic!  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-02-2013, 20:02:58
(http://www.funnyzone.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/allied_pistol_vs_german_tank_funnyzone.gif)


'MURICA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-02-2013, 21:02:13

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/747502-2/raf)

RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters attacking a German ship with rockets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-02-2013, 22:02:18
dunno if photoshop, I think not
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6112/shipmissouri2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-02-2013, 22:02:22
Kinda sad picture, that´s propably the last second of those peoples life on photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-02-2013, 23:02:16
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/ebev7c.jpg)
Airspeed Horsa, US paratroopers, crossing of the Rhine at Wesel, March 24th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 10-02-2013, 23:02:40
Kinda sad picture, that´s propably the last second of those peoples life on photo.

Hard to estimate speed and angle the plane is approaching, but it seems to be really low as the left wing is behind the railing. Maybe it has just been crashing into the rather well armored side of the ship without causing much damage, maybe it was right pulling up there and hit those guys on the other hand though, yea. Might also be that the impact did not do too much, as angle and speed are certainly not perfect and the plane is probably light built. Ok, end of mindless speculations, I'm talking too much again  :-X

Sad either way as this is certainly seconds before at least one and most likely many died.
-----

To add a picture, this is from the basic training my grandfather was at, pictures taken by a unknown comrade. Need to ask when this was exactly, I can just estimate that it was probably taken in 1942, maybe 43.

Got some more of these.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 10-02-2013, 23:02:45
Kinda sad picture, that´s propably the last second of those peoples life on photo.
Kinda sad picture, that´s propably the last second of those peoples life on photo.

Hard to estimate speed and angle the plane is approaching, but it seems to be really low as the left wing is behind the railing. Maybe it has just been crashing into the rather well armored side of the ship without causing much damage, maybe it was right pulling up there and hit those guys on the other hand though, yea. Might also be that the impact did not do too much, as angle and speed are certainly not perfect and the plane is probably light built. Ok, end of mindless speculations, I'm talking too much again  :-X

Sad either way as this is certainly seconds before at least one and most likely many died.

 Gentlemen,  avoid speculation when literally 3 seconds on google will be more informative. it's bad enough that people don't bother providing citation but it just gets stupid when you guys throw bad ideas after them.

 From Wiki ''"On 11 April, a low-flying kamikaze, although fired on, crashed on Missouri's starboard side, just below her main deck level. The starboard wing of the plane was thrown far forward, starting a gasoline fire at 5 in (127 mm) Gun Mount No. 3. The battleship suffered only superficial damage, and the fire was brought quickly under control.[5] The remains of the pilot were recovered on board the ship just aft of one of the 40 mm gun tubs. Captain Callaghan decided that the young Japanese pilot had done his job to the best of his ability, and with honor, so he should be given a military funeral. The following day he was buried at sea with military honors.[8] The dent in the side of the ship remains to this day.""


 No casualties and superficial damage, hell they even gave the Kamikaze pilot a decent burial at sea.
That IMO, is much more informative than pulling ideas out of our asses.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 10-02-2013, 23:02:50
Thanks for clearing it up, but speculations are speculations not fake facts and a lot less harmful than your behaviour as I did not feel able to have enough information to succesfully google it. Also, it's kinda interesting to think about what could have happened imo, but never mind. I just don't get why you put the "I'm a dick"-stamp on your forehead instead of just telling what really happened and that's it? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 10-02-2013, 23:02:25
Thanks for clearing it up, but speculations are speculations not fake facts and a lot less harmful than your behaviour as I did not feel able to have enough information to succesfully google it. Also, it's kinda interesting to think about what could have happened imo, but never mind. I just don't get why you put the "I'm a dick"-stamp on your forehead instead of just telling what really happened and that's it? ;)

 Actually, the stamp reads "Eat a bag of dicks"

 I could easily have been some sort of prick but instead I made a gentle reminder, if you have a problem with that maybe avoid speculating in the future about stuff that you obviously knew nothing about.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Big Lebowski on 10-02-2013, 23:02:53
Why do you upset mr. internet tough guy with your speculations? You know he hates that!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-02-2013, 00:02:46
Yeah, don't upset the expert, want a E-cookie for that info, Mr. Brains?.



(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/747638-2/pilot_officer_eric_barwell_defiant_264_squadron_1_b50cskjka2o0sk0s8kc080gck_ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4_th)

264 Fighter Squadron "Defiant".In the first plane sits Lieutenant Eric Baruel, he fought over Dunkirk, during the "Battle of Britain", and missions as a night fighter,scoring nine wins.

The Defiant was a two-seat fighter of unusual design: it was armed with four machine guns "Browning" .303 caliber (7.7 mm) mounted in a rotating turret behind the pilot. It was planned that these aircraft would cover one-man fighters from attacks from behind. At first it was a surprise for German fighters to come upon the tail of a British fighter and suddenly be fired upon by a quad of .303's.That mistake brought some German fighters down. But then the Germans started to attack the Defiant head-on or from the bottom,the dead zone.Defiant losses began to rise and the Defiant became a nightfighter,being somewhat more effective.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 11-02-2013, 00:02:11
I love how everything escalates in this forum. That´s the thing that keeps me going.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-02-2013, 08:02:08
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g700000/g701902.jpg)
Quote from: wikipedia
During the air battle on 4 June (1942), Hammann screened Yorktown, helping to shoot down many of the attacking aircraft. However, the carrier took two torpedo hits and, listing heavily, was abandoned that afternoon. Hammann picked up survivors in the water, including Yorktown's skipper, Captain Buckmaster, and transferred them to the larger ships. Efforts were mounted to save the stricken carrier on the next morning. A skeleton crew returned on board the Yorktown, and attempts were made to tow her to safety. Hammann came alongside on 6 June to transfer a damage control party. The destroyer then lay alongside, providing hoses and water for firefighting, power, and other services while tied up next to the carrier.
The salvage party was making progress when the protective screen was penetrated by I-168 after noon on 6 June. Four torpedoes were loosed; two missed, one passed under Hammann and hit Yorktown, and the fourth hit the destroyer amidships, breaking her back.
As the debris from the explosion rained down and the ships lurched apart, it was apparent that the Hammann was doomed. Life rafts were lowered and rescue efforts began by ships in company. The ship sank, bow first, in just 4 minutes, and following the sinking a violent underwater explosion, likely from the destroyer's depth charges and torpedoes going off, caused many deaths in the water, bringing the toll in dead to 80. Survivors were taken aboard Benham and Balch.

As extra:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lEtkuz8ScYM/TGFFnbnjJII/AAAAAAAADq8/41tqKmWiFyg/s1600/USS+Hammann+6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 11-02-2013, 22:02:37
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3420/fallschirmjgermp44.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/fallschirmjgermp44.png/)

Title says: Paratrooperengineers from the 5. FJD during their training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 11-02-2013, 22:02:03
FJ's with StG's?  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 11-02-2013, 22:02:20
 Nice pics Born 2,

@ all you pricks that like to troll me,  ""google and wiki are your friends"". You spent more time posting nonsense and insults on an otherwise informative thread, when you could have spent that time not only educating yourselves but the other people that patronize this forum thread.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Bombardment_by_HMCS_UGANDA.jpg)
""Uganda's first RCN assignment came shortly after her recommissioning. She was tasked to join the British Pacific Fleet's operational area south of Sakishima Gunto. Uganda left Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 31 October 1944 and steamed via the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Alexandria, the Suez Canal, and on via Aden and Colombo, Ceylon, to the fleet base at Fremantle, Australia, where she arrived on 4 March 1945. She joined the 4th Cruiser Squadron and spent the rest of the month working up. The conditions for the crew were arduous since the ship had not been modified for tropical conditions, which would have provided better air circulation throughout the ship and more fresh water capacity.

Bombardment by HMCS Uganda of Sukuma Airfield on Miyako-jima in May 1945 Uganda proved valuable during operations undertaken by the British Pacific Fleet because her radar and aircraft identification capabilities were amongst the best in the fleet, owing to her 1944 refit in Charleston. On 10 April 1945, the strike against Sakishima was cancelled and the task force was ordered to attack Formosa instead. For three days Uganda and her RN counterparts attacked airfields on Formosa before being redirected back to Sakishima Gunto. The islands were attacked between 15–20 April before the fleet was tasked to Leyte Gulf.

There she joined the United States Third Fleet, under command of legendary Admiral Raymond Spruance 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Japan and became the only RCN warship to fight in the Pacific Theatre against the Imperial Japanese Navy.""


 The only Canadian ship to serve in both the Second and Korean Wars. This vessel is also notable for the so-called 'Pacific mutiny' which saw a majority of the crewmembers vote to withdraw from the Pacific theatre as a result of a parliamentary decision to only allow "volunteer" service within any theatre of war during WW2.

re-commissioned in 1952 as HMCS Quebec.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-02-2013, 23:02:04
Well, i actually like it that people post their ideas, it gives new insights sometimes, and when they're wrong, someone will say so, and the best way to learn is by making mistakes and being shown what was the correct answer. So ty to you for pointing out the correct context-answer :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-02-2013, 00:02:08
It's not cool to insult somebody because he said "something wrong" and using words such as "eat a bag of dicks", want to people to learn something?, you are a clear example of immaturity, we can learn that from you.

So tell me, did you got all that info from Wiki too?, is it forbidden to guess about something? is it forbidden to be wrong? is it forbidden to copy/paste texts? now it appears this thread is about how big your penis is when it comes to WW2 knowledge.


Italian Built concrete bunkers in Lybia:

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=293613)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-02-2013, 02:02:36
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Finnscapture-Russ-sniper.jpg)
Finns capture Russian sniper
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-02-2013, 02:02:12

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCR4rXkCEAEtFyJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 12-02-2013, 08:02:10
Do you think the sniper survived captivity? I guess snipers, especially good ones, are hated by the enemy because they deliberately kill their comrades and deteriorate morale. And then you might have the problematic relation between USSR and Finland which is of whole other quality than the American - German relation back then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 12-02-2013, 09:02:21
AFAIK he should thank his lucky stars he was picked up by Finns and not Germans. But I'm sure the forum history freaks would know more about this. My knowledge on the matter is that most POWs were treated, if not well, at least humanely by our armed forces. But my sources may very well be quite biased.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 12-02-2013, 09:02:04
It's not cool to insult somebody because he said "something wrong" and using words such as "eat a bag of dicks", want to people to learn something?, you are a clear example of immaturity, we can learn that from you.

So tell me, did you got all that info from Wiki too?, is it forbidden to guess about something? is it forbidden to be wrong? is it forbidden to copy/paste texts? now it appears this thread is about how big your penis is when it comes to WW2 knowledge.

type USS Missouri into a search engine and the first result is what i posted. I work with veteran groups and I despise the amount of historic revisionism that happens nowadays and besides, it's not like you had to actually work on doing any research ( in this case, literally 11 letters and the answer pops up)


 My response was to the quote that I attached.  p.s. you are welcome to question my maturity any day, as long as I can question your paltry grasp of the English language (I literally own underwear older than you).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Canadian_soldiers_during_the_Battle_of_Groningen.jpg)

""Canadian forces having incurred heavy casualties in clearing a path to the Rhine, the 2nd Division was rested from the massive crossing operation that took place on 23 March 1945, instead crossing in relative ease a week later.[69] After a brief detour through German territory, the First Canadian Army—now unified with the arrival of I Canadian Corps from Italy—prepared to assault German positions in the Netherlands. The 2nd Division moved northwards towards Groningen.[70] In the nine days preceding their attack, German resistance had been light and uncoordinated[71] but opposition stiffened as the assault progressed, leading to heavy losses among the battalions of the 5th Brigade.[72] By 13 April, the division had been shifted eastward to guard the flanks of a British assault on Bremen,[73] and the following day I Canadian Corps liberated Arnhem. On 2 May, the 2nd Division took Oldenburg, solidifying Canadian positions throughout the Netherlands.[74] German and Canadian forces declared a ceasefire on 5 May,""

 The war is almost over,  the end is within sight for these weary men and the women who served alongside them...


AFAIK he should thank his lucky stars he was picked up by Finns and not Germans. But I'm sure the forum history freaks would know more about this. My knowledge on the matter is that most POWs were treated, if not well, at least humanely by our armed forces. But my sources may very well be quite biased.

 My step-grandfather when captured by the Finnish, was pointed in the direction of Norway and that was it.  he could have starved to death for all the Finn's cared but at least he didn't get a bullet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-02-2013, 10:02:23
Nice picture Gutz
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7744/45282ada12f0.jpg)
No clue on this one, just posting it cuz i like the contrast
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 12-02-2013, 10:02:16
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc302/cargol/2002460921404015471_rs.jpg)

Quote
Mail given to the soldiers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-02-2013, 11:02:52
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/332miro.jpg)
Wesel, March 24th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 12-02-2013, 17:02:27
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/756/1013120549abitofdetai1.jpg)

Quote
Stug III Ausf.D of Sonderverband 288 being inspected by South Africans (IIRC) after its capture at Gazala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Big Lebowski on 12-02-2013, 19:02:52
(I literally own underwear older than you).
That makes you what? And old fart that acts immature?

Dont get all upset when people point out you are being a prick to others.

(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5574/212274081.jpg)
Quote
Danish resistance fighters guard nazi sympathisers while they await trial. Copenhagen 5.5.1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-02-2013, 22:02:41
AFAIK he should thank his lucky stars he was picked up by Finns and not Germans. But I'm sure the forum history freaks would know more about this. My knowledge on the matter is that most POWs were treated, if not well, at least humanely by our armed forces. But my sources may very well be quite biased.

Russian POWs were very well treated by the Finns (apart from the Russian "partisans" who crossed the border with the purpose of mowing down Finnish civilians).  What this guy would have a lot more to worry about is returning home, since any POWs were deemed traitors by Stalin, and most were immediately packed off to the gulags, or just shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 12-02-2013, 23:02:15
AFAIK he should thank his lucky stars he was picked up by Finns and not Germans. But I'm sure the forum history freaks would know more about this. My knowledge on the matter is that most POWs were treated, if not well, at least humanely by our armed forces. But my sources may very well be quite biased.

Russian POWs were very well treated by the Finns (apart from the Russian "partisans" who crossed the border with the purpose of mowing down Finnish civilians).  What this guy would have a lot more to worry about is returning home, since any POWs were deemed traitors by Stalin, and most were immediately packed off to the gulags, or just shot.
Winter '42 was not too great for them though. Quite a few POW's died due to lack of food.

And yeah, spies and soldiers caught in action killing women and children behind the lines were shot immediately.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-02-2013, 23:02:37
Well the finns hardly had food for themselves.. Atrocities were commited by both sides.

Most regular russian soldiers treated finnish POW's fairly well but the danger came when a political Commisar came involved. The grand majority of crimes was commited by these kommisars..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 12-02-2013, 23:02:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Lennart_oesch_and_vladimir_kirpitsnikov_in_1941.jpg)
Generals Lennart Oesch and Vladimir Kirpitšnikov in 1941. After the war Kirpitšnikov was sent straight to SMERŠ' prison camp. He was shot in 1950.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-02-2013, 23:02:55
http://desertwar.net/soviet-prisoners-of-war-in-finland.html

http://www.hs.fi/English/article/Too+awful+an+image+of+war/1135223124092
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-02-2013, 02:02:12
(I literally own underwear older than you).

That just confirms you're more immature than what i thought  ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/747987-2/7_cedrc1ixktw80o40gwcw88048_ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4_th)

Sailors of French Battleship "Strasbourg"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-02-2013, 02:02:43
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/305098_10100495818407791_2208304_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-02-2013, 07:02:14
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/443/vehiclekv3.jpg)
KV-1 used for target practise, Russia 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-02-2013, 12:02:18
(http://oi47.tinypic.com/2cgh1k8.jpg)
17th US Airborne Division, Wesel, March 24th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-02-2013, 00:02:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-046-27%2C_Nettuno%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_leichter_Pak.jpg)


FJ with Pak36 in normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-02-2013, 02:02:33
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2ljtbn4.jpg)
Saint-Lô area, August 3rd, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-02-2013, 03:02:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Spitfires_camera_gun_film_shows_tracer_ammunition.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-02-2013, 07:02:31
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85816&d=1260441925)
"Marines treating a wounded combat dog during action on the Orote Pennisula"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 14-02-2013, 09:02:22
[img]http://oi45.tinypic.com/2ljtbn4.jpg[img]
Saint-Lô area, August 3rd, 1944.

Is that a shield with a gun trough it on the front of the m10 next to the driver?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 14-02-2013, 15:02:55
[img]http://oi45.tinypic.com/2ljtbn4.jpg[img]
Saint-Lô area, August 3rd, 1944.

Is that a shield with a gun trough it on the front of the m10 next to the driver?

I suppose that is the drivers hatch opened to the left and the thing that looks like a gun is the persicope.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-02-2013, 00:02:53
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/2zejw9e.jpg)
Chartres, France, Liberation Day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-02-2013, 00:02:23
poor baby
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-02-2013, 03:02:23
We all know what is this:
(http://www.perfil.com/export/sites/diarioperfil/img/2013/01/mundo/0109_hiroshima_afp_g.jpg_1121220956.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 15-02-2013, 06:02:30
Warning: severed head proudly displayed
http://imageshack.us/a/img811/7971/hp249.png

The head of Jovan Blaženović, cut off by the Ustaše. A third of all Serbs in Croatia was to be killed, another third forcibly converted to Catholicism, and another third expelled.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-02-2013, 07:02:40
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/311/shipnewmexico13.jpg)
"USS New Mexico's 14in projectiles on starboard deck while being replenished prior to the invasion of Guam, circa mid-Jul 1944"
Note the guys in the left laying in the sun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 15-02-2013, 08:02:18
One bullet correctly placed and that part of the ship will be on the moon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 15-02-2013, 10:02:33
(http://imageshack.us/a/img850/8631/1360902244921.jpg)
French (?) partisans. Notice the creative use of the German mineflag.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-02-2013, 17:02:50
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4gc97lRMyyQ/T1Y9_5ulREI/AAAAAAAACGM/aP6kaEEySyo/s1600/blue_division_263_regiment1.jpg)

Division Azul.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 15-02-2013, 17:02:21
Spanish voulenteers in the German heer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 15-02-2013, 17:02:45
Spanish voulenteers in the German heer?
Read more. (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Division+Azul)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-02-2013, 17:02:46
They fought with courage, at Leningrad they suffered heavy counterattacks by the Soviets, in which they outnumbered them, but the Spanish volunteers held their ground.

After Leningrad they were pretty much disbanded, some remained in the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-02-2013, 18:02:35
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Tanks_near_geilenkirchen.jpg)

Churchill tanks of the XXX corps advance during operation Clipper 1944, germany. This battle saw large usage of the epic churchill tank, with Mark IV's, VII's, VIII's and crocodiles in action
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-02-2013, 19:02:54
Today is the anniversary of the 1940 Battle of Keren.

(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Med-I/img/UK-Med-I-photo41.jpg)

"Fighting at Keren has been brutal- 1 Indian soldier, Richpal Ram, led a bayonet charge with right foot blown off by Italian artillery shell."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-02-2013, 02:02:25
(http://www.foreignpolicy.com/files/fp_uploaded_images/121102_el-alamein%20102244923.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 16-02-2013, 09:02:08
Ghandi's letter to Hitler (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HN_7Y2gcBoo/S7HoQH5HxHI/AAAAAAAAAvU/SSvotg_vRFI/s1600/DSCF6029.JPG).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 16-02-2013, 13:02:32
(http://imageshack.us/a/img402/2640/1361015696875.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-02-2013, 16:02:46
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/2rppds4.jpg)
Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly, France, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-02-2013, 01:02:13
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_13/w10_20708023.jpg)
"Women at war"
They couldn't just use some printing machine?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: IrishReloaded on 17-02-2013, 03:02:13
it would not have the soul of women - the dynamo of the manipulating person is missing
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-02-2013, 05:02:29
Color printers of the time were rather expensive. This is alot cheaper then what was available.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2013, 05:02:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/748526-2/C4D)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 17-02-2013, 17:02:33
http://dimitrijeostojic.com/blog/?p=1421%22

Collection of photos from Yugoslavia. Era is a bit mixed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 17-02-2013, 20:02:46
http://dimitrijeostojic.com/blog/?p=1421%22

Collection of photos from Yugoslavia. Era is a bit mixed.

Nice pics  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 17-02-2013, 20:02:55
Yes, quite a nice mixture of weaponry and vehicles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-02-2013, 21:02:05
(http://oi46.tinypic.com/1zn54er.jpg)
Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2013, 22:02:38
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/748589-2/dentro+la+citt__)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-02-2013, 11:02:48
(http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/nazioccupation/romaniagal/full/Romanian%20Jews%20roundaed%20up%20in%20the%20Iasi%20Pogrom.jpg)
Romanian Pogrom

And as extra, the execution of Ion Antonescu, proof executions don't always go smooth... I was astonished tho by the enthusiasm right before he got shot (the first time)
CONTAINS PROBABLY SHOCKING CONTENT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AnWmaRxFJ_A

Quote from: Wikipedia
Ion Victor Antonescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon antoˈnesku]; June 15, 1882 – June 1, 1946) was a Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician, and convicted war criminal. The Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, he presided over two successive wartime dictatorships. A Romanian Army career officer who made his name during the 1907 peasants' revolt and the World War I Romanian Campaign, the antisemitic Antonescu sympathized with the far right and fascist National Christian and Iron Guard groups for much of the interwar period. He was a military attaché to France and later Chief of the General Staff, briefly serving as Defense Minister in the National Christian cabinet of Octavian Goga. During the late 1930s, his political stance brought him into conflict with King Carol II and led to his detainment. Antonescu nevertheless rose to political prominence during the political crisis of 1940, and established the National Legionary State, an uneasy partnership with the Iron Guard's leader Horia Sima. After entering Romania into an alliance with Nazi Germany and the Axis and ensuring Adolf Hitler's confidence, he eliminated the Guard during the Legionary Rebellion of 1941. In addition to leadership of the executive, he assumed the offices of Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister. Soon after Romania joined the Axis in Operation Barbarossa, recovering Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Antonescu also became Marshal of Romania.
An atypical figure among Holocaust perpetrators, Antonescu enforced policies independently responsible for the deaths of as many as 400,000 people, most of them Bessarabian, Ukrainian and Romanian Jews, as well as Romani Romanians. The regime's complicity in the Holocaust combined pogroms and mass murders such as the Odessa massacre with ethnic cleansing, systematic deportations to occupied Transnistria and widespread criminal negligence. The system in place was nevertheless characterized by singular inconsistencies, prioritizing plunder over killing, showing leniency toward most Jews in the Old Kingdom, and ultimately refusing to adopt the Final Solution as applied throughout Nazi-occupied Europe.
Confronted with heavy losses on the Eastern Front, Antonescu embarked on inconclusive negotiations with the Allies, just before a political coalition, formed around the young monarch Michael I, toppled him during the August 23, 1944 Coup. After a brief detention in the Soviet Union, the deposed Conducător was handed back to Romania, where he was tried by a special People's Tribunal and executed. This was part of a series of trials that also passed sentences on his various associates, as well as his wife Maria. The judicial procedures earned much criticism for responding to the Romanian Communist Party's ideological priorities, a matter that fueled nationalist and far right attempts to have Antonescu posthumously exonerated. While these groups elevated Antonescu to the status of hero, his involvement in the Holocaust was officially reasserted and condemned following the 2003 Wiesel Commission report.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 18-02-2013, 14:02:58
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Italian-engs-WolfRiver-Pavlograd41.jpg)
Italian engineers, Wolf River, Pavlograd 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 18-02-2013, 16:02:36
http://dimitrijeostojic.com/blog/?p=1421%22

Collection of photos from Yugoslavia. Era is a bit mixed.

Yeah that's all postwar, from the late sixties to nineties. It says those are recovered photos saved from a basement of an abandoned army building where they were sitting abandoned next to a boiler... A lot of documented material was destroyed or abandoned during the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-02-2013, 18:02:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-102-0894-23%2C_Nordeuropa%2C_K%C3%BCstenbatterie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-02-2013, 00:02:38
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1826/vehiclechurchill7.jpg)
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Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank in action, Aug 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-02-2013, 22:02:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/643025-2/WFZ_22_c_P_1039990p)

Early PzKpfw IVs from the 5. Panzer-Division during the Invasion of Belgium, 1940, crossing the Ourthe river by the small village of Hotton.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 20-02-2013, 04:02:28
There's a pretty sweet cave system near Hotton. Unrelated fact of the day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 20-02-2013, 10:02:15
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/16/media-16985/large.jpg?action-d)


Geschützwagen Tiger für 17cm K72 (Sf) - abandoned prototype chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-02-2013, 11:02:31
Is that a Tiger II with Porscheturm (made by Krupp, i know) next to it  :o ?

EDIT: added picture
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8219/img5108z.jpg)
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Preparation for D-Day, continuation of Air War over Germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 20-02-2013, 14:02:12
Is that a Tiger II with Porscheturm (made by Krupp, i know) next to it  :o ?

Yes, and there's also a Jagdtiger as well behind the GW-T prototype for the luls of it.

If the guy who fould that scrapyard would've known the value of its contents today...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-02-2013, 16:02:06
But isn't that a British proving grounds or something?

Something tells me that chassis was taken by the allies and tested in Aberdeen or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 20-02-2013, 16:02:12
Something tells me that chassis was taken by the allies and tested in Aberdeen or something.

Not that I know of, it has no tracks or engine. I read about the picture quite some time ago on a site that is not in existance anymore. There's also a Panther G.
(http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/11/41/30/40/123abc10.jpg)

This is all I can find about it, it's translated
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Due to the unfavorable situation in the industry, this prototype was never completed and his torso at the end of the war became a prey to the Allies, who found him in Haustenbeku. Later, probably ended up in the scrap
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 20-02-2013, 22:02:04
Just to back up Sander...

In 1943/44, Krupp started production of the prototype, while full-scale production was to start in mid-1945, but the end of the war cancelled any further development.
It was planned to mount 170mm K 72 L/50 gun and to have a maximum armor of 30 mm.
One prototype of Grille 17 was completed in May of 1945 and was captured by British troops at Haustenbeck near Paderborn.

Also found this picture

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6253670664_cf273bf72f.jpg)

They must of just blown the gun off, seeing in sanders picture it's still intact.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-02-2013, 23:02:00
it was also planned to have a 21CM Morser 18 because the 21CM morser 18 and 17CM Kanone 18 share the shame carriage
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 20-02-2013, 23:02:39
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-102-0894-23%2C_Nordeuropa%2C_K%C3%BCstenbatterie.jpg)

Norwegian Coast?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2013, 00:02:57
Zeno, Norway it is, the exact location remains unknown to me, but it's related to the Western Allies convoys to Murmansk iirc.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/749100-2/009_001)

Volkssturm soldiers with a Panzerfaust and what appears to be a MG151/20 with a makeshift shield.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-02-2013, 00:02:42
Oh my, that would be hell to get shot at by o.=.o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 21-02-2013, 00:02:16
Zeno, Norway it is, the exact location remains unknown to me, but it's related to the Western Allies convoys to Murmansk iirc.
According to Wikipedia it's Mehamn, Finnmark.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-02-2013, 15:02:29
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b66vqGY_faM/UQ0bB7kyoSI/AAAAAAAATRg/jUi-cDQSWvA/s320/Stalingrad,+German+soldier.jpg)
Stalingrad
Note the weapon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 21-02-2013, 16:02:55
Špagin! Shpagin if you will  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-02-2013, 08:02:06
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1381/battleiwojima233.jpg)
Probably Iwo Jima
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 23-02-2013, 15:02:38
 Those are definitely Iwo Jima graves,


 To be honest, the grave markers did throw me for a loop. I guess we just see too many crosses or headstones.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-02-2013, 16:02:17
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KCYZV46Vp_U/Tl8lPpfHpqI/AAAAAAAAHB0/rb2Q-DiVpzw/s1600/german-soldiers-stalingrad.jpg)
And what weapon we have here AGAIN? :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-02-2013, 16:02:14
Well he did break his infantry assault badge...


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/444556-6/x_98eb4c2f)

I really like this one. Northern France, summer 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 24-02-2013, 01:02:56
(http://www.theculturalexperience.com/images/headers/28-XIX-Corps-tanks-in-Champagne-1940.jpg)
^Any info on this picture? Looks like France 1940

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-02-2013, 04:02:14
Could be Poland, France, Yugoslavia, Russia....  Anything from 1939-41 except Africa and maybe Norway :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 24-02-2013, 09:02:42
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8430283859_651bcca9a4_c.jpg)

Russian ZiS-41 halftrack on the trials, winter 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-02-2013, 21:02:08
(http://postmediavancouversun.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/2350.vancouver._second_world_war_veterans.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 24-02-2013, 21:02:48
If I were a grammar Nazi I would say that "Germany Kaput" misses a secon "t" in the end.
Nice picture ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-02-2013, 03:02:31
(http://www.theoldphotoalbum.com/images/2010/03/world-war-2-battle-for-berlin/World-War-2-Battle-of-Berlin-17.jpg)

Battle of Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-02-2013, 15:02:20
(http://molodidov-cossacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tygtytytfyt.jpeg)
I love this kind of pictures
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 25-02-2013, 18:02:36
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1364/hp11005.bmp)
Barrage balloon maintainence crews putting on a concert, 1941, Dover, England.

Notice the bombed houses, nice thing to do for the people of the city. This photo probably made it into a local newspaper covering the event.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-02-2013, 10:02:53
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llt0tdjsqV1qka36po1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-02-2013, 18:02:48
This is how i feel when i have maximum infantry resources on PS2 and i purchase it all on grenades  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-02-2013, 04:02:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/749808-2/Screen+Shot+2013-02-23+at+17)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Skooterkid on 27-02-2013, 09:02:10
(http://www.operatorchan.org/w/src/135820078034.jpg)
German WW2 trooper takes on Soviet armored car.
Run up, open hatch, throw in grenade, run like hell. -
Soviet KV-2 looks on indifferently.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-02-2013, 12:02:37
You really need balls of steel to charge an apc/tank to open the hatch and thow in a grenade
anyway
(http://img.over-blog.com/600x347/3/22/31/90/European-Cultural-Heritage/Stalingrad.jpg)
Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 27-02-2013, 16:02:15
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/411786843142718831aa43a195z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 27-02-2013, 17:02:41
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8xd404hC1qcw9y0o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-02-2013, 14:02:17
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/459566-4/123_005)
Nebelwerfer firing, 1944

I read they fired chemical stuff with nebelwerfers, but what kind of chemical warfare did the germans do with the nebelwerfer? Gas? Biological agents?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-02-2013, 14:02:05
There was no gas warfare in WW2. But they had 280mm Napalm rockets IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-02-2013, 14:02:32
i also don't know anything about it, but i came across this:
(http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/pics/nebelwerfer-rocket.jpg)

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During the past week, pictures of what appeared to be this weapon were published in press releases from the Russian front. It is used primarily for smoke and chemical agents and is an item of general issue to certain German chemical troops.

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As already stated, this rocket is of both the HE and chemical types. One type of chemical filling is indicated by green rings, one on the cap, or nose, the other on the casing for the filling. The exact significance of the green ring marking is not known. However, all German green-ring charges are known to have a limited vesicant action; one of them has practically no smell, and two others are said to have a faint smell resembling mustard.

Yperite?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-02-2013, 14:02:31
They had the shells, but didn't use them out of fear of general chemical warfare breaking out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-02-2013, 14:02:47
ah ok, that explains, thanks :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 28-02-2013, 14:02:21
German WW2 trooper takes on Soviet armored car.
Run up, open hatch, throw in grenade, run like hell. -
Soviet KV-2 looks on indifferently.

You skipped the best bit:
(http://i.imgur.com/k42Y3MS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 28-02-2013, 14:02:31
HEINZ KOM BACK RIGHT NOW OR ZERE'S NO DESSERT!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-02-2013, 16:02:07
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/750187-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-585-2184-24__Frankreich__Normandie__Feldgendarme)

I never seen Fallschirmjägers as Feldgendarme.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 28-02-2013, 16:02:35
You skipped the best bit:
(http://i.imgur.com/k42Y3MS.jpg)

lol, that other guy is probably just distracting the crew
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-02-2013, 17:02:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/750187-2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-585-2184-24__Frankreich__Normandie__Feldgendarme)

I never seen Fallschirmjägers as Feldgendarme.
Every part of the armed forces is going to have military police. In the case of Fallschirmjagers it was a temporary billet they would be assigned to in addition to any combat duties. Interestingly, there was no difference between the gorget they wear and that of the Heer.
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3030/frankreichnormandiefeld.jpg)
EDIT: I think these are the same guys!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-02-2013, 17:02:27
"SCHNELLAR SCHNELLAR meine mutter could deliver explosives faster then that!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 28-02-2013, 18:02:18
Just to continue the photo set of these guys:

(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/heer-luftwaffe-kriegsmarine-uniforms-3-reich/46410d1247870484-fallschirmjager-pictures-part-7-fallschirmj-c3-a4ger-20feldgendarmerie-20ba-203.jpg)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v5ejj6phylE/TgizXAIBjvI/AAAAAAAAUQo/Hs_GgUFfDf0/s1600/Fallschirmj%25C3%25A4ger%2BFeldfendarmerie%2Bin%2BNormandy%2Bwearing%2Bgorget%2B%2528Ringkragen%25291.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 28-02-2013, 19:02:56
You skipped the best bit:
(http://i.imgur.com/k42Y3MS.jpg)


lol, that other guy is probably just distracting the crew
Nope:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Thorondor123/jasper.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 28-02-2013, 20:02:10
LOL this made my day  ;D but lightning's gonna get pissed off
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 28-02-2013, 20:02:43
Nah, the picture's pretty accurate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-03-2013, 11:03:40
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2505/ww2192.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 02-03-2013, 14:03:07
(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/4564701221694745916fn5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 02-03-2013, 14:03:16
(http://i48.servimg.com/u/f48/14/98/77/24/145mar10.jpg)

French H39 at Narvik, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-03-2013, 21:03:32
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7528/img5097p.jpg)
After Operation Dynamo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-03-2013, 21:03:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/574678-4/volofolle2)

You drunk Italy, go home.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-03-2013, 12:03:24
(http://i48.servimg.com/u/f48/14/98/77/24/145mar10.jpg)

French H39 at Narvik, 1940

Lokks like a British Mk1 LCM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 03-03-2013, 12:03:22
(http://i31.servimg.com/u/f31/11/61/41/83/numari85.jpg)

French Column with R35s in the Alps
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-03-2013, 16:03:06
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/1016090602.jpg)

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While in the Mediterranean, Seabees converted LST-906 into a makeshift aircraft carrier sporting a custom-built mesh airstrip above deck. She was the base for 6 USAAF L-4B Grasshoppers flown as artillery spotters for the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division during the Invasion of southern France in September 1944.[2] LST-906 was one of six LSTs so converted.[3]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-03-2013, 16:03:12
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq3fdmf5CRc/UMUh0tT6sGI/AAAAAAAAB-U/vbHAwdCzmvQ/s1600/5.+Petain-1941.jpg)
Cartoon of France by the jewish Arthur Szyk, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-03-2013, 12:03:19
(http://madamepickwickartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/okinawa3-1024x826.jpg)
Battle of Okinawa, no idea what the vehicle is, looks cool tho
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-03-2013, 12:03:12
M29 Weasel, is my guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 04-03-2013, 19:03:44
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5544/hp260201.png)

HMS Warspite, April 13th, 1940, Narvik, Norway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-03-2013, 22:03:14
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9tipsnadl1qa38yao1_500.jpg)
Alois Beck
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-03-2013, 00:03:42
(http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc04668.jpg)
M7 Snow Tractor

Now that's a cool WW2 vehicle
there is probably no more humiliating kill then getting ran over by that thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-03-2013, 01:03:36
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/750731-2/Me109_French)

Crashed German Me-109E 'White 14' of 1./JG 26 with French Air Force markings. This airplane was painted with French markings and transported from the Western Front to mislead the German Civilians into thinking that Allied planes are being shot down.

I see what you did there, Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-03-2013, 16:03:49
(http://libcom.org/files/greece-resistance-fighters-1.jpg)
Andartes (Greek Mountain Guerrillas), 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-03-2013, 18:03:51
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/751172-2/tumblr_mem4jsNSgP1r2cjnuo1_500)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-03-2013, 00:03:40
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7102/battlesicily13.jpg)
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American transport SS Robert Rowan exploding after being hit by German Ju 88 bombers, Gela, Sicily, at about 1550 to 1555 hours on the 11th of July 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 07-03-2013, 03:03:27
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6102/hp0956.png)
ARD-2 Class Auxiliary Repair Dock, USS ARD-6 at anchor, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Unalaska Island. January 25th, 1944. Transferred to Pakistan as of 30th June, 1961. That submarine is the USS S-47 (SS-158). If you want to get a better picture as to what an ARD-2 Class really looks like, look up USS ARD-8, lots of photos of that one. This is the only photo of ARD-6 that I know of.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 07-03-2013, 21:03:06
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/a70de7a6cd5adc6e9d215c6e0399b472/tumblr_mhpteo0hvx1rpl538o1_1280.jpg)

Quote
No info on when or where it only said eastern front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-03-2013, 00:03:01
nice picture wasntme

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5379/50480936.jpg)
Quote
During an RAF training session, a bicycle-borne Spitfire "leader" detaches himself from his squadron, and turns to attack the fleeing Luftwaffe fighter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 08-03-2013, 00:03:21
Is that real RAF training? Thats amazing!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-03-2013, 02:03:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R81453%2C_SS-Obersturmbannf%C3%BChrer_Otto_Skorzeny_an_der_Oder_retouched.jpg)

Otto Skorzeny in Pomerania, February 1945, this time commanding regular troops. His actions during the bitter fighting by the Oder River earned him a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-03-2013, 08:03:50
I'm prety sure it's real, i also already saw a video or picture where there was some guy practising to be backturretgunner while sitting on a seesaw. I can't find the picture/video, but if someone could, feel free to post it here :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-03-2013, 17:03:37
finally found it after searching for long time :)
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk65/prodham/tDFcEZBNu3Xp.jpg)
While searching i found a lot of similar pictures, might post some of them later
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-03-2013, 17:03:22
finally found it after searching for long time :)
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk65/prodham/tDFcEZBNu3Xp.jpg)
While searching i found a lot of similar pictures, might post some of them later

Looks like the setup to a great youtube video.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-03-2013, 00:03:18
(http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=33183.0;attach=7274;image)

A destroyed Messerchsmitt Me-163B 'Komet' at Brandis Airfield showing the four holes in the port wing where the SG 500 'Jagerfaust/Jagdfaust' weapon was installed

 Jagdfaust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfaust)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-03-2013, 00:03:56
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mitchtanz/afkrika234.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-03-2013, 01:03:09
(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2194/3227844150dc7a19c5a8o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-03-2013, 01:03:59
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BE8Fb8JCEAE4noC.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 10-03-2013, 06:03:56
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4694/hp728.jpg)
Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
German version of Russian FOG-1 mines.

Old reports (in Russian) about the FOG-1
http://rkka.ru/docs/spv/SPV14.htm
Range of 120m when triggered/manually detonated. Repeled enemy December 1st, 1941, Naro-Fominsk, which is 70 miles from Moscow. It supposedly took out 4 tanks and a crap load of infantry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-03-2013, 00:03:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Me_410_Hornisse_with_BK_5.jpg)

Messerschmitt Me-410 'Hornisse' armed with a BK-5 AutoCannon attacking a USAAF B-17.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-03-2013, 00:03:08
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Beaufighter252sqn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-03-2013, 11:03:22
(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6817/img5111.jpg)
Ike during preparation of D-Day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-03-2013, 00:03:14
I'll just leave this one here
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/truck_car/jag/jag_6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-03-2013, 00:03:35
(http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7155/pict15111kl.jpg)
part of the E-100 prototype barrel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 13-03-2013, 06:03:28
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5352/hp078181.png)

French Bloch MB.200, don't believe anyone else when they say its an Amiot 143. Almost all French medium bombers of the time look as...unique.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2013, 06:03:58
IIRC, the  Bloch MB.200 had been almost entirely phased out by 1939.  The MB.200 there may well be one of the ones taken by the Germans during the annexation of Czechoslovakia, and used for training/ferrying duties.  Further evidence as such is the lack of eagles on the fliegerbluses, which weren't put on until 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2013, 07:03:31
The Czechoslovakian Blochs had different defensive armament and it was indeed obsolete by 1939.

Germany handed some to the Bulgarians and the Vichy France still used them after the capitulation of France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 13-03-2013, 16:03:39
IIRC, the  Bloch MB.200 had been almost entirely phased out by 1939.  The MB.200 there may well be one of the ones taken by the Germans during the annexation of Czechoslovakia, and used for training/ferrying duties.  Further evidence as such is the lack of eagles on the fliegerbluses, which weren't put on until 1940.

I should say that it is possible to see missing eagles up until the end of the war. That being said, you are (of course) correct because ALL the eagles are missing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 14-03-2013, 05:03:29
(http://imageshack.us/a/img585/7277/hp305.png)
Battle of Khalkhin Gol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 14-03-2013, 14:03:04
(http://s11.postimage.org/4j02iida7/PZIVgazeta_zps5467ef8c.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/4j02iida7/)
Any chance to see that very original winter camo in game ?  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-03-2013, 14:03:17
Is that just paper they put on it?

(http://u1.ipernity.com/11/11/71/5351171.c4e67237.560.jpg)
Gunner training
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-03-2013, 11:03:31
Valentine Tanks manufactured at Montreal Locomotive works Canada, as part of the Lend Lease deal with the Soviet Union.

(http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578489_150053861827421_1196068112_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-03-2013, 12:03:47
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/1199/1166.jpg)
panther destroyed by a 152 from ISU-152/SU-152
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 15-03-2013, 15:03:10
It doesn't look like a tank anymore. They can stop shooting
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-03-2013, 15:03:02
It doesn't look like a tank anymore. They can stop shooting
That was often the tactic. Keep shooting till the tank does not look like a tank anymore. For a PZIV/Panther one shot was often enough as it simply ripped the turret of the tank

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Sov_Artillery/panther_11.jpg)

And below is the effect of the 152.4mm APHE shell. They fired a 76.2mm shell trough the turret to show as a comparision. Stalin immediatly ordered more APHE shell production and the development of a HEAT round.


However SU/ISU 152 crews were not entirely fond of the APHE shell as it penetrated 'Only' 125mm of armour at 500 meters. This ment that the shell COULD potentially bounce off the front armour of a panther tank, wich often it did. Why risk this when your HE shell simply rips the turret off when it hits the front glacis???

Same goes for the Brummbar. The crews rarely took HEAT shells with them as the 15CM HE shell was more then efficient vs medium tanks.  For comparision, the 152.4mm ML-20 carries a 6KG bursting charge of explosives. The 15CM SiG33 infantry gun has a bursting charge of 8.3kg (Altough a much much shorter range)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 15-03-2013, 16:03:49
(http://imageshack.us/a/img855/9123/hp504030201.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-03-2013, 16:03:09
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/752576-2/btxy)

Soldiers of the Volkssturm during the battles around the Oder River.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-03-2013, 18:03:16
Well you should better kill/hit your target with the first shot of the 152mm. With 5x the firing rate a Panther will make toast of you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 15-03-2013, 19:03:42
Did the US troops use German weaponry like this Panzerschreck regularly? Was it allowed?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 15-03-2013, 19:03:57
US troops weren't trained in the use of German weapons, save for a few special forces units. But if they were out of ammo for their own weapons then they'd probably pick up enemy equipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 15-03-2013, 22:03:49
Valentine Tanks manufactured at Montreal Locomotive works Canada, as part of the Lend Lease deal with the Soviet Union.

(http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578489_150053861827421_1196068112_n.jpg)

 The older guy in the bottom row, with his cap on sideways looks very much to be my great-grandfather's brother.

 Nice find kratzer...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 16-03-2013, 00:03:53
Also: Valentine Tanks manufactured at Montreal Locomotive works Canada, as part of the Lend Lease deal with the Soviet Union.

(http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/733767_150053571827450_1710205375_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 16-03-2013, 06:03:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Me_410_Hornisse_with_BK_5.jpg)

Messerschmitt Me-410 'Hornisse' armed with a BK-5 AutoCannon attacking a USAAF B-17.

Mt Grandfather us familiar  with that picture. He also flew with the H on his wings! :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-03-2013, 15:03:16
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Chinese-pro-Jap.jpg)
Chinese collaborators fighting for Japan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-03-2013, 15:03:18
They look like a miserable bunch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 16-03-2013, 15:03:38
(http://imageshack.us/a/img266/783/hp8273645.png)

American cargo ship at the invasion of Sicily. Fire started amidships by German dive bombers reached the ships munition supplies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-03-2013, 20:03:07
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7102/battlesicily13.jpg)
Quote
American transport SS Robert Rowan exploding after being hit by German Ju 88 bombers, Gela, Sicily, at about 1550 to 1555 hours on the 11th of July 1943

same ship?

(http://ju-88.wz.cz/z-fotky/ju-390-fotky/ju-390-11.jpg)
Ju-390 Amerika Bomber prototype
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-03-2013, 20:03:37
Well i think the nickname "Amerika" gives away it's intended purpose... Weird since most of the German Aircraft and vehicles were named after animals?.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/752943-2/p08-05_sodanaikaiset_lentolehtiset_kansio_10_page33_image1)

According to the caption, it's a German poster for the Finns showing how well the war was going against the Soviet Union.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-03-2013, 20:03:25
Would love to see a HIRES version of that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 16-03-2013, 20:03:30
 @ Born2Kill

Yes, it is the exact same ship.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 16-03-2013, 21:03:45
Well i think the nickname "Amerika" gives away it's intended purpose... Weird since most of the German Aircraft and vehicles were named after animals?.
The only German aircraft I know of that are named after animals are the Me 262 "Schwalbe/swallow" and Me 410 "Hornisse/hornet".

Allies gave the FW 190 the nickname "Butcher Bird" but that´s no official name.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-03-2013, 22:03:57
The He 219 Uhu  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-03-2013, 22:03:25
He 177 Greif/ Brennender Sarg, Reichsfackel, Reichsfeuerzeug  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 16-03-2013, 23:03:23
(http://basart.artillerie.asso.fr/IMG/jpg/can75_mod_ac.jpg)

French 75mm modele 1897 mod 38 french gun mounted on a Ford Truck by french legionnaires,
 also known as "Conus Gun"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-03-2013, 00:03:09
Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri and Heinkel He 162 "Salamander" although it's official name was Volksjager.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-03-2013, 00:03:26
The Butcher Bird? Shit, that's brutal...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-03-2013, 00:03:06
(http://aerostories.free.fr/dossiers/raketen/rheinto.JPG)
Rheintochter SAM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-03-2013, 11:03:29
(http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Lyudmila-Pavlichenko-2.jpg)

Lyudmila Pavlichenko. 309 confirmed kills
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2013, 07:03:15
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/751362-1/tumblr_luin6rrpFn1qmkg62o1_500_003)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 19-03-2013, 14:03:01
Repost an Foto since i like it so much.

(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/013.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 19-03-2013, 22:03:37
(http://i72.servimg.com/u/f72/17/20/33/23/casque10.jpg)

French and German graves.

i just hope that peace united them when war killed them...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 20-03-2013, 01:03:55
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/8039/isigny09.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 20-03-2013, 01:03:49
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOUGhXjVTW8/TuBE5rtGHTI/AAAAAAAADE0/k_yzp3lV_Do/s1600/Polish+Snipers-1st+armoured+divison-1944.jpg)
Polish Snipers - 1st Armoured Division 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-03-2013, 04:03:35
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/8039/isigny09.jpg)

I could be TOTALLY off but, I feel like I heard somewhere that those stripes represent #of kills by that gun?



 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-03-2013, 05:03:26
1 stripe= one kill.  However, often thick stripes = 10 kills.  THe stars might be extra kill markings (like, 10 kills, or such), or simply a note of nationality of the kill.


Here's an awesome Pak38 crew, with 21 kills (at least when I counted, I might be off give or take one):

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/137422-4/DSS-GW_212_1%23)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-03-2013, 08:03:40
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p3Q0eKo0OeI/TJliG7dEhzI/AAAAAAAALo8/NYC2X61RRGo/s1600/Peiper+%26+Michael+Wittmann1.jpg)
(http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/medium/witt_tiger.jpg)
Michael Wittman his tank as example of the thick stripes and in contrast to the thin ones, u also see the "10" nicely on the second pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-03-2013, 17:03:25
Overrated nazi scum he is. Taking his units kills and adding them to his own. Known to show no mercy aswel.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/743428-2/image)

This is a real panzer Ace.Kurt knispel on a beer break. The highest scoring tank ace of the war. 168 confirmed kills wich may be as high as 195 because Knispel was the guy who always credited the kills to his gunner....And he was caught many times giving kills to other tanks in his units.

Barely promoted, never recieved the decorations other panzer aces got because he did not cared about fame and glory.

Not to mention his many conflicts with high ranking Nazi's(Wich is the reason for his slow promotion).He once beated the living shit out of a Einsatzgruppen officer because he was mistreating russian POW's

Now look at the wikipedia pages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Knispel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wittmann

I guess fame gets more credit in the end
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-03-2013, 17:03:22
I first wanted to get pics of his tank with the rings, but just couldn't find any cuz he evaded all media and propaganda so much  :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-03-2013, 17:03:25
I first wanted to get pics of his tank with the rings, but just couldn't find any cuz he evaded all media and propaganda so much  :(
...
very well


you have been forgiven  ;D

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-03-2013, 18:03:24
Being a member of the Waffen-SS certainly helps.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/747735-2/don-kanyar-jany-gusztav-a)

Colonel General Vitéz Gusztáv Jány, commander of the Hungarian Second Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. When the Soviets launched their offensives to encircle the German Sixth Army, the Hungarian Second Army was positioned in the Don River protecting the Northern Flank of Von Paulus Army, facing overwhelming number of Soviet troops. The entire front, including the Hungarian Second Army, the Italian Eight Army and the Romanian Third Army, collapsed. The Hungarian Second Army suffered 84% of casualties.

After the Battle of Stalingrad, the Second Army was still being attacked by the Soviets, suffering heavy losses. By 1943 the Army nearly ceased to exist as of the original number of 200.000 men was reduced to 40.000. The Army then returned to Hungary and took part of the defensive battles in their homeland, as the unit enjoyed a modest success during the Battle of Debrecen, but the losses were too costly and the remaining personnel were transferred to the Hungarian Third Army.

Gusztáv Jány died on November 26, 1947, at the age of 64, executed by a Firing Squad after he was found guilty of War Crimes. He was posthumously exonerated in 1993.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 20-03-2013, 19:03:00
Overrated nazi scum he is. Taking his units kills and adding them to his own. Known to show no mercy aswel.
Propably he wasn´t a good person. But is there any confirmation that he commited warcrimes?

Lyudmila Pavlichenko. 309 confirmed kills
Did she show mercy that you can state her kill numbers without remorse?

Get over it, successful soldiers caught their countries propaganda departments attention and were glorified to boost morale.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-03-2013, 20:03:17
It wassent a warcrime to machinegun an abandoning tank crew but it was etiquette amongst tanks crew not do that. Wittman ordered to do it several times.

Butcher you should stop trying to put me forward in bad light. I said that snipers name and her kills. Thats it.

People have been glorifying wittman as he is a god when he was known to be a huge ass cunt :/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-03-2013, 23:03:24
War is horror and honorcodes are almost always broken, which is also frequently a reason a war starts, so get over it. And on the other hand, even if Wittman "stole" half of the kills, it's still an amazing performance. Not saying he's a good guy or so, but as a soldier, i think every army would've liked to have him among the ranks.
Anyway, back to pictures!!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 21-03-2013, 01:03:53
(http://getasword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/German-ww2-cavalry.jpg)
German ww2 cavalry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-03-2013, 06:03:16
(http://getasword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/German-ww2-cavalry.jpg)
German ww2 cavalry

Nice pic!

T-34/57:

(http://www.t34.estranky.sk/img/picture/25/T34_57.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 21-03-2013, 06:03:38
[img]http://getasword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/German-ww2-cavalry.jpg[/img
German ww2 cavalry

The helmets suggest it is before WW2. They are of the WW1 variety and would have been phased out by the M35 by the time the war began.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-03-2013, 13:03:56
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-297-1728-22,_Im_Westen,_Scharfsch%C3%BCtze.jpg)
is (s)he holding a Nagant?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 21-03-2013, 13:03:42
No.

(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3969/zf39vszielsechs1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-03-2013, 15:03:27
[img]http://getasword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/German-ww2-cavalry.jpg[/img
German ww2 cavalry

The helmets suggest it is before WW2. They are of the WW1 variety and would have been phased out by the M35 by the time the war began.

IIRC the German cav wore the M17 and cut out M18 helmet (as pictured) up to 1939, before the slow phase out.  It's not unheard of that they would still have them in wartime, but this is indeed probably training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-03-2013, 17:03:14
A Char B2 knocked out. This is the flamethrower version in German service as you can tell by the emblem. June 1941:

(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7880/charb1tankingermanservi.jpg)

Two more pictures:

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5181/b1pza10.jpg)

(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/2628/b1pza11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-03-2013, 17:03:50
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljbi8860AX1qg5z8jo1_500.gif)



This photo is specially made for zhe frauleins or Men admiring men :>
German soldiers in boxers cleaning there K98k's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 21-03-2013, 19:03:00
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/577918-4/Uhtua+1943)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 22-03-2013, 00:03:08
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3716/farbdiastugiii25sept201.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 22-03-2013, 00:03:11
[img]http://getasword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/German-ww2-cavalry.jpg[/img
German ww2 cavalry

The helmets suggest it is before WW2. They are of the WW1 variety and would have been phased out by the M35 by the time the war began.

IIRC the German cav wore the M17 and cut out M18 helmet (as pictured) up to 1939, before the slow phase out.  It's not unheard of that they would still have them in wartime, but this is indeed probably training.

It's not just the helmets, it the immaculately clean and properly put together 30s uniforms, too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-03-2013, 00:03:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/577918-4/Uhtua+1943)
What's the weapon the guy on top has? (sorry but i suck on weapon recognition, i hope ill' get better with asking  :) )


(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Russ-airgunner.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-03-2013, 00:03:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/753897-2/mm201)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 22-03-2013, 00:03:54
What's the weapon the guy on top has? (sorry but i suck on weapon recognition, i hope ill' get better with asking  :) )

Lahti-Saloranta M/26 LMG, Finland!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-03-2013, 00:03:15
ah yes now u say it, i've used this in Finnwars BF1942 mod
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-03-2013, 12:03:19
http://oi50.tinypic.com/166d7wh.jpg (http://oi50.tinypic.com/166d7wh.jpg)
Railway waggon, Concentration Camp Dachau, April 30th, 1945. Warning: Image inappropriate for minors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 22-03-2013, 12:03:32
Today, 80 years ago, on the 22nd March 1933, KZ Dachau was finished construction and started to get used.
Used for 12 years, it was the longest running Conzentration Camp of Nazi Germany.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Arbeitmachtfrei.JPG)
Quote
Work sets you free
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 22-03-2013, 14:03:56
(http://klyker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/5110.jpg)

I believe it is from WW2. England?
Maybe repost.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-03-2013, 14:03:00
(http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/39291_10151307945895213_2086243388_n.jpg)

I think its from Greece 1941-42 but i cannot be sure. Anyone knows ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 22-03-2013, 15:03:43
I think its from Greece 1941-42 but i cannot be sure. Anyone knows ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tgjMYHTKM
October, 1943. Καλαβρύτων.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-03-2013, 15:03:59
Thanks for the info!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-03-2013, 16:03:42
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/725288-1/wikingwithhun)

Hungarian Soldiers with troops of the 5th SS Panzer Division 'Wiking', Western Hungary or Austria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-03-2013, 16:03:03
(http://klyker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/5110.jpg)

I believe it is from WW2. England?
Maybe repost.
Blitzkrieg? ain' nobody got time fo dat!


(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4t9zmZbPm1r9khx4o1_1280.jpg)

No info on this photo, but i like it. Soldier sitting there and smoking his cigarette. With his K98k + bayonet
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-03-2013, 00:03:01
Needs Italians.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vcm-npwh83o/Tmm7p4ER-HI/AAAAAAAAECU/gBzfWVGThsE/s1600/smd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-03-2013, 00:03:52
That photo is confusing me.


Do I see some kind of emblem in the helmet the MG42 soldier is wearing, naval infantry?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-03-2013, 00:03:46
You sure they ain't reenactors? The bloke with the beard is an absolute dead ringer for a dude here in Ohio who leads an RSI reenacting group.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-03-2013, 01:03:13
Yes, its a reenactment.

http://associazioneitalia.blogspot.com/2011/09/pattuglia-del-battaglione-uccelli-della.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-03-2013, 01:03:54
Too bad, would have been nice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-03-2013, 02:03:10
Well yeah i know the background et cetera, but i mean in moral context...
After World War II, everyone wanted peace and Europe stayed in peace (maybe only becuz of the fear for a thermonuclear war), and yet i think the situation for the soldiers was far worse in WWI than in WWII.
Concentration camps are a difference, but there's still so many genocides going on where so few is done to prevent it.

The more worse living conditions are, the more people are open for simple solutions.
Actually, many people in germany feared the outbreak of another war after World War I. Just like in the rest of europe. But Hitler didn't talk about war when he was elected in 1933. Took him 6 years to gear up and to synchronize the population. Merely due to propaganda. There is truth about the story of the Hitlerboys that ran home cheering when the war broke out, just to receive a slap in the face from their parents.
However, when the war went quickly and well, people really cheered. There was no dirty trench warfare, only low casualties and grand victories, due to an all new manoeuvre warfare.

Picture:
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2dr9rbc.jpg)
Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler (left) and Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS, Theodor Eicke (right) during an inspection on the eastern front in early 1942. Seems like they're enjoying themselves. Probably looking forward to the snowmelt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-03-2013, 03:03:45
Lol, Himmler knew nothing about Military, what he could review at the frontlines?... he was a disaster commanding the Army Group Vistula (which was a disaster from the start..), he barely knew military strategies, always talked about counter-attacks with Heavy Panzer units against entire Soviet Tank Corps...

(http://ww2gravestone.com/sites/default/files/uploads/Guderian%20%26%20Walther%20Wenck.jpg)

Walter Wenck. He was the commander of the poorly planned "Unternehmen Sonnenwende" (Operation Solstice) along with Felix Steiner and his newly formed 11th SS Panzer Army (Army on paper, lacked many Panzers to become a full Panzer Army), operation that was launched on February 15, 1945. Surprisingly, the Offensive had some initial success, the goal of relieving the garrison of Arnswalde was achieved, but the Germans failed to relieve Kustrin, one of their main goals. However, due to fuel and ammunition shortages and very strong Soviet resistance, the Offensive was halted and the Soviets counterattacked.

Walter Wenck was replaced by Hans Krebs after Wenck suffered injuries in a car accident, the offensive was then stopped by orders of Army Group Vistula.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-03-2013, 05:03:32
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8320/hp45991.png
Warning: Very graphic image.

The mangled body Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya, Hero of the Soviet Union!
There is controversy... most say the Germans did it, some say villagers.
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Немецкие солдаты! Пока не поздно, сдавайтесь в плен. Сколько нас не вешайте, но всех не перевешаете, нас 170 миллионов!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 23-03-2013, 09:03:40
^ Link does not work anymore. It says "forbidden".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-03-2013, 19:03:49
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/720991-2/Puszta+Ablaze+adj+222)

Battle of Debrecen, October 1944.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 23-03-2013, 21:03:07
^ Link does not work anymore. It says "forbidden".

http://dickiebo.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/zoya-kosmodemyanskaya-execution-soviet-heo-brutal-germans-ww2.jpeg

i think it was that pic or something similar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-03-2013, 21:03:02
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kIWY2DV0KnE/SIPxMJaf3-I/AAAAAAAAA6A/Vl-8URHo4H0/s400/Air+gunner+training,+Saskatchewan,+Canada.jpg)
Canadian bombergunnertraining i think
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 23-03-2013, 22:03:15

http://dickiebo.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/zoya-kosmodemyanskaya-execution-soviet-heo-brutal-germans-ww2.jpeg

i think it was that pic or something similar.

Thanks Ciupita. I don't know much about this person but I think noone deserves to end like this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-03-2013, 23:03:33

http://dickiebo.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/zoya-kosmodemyanskaya-execution-soviet-heo-brutal-germans-ww2.jpeg

i think it was that pic or something similar.

Thanks Ciupita. I don't know much about this person but I think noone deserves to end like this.

Yes, Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 23-03-2013, 23:03:32
I am certainly not the first one to say that. No matter how you hate those people and no matter how much they deserve their deaths one should never use their methods to revenge the fallen. This would drag you onto the same level.

EDIT: I am pretty sure though that good people charged with emotions after all they have been through, would be capable of doing such things without the blink of an eye. Noone who has not been through this can judge these people committing crimes in my opinion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 24-03-2013, 02:03:58
(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6783/segnaleticaberlin3au.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-03-2013, 13:03:47
There is always controversy with such photo's. As both german and russian sources are riddled with propaganda

(http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/07_World-War-Two/pictures/STV-318_Finnish-troops-against-Russians_1939.jpg)

Finnish troops moving up towards the front. Notice the epic ski patrols wich wrecked havoc amongst russian rear lines
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 24-03-2013, 13:03:27
Oh my... Nice photo!

I definately want skis in FH2 ^^
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-03-2013, 14:03:36
(http://image.space.rakuten.co.jp/lg01/05/0000063505/35/img62606740zikdzj.jpeg)
sorry, no caption, it's from jappanese site and i don't understand whats around the picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-03-2013, 15:03:38
Chow time!  ;D

(http://u1.ipernity.com/15/72/17/8067217.acc001d5.560.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 24-03-2013, 16:03:15
sorry, no caption, it's from jappanese site and i don't understand whats around the picture
Panzer IV Ausf. H during Operation Market Garden is my guess. Giant windows and brick wall - looks like Netherlands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 24-03-2013, 17:03:40
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/627877-1/S_82-FEZZAN)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-03-2013, 12:03:13
(http://goatlocker.org/target/images/cv-3a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-03-2013, 01:03:22
(http://cdn.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tumblr_m1xlh1NH6y1r9fltwo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-03-2013, 22:03:51
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2580/augustlandmessernazisal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 26-03-2013, 22:03:05
He got guts to stay there and "mutiny" like that. I wonder what happened to him afterwards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-03-2013, 23:03:18
He got guts to stay there and "mutiny" like that. I wonder what happened to him afterwards.

He ended up in prison, but not for that, but for trying to marry a Jewish woman. In February 1944 he got drafted into a penal battalion, and presumably died in fighting in Croatia...

If Wikipedia can be trusted on this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-03-2013, 23:03:56
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/754189-2/GERMAN)

Ijmuiden, Netherlands, 11 May 1945. Two Canadian guards of the 1st Canadian Corps (Privates W.R. Hill and M.A. Gammon) and a German Soldier on guard duty, during the Surrender of German Forces in the area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-03-2013, 23:03:10
He got guts to stay there and "mutiny" like that. I wonder what happened to him afterwards.


If Wikipedia can be trusted on this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser
Wikipedia does not research. They gather info and sources and put them on one page.

(http://www.submerged.co.uk/narvik%20georg%20thiele%208%20big.jpg)

Kriegsmarine destroyer Georg Thiele. During the second naval battle of narvik, kriegsmarine losses were huge, when they lost 8 destroyers and a U boat for only damaging 3 british Destroyers.
Most damage was dealt by british destroyers but HMS warspite sunk 1 and damaged 3. Also her fairey swordfish plane sunk U-64. Being the first allied plane sinking a U boat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-03-2013, 00:03:21
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1630/306373716844bc7d3f66o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 27-03-2013, 01:03:57
^Damn that picture is always creepy. I can't tell if those are reflections on the car windows or ghosts on the inside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-03-2013, 01:03:15
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 and that weird looking MP-40

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-03-2013, 01:03:49
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 and that weird looking MP-40

He and that other guy are using MP41, the third one an MP28.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-03-2013, 01:03:57
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 and that weird looking MP-40

He and that other guy are using MP41, the third one an MP28.

Danke for that correction  ;D

How about the soldier with the cap at the background?, at this distance he seems to be holding a PPSH, the magazine looks like a drum.

Between the soldier with the MP28 and one the with the MP41 and the parked car there's a soldier also wearing a weird helmet, polish maybe?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-03-2013, 03:03:08
The guy on the far right is Josef Blösche:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bl%C3%B6sche
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-03-2013, 04:03:15
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7146/pz8z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-03-2013, 04:03:23
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2695/img7610ap.jpg)

(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/860/panzer2s.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 27-03-2013, 18:03:07

Between the soldier with the MP28 and one the with the MP41 and the parked car there's a soldier also wearing a weird helmet, polish maybe?.

He looks like he is a firefighter, not a soldier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-03-2013, 18:03:37

Between the soldier with the MP28 and one the with the MP41 and the parked car there's a soldier also wearing a weird helmet, polish maybe?.

He looks like he is a firefighter, not a soldier.

He IS a firefighter. You can tell because his helmet is very shiny and it has a reinforcing rib on the top. This protects from falling objects better and is still seen on many modern firefighting helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 27-03-2013, 20:03:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/754189-2/GERMAN)

Ijmuiden, Netherlands, 11 May 1945. Two Canadian guards of the 1st Canadian Corps (Privates W.R. Hill and M.A. Gammon) and a German Soldier on guard duty, during the Surrender of German Forces in the area.

 Incorrect caption, I knew that i had seen the photo before but May 11 is actually well after the formal german surrender on May 5, 1945. The other giveaway was the armed German soldier as the only permitted firearms for the Germans were pistols for officers (as a sign of confidence from the Canadian Commanding Officer Gen. Foulkes) and rifles for Guardsmen (No SS or HitlerJugend were permitted arms).

 Correct citation reads ""11 May 1945. Privates W.R. Hill and M.A. Gammon of 1st Canadian Corps on guard duty with a German soldier, also on guard duty, at the German prisoner of war garrison, Ijmuiden, Netherlands. (Photographer: Alex Stirton; Library and Archives Canada a134397) ""

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 27-03-2013, 23:03:55
(http://image.space.rakuten.co.jp/lg01/05/0000063505/35/img62606740zikdzj.jpeg)
sorry, no caption, it's from jappanese site and i don't understand whats around the picture
I am super internet-detective.

This panzer IV Ausf. H 618 'Steffi' is of the 12th SS Hitlerjugend panzer regiment on a field excersize in Gistel, Belgium in early spring 1944.

Exact location on Google Maps (http://maps.google.nl/maps?ll=51.159091,2.969393&spn=0.001344,0.002411&sll=51.525826,5.118902&sspn=1.365339,2.469177)

Street view (http://maps.google.nl/maps?ll=51.159044,2.968653&spn=0.002688,0.004823&sll=51.525826,5.118902&sspn=1.365339,2.469177&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.159044,2.968653&panoid=4zip27Wm9-SVcXCHgWVMUA&cbp=12,85.99,,0,5.01)

The building on the right of the picture is still there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-03-2013, 00:03:36
impressive work
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3901/battleiwojima143.jpg)
Iwo Jima
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 29-03-2013, 11:03:06
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5266/5759587311_b80f4256aa_o.jpg)

Steffi again. This foto was taken during a field excercise in belgium. Could be the same time, as the other foto.

Is this the same tank or just coincidence?

(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4018/4713492767_fc7f6d341c_o.jpg)

If I understand the caption, which is in french, it was taken on 3 semptember 1944 in Milan (you see the cathedral of milan in the background). Can someone translate:

This is the caption:

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Un char de la SS Leibstandarte « Adolf Hitler » à Milan, au moment de l'invasion de la péninsule par les forces Allemandes suite à l'armistice signé le 3 septembre entre Italiens et Alliés.

Les cinq membres d'équipage sont tous visibles sur ce cliché, MG-34 anti-aérienne fixée sur le tourelleau du chef de char.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-03-2013, 13:03:30
Un char de la SS Leibstandarte « Adolf Hitler » à Milan, au moment de l'invasion de la péninsule par les forces Allemandes suite à l'armistice signé le 3 septembre entre Italiens et Alliés.

Les cinq membres d'équipage sont tous visibles sur ce cliché, MG-34 anti-aérienne fixée sur le tourelleau du chef de char.

=

A tank of the SS Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" in Milan at the moment of the invasion of the peninsula by german forces after the peace treaty signed on the 3rd of september between the Allied forces and the Italians.

The 5 members of the crew are all visible on this typical picture; MG-34 anti-air-fixed gun on the top of the leadtank

EDIT: Steffi her best friend, Wilma
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-297-1722-23,_Im_Westen,_Panzer_IV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-03-2013, 17:03:16

Is this the same tank or just coincidence?


I believe it is the same tank. The germans were good at disguising their real power by quickly moving units behind the lines to places where they could represent the german omnipotence.


Picture:

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/jhep3a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 29-03-2013, 22:03:01

Picture:

(http://oi46.tinypic.com/jhep3a.jpg)

haha, in the army we still use the excact same cooking/eating can as they used back in ww2  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-03-2013, 11:03:39
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3511/30628985850c7b76fc00o.jpg)
Probably Warsaw uprising 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2013, 17:03:14
Since Easter is here:

(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/523382_548004328572704_354793874_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 31-03-2013, 03:03:07
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m25vvprkvq1qke845o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-03-2013, 18:03:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/754838-2/Ditch)
German troops preparing their defenses on the edge of Diersfordter Wald on March 23, 1945.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-04-2013, 04:04:40
(http://oi45.tinypic.com/2s681nr.jpg)
Hans Otto Fausten, 1943.


[...]

He is crouched on the ground next to his friend Ekkehardt. They are cowering in the trench, the entire company, one man next to the other. The trench is their only protection. Suddenly the company commander in front shouts to the soldiers behind him: "Fausten group to the front." Fausten doesn't move, sensing that whoever heeds the command is a dead man. "Don't say anything, Ekkehardt," he tells his friend, but Ekkehardt calls out: "We're coming."

There are eight men in the group, and their objective is to capture the village. They crawl past dead bodies and the wounded, the ones who have already tried and failed. The Russians are throwing everything they have into the attack: machine guns, antitank guns, hand grenades. Three men, Schreck, Degenhard and Mörscher, are killed immediately. A fourth man, Tritschler tumbles toward Fausten, his left hand dangling from his arm by the tendons. Tritschler rips off the nearly severed hand with his other hand.

Ekkehardt has been hit and is lying on the ground next to him. Fausten tries to get to his friend but runs into a counterattack, fires until his clip is empty and is forced to retreat. There are Russians and Germans everywhere, and everyone is running and shooting and trying to stay alive. Most of them fail, but Fausten runs and survives, carrying a wounded man on his back. Then he hears his friend Ekkehardt screaming: "Ottoooo..!" Again and again. Begging. Hoping. Despairing. Until suddenly the screaming stops. It happened in Kalikino, in October 1941.

[...]

Heinz Otto Fausten comes from a family of university graduates. His father was an electrical engineer who owned his own business. It couldn't hurt to join the Nazi Party. It was good for business, says the son, who was a flag-bearer for the Jungvolk, a subdivision of the Hitler Youth, but who wasn't a fanatical Nazi. His family was too Catholic for that, says Fausten.

After graduating from high school in 1939, he served in the Reich Labor Service. He doesn't remember being enthusiastic when the war began that fall. He remained at the university for a few more months, studying German and geography, and then he volunteered for the army, knowing that he would be drafted soon, anyway. As a volunteer, he was allowed to choose his branch of the military. He wanted to be in a tank division. And so he ended up on the Russian border, in an infantry fighting vehicle, on June 21, 1941, prepared for the attack and for a war of aggression, one that would devastate both the country before them and their own souls.

When his division set out the next morning, he thought he was doing it for family and fatherland, because it was his duty, because he was obeying orders, and because doing anything else would have been inconceivable. Was he afraid? "No, I wasn't," he says. Did he think about death? "I realized that it was a possibility." Did he expect to be shooting people? "It was obvious," he says, given his position as a machine gunner on his tank. His responses are in keeping with a time when peace was just an opportunity to catch one's breath before the next war, and experiencing at least one war in a lifetime was completely normal.

He saw the first dead man after 500 meters, directly next to the tank: a motorcycle messenger who had been shot from his seat. That same day, he saw the first casualty that got to him: a young Russian killed in a forest by a bullet to his head. He had been sleeping. One of the soldiers in Fausten's group had seen the man and fired immediately.

The next day, says Fausten, he witnessed the scene that still shapes his image of the war to this day. They were driving past a Russian tank that had been shot to pieces. A dead commander was hanging out of the hatch with his head down. The side of another tank was ripped open, exposing the blackened bodies in the driver's seat and manning the gun. Fausten could smell the burnt flesh.

He still didn't realize that he was going to see people die miserable deaths. That he would hold a comrade whose guts were spilling out of his stomach, and who yelled "kill me" before dying in his arms. That he would pull the charred body of a commander out of a tank after a direct hit. That he would stare into an infantry fighting vehicle containing eight men, all of them beheaded by a shell. That he would be standing next to a soldier who was shot in the head that very moment. But the strongest and most lasting images are still those from his first two days in combat. What happened after that couldn't make a deeper impression -- not even the moments when he killed other soldiers.

The first soldiers he mowed down with his machine gun were Russians manning an anti-tank gun, en route to Leningrad. When he went up to the bodies, he saw that they were no older than he was. By the end of the war, by the moment a piece of shrapnel ripped open the back of his knee, costing him his leg, there would be dozens. Perhaps even hundreds. His unit attacked and was attacked many times, and he shot and was shot at just as many times. Nevertheless, Fausten can't see any of the faces of the people he killed. "I experienced so much that you really do get used to the horrors of war," he says.


Extracted from this article:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/reminiscences-of-a-german-world-war-ii-veteran-a-891462-2.html (http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/reminiscences-of-a-german-world-war-ii-veteran-a-891462-2.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 01-04-2013, 06:04:47
Any pictures of this conflict during ww2?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak-Hungarian_War

Also verry interesting read Dukat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 01-04-2013, 07:04:01
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/7233/hung2f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-04-2013, 15:04:21
Wow Dukat, impressive and fascinating story, thanks a lot for sharing it

(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8007/3871941022316d7f7ec7o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-04-2013, 00:04:11
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1UZn7UC7jX4/TdPR6E6i24I/AAAAAAAAGYc/-d9a7mcCB2A/s1600/warsaw-uprising-september-1944-suppressed-001.jpg)
Warsaw 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 02-04-2013, 11:04:53
Were those rockets delivered in those frames or did soldiers place them into frames on front?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-04-2013, 13:04:16
They were delivered in the frame already. Those above are metal frames, but wooden frames were common in the later war as well. In the picture below you can see the scrap in the background.

(http://oi50.tinypic.com/20k64k5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-04-2013, 18:04:11
The metal ones were sended back tough if this was possible. The wooden ones however were not. This was valuable burning material on the eastfront
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 02-04-2013, 18:04:26
(http://img94.xooimage.com/files/0/f/4/citroen-kegresse_...iss_aamg-3bb0887.jpg) (http://contact.xooit.com/image/94/0/f/4/citroen-kegresse_...iss_aamg-3bb0887.jpg.htm)

French Citroën Kegresse P17 with mounted Hotchkiss AA machinegun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-04-2013, 22:04:08
(http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/warsaw_ghetto_testimonies/images/fighters/2807_43.jpg)
Resistance fighter in the Warsaw ghetto surrenders to German forces
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-04-2013, 20:04:39
School has assigned me a small WW2 presentation.... I need your most astonishing, interesting, HD, photos!  ;D

Post the best ones guys!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 03-04-2013, 20:04:14
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1421/hp0020564.png)

There you go... its not exactly HD but if you shrink it slightly, make it darker, maybe more contrasting, it'd be perfect.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-04-2013, 20:04:29
Woah, nice one. Thanks!

Keep'em coming guys  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-04-2013, 21:04:17
Made a quick selection of some real nice pictures, just didn't get HD pictures of the eastern front (yet), but i'll search for some  ;D
click to enlarge
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-03.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-08.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-56.jpg)
The crew of the USS SOUTH DAKOTA stands with bowed heads, while Chaplain N. D. Lindner reads the benediction held in honor of fellow shipmates killed in the air action off Guam on June 19, 1944." July 1, 1944
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-57.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-63.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-75.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-76.jpg)
Hitler accepts the ovation of the Reichstag after announcing the `peaceful' acquisition of Austria. It set the stage to annex the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland, largely inhabited by a German- speaking population." Berlin, March 1938
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-87.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-97.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-117.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-126.jpg)
USS SHAW exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor." December 7, 1941
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-130.jpg)
The March of Death. Along the March [on which] these prisoners were photographed, they have their hands tied behind their backs. The March of Death was about May 1942, from Bataan to Cabanatuan, the prison camp.
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-141.jpg)
The Yanks mop up on Bougainville. At night the Japs would infiltrate American lines. At Dawn, the doughboys went out and killed them. This photo shows tank going forward, infantrymen following in its cover." March 1944
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-166.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-177.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-182.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-183.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-202.jpg)
(http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-163.jpg)
(http://xbradtc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/83-german-troops-in-russia-1941-world-war-ii-eastern-front.jpg)
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_14/s_w01_z0000001.jpg)
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/German-position-on-Eastern-front.jpg)
(http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/alamein/tanks1.jpg)
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/linkableblob/4324540/data/german-surrenders-to-australian-troops-data.jpg)
(http://www.shenandoah-studio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/el-alamein-mine-explodes.jpg)
I'll also send you a link with nice pictures all by category

PS: if you want extra info or caption with a picture, just let me know :) all pictures are wit caption where i got them
PS2: very good luck with the task :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-04-2013, 21:04:06
Hey, thanks. Much appreciated!  :D Yeah, I do need some captions. Im doing a timeline of WW2, so dates and locations are extra important.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-04-2013, 21:04:05
on all pictures i put?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-04-2013, 21:04:52
Not all, a few:

The 3rd, 7th,11st, 12 and 13th. Other ones are predictable and dont need no date.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-04-2013, 22:04:41
done, let me know if i can help with anything else

edit: added some North african and eastern front pictures
eastern front are very well known ones, the north african are from El Al
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-04-2013, 22:04:58
I really owe a lot to you.  :D

Right now, I have enough photos. Maybe later I'll ask for some more ww2 stuff to make my presentation more interactive!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-04-2013, 16:04:20
I know you have enough, but here is my favourite photo.

The crew of the HIJMS Zuikaku give one last Banzai cheer as their ship sinks, 1944.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/HIJMS_Zuikaku-1944-Three_cheers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 04-04-2013, 16:04:35
Impressive photo...  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-04-2013, 16:04:18
what i always wondered on this picture: are they standing on the deck of the ship or on the side? (masts are confusing me)

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/371409-4/The+Last)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 04-04-2013, 20:04:04
Zuikaku is a flat deck carrier, those "masts" are antennas that are mounted sideways.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-04-2013, 20:04:24
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/33956-5/russian+lend+lease+sherman+2005)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 06-04-2013, 00:04:12
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/888/mp275.png)
The plans to a secret weapon developed by the British in 1941. They never actually exploded but the Germans spent so much time searching for them that it was considered a success.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-04-2013, 21:04:08
(http://szentkoronaradio.com/files/images/PW3.jpg)
Polish resistance
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-04-2013, 01:04:35
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/945/01112009004959dw6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 07-04-2013, 10:04:23
SirGutz, what tank is this? It appears to be really huge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 07-04-2013, 10:04:12
SirGutz, what tank is this? It appears to be really huge.
The Char 2C. The Largest tank ever made.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 07-04-2013, 10:04:39
Thank you for your quick answer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-04-2013, 17:04:59
Afaik, that Char 2C is the "Champagne", the only Char 2C to be captured intact by the Germans. It was taken to Berlin and it dissappeared after the war.


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Silverfox1.jpg)

Quote
A column from I./Panzer-Abt. z.b.V. 40 during the advance on Murmansk, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-04-2013, 17:04:50
Many rumours say it is in Kubinka tank museum, in the many secret halls of the museum. When asked upon it, the russians did not simply replied


CONSPIRACY

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw5vkjt7cX1r84pkto1_1280.png)

Russian propaganda photo with russian made reproduction Finnish flag. Photo taken in russia  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-04-2013, 19:04:29
Sorry if i'm wrong in this, but why does the char 2c have so many fanboys? I see it as an unmaneuvrable slow fuelkilling thing that's bait for airstrikes, artillery and antitankguns with long range due to it's size. Only its armor seems something usefull, to me, but i don't see that as something to counter all the disadvantages. I see it as a reptile from WW1 which was seen as a god by the army brass. Please correct my opinion if it's wrong.

(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1382/img5101.jpg)
"German Dornier above Athens, prior to the loss of Greece by English troops"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-04-2013, 19:04:22
Char 2C was the largest operational tank ever. Its also, for its day, An impressive achievemnt to have such a big and heavy tank. And not to forget the fact that it was pretty reliable and did not broke down much.

We are talking about a 1918 built tank here, weighting in at 69 tonnes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-04-2013, 19:04:13
For 1918, it's indeed nice, but as i said, it's a WW1 reptile. And acording to wikipedia, u have Tiger II's that weigh 69.8 tonnes, beating the Char as heaviest tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 07-04-2013, 19:04:13
For 1918, it's indeed nice, but as i said, it's a WW1 reptile. And acording to wikipedia, u have Tiger II's that weigh 69.8 tonnes, beating the Char as heaviest tank.
Well I don't think anyone is thinking it's "the best tank ever". Even with it's flaws, it is still pretty cool looking and intresting vehicle as it is. Kind of like Maus  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Thorondor123 on 07-04-2013, 20:04:18
For 1918, it's indeed nice, but as i said, it's a WW1 reptile. And acording to wikipedia, u have Tiger II's that weigh 69.8 tonnes, beating the Char as heaviest tank.
Largest, not heaviest. Char 2C was longer and taller than the Maus.

But I guess it's uncool to like a tank that is not German.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-04-2013, 23:04:32
For 1918, it's indeed nice, but as i said, it's a WW1 reptile. And acording to wikipedia, u have Tiger II's that weigh 69.8 tonnes, beating the Char as heaviest tank.
Largest, not heaviest. Char 2C was longer and taller than the Maus.

But I guess it's uncool to like a tank that is not German.

As a man who loves French tanks, i approve this.


The Char 2C entered service in 1921 and by 1940 it was largely obsolete. It never fought under any side (French or German), but it would have probably ended like the Char B1, sometimes alone facing the enemy, using it's good armor to survive. I think this tank, along with the Char B1, with proper support..., would have been a much more successful asset for the Allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-04-2013, 23:04:17
actually the 2C's were well supported but because of propaganda reasons the tank was never used in combat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-04-2013, 17:04:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/755984-2/jr)

Two German Soldiers taken prisoner by the British Airborne Forces on March 25, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 08-04-2013, 18:04:14
They look pretty young. No wonder its 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-04-2013, 21:04:00
I dislike the Char, but not because it's allied. I really like the Firefly and the Churchill for example.

anyway:
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/9611/art5.jpg)
120 mm De Bange model 1878 howitzer, used in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 08-04-2013, 22:04:54
^ What? "I really like hate"?
Is that some kind of joke I don't understand?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-04-2013, 00:04:50
was supposed to be like, i'm clueless how the "hate" came in there
anyway, nvm the "hate"

think i now know what went wrong, in some way, "the" went wrong in my mind and changed to "hate"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 09-04-2013, 09:04:22
And my reply seems a bit rude to me, now that I read it again. Sorry for that. I know that: You write something and think about something else at the same time. Happens way too often to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-04-2013, 11:04:05
was supposed to be like, i'm clueless how the "hate" came in there
anyway, nvm the "hate"

think i now know what went wrong, in some way, "the" went wrong in my mind and changed to "hate"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_slip ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-04-2013, 17:04:25
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/755401-2/CR42-GONDAR-10-40)

An Italian Air Force’s Fiat CR.42 at Gondar, Ethiopia, October 1941, last stronghold of the Italian defence in East Africa after the Addis Ababa’s surrender on May 1941. Note the large black X inside a white rectangle adopted by some Italian aircraft in the East African theater as optical mark to avoid mistake with the British planes (and not as surrender’s mark how wrote many times).

 According some sources the plane of this photo is one of two last Italian fighter of the East African Campaign precisely the Fiat CR.42 MM7117 of the Lt. Ildebrando Malavolti. On 24 October Malavolti offered yourself voluntary for a visual reconnaissance over a small bridge at Kulkaber despite the adverse opinion of his commander because the presence in the zone of a greater number of enemies forces in particular the No 3 Squadron South African Air Force. Malavolti took off for the mission but his comrades wait for his return in vain. The Malavolti’s fate was knew the day after when a No 3 SAAF Squadron’s Gladiator piloted by the Lieutenant Lancelot Charles Henry “Paddy” Hope dropped a message on the Italian positions at Ambazzo: «Tribute to the pilot of the Fiat. He was a brave man. South African Air Force». Indeed Malavolti, intercepted by two South Africans Gladiator was shoot down in flames at 17,35 of 24 October by the same Hope after a brief, but fierce fight. Next day the CR.42’s wreckage was found, the dead pilot still in the cockpit, and later the knightly and brave South African pilot wrote and dropped his message. This was the last air-to-air victory in the East African Campaign and Malavolti received a posthumous Gold War Medal (in Italian Medaglia d’Oro al Valor Militare).

The end of the last CR.42 arrived the month after. On 22 November 1941 the plane piloted by the Warrant Officer strafed British batteries at Kulkaber killing the Colonel commander and on 26 November, the day before the Italian final surrender, the aircraft was destroyed by the same Italians. And Hope? On 31 October, strafing motorboats on Lake Tana and a convoy on the way to the lake, his Gladiator was hit by the anti-aircraft artillery and crash-landed on fire at 200 mph hitting a tree and crashing in flames. Hope, wounded and burned, was rescued by Italian and taken in Italian captivity for a month before the final surrender of the Italian forces in the area.

After the East African Campaign, Hope was transferred to Mediterranean Theater serving from 2 July 1942 in No 2 SAAF Squadron and, flying with Kittyhawks, claimed a Bf 109 down on 11 July, a damaged Bf 109 and a damaged MC.202 of the Regia Aeronautica’s 23rd Gruppo on 29 August, a Bf 109 down into the sea on 30 October and a shared Ju 88 on 20 April 1943. The operational tour of this gallantry South African Air Force Officer ended on 27 April 1943 as Flight Commander.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 09-04-2013, 18:04:04
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Pzjg1-Verdun-1940.jpg)
Panzerjager 1, Verdun, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 09-04-2013, 21:04:10
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5357/russminer.bmp)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 09-04-2013, 21:04:54
What is that? A soviet combat engineer with PPsH ? DO WANT (in FH 2)!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-04-2013, 22:04:51
these guys also had body armour wich withstood 9mm rounds
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-04-2013, 22:04:45
nice to see this thread alive
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3194/2297926530_ffb2b779ca_z.jpg?zz=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-04-2013, 22:04:04
Nice movie still.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 10-04-2013, 17:04:52
(http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/7845/hp9933005.png)
Glorious messenger cat of Soviet Union!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-04-2013, 20:04:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/756090-2/BruePzI)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 10-04-2013, 20:04:07
Panzer I disguised as Flint Stones car?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lightning on 10-04-2013, 21:04:59
It's a bridge-panzer:

(http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/images/heer/engineer-vehicles/brueckenleger-panzer-i-a-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-04-2013, 22:04:33
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1072/cav2n.jpg)
Quote
Soldiers from the 2nd Rosiori Regiment in Hungary. One can observe the large variety of submachine-guns used by the Romanian cavalry at that date: MP 40, MP 41, PPSh-41, Orita, Beretta 38 A

interesting weaponcombination
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-04-2013, 22:04:14
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/583450-4/Swedish)

Swedish volunteers at the front in finland. Shown is a maxim, 2 LMGS and one can even see a swedish mauser  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-04-2013, 22:04:56
I can only see two SMG's and one LMG?

Besides... how do you know they are swedes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 10-04-2013, 22:04:44
Are we looking at the same image Theta, because all I can see are 2 KP/31 and a DP, plus a whole pile of DP magazines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-04-2013, 22:04:40
Look
very closely
 ;) to the right of the right soldier

See the cleaning rod? and the sling? typical Swedish mauser sling
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-04-2013, 01:04:38
(http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/s637-469/9496964938916497219.jpg)
German retaliation on random persons, Pancevo (Yugoslavia) 1941

http://youtu.be/XqMlo51U_KQ?t=19m26s
When images come alive... Long time since i felt that cold while watching a video, vids like this always make me crazy of tryin to think what people are thinking the moment they get the cord around their necks... They didn't do anything, they see the bodies next to them so they know what will come, and yet everyone kindly obeys. You help accomplishing your own dead, but on the same time, revolting would give u a more painfull death and maybe also to other citizens or family. Same counts for the soldiers. You see innocent civilians before you, you see their fear, and yet, ur officer tells you to kick the chair from under them, and you see them fall to death. You see their faces while they die, and you have to pull them to be sure they're dead. The true face of war... Wonder what some 9-year old that got brainwashed by the media, yelling he thinks war in Korea would be cool, would say about this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 11-04-2013, 01:04:22
The scary thing about war is not how horrible it is, but how common it is despite its horror. Many soldiers have more problems going back into civilian life after the war is done than going into it. Civilisation is but a thin veil over the cruelty and violence that is humanity.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 11-04-2013, 02:04:32
Again for ze People who thought Italians don´t had Belt fed MG´s like Japanese.

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/335c5f9a8adb6006eb47bcb9d04a020c/tumblr_mk6ius6f0E1qbsnsoo1_500.jpg)

Italian 8mm M1935 Fiat Revelli MG

BELT FED!

Also 7,7mm SAFAT MG on BIPOD + BELT FED!
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/BGF-Kraetzer/Privat/77mmsafatphoto001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 11-04-2013, 21:04:53
http://jtrowbridge5.smugmug.com/ - Old bookmark. Probably known by some.

Giant album.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-04-2013, 21:04:18
Also salvaged Breda-SAFAT 12.7x99mm MG. Several thousands were taken from old aircraft
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-04-2013, 20:04:38
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5883/img5089.jpg)
Japanese soldiers in the Aleutian Islands in 1942

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-04-2013, 22:04:22
i hate doubleposting...
(http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/ktoc2.jpg)
battle of Tebourba
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 14-04-2013, 03:04:43
A French partisan smiles at his killers. 
(http://i.imgur.com/BK8Di.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oddball on 14-04-2013, 04:04:41
That has got to take guts to be able to smile like that in the face of death...  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 14-04-2013, 05:04:33
Firing squads always seem like a waste of ammo to me, it should only take one bullet, one shooter. Then again, blades and blunts are even more efficient. I wonder if any units ever ran out of ammunition sooner than they should have because of this practice.

(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3929/hp99005549.png)
It's economical.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 14-04-2013, 05:04:22
A French partisan smiles at his killers. 
He's smiling because he knows these guys can't hit the broad side of a barn. LOL I think they need more soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-04-2013, 12:04:04
A French partisan smiles at his killers. 
(http://width=350http://i.imgur.com/BK8Di.jpg)
Is it me or do the 3rd and 4th (standing) to right have a total different helmetcolor?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-04-2013, 13:04:05
Firing squads always seem like a waste of ammo to me, it should only take one bullet, one shooter.

As far as I know, being in a firing squad wasn't voluntary and in order to prevent people from blaming themselves for killing random people (and all the problems that could come with it), they randomly filled rifles with blanks besides real bullets. This way the soldier firing the rifle would never know if it really was him who killed the prisoner or one of the others in the squad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-04-2013, 14:04:36
Firing squads always seem like a waste of ammo to me, it should only take one bullet, one shooter.

As far as I know, being in a firing squad wasn't voluntary and in order to prevent people from blaming themselves for killing random people (and all the problems that could come with it), they randomly filled rifles with blanks besides real bullets. This way the soldier firing the rifle would never know if it really was him who killed the prisoner or one of the others in the squad.

I wonder what would happen if they where all so scared to kill him and all shot right next to him.
And yes, if you refused to shoot, then the next person against the wall could be you. So they did not really have a choice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 14-04-2013, 14:04:17
I can see two guys on that picture aiming off target. Besides, from what I've heard, executions in Stalingrad from December onwards were done with a rope, to save ammo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 14-04-2013, 15:04:10
Often the victims were lined up, so that one bullet could kill 2-3 people. I also heard that some partisans were bound together and thrown into a river. Nasty stuff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-04-2013, 16:04:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Royal_Air_Force_Fighter_Command%2C_1939-1945._CH6345.jpg)
(Free) Belgian pilots and Spitfires of 350 Squadron at RAF Kenley, 1942.

Although usually randomly posted to various RAF fighter squadrons, No. 609 Squadron had enough Belgian pilots to form a flight. Later, some of the Belgian pilots were organized into two all-Belgian squadrons, the No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron (formed November 1941) and No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron (formed November 1942). By June 1943, some 400 Belgian pilots were serving with the RAF.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 14-04-2013, 21:04:57
(http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/historical-photos-pt5-german-soldiers-kitten-1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 14-04-2013, 22:04:23
The drowned Dutch tank in 1940 I was talking about in the second PotD thread:
(http://resources21.kb.nl/gvn/SFA03/SFA03_SFA022800498_X.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-04-2013, 15:04:39
The Dutch really just had 1 tank? i read they weren't prepared for war, but was it really that bad?

(http://18daagseveldtocht.wikispaces.com/file/view/Leopold_III_Maneuvers.jpg/398367884/Leopold_III_Maneuvers.jpg)
King Leopold III (standing in mid) and stafchief Luitenant-general Van Den Bergen (standing, left) inspecting a C47 anti-tank during a drill. Leopold III insisted on frequent military drills and getting the newest and best military material since he exspected the Germans any time and was astonished by the unpreparedness of his neighbourcountries, which he exspected to lose fast, which also happened, Belgium stood for days as a last place of resistance among captured territory (Netherlands, Luxemburg, Northern France).

http://madmonarchist.blogspot.be/2012/03/monarch-profile-king-leopold-iii-of.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-04-2013, 15:04:45
The Dutch really just had 1 tank? i read they weren't prepared for war, but was it really that bad?

Well, for a country that would never go to war itself and thus has an army for the sole purpose of self defense, tanks serve no use. They are assault vehicles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2013, 17:04:45
Tell that to KV tanks who were used in defense in operation barbarossa and who stalled entire german armies
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-04-2013, 17:04:45
It was a sample FT-17 they used for propaganda. Like in this picture showing that even in winter it is futile to cross the Water Line. Dutch government did not really care for home defence, they considered themselves so neutral even Germany was not considered a threat.

Look at the colonial army though, that was properly outfitted and on par with most 1940/41 armies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu-L1EhWGE

^ video of a parade in '41. Check out the gear, it's decent.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-04-2013, 18:04:24
Tell that to KV tanks who were used in defense in operation barbarossa and who stalled entire german armies
Yup, tanks work wonders in defense - especially when the targets are mostly Panzer II tankettes and Panzer IIIs with 37mm L46.5 guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2013, 18:04:57
Dont forget to arouse yourself by telling how many sherman tanks got skillfully killed by Tiger tanks ;)  Same story, diffrent side.


Okay back to the photo's


(http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/schwere%20Geschutze/17-cmK18-1.jpg)
17CM kanone 18. One of the few german guns capable of succesfully countering the Russian 122mm A-19

Always liked those Kanone 18's. I couldnt replace my 17CM On WOT's GW tiger.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 15-04-2013, 18:04:40
Oh, you got it a bit wrong. Meant to say that those are the tanks that were used during the early years of the war - and in Netherlands situation successes with tanks would propably have happened in the defensive role.

Considering your statement: Shermans and T-34 were tanks, not tankettes. Pretty sure they performed better in the anti-tank role than Panzer IIs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 16-04-2013, 14:04:00
(http://appl.gemeentearchief.rotterdam.nl/rotterdamtweedewereldoorlog/data/foto/Station%20Hofplein-1940-Lange.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-04-2013, 17:04:08
(http://blog.lesoir.be/jour-apres-jour/files/2008/04/t-20080408-00fkvt-1.jpg)
Léon Degrelle, with his 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division „Wallonien“

Léon Degrelle was a Belgian fascismfanatic and the face the colaboration. He was one of the few French speaking people Hitler would ever like.

Quote from: wikipedia
When the war began, Degrelle approved of King Leopold III's policy of neutrality. After Belgium was invaded by the Germans on 10 May 1940, the Rexist Party split over the matter of resistance. He was arrested as a suspected collaborator, and evacuated to France, being released by the Germans when the Occupation began. Degrelle returned to Belgium and proclaimed reconstructed Rexism to be in close union with Nazism - in marked contrast with the small group of former Rexists (such as Theo Simon and Lucien Mayer of the Catholic resistance) who had begun fighting against the Nazi occupiers from the underground. In August, Degrelle started contributing to a Nazi news source, Le Pays Réel (a reference to Charles Maurras).
He joined the Walloon legion of the Wehrmacht, which was raised in August 1941, to combat against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, and Degrelle himself joined it in combat (with leadership of the Rexists passing to Victor Matthys). Lacking any previous military service Degrelle was compelled to join as a low ranking private, only later becoming an officer. Initially, the group was meant to represent a continuation of the Belgian Army, and fought as such during Operation Barbarossa - while integrating many Walloons that had volunteered for service. The Walloons were transferred from the Wehrmacht to the control of the Waffen SS in June 1943, becoming the 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien.
From 1940, the Belgian Roman Catholic hierarchy had banned all uniforms during Mass. On 25 July 1943, in his native Bouillon, Degrelle was told by Dean Rev. Fr. Poncelet to leave a Requiem Mass, because he was wearing his SS uniform, which Church authorities had strictly forbidden (due to their perception of the pagan nature of the SS[citation needed]). Degrelle was excommunicated by the Bishop of Namur, but the excommunication was later lifted by the Germans, since as a German officer he was under the jurisdiction of the German chaplaincy.[2]
Severely wounded at Cherkasy in 1943, Degrelle steadily climbed in the Schutzstaffel hierarchy after the inclusion of Walloons in the Waffen-SS, being made an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the early months of 1945. He received the Ritterkreuz (Knights Cross) from Hitler's hands (he later claimed Hitler told him "if I had a son, I wish he'd resemble you"). He was later awarded the oakleaves (mit Eichenlaub), a distinction earned by two other foreigners, the Estonian Alfons Rebane and the Spanish commander of the Blue Division Gen. Agustín Muñoz Grandes.

Quote from: wikipedia
After Germany's defeat, Degrelle fled first to Denmark and eventually fled to Norway, where he commandeered a Heinkel He 111 aircraft,[3] allegedly provided by Albert Speer. He was severely wounded in a crash-landing on a beach in San Sebastian in Northern Spain. The government of Franco in Spain initially refused to hand him over to the Allies (or extradite him to Belgium) by citing his health condition. After further international pressures, Francisco Franco permitted his escape from hospital, while handing over a look-alike; in the meanwhile, José Finat y Escrivá de Romaní helped Degrelle obtain false papers. In 1954, in order to ensure his stay, Spain granted him Spanish citizenship under the name José León Ramírez Reina, and the Falange assigned him the leadership of a construction firm that benefitted from state contracts. Belgium convicted him of treason in absentia and condemned him to death by firing squad.
While in Spain, during the time of Franco, Degrelle maintained a high standard of living and would frequently appear in public and in private meetings in a white uniform featuring his German decorations, while expressing his pride over his close contacts and "thinking bond" with Adolf Hitler. He continued to live undisturbed when Spain became democratic after the death of Franco.
Degrelle continued publishing and polemicizing, voicing his support for far right solutions. He became active in the Neo-Nazi Círculo Español de Amigos de Europa (CEDADE), and ran its printing press in Barcelona - where he published a large portion of his own writings, including an Open Letter to Pope John Paul II[4] on the topic of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the extermination purpose of which Degrelle called "one big fraud, Holy Father." His repeated negationist statements on the topic of Nazi genocide brought Degrelle to trial with Violeta Friedmann, a Romanian-born Venezuelan survivor of the camps; although the lower courts were initially favourable to Degrelle, the Supreme Court of Spain decided that he had brought offence to the memory of the victims, both Jews and non-Jews, and it sentenced him to pay a substantial fine. It was also decided that he should pay a fine for his Open Letter to Pope John Paul II as well.[1]
Asked if he had any regrets about the war, his reply was: "Only that we lost!"[5] In 1994, Degrelle died of cardiac arrest in a hospital in Málaga in Southern Spain.

Sweet extra detail I learned at university but i couldn't find on Wikipedia: After his death, a Royal Decree was made that prohibited that his body would ever enter Belgian territory. Before his death, he was also already banned from Belgium. Love the statement in the Royal decree  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-04-2013, 18:04:41
Rare picture of ""Tiger I" tank from Warsaw Insurrection in 1944  ;)
(http://s9.postimg.org/azfdmdehb/tigerij.jpg)
According to some sources , picture was made on Pankiewicz street by Jan Moor-Jankowski  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-04-2013, 12:04:15
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Coast_Guard_Marines_at_Guam_-_ca._July_1944.jpg)
July 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 17-04-2013, 21:04:28
(http://beeldbank.grebbeberg.nl/images/greb/foto/normal/vr/vroom_11a.jpg)
Soldiers of SS regiment "Der Fuehrer" in front of the Grebbeberg.

Born2Kill 007 if you are interested there is a website www.grebbeberg.nl that has a lot of info on the battle there, including reports (AAR) of units involved. I was wondering if there is a simular Belgian website, especially with soldiers experiences or officer AAR's.

If you are surprised by the 1 tank, the whole Dutch army could only field 250.000 soldiers, comprised out of anual drafts of 19500 men that had received a 5.5 month training. Resulting in 2200 dead and 7000 wounded after 5 days.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-04-2013, 13:04:33
Thanks for the site, but don't really know a similar Belgian one  :-\
anyway, new day, new picture
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/spencer1515_300.jpg)
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COAST GUARD CUTTER SINKS SUB: Sailors aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPENCER watch a K-Gun go into action following detection of a submarine below [the] surface. This is the opening round of a battle in which the sub is blown to the surface, where it is engaged by Coast Guardsmen protecting a large Atlantic convoy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-04-2013, 03:04:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Free_French_Foreign_Legionnairs.jpg/606px-Free_French_Foreign_Legionnairs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-04-2013, 13:04:19
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Doolitle-raid-takeoff.jpg)
A U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell medium bomber, one of sixteen involved in the mission, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Hornet for an air raid on the Japanese Home Islands, on April 18, 1942.

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On 18th April 1942 sixteen B-25 bombers took off from the USS Hornet and headed for Japan. The unprecedented use of medium bombers from an aircraft carrier enabled the surprise attack on the Japanese homeland. Even with modifications and extra fuel the bombers were at the limit of their range and would not be able to return to the carrier. Instead, after bombing, they were to continue their flight over Japan and attempt to land in China or Russia.

When the USS Hornet was spotted by a Japanese patrol vessel the mission was brought forward, and the margin of error in the range was reduced even further. The crews all took off in the knowledge that they were very likely to have to crash land or ditch in the sea.

In link: James H. Doolittle Individual Report on Tokyo Raid
To: The Commanding General of the Army Air Forces
Subject: Report on the Aerial Bombing of Japan

http://www.doolittleraider.com/interviews.htm#James%20H.%20Doolittle%20Individual%20Report%20on%20Tokyo%20Raid


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-04-2013, 23:04:06
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Sakai_wounded.jpg)

8th August, 1942, Rabaul. Barely conscious, covered in blood with a shot in his head that left one his eyes blind, Japanese Ace Pilot Saburo Sakai returned to Rabaul after a 4 Hours long flight (1,040 km) with his damaged Mitsubishi A6M.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-04-2013, 01:04:16
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/indian-troops-north-africa-595x589.jpg)
Men of the 4th Indian Division with a captured German flag at Sidi Omar, North Africa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 21-04-2013, 19:04:34

http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/spencer1515_300.jpg
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COAST GUARD CUTTER SINKS SUB: Sailors aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPENCER watch a K-Gun go into action following detection of a submarine below [the] surface. This is the opening round of a battle in which the sub is blown to the surface, where it is engaged by Coast Guardsmen protecting a large Atlantic convoy.

What is the stuff floating in the air on the upper right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 21-04-2013, 20:04:01

What is the stuff floating in the air on the upper right?

My guess is a depth charge, fired from one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_%28weapon%29

Although, on the second thought... it doesn't really look like it...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 21-04-2013, 20:04:23
It's a depth charge fired from a Y-launcher. (http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_Y-gun_pic.jpg)

Or one of these: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Mk_VII_depth_charge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-04-2013, 21:04:26
It's a K-gun
http://www.ussslater.org/tour/weapons/k-gun/k-gun.html
indeed very similar to the hedgehog, but it had a heavier charge :)

anyway, as picture of the day :)
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/JuhaMakinen/MutamaalausMarderII.jpg)
Marder II with FJs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-04-2013, 18:04:46
Hate doubleposting, but can't keep waiting for someone to post:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S3_SjQi3OME/TwIzI2yTFwI/AAAAAAAAPYs/MAfBtcA8Xt0/s1600/selahattin.jpg)
Consul Selahattin Ülkümen

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Today’s news is filled with stories of conflict, many of them focused on Israel and its Jewish and Muslim population. Within the history of the Holocaust, there are many under-reported stories of Muslims who bravely saved Jewish lives and it is important to tell these stories. According to the American scholar Arnold Reisman, Turkey actually did more to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust than the United States and the United Kingdom. In sum, Turkey saved around 15,000 Turkish Jews who were living in France, 20,000 Eastern European Jews, and an additional 190 prominent Jewish scholars who found safe haven in Turkey. Turkish Counsels in Greece and France fought hard to save Jewish lives at enormous risk. For instance, on the island of Rhodes, Turkish Consul Selahattin Ülkümen pressured the Nazis into sparing the 50 Jews of Rhodes who possessed Turkish citizenship. Later on, he was imprisoned by the Nazis after his consulate was bombed and his pregnant wife was murdered by the Nazis.

The Turkish Consul of Marseilles, Necdet Cant, showed similar bravery. When he heard that Turkish Jews who were living in France were rounded up by the Nazis, he personally went to the train station and demanded the release of all Jews who were Turkish citizens. According to Arnold Reisman, “When the guards refused to comply, he got into the wagon with them. A German officer ordered him to get off but Kent refused to leave unless they let his Turkish citizens off as well. Angrily, the officer said no, you can go with them and closed the door. After three hours of extreme cold and filth, the train arrived at the next station. Obviously realizing a possibly explosive international incident had to be quickly diffused, the German officer who opened the door to the wagon apologized profusely and allowed Kent to leave and take all the people in the wagon with him, never looking at papers, never checking to see if they were Turkish citizens or not.” He saved 80 Jewish lives.
http://unitedwithisrael.org/muslim-heroes-saved-jewish-lives-during-holocaust/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-04-2013, 18:04:54
FJs liked to use StuGs too.
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/heer-luftwaffe-kriegsmarine-uniforms-3-reich/281608d1324547111-fallschirmjager-stug-zmxj0i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-04-2013, 19:04:52
Wasn't it that StuG (and, allegedly other tank destroyer) crews used the FJ helmets instead of the regular army ones because they used up less space and allowed better head movement inside the tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-04-2013, 21:04:29
Nope, those are FJ in a Stug.  There was a FJ-Stug unit in normandy that racked up an impressive kill count:

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Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12

Originally formed in January 1944 in Melun (is located in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France), the unit was soon moved to the Donnmarie-Dontilly area south-east of Paris (A, 246), with four Batteries as Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung 2 der Luftwaffe. The unit was renamed Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 2 der Luftwaffe on March 26, 1944 (2)(4)(5). In March the unit began the conversion into a full Brigade. It wasn’t until June 26, 1944 that the Brigade gained the Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12 designation (2)(4)(9). It was planned to have the unit serve as permanent Korpstruppe under II. Fallschirm-Korps (4)(5).

On May 17, 1944, Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12 had an authorized strength of thirty-one assault guns(5). The difference between paper and reality painted a different picture as the unit had yet to be supplied with any combat ready vehicles by this date (4)(5). The crews were ready, but they had no armored vehicles to fight with! Although it is not known exactly when they received their sturmgeschutz, Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12 was released to the command of II. Fallschirm-Korps on June 15 (5). It is also not known if the Brigade had received its full complement of assault guns by this date (5). The Brigade was to have six StuG and three StuH in each battery (5). By June, the Brigade had received 22 StuG IIIs and 9 StuH 42s prior to its deployment in Normandy (9).

Photo evidence show that through out the Normandy campaign, the StuGs of Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12 were equipped with new production StuG IIIGs with saukopf/topfblende mantles, panzer-grenadier rails, and lacking schurzen. It is possible that the dense terrain of the French hedge rows made it impossible to keep the schurzen adequately secured. (A, 247)

Even as the 12th Brigade was still training at the beginning of June (5) it was rushed into action immediately after the Allied landings. On June 6, 1944 the unit was moved to the area south of St. Lo (A, 241)(9). The Brigade was attached to the 3. Fallschirm-Division (5)(9). Under the command of Major Güther Gersteuer, the Brigade consisted of three batteries that each contained seven long-barreled StuGs and three StuHs (A, 250). Engaged in the fighting on the Cotenin Peninsula, the Brigade reported eleven combat ready assault guns on June 27, 1944 (4)(5)(9).

On July 12th the 12th Brigade found itself rushed into the line to defend Hill 192, the miles east of St. Lo. By the end of the next day the badly mauled unit pulled back to help form a new defense line south of the St. Lo-Bayeux highway.

After a month of fighting, it still reported having seven StuGs and three StuHs ready on July 29th (4)(5)(9). By the end of the Normandy campaign only single StuH would survive the Falaise Pocket (4)(9). (Source A claims that 5 StuGs survived Normandy (A, 241). Were their numbers further reduced in the Falaise Pocket or is there some confusion with when the Brigade was partially rebuilt in September?) The manpower with in the Brigade’s combat elements had been reduced to 60% and the support elements had about 90% when the Brigade crossed the Seine (5).

From the east bank of the river, the unit traveled to Rouen to St. Quentin to Namur and Luttich (9). The Brigade was then sent near Koln-Wahn, Germany to rebuild in September of 1944 (4). At this time the unit is partially re-equipped with four rebuilt assault guns (9). This brought the total strength of the Brigade to a mere five assault guns. Some of these were StuG IVs (A, 241-242).

The surprise airborne attack of Operation Market-Garden quickly saw the remaining five sturmgeschutz back in action around Niemwegen against the US 82nd Airborne (A, 242). The Brigade was to provide support to the newly formed 7 Fallschirmjager Division on September 16, 1944 (4)(9). After the Allied assault on Arnhem the Brigade moved through Weeze and Wesel and was committed in the Wyler area in late September(9). Due to its limited combat strength the Brigade had little impact. Once the Germans had secured the front from the ill-fated Allied offensive, the 12th Brigade was once again returned to Germany to rebuild (A, 250).

On January 4, 1945 the Brigade was brought up to full strength while stationed at Amersfoot (This is in Holland, not Germany) (4)(9). They received 10 StuGs and StuHs which finally brought them back up to an effective combat strength (9). On February 8, 1945, the Brigade was attached to the 7 Fallschirmjager Division to provide support during the Reichswald battle (4). Their first battles occurred in the areas west of Cleve (9). They also fought in and around Venlo (9).

For the remainder of the war the brigade was in near constant action against Allied armor as it was sent form sector to sector to shore up the line.

Since March 24, 1945, Leutnant Heinz Deutsch had knocked out thirty-four Allied tanks by April 15th (9). On March 31, he destroyed five allied tanks in one day (A, 242). On April 24, 1945 he destroyed a Jumbo Sherman at Edewecht (9) bring his total to 46 (A, 242). (44 according to source 9.) For these actions he received the Knight’s Cross (A, 242)(9). He was the only parachute assault gunner to be so decorated. His crew received the German Cross in Gold (9).

On March 28, 1945 the unit is given its final designation as Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 121 (2)(4).

As the war drew to a close the Brigade was to cross the Elbe River at Cuxhaven but this did not happen (9). Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12 ended the war on May 8, 1945 in the Cuxhaven Pocket (A, 242). The survivors were later interned at Wilhelmshaven (9).

Over the course of less than a year, Fallschirm-Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 12 was credited with destroying 240 Allied tanks (9). The high scorer of the Brigade was Leutnant Deutsch (9).

For two months after the war, the members of the Brigade were allowed to feed and administer themselves with the rest of the German military forces trapped in the pocket. The British forces in the sector were stretch too thin on the ground and too were busy managing the needs of the civilian population to risk any confrontation with the armed Germans. The survivors of the Cuxhaven Pocket finally laid down their weapons and marched in captivity in the summer of 1945. They were some of the last German military forces in Europe to do so. (A, 242)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-04-2013, 04:04:45
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIfCwCYCIAA0Kg7.jpg)
German forces now attacking Thermopylae; Australian Gen. Vasey: "Here we bloody well are & here we bloody well stay."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 24-04-2013, 05:04:34
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3186/hp13n.png)
Reception of the crew of U-511, Penang, 1943. Got about 30 photos of this boat and crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-04-2013, 11:04:54
reminds me of this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/I-8Brest.jpg/800px-I-8Brest.jpg)
I-8 visiting the submarinebunkers at Brest
Quote from: wikipedia
Mission to Germany
These missions took place under the Axis Powers' Tripartite Pact to provide for an exchange of strategic materials and manufactured goods between Germany, Italy, and Japan. Initially, cargo ships made the exchanges, but when that was no longer possible, submarines were used. Only seven submarines attempted the trans-oceanic voyage: I-30 (April 1942), I-8 (June 1943), I-34 (October 1943), I-29 (November 1943), I-52 (March 1944) and the German submarines U-180 and U-511 (August 1943).

Of these, I-30 was sunk by a mine, I-34 by the British submarine Taurus, I-29 by the American submarine Sawfish, and I-52 by US Navy aircraft.

Commanded by Shinji Uchino, I-8 departed Kure harbor on 1 June 1943, accompanied by I-10 and the submarine tender Hie Maru. Their cargo included two of the famed Type 95 oxygen-propelled torpedoes, torpedo tubes, drawings of an automatic trim system and a new naval reconnaissance plane, the Yokosuka E14Y. A supplementary crew of 48 men, commanded by Sadatoshi Norita, was also packed into the submarine, intended to man the German submarine (U-1224, a Type IXC/40 U-boat) and bring her back to Japan for reverse engineering.

Arriving in Singapore nine days later, I-8 also took on board quinine, tin, and raw rubber before heading for the Japanese base at Penang.

On 21 July, I-8 entered the Atlantic, where she encountered fierce storms, but was able to continue to German-occupied France.

Return to Japan

I-8 left Brest on 5 October, with a cargo of German equipment, such as: machine guns, bomb sights, a Daimler-Benz torpedo boat engine, marine chronometers, radars, sonar equipment, anti-aircraft gunsights, electric torpedoes, and penicillin. The submarine also transported Rear Admiral Yokoi, naval attaché to Berlin since 1940; Captain Hosoya, naval attaché to France since December 1939; three German officers and four radar and hydrophone technicians.

I-8 hit rough seas in the South Atlantic off the Cape of Good Hope, which delayed her arrival in Singapore. She radioed her position to Germany, but the message was intercepted by the Allies, prompting an attack by anti-submarine aircraft, which failed. I-8 arrived in Singapore on 5 December, and finally returned to Kure, Japan on 21 December, after a voyage of 30,000 nautical miles (56,000 km).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 25-04-2013, 05:04:35
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5869/hp295478.png)

Major Martin, Operation Mincemeat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SUTTO on 25-04-2013, 06:04:49
(http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/images/screen/060606.jpg)

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH THICK TROPICAL UNDERGROWTH BEHIND AN ADVANCING TANK OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION FOR THE ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-04-2013, 15:04:30
LOL, Matilda II vs jap tankettes, looks like a fair fight  8)
Probably like fighting sherman 75mm's with a Königstiger  ;D
The japs actually had a weapon against it apart from planebombs, maybe some improvised heavy mine or coastal artillery?

(http://digital.nls.uk/propaganda/img/lrg/74437984_lrg.jpg)
 I feel so fresh - Spring is coming' - Allied propaganda leaflet used in 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 25-04-2013, 19:04:02
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/images/screen/060606.jpg

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH THICK TROPICAL UNDERGROWTH BEHIND AN ADVANCING TANK OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK BATTALION FOR THE ASSAULT ON SATTELBERG

Probably the most dangerous thinks it encountered was CQ infantry attacks, trowing bombs and mines and stuff and any kind of mechinical breakdown.

Anyway:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/E_003743_E.jpg?uselang=de)

New Zealander soldiers recapture a Matilda tank, previously captured by the Germans, and take prisoner its German crew. It had been knocked out by an anti-tank gun after an attempt to break through the Allied lines, 3 December 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 26-04-2013, 02:04:35
LOL, Matilda II vs jap tankettes, looks like a fair fight  8)
Probably like fighting sherman 75mm's with a Königstiger  ;D
The japs actually had a weapon against it apart from planebombs, maybe some improvised heavy mine or coastal artillery?

[img width=770]http://digital.nls.uk/propaganda/img/lrg/74437984_lrg.jpg[/img
 I feel so fresh - Spring is coming' - Allied propaganda leaflet used in 1942.

The 75mm fitted to the Sherman was devastating in the Pacific theater. It was very much along the lines of the Tiger II, but with a gun that could go through multiple tanks, such as found on the Jagdtiger. However, Shermans would have been armed with a high explosive shell with an armored tip. This would prevent any serious over-penetration. Japanese tanks extended the life of many a good Allied tank.
Fun fact: Matilda II was the only British tank to be in service from the first day of the war to the last.

The Japanese fielded magnetic mines in decent numbers. This is the reason why you will often see footage and photos of Shermans in the PTO with wood fitted to the sides of the hull. The mine is the sort that has to be placed on the tank by hand.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-04-2013, 11:04:38
Little internal explosion going on here.

(http://i.imgur.com/T8qNbhn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-04-2013, 11:04:45
"Look ma, Im a plane!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-04-2013, 11:04:36
Awesome picture siben

(http://api.ning.com/files/rSGuLGjYM3MsP6moZtLgrSvHa-iWc4lDE3trtmy9*UK*4EhyuNNBqfciKcbsZDgT/Me32300.jpg)
Me 323
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-04-2013, 16:04:40
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3186/hp13n.png)
Reception of the crew of U-511, Penang, 1943. Got about 30 photos of this boat and crew.

Did they accidentally put the German flag backwards or is the image mirrored?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 26-04-2013, 17:04:28
"Look ma, Im a plane!"

5 men died in that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-04-2013, 17:04:57
"Look ma, Im a plane!"

5 men died in that.
They could have escaped before the tank blew up
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-04-2013, 17:04:35
"Look ma, Im a plane!"

5 men died in that.

This just in: Bad joke kills 5 men!

So people can joke about massmurder and holocaust but oh boy if Flippy cracks a joke, it is immediately too much for mr sensitive here?  ::)

Or it's easier to jump on someone who's name happens to be green? ;)

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(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3710/143487r500.jpg)

Pic #155448 from SA-Archive; Pic taken by Sot.virk. Hedenström; Location North of Viipuri; Assault Gun Crew with their mascot, 2nd of July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 26-04-2013, 18:04:05
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/105638_r500_zpsf31672ec.jpg)
SA-kuva, "captured tank". But what the hell is it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-04-2013, 18:04:55
SMK

SMK, T-100 and KV were 3 heavy tank prototypes in the winter war. SMK andT-100 are twin turreted

KV1 outperformed them all. SMK performed well but got stuck as seen above
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 26-04-2013, 18:04:54
"Look ma, Im a plane!"

5 men died in that.

This just in: Bad joke kills 5 men!

So people can joke about massmurder and holocaust but oh boy if Flippy cracks a joke, it is immediately too much for mr sensitive here?  ::)

Or it's easier to jump on someone who's name happens to be green? ;)


Dafuq are you talking about? When did I or anyone make a joke about the Holocaust? And don't worry about them, worry about yourself. Nothing funny about either of those things to me. I have plenty of HORRIBLE war photos that you are welcome to make jokes about if you want...

I am being a bit harsh, it is easy to forget the human tragedy in these photos, but I stand by what I said.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-04-2013, 01:04:17
Talking about Russian prototypes:

(http://www.ppsh41.com/Ppsh-ir.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-04-2013, 12:04:46
russian prototypes

(http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7968/011a50571ddf00xldo5.jpg)
(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/4346/011a4f3f27b544xlso4.jpg)


My favorite :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-04-2013, 12:04:56
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/332qamp.jpg)
5cm Pak 38, probably Waffen SS, Charkov Outskirts, March 19th, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-04-2013, 21:04:58
(http://pacificislandparks.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/camp-dealey-submarine.jpg)
A Japanese midget submarine sits at Camp Dealey, a US Navy R&R installation after the Battle of Guam, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 28-04-2013, 01:04:31
russian prototypes

(http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7968/011a50571ddf00xldo5.jpg)
(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/4346/011a4f3f27b544xlso4.jpg)


My favorite :D

"Ivan! Reload de Ppsh41's!"

"Dah comandeer!"

*See plane"

"Oh shit..."

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 28-04-2013, 04:04:08
6000-7000 rounds in 10 seconds and that's it.
Complete waste...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-04-2013, 13:04:16
And now , somewhere in Leningrad ...
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/354/97790img196712260lo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 28-04-2013, 14:04:56
Whats that???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-04-2013, 14:04:39
A horse drawn metal box with a T-37A turret on top. Consider it a poor man's pillbox that you first move to it's location with the horse and then you stick it to ground so it wont accidentally fall over.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-04-2013, 18:04:58
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/260360n.jpg)
Charkov, April 20th, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-04-2013, 21:04:23
(http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/guam.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-04-2013, 21:04:59
(http://imageshack.us/a/img716/98/07yamashiro1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-04-2013, 13:04:15
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/discussions/72797d1262021018-german-photo-archives-now-online-img_0011.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-04-2013, 16:04:03
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=176756&sid=849140718af9d79d1ad29e15c2c12005)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 29-04-2013, 17:04:10
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1732/hp7667.bmp)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 29-04-2013, 17:04:31
@Borntokill007: I can't read the name under the picture: Otto G....?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 29-04-2013, 17:04:54
I think it's Funk, but hey  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-04-2013, 17:04:57
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/discussions/72784d1262020429-german-photo-archives-now-online-a-otto-funk.jpg)
Otto Funk

Otto was a Schutze with SS Panz Gren Rgt 25 in Normandy , he is famous as a series of photos were taken off him on 9/6/44 in Normandy which featured on the front page of the Stuttgarter Illustrierte
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 29-04-2013, 17:04:30
Thank you. I did not know this person.

@Panzerknacker: lol, how are you supposed to read an F there? ;D Now I know it I can imagine "Funk" being written there but nothing more. I should probably shut up though. My handwriting is horrible too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 29-04-2013, 17:04:56
lol I just followed the way he wrote the first letter and it resembled an F, I write it somewhat similarly.
The rest was logical, or just a lucky guess


(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/244/f/e/flak_vs_t_34_by_wolfenkrieger-d48jtp9.jpg)

That was close!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-04-2013, 23:04:10
Lahti L-39 crew after taking out 5 tanks, July 16th 1941.

(http://i.imgur.com/bMhlt6N.jpg?1)

Views of the target, looks like they got a few BT-7's and then something?
http://i.imgur.com/ZvVrgh5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/80J3U9F.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-04-2013, 19:04:09
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/churchill-tank.jpg)
A Churchill tank in the Medjez-el-Bab area, 23-25 April 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 30-04-2013, 22:04:06
Bren gun? Did the British ever standard issue these to their tanks or is it something the crew got themselves?


Never seen a picture of a British tank with commander MG before. 
Actually, why exactly didn't the British put cupola MGs on their tanks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-04-2013, 22:04:07
 Most often it was givin to the infantry to give them additional firepower. Only the churchill tanks had these type of MG's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-05-2013, 02:05:37
The All American’s Final Mission
The pilot of this now-famous B-17 recalls her last flight

The All American (124406) was on a mission to Bizerta, Tunisia on February 1st 1943.  It was classified as a routine mission against Rommel’s force – some called it a “milk run”.

The enemy fighters attacked at 1350 on a clear almost cloudless day.  The All American was in tight formation with the other bombers, flying at 28,000 feet.  The enemy aircraft made their passes at the 17’s while antiaircraft fire belched skyward.

The bombers located the target (the wharf area of Bizerta) and the bombardiers dropped the bombs. With the bomb bays empty, the aircraft started home.

Kendrick R. Bragg, Jr. was the pilot of the All American and recalls what happened after leaving Bizerta.  “As we left the target and headed home, the fast enemy ME-109’s once more rose to pounce on us.  Suddenly I noticed two of them far to the north sneaking along in the same direction that we were going. 

They were out of range and harmless for the moment, but I told our gunners to keep an eye on them.  “We were flying Number 2 position off the right wind of the lead plane piloted by Captain Coulter.  He, too, had seen the two fighter planes and I saw his top turret swing around toward the nose to protect the plane’s most vulnerable quarter.

“I scanned the skies, then looked again at the two enemy craft.  They had suddenly turned and were racing toward us.  The two small specks increased rapidly in size as they came nearer.  Evidently they were planning a frontal attack, determined to shoot it out nose to nose.  This was the most difficult kind of attack but was the surest way of sending a Fortress down. 

“On they came, one plane about thirty seconds behind the other.  They were ready for a one-two punch with their terrific firing power.  We were flying in tight formation now with Captain Coulter.  He began a slight dive to avoid the oncoming fighter, and I followed.  They patterned us, managing to stay about level with us.  In a split second they were in shooting range and our forward gunners opened fire.  Brilliant tracer bullets flew in both directions, as though a score of boys were fighting it out with Roman candles. 

“The first attacker half-rolled into inverted flight to make a quick get-away.  As he did I saw Captain Coulter’s bomber burst into smoke and start earthward in an uncontrolled spiral.  The second enemy fighter was now our primary concern.  As she followed her leader into a roll our gunners found the mark.  Fifty-caliber bullets ripped into the pilot’s ****pit.   The Nazi pilot was disposed of, but the plane streaked on toward us.  I rammed the stick forward in a violent attempt to avoid collision.  The rate of closure of the two planes was close to 600 miles-an-jour and my action seemed sluggish.  I flinched as the fighter passed inches over my head and then I felt a slight thud like a coughing engine.

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa313/buoyjumper/124406-01.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RJpRjozjDUs/Tbx1Yk4LXtI/AAAAAAAAAhY/86w5_9YK6P8/s1600/B-17+Damaged+USAF+Photo.jpg)

“I checked the engines and the controls.  The trim tabs were not working.  I tried to level the All American but she insisted on climbing.  It was only with the pressure from knees and hands that I was able to hold her in anything like a straight line.  The copilot tired his controls.  He got the same reaction.  But we found by throttling back the engines we could keep her on a fairly even keel.  I tired to call the pilot of the lead plane which had gone down only a moment before.  There was no answer.

“Pilot from top-turret” came an excited voice over the intercom.  I was busy with the controls.  “Come in top-turret.  What’s the matter with you”? I asked.  “Sir we’ve received some damage in the tail section.  I think you should have a look.”

“We were at 12,000 feet now and no longer needed our oxygen masks.  I turned the controls over to the copilot and went toward the rear of the plane. As I opened the door of the radio compartment and looked back into the fuselage I was stunned.  A torn mass of shredded metal greeted my eyes.  Wires were dangling and sheets of metal were flapping as the air rushed in through the torn wreckage.  Three-fourths of the plane had been cut completely through by the enemy fighter and a large piece of the ME-109’s wing was lodged in the tail of our plane.

“The opening made by the German fighter was larger than the exit door.  It left our tail section hanging on by a few slender spars an a narrow strip of metallic skin.  Lieutenant Bragg climbed into the upper turret to assess the damage from the outside and discovered that the tail section was swinging as much as a foot and a half out of line with the front of the plane.  To make matters worse, the left horizontal stabilizer was missing, explaining why the airplane was so difficult to handle.

Bragg decided to try and make it back to Biskra.  He returned to the seat, ordered everyone to an emergency exit, then began the long journey home.  He recalls their arrival:  “As we neared the field we fired three emergency flares, then circled at 2,000 feet while the other planes cleared the runways.  We could see the alert crews, ambulances, and crash trucks making ready for us.

“Without radio contact with the field we had to wait for the signal that all was clear and ready for us.  When we got the signal I lowered the landing gear and flaps to test the reaction of the All American.  They seemed to go reasonably well, considering.  We had two alternatives.  We could attempt a landing or we could bail out over the field and let the plane fly alone until she crashed – always a dangerous thing to do.  I had made up my mind to set her down.  She had brought us safely through so far; I knew she would complete the mission.  The crew decided to ride her down too.

“A green flare from the field signaled that all was clear for our attempt at landing.  I made a long, careful approach to the strip with the partial power until the front wheels touched the leveled earth.  As I cut the throttles, I eased the stick forward to hold the tail section high until it eased down of its own weight as we lost speed.

“The tail touched the earth and I could feel the grating as she dragged without tail wheel along the desert sands.  She came to a stop and I ordered the copilot to cut the engines.  We were home.”     

Note from Long Thrust VI on this article:

The bombardier, 1st Lt. Ralph Burbridge (Bottom right in crew photo above), was married to my first cousin.  He told me the crew had faith in the pilot's flying skill & chose to land with him rather than jump to safety.  Once landed, they opened a fuselage trap door causing the plane to fall completely in two.  Ralph flew throughout the war, including 8th Air Force's first Berlin raid.

NOTE:  A Boeing engineer who inspected it stated that the airplane would not fly in such condition. Later the 124406 was rebuilt and returned to action by the 50th Service Squadron.  Three survived from Captain Coulter’s bomber; Alfred D. Blair, bombardier; Ralph Birk, navigator and Sergeant Knight, tail-gunner entered a prison camp until the war was over.           

Source (has nice pictures and stories): http://usmilnet.com/smf/index.php?topic=11523.0         
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 01-05-2013, 09:05:23
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3396/wfp1942.jpg)

Quote
Fake German soldiers harassing a newspaper carrier during If Day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-05-2013, 23:05:30
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/30m8ide.jpg)
Charkov, March 30th, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-05-2013, 13:05:30
(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Historical/Eastern-Front/Korsun-pocket-08.jpg)
Korsun Pocket 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 02-05-2013, 20:05:07
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/25662_zps8562f2a1.jpg)
Kiteenlahden kylä 1941.07.14
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 03-05-2013, 04:05:42
(http://tw.greywool.com/i/CJ4Tg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-05-2013, 08:05:55
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4VXrkZe4WmU/TSJKH9-0KrI/AAAAAAAALu4/T_6sSgBiMpM/s1600/marine+on+guam+1944.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-05-2013, 18:05:03
2-pounder Anti-tank Gun Carrier. Variation of the Universal Carrier. Was produced by Australia. I don't know as much as I'd like to about this vehicle, unfortunately.
(http://www.combatreform.org/brentankettewithgunshielded2pounderATgun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 03-05-2013, 18:05:24
^ Where do they store the ammo?

EDIT: Thanks sheik. I always feel stupid when saying "thanks" in a new post, so...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 03-05-2013, 20:05:19
 They store the ammo in a separate trailer or it is held by the re-supply vehicle.

@ Kading, 
 I have in the past found a ton of info on the universal carrier variants. I will poke around and see which links are still active.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-05-2013, 04:05:18
They store the ammo in a separate trailer or it is held by the re-supply vehicle.

@ Kading, 
 I have in the past found a ton of info on the universal carrier variants. I will poke around and see which links are still active.

Thanks! That would be very helpful to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-05-2013, 10:05:58
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/96xfmu.jpg)
Dornier Do-17, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-05-2013, 11:05:12
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Flying_Tiger_P-40_Kunming.jpg)
The Flying Tigers P-40 fighter undergoing maintenance at the American Volunteer Group base near Kunming, China.

http://ww2today.com/4th-may1942-americans-take-on-japanese-over-china
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-05-2013, 10:05:45
Picture probably repost  :P but ...
(http://s21.postimg.org/6ycfimcd3/znojmo1945_3_jpg.jpg)

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?225296-Wehrmacht-Tank-Ace-Kurt-Knispels-Grave-found-in-village-of-Vrbovec-Moravia


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-05-2013, 15:05:46
sorry for posting 2, but they are related
(http://wardogsmovie.com/gallery/new09.jpg)
(http://legard.homestead.com/wdskip72Doberman_Marine_War_Dog_Butch_Guam_Grave_WWII_Photo.jpg)
Butch at Skipper his grave on Guam

memorial for Skipper and other Guam dogs today:
http://blogs.militarytimes.com/battle-rattle/files/2013/04/dog-new.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 05-05-2013, 20:05:31
(http://www.ww2shots.com/gallery/d/11763-1/15cm+NebelWerfer+WWII+01+WWII+01-ww2shots-army.jpg)

Also, what are these guys wearing? Winter smocks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-05-2013, 23:05:09
Cleaning up after the dust this bomb raised.
(http://i.imgur.com/9iR7Gxd.jpg?1?7779)

Mustaniemi 1942.08.29
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-05-2013, 05:05:52
(http://i49.tinypic.com/24yo8ro.jpg)

You can almost hear the T-34s exploding.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 06-05-2013, 14:05:29
PAK 43 on an sdfkz 7?

Edit: forgot to add the question mark.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-05-2013, 16:05:29
I love this piece of artillery, probably one of the most badass artillery pieces ever  ;D
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/39814-700x954.jpg)
M1931 B-4 203 mm
i saw some footage on NGC of it when it fired horizontally, damn that was funny
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-05-2013, 17:05:35
PAK 43 on an sdfkz 7

More like an sdkfz 251 with the armored fighting compartment moved.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 06-05-2013, 17:05:26
I bet the man on the front seat would be deaf if he would be sitting on the driver seat when that cannon roars  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-05-2013, 18:05:39
I bet the man on the front seat would be deaf if he would be sitting on the driver seat when that cannon roars  :P

Soldiers, in general, tend to have notable hearing loss.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-05-2013, 20:05:46
The driver though would never have been seated there when the cannon was firing.  He'd have been working as crew, or the truck would have been turned 180 degrees so the cannon was firing backwards :P

Also IIRC those were only used in the French campaign and early on in Barbarossa, and very few at that (2 dozen or so at most were produced
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-05-2013, 13:05:07
Thats a SdKfz 251 with 7.5cm PaK 42 L/70  ...

And REALLY wish to see on some map , like easter egg or something  ;D
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/ussr/kv122/kv122_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-05-2013, 16:05:51
(http://realwarphotos.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/N318B.84163325_std.jpg)
N290D - USS Yorktown (CV-10) Murderer's Row,
USS Wasp CV-18, USS Yorktown CV-10,  USS Hornet
 CV-12, USS Hancock CV-19 in Ulithi Atoll. 2 Dec, 1944.
Photo courtesy of NARA.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 07-05-2013, 18:05:09
if yorktown is still floating in 1944, which one was sunk at Midway then?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 07-05-2013, 19:05:56
if yorktown is still floating in 1944, which one was sunk at Midway then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CV-5%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CV-5%29)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CV-10%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CV-10%29)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-05-2013, 19:05:13
USS Yorktown (CV5) was sunk in battle of Midway and USS Yorktown (CV10) is his succesor  8)
nah ... little to late XD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 07-05-2013, 19:05:46
Oh the imagination at naming the ships... thanks  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 07-05-2013, 19:05:42
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJgD5p9CAAInEQR.jpg)
Ras Tafari's troops reclaim Addis Abbiba five years to the day it was conquered.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-05-2013, 00:05:50
Oh the imagination at naming the ships... thanks  ;D

Name lives on and gains in importance. Ships with old names are often the most desirable. Nobody wants to serve on the Carl Vinson or the Solomon Brothers, you want to be on the Enterprise, or something named after a big battle or a terrifying type of storm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-05-2013, 12:05:20
Largely true, but not always. For example, i always liked the name USS Kitty Hawk, just because i like the way it sounds. But in general, yeah, ships with historical names are much more awesome, USS Enterprise is a legend.
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/17/09170101.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-05-2013, 17:05:50
Largely true, but not always. For example, i always liked the name USS Kitty Hawk, just because i like the way it sounds. But in general, yeah, ships with historical names are much more awesome, USS Enterprise is a legend.
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/17/09170101.jpg)

Your logic is flawed, the Kitty Hawk has a long history of being the WORST ship to be stationed on. Though it has been decom'd, it is still known by sailors going back to Vietnam as "The Shitty Kitty".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 08-05-2013, 17:05:14
Because of the leadership or because of the facilities?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 08-05-2013, 17:05:37
Because of the leadership or because of the facilities?

In the end, both. As to the leadership, ships tend to take on a personality that outlives any of the billet times of the sailors stationed on them. This is especially true for large ships with crews in the thousands, like a carrier. Somehow, way back in the day, the Kitty Hawk became a lousy command. Also, it was in service until very recently. Ships older than 25 years start to get exponentially more difficult to maintain due to the rigorous demands of sea travel, thus increasing the work load for sailors aboard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 08-05-2013, 17:05:08
I can imagine that. Patching upon patching upon patching tends to lead to a brittle end result (I'm thinking pipes, hinges, valves, ventilation, etc.). The galley is probably not the best anymore either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-05-2013, 18:05:56
Was actually talking pure about the name. The best ship i know to be really stationed on, would be the Zr. Ms. Holland (P840), when i was takin a tour there, it totally didn't feel like a military ship, it even has normal wide stairs, many leisure-spaces etc. (edit: i forgot the menus that showed different courses with meals u expect on the menu of a restaurant)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland-class_offshore_patrol_vessels
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 08-05-2013, 20:05:19
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/390789Bundesarchiv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 08-05-2013, 20:05:24
What is the car in the left side of the photo?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 08-05-2013, 21:05:09
(http://imageshack.us/a/img339/6043/ap9281111.jpg)
Welbike's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 08-05-2013, 22:05:44
Were (real) bikes ever succesfully used?
Even though the idea seems ridiculous at first, they're very cheap and light (think para) and could double the mobility of infantry.



(http://www.leger1939-1940.nl/Maandfoto/juli_2005_midden.jpg)
Dutch bicycle regiment. They seemed to have done quite well in the battles of the defense of Holland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-05-2013, 22:05:00
LAte in the war Germany equipped Panzergrenadiers with bikes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 08-05-2013, 22:05:17
British and Canadian troops used them in Normandy, and supposedly in Norway although there aren't many photos from Norway supporting that. They were also used in Sicily.

They didn't see much combat use though. Occasionally commandoes would go on long raids with them or for when soldiers needed to patrol long roads. Mostly though they were used for recreation...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 08-05-2013, 22:05:09
Ideal cheap transport in the Netherlands though, mostly flat and proper roads. And the country isn't that large. I think it's a good option to transport soldiers, faster than marching anyways  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paasky on 08-05-2013, 22:05:22
The Finnish bicycle divisions were very succesful, working alongside the few tanks we had.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_infantry#World_Wars
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-05-2013, 23:05:02
Bikes weren't a combat vehicle, they were a "get from point a to point b" vehicle.  You dismounted before ever engaging in combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-05-2013, 23:05:42
IIRC, the japs surprised the Brits with them on Singapore, which caused Singapore to fall way more early than exspected
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 09-05-2013, 06:05:01
Love these photos with several variations on the same uniform. On the left, there is a fellow in a white drill panzer uniform. From what I understand, these would mostly be worn by instructors at tank school. Then you have the two fellas in standard Panzer Black. On the right, it appears to be StuG officer.
(http://www.ne.jp/asahi/wwii/panzer/images/PzFaust-3.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 09-05-2013, 08:05:10
Bikes weren't a combat vehicle, they were a "get from point a to point b" vehicle.  You dismounted before ever engaging in combat.

The Swiss where actually trained to engage in a fight directly from the bike by doing an awesome barrel roll over the handlebars, land on their belly and start shooting right away. After quite a lot of training incidents that whole thing was abandoned thou ..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-05-2013, 14:05:43
^indeed corvax


(http://mapleleafup.ca/assets/images/RadMonty-Ghent.jpg)

Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, Or somtimes called "Captain rad" recieves a medal from Montgomery

he was the top scoring canadian tank ace, destroying 18 tanks from 1944 to 1945 with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-05-2013, 15:05:27
What tank did he use? Firefly? :)


(http://thoughtsonmilitaryhistory3.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/4/2/8942445/7067175_orig.jpg)
Ens Junichi Sasai in May 1941

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Sasai

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Japanese aces such as Sakai, Sasai, and Ota were invalided out of combat, or eventually killed. Rotation of pilots out of the war zone was a system employed neither by the Japanese nor the Germans, as a matter of fact. As several surviving Axis aces have noted in their memoirs, they flew until they couldn't. Indeed many Japanese and German aces flew until 1945-if they were lucky enough to survive-accumulating incredible numbers of sorties and combat hours, as well as high scores which doubled and tripled the final tallies of their American counterparts.

Unfortunately, Japanese records are not as complete as Allied histories, perhaps because of the tremendous damage and confusion wrought by the U.S. strategic bombing during the last year of the war. Thus, certainly Japanese scores are not as firm as they are for Allied aviators.

In the popularly accepted sense, the Japanese did not have "aces." Those pilots who achieved high scores were referred to as Gekitsui-O (Shoot-Down Kings). A pilot's report of his successes was taken at face value, without a confirmation system such as required by the Allies. Without medals or formal recognition, it was believed that there was little need for selfpromotion. Fighters did not have gun cameras, either. Japanese air strategy was to inflict as much damage as possible without worrying about confirming a kill. (This outwardly cavalier attitude about claiming victories is somewhat suspect since many Zeros carried large "scoreboards" on their tails and fuselages. These markings might have been attributed to the aircraft rather than to a specific pilot.)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 09-05-2013, 16:05:14
I wish we used the term "Shoot-Down Kings".  Sounds like a cool gang.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 09-05-2013, 17:05:16
(http://imageshack.us/a/img4/1769/img107565890.jpg)

American tourists...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 10-05-2013, 00:05:58
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/485590_4689741084960_977994812_n.jpg)
ohohohoho
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-05-2013, 09:05:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-731-0388-20%2C_Frankreich%2C_nach_der_Invasion%2C_Infanteristen.jpg)


I spy a M1 garand???? third guy from the left!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-05-2013, 13:05:45
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Home-Guard-Browning-machine-gun-1.jpg)
Everytime i see "Home Guard", a certain songs starts playing in my head. "Oh, could you please oblige us with a Bren Gun"  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 11-05-2013, 05:05:50
(http://imageshack.us/a/img18/4394/img107575890.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-05-2013, 17:05:54
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fwa2kIpj1rrjpupo1_1280.jpg)
A US Marine takes a nap with a friend. The Battle of Okinawa, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-05-2013, 05:05:48
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3231/tumblrmdh09ogzhv1qa38ya.jpg)

Can't remember if I've posted this here before, my sig on another board.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 12-05-2013, 11:05:19
^ Well someone definitely did, I remember making a a suggestion about a pick-up tanker kit with a machete for the Pacific... :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-05-2013, 19:05:51
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Globocnik-at-Sobibor-595x449.jpg)
The notorious SS Police Chief for the Lublin District Odilo Globocnik, right, at the Sobibor site. He oversaw the building and operation of Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka in eastern Poland - intended for the extermination of the 2,284,000 Jews that the Germans estimated remained in the General Government area.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-05-2013, 05:05:53
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/227702_3769872539910_293614237_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 13-05-2013, 09:05:33
^ These must be for Obelix' collection.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 13-05-2013, 12:05:32
Only difference is Obelix collects Roman helmets  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 13-05-2013, 13:05:11
I challenge you to find the "Meier" in that picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 13-05-2013, 13:05:07
the what?

(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9632/22770237698725399102936p.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-05-2013, 16:05:59
cool picture, i wanna buy a helmet collection once i get a job :) (still many years to go :( )
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/530/usssavannah28cl4229ishi.jpg)
USS Savannah hit by a PC-1400X "Fritz X" guided bomb dropped from a Do 217K of III./KG 1000 off Salerno on the morning of Sept. 11th 1943.
The single bomb penetrated No #3 turred passed 3 decks and exploded in the lower handling room.
It blew out the ship's bottom at this place and caused severe flooding and secondary explosions.
The hit cost 197 killed and 15 wounded, plus 4 sailors sealed in a compartment for 60 hours before being rescued.
The damage took 8 months to repair.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 13-05-2013, 16:05:08
the what?



the tropical helmet was often referred to as the Meier. From Görings joke: if one Allied plane flies over the Reich, you may call me Meier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 13-05-2013, 16:05:05
I failed to see the connection, but hey, did I find it? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 13-05-2013, 17:05:00
I failed to see the connection, but hey, did I find it? ;D

You did, cookie incoming.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 13-05-2013, 17:05:38
the what?



the tropical helmet was often referred to as the Meier. From Görings joke: if one Allied plane flies over the Reich, you may call me Meier

I believe you are mistaken. As I understand, the Herman Meyer was a tropical hat that the Luftwaffe was issued. The hat is pictured here on the gentleman at center pointing at something.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img829/2313/19dcea15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 13-05-2013, 18:05:11
Well, I distinctly remember seeing the standard trop helmet being called the Meier on a reenactment website some time ago. Could be they were wrong as well...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-05-2013, 18:05:36
Could a German explain Goering's joke to me?  Who is Meier?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Renault_35_montant_en_ligne_sedan.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 13-05-2013, 18:05:37
Göring once (1940-1942) said, jokingly, that if an allied airplane bomb was ever to fall on german soil, he'd be called Meyer instead of Göring. Well, when the bombs started falling, everyone (except for the officers around him I guess) started calling him "the pig Meyer" or something along those lines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 13-05-2013, 19:05:15
Actually he said that if the Luftwaffe wasn´t able to support the trapped 6th Army in Stalingrad, his name would be Meyer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-05-2013, 20:05:40
Actually he said he for every bomb that is dropped on germany, you could call him meyer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 13-05-2013, 20:05:19
Actually Goering, he only had one ball
Hitlers were two, but they were small...

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc302/cargol/CapturedItalianTank.jpg)

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Greek soldiers with captured Italian M13/40 tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 13-05-2013, 21:05:18
Göring once (1940-1942) said, jokingly, that if an allied airplane bomb was ever to fall on german soil, he'd be called Meyer instead of Göring. Well, when the bombs started falling, everyone (except for the officers around him I guess) started calling him "the pig Meyer" or something along those lines.
Actually he said that if the Luftwaffe wasn´t able to support the trapped 6th Army in Stalingrad, his name would be Meyer.
Actually he said he for every bomb that is dropped on germany, you could call him meyer


Luckily you all stated your sources clearly so your anecdotes are not ignored.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 13-05-2013, 21:05:14
"Wenn auch nur ein feindliches Flugzeug unser Reichsgebiet überfliegt, will ich Meier heißen!" - in einer Rundfunkrede bei Kriegsanfang, zitiert u.a. in: Günter Oestermann: Junger Wolf im Nebel. Ein Junge in Deutschland 1930-1945. Books on Demand, 2001. ISBN 9783831124879. S. 157.

Ok, so I was wrong, planes, not bombs, flying, not falling  :P


(http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/54278/stug013kr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 14-05-2013, 08:05:48
Meier = common German surname, so is that some kind of a self-depreciation of good names? I think Meier is quite a good surname, compared to something like Baummann (tree man) or Sturm (storm) or Vogel (bird).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 14-05-2013, 13:05:23
Mayer/Maier/Meier are very very common german surnames, and its also a common idiom, just like you would say "ill eat a broom", "im a donkey", etc. In the end the meaning boils down to since it was a very common surname, a lot of stupid people would end up with it too, so "degrading" yourself to a completely random and common surname would put you in the same bowl of the "common, stupid people".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 14-05-2013, 18:05:42
(http://imageshack.us/a/img607/5953/hp00555712700.png)
Battle off Samar, October, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-05-2013, 18:05:27
(http://www.qhatlas.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/Large/ARTV09088_0.jpg)
Aussie propaganda after the japs sunk a hospital ship
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-05-2013, 05:05:05
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/6457/pak36training3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 15-05-2013, 05:05:32
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4471/11panzerdivpakgegenpanz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-05-2013, 20:05:05
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/biggin-hill-1000.jpg)
Squadron Leader Edward ‘Jack’ Charles, commanding No 611 Squadron, chalks up the Biggin Hill Sector’s 1,000th enemy aircraft, following a successful sweep over Normandy on 15 May 1943. That afternoon, Charles shot down two FW190s, while the CO of No 341 Squadron, Commandant Rene Mouchotte, destroyed another. As it was not clear which of the two pilots had secured the 1,000th kill, the honours – and sweepstake of £300 – were shared between them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-05-2013, 03:05:19
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/901564_10101649590768731_348082504_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-05-2013, 12:05:17
Thanks VM
I have some awesome pictures i have to share and didn't wanna doublepost
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h274/dakotafury/santajeep.jpg)
(http://ww2db.com/images/other_none320.jpg)
US Army soldier dressed as Santa Claus during the Christmas holiday season at Camp Lee, Virginia, United States, Dec 1941,  note Springfield M1903 rifles
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 19-05-2013, 12:05:33
Beer spitfie

(http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/363551Spitfirebeer3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-05-2013, 18:05:06
Some gossips says , that business was started by Polish pilots  ;D

And some nice pic of one of the most elegant fighter planes of WW2
(http://s18.postimg.org/52g3j9chx/1368939983709.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/52g3j9chx/)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 19-05-2013, 23:05:38
Can I have an explanation for VonMudras last pic and the beer spitfire? oO
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-05-2013, 00:05:03
There are beer barrels instead of fuel tanks under the wing.

(http://oi40.tinypic.com/qqvgjd.jpg)
Front page of a german newspaper, showing Herman Göring visiting the Luftwaffe Division named after himself, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 20-05-2013, 00:05:44
I see that but why??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-05-2013, 00:05:21
You're not supposed to ask for the 'why'. It will kill a puppy.

http://burmadigest.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/17.jpg (http://burmadigest.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 20-05-2013, 01:05:04
Why not? Things can't get more awesome than that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 20-05-2013, 01:05:12
To chill it of course, that's why!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-05-2013, 01:05:19
(http://wwiimodeller.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/Heinkel-He111-Crashed-Into-House.jpg)
Honey, i'm home!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 20-05-2013, 02:05:02
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6248/fp58.png)
Hero of the Soviet Union! I wish I could have that title, but I didn't kill over 300 people in just two years and train other snipers that were responsible for the deaths of hundreds more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 20-05-2013, 10:05:19
Typ 82e
 (http://www.kvh-pressburg.szm.com/32.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 20-05-2013, 19:05:56
Can I have an explanation for VonMudras last pic and the beer spitfire? oO

In VM's pic:
A couple of interesting things. One is the guy on the left has an unusual helmet cover. It appears he has part or all of the pattern sewn on in the form of a piece of fabric in another color. The same guy also has a PPSH. The guy pointing seems to have a bad shave, but it could just be blurring. His infantry assault badge is broken.
The Spitfire is this one particular pilot (who's name escapes me) that delivered beer to his unit by doing what you see in the photo.

Hmmm, photo....
Here we see an SS panzer unit marching. They are actually wearing "jackboots" and trousers tied off at the top of them.
(http://qmfashion.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/berndtescheramierns1943mp3.jpg)
So although they appear to be wearing bell bottoms, they are in fact wearing these:
(http://ww2.wwarii.com/var/albums/wwii-equipment/wwii-uniforms/Germany%20-%201940%20May_%20France_%20Corporal_%201st%20Panzer%20Regiment.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 20-05-2013, 19:05:52
I think the guy on the left painted his helmet a la WW1 Stosstruppen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 20-05-2013, 20:05:05
"Knock,Knock."
"Who is there?"
"Nazi"
"Nazi who?"
"I bet you did Nazi me coming with my plane!"


(http://ww2total.com/WW2/History/Orders-of-Battle/Greece/Tea-and-bread-Greeks-Crete-1940-px800.jpg)
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British artillerymen (left) handing out tea and bread to Greek soldiers at Canea, Crete in November, 1940. A Greek officer and a policemen were watching on the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-05-2013, 20:05:39
Can I have an explanation for VonMudras last pic and the beer spitfire? oO

In VM's pic:
A couple of interesting things. One is the guy on the left has an unusual helmet cover. It appears he has part or all of the pattern sewn on in the form of a piece of fabric in another color. The same guy also has a PPSH. The guy pointing seems to have a bad shave, but it could just be blurring. His infantry assault badge is broken.


You missed one thing.  THe officer in the center, though wearing officer's litzen, is wearing an enlistedman's shoulderboards and eagle.  I've seen officers with enlisted litzen, eagles, and such, but this was the first time I found one with enlisted shoulderboards, with only mark that denotes him as officer being the heavy wire litzen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-05-2013, 23:05:04
 Sir Freyberg waits for the German invasion of Crete to begin.  This day, 1941.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKs2PRKCcAECSTw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 21-05-2013, 00:05:41
He looks like one of the soldiers in FH2...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-05-2013, 00:05:17
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/283/a/5/luftwaffe_mann_mit_hund_by_88whitewolf88-d5hei2f.jpg)
Sad picture, with the idea that dog would have probably been  staring the skies, waiting one day for its boss to come home, without him ever coming back.
What actually happened with dogs of pilots that died? It's logical that dogs that fly with their bosses in bombers get taken down together with their bosses, but what happened to the dogs of fighter pilots?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: x4fun ODIUM on 21-05-2013, 00:05:28
They got taken down together with their fighter pilots? Fw190 had a roomy cockpit.
 ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-05-2013, 00:05:28
good luck getting this one in an FW190  :P
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60yvp6cUc1qc0pn9o1_500.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: x4fun ODIUM on 21-05-2013, 00:05:37
On the lap. Was done all the time. Only problem was, if the pilot got horny. Then the poor dog had 2 flight sticks to evade. Poor thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-05-2013, 06:05:59
Umm...the dogs weren't taken into the air really.  Maybe a few special cases with bombers, but not by fighter pilots into combat....

As for fighter pilot's dogs when the pilot died, they would just be adopted by someone else in the unit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 21-05-2013, 06:05:28
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2549/hp73821000.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: x4fun ODIUM on 21-05-2013, 14:05:31
Nah, I'm sure. See the black spot in between the pilot and the empty plane?
That's his Yorkshire Terrier. In a few split-seconds the tiny parachute will open.

As can be seen here (historical footage from "The Telegraph"), these poor cobbers had to bail their transport C-47 prior to June 6th 1944 when they ran out of tea bags half way across the channel.
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01597/dog-article_1597674c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-05-2013, 17:05:28
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh26/NUBINA/Pic_Belgium4.jpg)

1st free belgian forces brigade, AKA brigade Piron. 2200 men and officers who fought with the first canadian army in normandy and then with the British army to liberate Belgium

Fully equipped with British equipment. Many refused to turn in there SMLE's for No 4's before Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 21-05-2013, 17:05:29
Did they have Churchills?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-05-2013, 18:05:28
Scheisse! Der deutschers might invade us! We need more helmets!

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_b5Kkgla1fw/Tqq659mp8KI/AAAAAAAAEHM/v7vQrSvh8FA/s1600/Metallwarenfabrik+Zug+1.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OAdxi2RFNRs/Tqq68m2Sm3I/AAAAAAAAEHU/RA3ISm-EgaQ/s1600/Metallwarenfabrik+Zug+2.jpg)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-popB_dJ46ys/Tqq6-8CHerI/AAAAAAAAEHc/AdwqU8GMiWc/s1600/Metallwarenfabrik+Zug+3.jpg
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dtQ03fk6hsk/Tqq7AkOuhcI/AAAAAAAAEHk/kMPFf-tHLqY/s1600/Metallwarenfabrik+Zug+4.jpg)

Swiss M18/40 helmets being made in Metallwarenfabrik Zug.


And this is the end result

(http://www.grantsmilitaria.com/gall/pix/images/116.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-05-2013, 00:05:36
thanks VM, glad to hear those dogs ended up in good health, i was afraid they would put those dogs down
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/military_photos/german-photographs-and-postcards/190585d1301158089-post-your-dog-photos-flughund.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: sheikyerbouti on 22-05-2013, 05:05:06
Did they have Churchills?

 1 Canadian Division was equipped with Sherman Easy 8's but had a small attached battalion of Churchill Crocodiles for some persistent german emplacements.

 The 1st actually had a large reputation for refusing to -reequip the ranks with standardized equipment. The General largely ignored British High Command orders in favour of the rifles, smg's and armoured vehicles that the troops preferred.

examples include: The British Columbia regiment commandeered 6pdr. anti- tank guns for infantry support (sunk a ship in Walcheren with it). They acquired rounds through trade with the American's in the form of issue-Rum and rations. The BCR's also had one Crusader AA that they used in an anti-personnel role and as mobile AA while on the march.

 72 Seaforth Highlander's refused to return their .45 Thompson's and actually shipped/ smuggled over a half-million rounds to North-Western Europe in their personal kit so their PIAT men and Offcier's had stronger fire support.

 Another couple of Canadian peculiarities include Universal Carrier's adapted with .50 cal M2's, the Land Mattress rocket launcher, and of course, the soon to be famous Kangaroo personnel carriers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 22-05-2013, 14:05:12
(http://armor2var.ucoz.ru/avia/imeg_big/0076.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 22-05-2013, 14:05:29
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8259/hp505919.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 22-05-2013, 22:05:43
(http://armor2var.ucoz.ru/avia/imeg_big/0076.jpg)
I read in some book about the Luftwaffe that when they used the HS 123 in Poland, they had to stop large enemy troop movements threatening the flanks of the German Panzers advancing east. Somehow they figured that at a certain RPM the engine had some sort of psychological effect to those on the ground when flying low overhead, which made every enemy soldier and all horses run in panic for cover, even without actually firing at them. Delaying the enemy was all they wanted and the way they found worked better then actually just using the small armament they had.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-05-2013, 22:05:36
(http://www.cascoscoleccion.com/suiza/suizob/suiparad.jpg)

General Guisan visits Swiss troops close to the Italian border. Many of these are still armed with G11 or G96/11 and K11 schmidt rubins. Many did not want to part with there rifles who were supposed to be replaced by the new K31.

By 1941,  75% of swiss frontline troops were rearmed with the new K31 rifle, a rifle vastly superior to the K98k. Germany made many attempts to capture a K31 during WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 22-05-2013, 22:05:52
what frontline  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-05-2013, 22:05:55
what frontline  ;D
THe line wich germany and italy were so afraid off, they did not assaulted it  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 22-05-2013, 23:05:41
You should read "Citizens in arms: The Swiss experience" by Stephen Halbrook if you haven't already  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-05-2013, 23:05:26
You should read "Citizens in arms: The Swiss experience" by Stephen Halbrook if you haven't already  :D
THANK YOU
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-05-2013, 23:05:02
a rifle vastly superior to the K98k. Germany made many attempts to capture a K31 during WW2.
And the Enfield? Oh no, I forgot that made it possible for "one British Soldier to defeat 3 Germans armed with Kar98ks". Dude, you are funny. How was the K31 vastly superior? At least give some reasons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 22-05-2013, 23:05:22
I can think of 2 4, faster reloading cycle because of the straight-pull bolt, better precision (more accurate barrel, eh), 1 bullet in the rifle more (6 round magazine) and overall better quality, since the Swiss didn't need to stamp out as much as possible in the shortest time period, they took their time and made really good stuff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-05-2013, 23:05:28
a rifle vastly superior to the K98k. Germany made many attempts to capture a K31 during WW2.
And the Enfield? Oh no, I forgot that made it possible for "one British Soldier to defeat 3 Germans armed with Kar98ks". Dude, you are funny. How was the K31 vastly superior? At least give some reasons.
K31 has an even shorter bolt cycle then the lee enfield.The rifle is dead-on-accurate with excellent sights. it is well balanced in the hands with a great pistol grip. The recoil is a bit less then an enfield or K98 wich aids in long battles. An lee enfield may hold 10 rounds, but the K31 charging goes smoother. A K31 can be faster supplied with 6 round charger clips then a lee enfield with 2x5 clips
Also the schmidt rubin charger is very inexpensive and needs to no special way of inserting rounds. Just put em in! With a .303 round stripper clip, you must carefully position the rim of the second cartidge in front of the rim of the first cartidge. Wich is not an easy to do task.

The 7.5x55mmGP11 rounds are not corrosive wich aid in cleaning.British and German WW2 ammo was.
The 7.5x55mm GP11 is ballistically an superior round then any WW2 cartidge. This round was 40 years ahead of there time. The 7.62x51mm NATO uses a simular design and powder composition.

The K31 is standard equipped to be fired, cycled and loaded when wearing gloves.

Dismanteling the rifle itself is extremely simple.
The K31 and any schmidt rubin bolt can be completly dissasembled in seconds without the use of any tools. The lee enfield bolt needs tools but it goes rather quick..If you had them, wich the common british soldier did not. The Mauser K98 bolt can also be dissasembled completly without tools, But this takes a long time and practise.

The K31 was designed to operate in any condition and kept on firing even with everything hot as a frying pan. Lee enfield bolts are fast and smooth, but require regular oiling and the bolts wich jam when long periods of firing is done.

The K31 bayonet is vastly superior to both the SMLE and No 4 bayonet. Very strong, sturdy yet not to heavy and excellent usage for many tasks. Also the platform is superior.

Any schmidt rubin was made with very high quality standards and materials. Swiss steel was alloyed with strong elements wich the british found to be far to expensive. This pays off in reliability and in the long run, combat performance.

A K31 barrel had a very very long barrel life. A lee enfield rifle bore could be worn out after 2-3000 shots. a k31 barrel needed a replacement after 5000+ shots.

Once you have fired these 3 rifles. You will understand.

A lee enfield is epic, a mauser K98k is epic. A Springfield is epic...
Yet performance wise, none of these can beat a Swedish mauser or a Schmidt rubin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 22-05-2013, 23:05:20
Yes, but we're talking about the fight, not the cleaning in the base.

Simple, it was more accurate, it was faster and it had more bullets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-05-2013, 00:05:54
Yes, but we're talking about the fight, not the cleaning in the base.

Simple, it was more accurate, it was faster and it had more bullets.
In the fight, the above things also matter. Swiss troops carried a spare firing pin

Firing pin down? Why run down to the armourers when you can dissasemble your bolt in 10 seconds, replace firing pin in half a minute, and re-assemble the whole damn thing in 15 seconds?

When a british soldier his enfields firing pin broke, if he did not had a firing pin removal tool, wich he did not, his rifle was simply useless.

But yes, you are correct
K31 shoots faster, more accurate and reloads faster.

Edit=

Also with a straight pull design, it is much easier to stay on target then with a turn bolt design. Your rifle rocks less during the cycle.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-05-2013, 00:05:17
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/d024a91dcc60edf8b4de5ed240d62c4e/tumblr_miy7ipwdGG1s2hvgvo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-05-2013, 16:05:44
(http://imageshack.us/a/img266/3761/hp447711.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-05-2013, 22:05:30
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/467890_597155403629778_614029702_o.jpg)

Poor Panzer  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 24-05-2013, 00:05:14
Where is this Korsakov?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-05-2013, 01:05:54
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/856cde609d8f7d807792d7392d42ccd0/tumblr_mftsr2gEE41rlwpvso1_500.jpg)
Dogs carrying baskets with carrier pigeons
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 24-05-2013, 06:05:24
Where is this Korsakov?

Last photo I posted? Battle of Corregidor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 24-05-2013, 09:05:20
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/05/finland-in-world-war-ii/100519/

Some of you nerds might have already gone through the finns archive though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 24-05-2013, 16:05:06
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/691/fp83005004.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-05-2013, 23:05:12
A long time ago I remember posting this pic:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/941639_10101757564154201_918930613_n.jpg)

And another of him later in the war.  I'm trying to find the later pic, where he has a german cross in gold and I think another TD badge.  Any help? :O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 24-05-2013, 23:05:41
Well, I might have found it but I don't like posting two pictures within 24 hours of each other. Picture of the day, you know? And I've got a hundred others in queue.

But yeah, I'll help. I'll flip through the first 373 pages of this thread (default 15 posts per page) and you get the other 373 pages, alright? Haha.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-05-2013, 01:05:03
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hrkyNCeN1qk6uvyo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 25-05-2013, 12:05:50
Crossing swords, eh lads?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 25-05-2013, 16:05:20
(http://imageshack.us/a/img40/1032/hp5826732.bmp)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 26-05-2013, 00:05:00
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/980c244809a6b5d13ce7c8a83230e23a/tumblr_mn7zb9dihN1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)

Half-track of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops; aka the "Ghost Army."

These are the guys with the inflatable tanks and stuff used in the deception during the preparation of D-Day.  What I never knew was that they were involved in many more operations post-Overlord; the documentary on the unit called "The Ghost Army," is a must see!

PBS trailer for the documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g1H3GJqBkc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Army

(http://www.thehighground.org/learning-center/exhibits/upcoming/jun-jul-ghost-army-exhibit/images/ghost-army.png)

One of the interesting stories from the documentary that I was completely unaware of:

The unit was involved in the siege of Brest, tasked with impersonating the 6th Armored Division.  They used such devices as the half-track shown previously to play recordings of tanks and the sounds of a tank division to turn the German defenders' attention towards their position on the front.

Unfortunately, their success at distracting the enemy was undermined when an actual armored division was told to attack from their area....where the armor was devastated by the German anti-tank guns that were moved there in response to the deception!


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-05-2013, 00:05:15
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdvgvyD7wm1rih6vco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 26-05-2013, 04:05:14
This thread has delivered as of late :D.

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2523/panzerjagerifinal.jpg)

full-size (http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2523/panzerjagerifinal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 26-05-2013, 09:05:56
Knocked-out Vickers Medium near Mersa Matruh.

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/hmsdiomede/Misc20mm/VickersMediumMkII-Desert1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 26-05-2013, 14:05:39
That thing really doesnt look like a WWII vehicle. Probably really out dated at this time right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-05-2013, 14:05:35
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During the threat of German invasion of the summer of 1940, some of these outmoded vehicles were reactivated for a short time. No "mobile" Vickers Mediums faced the Italian invasion of Egypt in September 1940, but at least one was dug in as an armoured pillbox in the British defenses at Mersa Matruh at the time of the invasion

Yep, kinda. This vehicle was first designed and used in 1925
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-05-2013, 00:05:42
I like the way it looks
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/49a23c4e4024d590ee1754052ebfbcb9/tumblr_mme410k3G61sp3va0o4_500.jpg)
Damn i like the way the german soldier stares on this one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-05-2013, 02:05:22
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8526/72320105082ac7d491b6o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-05-2013, 05:05:38
Knocked-out Vickers Medium near Mersa Matruh.

(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/hmsdiomede/Misc20mm/VickersMediumMkII-Desert1941.jpg)
This tank is a perfect example as to why anti-tank rifles for infantry and automatic cannons on tanks were so common on tanks at the beginning of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alakazou on 27-05-2013, 05:05:49
For the finnish

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/05/finland-in-world-war-ii/100519/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-05-2013, 20:05:34
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3154/large3zj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 27-05-2013, 21:05:20
BF2 physics..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-05-2013, 02:05:58
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/18843e47750a17186f8aed525adeb97b/tumblr_mme410k3G61sp3va0o7_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-05-2013, 21:05:48
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/577500_737477612027_416247848_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-05-2013, 22:05:23
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt67nisWLH1qft1zko1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 30-05-2013, 12:05:54
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/577820-1/272x400xPasanen.pagespeed.ic.9gdOS8yTDZ.jpg)


Emil Pasanen (1910-1981) Knight of the Mannerheim Cross #14.

Submachine gunner, 5./JR 50

During battle of Suvilahti on Aug 21, 1941, killed dozens of enemies as they ran out of buildings, driven out by anti-tank gun, and in battle of Jessoila on Aug 27, 1941, captured important bridgehead hill with his comrade and held it even after his comrade was killed and until help arrived.

During enemy breakthrough attempts in battle of Prääsä on Sep 8, 1941, he defended temporary positions alone when his comrades around him were dead or wounded, and repelled attack of about 200 men, killing estimately 120 of them from his foxhole with Suomi SMG.

Pasanen was wounded on Sep 22, 1941 at Matrossa and received the Mannerheim Cross 4 days later. Afterwards he served mostly only in homefront duties until the end of the war. He was farmer and lumberjack by civil prefession.


Nerf plz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-05-2013, 14:05:57
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Thousand-bomber-raid-over-Cologne-595x614.jpg)
Vertical aerial photograph taken during Operation MILLENNIUM, the 'Thousand-bomber' raid on Cologne, Germany 30/31 May 1942. The tracks of a mass of concentrated searchlights and tracer bullets from anti-aircraft fire cover the larger area of the picture as the first bombs explode on the city (lower left).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-05-2013, 20:05:20
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o7MZRBJ1zfQ/TLEZc-TtopI/AAAAAAAAEU8/d_h_M0nMlDU/s640/funny_world_war2_pics26.jpg)

Achtung! Spy!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 31-05-2013, 11:05:23
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Grant-tank-damaged-595x626.jpg)
The driver of a Grant tank takes a closer look at a gouge in the armour plate made by a 50mm anti-tank round, Libya, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 31-05-2013, 19:05:06
(http://i.imgur.com/78wDOm0.jpg)
152 mm Howitzer battery fires during Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 01-06-2013, 03:06:50
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3154/large3zj.jpg)

Not a single fuck was given that day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: evhgear on 01-06-2013, 19:06:27
(http://i.imgur.com/6D8p57O.jpg)
Quote
A Panzer III tank crewman surrenders to an advancing Brittish soldier during the Battle of El Alamein, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 01-06-2013, 22:06:47
^ What is that pointy thing on the end of his rifle? I thought soldiers almost never used those in WW II...  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-06-2013, 23:06:25
(http://cdn1.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cdf5b0f39a9c84a01587150d88ceb864)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 02-06-2013, 05:06:26
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1882/hp9405389266678143.png)
Brazil!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-06-2013, 15:06:50
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/62d495a616a6f488d743c77bcc807d84/tumblr_mijxdqupBb1qhc19vo1_1280.jpg)
not sure if it's real, but looks awesome
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 02-06-2013, 16:06:10
Dolls
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 02-06-2013, 17:06:24
I think Kalkalash is right. Now that I have taken a closer look, it really looks like dolls. Especially the overly blurred background seems to confirm this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 02-06-2013, 19:06:40
^ What is that pointy thing on the end of his rifle? I thought soldiers almost never used those in WW II...  ::)

Bayonets were very rarely used. Not saying they weren't, just very rare. Often the point (no pun intended) of fixing your bayonet has more to do with giving the individual soldier the drive and courage to push forward and come into close combat with the enemy than it does with actual hand to hand combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-06-2013, 19:06:15
Bayonets were used alot, just not always in combat. They were used to guard prisoners and used in urban combat

Also they saw hefty usage in the pacific.


Also great fantastic can openers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-06-2013, 06:06:44
Bayonets were used alot, just not always in combat. They were used to guard prisoners and used in urban combat

Also they saw hefty usage in the pacific.


Also great fantastic can openers

By far, most combat had no bayonets involved. Saying they saw widespread, regular use in combat, even in the Pacific would be a bit of a stretch. Don't get me wrong, there was a notable amount of bayonet fighting including genuine bayonet charges. However, most of the combat, by a HUGE margin, was with ranged weapons. This goes for both the Pacific and European Theaters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: x4fun ODIUM on 03-06-2013, 11:06:12
Don't contradict theta. Just nod politely, smile, and then walk away. Shaking head maybe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-06-2013, 11:06:00
(http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/GREEK-SOLDIERS-ATTACKING-WITH-THE-BATTLE-CRY-AERA.jpg)

Greeks knew how to use bayonetts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-06-2013, 17:06:39
Bayonets were used alot, just not always in combat. They were used to guard prisoners and used in urban combat

Also they saw hefty usage in the pacific.


Also great fantastic can openers

By far, most combat had no bayonets involved. Saying they saw widespread, regular use in combat, even in the Pacific would be a bit of a stretch. Don't get me wrong, there was a notable amount of bayonet fighting including genuine bayonet charges. However, most of the combat, by a HUGE margin, was with ranged weapons. This goes for both the Pacific and European Theaters.
I said they saw heavy usage, but i did not say in direct combat


The order to mount bayonets was issued far more in the pacific then in NW europe. Bayonets were always used to guard prisoners. Bayonets were used daily...to open ration cans.

Most rifles suffered from less accuracy because of the bayonet. The SMLE was the one who suffered the most. The mosin nagant actually needed the bayonet for optimal accuracy. The least annoying mounting system was the "H lug" type used on the K98k/VZ24. The strongest mountings were also a mauser design, but used in WW2 on the springfield, garand, Schmidt rubins and lee enfields

The deadliest and most combat effective were the short-blade types and the cruciform type of bayonets (Mosin nagant and Lebel/berthier rifle)

The most impressive usage of the bayonets go to the greeks. As during the invasion of Greece by italy, a Greek soldier ran out of ammo, in wich an italian soldier appeared at less then 5 meters. As the italian soldier was taking aim, the greek threw his Mannlicher schoenauer rifle with bayonet like a spear, killing the italian.

(http://www.operatorchan.org/w/src/136191689340.jpg)

And the japanese? well they had the type 38 wich barely was affected accuracy wise with the bayonet attached. With the rifle and bayonet being over 1.6 meter long
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-06-2013, 18:06:11
Just to add my two cents, you can't take the "less than 1% noted in wounded" figure for bayonet useage in WW2.  The problem with it is in the notation, it is only describing the number of WOUNDED who were treated for bayonet wounds.  Bayonet combat tends to be do or die and the wounds from bayonets tend to cause death.  Thus it would be uncommon for men to be treated for bayonet injuries, as the vast majority are laying dead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-06-2013, 22:06:05
Don't contradict theta. Just nod politely, smile, and then walk away. Shaking head maybe.

laughed my ass off, but still don't get why Theta is always the victim of all jokes, i guess i make more mistakes than him

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/RIAN_archive_66145_Village_fighting.jpg)
A Soviet image of 'Village fighting'.

This picture looks so real as well, certainly no acting  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-06-2013, 22:06:19
Well, somebody has to keep the place alive  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-06-2013, 22:06:51
Was that a girl teaching a guy how to shoot a PPSH41! :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 04-06-2013, 00:06:26
Was that a girl teaching a guy how to shoot a PPSH41! :o
No look close, shes putting a bandage on, while the brave soldier continues to fight, with a bullet threw his shoulder.  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 04-06-2013, 01:06:35
It'd make a much better painting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-06-2013, 13:06:07
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/julesrachelschelvis.jpg)
Jules on his marriage day to Rachel in 1941. They were separated shortly after arriving at Sobibor, she was amongst the great majority who were murdered almost immediately.

Jules Schelvis, a Dutch Jew, had been put in a cattle wagon, along with the rest of his family, on the 1st June 1943. It was the fourteenth such transport that had left the Dutch transit camp of Westerbork. They had been told they were destined for ‘work in the east’. In fact almost all of the 34,313 Jews who were sent to Sobibor from Holland (around a third of the total deportations from Holland) were gassed shortly after arriving at the ‘camp’. A few hundred men and women were selected for forced labour, either in the ‘camp’ itself or nearby locations. Of this group only eighteen would survive the war. Jules Schelvis was one of them:

Quote
“The train, which departed from Westerbork on Tuesday 1 June, consisting of a long line of freight wagons, was carrying 3006 persons. There were sixty-two in my wagon, including my wife, and her family, plus one pram.
 
The journey took place under the most primitive conditions, lacking even basic provisions, such as straw to lie upon, or hooks to hang things from. Apart from two barrels, one filled with water, the others for our waste, the men from the Westerbork Orde Dienst (OD Order Service) had carried aboard a few bread parcels.
The sick were wheeled towards the wagons on trolleys. And all of this ostensibly to send us to police-supervised labour camps in Germany, which is how it was put on all the relevant forms. The commandant and his helpers stood by, watching the operation’s progress.
I have no recollections of any officials, in their well-polished shiny boots, concerning themselves with us at all. We had been entrusted to the care of the Jewish Council. Once everyone had clambered aboard, the sliding doors were barred on the outside. With all our luggage, we were packed like a tin of sardines, wondering how long we could endure this. There was hardly any room to stretch one’s legs, and only one small, barred window, which was unglazed, to let some fresh air in.
 
We left around half past ten. Only then did we begin to realise that the journey was going to end in some mysterious place. Perhaps Auschwitz, we had heard about Auschwitz. What was certain, however, was that our stamina was going to be severely tested. The train stopped countless times en route in order to let regular and military transports pass.
 
Sometimes we stopped for hours on end for no discernable reason. Throughout the entire journey, the doors were never opened once. We had to relieve ourselves in the little barrel, which soon caused a foul and unbearable stench. Having depleted the water from our own water bottles by the very first evening, we were parched with thirst.
 
The journey lasted for three long agonizing days, filled with despair and bickering. We went right across Germany via Bremen, Wittenberge, Berlin and Breslau and into Poland. In the morning of Friday 4 June we finally stopped at Chelm, close to what had once been the Russian border.

The journey had made us so weary that we were no longer interested in where we would end up. Only one question remained how to get out of this foul –smelling overloaded cattle wagon, and get some fresh air into our lungs. That Friday morning at around ten, after a seventy- two hour journey, we finally stopped in the vicinity of a camp. It turned out to be Sobibor.
 
The Jews of the Banhofskommando were very heavy-handed getting us off the train onto the platform. They let on they were Jewish by speaking Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Jews.
 
The SS men standing behind them were shouting “schneller, schneller,” faster –faster, and lashed out at people once they were lined up on the platform. Yet the first impression of the camp itself aroused no suspicion, because the barracks looked rather like little Tyrolean cottages, with their curtains and geraniums on the window sills.
 
But this was no time to dawdle. We made our way outside as quickly as possible. Rachel and I, and the rest of our family, fortunately had no difficulty in swiftly making our way onto the platform, which had been built up of sand and earth.

Behind us we could hear the agonised cries of those who could not get up quickly enough, as their legs had stiffened as a result of sitting in an awkward position for too long, severely affecting their circulation. But no one cared. One of the first things that occurred to me was how lucky we were to all be together, and that the secret of our destination would now finally be revealed. The events so far did not hold out much promise though, and we understood that this was only the beginning.

It was obvious we had arrived at our final destination: a place to work, as they had told us in Holland. A place where the many who had gone before us should now also be working. Our presence must be of quite some importance, why else would the Germans have bothered to bring us all the way here, travelling for three days and nights, covering a distance of two thousand kilometres?
 
Yet the Germans were using whips, lashing out at us and driving us on from behind. My father-in-law, walking beside me, was struck for no reason. He shrank back in pain only for a moment, not wanting anyone to see. Rachel and I firmly gripped each other’s hand, desperate not to get separated in this hellish situation. We were driven along a path lined with barbed wire towards some large barracks and dared not look round to see what was happening behind us.
 
We wondered what had happened to the baby in our wagon, and to the people unable to walk; and what about the sick and the handicapped? But we were given no time to dwell on these things, and, besides, we were too preoccupied with ourselves. “What shall I do with my gold watch?” Rachel said. “They will take it from me in a minute.” I replied, “Bury it, because it could be worth a lot of money later.”
 
As she was walking, she noticed a little hole in the sand, and quickly threw the watch down, using her foot to cover it up. “Remember,” she said, “where I’ve buried it. We can try digging it up later, when we have a little more time.”

Like cattle, we were herded through a shed that had doors on either side, both wide and open. We were ordered to throw down all our luggage and keep moving. Our bread and backpacks, with our name, date of birth and the word ‘Holland’ written on them, ended up on top of the huge piles, as did my guitar, which I had naively brought and carefully guarded all the way. Quickly glancing around, I saw how it ended up underneath more luggage. It dawned on me that there was worse to come. Robbed of everything we had once spent so much care and time in acquiring, we left the shed through the door opposite.
 
I was so taken aback and distracted by having had all our possessions taken from us, that although I had seen an SS man at some point, I never noticed, until it was too late, that the women had been sent in a different direction. Suddenly Rachel was no longer walking beside me. It happened so quickly that I had not even be able to kiss her or call out to her.  Trying to look around to see if I could spot her somewhere, an SS man snapped at me to look straight ahead and to keep my “Maul (gob) shut.”
 
Along with the men around me, I was driven on at a slightly slower pace to a point just an opening in a fence, where yet another SS man was posted. He looked the younger men up and down fleetingly, seeming to have no interest in the older ones. With a quick nudge of his whip, he motioned some of them to line up separately by the edge of the field.
 
Directly in front of me, my brother-in-law Ab, was directed to join this growing group. My father-in-law, David and Herman, my thirteen year old brother-in –law, were completely ignored. My father-in-law was too old, Herman too young. Glancing at me for just a moment, he let me pass as well. He needed to select only eighty healthy looking men.

Those who had not been selected had to move along into the field and sit down. That Friday, 4 June 1943, the Sobibor sun beat down on our heads. It was midday and very hot already. There we were, defenceless, powerless, exhausted, at the mercy of the Germans, and completely isolated from the rest of the world. No one could help us out here. The SS held us captive and were free to do as they pleased.
 
The rows of men out on the field were getting bigger as those from the other wagons joined us. While we were waiting, I had a little time to collect my thoughts. Our harsh treatment seemed to be in conflict with the image of the Tyrolean cottage-like barracks with their bright little curtains and geraniums on the window sills. They had such a friendly and calming effect on me after all the tensions of the preceding days. The camp had seemed devoid of any other people, apart from the Germans and the Jews who had ‘welcomed’ us on the platform.
 
As I sat there, I noticed a few Dutch prisoners had approached from the other side of the barbed wire fence and were trying to make contact with us. I recognised Moos van Kleef, the owner of the fish shop on the corner of the Weesperstraat. My arms gestured a question; how are things here, what can we expect? To assuage us, he yelled out to us, “that it was all right here, no reason to be concerned.” I heard him say. “We have a job here, everything is new, or has to be built.”
 
My mind was ticking over faster. I thought this must be the new camp for which they will require some sort of order service (police). That must be why they need those young men. My intuition told me I would want to be part of that group. Not so much for the order service, but to be with my brother-in-law, whom I could still see in the distance.

The field had become quite crowded and I had already come to terms with the idea of working in the camp when I saw the same SS man approaching. With his hands behind his back he ambled past the rows of men quite smugly, seeming quite pleased with himself. As he came closer, I suddenly remembered the order service.
 
He had almost passed when I jumped up and put up my hand, I asked permission to ask him a question. Glancing back at me quite affably, he hesitated briefly and then nodded his approval. I requested, in my best German, to join the other group. He stared into the distance tapping his whip against his boot a few times. He turned around and asked; “How old are you?”
I replied: “Twenty-two, Herr Offizier.” “Healthy?” “Jawohl, Herr Offizier.”
 
Not altogether disinterested, he searched me with his eyes for a moment, apparently lost in thought. Then nodding his head in the direction of the group he said “Na Los.” I quickly ran towards it. The young men, relieved at finally being able to release some of the tension built up over the past few days, were chatting to an almost amiable SS man there. To my joy, my best friend Leo de Vries was also among them.

The German looked surprise when I joined them, because he believed the eighty-strong group to be complete. A little incredulously he asked: “They sent you as well? So now we have eighty-one, one too many, because to my knowledge there should only be eighty.”
 
After standing around and exchanging thoughts for a while, we were cut off abruptly by the SS man, who suddenly in quite a different tone of voice, told us to shut up. He continued;
 
“My colleague has selected you to work at another camp not far from here. You will return to Sobibor every evening so you can meet and enjoy yourselves with your family and friends.”
 
Pointing towards the field, he carried on; “They are going to have a bath now. This is why the men have been separated from the women, because they obviously cannot bathe together. All the others who arrived today will stay here.” As he spoke, I also saw the SS man addressing the men out on the field, though I could not quite hear his exact words. Obviously they were being told to undress, because I saw them starting to take off their clothes.

By the time ‘our’ SS man had lined us up in rows of five, all those out on the field had already removed their shoes and vests. Urged on by his loud Eins –zwei- drei-vier cadence, he tried to get us to march smartly and in-step towards the camp exit. He could not imagine how miserable we were after being scrunched up for days inside the cattle wagons.
 
On our way to the train I must have passed the spot where Rachel had buried her watch. I could not remember it. But I thought I might remember again in a few hours time, when, on my return, I would be headed in the same direction as when we arrived. Two wagons and an engine stood ready for departure.
 
All traces of turmoil had been erased from the platform, as though it had never happened. The train arrived in Trawniki on the very same day, 4 June 1943.
 
The group had to walk the remaining five kilometres from there to Dorohucza.

Source: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 04-06-2013, 16:06:05
I live close to Westerbork. If you ever get in this area; worth a visit. A transfer camp but no less gruesome.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-06-2013, 17:06:49
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/47047_10200843529148520_1721394376_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 04-06-2013, 19:06:20
From my grandfathers "War Memories" Album
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"Mölders in France"

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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2GVkePRnADw/Ua4e8LMPcxI/AAAAAAAAJUg/tQdplJBYhmw/w1437-h1078-no/2013-06-04+18.11.18.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PFBGTFK45Nk/Ua4ewDOOD5I/AAAAAAAAJUY/WvnxqCN-DsM/w1437-h1078-no/2013-06-04+18.11.05.jpg)

open images in new tab for full size
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 04-06-2013, 19:06:49
That's awesome, mayhemic!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-06-2013, 02:06:06
nice pictures mayhemic!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99oq7cPP61qc0pn9o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 05-06-2013, 05:06:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Warsaw_Uprising_-_Kubu%C5%9B.jpg/460px-Warsaw_Uprising_-_Kubu%C5%9B.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 06-06-2013, 00:06:36
Is that some makeshift armored car from the warsaw uprising ?


Anyway, another page from my grandpas album. This is in a RAD camp around Gattendorf, near Vienna, in Austria, in early 1941.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fOahNSGkcIM/Ua-9Mj903lI/AAAAAAAAJYQ/jFt6HpbmlbY/w1437-h1078-no/2013-06-04+15.03.28.jpg)
"A snowman gets build"

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zwSea2lcQOw/Ua-9ZlGq9_I/AAAAAAAAJYY/JRZ3XDTL9fo/w1437-h1078-no/2013-06-04+15.03.51.jpg)
".. and release us from the Labour Service"  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-06-2013, 01:06:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/52784-4/Dl100Td2W_02)
German Air raid bunker

Herbert Werner had just returned from the sea where his U-boat had had a narrow escape from the attentions of the Royal Navy. He knew only too well that there had been a change in fortunes in the Battle of the Atlantic. More and more of his colleagues were failing to return from patrols.

Now he wanted to try to forget about the war. Once his leave started he made his way to Berlin as soon as he could, meeting up with his girlfriend was what he had dreamt of and what he wanted most:

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Emerging from the Anhalter Station, I was stopped in my tracks by the destruction. Broken glass, mortar, and rubble were strewn everywhere. And for the first time, Marianne was not at the station.

Intending to call on Marianne at her office, I boarded a streetcar bound for the center of the capital. That ride was appalling. Large sections of the city had almost been leveled by the saturation bombings, leaving rubble, dust, and a million tragedies. I felt as if the bottom were falling out of my world. I felt like running away and leaving the city on the next train.

But I eventually reached the spot where Marianne had worked—that is, where her seven-story ofce building had once stood. Only a few walls had remained. Bricks were piled up two stories high.

I turned away from the devastation, searched for and found the nearest subway stop, then took the express train to the suburb where Marianne lived with her parents. Leaving the station on foot, I saw here and there a home burned to the ground, an apartment house col- lapsed. It seemed that death and destruction were following me.

As I neared Marianne’s home, I braced myself against a reality I already sensed. Then I was standing before the heap of charcoal that had been the house. Its chimney poked into the air like a warning nger. Around it lay smashed bricks and blocks, black with soot; steel beams bent in the heat of the re; jumbled debris of all sorts. Then I saw the sign stuck in the rubble. Somebody had written in red: ALL MEMBERS OF THE HARDENBERG FAMILY ARE DEAD.

I read it two or three times before I turned away. I was unable to comprehend. Something acrid burned in my throat. I swallowed repeatedly. Then my heart suddenly hardened. At that moment all in me was dead — burned out like the homes. I was without emotion.

The next express carried me back home to Frankfurt. With Marianne’s death preying on my mind, I spent four aimless days in Frankfurt. I also spent one night in the cellar of our apartment house, listening to the screaming sirens and the bellowing of the flak, shaking to the tremors of the exploding bombs and looking into the serious stony faces of people who accepted the raid as a routine event.

When it was all over, the night was filled with the caustic stench of cordite, the moans of the wounded, and the bells of the fire brigades.

This was what the war had come to: that my Marianne was an air-raid victim, that my family had grown accustomed to living underground in fear of their lives. After that night, there was nothing left for me at home. I had to return to my boat and fight the war at sea to a successful end for the sake of those who remained at home in anguish and dread.
Source: Herbert A. Werner: Iron Coffins
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 06-06-2013, 01:06:31
Since you already mentioned the bombing of Frankfurt, after his RAD duty my Grandpa was stationed in Frankfurt at a Light Flak battery and later in Praque.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RBZhJsp0Vvo/Ua_HLi4LViI/AAAAAAAAJZQ/3Hij82wdFvk/w1437-h1078-no/2013-06-04+15.04.36.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jxCiWzt0xPA/Ua_G-W9EygI/AAAAAAAAJZI/YIMK3SCGMXk/w809-h1078-no/2013-06-04+15.04.48.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zwm2Rqr6w7c/Ua_Gv_JXBqI/AAAAAAAAJZA/ntMEABNYzx0/w1437-h1078-no/2013-06-04+18.08.10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 06-06-2013, 19:06:00
(http://www.skylighters.org/photos/photo1.jpg)

69 years...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 06-06-2013, 21:06:33
(http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/80/71380-004-B4724C34.jpg)


71 year
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-06-2013, 23:06:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Swedes_at_Soviet_tank.jpg)
Swedish volunteer at an abandonded soviet tank during the winter war

Notice the awesome swedish mauser carbine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Cory the Otter on 07-06-2013, 03:06:08
(http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/post_1138514.jpg)

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When she was hired in 1936, Bourke-White was the first female photojournalist at LIFE. She went on to become the first female war correspondent, and the first woman authorized to fly on a combat mission.

Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/49744/rare-full-color-photos-world-war-ii#ixzz2VUUWLC87

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-06-2013, 16:06:36
New German secret plane ...  ;)
(http://s11.postimg.org/ycaxo19wv/1370579562292.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ycaxo19wv/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-06-2013, 17:06:35
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7bz7AXGv-c8/Txo_cVJ5WfI/AAAAAAAAD3w/liWvIaKyPIA/s1600/A+cat+in+a+carrier+during+an+air+raid..jpg)
Shelter for cats for airraids (1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 07-06-2013, 18:06:48
New German secret plane ...  ;)
(http://s11.postimg.org/ycaxo19wv/1370579562292.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ycaxo19wv/)

Love the P47!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-06-2013, 03:06:11
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dB0eiDFyxkM/UPGVuqelsPI/AAAAAAAA5s4/L9qr1DUSgKY/s1600/German+soldier+PPsH-41+Stalingrad+ruins.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-06-2013, 06:06:29
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/151656e52829c1d1940d9fb30c3ff8ac/tumblr_mk0xuj721n1rxxacmo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-06-2013, 08:06:36
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7136/mardertankkohlenklauhel.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 08-06-2013, 12:06:50
Is this a drawing of Speedy Gonzales on that Marder?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-06-2013, 16:06:50
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6xacnlQKd1rubozqo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 09-06-2013, 04:06:18
Taking out a Hetzer:

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9519/2111m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 09-06-2013, 06:06:46
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7229/30786140.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 09-06-2013, 11:06:05
Taking out a Hetzer:

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9519/2111m.jpg)

He didn't do that. There is a hole in the side of the Hetzer big enough to stick your head through. Shaped charges, the sort of thing found on a bazooka, leaves a hole only as big as a coin (a quarter for us Americans and our Canadian friends). From this, we can deduce that the Hetzer has been knocked out by direct shellfire, not the bazooka.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 09-06-2013, 12:06:49
maybe it was hit after it was knocked out by a bazooka?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-06-2013, 13:06:04
maybe it was hit after it was knocked out by a bazooka?

It's just a set propaganda picture because a soldier up close with a bazooka is way cooler than a tank shooting from a kilometer away. The position the cameraman is in gives away that he's either completely nuts, or in already secured territory. He would be behind the soldier otherwise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-06-2013, 13:06:12
"its a german tank burning, therefor it is propaganda"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 09-06-2013, 13:06:46
"its an american photo, it cant be propaganda! freedom!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-06-2013, 13:06:21
Theta only uses his brain to calibrate the electrone microscope powerful enough to take pictures of his dick.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 09-06-2013, 13:06:39
As a matter of fact that foto is propaganda. You see how it´s set up. Nobody here is denying that the Hetzer got knocked out by something penetrating the side-armour. But it is a propaganda foto like so many else from any side.

Do you really think the Hetzer got knocked out by this guy and by coincidence someone made a foto of him running past the tank? What was the photographer doing in the middle of a field when there was a Hetzer only seconds ago? It´s staged.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-06-2013, 14:06:11
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/random-06_06_13-920-6.jpg?w=919&h=690)
No caption on this one, if someone would know details about it, feel free to post  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-06-2013, 14:06:59
guys i was joking

its obvious that this one is propaganda.

For example, its an open field. How on earth would that soldier got to that hetzer in the first place?
With the 360 commander periscope and remote controlled MG there is no way that that soldier would have been able to arrive at that hetzer safely. I dont see any bushes aswel for wich he could have used them as cover.

(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/random-06_06_13-920-6.jpg?w=919&h=690)
No caption on this one, if someone would know details about it, feel free to post  :)
Looks like a Kawanishi H8K flying boat. The second biggest of all flying boats in WW2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-06-2013, 00:06:37
(http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/155-hurting-tanker-self-esteem-c8382973-sz450x1024-animate.jpg?w=500&h=1138)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 10-06-2013, 05:06:34
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1071/54657984161.jpg)
Quote
ISU-152-1 (ISU-152BM with 152-mm gun BL-8/OBM-43), Chelyabinsk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 11-06-2013, 05:06:37
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6953/0434cd65f5d7aaorig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-06-2013, 15:06:19
guys i was joking

its obvious that this one is propaganda.

For example, its an open field. How on earth would that soldier got to that hetzer in the first place?
With the 360 commander periscope and remote controlled MG there is no way that that soldier would have been able to arrive at that hetzer safely. I dont see any bushes aswel for wich he could have used them as cover.

(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/random-06_06_13-920-6.jpg?w=919&h=690)
No caption on this one, if someone would know details about it, feel free to post  :)
Looks like a Kawanishi H8K flying boat. The second biggest of all flying boats in WW2
Which one was the biggest?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 11-06-2013, 15:06:57
Blohm & Voss 238

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-667-7142-24%2C_Flugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_238_V1.jpg)


Look at the size of that shit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-06-2013, 17:06:49
What a beast  8)

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/katyn-mass-grave.jpg)
German sentry overlooking one of the open mass graves with half buried bodies of murdered Polish officers. There were eight mass graves in total

Quote
In April of 1943 the Nazis had announced that they had found mass graves in former Soviet territory. They claimed that they contained the bodies of Polish officers who had been taken prisoner by the Soviet Army, in the 1939 invasion of eastern Poland. All the bodies showed signs of the distinctive NKVD method of execution – a bullet in the back of the neck.

Now the the Germans produced their final report following the exhumation of the bodies, and accompanying photographs. The evidence they presented was compelling. The problem was it was produced by the Nazis, and they pointed the finger at the Soviet regime.

For the moment the western Allies were in a difficult position. They knew where the truth lay and they knew from other examples that they were in alliance with a ruthless regime, led by Stalin. Yet they could hardly endorse the statements made by the Nazis. The controversy was to continue for years

too much to copy, so here's a link with more details for those who wanna read for some time: http://www.allworldwars.com/Katyn-Files.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 11-06-2013, 18:06:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Julien_Bryan_-_Life_-_50893.jpg)

A twelve-year-old Polish girl named Kazimiera Mika mourns the death of her older sister Anna, who was killed in a field in Warsaw during a German air raid. Anna and six other women, desperate for food, were digging for potatoes when Nazi planes strafed the field.
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In 1959, Bryan recalled the experience, “Several hours passed before Kazimiera learned that Anna was dead and her father and mother injured. She ran to the potato field where Anna was lying. Kazimiera recognized her sister by her dress. For the first time in her life, she understood what death meant, that it could take someone she loved. Sobbing in rebellion and grief, she clutched Anna’s hand. It was cold. And then she understood that all was lost. She was helpless. She did not wipe away the tears running down her cheeks; she cursed childishly the Germans and the war. In front of the pear tree a group of strangers had stopped. A motion picture camera was buzzing gently. One of the men approached Kazimiera. He stroked her hair, raised her from her knees. He was a foreigner. She did not understand what he said but she knew that his words were from his heart and that he wanted to comfort her.” He concludes, “Her story is the story of the people of Warsaw under siege, occupation, and the gray hardship of reconstruction.”

Photo by Julien Bryan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Bryan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 12-06-2013, 02:06:40
(http://media-cache-is0.pinimg.com/550x/cd/c3/f2/cdc3f210b741bc54f580de4695922835.jpg)
Two members of the British Free Corps, Kenneth Berry and Alfred Minchin April 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-06-2013, 04:06:49
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8yxYwiTs-Pk/UQXnxIgjshI/AAAAAAAA85g/tE5e-1HSkds/s1600/Grossdeutschland+cat+soldier+war+animal+mg+34+sdkfz+250.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 12-06-2013, 07:06:17
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3973/84159147.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-06-2013, 16:06:19
Ha! Why use the MG shield when you can just fire over it, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-06-2013, 17:06:20
Could just be he wanted a more comfortable position, or more visibility.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 12-06-2013, 19:06:11
Ha! Why use the MG shield when you can just fire over it, right?

I have seen this being done in lots of footage and photos of StuGs. As you can see from the above photo, there is a dedicated mount for the MG, so it's not just him doing it. The only things I can think of that would warrant doing this would be increased traverse range and improved visibility.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-06-2013, 23:06:49
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99om90sJS1qc0pn9o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 13-06-2013, 12:06:16
Ha! Why use the MG shield when you can just fire over it, right?

I have seen this being done in lots of footage and photos of StuGs. As you can see from the above photo, there is a dedicated mount for the MG, so it's not just him doing it. The only things I can think of that would warrant doing this would be increased traverse range and improved visibility.

Thats actually a clamp mount you could unscrew and place whereever you wanted. its prolly the same mount for the gunshield, just placed somewhere else.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-06-2013, 12:06:17
There is actually a fitting for a mounting clamp on the shield as well. Thus it must have been standardized already.

I mean, what is still an acceptable distance for that MG? 1000 meters? What is an acceptable distance for the 7,5cm on the Stug? 1000 meters? What is the max range of an average sniper rifle? 700 meters?

On some theatres of operation, there is little danger for the gunner to get shot at.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-06-2013, 15:06:04
(http://130.18.140.19/stennis/infamyspeech.jpg)
Roosevelt during his famous speech

On the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Secret Service realized they did not have a have a bulletproof car to transport President Roosevelt safely to Congress to deliver his Infamy Speech. A quick thinking Secret Service agent realized that the U.S. Treasury had seized the bulletproof limo of Al Capone in 1931.

The car was still in working condition and safely transported the president to Congress. President Roosevelt reportedly quipped, “I hope Mr. Capone won’t mind.”
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: x4fun ODIUM on 13-06-2013, 22:06:38
Machine gunner protective firing shield: You're doing it wrong!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-06-2013, 22:06:24
Machine gunner protective firing shield: You're doing it wrong!

Protection doesn't work when you can't aim at your target because of the shield limiting traverse.  There is obviously a reason the loader is firing the MG that way, he's not an idiot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 13-06-2013, 22:06:34
Machine gunner protective firing shield: You're doing it wrong!

Protection doesn't work when you can't aim at your target because of the shield limiting traverse.  There is obviously a reason the loader is firing the MG that way, he's not an idiot.
Well to be honest, you never met him so you can't really say that. Who knows what an oaf he was.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 14-06-2013, 18:06:04
There is
I mean, what is still an acceptable distance for that MG? 1000 meters? What is an acceptable distance for the 7,5cm on the Stug? 1000 meters? What is the max range of an average sniper rifle? 700 meters?


Don't make up ranges that can be readily looked up. The most numerous gun on the StuG had a direct fire range of 1800 meters. Furthermore, MGs have the same accuracy as rifles, seeing as how they use the EXACT same ammunition. Engagement range for both would be less than 1000 meters.

PS
Rifle rounds can kill if they hit something even at 1600 meters, it's just really hard to hit stuff that far away without a tripod mount.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-06-2013, 23:06:26
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pi3eciHbojU/Txo_dYMMnFI/AAAAAAAAD4A/ZN4KNouIcEw/s1600/A+demonstration+of+the+proper+way+to+keep+dogs+safe+during+an+air+raid.jpg)
A demonstration of the proper way to keep dogs safe in an air raid-- typing them to the sturdiest objects available and providing water. probably 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 15-06-2013, 10:06:58
(http://imageshack.us/a/img46/539/ahzc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-06-2013, 13:06:29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Churchill_ARKs_in_Italy_April_1945_IWM_NA_23920.jpg/608px-Churchill_ARKs_in_Italy_April_1945_IWM_NA_23920.jpg)
Quote from: wiki
A Churchill tank of the North Irish Horse crossing the Senio in Italy on two stacked Churchill ARKs, Italy April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-06-2013, 14:06:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Churchill_ARKs_in_Italy_April_1945_IWM_NA_23920.jpg/608px-Churchill_ARKs_in_Italy_April_1945_IWM_NA_23920.jpg)

That's so cool. But how on earth are they going to get the bottom one out again?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-06-2013, 14:06:10
They're good climbers, and if necesary, maybe some extra pulling with a cable?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-06-2013, 14:06:23
You would be quite amazed how well a churchill tank could climb itself out of trouble

Also they had Churchill AVRES wich could place bushels of wood to aid in climbing a hill
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 15-06-2013, 15:06:32
^ Yo dawg, we herd you like Churchills...  ;D

(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2588/42y6.jpg)

Quote
Western Desert, North Africa. 29 November 1941. One of the American Boeing Flying Fortress bomber aircraft, code no. WP, serial no. AN532, operating in the Middle East campaign on the ground. These giant Boeing four-engined bombers carry a bomb load of 8,000 lbs over 2,000 miles and are capable of climbing to 41,000 feet. The comment of an RAF pilot flying a Fortress was 'she had no vices'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 15-06-2013, 16:06:39
You would be quite amazed how well a churchill tank could climb itself out of trouble

Also they had Churchill AVRES wich could place bushels of wood to aid in climbing a hill

then why did they needed a bridge in the first place?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-06-2013, 16:06:49
You would be quite amazed how well a churchill tank could climb itself out of trouble

Also they had Churchill AVRES wich could place bushels of wood to aid in climbing a hill

then why did they needed a bridge in the first place?

The british army also used different models of tanks and even wheeled vehicles that could not drive over that type of obstacle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 15-06-2013, 17:06:21
Quote
Churchill, on
Churchill, on
Churchill.

Holy... Theta's wet dream ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 15-06-2013, 19:06:24
Quote
Churchill, on
Churchill, on
Churchill.

Holy... Theta's wet dream ;D

(http://static1.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/4424402+_682d709ffe90dbfc707472cc2944ae6f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-06-2013, 01:06:13
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/choose-weapon-06_13_13-920-18.jpg?w=919&h=613)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 16-06-2013, 03:06:39
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=23517)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 16-06-2013, 07:06:10
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6634/eor1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 16-06-2013, 07:06:20
That shot is in a book I have. dat thousand yard stare.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 16-06-2013, 10:06:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-696-0426-15%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_Raketenwerfer-Einsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 16-06-2013, 15:06:40
(http://www.grovepublishers.com/uploads/4/7/4/8/4748208/4173841_orig.jpg)

German saboteurs led by Lieutenant Dr Hans-Albrecht Herzner of Abwehrstelle Breslau. Part of Construction Training Company 800 for Special Duties later known as Brandenburgers after their attack on Mosty (Poland) before the beggining of the September campaign.

More info about the incident here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab%C5%82onk%C3%B3w_Incident
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 16-06-2013, 16:06:36
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/965019_186585831500097_2100476719_o.jpg)

what plane is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 16-06-2013, 16:06:23
S.79 Sparviero, I think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-06-2013, 16:06:10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_S.M.79_Sparviero

I think
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-06-2013, 16:06:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Liberty_Steak_Cartoon.JPG)
Hamburgers were redubbed “Liberty Steaks” in order to avoid the German-sounding name.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-06-2013, 23:06:00
(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Beachhd_Btlefrnt/Photos/203.jpg)

240mm M1 howitzer, the most powerfull field artillery employed by the americans. Capable of hurling a 160KG shell up to 23km. During the korean war, 12 of these howitzers were brought to action again, and in may 1953, they fired there first shots. The first shot was supposed to be a ceremonial round but it struck an ammo depot, wich blew a huge part of the hill up.

250 of these are employed by Taiwan for a possible invasion by China.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 17-06-2013, 00:06:01
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Liberty_Steak_Cartoon.JPG)
Hamburgers were redubbed “Liberty Steaks” in order to avoid the German-sounding name.

Along with sauerkraut = liberty cabbage, French fries = Freedom fries etc. at various points in the United States' ridiculous history.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 17-06-2013, 01:06:04
(http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/6o/gd_imagesia-com_6o4n_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-06-2013, 10:06:52
(http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/6o/gd_imagesia-com_6o4n_large.jpg)
OMG he is cheating by using transparent skin with visible modules  ;D


(http://s21.postimg.org/koye2vvw3/Panzerwrecks_03_German_Armour_1944_45_65.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/koye2vvw3/)
Probably the most mysterious picture what was put here  ;D
I have favor to ask ... do anyone have better quality scan of that page ? Because I think to make a model of that Tiger I but looks , I must buy a two models to create this one  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-06-2013, 12:06:41
If you want more details of it, watch that movie or do some searching about Sennelager

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6404/captura1hh.jpg)
Machine-guns captured from the Soviet troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 17-06-2013, 16:06:36
Unfortunately , movie is bad qualify and nothing more you can find about that Tiger ... so I still begging  ;)  about better scan of that page  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 17-06-2013, 18:06:02
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1000178_612721165413898_843070659_n.jpg)

Bambi - the real story! Somewhere in USSR.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-06-2013, 22:06:18
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3063/shipbunkerhill2.jpg)
Carrier USS Bunker Hill burning after first kamikaze, off Okinawa, Japan, 11 May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 18-06-2013, 23:06:05
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/998741_603324573020056_112055325_n.jpg)

New Zealander smoking pipe. North Africa, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-06-2013, 10:06:24
So ... still no help ?  :-\

(http://s17.postimg.org/6u9ixn7of/1369996851085.jpg)
43M Lehel A/S , Hungarian APC on Nimrod chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-06-2013, 12:06:45
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1968-034-19A_Exekution_von_polnischen_Geiseln.jpg)
Execution of Polish hostages by an SS-task force on 10.20.1939 in occupied Kórnik (during the German Nazi occupation of 1939-45).

Quote from: Hans Frank
In Prague, big red posters were put up on which one could read that seven Czechs had been shot today. I said to myself, ‘If I had to put up a poster for every seven Poles shot, the forests of Poland would not be sufficient to manufacture the paper.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 19-06-2013, 21:06:39
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/7188_527338483970117_1640973578_n.jpg)

German soldiers resting after the battle with insurgents. Warsaw (Uprising), August, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 20-06-2013, 15:06:38
Interesting photo of Tiger I with something unusual on his side ...
(http://s2.postimg.org/b556kisah/600_Tiger_I_Mystery_Mounts_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-06-2013, 17:06:07
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/wwii-propaganda-posters-500-74.jpg?w=500&h=642)
WW II propaganda
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 20-06-2013, 18:06:02
Because of the fuel shortage? Wow...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-06-2013, 00:06:55
Just couldn't stop laughing when i saw that poster, same counts for this one:
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/wwii-propaganda-posters-500-4.jpg?w=500&h=727)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 21-06-2013, 05:06:44
(http://lumiere.ens.fr/~alphapsy/blog/images/throw-like-a-girl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-06-2013, 10:06:16
(http://www.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/~phib/hellas/1940/caricature5.gif)

A pretty nice caricature
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 21-06-2013, 11:06:19
(http://www.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/~phib/hellas/1940/caricature5.gif)

A pretty nice caricature

And now I hear a tank shedding its armour.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 21-06-2013, 13:06:16
One of the proofs the superiority of soviet engineering  ;D
(http://s9.postimg.org/iaelxegzj/3_Af_Cjm_M.jpg)
Its no matter that gun fall from the turret with the mantlet , right after first shot ...  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-06-2013, 11:06:09
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J16840_Bau_eines_Flak-Turms.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-06-2013, 17:06:58
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6089/1ujx.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: :| Hi on 24-06-2013, 09:06:53
(http://i.imgur.com/8ysM917.jpg)

VMSB-241 SBDs over Midway
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-06-2013, 14:06:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0399-11%2C_Frankreich%2C_Panzertransport_mit_der_Eisenbahn.jpg)
Panther on the train to France, June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 24-06-2013, 17:06:09
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1009888_606872735998573_1618491851_n.jpg)

Soldiers of the Red Army attacking under smoke cover. USSR, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-06-2013, 19:06:59
(http://www.hnsa.org/ships/img/crijnssen3.jpg)
HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen
The Dutch Minesweeper who was the last ship left in the Dutch Indies after the loss of the Battle of Java Sea. The crew decided to disguise the ship as an island and try to sneak trough the japanese fleet and airpatrols to Australia. They only moved when the sun was down, during the day they would lay close to an island. They reached Australia succesfully and served there as a patrol ship for the rest of the war.
The ship has been saved and you can now visit it at the Naval Museum in Den Helder. A really nice museum that has very recently been renovated. It also has the command tower of the second most recent HNLMS Tromp ( or HNLMS De Ruyter, not sure since they are the same class), some pre-ww1 ships and a submarine.
(and many more museumstuff on the inside of accompanieing buildings)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-06-2013, 21:06:02
posted that one before years ago  ;D

still the most bad-ass ship of WW2

Like a spy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 26-06-2013, 01:06:23
Last bit of Dutch naval pride, getting unseen to Australia. Heh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 26-06-2013, 03:06:58
Last bit of Dutch naval pride, getting unseen to Australia. Heh.

Heh funny :) But still an incredibly badass example of innovation and seamanship.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-06-2013, 14:06:23
posted that one before years ago  ;D

still the most bad-ass ship of WW2

Like a spy

Searched it and yes, you posted it in 2010, sorry for the repost

I thought of it after i thought of an anecdote a veteran told me on the ship. When he was describing the mine sweeping he ended with "and after the bang, you would soon see all kinds of fish comming up. That was very fun because they tasted way better than the food we got on the ship normally, but by the third day we had to eat the fish, we really had enough of it. The worst thing that could than happen is that we encountered a new mine and had to eat again fish for some days. We once had to eat fish for weeks because we kept encountering mines every few days. The only good part was that the fish was fresh every few days"

Anyway, new day new picture  :)
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/U-203-Uboat-595x360.jpg)
An undated picture of U- 203. She was on her seventh war patrol in June 1942 and was to have a lucky escape when she was depth charged repeatedly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 29-06-2013, 12:06:57
(http://media-cache-ec4.pinimg.com/736x/73/59/98/7359982c2bfb621459595b4f6dd9dcba.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RonidLanis on 30-06-2013, 15:06:59
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1016086_618502491502432_1845450579_n.jpg)

Eastern Front, Germany, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-06-2013, 18:06:30
Totally unlucky Panther Ausf A ...
(http://s24.postimg.org/mxbfdsggh/1372492524597.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/mxbfdsggh/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-06-2013, 21:06:35
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-748-0088-02A_Russland_Panzer_III_und_Besatzung-595x385.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-07-2013, 17:07:56
Totally unlucky Panther Ausf A ...
(http://s24.postimg.org/mxbfdsggh/1372492524597.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/mxbfdsggh/)
500 meters, it was easy to penetrate the glacis but beyond that range, richochets happend alot
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-07-2013, 21:07:35
(http://www.today-everyday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/treblinka-1945.jpg)
Treblinka 1945
Quote from: Chil Rajchman: Treblinka
It was a hot day. Several staff members had returned to the camp who had gone on leave a fortnight earlier, though every one of these bandits receives twenty-four days of leave every six weeks because of their strenuous “work”. While on leave, they had dressed in civilian clothes and left their sacred uniforms in the camp. When they came back from their Erholung (recuperation) they were constantly in a bad mood.
We once overheard a conversation in which one of them told the other that the city he comes from was being bombed day and night and that there were many casualties from air raids. We also notice that the murderers, coming back from leave, don’t look good. It appears that the care they get at home is not as good as what they get in Treblinka. Here, in Treblinka, they can afford everything, since there is no lack of money. After all, every victim that arrives in Treblinka has managed to bring something with them.
It is a very difficult day today. S.S. Unterscharfuhrer Chanke — we call him “The Whip” because he is a specialist in beating — is in a bad mood. His comrade Unterscharfuhrer Loefer is no small sadist himself. He has terrifying eyes, and all of us are afraid that his glance will fall on us because in that case we are done for. Despite the fact that they are tired from their journey, they beat us mercilessly.
I remember a case in which two workers forgot themselves and placed the corpses of three small children on the litter instead of one adult corpse. Unterscharfuhrer Loefer detained them, raining blows down on them from his whip and screamed: — You dogs, why are you carrying trinkets? (“Trinkets” is what they called little children.)
The “trinket”-bearers had to run back and collect an adult corpse.
On such a hot day the Ukrainian henchmen feel very good. They work left and right with their whips. Mikolai and Ivan, who work as mechanics on the motor that sends the gas into the chambers and also work on the generator that provides electric lighting for Treblinka, feel happy and in splendid shape in such weather.
Ivan is about twenty years old and looks like a giant healthy horse. He is pleased when he has an opportunity to let off his energy on the workers. From time to time he feels the urge to take a sharp knife, detain a worker who is running past and cut off his ear. The blood spurts, the worker screams, but he must keep running with his litter. Ivan waits calmly until the worker runs back and orders him to put the litter down. He then tells him to strip and go over to the pit, where he shoots him.
Ivan once came over to the well where I and another dentist called Finkelstein were washing teeth. Ivan was carrying an auger. He ordered Finkelstein to lie down on the ground and drilled the iron tool into his buttocks. That was meant to be a joke. The wretched victim did not even scream, only groaned. Ivan laughed and shouted repeatedly: — Lie still, otherwise I’ll shoot you!

After the episode with Loefer, Finkelstein had to get up and go back to work. He was a healthy young man. At the first opportunity Dr Zimmermann took him into his room and washed and bandaged his wound. The wound healed; Finkelstein survived till the revolt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 03-07-2013, 09:07:00
(http://s18.postimg.org/qzrh9kbrd/sturmgeschutz.jpg)
Coming soon ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-07-2013, 21:07:45
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/USS-Wainwright.jpg)
The destroyer USS Wainwright DD419 refuelling from the cruiser HMS Norfolk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 05-07-2013, 17:07:32
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7998&stc=1&d=1149349507)


70 Years since Kursk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 05-07-2013, 18:07:10
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOMSNZTCAAIjSUF.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-07-2013, 03:07:28
(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1252/pzn02wm7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2013, 03:07:17
^^ Modified Panzer 1 with 20mm cannon, from Spanish Civil War.  Was an attempt to upgun it for facing T-26 tanks, but was unsatisfactory as a gap was left in the mantlet to aim through.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-07-2013, 05:07:03
Yeah, read about them in Osprey's book on Spanish Civil War tanks. To be fair, I reckon I'll take something with tank killing potential (however little) over something with none.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2013, 05:07:14
IIRC the Panzer 1's in Spain were issued with special AP ammo that could actually penetrate the early T-26 under 500m from side/rear.  The T-26's simply stopped rushing, and just stood off and knocked out the Pz1's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2013, 06:07:02
IIRC the Panzer 1's in Spain were issued with special AP ammo that could actually penetrate the early T-26 under 500m from side/rear.  The T-26's simply stopped rushing, and just stood off and knocked out the Pz1's.

Would they have continued to have been issued such ammo after Spain? If so, do you happen to have the penetration figures?

Photo because I aint no buster.

This is a bunker.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img16/3701/0vq1.jpg)
See?
(http://imageshack.us/a/img818/7581/zqp7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-07-2013, 07:07:18
Kading, are you recycling my pictures?

That bunker is a few km from where i live.

It was a neat idea, chimneys where observation posts, windows machine gun and AT-gun ports.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2013, 08:07:51
Kading, are you recycling my pictures?

That bunker is a few km from where i live.

It was a neat idea, chimneys where observation posts, windows machine gun and AT-gun ports.

If I did, it was from YEARS ago.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-07-2013, 08:07:21
Almost 4 years ago.

Why do i remember this but not what i ate last Wednesday for dinner?

Well camouflaged MG and AT bunker guarding a tram line. From the first defensive line around Ghent (but located in Oosterzele), Belgium as it was in 1940. It was armed with a Maxim machinegun and a 47mm AT gun.
(http://www.bunkergordel.be/images/foto's%20alle%20bunkertjes%20voor%20fiches/A-linie/A32-32e%20foto%20bunker%20A32%20getrokken%20in%20mei%201940.jpg)

The blueprints of the bunker.
(http://www.bunkergordel.be/images/originele%20plannen%20bunkers/A32-DO2-Oosterzele.JPG)

And the bunker in 2006.
(http://www.bunkergordel.be/images/foto's%20alle%20bunkertjes%20voor%20fiches/A-linie/A32-01a%20foto%20zoals%20bunker%20er%20heden%20uitziet.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 06-07-2013, 11:07:53
@ Kading: the Panzer I with the Breda could slice through 40mm of armor at around 250mm, dropping to 30mm at 500m. As far as I know that is with special ammo. Enemy T-26s and BT-5s would not have more than 16mm of armor and 13mm respectively.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-07-2013, 15:07:46
@ Kading: the Panzer I with the Breda could slice through 40mm of armor at around 250mm, dropping to 30mm at 500m. As far as I know that is with special ammo. Enemy T-26s and BT-5s would not have more than 16mm of armor and 13mm respectively.
But the T26 was still more effective in the long run, as the 45mm gun was deadly vs infantry and defensive positions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 06-07-2013, 15:07:44
@ Kading: the Panzer I with the Breda could slice through 40mm of armor at around 250mm, dropping to 30mm at 500m. As far as I know that is with special ammo. Enemy T-26s and BT-5s would not have more than 16mm of armor and 13mm respectively.

I am talking about the stock Pz. I with the twin MG-13s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-07-2013, 19:07:40
IIRC they stopped issuing it due to ineffectiveness and general belief that the Panzer 1 would not be used in combat in the big war that was supposed to happen in 1944 :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 07-07-2013, 01:07:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/YapbThumbnailer.php?post_id=119062&w=800&h=800&q=95)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 07-07-2013, 10:07:34
Russian front, 1943

(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/5381/06kv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 08-07-2013, 14:07:45
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9826/w010.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 09-07-2013, 13:07:23
(http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5972/lssah26iw.jpg)


The man on the left, is he holding a scoped Mauser, seems to me like it's the ZF41 scope
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 09-07-2013, 13:07:58
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/384/marinea.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-07-2013, 18:07:24
soma damn nice pictures you guys posted the past days
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-Anh.024-03_Peenem%C3%BCnde_Dornberger_Olbricht_Leeb_v._Braun-595x422.jpg)
The German missile testing site at Peenemunde: left to right: Colonel Walter Dornberger, General Friedrich Olbricht (with Knight’s Cross), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, in civilian clothes Wernher von Braun, spring 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 10-07-2013, 01:07:55
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9826/w010.jpg)

feels wierd to use the same weapon now that was made in 1921 and havent changed a bit since then..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 10-07-2013, 01:07:26
If it works, don't fix it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-07-2013, 21:07:00
So many attempts were made to replace the .50CAL. The XM312 and XM806. Both of these costed a ton. And only weight reduction was the advantage they had over the M2.
The M2 is just to battle proven..Expect it to see in 20 years
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 10-07-2013, 22:07:09
Why would they want to replace it? Does it have any obvious faults? Unless it does, replacing it for the sake of replacing it seems like a waste of money and time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-07-2013, 23:07:26
With todays standard it can be lighter, have better accuracy, easier handling and a better ROF I guess. But if you have a budget like the US you got to spend it on something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-07-2013, 23:07:25
Why would they want to replace it? Does it have any obvious faults? Unless it does, replacing it for the sake of replacing it seems like a waste of money and time.

For one thing it's heavy as hell, which means it can only be mounted on vehicles or be used in static defenses. A version that would weigh a lot less could be used by infantry for mobile heavy fire support without having to risk a vehicle.

Other than that, no real need. Like Fuchs said it could be improved a bit but nothing really worthy of a completely new design. Especially because you'd have to replace like a million of them by now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 11-07-2013, 05:07:02
 Plus it is best looking heavy MG in the world


(http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/valokuvat/fiatg50-07.jpg)

Fiat G-50 in Finnish service
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 11-07-2013, 08:07:18
DShK looks as good in my opinion. The cooling coils look a bit like I would imagine a railgun.

(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/49/12_7-mm_stankovyi_pulemet_dshk_obraztsa_1938_goda.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 11-07-2013, 13:07:08
Plus it is best looking heavy MG in the world


(http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/valokuvat/fiatg50-07.jpg)

Fiat G-50 in Finnish service
I LOVE Fiats! :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: DaWorg! on 11-07-2013, 21:07:19
Here, have some more

(http://www.wwiivehicles.com/italy/aircraft/fighter/fiat-g.55-centauro-fighter/fiat-g-55-centauro-fighter-02.png)

Fiat G.55 of what i believe is Italian air force flying with Allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zeno on 11-07-2013, 22:07:46
For one thing it's heavy as hell, which means it can only be mounted on vehicles or be used in static defenses.

i bet you different..

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1009755_10151465043741574_1262802021_n.jpg)

super serial Norwegian defence prototype

.. and yes, you fire in doggystyle (actually battle tested)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 12-07-2013, 13:07:35
Isn't this much too loud for the guy playing the tripod?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Corvax on 12-07-2013, 14:07:33
No way that gets fired from his back. The recoil force would break his spine and leave him paralized. The 50 cal has an insane recould, even when fired formt he 3 leg tripod. We had it on the ground, and the recoil was so heavy that the rear leg actually sunk into the ground like 5-6 cm and we had to dig it out again. Also it really is heavy as fuck. A single man cant lift it with the barrel inside. You always take out the barrel, and even then its isnanely heavy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 12-07-2013, 19:07:07
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Irish_Army_Rolls-Royce_Armoured_Car_Co._Cork_1941.jpg)
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Irish Rolls-Royce armoured car, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 12-07-2013, 20:07:33
(http://imageshack.us/a/img836/461/lttd.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-07-2013, 01:07:00
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/redkin_frolchenko_1943.3xz5wnu8um0wgc0wooosks8so.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th_.jpeg)
A scout of the 325th “Dvina” Infantry Division, Guard Sergeant Alexey Frolchenko (1905-1967), who was awarded the Order of the Red Star for his action at the Battle of Kursk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 13-07-2013, 06:07:55
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Pz4-inside.jpg)
Pz4 inside
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 14-07-2013, 02:07:22
(http://imageshack.us/a/img27/8586/dl6g.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-07-2013, 10:07:15
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Waco-glider.jpg)
Planning and Preparations for the parachute assault on the Primasole Bridge: January – July 1943: A jeep is loaded onto an American WACO CG-4A glider.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 14-07-2013, 10:07:10
Born2Kill 007, are those the ones from CoH (if you played it)? The ones in CoH look about the same but are much bigger I think.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-07-2013, 11:07:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/714912-2/t33+flamethrower)

T33 flamethrower tank. It had an improved flamethrower over the M4 zippo with twice the range, while retaining the 75mm gun. It was also built on the Sherman jumbo chassis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-07-2013, 12:07:01
Born2Kill 007, are those the ones from CoH (if you played it)? The ones in CoH look about the same but are much bigger I think.
nope i get them from a website that daily highlights what happened during WW2 that day. I read the articles from that day and usually then take the picture i like most to share here with you all. Mostly if i give a long story with that picture, it also comes from there or the source they use to write it themselves. I do this if i think the story is way too nice to not pass it on.
http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 14-07-2013, 13:07:54

T33 flamethrower tank. It had an improved flamethrower over the M4 zippo with twice the range, while retaining the 75mm gun. It was also built on the Sherman jumbo chassis


Okay now just add the 76mm gun to that and bring it ingame. You got the absolute horror for every German anywhere :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-07-2013, 17:07:39
Born2Kill 007, are those the ones from CoH (if you played it)? The ones in CoH look about the same but are much bigger I think.

They're the same vehicle as far as I know, CoH just modeled them way too big like they did with pretty much all vehicles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-07-2013, 17:07:35
oh sorry, got the question wrong, i thought u meant if the pictures came from the game. Well, i never played CoH so no idea, i'll believe Sander on his word.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 14-07-2013, 20:07:36
(http://imageshack.us/a/img845/8756/d33t.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-07-2013, 02:07:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Irish_Army_Rolls-Royce_Armoured_Car_Co._Cork_1941.jpg)
Quote
Irish Rolls-Royce armoured car, 1941
Our uniforms were really pretty Nazi looking for a while
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-07-2013, 03:07:42
Our uniforms were really pretty Nazi looking for a while

I honestly was just about to ask what an Irish armored car was doing with a German soldier in 1941, before I saw that sentence.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 15-07-2013, 11:07:04
Dont blame me, thats what the caption said.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-07-2013, 17:07:13
Dont blame me, thats what the caption said.
No the caption is correct, the government was very Anglophobic and so based the uniforms on German examples.  They quickly changed to more British-based uniforms when it turned out that the German style was very unpopular. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 15-07-2013, 22:07:50
(http://imageshack.us/a/img11/4428/afva.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 16-07-2013, 00:07:06
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1569_205184099651023_1558698503_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 16-07-2013, 00:07:17
Grand-father of John Rambo?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-07-2013, 23:07:25
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/German-Grenadiers-on-Sturmgesch%C3%BCtz-595x397.jpg)
"German Grenadiers on a ‘Sturmgeschütz’ assault gun."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-07-2013, 00:07:02
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/German-Grenadiers-on-Sturmgesch%C3%BCtz-595x397.jpg)
"German Grenadiers on a ‘Sturmgeschütz’ assault gun."

Probably not the case here, but in 1944 the Germans introduced the "Begleitgrenadier" concept. Basically StuG batteries were to receice an infantry component. These grenadiers rode on the StuGs and defended them in close combat. They were among the first units to receive StG44s.

http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kstn4481dez44.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-07-2013, 06:07:35
(http://imageshack.us/a/img607/8685/rt6.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-07-2013, 21:07:34
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/submarines-at-Malta-595x443.jpg)
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At the Malta submarine base within HMS TALBOT, three submarines: HMS UNITED (left) and HMS UNISON (right). Bows of HMS UNSEEN in the foreground.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-07-2013, 01:07:22
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1072686_642324299112603_1393431383_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 19-07-2013, 14:07:12
Do I can hoping to see some French beutepanzers in game ?  8)
(http://s16.postimg.org/ax4or1zxx/Melun_Tank_allemand_d_truit_Ao_t_1944_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-07-2013, 17:07:22
(http://i.imgur.com/Pt59trx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-07-2013, 11:07:26
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Spitfire-XII-595x462.jpg)
Spitfire F Mark XII, MB882 ‘EB-B’, of No. 41 Squadron RAF based at Friston, Sussex, in flight over Eastbourne.
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/
Back in Britain the main offensive operations were being conducted by RAF Bomber Command which was mounting ever more damaging raids on Germany. RAF Fighter Command still had the responsibility of defending the country from the intermittent raids of the Luftwaffe. But ever since the Battle of Britain it had sustained an offensive campaign using fighters to probe the defences of occupied Europe.
The Spitfire had recently reached the Mk XII stage of development, the new Griffon engine replaced the famous Merlins and the wings were clipped to improve manoeuvrability. It was a much more powerful and agile aircraft. So much so that the first squadrons to be equipped with it were forbidden to fly over occupied Europe until they were thoroughly familiarised with it. It was intended to be a surprise for the Luftwaffe.
Peter Graham’s No 41 Squadron finally moved to Westhampnett in June 1943. Soon after they began making raids over over France – either ‘sweeps’ involving the whole squadron, or ‘rhubarbs’ when a pair of aircraft would go out on a roving patrol. It was the beginning of a a campaign to seize air superiority from the Germans in the approach to a landing in Europe:
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Joe Birbeck and I had ranged around for about twenty minutes over France and had hit nothing more important than a defenceless water tower. It was time to go home; so we headed north leaving France close to St Valery, hedge—hopping, as we had been for most of the time. The theory of course was that no anti-aircraft gunner would be able to react swiftly enough to hit us.
On this occasion it didn’t turn out that way: as we crossed the coast there was an almighty bang and everything changed. After the roar and racket of the past quarter of an hour there was suddenly total silence. There was glass everywhere except in the instrument panel where it belonged. My right arm wouldn’t obey my commands but hung loose at my side. Almost every dial, indicator and gauge in front of me had gone haywire. Not a squeak from the radio; not a murmur from the engine; no wind noise; total silence; and around me total chaos. I was stone deaf.
I didn’t consciously count my blessings at that moment but they were many and marvellous. For a start I was still in the air, not the sea; the engine was obviously still running and all the controls were working. It was simple enough to fly one—handed, for both my feet were OK. I was to discover later that had the shell that hit me entered one inch higher or lower it would have severed some of the vital cables leading to the rudder and elevators. Most vital of all to my mind after the explosion was that there was Joe just ahead and to my right, obviously OK and able to lead me home. The one instrument that was working properly was the air speed indicator.
I’d received a direct hit by a forty—millimetre anti-aircraft shell that exploded on the armour plate behind my head. Two or three inches further forward and it would have blown my head off. Now I was flying fairly comfortably just keeping formation with my Number One until we got back to Westhampnett.
I’ve never checked it out but have the impression that he was quite unaware of the extent of my trouble. He landed first and I circled the aireld and could see no sign of crash wagon or ambulance below. I was a bit bothered by this as I didn’t know how I’d get the undercarriage down or whether I’d know if it was down and locked. I didn’t fancy doing a wheels-up landing but probably I should have at least seriously considered it or alternatively flown across to Tangmere to make my touch-down on a really big station with all the facilities.
In the end I flew over my airfield a couple of times, waggling my wings. I then climbed to about three thousand feet in order to execute the quite difficult manoeuvre of lowering the undercarriage with my left hand. That wasn’t easy because the control lever was situated at floor level on the right hand side of the seat. To do this I had to leave the aircraft to fly itself while I contorted myself and finally managed to grab and operate the control.
Now how, I wondered, was I to get down in the space available without the use of brakes? I experimented in the air to see if I could work the brake lever with my left hand; I could not. In the Spitfire the control in question was a lever tucked into the right-hand-side of the hoop that topped the joystick. The trick then obviously was to come in over the boundary hedge so low that I could touch down almost at once and then cut the engine.
It was now that I greatly appreciated the fact that I’d still got a functioning air speed indicator; thus I could cross the hedge just above stalling speed and touch down as planned. In fact the landing seemed so good that I didn’t cut the engine. My Spit behaved superbly, stopping just short of the further hedge. I turned and started taxiing towards our dispersal area.
Suddenly I realised with enormous relief that I was hearing perfectly well. I suppose sound had been returning gradually over the last ten minutes or so. Then I glanced down at my limp right arm and received a shock. Blood was welling out over the top of my flying gauntlet. At the same moment someone was getting the canopy hood off and I yelled ‘Get the blood wagon’ and promptly fainted.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 20-07-2013, 20:07:10
(http://www.gdw-berlin.de/uploads/tx_gdwbiografien/7718.jpg)
Georg Alexander Hansen.
He played a important role in planning the 20 july 1944 Assassination attempt on Hitler.

While wiki just mentions that he was executed by hanging, my local newspaper today had a report about him and his family, which still lives near by, detailing that he was actually slowly lifted by a thin wire that was put around his neck. It took about 30 minutes for him to die, with the wire cut deep into the flesh by then.

Somehow even more horrible, a quote from wikipedia:
Quote
The hostility towards the family continued even after the end of the war. Hansen's widow waged a year-long fight against the Federal Republic of Germany in the courts to obtain a pension as a war widow. But the courts denied her because her husband had been dishonorably discharged from the Wehrmacht.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 20-07-2013, 20:07:50
denazification after 1945 in Germany? Forget about it... sad, but true.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 20-07-2013, 21:07:24
Indeed. They either clean it completely and have only newbies in high position or they keep the trash so that the economy does not crash.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chadoi on 20-07-2013, 21:07:44
For a more positive post-war, post-'Nazification' story:

(http://static.anygator.com.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/static-anygator2/thumbs/uk/34/3486af76277a60cbf88497d451aaa9eeb0d4a4ee/big.jpg)

You can read his story here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/19/bert-trautmann
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-07-2013, 13:07:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/WilmHosenfield.jpg/444px-WilmHosenfield.jpg)
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Quote from: wikipedia
Hosenfeld was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939 and stationed in Poland from mid-September 1939 until his capture by the Soviet Army on 17 January 1945. His first destination was Pabianice, where he was involved in the building and running of a POW camp. Next he was stationed in Wegrów in December 1939, where he remained until his battalion was moved another 30 km away to Jadów at the end of May 1940. He was finally transferred to Warsaw in July 1940, where he spent the rest of the war, for the most part attached to Wach-Bataillon (guard battalion) 660, part of the Wach-Regiment Warschau, where he served as a staff officer as well as the battalion sports officer.[1]
Although a member of the Nazi Party since 1935, Hosenfeld grew disillusioned with the party and Nazi policies as time passed and, especially as he saw how Poles, and later on Jews, were treated. He and several fellow German Army officers felt sympathy for all peoples of occupied Poland. Ashamed of what some of their countrymen were doing, they offered help to those they could whenever possible.
Hosenfeld befriended numerous Poles and even made an effort to learn their language. He also attended Holy Mass (Latin rite), received Holy Communion, and went to confession in Polish churches, even though this was forbidden by official Nazi decree. His actions on behalf of Poles began as early as autumn 1939 when he allowed, against regulations, Polish POWs access to their families and even pushed (successfully) for the early release of at least one.[2] During his time in Warsaw, he used his position to give refuge to people, regardless of their background (he gave refuge to at least one politically persecuted anti-Nazi ethnic German as well), who were in danger of persecution—even arrest by the Gestapo, sometimes by getting them the requisite papers and jobs at the sports stadium that was under his oversight.[3]
Hosenfeld was captured by the Soviets at Błonie, a small Polish city about 30 km west of Warsaw, with the men of a Wehrmacht company he was leading.
He was sentenced to 25 years hard labor[4] for alleged war crimes simply on account of his unit affiliation and was tortured by the Soviet secret services, as they believed Hosenfeld had been active in the German Abwehr or even the Sicherheitsdienst.
Despite the Polish and Jewish citizens who filed petitions on his behalf, the Soviets refused to believe that he had not been involved in war crimes. He died in Soviet captivity on 13 August 1952, shortly before 10:00 in the evening, from rupture of the thoracic aorta, possibly sustained during torture.
for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilm_Hosenfeld

New day new picture:
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J10852_Ausl%C3%A4ndische_Arbeiter_im_III._Reich.jpg)
Women moving to germany to work
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-07-2013, 00:07:49
(http://i.imgur.com/3dO9QVk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-07-2013, 18:07:20
(http://imageshack.us/a/img829/8228/4qj6.png)
This one particular photo has always been a mystery to me...
I can't even be sure those are Soviet soldiers or armed civilians, those are SSh-36 helmets. This comes from a camera that was in the hands of a German, maybe he confiscated it. But if these are prisoners why are they armed? And somebody suggested a long time ago that the rifle bolts could have been removed. Maybe they fought for the Germans? I don't know...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-07-2013, 19:07:30
Maybe the German was a prisoner?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 23-07-2013, 19:07:53
I remember once seeing a WW1 photo of some British prisoners with Germans around, but one of the Brits still had his Lewis MG, and a mag attached.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-07-2013, 21:07:05
Or it was taken in 1939/40 on their border....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 23-07-2013, 23:07:15
Or it was taken in 1939/40 on their border....

That would explain the helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-07-2013, 15:07:21
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Mussolini-595x502.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/
Mussolini in Tripoli during a visit to Libya. He is pictured on horseback brandishing the “Sword of Islam” which was presented to him by an Arab delegation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-07-2013, 17:07:02
Well that's pretty cool.  What powers does the sword have?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-07-2013, 17:07:38
+1 Stab, +4 Slash and the special effect called "Arab Strength" which gives a temporary 20% Power boost to all units within 25 meters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 25-07-2013, 17:07:51
Propaganda, anti-Semitism, pro-Islamism, nationalism, to name a few.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img19/1788/ijkt.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-07-2013, 19:07:28
+1 Stab, +4 Slash and the special effect called "Arab Strength" which gives a temporary 20% Power boost to all units within 25 meters.
That's pretty good but I was hoping for at least one laser-beam style attack. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-07-2013, 21:07:53
Benito didn't buy the DLC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-07-2013, 22:07:33
Well he's never gonna conquer Africa and Greece with only passive buffs!

(http://i.imgur.com/vNRAK3K.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-07-2013, 00:07:31
Well that's pretty cool.  What powers does the sword have?

Well, all I know is that the man who reached for the sword died by the sword later. Literally.

Lets draw the bow to...

(http://oi41.tinypic.com/166kqhu.jpg)
Otto Skorzeny, Budapest, autumn 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 26-07-2013, 00:07:26
Mussolini didn't literally die by the sword, he died by MAS38.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-07-2013, 13:07:39
(http://s23.postimg.org/g9r4zjpob/288_Stu_G3.jpg)
StuG III Ausf D trop , captured after battle of Ghazala (missing in FH2  ;) )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2013, 01:07:56
(http://oi40.tinypic.com/1zyc8xy.jpg)
Hamburg, Juli 24th, 1943. It was the beginning of Operation Gomorrha, the bombing took 10 days until August 5th.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 27-07-2013, 16:07:15
(http://i.imgur.com/3mNk8l8.jpg)
Blue Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-07-2013, 20:07:20
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_OftfTGLZcg/T6HOQxiLeGI/AAAAAAAAEMM/QGN-Kd042Bc/s640/WW2-Sikh_soldiers_manning_a_tank_in_libiya.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-07-2013, 23:07:14
Well that's pretty cool.  What powers does the sword have?
Charisma +1, speech +10, + 15% criticals against jews, perception -1


(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/B-17Es_at_Boeing_Plant_Seattle_Washington_1943.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/28th-july-1942-the-usaaf-arrive-in-britain
Boeing B-17Es under construction. This is the first released wartime production photograph of Flying Fortress heavy bombers at one of the Boeing plants, at Seattle, Wash. Boeing exceeded its accelerated delivery schedules by 70 percent for the month of December 1942. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 29-07-2013, 16:07:20
(http://i.imgur.com/hhNpEO3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-07-2013, 16:07:24
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xtuZ4lbFooY/T6d9jUbw9fI/AAAAAAAAEUE/S2r_Vpgsu7I/s640/WW2+Italian+Side+Gunner+Inner+view+of+Italian+bomber+Savoia-Marchetti+S-79_Sparviero.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-07-2013, 17:07:21
Is there more information about that picture? (date, country, ...)

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B21685_Russland_Flak_bei_Panzerabwehr.jpg)
Flak firing at Soviet tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 30-07-2013, 18:07:27
Is there more information about that picture? (date, country, ...)


"WW2 Italian Side Gunner Inner view of Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S-79_Sparviero" is what the caption read
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 30-07-2013, 18:07:02
TheTa posted sailing cats, time to post flying ones: Meet Sinbad, the lucky charm cat of fighter ace Colonel Fred J. Christensen.

(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/957/cm1w.jpg)

It is said it flew quite a few sorties with him, and presumably was also caught on tape in this British Pathe movie:

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/american-airfield-1/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 31-07-2013, 15:07:10
Is there more information about that picture? (date, country, ...)


"WW2 Italian Side Gunner Inner view of Italian bomber Savoia-Marchetti S-79_Sparviero" is what the caption read
Thanks  :)

and for today, i came across a really nice picture
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B22419_Produktion_von_Panzer_III.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 31-07-2013, 15:07:14
"Hans i need a new set of tracks"
*VHY COME TO MY LITTLE BACKYARD


(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/he177-WRG-0017773.jpg)

Heinkel HE 177 Heavy bombers prepare for takeoff during the "mini blitz", operation steinbock 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 31-07-2013, 17:07:52
@Born2Kill What's the tanks name? Looks a bit like a Panzer III but I don't know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 31-07-2013, 17:07:04
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lRYHEWYsoDo/UfeuGlZpPBI/AAAAAAAAKy8/BRChKrxIazY/w1437-h1078-no/20130727_144944.jpg)
Picture of my Grandpa during his Luftwaffe Service.

Maybe anyone knows for sure if this a part from a real plane or just some model thing ?! Judging by the form it looks like a wing, while the size hints more to a propeller.
Here is a sideview:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f91kxlld88m2gtb/2013-07-27%2014.49.34.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-07-2013, 18:07:17
Looks propeller-y.

And night hawk, yes, that's a PzIII
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 31-07-2013, 19:07:02
Thank you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 01-08-2013, 08:08:42
Soon ...
(http://i16.tinypic.com/5xz6rk2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-08-2013, 17:08:03
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1075517_211030189055017_960399894_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-08-2013, 19:08:48
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/B-24Ds_fly_over_Polesti_during_World_War_II.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/
Through flak and over the destruction created by preceding waves of bombers, these 15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploesti, Rumania, after one of the long series of attacks against the No. 1 oil target in Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-08-2013, 04:08:04
(http://i.imgur.com/ZIBo62f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-08-2013, 06:08:55
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-japWKPcU7jc/TlXEMj-5DjI/AAAAAAAACfU/ZL9xxf9oD4g/s400/Polish+Soldiers-Miotla+Battalion+Radoslaw-Warsaw+Uprising+1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-08-2013, 23:08:04
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0275-39_Nordafrika_leichte_Feldhaubitze_in_Feuerstellung-595x424.jpg)
German artillery in the desert in the summer of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 03-08-2013, 08:08:06
BARs with pistol grip? Is it Warsaw by coincidence?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 03-08-2013, 09:08:23
The polish BAR derivative came with a pistol grip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wz._1928
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-08-2013, 15:08:33
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/ju390.jpg)I have always liked german bombers

This one is no exception

Ju 390. in 1943 the largest bomber in the world. Eventually surpassed by the Blohm&vos BV238
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 04-08-2013, 17:08:09
FW 200 on steroids, has it been used?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-08-2013, 17:08:09
FW 200 on steroids, has it been used?
None were used, despite the design being the most promesing off the "amerika" bombers. It had good speed, service ceiling and very good defensive armament. 3 20mm cannons, one in the tail and 2 in a dorsal turret.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 04-08-2013, 19:08:34
None were used, despite the design being the most promesing off the "amerika" bombers.

We will never know actually.... Do you think there might be some truth in this story?  :o

http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/Anna%20Kreisling.htm

After all the Allies confirmed the plane had the range to reach USA... So it's possible they tried to pull this out, probably at Hitler's insistence.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-08-2013, 19:08:51
None were used, despite the design being the most promesing off the "amerika" bombers.

We will never know actually.... Do you think there might be some truth in this story?  :o

http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/Anna%20Kreisling.htm

After all the Allies confirmed the plane had the range to reach USA... So it's possible they tried to pull this out, probably at Hitler's insistence.
I dont know, but its a mission that was possible considering the  390's capability
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Haller100 on 05-08-2013, 11:08:13
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/367440-2/chauchat_10)

Unusual photo from 1939.A scene like that,was rarely taken by camera during the battle.The third soldier from left is holding a French LMG Chauchat.

This picture are for a training. The explosion are a "earth" explosion so it is 100 gram TNT digged 1 meter down the earth to give this dramatic picture. No sane person will be standing if it was a ordinary granate there would be granate fragments all over and stones too. Just too dangeus.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 05-08-2013, 13:08:42
Might be a stupid question. But this Anna Kreisling is totally made up right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-08-2013, 17:08:45
Might be a stupid question. But this Anna Kreisling is totally made up right?

Yep.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 05-08-2013, 23:08:19
Ki-61 Hien
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/746664-2/Kawasaki_Ki-61_China)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-08-2013, 23:08:14
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jews-hurrying-to-an-assembly-point-595x475.jpeg)
Jews hurrying to an assembly point for deportation
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/5th-august-1942-warsaw-orphans-leave-for-treblinka
Whilst many in the Warsaw ghetto were desperately trying to evade the deportations there were also those who were resigned to their fate. The orphanage run by Janusz Korczak was listed for evacuation on the 5th August.
It is believed that the Nazis wanted to send Korczak alone to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, the ‘model’ camp where they kept some prominent Jews in relatively decent conditions as a smokescreen for their other activities. Janusz Korczak refused to be separated from his children.
In a move that was witnessed by many in the ghetto he did his best to ensure their last journey was as trouble free as possible:
Quote
I happened to see Janusz Korczak and his orphans leaving the ghetto. The evacuation of the Jewish orphanage run by Janusz Korczak had been ordered for that morning. The children were to have been taken away alone. He had the chance to save himself, and it was only with difficulty that he persuaded the Germans to take him too.
He had spent long years of his life with children and now, on this last journey, he could not leave them alone. He wanted to ease things for them.
He told the orphans they were going out in to the country, so they ought to be cheerful. At last they would be able to exchange the horrible suffocating city walls for meadows of flowers, streams where they could bathe, woods full of berries and mushrooms.
He told them to wear their best clothes, and so they came out into the yard, two by two, nicely dressed and in a happy mood. The little column was led by an SS man.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 06-08-2013, 06:08:41
"Fly little bird to Hiroshima ..."
(http://s7.postimg.org/cukmcda6z/enolagay.jpg)
Plane , that saved Japan from worst disaster

BTW again sorry for my engrish  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-08-2013, 02:08:40
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/u-664-.jpg)
U-664 met its end later on 9 August 1943 when attacked by three more aircraft from the escort carrier Card. This took place in clear weather under broken cloud. The first was a TBF-1 Avenger, flown by Lieutenant (jg) G.G. Hogan, which dropped two 500-lb depth bombs with contact fuses in two separate attacks. Between these attacks Lieutenant N.D. Hodson in his F4F-4 Wildcat raked the U-boat with gunfire. Then Lieutenant (jg) J.C. Forney dropped another depth bomb from his TBF-1 Avenger. He refrained from dropping the other when he saw the crew abandoning the U-boat. Eight of the crew were killed but forty-four were picked up and taken prisoner by one of the destroyer escorts. Kapitanleutnant Graef was one of the survivors. The Swordfish emblem on the conning tower of the U-boat was that of the 9th Flotilla at Brest.

More at: http://ww2today.com/8th-august-1943-lt-sallenger-from-uss-card-spots-another-two-u-boats
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2013, 07:08:17
He refrained from dropping the other when he saw the crew abandoning the U-boat.

Now THERE is a gentleman I can respect.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 09-08-2013, 08:08:06
I remember the scene from "Das Boot" where they sink this English ship and retreat slowly because they don't have the capacity to pick up the survivors. I really hated that scene. It was done too well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-08-2013, 09:08:56
(http://s22.postimg.org/g9svnthr5/boxcar.jpg)
Second attack, B-29's turning back
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-08-2013, 10:08:29
Interesting how the nuke is painted in red compared to the conventional bombings, i didn't know it was done that way. The Enola Gay also has it?
Also interesting how it did another bombrun after it dropped Fat Man.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 09-08-2013, 10:08:38
Interesting how the nuke is painted in red compared to the conventional bombings, i didn't know it was done that way. The Enola Gay also has it?
Also interesting how it did another bombrun after it dropped Fat Man.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Enola_0079.jpg

It seems so. See the faded off red paint on the right side of the pic?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-08-2013, 13:08:38
(http://oi39.tinypic.com/1569w2g.jpg)
U-643 being attacked with depth charges by a B-24 Liberator (T/120) under the command of Flight Officer Webber. His 120th Royal Airforce Squadron was stationed on Iceland, when he started the attack on the german submarine on October 8th, 1943 at 1:12 PM.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2013, 16:08:23
Interesting how the nuke is painted in red compared to the conventional bombings, i didn't know it was done that way. The Enola Gay also has it?
Also interesting how it did another bombrun after it dropped Fat Man.

The bomb run wouldn't be painted on until after the bombrun was complete.  So that red mark can't be for an atom bomb, it has a different meaning.  Same with the enola gay's markings.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-08-2013, 16:08:54
incendiary loadouts were painted red IIRC
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 09-08-2013, 21:08:44
Not strictly a photo but it seemed better than starting another thread ...

(http://files.djbarney.org/Enigma-Machine01.jpg)

Blender > Forum > Artwork > Finished Projects > The Enigma I (http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?303196-The-Enigma-I)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 10-08-2013, 03:08:57
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/4140099371_2224994cf7.jpg)

"Wake Island, May 1946"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-08-2013, 10:08:52
Anyone wants a mine?
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/teller-mines.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/
A huge dump of German Teller mines captured by the Americans near Roccopalunba during their drive on Palermo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 10-08-2013, 12:08:37
^ Way to create a massive blast if anything goes wrong ;D
Dumb question maybe because they were planted in desert too: Can mines overheat when they are in the sun for a really long time?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 10-08-2013, 12:08:46
Not really. You need quite high temperatures to ignite TNT, and I think there are still WW2 era minefields in the Egyptian and Libyan deserts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-08-2013, 13:08:16
Interesting how the nuke is painted in red compared to the conventional bombings, i didn't know it was done that way. The Enola Gay also has it?
Also interesting how it did another bombrun after it dropped Fat Man.

The bomb run wouldn't be painted on until after the bombrun was complete.  So that red mark can't be for an atom bomb, it has a different meaning.  Same with the enola gay's markings.
It can be since the picture is probably from after the bombing (on the picture you see the nose art with the mushroomcloud and already mentionaing "Nagasaki" under the mushroomcloud. IIRC, Nagasaki wasn't the original target of the mission (i thought it was Kyoto or so, but it got canceled due to bad weather, idk) so i guess they couldn't have painted that nose art on before the bombing.

So i did some searching, and i first found some disappointments for my theory and strengthening what Theta said. I found many British and canadian bombmarkings in red among those in white, black and sometimes in yellow. Yet it was clear the red marking must have a specific meaning compared to those others since they are put in the mid of the other colors on aline, while 1 line almost always has only 1 color of bombs (black, white or yellow).

Anyway, right before giving up the search asuming Theta was 100% right in this one, i did one last googlesearch with "black for bombrun, red for firebombing" and this brought me to actually the most evident page for this question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar
Right under the mainpicture, the caption says:
Bockscar nose art: the "fat man" silhouettes represent four pumpkin bomb missions (black) and the atomic bomb drop on Nagasaki (a red symbol, fourth in the line of five symbols)

Of course wikipedia can be wrong. But i guess it might be right here. What i think now is that the RAF and RCAF (or maybe just every allied force on the European theatre) used red markings for firebombing missions and the americans used red for nukes only since i didn't see any other B-29 having the red markings when searching. Oh well, might be all wrong what i've written, but if someone knows more on this, please place it here, i'm really interested in this but can't find a good internetpage explaing the exact meanings of nose markings.
And other thing: i've also seen a lot of different forms of markings, i guess this is just depending on th painter, or are there differences in meaning? (apart from "planes shot down", "bombruns", "ships sunks", ...) I noticed on modern planes, the painted bombsize and form shows the weight of the bombs it dropped.

PS: sorry admins if i got too off-topic here, i considered it a discussion of the pictures posted, but if it is considered to be too off-topic, feel free to move it to the questions thread
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-08-2013, 00:08:21
(http://oi39.tinypic.com/1569w2g.jpg)
U-643 being attacked with depth charges by a B-24 Liberator (T/120) under the command of Flight Officer Webber. His 120th Royal Airforce Squadron was stationed on Iceland, when he started the attack on the german submarine on October 8th, 1943 at 1:12 PM.

(http://oi41.tinypic.com/rh4fsx.jpg)
1:15 PM, October 8th, 1943. The B-24 Liberator under the command of Flight Officer Webber runs a second attack on U-643 in the northern Atlantic south of Iceland. Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire, four charges are being dropped from a height of 10 meters, causing the submarine to slow down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-08-2013, 16:08:44
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/U-664-sinking.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/8th-august-1943-lt-sallenger-from-uss-card-spots-another-two-u-boats
U-664 sinking as its crew abandon ship and inflate life rafts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-08-2013, 21:08:01
(http://oi39.tinypic.com/2qtit0n.jpg)
The crew of U-643 gathers on the conning tower while the boat is being flooded from the prow. You can clearly see how the AA has been ripped of its mounting on the patio by the power of the explosions and the fire of the airplane cannons. Picture taken by a B-24 Liberator (Z/86) of the 86th Royal airforce squadron under Flight Officer Burcher.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 12-08-2013, 14:08:18
(http://i.imgur.com/wnQ5IvE.jpg)
Japanese defector Lt. Minoru Wada at a B-25 waist position directs US airstrike, Philippines 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-08-2013, 22:08:18
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Muzio-damaged.jpg)
13 August: The Italian Fleet intervenes: The cruiser MUZIO ATTENDOLO at Naples after UNBROKEN’s attack on 13 August 1942. She was hit by one 21 inch torpedo which blew off her bows. The target’s high speed at the time of the hit is indicated by the way the hull was folded back as far back as the bridge.

more at: http://ww2today.com/13th-august-1942-attacks-on-pedestal-from-every-quarter

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/glider-bombs-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 15-08-2013, 00:08:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Croiseur_de_bataille_Strasbourg_03-07-1940.jpg/608px-Croiseur_de_bataille_Strasbourg_03-07-1940.jpg)

Battleship Strasbourg maneuvers to escape the port of Mers el Kébir, July 3rd, 1940. Battleship Bretagne is on the right, hit by british naval artillery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-08-2013, 15:08:37
Quiz time

(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7150/55yc.jpg)

Somebody tell me what this is?  ;D

Und jah, it is German :D

its one of my favorite german planes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 15-08-2013, 15:08:21
Junkers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-08-2013, 15:08:34
Ju 188.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-08-2013, 11:08:25
Indeed! Rear turret 13mm and rear pointed 20mm of Ju 188  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-08-2013, 16:08:00
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Ohio-between-destroyers-595x608.jpg)
The damaged tanker OHIO, supported by Royal Navy destroyers HMS PENN (left) and HMS LEDBURY (right), approaches Malta after an epic voyage across the Mediterranean as part of convoy WS21S (Operation Pedestal) to deliver fuel and other vital supplies to the besieged island. OHIO’s back was broken and her engines failed during earlier German and Italian attacks. Because of the vital importance of her cargo (10,000 tons of fuel which would enable the aircraft and submarines based at Malta to return to the offensive), she could not be abandoned. In a highly unusual manoeuvre, the two destroyers supported her to provide buoyancy and power for the remainder of the voyage.
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ohio-in-malta-harbour-595x589.jpg)


(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/peenemunde-after-raid.jpg)
Aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Rocket Research Establishment at Peenemunde, Usedom Island, Germany, taken by a De Havilland Mosquito PR Mark IX of No. 540 Squadron RAF, using a Type F.52 (36″) vertical camera. This view shows the concentration of bomb craters on the airfield and damage to technical buildings of the Luftwaffe Test Facility, Peenemunde West, after the raid by Bomber Command on 17/18 August 1943.


(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/leningrad-siege-576x900.jpg)
Firefighters wash blood from the asphalt on the Nevsky Prospekt in Leningrad, after people were killed as a result of German shelling.
More at: http://ww2today.com
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-08-2013, 19:08:08
(http://www.hyperscale.com/2007/features/images/jejen398.jpg)

Something is special about this spitfire. Who can tell me? :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 18-08-2013, 19:08:53
His initials are on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-08-2013, 21:08:17
Yep and the spitfire in itself is also special. It is the "top ranking" in something
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 18-08-2013, 21:08:04
Obviously it is Johnie Johnson spitfire. As his initial are painted on the plane, this photo was taken during its time as wing commander of a Canadian Air Force fighter wing (Johnson was a RAF pilot). This plane is said to be the most succesfull Spitfire in WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-08-2013, 21:08:57
Correct. Under Johnnie Johnson, EN398 destroyed 12 confirmed kills,5 shared kills, 5 damaged and 1 shared damaged.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/350sqdn-spit14.jpg)

Spitfire MK XIV of the belgian 350 Squadron in Kent. 350 was the first foreign squadron to recieve this type, shortly followed by the Polish.
The aircraft above, RM693 later brought down 2 V1's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-08-2013, 22:08:37
Thanks for waiting guys, lets eat now.

(http://imgup.com/data/images/3154.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-08-2013, 02:08:16
Meanwhile for obtaining the funds for bankets:
(http://www.deathcamps.org/euthanasia/pic/hackenholtstory01.jpg)
(hackenholt, the gasoperator)

"Your other and far more important task is the changeover of our gas chambers which actually work with diesel exhaust fumes into a better and quicker system. I think especially of prussic acid. The day before yesterday the Führer and Himmler were here. On their order I have to personally take you there, I am not to issue written certificates and admittance cards to anybody

Then Pfannenstiel asked: "What did the Führer say?" Glob.: "Quicker, carry out the whole action quicker." Pfannenstiel's attendant, Ministerialrat Dr. Herbert Lindner, then asked: "Mr. Globocnik, do you think it is good and proper to bury all the corpses instead of cremating them? A generation could come after us which doesn't understand all this.

Then Globocnik said: "Gentlemen, if ever a generation will come after us which is so weak and soft-hearted that it doesn't understand our task, then indeed the whole of National Socialism has been in vain. To the contrary, in my opinion one should bury bronze plates on which it is recorded that we have had the courage to carry out this great and so necessary work."

The Führer: "Good, Globocnik, this is indeed also my opinion."

Later the alternative option was accepted. Then the corpses were cremated on large roasts, improvised from rails, with the aid of petrol and diesel oil.

The next day we drove to Belzec. A small special station had been created for this purpose at a hill, hard north of the road Lublin-Lemberg, in the left angle of the demarcation line. South of the road some houses with the inscription "Sonderkommando Belzec der Waffen-SS". Because the actual chief of the whole killing facilities, Polizeihauptmann Wirth, was not yet there, Globocnik introduced me to SS-Hauptsturmführer Obermeyer (from Pirmasens). That afternoon he let me see only that which he simply had to show me. That day I didn't see any corpses, just the smell of the whole region was stinking to high heaven in a hot August, and millions of flies were everywhere.
Near to the small double-track station was a large barrack, the so-called 'cloakroom', with a large counter for valuables. Then followed the barber's room with approximately 100 chairs, the barber room. Then an alley in the open air, below birches, fenced in to the right and left by double barbed wire with inscriptions: 'To the inhalation- and bath rooms.'. In front of us a sort of bath house with geraniums, then a small staircase, and then to the right and left 3 rooms each, 5 x 5 metres, 1.90 metres high, with wooden doors like garages. At the back wall, not quite visible in the dark, larger wooden ramp doors. On the roof as a "clever, little joke" the Star of David. In front of the building an inscription: Hackenholt-Foundation. More I couldn't see that afternoon.

The next morning, shortly before 7 a.m. someone announced to me: "In ten minutes the first transport will come." In fact the first train arrived after some minutes, from the direction of Lemberg. 45 wagons with 6,700 people of whom 1,450 were already dead on arrival. Behind the barred hatches children as well as men and women looked out, terribly pale and nervous, their eyes full of the fear of death. The train comes in: 200 Ukrainians fling open the doors and whip the people out of the wagons with their leather whips. A large loudspeaker gives the further orders: 'Undress completely, also remove artificial limbs, spectacles etc. Handing over valuables at the counter, without receiving a voucher or a receipt. The shoes carefully bound together (because of the Spinnstoffsammlung), because on the almost 25 metre high heap nobody would have been able to find the matching shoes again. Then the women and girls to the barber who, with two, three scissor strokes is cutting off all hair and collecting it in potato sacks. "That is for special purposes in the submarines, for seals or the like." the SS-Unterscharführer who is on duty there says to me.

Then the procession starts moving. In front a very lovely young girl; so all of them go along the alley, all naked, men, women, children, without artificial limbs. I myself stand together with Hauptmann Wirth on top of the ramp between the gas chambers. Mothers with babies at their breast, they come onward, hesitate, enter the death chambers. At the corner a strong SS man stands who, with a voice like a pastor, says to the poor people: "There is not the least chance that something will happen to you. You must only take a deep breath in the chamber, that widens the lungs; this inhalation is necessary because of the illnesses and epidemics." On the question of what would happen to them he answered: "Yes, of course, the men have to work, building houses and roads but the women don't need to work. Only if they wish they can help in housekeeping or in the kitchen."
For some of these poor people this gave a little glimmer of hope, enough to go the few steps to the chambers without resistance. The majority are aware, the smell tells them of their fate. So they climb the small staircase, and then they see everything. Mothers with little children at the breast, little naked children, adults, men, women, all naked - they hesitate but they enter the death chambers, pushed forward by those behind them or driven by the leather whips of the SS. The majority without saying a word. A Jewess of about 40 years of age, with flaming eyes, calls down vengeance on the head of the murderers for the blood which is shed here. She gets 5 or 6 slashes with the riding crop into her face from Hauptmann Wirth personally, then she also disappears into the chamber. Many people pray. I pray with them, I press myself in a corner and shout loudly to my and their God. How gladly I would have entered the chamber together with them, how gladly I would have died the same death as them. Then they would have found a uniformed SS man in their chambers - the case would have been understood and treated as an accident, one man quietly missing. Still I am not allowed to do this. First I must tell what I am experiencing here.
The chambers fill. "Pack well." - Hauptmann Wirth has ordered. The people stand on each other's feet. 700 - 800 on 25 square metres, in 45 cubic metres. The SS physically squeezes them together, as far as is possible.
The doors close. At the same time the others are waiting outside in the open air, naked. Someone tells me: "The same in winter." "Yes, but they could catch their death of cold," I say. "Yes, exactly what they are here for." says an SS man to me in his Low German. Now I finally understand why the whole installation is called the Hackenholt-Foundation. Hackenholt is the driver of the diesel engine, a little technician, also the builder of the facility. The people are brought to death with the diesel exhaust fumes. But the diesel doesn't work. Hauptmann Wirth comes. One can see that he feels embarrassed that that happens just today, when I am here. That's right, I see everything. And I wait. My stop watch has honestly registered everything. 50 minutes, 70 minutes [?] - the diesel doesn't start. The people are waiting in their gas chambers. In vain. One can hear them crying, sobbing... Hauptmann Wirth hits the Ukrainian who is helping Unterscharführer Hackenholt 12, 13 times in the face. After two hours and 49 minutes - the stop watch has registered everything well - the diesel starts. Until this moment the people live in these 4 chambers, four times 750 people in 4 times 45 cubic metres. Again 25 minutes pass. Right, many are dead now. One can see that through the small window in which the electric light illuminates the chambers for a moment. After 28 minutes only a few are still alive. Finally, after 32 minutes, everyone is dead.

From the other side men from the work command open the wooden doors. They have been promised - even Jews - freedom, and some one-thousandth of all valuables found, for their terrible service. Like basalt pillars the dead stand inside, pressed together in the chambers. In any event there was no space to fall down or even bend forward. Even in death one can still tell the families. They still hold hands, tensed in death, so that one can barely tear them apart in order to empty the chamber for the next batch. The corpses are thrown out, wet from sweat and urine, soiled by excrement, menstrual blood on their legs. Children's' corpses fly through the air. There is no time. The riding crops of the Ukrainians lash down on the work commands. Two dozen dentists open mouths with hooks and look for gold. Gold to the left, without gold to the right. Other dentists break gold teeth and crowns out of jaws with pliers and hammers. .

Among all this Hauptmann Wirth is running around. He is in his element. Some workers search the genitals and anus of the corpses for gold, diamonds, and valuables. Wirth calls me to him: "Lift this can full of gold teeth, that is only from yesterday and the day before yesterday." In an incredibly vulgar and incorrect diction he said to me: "You won't believe what we find in gold and diamonds every day" - he pronounced it (in German Brillanten) with two L - "and in dollars. But see for yourself." And now he led me to a jeweller who managed all these treasures, and let me see all this. Then someone showed me a former head of the Kaufhaus des Westens in Berlin, and a violinist: "That was a Hauptmann of the Austrian Army, knight of the Iron Cross 1st class who is now camp elder of the Jewish work command."
The naked corpses were carried on wooden stretchers to pits only a few metres away, measuring 100 x 20 x 12 metres. After a few days the corpses welled up and a short time later they collapsed, so that one could throw a new layer of bodies upon them. Then ten centimetres of sand were spread over the pit, so that a few heads and arms still rose from it here and there. At such a place I saw Jews climbing over the corpses and working. One told me that by mistake those who arrived dead had not been stripped. Of course this has to be done later because of the Spinnstoffsammlung and valuables which otherwise they would take with them into the grave.
Neither in Belzec nor in Treblinka was any trouble taken over registering or counting the dead. The numbers were only estimates of a wagon's content... Hauptmann Wirth asked me not to propose changes in Berlin re his facilities, and to let it remain as it is, being well established and well-tried. I supervised the burial of the prussic acid because it allegedly had decomposed.


http://www.deathcamps.org/belzec/gerstein.html

PS: i kno the exclamation marks fuck the atmosphere up prety badly, but didn't feel like changing it all
PS2: fixed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 19-08-2013, 07:08:27
Thanks for sharing. I was not really expecting such a story shortly after waking up.

I had the same thought with those exclamation marks all the time, I've got to admit. I actually had to smile when I read your PS ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-08-2013, 06:08:44
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Three/cant-z1007-inc-twinfin-later-version.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 20-08-2013, 07:08:38
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/994/bgwc.png)
Here's a favorite of mine by Yevgeny Khaldei. He took some great shots (the famous red flag over Reichstag for example) and if I might say so, he was a master at photo manipulation. Three different photos combined, in 1941 no less. You've got the background (sky, hill, explosion), then the planes and then the reindeer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-08-2013, 23:08:25
(http://www.deathcamps.org/belzec/pic/bigp29.jpg)
Shot on the Latrine, Belzec, probably 1940

In May, I think it was 16 May 1940, they came for us and brought us to the Fruchtschuppen (warehouse for fruits) in the harbour (Hamburg).
My memory is not that good anymore. I only know that a lot of people were in the warehouse. It was like being in an ant-hill, so many people were running around. We were registered and those above the age of fourteen received a number on the arm. This was not tattooed, as was later the case in Auschwitz, but stamped in ink. This number faded after a few days. I cannot remember how many days we were in the warehouse. Not many, perhaps three days. Quite nearby, only some steps away, we were ordered to enter goods wagons (at the Hannoverscher Station).
There was an awful confusion, there being hundreds of people. We were told that we were being transported to Poland, where we would receive a nice little house. And they told me that my father was already there. But we were deceived. When we arrived at our destination SS surrounded the train. They were there at our arrival and drove us out of the wagons.
Policemen had accompanied us, two to a wagon (probably within the breakers' cabin at the rear of some wagons). We naturally did not travel without a guard. They knew we would have otherwise simply left the train and escaped. We would have done this had we had the chance. The policemen, who had escorted us, appeared thoroughly sheepish when they saw the SS and heard the SS commandant, a small man, standing there with a whip in his hand, immediately shouting: "If you don't obey the orders!" Oh dear, and the rest he said. He called us dogs and we were treated as such. That was so awful. The policemen from Hamburg stood there speechless. I presume they hadn't known what we were to experience in Belzec. Then we had to walk to a large barn, that was more a very large shed. There was only old straw on the floor. We all had to enter this shed. SS guards were posted outside.

Today I no longer remember how long we were in that Belzec camp. It was summer when we arrived. I think we were there for some weeks. It was awful there. One could not wash oneself; there were no toilets. We were all crammed together. We were immediately set to work in a work column. We had to dig tank ditches. There were many Jews in Belzec too. They were housed in the same shed as us and also worked in the column. They usually only remained for some weeks, then were transported from Belzec to somewhere else.
The food was awful. A Roma was detailed to cook for us all. The SS shot crows and ravens and simply threw them into the large pot. The man didn't want to cook the birds without first plucking the feathers. They beat him so badly that the blood ran out the bottom of his trousers.
One day those of us with children had to line up because the children were to receive something special to eat. I had two children. My daughter was two and my son one year old. Each was given a bowl containing milk with bread crumbled into it. Or so it appeared. This was especially for the children. Well, one child after the other died over the following days. There was such a lamenting, lamenting and crying. Shortly after having eaten the children were unable to breathe anymore, they asphyxiated. My little boy died first. Someone woke me in the morning. I was woken because the child had kicked and the person wanted to cover him again. So I awoke and went to pick him up. He was already quite stiff. I was devastated with grief and didn't know what to do. My cousin, the sister of Mrs. B., lifted him and a big clot of pus came out of his throat. All the children experienced this. My two year old daughter died in the same way the next day. They had been poisoned.

One day we had to enter cattle wagons again, in Belzec. There was just a bare floor. There were no windows only air slits high up. There were no toilet facilities. We all had to enter that train, not knowing what to expect. Nobody told us anything. We were taken to Krychow. We travelled through the night in this cattle wagon. When we arrived at the station, horse-drawn vehicles awaited us that took us to the camp. It was a former Polish prison, far away from the station. We were guarded by men wearing a black uniform. They were Volksdeutsche (people of German origin, living outside of Germany). These Volksdeutsche and SS were everywhere.

Immediately after arriving we had to prepare our accommodation. In addition, a kitchen was to be built. We had to carry large stones for its construction. We carried these stones on a board placed on the shoulder. Only the women did this work.
The men had other work. The stones were terribly heavy. Later on we had to work in the moor. We stood with our legs in the morass. The mud contained vegetation that cut the legs. My legs are scared for life as a result of this. The entire length of my legs are today covered in bright spots because the morass was practically waist high. My legs became completely septic. We had to dig out the mud for the construction of tank ditches. Having never done such work before, I did not know how to handle the shovel. Although my legs were ulcerated, I had to return to work again and again. Then my legs became inflamed. My mother acquired a cushion cover from somewhere, I don't know from where; anyway she tore it into strips and bandaged my legs.
My brother had to work there too. I don't know the circumstances but they shot him. We found out from someone in the camp that my father had died in Dachau in 1941. He was initially taken to Sachsenhausen and from there to Mauthausen. There he had to work in the quarry. My father was already 58 years old. That was killing work. From Mauthausen he was taken to Dachau. I don't know exactly how he died there. In the camp we met someone the same age as my mother. He told us that my father had been imprisoned in a kind of bunker. He was not given anything to eat or drink because they wanted to find out how long a human being could remain alive without sustenance. He told us that my father was no longer recognizable. He was emaciated and shrivelled. Then he died.

The Story of Martha W.
from: http://www.deathcamps.org/belzec/romamarthaw.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-08-2013, 20:08:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pilot_Officer_H._A._Picard_of_No._350_%28Belgian%29_Squadron%2C_on_the_wing_of_his_Spitfire_at_Kenley%2C_July_1942._CH6356.jpg/435px-Pilot_Officer_H._A._Picard_of_No._350_%28Belgian%29_Squadron%2C_on_the_wing_of_his_Spitfire_at_Kenley%2C_July_1942._CH6356.jpg)

Pilot Officer H. A. Picard of No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron, on the wing of his Spitfire at Kenley, July 1942.
He finished the war with 10 kills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-08-2013, 20:08:45
Confusing picture of the 53d (Welsh) Division:

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Briefings/53rd-Welsh-Division-05.jpg)

That guy has an M1A1 Carbine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 22-08-2013, 21:08:37
There's been a reenactment group for the 53rd in Wales for more than 6 years now, could ask those guys about that photo.

Maybe he's just holding it for the American camera man? That's the likeliest explanation I can think of without doing any research.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-08-2013, 21:08:27
The most obvious answer is he "acquired" it, as most cases like these are.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-08-2013, 21:08:58
the guy on the left seems just as confused. "where'd ye get that then eh?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-08-2013, 20:08:04
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J07186_Berlin_Anschlags%C3%A4ule.jpg)
'Protect your life and property’ – air raid instruction issued by Dr. Goebbels, Berlin, August 1943.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/artillery-observer.jpg)
The Campaign in New Guinea, December 1942 – 1943: An artillery observer (US) prepares to be hoisted to the top of a tree in a special chair to observe a bombardment of Japanese positions.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1024px-USS_Saratoga_CV-3_USS_Enterprise_CV-6_1942.jpg)
he U.S. aircraft carriers USS Saratoga (CV-3) (foreground) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) are underway with aircraft spotted for launch, circa August 1942.

Source: http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-08-2013, 04:08:09
Tiger on its side in Italy.
(http://r.ddmcdn.com/w_622/u_0/gif/pg-bt-tiger-side-622x410.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 28-08-2013, 08:08:12
How is this even possible? The ditch does not seem to be that deep.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-08-2013, 12:08:01
hans, the driver, drank everybodies schnapps ration

(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll302/spatz_2008/Panther%20tank/bth_flipped203-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 28-08-2013, 13:08:18
You got a bigger version of it?

@Nighthawk look its left track is gone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-08-2013, 13:08:35
the Americans pushed it over because it disturbed traffic and scared the new guys.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-08-2013, 19:08:35
the Americans pushed it over because it disturbed traffic and scared the new guys.

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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-08-2013, 19:08:12
but the road is clear of debris and shrapnel?

Also, if the blast would be powerful enough to tip it aside, wouldn't it also rip off the spare tracks on the turret?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-08-2013, 19:08:42
but the road is clear of debris and shrapnel?

Also, if the blast would be powerful enough to tip it aside, wouldn't it also rip off the spare tracks on the turret?

Not always in both cases. To be fair, I don't know what caused the Tiger to end up like this.
But here is one of a Panther completely upside down. Note the snorkel tube is still in tact and attached.
(http://bkpforums.com/phpUpload/2/panther_upside_down.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 28-08-2013, 19:08:10
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/German_tank_upside-down.jpg?uselang=bg)

I think this has been posted before:
Topside down jagdpanther. Note the Fiat truck in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-08-2013, 20:08:22
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 28-08-2013, 20:08:09
I'd rather think it was more like the driver went "hey guys watch this!", and just failed horribly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-08-2013, 20:08:58
(http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/ww2-pacific/2wirraway.jpg)

Sexy aussia Wirraway aircraft

These ones are tasked with ground attack missions in new guinea
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 28-08-2013, 22:08:56
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 28-08-2013, 23:08:19
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 29-08-2013, 00:08:55
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-08-2013, 03:08:15
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Coca-Cola on 29-08-2013, 10:08:11
I've never heard of these crane things, but have you heard of this other thing called sarcasm? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 29-08-2013, 10:08:53
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.


(http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/images/african-americans-wwii-003.jpg)

Quote
"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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 29-08-2013, 11:08:23
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1391/w7xv.jpg)

Quote
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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 29-08-2013, 20:08:22
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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-08-2013, 17:08:18
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Admiral_Scheer_ONI.jpg/800px-Admiral_Scheer_ONI.jpg)
Recognition drawing of a Deutschland class cruiser

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Airborne_grave%2C_Arnhem_1945.jpg/573px-Airborne_grave%2C_Arnhem_1945.jpg)
The grave of an unknown British airborne soldier at Arnhem, photographed after its liberation 15 April 1945.
(source: wikipedia)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 01-09-2013, 11:09:50
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:
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/23113_zpsb036c0e1.jpg) (http://s155.photobucket.com/user/ajappat/media/23113_zpsb036c0e1.jpg.html)

Down she goes:
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/23115_zps5aa57b70.jpg) (http://s155.photobucket.com/user/ajappat/media/23115_zps5aa57b70.jpg.html)

And up with little help:
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/23130_zpse75217e5.jpg) (http://s155.photobucket.com/user/ajappat/media/23130_zpse75217e5.jpg.html)

Apparently happened in Vuokkiniemi 1.7.1941.
More than one pic for day, but I think they are quite strongly releated ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-09-2013, 11:09:44
(http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/Bf-109E-JG3-(-+/images/Bf-109E-Stab-I.JG3-(-+-landing-accident-France-1941-01.jpg)
Me109's
(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/228298d1363557032t-accidents-losses-messerschmitt-bf-109f-w4-crash-landed-russia-1941-42-01.jpg)
Are

(http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/Bf-109E-JG52.6-(Y2+)-Steinhilper/thumbs/Bf-109E1-6.JG52-(Y2+)-Ulrich-Steinhilper-Calais-landing-accident-Calais-Sep-1940-01.jpg)
An

(http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/Bf-109E-EG3.2-(R7+-)/images/Bf-109E4-II.EG3-(R7+-)-landing-accident-Krakow-Poland-1941-01.jpg)
Bitch

(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aviation/179413d1317205530t-bf-109-aka-me-109-landing-gear-myth-research-thread-bf109-wreck2.jpg)
To land
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 03-09-2013, 18:09:47
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563473_579791075416888_669368127_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-09-2013, 09:09:23
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lodz_children_deportation_1.jpg.gif)
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.
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/children-being-deported-from-lodz.jpg)
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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2013, 17:09:04
(http://i.imgur.com/oeUIrqP.jpg)

And if that dont work, use more gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 05-09-2013, 17:09:40
I wonder how many tanks could have been built for one Bismarck, Yamato or Prince of Wales. Considering that one aircraft could take those out, I don´t know how nobody could see their failure coming before the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2013, 18:09:26
Battleships still played an important role. They did an large amount of work no other unit could furfill.

But

If you dont operate a gaint surface fleet, there is no need for an battleship. So in germanies case, no it would have been unneccesary.

Bismarck 35 000 tonnes. Lets say 30 000 of that is steel. That would have been worth one thousand Panzer IV's (in theory)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-09-2013, 18:09:15
I wonder how many tanks could have been built for one Bismarck, Yamato or Prince of Wales. Considering that one aircraft could take those out, I don´t know how nobody could see their failure coming before the war.

Well, battleships still played an important role in providing firesupport for landing troops or coastal bombardments. No other type of unit/vehicle could deliver such a devastating mix of firepower and accuracy.

And after all, it's always easy to say such things afterwards. Aviation, especially naval aviation made an incredible leap during the war no one could have predicted. Talking about the allied point of view though.

Would agree on the Bismarck, don't really know why the Germans did that. Without a proper fleet to  support it it was doomed from the start. Would've been better to use those resources on tanks/planes/submarines indeed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-09-2013, 19:09:41
Germany/hitler never fully commited to an extensive surface fleet. Wich is one of the reasons of germanies defeat because you pretty much close an very important trading route.

Had Hitler not intervened with construction, Germany would have had 2 aircraft carriers at the start of WW2. Barely any workers were assigned to the project.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-09-2013, 19:09:00
The German "Z-Plan" was meant to be finished by 1944 with a full surface fleet of useful (though modest) size.  The war's start nixed that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-09-2013, 21:09:57
(http://www.fjr2.be/gr-Falschirmj%E4ger-375.jpg)

What weapon is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2013, 21:09:55
it's a wooden gun, for training !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-09-2013, 23:09:48
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/AVRE-tank-595x594.jpg)
Churchill AVRE of 79th Armoured Division with fascine in position, Suffolk, 6 September 1943.
http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Lupin on 06-09-2013, 23:09:56
This gif brings back some memories:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/243/1/7/174a303bcde548a2c6a87f183bf7cf54-d6kjawk.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 08-09-2013, 09:09:40
Map Le Havre 1944 ... Attacking British troops with support of Churchill tanks ... suddenly encountering this  ;D
(http://s21.postimg.org/ti8uny6t3/churchill_06_Turret_Normandy_Front_bunker.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-09-2013, 09:09:34
photoshopped
nazi propaganda
 ;D

(http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/162/main/2/743317.jpg)

London victory parade, And thee are looking upon one sweet churchill MKVII leading sherman tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 08-09-2013, 10:09:46
More like slowing down Sherman tanks... :P

Quote
SAS volunteers emplaning into an RAF Bristol Bombay transport aircraft prior to a practice jump while undergoing parachute training at Kabrit, Egypt. (IWM)

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2716/2fbf.jpg)


SAS had a rough beginning with operation Squatter, which was a complete failure, but eventually emerged to be an important asset in the fight against Rommel. You can read more about it here:
http://rommelsriposte.com/2013/08/29/first-operation-of-the-special-air-service-sas-squatter/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 08-09-2013, 16:09:53
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Three/Me-109-crash.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-09-2013, 08:09:42
Daily remaining about what tank was first with all-around sloped armor and diesel engine and why this isn't a T-34  :P
(http://s12.postimg.org/msez8rc9p/6546095491_f86dd7fdd7_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 09-09-2013, 11:09:26
I love that tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-09-2013, 16:09:47
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/panzer-iv.jpg)
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Raupenschlepper.jpg)
2 badass pictures from http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-09-2013, 21:09:58
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6040/6262952459_2fe7229bf7_o.jpg)

Kaibokan-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, a torpedo can be seen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 19-09-2013, 17:09:02
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1238805_450900968361973_450098902_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 21-09-2013, 22:09:43
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1238937_452099534908783_833892925_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 22-09-2013, 02:09:08
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d6872378fff3b682267f32f708b2205/tumblr_mso40mCgCE1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-09-2013, 13:09:27
Caliber?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-09-2013, 00:09:51
Caliber?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik)

But seriously what gun is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 23-09-2013, 00:09:26
^Battle of Leningrad, November 1941, 84th Artillerie-Regiment with 24cm Kanone M. 16.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-09-2013, 15:09:24
(http://www.schutzbauten-stuttgart.de/portals/0/Bauwerke/BW%203/HOOVERSPEISUNGint.jpg)
One of Herbert Hoover his foodprojects: the "Hoover Speisung" delivering 40 million kilos of American food to the german youth after WW II.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 24-09-2013, 12:09:55
(http://i73.servimg.com/u/f73/14/76/68/04/luft10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=215&u=14766804)

Acon castle, between Normandie and Paris around 1943, "rounded body" was still a standard !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-09-2013, 20:09:47
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0513-24A_Russland-S%C3%BCd_musizierende_rum%C3%A4nische_Soldaten.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/22nd-september-1942-a-romanian-officer-in-russia
Romanian troops entertain themselves on the Eastern front during the summer of 1942.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Queens-Regiment.jpg)
A patrol of the 2/7th Queen’s Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, 18-19 September 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-09-2013, 16:09:55
The answer to mankind his problems?

Use a gun


And if that dont work


(http://nazarian.no/images/wep/170_mg3_twin_aa.jpg)

use more gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-09-2013, 11:09:25
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-674-7772-13A_Flugzeug_Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_Bewaffnung.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/
Fw 190A-5 with the under-wing WGr 21 rocket-propelled mortar. The weapon was developed from the 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 infantry weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 29-09-2013, 13:09:13
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ut7WLctmoPE/UjSgWCmwcsI/AAAAAAAAYJg/f59MpH4jaf0/s0/Elephants+Loading+Supplies+in+C-46+Planes+during+Second+World+War+in+India+-+Us+Army+Photograph,+c1940's.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-09-2013, 13:09:29
We still missing one nice gun for some Normandy map  ;)
(http://s16.postimg.org/8e3k23i35/tumblr_mtk5a1_CCt91spwf52o1_1280.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/8e3k23i35/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 01-10-2013, 19:10:07
Do you have a backstory on that image, Paythoss? I assume it's staged.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 02-10-2013, 14:10:56
100% staged. No real backstory needed, photographer asks some guys to 'charge' a gun with a German corpse and makes a picture. Action photography for the people at home.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-10-2013, 15:10:12
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/German_Brennkommando-firing_Warsaw_1944.jpg)
German Brennkommando-firing Warsaw 1944 (source: wikipedia)

Quote from: http://ww2today.com/


Non-Germans who violate laws, decrees, official regulations or orders with the intention of hampering or interfering with German construction work in the Government General will be punished by death.




Soon after the publication of this decree and quite apart from the increasing number of executions performed by the Germans in secret in what used to be the Warsaw Ghetto, in the Warsaw jail, which was called ‘Pavwiac,’ the Germans began to introduce public executions, that is, shooting of whole groups of Poles of from 20 to 200 persons.
These public executions were carried out in various districts of the city, in streets usually open to normal traffic, which were surrounded by the Gestapo guards immediately before the actual executions, so that the Polish population caught within the surrounding district would have to watch the executions either in the streets, or from the windows of the houses situated right behind the backs of the Gestapo men.
During these executions the Germans shot either people from the ‘Pavwiac’ where they were confined after their arrest during raids in the streets, or people caught immediately before the actual execution. The number of these public executions, as well as the number of persons executed each time, kept increasing until 200 persons were shot each time. These executions continued until the very beginning of the Warsaw insurrection.
At first the Germans transported the Poles to the place of execution in covered trucks. They were clad in civilian clothes, and sometimes their hands were tied behind their backs. However, as the victims thus brought to the place of execution usually shouted ‘Down with Hitler’, ‘Long Live Poland’, ‘Down with the Germans’, and similar things, the Germans took steps to prevent the possibility of any such disturbances and began to fill their mouths with cement, or seal their lips with adhesive tape. The victims were brought from the ‘Pavwiac’ clad in shirts, or in clothes made out of paper.
I often received information from our underground organisation, through our agents who were working in the Pavwiac jail, that shortly before the execution the Germans usually performed operations on the condemned. They bled them and injected various chemical substances to cause physical weakness, thus preventing any attempts at escape or at resistance.
This was the reason why the condemned were brought to the place of execution pale, weak and apathetic, and barely able to stand on their feet. But even so, they acted as heroes and never begged for mercy.
The bodies of those who were shot were loaded into trucks by other prisoners and were taken to what used to be a Ghetto, where they were usually burned. The prisoners whose duty it was to transport and to bum the corpses were mostly those confined in the Pavwiac prison, it was their regular assignment.
The Polish population immediately covered with flowers the blood spots which remained on the ground. Lighted candles were placed where the corpses had been and crosses and ikons, were hung on the surrounding walls. During the night members of the underground or resistance organisations would put an inscription in lacquer on the walls, such as ‘Glory to Heroes’, ‘Glory to those who Perished for the Fatherland’, and so forth.
When the Germans noticed these inscriptions they arrested all those who happened to be on the spot and led them to the Pavwiac prison. Sometimes the Germans shot at groups of people kneeling and praying at the execution spots. Such an incident took place in Senator Street where several people were shot and quite a number were wounded.
After each public execution the Germans would put on the walls of houses lists of the names of those who had just been killed, and the names of hostages who would be shot in case the German regulations were not obeyed were given below.
In Warsaw alone the Germans shot several thousand Poles in these public executions. This does not include the victims who were shot in other towns. In the Cracow District several thousand men were similarly shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 02-10-2013, 22:10:12
Not exactly a picture but a movie: Theirs is the Glory, a 1946 (!!) e-enactment of the Battle of Arnhem.
http://archive.org/details/TheirsIsTheGlory1946

(I haven't logged in a while, I'm still around but work keeps me occupied for quite a bit and my current PC can't run BF2/FH2 or modeling software so that's why you haven't seen me around in ages).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 03-10-2013, 00:10:02
There's a blast from the past. If I recall correctly many veterans played in Theirs is the Glory.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-10-2013, 00:10:10
On a slightly related note, I recently learned that the paras that fought at Arnhem actually trained with the Pratchett smg (prototype of the post war Sterling), but switched back to the Sten Mk5 before the Operation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-10-2013, 03:10:15
(http://i.imgur.com/WLWJq9g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 03-10-2013, 08:10:17
(http://i.imgur.com/WLWJq9g.jpg)

Best part: this photo was taken in Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 03-10-2013, 11:10:45
oh yeah, I remember that photo from some book about lend-lease vechicles
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Admiral Donutz on 03-10-2013, 22:10:16
There's a blast from the past. If I recall correctly many veterans played in Theirs is the Glory.
Correct.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 04-10-2013, 01:10:35
(http://i.imgur.com/sdvpbX7.jpg)
Dutch soldiers on ice skates during a training exercise. 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-10-2013, 02:10:53
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=305064&t=1)

China 1937, Military attaches being briefed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-10-2013, 05:10:58
Looks like, from left to right, American, two French, German, Japanese, two Italian, Polish.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 04-10-2013, 05:10:44
And the guy in white?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-10-2013, 05:10:32
Can't tell cuz he's cut off :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 04-10-2013, 05:10:56
Thanks anyway.

You deserve an elephant



Towing a corsair.

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42965000/jpg/_42965105_a24292a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wasntmenl on 04-10-2013, 07:10:49
(http://i.imgur.com/sdvpbX7.jp)
Dutch soldiers on ice skates during a training exercise. 1940

Nice find!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-10-2013, 10:10:42
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/army-motorbike-italy.jpg)
A little girl holding an umbrella watches a despatch rider attempt to clear the carbuerettor of his motorcycle in torrential rain, 4 October 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-10-2013, 04:10:28
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=283603&t=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 06-10-2013, 12:10:50
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/422348picx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-10-2013, 19:10:13
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/damage-to-O-bannon.jpg)
USS O’Bannon with hull damage after ramming USS Chevalier. Steering mistakes may happen  :P
****************************************************************************
On a more serious note:

Oscar Strawczynski was born in Lodz Poland in 1906, he became a skilled and accomplished tinsmith, which saved his life in the Treblinka death camp and which also made it possible to save the life of his brother Zygmunt.
 
Strawczynski arrived in Treblinka from Czestochowa on the 5 October 1942, with his wife Anka, and their two children Guta and Abus and his father Yoseph and mother Malke, who all perished shortly after their arrival.
 
He testified at the Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf in 1964/65 of Kurt Franz, August Miete, Willi Mentz, Arthur Matthes, Otto Horn and others.

Quote
...
 I work in a group of twenty men. They make us sort packages from the transport from Czechoslovakia. I open a package and find underwear, suits, shoes, notions, and so on.
 
I am still new at this work so I am not sure what to throw onto the pile of silk clothing, of partially silk clothing, wool, cotton. One must always be in motion; to rest or sit down is prohibited – one could pay for that dearly.”
Strawczynski described the brutal Kurt Franz who toured the camp with his dog Barry by his side:
(http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/images/Kurt%20Franz.jpg)(http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/images/Barry.jpg) (Kurt and his dog)
Quote
He walked through the camp with great pleasure and self-confidence. Barry, his big, curly –haired dog, would lazily drag along behind. Lalka would never leave the place without leaving some memento for somebody. There was always some reason to be found.
 
And even if there were no reason – it made no difference. He was expert at whipping, twenty-five or fifty lashes. He did it with pleasure, without hurrying. He had his own technique for raising the whip and striking it down.

To practice boxing, he would use the heads of Jews, and naturally there was no scarcity of those around. He would grab his victim’s lapel and strike with the other hand. The victim would have to hold his head straight so that Franz could aim well. And indeed he did this expertly. The sight of the Jew’s head after a “training session,” of this sort is not difficult to imagine.
 
Once Lalka was strolling along the platform with a double- barrelled shotgun in his hand and Barry in his wake. He discovered a Jew in front of him, a neighbour of mine from Czestochowa, by the name of Steiner.
 
Without a second thought, he aimed the gun at the man’s buttocks and fired. Steiner fell amidst cries of pain. Lalka laughed. He approached him, commanded him to get up, pull down his pants, and then glanced at the wound.   
 
The Jew was beside himself with pain. His buttocks were oozing blood from the gashes caused by the lead bullets. But Lalka was not satisfied. He waved his hand and said, “Damn it, the balls haven’t been harmed!”
 
He continued his stroll to look for a new victim.
...
(source: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/strawczynski%20.html )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 09-10-2013, 01:10:00
(http://imageshack.us/a/img200/4255/4yf.bmp)
Reichstag Graffiti.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 09-10-2013, 10:10:39
Nothing like early  Pz IV Ausf G  8)
(http://s7.postimg.org/u8dxfxz5n/Volchov_Pocket1942_051.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2013, 17:10:18
(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/amXBY2y_700b_v1.jpg)

Anybody got info on this one?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 09-10-2013, 17:10:06
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.
He is training marines in hand-to-hand combat, supposedly he did this kind of thing often, ordering trainees to try and kill him. He disarmed every one of them I believe.

Source:
http://www.museumofamericanfencing.com/site/index.php/fencing-history/early-afla-usfa/389-drexel-biddle-aj
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 09-10-2013, 18:10:20
That soldier is a spy! Sorry had to, fantastic photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-10-2013, 18:10:47
(http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/amXBY2y_700b_v1.jpg)

Anybody got info on this one?

"Army is better than Marine Corps!" *snap*
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-10-2013, 22:10:29
nice picture korsakov

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/guns-in-primrose-hill-595x591.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com/
Twin 5.25-inch guns of an anti-aircraft battery at Primrose Hill in London, 27 August 1943.

So where's the flak88 now?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 10-10-2013, 22:10:44
(http://www.deutschesatlantikwallarchiv.de/images/radar/germany/053757.jpg)

(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H27779__Berlin__Flakturm_am_Zoo.jpg)

Sorry, can't hear you over the blazing 105 and 128 FlaK  8)

Edit: Link because I'm not into 3-pics-a-day posts, also because upper images don't contain the Zwilling
http://berliner-unterwelten.de/files/flakturm_hh_expeditionen_aberdeen_02_1.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-10-2013, 23:10:34
133mm>88mm  ;D

and japs be like: bitch please

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/%E4%BA%94%E5%BC%8F15cm%E9%AB%98%E5%B0%84%E7%A0%B2.jpg)

15cm AA gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 11-10-2013, 01:10:21
(http://imageshack.us/a/img89/4294/ys15.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 11-10-2013, 01:10:43

Sorry, can't hear you over the blazing 105 and 128 FlaK  8)

(http://static4.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/Sorry+_c32db70da06ef02d3ab4383fdfe39d69.jpg)
105 & 128mm!

128mm ~ 133mm, also twin barrelled. That Japanese turret isn't double so the twin is better, especially since it delivers almost double the explosives and certainly double the shrapnel
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-10-2013, 07:10:40
15 cm Gerät 50 , 150 mm autoloader FlaK .... wheres your God now ?  Oh wait , is shoted down ;D
(http://fcdn.valka.cz/files/thumbs/t_p1000414_807.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-10-2013, 17:10:39
10 Rounds a minute

thats impressive.

But they should have used the 88, 105 or 128mm as a design
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 13-10-2013, 10:10:24
150 mm? Really? Come on...

Double the size, quadruple the bang

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/8/83/20130622133902!305cmBSG.JPG)

30,5 cm Schiffskanone L/50 of the Batterie von Schröder in Helgoland. Was specially modified to be raised to an angle of 70° so it could be used as a FlaK gun. It shot down 4 bombers on January 4th 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 13-10-2013, 12:10:42
The Czech also had a dual 24CM AA gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-10-2013, 22:10:11
I like where this discussion is going  :)

on another note:
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Sketch-book-confiscated-595x596.jpg)
Quote from: http://ww2today.com
‘My personal worst moments came when I had to appear before the Japanese Commandant and an assortment of interpreters, to try and explain away, to humourless Japanese officers a book of political cartoons I had drawn. I had lent the book to a careless person who allowed it to fall into the hands of Japanese guards. This was at a time when the war was going badly for Germany and Japan and this was reflected in the cartoons. I was extremely lucky to get away with a whole skin. The Japanese did not approve. I never saw the book again.’
There are few images available to illustrate the Japanese POW camps. Here is a drawing from Changi Prison on Singapore by Des Bettany by kind permission of Keith Bettany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 14-10-2013, 01:10:05
(http://imageshack.us/a/img22/5443/6ou2.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LHeureux on 14-10-2013, 22:10:25
(http://www.anglonautes.com/history/hist_uk_20_ww2/hist_uk_20_ww2_pic_london_bus_bomb_hole_above.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-10-2013, 15:10:35
Another , very interesting , gun what I wish to see somewhere in future  ;)
7.5 cm PaK 50
(http://s24.postimg.org/9y0aqm4dh/Pak50_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-10-2013, 16:10:44
It's one of two new gun designs made to equip the next wave of Volksgrenadier Divisions in 1944. Basically they took Pak40 barrels and transplanted them of older PAK carriages.

Pak40 on Pak38 carriage was the Pak50
Pak40 on Pak36 carriage was the IG37
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 16-10-2013, 17:10:32
Not quite right ... PaK 50 is basically PaK 40 with shorted barrel and breach 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-10-2013, 01:10:50
No, the carriage is from the Pak38, not the Pak40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 18-10-2013, 00:10:12
Some then and now pictures of Aachen, the first German city to be conquered. I´m actually surprised about the similarity between buildings and streets after so many years. Most seem to remain unchanged.

http://imgur.com/a/Zosxu
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-10-2013, 00:10:30
Some then and now pictures of Aachen.

http://imgur.com/a/Zosxu
Very beautifull city, i hope to return to it someday
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 18-10-2013, 18:10:35
Some then and now pictures of Aachen.

http://imgur.com/a/Zosxu
Very beautifull city, i hope to return to it someday

Yes. I visited it many, many, many years ago on a school trip. The teacher showed us the Cathedral, and showed us the exterior damage that wasn't restored. Many dents and chips, all bullet impacts. We also went to check out the Ardennes. The terrain there is full of little holes. Shellscrapes, bomb craters. And I was staying in Belgium at the time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-10-2013, 19:10:37
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/covenanter-tanks-595x601.jpg)

Covenanter tanks during Exercise Spartan, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-10-2013, 14:10:23
Been a while since i put something here.

(http://imgup.com/data/images/5311.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-10-2013, 03:10:46
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/777800-2/norge)

Norwegian infantrymen at the train station in the town Elverum during the fighting in April 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 23-10-2013, 18:10:13
Are they carrying their gas-masks for use in extreme winter condition? Or was gas used there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-10-2013, 19:10:24
I think in those early stages of the war almost everyone had a gask mask, because it wasn't clear yet that gas was no longer used on a large scale (like it used to be in WWI).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 23-10-2013, 20:10:19
Gas masks are still used by every military in the world.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 23-10-2013, 20:10:53
Yeah, I know, but in WW2 soldiers used to dump their masks, no?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-10-2013, 00:10:43
Towards the end of the war yes, though the pouches were still kept to carry stuff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-10-2013, 01:10:22
(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1381756_238897532934949_1640102681_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 24-10-2013, 01:10:51
(http://weaponsandwarfare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/German-tank-in-combat-against-french-anti-tank-gun-position.-france-1940-500x364.jpg)
"German tank in combat against french anti-tank-gun position."

Interesting photograph.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 24-10-2013, 06:10:28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq32AjE9oMU
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-10-2013, 04:10:47
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/777976-2/Bombing+the+15th+Panzer+Division)

Quote
A Martin Baltimore of No. 55 Squadron RAF flies over the target area as salvoes of bombs explode on tanks and motor transport of the 15th Panzer Division concentrated by the Rahman track near Tel el Aqqaqir, Egypt, during the Battle of El Alamein. Twelve Baltimores, accompanied by six North American B-25s of the USAAF, dropped 120 x 250-lb bombs through heavy anti-aircraft gunfire which damaged two-thirds of the aircraft.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 26-10-2013, 05:10:21
^Wow. Incredible shot and incredible story.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 26-10-2013, 22:10:23
(http://www.picresize.com/images/rsz_1defence_of_rome.jpg)
Italian soldiers take up positions to defend Rome from impending German attack.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-10-2013, 02:10:25
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Achilles-17pdr-tank-destroye.jpg)
An Achilles 17pdr tank destroyer of 93rd Anti-Tank Regiment crossing the River Savio on a Churchill ARK which was driven into the river, 24 October 1944.

from http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-10-2013, 02:10:33
(http://www.worldweapons.eu/1-Warships/Japan/03-CVE/1943%20-%20Kaiyo/CVE%20-%20Kaiyo%20%28b%29.jpg)

Imperial Japanese Navy escort carrier "Kaiyo" (ex-Argentina Maru) at sea.

Converted from a luxury passenger, on 10 February 1942, she transported aircraft on several occasions and had an escort role during the war, several US submarines and airplanes have tried to sink her with no succes. By 1945, she was assigned to the Inland Sea to serve as a training ship for Pilots, while she was moored at Kure when airplanes from the Task Force 58 attacker her, causing damage to the engine room and causing flooding. While she was performing her duty as Pilot trainer, she was attacked several times by allied aircraft including those who took part in the "Bombing of Kure".

On August 9, Kaiyo was attacked once more by B-25J Mitchells that caused even more damage, by 20 November, Kaiyo was struck from the navy list and scrapping was made from September 1, 1946 to January 30, 1948.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 27-10-2013, 02:10:22
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Achilles-17pdr-tank-destroye.jpg)

Why is that Panther's gun completely missing?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 27-10-2013, 18:10:29
I'm guessing the rest of it is useless, so might as well take the gun if it's fully functional and use it to replace another tanks gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 27-10-2013, 18:10:58
IIRC the panther's gun could be fairly quickly removed. So when that panther tank broke down, they probaly stripped all the usefull things from it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-10-2013, 19:10:38
They stripped all the equipment off the tank as well, like shovels, ropes and spare tracks. I think that is quite common.

(http://oi40.tinypic.com/vcq881.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 251/17 with 2cm Flak 38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-10-2013, 03:10:16
So ... which version of Panther is this tank ?  ;D
(http://s15.postimg.org/f5xu7mgrf/image.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 30-10-2013, 04:10:58
G chassis, D turret, zimmeritt...no idea. Need more photos. Photos of wheels would help.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-10-2013, 08:10:20
Panther II?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 30-10-2013, 13:10:00
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Peenemunde-165515.jpg)

Quote
A 1943 RAF photo-reconnaissance picture of Test Stand VII at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre, taken by a Mosquito.V2 rockets, lying horizontally on transport trolleys, are labelled "B" and "C".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-10-2013, 23:10:26
Tell me, how am i gonna stop some mean nazi from producing new tanks?

The answer?

Use a bomb

And if that dont work
(http://aircraft-crashes-belgium.jouwweb.be/upload/2/2/3/aircraft-crashes-belgium/bommen.large.jpg?0.23692474351264536)

Use more....bomb
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 30-10-2013, 23:10:05
^Posted here two or so months ago.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-10-2013, 11:10:24
Destroyed german armor in lapland war
(http://i.imgur.com/QjbUDom.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 31-10-2013, 11:10:36
Tell me, how am i gonna stop some mean nazi from producing new tanks?

The answer?

Use a bomb

And if that dont work
http://aircraft-crashes-belgium.jouwweb.be/upload/2/2/3/aircraft-crashes-belgium/bommen.large.jpg?0.23692474351264536

Use more....bomb

A 4000lb MC bomb like that in your picture has been found a few days ago in Dortmund. It will be defused on sunday. 20000 people have to be evacuated. Public transport is affected, too.

@leopardi: No wonder these tanks got destroyed, they are french made and no invicible Über german-made armor  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 31-10-2013, 12:10:59
@leopardi: No wonder these tanks got destroyed, they are french made and no invicible Über german-made armor  ;)

Does not matter who made those tanks, they were fighting the Finnish.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-10-2013, 17:10:24
Talking about bombs, they found a bunch of them in my town over the past weeks, mostly small ones like mortars, They blow up a few of them every day around noon. getting a bit annoying. The more they dig on that construction site the more they find.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 31-10-2013, 17:10:53
In Mechelen, they're being very careful while digging the underground parking lot next to the station. There are supposed to be several bombs still in the ground somewhere. I've seen them working with ground-penetrating radar on several occasions. So I'm surprised they haven't found any yet, but then again, if they are this careful, there will only be a small chance of that parking lot becoming an instant small harbour...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-10-2013, 18:10:14
(http://i.imgur.com/oAkmg37.jpg)


US Sherman "Clodhopper" penetrated by a Japanese 47mm round during the Battle of Iwo Jima

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 31-10-2013, 18:10:06
Is that wood on the sides? That's not very clever.

I mean, wouldnt splinters hit the soldiers outside?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 31-10-2013, 19:10:13
Is that wood on the sides? That's not very clever.

I mean, wouldnt splinters hit the soldiers outside?

Meant to fight off magnetic "Turtle" mines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-11-2013, 00:11:13
Unfortunatelly i could not post for the 28th of Octomber http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohi_Day

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Greek_Army_during_Primavera_Offensive_Klisura_March_1941.JPG)

Klisoura pass during the "Primavera" (Spring) offensive

(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003925054546613469_rs.jpg)

Taking cover up in the mountains of Albania.

(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003899465066594546_rs.jpg)

"Treating Injuries up on the Albanian Front"

(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003898110839002414_rs.jpg)

"Mountain troops camp"

(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003501541806756745_rs.jpg)

Shoveling an Italian tank out



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-11-2013, 02:11:34
(http://oi40.tinypic.com/2akikb5.jpg)
Operation Lüttich, France, August 1944.

This picture is from the same series as the picture below, linked on the wikipedia article. Cp:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Battle_of_Mortain_-_Devastated_German_Tank.jpg/800px-Battle_of_Mortain_-_Devastated_German_Tank.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 01-11-2013, 11:11:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/ColumbiaBougainville.jpg)

Quote
A Japanese aircraft crashes (upper center) into the ocean near the U.S. cruiser Columbia on 2 November 1943, during air attacks on Allied ships off Bougainville, a few hours after the Naval Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-11-2013, 11:11:46
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/0550824.jpg)
the interior of the USS Cony after a bomb hit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 01-11-2013, 14:11:54
What happened to only one picture per 24 hours?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 01-11-2013, 14:11:02
Hey i am excused, its national celebration and i havent posted for over a month for this!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-11-2013, 18:11:28

(http://i.imgur.com/5O4nIwF.jpg)

Another Sherman, this time penetrated repeatedly by Japanese 47mm rounds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-11-2013, 13:11:59
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/knocked-out-panzer-595x584.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 02-11-2013, 13:11:44
That PzIV have been blown up by sappers :P

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Matilda-flail-tanks-595x590.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-11-2013, 13:11:59
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/knocked-out-panzer-595x584.jpg)
A bit off ducttape....some welding......

(http://r.ddmcdn.com/w_622/u_0/gif/pg-bt-panzer-iiis-622x548.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 02-11-2013, 14:11:45
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/knocked-out-panzer-595x584.jpg)

Perhaps this was cut open by German engineers to better shovel the puddles of meat out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 02-11-2013, 15:11:31
Nah, that's the cabriolet version.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 02-11-2013, 15:11:21
Transformers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 02-11-2013, 15:11:41
Khaine, I'm gonna have wet dreams because of that pic. Matilda Scorpions <3, they're like Sherman Crabs of the African plains  :D

Here's some Ram Kangaroos in Germany, to stay on topic:

(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6152/pews.jpg)

Also, I know I'm breaking the rules but this pic is too awesome to miss:

Quote
Sherman tanks move up past a crash-landed Spitfire, for an attack on Tilly-sur-Seulles, 17 June 1944.
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/88/ej40.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 05-11-2013, 15:11:54
One of the most unknown tanks ever  8)
M4A3 (17pdr) HVSS Sherman Firefly
(http://s23.postimg.org/evohcu9u3/m4a3fireflysz_2.jpg)
Unfortunately ... not a single picture of real tank is present today ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/shermanic.firefly/usnew.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 05-11-2013, 21:11:29
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4858/td14.jpg)

Quote
Sherman and Cromwell tanks of the 1st Polish Armoured Division on the move at the start of Operation 'Totalise'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2013, 21:11:44
(http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/4298/m15italie7nj.jpg)

"Aint that a cute little gun"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 05-11-2013, 22:11:57
Halftrack with 37mm and dual .50?
EDIT: M15?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2013, 22:11:27
Halftrack with 37mm and dual .50?
EDIT: M15?
Yeps. This will be the M15 variant

T28E1= Water cooled .50CAL's no superstructure
M15= Armoured turret and regular .50CAL's
M15A1= .50CAL's under 37mm autocannon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 05-11-2013, 22:11:31
I always preferred it to the M16 which is awesome too but does not have that big 37mm AA. That of course is from a gamers perspective (CoH Blitzkrieg mostly^^). I think they used more of the M16, right? Was it that much better to have 4 .50 cals instead of this combination? Shell/Bullett travel time too different from eachother?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-11-2013, 22:11:29
3600 M16's built, 2400 M15 MGMC's .

The M16 is simply more know. More popular. More used in propaganda.
The M15 MGMC did an excellent job, even better. Defending the red ball express for example, the M15 crews loaded up the .50CAL belts with additonal tracer rounds. Strafing luftwaffe aircraft were common in the beginning, and they were tempted to engage such a "low powered" AA unit, thinking they could outrange with with their 20mm cannons. The M15 would simply wait till the attacking aircraft lined up for a strafing run,therefor being a sitting duck.. and then outrange the aircraft with its powerfull 37mm cannon.

Another good use was during the battle of aacken, when M15 MGMCS were used in direct fire support, sometimes at pretty close ranges... The Halftrack often drove backwards with the turret facing the front. The turret was well protected against small arms fires. Only autocannons could penetrate it(and anything above that ofcourse)


Simular to how Wirbelwind and Mobelwagens were very effective. Or even more modern. During the soviet invasion of afghanistan...There was one vehicle hated...hated by the insurgents...The ZSU 23 shilka...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-11-2013, 01:11:21
(http://www.winkton.net/fonfa%20images/old%20church%20war%20graves.jpg)
The temporary wartime graves at St Mary's Church (before it lost its spire)
http://www.winkton.net/fonfa%20pages/George%20Pringle.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-11-2013, 01:11:04
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/156bqzr.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 251, Waffen SS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 08-11-2013, 20:11:26
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q79/s720x720/1457655_544615405621388_974995356_n.jpg)
Quote
Son runs to greet his father before being sent to World War II.   (Did i wrote right?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 08-11-2013, 20:11:52
Hmm, someone showed me that one just yesterday. Must be going around...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-11-2013, 21:11:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Swedes_at_Soviet_tank.jpg)

Swedish volunteers in Finland with destroyed T26. Note the amazing epic M-94-16 swedish mauser
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 08-11-2013, 21:11:42
Son runs to greet his father before being sent to World War II.   (Did i wrote right?)
If it was the son that was going to be sent to war, then yes :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 11-11-2013, 20:11:15
9th Gurkhas in Burma
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1452222_457775734342713_548137955_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-11-2013, 02:11:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/780008-2/IMG_0401)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-11-2013, 17:11:31
Defence of Moscow

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5_001.8h4kyjlkwsw84480o0gws0csc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 17-11-2013, 17:11:34
is that and IR light? :O
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-11-2013, 17:11:39
Probably just glorious red army reflector made in glorious reflector factory
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-11-2013, 18:11:38
Cmon guys, the lamp is not the thing that stands out here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-11-2013, 18:11:43
But that bayonet is?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-11-2013, 19:11:25
How about the fact that it's a BT-5 or 7 with the same turret that's used on T-26? Which of course was not an uncommon sight.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-11-2013, 19:11:00
Thats just an upgraded BT-5

French Lebel rifle, that should be the special thing here. How many soviets fought with that one, even though this guy is probably from some sort of militia..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-11-2013, 20:11:38
Russia recieved many lebel/berthier rifles in WW1 and equipped many militia troops during WW2 with them. There are photo's of soldiers using them in stalingrad, moscow & leningrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 17-11-2013, 22:11:35
I knew that that rifle had to be French, just from the bayonet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 17-11-2013, 22:11:35
Glad I read the rest of the post because I was trying to figure out that rifle.  Maybe FH2 will be needing a new model.  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-11-2013, 02:11:31
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/781049-2/IMG_5877)

Fighting in one of these machines must have been horrible, even more when it's 1940 and your tank is totally outdated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-11-2013, 16:11:30
How many of those were actually used in WW2? Not much, I suppose?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 18-11-2013, 16:11:58
How many of those were actually used in WW2? Not much, I suppose?

Finns used them as pillboxes in Winter War, don't know about others... and there is this famous Mk.IV(?) tank used during Battle of Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-11-2013, 17:11:39
...and there is this famous Mk.IV(?) tank used during Battle of Berlin.

By the Russians or Germans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 18-11-2013, 17:11:51
...and there is this famous Mk.IV(?) tank used during Battle of Berlin.

By the Russians or Germans?

Why would the Russians drive an outdated tank all the way to Berlin?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-11-2013, 17:11:22
Uh... Lack of tanks and metal to make them? So it was the Germans who are using a MkIV captured during WW1.

Im not really educated about WW2 as much as you, please enlighten me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-11-2013, 17:11:41
...and there is this famous Mk.IV(?) tank used during Battle of Berlin.

By the Russians or Germans?

Germans of course, here is a picture of what I'm 99% sure these are MkIVs standing in front of the Berliner Dom, Lustgarten, Central Berlin.

What I do know however, is that these tanks were in display in a museum and when the Soviets launched their assault on Berlin, the Volkssturm took these tanks and used them as pillboxes or barricades, it is unkown if they saw actual combat (something I highly doubt).

These tanks are probably Russian Civil War veterans.

(http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq27/Strelnikoff/berliner_dom_may_1945_155.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 18-11-2013, 23:11:57
Uh... Lack of tanks and metal to make them? So it was the Germans who are using a MkIV captured during WW1.

Im not really educated about WW2 as much as you, please enlighten me.

Assuming the Soviets had a lack of anything is your first mistake.

/Edit: Aside from sane leaders.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-11-2013, 00:11:13
If I remember correctly, France still had some FT's in service at the start of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-11-2013, 01:11:53
If I'm not mistaken, about 550/600 FTs were sent to the front by the French Army when the situation became desperate, these tanks were in the reserve before.

They had 8 Batallions by 1940 equipped with Renault FTs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-11-2013, 01:11:42
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/qnk0tv.jpg)
Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen MTW Sd.Kfz.3, introduced in 1920, destroyed in Berlin 1945. Same story as above.
Berlin was full of soldiers, they used everything they could find, still (or thus?) tens of thousands died.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 19-11-2013, 01:11:03
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Op-Archery-Captain-OFlaherty-wounded.jpg)
Operation Archery, also known as the Vaagso Raid, 27 December 1941.  Captain O'Flaherty is being escorted back after being shot by a sniper in the eye. (BTW: is that a BOYS AT-rifle? Also, longbayonet is long)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Commandos_archery.jpg)
Commandos taking cover during the raid.

The Commandos sustained 17 killed and 53 wounded, the commander of the Norwegians, Capt. Linge, was killed in an attack on the local German headquarters, and the Royal Air Force had eight planes downed. The commandos accounted for at least 120 enemy killed and returned with 98 prisoners and a complete copy of the German Naval Code. The infamous Jack Churchill was on this raid. As the landing craft ramps fell, he started playing The March of The Cameron Men, before throwing a grenade and running into battle in the bay.

Catchy song ey? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH081uTTUj4
One of my wettest FH2 dreams is that someone would create this map with a pickup kit featuring a claymore, a bagpipe, some nades and a fucking longbow. Lightning pls

Anyways, after this successful raid, Hitler became paranoid that an allied invasion in Norway could happen, threatening Sweden and Finland, so he sent 30 000 more soldiers to Norway. This resulted in 400 000 soldiers in Norway. (The population in Norway in 1942 was 2 950 000, giving a ratio of 1 German soldier per 7.4 Norwegians!)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-11-2013, 02:11:13

Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen MTW Sd.Kfz.3, introduced in 1920, destroyed in Berlin 1945. Same story as above.
Berlin was full of soldiers, they used everything they could find, still (or thus?) tens of thousands died.

Amazing!, Battle of Berlin is such an interesting battle, examples like the one you posted (I never knew about that one) and the old Mk.IVs certainly show how the battle was fought, it has always been my favorite battle, the tension surrounding the battle, I love reading and knowing more about the final days in Berlin.

Wonder what's the vehicle behind the Sdkfz..., looks like some sort of armored car too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 19-11-2013, 02:11:55
Vaguely looks like a Pantserwagen M.39 but it doesn't match.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-11-2013, 12:11:48
There are many hot pictures about Berlin.

(http://oi41.tinypic.com/21nqr6a.jpg)
AT guns on the Moltke Street facing the Moltke-Bridge leading across the Spree river, the russian access to the government quarter. As the soldier in the window indicates, the guns were more or less operated from the basement of the Ministry of the Interior. Berlin, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 19-11-2013, 12:11:41
How did he survive a shot to the eye?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 19-11-2013, 17:11:48
Grazed it, I guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-11-2013, 18:11:57
Or a ricochet, or true the eye and out the side. Plenty of ways to survive a head shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-11-2013, 13:11:12
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EnterpriseBurningHellcat.jpg)
Crash landing of F6F-3, Number 30 of Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2), USS Enterprise, into the carrier’s port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is climbing up the plane’s side to assist the pilot from the burning aircraft. The pilot, Ensign Byron M. Johnson, escaped without significant injury. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane’s ruptured belly fuel tank. - Source: http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-11-2013, 18:11:20
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/767360-2/tankandhorse_001)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-11-2013, 21:11:30
An Italian partisan in Florence, 14th of August 1944

(http://imgup.com/data/images/6491.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 21-11-2013, 09:11:57
Armed with a cavalry carbine, no less..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-11-2013, 18:11:03
That is the reason i posted it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 21-11-2013, 19:11:18
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6982/5nyj.jpg)

Quote
A German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber attacking a British supply depot near Tobruk, Libya, in October of 1941. (AP Photo)

And a story of a deadly Stuka attack... on the wrong targets.

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There’s no such thing as ‘friendly fire’…

The following is from the war diary of the Italian Corpo di Armata di Manovra, the motorised corps comprising the Ariete armoured and Trieste motorised division. The diary entry is from 19 December, when C.A.M. brought up the rear of the Axis retreat through the desert.

At 16.30 hours, a formation of Stukas, despite the display of the national signs and flags, and the launch of recognition signals, violently bombarded the column in error, provoking damage that in the first instance appeared to be not grave, but on further investigation became noteworthy:

    Command C.A.M.: 33 dead, 35 wounded, 3 vehicles destroyed and about ten damaged so heavily they could not be repaired.
    Division Trieste: 11 dead, 21 wounded, and about ten vehicles damaged
    Division Ariete: 3 dead, 5 wounded, 4 vehicles destroyed and many damaged.

In total, 47 dead, 61 wounded, 17 vehicles destroyed or damaged beyond repair, and another 10+ vehicles damaged. Probably one of the more effective dive-bombing attacks of the campaign. Losses the already hard hit C.A.M. could ill afford.

Many thanks go to Michele for digging this war diary out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-11-2013, 13:11:54
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-639-4252-19A_Im_Osten_Panzerzug_mit_Gesch%C3%BCtz_und_Vierlingsflak.jpg)
n armoured train with artillery and anti aircraft guns – operated by the Germans in the occupied territories of the East during 1942. - Source: http://ww2today.com
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-11-2013, 07:11:21
7.5 cm Flak M.36 (f), known as Canon de 75 Contre aeronefs Schneider in German use, date and location unkown.

(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=271911&t=1&sid=f66f4d7c1093f4109b1be6229184724a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 23-11-2013, 13:11:30
Golfe de Gascogne

(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6153/6172496698_54ebbdcbce_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 25-11-2013, 22:11:41
That's quite a big hole you got there, sir!

(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7421/fmcn.jpg)

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Squadron Leader L C Wade, Commmanding Officer of No. 145 Squadron RAF, inspects the damaged starboard wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX after flying back to his base at Goubrine North,Tunisia, following combat with enemy fighters while providing top cover for fighter bombers attacking shipping in the Gulf of Tunis

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Lance Wade, a Texan, joined the RAF in Canada in 1940 after being turned down by the USAAC. After pilot training in the United Kingdom, he joined No. 33 Squadron in Egypt and claimed his first victories on 18 November 1941 when he shot down two Italian Fiat CR42s. He took part in the heaviest fighting in the Western Desert before completing his first tour of operations in September 1942. He then toured training establishments and test-flew aircraft in the USA before returning to operations in North Africa as a flight commander with No. 145 Squadron RAF in January 1943. He was made Commanding Officer the following month and added to his victory claims over Tunisia, Sicily and Italy, before ending his second tour as the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot in the Mediterranean area in November 1943. Wade was promoted to Wing Commander and joined the staff at Desert Air Force Headquarters, only to be killed during a routine flight when his Auster spun and crashed at Foggia on 12 January 1944. He remains the highest-scoring American pilot to serve solely in the RAF, with 25 victories.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-11-2013, 03:11:48
(http://www.worldweapons.eu/1-Warships/France/04-CA/1931%20-%20Jeanne%20d%27Arc/CL%20-%20Jeanne%20D%27Arc%20%28c%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 29-11-2013, 23:11:20
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q85/1471882_554557014627227_1647718361_n.jpg)

Quote from: from a WWII facebook page
France has a reputation of coward in World War II, but many do not know the battle of Pont St.Louis.

Between 18-28 June 1940, eight soldiers and one captain advocated a casemate against 5000 Italian soldiers, the result was as follows:
9 French prisoners, and 200 killed and 600 wounded Italian soldiers.

Never heard about it, and it seems to me that happened in the Maginot Line.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2013, 00:11:40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Line
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 30-11-2013, 17:11:20
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q77/s720x720/1422397_555206031228992_2062776402_n.jpg)
Quote
Soviet troops advance against German positions during the first days of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2013, 20:11:44
Rather famous propaganda piece, not actual combat :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-11-2013, 21:11:37
Sure is russian photo! therefor propaganda!



But yeah, this photo screams out propaganda...
(http://www.cavemancircus.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2011/may/red_army_ww2/red_army_ww2_65.jpg)

The gang was so together back then
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 30-11-2013, 21:11:42
How you figure mate? Looks like a normal group photo to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-12-2013, 06:12:10
I think he means the one I pointed out :P

Here, actual russian combat photo:

(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/39316-728x399.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-12-2013, 21:12:53
(http://oi17.tinypic.com/2d9cso5.jpg)

Strange German vehicle in Berlin, apparently not very far from the Reichstag (Tiergarten), it seems to be a Panzer IV chassis but it lacks a turret, munitions tank perhaps?. I have no idea what it could be.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 02-12-2013, 22:12:21
Yes that's taken at Tiergarten, you can see the roundabout in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-12-2013, 22:12:19
(http://oi17.tinypic.com/2d9cso5.jpg)

Strange German vehicle in Berlin, apparently not very far from the Reichstag (Tiergarten), it seems to be a Panzer IV chassis but it lacks a turret, munitions tank perhaps?. I have no idea what it could be.
Munitionsträger Hummel. These were the vehicles that carried shells for the Hummel self propelled artillery. They could be converted to a hummel in the field when neccesary. One of these vehicles could carry Alot of shells for the hummel
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 02-12-2013, 22:12:59
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/5056429005_24a5694388_o.gif)

doesn't really look like it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-12-2013, 01:12:07
I believe the answer is more simple:
(http://forum.valka.cz/files/munitions_hungary_march_1945_2.jpg)
Munitionspanzer IV

Edit://
(http://forum.valka.cz/attachments/796/q0PE8brOT5la130660861632P2121.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 03-12-2013, 17:12:50
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q71/1477937_556527447763517_965717316_n.jpg)
Quote
Soviet troops ski in the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 03-12-2013, 18:12:33
I believe the answer is more simple:

Munitionspanzer IV

Don't think so, those are simply Panzer IV chassis without a turret. The one in the picture seems to have some sort of custom/rare superstructure on top of the hull.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 04-12-2013, 23:12:00
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q86/s720x720/1451579_557018827714379_163190250_n.jpg)
Quote
Soviet troops storming the Reichstag during the invasion of Berlin. The beginning of the end.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-12-2013, 23:12:29
The beginning of the end? Moscow 1941 was the beginning of the end. This is like half an hour past the end.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 04-12-2013, 23:12:07
Totaly no propaganda photo :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-12-2013, 01:12:01
Don't think so, those are simply Panzer IV chassis without a turret. The one in the picture seems to have some sort of custom/rare superstructure on top of the hull.

(http://oi17.tinypic.com/2d9cso5.jpg)

(http://forum.valka.cz/attachments/796/q0PE8brOT5la130660861632P2121.jpg)

The air-inlets are mounted sidewards, this way the space above the engine can be used for storage purposes, contrary to a conventional Panzer IV chassis. But I agree on the custom superstructure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-12-2013, 02:12:43
Some people in other forums said it was a Mobelwagen, which I highly doubt, or a Stug IV, which seems more possible but still.


(http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx326/300445PotsdaM/0_aa099_2f374def_XXL_zps870702ed.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-12-2013, 13:12:40
(http://oi44.tinypic.com/2vjya0j.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-12-2013, 18:12:21
Everybody always believed that the IL-2 was the most important soviet aircraft of WW2

Infact, it was the PE-2 and the TU-2 that were regarded by soviet commanders & German commanders as the most effective of the Soviet airforce

(http://www.aviapress.com/book/trn/trn148_2.jpg)

TU-2 above
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-12-2013, 20:12:36
The Tu-2 was an amazing medium bomber.  Was always sad it wasn't in IL-2 1946 as a flyable/campaign aircraft :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-12-2013, 03:12:34
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=92508)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-12-2013, 00:12:02
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/army-mine-handling-595x592.jpg)
The British Army in Italy: Troops learn to handle mines and booby-trap devices ‘blind’ using a special screen at 10 Corps Mine School, 28 December 1943
(source: http://ww2today.com )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-12-2013, 19:12:43
(http://i.imgur.com/ZiODXR5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-12-2013, 23:12:15
(http://oi7.tinypic.com/30mnwad.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: flyboy_fx on 16-12-2013, 06:12:55
Is that hetzer running gear?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-12-2013, 13:12:50
It looks like a modification. Like somebody flattened it with a compactor. But it is probably not a Hetzer chassis.

(http://www.panzerbaer.de/types/pix/ch_jgdpz_hetzer_g13-009.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-12-2013, 17:12:20
"Hetzer chassis" is just a Pz38t chassis :P

Anyways, that's a Waffentrager Ardelt 1, based on the E-10 chassis:

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/1-Germany/04-Panzerjaegers/E-Serien/File/E-Serien.htm#E10

(http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Images/1-Vehicles/Files/7-Other-Fulltracks/E-Serien/Waffentrager38%28d%29_1.ap.jpg)

Quote
leichter Waffenträger (leichte Einheitswaffenträger) mit 88 mm Pak 43 L/71 (Ardelt I). This tank destroyer weighed 11200 kg, was directed by a crew of 4 men and could reach on road the 30 km/h. This machine was seen close to Berlin within 3rd PzJg Abteilung in April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-12-2013, 17:12:15
(http://i.imgur.com/zFqV7fW.png)

Finnish Panzer IV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 16-12-2013, 17:12:21
SWASTIKA ALERT!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-12-2013, 17:12:56
SWASTIKA ALERT!!!!

Historical picture---> not a problem.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 16-12-2013, 17:12:18
Oh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-12-2013, 17:12:43
Is that finnish cross actually even considered a swastika?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 16-12-2013, 18:12:17
Is that finnish cross actually even considered a swastika?
According to German Criminal Law it is. Even crossod out swastikas, often worn by people from the left-ish scene, are forbidden. Because, you know, banning stuff will make it go away.  ::)

But as Siben said, if one´s being shown in a historical and educational context it´s not a problem. Except if you use it as a form of propaganda to promote Nazi ideology.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-12-2013, 18:12:28
And you have to be dumb as a doornail to promote nazi ideology with a Finnish swastika, especially that of the Armoured Units.

Interesting pic with that Pz4. And before anyone goes suggesting them for the Finns, no, they werent used in combat. They were transferred to Lapland because they were deemed better than the Stugs (which were hauled there as well and later brought back because of all sorts of restrictions that came with the armistice). Only tanks that Finns used in actual combat during the Lapland War were T-34's (mainly the newly captured 85's) and small outdated tanks such as T-26E's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-12-2013, 21:12:01
And you have to be dumb as a doornail to promote nazi ideology with a Finnish swastika, especially that of the Armoured Units.

Interesting pic with that Pz4. And before anyone goes suggesting them for the Finns, no, they werent used in combat. They were transferred to Lapland because they were deemed better than the Stugs (which were hauled there as well and later brought back because of all sorts of restrictions that came with the armistice). Only tanks that Finns used in actual combat during the Lapland War were T-34's (mainly the newly captured 85's) and small outdated tanks such as T-26E's.
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerkampfwagen_IV

Wikipedia says they saw combat in Lapland War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 16-12-2013, 22:12:19
Wikipedia?! HERETIC!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-12-2013, 22:12:32
(http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx326/300445PotsdaM/0_9407e_5ce246c7_XXL_zps4fc3cc91.jpg)

17 cm Kanone 18 (?) after the Battle of Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-12-2013, 23:12:00
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7264/0001st.jpg)

Soviet forces using BAR near Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 16-12-2013, 23:12:26
Not a BAR. It is a Polish wz 1928. You can tell by the funky bipod and pistol grip...and that a Russian is using it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-12-2013, 23:12:05
Yeah I know, but that's basically a BAR.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-12-2013, 23:12:37
Wikipedia says they saw combat in Lapland War.

Yeah, they were transported to Lapland and they operated in the actual pursuit, but they didnt engage anyone in combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-12-2013, 18:12:37
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Gen_Yoshiko_Kawashima.jpg)

Bonus point for those who know the story
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 17-12-2013, 18:12:14
Is that the Jap who was captured by the Russians, then put to use against the Germans, captured again by Gerry, then sent off to fight the Americans, by whom he was captured again?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-12-2013, 18:12:44
Is that the Jap who was captured by the Russians, then put to use against the Germans, captured again by Gerry, then sent off to fight the Americans, by whom he was captured again?
nope

She was never captured by the soviets
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 17-12-2013, 18:12:08
Bonus point for those who know the story can check the filename.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 17-12-2013, 21:12:46
Yeah I know, but that's basically a BAR.

But calling it by that name can be misleading. Implies that it is of American manufacture rather than Polish. Keep in mind that not everybody knows what that is, and such photos are great opportunities to explain such things.

Here is a photo so I'm not accused of being a buster.

German horse-drawn artillery in Russia (1941). The guns are 10.5cm leFH 18s. From a photo album of the 78th Panzer Artillery Regiment, though it could be another unit in the photo.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/739/as67.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-12-2013, 21:12:11
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4027/2ms1.jpg)

This is technically "just a BAR" but its a pretty darn redesigned swedish version and much improved

Lighter, larger magazines. Better designed magazines, Flash hider/recoil compensator, Quick barrel change system and sturdier Bipod
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-12-2013, 21:12:31
(http://www.kitpic.com/is.php?i=33647&img=kdwe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 17-12-2013, 22:12:20
This is technically "just a BAR" but its a pretty darn redesigned swedish version and much improved

Lighter, larger magazines. Better designed magazines, Flash hider/recoil compensator, Quick barrel change system and sturdier Bipod

Still has the same major drawback as all other BAR variants used as LMGs - a tiny magazine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-12-2013, 22:12:19
Well for squad support, its okay, and had its value. Everyone could carry a BAR magazine or 2.

Easier then to give everyone a 250 round ammo box
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-12-2013, 23:12:47
A video for today:
WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC IN NATURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYLJwLegqVg
Hangings of some cases at the Dachau Trails
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 18-12-2013, 00:12:42
Damned Americans gave them coffins.
Title: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 18-12-2013, 02:12:38
I know two things: that I'm baked and that the KV tanks are fucking immense.

(http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/kv-1_model_1941.jpg)

Share love for the KV series here.

(http://www.tincrossmilitaria.com/Finnish%20Tank%205.jpg)

(http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121124014548/fhsw/images/d/d3/2KV-2.jpg)
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 18-12-2013, 02:12:16
Indeed, beautiful machines

(http://spirenet.co.uk/images/Environment/Ballistics%20Damage/kv1hitseveraltimeskc9.jpg)

(http://ww2db.com/images/vehicle_kv3.jpg)


(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/KV/KV_2M41/photo/KV_2M41_04.jpg)

(http://junebarbarossa.devhub.com/img/upload/kv1_2.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Destroyed_KV1_in_Aunus.jpg)

(http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/Briefings/Soviets/KV-1s-04.jpg)

(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/39571-700x451.jpg)
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Torenico on 18-12-2013, 04:12:30
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0ZfViR8xEQ/UqTxj7USd4I/AAAAAAAAB-0/tc6Xvvvbzos/s1600/kv-mix-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nosunshine on 18-12-2013, 14:12:56
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4027/2ms1.jpg)

This is technically "just a BAR" but its a pretty darn redesigned swedish version and much improved

Lighter, larger magazines. Better designed magazines, Flash hider/recoil compensator, Quick barrel change system and sturdier Bipod

That's awesome picture , I like  it .
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Leopardi on 18-12-2013, 15:12:12
(http://i.imgur.com/uNEFfiA.jpg)
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 18-12-2013, 17:12:56
These things are so magnificent that there are no words needed to acompany the pictures  8)

(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/ruscaptured/KV-2/kv_2_05.jpg)

I love it how the germans mounted that commanders hatch everywhere
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Tedacious on 18-12-2013, 18:12:49
I adore the OP.
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-12-2013, 19:12:17
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/RIAN_archive_87961_Collective_farmers_from_the_Moscow_suburbs_handing_over_tanks_to_Soviet_servicemen.jpg)
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-12-2013, 19:12:41
Great, lovely. We really needed another thread for dumping nothing but pics in.
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 18-12-2013, 21:12:23
Great, lovely. We really needed another thread for dumping nothing but pics in.
I'm gonna make a barbed wire appreciation thread right now.
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Korsakov829 on 18-12-2013, 21:12:28
Great, lovely. We really needed another thread for dumping nothing but pics in.
I'm gonna make a barbed wire appreciation thread right now.

That should happen.
Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 18-12-2013, 21:12:05
Please, bitch more.

Title: Re: KV tanks appreciation thread
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-12-2013, 21:12:15
Nope, I'll just merge. Muahahahahahahaha!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 18-12-2013, 22:12:20
NO! Screw only one picture per day.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 18-12-2013, 23:12:40
Villain.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-12-2013, 01:12:37

(http://junebarbarossa.devhub.com/img/upload/kv1_2.jpg)


What is happening with the legs of those soldiers? Are they having sex?


Edit:// Oh, the shadow reveals that his leg rests on the gear.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-12-2013, 02:12:09
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/a-tambor-class-sub-920-0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-12-2013, 05:12:42
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-muP76H4UXdo/UciGoT6iWPI/AAAAAAAAA6I/5ENyuTydJco/s1600/raseiniai-again-3.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-12-2013, 00:12:46
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/he111-cockpit.jpg)
He-111
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-12-2013, 05:12:00
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/france/B2/B2-010.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-12-2013, 14:12:42
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Sher-mine-Donville-les-Bains-Normdy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-12-2013, 14:12:30
What the shit?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-12-2013, 14:12:33
Sherman mineclearer, Donville-les-Bains, Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-12-2013, 17:12:16
I always thought they just used the flail versions instead. But I see this is far more suitable for urban areas.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 20-12-2013, 18:12:57
The flails would've been used on soft ground and these (T1E3) were used to clear roads. Probably because the chains on one hand would've gotten damaged slamming into asphalt, while this version on the other hand would sink into the soft terrain because of the weight.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 20-12-2013, 18:12:22
(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5228/9vnv.jpg)

Quote
Fiat-Ansaldo P 40 "heavy" (in weight terms, medium) tank of Waffen-Gebirgs (Karstjager) Brigade der SS (formerly 24 Waffen-Gebirgsdivision, "Karstjager"), abandoned in southern Carinthia, June 1945. The "Karstjager" succession of formations consisted, in the main, of north Italian and Sovenian ethnic Germans, ethnic Germans for other parts of the Balkans, and Slovenes.

This would have been the only decent Italian tank  of WWII, had the Italians actually realized that making tanks is more important for the war effort than making pasta...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-12-2013, 18:12:14
The only man to blame is mussolini. many great Italian designs were cancelled or postponed because of Mussolini's very weird ambitions....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 20-12-2013, 19:12:15
(http://en.valka.cz/files/dp26earlyprotom14ascomparison7_136.jpg)
P26 Prototype with a short 75mm gun, it was ready in 40/41 didn't buid because no suitable engine  :P
they already had a vehicle such as the P IV  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-12-2013, 19:12:24
Italy had some nice designs, one of them is the Semovente 75/18, a very good Assault Gun which fired powerful HEAT shells, Semovente 105/25 was also a very good design.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-12-2013, 19:12:34
for its size, it was actually more effective then lets say, the hetzer. Dual purpose, powerfull...

and cheap to produce.

Only the mighty churchill tank could withstand the heat rounds
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 21-12-2013, 19:12:09
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q71/1476256_564727013610227_255673472_n.jpg)
Quote
An M4 "Sherman" of the 713th Tank Battalion, shooting inside the entrance of a cave in Okinawa with his "POA-CWS-H1" flamethrower. June 25, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 22-12-2013, 00:12:20
(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3640/hlqc.jpg)

Bonus points for anyone who can tell me what's wrong with this picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 22-12-2013, 00:12:49
LaGG 3 with Japanese markings? Captured or something?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 22-12-2013, 15:12:19
LaGG 3 with Japanese markings? Captured or something?

Correct, it was captured when one of the Soviet pilots defected to Manchuria in 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 23-12-2013, 05:12:01
Was the imperialist pigdog traitor purged by the mighty army of glorious workers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-12-2013, 00:12:37
(http://oi17.tinypic.com/4fwqvyq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-12-2013, 02:12:11
Is that the Jap who was captured by the Russians, then put to use against the Germans, captured again by Gerry, then sent off to fight the Americans, by whom he was captured again?
Dude was a Korean anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 26-12-2013, 23:12:35
(http://beeldbank.grebbeberg.nl/images/greb/foto/normal/gr/greb_rb_021213_03.jpg)

May 11th 1940. A platoon of heavy MG's of SS reg Der Fuehrer in their assembly area prior the attack on outposts of the Grebbeberg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-12-2013, 00:12:19
(http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx326/300445PotsdaM/0_bd6df_fd358d5f_L_zpse870211d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 27-12-2013, 09:12:43
Is this a Hummel without complete fighting compartment?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-12-2013, 15:12:04
That's a blown up Hummel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 28-12-2013, 07:12:30
is that one of those special powers bicycles where you cant be shot off of it?  shouldn't they be riding it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-12-2013, 00:12:37
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/785601-2/vaunu)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 03-01-2014, 06:01:07
(http://i.imgur.com/9hCvu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-01-2014, 14:01:23
^ How well did it work at the time?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-01-2014, 02:01:13
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/su/kv/kv-2/kv_2_11.jpg)

Captured KV-2 mod. 1940 in German Service, defending the Krupp Works in Essen against the Allies in April 1945.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 04-01-2014, 12:01:09
(http://imageshack.com/a/img845/7873/xy6s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 04-01-2014, 18:01:59
That KV2 has an awful lot of holes...

Found something interesting... can anyone knowledgeable comment on this?

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/669048-2/tank-submachine-gun-800) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-armor/tank-submachine-gun-800.html)

Quote
Subcaliber firing was used by the U.S. Army to develop a tank gunner's accuracy, speed, and confidence without the costs and disturbance of firing the main armament. In general, the coaxial machine gun was used for the subcaliber training.

However for fire adjustment training, a standard submachine gun was mounted outside the tank. Until a standard mount could be developed, the Tank Gunnery manual recommended the following mount for the 75-mm gun on the M4. For firing, the submachine gun was connected to the firing solenoid from the coaxial machine gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Miklas on 04-01-2014, 20:01:46
All I know is that we used similar systems when training on the AT4 (handheld AT weapon). We had special versions for 9mm training rounds and 20mm training rounds; both have the same tracetory and speed of the real rocket. Much much cheaper to train on compared to the real deal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 04-01-2014, 20:01:44
We had similar systems with LAWs (9mm round) and NSV (basically an assault rifle attached to a modified mount)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-01-2014, 01:01:55
(http://imageshack.com/a/img845/7873/xy6s.jpg)

is it Eastern or Western front? The burning truck looks a bit old school, thus I thought of russia first, but I guess it could have been used by any other western country in the early stages of war as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 05-01-2014, 01:01:31
AFAIK it's from the conquest of Yugoslavia and/or Greece
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-01-2014, 02:01:36
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/france/S35/S35-07.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 05-01-2014, 03:01:00
@thompson mount: I also can confirm this from Pzf 3 training. There was a special subcaliber Pzf 3 (18 mm?), which provided same range and trajectory as "real" Pzf 3.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Aragorn on 05-01-2014, 10:01:54
Greetings to you all,

You have an amazing collection of interesting pictures here. I wonder if anyone can help me with finding the following picture, which I once came across in a book, long forgotten and lost.

It is a picture of two German soldiers, dressed in winter uniform and lying next to a road. They are seen on the back and according to the comment it is the Eastern front in 1944/1945 and most important, it is FATHER and SON. I've been thinking about this picture for years. Perhaps somebody knows where to find it or is willing to post it here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 05-01-2014, 14:01:30
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp7vg8KcfA1qgc8rio1_500.jpg)
awwwwwwwwww
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 05-01-2014, 16:01:40
(http://oi41.tinypic.com/30sy9m0.jpg)
Quote
Vasily Grossman, near Moscow: "Germans, frozen to death, line the roads. Practical jokers put them in fanciful poses"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-01-2014, 16:01:40
I zee nattiiiiin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 05-01-2014, 16:01:22
FIXED
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 05-01-2014, 16:01:58
Grimdark stuff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 05-01-2014, 17:01:18
Shit, forgot how to human.
Oh wait he was German-Aussie thats why.


(http://caitlinww2blog.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/bundesarchiv_bild_101i-166-0527-04_kreta_kondomari_erschiec39fung_von_zivilisten.jpg)
Quote
Murder of Greek civilians in Crete. After the Nazis took over Greece, the Greek people suffered from starvation, murder, and other atrocities.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-01-2014, 03:01:33
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/su/is-2/is-2_03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 07-01-2014, 10:01:58
We had similar systems with LAWs (9mm round) and NSV (basically an assault rifle attached to a modified mount)

7.65mm on the LAW, actually.

The americans devised a special mount for Remington Model 11/Browning Auto 5 for bomber gunner training:
(http://www.gunslot.com/files/gunslot/images/67231.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2014, 04:01:16
(http://i.imgur.com/lsaq74f.jpg)

Two knocked-out AB41 in German Service.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-01-2014, 23:01:01
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/fairy-swordfish-500-3.jpg?w=500)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-01-2014, 00:01:02
Greetings to you all,

You have an amazing collection of interesting pictures here. I wonder if anyone can help me with finding the following picture, which I once came across in a book, long forgotten and lost.

It is a picture of two German soldiers, dressed in winter uniform and lying next to a road. They are seen on the back and according to the comment it is the Eastern front in 1944/1945 and most important, it is FATHER and SON. I've been thinking about this picture for years. Perhaps somebody knows where to find it or is willing to post it here.

I'd try endless googling on keywords that you could put on the picture. Guess what possible captions may be. And make sure you put the google image filter in black-white
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-01-2014, 19:01:57
(http://i.imgur.com/86sR2Z9.jpg)

Knocked out L.6 da 47/32, Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 13-01-2014, 15:01:06
(http://imageshack.com/a/img20/4323/97rb.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-01-2014, 17:01:20
^ whoa, neat pic.  any more info?

(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1545113_463862633736223_392404159_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 15-01-2014, 18:01:20
(http://imageshack.com/a/img20/4323/97rb.png)


^ whoa, neat pic.  any more info?

It's from a Belarussian movie called Dnjeper Line: Love and War

http://www.amazon.ca/Dnjeper-Line-Love-Dneprovskij-rubezh/dp/B006ROHZWO

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3160442/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 15-01-2014, 18:01:41
^ whoa, neat pic.  any more info?

(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1545113_463862633736223_392404159_n.jpg)

MG-42 with 50 round drum magazine.. really useful.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-01-2014, 18:01:45
Well, its good for at least 10 accurate bursts of fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-01-2014, 18:01:02
Probably were expecting to assualt with it.  As you can see, they have a box right next to it ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 15-01-2014, 20:01:39
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k619/Hjaldrgud/1-1.jpg)
Norwegian police troops training in august 1944  in Sweden. But what kind of MP are they using?

Also, that must be Leonardo Dicaprio's grand father...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-01-2014, 20:01:39
(http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/7/76/Husqvarna_M1944.jpg/450px-Husqvarna_M1944.jpg)

Husqavarna M/1944. Swedish licence built KP31 of finland
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 15-01-2014, 21:01:00
Your site is the only one calling it M/1944, though. The picture you posted is a Kpist m/37-39 and the one Hjalgrud posted looks more like the Kpist m/37.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GuinNess on 16-01-2014, 09:01:15
^ whoa, neat pic.  any more info?

(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1545113_463862633736223_392404159_n.jpg)

MG-42 with 50 round drum magazine.. really useful.

And nobody noticed the G41?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 16-01-2014, 19:01:49
pff, who cares for rare rifles when you have assault mg-42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 17-01-2014, 05:01:54
Funny thing is, you have the same Mg42 in CoH. I didn't know it was rare.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 17-01-2014, 09:01:03
The lafette one does have a big canister iirc. Some of the grenadiers could have that assault MG42 and it was pretty expensive ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-01-2014, 16:01:03
(http://1.standaardcdn.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2014/01/17/24244b08-7f5f-11e3-9e6b-9687ecea2415_web_scale_0.0732064_0.0732064__.JPG?maxheight=416&maxwidth=568)
Hiroo Onoda passed away yesterday, aged 91.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-01-2014, 16:01:05
pff, who cares for rare rifles when you have assault mg-42

The G41 wasn't actually all that "rare". In the next patch you will be able to use it on some Normandy maps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 17-01-2014, 17:01:29
(http://1.standaardcdn.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2014/01/17/24244b08-7f5f-11e3-9e6b-9687ecea2415_web_scale_0.0732064_0.0732064__.JPG?maxheight=416&maxwidth=568)
Hiroo Onoda passed away yesterday, aged 91.


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/01/japan-final-world-war-holdout-dies-at-91-201411783917157509.html
Nice little article about Hiroo Onoda, also with another picture of him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-01-2014, 17:01:55
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/1557531_465231390266014_1358145938_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-01-2014, 17:01:56
Wow, badass photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 18-01-2014, 21:01:46
(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003954904735275818_rs.jpg)

Quote
moments of relaxation in a trench
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2014, 07:01:55
Hiroo Onoda, RIP, I was fascinated with his story.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/fugari/KI-45CapeGlouster1944.jpg)

Ki-45 Toryu (Dragon Slayer) codenamed "Nick" by the Allies, apparently in one of the airfields the Japanese built in Cape Gloucester, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-01-2014, 18:01:07
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/792512-2/aJapTankTyp97)

Japanese Type 67 Chi-Ha medium tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 20-01-2014, 18:01:33
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/us/truck/US6-10.jpg)

German troops repairing a captured US truck
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-01-2014, 22:01:11
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/792108-2/a100mmBerlinBS-3)

100mm BS-3 Field Gun, Berlin suburbs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-01-2014, 02:01:28
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/8/0/1803081.jpg)

A bombed Japanese airfield, with the remains of a Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 25-01-2014, 16:01:07
(http://i.imgur.com/ASd28.jpg)

Eastern Front, 1942. -40 degrees!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 25-01-2014, 17:01:20
German soldier is sharing his bread with russian people.
(http://einedeutscheweise.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/deutschersoldat-russl-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-01-2014, 17:01:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/723982-2/ELS-139_Japanese-troops-in-rubble-of-village_003)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-01-2014, 17:01:19
(http://www.lg-c.dk/uploads/ss-dk-skull.jpg)

"To be, or not to be, that is the question!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 26-01-2014, 17:01:30
What rifle is the guy on the left holding? Is that thing under the bolt a mag or part of the clothing?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-01-2014, 17:01:11
Is SVT40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 26-01-2014, 17:01:47
I thought of this too but I was not sure about the cocking handle being that high. Well, thank you, it is a mag then ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-01-2014, 19:01:48
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/777477-2/imagen3hv0)

Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Keitel and Harald Öhquist from the Finnish Army at the Wolfsschanze, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-01-2014, 19:01:12
Adolf has this very "No shit?" look on his face.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-01-2014, 19:01:40
"Sir we are trying our best but the Russians are pushing through"
"The what now??"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 26-01-2014, 21:01:49
Hitler doesn't look very Nordic Aryan.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-01-2014, 20:01:22
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/726083-2/hanke)

Karl Hanke. A Nazi fanatic, protegé of Joseph Goebbels whom he served as personal secretary. He served on the 3. Panzer-Division during the Poland Campaign and in 1940 he served under Erwin Rommel command with the 7. Panzer-Division in France. He received the Iron Cross Second and First class and was discharged from the Heer with the rank of Oberleutnant after criticizing Rommel's command style but was almost inmediately appointed as Gauleiter of Lower Silesia. In 1945 he led the early stages of the defense of "Festung Breslau".

He was named by Hitler to be Breslau Battle Commander "Kampfkommandant". He oversaw the battle with his charateristic fanatism, Joseph Goebbels praised Hanke's fanatism and unconditional support for Hitler in his personal diary. He was appointed Reichsführer-SS on Hitler's last will, replacing Heinrich Himmler on 29th April 1945 and was also awarded with the "German Order" (The highest decoration a Nazi Party member could achieve). General Hermann Niehoff surrendered the city of Breslau to the Soviets on 6 May 1945, Hanke flown out of the city a day before and flew to Prague, attaching himself to the 18th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Horst Wessel", wearing the SS uniform of a private attempting to cover his identity. After a fierce battle with Czech partisans, he was captured and identified as Karl Hanke by his captors and placed in a PoW camp. He attempted to escape in early June 1945 with other PoWs, the Czech captors opened fire and it is said that Hanke was the first one to die.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-01-2014, 00:01:27
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-2105-23,_Hafenschutzboot_HS_114.jpg)
Hafenschutzboot HS 114. Used to patrol harbours and shallow coastal waters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 29-01-2014, 01:01:56
How was the state of the Kriegsmarine apart from subs later in the war. Was there any capital ships left 44-45?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 29-01-2014, 09:01:00
Tirpitz fo' sho', and probably other cruisers that weren't sent out to hunt merchants or some shit like that.
I know that in 1942ish, Prinz Eugen, Gneisenau and Scharnhorst escaped from Brest to Germany through La Manche...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 29-01-2014, 10:01:30
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-2105-23,_Hafenschutzboot_HS_114.jpg)
Hafenschutzboot HS 114. Used to patrol harbours and shallow coastal waters.

what is that boat used for?   am i too drunk to see any weapons on it? or just uses radio etc. to mark locations of fleet movements?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ciupita on 29-01-2014, 10:01:04
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-2105-23,_Hafenschutzboot_HS_114.jpg)
Hafenschutzboot HS 114. Used to patrol harbours and shallow coastal waters.

what is that boat used for?   am i too drunk to see any weapons on it? or just uses radio etc. to mark locations of fleet movements?

I see two MGs in front of the mast..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-01-2014, 12:01:06
Hafenschutzboot means literally 'Harbour Protection Boat'. It is a very small vessel armed with light anti aircraft guns usable for surface to surface combat as well. However, in most cases the armament is used for the purpose of self protection as these boats have almost no fighting abilities. Usually the boats are converted fish trawlers which are too small to travel the open seas.
They patrol the harbour, represent the german military and might act as a police unit. They also patrol the port entrance and the shallow waters nearby. The main purpose is to report and detect enemy movement and raids in the harbour and its entrance.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1832-04%2C_Frankreich%2C_Hafenschutzboot%2C_Flak-MG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-01-2014, 13:01:07
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/780800-2/italian-mt+infantry-street+fighting-menton-22june40)

Italian infantry advancing trough the town of Menton, France, in 1940. An Italian attack trough the French Riviera was halted in Menton after a portion of it was seized by the Italians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 07-02-2014, 04:02:41
Reviving a set from WAAAY long ago.

The explosion just before:

(http://i.imgur.com/Mos6Jmn.jpg)

Then the long walk to make sure

(http://i.imgur.com/wbOoqfE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2014, 17:02:32
(http://i.imgur.com/Rp89gFT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-02-2014, 17:02:13
..Carcano?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-02-2014, 18:02:30
Nobody knows for sure, the picture is to unclear, but the bayonet seems to go in that direction. Carcano's where used to guard camps so its possible.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-02-2014, 23:02:16
(http://www.muetstege.com/images/m1895_cavalry_klein.jpg)
Quote
Dutch soldier belonging to a Cavalry Regiment with his M1895 "Carbine No.1 NM" Bayonet mounted on his No.1 NM Carbine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-02-2014, 23:02:40
Classic.
One day before the enemy reaches the concentration camp, the SS guards press Volkssturm and Hitleryouth into their positions and take to their heels.

(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2uo2ool.jpg)
Kriegsfischkutter (KFK) in service.
Kriegsfischkutter means War-Fishing-Boat. Unless the name suggests, these were not sent out for fishing during wartimes. The story behind this is a different one. Shortly after World War I a program was iniciated to give out cheap loans to fishers for them to buy a standartized fishing boat. In the return for the cheap loan, the boat could be drafted in wartimes and was designed to be easily converted into a warship. In 1942 a total of another 1000 boats had been ordered to be build and 44 of these were ordered by the german department of agriculture from neutral swedish shipyards which were immediatly converted after they had been delivered as fully functional fishing boats. The armament ranged from small machine guns to heavy automatic AA guns and usually included depth charges. Hundrets of these boats formed the first line of defense along the continental coasts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SirGutz on 09-02-2014, 00:02:00
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/nuyt/tjilatjapcoastalarty47.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-02-2014, 00:02:33
Classic.
One day before the enemy reaches the concentration camp, the SS guards press Volkssturm and Hitleryouth into their positions and take to their heels.

Nope, that's a Ukrainian camp guard.  He has the foreign-volunteer armband.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-02-2014, 00:02:07
(http://www.muetstege.com/images/m1895_cavalry_klein.jpg)

Those are great boots ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 09-02-2014, 01:02:50
Well, visited my grandma 2 days ago and she digged out some stuff of my other grandfather who I have never met. Pictures were very small and quality of the photos also due to bad light setting not good. Well, even better news is that there are far over 30 letters letters from the Eastern Front, partly written on a nearly weekly basis.

Anyway:

(http://www7.pic-upload.de/09.02.14/zu1ue5zevcn4.jpg)

Northern part of the Eastern front, probably in fall 1944. The insignia on the sidecar is the one from the 329. Infanterie Division. I can not say the location for sure, but it's likeley to be on the retreat towards Latvia, which eventually ended with the surrender in the Courland Pocket, where he became POW.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 09-02-2014, 08:02:01
Looking forward to see more pictures, Surfbird!
My mothers father was a member of the 215th Infantry Division and also took part in the Battle for the Kurland Kessel. But unlike your grandpa, his unit made it out there and back to the Hel Peninsula in Western Prussia, where they fought until the official end of the war. Afterwards he was taken to Siberia as a POW for three years, IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-02-2014, 14:02:06
(http://i.imgur.com/jgjaEOU.png)

During battle of Tali-Ihantala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 10-02-2014, 14:02:31
(http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.02.14/3vwekswhcjwl.jpg)

Can't say when or where with this one.

@homer_jay:

That's interesting. I didn't read all letters yet, but what I know is that he was between St. Petersburg & Moscow before in 1942, but not with the 329. Infanteriedivision, but a different one. They were moved to the 329th in 1944, but he was part of a different division before. I hope to find out more details.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 10-02-2014, 15:02:42
Surfbird, you´re really lucky to have your grandpas Feldpost letters! I "only" found a form my grandpa filled out to claim compensation because he became a POW. That´s how I found out about the unit he served in, his rank and where his unit surrendered.
I did some quick research and found out that in late 44 the 329th ID was reinforced by elements of Luftwaffe ground units:
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Nach dem Einsatzen der Schlammperiode wurden die verbleibenden Reste der Division am 8. November 1944 aus der Front genommen und in den Raum Broceni nordöstlich von Frauenburg verlegt. Zur Auffrischung der Division wurden wesentliche Teile der 21. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division eingegliedert: Jäger-Regiment 42 (L), Füsilier-Bataillon 21 (L), Luftwaffen-Artillerie-Regiment 21 (L). Wesentliche Teile der Divison mußten neu aufgestellt werden. Außerdem wurde der Division das Sicherungs-Regiment 51 unterstellt. Anfang Dezember wurde die Division wieder in die Front eingeschoben und übernahm einen Stellungsabschnitt nordostwärts Ezere - südostwärts Kursisi. Im Anschluss nahm die Division an der 3. - 6. Kurlandschlacht teil. Bis zum 8. Mai wurde die dabei in den Raum Frauenburg zurückgedrängt. Hier kapitulierte am 8. Mai 1945 die Division.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/329ID-R.htm (http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/329ID-R.htm)

Sorry for quoting a German text, to the non-German speakers!


Not sure if that would fit, but it seems like these were the only larger units that reeinforced the 329th ID in 1944. Could be possible. Another thing you could to is using your grandpas Feldpostnummer (field post id) to find out about his service records.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Suche.htm (http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Suche.htm)

I haven´t done it myself but at some point in the near future I´d like to use the WASts service to find out more about both of my grandfathers service records (though I already found out quite a lot about what they did).


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Surfbird on 10-02-2014, 16:02:17
Thanks a lot for your tips & research. I will look for the Feldpostnummer. I remember that he wrote that it changed in between by the way, most likely when he was moved to 329. But I know for sure that both of the numbers are there. I'm pretty sure that he was part of the Heer before as well and not in the Luftwaffe, but I can't say with certainty. Next time I visit my grandma I'll study everything in detail and gather as much information as I can.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-02-2014, 05:02:23
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2ih2xxe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-02-2014, 17:02:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/792376-1/volontari+di+francia_001)

French people of Italian origin during rifle training, 1944. French Volunteers formed the 3rd Company "Volontari di Francia", of Battalion "Fulmine", Xª Flottiglia MAS of the Italian Social Republic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-02-2014, 23:02:28
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/35c3mtv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 11-02-2014, 23:02:11
captured soviet airfield?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-02-2014, 23:02:44
Well there is an Italian Stuka so it's most likely in Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 12-02-2014, 00:02:23
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/35c3mtv.jpg)
A famous FH map is surely based on this photo, right ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-02-2014, 00:02:20
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/dxxsnk.jpg)
Parents are liable for any damage caused by their children.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-02-2014, 11:02:15
nice picture of that airfield
good caption, Dukat
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/German-graves-in-russia.jpeg)
In the lounge she showed me her husband’s last letter from Stalingrad.

He asked her to forgive him for anything he might ever have done to hurt her. He had never at any time wanted to hurt her. It was for her alone that he was now living and he loved her more than his life. This was no empty phrase he wrote, because they were now facing death, and it would only be a matter of days or weeks. But as long as he felt his death served a purpose he would be willing to give his life for the Fatherland. He implored her never to give up, no matter what might come, and to bring up their children-the youngest only two months old»in the spirit they had agreed upon.

I was utterly shaken. I could see him standing before me in his officer’s uniform, so proud and with the Iron Cross on his chest and the stars of a Hauptmann. He had been a strong and virile man, honest as the day.

‘Was he wounded when he wrote this letter?’ I asked Edith. ‘No,’ she said quickly. ‘I have been told he was not wounded. He met his death with open eyes. He was perfectly well and strong.’

I looked down at the carpet. What kind of death then had he met? As if Edith could guess my thoughts, she said, ‘They have written that death came instantaneously. He got a bullet through the head as he came round the corner of a house.’

While I was searching desperately for the right words, Edith spoke again. ‘There is one thing that haunts me. I have heard a rumour that they could have escaped, but that Hitler forbade it!’

I was frightened. I had not heard that rumour myself at the time. ‘No! Impossible!’ I said. ‘It would be plain murder. Hitler would never do such a thing. You know that, surely ?’

Very slowly Edith lifted her head. ‘I am not so sure,’ she said in a low voice. ‘I keep re-reading that sentence in Albert’s letter (“as long as I feel my death serves a purpose”), that doesn’t sound a bit like Albert. It sounds as though his confidence was waning, and he was beginning to doubt.”


from:http://ww2today.com/11th-february-1943-following-stalingrad-doubt-begins-to-grow-in-germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hyperanthropos on 13-02-2014, 15:02:28
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/dxxsnk.jpg)
Parents are liable for any damage caused by their children.

What is the left guy carrying on his sholder?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-02-2014, 15:02:45
I'd say it is the mortar tube.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 13-02-2014, 15:02:04
Yeah, the sphere at the end is what you put down into the base plate. Since it's round you can swirl it around in any direction.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-02-2014, 00:02:44
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/wtzyqb.jpg)
Most likely Operation Citadel, Kursk, Russia, 1943. Since I first saw this picture, the guy smiling sleeky at the camera chases me in my dreams.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-02-2014, 00:02:02
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2vacyz7.jpg)
8cm Raketensprenggranaten (RSprgr.) being loaded onto a Lorraine S303(f) or a Lorrain S307(f) Vielfachwerfer. Unit belongs to the 21st Panzer Division, Normandy, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-02-2014, 08:02:58
Oh man, 21 Panzer. I'd love to see a full list of the equipment they had, because I do know they used all sorts of converted vehicles, captured vehicles and even Panzer IIIs, and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the 21 PZ made it to the beaches?.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/795762-2/45810)

Quote
Finnish soldiers at Svir River on the day it was reached. Sept. 7, 1941

Need clarification on that one though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-02-2014, 10:02:11
They had several stug batteries which instead of the normal SzuGIII - StuH42 mix had the Marder I (the kind we have on Goodwood), either with 7.5cm or 10.5cm guns. Instead of normal Sdkfz251 hanomags they had French models, some of them mounted with 3.7cm guns, or in the tank hunter units with 7.5cm Pak40s.
Besides the Vielfachwerfer already shown they also had a so called "Reihenwerfer", which basically consisted of several 8cm Mortars mounted on the same vehicle and synchronised.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-02-2014, 10:02:35
Already in el alamein did they had cool equipment

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Captured_SdKfz_135-1_battery_near_El_Alamein.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-02-2014, 12:02:35
Oh man, 21 Panzer. I'd love to see a full list of the equipment they had, because I do know they used all sorts of converted vehicles, captured vehicles and even Panzer IIIs, and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the 21 PZ made it to the beaches?.

Google was my friend:

21.Pz.Div.(new). Date: 1.5.1944:

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 15-02-2014, 12:02:13
Need clarification on that one though.

On your picture text? It's correct. Here the original from the source, SA-kuva.fi:

http://sa-kuva.fi/static/54/61/65461_r500.jpg

"Suomalaisia sotilaita pensaikon keskellä Syvärin rannassa. Troitsan kontu 1941.09.07"



Here's a couple of Russian POWs having breakfast the same morning:

(http://sa-kuva.fi/static/47/46/64746_r500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-02-2014, 00:02:51
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/30dgivb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-02-2014, 20:02:58
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/20pdoow.jpg)
Members of the 130. Panzer-Lehr-Division in a Sd.Kfz. 251 in the area of Caen, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-02-2014, 23:02:23
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7639/mauskvwv1.jpg)
Panzerkampfwagen VIII "Maus" during testing with a KV-1 which was used to test several guns. Kummersdorf
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-02-2014, 01:02:10
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/f7wq0.jpg)
Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer from Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 in front of the tail of his Messerschmitt BF-110G, pointing at the kill markings 45, 46 and 47, which he received in February 1944. Schnaufer became later the most successive nightfighter pilot during world war II.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-02-2014, 00:02:20
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/8/8e/RSI_-_Soldati_della_X_MAS.jpg)

Soldiers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-02-2014, 01:02:33
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2dre649.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 10/5 with 2cm Flak 30/38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-02-2014, 00:02:46
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/a0gi29.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. C. and a Sd.Kfz. 251/10 (3,7cm Pak) in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2014, 01:02:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/796645-2/154533)
Quote
Sergeant V.Kärkkäinen after destroying his first tank with panzerfaust. Atleast 16 tanks had been destroyed at the same village that day. Sammatus (Sambatuksa), 24.6.1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-02-2014, 00:02:04
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/144cq2u.jpg)
What if they bring tanks? - Hans, will you just shut up now, dammit!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 22-02-2014, 15:02:27
What if they bring tanks? - Hans, will you just shut up now, dammit!
That´s obviously what the Marder IIIs in the background are for.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-02-2014, 01:02:00
Damned. How could I have missed the marder? Maybe I should try less complex shots.  :D

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/zlem4h.jpg)
Heinkel He 111
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-02-2014, 03:02:33
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/789227-2/1518765_713071338704850_1671142785_o)

Photo of a rare VK4501, German prototype Heavy Tank, also known as "Tiger (P)". While the tank had theoretical advances, it proved to be troublesome in practice. For example, the engine were prone to break and it required constant maintenance, it's mobility was poor and problematic drive system. Porsche lost the competition against Henschel, who got the order to build the new, yet unreliable Tiger I. However, the VK4501 became the basis of a new Heavy-Tank Destroyer, the Elefant/Ferdinand and for another heavy tank prototype, VK 4502.

One of these tanks, served as a Command Tank in Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653, during the battle of Kursk.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-02-2014, 22:02:40
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2cgkf4j.jpg)
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-02-2014, 02:02:06
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/7107607589_c276d160af_o.jpg)

10,5 cm le.FH 18/4 auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-02-2014, 01:02:02
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2nk3rww.jpg)
Northwestern Gate of the fortress Brest-Litovsk, Poland, September 17th, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-02-2014, 02:02:34
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6067/6141815683_74353525b0_o.jpg)

I have no idea what is going on this picture.

First I don't recognize that helmet, its not Italian, its not Romanian, it isn't Hungarian...

However there is a guy with a German helmet inside that AMR-33, Panzerspähwagen VM 701 (f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 25-02-2014, 03:02:09
Maybe they're czechs?
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/387297-4/BE085317)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-02-2014, 04:02:37
They're slovakians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 25-02-2014, 18:02:21
They're slovakians.

Well it was Czechoslovakia at the time so I guess they're actually Czechoslovakian  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-02-2014, 18:02:32
Well it was Czechoslovakia at the time so I guess they're actually Czechoslovakian  ;)
No it was not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Republic_%281939%E2%80%9345%29
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-02-2014, 19:02:55
They're slovakians.

Well it was Czechoslovakia at the time so I guess they're actually Czechoslovakian  ;)

Nope, they're troops of the Slovak Republic, a puppet nation in WW2 of Germany.  And anyways, no one was ever really "Czechoslovakian", they were Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Polish, or Ruthinian/Ukrainian ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-02-2014, 01:02:16
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2psg3fr.jpg)
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30), Gutenbergstraße, Breslau, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-02-2014, 01:02:27
They're slovakians.

Well it was Czechoslovakia at the time so I guess they're actually Czechoslovakian  ;)

Nope, they're troops of the Slovak Republic, a puppet nation in WW2 of Germany.  And anyways, no one was ever really "Czechoslovakian", they were Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Polish, or Ruthinian/Ukrainian ;)


Aye, I totally forgot about the Slovakians.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/7985486234_8759b54af8_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 26-02-2014, 10:02:22
Is that a "N" hinter Panzerjäger? It is not that well recognizable on my poor laptop screen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-02-2014, 10:02:51
From what I see, it might even say "Panzerjägerin"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 26-02-2014, 17:02:41
^You need glasses then

It says Panzerjägern
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-02-2014, 20:02:27
i laughed at the "original" sign
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 26-02-2014, 21:02:54
i laughed at the "original" sign
Haha yeah, at first i though it was an actual part of the truck.
ORIGINAL PANZERJAGER. OG truck with Pak on the roof. Yo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Yustax on 26-02-2014, 23:02:25
I dont know If I can ask here but I am looking for a particular painting of  bf109, camera from the wing shooting down a lagg 3 or yak. ive been searching for hours and nothing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 26-02-2014, 23:02:39
@Torenico, where was this picture taken then?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-02-2014, 00:02:33
@Torenico, where was this picture taken then?

I don't know :/

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8326674803_8bd564f8e4_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-02-2014, 01:02:43
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2dui353.jpg)
Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Mariupol, Ukraine, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-02-2014, 01:02:26
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73205000/jpg/_73205991_kamikaze-attack.jpg)
A kamikaze attack on a US warship during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944 (BBC)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-02-2014, 01:02:50
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/4zt6ia.jpg)
Explosion of a japanese Kamikaze attacking USS Bennington, Fast Carrier Task Force 58, Okinawa, 1945. Picture taken from USS Hornet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-02-2014, 02:02:18
Kamikazes, damn, I can't really find words to say what I think about Kamikazes, I do have respect for them, it's just incredible, very sad.

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/12506286613_d6d0699c0b_o.jpg)

40.M Nimród (36M 40 mm Bofors).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-03-2014, 01:03:24
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/33424r6.jpg)
Raketenpanzerbüchse 43
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-03-2014, 06:03:46
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/8032262970_c58b53dac8_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-03-2014, 01:03:25
^^ That is damn sexy.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2m5labc.jpg)
M8 Greyhound, Bonn, Germany, April 13th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-03-2014, 05:03:06
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/7997685686_e02bb3d443_o.jpg)

Panzerspähwagen IZM (i). (Lancia IZM), very old and obsolete Italian armored car.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-03-2014, 06:03:07
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/8035292313_d4417830bb_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-03-2014, 13:03:57
Hmm. That looks funny. There are these two guys in motion, one running towards the ditch like he wants to jump in there right away. And then there is this cool guy by the fence having turned around like he wants to ask: 'guys, did somebody fart or what is wrong?'. Ahahaha. ;D


Picture:

(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2zodj49.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-03-2014, 02:03:40
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/7305004068_853d4ff3da_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-03-2014, 04:03:34
(http://i.imgur.com/YHtgnOc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-03-2014, 04:03:47
(http://i.imgur.com/YHtgnOc.jpg)

Free French Colonial forces in the Vosges mountains?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-03-2014, 21:03:20
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/r1zeyc.jpg)
Perekop, Isthmus of Perekop, Crimea, October 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-03-2014, 22:03:18
(http://i.imgur.com/YHtgnOc.jpg)

Free French Colonial forces in the Vosges mountains?
Spot on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 06-03-2014, 22:03:02
One with a Brengun, the other with springfield

Supplies? ain' nobody got time for dat!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-03-2014, 23:03:08
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/12750643184_0730b34b71_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-03-2014, 00:03:11
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2vjwltv.jpg)
KG 51 'Edelweiss', Bagerowo Airfield, Kerch, Crimea, Russia, July 1942. Airplane type is Ju88A.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-03-2014, 00:03:56
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/B-17-heavy-bomber.jpg)
This kind of pictures always makes me wonder: When they drop all the bombs together at the same time, doesn't that reduce the damage they do on the ground? Or do they split up in the air due to different friction with the air? Or something else?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 07-03-2014, 08:03:39
They spread out over a large area because there are minute differences in the plane's position when the bombs are dropped and then they keep moving in different paths which diverge from each other due to small angular differences.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 07-03-2014, 09:03:28
Remember, there is no traffic in the Air, just clean skies. So you can roughly say a plane in it's course flying with a speed above 300km/h, can travel a huge distance in a minute. (Even bigger with faster aircraft)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 07-03-2014, 10:03:03
and also, theoretically, each time a bomb is released the plane gets lighter and changes it's attitude a little bit upwards, making a small change in the next bombs trajectory. Also bombs wobble a lot when they fall, even with the stabilizing fins, so that changes their trajectory as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 07-03-2014, 10:03:04
They actually reach terminal velocity soon and wobbling reduces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-03-2014, 13:03:08
I am aware of the plane movements etc, but is it really enough to reach optimal destruction while dropping with a density this high? And as said, the B17 isn't exactly a speed machine, so then it even matters more...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 07-03-2014, 13:03:00
^ I'd say even if it reduces the damage done on the ground it probably increases the chance of hitting what you were actually aiming at, instead of hitting some random unimportant shed half a mile away...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-03-2014, 13:03:33
good point, now it makes sense to me :)
thanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-03-2014, 18:03:18
I am aware of the plane movements etc, but is it really enough to reach optimal destruction while dropping with a density this high?

The point was generally not to inflict damage in the biggest area possible, but to hit strategic targets like a factory or railroad station. You'd use 40 planes at once and hope that at least one plane drops the bombs pretty much on target. And when it does, you obviously want that load of bombs to be as concentrated on the target area as possible.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-03-2014, 19:03:29
Just to emphasize the need to use s many bombers as possible to score a hit, a 'hit' was considered landing a bomb within a 1 mile radius of the target.  And 90%+ of bombs didn't get that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 08-03-2014, 01:03:32
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/q71/s720x720/1891076_606022862813975_1260609343_n.jpg)
Soldier has his arm torn off during combat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-03-2014, 01:03:18
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/12904705914_a3b9080252_o.jpg)

Type 94 Tankette supporting Japanese infantry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-03-2014, 12:03:06
Just to emphasize the need to use s many bombers as possible to score a hit, a 'hit' was considered landing a bomb within a 1 mile radius of the target.  And 90%+ of bombs didn't get that.
Thats why flattening a city was much easier to do.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 08-03-2014, 14:03:02
Just to emphasize the need to use s many bombers as possible to score a hit, a 'hit' was considered landing a bomb within a 1 mile radius of the target.  And 90%+ of bombs didn't get that.
Thats why flattening a city was much easier to do.

Its amazing how far we've come through the time. From bombs missing by 1 mile considered 'hits' to bombs knocking on your door and hitting you to the face directly from 10.000 feet and many miles away.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tankbuster on 08-03-2014, 17:03:48
It is a miracle of magnets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-03-2014, 22:03:50
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/24whqg3.jpg)
Finnish soldiers taking out a soviet shelter, capturing a russian prisoner.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-03-2014, 01:03:02
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/12196495683_3d5d065149_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-03-2014, 02:03:17
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ww2-plane-art-920-20.jpg?w=920&h=1076)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 09-03-2014, 06:03:43

What is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-03-2014, 07:03:28
Looks like a Jagdpanther that they last-ditch mounted a 105mm on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-03-2014, 07:03:36
Broken recoil mechanism perhaps?.

Apparently that Jagdpanther belongs to the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654, attached to the Panzer-Lehr-Division in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-03-2014, 07:03:02
Broken recoil mechanism perhaps?.

Apparently that Jagdpanther belongs to the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654, attached to the Panzer-Lehr-Division in Normandy.

Still more then a meter and a half to deep in for that... can only be a stumpy 105.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 09-03-2014, 09:03:01
Broken recoil mechanism perhaps?.

Apparently that Jagdpanther belongs to the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654, attached to the Panzer-Lehr-Division in Normandy.

Still more then a meter and a half to deep in for that... can only be a stumpy 105.

ITS WAS A BIT CHILLY ALRIGHT?? JEEZ...


(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003837415696905712_rs.jpg)

Preparations for some chow.





Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-03-2014, 23:03:30
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/210x3iu.jpg)
A sherman tank of the 3rd armored US Division has been knocked out in the area of Bergerhausen near Kerpen, Germany, early 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-03-2014, 23:03:55
What on earth was it aiming for?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-03-2014, 01:03:55
Probably something that knocked it out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 10-03-2014, 01:03:19
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Kingtiger-with-panther-gun-EastGerMar45.jpg)

From another forum. It says King Tiger with Panther gun although I think that could be the regular 88 being blown into the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 10-03-2014, 09:03:26
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ww2-plane-art-920-20.jpg?w=920&h=1076)

Can someone explain what all the kill markings mean? The bombs are obviously bombing sorties, the ships are  vessels sunk, but I have no idea what do the camels and the hearts mean?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 10-03-2014, 10:03:49
US transport crews used camels to represent supply missions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-03-2014, 13:03:57
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8496/8439585522_daf3a3d9b0_o.jpg)

Knocked-Out Japanese Type 89 I-Go on Leyte Island as a 1st Cavalry Division DUKW amphibious truck passes it. The photograph was taken November 1944 during the second Philippines campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-03-2014, 23:03:25
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/assets/images/2009/09/07/090907112000_ww2_466_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-03-2014, 01:03:14
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/12067269476_094c6c3718_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-03-2014, 14:03:30
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/es50jt.jpg)
A german convoy lies smashed on a road near Nonant-le-Pin, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-03-2014, 21:03:00
I love this picture
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Indian-army-in-iraq-595x484.jpg)
Two crew members of a Sherman tank of the Scinde Horse, part of the Indian 31st Armoured Division in Iraq.
More of it at: http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-03-2014, 03:03:02
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8190/8139310208_0ed42a91da_o.jpg)

SOMUA S-35, or Panzerkampfwagen S35 739 (f), knocked out by Partisans during "Unternehmen Weiss", Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-03-2014, 19:03:58
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73515000/jpg/_73515148_libya-ladybegood.jpg)
An American bomber during World War Two, Lady Be Good went out on a mission over Naples, Italy, in April 1943 and never returned to its base in eastern Libya. At the time it was assumed the plane had crashed in the Mediterranean and its nine-man crew were all designated 'missing in action'. But the plane had in fact overflown its base because of technical issues and carried on for two hours, flying deep into North Africa. Its crew eventually parachuted down to ground and the eight that survived the jump headed north, walking for nearly 100 miles (160 km) before succumbing to the heat and lack of water. The plane was discovered 15 years later, when a British oil exploration team found the wreckage in the middle of the desert. Incredibly, the bomber was remarkably intact and its machine-guns were still functioning. (source:BBC)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 12-03-2014, 20:03:10
^ Oh yes, that sad story of the ill-fated sortie... I remember reading that they could have survived the whole distaster had they walked south to the oasis that was roughly the same distance they covered going north before succumbing to their fate.

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/4200-7/churchill_tank.jpg) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/britain/churchill_tank.jpg.html)

An early Churchill tank, still sporting the 2 pdr gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 12-03-2014, 23:03:54
I hate the looks of the early Churchill tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-03-2014, 00:03:45
"Shaver" he he he  8)

anyway,
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ships-dog-hms-vansittart-595x402.jpg)
‘Venus’ the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2014, 01:03:05
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/11235932916_86918fdd5d_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-03-2014, 02:03:36
Wow. Such a great tank. 100 tons of steel sunken in a mudhole.

(http://oi60.tinypic.com/s2sm6d.jpg)
USS Idaho, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2014, 02:03:34
Wow. Such a great tank. 100 tons of steel sunken in a mudhole.


180 tons, if that dummy turret is going to represent the actual weight of the full turret.

Yet it remains my favorite tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 13-03-2014, 19:03:37
A strange picture

(https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/10014919_4146523919564_120144805_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2014, 20:03:03
It's a German border police officer chilling on the Norwegian/Swedish border with two Norweigian soldiers/border guards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-03-2014, 21:03:44
Aah, i love that German his rifle, I am super happy that i have one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 13-03-2014, 21:03:41
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/11235932916_86918fdd5d_o.jpg)

Faaaaakeee  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-03-2014, 21:03:03
Aah, i love that German his rifle, I am super happy that i have one.

Looks like a Polish Kar98a to me. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 13-03-2014, 22:03:46
And now for something completely different...


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/797443-2/One-Rabbot-and-its-off-the-ration) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/art/One-Rabbot-and-its-off-the-ration.html)

Quote
The efforts of the Ministry of Food to deflect wartime Britons towards foods that could conveniently be supplied within Britain was not confined to vegetables. They extended to meats not traditionally eaten in Britain, but which were in relatively ample internal supply and therefore not rationed. Still better if the meat in question could be produced, like Dr Carrot, in one's back garden or allotment.

This poster makes a strong argument for the populace eating rabbit meat. While this product was available through butchers, and was off-ration, the clear inference of this advertisement is that one should consider producing one's own tasty bunnies for the pot. No indication, of course, of the difficulties attendant on producing significant numbers of rabbits in one's back garden; or the problem of how to explain to the kids how Flopsy ended up as Stewsie. That having been said, this was a good idea. Potato Pete, Dr Carrot, Ted Turnip, along with Roger Rabbit and a good dash of Bovril, could produce a pretty good, nutritious stew for all the family
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2014, 23:03:43
-

Faaaaakeee  ;D

That doesn't help.

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6448741965_9691d3b0d6_o.jpg)

Bachem Ba 349 « Natter »
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-03-2014, 01:03:33
The point was generally not to inflict damage in the biggest area possible, but to hit strategic targets like a factory or railroad station. You'd use 40 planes at once and hope that at least one plane drops the bombs pretty much on target. And when it does, you obviously want that load of bombs to be as concentrated on the target area as possible.

(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2dkcndi.jpg)
B-29-25BA (#42-63529), 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bombardment Group, 58th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force, United States of America, in flight over Rangoon, Burma.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-03-2014, 01:03:04
Seeing that makes me wonder if the bombs could explode mid-air if they happen to collide with eachother? Or do they need a significant amount of force (hitting the earth) in order to detonate?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-03-2014, 01:03:26
Bombs will collide with each other but they will NOT explode.

It would be stupid if that happens....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-03-2014, 02:03:03
The bombs do not go off because of hitting the earth.  They have a fuse in the nose that slowly spins out of the bomb as it drops.  Once it spins out, the fuze lights and it explodes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 14-03-2014, 04:03:04
We Soviet cavalry now!

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/243470.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 14-03-2014, 09:03:09
Saw the Natter in the "Deutsches Museum" not too long ago. They also have a Me-262A, some VTOL aircraft, Tante Ju, BF109 and even Fieseler Storch (as usefull as medic in FH2) ;D
Natter in the museum has the boosters for the start on. It also had written "Belongs to OKW -I don't know the name anymore- Please report your finding to the local authorities." (no direct quote) There was a reward for reporting it. As many of you already know the tail was disconnected and was to be reused afterwards.
Also seeing V1 and V2 is really nice. I did not even know that Tintin's rocket was based on V2 that heavily ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-03-2014, 17:03:52
The bombs do not go off because of hitting the earth.  They have a fuse in the nose that slowly spins out of the bomb as it drops.  Once it spins out, the fuze lights and it explodes.

Are you sure that it does not just arms them? and then a sudden deceleration that comes from the front makes them explode?

Aah, i love that German his rifle, I am super happy that i have one.

Looks like a Polish Kar98a to me. ;)

The stacking hook on the Kar98a is bend, on the K98 (the one and only real K98 gentlemen, its a polish rifle) it has a sharp corner. The picture is not super clear but i made out a bend, not a corner.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-03-2014, 02:03:52
The most conventional fuse used during World War II was the contact fuse. The stabilizers of the bomb cause the tip to hit the ground first, thus detonating it.
One of the exceptions was one of the atomic bombs dropped over japan. The bomb detonated mid-air above ground level, having required a barometric fuse or similar.


(http://oi61.tinypic.com/25pqzxv.jpg)
Bomber Command No.75 Squadron. The unit was doing night sorties above the Reich and had the highest loss rate of all squadrons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-03-2014, 06:03:29
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5066/5687713537_fecd8b8902_o.jpg)

I know about Borgward B IV armed with RPzB 54/1 to fight Soviet Armor in the Battle of Berlin, could this be one of these?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 15-03-2014, 08:03:51
I know about Borgward B IV armed with RPzB 54/1 to fight Soviet Armor in the Battle of Berlin, could this be one of these?

yess
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-03-2014, 14:03:02
(http://i.imgur.com/0Gefu0E.jpg)

Anyone recognize the goggles they're wearing?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-03-2014, 20:03:24
I guess they are motorcyclist goggles, but I wouldn't know the type or model.

Anybody able to date this picture?
(http://i.imgur.com/JXnhfB2.jpg)

My first guess was Italy 1943, but that's just based on a hunch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-03-2014, 21:03:18
I guess they are motorcyclist goggles, but I wouldn't know the type or model.

Anybody able to date this picture?
http://i.imgur.com/JXnhfB2.jpg

My first guess was Italy 1943, but that's just based on a hunch.

9th Armored Division technician Alvin Harley with a little French girl on Valentine’s Day, 14 Feb 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-03-2014, 22:03:50
Wow, that was fast. Did you already know the pic?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 15-03-2014, 22:03:52
Wow, that was fast. Did you already know the pic?

Copy-paste an image link into Google Images. It will reverse search the image.

First result:

http://imgur.com/gallery/MB7zBTu

"9th Armored Division technician Alvin Harley with a little French girl on Valentine’s Day, 14 Feb 1945"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-03-2014, 22:03:19
Ah, nice. Didn't know that trick, thx!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-03-2014, 01:03:06
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/hvnmtf.jpg)
A Kawanissi H8K1 'Emily' is being loaded onto the seaplane tender 'Akitsushima'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 16-03-2014, 03:03:03
Glenn Edward McDuffie, the man kissing the nurse (Edith Shain who died 2010) died yesterday.

(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/kabc/cms_exf_2007/news/national_world/031414_sailor3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-03-2014, 20:03:36
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5230/5801798578_c30f158d1e_o.jpg)

Beutepanzer, Kummersdorf

M4, M10 Wolverine, T-34/76, Matilda I, Valentine II (?), unkown tank standing behind Valentine, Churchill Mk.II, Churchill unkown version, M3, BA-10, T-38, T-40 (?).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 16-03-2014, 21:03:29
unkown tank standing behind Valentine,
Looks like a Matilda Mk2 to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-03-2014, 23:03:21
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scorpion-flail-tank-595x587.jpg)
Close-up view of the revolving drum and chains at work on a Matilda Scorpion flail tank, 17 April 1943.
(ww2today.com)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-03-2014, 01:03:29
A quote from the story on the Scorpion photo
Quote
Soon after this our artillery put down an ill~conceived smoke screen, which in the still night failed to rise at all, and soon we were groping and stumbling along in a dense fog which made us cough and stung our throats.

Does this mean that smoke artillery was sort of 'weather dependent?' In that you needed some wind to kick up and disperse the smoke to make it effective?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 17-03-2014, 03:03:34
A quote from the story on the Scorpion photo
Quote
Soon after this our artillery put down an ill~conceived smoke screen, which in the still night failed to rise at all, and soon we were groping and stumbling along in a dense fog which made us cough and stung our throats.

Does this mean that smoke artillery was sort of 'weather dependent?' In that you needed some wind to kick up and disperse the smoke to make it effective?

Wind can help or hurt smoke barrages for sure. Chemical shells are affected by this too, there are plenty of horror stories from WW1 of a chemical barrage getting blown back over friendly lines by fierce winds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-03-2014, 13:03:07
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2sbmte9.jpg)
An F4U Corsair gets it tail ripped off when emergency landing on USS Shangri-La.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-03-2014, 00:03:49
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8366033228_c3a03658ba_o.jpg)

Japanese troops inspecting a Chinese Vickers 6-Ton Type B.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-03-2014, 01:03:18
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2sbmte9.jpg)
An F4U Corsair gets it tail ripped off when emergency landing on USS Shangri-La.

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/311xtom.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 18-03-2014, 20:03:41
^ I'm more amused about that jeep being used on the deck of the carrier! :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-03-2014, 20:03:58
(http://img.welt.de/img/geschichte/crop125923984/3570716028-ci3x2l-w580-aoriginal-h386-l0/Soviet-tank-monument-at-Potsdamer-Chaussee-in-Berlin.jpg)
US soldiers guard the Soviet armorremembrance in Zehlendorf after it had been damaged (picture from 1951) (source: Die Welt)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 18-03-2014, 23:03:54
Who damaged it and why? You made me curious :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-03-2014, 01:03:02
I think the inscription says: 'Fort mit dem Sowjetpanzer', which means 'away with the soviet tank'. Probably an indication of the upcoming anti communist spirit in western countries and the upcoming cold war.

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/dqtdhi.jpg)
German T-34 in the staging area for the battle of Kursk, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-03-2014, 01:03:34
correct. It was also accompanied by some "F"s for Freiheit (freedom). They also put gasoline over the tank and put it on fire. It was probably done as protest against the soviet blockades around the western sectors of Berlin, since the blockades weren't that popular among the population.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2014, 01:03:03
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6401779311_9d1040d0a8_o.jpg)

Japanese Type 97 "Shinhoto" Chi-Ha in Saipan, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-03-2014, 01:03:20
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/9jg57r.jpg)
Members of the 1st Marine Division along with dead comrades after their assault on the beaches of Peleliu Island, September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-03-2014, 05:03:57
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/10089733776_232d9a108a_o.jpg)

47mm Type 1 AT Gun inspected by McArthur.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 20-03-2014, 10:03:36
McArthur must've felt so great. Getting thrown out by the Japanese because he had an inferior army only to come back and roflstomp them some years later, after the unbelievably huge buildup of forces by the USA.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-03-2014, 12:03:59
(http://img.welt.de/img/zweiter-weltkrieg/crop125458514/8510718450-ci3x2l-w580-aoriginal-h386-l0/KZ-Mittelbau-Dora-Produktion-von-V-1.jpg)(Bundesarchiv)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-03-2014, 01:03:42
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/j17twp.jpg)
Soldiers of the 745th Tank Battalion seek for cover behind M4A3 Sherman tanks from a german sniper, St. Andreasberg, Germany, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-03-2014, 02:03:53
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7907426728_4b7a927eac_o.jpg)

Semovente contraerei da 20/70 quadruplo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-03-2014, 18:03:23
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/j17twp.jpg)
Soldiers of the 745th Tank Battalion seek for cover behind M4A3 Sherman tanks from a german sniper, St. Andreasberg, Germany, April 1945.

Looks like a nice place to live to be honest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-03-2014, 01:03:54
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/10d8x0y.jpg)
IJN Heavy Cruiser Takao
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-03-2014, 02:03:07
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7252/13228431913_296887cb08_o.jpg)

Panzerkampfwagen 39H 735(f) in Yugoslavia (Hotchkiss H39)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-03-2014, 01:03:47
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/9jg57r.jpg)
Members of the 1st Marine Division along with dead comrades after their assault on the beaches of Peleliu Island, September 1944.

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/ixs954.jpg)
Peleliu Island.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-03-2014, 01:03:39
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7278/8074766584_0eccbbca80_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 23-03-2014, 22:03:16
(http://i.imgur.com/Fw1UDxZ.jpg)
Quote
"The British Expeditionary Force on their way to the front, September 20, 1939"
Colorized by reddit user BenAfleckIsAnOkActor
Source: oddee.com
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-03-2014, 00:03:24
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2z49xlc.jpg)
Saipan, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-03-2014, 12:03:47
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rear-turret-of-Lanc-lost-595x478.jpg)
Back at their base, East Wretham, Norfolk, two members of the crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark II, DS669 ‘KO-L’, of No. 115 Squadron RAF, examine the rear of their aircraft, where the rear turret, with its unfortunate gunner, was sheared off by bombs dropped from an aircraft flying above, during a raid on Cologne on the night of 28/29 June 1943.

And now an even more amazing story from a rear gunner:
Quote
I found myself in a ring of fire that was singeing my face and melting the rubber of my oxygen mask.

I leaned back, pushed open the turret doors, and reached into the fuselage to grab my parachute from its rack. The whole length of the fuselage was blazing. The flames reached right down to the door of my turret. And there, in a fierce little fire of its own, my parachute was blazing, too.

For a brief moment I stared while it dissolved before my eyes. It was not so much a feeling of fear, or dismay, or horror, as a sensation, a sort of twisting in the stomach.

As I turned back I noticed that my leather trousers and jacket had caught fire. The turret was like an inferno, and getting worse all the time. My face was tingling, and I could almost feel my flesh shrivelling in that unbearable heat.

Desperately, seeking to escape from the heat, I rotated the turret to port, elbowed the sliding doors open, and back-flipped out into space, 18,000 feet deep. As I left the Lancaster I half sensed, half saw, a great explosion from her, then I was falling through the cold night air.

I found myself dropping to attention, as though it were a formal occasion, and beyond my feet I had an impression of stars shining. I felt quite calm as the air swept past me, faster and faster, until it became difficult to breathe.

‘Funny,’ I thought, ‘but if this is dying, it’s not at all strange.’ Then the rushing air, the stars, the ground, the sky, all merged and were forgotten as unconsciousness crept over me…

I opened my eyes to see the stars shining through a dark lattice of pine branches. It was peaceful, and rather lovely. I don’t remember feeling surprised about the fact that I was alive; it was not until ages later that realisation came to me and I began to sweat.

I looked at my watch and found it read 3.25, I had jumped shortly after midnight, so I must have been unconscious for more than three hours. I wriggled my toes. They worked. Then I moved my arms, legs and neck. Everything seemed to work, though my right knee was a little stiff.

Then I rolled over, and noticed for the first time that I was lying in a small drift of snow, about eighteen inches deep. Later, I realised that I owed my life to the pine branches and the snow, both of which had helped to break my fall. I was very sore and the cold was beginning to creep through my limbs.

As I couldn’t walk and would only freeze or starve where I lay, I pulled up the whistle hanging from my jacket and blew a series af blasts. After that I lay still, alternately blowing my whistle and smoking d cigarette, until a German search party found me,

This account appears in Baling Out: Amazing Dramas of Military Flying. Sergeant Alkemade was made POW and recovered from relatively minor injuries, mainly caused by his burns. The Germans finally accepted his story when they searched his crashed aircraft and found the charred remains of a parachute inside, near the rear gunners’ turret.

This account appears in Baling Out: Amazing Dramas of Military Flying. Sergeant Alkemade was made POW and recovered from relatively minor injuries, mainly caused by his burns. The Germans finally accepted his story when they searched his crashed aircraft and found the charred remains of a parachute inside, near the rear gunners’ turret. (via http://ww2today.com/ )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-03-2014, 00:03:47
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/zwwz1i.jpg)
Fletcher-Class Destroyer(?) during rough sea in the South China Sea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 26-03-2014, 01:03:24
Doesn't look like a Fletcher-class to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-03-2014, 02:03:26
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/13358409995_24d7f99e76_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 26-03-2014, 04:03:39
Quote
I found myself in a ring of fire that was singeing my face and melting the rubber of my oxygen mask.

I leaned back, pushed open the turret doors, and reached into the fuselage to grab my parachute from its rack. The whole length of the fuselage was blazing. The flames reached right down to the door of my turret. And there, in a fierce little fire of its own, my parachute was blazing, too.

For a brief moment I stared while it dissolved before my eyes. It was not so much a feeling of fear, or dismay, or horror, as a sensation, a sort of twisting in the stomach.

As I turned back I noticed that my leather trousers and jacket had caught fire. The turret was like an inferno, and getting worse all the time. My face was tingling, and I could almost feel my flesh shrivelling in that unbearable heat.

Desperately, seeking to escape from the heat, I rotated the turret to port, elbowed the sliding doors open, and back-flipped out into space, 18,000 feet deep. As I left the Lancaster I half sensed, half saw, a great explosion from her, then I was falling through the cold night air.

I found myself dropping to attention, as though it were a formal occasion, and beyond my feet I had an impression of stars shining. I felt quite calm as the air swept past me, faster and faster, until it became difficult to breathe.

‘Funny,’ I thought, ‘but if this is dying, it’s not at all strange.’ Then the rushing air, the stars, the ground, the sky, all merged and were forgotten as unconsciousness crept over me…

I opened my eyes to see the stars shining through a dark lattice of pine branches. It was peaceful, and rather lovely. I don’t remember feeling surprised about the fact that I was alive; it was not until ages later that realisation came to me and I began to sweat.

I looked at my watch and found it read 3.25, I had jumped shortly after midnight, so I must have been unconscious for more than three hours. I wriggled my toes. They worked. Then I moved my arms, legs and neck. Everything seemed to work, though my right knee was a little stiff.

Then I rolled over, and noticed for the first time that I was lying in a small drift of snow, about eighteen inches deep. Later, I realised that I owed my life to the pine branches and the snow, both of which had helped to break my fall. I was very sore and the cold was beginning to creep through my limbs.

As I couldn’t walk and would only freeze or starve where I lay, I pulled up the whistle hanging from my jacket and blew a series af blasts. After that I lay still, alternately blowing my whistle and smoking d cigarette, until a German search party found me,

This account appears in Baling Out: Amazing Dramas of Military Flying. Sergeant Alkemade was made POW and recovered from relatively minor injuries, mainly caused by his burns. The Germans finally accepted his story when they searched his crashed aircraft and found the charred remains of a parachute inside, near the rear gunners’ turret.

This account appears in Baling Out: Amazing Dramas of Military Flying. Sergeant Alkemade was made POW and recovered from relatively minor injuries, mainly caused by his burns. The Germans finally accepted his story when they searched his crashed aircraft and found the charred remains of a parachute inside, near the rear gunners’ turret. (via http://ww2today.com/ )

That's amazing. Some others I found:

ALAN MAGEE
Alan Eugene Magee (1919 – 2003) was an American airman during World War II who survived a 22,000 ft (6700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. He was featured in Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.

On 3 January 1943, Magee's B-17 was on a daylight bombing run over Saint-Nazaire, France when German fighters shot off a section of the right wing causing the aircraft to enter a deadly spin. This was Magee's seventh mission.

Magee was wounded in the attack but managed to escape from the ball turret. Unfortunately, his parachute had been damaged and rendered useless by the attack, so having no choice, he leapt from the plane without a parachute, rapidly losing consciousness due to the altitude.

Magee fell over four miles before crashing through the glass roof of the St. Nazaire railroad station. Somehow the glass roof mitigated Magee's impact and rescuers found him still alive on the floor of the station.

Magee was taken as a prisoner of war and given medical treatment by his captors. He had 28 shrapnel wounds in addition to the damage from the fall. He had several broken bones, severe damage to his nose and eye, and lung and kidney damage, and his right arm was nearly severed.

Magee was liberated in May 1945 and received the Air Medal for meritorious conduct and the Purple Heart. After the war Magee earned his pilot's license and enjoyed flying. He worked in the airline industry in a variety of roles. He retired in 1979 and moved to northern New Mexico.

On 3 January 1993 the people of St. Nazaire honored Magee and the crew of his bomber by erecting a 6-foot (1.8 m) tall memorial to them.


IVAN CHISOV
Ivan Mikhailovich Chisov was a Soviet Airforce Lieutenant who is notable for surviving a fall of nearly 22,000 ft (6700 m).

Lieutenant Chisov was a Soviet Airforce Lieutenant on an Ilyushin Il-4 bomber. In January 1942, German fighters attacked his bomber, forcing him to bail out at an altitude of approximately 22,000 feet (6700 meters). With the battle still raging around him, Lt. Chisov intentionally did not open his parachute, since he feared that he would just be an easy target for an angry German while he was dangling from his parachute harness. He planned on dropping below the level of the battle, and then, once he was out of sight of the German fighters, he would open his chute and land safely. However, he lost consciousness on the way down, and was unable to pull the rip cord.

Miraculously, he was not killed. He hit the edge of a snowy ravine at an estimated speed of somewhere between 120 miles per hour (193 kilometers) and 150 mph (241 km), then slid, rolled, and plowed his way down to the bottom. He suffered spinal injuries and a broken pelvis, but was able to fly again three months later.


OnT:
(http://img59.exs.cx/img59/6898/georgthielewallpaper3zs.jpg)
She still lies there today.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 26-03-2014, 14:03:12
You know what saved all of them? The fact that they were unconcious. When our muscles tighten our bones cannot withstand as much force as they would normaly or something along those lines. I remember watching a documentary about this guy who got picked up by a hurricane, got hit to the head by a brick and survived the fall having only hurt his head by the brick. Of course he landed on a field.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-03-2014, 23:03:25
Doesn't look like a Fletcher-class to me.

Quick image search found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_M._Sumner-class_destroyer

It's an improvement over the Fletcher. Featuring twin 5" mounts and twin rudders, it managed to squeeze in 50% more light AA on roughly the same hull as the Fletcher. An impressive feat I'd say.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 26-03-2014, 23:03:37
My guess would have been sumner or gearing class as well. And don't forget that they use a twin 5in (Dual purpose) turret now instead of just the five single in the fletcher class. This is what mainly gave room for more light AA, while keeping roughly the same long range AA capacity.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-03-2014, 01:03:28
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2zizaza.jpg)
IJN subchaser CH-39 being bombed by a B-25 'Mitchell' (500th Bombardment Squadron, 345th Bombardment Group), Three Islands Harbour, New Hannover Island, Papua New Guinea, Pacific, February 16th, 1944. You can see the bomb mid-air. The vessel got sunk. Note the sailors on deck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-03-2014, 05:03:25
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/13336749024_43b9b1ef59_o.jpg)

Armor of the Panzer-Brigade 111 during fighting in Nancy, September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-03-2014, 01:03:57
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/28we8w3.jpg)
KV-1S, northern Caucasus.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-03-2014, 02:03:38
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/11926611085_69197361c4_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-03-2014, 01:03:27
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/169gi7t.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B „Tiger II“, Paratroopers, Ardennes, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-03-2014, 06:03:42
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/13399814064_d463c3b247_o.jpg)

Panzerspähwagen DAF 201(h) / Pantserwagen M39
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-03-2014, 03:03:51
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/14n20xv.jpg)
Say 'Hello' to 'General Winter'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-03-2014, 07:03:50
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/13493316043_ed3e529a2a_o.jpg)


Two obsolete Panzerkampfwagen 35R 731(f) in Paris, 1944, deployed near Luxembourg Park.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-03-2014, 10:03:15
So, i always wonder, why do people call this obsolete? Using this against a rioting crowd, or dug in resistance group would make this a highly effective vehicle in my opinion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 30-03-2014, 13:03:32
Because it's old and not fit for its original purpose.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-03-2014, 13:03:16
Because it's old and not fit for its original purpose.

Breaking true infantry? Pretty sure it was still very good at it in 1944.

It is like saying my car is obsolete since i am driving a peugeot 307 while the 308 model is out already, so i should scrap mine and use the new one since it is better. Eventhough it can still drive me from A to B just as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 30-03-2014, 14:03:51
It's not really good comparison considering the rapid development of tanks and anti-tank weaponry in the 40's. There's a reason why a tank that formed the core of French armored forces has been relegated to cruising towns and taking care of rioting crowds. Compare it to its eqiuvalent from 1944 and you see why its obsolete.

Its like an old gaming PC, sure it's great for browsing interwebs/playing indie games/whatevs, but it won't run all the newest games like it should.(Don't know if that comparison makes any sense but whatever)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 30-03-2014, 14:03:46
I would imagine that some technical solutions in its design rendered it obsolete by the time the photograph was taken. Take the soviet light tanks of the Winter war for example, they were obsolete because they could easily be neutralised by new improvised weapons (Molotovs - as the air ventilation was so designed that the crew suffered directly from such an attack) or by unconventional weapons (logs).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 30-03-2014, 15:03:52
Modern tanks get taken out just as easily but a few Molotov you know. And wooden beams stuck in the ground and a slight angle still stops them.

Sure, anti tank weaponry in 1944, does is make a difference? will a bazooka hit not have the same effect as pretty much any other light/medium tanks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-03-2014, 17:03:59
a tank is better then no tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-03-2014, 17:03:58
also its a R35 tank with a 37 anti-personnal gun. It is more helpfull than high velocity gun of the most recent ww2 tank at that time (except the newest anti-personnal tank of course but at this time they were certainly deployed in the east).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-03-2014, 17:03:20
And it is small, very reliable, cheap to operate (fuel wise). And spare parts were readily on hand.

Also it size means it go into alot of places
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-03-2014, 22:03:21
Today I'd like to post 2 pictures, because they show the same scenery in different seasons. Nothing military related, just landscape, but both pictures taken by german soldiers. They give an illustrious picture of a russian village.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/sbj9zp.jpg)

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/6dvcww.jpg)
Dalnee Natranowo, Kaluga, 150km southwest of Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 30-03-2014, 22:03:00
We have that well in the beta  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 31-03-2014, 01:03:19
(http://i.imgur.com/uiGPV5X.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-03-2014, 05:03:12
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/13516990505_c179303a92_o.jpg)

Members of the FFI posing with a captured Sd.Kfz. 7 fitted with a 2cm FlaK 38 that was abandonned by the German Forces during the Liberation of Paris.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-04-2014, 01:04:23
(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ww2-plane-art-920-6.jpg?w=920&h=1312)

btw, is explicit nose art allowed on this forum? (i remember some "nipple ban" or so)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-04-2014, 01:04:07
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/28u5naw.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 184 Tiger (P) 'Ferdinand' #723, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 654, Battle for Kursk, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-04-2014, 03:04:19
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/13522493183_3ed955ae89_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-04-2014, 01:04:07
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/21alt36.jpg)
Moscow area
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-04-2014, 06:04:04
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/13399745884_5b1478725a_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 02-04-2014, 08:04:42
Look! A cast hull M3 Medium
(http://i.imgur.com/tBEZPZC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 02-04-2014, 10:04:52
He is missing his hull cannon  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-04-2014, 01:04:44
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/99dhth.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. V 'Panther', 10. Panzer-Regiment, Prokhorovka, 1943. These early models broke before they saw combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-04-2014, 06:04:45
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/13563222354_67c1e98952_o.jpg)

Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 03-04-2014, 08:04:20
Looking at those pictures of North Africa I always get surprised how clean the tanks look in FH2... There was obviously a lot of mud and dust in Tunisia... I wish our beloved devs would have made that a bit more clear with the textures...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-04-2014, 13:04:10
Eever looked closely at the tanks?

(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/imagesfh2/vehicles/PzKpfw%20II%20Ausf.%20F/big.jpg)

Lots of dirt decals and chipped paint etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 03-04-2014, 13:04:09
 ^ I meant the new American ones, just like those on the picture... There's some dirt on them but it's quite subtle compared to the real deal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 03-04-2014, 16:04:12
Flamethrower demonstration in NAWLINZ

(http://i.imgur.com/wIPIEmd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-04-2014, 16:04:15
Am i the only one seeing the horse (unicorn) of the apocalypse ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 03-04-2014, 16:04:18
Maybe in full-res: Pontya? (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Flame-thrower-new-orleans-show.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-04-2014, 01:04:53
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/6dr0nd.jpg)
left to right: projectile, chicken ass, camel. I guess you keep the camel for the unicorn.  :P


(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2vis7xt.jpg)
Valentine, Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 04-04-2014, 02:04:04
(http://s25.postimg.org/ibh8gg167/2guerr780.gif)

Where can I find more pictures of Italians in North Africa/Italian soldiers in general?
Anyone got a magical site? :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-04-2014, 02:04:45
https://www.google.com/search?q=italian+troops+north+africa&client=firefox-a&hs=DIE&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wvs9U_q5GIaIygHLi4DgDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1760&bih=840
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-04-2014, 03:04:16
(http://i.imgur.com/SsMF7Gz.jpg)

This photo shows the desperation of the German Defenders in Berlin, now facing the imminent Soviet Assault. As the Soviet Armies made their unstoppable progress towards the Reich's Capital, several obsolete vehicles were pressed into service for a Last Stand, some of such vehicles were this former Dutch Wilton-Fijenoord Police Car probably captured in 1940, and in the background, a 1925 Schupo-sonderwagen Benz/21 Typ VP 21 (Sd.Kfz. 3), both of them wrecks, in the Reichskanzlei patio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 04-04-2014, 10:04:37
@Dukat, why are the Panthers turrets facing this direction?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Butcher on 04-04-2014, 17:04:55
@Dukat, why are the Panthers turrets facing this direction?
Because on the standard position the turret blocks parts of the engine compartment.

(http://www.manufaktur.dk/panzer0116.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-04-2014, 18:04:49
Oh Panther, you so silly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-04-2014, 18:04:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Binnenplaats_kazerne_dossin.jpg/569px-Binnenplaats_kazerne_dossin.jpg)
Dossin Kazerne, Mechelen (Belgium), 1942.
This building was used during the Shoah as post where jews were collected before being sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Just visited the place today and visited one of the museums around it. It first just gives you the amount of people that were deported from there, then it gives statistics displayed as drawn humans (how many were gassed on arrival, how many died in the working camp, and how many survived). At that point, you're more or less still ok, I mean, we all know the numbers, when you read the wikia page of a concetration camp, you get far more shocking stuff and numbers than that. But then, they went over to the personal objects. Dolls, passports etc. What freaked me out most here, was to see the same passport as my grandparents had and i saw before, now with the big red stamp on it "JOOD-JUIF". I had seen similar passports with "JUDE" in Berlin and in Trier in the Shoah expositions there, yet it felt so much more shocking seeing it displayed in my own language, with the idea of all the colaboration here. And then, it just ended in so many audio readings and tv screens, 1 per traintransport, displaying pictures of those that were sent off and saying each one their name, together with personal data and a stamp "deceased" and rarely a "survived". Most scary there to me was that wen you looked at it for a while, and focused on those that survived, you just see Mengele at work. Male 20-40, ok u can go to work. Rest... you can go to left...
Most interesting experience, and I'd advice the other Belgians over here who weren't there yet, to certainly visit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 04-04-2014, 19:04:39
Ah, thanks for the info, Butcher. That explains alot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 04-04-2014, 21:04:57
Oh Panther, you so silly.

somebody watches the mighty jingles xD
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-04-2014, 22:04:09
Oh Panther, you so silly.

somebody watches the mighty jingles xD

Hehe, it got stuck in my head  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 04-04-2014, 23:04:11
@Dukat, why are the Panthers turrets facing this direction?
Because on the standard position the turret blocks parts of the engine compartment.

[img]http://www.manufaktur.dk/panzer0116.jpg[/img

This is actually a pretty common feature on tanks. I can think of countless turrets that have to be turned to gain access to the engine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-04-2014, 01:04:24
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/317hc9d.jpg)
Lauban, after having been taken back from the Russians, lower Silesia, March 30th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-04-2014, 02:04:39
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6093/6359389923_e5c11233c6_o.jpg)

Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München DM1
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-04-2014, 01:04:09
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/1hqs1y.jpg)
Kawasaki Ki-45 with Schräge Musik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%A4ge_Musik).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-04-2014, 03:04:15
(http://i.imgur.com/O8t16EB.jpg)

20,3cm Kanone (E)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 06-04-2014, 10:04:03
(http://s29.postimg.org/3phb3iu9j/Sherman_tank_at_Gabes_gap.jpg)

Can someone tell me if that's a dust cover or it's an early Sherman with a muzzle brake on the gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-04-2014, 11:04:26
It's a muzzle cover made out of cloth.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-04-2014, 02:04:07
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/13506338294_ef552781f6_o.jpg)

They're all serious there hidding behind that Panzer I, except for that guy on the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-04-2014, 02:04:42
Brilliant picture + caption

(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/fairy-swordfish-500-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-04-2014, 01:04:20
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/i2j1op.jpg)
Spitfire Mk VB, No. 401 Squadron RCAF, England.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-04-2014, 01:04:25
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/5799350297_287277d84f_o.jpg)

Quote
8,8 cm PaK 43/3 leichter Waffenträger auf Pz.Kpfw. 38(d) (Ardelt I)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-04-2014, 01:04:17
Is that an original photo or a forgery? Cause there are a lot of forgeries of these kind of prototypes around and usually in low quality like this to hide photoshopping.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-04-2014, 02:04:36
I don't know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 08-04-2014, 05:04:48
Eh, find the original images of the prototype, those kinds of things don't have many real photographs so crossreferencing shouldn't be too hard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-04-2014, 11:04:24
(http://i.imgur.com/JuREDSN.jpg)

This forum really needs a layout not designed for 800x600 CRT's... or at least learn how to resize pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 08-04-2014, 16:04:45
[img width=700] link [img] I think the code was. Feel free to correct me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 08-04-2014, 17:04:13
780 give a perfect fit on my screen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 08-04-2014, 19:04:30
780 give a perfect fit on my screen

On anyone's screen, because the forum doesn't stretch. On my 29 inch I got literally 10 centimeters of grey open space on either side. Just gotta live with it I guess, anyways the code is indeed [img width=...]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 08-04-2014, 19:04:51
I just use "SMF Default Theme - Curve" theme instead of forgotten hope theme. Forum stretches just fine on my 1680 x 1050 monitor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-04-2014, 01:04:57
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/fcpt8o.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B, Pomerania.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-04-2014, 02:04:35
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/9107731733_461869f071_o.jpg)

22 cm Kanone 532 (f)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-04-2014, 01:04:38
(http://i.imgur.com/xemjiYU.jpg)

Imperial Japanese Navy Supercarrier 'Shinano', it was the largest Aircraft Carrier in WW2 and up to the 50s, sunk by submarine USS Archerfish on 28-29 November 1944 while sailing for Kure, the ship was not complete.

Originally, it was a Yamato-class Battleship converted to Aircraft Carrier after the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and the defeat on Midway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-04-2014, 01:04:29
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/jsk6lu.jpg)
Captured japanese Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank-Gun, Guam, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-04-2014, 02:04:38
a video for today :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcr3CVVRUuM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 10-04-2014, 06:04:20
(http://i.imgur.com/XtjlJ8r.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-04-2014, 01:04:21
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5098/13765829784_194751a905_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 11-04-2014, 13:04:53
A very interesting photo of famous KV-1 m.1942
(http://s27.postimg.org/3zyk8u3un/kw_1a.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/3zyk8u3un/)
Only I can see something welded here ? And according to this (http://www.axishistory.com/various/red-army-armored-forces/363-allies/soviet-union/6131-red-army-armor-camouflage-markings) site , that KV should be painted in some earth brown ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-04-2014, 01:04:07
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/e5hbwl.jpg)
Junkers Ju 88, III./KG 77.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-04-2014, 06:04:15
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2818/13448198244_dee91a608e_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-04-2014, 01:04:41
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/so243o.jpg)
'Humor in the german Luftwaffe', Warsaw, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-04-2014, 03:04:58
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/12748343145_0024aed28a_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-04-2014, 01:04:06
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/213etzk.jpg)
Josef Wurmheller, Walter Esau, I./JG2 "Richthofen", Messerschmitt BF 109F, Beaumont-le-Roger, France 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-04-2014, 01:04:59
Helmet ftw

(http://i.imgur.com/NEvQKic.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-04-2014, 01:04:34
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2930/13825428844_abbd7b4497_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-04-2014, 02:04:59
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/T-35_model_1935.jpg/800px-T-35_model_1935.jpg)
German troops posing on a captured T-35  (wikipedia)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-04-2014, 02:04:14
You know, Germans be like

"Char 2C, such a big tank, it has no use, we invented modern warfare!!, fast mobile tanks!!!!11"

"T-35, big, useless, no room in modern warfare!!!"

"Hi we present you these two new models, we call this one Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus and this one right here is E-100"


Uh-Oh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-04-2014, 02:04:48
Why do you think Hitler didn't like the Neubaufahrzeug?  ;)

And well, the Maus and the E-100 are just part of the armsrace in heavier tanks Hitler was expecting, I guess (feel free to correct my thoughts)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-04-2014, 14:04:44
You know, Germans be like

"Char 2C, such a big tank, it has no use, we invented modern warfare!!, fast mobile tanks!!!!11"

"T-35, big, useless, no room in modern warfare!!!"

"Hi we present you these two new models, we call this one Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus and this one right here is E-100"

It actually makes perfect sense. At the beginning of the war the German strategy was highly mobile armored warfare, or Blitzkrieg, which relied on fast tanks.

Towards the end, such tanks were no longer needed because the Germans were now on the defensive.
The type of tank you need on defense is a heavily armored one. Obviously the idea of super heavy tanks is pretty stupid but it's not completely illogical they went there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-04-2014, 23:04:13
The heavy tank had its place, as the russians demonstrated in their offenses. And the tiger did its job well, as tunesia campaign demonstrated. But at 880 000 reichsmarks in 1942. With one PZIV costing 200 000 (Later 650 and 135!)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-04-2014, 01:04:03
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/dzcd8m.jpg)
StuG III Ausf. G, DKW NZ-350.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-04-2014, 02:04:25
You know, Germans be like

"Char 2C, such a big tank, it has no use, we invented modern warfare!!, fast mobile tanks!!!!11"

"T-35, big, useless, no room in modern warfare!!!"

"Hi we present you these two new models, we call this one Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus and this one right here is E-100"

It actually makes perfect sense. At the beginning of the war the German strategy was highly mobile armored warfare, or Blitzkrieg, which relied on fast tanks.

Towards the end, such tanks were no longer needed because the Germans were now on the defensive.
The type of tank you need on defense is a heavily armored one. Obviously the idea of super heavy tanks is pretty stupid but it's not completely illogical they went there.

You are right on the Germans switching from offensive mobile warfare to a full defensive warfare, after Kursk. To me it's illogical, while Super Heavy tanks such as the Maus and the E-100 would offer great protection against other tanks, it wont be easy to transport them to the frontlines, the Germans had big problems getting their tanks to fight, and we are talking about Panthers, Tigers and Tiger IIs, because of problems with transports, logistics and nearly constant breakdowns. These three tanks requiered maintenance and near constant supply, let alone the fact that Panzer-Divisions in the frontlines had their supply lines and logistics bombed by the overwhelming Air superiority of Germany's enemies. If maitaining a Tiger II into the fight was hard enough, imagine a Maus!.

Strategically, both Super-Heavies would be nearly useless, being nothing but resource suckers and having little impact in favor of Germany, however, let's say some German units in a local counterattack supported by two or three Maus, we can see some success there, but that's it. What Germany needed was stop fucking around with some many different tanks which put great pressure on industry.

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/13825119803_9e36b13372_o.jpg)

15cm sIG 33 Sturmpanzer II 'Bison', or, what's left of it.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2014, 03:04:18
Going by effectiveness in combat, what the Germans needed was TDs and assualt guns, and lots of them.  Stugs and Jagdpanzers/panthers were simply far more effective in the defensive ambush role than Tigers and Panthers, and yet more so than the KT.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 15-04-2014, 04:04:55
but they had no turrets which made them very vulnerable in tank to tank combat in any
 situation other than the one in which the german TDs are in advantage (ambush)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-04-2014, 05:04:26
In defensive warfare, you need Tank Destroyers and Assault Guns, these had the best performance in the war for the Germans, cheap to produce, maintain and operate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-04-2014, 07:04:47
As noted, by 1944/45, the Germans were fighting defensively, so ambushing was key.  And remember, the most effective tank in the German arsenal, going off of kill count, was the lowly Stug IIIG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-04-2014, 19:04:20
You are right on the Germans switching from offensive mobile warfare to a full defensive warfare, after Kursk. To me it's illogical, while Super Heavy tanks such as the Maus and the E-100 would offer great protection against other tanks,

I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about heavy tanks in general. While normal heavy tanks like the Tiger II certainly weren't useless (which was my point, but apparently also yours), the super heavy tank concept was indeed strategically ridiculous.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-04-2014, 19:04:32
And hetzer...dont forget hetzer...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-04-2014, 01:04:25
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2qso5dl.jpg)
Angry finish bikers, Petrosavodsk, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-04-2014, 04:04:26
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2863/13866106923_bfe9601fb3_o.png)

Sturmtiger Prototype being presented to Adolf Hitler in 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-04-2014, 01:04:20
Approved!
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2dtbrt0.jpg)
left to right: Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Paul Hausser, bottom right: SS-Hauptsturmführer Joachim Peiper. Munster, approx 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-04-2014, 01:04:31
Himmler's bottom right pocket of his blouse seems a bit off for 1941?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-04-2014, 02:04:38
Approximately 1941. Likely after November 1940. Very unlikely after August 1941. During this time Peiper was Himmlers adjutant. Peiper is the guy on the right bottom staring at Himmler.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 17-04-2014, 02:04:27
The question was aimed at the uniform, not the year, but thanks for the clarification :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 17-04-2014, 02:04:43
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/is-2.22104.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-04-2014, 03:04:04
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/13643014805_388617f607_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-04-2014, 18:04:19
(http://i.imgur.com/LI3DnRc.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 17-04-2014, 22:04:27
Leopardis photo brought question to my mind. Were there any large forest fires during wars (any war really) and did they ever have major impact on outcome of events?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 17-04-2014, 23:04:11
Are those Finnish troops in Leopardi's picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-04-2014, 01:04:02
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/t9bq8j.jpg)
Ukraine, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-04-2014, 02:04:43
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/13908438684_732093d535_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-04-2014, 03:04:35
Are those Finnish troops in Leopardi's picture?
Yes, notice the M/39 and soviet steel helmet on the other guy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-04-2014, 08:04:07
Are those Finnish troops in Leopardi's picture?

Whichever pic has the "SA-Kuva" stamp in the right bottom corner is from the FDF archives, so it is almost every time safe to presume to that the soldiers in the picture are Finnish.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 18-04-2014, 18:04:43
And hetzer...dont forget hetzer...

The Jagdpanzer 38(t), or "Hetzer" as we have come to call it, had serious problems. It had TERRIBLE visibility for the crew, especially the commander who had no forward viewport and had to stick his head out to see anything in front of him. The loader had to reach over the recoil cage to reload the gun, and the breach lever was very difficult for him to get at. Ammunition storage was bad, too, with rounds lining the right side of the upper hull interior. Furthermore, while the gun was good enough to deal with most of the Western Allies' tanks, the Soviet IS series was presenting a problem for the Hetzer's gun. That being said, it was a good solution for a country with limited industrial capacity (compared with the United States and USSR) that could have been worked into a pretty good design.

Here's a photo of a StuG IV so this post isn't just a bunch of ugly words  ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/J3rBd6M.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-04-2014, 00:04:15
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2j5nmgw.jpg)
20. Panzer-Division, pocket of Babruysk, Belarus, Summer 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-04-2014, 03:04:03
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/10101591896_27d36e6e4a_o.jpg)

I believe that is J. Lawton Collins of the US VII Corps with Karl Wilhelm von Schlieben, commander of the Cherbourg Garrison at the time when the Germans surrendered.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 19-04-2014, 05:04:02
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Goryashiy-KV1-1942_mini.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 19-04-2014, 06:04:18
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/KV1_76Chap.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-04-2014, 06:04:00
Please, [img width=750] so you don't destroy this page :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 19-04-2014, 06:04:35
I don't know why that isn't automatic. My page is fine. Anyway, right click + view image if you want full-res.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-04-2014, 11:04:57
Please, [img width=750] so you don't destroy this page :)
771  :P

This forum is in need of an upgrade to at least 1024px wide pics though. And do it automatically instead of having to manually type it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-04-2014, 01:04:00
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/14o6rno.jpg)
Yes, this picture is actually from the german occupation of Paris in 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 20-04-2014, 02:04:04
Crying of joy, to see the Germans marching in paris.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-04-2014, 02:04:21
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4076/4880948013_b2693b11e5_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-04-2014, 03:04:21
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/14o6rno.jpg)
Yes, this picture is actually from the german occupation of Paris in 1940.

No, it's not.  The man is M. Jerôme Barzetti, and it was taken in 1941 in non-occupied (Vichy) France, of the flags of French regiments, including his own (he was a veteran of WW1) being taken to Algeria to protect them from any Nazi attempt to destroy them.  He is purely crying at the sight of possibly seeing his regimental colours for the last time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-04-2014, 07:04:53
I've also seen that it is a Frenchman weeping in Toulon upon seeing remnants of the French army withdrawing to Algeria.  Just out of curiosity, what is your source VM? 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-04-2014, 07:04:38
Pretty extensive wikichat about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009_January_6#Crying_Frenchman_after_Nazi_victory
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 20-04-2014, 16:04:39
Cool, I'm happy to finally actually know about it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-04-2014, 22:04:34
I'm sorry, but I was misinformed as well.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/8xvq89.jpg)
10.5 cm leFH 18. Description says Artillerie-Regiment 173, France. The Artillery Regiments 173 left France in January 1941 for Greece, Yugoslavia and eastern Front but never returned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 21-04-2014, 00:04:38
10.5 cm leFH 18. Description says Artillerie-Regiment 173, France. The Artillery Regiments 173 left France in January 1941 for Greece, Yugoslavia and eastern Front but never returned.

They never returned to France or Germany?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-04-2014, 02:04:53
I was trying to validate the information given. The Artillerie-Regiment 173 was part of the Infanteriedivision 73. The division never returned to France for combat purpose.

Quote
1939
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
September    z. Vfg.         Nord    Polen
Oktober    XII    1. Armee    C    Saarpfalz
Dezember    z. Vfg.    OKH         Saarpfalz

1940
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
Januar    z. Vfg.    OKH         Saarpfalz
Mai    z. Vfg.    16. Armee    A    Luxemburg
Juni    XXIII    12. Armee    A    Frankreich (Belfort)
Juli    XXXIII    12. Armee    C    Frankreich
August    XXV    12. Armee    C    Frankreich
September    XXV    1. Armee    C    Frankreich
November    LX    1. Armee    D    Frankreich
Dezember    XI    1. Armee    D    Frankreich

1941
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
Januar    XI    1. Armee    D    Frankreich
15. Februar    XXX    12. Armee         Rumänien
26. März    z. Vfg.    12. Armee         Rumänien
31. März    XXXX    12. Armee         Griechenland
23. April    z. Vfg.    12. Armee         Jugoslawien
9. Juni    z. Vfg.    11. Armee         Jugoslawien / Jassy
21. Juli    LIV    11. Armee    Süd    Jassy / Nikolajew
31. Oktober    XXXXII    11. Armee    Süd    Krim
11. Dezember    z. Vfg.    11. Armee    Süd    Krim
21. Dezember    z. Vfg.    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius
26. Dezember    z. Vfg.         Süd    Mius
28. Dezember    z. Vfg.    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius

1942
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
1. Januar    z. Vfg.    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius
14. Januar    XI    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius
24. Januar    z. Vfg.    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius
25. Januar    III. Pz.    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius
18. März    XIV. Pz.    1. Panzerarmee    Süd    Mius
7. Juli    XIV (Gruppe v. Wietersheim)         Süd    Mius
8. Juli    V (Gruppe Wetzel)         Süd    Mius
20. Juli    LVII (Gruppe Kirchner)         Süd    Mius
21. Juli    XXXXIX (Geb)    17. Armee    A    Kaukasus
6. August    V    17. Armee    A    Novorossisk

1943
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
1. Januar    V    17. Armee    A    Novorossisk
Oktober    XXIX    6. Armee    A    Melitopol
November    XXXXIV    6. Armee    A    Melitopol

1944
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
Januar    XXXXIV    3. rumänische Armee    A    Melitopol
März    V    17. Armee    A    Krim (Kretsch)
April    V    17. Armee    Südukraine    Sewastopol
Mai (Reste)         z. Vfg.    Südukraine    Rumänien
Juni    in Aufstellung         Südost    Debreczen
August    IV. SS    9. Armee    Mitte    Praga, Warschau
September (Reste)    IV. SS    9. Armee    Mitte    Praga, Warschau
Oktober    XXXXVI    9. Armee    Mitte    Warscheu, Modlin
Dezember    XXXXVI    9.Armee    A    Warschau, Modlin

1945
Date    Armeekorps    Armee    Heeresgruppe    Location
Januar    XXXXVI    9. Armee    A    Warschau, Modlin
Februar (Kgr.)    XXVII    2. Armee    Weichsel    Westpreußen
April (Kgr)    z. Vfg.    OKH         Danzig
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-04-2014, 03:04:50
The original division was destroyed and surrendered in Sevastopol in 1944, and it was reformed from remnents afterwards to fight around Warsaw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-04-2014, 04:04:04
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/13733036523_52fb4e82d6_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 21-04-2014, 10:04:49
I'm guessing, British troops in North Africa?

If yes, keep being classy Brits, and carry on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 21-04-2014, 17:04:29
We need that truck in FH2!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-04-2014, 17:04:10
And it should replenish health!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-04-2014, 22:04:10
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/257m5qd.jpg)
Dear Passengers, this train terminates here, all change please.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-04-2014, 07:04:02
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3732/12431797295_9187492ac4_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-04-2014, 01:04:00
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2qi5lsm.jpg)
25pdr 'Sexton', Ifs, Calvados departement, Basse-Normandie, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-04-2014, 03:04:09
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5495/9493200325_e9e574aa95_o.jpg)

Autoblinda AB-41 in service with the SS-Polizei-Bataillon Siegling (?).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-04-2014, 01:04:50
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/fn6byw.jpg)
HMS Kingston after being hit during an air raid in the dock of La Valetta, Malta, April 11th, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-04-2014, 06:04:32
Leopardis photo brought question to my mind. Were there any large forest fires during wars (any war really) and did they ever have major impact on outcome of events?
According to this for example the lahti was used to take out supply dumps by igniting forest fires with incendiary rounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hxy5oqK6ao
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-04-2014, 07:04:52
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/13987851385_23e2cf11e2_o.jpg)

German Soldiers in Yugoslavia with their Italian Fiat L6/40, Battle of Neretva, Fall Weiss, January 20 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-04-2014, 13:04:13
Fall Weiß is the conquest of Poland, Operation Weiß is the Battle of Neretva.


(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2my439l.jpg)
Type 97 and crew, China.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-04-2014, 01:04:28
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2910/14020172813_3fb5c3c829_o.jpg)

Actually, both Invasion of Poland and the major Axis offensive against the Partisans in Yugoslavia and Bosnia were named Fall Weiss, Case White.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-04-2014, 01:04:16
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/nmkzg8.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 166 Sturmpanzer IV 'Brummbär', crew playing with a monkey, Warsaw Uprising, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 26-04-2014, 02:04:51
Captured Vally:

(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/A_valentine/valentine-04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-04-2014, 05:04:47
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/13972745844_3f773271e9_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-04-2014, 06:04:17
What is the thing sticking out of the left wing? Not the 20mm cannon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-04-2014, 07:04:33
Pitot tube I think

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 26-04-2014, 17:04:08
(http://s9.postimg.org/lp0c1odm7/Air29.jpg)

Do I see something interesting behind ?  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 26-04-2014, 17:04:25
oh, oh, I know that, it was that special exhibition in the US during the war, I think somewhere in late 1943.?
They featured a lot of captured German equipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-04-2014, 18:04:00
That's either an M6 Heavy Tank or a T1 Heavy Tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-04-2014, 18:04:58
I was more worried about the guy shooting the panzershreck, that would be a nasty burn for him.
Are there more pictures of this event or other? I am always interested in seeing these things but they seem hard to find.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-04-2014, 02:04:31
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/24d4ln9.jpg)
Stalingrad 1942. Looks like it is footage from a modern movie though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-04-2014, 04:04:55
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/13929974526_8b7d675cf6_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 27-04-2014, 13:04:05
That reminds me of FH1 Arhnem
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 27-04-2014, 18:04:18
The Finnish Defence Forces released over 800 color pictures of WWII on Finland's National Veterans' Day:

http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 27-04-2014, 18:04:01
The Finnish Defence Forces released over 800 color pictures of WWII on Finland's National Veterans' Day:

http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng

Wow, that is probably the coolest and most interesting thing I have seen throughout this week! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 27-04-2014, 20:04:19
While looking at new color photos from SA-kuva, I noticed there were quite a few pics of german siebel ferries. On this one pic, one flakvierling has only 2 barrels/guns. Were they often operated as such or is it just unfinished maintenance? One would think they have everything in working order in parade where these pics were taken though...

(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s300/ajappat/JSdia328_zps0bba0cfc.jpg) (http://s155.photobucket.com/user/ajappat/media/JSdia328_zps0bba0cfc.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-04-2014, 21:04:18
While looking at new color photos from SA-kuva,
...
unfinished maintenance
...

Badum tss  :D

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Bombing-up.jpg)
A tractor-drawn train of 4,000-lb Mark I HC bombs (‘cookies’) pauses on its journey from the bomb-dump at Mildenhall, Suffolk, while groundcrew chalk appropriate messages on them. In the background an Avro Lancaster Mark I, L7540 ‘OL-U’, of No. 83 Squadron RAF’s Lancaster Conversion Flight, normally based at Scampton, Lincolnshire, undergoes repairs: the unit code-letters of its previous operators, No. 44 Squadron RAF, are still visible under those of 83 Squadron. (from ww2 today)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 27-04-2014, 22:04:17
German soldier with panzerfaust: note the 3 patches on his right arm, for scoring 3 confirmed tank kills.

(http://i.imgur.com/27LTTYi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-04-2014, 23:04:01
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/142ers2.jpg)
Tiger of the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504, 48th Royal Tank Regiment, Tunesia 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-04-2014, 02:04:40
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14015035346_ce47343aef_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-04-2014, 08:04:54
(http://i.imgur.com/GBgGnhJ.jpg)

Morane-Saulnier taking off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-04-2014, 01:04:23
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/xde8vd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 29-04-2014, 01:04:11
(http://i.imgur.com/GBgGnhJ.jpg)

Morane-Saulnier taking off.

Is it a finnish one ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-04-2014, 01:04:08
The blue swastikas and the "SA-Kuva" make me sure enough to say it is.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-04-2014, 01:04:34
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/13664744613_8915b92dd0_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-04-2014, 11:04:52

Is it a finnish one ?
Yes, beautiful planes.

(http://i.imgur.com/X4mHwMo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Biiviz on 29-04-2014, 11:04:04
Is it a finnish one ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406#Finnish_variants

Quote
France sent 30 Morane-Saulnier to Finland, between 4 and 29 February 1940.[15] By 1943 the Finns had received an additional 46 M.S.406s and 11 M.S.410s purchased from the Germans. By this point, the fighters were hopelessly outdated, but the Finns were so desperate for serviceable aircraft that they decided to start a modification program to bring all of their examples to a new standard.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-04-2014, 04:04:37
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/14054205175_7ff3e4ab12_o.jpg)

Let's identify vehicles :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SiCaRiO on 30-04-2014, 08:04:50
2 hetzers and 5 wooden wagons mark I  :D
 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-04-2014, 13:04:49
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2m6698k.jpg)
Germans trying to escape the pockets along the prussian coast, supposedly Waffen-SS of the Division Großdeutschland, area of Pillau (Baltiysk), 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 30-04-2014, 16:04:18
Germans trying to escape the pockets along the prussian coast, supposedly Waffen-SS of the Division Großdeutschland, area of Pillau (Baltiysk), 1945.

Daaamn! What is that sexy truck I see behind there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 30-04-2014, 17:04:34
The Großdeutschland Division wasn't Waffen SS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-05-2014, 04:05:01
Ah, yes. :)

(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2ij4t8y.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. VI 'Tiger', France 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-05-2014, 08:05:59
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/14072288815_411f3be1f2_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 01-05-2014, 09:05:16
@Torenico: What is this Wespe thing with puny gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 01-05-2014, 11:05:00
Italian tankette.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3/33
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 01-05-2014, 11:05:00
I forgot to mention I meant the older post #12199.
Thanks anyway, Oberst, I thought it was a polish vehicle so learned something anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 01-05-2014, 11:05:42
A similar polish tankette is the TKS, which is very similar to the italian ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKS

Both tankettes are influenced or based on the carden loyd tankette. These vehicle is said to have influenced quite a lot armored vehicles and tankettes of the interwar period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carden_Loyd_tankette

The japanese based an own tankette/light armored vehicle on the carden loyd:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/M4-sherman-killer-kwajalein.gif)

Quote
Kwajalein Atoll. Private First Class N. E. Carling stands beside the American M4 Sherman medium tank "Killer" on which is mounted a knocked-out Japanese Type 94 tankette / light tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2014, 12:05:48
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/14054205175_7ff3e4ab12_o.jpg)

Let's identify vehicles :D

2 tanks from the foreground (+miniatures):
- french AMR 35

Then marder 3M (panzer 38 chassis + pak40)

In the background :
- 2 hetzer
- 1 lucht (or maybe a amr35 again)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 01-05-2014, 12:05:53
I also thought this was a Marder of some kind but I am somehow only able to see a really small gun (looks like 37mm to me) sticking out of it. The long-ish thing doesn't look to be connected to it. Am I missing something?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-05-2014, 13:05:09
(http://img.welt.de/img/zweiter-weltkrieg/crop127279192/0070716373-ci3x2l-w580-aoriginal-h386-l0/Aufnahmen-der-Exercise-Tiger-einer-La.jpg)
(Foto: US Signal Corps / Public Domain via Die Welt)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2014, 13:05:22
I also thought this was a Marder of some kind but I am somehow only able to see a really small gun (looks like 37mm to me) sticking out of it. The long-ish thing doesn't look to be connected to it. Am I missing something?
;) check more marder pics, you will see it is a Pak40 (75mm).
About the "long-ish" things, it might be an artillery gun mounted since it doesn't have muzzle break, maybe a 88 near the photograph or a 150mm near the marder
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 01-05-2014, 18:05:23
I know how they look like. I am kinda missing the muzzle break. Where is it? What I see is not half as long as the normal barrell. I don't know why.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 01-05-2014, 19:05:43
I know how they look like. I am kinda missing the muzzle break. Where is it? What I see is not half as long as the normal barrell. I don't know why.

The thick thing is a barrel or part of some other tank that's, perspective wise, in front of the Marder('s barrel).
This barrel/piece is blocking our sight of the rest of the Marder's gun, which is behind it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-05-2014, 23:05:32
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/258ug40.jpg)
G43/K43
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 02-05-2014, 00:05:54
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/14072288815_411f3be1f2_o.jpg)

Great shot!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-05-2014, 04:05:11
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2897/13892302837_606298f4c0_o.png)

French Char D2 Medium Tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 03-05-2014, 01:05:51
Strange, I still struggle to see it but thanks for clearing it up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE on 03-05-2014, 01:05:44
(http://i.imgur.com/B26MAxg.jpg)

Full-size (http://imgur.com/QC2pgJ7)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-05-2014, 01:05:21
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2cfuzv6.jpg)
122 mm Howitzer M1910/30
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-05-2014, 02:05:36
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/258ug40.jpg)
G43/K43

(http://www.gewehr43.com/g41mitaly.jpg)

Italian forces with G41(W)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-05-2014, 03:05:02
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5033/14080658171_4a4b136b68_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-05-2014, 05:05:32
@Theta, that's just a German standing by that italian :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-05-2014, 01:05:09
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/30n99q8.jpg)
PTRS-41
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-05-2014, 02:05:44
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2910/13911766790_c5f17e670e_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 04-05-2014, 06:05:22
I found this picture that I have never seen before while casually looking stuff up on the Norwegian Campaign...of all things:

WARNING -- Graphic!

(well, cannot get spoiler tags to work, nor do I see any options for it so...sorry for the squeamish.)



(http://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/05533722.jpg?w=417)

And some background from the photographer: http://life.time.com/history/guadalcanal-world-war-2-rare-and-classic-photos/#1 (http://life.time.com/history/guadalcanal-world-war-2-rare-and-classic-photos/#1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-05-2014, 00:05:55
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/6qv7dy.jpg)
These two Matilda Mk II, nicknamed 'Glenton' and 'Gloucester', got stuck in a forrest near Arras and fell in german hands, France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-05-2014, 03:05:36
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14037000653_b00f35a233_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 05-05-2014, 03:05:26
Another thing that I just recently saw for the first time the other day:

The Henschel Hs 297
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/6887313946_8032156747_z.jpg)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschel_Hs_297
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-05-2014, 13:05:12
Reminds me of the launchers  in the BF1942 SW map Raid on Agheila
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-05-2014, 00:05:35
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/wpeeb.jpg)
Italians going on a boat trip, western Ukraine, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-05-2014, 12:05:14
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/IJN_battleship_Nagato_and_her_all_crewmembers.jpg/797px-IJN_battleship_Nagato_and_her_all_crewmembers.jpg)
Nagato and her crew in 1937 on the recently installed pagoda mast (Wikipedia)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-05-2014, 01:05:04
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/admefq.jpg)
Stalingrad 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-05-2014, 02:05:20
Nagato is such a fantastic ship, there is absolutely no honor in Nagato's death, she was sunk as nothing but practice for the worst weapon ever invented by humanity. To me, it's like "Look what we do to your Flagship", drives me mad.


(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2917/13938519288_2edb3841b4_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-05-2014, 00:05:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Bardia_AWM006083.jpg)
Aussies entering Bardia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-05-2014, 01:05:22
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/34o3488.jpg)
SU-76 of the Voronezh Front, Brandenburg 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-05-2014, 02:05:04
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/14122144122_044411f1f2_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-05-2014, 12:05:08
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02849/stamps_2849870b.jpg)
Discovered metal stamps, with a-few-millimetre-long needles, used for tattooing KL Auschwitz prisoners (Photo: EPA)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/10692629/Auschwitz-metal-stamps-used-by-Nazis-for-tattooing-discovered-in-Poland.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-05-2014, 01:05:36
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/qq79xu.jpg)
german gun operators sign a surrendering soviet soldier to come closer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-05-2014, 03:05:10
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/14109373256_359184d49c_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-05-2014, 23:05:54
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/dr8b6b.jpg)
88mm Pak 43, bank of Dnieper River.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-05-2014, 03:05:00
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14144603644_72c2423499_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-05-2014, 16:05:18
(http://rt.com/files/news/26/8d/00/00/a-6-2.jpg)
“The death of a soldier”, taken during the Kerch offensive. Crimea. 30.05.1942. Photo by Anatoly Garanin. (RIA Novosti, via RT)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-05-2014, 00:05:59
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/vzhffd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 11-05-2014, 00:05:51
Still 8.8cm PaK43? Never would have thought it is that massive. Must be a pain to drag around even if just for small adjustments.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-05-2014, 00:05:32
88mm Pak 43
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 11-05-2014, 02:05:43
M10 tank destroyer in Soviet Service, Belorussian Front 1944:

(http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/s/h/shushpanzer_ru/Rossomaha.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-05-2014, 03:05:10
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14150229675_b23ddf305c_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-05-2014, 09:05:33
A neat picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-05-2014, 11:05:03
Still 8.8cm PaK43? Never would have thought it is that massive. Must be a pain to drag around even if just for small adjustments.

Yes it's really massive, I've seen one up close in Normandy. Felt sorry for the guys that had to pull it around.

This is the one I'm talking about
(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/9342373.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-05-2014, 12:05:35
Not much bigger then the 17 pounder. Only longer.
(http://www.war44.com/misc/images/3/17-pdr_anti-tank_gun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 11-05-2014, 17:05:08
@Sander: Thank you for the image, it indeed is rather cumbersome ^^
@siben: I can't find how long the 17pdr is supposed to be, German guns tend to have the number of calibers in their names, but Wikipedia won't tell me how long the barrell is (or I am just too dumb to find it).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 11-05-2014, 21:05:11
I've been there too, Sander. Tiny ass cramped museum with shit tons of awesome stuff in the direction of Omaha, yes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-05-2014, 22:05:32
I've been there too, Sander. Tiny ass cramped museum with shit tons of awesome stuff in the direction of Omaha, yes?

Yes, I think so. I've been there twice, and only the first time when I was still very young we went inside so I don't remember. The second time ('bout 4 years ago I think) we only had a lunch break on the parking lot, and that's where the gun is. I think it's indeed near Omaha, somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: luftwaffe.be on 11-05-2014, 22:05:37
yes, I've been there as well. It's one of the many smaller museums in normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-05-2014, 01:05:50
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/op1e0k.jpg)
Italian soldiers pose in front of a destroyed lend-lease M3 Lee/Grant, east of Rostow, enroute to Stalingrad, Donets Basin, Ukraine.

Inscription is not completely readable, but contains the common instructions for removal and transport.

Zu verladen...[missing text]...Zeugamt Stettin,...[missing text]...Altdamm, Anschlußgleis. Upper right corner in small letters: Zu verladen...[illegible word]...deutschen Panzer.

To be loaded...[missing text]...arsenal Stettin,...[missing text]...Altdamm(location), railroad siding. Upper right corner in small letters: To be loaded...[illegible word]...german tank.

The illegible word looks like 'mit', which would say 'to be loaded with german tanks', but requires a dative to follow. But 'deutschen'(german) is an accusative here.

As much as the illegible word looks like 'mit' the last letter in the word 'deutschen' looks like a 'n'. Accordingly there is no other phrase possible than 'To be loaded with german tanks', because every other combination of words instead of 'mit' would make even less sense and would be gramatically more wrong.

Either the picture quality is misleading or the writer made an error in haste, which is unlikely, or he did not speak german as a native language.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 12-05-2014, 13:05:07
@Sander: Thank you for the image, it indeed is rather cumbersome ^^
@siben: I can't find how long the 17pdr is supposed to be, German guns tend to have the number of calibers in their names, but Wikipedia won't tell me how long the barrell is (or I am just too dumb to find it).

According to wikipedia: The 17 pdr is 3 in /L55, which give a barrel length of 4,2 m. While the PaK43 has 8,8cm/L71 meaning a 6,6 m long barrel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-05-2014, 14:05:12
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/13963174258_955fca6990_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 12-05-2014, 19:05:20
@=dmk=Oberst: Thanks, I obviously failed to read the obvious ._.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-05-2014, 22:05:29
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/34pb1cl.jpg)
Swing it, Baby! Members of the 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion operate a 3 inch (76,2mm) Gun M5 in the Streets of St. Malo, fighting alongside with the 83th Infantry Division against the 77. Infanterie-Division, France, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-05-2014, 03:05:28
(http://i.imgur.com/hXa2ldB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-05-2014, 17:05:53
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_8/s_w27_1a35182u.jpg)
U.S. Marine Corps, bedding down a big barrage balloon, in Parris Island, South Carolina, in May, 1942. (Alfred Palmer/OWI/LOC)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-05-2014, 23:05:45
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/242yi5x.jpg)
Soldiers of the SS-Brigade 'Der Führer' find themselves under fire, Battle of Grebbeberg, Netherlands, May 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 14-05-2014, 00:05:39
Was going to post one aswell as it is 74 years ago, may 13th the final stopline of the Grebbeberg was broken.

(http://beeldbank.grebbeberg.nl/images/greb/foto/normal/gr/greb200220060001.jpg)

Picture of the main trafic road going through the stopline, dutch casualties and dutch and german material cleared between the roads. In the night of 12 to 13 may Obersturmbannfuehrer Waeckerle, the first commandant of  Dachau, led an assault along this road breaking through but failing to reach his objective and the gap was closed, leaving his troop isolated for the rest of the day. He was wounded twice and earned both iron crosses.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-05-2014, 02:05:01
SS St Louis: The ship of Jewish refugees nobody wanted
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27373131
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-05-2014, 04:05:15
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/13992551127_bacc1d8b12_o.jpg)

Quote
According to the caption published in Signal, these photographs showing infantry moving forward with tanks were taken north of Moscow in the village of Bultchevo. However, the tank seen in photo 3 bears the K of Pazer Gruppe 1 Kleist (alias 1. Pz.Armee) which was operating in the Ukraine at the time. It probably belonged to 11 Pz.Div., a unit withdrawn from Pazer-Gruppe 1 in October and engaged in the Battle of Moscow as part of XXXXVI Pz.K. Panzer-Gruppe 4.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-05-2014, 18:05:23
(http://vn-parabellum.com/images/us-m26-zebra_69.jpg) T26E3, serial number 36, fighting cologne. This particular pershing tank took out 2 tiger tanks and 2 SP guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-05-2014, 18:05:05
Was it a different Pershing who took out a Panther?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-05-2014, 18:05:49
Was it a different Pershing who took out a Panther?
Yes. 5 T26E3's took part in cologne, and they destroyed much stuff. One pershing was knocked out when a unknown shell destroyed the engine (no casualties), and another was destroyed when a 88mm shell penetrated the front transmission, the shell passing litteraly between the drivers legs, and setting the tank on fire. (2 crewmembers wounded, no fatalities)

As for the Pershing tank who took out the panther tank , it also destroyed 2 Panzer IV's IIRC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2014, 00:05:50
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7422/14204800733_61662700dd_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-05-2014, 01:05:24
^^
Semovente M 41 DA 90/53


(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2pq86eo.jpg)
105 mm leFH18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 15-05-2014, 21:05:37
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0285-14A%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldat_mit_Sandschutz.2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-05-2014, 21:05:50
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_1/s_w09_60530034.jpg)
Buddhist priests of the Big Asakusa Temple prepare for the Second Sino-Japanese War as they wear gas masks during training against future aerial attacks in Tokyo, Japan, on May 30, 1936. (AP Photo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 15-05-2014, 22:05:39
What is that mask? The model?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-05-2014, 01:05:35
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/15g9tw6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-05-2014, 04:05:17
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7405/14128562883_3fb86761c7_o.jpg)

Area around Konigsberg, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-05-2014, 04:05:00
Steyr M95s, nice :3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 16-05-2014, 12:05:18
poor Luftwaffe beggars
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-05-2014, 13:05:33
Average age on the picture is over 14?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-05-2014, 01:05:20
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/28hpwg3.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. A "Panther", Sd.Kfz. 251, 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking", area of Warsaw, Poland 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-05-2014, 01:05:42
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7386/14188602931_a6cba9e289_o.png)


British tankers rapairing the tracks of a Cruiser Mk.IV tank in Blangy-sur-Ternoise, France. May 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-05-2014, 01:05:08
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/kaljxt.jpg)
M3 Grant, Pz.Kpfw. I, northern Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-05-2014, 07:05:22
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7351/14190142771_7138c53723_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-05-2014, 12:05:57
Feindliches U-Boot gesichtet!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 18-05-2014, 13:05:56
(http://hej-kto-polak.pl/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Hejnal_Monte_Cassino.jpg)

70 years ago...

CZEŚĆ I CHWAŁA BOHATEROM!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-05-2014, 19:05:44
Steyr M95s, nice :3
Indeed. 250 000 got issued back then. Because the nazis produced millions of rounds in 1939-1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-05-2014, 19:05:02
I have a nice batch of that amunition.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-05-2014, 00:05:54
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/aew46q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-05-2014, 01:05:21
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14188484826_ed6140b9cf_o.jpg)

Soldiers of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen riding on a Hotchkiss H39 during Fall Weiss, Yugoslavia.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 19-05-2014, 14:05:44
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/italy/Color/lanzia_01_fichiers/image001.jpg)

Quote
1944, Summer. A Lancia 1ZM of the I. Abt./SS-Pol.Rgt. Bozen in the Istria peninsula
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 19-05-2014, 19:05:27
Soldiers of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen riding on a Hotchkiss H39 during Fall Weiss, Yugoslavia.

But Fall Weiss was German attack on Poland?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-05-2014, 19:05:46
There also was an Anti Partisan operation witht hat codename.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-05-2014, 21:05:01
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_19/s_w36_0songhua.jpg)
Soviet soldiers on the bank of the Songhua River in Harbin. The Japanese-occupied city was liberated by Soviet troops on August 20, 1945. Some 700,000 Soviet troops occupied Manchuria by the time Japan surrendered, (Yevgeny Khaldei/waralbum.ru via The Atlantic)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-05-2014, 02:05:18
But Fall Weiss was German attack on Poland?  ???

There also was an Anti Partisan operation witht hat codename.

German languaged sources differ between Fall Weiss (1939) and Operation Weiss(1943). English sources call both "Case White". I believe in a foreign inaccuracy.


(http://oi57.tinypic.com/ajmjgy.jpg)
Germans during the russian Leningrad–Novgorod strategic offensive that lead to the end of the siege of Leningrad in January 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-05-2014, 03:05:44
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6876484051_9cde3163f1_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 20-05-2014, 20:05:15
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/us/M4_sherman/sherman-01.jpg)

Quote
Turretless M4 Sherman used as recovery vehicle by sPz.Abt 508
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-05-2014, 22:05:31
Sorry for posting 2 pictures today, but i felt they had to be together.

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_19/s_w38_50815020.jpg)
A Japanese prisoner of war at Guam, Mariana Islands, covers his face as he hears Japanese Emperor Hirohito making the announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945. World War II had come to an end. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy via The Atlantic)

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_19/s_w39_08140284.jpg)
Sailors in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii listen to radio and cheer as Tokyo radio states Japan has accepted the Potsdam surrender terms on August 15, 1945. (AP Photo via The Atlantic)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-05-2014, 01:05:53
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/vpkgsy.jpg)
Feldwebel(Sergeant) of the division 'Großdeutschland' with german girls after the victory over France. I call this picture: Ugly man with ugly women.

I believe the picture is cut. I think there was no such widescreen format in 1940 available.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-05-2014, 02:05:16
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3694/13514852595_d0392a9066_o.jpg)

Knocked-Out Belgian AMC 35

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-05-2014, 14:05:49
(http://wwiimodeller.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/WWII-Christmas-11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-05-2014, 01:05:57
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/cqetg.jpg)
Slobodka, Oblast Zhytomyr, Ukraine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2014, 06:05:04
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5534/14084156964_3f2778dc8b_o.jpg)

Don't be so silly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tedacious on 22-05-2014, 15:05:52
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/ajmjgy.jpg)
original selfie
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-05-2014, 21:05:24
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_2/s_w12_09160222.jpg)
German infantry cautiously advance on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland on September 16, 1939. (AP Photo)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-05-2014, 23:05:31
Probably about to get walloped, the German probes and attacks on Warsaw were all spectacular failures. ;)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Defenders_of_Warsaw_%281939%29.jpg)

Quote
On September 16 the forces of Gen. Blaskowitz tried to capture Praga on the march, but the assault was repulsed. After heavy fights for the Grochów area the German 23rd Infantry Regiment was annihilated by the Polish defenders of the 21st "Children of Warsaw" Infantry Regiment under colonel (later promoted to general) Stanisław Sosabowski.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 22-05-2014, 23:05:36
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/vpkgsy.jpg)
Feldwebel(Sergeant) of the division 'Großdeutschland' with german girls after the victory over France. I call this picture: Ugly man with ugly women.

I believe the picture is cut. I think there was no such widescreen format in 1940 available.

Something's wrong with that picture... Everyone looks healthy and well fed... And the modern people are supposed to be overweight? Modern girls stick out like toothpicks compared to those on the picture, for each "fat" one there are 20 that are borderline anorexic. Amazing how the perception of weight and beauty really shifted since then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-05-2014, 00:05:09
(http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/historical-photos-pt3-tiger2-germany-tank.jpg)

Very serious training going on here!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-05-2014, 01:05:34
^^ The picture is from Budapest, Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, October 1944. It is the most popular picture from a larger series taken.

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2vtw6ll.jpg)
Budapest, Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, October 1944.


Edit:// Image not showing up, fixed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-05-2014, 04:05:10
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2910/13999088287_5b1c4e1e5e_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 23-05-2014, 04:05:07
The physics were shitty back then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-05-2014, 06:05:37
Probably about to get walloped, the German probes and attacks on Warsaw were all spectacular failures. ;)



Quote
On September 16 the forces of Gen. Blaskowitz tried to capture Praga on the march, but the assault was repulsed. After heavy fights for the Grochów area the German 23rd Infantry Regiment was annihilated by the Polish defenders of the 21st "Children of Warsaw" Infantry Regiment under colonel (later promoted to general) Stanisław Sosabowski.

Any ideas of why was that Regiment named "Children of Warsaw", was it made up with young soldiers?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-05-2014, 06:05:35
Probably about to get walloped, the German probes and attacks on Warsaw were all spectacular failures. ;)



Quote
On September 16 the forces of Gen. Blaskowitz tried to capture Praga on the march, but the assault was repulsed. After heavy fights for the Grochów area the German 23rd Infantry Regiment was annihilated by the Polish defenders of the 21st "Children of Warsaw" Infantry Regiment under colonel (later promoted to general) Stanisław Sosabowski.

Any ideas of why was that Regiment named "Children of Warsaw", was it made up with young soldiers?.

Nope, just a traditional name for a brigade of the Polish Army for volunteers specifically from Warsaw.  For instance, in the Polish 2nd Armoured Division in Italy, there was a "6th 'Children of Lwów' Armoured Regiment."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-05-2014, 01:05:09
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/t6xp2p.jpg)
Hungary, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 24-05-2014, 19:05:03
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/vpkgsy.jpg)
Feldwebel(Sergeant) of the division 'Großdeutschland' with german girls after the victory over France. I call this picture: Ugly man with ugly women.

Something's wrong with that picture... Everyone looks healthy and well fed... And the modern people are supposed to be overweight? Modern girls stick out like toothpicks compared to those on the picture, for each "fat" one there are 20 that are borderline anorexic. Amazing how the perception of weight and beauty really shifted since then.

You can't say "fat" when the photo only shows face. Probably chubby.

And yes, standards do change, not long ago, in 1990s, we preferred big curly hair and dress with shoulder pads in it, making your shoulder ridiculously bulbous. Back then, foreheads must be clean, nowadays bangs/fringes is the norm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-05-2014, 20:05:13
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/G13065_USS_Yorktown_Pearl_Harbor_May_1942.jpg)
Yorktown in drydock at Pearl Harbor on 29 May 1942, shortly before departing for Midway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 24-05-2014, 21:05:32

And yes, standards do change, not long ago, in 1990s, we preferred big curly hair and dress with shoulder pads in it, making your shoulder ridiculously bulbous. Back then, foreheads must be clean, nowadays bangs/fringes is the norm.

Note that I didn't say "fat". They just look like they eat healthy, homemade food (ah the good old times when you could actually cook something that didn't contain things marked by weird numbers and random letters).

I meant the modern "fat" people... Today you have more and more of the extremes, either people are ridiculously overweight or they look like walking skeletons. It's getting harder to find "average", healthy looking people. Lack of exercise, fast food, bad eating habits and staying up late glued to (touch)screens are slowly starting to take their toll, I guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-05-2014, 02:05:53
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/voo32s.jpg)
Battle of Kursk, July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-05-2014, 00:05:59
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/w6w1sk.jpg)
B-24 Liberator, #42-95379, 'Extra Joker', 451st Bombardment Group, 725th Bomb Squadron, in flight after a raid on the airport of Markersdorf, Vienna, having been attacked by 2 Focke Wulf FW-190 over the austrain city of Turnitz. The airplane was named after a playing card, that was found by its engineer during a railway stop in Marrakesh enroute to Tunis. The airplane burst mid-air, all of the 10 crewmen died.


The photographer was a member of the crew from Extra Joker, but that particular raid he joined another airplane to take pictures. His statement: 'I felt guilty, helplessly snapping a death picture while the men were burning inside. It happened so fast they didn't have much of a chance...'

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-05-2014, 01:05:29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Bengari_AWM075165.jpeg)
Sergeant Bengari, MM of A Company, Papuan Infantry Battalion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-05-2014, 01:05:34
The hell is he holding
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-05-2014, 01:05:07
according to a caption, it's an Owen gun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-05-2014, 02:05:23
Yep, Owen gun, the aussie SMG of awesomeness.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-05-2014, 17:05:16
If even the Owen gun jams in the jungle, then every weapon will jam in that location

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/527772-4/LastScan+131)

Some smart fellows will know what is going here
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-05-2014, 18:05:57
Feindliche Kuckucke gesichtet!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-05-2014, 18:05:06
Feindliche Kuckucke gesichtet!
DAS panther is einen spionen!

"Ooh bloody hell chaps, they saw right trough my disguise"
-Well castairs perhaps its because you just lobbed a jerry shell trough a jerry tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-05-2014, 01:05:18
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/mry994.jpg)
P-47 Thunderbolt
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-05-2014, 01:05:24
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Dug-in_panzer_IV.jpg/577px-Dug-in_panzer_IV.jpg)
A Panzer IV of the 1/22nd Panzer Regiment in a dug-in defensive position, photographed near Lébisey
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 27-05-2014, 02:05:34
That Panzer IV has a specific story.  It's engine was disabled early on in the fighting, but the crew compartment and crew were unharmed.  So it was dug in heavily and became a static pillbox, and wrecked much havoc throughout the time the Germans held that line.  Other photos I've seen of it show that the turret basket was open with shells being passed in through there, the radio and driver compartments probably left empty.  There were shed wall/roof pieces scattered around, and steel doors  propped up against the backside, probably for camo to make it look like, when it wasn't in combat, a farmer's storage shed.  Far as I know, it was eventually abandoned during the British offensives a month later that did push past Lebisey, after running out of ammunition, which was when that photo was taken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 27-05-2014, 05:05:50
This is the end of this man's second World War. He got an Iron Cross in WWI.
Paris, 1944
(https://i.imgur.com/8tkTZFh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-05-2014, 01:05:17
Your knowledge keeps amazing me, VM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/INDIAN_TROOPS_IN_BURMA%2C_1944.jpg)
An Indian infantry section of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment about to go on patrol on the Arakan front, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-05-2014, 01:05:31
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2rw1401.jpg)
Left to right: BT-5, T-26, BT-7. Smolensk, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 28-05-2014, 09:05:57
Looks like beginning of some sturmhaystack ?  ;D
(http://s4.postimg.org/brwm78cjh/well.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-05-2014, 00:05:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Soldiers_in_the_Belgium_Congo_-_NARA_-_197079.jpg/957px-Soldiers_in_the_Belgium_Congo_-_NARA_-_197079.jpg)
Belgian Congolese Soldiers of the "Force Publique", the largest section of the Free Belgian Forces, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-05-2014, 02:05:44
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2hhkg94.jpg)
This Panzer IV had been dug in at Lebisey due to engine failure, as you can see they sat up some shed in disguise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 29-05-2014, 02:05:12
That Panzer IV has a specific story.  It's engine was disabled early on in the fighting, but the crew compartment and crew were unharmed.  So it was dug in heavily and became a static pillbox, and wrecked much havoc throughout the time the Germans held that line.  Other photos I've seen of it show that the turret basket was open with shells being passed in through there, the radio and driver compartments probably left empty.  There were shed wall/roof pieces scattered around, and steel doors  propped up against the backside, probably for camo to make it look like, when it wasn't in combat, a farmer's storage shed.  Far as I know, it was eventually abandoned during the British offensives a month later that did push past Lebisey, after running out of ammunition, which was when that photo was taken.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Dug-in_panzer_IV.jpg/577px-Dug-in_panzer_IV.jpg)
A Panzer IV of the 1/22nd Panzer Regiment in a dug-in defensive position, photographed near Lébisey

Yeah, we know ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-05-2014, 03:05:55
Oh. Really. Weird. Wait. :-\

(http://oi59.tinypic.com/mj47eh.jpg)
Utah Beach.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 29-05-2014, 17:05:17
 :o
Dafuq ... zimmerit on Cromwell ?
(http://s29.postimg.org/t9bjve287/video0022.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-05-2014, 20:05:37
Probably about to get walloped, the German probes and attacks on Warsaw were all spectacular failures. ;)



Quote
On September 16 the forces of Gen. Blaskowitz tried to capture Praga on the march, but the assault was repulsed. After heavy fights for the Grochów area the German 23rd Infantry Regiment was annihilated by the Polish defenders of the 21st "Children of Warsaw" Infantry Regiment under colonel (later promoted to general) Stanisław Sosabowski.

Any ideas of why was that Regiment named "Children of Warsaw", was it made up with young soldiers?.

Nope, just a traditional name for a brigade of the Polish Army for volunteers specifically from Warsaw.  For instance, in the Polish 2nd Armoured Division in Italy, there was a "6th 'Children of Lwów' Armoured Regiment."

It makes me miss the "Reputation" thing we had...


(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5472/14243681196_136090ba5d_o.jpg)

Pzkpfw. IV Ausf. G of the Italian 1. Divisione Corazzata di Camice Nere "M" training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-05-2014, 00:05:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pilot_Officer_H._A._Picard_of_No._350_%28Belgian%29_Squadron%2C_on_the_wing_of_his_Spitfire_at_Kenley%2C_July_1942._CH6356.jpg/435px-Pilot_Officer_H._A._Picard_of_No._350_%28Belgian%29_Squadron%2C_on_the_wing_of_his_Spitfire_at_Kenley%2C_July_1942._CH6356.jpg)
Belgian pilot of No. 350 Squadron on the wing of his Spitfire at RAF Kenley, July 1942. "Luvungi" was a town in the Belgian Congo. (note the killmarks)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 30-05-2014, 12:05:32
M'kay ... what tank is this ?
(http://s29.postimg.org/kgap3zzjr/tumblr_n4de8kx4no1tyl705o1_1280.jpg)
First tough - its a Pz III Ausf J ( vorepanzer on hull and 5 cm KwK 38? 39 ? ) ... but that sprocket wheel  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 30-05-2014, 12:05:24
Reenactment much?

That's a FV432 made to look like the PzIII L.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2470/3763790564_b11d697e8a.jpg)

Bam.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-05-2014, 14:05:14
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/5v7ptu.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 251/2, Pz.Kpfw. IV, 2. Panzerregiment, 7. Kompanie, Waffen SS, Division "Das Reich", Dodge WC52, Coutances, Normandy, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-05-2014, 01:05:37
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/16bgc9v.jpg)
16. Panzer-Division, Ukraine, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 31-05-2014, 02:05:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/IND_003698_Garrison_Hill_Kohima.jpg)
View of the Garrison Hill battlefield, the key to the British defences at Kohima.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-05-2014, 06:05:13
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/14176272812_72f34b4db8_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 31-05-2014, 08:05:18
heh ... No wonder something was wrong with that Panzer  ;)

One of the most mysterious StuG III Ausf D ever
(http://s30.postimg.org/p50amg2sh/Surviving_Stu_G_Stu_H_01.jpg)
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=108860

And the best part about history of StuGs III Ausf D from Sonderverband 288 in Africa  8)

[...]Upon arriving in Africa they had 3 StuG.IIIs and moved out into the desert with the DAK. One of the StuGs decided to go ahead and do a bit of scouting, where it was quickly chased down by several British Universal Carriers and captured.
The other two appear to have fought on, right up to Alamein, but during the November 1942 retreat, one of those apparently ran out of fuel on the coast road and was left behind. The third one appears to have made it back to the Mareth Line, and was captured on Cape Bon with the rest.[...]

So i demand to see StuG III Ausf D on maps - Gazala , El Alamein and Mareth Line  :P ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 31-05-2014, 13:05:03
(http://forum.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/000533/533413.jpg)

Hitler inspects MkB42 and MP43.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 31-05-2014, 14:05:54
Whenever I see dictators inspecting weapons like that I can only imagine them thinking something along the lines ''well it has a barrel... I guess that's good''.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 31-05-2014, 14:05:41
Not just dictators, modern day presidents as supreme commanders. They are politicians and not soldiers, the hell do they know about guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 31-05-2014, 14:05:42
'Dolf looks a bit disappointed tbh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 31-05-2014, 17:05:06
It is funny how he wanted to block the development of these and when he saw their effectiveness, he demanded full-scale production  :P .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 31-05-2014, 19:05:35
Just like any CEO running a company, if you show initiative, and it works, he gets the credit, if it fails you get the blame.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-06-2014, 02:06:15
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/14334906093_c156563a77_o.jpg)

A soldier posing with a rare Artillerie-Panzerbeobachtungswagen III Ausf. F of the 130. Panzer-Lehr-Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-06-2014, 02:06:11
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/99th_Infantry_Division_Moving_Through_Wirtzfeld.jpg)
American soldiers of the 99th Infantry Division enter the Belgian village of Wirtzfeld, late 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-06-2014, 02:06:17
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2j1uf0o.jpg)


(http://oi60.tinypic.com/117feqh.jpg)
Japanese Soldiers, Haikou, China, 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-06-2014, 23:06:24
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2wokld4.jpg)
Stug III of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 394. Saint Germain de Tallevende, Normandy, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 01-06-2014, 23:06:14
Note the lack of the central return roller
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-06-2014, 17:06:29
Note the lack of the central return roller
Late war production IIRC.

They reduced the very late war PZIV ausf J return rollers from 4 to 3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 02-06-2014, 18:06:46
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/99th_Infantry_Division_Moving_Through_Wirtzfeld.jpg)
American soldiers of the 99th Infantry Division enter the Belgian village of Wirtzfeld, late 1944.

What's the tank/vehicle on the right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-06-2014, 18:06:29
looks like an M10
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 02-06-2014, 22:06:20
(http://www.forgottenairfields.com/uploads/airfields/malta/island_of_malta/calafrana/65.jpg)

Quote
A Sunderland Flying Boat and a visiting French Latecoere L.298 floatplane at RAF Kalafrana ca. 1940

The Sunderland was a really nice aircraft, the British equivalent to the US PBY Catalina and the Japanese Kawanishi H6K "Emily".

Speaking of which... Why isn't this story a movie already? :P

http://www.n461.com/n461_story.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-06-2014, 23:06:23
you probaly mean the H8K emily instead of the H6K
(http://www.chuckhawks.com/kawanishi_H8K_Emily.png)

But yeah...The sunderland is legendary for its endurance. The Catalina for its payload and the H8K for its defensive armament and range (3 times more then Catalina and Sunderland)

Altough the H8k did had the tendency to catch fire...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-06-2014, 23:06:45
Aah, yes, the Sunderland. one of the few WW2 aircraft that i actually went inside of. Beautiful, but once you are inside of it you realise just how incredible weak it looks and feels. Super thin fuselage. Like all the aircraft of the time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-06-2014, 23:06:16
i went inside a B17, B25, B24, lancaster, ME 109, FW190, spitfire, Hurricane , P51, P47 and Yak-3


The Yak has the most cramped cockpit ever...

The FW190 and P47...feels like a tank inside

The B17 felt sturdy aswel, the B24 was for a bomber, roomy but oh god

i shitted my pants when i went inside the frikkin BALL turrets. I rather go disable mines without a mine detector then to sit in the ball turret for a single flight...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-06-2014, 00:06:31
Where was that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-06-2014, 00:06:42
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3730/14069406717_06cf165c66_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-06-2014, 01:06:58
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/svop5x.jpg)
StuG III, belonging to the 709. Infanterie-Divsion, destroyed by a 76mm M1 AT-gun of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Sainte-Mère-Église, June 7th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-06-2014, 00:06:46
What's the tank/vehicle on the right?

My guess would also be an M10

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Alligator_amphibious_vehicles_passing_Terrepin_amphibious_vehicles_%28to_the_left%29_during_the_Battle_of_the_Scheldt_-_October_13%2C_1944.jpg)
Column of Alligator amphibious vehicles passing Terrapin amphibious vehicles on the Scheldt river, October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-06-2014, 01:06:19
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/aebnuq.jpg)
A Sherman M4A1 of the 3rd Armored Division passing german Pz.Kpfw. VI from the 2nd SS Panzer-Regiment of the SS-Division "Das Reich" which have been cought and knocked out pants down at Saint-Fromond cemetary, Normandy, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-06-2014, 04:06:31
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2925/14355372053_6e1184aaaa_o.jpg)

Richelieu is sexy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-06-2014, 00:06:14
Yup, probably the only french WWII era thing i like the looks from. Really beautiful ship.
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Green-Howards-Southampton.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-06-2014, 00:06:14
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/op8ec1.jpg)
More versatile than you expect: T-26 Light Infantry Tank Mod.1935 on a training parcour in Karelia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-06-2014, 00:06:39
Why is there so much wood on the back? (or what looks like wood to me)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-06-2014, 01:06:55
For the smores, duh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-06-2014, 01:06:13
To fill small gaps so the tank can cross easily.

Or firewood... it's fucking winter... you know...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 05-06-2014, 01:06:33
Probably for crossing muddy-shitholes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-06-2014, 03:06:54
Maybe they were experimenting with wood as munitions? or throwing them at Finns?

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3834/14258244136_9678ba9f06_o.png)

Dunkerque, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 05-06-2014, 16:06:50
(http://i.imgur.com/WD4axXT.jpg)
British Commandos, location unknown. Note the "artillery Luger" the soldier in the front is carrying.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-06-2014, 00:06:16
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/6b440c71f679086ce83c237845eae304/tumblr_mt1fygoMT91s57vgxo1_1280.jpg)

Prototype Model45 A automatic rifle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-06-2014, 01:06:03
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2zyzfic.jpg)
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/14mg84n.jpg)
Point Du Hoc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-06-2014, 04:06:54


Prototype Model45 A automatic rifle

Very, VERY early Steyr AUG?

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/14342541415_19625d15bd_o.jpg)

HMS Howe, King George V-class Battleship
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-06-2014, 01:06:23
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/1zpks8z.jpg)
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/1zdieb.jpg)
Trévières, Normandy, France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-06-2014, 06:06:15
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14071901746_f4c066dd67_o.jpg)

Germany, 1945. Soldiers of the 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment, 53rd Welsh Division walk among the ruins of Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-06-2014, 11:06:50
(http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/files/iwm_solr_field/large/B_014518.jpg)

Churchill AVRE's on the outskirts of Caen

Dont they look epic as hell??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 07-06-2014, 11:06:28
No they look like something taken out of C&C Red Alert.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 07-06-2014, 12:06:27
No they look like something taken out of C&C Red Alert.
Isn't that the same thing though?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-06-2014, 01:06:30
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/k2ifzs.jpg)
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2wndcpl.jpg)
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, June 12th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-06-2014, 05:06:00
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3761/13449659335_8a784e630f_o.jpg)

Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Nagato before sailing for the Phillippines, in Borneo, October 1944. Both Yamato-class Battleships can be seen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-06-2014, 23:06:56
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/20gjryf.jpg)
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/feqx4l.jpg)
Canadian MP at Bernières-sur-Mer, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-06-2014, 07:06:19
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2925/14282825455_b69789b9e9_o.png)

He-111 P-2 of KG 55 'Greif'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-06-2014, 04:06:44
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14404183303_0f6b739ae6_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-06-2014, 13:06:08
(http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/medium/PZ_38_t_.jpg)
M'kay ... so this is a panzerstellung Pz38(t) , somewhere in North Africa ... and there was no Pz 38(t) in Africa ... 
So DaFuq is that doing here ? ;D
Only turrets landed in Africa or there was some couple of Pz 38(t) in Africa ? :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-06-2014, 13:06:11
Are you sure it isn't in Italy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-06-2014, 13:06:02
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/rbb8qr.jpg)
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/slmk9z.jpg)
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-06-2014, 14:06:51
Sweet pics Dukat, really liking them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-06-2014, 14:06:28
Are you sure it isn't in Italy?

Well ... at last they saying that in this thread (http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10149-panzerstellungspantherturms/)
(founded when i was looking for something about Pz 38(t)  :P)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 10-06-2014, 15:06:16
(http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/medium/PZ_38_t_.jpg)
M'kay ... so this is a panzerstellung Pz38(t) , somewhere in North Africa ... and there was no Pz 38(t) in Africa ... 
So DaFuq is that doing here ? ;D
Only turrets landed in Africa or there was some couple of Pz 38(t) in Africa ? :-\

Whole pre-fabricated Panzerstellungs were shipped pretty much anywhere where they were needed, including the Pantherturms for the Italian front. So it's not that out of place, really.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-06-2014, 01:06:50
Sweet pics Dukat, really liking them.

The ones I already posted are the best by far, sadly.

(http://oi59.tinypic.com/14488qh.jpg)
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/29qe6g7.jpg)
Saint-Lô
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-06-2014, 04:06:10
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/14126771989_6a77743ff6_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-06-2014, 01:06:04
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/x1kqaq.jpg)
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/13yqn1k.jpg)
3rd Canadian Division, Bernières-sur-Mer, Juno Beach, France, June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-06-2014, 04:06:27
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/9565102150_e478e6eaea_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-06-2014, 00:06:30
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/f2nd47.jpg)
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/11ukw43.jpg)
Omaha Beach
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-06-2014, 01:06:31
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/5th_Scottish_Parachute_Battalion_Athens_1944.jpg)

December 1944, British Sherman tank, paratroopers and members of a far right militia fighting against Greek Communists in Athens
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-06-2014, 02:06:54
And the German guy there "Wtf am I doing here?"

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/14403676604_e785194d44_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-06-2014, 09:06:00
OK ... there was no Pz38(t) in Africa , becouse engine cooling system was not reliable in temperature above 60* or something ... right .
But what with cooling system in Marder III ? ???
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/545383-2/Marder+III+and+Chev-Africa)
In short - Pz38(t) in Africa : to HOT !! ... Marder III in Africa - everything is  OK ...
Fuck Logic ? ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-06-2014, 10:06:30
It might be that the need for strong anti-tank gun that can be moved around on a tank chassis was far higher than the need for a peashooter on a tank chassis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 13-06-2014, 11:06:17
Nah ... in term of fire power and armor , Pz38(t) was equall , if not better , than any british-made light or medium ( except of Matilda II  ;) ) tank in Africa , even  for M3 Stuart ... if we dont count that "little" problem with engine  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-06-2014, 11:06:39
Pz38t had brittle armour, would shatter even when hit with37mm guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-06-2014, 01:06:23
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/jqgoef.jpg)
2 Generals at once: must be serious business.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-06-2014, 07:06:24
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3871/14388164246_d590c1eb97_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-06-2014, 01:06:49
That's some really great timing on that picture. Nice shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-06-2014, 01:06:21
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/fdgl8i.jpg)
Stalingrad 1942. Note the different wheel types on the T-34.


Edit:// I just realized that it is common on the T-34 to have rubber on the outer wheels only.

(http://www.ww2models.com/WIP/T34Hex/Wheel8.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-06-2014, 07:06:59
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5075/14225938537_2dc20b8e1e_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 15-06-2014, 12:06:23
(http://i62.tinypic.com/20iatg7.jpg)

Quote
Petrol pipe for Operation PLUTO (Pipe Lines Under The Ocean) being wound onto a 'ConunDrum' pipe-laying device, June 1944.

Amazing feat of engineering, making an underwater pipeline in such a short time... This stretched all the way to the Rhine!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 15-06-2014, 14:06:05
(http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/26/25261/ViervilleBasDeLaCoteHl.jpg)
It's amazing how FH2's Omaha map resembles the real place.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 15-06-2014, 15:06:13
What's that kind of platform in front of the bunker on the beach?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 15-06-2014, 15:06:35
A bigass testudo formation, I reckon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 15-06-2014, 16:06:09
A bigass testudo formation, I reckon

Oh cool I didn't know the Romans landed on Omaha in WWII... Must be why the Allies won.. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-06-2014, 16:06:02
What's that kind of platform in front of the bunker on the beach?

Photo seems to be taken (long) after D-Day, and it appears to be one of the floating barges that the Allies used to conceive the temporary harbor at the beach, washed ashore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour

(http://www.war44.com/misc/images/5/WWII_Mulberry_harbour.jpg)
(http://jto.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p5-normandy-z-20140113.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-06-2014, 16:06:42
Correct, it is a leftover of the destroyed 'mobile' harbour of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. This harbour was destroyed by a storm on June 19, 1944.
Picture is taken in Vierville-sur-Mer
I was basicly the same as the Arromanches 'mobile' harbour that we all know about today.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-06-2014, 23:06:27
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/iwrsz7.jpg)
China 1938.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-06-2014, 01:06:11
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/11in6f7.jpg)
Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 141, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-06-2014, 01:06:05
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2uiyjp0.jpg)
Japanese troops, Nambu Type 11 light machine gun, Shanghai 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-06-2014, 19:06:29
Ooh, is that the one where you just stack 5 stripper clips, close the top, shoot your 25 bullets, open box and add 5 more stripper clips to shoot? Super cool mechanism. It takes the bullets itself out of the clips and then  just goes to the next one when empty.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RommelBr on 18-06-2014, 20:06:04
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/q75/s720x720/10464142_1525774247650332_6048233706376207662_n.jpg)
German soldiers hiding in destroyed soviet tank.


 We should have this feature in the upcoming Eastern front maps!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 18-06-2014, 20:06:31
Hollow wreck statics would be awesome!  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-06-2014, 03:06:11
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14249903527_6222a9e3d1_o.jpg)

KV-1 Heavy Tanks in Chelyabinsk factory
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-06-2014, 03:06:27
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/28aubk1.jpg)
Crete, May 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: luftwaffe.be on 19-06-2014, 15:06:30
they didn't have a bigger flag ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-06-2014, 23:06:38
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/10gg139.jpg)
Heeresgruppe Nord, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-06-2014, 01:06:53
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/o6dxtj.jpg)
6th SS-Gebirgs-Division „Nord“.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-06-2014, 01:06:49
looks like a beekeeper
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-06-2014, 00:06:47
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2qlzf2s.jpg)
Lancia RO, italian grave, Northern Africa, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-06-2014, 04:06:54
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3848/14285498718_f1d3a0e871_o.jpg)

Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Musashi July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-06-2014, 02:06:57
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/igcjkj.jpg)
M3A1, 9th Armored Division, Limburg, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 23-06-2014, 18:06:03
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H34542.jpg)
Quote
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Anti-aircraft crews scan the sky from a Maunsell sea fort in the Thames Estuary, 19 November 1943.


I like the looks of the British seaforts in the thames mouth area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-06-2014, 20:06:40
Were they any effective though?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-06-2014, 20:06:55
Were they any effective though?

Not that much i sepose looking at the effort it takes to build them. they shot down 22 aircraft and about 30 flying bombs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-06-2014, 01:06:38
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/10fvpeh.jpg)
M4A3 Sherman, 12th armored Division, Krautostheim, Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-06-2014, 01:06:41
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/oab4sk.jpg)
M4A2 Sherman, 12th Armored Division, Husseren-les-Châteaux, Alsace, France, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-06-2014, 07:06:07
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/11860517895_45170615b0_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-06-2014, 11:06:15
Hows in Hell , Tiger I number 812/712  transformed it in to the 112  :-\

(http://s28.postimg.org/6cbnwxo55/tumblr_n62fb8_WNdx1qc0pn9o2_1280.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/6cbnwxo55/)
(http://s29.postimg.org/qqa0g44pj/Handler.jpg)

Digits , looks and size , not quite correct BTW and ...
(http://s14.postimg.org/tx5j1lnep/wwii0156.jpg)
... looks like 112 was another Tiger I  ;)

Sorry for more than one picture , but all about one tank ... propably  :P ( at last REAL 112 is different  8) )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-06-2014, 00:06:56
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/33a7w4j.jpg)
Stug III, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 190, Kerch, Crimea, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-06-2014, 04:06:31
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/10113968274_4e548c52f1_o.jpg)

German soldiers capitulating, Battle of Berlin 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-06-2014, 00:06:18
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/4ujghy.jpg)
Gebirgs-Jäger, MG 34, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-06-2014, 03:06:57
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/13984697658_c13363eebd_o.jpg)

Japanese Soldiers posing with a captured Soviet BT tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-06-2014, 01:06:47
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2i222at.jpg)
Browning M1919, Browning M1918. Peleliu, September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-06-2014, 06:06:24
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/14492642116_aedcc9c572_o.jpg)

Panzerkamfpwagen VI Tiger, Nr.712 of the 2./s.Panzer-Abteilung 501 shipped from Africa is seen in the New York Port.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-06-2014, 02:06:56
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/29gh7wj.jpg)
Stalingrad 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-06-2014, 05:06:02
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8519352852_c237dc71c0_o.jpg)

German POWs being escorted by a Polish officer.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-06-2014, 02:06:57
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/r2w6r4.jpg)
Hotchkiss H-35, Norway 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-06-2014, 03:06:08
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8420/8701292881_0ce4ea4022_o.jpg)

Mussolini is like "Are you sure we just lost to Greece?"

Hitler is like "I picked the worst ally..."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 30-06-2014, 04:06:02
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/nar210.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=221&u=14766804)

Said to be in Narvik 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-07-2014, 03:07:06
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8519083844_248b8111bd_o.jpg)

Serbia 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-07-2014, 13:07:43
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/3535v1u.jpg)
Fieseler Fi-103 'Vergeltungswaffe 1'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 01-07-2014, 15:07:31
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/fi103_10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=222&u=14766804)

Reichenberg version
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 01-07-2014, 17:07:40
(http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/080116-F-1234S-016.jpg)
"Two unidentified Russian soldiers look at Cpl. Thomas Klopack's "Yank" Magazine. (U.S. Air Force photo)"
Poltawa, Ukraine, June-September 1944.
Operation Frantic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 01-07-2014, 21:07:08
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Commemorative-Air-Force/Boeing-B-29A-Superfortress/2465318/L/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-07-2014, 01:07:59
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/30w45r6.jpg)
Looks kinda suicidal. Sidenote: The airplane in the rear has been labeled 'FE 499' by US troops already. Photo must have been taken during appraisal.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-07-2014, 03:07:55
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/10778992085_debcf5f6be_o.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 02-07-2014, 03:07:15
The idea behind came in 1940 from a glider pilot, the Oberleutnant  Karl-Heinz Lange , history focus on the later protagonist, Hannah Reitsch and Otto Skorzeny . In early 44 the 2. Staffel of KG 200 was nicknammed "Selbst Opfer", later came the 5/KG 200 "Léonidas Staffel".
Normally you jump off at 1000 m from the target, unlike the japanese Ohka.

(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/v1reic10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=223&u=14766804)

This one seems to be a mix of several planes, exposed at Farnborough.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 02-07-2014, 12:07:04
How do you even jump off if the air intake is right behind you?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 02-07-2014, 12:07:28
How do you even jump off if the air intake is right behind you?
With great difficulty?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Battlefieldfan45 (CroPanzer) on 02-07-2014, 13:07:35
How do you even jump off if the air intake is right behind you?
I'd say very gingerly  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 02-07-2014, 14:07:30
How do you even jump off if the air intake is right behind you?

In fact, there's no problem with the air intake. The ramjet design is pressure-operated. Air pressure of the forward flying V-1 opens the air intake flaps, the explosion both closes those flaps again and propels the V-1 forward. So, in principle, there's no suction whatsoever, ergo, you're safe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-07-2014, 01:07:46
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2pqovu8.jpg)
V1 launch pad, spring 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-07-2014, 02:07:26
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/10649868684_d2eecf460f_o.jpg)

France, 1940, in the town of Jeancout lies Char B1bis Rouen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 03-07-2014, 21:07:30
(http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/history/pictures/tiropersource/tiropersource3.jpg)
HMS Thrasher with X-5 on tow leaving Loch Cairnbawn on 11th September 1943 to begin Operation Source. X-5 made a successful passage across the Norwegian Sea but disappeared during the operation. Her fate is unknown and all 4 crew killed.  X-6 and X-7 made a successful attack that put the Tirpitz out of action for 6 months, at the cost of 2 dead and 6 captured.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-07-2014, 01:07:13
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/25085ll.jpg)
Canon de 25 mm antichar Modèle 1934 Hotchkiss, 2,5cm Pak 112 (f), 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-07-2014, 03:07:23
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/9998709414_5c3fbd8c5f_o.jpg)

24 May 1940, Char B1bis Irouleguy abandoned during an attack on Tannay.


I love the fact that most of the Char B1s had names, it makes them really unique and quite interesting to go around looking for the fate of a specific Char B1, apparently this one belongs to 49e BCC, 1ère Compagnie, my French sucks but that would be "49e Batallion d'chars du combat", 1st company ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 04-07-2014, 08:07:00
http://oi60.tinypic.com/25085ll.jpg
Canon de 25 mm antichar Modèle 1934 Hotchkiss, 2,5cm Pak 112 (f), 1940.

My favorite WW2 AT gun to be honest. I have some shells for it at home.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 04-07-2014, 12:07:49
"49e Batallion d'chars du combat", 1st company ?
49ème Bataillon de Chars de Combat, 1ère compagnie.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-07-2014, 00:07:51
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/11uukgl.jpg)
20mm Flak 38, Stavanger, Norway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-07-2014, 06:07:55
"49e Batallion d'chars du combat", 1st company ?
49ème Bataillon de Chars de Combat, 1ère compagnie.

Merci, I'm trying to improve my French :)

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8518449733_6e788a2ff2_o.jpg)

Char B1bis "France", 15éme Bataillon de Chars de Combat. Sent to Rethel over the River Aisne and abandoned by it's crew. 20 May 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: GooGeL on 05-07-2014, 19:07:33
Not sure where to put this, since it's actually about WW1 material. It's just a tiny clip though.

Destroying Bombs From World War I | The New York Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqMOjpFH6g8
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 05-07-2014, 22:07:55
(https://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/10478156_510171212417025_7724118008715061761_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 05-07-2014, 22:07:22
Sorry for double-posting, but anyone have a photo of the badge this guy has:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10455206_509077455859734_5122875749486241014_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-07-2014, 01:07:02
(http://axis101.bizland.com/TurkistaniCollection01.jpg)

Quote
One of the most distinguishing combat formations were members of the Turkistan Legion. The Legion was formed in the spring of 1942 as part of the German 162nd Infantry Division, referred as the "Turkoman Division." It saw extensive action in Yugoslavia and Italy.
In November 1943, the "Ostmanische SS-Division" was formed comprising of three separate eastern groups: Turkistan, Idel-ural and Crimea.
Reichsführer Himmler was very interested in this Eastern SS formation because his intent was to utilize some of the cadre personal for a training unit with the hope of raising further Eastern volunteer units. Because of volunteer shortages the unit was later designated as "1. Ostmusselmanisches SS-Regiment" in July 1944.
Finaly by October 1944, with more volunteers and conscriptions it was re-named as the "Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband der SS.
By March 1945 the Azerbaijan legion was added.

On top is a Wolf's Head collar tab with enlisted rank. It was intended to be worn by Crimean Tartar and Volga Tartar volunteers, one of four formations to be used in the creation of the "30. Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (Westruthenische Nr. 1)."

Another interesting insignia is the German made cuffband with the green color, which represented the ethnic muslims.
The BeVo woven cuffband is made of bright green rayon with white Latin script "Osttürkischer Waffen-Verband der SS." The cuffband is border at both top and bottom edges in vertically woven white thread. The reverse shows the typical salt & pepper patterned found on these BeVo style bands.

Below on your left is a very rare early first pattern Turkistan shield. Oval grey-green backing with a light-grey border; depicting a white mosque with a center coupola in white and blue, two side spires and a large entry gate, all outlined in yellow with light blue shadows. Below the mosque is the inscription "TURKISTAN" and arched above the inscription "BIZ ALLA BILEN." (God with us)
The Germans appear to have believed that "Biz Alla Bilen" was the Arabic equivalent of "Got mit uns" (God with us), which was the German Army motto.
NOTE: Correctly this should have been "Allah biz bilen. There may have been some objection to this both as a grammatical error and to the fact that although five languages "Kazakh, Kirgiz, Turkmen, Uzbeck and Tajik" are spoken in the Turkistan region of what was formerly the USSR, Arabic is not one of them!

On your right is the second pattern shield, issued in September 1943. The angular shape shield has a red and blue horizontal stripes bordered in black with a black field at the top with the inscription "TURKISTAN" in light blue. In the center of the shield is the Legion's emblem a white bow and arrow.

In the Center is the gold Eastern Peoples first class with swords badge that was awarded for bravery.

------------------------------------------------------------

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2z6xdl1.jpg)
leichter 5cm Granatwerfer 36.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 06-07-2014, 04:07:58
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/alt11.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=225&u=14766804)
Altheim Ost, february 1940

@ Torenico , the "France" was lost by an incendiary grenade, crew member caporal-chef Gautheron died inside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 06-07-2014, 11:07:47
Very interesting to read, thank you for the information Dukat. You were very helpful. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-07-2014, 18:07:56


@ Torenico , the "France" was lost by an incendiary grenade, crew member caporal-chef Gautheron died inside.

Yes, after looking for some more info I found that it was "Knocked out" by an incendiary grenade, thrown by civilians?.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-07-2014, 23:07:57
Yes, after looking for some more info I found that it was "Knocked out" by an incendiary grenade, thrown by civilians?.

Yeah. These damned civilians. The day will come when they form a third faction in conflicts. What are they thinking? Knocking out tanks like cherry pie. We should probably lock em all up in time.

Or in other words: I doubt it.


(http://oi60.tinypic.com/33pey5s.jpg)
German officer bending over a dead comrade, 1941.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 07-07-2014, 03:07:36
Yep, that's the official version, 1 or 2 civilians, with big balls i must admit ;D
Also you can see on the picture the right track was cut , this to make spare part for others tanks , the Amiens and Cantal.

(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/eben10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=226&u=14766804)

Eben-Emaël entrance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-07-2014, 07:07:17
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/9415420129_af37f210f8_o.png)

Char B1bis "Ouragan" in Guise, abandoned in the central plaza after suffering damage in the steering system on 17th May 1940, belonging 8éme Batallion de Chars de Combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-07-2014, 01:07:50
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2a0gqi1.jpg)
Germans in the city of Hrodna/Grodno, Belarus, June 23rd, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-07-2014, 04:07:23
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5448/9351441106_2555f0b942_o.jpg)

Char B1bis "Mulhouse" Number 112 armed with a 47mm SA 35 abandoned in Orléans. Compagnie Gaudet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 08-07-2014, 16:07:43
"Flandres", which was later salvaged and is now miraculously in working condition.
(http://www.2iemeguerre.com/blindes/images/b1bis.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-07-2014, 00:07:36
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/64mjra.jpg)
37mm PaK 35/36, Hrodna/Grodno, Belarus, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 09-07-2014, 06:07:48
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/pzlied10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=227&u=14766804)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-07-2014, 13:07:10
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/261ccrb.jpg)
Eastern front, 1941. I don't recognize the gun though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-07-2014, 13:07:33
7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_leichtes_Infanteriegesch%C3%BCtz_18

Cool little super fast shooting short range anti infantry weapon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 10-07-2014, 13:07:32
B1 bis, n° 323, Var captured in Belgium after being abandoned because of a broken steering mechanism. Var was from the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Company of the 37th BCC, 1re DCR

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-127-0369-21%2C_Im_Westen%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_franz%C3%B6sischer_Panzer_Char_B1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-07-2014, 01:07:18
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/1432jyw.jpg)
Maxim M1910/30, eastern front, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 11-07-2014, 05:07:38
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/eben210.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=228&u=14766804)

Main arty of Eben-Emaël, dual 120 mm, u can see the impact of the 50 kg hollow charge, but additional explosives were put inside the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-07-2014, 10:07:52
That 50kg hollow charge did not penetrate by the way. That dome was very well armoured.
I had the liberty to go inside it once, the lifting mechanism no longer works but all the rest does. Great experience.
There was more then 1 dome. There where even fake domes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-07-2014, 01:07:13
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2zoj211.jpg)
Kfz. 69 'Krupp Protze'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 12-07-2014, 15:07:53
(http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/76/68/04/eben310.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=229&u=14766804)

After a little "make-up", the 120 cupola was 60 cm thick, on the twice 75 mm cupola 2 hollow charge of 50 kg haven't penetrate the 40 cm of armor. The visit worth the trip, that room with the blasted door is really impressive.
There's a million dollar question concerning this fort, where are the toilet !   ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 12-07-2014, 15:07:23
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/vvfot_01_copy.jpg)

"Vickers E from 10th Motorized Brigade destroyed in Trzciana (near Wisnicz Nowy) on 06.09.1939."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2014, 02:07:13
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2wpm6go.jpg)
German columns passing a destroyed Pz.Kpfw. III and crew graves, Babrujsk, Belarus, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-07-2014, 22:07:42
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2d2bxbb.jpg)
Horch 901, Staff, 71. Infanterie-Division, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-07-2014, 01:07:20
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2ziaefa.jpg)
M4A1 Sherman, Pisa, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-07-2014, 04:07:47
I don't know what exactly it is about that picture, but i love it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 15-07-2014, 05:07:04
It took me about five seconds to decide to download it  :P .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-07-2014, 01:07:01
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2dkiec0.jpg)
British Sherman Firefly 'Erich' in combat, Normandy, France, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-07-2014, 13:07:02
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/t676eo.jpg)
Stalinez 60, 152-mm-Howitzer M1938 (M-10), 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-07-2014, 00:07:38
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/29stjk.jpg)
Dornier 17P, Fieseler Fi 156, Junkers Ju 52, Heinkel He 111, Belitsa, Bulgaria, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-07-2014, 01:07:11
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/swq0x4.jpg)
Koblenz 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-07-2014, 02:07:23
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/ve1wlh.jpg)
Norwegian Freighter 'Lynx' under attack by an allied airplane near the harbour of Askvoll, Norway, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-07-2014, 23:07:35
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/14izjmr.jpg)
VW Typ 82 'Kübelwagen', Winter 1941/1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-07-2014, 01:07:04
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2uhr42w.jpg)
Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Stug III on winter-tracks, Ukraine, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-07-2014, 01:07:17
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/t52gck.jpg)
Winter 1941 wasn't that great either. Soldiers of the 260. Infanterie-Division, Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-07-2014, 06:07:39
(https://i.imgur.com/Dhcdtbd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-07-2014, 00:07:23
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/116l5bq.jpg)
Do you know who I am? One does not simply arrest a Hermann Goering!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-07-2014, 04:07:13
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8079/media/1920x1080img486_color_v2-hr_1.jpg)
Home keys after the Hiroshima bombing, and an even more amazing story about a handwatch that was attached to them: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_8079/index.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-07-2014, 01:07:55
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/ouzfb8.jpg)
I think it has been posted before, but the picture is so great. American Advertising on 100-octane gas.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-07-2014, 04:07:05
Is that a black cat over Hitler's shoulder?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-07-2014, 13:07:12
It is a rat. There is another at his belt. I don't think they are his escort, it's more like dead weight.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-07-2014, 15:07:34
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/B-17-bombs-away-595x453.jpg)
source: http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 25-07-2014, 20:07:35
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/64439_165441276951705_2042853607_n.jpg?oh=7365f5817f907a1448579bae4fa479ef&oe=54588749&__gda__=1414427745_ddb6a993aa5ba95d9262e6d46bb1c223)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-07-2014, 20:07:39
why would you paint your tank black when you're gonna fight in the desert?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 25-07-2014, 21:07:00
Probably last times of war in North Africa; tanks still feldgrau because newly coming from factories in Europe, and uniforms of the tankers are still regular black, while soldiers in North Africa would wear desert colours which dont absorb heat and provide decent camouflage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-07-2014, 00:07:37
According to google reversed image search, it's part of the first batch of tanks sent to Libya in 1941. These tanks still had European ''panzer grey'', and with immediate deployment they didn't have time to paint them over. They were later repainted to the dark yellow camouflage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-07-2014, 00:07:53
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/qn71n6.jpg)
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, M3 Stuart of the 7th Armored Division, St. Vith, Belgium, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2014, 01:07:27
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/s2utsw.jpg)
1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-07-2014, 22:07:35
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/98rg5g.jpg)
Winter camoflague is being applicated onto a Pz.Kpfw. IV.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-07-2014, 01:07:42
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtGkfLaIQAE6QtV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-07-2014, 13:07:12
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/33mblns.jpg)
20th century gym. 40.6cm AP Mark 8. USS New Jersey, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-07-2014, 17:07:18
Hahaha, they move those shells the same way me used to move trains at work.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-07-2014, 13:07:31
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/54tbbb.jpg)
G.I.'s at the Maginot Line, Climbach, France, December 15th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-07-2014, 01:07:19
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/attbuu.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 7, 88mm Flak 18/36, KV-1, Heeresgruppe Nord vs. Leningrad Front, October 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 31-07-2014, 22:07:32
(http://www.odkrywca-online.pl/forum_pics/picsforum20/5efd_1.jpg)
Panzer III in Poland, also what does the "AFP" mean?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-08-2014, 01:08:13
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ic2t8k.jpg)
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-08-2014, 21:08:34
(http://i.imgur.com/I8Qfykd.jpg)

1941, finnish soldiers advancing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 01-08-2014, 21:08:45
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Powstanie_warszawskie_patrol.jpg/800px-Powstanie_warszawskie_patrol.jpg)

70 years ago, 63 days of Glory began...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 01-08-2014, 23:08:12
Its Warsaw Uprising! We should play the custom map sometime. An event would be great.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 02-08-2014, 00:08:47
Its Warsaw Uprising! We should play the custom map sometime. An event would be great.

Surely, we should!  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-08-2014, 00:08:48
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/b4x43n.jpg)
M4A3 Sherman, 88mm Flak 36/37, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-08-2014, 01:08:57
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/5kefxi.jpg)
Junkers Ju 87D, Messerschmitt BF 109.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 03-08-2014, 15:08:16
Damn... Just want to say there's some incredible pictures on this page.



(http://ussindianabb58.com/ship/BB-58_Indiana048.jpg)

"09 August 1945, USS Massachusetts firing full main battery salvo into Kamaishi. Note projectiles in flight in upper left. Photographed from USS Indiana."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-08-2014, 22:08:40
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/14bq3w2.jpg)
MG-34, Hemnes beach, Norway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 04-08-2014, 21:08:36
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/polish-armed-forces-west-polskie-si-y-zbrojne-na-zachodzie-1939-1947/387028d1345777774-polish-soldiers-france-1940-a-pol-r35-france1940.jpg?s=2c3ae97993e086df255be825d6e8c2d1)
Quote
Tanks of the 10e Brigade blindée polonaise attacking German forces at Montbard .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-08-2014, 13:08:26
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/1z2mumt.jpg)
Captured/knocked out T-38, german motorcyclists, civilians retrieving furniture from a burning house, Vilkaviškis, Lithuania, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-08-2014, 01:08:40
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/lbf34.jpg)
3º Reggimento Bersaglieri, Stalino/Donezk, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-08-2014, 15:08:49
10 tanks stopped at Ihantala position. I can make out 3x IS-2, 1x ISU-152 and 2x T-34/76 at the crossroads.

(http://i.imgur.com/lEaY77I.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-08-2014, 17:08:03
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76758000/jpg/_76758180_jfknavyidjpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-08-2014, 19:08:48
his brother died trying to destroy a v4 bunker near my home. He was flying a B17 bomb
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 06-08-2014, 20:08:21
(https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10013496_670314786394812_5713588865936854553_n.jpg?oh=c61ac09ea9d9be131cfe7df42adb606c&oe=54409BD8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 06-08-2014, 20:08:49
10 tanks stopped at Ihantala position. I can make out 3x IS-2, 1x ISU-152 and 2x T-34/76 at the crossroads.

(http://i.imgur.com/lEaY77I.jpg)

Could the tank just to the right of the IS-2 on the left of the crossroads be a lend-lease Churchill?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 06-08-2014, 22:08:28
Also, maybe they are IS-1s?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 06-08-2014, 23:08:15
his brother died trying to destroy a v4 bunker near my home. He was flying a B17 bomb

Related:

(http://i60.tinypic.com/v68084.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-08-2014, 01:08:29
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/apa6tv.jpg)
Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-08-2014, 23:08:58
Could the tank just to the right of the IS-2 on the left of the crossroads be a lend-lease Churchill?

No, churchills werent used in combat.

Soviet tanks active at Ihantala:

T-34-76 m41 and m43
T-34-85
KV-1 E and S models.
IS-2.
ISU-152.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-08-2014, 00:08:48
from a lovely collection on the BBC website:
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75330000/jpg/_75330929_kenemmersonthird.jpg)
L/Cpl John Kenneth Emmerson was a commando who came ashore at Sword Beach on D-Day, carrying a camera.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-08-2014, 13:08:25
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/25pr8ys.jpg)
Japanese floatplane base, New Guinea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-08-2014, 23:08:42
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75330000/jpg/_75330931_kenemmersonfifth.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-08-2014, 02:08:11
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/zo6etk.jpg)
Successful operation is successful, Ukraine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-08-2014, 05:08:37
Could the tank just to the right of the IS-2 on the left of the crossroads be a lend-lease Churchill?

No, churchills werent used in combat.

Soviet tanks active at Ihantala:

T-34-76 m41 and m43
T-34-85
KV-1 E and S models.
IS-2.
ISU-152.
Yup, found a picture taken through an observation scope from the same crossroads 3 days later:
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=218295)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-08-2014, 08:08:25
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8518333077_ab84e43d7a_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 11-08-2014, 13:08:47
The Supermarine Spitfire pilot of ER622, No 40 Squadron, South African Air Force confers with his 'No 2' after landing at Gabes in Tunisia, April 1943.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Supermarine_Spitfire_pilots_of_No._40_Squadron%2C_South_African_Air_Force%2C_at_Gabes_in_Tunisia%2C_April_1943._TR1033.jpg)

Tad more grass than ingame!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-08-2014, 01:08:37
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/1fza6a.jpg)
Generalmajor Walter Model, 3. Panzerdivision, in a conversation with Generaloberst Heinz Guderian, 2. Panzergruppe, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 13-08-2014, 13:08:33

After hard day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 13-08-2014, 13:08:05
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOGTxlUP2LQ/UJZ_ZFTNp0I/AAAAAAAACco/zhCh6qDFDbA/s1600/stabswache_de_euros.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-08-2014, 01:08:11
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/6f1b10.jpg)
A Douglas A-20 'Havoc' in flight over a british airfield filled with numerous Spitfires, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-08-2014, 06:08:08
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5134/5456036428_58d3dddba3_b.jpg)

Up-armored Sdkfz 7 with I'm guessing a 37mm flak.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-08-2014, 01:08:56
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/300ftav.jpg)
Russian partisans posing with a 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-08-2014, 04:08:50
(http://www.schutzbauten-stuttgart.de/portals/0/Bauwerke/BW%203/HOOVERSPEISUNGint.jpg)
Hoover Speisung arriving at Stuttgart
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wulfburk on 16-08-2014, 06:08:55
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/339092-4/Brasil_guerra_6Rendicao_General_German)

General Otto Fretter Pico, commander of 148º DI, surrendered the Brazilian troops after the battle of Fornovo in northern Italy, April 30 1945 18:30 h.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-08-2014, 14:08:45
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/w8t3ro.jpg)
Messerschmitt BF 110 G
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-08-2014, 18:08:02
Mmmmm, night fighterrrrsssss <3 <3 <3

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VSQyQqwOSd8/UaZQ2ZZ0eEI/AAAAAAAALBg/BZSVKenvnjk/s1600/Dornier217NJGlarge.jpg)

Dornier 217 Night fighter, a close runner up to the Me110 for my fave night fighter of the war <3  Such purty lines....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 16-08-2014, 19:08:08
why the black lines?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-08-2014, 20:08:36
My guess is some guy owns the pic and doesn't want anyone to copy it or something.  Usual stuff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-08-2014, 01:08:11
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/nqb0o.jpg)
Attention! Risk of Partisans! Trespassing [of the area, A.N.] west of the road Karachev-Resseta is strictly forbidden, for both civilian and military. Those encountered will be shot. Kommandatura Karachev.

Karachev, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-08-2014, 06:08:54
(http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/He-219/Heinkel-He-219/images/Heinkel-He-219A0-Werk-Nr-190176-left-abandoned-Germany-1945.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 17-08-2014, 11:08:18
Did someone say night fighters? I though porn was not allowed on these forums?
(http://battleofbritain.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/p009355-blenheim-hendon.jpg)
Bristol Blenheim Night Fighter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-08-2014, 12:08:35
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/German-nightfighter.jpg)
An Me 110 ‘Nachtjagdflugzeugs ‘ nightfighter prepares for a sortie, 1943. (ww2today)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-08-2014, 12:08:04
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6070/6037136172_cee320393a_z.jpg)

No night fighter,
Gonna stop us getting through!!   *motorhead-Bomber
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: luftwaffe.be on 17-08-2014, 16:08:59
dutch fokker T IX bomber

(http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/5124.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-08-2014, 00:08:25
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2u8xnp0.jpg)
USS Idaho shellling the shores of Okinawa, Pacific, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-08-2014, 00:08:13
P-61 Black Widow.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/416th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_-_P-61_Black_Widow.jpg)

Just look at that sexy beast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hslan.Grim on 18-08-2014, 11:08:28
Can't get enough of the P-61. Always liked it when I was young  :)

(http://nick.radelaar.org/files/P-61.jpg)

Quote
Northrop P-61 7th AF
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-08-2014, 01:08:09
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/30jqioj.jpg)
Soldiers of the 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and members of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, under the command of Major David Vivian Currie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vivian_Currie), part of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division, capturing Hauptmann Siegfried Rauch and members of the 2. Panzerdivision, St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, August 19th, 1944.

A video was taken for the newsreels as well, but I can't find it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-08-2014, 19:08:58
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77039000/jpg/_77039819_h53582.jpg)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28857195
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 19-08-2014, 19:08:44
What's better than a Beaufighter? a black Beaufighter :D
(http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/img/gallery/casm/aircraft_beaufighter_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-08-2014, 01:08:02
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/21e6bl.jpg)
105 mm M2A1 Howitzer, Saint-Lô, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 21-08-2014, 02:08:03
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77039000/jpg/_77039819_h53582.jpg)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28857195

No way :o

I thought that was the Houston the second I saw it! Opened the link and there it is! I'm thrilled and honored they ID'd the wreck. God bless the souls of the men who went down with her.

"Ship of Ghosts" by James D. Hornfischer is a spectacular read about the USS Houston. I was blown away with the story. Her actions in the early days of WWII, the Battle of Sunda Strait where she was sunk, the individual survival stories immediately after she sank, and their three year POW ordeal: Hell ships, multiple prison camps, brutality and torture by their captors, and immeasurable bravery. Some of them actually worked in Burma on the famous Bridge on the River Kwai.

"Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" is probably my favorite book, also by Hornfischer. It's about the Battle of Leyte Gulf. If you're interested at all about WWII naval action I'd love to know if there's a better book out there because I haven't found one yet :). Carrier operations, battleships trading salvos, and of course the group of 7 destroyers/destroyer escorts holding off a VASTLY superior Japanese surface force to protect their escort carriers and the amphibious operations on Leyte.

Damn. I'm all fired up after writing that. Seriously, read those two books. I was honestly moved to tears at multiple times with both books.


USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) "The destroyer escort that fought like a battleship."
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96011.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-08-2014, 13:08:35
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/15hhd2p.jpg)
Search for a german Sniper, Saint-Lô, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 22-08-2014, 13:08:55

Waiting for enemy,Military drill,Eastern front 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 22-08-2014, 14:08:12
(http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=224020&d=1408646689)


German infantry positions in Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-08-2014, 13:08:14
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/16iwshf.jpg)
German trials with landing rafts at the french coast in prepartion of the invasion of Britain, 'Operation Seelöwe', Summer 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 23-08-2014, 13:08:29
Ultracool. We are regularly taught about how the Germans made big plans for the invasion but we never see the actual material which was supposed to be used, and how. Manstein mentions being in command of an infantry division which was training to storm sandy beaches near Dunquerque IIRC, being delivered by river boats driven by their experienced owners who laughed at the poor bastards jumping out of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 24-08-2014, 01:08:53
Not an image, but an interesting recording of Hitler talking with Mannerheim.  It is interesting to hear Hitler's normal speaking voice and the talk about the war for Germany up to that point. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClR9tcpKZec
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-08-2014, 01:08:29
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2vjbzhl.jpg)

It looks a bit like a summer sunday sailing trip to the local swimming lake. Pretty amateurish actually.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-08-2014, 17:08:07
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14758741525_8a117fc8df_b.jpg)

Soviet BA-10 Armored Car along with British Soldiers in Iran, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-08-2014, 21:08:28
(http://img.welt.de/img/zweiter-weltkrieg/origs131501223/3959722066-w900-h600/German-Tank-destroyed-in-Place-de-la-Concorde.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-08-2014, 00:08:25
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2v10tbt.jpg)
Trials for the invasion of Britain, 'Opation Seelöwe', Somme River, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France, June 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 25-08-2014, 00:08:07
I think i see to know now why that operation got cancelled. Anyone with half a brain should see that this will never work. Maybe if there is absolutely no defence, and a nice calm sea, but otherwise?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 25-08-2014, 13:08:11
it was possible in summer of 1940, immediately after Dunkirk, but as soon the British consolidated the position, installed radars and re-equipped the 350 000 men from Dunkirk with new guns, it was just a dream.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-08-2014, 16:08:46
Hitler never thought he would have to invade the UK in the first place, but yeah, it would have been a total disaster along with the planned invasion of Switzerland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-08-2014, 13:08:38
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/nd352v.jpg)

Actually there were several problems that caused the operation to be cancelled. The Kriegsmarine always relied on modern fast ships that could escape the slower but older and more numerous british vessels. And the german Kriegsmarine had very limited assets to face the Royal Navy and to support an invasion of Britain. Thus the Kriegsmarine favoured a focussed landing operation in the Strait of Dover.

The Wehrmacht had a totally different approach to warfare. Their trick was to bypass resistance and strongpoints, attacking from the flanks and rear. Thus the Wehrmacht favoured a large scale landing operation along the whole british southern coast. While some units would meet resistance at the shore, others would be able to land unharmed. After a regroup these units would then capture harbours and attack british units from the flanks and rear along the coast. The battle hardened Wehrmacht could actually have stood a chance against the weak homeguard in 1940.

Either way, both Wehrmacht and Kriegsmarine required strong and total aircover by the german Luftwaffe to carry out their plan. But the Luftwaffe had not the right equipment and lost the Battle of Britain.

In September 1940 the invasion of Britain was run in a sandbox at the headquarters of General von Rundstedt: 260.000 men, 62.000 horses, 34.200 motorized vehicles. The operation was a failure due to insufficiency of the Luftwaffe and was postponed to spring 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-08-2014, 01:08:09
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/5fmbyc.jpg)
15 cm sIG 33 Sfl. on Pz. KpfW.I Ausf B ohne Aufbau, 'Sturmpanzer I', shelling a building, France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-08-2014, 01:08:36
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/20iw29w.jpg)
27th Machine-Gun Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Division, Minqar Qaim, Egypt, June 27th, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 28-08-2014, 12:08:29
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/5fmbyc.jpg)
15 cm sIG 33 Sfl. on Pz. KpfW.I Ausf B ohne Aufbau, 'Sturmpanzer I', shelling a building, France 1940.

IIRC that's a propaganda pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-08-2014, 01:08:54
What do you mean? What makes it propaghanda in particular? It looks a bit weird, but I don't think it is edited.

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2jcvaxh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-08-2014, 01:08:34
It's indeed propagada, they are shooting at these ruins for the lolz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-08-2014, 05:08:35
It's from this newsreel:

http://youtu.be/rzqp9hSZ9Vo?t=27m46s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 29-08-2014, 06:08:27
It's from this newsreel:

http://youtu.be/rzqp9hSZ9Vo?t=27m46s

That is an awesome video, Mudra. Thanks!

I never heard of that series and it is amazing...non stop information and technical stuff!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-08-2014, 01:08:00
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/i38da9.jpg)
Remnants of german equipment line a road in France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-08-2014, 07:08:56
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/10327005096_5b6a98999e_b.jpg)

Jasenovac Extermination Camp, this man just arrived and he is forced to take off his ring.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-08-2014, 13:08:48
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/n9bad.jpg)
Ausschwitz, May 27th, 1944. More than 8.000 guards 'served' in this camp at once. I believe the smoke marks the crematory.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 30-08-2014, 14:08:36
123
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 30-08-2014, 14:08:33
Concentration(Collecting) camp 3"

Highlighting this translation made me wonder, does anyone here know what the Germans called the camps? Did they (not the public, but those involved) call them extermination/concentration camps too or did they have a fancier name for them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-08-2014, 17:08:08
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C. presently estimates that the Ustaša regime murdered between 77,000 and 99,000 people in Jasenovac between 1941 and 1945.[2] The Jasenovac Memorial Site quotes a similar figure of between 80,000 and 100,000 victims.[1]

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According to Jaša Almuli, the former president of the Serbian Jewish community, Jasenovac was a much more terrifying concentration camp, in terms of cruelty, compared with, for example, Auschwitz. In the late summer of 1942, tens of thousands of Serbian villagers were deported to Jasenovac from the Kozara region in Bosnia, where NDH forces were fighting against the Yugoslav Partisans.[65] Most of the men were executed in Jasenovac, and women were sent to forced labor camps in Germany. Children were taken from their mothers and either killed or dispersed to Catholic orphanages.[66]

On the night of 29 August 1942, prison guards made bets among themselves as to who could slaughter the largest number of inmates. One of the guards, Petar Brzica, boasted[67] that he had cut the throats of about 1,360 new arrivals.[68] Other participants who confessed to participating in the bet included Ante Zrinušić, who killed some 600 inmates, and Mile Friganović, who gave a detailed and consistent report of the incident.[69] Friganović admitted to having killed some 1,100 inmates. He specifically recounted his torture of an old man named Vukasin; he attempted to compel the man to bless Ante Pavelić, which the old man refused to do, even after Friganović had cut off his ears, nose and tongue after each refusal. Ultimately, he cut out the old man's eyes, tore out his heart, and slashed his throat. This incident was witnessed by Dr. Nikola Nikolić.[70]

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Besides sporadic killings and deaths due to the poor living conditions, many inmates arriving at Jasenovac were scheduled for systematic extermination. An important criterion for selection was the duration of a prisoner's anticipated detention. Strong men capable of labor and sentenced to less than three years of incarceration were allowed to live. All inmates with indeterminate sentences or sentences of three years or more were immediately scheduled for execution, regardless of their fitness.[83]

Systematic extermination varied both as to place and form. Some of the executions were mechanical, following Nazi methodology, while others were manual. The mechanical means of extermination included:

    Cremation: The Ustaše cremated living inmates, who were sometimes drugged and sometimes fully awake, as well as corpses. The first cremations took place in the brick factory ovens in January, 1942. Engineer Hinko Dominik Picilli perfected this method by converting seven of the kiln's furnace chambers into more sophisticated crematories.[84][85] Crematories were also placed in Gradina, across the Sava River. According to the State Commission, however, "there is no information that it ever went into operation."[86] Later testimony, however, say the Gradina crematory had become operational.[87] Some bodies were buried rather than cremated, as shown by exhumation of bodies late in the war.

    Gassing and poisoning: The Ustaše, in following the Nazi example, as set in Auschwitz and Sajmište, tried to employ poisonous gas to kill inmates that arrived in Stara-Gradiška. They first tried to gas the women and children that arrived from camp Djakovo with gas vans that Simo Klaić called "green Thomas".[88] The method was later replaced with stationary gas-chambers with Zyklon B and sulfur dioxide.[89][90][91][92]

Manual methods were executions that took part in utilizing sharp or blunt craftsmen tools: knives, saws, hammers, et cetera. These executions took place in various locations:

    Granik: Granik was a ramp used to unload goods of Sava boats. In winter 1943–44, season agriculture laborers became unemployed, while large transports of new internees arrived and the need for liquidation, in light of the expected Axis defeat, were large. Therefore, "Maks" Luburić devised a plan to utilize the crane as a gallows on which slaughter would be committed, so that the bodies could be dumped into the stream of the flowing river. In the autumn, the Ustaše NCO's came in every night for some 20 days, with lists of names of people who were incarcerated in the warehouse, stripped, chained, beaten and then taken to the "Granik", where weights were tied to the wire that was bent on their arms, and their intestines and neck were slashed, and they were thrown into the river with a blow of a blunt tool in the head. The method was later enhanced, so that inmates were tied in pairs, back to back, their bellies were cut before they were tossed into the river alive.[93]
    Gradina: The Ustaše utilized empty areas in the vicinity of the villages Donja Gradina and Ustice, where they encircled an area marked for slaughter and mass graves in wire. The Ustaše slew victims with knives or smashed their skulls with mallets. When Roma arrived in the camp, they did not undergo selection, but were rather concentrated under the open skies at a section of camp known as "III-C". From there the Roma were taken to liquidation in Gradina, working on the dike (men) or in the corn fields in Ustice (women) in between liquidations. Thus Gradina and Ustica became Roma mass grave sites. Furthermore, small groups of Roma were utilized as gravediggers that actually participated in the slaughter at Gradina. Thus the extermination at the site grew until it became the main killing-ground in Jasenovac. Grave sites were also located in Ustica and in Draksenic.[94]
    Mlaka and Jablanac: Two sites used as collection and labor camps for the women and children in camps III and V, but also as places where many of these women and children, as well as other groups, were executed at the Sava bank in between the two locations.
    Velika Kustarica: According to the state-commission, as far as 50,000 people were killed here in the winter amid 1941 and 1942.[95] There is more evidence suggesting that killings took place there at that time and afterwards.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-08-2014, 02:08:50
In Germany these camps were known as what they are called still today: Konzentrationslager oder KZ. My grandma always used the term 'KZ'.

There was no big problem naming them like this in public, because the concentration camps have a long history since the coming to power of the nazis. In early 1933 the nazis used the first camps to imprison political enemies. They were humilated, sometimes tortured and they had to work hard, some died. But in the end most of those people got released again after their will had been broken.

When prisoners came home, they barely spoke out of fear, and if they did, they spread the word of what happens if you dare to oppose the fascists.

The systematic killing of jews started much later, during the war then. Accordingly many ordinary people had no idea, how deadly the camps became later. They knew the rumors about these labour-prisons for years and did not want to know much more.

Accordingly it is cynical to trivialize concentration camps as forced-labour-camps. All concentration camps were labour camps in its orginal design. The fact that prisoners burned more kalories than they received made the camps deadly. All of them.


(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2h6t0xy.jpg)
Kerch, Crimea, Russia, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-08-2014, 03:08:38
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3772/9720783451_9d95eb21f7_b.jpg)

Romanian Troops entering Odessa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-08-2014, 22:08:40
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2ecorj7.jpg)
Soldiers of the 1st US Infantry Division (Big Red One) looking a german graphity stating "Sieg oder Chaos" ('Victory or Chaos'), Germany, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-08-2014, 22:08:31
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2921/14592066248_cb80f5f28a_b.jpg)

Presentation of a Sd.Kfz. 9 "FAMO".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-09-2014, 06:09:28
3 Armies in one :)
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/us/car/Willys-MB-18.jpg)
German officer with PPsh-41 near Willys MB from 2 Pz.Gren.Div. "Das Reich". Summer 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 01-09-2014, 18:09:07
Wielun - first town bombed in WWII, 75 years ago:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Wielun_zniszczenia3.jpg/1920px-Wielun_zniszczenia3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 01-09-2014, 19:09:39
Germans entering Zagreb,1941
(http://www.novilist.hr/var/novilist/storage/images/vijesti/hrvatska/smije-li-se-u-hrvatskoj-ulica-zvati-10.-travnja/3705710-2-cro-HR/Smije-li-se-u-Hrvatskoj-ulica-zvati-10.-travnja_ca_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 01-09-2014, 20:09:25
(http://1infanteriedivision.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/mlawa1.jpg)
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Soldiers of the Waffen-SS during the Battle of Mlawa, 1939


75 years ago, WWII began. I might post a pic each day of September on the Polish Campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-09-2014, 01:09:20
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2u421og.jpg)
At 5.45 AM the Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleship SMS 'Schleswig-Holstein' opens fire at the polish fortifications on the Westerplatte located at Danzig, Poland, September 1st, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-09-2014, 04:09:54
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3855/14827879246_d7cdb4900f_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 02-09-2014, 22:09:24
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4k1J54O4we0/SqQRGrkUSjI/AAAAAAAAGDg/EIm-mOvwRh8/s1600/pzkpfw.jpg)
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German Panzer I tanks near Wysoka, September 2nd 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-09-2014, 01:09:16
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/b85j51.jpg)
London, the day after.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-09-2014, 04:09:35
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8518504097_76ae1881a4_b.jpg)



Anybody can identify the insignia of the officer in the left?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 03-09-2014, 10:09:32
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8518504097_76ae1881a4_b.jpg)



Anybody can identify the insignia of the officer in the left?

von mudra we are looking at you    :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 03-09-2014, 14:09:33
(http://i.imgur.com/GUSUbHr.jpg)

Grave of two artillery men of 369.Cro.reg. near Staljingrad
P.S. when i find bigger pic i will put it on
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 03-09-2014, 21:09:44
(http://k17.kn3.net/socialphy/0/0/1/1/8/0/alexasur/9C9.jpg)
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Acting Town Crier and Saltbearer of the City of London, W.T. Boston, reads the war proclamation from the steps of the Royal Exchange, in London.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-09-2014, 00:09:08
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/25fmwev.jpg)
German tank column during the invasion of Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-09-2014, 04:09:43
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/US-jeep-Belgium.jpg)
Sherman tanks of 5th Guards Armoured Brigade pass an American jeep in Antoing, Belgium, 3 September 1944. (WW2today)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-09-2014, 04:09:37
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/25fmwev.jpg)
German tank column during the invasion of Poland, September 1939.

German tank column after meeting Polish Army:

(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-2/destroyed_Panzer_II_tanks_Poland_1939.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 04-09-2014, 21:09:41
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E10600%2C_Graudenz%2C_jubelnde_Menschen_neben_Panzer_IV.jpg)
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German troops in Grudziądz, September 4th, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-09-2014, 00:09:05
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/1448pk9.jpg)
German column with polish landmark attached as a trophy. Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-09-2014, 01:09:19
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Polish_cavalry_in_Sochaczew%281939%29a.jpg/1920px-Polish_cavalry_in_Sochaczew%281939%29a.jpg)

Polish Cavalry galloping through Sochaczew during their pull back towards Warsaw.  These are likely members of the Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade, who inflicted the crushing defeat at Mokra on 4th Panzer Division.  By the time 4th Panzer Division reached Warsaw, their tank strength had dropped by over 30%, mostly due to this cavalry brigade's nonstop rear guard actions.  4th Panzer would go on to lose another 125+ tanks during attacks on Warsaw and the Burza Offensive, and was pulled out on the 18th of September due to these losses, along with most of the other Panzer divisions for similar reasons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-09-2014, 05:09:57
Amazing shot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 05-09-2014, 21:09:41
(http://img.odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/p3_copy5.jpg)
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Panzerkampfwagen III knocked out near Piotrkow, September 5/6.

Does anyone have accurate tank losses of this battle? (German and Polish)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-09-2014, 23:09:04
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/10fnegy.jpg)
It appears that the polish landmark was some kind of extraordinary trophy everybody desired. Or they're hailing it. Or whatever.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-09-2014, 23:09:39
The battle of Piotrkow was a defensive rearguard action and one of the many such victories for the Poles during the campaign.  Polish losses were 7 tanks, and the 1st Panzer Division lost about 78 tanks knocked out plus more damaged. 

1st Panzer finally meets it's end for the Polish Campaign in the dual battle of Ruszki and Kiernozia, where the Polish Bzura counter-offensive nearly wipes out 1st and 4th Panzer Divisions (both escape, but barely, and with less than 30% of the original tank allotment).  Ruszki and Kiernozia end up being named "Hell at Kiernozia" by German survivors of the battle, with Oberst Eberbach of PzRg 35 writing that it "was like being in the Devil's Kettle."  Panzer Regiment 35, in support of 1st Panzer, also loses 23 tanks knocked out and 6 damaged in the engagement, and both 1st and 4th Panzer withdrawal from Poland a couple days later with fewer than 80 tanks each.  To put that in perspective, 1st and 4th combined started the campaign with over 600 tanks.

(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/s9o.jpg)

Panzer IV Number I01, belonging to the battalion commander of 1st Battalion, Panzer-Regiment 1.  All were killed after it was either hit by artillery, or the ammunition exploded, somewhere in the vicinity of Ruszki.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 05-09-2014, 23:09:31
Thanks for the info, VonMudra.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-09-2014, 21:09:50
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/10sezpc.jpg)
Ju 87 'Stuka' in flight over Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 06-09-2014, 23:09:38
(http://www.odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum22/vic_s2.jpg)
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Germans had taken around 19 photos of this tank (around 19 photos of this tank are known), mainly because on that day they lost many tanks in combats against the Polish 10th Motorized Brigade, while Poles lost only this one tank - despite the fact that Polish 10th Brigade was opposing 2nd Armoured Division and 4th Light Armoured Division supported by elements of 3rd Mountain Division for the whole day of heavy combats betwern Pcim and Nowy Wiśnicz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-09-2014, 02:09:18
A quote from my grad project, from an annotated footnote on 2nd Panzer:

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Kriegstagebücher found for other Panzer divisions serving in Poland gave the same delusion of success without loss.   The 2nd Panzer Division, defeated in a brilliant holding action by General Maczek (who rose to fame in the West for his actions in the Normandy Campaign ) at Jordanów over the period of a week, lost yet another 50-70 tanks.   Once again, as with Mokra, there are few documents to attest to this defeat from the German side, with only the divisional doctor willing to admit to a grave number of losses, the majority coming from the 3rd Panzer Regiment.   Also noted in his parenthetical comments, by the end of the first day the hospital is already experiencing shortages of bandages – an indication that things were not going as planned.  Finally, the doctor notes that at one point, the hospital was forced to “circle the wagons”, and issue the medical staff and clerks with firearms in order to repel Polish attacks.   
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-09-2014, 10:09:34
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3747/13196555583_c936f570ce_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 07-09-2014, 13:09:49
,Battle of Kupres 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 07-09-2014, 21:09:19
(http://k16.kn3.net/socialphy/0/0/1/1/8/0/alexasur/9B9.jpg)
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German soldiers comb the Westerplatte after it was surrendered to German units from the Schleswig-Holstein landing crew, on September 7, 1939. Fewer than 200 Polish soldiers defended the small peninsula, holding off the Germans for seven days.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 08-09-2014, 10:09:30
1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-09-2014, 22:09:47
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L1--fyDVodw/TH9d-ZQ3NsI/AAAAAAAAAGg/KalDu0h7yWo/s1600/warsaw_ochota_1939.jpg)
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Around 5 pm September 8,  the 4 Panzer division attempted an assault on Warsaw's western borough of Ochota but met with fierce resistance by Polish infantry and civilians. Germans suffered heavy casualties and lost a considerable number of Panzer I and Panzer II tanks. General Czuma broadcast a defiant Order of the Day to the Germans, saying: " We shall fight to the last ditch!".  Over 100,000 Polish civilians in Warsaw are digging trenches and building barricades in the outskirts of the city.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-09-2014, 22:09:22
Just to add to that, 4th Panzer lost 80 tanks in the attempt, including one column that was incinerated by a rather clever trap.  The Poles filled a street with gasoline and lit it all on fire when the street was filled with German tanks, roasting the crews alive.
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Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-09-2014, 23:09:59
What a horrible way to die. :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-09-2014, 23:09:22
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/17/17253.jpg

Was this one of those tanks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-09-2014, 23:09:36
Not a clue, but could be.  I've never seen photos of the actual tanks in question.


And yep Flippy, it is one of those things that reminds one how terrible war actually is.  I can't help but think what it was like to have been in one of those tanks, surrounded by flames.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 09-09-2014, 21:09:35
(http://historywarsweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/image/GermanSoldiers11.JPG)
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On September 9, Polish Army Poznan and Army Pomorze, retreating from the border area of the Polish Corridor, attacked the flank of the German 8th Army. The Polish main attack was concentrated in the area of Stryków. The Podolska Cavalry Brigade was the right wing of the offensive, and on the left was the Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade. During the initial push these groups inflicted considerable losses on the German 30th Infantry Division which sustained 1,500 casualties and the loss 3,000 soldiers that had been taken prisoner.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-09-2014, 13:09:47
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/103u7g8.jpg)
According to these pictures, the polish campaign was all about marching, sightseeing and marching. Speaking of marching; no wonder the Nazis applied for Poland first, they love marching.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 10-09-2014, 21:09:58
(http://sofrep.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/battle-at-wizna-opt1-630x305.jpg)
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Near Wizna, several German assaults were repelled during the night and in the early morning of September 10. By midday, the German engineers with the help of tanks and artillery had managed to destroy all Polish bunkers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-09-2014, 21:09:39
Ah, the Battle of Wizna.  Roughly 700 Poles fight against Gudarian and his entire Panzerkorps, holding for 3 days against over 42,000 German troops.  They managed to knock out 10+ tanks (with only 2 AT rifles), several armoured cars, and killed an unknown number of Germans (records do not exist that attest to the German side of the battle, but Gudarians estimated 900+ dead, and the german war graves in the area hold in excess of 1000 dead).  All but 70 of the Poles were killed either in combat or shot after being taken prisoner, with only a few escaping or being taken alive.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/POL_Strekowa_G%C3%B3ra2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 10-09-2014, 23:09:24
Guderian. With all your knowledge I still can not comprehend you can't remember names, lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-09-2014, 23:09:29
I have a minor case of dyslexia, mostly involved on mixing up a/e and e/i on some words.  :(  It happens with me quite a bit on things like Gebirgsjager and Guderian. :P  In fact, just in typing this, I managed to type "Gibergsjager" before realizing my mistake. xD

More Poland campaign pics too:

(http://i.imgur.com/iIOtPfg.jpg)

German POWs taken during the campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-09-2014, 01:09:57
Why so serious? The polish campaign was all fun and laughter.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/6gg2h5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 11-09-2014, 02:09:56
Ah, the Battle of Wizna.  Roughly 700 Poles fight against Gudarian and his entire Panzerkorps, holding for 3 days against over 42,000 German troops.  They managed to knock out 10+ tanks (with only 2 AT rifles), several armoured cars, and killed an unknown number of Germans (records do not exist that attest to the German side of the battle, but Gudarians estimated 900+ dead, and the german war graves in the area hold in excess of 1000 dead).  All but 70 of the Poles were killed either in combat or shot after being taken prisoner, with only a few escaping or being taken alive.

Wow... Just Wow... First for the bravery of the Poles, and for the humbling reminder of how absolutely horrific war is...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 11-09-2014, 22:09:32
(http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/9/8949/z8949989Q,Spalony-Kaluszyn.jpg)
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On September 11, the Polish 6 Legions infantry and 11 Uhlan regiment attacked a German-controlled Kaluszyn to escape encirclement. The Polish finally defeated the German defense the next day and continue southward.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-09-2014, 00:09:54
Is there any info on Polish treatment of German PoW?, any approximate number? any specific places in which they were held up?, what did the Germans do once their PoWs were liberated?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-09-2014, 01:09:28
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2lwvxuu.jpg)
German prisoners of war in polish captivity, Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-09-2014, 01:09:04
Is there any info on Polish treatment of German PoW?, any approximate number? any specific places in which they were held up?, what did the Germans do once their PoWs were liberated?.

I've never heard much on German POWs in Polish captivity.  There were many thousands, especially after Burza and later counter attacks, but I've never seen any exact figure.  Late in the campaign, it seems common for the Poles to have simply released the German POWs when they couldn't care for them.  To put things in perspective, I've read that, at the end of the battle of Kock and the capitulation of the last major Polish fighting unit, there were more German POWs than Polish soldiers in the capitulating force.  Since there were ~17,000 Poles surrendering, that's a lot of German POWs in their camp.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 12-09-2014, 12:09:36
1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 12-09-2014, 22:09:23
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Artyleria_plot_Lwowa.jpg)
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Polish anti-air in Lwow. On September 12, Germany attempted to take Lwow by surprise. The Germans thought that the Polish command-in-chief Rydz-Śmigły was situated there and launched failed attacks into the city. The city then was laid siege and capitulated the 22 to the Soviets. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-09-2014, 01:09:55
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/1sm838.jpg)
german bombs impact on and nearby a polish road, Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 13-09-2014, 09:09:56
(http://i53.tinypic.com/24mz1jk.jpg)

Propaganda poster for NDH Paratroopers :)
P.S Can i put this pictures?
What kind of SMG is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 13-09-2014, 09:09:22
Its an MP41, basicly a MP40 with wooden stock, witch in itself is a simplified MP38, which is an evolution of the MP ... euhm, never mind me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 13-09-2014, 10:09:25
Its an MP41, basicly a MP40 with wooden stock, witch in itself is a simplified MP38, which is an evolution of the MP ... euhm, never mind me.


http://youtu.be/sYsw0KVRjCM?t=1m44s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 13-09-2014, 11:09:14
It is MP41 Austrian police version of MP40 which was made for German army but very popular with officier of Ustaha units and NDH Home guard
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 13-09-2014, 22:09:13
(http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wu4vTOC9KPHg0IwkS4nQgSY8Eo4=/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/676408/3239824.0.jpg)
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Hitler salutes as he oversees troops during the Nazi occupation of Poland. The troops march in formation toward a wooden bridge, constructed by the Nazis across the San River, near Jarolaw, Poland.

What an inspiring image having your leader salute you to battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-09-2014, 01:09:14
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/orv8ed.jpg)
 Pz. Kpfw. IV Ausf. A, 4. Panzer-Division, Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-09-2014, 20:09:05
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Hitler salutes as he oversees troops during the Nazi occupation of Poland. The troops march in formation toward a wooden bridge, constructed by the Nazis across the San River, near Jarolaw, Poland.

Quote annoys me though, aren't those simply Wehrmacht soldiers? Crossing a bridge made by Wehrmacht engineers? I kinda hate it when they pretend every German in WWII was a nazi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 14-09-2014, 22:09:12
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Hitler salutes as he oversees troops during the Nazi occupation of Poland. The troops march in formation toward a wooden bridge, constructed by the Nazis across the San River, near Jarolaw, Poland.

Quote annoys me though, aren't those simply Wehrmacht soldiers? Crossing a bridge made by Wehrmacht engineers? I kinda hate it when they pretend every German in WWII was a nazi.

Maybe not every, but sth like 95%?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 14-09-2014, 23:09:32
I think they are simply referring to the german government, which was nazi at this time.
It would be retarded to say that all germans were approving all the decisions taken by Hitler.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-09-2014, 23:09:35
Yeah, but it is just as stupid as calling every picture with american soldiers in it between 2000 and 2008 as a picture of republican troops since they have a republican government. Just say the frigging country. you can say german soldiers, werhmacht soldiers, nazi germany soldiers, nazi germany werhmacht soldiers but not nazi soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 15-09-2014, 00:09:50
I agree, It was quite worded poorly.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-121-0007-24%2C_Polen%2C_polnische_Panzer_Renault_FT-17.jpg)
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Well-known photo of the German soldiers examining Polish FT-17 tanks in the northern gate of the Citadel in Brzesc. According to most sources, the German tanks, attacking on 14 September 1939, did not manage to cross the Citadel main gate, blocked by the FT-17 tanks of 112. company
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-09-2014, 00:09:26
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/20jo7xl.jpg)
7TP twin turret, Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 15-09-2014, 16:09:07
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Foot inspection for the 7th Armoured Division, North Africa - World War II

Boy that inspector lad sure has a lousy job. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 15-09-2014, 19:09:44
Unpleasant task but I imagine it's also a vital task.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 15-09-2014, 19:09:52
Maybe not in the desert but i can imagine in a whet climate it is very important.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-09-2014, 20:09:56
Blisters can happen in any climate.  Yes they won't get jungle rot and other such problems, but enough bad blistering can incapacitate a soldier just as much as a bullet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 15-09-2014, 21:09:36
1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 15-09-2014, 21:09:18
(http://www.jednostki-wojskowe.pl/grafikahist/1pam/16dam.jpg)
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100mm howitzer from the 10BK artillery division heading towards Zboiska, near Lwow.

The battle of Zboiska - Sepember 14-17 the 10 Cavalry brigade launched many attacks at Zboiska and Hill 324 with help from the Lwow defenders until the Germans were forced to retreat west. The brigade then formed a reserve in Lwow until it was directed to the Romanian Bridgehead and eventually to Hungary instead.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 16-09-2014, 19:09:33
(http://www.jednostki-wojskowe.pl/grafikahist/1pam/16dam.jpg)
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100mm howitzer from the 10BK artillery division heading towards Zboiska, near Lwow.

The battle of Zboiska - Sepember 14-17 the 10 Cavalry brigade launched many attacks at Zboiska and Hill 324 with help from the Lwow defenders until the Germans were forced to retreat west. The brigade then formed a reserve in Lwow until it was directed to the Romanian Bridgehead and eventually to Hungary instead.
Nice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 16-09-2014, 21:09:19
(http://www.odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum16/janorow3.jpg)
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Destroyed German equipment in one of the streets in the middle of the village Muzylowice after the battle of Jaworow (Yavoriv)
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In the battle of Jaworów - Sądowa Wisznia (14th - 16th of September) elite German Waffen SS motorized regiment "Germania" and also some units from other divisions - most probably 1st or 2nd Mountain, 5th Panzer or other - or some disposal units of Corps (XXII or VIII) or 14. Army - were totally crushed by the Poles (elements of 38. and 11. Infantry Divisions from Operational Group "Southern"):


The Soviets will soon "liberate" Poland...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 16-09-2014, 21:09:29
Maybe not every, but sth like 95%?

The far majority of Germans in the regular army were just people who thought they were fighting for their country, for their family and friends. They weren't nazis and barely had anything to do with the regime. They were no different from the Allied soldiers they were fighting.

I'm sure VonMudra can give you an estimated percentage of how many Germans (soldiers) were true nazis, but it's not going to be much.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-09-2014, 21:09:03
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/fdbwr6.jpg)
SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Pabianice, Poland, prior to September 8th, 1939. MP28 in front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-09-2014, 22:09:15
Maybe not every, but sth like 95%?

The far majority of Germans in the regular army were just people who thought they were fighting for their country, for their family and friends. They weren't nazis and barely had anything to do with the regime. They were no different from the Allied soldiers they were fighting.

I'm sure VonMudra can give you an estimated percentage of how many Germans (soldiers) were true nazis, but it's not going to be much.

Honestly, it's hard to say.  Whilst party membership in the Heer was discouraged, it was encouraged in the Luftwaffe, with many of the pilots being sons of party officials and such, eager to put their sons into what was considered the most national socialist wing of the military.  As for the Heer, there may have been relatively few party members, the vast majority of German soldiers supported the regime, and knew at a minimum of what the propaganda machine had told them about the fate of the Slavs (slaves on farms for German colonists).  Soldiers were indeed actively told that they would be awarded with land and slaves in conquered lands in Russia, and anti-Semitism ran high, being as it had been bred into them for over years by the party propaganda (and generations of anti-Semitism before then, something which is still rampant in Europe it seems...).  Probably the only major nation that had a higher war crime rate in their army would be Japan.  The Heer generally acquitted themselves well against the Western Allies, but often untermensch were punished for performing well against Heer troops.  During the Polish campaign, many thousands of Polish wounded and POWs were executed en masse for no other reason than infuriating Heer troops for their resistance.  Many others were either denied medical treatment and left to die, and it was also common to simply shoot surrendering Poles out of hand, as a punishment for their hard resistance.  This began as soon as the first shots were being fired, for instance, the 4th Panzer Division used civilian human shields at Mokra, and tortured and executed captured Polish air men from a plane which was shot down.  The 4th Panzer continued to use human shields in Warsaw and other battles, and their parting gift to Poland on the 18th/19th of September, before being withdrawn, was to mass execute hundreds of Polish POWs, as well as a few towns, by forced drowning.

On the western front in 1940, the Heer, for the vast majority, preformed and conducted itself well.  In this case, it was more due to fighting troops they did consider as 'equals', unlike the Poles.  In the cases where it faced colonial troops, it acquited itself with a similar savagery, and at least 2,000 or so colonial troops were executed in mass shootings by Heer troops in France in 1940.  On the Eastern Front, execution of POWs was common, and the Heer did preform with much savagery to the populace, which was reciprocated in kind by the Soviets upon entering Germany in 1944 and 45.  Gibergsjager units also had a notoriously high crime rate, the most heinous of which were the burning of the Lapland in 1944, and the mass execution of the Italian Acqui Division in 1943.

Really, the only part of the Wehrmacht that did not have a high rate of nazi membership and/or governmental support were the Kriegsmarine.  This was due to a number of reasons.  Navys in any military are often highly conservative, and conservative in German in the 30s and 40s was in line with monarchism, and against totalitarianism.  It was also, in essence, a backwater, a place to send those who were felt embarrassing to the party and to the government, and those who were seen as dangerous to morale.  Thus, many anti-government officers and men found themselves shuttled away to live and die in the depths on u-boots.  This did have another effect, with the Navy being the most successful at sheltering Jews in it's ranks, with many reaching officer status.  By comparison, the Heer contained several thousand Jews and Mischlinge, but those in the ranks often only did so by fraud on their behalf, and include many accounts of being nearly found out and killed by their comrades in arms (and, for those who looked stereotypically Jewish, a whole host of anti-Semitic jokes at their expense).

The myth of the Good wehrmacht is one that was propagated by the allies after the war.  This is entering into a whole new minefield.  The myth was namely one meant to rally support behind re-arming Germany.  By pretending that the Wehrmacht were good, knew nothing of the crimes, and behaved totally honourably, NATO was able to allow the formation of the Bundeswehr under the tutelage and direct officership of Wehrmacht veterans.  For more info, I'd say a good read through this wiki is in order:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht


In general, you see an upsurge in Heer crimes when facing "untermensch" troops, especially when those troops offer stiff resistance.  You also see tons of mistreatment of civilian populaces, and mass anti-Semitism that did boil into outright genocide many times.

Just realized I need a photo.  Well, here's one:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Polish_POWs_shot_by_Wehrmacht_1939.jpg)

Photo taken by a Heer soldier after the execution of a row of Polish POWs.  This photo is often said to be from the massacre in Ciepielów, however, without anything linking it to that, it is more probably simply one of many small time executions of Polish POWs that went un-documented by any but those who were there to witness it.  One reason for why Polish KIA was as large as it was in the campaign was simply this- the slaughter of Polish POWs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-09-2014, 23:09:18
Sorry for the bummer of a post btw.  Here's a photo to renew faith in humanity:

(http://i.imgur.com/RurBCuk.jpg)

American Coast Guard medic giving aid to a wounded German soldier, somewhere in Southern France, 1944.

EDIT: Try now Tore.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-09-2014, 23:09:43
Faith in humanity cannot be restored: Can't see photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 16-09-2014, 23:09:31
So I was right....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 17-09-2014, 20:09:36
1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 17-09-2014, 22:09:19
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HbA1z7GpHq8/UFdnwcbIF7I/AAAAAAAACMM/KQivvWjsarE/s1600/BT-7_model_1935_rakov1.jpg)
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At 4am on 17 September 1939 troops from the Soviet Union poured into Eastern Poland.  The country had of course been resisting the attack of Nazi forces for the past 16 days from the West and had been suffering heavy losses and aerial bombing of its cities.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 18-09-2014, 00:09:19
The myth of the Good wehrmacht is one that was propagated by the allies after the war.  This is entering into a whole new minefield.  The myth was namely one meant to rally support behind re-arming Germany.  By pretending that the Wehrmacht were good, knew nothing of the crimes, and behaved totally honourably, NATO was able to allow the formation of the Bundeswehr under the tutelage and direct officership of Wehrmacht veterans.  For more info, I'd say a good read through this wiki is in order:

But aren't executions of prisoners and other warcrimes mainly ordered by officers? I'm not saying the Wehrmacht never did anything wrong, I'm asking if the average German Wehrmacht soldier was a true nazi or was just someone getting dragged into a war for the wrong reasons. Strictly speaking even the warcrimes can't really say anything about the nature of their beliefs, because there are dozens of psychological and sociological factors that can influence behaviour. Milgram's experiment is a perfect example.

It's probably very hard or even impossible to figure it out for sure but I still believe many soldiers were just normal people fighting for their country and family, and didn't join up just to kill jews.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mudzin on 18-09-2014, 00:09:33
The myth of the Good wehrmacht is one that was propagated by the allies after the war.  This is entering into a whole new minefield.  The myth was namely one meant to rally support behind re-arming Germany.  By pretending that the Wehrmacht were good, knew nothing of the crimes, and behaved totally honourably, NATO was able to allow the formation of the Bundeswehr under the tutelage and direct officership of Wehrmacht veterans.  For more info, I'd say a good read through this wiki is in order:

But aren't executions of prisoners and other warcrimes mainly ordered by officers? I'm not saying the Wehrmacht never did anything wrong, I'm asking if the average German Wehrmacht soldier was a true nazi or that it was just someone getting dragged into a war for the wrong reasons. Strictly speaking even the warcrimes can't really say anything about the nature of their believes, because there are dozens of psychological and sociological factors that can influence behaviour. Milgram's experiment is a perfect example.

I guess they joined the army as volunteers,  not by force?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-09-2014, 01:09:32
In the europe of the 20th century there is compulsory military service, which means that you are being drafted. Especially in fascist germany refusal is considered desertion and likely being sentenced with death penalty or a lifetime vacation in Ausschwitz.


(http://oi57.tinypic.com/pt7aq.jpg)
56 Poles getting executed by the Wehrmacht after being sentenced to death, Bochnia, Poland, December 18th, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-09-2014, 04:09:41
The myth of the Good wehrmacht is one that was propagated by the allies after the war.  This is entering into a whole new minefield.  The myth was namely one meant to rally support behind re-arming Germany.  By pretending that the Wehrmacht were good, knew nothing of the crimes, and behaved totally honourably, NATO was able to allow the formation of the Bundeswehr under the tutelage and direct officership of Wehrmacht veterans.  For more info, I'd say a good read through this wiki is in order:

But aren't executions of prisoners and other warcrimes mainly ordered by officers? I'm not saying the Wehrmacht never did anything wrong, I'm asking if the average German Wehrmacht soldier was a true nazi or was just someone getting dragged into a war for the wrong reasons. Strictly speaking even the warcrimes can't really say anything about the nature of their beliefs, because there are dozens of psychological and sociological factors that can influence behaviour. Milgram's experiment is a perfect example.

It's probably very hard or even impossible to figure it out for sure but I still believe many soldiers were just normal people fighting for their country and family, and didn't join up just to kill jews.

Firstly, it's been firmly established not only that orders do not mean you can commit a war crime, but the German army did not execute soldiers who refused to commit ordered war crimes, instead either shunting them to driver/burial details, or simply transfer to another unit.  The book Ordinary Men makes that clear, with the Reserve troops actively being given the choice beforehand to not take part, yet the majority did.

Also, many of these executions were not under orders.  They were impromptu, and the vast majority committed off hand.  It was war crimes by rage against soldiers who fought longer than the Germans thought they should have, or were otherwise considered inferior.  You really have to dig into the mindset of the German people at the time, and the propaganda they were fed.  Not every soldier was a Nazi, but every soldier knew that victory meant the promise of slavic slaves and land.  Not every soldier joined up to slaughter the Jews of Europe, but, given the chance, many wrote in their diaries and letters home that they were more than willing to kill Jews and saw them as enemies of the "Aryan" race, and many willingly took part in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 18-09-2014, 21:09:32
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The first assault on Tomaszow Lubelski took place on 18 September in the morning. Eight remaining Vickers tanks, along with tankettes of the 11th Company, supported the attack of the motorized 1st Mounted Rifle Regiment, from the north-west of the town. Despite heavy fighting, the attack failed. Four Vickers tanks (and 8 tankettes) were lost. After dark, the Polish forces attacked once again. After fierce fighting, the Polish achieved minimal success, but only one Vickers was left. On the next day, the Poles, supported by the last Vickers and seven 7TP tanks, attempted the night assault once again. It failed, and only one 7TP survived. The Brigade capitulated on 20 September, after the last breakthrough attempt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 19-09-2014, 00:09:50
Firstly, it's been firmly established not only that orders do not mean you can commit a war crime, but the German army did not execute soldiers who refused to commit ordered war crimes, instead either shunting them to driver/burial details, or simply transfer to another unit.  The book Ordinary Men makes that clear, with the Reserve troops actively being given the choice beforehand to not take part, yet the majority did.

Also, many of these executions were not under orders.  They were impromptu, and the vast majority committed off hand.  It was war crimes by rage against soldiers who fought longer than the Germans thought they should have, or were otherwise considered inferior.  You really have to dig into the mindset of the German people at the time, and the propaganda they were fed.  Not every soldier was a Nazi, but every soldier knew that victory meant the promise of slavic slaves and land.  Not every soldier joined up to slaughter the Jews of Europe, but, given the chance, many wrote in their diaries and letters home that they were more than willing to kill Jews and saw them as enemies of the "Aryan" race, and many willingly took part in it.
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Ordinary men, is that about that Hamburg police batallion of housefathers? In any case wouldn't the aspect of a somewhat sordid sence of duty be in play in a good unit, it's a dirty job and i don't want my mates to carry the burden while i turn my back and pretend it isnt happening. And after a while people will get used or at least adapt to the worst kinds of shit.

Anyways, its pretty naive to expect to just be able to surrender when defending a strong point at the time of your shoosing. If you inflicted a lot of casualties and then go, "wait we surrender" that is not how it works when the attacking force has worked its way up to you. Not in the least when dealing with the more elite units. Now i think of it google the phrase, "too late chum".
Not to mention allied forces as, probably entente forces, in ww1 would pick people to execute prisoners during attacks prior attacks as taking care of them would be almost impossible in the first periods of an attack.

During the attack on Holland the SS would use Dutch pow as live shields, force them to haule pak guns in firing position under fire, executed them for crimes or shot them with their hands up. One guy survived by playing dead while is whole unit was killed in a trench. Another was shot with is hands up, loosing both his eyes but survived with the last image being the German shooting him point blank. So even if it was political in Poland, it was also part of the trade for the SS, being ruthless.

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BOB major Winters shooting that smiling blue eyed ss boy, that might as well be a metaphor, they are not going to say, "we lined them up and shot them" and they are not going to tell on eachother.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-09-2014, 01:09:42
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These three germans probably have pork for lunch in their minds. Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-09-2014, 03:09:10

Anyways, its pretty naive to expect to just be able to surrender when defending a strong point at the time of your shoosing. If you inflicted a lot of casualties and then go, "wait we surrender" that is not how it works when the attacking force has worked its way up to you. Not in the least when dealing with the more elite units. Now i think of it google the phrase, "too late chum".
Not to mention allied forces as, probably entente forces, in ww1 would pick people to execute prisoners during attacks prior attacks as taking care of them would be almost impossible in the first periods of an attack.

I should note, most of the Polish POW executions were of soldiers who had surrendered en masse, cut off and surrounded, after putting up heavy resistance.  Other times, it was the wiping out of entire POW cages as retaliation for resistance by OTHER polish units.  For instance, 4th Panzer Division slaughtered civilians as retaliation for the defeat at Mokra, and then slaughtered civilians and Polish POWs as retaliation for their heavy losses suffered at Burza, the night before they were sent back to Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 19-09-2014, 14:09:51

I should note, most of the Polish POW executions were of soldiers who had surrendered en masse, cut off and surrounded, after putting up heavy resistance.  Other times, it was the wiping out of entire POW cages as retaliation for resistance by OTHER polish units.  For instance, 4th Panzer Division slaughtered civilians as retaliation for the defeat at Mokra, and then slaughtered civilians and Polish POWs as retaliation for their heavy losses suffered at Burza, the night before they were sent back to Germany.

Not unlike what happened to Belgian civilians suspected of being franc tirailleur and having their cities burned down in WW1. They probably accounted their heavy losses to civilians giving away their positions etc.

Not to mention as was sometimes the case in Holland, the Dutch units would have no communication inside their units anymore, were cutt of and completely isolated in their strong points. This would mean that even in a platoon command structure was gone. So one part was trying to surrender to enemies closing their point, while another part of the platoon hadn't even seen the enemy and resist heavily in the confusion of an attack.

This could easily be seen as a trecharous intent by the Germans, especially the fighting men.

So basically it's hard to find out afterwards what the reasons where, was it racial or men revenging their comrades because they felt betrayed by a trecharous enemy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 19-09-2014, 14:09:49
(http://www.coevorden.nl/uploads/RTEmagicC_Vugteveen__Beetstra_en_Schuiling_tijdens_de_overgave_10_mei_1940_uit_H._Brand__Die_lange_morgen_in_mei_-_web_01.jpg.jpg)

The 4 man crew of an mg bunker guarding a canal bridge in the nothern part of Holland. It's objective was in case of an invasion to blow up the bridge and slow down the attackers as much as possible and preferably retreat because of the lack of manpower the Dutch army had. This was in order to prevent a so called strategic strike, like in Denmark, and let the Fortress Holland where the main resistance would take place ready itself.

From their concealed bunker they shot a well like German officer of of his horse and inflicted heavy casualties on the Germans who ultimately commited 3 cavalry squadrons to the attack. There were 8 more Dutch soldiers at the start of the attack but they retreated from their open positions under mortar fire, having no support themselves. The mg crew stayed in their bunker unaffected by the mortar fire and undetected only surrenderd after having expended all of their ammunition and ultimatley being surrounded and being approached by soldiers shielded by civilians amongst wich was a wounded little girl.

The Germans werent in to good a mood on account of the dozens of casualties sustained, the small number of enemy soldiers and in the least by the white bedsheet hung out of a window by the local hotel owner of German origen that shat himself during the fighting.
The dutch were about to be shot when the major of the town showed up and convinced the Germans that it was impossible to see the flag from the bunker.

After the war the Dutch soldiers were awarded medals for their actions, but you can see the German perspective.
Dutch soldiers running from their positions, a white flag, and an undetected mg shooting them.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 19-09-2014, 17:09:47
Panzerregiment 35 - Feb 14 1943 in Lgov

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v7QLeOojcBg/TrDjAFaZkSI/AAAAAAAAEdg/NO42kPDP7DM/s1600/Nr.36_18-20_3cr.jpg)

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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 19-09-2014, 18:09:51
Fantastic.

Just like Rad's teddy  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 19-09-2014, 21:09:04
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Soviet Cavalry in Wilno
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The Soviets captured the town of Wilno today. Although the first Soviet attack was repulsed by Polish infantry, Soviets easily advanced into the city and quickly surrounded it. They secured the airport, city, and Rasos Cemetery. That morning Polish units were defending the bridges in an attempt to delay the Soviet advance but their defence quickly collapsed. Soviet armored units were in control of the city and have been reinforced with infantry and cavalry.  Reports indicate that Polish infantry units have dispersed, or have surrendered, their whereabouts were unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-09-2014, 00:09:44
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Volkssturm unit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-09-2014, 01:09:53
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BMW R75, german soldiers at a crossroad, northern Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 20-09-2014, 23:09:31
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The Battle of Grodno took place between 20 September and 22 September 1939, during the Soviet invasion of Poland. It was fought between improvised Polish units under Gen. Wacław Jan Przeździecki and the Red Army. Ill-equipped, undermanned and lacking any anti-tank artillery, the Polish defenders relied mostly on improvised anti-tank means such as bottles of gasoline or turpentine,small arms fire and anti-tank obstacles. On 20 September, the Soviet tanks of the Soviet 27th Armoured Brigade of the 15th Armoured Corps reached the city's outskirts. Although both numerically and technically superior, the Soviet forces lacked infantry support and oil, which stopped many tanks. Also, the tank crews had no experience in urban warfare, which was a significant help for the defenders.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-09-2014, 01:09:05
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German bivouac near the polish border on the eve of the invasion, Germany, August 31, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-09-2014, 22:09:50
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German soldiers during a break before actually crossing the polish border, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 22-09-2014, 00:09:35
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Soviet tank crewman greets the Wermacht soldiers in Poland 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 22-09-2014, 22:09:52
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Soviet BT tanks from the 24 tank brigade enter the city of Lwow after the long siege, September 22 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-09-2014, 11:09:05
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Wanstone battery, showing one of the mighty 15 inch guns.


I have been reading this article about the cross channel guns with much joy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Channel_guns_in_the_Second_World_War
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 23-09-2014, 21:09:40
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Polish cavalry unit.
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The battle of Krasnobrod, September 23 1939, was one of the last battles in European warfare in which cavalry was used on both sides. The Polish Nowogrodek cavalry brigade launched a surprise attack on the German East Prussian cavalry resulting in a victory. The Nowogrodek cavalry then advanced south towards Romania until it was encircled and forced to capitulate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 23-09-2014, 22:09:14
After battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-09-2014, 23:09:30
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Polish cavalry unit.
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The battle of Krasnobrod, September 23 1939, was one of the last battles in European warfare in which cavalry was used on both sides. The Polish Nowogrodek cavalry brigade launched a surprise attack on the German East Prussian cavalry resulting in a victory. The Nowogrodek cavalry then advanced south towards Romania until it was encircled and forced to capitulate.

Actually, there's a lot more to that battle:

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At approximately 7am a group of Polish cavalry of the Nowogródek Cavalry Brigade left the forests halfway between Zamość and Tomaszów Lubelski. The 25th Greater Polish Uhlans Regiment under Col. Bogdan Stachlewski formed the front guard of the formation and was entrusted with recapturing the pivotal town of Krasnobród. The German 8th Infantry Division fortified the town located on a hill with two lines of trenches. In order to minimize the effect of enemy numerical superiority, the Polish commander split his forces in two and ordered a cavalry charge, with each of the squadrons charging separately at a different sector of the front.

The German forces were caught completely by surprise and the first squadron successfully broke through their positions, while the German infantry started a chaotic retreat towards the centre of the town, followed by the Polish cavalry using sabres and lances. The second squadron under Lt. Tadeusz Gerlecki joined the charge towards the hill. A unit of organic cavalry from the German 8th Infantry Division counter-charged from the hill, but was repelled in what was one of the last cavalry battles in World War II. The Polish units started a pursuit after the fleeing enemy and entered the city. Although the Poles suffered heavy losses due to machine gun fire (with Gerlecki's squadron losing all but 30 men), the town was retaken and the Poles took the headquarters of the division, together with about 100 German soldiers (including the commanding officer: General Rudolf Koch-Erpach). Forty Polish combatants previously taken prisoner by the Germans were freed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-09-2014, 01:09:13
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Members of the 14. Infanerie-Division in front of the remanants of the Polish Armoured Train No. 12 "Poznańczyk". The train was stuck on its retreat to Warsaw between Sochaczew and Błonie since September 7th and fought the advancing 24. Infanterie-Division on September 9th. After being completely cut off, the crew abandoned the train after disabling it with explosives.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-09-2014, 05:09:09
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According to the caption, these two German Officers are saluting a Polish PoW during the 1939 campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 24-09-2014, 20:09:13
Going to battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 24-09-2014, 21:09:42
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German tanks at Rawa Ruska, Poland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-09-2014, 01:09:20
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Polish Armoured Train No. 12 "Poznańczyk", Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 25-09-2014, 01:09:52
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/P%C5%82on%C4%85ca_obl%C4%99%C5%BCona_Warszawa.jpg)

On the 24th of September, Warsaw receives it's heaviest bombing since the beginning of the war, with 1,150 German planes sorting over the city.  It is merely a prelude, as the Germans use the bombardment to prepare for their attack, scheduled to begin on the 25th, meant to finally defeat the Polish garrison.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 25-09-2014, 01:09:36
VonMudra- did the Luftwaffe bombings on Warsaw also accidently bomb German positions?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 25-09-2014, 12:09:22
VonMudra- did the Luftwaffe bombings on Warsaw also accidently bomb German positions?
There are reports and documents stating that 4. Luftflotte did indeed bomb positions of the 3. Armee on the 25.09.1939 east of the Weichsel and near Praga, causing heavy casualties.

source: http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php/Thread/19662-Ju-52-Angriff-auf-Warschau-1939/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 25-09-2014, 19:09:07
Yep
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 25-09-2014, 20:09:22
That has to be the shittiest photoshopping I've seen in a while
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 25-09-2014, 21:09:19
Yup. Ruined the original. Flemish tears were wept.
(http://www.military.be/HPIM4656.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 25-09-2014, 22:09:15
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Hitler at the Warsaw suburb of Praga or Mokotow in September 1939, looking at the troops attacking Warsaw. This could be picture of Hitler watching the airstrike on Warsaw of September 25.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-09-2014, 01:09:46
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Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' in flight over Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 26-09-2014, 08:09:44
Yup. Ruined the original. Flemish tears were wept.
(http://www.military.be/HPIM4656.JPG)

Not quite sure...............HAHHAHA didnt know for that. ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 26-09-2014, 21:09:33
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Captured Polish 7tps from the battles of Tomaszow Lubelski.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-09-2014, 14:09:16
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German pioneers in occupied Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 27-09-2014, 23:09:01
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After two days of intensive air and artillery bombardment, the Polish capital of Warsaw finally surrendered to the German invaders.

The commander of the Polish defenders, General Czuma, had organized his troops so that they could hold out for weeks, if not months. But he quickly realized that the toll of the siege on the civilian population was proving to be too great. Water supplies had been destroyed, and with the USSR joining the war on Germany’s side, and Britain and France not offering help, General Czuma clearly decided he could defend the city no longer.

More 12,000 Poles have been killed in the attack, among whom 10,000 were civilians. Estimates also suggest roughly 1/8th of the buildings in the city have been destroyed, with the rest severely damaged by the relentless shelling and bombing,
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-09-2014, 00:09:19
How were Polish prisoners of war treated by the Germans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-09-2014, 01:09:39
Mudra posted about it a few pages back, Polish PoWs were not treated well by the Germans, they had a particular brutality with Polish PoWs and many of them found their deaths at German camps or were executed shortly after surrendering, the Wehrmacht commited several massacres of Polish PoWs. To name a well-known example, the Polish defenders of the Office Post in Danzig that were captured by the Germans were all executed afterwards.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-09-2014, 01:09:25
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Guard shouting at a jewish forced labourer, children watching with joy, occupied Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 28-09-2014, 01:09:32
Germany generally did not treat prisoners well if they considered them inferior in their twisted racist ideology. This was true for Slaws. Western prisoners were treated better, but still had a rough time due to material shortages and neglect. That being said, as an American or Brit I would rather have been imprisoned by the Germans than by the Japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 28-09-2014, 12:09:22
The Japanese especially hates the Chinese and Koreans for their resistance. The foreigners meanwhile, will "feel the revenge" after humiliating Japan 200 years earlier. Even during the early winning days, they shot POWs and rape Dutch nurses. While the Germans' attitude generally worsen as the situation deteriorated. Then there is the historical denial, which some of the proponents made it to the highest government post.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 28-09-2014, 22:09:28
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Polish prisoners of war captured by the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 28-09-2014, 22:09:07
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6th Tank Army entering Rumanian capital Bucharest in August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-09-2014, 22:09:32
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Polish railwayman, german and russian officers. Poland, 1939. Caption states that the imperial eagle of the Wehrmacht including the swastika of the german officer has already been removed on the original.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-09-2014, 13:09:48
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A road 10km from border camouflaged from russian observation towers. Suomussalmi 1941/06/27.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 29-09-2014, 15:09:44
Haha nice camouflaged :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 29-09-2014, 21:09:26
...
That looked like an optical illusion for a second.  :D


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Modlin fortress bombarded. On September 29, 1939 the Modlin garrison capitulated to the Germans after hearing the fall of Warsaw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-09-2014, 00:09:13
Well, that camouflage picture is really interesting, at first i was staring because i thought it was some terrible photoshop, and it ended in full admiration for how awesome it is

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/BU-1121.jpg)
Posting it here because i think i recognise the guy on the left from the Arnhem or Market Garden loading screen in FH1. Those screens are so amazing, and I always love it when i see a picture and I think "hey, that's where they got it" (source:ww2today)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-09-2014, 01:09:44
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Messerschmitt BF 110, Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-09-2014, 10:09:35
Well, that camouflage picture is really interesting, at first i was staring because i thought it was some terrible photoshop, and it ended in full admiration for how awesome it is


Posting it here because i think i recognise the guy on the left from the Arnhem or Market Garden loading screen in FH1. Those screens are so amazing, and I always love it when i see a picture and I think "hey, that's where they got it" (source:ww2today)
I found the Karelia loading screen amongst the new color pictures from SA-kuva. 1941.

(http://i.imgur.com/8qGyxOf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 30-09-2014, 14:09:15
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Japanese tank experts inspect Panzerkampfwagen Ausf E. "Tiger I" tank.
In 1943, Japan bought several specimens of German tank designs for study. A single Tiger I was apparently purchased along with one Panther and two Panzer III's, but only the Panzer III's were actually delivered. The undelivered Tiger was loaned to the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 101 by the Japanese government.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-09-2014, 16:09:44
That tank would have been a complete disaster for the Japanese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 30-09-2014, 21:09:13
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Soldiers of Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann's KOP group near Wlodawa, discussing the new Soviet-German boundaries in Poland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 02-10-2014, 01:10:33
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A Polish Renault R35 perhaps being interned in Hungary.

Can anyone confirm if this R35 tank's serial number is 50971?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-10-2014, 01:10:20
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Victory Parade on the occasion of the victory over Poland. Adolf Hitler, Generaloberst Walter Brauchitsch, Generaloberst Gerd Rundstedt, Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel, General Johannes Blaskowitz, General Albert Kesselring, Horch 830R Kfz. 16/1, Warsaw, Poland, October 5th, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 02-10-2014, 04:10:55
That tank would have been a complete disaster for the Japanese.
it would have been a good boss battle for Iwo Jima or something
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-10-2014, 05:10:02
That tank would have been a complete disaster for the Japanese.
it would have been a good boss battle for Iwo Jima or something

IF such a big box managed to survive the initial bombardment, then yes, epic boss fight :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 02-10-2014, 22:10:21
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The Hel garrison capitulating to the Germans. The Hel peninsula lasted the longest in the Polish campaign from September 9 to October 2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-10-2014, 02:10:21
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Victory Parade on the occasion of the victory over Poland. Adolf Hitler, Generaloberst Walter Brauchitsch, Generaloberst Gerd Rundstedt, Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel, General Johannes Blaskowitz, General Albert Kesselring, Pz.Kpfw. IV (Sd.Kfz. 161), Warsaw, Poland, October 5th, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 03-10-2014, 21:10:29
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Polish soldiers in the battle of Kock.
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The battle of Kock was the final battle fought in the invasion of Poland by the improvised organized Polish SGO Polesie under Kleeberg. They fought in the Kock-Adamow-Wola Gulowska area between October 2 to 6 until the Poles finally laid down their arms from the exhausting campaign.
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Post by: Dukat on 04-10-2014, 00:10:24
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Victory Parade on the occasion of the victory over Poland. Adolf Hitler, Generaloberst Walter Brauchitsch, Generaloberst Gerd Rundstedt, Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel, General Johannes Blaskowitz, General Albert Kesselring, Warsaw, Poland, October 5th, 1939.
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Post by: Eat Uranium on 04-10-2014, 21:10:46
(http://wio.ru/tank/for/all-help.jpg)
Valentine tanks bound for the Soviet Union
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Post by: pizzzaman on 04-10-2014, 22:10:44
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum25/kgrhqriqe2lpu9gubntug7tlbw_12.jpg)
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German machine gun squad in grave battle at Kock, Poland 1939.
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Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-10-2014, 23:10:10
a video for today
http://rt.com/in-motion/193164-ww2-stuka-bomber-croatia/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-10-2014, 01:10:38
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/zwl4ww.jpg)
Victory Parade on the occasion of the victory over Poland. Adolf Hitler, Generaloberst Walter Brauchitsch, Generaloberst Gerd Rundstedt, Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel, General Johannes Blaskowitz, General Albert Kesselring while waiting, Warsaw, Poland, October 5th, 1939.
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Post by: VonMudra on 05-10-2014, 02:10:12
MEANWHILE, in Kock:

(http://i.imgur.com/6bcOmhL.jpg?1)

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5 October

13th Division's artillery began to fire on the 180th Infantry Regiment battalion's positions in Adamów and the 'Olek' Battalion in Gułów grange at 05:30. Two and a half hours later, the 66th Infantry Regiment's advance began. After a short fight at 10:00, the Germans captured Adamów, they then attacked the Polish position on hill 170 and Gułów, which they captured after heavy fighting. The 66th Motorised Infantry Regiment took many losses. The division occupied positions on the eastern edge of Adamów forest. General Podhorski sent the 'Pils' cavalry brigade to support them. After contact with the enemy brigade, they began an attack on the German positions in the forest. They captured the forest and, there, they established defensive positions.

After the capture of Adamów and Gułów grange by the 66th Infantry Regiment, the 33rd Motorised Infantry Regiment began to advance, capturing Wojcieszków and Glinne. The Polish 178th Infantry Regiment withdrew. The commander ordered his force to re-take Wojcieszków and Glinne, which they did, but they withdrew after taking heavy losses. The advance of the 180th Infantry Regiment on Adamów failed. Colonel Brzoza-Brzezina sent the 178th infantry regiment who soon met the German advance. The 1st battalion included a part company of sappers. The 2nd and 3rd battalions took heavy losses and withdrew to Burzec.

Meanwhile, an attack by the Polish 184th infantry regiment, with the support of a battalion of the 179th infantry regiment, recaptured the church and cemetery in Wola Gułowska. An advance by the 182nd Infantry Regiment with the help of three 100mm howitzers broke the German defence in Helenów.

At 16:00, the last German advance from Adamów began on positions of the 10th Uhlan Regiment in Krzywda forest by the 182nd regiment in Helenów and the 184th regiment in Wola Gułowska. The 10th Uhlan Regiment, after a hard fight, withdrew into the forest. Most forces of the 'Brzoza' division successfully defended their positions in Burzec. The 182nd Infantry Regiment held their position. The 184th regiment had to withdraw due to a lack of artillery ammunition. During this time two key Polish advances began. The 2nd battalion of the 183rd Infantry Regiment, with artillery support, began an assault with the bayonet on the Germans who had attacked the southern wing of the 'Pils' cavalry brigade.

The assault succeeded and the Germans began to retreat, being chased by infantry and cavalry. The rear of the southern wing of the 13th Motorised Division was attacked by the 'Edward' cavalry brigade, they captured Poznań village, including a German artillery battery (which had to be destroyed when the cavalry were forced to withdraw due to them coming under fire from another German artillery battery). Elements of the 13th Motorised Division began to withdraw. One of the last attacks was by the 29th Motorised Division on the 'Podlaska' Cavalry Brigade positions and the rear of the 'Brzoza' Division. After which both Polish formations withdrew to the south of Kryzywda.
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Post by: pizzzaman on 05-10-2014, 21:10:55
(http://www.dziennik.com/images/made/uploads/articles/HIST.Kleeberg_pozegnanie.3_405_322_80.jpg)
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General F. Kleeberg congratulates and says farewell to his soldiers after the battle of Kock, before capitulating.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-10-2014, 22:10:38
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/20k55s9.jpg)
Woof, woof.
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Post by: Paythoss on 06-10-2014, 18:10:10
If this (http://i.imgur.com/ucm1QoS.jpg) isnt a photoshop ... dafuq is that ?  ???


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Post by: siben on 06-10-2014, 19:10:12
Why? its a PzKpfw III Ausf G/H mit Schachtellaufwerk. Several made in the early 40's, suspension was sort of a test later used in tigers an panthers.

http://www.achtungpanzer.com/panzerkampfwagen-iii.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 06-10-2014, 20:10:52
If this (http://i.imgur.com/ucm1QoS.jpg) isnt a photoshop ... dafuq is that ?  ???

Maybe I am blind, but what looks out of place? 
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Post by: siben on 06-10-2014, 21:10:53
I will just another picture of this lovely panzer 3

(http://www.history.jp/wehrmacht/008-38.jpg)
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Post by: pizzzaman on 06-10-2014, 21:10:02
(http://kresy-siberia.org/hom/files/SCAN1739-1024x774.jpg)
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General Sikorski in conversation with Polish soldiers in Coetquidan, France, November 1939
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During the 36 day-long Polish campaign, a significant amount of Polish soldiers escaped to Romania, Hungary and Lithuania. These soldiers then regrouped in France to continue the fight against the Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 06-10-2014, 22:10:10
If this (http://i.imgur.com/ucm1QoS.jpg) isnt a photoshop ... dafuq is that ?  ???

Maybe I am blind, but what looks out of place?

The suspension has the same type of interleaving roadwheels as in Panthers or Tigers, while we all know that the usual PzIII is nothing like that: just some twin roadwheels on torsion bars.
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Post by: Dukat on 08-10-2014, 01:10:12
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/v6oe9h.jpg)
Polish artillery unit with Armata 105 mm wz. 13 Schneider / Canon de 105 mle 1913 / 10,5cm K 13(p), Poland September 1939.
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Post by: Dukat on 09-10-2014, 00:10:39
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/4kigbq.jpg)
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring surrounded by Luftwaffe officers, looking at a map of Poland, September 1939.
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Post by: Dukat on 10-10-2014, 12:10:29
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/jka875.jpg)
Generalleutnant Mauritz von Wiktorin (left), General der Panzertruppe Heinz Guderian (center) and Kombrig Semyon Krivoshein (right) at the German-Soviet joint parade in Brest on September 22, 1939. Possibly the only friendly encounter between Nazi generals and a Jewish general.
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Post by: Leopardi on 10-10-2014, 17:10:04
(http://i.imgur.com/jJLpRvf.jpg)
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Post by: VonMudra on 10-10-2014, 17:10:01
Actually Dukat, although not fully jewish, there were several Mischlinge (half-jewish) officers in the German military, who were declared by Hitler to be of "German Blood" and so ok to serve (mostly because they were badly needed officers).  This includes two field marshals and fifteen generals.  Most famously, Erhard Milch, a Luftwaffe Field Marshall, had a Jewish father:

(http://ww2db.com/images/person_keitel29.jpg)

From left to right, Erhard Milch, Wilhelm Keitel, Walther von Brauchitsch, and Erich Raeder.
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Post by: Dukat on 11-10-2014, 01:10:08
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/oqhi6h.jpg)
German and russian officers determining the line of demarcation, Brest-Litovsk, September 20th, 1939. Heinz Guderian on the very right.


Actually Dukat, although not fully jewish, there were several Mischlinge (half-jewish) officers in the German military, who were declared by Hitler to be of "German Blood" and so ok to serve (mostly because they were badly needed officers).  This includes two field marshals and fifteen generals.

Actually I don't do this very often, but this time I was lazy and I quoted Wikipedia without referring to my source. I rather expected critics concerning the words 'joint-parade', which various sources report to never have happened.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Krivoshein
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Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2014, 11:10:53
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-305-0652-04%2C_Italien%2C_Luftwaffen-LKW_bei_Fahrt_%C3%BCber_Br%C3%BCcke.jpg)

This is a ford truck operated by the Luftwaffe, but it was not captured. Why? guess and recieve one cookie
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Post by: th_battleaxe on 11-10-2014, 11:10:00
Ford Germany made trucks for the military during the 30's. The most common was the M917G.
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Post by: THeTA0123 on 11-10-2014, 11:10:45
Yep, discovered this yesterday and i did not knew Ford had a plant in Germany BEFORE the war
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Post by: th_battleaxe on 11-10-2014, 11:10:36
Yep, discovered this yesterday and i did not knew Ford had a plant in Germany BEFORE the war

They were optimistic.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-10-2014, 13:10:20
Henri Ford helped a lot Germany to rearm.
Coca Cola play for both side too.
And other compagnies too.

Business is business.
War is always a good oportunity for those who know how to play because at the end, no matter how you were involved in crimes, it is how much you can offer that matter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 11-10-2014, 16:10:11
If war breaks out, invest in razor blades. More men will be shaving daily  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-10-2014, 01:10:48
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/s0zdoz.jpg)
german soldiers during the conquest of Tallinn, Estonia, August 1941.
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Post by: Torenico on 12-10-2014, 07:10:13
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5226/13980741522_9c00deea6e_b.jpg)

German soldiers inspecting the wreck of a French Char 2C (Or FCM 2C) Nr. 98. I did my homework and Char 2C Number 98 was nicknamed 'Berry'.
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Post by: LuckyOne on 12-10-2014, 11:10:00
(http://i61.tinypic.com/505z6t.jpg)

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Tanks lined up inside the LST building with ventilation pipes.

Yep, they actually built a building at Ft. Knox to replicate the LST interior so they can test the ventilation system.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-10-2014, 00:10:02
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/65poh0.jpg)
germans advancing with a Pak 35/36, buring T-26 in the background, 1941.
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Post by: Chad1992 on 13-10-2014, 03:10:43
Yep, discovered this yesterday and i did not knew Ford had a plant in Germany BEFORE the war
Yep supposedly allied bombers were not aloud to bomb the plant because Henry Ford threatened to shut down the US plants if they did.
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Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 13-10-2014, 04:10:05
(http://imgur.com/v42Ir8j.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 14-10-2014, 17:10:18
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/7093_551827141584765_7553468079965175262_n.jpg?oh=94295d20f64b11160d4d19175b91a15d&oe=54F118BF&__gda__=1421919463_a65fb8e82970f4aa92c0822d7c1ddc5f)
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Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2014, 03:10:37
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5604/14917072694_e03789010f_b.jpg)

12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" showing how much it could depress it's Rheinmetall 12,8 cm main gun.
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Post by: Dukat on 15-10-2014, 13:10:56
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/e88vwz.jpg)
A fuse is being installed into a german SC250 bomb. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-9 in the background.
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Post by: Dukat on 16-10-2014, 13:10:39
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/20j02yw.jpg)
T-34 in front of formerly german headquarters of the 6th Army, Red Square, Stalingrad, 1943.
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Post by: Dukat on 17-10-2014, 01:10:59
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/9v83ti.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 17-10-2014, 11:10:08
Why are their pants white? Kriegsmarine?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 17-10-2014, 11:10:27
I think that they are in their working uniform.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-10-2014, 01:10:38
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/iyiydv.jpg)
Members of the French Resistance guarding a broken train loaded with german Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. H 'Tiger', France 1944.
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Post by: Torenico on 18-10-2014, 02:10:34
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15365067188_98e60094e5_b.jpg)
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Post by: Sander93 on 18-10-2014, 14:10:02
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/iyiydv.jpg)
Members of the French Resistance guarding a broken train loaded with german Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. H 'Tiger', France 1944.

Result of an air attack? Locomotive looks pretty wrecked.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-10-2014, 01:10:36
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/r7tyl5.jpg)
Finnish 120mm Vickers coastal gun in concrete casemate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-10-2014, 22:10:03
(http://i.imgur.com/IQQ4LVB.jpg)

Railroad artillery firing, Hanko.
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Post by: Dukat on 20-10-2014, 14:10:36
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/m6kva.jpg)
A Boeing B-17G-BO (42-97184), nickname 'Lady Godiva', of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, USAF, under attack by a german Messerschmitt Me 410 during a sortie on the czech city of Most, May 12th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-10-2014, 07:10:49
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/14327240368_b2c6830532_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-10-2014, 13:10:52
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/119szmx.jpg)
Finnish troops boarding at the shore of Lake Lagoda.
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Post by: Dukat on 22-10-2014, 00:10:29
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2mmxv0m.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 101 Panzerjäger I, Battle of Hannut, Belgium, May 12th, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-10-2014, 03:10:38
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5541/9048550381_1e45b6de3f_b.jpg)

Capitulation of Panzer-Brigade Norwegen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-10-2014, 01:10:07
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2884dqh.jpg)
Crew of the german submarine U-576, which has been sunk on July 15th, 1942. Wreckages of the submarine and the american freighter "Bluefields", one of the submarines last victims, have lately been found 48 kilometers off the coast of North Carolina. While the crew of the freighter was saved, there was no escape for the german sailors.
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Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-10-2014, 16:10:01
(https://33.media.tumblr.com/afa6a53ff9dd01b0fcb9c64b808966e3/tumblr_ncmuq0LlR71r7zwbxo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-10-2014, 01:10:26
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2dgwak1.jpg)
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2, Zerstörergeschwader I, 2nd group (II./ZG1), Nikolayevsk, Russia, 1943.
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Post by: Hjaldrgud on 24-10-2014, 03:10:51
(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/358/358961/35896168/jpg/active/978x.jpg)
Winter of '44. German Soldiers retreats from Northern Norway, burning down 10 400 houses, destroying bridges, telephone lines, power plants and fishing boats.

(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/358/358962/35896218/jpg/active/978x.jpg)

(http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/358/358961/35896155/jpg/active/320x.jpg)
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Post by: Dukat on 25-10-2014, 01:10:21
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/1xxwnt.jpg)
Soviet troops in Stalingrad, station square, after the german surrender, 1943. Picture is actually composed of 2 separate pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-10-2014, 02:10:27
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15611286402_94cd0f1b3f_b.jpg)
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Post by: Ts4EVER on 25-10-2014, 05:10:07
(http://www.arrse.co.uk/community/attachments/daverieus-jpg.97591/)

Interesting Photo from an SAS unit in Holland, 1944. Besides a Thompson M1928, there seem to be at least two Patchett smgs, prototypes of the post war Sterling smg.
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Post by: Dukat on 26-10-2014, 01:10:58
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/n33cwn.jpg)
Junkers Ju 87 B-2, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StG 2) 'Immelmann', France 1940.
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Post by: Dukat on 27-10-2014, 13:10:27
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/zuioa8.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 181 - Pz.Kpfw.VI. 'Tiger', M4 Sherman, Rome, 1944.
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Post by: Dukat on 28-10-2014, 01:10:30
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/a3fm7l.jpg)
American M10 'Wolverine' crossing the river 'Our' towards Germany, 1944.
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Post by: Roughbeak on 28-10-2014, 14:10:45
Panzer IV H hiding in a partly destroyed building in Italy; a common practice during this period.

(imagine this in FH2...)

(http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h353/csosus/26%20Panzer%20Division/Pz-IV-H-of-PzRgt-26--Armor-at-War-7023-Panzers-in-Italy-Page-65.jpg)
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Post by: Sander93 on 28-10-2014, 21:10:29
I love the lazy person who decided it was too much trouble just climbing the tank and brought a ladder instead.
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Post by: Ivancic1941 on 29-10-2014, 00:10:44
Haha ladders! ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-10-2014, 01:10:52
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2e1udjq.jpg)
Keroman Submarine Base at the end of the building phase. Transfer table in front, Lorient, France, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-10-2014, 05:10:39
German 1000 kg bomb.

(http://i.imgur.com/oSvOtcg.jpg)
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Post by: THeTA0123 on 29-10-2014, 15:10:33
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Personnel_with_the_Sherman_tank_%22Bomb%22_of_the_Sherbrooke_Fusiliers_Regiment%2C_which_landed_in_France_on_D-Day_and_continued_in_action_through_to_VE-Day._Zutphen%2C_Netherlands%2C_8_June_1945.jpg)
Bomb, a canadian M4A4 sherman tank. This is the only tank that fought from D-day till VE day without any interruption. It never missed a day of action, never broke down. It got hit twice by tank guns but was quickly repaired by its crew. Only once was the tank commander injured to its leg. This tank fired 6000+- shells of ammo, fought from France to belgium to Netherlands to Germany, crossed the rhine river, fought of attacks of fanatical germans AND it is preserved to this day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 29-10-2014, 18:10:16
http://oi62.tinypic.com/2e1udjq.jpg
Keroman Submarine Base at the end of the building phase. Transfer table in front, Lorient, France, 1941.

This is so funny, we have EXACTLY the same setup to work on trains in the Mechelen arsenaal workshop.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-10-2014, 14:10:48
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/dg711y.jpg)
german submarine on a french dry-dock, probably at a very early stage of the occupation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-10-2014, 20:10:01
Target practice on horses  ;D

(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii563/Soviet_DOG/German-ww2-cavalry.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 31-10-2014, 22:10:32
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n9cJY5SrZ1Q/VFKgMitjLrI/AAAAAAAAZ5A/oniaKhR4RUI/w1144-h811-no/The%2Brecently%2Babandoned%2Bweapons%2Bof%2Bdefeated%2BGerman%2Bsoldiers%2Bbecome%2Bdangerous%2Btoys%2Bfor%2Byoung%2BRussian%2Bboys%2Bfollowing%2Bthe%2BBattle%2Bof%2BStalingrad..jpg)
Young Russian boys playing with weapons abandoned by the Germans after the battle of Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-11-2014, 03:11:06
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2ppc289.jpg)
german submarine U-82 entering the submarine base at La Pallice, France, November 19th, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-11-2014, 02:11:20
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/k2z5gl.jpg)
Soviet prisoneers of war licking water from a frozen creek. Eastern front, November 9th, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-11-2014, 03:11:27
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5339/13421639144_81d36ee6ce_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-11-2014, 00:11:18
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/5ocif4.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J pushing forward, Eastern Front, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-11-2014, 04:11:21
Assortment of Lee, Sherman, and Stuart tanks grinding toward their advance.

(http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ww2-home-920-11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-11-2014, 06:11:54
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/11296000876_a004570da5_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-11-2014, 17:11:01
Assortment of Lee, Sherman, and Stuart tanks grinding toward their advance.

http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ww2-home-920-11.jpg

Not even within 5000km of any front line, If i am not mistaken it is at Aberdeen proving grounds in big old USA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 03-11-2014, 17:11:20
Indeed in the US, at Fort Knox though not Aberdeen.

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A column of M4 Sherman, M3 Grant, and M3 Stuart tanks in training maneuvers, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=10851
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-11-2014, 17:11:42
Indeed in the US, at Fort Knox though not Aberdeen.

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A column of M4 Sherman, M3 Grant, and M3 Stuart tanks in training maneuvers, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=10851

Aah, yes, mixed them up, sorry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-11-2014, 18:11:23
Okay, thanks for sorting it out. Lol I even read (same picture different website) they said it was in Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 03-11-2014, 18:11:19
Is it only me or has the second Grant a casted hull? Never noticed that before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-11-2014, 19:11:12
They where riveted, welded and casted. Riveted is most common.
The casted one is the M3 Lee II, 300 made.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 03-11-2014, 21:11:30
Is it only me or has the second Grant a casted hull? Never noticed that before.

Also seems to be lacking the main gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 03-11-2014, 22:11:50
Is it only me or has the second Grant a casted hull? Never noticed that before.

Also seems to be lacking the main gun?

Probably not yet installed, the command variants had fake barrels to my knowledge.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-11-2014, 01:11:48
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/63ucdl.jpg)
A M10 'Wolverine' of the 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion and a M4 'Sherman' on a crossroad between Louge-sur-Maire, La Bellangerie and Montreuil-au-Houlme. Sd.Kfz. 7, 88mm Flak 18/36 and a dead german on the left. France, between August 16th and August 18th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-11-2014, 01:11:43
The sherman looks like it's been on fire recently.  Perhaps the Sherman was knocked out by the mobile FLAK, then the mobile flak was in turn knocked out after moving forward a bit?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-11-2014, 01:11:47
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/vifbrt.jpg)
The 210mm rocket launcher of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R6 is being loaded with a Werfer-Granate 21, 1943 - 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 05-11-2014, 02:11:06
Chaffee in a bombed out city. Interesting side note, there is a sawed off stock of the M1a1 Thompson on the side of turret.

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/chafl-color.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-11-2014, 05:11:31
You sure its not a M1928A1 with the easily removable buttstock? Besides, while I have never tried to remove the M1A1 buttstock, Im pretty sure you can remove it too by opening the screws on its sides. I should give this a try sometime actually, see what happens.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-11-2014, 06:11:18
Väinämöinen camouflaged

(http://i.imgur.com/yQ1YVce.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 05-11-2014, 15:11:34
You sure its not a M1928A1 with the easily removable buttstock? Besides, while I have never tried to remove the M1A1 buttstock, Im pretty sure you can remove it too by opening the screws on its sides. I should give this a try sometime actually, see what happens.

Well, I thought about it; first thing I thought it didn't have a top cocking handle. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Steel_Lion_FIN on 05-11-2014, 16:11:33
It also doesn't seem to have the Cutts compensator on the barrel. Can't make out the rear sight fixture, as that would be a dead giveaway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Master_of_Pain_25 on 05-11-2014, 16:11:38
(http://img110.xooimage.com/files/7/6/0/8-sept.-1944-gis-...-libert--4870810.png) (http://contact.xooit.com/image/110/7/6/0/8-sept.-1944-gis-...-libert--4870810.png.htm)
The same Thompson modification for the GI on the right. Picture taken in Besançon, France, september 8, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-11-2014, 01:11:00
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/r1ye6t.jpg)
M4A3 Sherman, 14th Armored Division, Ohlungen, France, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 06-11-2014, 17:11:54
That tank looks sad. Probably because of all that extra weight it has to drag around.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-11-2014, 01:11:49
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/287lqol.jpg)
M5 Stuart, 14th Armored Division, Sd.Kfz. 11, Saverne, Alsace, France, March 23rd, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-11-2014, 01:11:26
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2n7hxeo.jpg)
M10 Wolverine, 3rd Armored Division, 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Bravo Company, Saint-Fromond, Normandy, France, July 7th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-11-2014, 16:11:30
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/10524089946_28df561770_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-11-2014, 01:11:26
^^ Kampfgruppe Peiper, Ardennes. The Kingtiger lost a track due to that bend.

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/b6rgxv.jpg)
Captured Sturmtiger, Drolshagen, Germany, April 11th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-11-2014, 23:11:53
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2mq4tua.jpg)
german 150mm sFH 18 howitzers in position south-west of Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-11-2014, 01:11:21
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2qsqpoy.jpg)
8,8cm FlaK 36/37, south-west of Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 11-11-2014, 21:11:35
In Karelia, a Finnish officer, on recreation with a Luger P08.

(http://31.media.tumblr.com/417642496ab0ead1f517f4cd87f56457/tumblr_mx3p536WBD1spwf52o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-11-2014, 01:11:50
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2nqz0o7.jpg)
8,8 cm FlaK 36/37 on a station platform, Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-11-2014, 16:11:47
Are those kill rings? Those crews have been quite busy. Did they only get rings for tanks or for other vehicles as well?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-11-2014, 18:11:34
Why do they look SO exaggerated?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-11-2014, 23:11:42
Are those kill rings? Those crews have been quite busy. Did they only get rings for tanks or for other vehicles as well?

The rings would be armoured vehicles/tanks or planes.  However, these crews seem to have other insignia for other kills/actions, to the rings probably mean either one or the other (probably tanks judging by the number of them).  I've also seen where they tracked kills on the gun shield itself, with categories for tanks, planes, vehicles, and even a couple ships (probably river gunboats).  My guess is the artillery piece with what looks like a large number written under it is the number of bombardments they've taken part in or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-11-2014, 01:11:12
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/v32f0o.jpg)
8,8cm FlaK 36/37, south-west of Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-11-2014, 01:11:57
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2irkz10.jpg)
37mm FlaK 37 overlooking Volga river, Rzhev, early 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-11-2014, 01:11:56
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/nb2ivk.jpg)
8,8 cm FlaK 18/36, 3,7 cm FlaK 37, empty casings in the snow, Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-11-2014, 02:11:50
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2evx92x.jpg)
3,7cm FlaK 18 overlooking Volga river, Rzhev, early 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-11-2014, 02:11:10
Just so I can provide some countenance to all these great pics of Rzhev with some cold truths.

The population of Rzhev was around 50,000 when the war began.  By the time the Germans pulled out, that population had dropped to ~150.  Concentration Camps had been set up in and just outside the town, and the entire populace of the region was herded into them, nominally for transportation away from such an important part of the front.  In reality they were left there to starve or be shot.  After the war, two mass graves were discovered that had over 70,000 bodies in them, all civilians from the region and soviet POWs.  In total, only ~350 civilians from Rzhev and the surrounding area survived German occupation.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/RIAN_archive_982_Ruins_of_a_house.jpg)

One of the few surviving families of Rzhev, and what remains of their home.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 16-11-2014, 15:11:35
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2evx92x.jpg)
3,7cm FlaK 18 overlooking Volga river, Rzhev, early 1942.
Same place, 1910:
http://prokudin-gorsky.org/imgarc/img/1818.jpg
(You can pinpoint it to that corner house with balcony)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-11-2014, 02:11:07
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2dkytg.jpg)
Volga bridge, Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-11-2014, 14:11:25
Blasted armoured car somewhere in karelia.

(http://i.imgur.com/nnvvOzJ.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-11-2014, 02:11:18
Today I'd like to post 2 pictures, merely because they show only landscape.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2irkz10.jpg)
37mm FlaK 37 overlooking Volga river, Rzhev, early 1942.

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2evx92x.jpg)
3,7cm FlaK 18 overlooking Volga river, Rzhev, early 1942.

Same place, 1910:
(http://prokudin-gorsky.org/imgarc/img/1818.jpg)
(You can pinpoint it to that corner house with balcony)

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2bqrfp.jpg)
Rzhev, August 1942.

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/4r2sdx.jpg)
Rzhev, August 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 18-11-2014, 17:11:16
19. November 1942.

Quote
Operation Freshman was the codename given to a British airborne operation conducted in November 1942 during World War II. It was the first British airborne operation conducted using gliders, and its target was the Vemork Norsk Hydro chemical plant in Telemark county, Norway which produced heavy water for Nazi Germany. By 1942 the German atomic weapons programme had come close to being able to develop a nuclear reactor, but in order for the reactor to function it would require a great deal of heavy water. The source of the heavy water was the Norsk Hydro plant, which had been occupied in 1940; when the British government learned of the German nuclear developments, it was decided that a raid would be launched to destroy the plant and deny the Germans the heavy water required to develop a nuclear weapon. Several tactics were discussed and discarded as impractical, and it was finally decided that a small airborne force composed of sappers from the Royal Engineer units attached to 1st Airborne Division would land by glider a short distance from the plant, demolish it with explosives and then escape over the Norwegian border into Sweden.

After a period of extensive training, the airborne force took off in two aircraft–glider combinations on the night of 19 November 1942. Both managed to reach the Norwegian coast, but neither was able to reach their objective. The first pair suffered from navigational difficulties and severe weather, which resulted in the tow rope snapping and the first glider crash–landing, with its towing aircraft returning to base; eight airborne troops were killed outright, four were severely injured and five unhurt, with the survivors captured shortly after the crash. The second pair fared even worse, with both aircraft and glider crashing into a mountain for unknown reasons; the aircrew and a number of airborne troops were killed outright, and those who survived were taken prisoner. None survived for very long, either being poisoned or executed as a result of Adolf Hitler's Commando Order, which stated all Commando personnel were to be immediately executed upon capture. At the end of the war, a number of Wehrmacht personnel were tried and condemned to death for their part in the executions. Sapper Thomas William White. Son of Ruth and Thomas white of Gilfach goch Bridgend Thomas street.Was taken to girini concentration camp and was kept in solitary confinement until the day of his death where he was collected by German security police and he was tortured and shot in the back of his head, buried in a shallow grave until August 1945 where his body was recovered and he was buried in Western civil cemetery in Oslo Norway.

(http://sciencenordic.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/620x/Tause_heltern_Parachute_training_ca_1940__Wallis_Jackson_2nd_right_None.jpg)

(http://www.edenbridgetown.com/assets_2006/community/in_the_past/heros_telemark/horsa_glider.jpg)

(http://ww2gravestone.com/sites/default/files/uploads/Operation_Freshman_memorial_-_geograph_org_uk_-_654746_1.jpg)

http://sciencenordic.com/heavy-water-mission-failed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-11-2014, 01:11:44
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/4vimid.jpg)
This must be where the germans collected their kill rings. Rzhev, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-11-2014, 01:11:44
(http://i.imgur.com/gdyy0D9.jpg)

AT infantry and a blown up T-34 in front of the position.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-11-2014, 01:11:43
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2yvot3l.jpg)
Degtyaryov machine gun with portable shield, Leningrad 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-11-2014, 01:11:57
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2jb4pau.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw.35(t) of the 6. Panzer-Division passing a knocked out T-28, Eastern Front, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-11-2014, 19:11:34
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/9443120878_0dce849690_b.jpg)


German guards at Vestre Fængsel (prison)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-11-2014, 01:11:33
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/9a1cah.jpg)
New Zealand Division, Pak 40, Monte Cassino, Italy, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-11-2014, 03:11:02
(http://i.imgur.com/1wep0di.jpg?1)

PaK 40 is waiting, Summa 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-11-2014, 01:11:52
Warning: graphic image

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/4tm64m.jpg)
Pz. Kpfw. III Ausf. J, 10. Panzer-Division, Medenine, Tunesia, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-11-2014, 23:11:31
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2q0tzpd.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 11, 105mm leFH 18, 4. Panzer-Division, Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-11-2014, 01:11:58
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/xogpqf.jpg)
Char B1-bis No. 461  'Vauban', 1st Armoured Division, 28th Batallion, 2nd Company, 3rd Platoon, Master Sergeant Georges Moisan, Sergeant Bourgeois, Sergeant Simon, Private Fauvel, Champien, France, June 6th, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-11-2014, 01:11:32
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/11v7eoh.jpg)
Time for a change in perspective: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Jalta, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 26-11-2014, 13:11:07
(http://i.imgur.com/reNfwuR.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-11-2014, 01:11:07
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2lvohlu.jpg)
Grumman TBF 'Avenger' and Curtiss SB2C 'Helldiver' from USS Essex over Hakodate, Japan, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-11-2014, 01:11:02
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/neuj6d.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 250/1, 57. Infanterie-Division, Stug III, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 197, Kharkov, October 23, 1941. Background: historical city center (on the ridge). Center left: upcoming Lopanski Bridge.
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L20582
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-11-2014, 01:11:43
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/id8vw7.jpg)
Brad Pitt and his Sherman can really hang it up, after you saw these guys.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-11-2014, 18:11:44
(http://home.mweb.co.za/re/redcap/lastdays2.jpg)


Feldgendarmerie and British (?) Soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 29-11-2014, 20:11:14
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uevxKjZANn4/VG2knKdS10I/AAAAAAAAcPw/KpTI2Vi2OWU/w500-h650-no/tumblr_n6ozb1w97d1tshtppo2_500.jpg)
A Finnish women of the Lotta Svärd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Sv%C3%A4rd) Organization, wearing a Waffen-SS volunteer hat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-11-2014, 20:11:17
I can only see one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-11-2014, 01:11:17
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/1z4xxef.jpg)
Soviet IS-2 in combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-12-2014, 14:12:30
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/xlcsr8.jpg)
Gebirgsjäger in France, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 02-12-2014, 00:12:23
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2lvohlu.jpg)
Grumman TBF 'Avenger' and Curtiss SB2C 'Helldiver' from USS Essex over Hakodate, Japan, 1945.


Level bombing, interesting. Were they fitted with any sort of bomb sight?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 02-12-2014, 14:12:23
Not to Mention they appeal to be above cloudcover or fog. Maybe they used pathfinder planes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-12-2014, 14:12:25
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/nnaddu.jpg)
Heinkel He-111 H6, Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG26).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 02-12-2014, 16:12:13
Level bombing, interesting. Were they fitted with any sort of bomb sight?

Interesting indeed, wouldn't their very limited payload be pretty ineffective at (indirect) bombing anyways?

Can anyone explain what's going on in this picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-12-2014, 01:12:03
I believe in a simple answer: it is a terror attack to stress people and economy. In summer 1945, especially after VE-Day, the defeat of Japan was obvious, while the bomb stockpiles of the USA were sky high. Each bomb got a certain limited storage life, after which the bomb should not be used any longer. It is cheaper to drop the bombs than to scrap them. The american landings on Okinawa and other japanese soil revealed fierce resistance among the japanese people. The actual allied tactic was to bomb the shit out of japan in order to prepare an invasion. This particular bombing did most likely do not much damage, but it stressed the people and forced workers to leave their work stations. Otherwise, maybe the divebombers would just have idled somewhere in the pacific. With the japanese airforce being destroyed completely, the was no loss to be expected this way. Must have been great fun for the crews, like some sort of work outing. Just to keep the unit busy.

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rhkx81.jpg)
Sergeant R. D. Shelton toying with a «Panzerschreck» R.Pz. B.54/1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-12-2014, 02:12:13
The air war over Japan in 1945 was anything but a 'work outing'.  It was incredibly vicious and the Japanese took down many Allied planes.  The reason they're using level carrier bombers is simple- at that point, there wasn't much of a Japanese Navy left, so the Carriers switched to light bombing roles.  It WAS a move to simply 'plaster Japan with everything we have because we can", but it wasn't some callous thing of "oh we have too many bombs" or some easy run.  It was the need to exert as much punishment on Japanese soil in order to prepare for ground invasion.

For the raid on Hakodate itself, as port town, this was part of the US Navy's attacks on Japanese ships in order to eliminate any remaining naval opposition to land invasion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 03-12-2014, 14:12:27
But did those planes have level bombing sights and what about the apparent cloud cover fog? Any info on that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-12-2014, 18:12:15
Yes, it did have bomb sights, the bombardier played double duty as the ventral gunner.  As for cloud cover- WW2 bombing raids weren't exactly pinpoint to begin with.  US Air Force regulations were that, in level bombing raids, any bombs within a mile radius were considered a hit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-12-2014, 01:12:51
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/a57o82.jpg)
British soldiers, Sd.Kfz. 302 'Goliath E'; background: AEC Matador, DUKW. Normandy 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-12-2014, 04:12:07
Can someone explain why they 'white-out' the unit insignia on old military photos? Why was it a problem to identify units in pictures before or after they we declassified?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-12-2014, 04:12:58
Wartime censors whited out insignia so that enemy intelligence could not use photos to identify the units in their area, or what units had what.  It basically was a case of denying ANY intelligence to the enemy, whether or not it was critical.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-12-2014, 22:12:02
A road has turned into a wintery grave for T-26's, January 1940.

(http://i.imgur.com/CZgsNm8.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-12-2014, 01:12:42
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2ed88sx.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. IV, 2. Panzer-Division (knocked out on August 2nd), GMC CCKW 353, Pont-Farsi, Normandy, between August 3rd and 5th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-12-2014, 01:12:05
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/33y4z9w.jpg)
Dead german still resting on his backpack. Boots already missing. Cherbourg, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-12-2014, 23:12:14
(https://i.imgur.com/RksFw8y.png)

German antitank position on the Rhine plain, destroyed by a Pershing. It consists of a Jagdpanther gun and mantlet crudely put on a ground mount because the factory wasn't able to finish enough chassis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 07-12-2014, 08:12:33
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/xfakbk.jpg)
Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Kavkaz, twin 100 mm cal 56 AA gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-12-2014, 07:12:42
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8113/stettin4.jpg)

Aircraft Carrier Graf Zepellin in Stettin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-12-2014, 14:12:48
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/oqdoh4.jpg)
Russian soldiers pulling a 45 mm anti-tank gun upon a slope, Kola Peninsula, Russia, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-12-2014, 01:12:56
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/eq5g6b.jpg)
Soldiers and vehicles of the 10th Guards Uralsky Voluntary Tank Corps, 1st Guards Tank Army, 2nd Belorussian Front, Mühlhausen i. Ostpr., January 24th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-12-2014, 01:12:20
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/dqhx77.jpg)
Russian tank commander inside a Su-152, Battle of Kursk, July 6th, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 10-12-2014, 03:12:59
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CwUM88e8va0/VIdH833oPeI/AAAAAAAAVTg/YKAqo7-q6a0/s0-I/20141209_195157.jpg)
A page from the original print of the book "SS Kavallerie im Osten". AFAIK, only a few thousand were printed and distributed to the men of the SS. It was not for sale back then and is now sold for ~1000€ among collectors. There is a reprint, but I think (hope) that those pages were left out. I borrowed it from a friend, who got it from his grandfather.
Basically the book tries in many parts to spread and justify the Nazi ideology about the sub human Bolchewiks. It does not mention that the SS Brigade "Fegelein" (which this book is about) killed about 12 thousand Jews.

Captions Left:
Farmers and Villages in the "Soviet paradise"
A village stretches for many miles along the street
The main street is wide enough, but else...
His best suit

Right:
Soviet Rich peoples buildings give no indication to the shortcomings and poverty of the workers and farmers
A Kolkhoz farmer
...and his posessions
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 10-12-2014, 20:12:52
B17 bomber crashed near Alsace, France.

(http://www.casadei.fr/en/iso_album/b-17_reupere_par_les_allemands_a_algolsheim_en_44_archeologue_aerien_copyright_france_3_&_casadei_productions_2009_400x0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-12-2014, 01:12:03
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2e3ofpv.jpg)
Su-152 on the move, 2nd Baltic Front, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 11-12-2014, 22:12:08
What a pice of tank!So robust
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 12-12-2014, 01:12:47
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/ifbns0.jpg)
Sd.Kfz 181 Pz.Kpfw. VI 'Tiger'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-12-2014, 18:12:04
Ihantala battlefield September 1944, a week after the war ended.

(http://i.imgur.com/RAbBXjU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-12-2014, 21:12:19
Can someone tell me why the T-34 turret is facing backwards?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-12-2014, 22:12:10
Probably because the crew turned it to shoot at something behind them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 12-12-2014, 22:12:27
The lack of track also gives me the impression that it was pushed there. So for all we know it could have been aiming somewhere reasonable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-12-2014, 01:12:06
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/6gixr5.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 142 Stug III, Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 303, Tali-Ihantala, Finland, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-12-2014, 08:12:34
Sd.Kfz. 142 Stug III, Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 303, Tali-Ihantala, Finland, 1944.

Lappeenranta, not Tali nor Ihantala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-12-2014, 15:12:11
Lappeenranta, but during the Battle of Tali-Inhantala, accordingly to wikipedia.  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-12-2014, 01:12:06
(http://i.imgur.com/RNXvRCE.jpg?1)

Pioneering the way for Sturmi, Enso, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-12-2014, 01:12:53
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/wqu61i.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 142 Stug III Ausf. G, probably self destruction or ammo explosion, Kinzweiler, Germany, December 28th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-12-2014, 22:12:22
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2iie3cx.jpg)
Probably Waffen-SS, France, September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-12-2014, 19:12:59
Everything feels out of place, somehow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-12-2014, 03:12:14
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/6yjqyd.jpg)
Canadian military policeman, Ford/Chevrolet CMP with 40mm Bofors anti aircraft gun, rue Saint Gervais, Falaise, August 17th, 1944.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-12-2014, 02:12:37
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/b7o29s.jpg)
Villa Wanzenglück, german officer, some unknown car, somewhere on the Eastern Front. I'd translate 'Wanzenglück' with 'bed-bug joy'. The soldiers taking quarters here obviously had a distinct opinion about it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-12-2014, 03:12:01
(http://i.imgur.com/wR8WSl7.jpg?1)

Coastal defence ships Väinämöinen & Ilmarinen, Ilmarinen in the horizon sinks an hour later. 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-12-2014, 18:12:10
details about how it sank plox.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-12-2014, 19:12:40
It sailed into a mine in 13th of September 1941.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_coastal_defence_ship_Ilmarinen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-12-2014, 01:12:45
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/1zegn0n.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 186 Sturmtiger after breakdown, US soldiers, british M4 ARV, February 28th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 19-12-2014, 12:12:19
How vulnerable would a sturmtiger be to direct fire into the gun barrel. Could Mg fire set of a Loaded shell for instance?
Someone would need massive balls or be a complete idiot should they come across a sturmtiger. But Hypothetically it's a massive hole in in the frontal armour isn't it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-12-2014, 01:12:29
^^ I thought the same when I looked at that bright dot in the barrel.

(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2lj3x9x.jpg)
Lockheed P-38J 'Lightning'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-12-2014, 02:12:40
(http://i.imgur.com/bNSZ37D.jpg?1)

Finnish soldier with an MP 40 in Ihantala, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-12-2014, 02:12:04
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/29dz78z.jpg)
Fiat Cr.42 A.S. 'Falco', Ravenna, Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-12-2014, 04:12:12
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/16029371612_24b11dde0f_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 21-12-2014, 10:12:50
Can you give some more italian airplanes?Please?Thanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 21-12-2014, 14:12:09
^ There you go, the Italian B-17 equivalent

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IPeYLhkSeWk/TzpZqhcS1KI/AAAAAAAAEZw/z4NdzCVELnU/s1600/Piaggio+P.108B+2.jpg)

What's interesting about it, besides the fact that it was the only 4 engined bomber in Italian service in WWII, is that one of Mussolini's sons, Bruno, died in a crash while testing one of the prototypes of the P.108.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-12-2014, 01:12:49
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2u7ljwz.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 124 Panzerhaubitze 'Wespe', Sd.Kfz. 9 with 6t Bilstein crane (?), Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40, Eastern Front. You better don't fall off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-12-2014, 07:12:40
M13/40s in the Eastern Front?, I don't recall seeing one there at all, hm.


Yamato has always been my favorite ship, it's fantastic.

(http://i.imgur.com/mJ9n1fL.jpg)

This picture shows the Yamato under construction. The huge gap is the turret ring that will hold Turret Nr. 2 and it's massive 46cm guns, in front of it, the Turret Nr. 1 without the guns, but you can see the gaps made for them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 22-12-2014, 12:12:22
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-496-3469-24%2C_Flak-Stellung_in_Frankreich.jpg)

German 88 Gun Crew Takes Chow Break in France, Summer of 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-12-2014, 14:12:59
@ Torenico
Might be that it is anywhere else, like Greece.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 22-12-2014, 21:12:10
A Sherman being hit hard in Leipzig 1945.

(http://i.imgur.com/fZu7R.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-12-2014, 01:12:52
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2e1rs50.jpg)
StuG III Ausf. G, Italy, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-12-2014, 02:12:51
A Sherman being hit hard in Leipzig 1945.

(http://i.imgur.com/fZu7R.jpg)
What sherman is that? That's a pretty thick steel plate welded in the front of the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-12-2014, 08:12:48
I've seen it before on some British Shermans, no idea what purpose it serves though. Some armor modification. It only appears on the right side of the turret.

Quote
An applique patch to protect the 'thin spot" on the right front of the turret was introduced around Spring, 1943. The left-side photo shows an "applique" plate probably installed at the factory, the right-side photo shows a field modification kit, probably installed in a field repair unit. Tank depots were also mandated to install them on tanks they processed.

(http://i.imgur.com/RYvo3Mv.jpg)

Wouldn't know why only some Shermans have it while most do not.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2014, 16:12:32
The purpose it serves is to make the armour thicker...how is that hard to garner?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-12-2014, 22:12:25
The purpose it serves is to make the armour thicker...how is that hard to garner?

Because those 10 extra milimeters are going to make this Sherman invincible? Also kind of the Germans only to aim at that specific part of the turret. Worked out great for the one in the picture.

So yes since it apparently serves no function other than 'for the fuck of it' it is hard to garner without fully knowing the story behind it (which I didn't at the time I wrote the first sentence).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 23-12-2014, 22:12:59
The purpose it serves is to make the armour thicker...how is that hard to garner?

Because those 10 extra milimeters are going to make this Sherman invincible? Also kind of the Germans only to aim at that specific part of the turret. Worked out great for the one in the picture.

So yes since it apparently serves no function other than 'for the fuck of it' it is hard to garner without fully knowing the story behind it (which I didn't at the time I wrote the first sentence).

The point was to add extra armour.  Because adding armour is very heavy and can destroy a chassis through overloading, they added it to areas that protected critical areas of the tank (that part, for instance, guards the crew, and was indeed a weakspot as a part of the mantlet), and left other areas un-uparmoured.  It is no different than any other of the extra armour applied to the sides of the Sherman to protect the ammo storage.  And yes, an extra 10mm can be the difference between life or death for an angled shot, and that looks like it's a great deal more than 10mm- more like 20 or 30mm.  And no, it won't save you if the shot doesn't hit it, but it WILL give you a slightly better chance, as well as a better chance at surviving a shot that does penetrate, since it more likely will be a shot through a less critical area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-12-2014, 20:12:43
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/10miur8.jpg)
10,5cm leFH18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-12-2014, 00:12:25
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/5x38qp.jpg)
Quote
A Piat gun of "C" Troop, 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron, in position behind a tree covering a road near Wolfheze in Holland during Operation 'Market Garden', 18 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-12-2014, 11:12:16
The purpose it serves is to make the armour thicker...how is that hard to garner?

Because those 10 extra milimeters are going to make this Sherman invincible? Also kind of the Germans only to aim at that specific part of the turret. Worked out great for the one in the picture.

So yes since it apparently serves no function other than 'for the fuck of it' it is hard to garner without fully knowing the story behind it (which I didn't at the time I wrote the first sentence).
Looks like you still have the german superiority feeling sander. 10mm extra can mean 35mm extra protection as mudra added from an angled shot

Also, as war progressed, Sherman tanks armour got thicker wich helped them survive shots from the 7.5cm kwk40 from the PZ IV and STuG 3 at closer ranges.

Also the reason why the STuG was awesome
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-154-1991-24A%2C_Russland%2C_Sturmgesch%C3%BCtz%2C_Ausbau_der_Kanone.jpg)
Maintance friendly
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-12-2014, 13:12:00
(http://i.imgur.com/jjFFjWK.jpg?1)

German StuH 42 and StuG in Tali, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-12-2014, 15:12:34
Date makes it all a bit of a puzzle to me. I've seen the other pic of the 303 StuH who is driving on the kilpeenjoki road towards Ihantala which dates to either june 30th or very early july and I've always thought the date of this specific picture that Leopardi posted would of been around the same time, but looking through the sa-kuva archive it says it was taken on the 7th of july. What makes it puzzling is the fact that at that point the battles have started to show signs of ceasing, but it doesnt change the fact that Tali has been lost and is under the control of the Red Army. How would these stugs be at Tali in such a late date?

Now, the entire term for Tali is kinda widespread. It usually means the entirity of the surroundings of lake Leitimo, spreading from a small village of Mannikkala all the way to Portinhoikka and Nurmilampi. In smaller scale it can mean the village of Tali itself. Now, it is clear that in this situation the larger term is in question but it still does not clarify anything. Even at the northest tip of the region that you could count into what belongs to Tali is still way off from where these stugs were already positioned at by the time they took the photo.

I'd love to say that they are misusing the term Tali because it seems so plausible that these stugs are either somewhere in Ihantala or the photo was taken earlier than 7th of July, in which case they could be at Nurmilampi area or on the main highway between Ihantala and Portinhoikka. But since I doubt they are either going to the battle or are in the battle, I'd say they are getting situated somewhere north of Ihantala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 26-12-2014, 17:12:38
70 years since battle of the bulge! Someone post something related!

(http://www.joedemadio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/battle-of-the-bulge-jpg.jpg)

(http://asdaqua.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/battle-of-the-bulge-article.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-12-2014, 17:12:07
Date makes it all a bit of a puzzle to me. I've seen the other pic of the 303 StuH who is driving on the kilpeenjoki road towards Ihantala which dates to either june 30th or very early july and I've always thought the date of this specific picture that Leopardi posted would of been around the same time, but looking through the sa-kuva archive it says it was taken on the 7th of july. What makes it puzzling is the fact that at that point the battles have started to show signs of ceasing, but it doesnt change the fact that Tali has been lost and is under the control of the Red Army. How would these stugs be at Tali in such a late date?

Now, the entire term for Tali is kinda widespread. It usually means the entirity of the surroundings of lake Leitimo, spreading from a small village of Mannikkala all the way to Portinhoikka and Nurmilampi. In smaller scale it can mean the village of Tali itself. Now, it is clear that in this situation the larger term is in question but it still does not clarify anything. Even at the northest tip of the region that you could count into what belongs to Tali is still way off from where these stugs were already positioned at by the time they took the photo.

I'd love to say that they are misusing the term Tali because it seems so plausible that these stugs are either somewhere in Ihantala or the photo was taken earlier than 7th of July, in which case they could be at Nurmilampi area or on the main highway between Ihantala and Portinhoikka. But since I doubt they are either going to the battle or are in the battle, I'd say they are getting situated somewhere north of Ihantala.
Description says 1944.07.02, 2nd of July not 7th.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-12-2014, 18:12:24
My bad. But it doesnt change a thing.

Point still stands. By 2nd of July the frontline would have been moved and all attempts to retake Tali had failed. Finns resettled into a new defense along Tähtelä - Vakkila - Ihantala in 28th of June, so again, even in 2nd of July, the 303 was more than likely at Ihantala already since they assisted the finnish infantry to push down south from Ihantala, through Rauhamäki towards Portinhoikka in the 30th.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-12-2014, 21:12:09
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2411f5s.jpg)
All aboard!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 27-12-2014, 15:12:54
(http://i60.tinypic.com/157c8s3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-12-2014, 01:12:06
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/o5qfzo.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 164 'Nashorn'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 28-12-2014, 03:12:33
Finnish trooper with two owls. ;D

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/453209-4/Rintamamies_ja_lintu)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-12-2014, 22:12:18
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/28s8qzb.jpg)
KV-1, german soldiers, trucks with 3,7-cm-PaK 36.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 29-12-2014, 18:12:37
Panzer IV H in a defensive position.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Dug-in_panzer_IV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-12-2014, 18:12:54
Mudra wrote about it some pages ago, it had a interesting story. As far as I can remember it fought for a long time and it ran out of ammo, it was abandonned shortly after.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-12-2014, 23:12:56
I'll dig up my original post on it, it was a Panzer IV that took part in the fighting at Lebisey:

That Panzer IV has a specific story.  It's engine was disabled early on in the fighting, but the crew compartment and crew were unharmed.  So it was dug in heavily and became a static pillbox, and wrecked much havoc throughout the time the Germans held that line.  Other photos I've seen of it show that the turret basket was open with shells being passed in through there, the radio and driver compartments probably left empty.  There were shed wall/roof pieces scattered around, and steel doors  propped up against the backside, probably for camo to make it look like, when it wasn't in combat, a farmer's storage shed.  Far as I know, it was eventually abandoned during the British offensives a month later that did push past Lebisey, after running out of ammunition, which was when that photo was taken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-12-2014, 01:12:02
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2eycdgi.jpg)
BA-64

Moscow Bomb Squad feat. B. Buddy - Don't come to my block! The new single. Out now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-12-2014, 08:12:24
(http://i.imgur.com/wa1n7FI.jpg)

Finnish soldiers with a BAR and no idea what SMG, Virolahti 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 30-12-2014, 09:12:20
There were no BAR's in Finland AFAIK. They don't have a pistol grip anyway. And the SMG is just a Suomi KP31 with what looks like a box mag. However, it could also be a captured PPD-40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 30-12-2014, 10:12:52
There were no BAR's in Finland AFAIK. They don't have a pistol grip anyway. And the SMG is just a Suomi KP31 with what looks like a box mag. However, it could also be a captured PPD-40.

Well, the swedish BARs had a pistolgrip, and Sweden sent quite a few weapons to Finland, mostly rifles, but perhaps also some KG m/21.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-12-2014, 17:12:22
This looks to be a experimental Panzer with three turrets, during the Norway Campaign.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-761-221N-06_Norwegen_Panzer_Neubaufahrzeug-595x407.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-12-2014, 17:12:48
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neubaufahrzeug

Quote
Though these tanks were never placed in production, they provided a propaganda tool for Nazi Germany, for example being shown at the International Automobile Exposition in Berlin in 1939.

This propaganda role was extended with the German invasion of Norway, when a special Panzerabteilung was formed which took the three armored prototypes with them to Oslo. They saw some combat there, with one being blown up by German engineers when it got stuck in swamps near Åndalsnes. To replace it, one of the mild steel prototypes was used.

It is unclear what happened to the tanks after the Norway campaign, but none of them survived the war. The surviving vehicles were ordered scrapped in 1941, which took place in 1942 according to documents captured by the British in 1945. The dates upon which the vehicles were scrapped are unclear, but it is thought that the beginning of the construction of the Sturer Emil prototypes dates from the same time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-12-2014, 17:12:23
Interesting story there, VonMudra. Thanks. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-12-2014, 17:12:01
There were no BAR's in Finland AFAIK. They don't have a pistol grip anyway. And the SMG is just a Suomi KP31 with what looks like a box mag. However, it could also be a captured PPD-40.

On the left a PPD and on the right a Kulsprutegevär m/21.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-12-2014, 01:12:20
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/izus5l.jpg)
Type IX C submarine U-175 drowning in the atlantic after having been heavily damaged in an artillery duel between the submarine and the american cutter USS Spencer. The submarine had been forced to the surface using waterbombs, the commander and 12 crew members died in the engagement afterwards, April 17th, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-01-2015, 00:01:22
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2hdo6rl.jpg)
Mjasnoi Bor, Oblast Nowgorod.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-01-2015, 01:01:55
(http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a569/Chepicoro/IMG_20150102_1750192_zps4rten4vi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-01-2015, 01:01:03
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/rk0x85.jpg)
LCVP heading for Omaha Beach, the English Channel, June 6th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-01-2015, 01:01:42
(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-2/destroyed__Panzer_II.jpg)

Destroyed Panzer II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-01-2015, 01:01:10
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/bgbn28.jpg)
Douglas A-20 Havoc after a raid on Point du Hoc, France, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 04-01-2015, 15:01:22
You see that shore,beach and that halfisland?It look like Normandy map,PR 0.98
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 04-01-2015, 16:01:13
^ More like FH2's own Pointe Du Hoc, just with more area covered (and the fact that it's upside down) :P

http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/screenshotsfh2/Pointe%20du%20Hoc/Minimap_small.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-01-2015, 00:01:32
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7542/15953509640_10eb2cda41_o.jpg)

Where can I find more about Japanese officers serving in the Heer?, does that special patch represent a unique unit or it was just given to all Japanese officers in the Heer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-01-2015, 02:01:59
They were not in the Heer.  Japanese observers did wear Heer uniforms, however their duties were limited to evaluating German aircraft and tanks, and they wore the uniforms only due to the impossiblity to get uniforms from Japan.  Some of the embassy staff did fight in Berlin in 1945, only because there was literally nothing else they could do.  Beyond that, the patch simply signified that they were Japanese Army, and they were not in any way a cohesive unit- simply a few observers and embassy staff.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-01-2015, 10:01:38
(http://i.imgur.com/9FhdQlV.jpg?1)

Demonstrating how he took down the ISU-152 with panzerfaust, officer is showing the point of impact.
Ihantala, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 05-01-2015, 16:01:15
Intredesting. He fires it overhand. (In a way)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-01-2015, 19:01:04
The fighting in Berlin must have been the weirdest event to witness, ever. I still believe that there must have been almost more foreigners fighting than germans. Many germans had already deserted when their units had passed their native regions.

(http://oi61.tinypic.com/1sdvh3.jpg)
21-cm-Mörser 18, Sächsische Straße, Berlin, 1945.

Edit:// This particular mortar is now displayed at the US Army Field Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 05-01-2015, 22:01:42
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-680-8282A-16A,_Budapest,_Panzer_VI_(K%C3%B6nigstiger).jpg)

Isn't that kind of uncomfortable?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 06-01-2015, 03:01:01
Not really, unless you're stuck there for an hour or somebody gets the smart idea to elevate the gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-01-2015, 22:01:08
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/345iw5j.jpg)
B-17G 'Flying Fortress' of the 381st Bombardment Group in flight with a North American P-51 'Mustang' of the 359th Fighter Group.

Left to right: 

Rear:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 07-01-2015, 08:01:16
And where they were going,maybe some particulary
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-01-2015, 12:01:20
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_camps_in_Sweden_during_World_War_II) :
Internment of Allied air crews
A number of British and US servicemen, primarily crew members of the aircraft damaged during bombing missions over Germany, found themselves on Swedish soil, and were interned by the Swedish authorities. Unlike civilian refugees from Germany, who were kept in interment camps, British and American airmen were placed in hotels and bed and breakfast establishments in the Falun area, and enjoyed relative freedom. They received their regular military pay from their home countries, which allowed them to be much better off than the local Swedish residents.

There are worse ways to have your war come to an end :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-01-2015, 06:01:55
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7477/16019938339_5a8afb2b8e_b.jpg)

Information, in French, roughly said:

17 November 1944, Lorient. A PoW exchange took place between the US and Germany. These men belong to the 94th Infantry Division and apparently the prisioners were from the 104st Infantry Regiment attached to said unit. It does not mention anything about the German PoWs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-01-2015, 12:01:21
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/1rs281.jpg)
Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-25-DL, 'Stormy Weather', #42-38005, 351st Bombardment Group, 511th Bomb Squadron, started from the airfield Polebrook, England, for a sortie on Berlin. After having been hit by german anti-aircraft fire over Berlin, the crew expirienced engine failures and was forced to turn northwards in order to reach neutral Sweden. Pilot Captain Robert B. Clay considered the danish isle of Als to be swedish territory and ordered the crew to drop out over the village of Svenstrup before he crash-landed the airplane, May 24th, 1944. All crewmen survived and returned home after the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 08-01-2015, 17:01:55
Early Focke Wulf 190 in color!

(http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Focke-Wulf-Fw190/IMAGES/Focke-Wulf-Fw190-WWII-Nazi-Fighter-Parked.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-01-2015, 19:01:17
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/8yxjmh.jpg)
Consolidated PBY-5A 'Catalina', Lockheed PV-1 'Ventura', Aleutian Islands, USA, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 09-01-2015, 20:01:08
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/apci8g.jpg)
Scene from Saint-Lô, France, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2015, 07:01:02
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8638/16179641816_fe8646bb9a_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Tyler on 10-01-2015, 13:01:49
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Milne_Bay_026639.jpg)

One of the Japanese invasion barges used in their abortive landing attempt at Milne Bay, now salvaged and put into use by Australian engineers.

September 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-01-2015, 13:01:52
(http://i.imgur.com/GXlPGBV.jpg)

Breda M35 position in Suulajärvi, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-01-2015, 15:01:09
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Konigsberg_h80970.jpg)
German cruiser Königsberg, she was sunk 10 April 1940 at Bergen, Norway
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-01-2015, 22:01:51
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8591/15517785433_48bea13cb6_b.jpg)

Paris 1944. Looking for some more info, can't find any.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-01-2015, 22:01:11
Seems to be Char B1s under FFI control.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2015, 00:01:40
Yes, but I'm looking for which German units operated B1s in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 11-01-2015, 01:01:55
Panzer Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Abteilung 100 had a few.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-01-2015, 02:01:16
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2nvw65x.jpg)
Gun Motor Carriage M10 'Wolverine' in action. Saint-Lô, France, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 11-01-2015, 04:01:58
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/US_landings_on_Kiska.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cottage
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-01-2015, 05:01:12
That was incredibly interesting thank you :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-01-2015, 23:01:10
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/23r6dsl.jpg)
Martin B-26B-20-MA 'Marauder' 'Fightin' Cock', #41-31765, 450th Bombardment Group, 322nd Bomb Squadron. Due to a crash landing on August 12th, 1944, at the airport of Great Dunmow, England, both pilots got killed, the other 4 crewmembers severly wounded.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-01-2015, 22:01:19
(http://i.imgur.com/mM4vnb8.jpg?1)

T-26 is captured and immediately turned against its former owner. Ilomantsi 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 13-01-2015, 09:01:23
Russians takes a look snaps a finger and that T26 is turned into dust.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-01-2015, 10:01:22
Well, Erwin, guess what that T-26 would be fighting against? Other T-26's, since it were the light tanks that were the primary vehicle group used at Ilomantsi. Only a handful of T-34's were around there. So, snap yo' fingers when you get a panzerfaust up your Sotka arse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 13-01-2015, 10:01:28
 ;D

Now I remember Ilomantsi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-01-2015, 02:01:56
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/6nulb8.jpg)
Flammenwerfer 35
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-01-2015, 21:01:43
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/fcehv.jpg)
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 'Würger' (Shrike). The allied nickname was 'butcherbird'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-01-2015, 06:01:08
(http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4778/25ki61340qk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-01-2015, 02:01:50
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2vshgt2.jpg)
Probably Flammenwerfer 35, Eastern Front, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoktor Doidberg on 16-01-2015, 13:01:48
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/6nulb8.jpg)
Flammenwerfer 35

Looks more like a late Flammenwerfer 41 to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-01-2015, 13:01:19
(http://i.imgur.com/YzlEU.jpg)

PZIV ausf (G?) that has been ammo racked..And god...how

Also

(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/patton/P40.jpg)

George S patton. Walking away from an M4A2 W sherman tank who's crew, recieved a massive scolding from him. Patton dissaproved the use of sandbag armor as it added weight and worn down a sherman tanks transmission faster
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-01-2015, 21:01:49
(http://i.imgur.com/HLPXREO.jpg?1)

Finnish sniper in "forest suit".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-01-2015, 02:01:58
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/2ni309x.jpg)
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, #Р8537, Sub Lt. G.C. Morris, 761st Naval Air Squadron, attempting to land without tail wheel on HMS Ravager, January 1st, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: TASSER on 18-01-2015, 01:01:46
Haha Ol' Blood and Guts ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-01-2015, 01:01:18
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/eimj2s.jpg)
German soldier being bandaged by a medic. Background: Darth Vader overwatching with his flamethrower. Eastern Front, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-01-2015, 03:01:45
(http://i.imgur.com/zqKPgcq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 18-01-2015, 03:01:48
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/eimj2s.jpg)
 Darth Vader overwatching with his flamethrower. Eastern Front, 1941.

LOL
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-01-2015, 00:01:12
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/3588a47.jpg)
German mortar team (5cm leichter Granatwerfer 36) entering a building. Soldier on left is carrying the barrel, the soldier in center is carrying the base-plate. Soldier on right holding a MG 34, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 20-01-2015, 03:01:53
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/b46xwi.jpg)
German soldiers on the approach to Leningrad, Russia, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-01-2015, 04:01:54
Assortment of Hetzers, Stugs, and a Hummel

(http://i29.tinypic.com/ra27ab.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 21-01-2015, 03:01:21
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/qnqqmf.jpg)
Abandoned Sd.Kfz. 132 Marder II tank destroyers being inspected by russian troops in the pocket of Stalingrad, Russia, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-01-2015, 00:01:24
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lz_Y7dvAwzI/UAjz9K4BlzI/AAAAAAAAAR0/ch8ATAWiic4/s1600/T-34-a1.jpg)

"oops"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-01-2015, 02:01:09
(http://i.imgur.com/wPTNi0e.jpg)

Pioneer strike force clearing russian bunkers. Märkälä, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 22-01-2015, 02:01:03
"oops"

Looks like one of the Anti-tank ditches described at Prokhorovka that a load of T-34s nose-dived into in their down hill charge at the German positions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-01-2015, 02:01:11
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8619/16140308170_d949e980a4_b.jpg)

BA-10M with a Panzer II turret, weird.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-01-2015, 03:01:55
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/8x5x8i.jpg)
Renault UE Chenillette, France, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-01-2015, 04:01:56
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/24b6wr7.jpg)
Germans inspecting a cracked 7TP twin turret, Lviv, Poland, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 24-01-2015, 18:01:40
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8619/16140308170_d949e980a4_b.jpg)

BA-10M with a Panzer II turret, weird.

Looks like is rearmed by instaling a gun mantlet from Pz II with all guns  8)

(http://s17.postimg.org/89yq0iq4f/mil_otto_carius_tiger.jpg)
Yup , thats repost ... but today die famous Tiger's Ace - Otto Carius  :'(
( sorry again about engrish)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 24-01-2015, 19:01:22
Rest in Peace Carius.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-01-2015, 03:01:38
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/jpybrk.jpg)
I think it is a Sd.Kfz. 7.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 25-01-2015, 23:01:37
(http://www.hkv.hr/images/stories/Davor-Slike/02/03/Bleiburg-COVER-498x240.jpg)
NDH Home Guard and Ustase troops,1945.About 200 000 of them killed by Titos Partizans after British left them and sent them back to Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-01-2015, 00:01:18
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ngx8v7.jpg)
The 2 propellers on the graves of this bomber crew make a grandiose effect.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 26-01-2015, 01:01:58

NDH Home Guard and Ustase troops,1945.About 200 000 of them killed by Titos Partizans after British left them and sent them back to Yugoslavia.

fixed it for you
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 26-01-2015, 22:01:17

NDH Home Guard and Ustase troops,1945.About 200 000 of them killed by Titos Partizans after British left them and sent them back to Yugoslavia.

fixed it for you
Thanks 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-01-2015, 03:01:19
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/axbb74.jpg)
Zündapp KS 750, 3,7-cm-PaK 36, lots of pissed-off people. Probably Russia in autumn 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-01-2015, 03:01:30
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/jaweav.jpg)
US 509th/551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Operation Dragoon, Massif des Maures, Côte d’Azur, France, August 15th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-01-2015, 04:01:15
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/ddkt5h.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. III, Russia, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-02-2015, 03:02:55
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/j83220.jpg)
A german Junkers Ju 52/3m of III./Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 9 catching fire during a strafing run by a russian Ilyushin Il-2 'Sturmovik'. While horses go wild, crewmen try to find cover between the aircraft, Russia, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 01-02-2015, 13:02:11
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7055/6973044847_ccdf9565ab_b.jpg)
3,7 cm FlaK 43/1 auf Selbstfahrlafette schwerer Wehrmachtsschlepper mit Behelfspanzerung

A whole mouthfull.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-02-2015, 00:02:54
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/fz0kt4.jpg)
Russian 82mm BM-37 mortar teams with Harley-Davidson motorbikes in the area of Baranovichi, Belarus, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-02-2015, 04:02:45
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2ai20cy.jpg)
Soldiers of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Totenkopf' during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 04-02-2015, 03:02:33
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/msgb6c.jpg)
Finish ace Oiva Tuominen in front of his Fiat G.50 'Freccia'. Tuominen racked up 31 kills on it. Helsinki-Malmi airfield, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-02-2015, 11:02:28
Nice, didn't know finnish air force also had fiats.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 04-02-2015, 20:02:22
Thank you for this great picture, Dukat! One can really see the weariness in the faces of those soldiers during this brutal battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-02-2015, 03:02:42
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2mh84n.jpg)
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, 15. Panzer-Grenadier-Division, Monte Cassino, Italy, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 05-02-2015, 15:02:28
Are they attempting to re-track it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 05-02-2015, 15:02:35
Yes, I actually have a owned picture of that.

It said they were bravely attempting to remove the left track for another, while under heavy fire from Allies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-02-2015, 17:02:14
But they are still covering the cannon with that cloth thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 06-02-2015, 03:02:36
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/jk8spe.jpg)
KV-1, Pz.Kpfw. III ,Barvenkovo Bulge, May 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-02-2015, 20:02:17
(http://i.imgur.com/YAnAklY.jpg?1)

Finnish T-50 and anti-tank smoke grenades.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 07-02-2015, 21:02:22
What are these anti-tank smoke grenades ? ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-02-2015, 21:02:25
Smoke grenades that make a very irritating/poison smoke, if thrown onto a tank it had a  chance of going inside the tank through the ventilation system, if that happens the crew can choose, die or open the tank hatches and run for it. Also the crew is completely blinded due to the smoke. A very close range and last resort anti tank weapon realy, but it did give you the chance to capture a tank fully intact.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 07-02-2015, 22:02:03
Sounds a bit like allied tanks firing phosphorus rounds at German armour. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 07-02-2015, 23:02:29
My history teacher in 12th grade was in the German army and he told us they trained with those still back in the 60s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-02-2015, 03:02:21
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/k9sv7q.jpg)
Kawasaki Ki-61 'Hien', ground crew playing card games.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-02-2015, 11:02:36
Smoke grenades that make a very irritating/poison smoke, if thrown onto a tank it had a  chance of going inside the tank through the ventilation system, if that happens the crew can choose, die or open the tank hatches and run for it. Also the crew is completely blinded due to the smoke. A very close range and last resort anti tank weapon realy, but it did give you the chance to capture a tank fully intact.
There were all kinds of similar weapons.

(http://i.imgur.com/r5AF6nu.jpg?1)

Blinding bottle training with T-34, will spread some sticky goo on the drivers hatch and start burning blinding the rest of the tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 08-02-2015, 17:02:09
Bring some japan and pacifik pics
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-02-2015, 20:02:43
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Japanese_Tank_Bataan.jpg)

Type 89 I-Go during the fighting for Bataan.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 08-02-2015, 23:02:24
It is a surprise to see that japanese people were once significantly behind when it comes to taking interesting photos with well-choosen perspectives.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/34fn0b5.jpg)
Mazda 'Mazda-Go', Battle of Lake Khasan, Russia, Summer 1938.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-02-2015, 01:02:56
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/2h6brdl.jpg)
Japanese Type 89 'I-Go' medium tanks, China.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 10-02-2015, 20:02:14
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/k9sv7q.jpg)
Kawasaki Ki-61 'Hien', ground crew playing card games.
Too good.I will put it on destop.Keep bringing Japs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-02-2015, 01:02:13
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2a80to1.jpg)
Japanese armored train, Manchuria, China.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Josh094 on 11-02-2015, 22:02:03
more trains at war pls.

(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s539/smottydog/7b194d2c_zpsf112bc28.jpg)

The Romney, Hythe and Dymnchurch Railway, a miniature railway on the South East Coast of England, had it's own armoured train which, believe it or not, claimed kills.

Apparently the railway confused German pilots due to it's small scale which lead them to misjudge their altitude (I don't know if this is true but it is certainly amusing).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-02-2015, 22:02:13
Yep, it is true.  The German pilots would misjudge their altitude and thus make themselves rather easy targets to the gunners.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-02-2015, 18:02:43
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3173/5757788113_4eb538813a_z.jpg)

Sparviero after its crash landing, all the crew survived.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-02-2015, 21:02:38
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Italian_battleship_Roma_%281940%29_exploding.jpg)

Italian Littorio-class Battleship 'Roma' exploding after the second Fritz X hit. One of the best-looking ships ever built.

The second Fritz X caused massive damage, it triggered an explosion in one of the magazines so powerful that one of the main turrets was blown away.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-02-2015, 13:02:45
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/1ihh1u.jpg)
Japanese soldiers, burned british vehicles, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, January 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-02-2015, 13:02:08
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/dvipeu.jpg)
U.S. 75mm M8 Howitzer in combat, Pacific Theatre.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-02-2015, 14:02:00
(http://i.imgur.com/5GjnbYG.jpg?1)

Anything goes in battlefield conditions. Ihantala, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-02-2015, 02:02:38
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/i4ld8y.jpg)
Kawasaki Ki-61 'Hien'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-02-2015, 06:02:46
(http://i.imgur.com/4vVORd6.jpg)

Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha of the 26th Tank Regiment stationed in Iwo Jima, Hill 382.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 15-02-2015, 12:02:02
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/Gros_Boulet/47mmAT.jpg)

A rare photo of a Belgian army anti tank unit. One of the few modern equipment of the Belgian army, was the Model 1931 FRC 47mm anti tank gun. This was the best anti-tank gun of its time, penetrating even more armor then the british 2PDR gun. 750 of these were built and could knock out the PZIII/IV at a range up to 1000 meters.

300 were captured and donated to hungary
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 16-02-2015, 01:02:35
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/121ybo2.jpg)
Japanese soldiers on a handcar, China, 1937.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-02-2015, 01:02:35
(http://i.imgur.com/FIavZdM.jpg?1)

Hotchkiss H39 of Panzer Abteilung 211 taken out in the outskirts of Tornio, 10/10/1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-02-2015, 08:02:41
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3010/destroyerakizukirightku.jpg)

Battle of Cape Engaño, Japanese Battleship Ise doing zig-zags to avoid attacks, the destroyers Kuwa (possibly) and Akizuki which is exploding.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-02-2015, 05:02:29
(http://i.imgur.com/lVX2vXW.jpg)

Imperial Japanese Navy ships departing Brunei and sailing towards the massive Battle of Leyte Gulf, from left to right: Battleship Nagato, Battleships Musashi and Yamato, Heavy Cruisers Maya, Chōkai, Takao, Atago and Haguro. Battleship Musashi, Heavy Cruisers Maya, Chōkai and Atago will never return...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-02-2015, 08:02:24
(http://www.battleshipyamato.com/Picture_004_mini.jpg)

Battleship Yamato under attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 21-02-2015, 17:02:41
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum25/r35_copy.jpg)

Polish Renault R35 "50971" being interned into Hungary along with the 10th motorized brigade, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 22-02-2015, 02:02:06
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/r0yt5f.jpg)
Japanese naval landing, British Malaya, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-02-2015, 00:02:09
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2z9h0gn.jpg)
Mitsubishi J8M 'Shūsui', Japan, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 23-02-2015, 17:02:09
70 years ago the city of Pforzheim in Germany had to endure a large air raid. In just 22 minutes about 18 thousand people died, which was nearly one third of the total population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Pforzheim_in_World_War_II

(http://www.jcosmas.com/realphotopostcardimages2/rppc-109.jpg)

(http://www.stempel-weeber.de/images/100jahre/large/05-Marktplatz-1945.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-02-2015, 02:02:39
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2cn6q2u.jpg)
Badly damaged japanese Type 95 'Ha-Go' light tank, Saipan, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Knitschi on 24-02-2015, 20:02:31

Quote
70 years ago the city of Pforzheim in Bavaria had to endure a large air raid. In just 22 minutes about 18 thousand people died, which was nearly one third of the total population.

Sir! Pforzheim is in Baden-Württemberg and not in Bavaria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 24-02-2015, 21:02:45

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70 years ago the city of Pforzheim in Bavaria had to endure a large air raid. In just 22 minutes about 18 thousand people died, which was nearly one third of the total population.

Sir! Pforzheim is in Baden-Württemberg and not in Bavaria.
Well, bugger me with a fishfork! How could I miss that  :-[
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-02-2015, 21:02:36
US soldiers guarding strategically important buildings, Manilla Philippines.

(http://www.filipiknow.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Balintawak-Beer-Brewery.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 24-02-2015, 22:02:22
(https://forum.ioh.pl/graficzki2/1230412533_c_50947.jpg)

Former Polish Renault R35 "50947" being observed in a Hungarian museum of "war trophies". The red star on the hull was painted to make it seem it was a Soviet vehicle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 24-02-2015, 23:02:43
Some serious start painting skills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-02-2015, 23:02:38
Reminds me of the Hammer and Sickle painted over the Maus to make it seem it was a captured Soviet vehicle.

Because why not?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-02-2015, 00:02:20
(http://www.ww2buddies.com/PhotoGallery/FlakBait.jpg)
B-26 marauder flak bait. This aircraft has the record of most bombing missions, 207 to be precise (altough 5 were decoy missions)

it was hit 1000 times.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-02-2015, 04:02:06
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2qa1umd.jpg)
Junkers Ju 52 'Tante Ju' ('Aunt Ju'/'Iron Annie').
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 25-02-2015, 11:02:51
Founded interesting picture ... looks like , there was more than one Panther F ready to montage  8)
First hull belong to Panther G , rest is F ...
(http://s15.postimg.org/a9rvfqsh3/pantherf.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/a9rvfqsh3/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 25-02-2015, 21:02:53
(http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum25/dwa_czogi_.jpg)

Polish Renault R35s: "50971" and "50947" parked in a Hungarian camp along with the 10BK equipment. 1939?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-02-2015, 03:02:41
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/mrtlxk.jpg)
Could be a M4A3E8 'Easy Eight', but I'm not sure. Austria, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-02-2015, 02:02:17
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2irqjgx.jpg)
Revealed: why the Alpenfestung became a major failure in Axis operations.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 01-03-2015, 19:03:15
(http://makettinfo.hu/upload/201405/1534969_71875_lengyel5.jpg)

Polish Renault R35s "50947" in the foreground and "50971" in the background, Hungary September 19th 1939.

Sorry for all the Polish Renaults, I'm researching their service in 1939 and camouflage patterns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 03-03-2015, 18:03:07
(http://s7.postimg.org/dk3ihns5n/IJN_Musashi_Fwd_Batteries.jpg)
https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/572431062522982400
IJN Musashi wreck was founded  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-03-2015, 02:03:31
Ship wrecks are the most terrifying thing ever. They're so silent but they seem to speak so much.


They're sad and fascinating.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 07-03-2015, 21:03:10
With all that pictures already posted ... i hope thats a not a repost  ;D

Mysterious T-34 with extra armor ...
(http://s7.postimg.org/i60bj9g0b/t_34with_Pz4skirts.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 09-03-2015, 16:03:58
It looks like they melded some Panzer IVH Sideskirts onto T34. Yes, it's strange.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-03-2015, 18:03:01
Probably attempt to make t-34 look like pz4 for some nighttime infiltration mission.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Paythoss on 10-03-2015, 08:03:06
Tokio ... 70 years ago ...
(http://s13.postimg.org/98jbe6prb/tokyo_bombing1.jpg)


... or some try to  uparmoring T-34 , specially against Panzerfausts and Schrecks ?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-03-2015, 18:03:23
(http://i.imgur.com/WH1dx3N.jpg)

View through a division wiking panther's periscope, during summer '44 soviet offensive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 15-03-2015, 22:03:02
T34s making their advance at Odessa

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Sov_Odessa_44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 16-03-2015, 00:03:02
Cool pic Leopardi. Is it a Panther on the far right, with its turret facing backward ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 16-03-2015, 13:03:20
Fortress Marienberg in Würzburg after the bombing 70 years ago.
(http://cdn-05.wuerzburgerleben.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1945-Festung-Willi-D%C3%BCrrnagel.jpg)
Note the propaganda slogan on the fortress wall.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-03-2015, 13:03:45
Cool pic Leopardi. Is it a Panther on the far right, with its turret facing backward ?
Yeah both are clearly panthers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-03-2015, 02:03:38
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/16670545629_d634c941c8_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 25-03-2015, 14:03:54
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/25utvkx.jpg)
2cm Flakvierling 38, Capri, Italy, September 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-03-2015, 01:03:43
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Attack_on_carrier_USS_Franklin_19_March_1945.jpg)
Aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) attacked during World War II, March 19, 1945. Photographed by PHC Albert Bullock from the cruiser USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside assisting with firefighting and rescue work. Photo #: 80-G-273880, Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. The carrier is afire and listing after she was hit by a Japanese air attack while operating off the coast of Japan – the crew is clearly seen on flight deck. After the attack the vessel lay dead in the water, took a 13° starboard list, lost all radio communications, and broiled under the heat from enveloping fires. Many of the crewmen were blown overboard, driven off by fire, killed or wounded, but the hundreds of officers and enlisted who voluntarily remained saved their ship through sheer tenacity. The casualties totaled 724 killed and 265 wounded, and would have far exceeded this number if it were not for the exemplary work of many survivors. ( http://ww2today.com/19-march-1945-hundreds-killed-as-uss-franklin-hit-by-sneak-bomber )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-03-2015, 01:03:08
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/inbmgw.jpg)
Junkers Ju 88 A-4, Arctic Convoy below, Arctic Ocean, approximately 1941/1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 28-03-2015, 11:03:31
(http://i.imgur.com/cHB4zG5l.jpg) (http://imgur.com/cHB4zG5.jpg)

M4 Sherman tanks putting out HE shells on German positions during the Operation Queen. Tank unit is used in an unusual manner - as an artillery battery. Note the aiming circle mounted on tripod in front the third tank from the right.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-03-2015, 12:03:07
Thats a cool pic!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 29-03-2015, 10:03:14
(http://i.imgur.com/GxerWiQl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/GxerWiQ.jpg)

Spitfires of 40 Squadron SAAF flying over the Austrian Alps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 30-03-2015, 08:03:10
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/2j2g9c3.jpg)
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4, The English Channel, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-03-2015, 22:03:45
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/1r3jvn.jpg)
Messerschmitt Bf 110 circling and gathering over the french coast before departing for their combat mission over England, France, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 31-03-2015, 23:03:44
Interesting comparison with black and white Sherman Calliope going to to color.

(http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_12_2009/post-78-1260741766.jpg)

(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7297/736/1600/calliope.0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 01-04-2015, 03:04:14
I realize its a video, but it is a slide show of images.  I don't know if there all legit.  If its a problem Ill remove the post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qC4GRUj0o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-04-2015, 07:04:36
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7599/16367220484_cc19ba23dd_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 01-04-2015, 12:04:51
(http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7297/736/1600/calliope.0.jpg)

What is the vehicle on the far right? Looks like some kind of engineering tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 09-04-2015, 23:04:28
(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzerjager_i/Panzerjager_47-cm-Pak_t_auf_Panzerkampfwagen_35_R_f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 10-04-2015, 01:04:22
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/001/122/xzibit-happy.jpg) Yo dawg, I herd you like Churchills. So I put a Churchill on your Churchill and drove another Churchill over it! :P

(http://i57.tinypic.com/qrn9n5.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 10-04-2015, 05:04:50
9th of April 1940. Weserübung.

(http://m.cdn.blog.hu/19/1939-1945/image/Blücher_1940_aprilis_09_002.JPG)
The heavy cruiser Blücher is sunk in the Drøbak Sound. Two shots from the 50 year old Krupp cannons "Josef" and "Aaron" cripples the ship. Two torpedo hits seals its fate and the ship goes down with 1000 men.

(http://ap.mnocdn.no/incoming/article7957965.ece/ALTERNATES/w480c169/afp000852899-y95TKTAX5j.jpg?updated=250320150959)

German soldiers raise their flag over Akershus Fortress. Notice the Royal Guard 'guarding' Norway's #1 flag pole*. A perfect image of the total confusion in the Norwegian ranks.

The flag pole is the most important in the country and should be normally defended to the last drop of blood. To the poor guard's defence, the Royal guards were full of officers who supported Nasjonal Samling, Quislings party, and they ordered their soldiers to not defend against the Germans.

(http://ap.mnocdn.no/incoming/article7955437.ece/ALTERNATES/w480c169/afp000852877-fxCHsRHJ1Q.jpg?updated=230320151405)

German forces marches down  Oslo's main street with the royal palace in the background. They came from Fornebu airport. The soldiers originally tasked to take Oslo was on Blucher and the other ships whichbretreated after Blücher sunk. Notice the Norwegian police riding along side the column to keep any traffic jam at bay. Another example of the confusion.

(http://ap.mnocdn.no/incoming/article7957867.ece/ALTERNATES/w480c169/04SVmtxysw-H7Yk31Q6EL.jpg?updated=250320150929)

The royal family arriving safely at Hamar, North of Oslo after a train ride. The sinking of Blücher bought the government, the King and the Norwegian gold reserve valuable time to flee from Oslo.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 15-04-2015, 11:04:43
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Machine_gun_squad_MG34.jpeg/800px-Machine_gun_squad_MG34.jpeg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Machine_gun_squad_MG34.jpeg)

1942, Eastern Front
Feldfebel aims with MG34 from shoulder of the soldier leaning on a captured Russian SVT-38 rifle. MG34 has bipod dismantled, so it was possible pulled off an APC.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-04-2015, 23:04:15
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/KV1-near-barn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-04-2015, 01:04:43
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/316r95f.jpg)
Boundaries of the 3rd german Reich, January 15th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 27-04-2015, 13:04:38
(http://oi58.tinypic.com/22ahpv.jpg)
Boundaries of the 3rd german Reich, January 15th until February 1st, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 28-04-2015, 01:04:41
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/10zsdg1.jpg)
Boundaries of the 3rd german Reich, February 1st until February 15th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-04-2015, 01:04:58
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/vgopl2.jpg)
Boundaries of the 3rd german Reich, February 15th until March 1st, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 29-04-2015, 09:04:46
More maps!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 29-04-2015, 10:04:57
Complete set of maps. It is in German, but I guess it is pretty self explanatory.

http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/2-weltkrieg-frontverlaeufe-1945-a-1027785.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 29-04-2015, 13:04:55
(http://pic-upload.eu/p/50d/50debe0bf6c0f7c374a3c2e6b21bb215)
Boundaries of the 3rd german Reich, January 15th until May 8th, 1945. One step is half a month, except for the period from May 1st until May 8th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-04-2015, 01:04:49
Looks to be a Panzer IV Ausf. G

(http://worldwartwozone.com/gallery.old/500/medium/PzKpfw_IV_Ausf_G.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 30-04-2015, 22:04:48
(http://forum.warthunder.com/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-278698-0-04496800-1396384775.jpg)

Croatian air legion-there were two squad,bomber and fighter.This was somwhere in mid 1942, Eastern front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 30-04-2015, 23:04:23
Spoiler
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/y4F6iJmB5iE/maxresdefault.jpg)

Croatian naval legion-They were on Black sea during 41,42,43,44 and there is that they saved  Erich von Manstein from boat fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 30-04-2015, 23:04:30
Also how to make picture small and when you click on it,it zooms?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 30-04-2015, 23:04:34
Code: [Select]
[img width=760]pic-link[/img]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-05-2015, 07:05:28
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8806/16973934000_1b9317ed9c_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 04-05-2015, 23:05:41
(http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-837353-galleryV9-ltoi.jpg)

Sherman in april 1945 somewhere in the alps.

What I noticed on this picture are the different wide tracks for the shermans. What tracks were available? Or are this different sherman versions (except for the 76 mm gun) and hence wider tracks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 04-05-2015, 23:05:46
The ones with the wide tracks have the HVSS suspension and are thus identified as M4A3E8 variants.  I think there were also add on track wideners for the older suspension, for use in snow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 05-05-2015, 01:05:34
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/14kczm9.jpg)
The Berghof, Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bavarian Alps, lit up by retreating SS troops, May 5th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 05-05-2015, 11:05:40
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/20100219-rebel.jpg)

May 5, 1945, the armed uprising broke out in Prague. The picture shows the rebel with the Faustpatrone and Stahlhelm in the firing position. At the bottom a street barricade can be seen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 06-05-2015, 12:05:34
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/34/35/c5/3435c51fedcbd31949efc12552d51344.jpg)

Pilot escapes his burning Grumman Hellcat after landing aboard the USS Lexington USS Lexington (CV-16). Fuel ignited because of the holes in the tank. 25 February, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 07-05-2015, 23:05:31
Sorry
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-05-2015, 08:05:11
(http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6ffebce8d866dbf09a10275638994384-640x406.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 12-05-2015, 23:05:39
(http://www.bhummel.dds.nl/gif/3vl1Jvl.jpg)

Airpatrol "Todler", of 1 JaVa flying fokker D-XXI fighters from De Kooy airbase, may 10th after the morning engagements.
Man on the right, Jan Bosch, casually shows his wounded finger after being shot down during landing back on base.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 13-05-2015, 01:05:48
(http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6ffebce8d866dbf09a10275638994384-640x406.jpg)

Awesome picture!


-------


(http://www.ww2incolor.com/news/images/1015.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 13-05-2015, 07:05:58
(http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6ffebce8d866dbf09a10275638994384-640x406.jpg)

Awesome picture!

Thanks, found it on a site with some odd pictures of WWII. I liked this Jagdpanther picture the most.


Here's another:
(http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/b28bb2c656901adbcd13c8e207f97e2e-640x597.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-05-2015, 13:05:57
(http://i.imgur.com/qgws8To.jpg?1)

Ski patrol with whitewash Suomi KP's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-05-2015, 17:05:37
Not really much of a period picture, but I thought it would be interesting:

(http://www.eder-dampfradio.de/images/stories/Region/2015_Mai/V%C3%B6hl/S3150009.JPG)

The German village I grew up in recently renamed the local bridge to "Karl David Fingerhut Bridge" after a local blacksmith. In March 1945 American tanks were closing in and three fanatical Hitlerjugend members took up positions at the bridge with StG44s and Panzerfausts. Mr. Fingerhut, who lived in a house near the bridge, forced them to drop their weapons into the creek at pitchfork-point and send the would-be warriors home. The man had been a social democrat before the war and apparently gave them quite the dressing down.
The village was captured a few days later without a fight.

(http://www.eder-dampfradio.de/images/stories/Region/2015_Mai/V%C3%B6hl/fingerhut.jpg)

The man himself
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 18-05-2015, 17:05:41
(http://i.picpar.com/sVvb.jpg)

 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 19-05-2015, 23:05:51
^^It feels like there is nobody to fix or remove this and like there isn't anybody at all.

*fixing*

(http://oi59.tinypic.com/k14c7.jpg)
German soldiers passing american vehicles, Ardennes, December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 20-05-2015, 20:05:21
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Tali-Ihantala.jpg)

Finnish soldiers with Panzerfausts in Tali-Ihantala. Destroyed T-34s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 20-05-2015, 20:05:18
Finnish and german soldiers, Ihantala, 1 T-34-76.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 20-05-2015, 20:05:55
Finnish and german soldiers, Ihantala, 1 T-34-76.

maybe you are right, but on wikipedia they all have finnish names I think :-)
From left: panssarijääkäri Eino Heikkilä, sergeant Kalle Niemelä and sergeant Heino Nikulassi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tali-Ihantala.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-05-2015, 01:05:54
Agreed, guy on far left may look German at a glance, but if you zoom in, he's got a Finnish side cap with the chinstrap, and no breast eagle on his tunic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-05-2015, 07:05:11
Not talking about anyone specific in the picture, but about the fact that there were germans present in the moment of taking this photograph. Presumably they were amongst the finns in the background and on the left side of the photo where two of the stugs from the 303rd Sturmgeschutz Brigade were lurking.

Spot the stug that knocked out that T-34 behind the roadbank on the left side:

(https://www.ww2incolor.com/d/746355-2/Copy+of+155425)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-05-2015, 08:05:39
(http://i.imgur.com/LvFv4ib.png?1)

Wounded pickup.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 22-05-2015, 14:05:06
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/3444_5.co8yugcb8r48wscw04oow84ck.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/3444-5.jpg)

Lieutenant colonel Hatsuo Tsukamoto leads the attack of 5th unit of the Japanese marines near Kokoda in New Guinea, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 23-05-2015, 16:05:32
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-enZMd1iDhX4/VFfaOGe_hzI/AAAAAAAALpI/JA-o-YmqVRk/s1600/MK_V_12.jpeg)

Destroyed WW1 era MkV* tanks near the Lustgarten park, Berlin, June 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 23-05-2015, 16:05:19
(http://www.achtungpanzer.com/votw/diana.jpg)

This vehicles was standard Sd.Kfz.6 mounted with an armored superstructure at the rear,housing captured Soviet 76.2mm M1936 field gun. The gun was designated by the Germans as76.2mm FK 36(r) / 76.2mm FK 295(r) / 76.2mm Pak 36(r). Conversion took place in 1941 and 9 vehicles designated as 7.62cm Pak 36(r) auf 5t Zugkraftwagen "Diana" were made.From January to February of 1942, all were issued to 605th Panzerjaegerabteilung serving in North Africa.

http://www.achtungpanzer.com/762cm-fk-296r-auf-5t-zugkraftwagen-sdkfz6.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 23-05-2015, 16:05:11
From Russia to Africa?!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-05-2015, 04:05:01
(http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/07_World-War-Two/pictures/Paris-Partisans+captured-German-tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 27-05-2015, 09:05:10
From Russia to Africa?!!!

Soviet 76.2 mm Divisional guns, like the ZiS3 and its predessors were captured in large number by the germans on the early eastern front. Early marder series vehicles were all equiped with those guns. This is also the case with the African theater Marder III we have ingame.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-05-2015, 13:05:25
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-2075565-0F35409600000578-560_964x998.jpg)
An American soldier during the Battle of the Bulge, just back from the front lines near the town of Murrigen, January 1, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 28-05-2015, 16:05:55
28th of May. 75 years since the reconquering of Narvik today. Norwegian, British, French and Polish forces pushed the Germans back to the Swedish border, before retreating on the 4th - 8th of June to try to defend the already shattered frontline in France. The rest of the Norwegian army surrendered soon after on the 10th of June.

(http://i.imgur.com/kYfy1aM.jpg)
Unfair comparison between a Krag Jørgensen and a FN Minimi. The bandolier is supposedly Swedish, but I'm not sure. Perhaps some of you know better.

(http://i.imgur.com/bAgM50B.jpg)
A tad too young Kaptein. ;)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Norwegian_Army_7.5_cm_field_gun.jpg)
Norwegian Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901 artillery North of Narvik

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Narvik001.jpg)
Members of the Polish Independent Highland Brigade at Narvik.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Norwegian_Army_Colt_heavy_machine_gun_at_the_Narvik_front.jpg)
Norwegian Mitraljøse M/29 (M1917 Browning) keeping a keen watch on the sky.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Norwegian_soldiers_on_the_Narvik_front.jpg)
Group of tired Norwegian soldiers on the Narvik front.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2005-1202-500%2C_Norwegen%2C_bei_Narvik%2C_Gebirgsjäger.jpg)
German Gebirgsjägers in the mountains at Narvik.

(http://ap.mnocdn.no/incoming/article8032937.ece/alternates/w980c169/afp000882126.jpg?updated=260520151130)
Norwegian soldiers back in Narvik on the 28th of May after 50 days in snowy mountains. The LMG is a Madsen Maskingevær

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-099-0735-15,_Nordeuropa,_Gebirgsjäger_mit_Narvikschild_und_Ski.jpg)
Gebirgsjäger in 1942 with the Narvikschild awarded to German forces who fought at Narvik
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-05-2015, 18:05:17
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/13/article-2073616-0F29159200000578-990_634x427.jpg)
Two German officers partake in a drunken drinking game in a bar in Norway in July 1942 - one wields a mallet in an apparent joke

Halt! Hammerzeit!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 28-05-2015, 20:05:40
...

(http://i.imgur.com/kYfy1aM.jpg)
Unfair comparison between a Krag Jørgensen and a FN Minimi. The bandolier is supposedly Swedish, but I'm not sure. Perhaps some of you know better.

...

Sure looks Swedish. I've got one myself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-05-2015, 01:05:25
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Marine-observation-plane-okinawa.gif/1280px-Marine-observation-plane-okinawa.gif)
A U.S. Marine Corps Stinson OY-1 Sentinel observation plane flies low over Naha, capital of Okinawa, ca. May 1945. On this flight, the tiny ship drew small arms and antiaircraft fire from the city which was in Japanese control at the time.

Time for a story from the other side:

Miyagi Kikuko was a 16 year old schoolgirl in the High School on Okinawa. Three days before the US invaded they held their graduation ceremony and all the 15 to 19 year old girls formally joined the Lily Student Corps. The boys joined the Blood and Iron Student Corps.

The following day the building was blasted apart by the US bombardment, but by then they were underground, preparing to assist in the military hospital, located, like most of the Japanese positions, in caves. Very soon after the invasion the casualties began to come in, and within days there were too many to cope with:

Quote
In no time at all, wounded soldiers were being carried into the caves in large numbers. They petrified us all. Some didn’t have faces, some didn’t have limbs. Young men in their twenties and thirties screaming like babies. Thousands of them.

At first, one of my friends saw a man with his toes missing and swooned. She actually sank to her knees, but soldiers and medics began screaming at her, “You idiot! You think you can act like that on the battlefield?”

Every day, we were yelled at: “Fools! Idiots! Dummies!” We were so naive and unrealistic. We had expected that somewhere far in the rear, we’d raise the red cross and then wrap men with bandages, rub on medicine, and give them shots as we had been trained. In a tender voice we’d tell the wounded, “Don’t give up, please.”

Now, they were being carried in one after another until the dugouts and caves were filled to overflowing, and still they came pouring in. Soon we were laying them out in empty fields, then on cultivated land. Some hemorrhaged to death and others were hit again out there by showers of bombs. So many died so quickly.

Those who had gotten into the caves weren’t so lucky either. Their turn to have their dressings changed came only once every week or two. So pus would squirt in our faces, and they’d be infested with maggots. Removing those was our job. We didn’t even have enough time to remove them one by one. Gas gangrene, tetanus, and brain fever were common.

Those with brain fever were no longer human beings. They’d tear their clothes off because of their pain, tear off their dressings. They were tied to the pillars, their hands behind their backs, and treatment stopped. At first, we were so scared watching them suffering and writhing that we wept. Soon we stopped. We were kept running from morning to night.

“Do this! Do that!” Yet, as underclassmen we had fewer wounded soldiers to take care of. The senior girls slept standing up. “Miss Student, I have to piss,” they’d cry. Taking care of their excrement was our work. Senior students were assigned to the operating rooms. There, hands and legs were chopped off without anesthesia. They used a saw. Holding down their limbs was a student job.

Outside was a rain of bullets from morning to night. In the evening, it quieted down a little. It was then that we carried out limbs and corpses. There were so many shell craters — it sounds funny to say it, but we considered that fortunate: holes already dug for us. “One, two, three!” we’d chant, and all together we’d heave the dead body into a hole, before crawling back to the cave. There was no time for sobbing or lamentation.

In that hail of bullets, we also went outside to get food rations and water. Two of us carried a wooden half-bushel barrel to the well. When a shell fell, we’d throw ourselves into the mud, but always supporting the barrel because the water was everybody’s water of life. Our rice balls shrank until they were the size of Ping-Pong balls. The only way to endure was to guzzle water. There was no extra water, not even to wash our faces, which were caked in mud.

We were ordered to engage in “nursing,” but in reality, we did odd jobs. We were in the cave for sixty days, until we withdrew to Ihara. Twelve people in our group – two teachers and ten students – perished. Some were buried alive, some had their legs blown off, five died from gas .

from: http://ww2today.com/3-april-1945-okinawa-grim-reality-in-japanese-underground-hospital
originally from: Haruko Taya Cook(ed): Japan at War: An Oral History.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 29-05-2015, 20:05:59
Five died from gas? Did the US use gas after all? Or was it friendly fire?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-05-2015, 21:05:48
Not sure, best I could find over google about it is this: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/14633/did-allied-forces-use-chemical-weapons-in-okinawa-during-world-war-ii

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/18/article-2075565-0F353EBA00000578-739_470x677.jpg)
Allied aircraft vapor trails in skies above US soldier unloading a jeep outside a farmhouse in the Ardennes Forest (Battle of the Bulge)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-05-2015, 15:05:58
Yeah, they're probably referring to chemical smoke and white phosphorus, or even to carbon monoxide/carbon dioxide poisoning.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-06-2015, 11:06:31
(http://i.imgur.com/oyNbOfm.jpg?1)

305mm coastal artillery turret in Örö, 27.10.1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-06-2015, 03:06:36
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-0-0F3546E200000578-263_964x641.jpg)
An American Sherman M4 tank moves past another gun carriage that slid off icy road in the Ardennes Forest during push to halt advancing German troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 02-06-2015, 21:06:10
Don't think that's an M4 Sherman based on the sloped armor above the tracks. Rather an M36.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 02-06-2015, 21:06:25
Don't think that's an M4 Sherman based on the sloped armor above the tracks. Rather an M36.

More like an M10 Wolverine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-06-2015, 22:06:36
the carriage didn't look like a Sherman to me (indeed looks like an M-10), but the top seemed not to be an M10 to me (even though i'm probably wrong, no tank expert here). So i just went with the caption that was there.

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-2075565-0F353B5500000578-839_964x823.jpg)
A fifteen year old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, cries being captured by the US 9th Army in Germany on April 3, 1945. (btw, also based on given caption, can't verify)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-06-2015, 23:06:24
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19670326&id=KXssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bcwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5816,4438263&hl=en
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 04-06-2015, 09:06:56
A factory of Lockheed in Burbank, California, before and after camouflage.

(http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-631214-galleryV9-pkbn.jpg)

(http://cdn2.spiegel.de/images/image-631215-galleryV9-ebch.jpg)

A Boing factory in Seattle with a fake neighborhood

(http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-631217-galleryV9-fvps.jpg)

Sorry for multiple post, but this was way too interesting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 04-06-2015, 17:06:58

More like an M10 Wolverine.

Was my first thought as well but the gun doesn't match? Wolverines only had short guns, right?
(except 17 pounder upgrades)

Based on the gun I'd still vote for M36
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/American_tank_destroyers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-06-2015, 17:06:05
look at the muzzle break guys, M10's never had one
This is the M36's early muzzle break
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 06-06-2015, 04:06:44
I randomly got into reading a wiki article on naval mines and discovered this:

The Vickers Wellington DWI (Directional Wireless Installation)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Dwi_wellington_front.jpg)
Quote
The successful solution to the problem involved attaching an aluminium coil inside a balsa wood ring with a diameter of 51 feet, attached to a Wellington IA bomber. This gave the bomber a very distinctive appearance. Power was provided by a Ford V8 engine driving an electrical generator. When the power was fed into the coil it generated a magnetic field that could trigger the magnetic mine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-06-2015, 08:06:57

A fifteen year old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, cries being captured by the US 9th Army in Germany on April 3, 1945. (btw, also based on given caption, can't verify)

Does he belong to a Luftwaffe auxiliary unit?.

(https://chancery12.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/060614d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 07-06-2015, 12:06:22

A fifteen year old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, cries being captured by the US 9th Army in Germany on April 3, 1945. (btw, also based on given caption, can't verify)

Does he belong to a Luftwaffe auxiliary unit?.

Nope, he was a Flakhelfer. He didn´t want to fight afaik.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 10-06-2015, 02:06:47
(http://i.imgur.com/3iuAHZT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 10-06-2015, 11:06:28
(http://i.imgur.com/3iuAHZT.jpg)

Haha! The teamkiller picture! It's always the guy with the flamethrower!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 10-06-2015, 11:06:21
^ That looks 'shopped.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-06-2015, 18:06:17
Yeah can't imagine a WWII era camera can capture both sections of the pictures this sharp.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ksl94 on 10-06-2015, 22:06:37
Well, the Corsairs do look a little bit fuzzy. The proper grain is there, too, however the camera lens is surprisingly clean. I always have at least one little bright artifact on my photos taken under field conditions with my Argus C3.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 10-06-2015, 22:06:00
Set up scene with studio camera. i don't see why it would not be real. It is not like the planes are that sharp i n this picture thus i do think they are moving.

WW2 studio camera's had great quality, much better then the shitty stuff from 20 years ago that we are used to.

I read that an old 8x10 like used back in the 40's makes about 100 megapixel pictures. Combined with good light and clean lens its superb quality.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 11-06-2015, 16:06:35
Also, it is not like it was impossible to manipulate photos back in the 40s. So it might be shopped, staged or both.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-06-2015, 16:06:56
I read it was from the Korea War, and it indeed looks staged.

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-2075565-0F353E4600000578-542_964x615.jpg)
I'll just drop the captions as no caption so far from this site were correct
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 11-06-2015, 20:06:43
Seems like the remains of a very late-war Bf-109. Note the absence of white edges around the Balkenkreuz and the yellow wingtip. This last item would indicate that the aircraft served on the Eastern Front when or before it was shot down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2015, 21:06:01
Léo Major, an other badass

(http://www.badassoftheweek.com/leomajor.jpg)

If you want to learn about him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léo_Major
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-06-2015, 17:06:41
Not a picture but a video, still WW2 related. It's cool stuff.

https://vimeo.com/128373915 (https://vimeo.com/128373915)

I don't think anyone posted this here yet, so here ya go.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-06-2015, 19:06:36
::)
I always knew the total death toll for WWII was over 60 million but it's hard to imagine how big that number really is. This guy really nailed it though, it really puts some things into perspective (especially on the importance of Eastern vs Western front of the war.

Kinda makes you wonder if the Communist or nearly Communist countries failed partly  because a big part of their intelligent population was lost in the war and the people that survived were weak-minded conformists that could not see through the propaganda they were constantly brainwashed with by the Party.

http://www.fallen.io/ww2/
This is their own site, with the option to donate. I did because I was really impressed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-06-2015, 16:06:16
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-2075565-0F3540B900000578-769_964x962.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 17-06-2015, 21:06:56
(http://www.258sd.com/images/201304/1366001756496137213.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-06-2015, 22:06:57
Who is the lucky bastard in front who got the MG? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 18-06-2015, 10:06:59
Wow a lot of Panzerfausts.How many were produced?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-06-2015, 13:06:21
6.7 million produced.

(http://oi60.tinypic.com/153nytd.jpg)
U.S. Pioneers of the 2nd Infantry Division 'Indianhead' with a pile of Panzerfausts and rubbish, Bad Neuenahr, Germany, March 16th, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-06-2015, 20:06:25
Who is the lucky bastard in front who got the MG? ;)

I see 2 MG's, also, is that the tank version of the mg 34?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 02-07-2015, 17:07:43
(http://www.shz.de/img/incoming/crop10118186/1886403386-cv16_9-w595/14357704373780.jpg)
WWII Era Torpedo, salvaged from a private collection in Heikendorf, Germany, July 1st, 2015.

I don't always have weapons in my basement, but if I do, it is a panther tank.

http://panteres.com/2015/07/01/tanks-in-the-cellar-police-searched-villa-in-heikendorf
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 02-07-2015, 18:07:25
LOL, oh what, if its a real news story, then I can see why they might be worried. That torpedo looks intact. If its as old as they say then explosives can start chemically breaking down and can become unstable  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-07-2015, 02:07:19
Now look at that baby. Excellent condition. Like it has just left the factory.

(http://oi57.tinypic.com/95mwb6.jpg)

great running gears. both of them.

(http://oi62.tinypic.com/24zc0o4.jpg)

Edit:// Extra:

Spoiler
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/1z72czk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 03-07-2015, 07:07:15
WOW! He really keep him as from 1944! Sad it hasnt tracks but it looks like from factory! They shouldnt take him. He was only using it for cleaning snow. Im now 100% sure someone there has only  last Stuka in exelent flying condition. And he would say " I didnt used bombs. They looked nice so I kept them. I was only using it to sprey my corn field"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hauggy on 03-07-2015, 09:07:34
Lol it has no track probably because the bundeswehr soldiers weren't able to start the beast and removed the tracks to tow it.
Nice pictures !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Erwin on 03-07-2015, 13:07:53
Amazing. Seriously, if I were a gas station owner close to his, I'd fill it up for free.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-07-2015, 16:07:14
Really cool, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 03-07-2015, 19:07:04
The german army didn't took off the tracks. The tracks were missing before. The tracks are still in that besement ready to be mounted. The german army didn't mount them because they decided to pull it out on the track rollers.

There is also some additional info on the tanks history:
The Panther has been produced under british supervision for testing purposes in 1945. It is a G variant and was then shipped to Britain. It finally ended up on a scrapyard in the county of Surrey, south of London. In November 1977 it was bought by the collector from Heikendorf and got shipped back to Germany.

This is the picture from the scrapyard, after the Panther has been loaded onto a trailer:

Spoiler
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/24v2juv.jpg)


If you ask me, that guy deserves a medal for restoring that Panther.

Evenmore there was talk about firearms and an Anti-Aircraft Gun. Turns out it is a Heckler & Koch G3 as well as a MG 42. When they mentioned the AA, I was expecting some single barrel AA, maybe a MG 42 on a mounting, some MG 151 or a 2cm AA at best. But no, it was freakin' this:

Spoiler
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/i79346.jpg)


The last bigger thing they found is only worth a sidenote, but you'll all recognize it, even though the wings and the warhead are missing:

Spoiler
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/rky748.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-07-2015, 19:07:39
Goddamn, that person cannot keep that stuff even though he maintaned them so well? That sucks.


GIVE HIM HIS PANTHER BACK DAMN IT!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Musti on 04-07-2015, 18:07:40
So there you are, collecting cool stuff but noooo they have to come and ruin everything! ASSHOLES!
Anyway, assuming the gun doesn't work on that thing, shouldn't it b just reated as a reaaaally heavy truck or something? What's the basis on taking that stuff away (aside from the torpedo which I assume is still intact)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 04-07-2015, 23:07:05
So there you are, collecting cool stuff but noooo they have to come and ruin everything! ASSHOLES!
Anyway, assuming the gun doesn't work on that thing, shouldn't it b just reated as a reaaaally heavy truck or something? What's the basis on taking that stuff away (aside from the torpedo which I assume is still intact)

Just imagine someone going crazy with a tank. How should it be stopped from outside? Demilitarized not only means unusable gun, but rather hatches to be opened from outside, etc. If the ministry of economy gives you the permission after all it is a heavy truck. But getting there.

His biggest problem will probably the mg 42 and g3 anyway.

Btw. His house got searched, because police, some journalust and private detectives are searchijg for stolen nazi art.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 05-07-2015, 16:07:58
Probably storing it all in readiness for the zombie nazi apocalypse  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-07-2015, 12:07:54
German stug in ambush position, and a soviet (T-34?) knocked out by it. North of Viipuri, July 2nd, 1944.

(http://i.imgur.com/oAAuNXt.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-07-2015, 12:07:53
Yeah, a T-34-76, with tactical number 450.   :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-07-2015, 16:07:49
StuG?, where?  :P

(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6042/6216513376_e8b1dd8d5a_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-07-2015, 21:07:41
StuG?, where?  :P

Here, lots of Sturmi's. June 4th, 1944.

(http://i.imgur.com/slgidHD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-07-2015, 05:07:00
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7632/17008573397_7e671eb8e2_b.jpg)

Arsenal in Vienna that was used as a maintenance depot, a StuG IV, a couple of PzKfpw I and some M13/40s and what seems to be a FIAT L6/40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hauggy on 15-07-2015, 08:07:09
I just realized taking pictures of kittens wasn't something new :

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg)

At least they weren't taking pictures of their feets and posting them on facebook back then.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-07-2015, 17:07:16
Guys, would you agree that the soldiers on this campaign poster are actually German soldiers?

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--RDf75Oru--/1340690695005756518.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 15-07-2015, 17:07:35
Yup, they're Germans all right.

Also, note the small white spot on the sleeves of those soldiers. They might even be SS troops.

Fail, Donald, epic fail.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hauggy on 15-07-2015, 18:07:19
Totally SS troops due to the tarnjacke that was specific to the SS.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kalkalash on 15-07-2015, 18:07:16
It's a stock photo of reenactors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 15-07-2015, 18:07:15
Oh, I thought for a moment this was the 'I went on the internet and I found this v2.0 - Joke Harder'-thread  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-07-2015, 18:07:22
Oh, I thought for a moment this was the 'I went on the internet and I found this v2.0 - Joke Harder'-thread  ;D

Definitely should be there tho.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-07-2015, 18:07:54
Yeah, it's a stock photo of German reenactors.  Already been proven.  Some intern just search for "ww2 soldiers marching' and that photo is listed on a stock photo site as 'soldier marching'.  Intern just had no clue who they were and so put in the image.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-07-2015, 19:07:12
Always blame the interns.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 15-07-2015, 19:07:02
Apparently the "intern" did not notice "because of the faded nature of the insert", this obviously not from a photoshop expert. They would have begun with the source image - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/14/donald-trump-nazi-soldiers-tweet-top-republican-polls

Ummm ... Republican axis bias ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-07-2015, 20:07:41
The intern is some bored college aged kid who wanted to pull a fast one on that idiot :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 15-07-2015, 22:07:11
Or it was a very smart move  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 17-07-2015, 22:07:02
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-137-1032-14A%2C_Russland%2C_brennendes_Dorf%2C_deutsche_Kavallerie.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 17-07-2015, 22:07:20
That looks like the Spartanovka map from RO2


(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BtBX8Y05BP0/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-07-2015, 23:07:17
Or any other russian village at the time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-07-2015, 08:07:45
That picture could use a caption, i will give it one.

Quote
German forward observers finding a town burning to the ground as Russian troops retreat. It was common practice for the Russian army do destroy anything that could be of value to the Germans without regard of the local populous.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 18-07-2015, 13:07:01
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-137-1032-14A%2C_Russland%2C_brennendes_Dorf%2C_deutsche_Kavallerie.jpg)

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Mounted german forward observers of the 4th Army in a burning village near Mogilev at the Dnieper, Belarus, July 16th, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2015, 15:07:04
(http://i.imgur.com/FQowZJV.jpg)
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Troops of Chinese 179th Brigade departing Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China for the front lines, Oct 1937
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-07-2015, 22:07:46
DT bush wookie.

(http://i.imgur.com/IojQxgr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 25-07-2015, 01:07:57
What am i supposed to be seeing? Is he in the lake? Is he by that tree trunk?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Fuchs on 25-07-2015, 19:07:35
Who gave that tree a rifle? That looks dangerous.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 25-07-2015, 19:07:34
"I am Groot!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-07-2015, 23:07:32
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7869771466_95f4c75abd_b.jpg)

Members of Batallion 'Zośka' along with one of the Pz.Kpfw. V Panther they captured in the Okopowa Street during the Warsaw Uprising.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-07-2015, 15:07:25
Taking ammo to the frontline under soviet artillery fire. Kollaa, 1939.

(http://i.imgur.com/4mphF9z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-08-2015, 13:08:46
(http://www.vrtulnik.cz/helo2059.jpg)

Guess the gun !  ;)
(maybe we should create this kind of topic again )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 01-08-2015, 21:08:46
Eehm I don't see a gun, but I do see a German 1945 gyrocopter, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 01-08-2015, 22:08:12
Well it looks like a Fa 223 Drache but I don't see any gun. Where is it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 01-08-2015, 23:08:59
It is Drache,without gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-08-2015, 23:08:29
 :D i mean guess the thing, sorry !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 02-08-2015, 22:08:04
A snake !! ;D

(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/323684snake.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FORGOTTENKEVINOHOPE on 03-08-2015, 06:08:42
A snake !! ;D

(http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/323684snake.jpg)

Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger.....

(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/729591-2/CAF_Ram_Badger) (http://www.ww2incolor.com/canada/CAF_Ram_Badger.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-08-2015, 19:08:06
(http://i.imgur.com/kUzMRPK.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-08-2015, 15:08:14
A blob of T-26's and BT's taken out somehow. February 3rd, 1940.

(http://i.imgur.com/gm4L4vs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-08-2015, 16:08:43
I'd guess a result of a motti. They seem intact, so they were propably abandoned or they ran out of gas while they were being sieged.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-08-2015, 21:08:02
(http://i.imgur.com/Yu5PtI7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 13-08-2015, 23:08:25
(http://i.imgur.com/Yu5PtI7.jpg)
Is this some french at? (Leak)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-08-2015, 00:08:50
Yes, a 25mm French AT gun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_mm_Hotchkiss_anti-tank_gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-08-2015, 20:08:24
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/42-93928.jpg)
A Portion Of The Network Of Taxiways And Dispersal Areas To Accommodate B-29 Superfortresses On Guam. http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 16-08-2015, 20:08:17
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher_sinking.jpg)


The German cruiser Blücher listing heavily to port after being hit by cannon fire and
torpedoes from the Norwegian coastal fortress Oscarsborg. She sank a short time later.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 17-08-2015, 05:08:21
Apparently an exploding dog is used on a T34

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xNdLoA60--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1984s6hssk3w5jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 17-08-2015, 05:08:53
A ship I just recently learned about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_%28WIX-327%29

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Bundesarchiv_DVM_10_Bild-23-63-31%2C_Segelschulschiff_%22Horst_Wessel%22.jpg)

The U.S. Coast Guard's cadet training ship, the Eagle.

The tall ship was taken as part of war reparations from Nazi Germany by the US and has continued training USCG cadets ever since.  It was formerly called the Horst Wessel and was used to train German cadets.  It was also built by the same builders as the Bismarck...which was the next ship in line after the Horst Wessel!

I recently got to tour it when it came into port in Newport, Rhode Island as part of it's training exercises. It is a beautiful ship and it is amazing that this ship built in 1936 still operates to this day!  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 21-08-2015, 19:08:17
Apparently an exploding dog is used on a T34

[img with=400]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xNdLoA60--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1984s6hssk3w5jpg.jpg[/img]

The story behind this is quite 'funny', the Soviets trained suicide dogs armed with explosives for anti-tank duty. However, they trained the dogs only on T-34s. Apparently, the first time they were used in battle the dogs did not run towards the German tanks but towards the Soviet T-34s similar to the ones used in their training. Caused quite a lot of friendly casualties. Don't know how much of it is true though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-08-2015, 20:08:00
Actually its not that the tanks where different shapes they say it was because of the different fuel used by the Germans.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 21-08-2015, 21:08:41
Haha

Thanks for the story Sander93!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-08-2015, 22:08:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/The_British_Army_in_Tunisia_1943_NA1638.jpg)
Crusader tanks of the 1st Armoured Division enter El Hamma, 29 March 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 22-08-2015, 12:08:11
Apparently an exploding dog is used on a T34

[img with=400]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xNdLoA60--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1984s6hssk3w5jpg.jpg[/img]

The story behind this is quite 'funny', the Soviets trained suicide dogs armed with explosives for anti-tank duty. However, they trained the dogs only on T-34s. Apparently, the first time they were used in battle the dogs did not run towards the German tanks but towards the Soviet T-34s similar to the ones used in their training. Caused quite a lot of friendly casualties. Don't know how much of it is true though.

And where was PETA THAT day ?!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-08-2015, 12:08:24
Apparently an exploding dog is used on a T34

[img with=400]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xNdLoA60--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1984s6hssk3w5jpg.jpg[/img]

The story behind this is quite 'funny', the Soviets trained suicide dogs armed with explosives for anti-tank duty. However, they trained the dogs only on T-34s. Apparently, the first time they were used in battle the dogs did not run towards the German tanks but towards the Soviet T-34s similar to the ones used in their training. Caused quite a lot of friendly casualties. Don't know how much of it is true though.

And where was PETA THAT day ?!

Protesting that mass produced food is like concentration camps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 22-08-2015, 12:08:23
Yeah and GMO is literally Hitler.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-08-2015, 21:08:56
How DARE we modify crops so that it can be produced more effectively and in great abundance so that we could possibly eliminate famine in 3rd world countries within our generation!

SCIENCE BE DAMNED!!!!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LazMan12 on 22-08-2015, 21:08:58
Yeah and GMO is literally Hitler.

They should be prasing Adolf, since he is probably the most famous vegetarian, EVER! 8) ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-08-2015, 22:08:15
How DARE we modify crops so that it can be produced more effectively and in great abundance so that we could possibly eliminate famine in 3rd world countries within our generation!

Its not the solution, unless you change a lot more in those countires. the more you feed them the more they breed, and the more hungry they are again.

Currently they grow 10% more food then what they needed 30 years ago for themselves. but since the population exploded after we gave them food they are now hungry in greater numbers then ever.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 22-08-2015, 22:08:42
Pics or the thread gets it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-08-2015, 23:08:40
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg)
56th Recce Regiment with a Humber Light Reconnaissance Car in Argenta, 18 April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-08-2015, 23:08:40
France 1940
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wehrmacht-under-attack-in-France.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-08-2015, 16:08:32
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/U-701_Rettung_2.jpg)
German survivors from U-701 going ashore at Naval Station Norfolk on June 9, 1942 after being rescued.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-08-2015, 22:08:12
taliihantala 1944
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/finni_u_isu152_taliihantala1944_mini.5m8hj1bnlzc4k04c4ok48k8s8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-08-2015, 13:08:06
a video today :)
https://youtu.be/ys6pAAzNw4U
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-08-2015, 18:08:31
reenactment for the german propaganda 1940
(http://wikimaginot.eu/_documents/2014/_wiki_photos_redim/1-1416166543.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-08-2015, 22:08:10
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5526/12615435413_44cbf4aaf7_b.jpg)

A soldier of the Armia Krajowa looks into Krakowskie Przedmieście street from one of the collapsed wall of the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 27-08-2015, 19:08:52
Apparently some soldiers had too much free time :)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LoPTdkHrjjk/StljASVMgSI/AAAAAAAAFl0/mmHkRFUQiOY/s1600/funny-pictures-german-soldiers-second-world-war-003.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 27-08-2015, 20:08:43
Or starving... sometimes liver not gutt  :-X

Self explain pic, was around 45 during test after the battle to know who burnt St-Malo, a book was written by an architect iirc, impartial & scientific study, lik in the northhh POooolee, remenber an expedition died by intoxicated bear liver....

(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/14/76/68/04/m5710.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/14766804/238)

Torpedoes are mortar shell, he collected the tail of "rocket" everywhere in town & multiple shell, (got another pic if you want) & tested inside Luft Schutz bunker, taugh one, & at la varde behind good protection. Essentially the combustion & propagation potential was evaluated.(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/14/76/68/04/luft0010.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/14766804/239)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2015, 20:08:26
AMR ZT3
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/france/amr33/amr35_6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 30-08-2015, 14:08:57
Some Tiger Art from deviantart.net

(http://pre13.deviantart.net/2035/th/pre/i/2013/132/0/4/the_ambush_by_roen911-d64zgp1.jpg)

(http://orig04.deviantart.net/9a17/f/2009/265/6/f/6f091ba8212964ee0d63eb315daf6b24.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-08-2015, 18:08:28
Although that second one is a Panther ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hauggy on 30-08-2015, 22:08:01
The first one isn't even a tiger it's a E-75, the famous paper tank that never existed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-08-2015, 00:08:10
"Sleeping Beast", heh, 17pdr says Hello there!. Pfft, how overrated Ze Deutsche Panzer are...


This one is pretty rare:

(http://i.imgur.com/EFRRAGN.jpg)


Caption says a German Officer, along with an Argentine and a Japanese Officer, is inspecting a Ballester-Molina .45 pistol during pre-war manouvers, possibly...

Then again, a good number of Ballester-Molina's were made for the United Kingdom....


Kinda speaks up about Argentina's position during World War Two. In one place, there was sympathy for the Axis Powers, especially Germany and Italy..., but in the other we were oddly friendly with the United Kingdom. Our position was quite clear, we sell whatever you need.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-08-2015, 19:08:45
Economically friendly with british (because of the history) ,
politically friendly with germans (because of the immigration)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 31-08-2015, 20:08:06
Graff-Spee épisode showed the sense of honor of Argentina's (Uruguay too) people when Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff  was buried, as i can't spit on Feldmarshal  Rommel tomb, Hourra !
I dare thinking that beyond immigration Relationship, the fate of the captain weld every human to give him this "outdated" honor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-09-2015, 22:09:22
(http://i004.radikal.ru/1208/6f/ec301cc6ca2e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 06-09-2015, 00:09:27
(http://i004.radikal.ru/1208/6f/ec301cc6ca2e.jpg)

The MG34 is so irresistible that even kittens can't keep away from it!


Great picture by the way, Seth.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: musska on 08-09-2015, 01:09:26
I'm freezing (Health staus) & loosing my way (Copyright enfrigment)? ;D

(http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/14/76/68/04/p1000210.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/14766804/245)

I don't need a map of your head (Natty)
I'd rather lik a Walz mit Bachir (Al-Asad)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 08-09-2015, 12:09:52
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MegSL-9SCIg/hqdefault.jpg)
369. Croat regiment fighting in Stalingrad,November 1942-PHOTOSHOP
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-09-2015, 13:09:40
Those helmet decals looks like bad photoshop.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 08-09-2015, 16:09:21
Those helmet decals looks like bad photoshop.
You right.Didnt looked at first.I taught at first where is this pic from because I read book about this regiment and it says pics from stalingrad are rare.Edited.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-09-2015, 19:09:20
the problem with croatian pictures is most of them are fake. Especially those with decal on helmet. (especially those about stalingrad)

Unfortunately this has created suspicions on a lot of pictures and this is a shame

For instance, is it fake ? (otherwise it is interresting)
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/oper_1974/25776555/2774177/2774177_original.jpg)


Compared to this one who look more genuine:
(https://reibert.info/attachments/369x-jpg.1865931)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-09-2015, 21:09:11
I would say that neither of the two you posted are fake, but the previous one was for sure.

Here is another fun Croatian pic, complete with a Sikh!

(http://i.imgur.com/Hi4bYus.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 08-09-2015, 21:09:58
Lol ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 09-09-2015, 02:09:57
Some potent food :)

(http://www.nuffy.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/funny_world_war2_pics24.jpg)


What do you think that is (on his spoon)? I can't put my finger on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 09-09-2015, 16:09:48
Sturmtiger during 1944 'Warsaw Uprising'  (low quality )

(http://i62.tinypic.com/2vry234.jpg)

Video of the sturmtiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc_BuTptGDY
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-09-2015, 17:09:03
These vehicles were actually manned by factory workers in that battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 09-09-2015, 17:09:38
German ones, I assume?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-09-2015, 18:09:49
Yes, they worked in the tank factory that produced these.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2015, 18:09:18
(http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/4/122/962/122962829_RRRRRR_RR3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 09-09-2015, 18:09:55
(http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/4/122/962/122962829_RRRRRR_RR3.jpg)

Look s like post war MG42 band, reanactment?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2015, 19:09:24
ah yes indeed, you might be right it is reenactment.  :-[ shame on me
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 11-09-2015, 01:09:27
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e198/barkmann424/ElsdorfRL30_jpglit.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hauggy on 11-09-2015, 08:09:59
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Appareil_Boirault_1914.jpg/1280px-Appareil_Boirault_1914.jpg)
Yes! This is a vehicle!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-09-2015, 09:09:14
Wrong era too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hauggy on 11-09-2015, 10:09:17
Oh this is limited to ww2 -_-
Okay then here's a "light" tank :
(http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/15/50/61/29/fake_t10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 11-09-2015, 22:09:29
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6188/6120247479_29cebabbbc_b.jpg)
British Matilda II Mark I tanks "Glanton" and "Gloucester" bogged down and abandoned near Arras, 1940.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16118167@N04/6120247479

Does anyone have the names for all 23(or 29) Matilda II tanks operational during France 1940?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2015, 13:09:28
i think it will be hard to get this list.
I guess you will have to find the 7th Royal Tank Regiment 1940 organisation to get it.

French tanks are very lucky, we have a nice website http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/ for that !


(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Croat-369-infantry-division.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 12-09-2015, 17:09:00
Seth,nice picture!That is member of 369.croat inf regiment and I studied them but never saw this pic!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2015, 21:09:26
Even if the url say so, i've read that the badge is for the survivor of stalingrad.
Since the 369 "died" at Stalingrad, he must have joined an other unit.

i would advise you to check the eastern countries internet (ie 369-й пехотный полк хорватский ). Unfortunately there are plenty of fake pictures so it's hard at the end to know the real story about them

https://reibert.info/threads/xorvatskij-legion-369-373-392-hrvatska-legja.163036/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 12-09-2015, 22:09:30
Yes that site is for 369,373,392 croat divisions under german HQ.They fought also agains Partizans in NDH. And he is probably then survivor.But great site too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-09-2015, 23:09:22
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6188/6120247479_29cebabbbc_b.jpg)
British Matilda II Mark I tanks "Glanton" and "Gloucester" bogged down and abandoned near Arras, 1940.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16118167@N04/6120247479

Does anyone have the names for all 23(or 29) Matilda II tanks operational during France 1940?

This is a good site. http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208/search?searchterm=matilda+names+france&sort=match (http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208/search?searchterm=matilda+names+france&sort=match)

i'd search through a few threads
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 13-09-2015, 14:09:53
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/14110635223_de44f1ace3_o13.jpg)

Soviet AT-rifleman with PTRD-41 takes aim through the wall of the building.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-09-2015, 16:09:22
(http://i.imgur.com/0hP2xgA.jpg)

Sometimes the helmet breaks, but head stays intact.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Siegi on 13-09-2015, 16:09:38
Lauri Allan Törni , 3 army warrior ;)
He served in Finnish army, Waffen-SS and US Army...

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 14-09-2015, 16:09:38
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/14110635223_de44f1ace3_o13.jpg)

Soviet AT-rifleman with PTRD-41 takes aim through the wall of the building.

How is the recoil on those AT rifles?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-09-2015, 19:09:49
terrible
also, half of the gun is outside the room, so he's very noticeable (so it's astaged photo)

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/e19f2dcd44b5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 14-09-2015, 22:09:21
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/5778a053ce834961eb25abfe4f1af98e96aae1ce52115cf46c8c05e5db0ce4d6-43t.jpg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/5778a053ce834961eb25abfe4f1af98e96aae1ce52115cf46c8c05e5db0ce4d6-43t.jpg)

British soldier hiding behind the Daimler Dingo. North Africa, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 15-09-2015, 19:09:22
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/13/94/97/65/sturmt10.jpg)

Very rare photo of a Sturmtiger firing its cannon!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-09-2015, 20:09:52
Sturmtiger during 1944 'Warsaw Uprising'  (low quality )

(http://i62.tinypic.com/2vry234.jpg)

Video of the sturmtiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc_BuTptGDY
you mean this shot ?

 :P

(http://warthunder.com/upload/image/!%202015%20NEWS/August/Panzer%2038%28t%29/Panzer_38%28t%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 16-09-2015, 18:09:27
I didn't know it was posted that short ago. :)


Anyway, captured T34
(http://s53.radikal.ru/i141/0907/29/1c296d93a8d7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 21-09-2015, 14:09:44
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/MXY7_Ohka_Cherry_Blossom_Baka_Ohka-10.jpg)
An Ohka Model 11 discovered April 1945 at Yontan airfield, Okinawa.

Wiki: The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka was a purpose-built, rocket powered human-guided anti-shipping kamikaze attack plane employed by Japan towards the end of World War II. United States sailors gave the aircraft the nickname Baka (Japanese for "fool" or "idiot").
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 26-09-2015, 22:09:12
Best Italian aircrafts that saw combat
MACCHI C.205
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/C.205_V.JPG)

FIAT G.55
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Fiat_G55.jpg)

They were able to get with Allies bombers,Mustangs and Spitfires.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-09-2015, 18:09:24
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Brit-troopsBoysATR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 02-10-2015, 19:10:25
Lee, Matilda, and Stuart tanks from left to right.

(https://russiansmallarms.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/m3-lee-m3-stuart-tanks-licensed-ppsh411.jpg)

Looks to be a bunch of lend lease (for the Soviets) tanks going into battle! I have seen this photo before, but what specific battle was it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-10-2015, 20:10:09
This site says it's from Operation Uranus: http://turkkazak.com/site/?p=27739
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 02-10-2015, 20:10:01
That does ring a bell, thanks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-10-2015, 12:10:37
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0136.87ijsdfhuk08cs048s4gsc8g4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
they had no more rifle !  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 04-10-2015, 12:10:35
Their were entire battalions equipped with PPSH's. People often fap at the image of the mighty STG44. But reality was that early 1944, 1/4 of every soviet soldier had an PPSH or PPS in his hands. 3 times more then a german or allied soldier.

(http://www.luftarchiv.de/bordgerate/mg131_fw190a.jpg)

Luftwaffe ground personell reloading mg131 ammo on a FW 190 A
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 10-10-2015, 16:10:01
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2a5j8rd.jpg)
Adolf Hitler and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, FHQ Werwolf, Vinnytsia, Ukraine 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-10-2015, 01:10:51
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/npex03.jpg)
Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock (left) in command of Heeresgruppe B (Army Group B) during the invasion of the Soviet Union, July 8th, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-10-2015, 23:10:54
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/2q082lj.jpg)
Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, FHQ Werwolf, Vinnytsia, Ukraine 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 13-10-2015, 01:10:35
(http://oi62.tinypic.com/2w3vs7n.jpg)
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List (center), early commander of Heeresgruppe A, eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 13-10-2015, 08:10:02
(http://i.imgur.com/v9VxeAf.gif)

June 19th, 1943.
Three soldiers of the United States Army sit in place at a radar used by the 90th Coast Artillery in Casablanca, French Morocco.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2015, 20:10:52
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeV9BCFIUAAeFWC.jpg)

Dick Winters and the easy company

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 13-10-2015, 21:10:49
B/W and colorized photo of a Somua S35 tank.
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/38540.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/68/fe/aa/68feaa016b09cdeb0a6a447b0ef594a5.jpg)

Does anyone know what those pyramids in the background are? Image looks a bit strange...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 13-10-2015, 23:10:47
Does anyone know what those pyramids in the background are? Image looks a bit strange...
Looks like piles of coal, or dirt or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-10-2015, 12:10:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/StateLibQld_1_163023_B-18_Digby_flying_above_the_Brisbane_River_near_Eagle_Farm%2C_Queensland.jpg)
A B-18 operated by Australian National Airways on behalf of the USAAF, flying over the Brisbane River in 1943. The tail is carrying an Australian civilian registration, VH-CWB.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 14-10-2015, 20:10:14
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Schreck88-Baz60.jpg)

US soldier inspects two anti tank weapons - Panzerschreck and M1a1 Bazooka.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 14-10-2015, 20:10:08
Does anyone know what those pyramids in the background are? Image looks a bit strange...
Looks like piles of coal, or dirt or something.

in the north west of France, especially towards the city of Lille and Lens there are a lot of coal mines, those piles are still there today. They are the rock dug up from the mines to get to the coal. they are piled up in many big perfectly round hills.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 16-10-2015, 18:10:24
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Belgrade-Russ45ATG.jpg)

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Russian 45mm AT Gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-10-2015, 11:10:04
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8002785669_753e280242_c.jpg)

Germans and Hungarians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-10-2015, 12:10:06
(http://i.imgur.com/DtaNtQS.jpg)

Finnish T-20 doing it's job, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Korsakov829 on 17-10-2015, 18:10:22
The one soldier is holding on to the other, must be a really rough ride.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 19-10-2015, 00:10:32
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Bazooka-v-Panther.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-10-2015, 05:10:16
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/img/USA-SS-Three-p260.jpg)

Vossenack Church
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 19-10-2015, 15:10:03
Judging by this,vossenack map has too many trees. Atleast too many trees and bushes around vossenack flag.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-10-2015, 17:10:20
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Hetzer-in-Halloville.jpg)

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Hetzer in Halloville
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-10-2015, 20:10:59
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/6c1513d4dff1f9ea6bd795309c8bff23.2suu6vapn10k4ww40cwgosgcw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 21-10-2015, 18:10:39
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Pzfaust-Narva-Russ44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 22-10-2015, 23:10:37
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Rommel-inspects-21PzDiv-Fra-30May44.jpg)

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Rommel inspects 21st Pz Div, France May 30th 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 23-10-2015, 01:10:35
(http://oi61.tinypic.com/kdvmth.jpg)
German flagship Schleswig Holstein firing at the Westerplatte, Danzig, September 1st, 1939. Contempoary painting by Claus Bergen, picture was bought as a present by Adolf Hitler for Gauleiter Albert Forster. Missing since the end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 23-10-2015, 19:10:10
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Bazooka-v-Panther.jpg)
This is mostlly a staged photo, since Panther seems to be abandoned by its crew:
1). It can be seen that caterpillar is torn on the left front roller. I doubt rocket could cause it.
2). Note the position of the tank gun. It is directed downward, as if the balancing mechanis is broken
3). From how the second bazooka team member holds its weapon (carbine hangs barrel up on his shoulder) we can conclude that's not a combat situation.

Nevertheless, still a nice photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 23-10-2015, 19:10:15
Yeah, I suspected that too, since the soldier on the left looks a bit too casual and relaxed if a Panther was really coming down the street.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 23-10-2015, 19:10:45
This photo is well known and it merely showed how a previous team took out this panther tank. It was used as an instructional photo to shown how to defeat this tank.

So yeah, it happend, but not during the taking of this photo

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/35/41/8e/35418ef2f4215f7f44833f1abc2eb94a.jpg)

This is a photo right after the defeating of another panther tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 23-10-2015, 20:10:22
Ah, yes, thanks for the info.


Anyway, another one:
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Tigers-chateau-Fra43.jpg)

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Tigers, France 1943


Cool building in the background btw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 23-10-2015, 21:10:27
Great pic!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 24-10-2015, 01:10:50
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/178uib.jpg)
German type IX-A submarine U 37 running into the harbour of Wilhelmshafen, June 9th, 1940. This painting by Claus Bergen is called Von Feindfahrt zurück ('having returned from war patrol') and was bought by Adolf Hitler for 15.000 Reichsmark (would be about 68.700,- €uro today).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-10-2015, 08:10:33
(http://i.imgur.com/lvWMDT0.jpg)

Fokker taking off in Nurmoila airfield, near the river Syväri, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 24-10-2015, 16:10:17
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/US-M8-HMC-Karlsbrunn-Ger.jpg)

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US M8 HMC, Karlsbrunn, Germany
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 24-10-2015, 20:10:17
(http://i.imgur.com/c95ZPyVl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/c95ZPyV.jpg)
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German soldiers in the generator room of a destroyed power plant in Stalingrad, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 25-10-2015, 18:10:08
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/75mmInfGun-Fra21jun-44.jpg)

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75mm Inf Gun, France June 21st 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-10-2015, 19:10:44
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/340th_Bombardment_Group_B-25_Mitchell_covered_with_ash_from_Mount_Vesuvius.jpg/800px-340th_Bombardment_Group_B-25_Mitchell_covered_with_ash_from_Mount_Vesuvius.jpg)

B-25 of the 340 bombardment group. It was snowed by ash from mt vesuvius, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 26-10-2015, 20:10:26
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/W-SS-partisan-sweep-Mozyr-Prpyat-marshes.jpg)

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German anti-partisan sweep, Mozyr, Pripet marshes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-10-2015, 20:10:11
Partisans, the 1940's version of STALKERs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 27-10-2015, 22:10:10
"We got another one!"

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/barrel-rings.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-10-2015, 19:10:58
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/M10fence.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-10-2015, 09:10:59
(http://i.imgur.com/9c13NtE.jpg)

Breda AA crews helmets. Finnish Army had a nice collection of different helmets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 01-11-2015, 01:11:18
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/US2ndInfDiv-Brest-sep44.jpg)

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US 2nd Inf Div, Brest, Sep 44
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2015, 12:11:19
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/3d767d4f46110639e2d4515aacb0a2c7dbc833c327e84cc319268e7ec216776e_1939.2znuxjhye2gw0okkw8oc0ks0k.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
French soldiers at rest
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-11-2015, 22:11:17
A resting french army. That isn't the strongest counter-argument against all those rumors of french defeats. ;D

(http://oi64.tinypic.com/9rrf4y.jpg)
British infantry and american Stuarts, Tunesia, 1943. Source: Corbis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 02-11-2015, 02:11:39
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Russian-attack-Rostov-on-Don.jpg)

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Russian attack, Rostov-on-Don
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-11-2015, 04:11:55
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/683/22661078241_a28046d2f0_o.jpg)


Selbstfahrlafette auf Fahrgestell VOMAG 7 OR 660 mit 8,8cm Flak found in the Suburbs of Budapest, 1945. These heavy vehicles carrying a 8,8cm Flak 36 were built by VOMAG for Hitler's personal escort unit.

They formed part of the Flak-Regiment 42 after service with Hitler's escort unit. In 1944 they were sent to Romania, the unit was largely destroyed there. The remaining vehicles found themselves in the Hungarian Capital of Budapest, all were destroyed while fighting the Soviet Armies. None survived the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 02-11-2015, 09:11:54
Judging from the kill marks it did not go down without a fight.  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-11-2015, 18:11:07
(http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/16/14/02/21/bbf_1610.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 04-11-2015, 18:11:36
(http://i.imgur.com/rrrJAJF.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-11-2015, 19:11:15
The russian bear is tamed  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 04-11-2015, 22:11:18
(http://derela.republika.pl/tks_Ge_Floh_PzIV.jpg)
A Polish TKS tankette next to a Pzkpfw IV ausf C(?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 06-11-2015, 05:11:28
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/RenaultR25-Yugo.jpg)

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Renault R35, Yugoslavia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2015, 18:11:54
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Animals_in_War_1939-1945_B6506.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-11-2015, 02:11:13
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/646/21435366236_8737fa327e_b.jpg)

Sherman Firefly of the 1st Armoured Division (Polish) in Holland, Spring 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-11-2015, 07:11:25
(http://i.imgur.com/C1xtKAx.jpg)

Exchanging winter gear to summer gear. Rukajärvi, April 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 08-11-2015, 02:11:39
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Pzfaust-Russ-Sep43.jpg)

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Panzerfaust instruction, Russia Sep 43
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-11-2015, 12:11:05
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2722/4050506380_c72f53d3d3.jpg)

Perfect angle

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Soldiers of a german tank buster company in Pyritz, Pommerania in 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-11-2015, 18:11:39
(http://fillthewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pictures-world-war-ii-15.jpg)
after a german bombardement
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2015, 12:11:06
(http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/early-suomi-+-L35-stock.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 11-11-2015, 17:11:23
Is that a different version of the Suomi or a custom alteration to include a foregrip and a bipod?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-11-2015, 19:11:58
Isnt the "bipod" just the sling and the "foregrip" his belt?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-11-2015, 20:11:51
Nope, apparently there were around 31 prototypes (or so) that had a foregrip and bipod.  This is one of the few photos of them in the wild.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2015, 20:11:24
first tests of the suomi as a lmg (ie front grip and a bipod),
but with the war, they captured enough dp to use as a lmg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 12-11-2015, 00:11:20
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/rudel-modelb.jpg)

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Stuka pilot Hans Ulrich Udel explains where best to hit a T-34 with cannon fire
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 13-11-2015, 18:11:51
(http://i.imgur.com/lWfdTNql.jpg) (http://imgur.com/lWfdTNq.jpg)

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1943. Soviet ace pilot Lydia Litvyak standing on the wing of her Yak-1B after the combat mission.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-11-2015, 19:11:30
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/childs_and_tigers.272ps53m6ndw44g8g008k44g4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Minks after the battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 15-11-2015, 05:11:22
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Captd-Ktiger.jpg)

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Kingtiger captured by US
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-11-2015, 19:11:13
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/3acc4890e101c49f529d0a07dcda362e/tumblr_n39iuoWEz61rdb1byo1_1280.jpg)
schwere Panzer Abteilung 503 in Budapest 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-11-2015, 01:11:14
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Canadians-Ger-LMG-in-Italy.jpg)

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Canadians examine a MG34 in Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-11-2015, 18:11:44
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7dQ4FYdBOpk/VDe4WV7DO9I/AAAAAAABQp8/abrciGZAJ0g/s1600/MAUS_3.jpg)
The mouse is stucked in the mud
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2015, 12:11:02
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_b8249_f262a60b_orig.7fj43ffzjdgcwockckco0wgw4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 21-11-2015, 16:11:19
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_b8249_f262a60b_orig.7fj43ffzjdgcwockckco0wgw4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
"dear baboushka, i have of won contest for most handsome soldier in devision. I have aquired DT machine gun to fight facists. thank you for supply of goat meat, love, Artyom"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-11-2015, 11:11:58
(http://i.imgur.com/OsKZSFq.jpg)

"Corporal Niemelä with his submachinegunners, of whom private Lintu shot 12 soviet officers. July 21st, 1941."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-11-2015, 22:11:18
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 23-11-2015, 23:11:15
There's  nothing like huffing a cigarette out in the forests with your fellow soldiers after a long day. Not that my 'experiences' ever come CLOSE to what they been through.

I guess my point is that nicotine is chill yo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 23-11-2015, 23:11:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fz.jpg)

That pic could be from a toilet in any nightclub.
One guy smoking, but he rather have some of that coke with the 2 others. While someone in the background tries to make a selfie with the newest iphone
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 24-11-2015, 11:11:30
They powdered up some pervitin tablets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 24-11-2015, 19:11:13
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Aachen-station.jpg)

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Aachen station
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 25-11-2015, 13:11:01
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-obi9lU2e53I/VlSd03tIbtI/AAAAAAAAAyw/qzvO0un3Bfw/w530-h330-p-rw/12289525_943181452435091_6057756168478724856_n.jpg)
It´s about time to replace the barrel..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2015, 19:11:17
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/78a355882f2a550ff46ce8ea34e5f106fdc8af32c2f405ef420a33b37e8e33ea.bce38tbmux44c4cwkwg4go04s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 25-11-2015, 20:11:56
@ Seth: Romanians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2015, 21:11:08
Indeed, Romanian in odessa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 26-11-2015, 23:11:46
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Fairey-Batts-1940.jpg)

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Fairey Battles attack Ger column, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2015, 00:11:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/jacquesdumayquipagezxbw.9tpzh4b0g54w4ck084gwosgc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 27-11-2015, 08:11:03
I cant wait when that beast will be in FH2!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-11-2015, 13:11:01
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3911/14651905284_08ea2be21c_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-11-2015, 20:11:36
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/625/23276477546_b46b956cff_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-11-2015, 20:11:16
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/37mm-Flak-Volga-bridge-Rzhev.jpg)

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37mm flak at Volga bridge, Rzhev
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2015, 21:11:54
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803086&role=image&size=variable)
Dutch soldat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-12-2015, 19:12:35
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803386&role=image&size=variable)
Microphone ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 01-12-2015, 19:12:43
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/T60-45ATG-Leningrad.jpg)

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Russian T-60 towing 45mm ATG, Leningrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 03-12-2015, 11:12:52
(http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-photos/2920-art.jpg)

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty at Saipan, Marianas Islands, from 20 June through 7 July 1944. When assault elements of his platoon were held up by intense enemy fire, Lt. Col. O'Brien ordered 3 tanks to precede the assault companies in an attempt to knock out the strongpoint. Due to direct enemy fire the tanks' turrets were closed, causing the tanks to lose direction and to fire into our own troops. Lt. Col. O'Brien, with complete disregard for his own safety, dashed into full view of the enemy and ran to the leader's tank, and pounded on the tank with his pistol butt to attract 2 of the tank's crew and, mounting the tank fully exposed to enemy fire, Lt. Col. O'Brien personally directed the assault until the enemy strongpoint had been liquidated. On 28 June 1944, while his platoon was attempting to take a bitterly defended high ridge in the vicinity of Donnay, Lt. Col. O'Brien arranged to capture the ridge by a double envelopment movement of 2 large combat battalions. He personally took control of the maneuver. Lt. Col. O'Brien crossed 1,200 yards of sniper-infested underbrush alone to arrive at a point where 1 of his platoons was being held up by the enemy. Leaving some men to contain the enemy he personally led 4 men into a narrow ravine behind, and killed or drove off all the Japanese manning that strongpoint. In this action he captured 5 machine guns and one 77-mm. fieldpiece. Lt. Col. O'Brien then organized the 2 platoons for night defense and against repeated counterattacks directed them. Meanwhile he managed to hold ground. On 7 July 1944 his battalion and another battalion were attacked by an overwhelming enemy force estimated at between 3,000 and 5,000 Japanese. With bloody hand-to-hand fighting in progress everywhere, their forward positions were finally overrun by the sheer weight of the enemy numbers. With many casualties and ammunition running low, Lt. Col. O'Brien refused to leave the front lines. Striding up and down the lines, he fired at the enemy with a pistol in each hand and his presence there bolstered the spirits of the men, encouraged them in their fight and sustained them in their heroic stand. Even after he was seriously wounded, Lt. Col. O'Brien refused to be evacuated and after his pistol ammunition was exhausted, he manned a .50 caliber machine gun, mounted on a jeep, and continued firing. When last seen alive he was standing upright firing into the Jap hordes that were then enveloping him. Some time later his body was found surrounded by enemy he had killed. His valor was consistent with the highest traditions of the service.[1]



Talking about bad-assery, firing a pistol in each hand..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 04-12-2015, 00:12:26
(http://media.englishrussia.com/022013/changeofcities/changeofcities002-21_full.jpg)
(http://media.englishrussia.com/022013/changeofcities/changeofcities002-22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2015, 02:12:52
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xlt1/v/t1.0-9/11151005_1129523477077482_311055607313557964_n.jpg?oh=c15d584c6cdc28be994d6e95d63dca4f&oe=566533EC&__gda__=1449762045_8e5709c1fbe383ad8667eb03ab28b916)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-12-2015, 18:12:56
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803402&role=image&size=variable)

Pioneer assault 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-12-2015, 23:12:06
(http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/25PstK34_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-12-2015, 21:12:31
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/USatg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-12-2015, 21:12:51
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/124.f403ptntmvwwgsk8kkc00soo8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

German Flak in berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-12-2015, 12:12:22
Ah the flak 43 3.7cm zwilling

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9149/yzzh.jpg)
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=314120&t=1&sid=f3691997e763ab05b0936dae3f8cd909)
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=314119&t=1&sid=f3691997e763ab05b0936dae3f8cd909)
Und zhe award for zhe biggest german flak automatic cannon goes to the 5cm Flak 41.

This is the flak regiment 32. stationed at Cotentin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 10-12-2015, 11:12:17
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2l92v07.jpg)

“An impressive display. The sky of Southern-France is filled with parachutes. This operation, nicknamed Dragoon, was to that day, know for its most successful airborne operation. Nearly 60% of all paratroopers landed on their target location.” Quote from the book: The battle for Arnhem – De slag om Arnhem.


Ah the flak 43 3.7cm zwilling

(http://i65.tinypic.com/331oq9v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 10-12-2015, 20:12:41
Und zhe award for zhe biggest german flak automatic cannon goes to the 5cm Flak 41.

Technically wouldn´t the biggest German automatic flak cannon be the autoloading 128mm Flak 45?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-12-2015, 22:12:40
 :D i reminds me MOHA der Flaksturm

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3YVF7rTlTUQ/VcsEO20fIjI/AAAAAAABkV8/6ywc_KFKJ3I/s640/Takom%2B128mm%2BZwilling%2B%25232023%2BBOXART%2B%25284%2529.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 10-12-2015, 22:12:33
Help can't get out!
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/T34-stuck.jpg)

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T34 stuck
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 10-12-2015, 22:12:17
Stuck or dug in?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 11-12-2015, 15:12:55
(http://files.djbarney.org/scene14201.jpg)

Restored live round firing Pak40. From "The Weapons Hunter" on Quest. More frames here (http://files.djbarney.org/?C=M;O=D) (all the "scene" files) taken from the video (http://www.questtv.co.uk/video/the-weapon-hunter-tank-destroyer/). Episode also included a live round firing restored M18 Hellcat and a restored Achilles !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-12-2015, 20:12:42
(http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/irootoko_jr/imgs/4/f/4f44101d.jpg)

Finnish T-26's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 16-12-2015, 19:12:35
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Stuarts-Saverne-Fra.jpg)

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Stuarts, Saverne, France
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-12-2015, 21:12:31
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m7umAvjn1qa38yao1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 18-12-2015, 15:12:43
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m7umAvjn1qa38yao1_1280.jpg)

Hi, which region is this photo taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 18-12-2015, 22:12:12
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m7umAvjn1qa38yao1_1280.jpg)

Hi, which region is this photo taken?
Google reverse search tells me this: "5th SS "Wiking" near the outskirts of Warsaw in 1944".

On Pinterest this picture got descriptions such as "SS-Untersturmführer Gerhard Mahn. 5th ss panzer division Wiking signaling for troops to advance Ukraine 1944", but there are also descriptions there stating that it's Operation Barbarossa in 1944  :-X

If you upload the photo to Google images (click on the little camera), or post it's url there, you get a lot of info, like visually comparable pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-12-2015, 22:12:35
Can't be Operation Barbarossa as the dot camo wasn't even out by then.  It is probably the Gerhard Mahn description.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 18-12-2015, 23:12:19
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Bazook-and-Panther.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 19-12-2015, 00:12:08
We got that one already, Rough ;)

http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=24.msg342134#msg342134
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 20-12-2015, 14:12:58
German soldiers in the inner walls of the Binnenhof *
Date unkown
(https://www.rijswijk.nl/sites/default/files/imagecache/x-large/case_duitsersbinnenhof.jpg)

* Binnenhof: It houses the meeting place of both houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as well as the Ministry of General Affairs and the office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-12-2015, 16:12:58
Watch where you're going!

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/T34s-Ostrava-Czecho.jpg)

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T-34/85's, Ostrava, Czecho.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2015, 18:12:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/lapshov_1942.253wyzfgqcu8840gkwk8gw4os.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-12-2015, 02:12:14
(http://i.imgur.com/797DFB8.jpg)
"British SAS back from a 3-month patrol of North Africa in 1943"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-12-2015, 08:12:20
I seriously doubt it was a 3 month patrol... maybe  a 3 day one but not much more.

What i like it that i see a classy guy with driving gloves. Oh where are the times where people wore driving gloves, driving hats and driving goggles....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 21-12-2015, 18:12:07
I seriously doubt it was a 3 month patrol... maybe  a 3 day one but not much more.

What i like it that i see a classy guy with driving gloves. Oh where are the times where people wore driving gloves, driving hats and driving goggles....

Having a windshield, leather steering wheels and a/c really improved the driving quality.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 21-12-2015, 23:12:19
The guy in front looks like he skipped a leg day or two, looks may deceive but he doesn't seem to have the legs to carry around 50 kg on his back for too long.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-12-2015, 02:12:53
Gallery of photos from the Aleutians Campaign from Time Life:
http://time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/ (http://time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/)

EDIT:
This album is even better imo;
http://imgur.com/a/gbpXd (http://imgur.com/a/gbpXd)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 23-12-2015, 02:12:19
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/motorbik-point.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-12-2015, 10:12:36
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/8461198.scrvx0k9dxcw4okggss4w0c8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Finnish Army Corporal using improvised repairs captured Soviet submachine gun PDP-34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 23-12-2015, 15:12:42
"It'll hold, it'll hold. You'll see."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 23-12-2015, 16:12:41
Gallery of photos from the Aleutians Campaign from Time Life:
http://time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/ (http://time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/)


Oh wow. The Aleutians campaign, that is truly a forgotten war. Red Orchestra 2 did some maps in the pacific campaign, but I have never seen an Aleutian map. Did those islands see heavy combat?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-12-2015, 16:12:24
Ik Attu saw plenty of combat when it was being retaken from the Japanese. FH1 had the Adak island map that I loved so much because of how obscure it was ;D it was really scaled down tho. Would love to see a realistic Aleutian map, but that place is so featureless idk how you could make it fun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-12-2015, 16:12:29
(http://i.imgur.com/zK3hZG3.jpg)

Overwatching a village by the river Syväri, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 24-12-2015, 00:12:23
Gallery of photos from the Aleutians Campaign from Time Life:
http://time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/ (http://time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/)

EDIT:
This album is even better imo;
http://imgur.com/a/gbpXd (http://imgur.com/a/gbpXd)

"Forgotten" indeed. Some endearing photos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-12-2015, 00:12:30
(http://i.imgur.com/zK3hZG3.jpg)

Overwatching a village by the river Syväri, 1941.
What weapon is that? Lahti m26 right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-12-2015, 12:12:16
yes


(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ca/94/78/ca947824a8ae5fc7e67fd0b074a79408.jpg)

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Cretan Resistants
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 24-12-2015, 12:12:24
Wow, at first I thought that guy on the left is Brad Pitt from Inglorious Basterds
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 24-12-2015, 19:12:12
(http://i68.tinypic.com/15ohrlv.jpg) (http://i65.tinypic.com/20f2ih1.jpg)
Bachem Ba 349 a.k.a. NATTER

(photo edit - swastika removed )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 24-12-2015, 21:12:19
Wow, at first I thought that guy on the left is Brad Pitt from Inglorious Basterds
LOL, same here, although I didn't think it was Inglorious Basterds per se.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 24-12-2015, 22:12:15
(http://i68.tinypic.com/15ohrlv.jpg) (http://i65.tinypic.com/20f2ih1.jpg)
Bachem Ba 349 a.k.a. NATTER

(photo edit - swastika removed )

You don't need to remove swastikas from historical documents.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 28-12-2015, 12:12:02
Hello,

I visited my neighbours house this week. She was out of town, and celebrating Xmas with her family.

After a few minutes inside the house, my father said "Look at this".
[ This is a copy found on the webs. It felt not good taking a picture without permission ]
(http://geschiedenis.umcgambulancezorg.nl/assets/images/Dankbetuiging.LordTedder.WdeVrij.jpg)


We found out my neighbour ( who passed away a few years ago) was in the Dutch ressistance during the war. Can you guys tell me who signed the document? Was it Tedder, or Eisenhower?

Besides this, there was another document signed by D. Eisenhower.
I will ask her sometimes if I can take a picture of it.

Greet,

Dave
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 28-12-2015, 15:12:40
Wow, cool! Don't think this is signed by Eisenhower, as it says "Deputy Supreme Commander".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 28-12-2015, 15:12:31
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Panthers-GrossD-Iasi-Romania-Ap44.jpg)

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Panthers, Grossdeutschland Div, Iasi, Romania Apr 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-12-2015, 12:12:01
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ppsh.c0mi6mk49kgs840kwkkwg4oso.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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The Soviet machine gunner from the compound of the Hero of the Soviet Union Maj. Gen. Ghazarian is fighting on the outskirts of Bogushevsky.

Note the sight
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-12-2015, 15:12:36
Apparently, the StG44 wasn't alone in this development!

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/CMSF/M3Curved1953.jpg)

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M3 Grease Gun - Experimental for firing round corners
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2015, 13:12:49
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/53/media-53517/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

Lego Time !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 01-01-2016, 04:01:55
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/US-signallers-Belgium.jpg)

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US signalers
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-01-2016, 05:01:55
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/RabaulJapaneseEnlistedFighterPilots.jpg)

Pilots of the Tainan Air Group posing for the Camera in Lae, 1942. Several of these aviators would be among the top Japanese aces, including Saburō Sakai (middle row, second from left), and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (standing, first on left).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2016, 10:01:24
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6222/6303548956_3f605bd39a_b.jpg)

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7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5t (HKp 902)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 01-01-2016, 10:01:06
Now that's an ugly mofo if you ever saw one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 01-01-2016, 17:01:11
I think it is pretty sexy. Looks like a sportstank. The drag-coefficient must be better than on my actual car.

But I consider the following rather ugly:

(http://oi67.tinypic.com/2vv0tih.jpg)
leichter Zugkraftwagen (1ton) Sd.Kfz. 10, armored, with Fire-Control-System for Fieseler Fi 103 (V1) and Aggregat 4 (V2), Peenemünde, Germany.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 01-01-2016, 18:01:14
Yeah alright, you win.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-01-2016, 14:01:14
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/25/0a/25/250a256873b7f288670bfefcf3cbf5d4.jpg)

How aboot dis?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-01-2016, 20:01:53
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/US1st-Inf-Div-Ger45.jpg)

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US 1st Inf Div, Germany 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Pappa_bear on 04-01-2016, 17:01:19
Aerial view of Stalingrad, june 1942
(http://i68.tinypic.com/6homly.jpg)
View more here http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=112771
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 04-01-2016, 18:01:06
Croat 369.infantry regiment actually managed to capture half of Mamayev Kurgan and top of it,but capturing other side was imposible for-in that time- so small unit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-01-2016, 01:01:42
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Kharkov-Pz3.jpg)

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Children in Kharkov, examining a Panzer graveyard
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-01-2016, 20:01:27
What year was that pic taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-01-2016, 21:01:38
What year was that pic taken?

Sadly, it didn't say.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-01-2016, 22:01:43
Google reverse image search gives a site that says 1942.

Apparently it's part of a series that captures the German occupation of Kharkov during the spring of 1942.
http://ww2incolour.blogspot.nl/2012/07/occupation-of-kharkov-in-colour.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-01-2016, 22:01:07
OK, nice. I was wondering because the buildings in the back look so pristine, like there never was any fighting.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 07-01-2016, 23:01:12
OK, nice. I was wondering because the buildings in the back look so pristine, like there never was any fighting.

Pretty sure most of the windows are broken or boarded up. As for the lack of structural damage... Glorious Soviet engineering?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-01-2016, 23:01:28
Google reverse image search gives a site that says 1942.

Apparently it's part of a series that captures the German occupation of Kharkov during the spring of 1942.
http://ww2incolour.blogspot.nl/2012/07/occupation-of-kharkov-in-colour.html

Hey, thanks for the info!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 08-01-2016, 21:01:48
OK, nice. I was wondering because the buildings in the back look so pristine, like there never was any fighting.

Pretty sure most of the windows are broken or boarded up. As for the lack of structural damage... Glorious Soviet engineering?  :P
Yeah, you're right about the windows, but man: those walls!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2016, 21:01:35
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6096/6306942574_3ee63a7d60_b.jpg)

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Sturmgeschütz SU-76i(r)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 08-01-2016, 22:01:37
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Captured-Ger-small-arms.jpg)

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Captured German small arms
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-01-2016, 13:01:53
(http://www.ifelix.co.uk/flamesofwar/imagesfow002/cromwell02.jpg)

handsome cromwell tank passes equally handsome panther tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-01-2016, 01:01:39
TIL that the British put the Grumman F4F Wilcat into use as the Martlet in WW2
(http://ww2db.com/images/ship_formidable44.jpg)
pretty cool 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-01-2016, 05:01:25
Cromwell, the British Boxtank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-01-2016, 20:01:29
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5321/7400720972_2903779905_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-01-2016, 20:01:50
Ah, so they found it? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 12-01-2016, 04:01:29
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/UStroops-Ita-mar45.jpg)

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March, 1945 in Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-01-2016, 05:01:20
Fairly rare to see a picture of an M1919A6.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-01-2016, 14:01:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/United_States_bombing_raid_over_a_German_city_-_NARA_-_197269.jpg)
whoops, we bombed his tail
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-01-2016, 15:01:22
That's Berlin, right? Over Dresden six B17s were downed by friendly fire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-01-2016, 18:01:37
according to the caption it was Berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-01-2016, 20:01:21
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8515905252_68370db400_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 12-01-2016, 21:01:18
(http://www.natanznama.ir/assets/js/admin/uploaded/2013/11/Military-9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 14-01-2016, 03:01:57
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/t31.0-8/12473922_651882188248669_824350702288819339_o.jpg)

HMS Sussex bears the imprint of a Kamikaze attack , WWII, July 26, 1945


For those with dark humour:
Spoiler
(http://www.internetmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/wile-e-coyote-hits-rock-bottom.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 14-01-2016, 04:01:19
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Czechs1939.jpg)

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Czech forces in 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-01-2016, 14:01:23
(http://i.imgur.com/H6j0MVD.jpg)

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View of a Finnish infantry batallion as it begins to encircling maneuvers against Germans positions in Lapland, Finland, October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-01-2016, 18:01:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/3c8927afbe6a1ee24dc45b8b2221c630611990665700bcd631a1359984fe8549.252308m7w7usow0oo4gccw8gs.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-01-2016, 02:01:45
That sucks!, the soldiers are safer than the Panzer I Crew...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-01-2016, 02:01:36
IIRC that's from the Norwegian Campaign.  Since the Norwegians had basically no AT weapons, the Pz1 could actually serve reasonably well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-01-2016, 16:01:53
Damn, imagine being hidden somewhere near the same angle the photographer is at, with a machine gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-01-2016, 16:01:52
This is the kind of images that makes me so happy i don't have to go to war...

Damn, imagine being hidden somewhere near the same angle the photographer is at, with a machine gun.

especially when considering things like this

Anyway, picture:
(https://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/destroyed-panther-tanks-wwii-600-17.png?w=600&h=368)
"Overturned German Panther tank at Norrey-en-Bessin, 27 June 1944. The tank was probably up-ended during the Allied heavy bomber raid at the start of Operation ‘Epsom’."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 15-01-2016, 20:01:02
I'm guessing this was an old photo re-colored?

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/PdHoc.jpg)

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Pointe du Hoc, Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-01-2016, 21:01:28
Why? Could also be a recent photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-01-2016, 22:01:50
Yeah, Pointe du Hoc still looks like that today. You can wander around freely and check out the craters and bunkers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 15-01-2016, 23:01:38
Hm, well I thought all these years they would fill those craters at least.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-01-2016, 23:01:48
It's a monument, the craters stand as a testament to the battle.  Why would they destroy that by filling them in?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2016, 00:01:10
Craters were filled only when it was necessary but the majority of them aren't.
you can still found craters all around the country.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 16-01-2016, 23:01:35
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldstsp8FE21qd7ygho1_1280.jpg)

USS Yorktown and task force throw up an AA umbrella against incoming Japanese airplanes.


Does anyone else have cool / good pictures of AA umbrellas over fleets? Can't really find anything.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 17-01-2016, 00:01:07
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/sher-inf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-01-2016, 02:01:43
(https://afatherswarstorynevertold.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/highflight-operationa-go6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-01-2016, 02:01:05
(http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Last-Great-Carrier-Clash-The-Battle-of-the-Philippine-Sea-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-01-2016, 03:01:27
(http://i.imgur.com/jIAiPsl.jpg)
USS Essex

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/AA_fire_over_USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29_during_Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands_1942.jpeg)
Anti-aircraft fire over the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, in 1942
(this page has a few https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-01-2016, 10:01:34
Cool, thanks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 18-01-2016, 16:01:07
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/PzIV-Sudetenland-Oct38.jpg)

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Panzer IV in Czechoslovakia. October, 38
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kading on 19-01-2016, 07:01:08
Crew of the Japanese carrier Zuikaku give one final banzai cheer before the ship sinks. 1944
(http://i.imgur.com/no5N34l.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 21-01-2016, 21:01:40
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/VolkfaustsFeb45.jpg)

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Volksturm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-01-2016, 23:01:30
What is the rank of the Volkssturm officer?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 22-01-2016, 00:01:39
Zugfuhrer- which was considered the equivalent of Leutnant.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-01-2016, 02:01:58
Thanks


(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1596/23898657143_58db8868b6_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-01-2016, 07:01:00
(http://i.imgur.com/Dx8TPWT.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/wBvOfDp.jpg)

ZiS-5 meets Lahti 20mm. From a combat picture series, that follows a patrol blowing up the Murmansk railroad 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 25-01-2016, 22:01:17
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/coldstm-arras44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 28-01-2016, 20:01:11
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Italy-Ap45.jpg)

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Italy. April, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-01-2016, 21:01:50
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/9366605558_3fef229f78_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 06-02-2016, 00:02:58
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Russian-Pobeda-airship1945.jpg)

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Russian 'Pobeda' airship, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-02-2016, 16:02:46
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/trees-brenc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-02-2016, 11:02:13
(http://i.imgur.com/BkZx2rq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-02-2016, 18:02:46
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/13778963185_438b406042_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 11-02-2016, 02:02:24
(http://i.imgur.com/SV7Afdd.jpg)
An exhausted Finnish soldier armed with his Suomi KP and a supply of hand grenades, on duty at an outpost during the 'Continuation War' 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 12-02-2016, 13:02:54
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Shers-Italy-44-colour.jpg)

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Shermans in Italy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-02-2016, 22:02:00
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bvLXmVofiR8/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 14-02-2016, 17:02:33
That's a very interesting photo. Any information about it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-02-2016, 22:02:05
No information available, sorry !

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Renault-R-35-and-crew.jpg~original)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 15-02-2016, 00:02:36
(http://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/85/43ce8d14bf2db17bf841fd76ca997e324c91b5_mq/3d24b90d-s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 15-02-2016, 17:02:10
(http://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/3e/40524e2ad0846c80be541e7bb2d5481870f728_mq/45a1d4af-s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 16-02-2016, 23:02:06
Hey, got to be the most impressive colour photo I've seen. Source ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 17-02-2016, 04:02:37
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Russ-gun-tram.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 17-02-2016, 23:02:57
Hey, got to be the most impressive colour photo I've seen. Source ?
which one?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 18-02-2016, 00:02:18
(http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/irootoko_jr/imgs/7/2/72f1d96b-s.jpg)
hetzer gonna hetz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: tempest on 18-02-2016, 07:02:17
Hey, got to be the most impressive colour photo I've seen. Source ?
If you look at the small print on the picture, it looks like it's been colorized!  Still a nice, clear picture though, but likely not originally in colour.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-02-2016, 17:02:49
In recent years there had been a big amount of colourized pictures, i like this since the pictures get a lot more realistic because of it, but it should be mentioned on the picture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 19-02-2016, 19:02:06
(https://i.hizliresim.com/654jV0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 19-02-2016, 22:02:24
but it should be mentioned on the picture.

Why, could there be color inaccuracies or something?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 19-02-2016, 23:02:40
but it should be mentioned on the picture.

Why, could there be color inaccuracies or something?

Ofcourse, colours have to be guessed, some colours are identical on grayscale but totally different in real life. I am not saying they are far off, but the difference would be noticable.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-02-2016, 13:02:12
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/bdcd2dd072030c6bbfaeb961ce4ffc77/tumblr_ng847d6btk1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg)

Tiger ‘231’ of Leutnant Zabel from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 was hit 252 times by fire from all calibres during combat near Ssemernikovo. The tank was able to be driven a further 60km to the rear area and returned to the unit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 21-02-2016, 15:02:26
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/bdcd2dd072030c6bbfaeb961ce4ffc77/tumblr_ng847d6btk1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg)

Tiger ‘231’ of Leutnant Zabel from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 was hit 252 times by fire from all calibres during combat near Ssemernikovo. The tank was able to be driven a further 60km to the rear area and returned to the unit.
252 times??? fire from all calibres and nothing destroyed it? wow!
That's german quality!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 22-02-2016, 10:02:21
[imgwidth=750]https://i.hizliresim.com/7gmYpY.jpg[/img]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-02-2016, 19:02:23
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5513/14059414965_e15f021e07_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-02-2016, 20:02:15
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/20090610t_34_85_belgrad1.4t486o8dooe8ocsw0k4ko88w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 24-02-2016, 20:02:18
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Het-Hitler.jpg)

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Mr. H. himself, inspects new Hetzer tanks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 27-02-2016, 02:02:32
(http://www.gewehr43.com/Tokarevmichaelhiedler.jpg)

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An assortment of captured weapons including a Zb26 (?) and an SVT rifle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 27-02-2016, 12:02:03
hetzer looks ugly without hinterhalt camo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 28-02-2016, 22:02:53
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/stal-gun.jpg)

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Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-03-2016, 19:03:37
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/11769687743_12828cd88c_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 04-03-2016, 00:03:25
Can you guys tell me who signed the document? Was it Tedder, or Eisenhower?
Splendid document, truly! As I have not seen a definitive answer in the following posts, I do believe the signature says ArTedder.

And to keep it related:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Meeting_of_the_Supreme_Command%2C_Allied_Expeditionary_Force%2C_London%2C_1_February_1944_TR1631.jpg/776px-Meeting_of_the_Supreme_Command%2C_Allied_Expeditionary_Force%2C_London%2C_1_February_1944_TR1631.jpg)
Do note Eisenhower without socks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 04-03-2016, 00:03:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Bundesarchiv_N_1603_Bild-121%2C_Russland%2C_Sewastopol%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_Hafen.jpg)
Sevastopol harbour after the battle July 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 04-03-2016, 01:03:44
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Rus-45-snow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2016, 12:03:05
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/16302.e03831yk9nkksggo84sk0s8kk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Gunners People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (NOAYU) roll the captured German 105mm light field howitzer leFH 18/40 near the Yugoslav town of Lika (Lika).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-03-2016, 13:03:12
(http://i.imgur.com/EPSIV8F.jpg)

Bofors in Finnish colors, and some kind of optical sight not seen in FH2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 06-03-2016, 22:03:31
In pictures: American airmen in England during World War Two

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35699521
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-03-2016, 15:03:57
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Kiev-dnepr-41.jpg)

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Kiev and bridge over the Dniepr, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-03-2016, 21:03:37
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/HorseSoldier176/Red%20Army%20Troops%20of%20the%20GPW/RedArmytroopsfiringonGermanpositionsnearKharkov.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 11-03-2016, 21:03:22
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Paris-somuas.jpg)

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Captured Somua S-35's in Paris
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-03-2016, 18:03:59
(http://www.historia.ro/sites/default/files/4.Soldat-roman-si-german_0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-03-2016, 23:03:06
(http://i.imgur.com/5y8UkTj.jpg)

Naval battle in the bay of Viipuri, September 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 13-03-2016, 20:03:22
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/nearcarentanjul44.jpg)

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Near Carentan, Normandy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-03-2016, 22:03:13
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/14889.dm8m3s6p49sks0g4g8wwcwswo.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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The head of " the Independent state Croatia » Ante Pavelic (1889—1959) with conscripts during training.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 14-03-2016, 00:03:50
(http://oi66.tinypic.com/9gh85v.jpg)
German city of Munich in flames after a bombing raid, unknown date.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2016, 18:03:13
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/finni_isu152_1944.ds64s7kc22gwcg0wccss44oos.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
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Finns captured Soviet heavy self-propelled guns SU-152 during transport by rail. Machine with the number 1212.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-03-2016, 19:03:58
ISU-152.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 14-03-2016, 20:03:23
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/886794-2/aLookSir)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-03-2016, 20:03:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/5120447974_10655c767f_o.mcpoqpykmn4gowkcc00oocok.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
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Greek guerrillas and partisans in the ranks. Girls armed with captured Italian rifles, the third girl on the right - 6.5-mm machine gun Italian 'Breda 30» (Fucile Mitragliatore Breda modello 30).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 16-03-2016, 21:03:05
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Russ-M3-scout.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 18-03-2016, 20:03:05
The clowncar in action ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 18-03-2016, 23:03:57
Its a White scout car.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-03-2016, 14:03:13
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Aug41-russ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 19-03-2016, 17:03:22
Its a White scout car.

It's a joke from Company of Heroes 2, where this vehicle can mount an entire Soviet conscript squad (6 people) in the back with flamethrowers. It was incredibly annoying and it looked pretty ridiculous. Hence its nickname, clown car. ;D

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1FHKGGCrwGI/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-03-2016, 22:03:31
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/RussAAmg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 23-03-2016, 19:03:05
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/KiskaAleuts43.jpg)

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Kiska Island, Aleutians 1943 (note files of troops making their way up hills)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-03-2016, 21:03:01
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/366c9583df50a435aed6bcb85c8cc3c124304a893225456d99b44c8e4a751acb.j3are2cotwgk4ssg0ck08480.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Romanian officer and soldiers are watching the sea in the village of South Ozereyevka (South Ozereika) near Novorossiysk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-03-2016, 12:03:46
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12208317_865249406938186_1250627384702930091_n.jpg?oh=560d837f31b5999892cc40267becff4a&oe=57810694)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 26-03-2016, 17:03:58
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Paraati_viipurissa.jpg)

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Finns recapture Viipurii from Russians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-03-2016, 17:03:23
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12208317_865249406938186_1250627384702930091_n.jpg?oh=560d837f31b5999892cc40267becff4a&oe=57810694)

Damn, the graphics on Sammatus look good ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-03-2016, 01:03:39
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Russ-partisans.jpg)

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Russian partisans
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-03-2016, 20:03:04
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/f7/6f/f0/f76ff0855474d4ff9d0e6e92680473ad.jpg)

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A visit from Hitlerjugend members to the 12th SS Panzer Division (Hitlerjugend) Bundesarchiv
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 01-04-2016, 02:04:33
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/US-mortar-crew.jpg)

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US 3" mortar crew
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 02-04-2016, 03:04:53
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Lauban-Ger-mar1945.jpg)

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Lauban, Germany in March, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 03-04-2016, 13:04:36
(http://afterbefore.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/czolgbefore1.jpg) (http://afterbefore.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/czolgbefore1.jpg)
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Destroyed King Tiger in Gdańsk (Danzig), probably in March 1945 during the German troops escape from Gdansk in the direction of Stogi and Sobieszewo. Taken on a street "ul.Długich Ogrodów" near the Church of św.Barbara
More pics (http://afterbefore.pl/?p=4996#)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 04-04-2016, 22:04:48
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/pzStuck.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2016, 21:04:47
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/ed/90/fc/ed90fcdc4dbf34036fb3382f2f5a50dc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 07-04-2016, 19:04:20
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Dwi_wellington_front.jpg)
A Vickers Wellington fitted with a DWI, magnetic mine exploder, Ismaliya, Egypt
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-04-2016, 19:04:00
(http://afterbefore.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/czolgbefore1.jpg) (http://afterbefore.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/czolgbefore1.jpg)
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Destroyed King Tiger in Gdańsk (Danzig), probably in March 1945 during the German troops escape from Gdansk in the direction of Stogi and Sobieszewo. Taken on a street "ul.Długich Ogrodów" near the Church of św.Barbara
More pics (http://afterbefore.pl/?p=4996#)

Woa, any clue how it got burried like that? Some kind of heavy mine or IED?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 07-04-2016, 21:04:22
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Hit-on-Tiger-at-Kursk.jpg)

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A hit on Tiger's front plate at Kursk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-04-2016, 20:04:08
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/df/fd/a8/dffda803b023a2dfd325efd66860eee2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-04-2016, 12:04:25
(http://i.imgur.com/kZlYYeE.jpg)

Potato smasher
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-04-2016, 12:04:06
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/88/65/15/886515bc3433d6565bfa74c7ecbd67c5.jpg)

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"Graduation Tableau" - Tigers with panzer crews
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Graf_Radetzky(CZ) on 17-04-2016, 19:04:21
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/df/fd/a8/dffda803b023a2dfd325efd66860eee2.jpg)
Prague uprising?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bundesarchiv_N_1603_Bild-178%2C_Sizilien%2C_leichte_Flak_auf_Zugkraftwagen.jpg)
Horst Grund, July 1943, Sicily.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-04-2016, 22:04:40
Knocked out Valentine III captured by Panzer-Regiment 7, 10. Panzer Division
(http://s23.postimg.org/cpht5cw3f/aee.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-04-2016, 22:04:39
"Besides 6 hits from the Panther's 75mm gun, there are 2 smaller holes from Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck":

(http://s3.postimg.org/6afcvgfw3/sdss.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-04-2016, 22:04:12
Woa, any clue how it got burried like that? Some kind of heavy mine or IED?

Tiger II (sSSPzAbt.103/503) simply drove into a into a bomb crate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-04-2016, 22:04:57
Prague uprising?

indeed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 21-04-2016, 19:04:52
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/439cdb96332ab1f008dd938da31fc356/tumblr_n8qi101QmX1spwf52o1_1280.jpg)

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German soldiers preparing the MG34 for use in the Siege of Leningrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-04-2016, 20:04:10
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/115720213202120120.158irajgiasgg4ko0848w8g0g.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Chetniks-priest Dudzic (Đujić) with 7.92-mm machinegun ručnym ZB vz. 26
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 22-04-2016, 19:04:34
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/CaptBA.jpg)

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Captured BA-10 (German)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2016, 12:04:48
double mag thompson
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/47/media-47663/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

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Platoon commanders of 7th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment are briefed for an attack on German forces in the village of Gemmano, 6 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 25-04-2016, 10:04:01
The first guy from left looks like he got out from FH2(British)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 25-04-2016, 17:04:04
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/37/media-37248/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

British mortars in action during the battle for Meiktila, February 1945, part of the final drive in Burma to break the Japanese armies.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-04-2016, 18:04:41
(http://www.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/le-franchissement-de-la-ligne-siegfried-par-les-allies-apres-leur-entree-en-allemagne-en-mars-1945/TERRE-10215-L05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 27-04-2016, 00:04:23
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Operation_Crusader.jpg)
Sikh troops during Operation Crusader.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 27-04-2016, 06:04:35
(https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Riviera/img/USA-E-Riviera-p553.jpg)
French Infantry Advance into Colmar
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-04-2016, 19:04:18
(http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/02/19/442nd-98326ba52ece9517876cc93d32877c14391748b5.jpg)

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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, shown here in a 1944 photo taken in France, returned home from World War II as one of the most decorated U.S. military units.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 27-04-2016, 23:04:13
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/su152-factory.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-04-2016, 19:04:56
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/38d7034a3253dd20f746b048d9a900354b0f4ee1a3c932c3c27cfc2be1a6954.41rwxm9uncu8o8444co8oocgc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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German soldiers prepare propelled mines 'Goliath' (Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath - Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b) Piaskowej outdoors during the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 28-04-2016, 19:04:59
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/50/media-50127/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

25-lber in action in Syria, June 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-04-2016, 15:04:58
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/japanese_ka_mi_amphibous_tank_ormoc_leyte_1945.84xgneyuibcw0kco4gkkwgokc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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American soldiersand a destroyed Japanese amphibious tank type 2 'Ka-Mi' near the city of Ormoc in the Philippines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 01-05-2016, 22:05:26
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/29/media-29694/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

GI's climb into a Royal Navy LCA for the landings during Operation Torch, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 03-05-2016, 17:05:56
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/600eaf3c4fdd334380cb6e94f6efd9ee/tumblr_o6lacdk28C1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg)

A Red Army Sherman leads the assault into Vienna, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-05-2016, 18:05:13
(http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/fg/bu-20_imagesia-com_fgqb_large.jpg)
FH2 IRL
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 03-05-2016, 22:05:42
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Finnscapture-Russ-sniper.jpg)

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Finns capture a Russian sniper
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MaJ.P.Bouras on 03-05-2016, 23:05:30
Where? Is he inside that bush?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-05-2016, 05:05:11
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1675/26037479903_662624dcff_b.jpg)

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/deckarudo/26037479903/in/dateposted/

Weirdest StuG I have seen so far.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 06-05-2016, 08:05:28
Looks like a stug III E where someone applied sideskirt from a later model.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 09-05-2016, 00:05:57
Source unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 09-05-2016, 16:05:52
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/30/a9/17/30a917a1b03ecbb1bd7f4b7d3f0e541d.jpg)

Another Liberator with the same but more children schoolbook safe nose art name.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-05-2016, 03:05:30
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/wh_795ost_n44.12gip4akzv0g4gsg400084kk8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Can anybody identify the German's officer insignia?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 11-05-2016, 13:05:39
For Some reasoning my first hunch was Georgian, as in an oost-batallion, and google image appears to concur.
Americans are paratroopers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-05-2016, 16:05:11
Yep, he is a Georgian Ostbattalion officer.  Probably offering help to the GIs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-05-2016, 04:05:09
Thanks for the info :)

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/imdenissergeevich_481.d6iftmjghyoswcsswckw444gk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-05-2016, 20:05:22
(http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9ID_JBM_44.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-05-2016, 21:05:46
Must've been absolutely crazy to run around in a fucking jeep hunting tanks with mounted bazookas.

Was this a field modification or did some people actually came up with it as a valid combat vehicle?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-05-2016, 22:05:09
The answer? use a bazooka

And if that dont work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olv_htiOM5E

Use more bazooka
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-05-2016, 16:05:00
It is a field mod. :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-05-2016, 04:05:34
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-RAF-III/img/RAF-3-04-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2016, 18:05:09
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/9d70a64eb8239e3504ccce1ad05fbdd4d3d269455cf6047076f7bce75685ffb8_1941.2e1jx3n42xogkkscsccgg8s8o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Finnish soldiers with captured Soviet SVT-40 rifles at the parade captured Vyborg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-05-2016, 21:05:52
I actually made a finnish pickup kit with svt40, but I don't think anyone put it on a map yet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 19-05-2016, 04:05:34
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/87ff0884.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-05-2016, 20:05:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0848%2C_Kreta%2C_Soldatengr%C3%A4ber.jpg)
Crete, 1941. Bundesarchiv, Bild 141-0848 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 06-06-2016, 02:06:11
(https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13325528_1066605356766762_2317328670028946593_n.jpg?oh=1be83febb94f86a5943b6131b214ec66&oe=57D9F249)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-06-2016, 02:06:59
^ love that pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 06-06-2016, 13:06:17
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2c60mECVhXFhONerZQv7DM8OdzfAM32F_hnaRWbq8SfgqLB4B9wxjswwyu7LciKzv_fQiMThAFU=w1920-h1080-rw-no)
Assembling a 1-1 scale wooden model of the Ju87
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 06-06-2016, 23:06:19
Can't see the link and when copying the text of the link into my browser it doesn't work :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 07-06-2016, 00:06:26
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O2XOnvPGL9s/VkVvABNU8II/AAAAAAAAKG4/-SZRmSd6b0s/s1600/German%2Bsoldiers%2Btake%2Baim%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Bbacks%2Bof%2Bhorses%252C%2Bmid-1930.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 07-06-2016, 12:06:10
Can't see the link and when copying the text of the link into my browser it doesn't work :(
stupid g+ :)
https://plus.google.com/103715030210557776823/posts/NnDeZys4oYK
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-06-2016, 00:06:24
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg)

Yesterday, 72 years ago. Never Forget. I can't imagine how terrible it must have been, slowly making your way towards Fortress Europe itself...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-06-2016, 09:06:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/TR_000978_kittyhawk.jpg)
1943. A Curtiss P-40/Kittyhawk Mark III of No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force taxiing through the scrub at Medenine, Tunisia. The ground crewman on the wing is directing the pilot, whose view ahead is hindered by the aircraft's nose. The squadron was the first Allied unit to use the "shark mouth" marking on the P-40, in mid-1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-06-2016, 19:06:42
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/su152_44fn.5z8lnly3n5kwgg8k0s8k4sks.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Soviet ISU-152 self-propelled guns. ACS was hit and destroyed by internal explosion during the Battle of Tali-Ihantala on the Karelian Isthmus 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-06-2016, 20:06:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/c2ff6c00da78fde3162a6694eff50408a87c602e49fc59683c6ff7b5f3d0c11a.66je2lami9gcowo884s4koo0c.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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French soldier of the 638 Infanterie-Regiment (LVF)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2016, 14:06:45
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/673197-2/p142b)
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A soldier from Détachement Durand, the advance guard from the French 68ème Division d'Infanterie, shares a smoke with soldiers of Commando Zeeland, the Dutch force stationed in the province of Zeeland. Most probable date, May 10, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-06-2016, 14:06:46
Cool pic, thx for posting. Even in the Netherlands, the battle for Zeeland in 1940 is very much unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-06-2016, 17:06:40
Cool pic, thx for posting. Even in the Netherlands, the battle for Zeeland in 1940 is very much unknown.

We had a battle for Zeeland? :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-06-2016, 19:06:27
Cool pic, thx for posting. Even in the Netherlands, the battle for Zeeland in 1940 is very much unknown.

We had a battle for Zeeland? :D
Yup, after capitulation, fighting went on for a few more days, with help from English and French troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 12-06-2016, 03:06:25
(https://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c34c676efc5a8ad67a31a75da2b7edca?convert_to_webp=true)
looks familiar  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 12-06-2016, 22:06:48
(http://d2oah9q9xdinv5.cloudfront.net/images/members/1/411/410405/model45a_01.jpg)

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Prototype weapon testing of WW2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-06-2016, 12:06:15
(http://i.imgur.com/tLlGDdm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-06-2016, 21:06:33
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/139ca0c75e275f6ceec5ac4ddfdcbc14b8000431a3a4d0f072924dabab1c646d.8a620t84gdk4s0kcskwosc4k8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Romanian troops on the pier in Balaklava.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-06-2016, 10:06:20
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/m/w/r/mwr52b2fdd681d57_1024.jpg)
Found a nice Russian picture archive, https://russiainphoto.ru, i'll try to post some pictures from there in the coming days.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-06-2016, 18:06:21
(i post yesterday post here, wrong topic sorry !)
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/c644a7c863122bf83daa609397454e7fc6ef512b6b4d7a9a2a89785e96bc7df4.14cs18mszs1wogk8k000s8ocg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Romanian infantry near a fence in a Soviet village.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-06-2016, 18:06:09
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/5/z/r/5zr52b32b45a959e_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-06-2016, 19:06:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/9b8039d6e993b5b00bb41c0ee3b87e412542997c96747651438e0ff27f19ed01.n69hqupw4ys0g8gs4coc00s8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
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Tanks Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) of the Romanian 2nd Tank Regiment in the Crimea.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-06-2016, 09:06:05
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/y/h/t/yht52b32b444317a_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-06-2016, 10:06:18
(http://i.imgur.com/OmJeoKU.jpg)

Lahti 20mm in position at the Stalin White Sea–Baltic Canal, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-06-2016, 19:06:06
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/e1/nickn-sherm-2ndfrencharmd-div1944_imagesia-com_e12s.jpg)

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French 2eme DB, 501e RCC    2e Compagnie
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-06-2016, 21:06:03
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/y/h/t/yht52b32b444317a_1024.jpg)
Wow, cool pic! I guess they are Katy's firing? What are those vehicles below the smoke?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-06-2016, 23:06:09
Most certainly KV tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-06-2016, 00:06:18
That is supposedly from the artillery and aerial bombardment against the finnish main line at Valkeasaari, June 9th and 10th 1944. I cant confirm this thought.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-06-2016, 00:06:01
Can't add more than what's already said about that picture  :P

(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/2/q/v/2qv52b32c50cf21a_1024.jpg)
Partisans
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 18-06-2016, 09:06:55
(http://i.imgur.com/OmJeoKU.jpg)

Lahti 20mm in position at the Stalin White Sea–Baltic Canal, 1942.

Damn that is one big ass rifle. How did they transport it around?

I already get tired of my Colt C7 sometimes, can't image having to run around with this mofo all day :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-06-2016, 11:06:46
You have several people carrying it and the equipment (ammo) involved. Usually two people were enough to carry the gun itself in normal marching conditions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-06-2016, 01:06:36
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/j/o/4/jo45354db57e55ad_1024.jpg)
Military escort for gas tanks according to the Google translation of the Russian caption
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 19-06-2016, 01:06:27
I think they are actually barrage balloons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-06-2016, 16:06:49
The Autoblinda 41 in the Hill 192 sector
 
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/robustia63/us1944agost%20colina192_zpsu1k3vhd3.jpg~original)



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: XtotheZ on 19-06-2016, 16:06:56
(http://www.rosphoto.com/images/u/articles/1405/12365452254152.dkr3qmpsxnw4400kko80wsgk4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpg)

Soviet women soldiers of anti-air defence at their duty. The rooftop of the house №4 on Halturina street, Leningrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-06-2016, 00:06:35
Wow, cool pic! I guess they are Katy's firing? What are those vehicles below the smoke?

It was Katyushas, I overlooked the categories linked to the image for some reason :p

(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/5/k/l/5kl540444d26e91e_1024.jpg)
Somewhere around Sevastopol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 20-06-2016, 09:06:40
Quote
A dummy Stuart tank being assembled in the Western Desert, 3 April 1942.

(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/46/media-46705/large.jpg?action-e&cat=photographs) (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205203735?cat=photographs)

THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1942. © IWM (E 10145) (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205203735?cat=photographs)IWM Non Commercial Licence (http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-06-2016, 12:06:41
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/e1/nickn-sherm-2ndfrencharmd-div1944_imagesia-com_e12s.jpg)

Quote
French 2eme DB, 501e RCC    2e Compagnie

'La Moskowa' was responsible for knocking out following Panther, in the front of Théâtre de l'Odéon on Rue de Vaugirard, June 1944. This Panther was hit four times, but the crew managed to bail out.

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9796/60413234.137/0_c69b7_842ef90b_orig)

'La Moskowa' was later knocked out in Vosges, November 1, 1944. Immobilized in the mud, the tank was hit several times by anti-tank guns, killing the entire crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-06-2016, 00:06:00
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/m/o/7/mo752b3334a0666c_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-06-2016, 20:06:07
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/dd/img-345346-29891_imagesia-com_dd2a.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-06-2016, 02:06:17
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClpAWLvWIAAWGCj.jpg:large)

Bagration
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-06-2016, 23:06:57
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/51/media-51448/large.jpg)
Quote
Dutch Ambonese troops take prisoner an Indonesian nationalist fighter in Batavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-06-2016, 14:06:18
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cb/c4/c0/cbc4c02f7661ce1e2d86e02f205031c9.jpg)
Quote
A German soldier taking practice aim with a telescopic sight mounted on an unloaded MG34 machine gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 25-06-2016, 23:06:23
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/51/media-51448/large.jpg)
Quote
Dutch Ambonese troops take prisoner an Indonesian nationalist fighter in Batavia.

Edit: Never mind, thought I read Dutch troops being taken prisoner (presumably by the Japanese). Was already wondering why the guy on the left had a Thompson to begin with and why he was still carrying it. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 26-06-2016, 01:06:21
From which year is this pic, Seth?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-06-2016, 20:06:22
From which year is this pic, Seth?
i don't know sorry. I would say 1945
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208481

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpbo98ocs91r0mxzeo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-06-2016, 18:06:14
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/d5/untitled-73_imagesia-com_d53b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 30-06-2016, 00:06:19
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cb/c4/c0/cbc4c02f7661ce1e2d86e02f205031c9.jpg)
Quote
A German soldier taking practice aim with a telescopic sight mounted on an unloaded MG34 machine gun
Devs pls
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-06-2016, 19:06:59
it's a training gun

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/life5.djny2ytk8nc40gk8gc4osw4w4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2016, 16:07:27
(http://cs628117.vk.me/v628117487/47b57/1f1UJUS3vIA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-07-2016, 18:07:57
(http://img.xooimage.com/files44/b/d/3/twosoldiersofthelvfplay-16c42be.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-07-2016, 18:07:36
Some more from the same series
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-07-2016, 21:07:16
 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-07-2016, 11:07:33
sorry i'm lazy to find a free uploader
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-07-2016, 18:07:17
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ac27a7400c.393k532n2ois8wswk0oog0og4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 10-07-2016, 19:07:52
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/BA10-dog.jpg)

Is this a Soviet "dog mine"? I'm overall curious.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-07-2016, 21:07:17
Not all dogs have to be bomb dogs. :P  It's prob just a unit pet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 11-07-2016, 15:07:41
Not all dogs have to be bomb dogs.

Well, of course not, but thanks anyhow. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-07-2016, 11:07:00
(http://i2.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/012376/12376499.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 13-07-2016, 19:07:29
(http://i2.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/012376/12376499.jpg)

Not working for me.

(https://s31.postimg.org/5xvy505p3/ulk52b33341cc91e_1024.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/5xvy505p3/)

From a Russian gallery posted in this thread about a month ago.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-07-2016, 12:07:36
 ;) it was a finn
finnish landing craft

EDIT: ok somrthing must have block the pics from there
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 17-07-2016, 13:07:45
(https://s31.postimg.org/b6qz2vo47/px75404864800a12_1024.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/b6qz2vo47/)

Russia, 1941. I'd love to see a Soviet Valentine in the mod someday, AFAIK right now it's only in Sidi Rezegh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-07-2016, 14:07:55
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/70/1f/cf/701fcfd98e817d35c554d3227f2510a7.jpg)

Swiss anti-tank team with infanterie kannone 35. This 47mm gun fired HEAT shells more then capable for defeating Panzers 3 and IV it would have most likely faced in the event of an invasion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 19-07-2016, 20:07:31
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Russians-erecting-AT-teeth.jpg)

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Russians erecting AT-teeth
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2016, 20:07:35
(http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ItKk_urkukk_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 19-07-2016, 20:07:37
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/70/1f/cf/701fcfd98e817d35c554d3227f2510a7.jpg)

Swiss anti-tank team with infanterie kannone 35. This 47mm gun fired HEAT shells more then capable for defeating Panzers 3 and IV it would have most likely faced in the event of an invasion

Thats the 47mm the italians have too, also ingame.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-07-2016, 18:07:50
(http://i2.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/012273/12273912.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: XtotheZ on 25-07-2016, 21:07:26
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/BA10-dog.jpg)

Is this a Soviet "dog mine"? I'm overall curious.

No. It's famous soviet dog Julbars worked in mine-sweeping corps. During the war Julbars found more than 7000 mines and 150 shells. It was the only dog awarded with Medal for Battle Merit. Julbars was wounded at the end of war and can't walk in the Victory Parade of 1945, so Joseph Stalin personally ordered to carry Julbars on his coat. So they did.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-07-2016, 22:07:41
Nice !

(http://i2.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/014438/14438153.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-07-2016, 15:07:21
(http://i.imgur.com/Mmab888.jpg)

Finnish troops advance past a just-torched russian bunker.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 26-07-2016, 19:07:39
sorry i'm lazy to find a free uploader
Try these:
http://imgur.com/
http://cubeupload.com/


(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/BA10-dog.jpg)

Is this a Soviet "dog mine"? I'm overall curious.

No. It's famous soviet dog Julbars worked in mine-sweeping corps. During the war Julbars found more than 7000 mines and 150 shells. It was the only dog awarded with Medal for Battle Merit. Julbars was wounded at the end of war and can't walk in the Victory Parade of 1945, so Joseph Stalin personally ordered to carry Julbars on his coat. So they did.

Hey, thanks for the info! Sounds pretty cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: XtotheZ on 26-07-2016, 23:07:55
Hey, thanks for the info! Sounds pretty cool.
You are welcome.  :)


(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/d95fce22b98f871163a3c63bc5b040ff.e9ba2nkk2i0os0kc8wgos04wk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Red Army soldier inspects abandoned cart containing the barrel of german 210-mm mortar sample 1918 (21 cm Morser 18).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 28-07-2016, 11:07:58
(https://s31.postimg.org/luuq1py3b/701c9b309169f181_1024.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/luuq1py3b/)

Russia, 1941. Shell shattering on a tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 28-07-2016, 12:07:32
i have seen another photo before of a T34 getting hit by a desperate attempt of a 10.5Cm, lefh18, by firing HE shells, and the photo was taken on the exact same time as the shell exploded.

Could also be the ammo exploding inside.
T34's were packed with enourmous quantities of ammo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: PanzerKnacker on 28-07-2016, 12:07:51
(https://s31.postimg.org/luuq1py3b/701c9b309169f181_1024.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/luuq1py3b/)

Russia, 1941. Shell shattering on a tank?

This here is most likely a Panzer III
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-07-2016, 13:07:15
(http://i.imgur.com/tNVUF3N.jpg)

Revisiting Summa battlefields 1 year after the Winter War, not much forest left from all the artillery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-07-2016, 18:07:28
(http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q602/DAKEddie41/DAK%202/p2_zps0bfc7562.jpg)
someone must be jealous
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-07-2016, 12:07:26
"deal with it"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: XtotheZ on 30-07-2016, 12:07:28
(http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q602/DAKEddie41/DAK%202/p2_zps0bfc7562.jpg)
someone must be jealous

Can you explain, please? Who is who on this picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-07-2016, 13:07:34
I don't have the context but i would say german pow (luftwaffe) of an australian unit.
Tobruk 1941 ?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0285-14A%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldat_mit_Sandschutz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 30-07-2016, 13:07:35
My long lost brother....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 31-07-2016, 11:07:00
My long lost brother....
You think its same guy from your avatar?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 31-07-2016, 22:07:38
My long lost brother....

Actually, I lol'd so hard. ;D


(http://oi68.tinypic.com/zwdh8n.jpg)
305mm coastal gun house, german occupied island of Guersey, British Channel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-07-2016, 23:07:32
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/21/74/b2/2174b2c9e8913835cd934e047a1114e8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 01-08-2016, 18:08:07
(https://s31.postimg.org/rlkwfg63b/5c552b32efadf0ec_1024.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/rlkwfg63b/)

Soviet Union, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-08-2016, 18:08:07
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/su/Slovakia/bt-5_01slovak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-08-2016, 20:08:34
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/su/Slovakia/bt-5_02slovak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-08-2016, 21:08:13
(http://i.imgur.com/cMlgVpj.jpg)

Stuart almost look-a-like-thingy knocked out, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-08-2016, 22:08:40
BT tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-08-2016, 20:08:52
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/9084669577_4dae9e7b2b_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-08-2016, 20:08:02
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/48/media-48250/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

Quote
Knocked out Allied tanks assembled in a field near Caen prior to being stripped of material that can be reused. The wrecks would then be scrapped.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 08-08-2016, 22:08:32
Italians and mules, somwhere in the Soviet Union...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B27180%2C_Russland%2C_italienische_Soldaten_mit_Mauleseln.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-08-2016, 19:08:59
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8252053139_731dcc9b94_c.jpg)

Quote
The 100th Panzer 4 Ausf J built by Nibelungenwerke.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 09-08-2016, 23:08:05
Can someone iddntify, what it says on the turret side?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 10-08-2016, 21:08:37
The rear part is (for me) impossible to decipher, due to the images quality. It´s something like this:
"[...] auch so meckern,
[...] werden sie nicht erklettern."

I guess you could translate the fragments loosely like this: "[However?] they bleat, they can not conquest [illegible]."

The side I can translate though:
"Panzer bauen, auf den Führer vertrauen, die Feinde verhauen, so sind die Söhne aus Ostmarks Gauen!"

Translation: "Building tanks, trusting the Führer (Hitler), beating up the enemies, that´s how the Ostmark (Eastern Prussias) sons are!"

The front plate says: "Für Deutschlands Sieg und Ehre!", which means "For Germanies victory and honor!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 11-08-2016, 17:08:17
(http://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/029/565/original/1-60dea3ff481b895be9488ff90e0f5190.jpg)
Quote
Watch officer of U129 submarine Siegfried Lüdden relieving oneself on the top deck using an interesting device. 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-08-2016, 18:08:49
(http://i.imgur.com/6pXu2fT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-08-2016, 13:08:26
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/f7640bad8ca07450a9640425999f1c94ca1a4b98127c3af9cf8bd4ee8712b063.41rtpq5g896osscko00sk80s8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

teamwork in FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-08-2016, 14:08:50
Happens so rarely that cheering in a similar fashion is completely justified.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-08-2016, 20:08:38
(http://c8.staticflickr.com/4/3759/9713488287_bc76d6e195_b.jpg)
Quote
1943 Finland, Karelia, A horse wearing mortar rockets
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-08-2016, 10:08:25
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3p4pc4tYb1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 16-08-2016, 18:08:24
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_DVM_10_Bild-23-63-46,_Schlachtschiff_%22Scharnhorst%22.jpg)


Aaaah zhe mighty scharnhorst. Soon in my possesion on WOrld of warships
Please note the sexy 15cm secondary batteries
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-08-2016, 23:08:43
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/31/a6/60/31a660e995ef5470116e0db9fa55d119.jpg)

Quote
Mascot of 112 Artillery Regiment of Australian Corps.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-08-2016, 17:08:35
Very cool, (yet kind of sad) note that was just found hidden inside a spent mosin cartridge.
http://pryf.livejournal.com/8868642.html (http://pryf.livejournal.com/8868642.html)

If you can't read Russian (like me) here's the reddit post where I found it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/4yt5pr/heres_a_photo_and_translation_of_a_soviet/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/4yt5pr/heres_a_photo_and_translation_of_a_soviet/)

Quote
"An hour ago Emelyanov Volodya from Bashkirya has died, and I Digen Vasily Nikolaevich am left alone. Fascists are conducting a harsh bombardment, I am injured and won't live long. At night remaining survivors from the company ran off [surrendered] to fashist scum, but retribution will still find them. I am staying here, will die, but not surrender to the enemy. Tell my wife Anna Fedorovna in Chkalov region that I defended the Motherland as best as I could. We will win anyway!!! 30 August 1942. Digen V. N. Avenge me, guys"

It was found with remains of three soldiers between villages Orlovka and Erzovka.

(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/pryf/39738266/13307911/13307911_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-08-2016, 18:08:56
war never changes

(http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/bi/-_imagesia-com_bii0_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 22-08-2016, 21:08:48
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/Sd251-Capt-byPoles.jpg)

Quote
Polish Resistance capture halftrack from 5th SS Wiking Div, Warsaw 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-08-2016, 20:08:16
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/16/media-16959/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

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Knocked-out 7.5cm PaK 40(Sf) auf Geschützwagen 39H(f) self-propelled gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-08-2016, 20:08:18
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1a90cKH791qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-08-2016, 13:08:55
(http://i.imgur.com/aaeqXhM.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-08-2016, 20:08:20
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/28/media-28059/large.jpg?action-d&cat=photographs)

Quote
Father and son, happily reunited after deportation to Siberia by the Soviets, serving in the same regiment of the 2nd Polish Corps in Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 25-08-2016, 20:08:13
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Panth-12SSnorm-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-08-2016, 21:08:58
Sharky StuG III, Dukla Pass

(https://s15.postimg.org/oklw7a6qj/image.png)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 28-08-2016, 04:08:24
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub3/Kiska-Jap-subs.jpg)

Quote
Captured Jap midget subs, Kiska, Aleutians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-08-2016, 10:08:10
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m73e3f5gwl1qk6uvyo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2016, 20:08:55
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5kzzoh2MO1qk6uvyo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-08-2016, 04:08:44
Context?, is he a famous pilot who went through 1.000 aerial missions in several campaigns?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 30-08-2016, 06:08:38
It says so. Feindflug - combat mission.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-08-2016, 13:08:11
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/032/0403229.jpg)

USS New orleans..with light damage to the bow
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-08-2016, 18:08:02
Context?, is he a famous pilot who went through 1.000 aerial missions in several campaigns?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Barkhorn
Searching for more information or details is part of this game ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-08-2016, 20:08:28
(http://i.imgur.com/CVZ7sH4.jpg)

Captured russian AT gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-08-2016, 20:08:19
Can you kill tanks with that? Looks more like it is for light vehicles only.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-08-2016, 21:08:51
Captured? Isnt that just the bought Madsen AT-gun/rifle?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-08-2016, 22:08:06
Yeah, that was just purchased by the Finns, the Russians didn't have/use them that I know of.

And yes, it could kill any of the early light Soviet tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-08-2016, 23:08:41
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjmVebhLPbE/TVE7QJ8_7bI/AAAAAAAAPI8/8cnGIgQzBUI/s1600/ostrom_10.jpg)
Panzerfaust dumped after the budapest siege
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-08-2016, 23:08:29
And yes, it could kill any of the early light Soviet tanks.
BT series, T60/70 and the like, but not T34 I guess?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-08-2016, 01:08:58
Basically, yep.  Only chance it would have on a T-34 would be lucky shots to the turret ring/engine/tracks or such.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-08-2016, 22:08:16
(http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/9i/284533-241182492579600-6171666-n_imagesia-com_9itn_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-09-2016, 08:09:27
(http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7030/6700588571_176fd84809.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-09-2016, 09:09:44
(http://i.imgur.com/a0bhgN6.jpg)

Lappeenranta, Finland, September 2 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2016, 13:09:36
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/moskow.7mwtemi7sy0448s4owowg8sk8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

interresting rifle
(Battle of Moscow January 1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 04-09-2016, 14:09:12
Looks like a mosin with a grenade held in the same hand.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2016, 17:09:26
 ;) tip : it's a mauser variant
(i'm 95% sure about the version, so i let you guess !)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 04-09-2016, 17:09:58
(http://i.imgur.com/a0bhgN6.jpg)

Lappeenranta, Finland, August 30 1944.
Thanks for giving me a new wallpaper! ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 04-09-2016, 20:09:43
;) tip : it's a mauser variant
(i'm 95% sure about the version, so i let you guess !)

It kinda looks like Polish kbk. wz. 29, but it may also be Romanian or Lithuanian contract vz. 24 which is much more probable I guess.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-09-2016, 19:09:34
 ;) indeed, my guess is a wz29.

During the battle of moscow, the soviet used plenty of stock rifle, captured wz29, lebel, berdan ...

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/moskaw1.ai1d9ro19rco80g8kko4ow8go.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2016, 20:09:05
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/p1060531.uvh4f74wnnk4gg0w0o8ok04k.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-09-2016, 05:09:32
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/80ece00aa2cc7d1437df0845aedca17458bb252e040d9eec8ed7a33b4773f4d8_1939.qb7x3h1nsms8g0o08csgogso.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-09-2016, 20:09:58
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/9b/k_imagesia-com_9be8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-09-2016, 21:09:00
How did the Stug 3 ausf.A perform?
I've always thought it seemed a bit ridiculous to build an entire tank only to mount such a tiny gun on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-09-2016, 22:09:31
It is the same exact gun the Panzer IV A-F1 were built with, as well as the Panzer IIIN.

The Stug 3 versions that had the short 75mm preformed well in their role- close support for the infantry.  There was no point, in that role, in having a high velocity gun, you actually wanted low velocity in exchange for better HE shells and better arcs for lobbing rounds.  Plus the Stug's design gave it a low silhouette and better armour capabilities for the early war than most German tanks at the time, all important for infantry support.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-09-2016, 22:09:13
The lower the muzzle velocity of your cannon, the thinner the outer walls of a shell can be, the more Explosives you can pack into it.

This is why a 15cm SIG 33 has 8.5KG of explosive filler, while a sfh18  15cm Field howitzer packs 6.5 KG
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 07-09-2016, 23:09:33
I love me some short barreled stugs!  Wish we had that version in FH2.  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-09-2016, 11:09:34
(http://i.imgur.com/6ApR4Jj.jpg)

Finnish armor parading in Äänislinna (Petrozavodsk), 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-09-2016, 18:09:24
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/153.f5ib012qh68s8s8c44gw0g0gg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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Lithuanian tanks heading to Lithuanian capital Vilnius in 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 08-09-2016, 21:09:30
What type of tank is this? Looks like Carden-Loyd but which model?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-09-2016, 00:09:31
Vickers M1933 or Vickers M1935?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 09-09-2016, 10:09:52
(https://s21.postimg.org/gmbkro1pj/rfok.png)

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German armour crosses the Don River over a pontoon bridge, east of Rostov.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2016, 18:09:58
What type of tank is this? Looks like Carden-Loyd but which model?

Vickers M1933 or Vickers M1935?
;) this is a good question ! More likely a m36

(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/550x/93/fc/04/93fc04cd6bcf50f07ee6bef77cd8d716.jpg)

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The mail always gets through! Postman during the London blitz 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 11-09-2016, 02:09:57
(http://oi64.tinypic.com/kaqt6b.jpg)
Sd.Kfz. 142 Sturmgeschütz III, german soldiers, Stalingrad, Russia, October 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 12-09-2016, 05:09:50
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022800492&role=image&size=variable)

Everybody get ready to stab someone.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-09-2016, 10:09:45
(http://i.imgur.com/nwng8dp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2016, 18:09:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/zis_3_19592.5tlxrf6mlls084o4kwc84wo0w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-09-2016, 20:09:07
A Stug pulling a captured Zis3?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-09-2016, 20:09:31
A Stug pulling a captured Zis3?
These shell impacts are too inaccurate for Stug troopers. These are T60-70 shell impacts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 12-09-2016, 20:09:02
Looks more like T-70 or T-80 without turret. Maybe some artillery tractor version?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 12-09-2016, 21:09:10
Its possible, altough no official soviet version exists. Might be that this is an axis conversion
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-09-2016, 22:09:20
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/stalingrad_pt_1142.eywglg9tzr40cwckc4wwskks8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-09-2016, 18:09:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/kapituliacyja_germanii_12_34.8p8kis6rfu4ok4k4g00s404og.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 17-09-2016, 10:09:23
Thank you, those are 2 nice pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 17-09-2016, 17:09:14
That second one is 'fake' I am pretty sure.  The GI soldier and the pedestal with germanic cross look photoshopped.

Looks more like something representing Castle Wolfenstein or Medal of Honor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 17-09-2016, 17:09:13
It's the Monument to the Battle of Nations IIRC. This is a repost, but so far I haven't found the original with caption.

EDIT: Here it goes:

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A U.S. soldier stands in the middle of rubble in the Monument of the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig after they attacked the city on April 18, 1945. The huge monument commemorating the defeat of Napoleon in 1813 was one of the last strongholds in the city to surrender. One hundred and fifty SS fanatics with ammunition and foodstuffs stored in the structure to last three months dug themselves in and were determined to hold out as long as their supplies. American First Army artillery eventually blasted the SS troops into surrender. (Eric Schwab/AFP/Getty Images)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-09-2016, 17:09:00
Yep, the photo is very real, as MajorMajor described.  Not faked at all.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 17-09-2016, 17:09:41
Thanks for the info!  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2016, 18:09:54
(http://i12.tinypic.com/2w3coeh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-09-2016, 06:09:29
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f1b23f80b354150875352bc1557ae84/tumblr_mw82evEfJR1s27r5eo1_1280.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-09-2016, 20:09:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa_1940_E443.2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-09-2016, 19:09:23
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/46/media-46803/large.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2016, 19:09:21
(http://www.army.lv/photos/17653.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-09-2016, 11:09:11
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/7t/bundesarchiv-bild-101i-264-1623-20-frankreich-soldaten-in-schutzstellung-mit-kam_imagesia-com_7txj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 26-09-2016, 01:09:30
(http://oi65.tinypic.com/axs0k.jpg)
German view on occupation of Poland, September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 26-09-2016, 05:09:34
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RQCiprlefbE/TOXfnYXlpII/AAAAAAAAAAk/czU3zNmS-oI/s1600/American+soldiers+transported.jpg)

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Aleutian Islands
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-09-2016, 20:09:40
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m89zomVpvK1r2cjnuo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 26-09-2016, 22:09:25
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m89zomVpvK1r2cjnuo1_1280.jpg)

Guy, "Who's that cool gas mask trooper?"

Other guys, "Dunno, let's include him in our pose pic".. ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-09-2016, 22:09:15
Get out of here STALKER!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-09-2016, 20:09:50
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4098/4792624917_95afacaa86_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-09-2016, 20:09:23
LOL, Panzer IV is OP (it says so on the schurtzen)  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 27-09-2016, 20:09:12
That is a Panzer III. And by the thickness of the barrel it looks like it is the Flammpanzer III.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-09-2016, 21:09:48
That is a Panzer III. And by the thickness of the barrel it looks like it is the Flammpanzer III.
It's still OP though  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-09-2016, 21:09:00
(http://pimg.imagesia.com/fichiers/6o/fighters-of-the-crimean-army_imagesia-com_6oyi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-09-2016, 20:09:02
(http://cs419728.vk.me/v419728046/2cf2/Hg0xNU4n7PI.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-09-2016, 22:09:15
(http://i.imgur.com/3pt6zAd.jpg)

Dec 17th 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-09-2016, 21:09:53
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/ussr/kv-2_ger/kv2_c6_ostrov.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-10-2016, 21:10:02
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/6887284720_51896cfde9_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 02-10-2016, 01:10:52
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/ussr/kv-2_ger/kv2_c6_ostrov.jpg)
This somehow reminds me of a question I've been asking myself:
Is small caliber bullets a danger to tanks if the bullets enter inside the barrel of the tank, jamming the barrel. Kinda like Raiders of the Lost Ark only with 20 or so 7.92 bullets crammed in the barrel instead of a rock. You have to be a pretty good shot I guess.

Edit: After doing some searching, it seems highly unlikely
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-10-2016, 17:10:01
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__uWpKYgFfI/UM-s3fCAimI/AAAAAAAA5bs/k5449JSz85c/s1600/Red+Army+Soldiers+Ride+Panzer+III.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 02-10-2016, 20:10:21
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__uWpKYgFfI/UM-s3fCAimI/AAAAAAAA5bs/k5449JSz85c/s1600/Red+Army+Soldiers+Ride+Panzer+III.jpg)

Are those Slovak soldiers? I can't identify the guns but the helmets look czech to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-10-2016, 20:10:39
URL says Red Army soldiers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 03-10-2016, 03:10:11
Red Army with a captured PzIII
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2016, 18:10:24
 ;) you're are right

(http://img.imagesia.com/fichiers/5j/-_imagesia-com_5juy_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-10-2016, 19:10:44
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-28TAiwM4eG8/UDWDhwpIgfI/AAAAAAAArQo/fRSA1ADabfI/s1600/German%2Bmotorbike%2Btradition%2Bsince%2B%2528the%2Bvery-%2529%2Byouth.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-10-2016, 22:10:23
(http://i15.servimg.com/u/f15/16/14/02/21/croati11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 05-10-2016, 23:10:37
(http://www.oldhickory30th.com/1anc270.jpg)

Quote
"Sir, where is our KT at the moment, what is the holdup?"

"I sorta rammed it in a building.."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-10-2016, 23:10:18
Shouldn't it kinda be able to do exactly that?
How did a few falling bricks and planks disable it? Rubble in the engine?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 06-10-2016, 00:10:29
Biggest danger is rubble being stuck in the tracks and roadwheels/drivewheels. In particular any metal.

I remember a story form my time in the german bundeswehr of a modern leopard 2 tank getting stuck, while driving accidently over some old, rusty rolls of barbed wire. Four leopard 2 dashed through an thick hedgerow in which some old rolls of barbed wire was still layed out. After some driving forth and back the barbed wire roled up around the drivewheels of one of the tanks and completey jammed one of the tracks. One out of four tanks was just immobilized by driving over old, rusty barbed wire.

Now imagine a tank with a building collapsing beside it. From all directions rubble, wood and metal falls and slips into the roadwheels. While maneuvering the rubble moves and makes its way deeper and deeper in between the wheels. Eventually the tank is stuck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 06-10-2016, 18:10:23
You can see a pile of thick rubble on the back where he takes the air for running and cooling the engines. They probably just quit due to blocked airfilters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-10-2016, 20:10:43
(http://histclo.com/imagef/date/2007/10/1007A533s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-10-2016, 02:10:09
^ Cannonfodder?, it's so cruel, when your country is envolved in a ideological extermination war and you "have to" send children to die at the frontlines.., how can somebody support that ideology today?. It's beyond my understanding.

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0319.aqyqnwx9r54o0wgwwg0kw0gcg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Soldiers of the 73rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 25th Guards Rifle Division, armed with automatic rifle SVT-40, in the battle for one of the settlements of Voronezh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-10-2016, 13:10:40
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcr1ag2gLK1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)

Boulogne sur mer 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 09-10-2016, 12:10:04
(http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12_Alaska_passing_pic.jpg)

USS alaska magazine holding the powerfull 40mm shells of the bofors 40mm AA gun. This photo was taken right before the battle of okinawa. USS Alaska, an alaska class Large cruiser, shot down 7 enemy aircraft, one friendly aircraft (an F6 hellcat, pilot survived uninjured), one Ohka flying bomb (claimed), And used her radar to direct fighters to an enemy KI-45 heavy fighter wich was shot down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2016, 13:10:22
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwkd4MDqU1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: ajappat on 10-10-2016, 17:10:47
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12_Alaska_passing_pic.jpg

USS alaska magazine holding the powerfull 40mm shells of the bofors 40mm AA gun. This photo was taken right before the battle of okinawa. USS Alaska, an alaska class Large cruiser, shot down 7 enemy aircraft, one friendly aircraft (an F6 hellcat, pilot survived uninjured), one Ohka flying bomb (claimed), And used her radar to direct fighters to an enemy KI-45 heavy fighter wich was shot down.

Did they have all the ammunition needed for battle in readyracks near guns or would they actually supply the guns through that tiny hole by hand in combat situations?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-10-2016, 18:10:24
IIRC there would be a ready rack near the gun, but the majority of the ammo was kept below in sealed off compartments for safety.  In battle, the ready racks would be used first, then more ammo would be chain-ganged to the guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-10-2016, 19:10:00
(http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/14/02/21/prikly10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-10-2016, 20:10:37
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/pol_bofors.9ybbg3apyww08s4scsoswwogc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-10-2016, 21:10:34
(http://orig13.deviantart.net/7c01/f/2012/081/6/c/beutepanzer_h39_by_wolfenkrieger-d4tkktw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2016, 18:10:29
(http://img15.deviantart.net/5a0b/i/2012/096/0/c/stielhandgranate_panzerknacker_by_wolfenkrieger-d4v8wbi.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-10-2016, 01:10:38
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/16f2f86c28aa0eaced2cb9829a73fae2/tumblr_mugh6cTcYn1sqeufwo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 14-10-2016, 15:10:47
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/16f2f86c28aa0eaced2cb9829a73fae2/tumblr_mugh6cTcYn1sqeufwo1_500.jpg)

Guy sitting on the john: "Hey could you wait a minute!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-10-2016, 18:10:04
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6qgpdQlhP1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 14-10-2016, 22:10:55
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/16f2f86c28aa0eaced2cb9829a73fae2/tumblr_mugh6cTcYn1sqeufwo1_500.jpg)
Wth is this pic about?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-10-2016, 22:10:48
It's soldiers messing around.  Not exactly unusual.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2016, 03:10:54
Yep, photos of German soldiers messing around are quite normal, surprisingly, they have a sense of humor.

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/47502184a87ecc129a6399f45f082459/tumblr_mvqmdhNy2x1spe99eo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mane on 15-10-2016, 08:10:05
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/47502184a87ecc129a6399f45f082459/tumblr_mvqmdhNy2x1spe99eo1_1280.jpg)

Captured T-26?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 16-10-2016, 05:10:00
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/c2/cb/7d/c2cb7d4ddc36c5cf8017dc5d68f86ffd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-10-2016, 10:10:26
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/art_nk.16dbfjw8tasgko4g8sck0owk4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Berkolok on 17-10-2016, 11:10:00
(http://ww2photo.se/tanks/aus/sentin/01872.jpg)
Australian Sentinel Cruiser Tank and its weird hull mg port
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-10-2016, 15:10:30
Close-up of a T-34 hull mg port. Looks like it was just pasted on there.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-10-2016, 19:10:51
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9a4jhDsT01qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
not sure if it is ww2 or reenactment
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 17-10-2016, 22:10:24
Close-up of a T-34 hull mg port. Looks like it was just pasted on there.  :)
Wrong, its origins lie in the cruiser tank MK I
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-10-2016, 20:10:15
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lmJ-tOSgJ7U/VIBBWLkPctI/AAAAAAABTtc/k7wAdta-gGg/s1600/WSS%2BWest%2B1940%2Bpzb%2B39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2016, 10:10:42
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmy49il28u1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-10-2016, 16:10:08
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/88b91918f6b16dc874dc6ccde26e5494/tumblr_mtj6snlyKD1sotvbvo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 23-10-2016, 10:10:42
https://m.vk.com/photo-14079341_431850722?list=wall-14079341_8326&from=profile&z=photo-14079341_431850722%2Fwall-14079341_8326

Really?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 23-10-2016, 10:10:12
https://m.vk.com/photo-14079341_431850722?list=wall-14079341_8326&from=profile&z=photo-14079341_431850722%2Fwall-14079341_8326

Really?

Game screenshot.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2016, 10:10:19
indeed !

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lql2ifMDH21qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-10-2016, 20:10:18
https://m.vk.com/photo-14079341_431850722?list=wall-14079341_8326&from=profile&z=photo-14079341_431850722%2Fwall-14079341_8326

Really?

Game screenshot.

War Thunder, to be specific
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 24-10-2016, 13:10:44
https://m.vk.com/photo-14079341_431850722?list=wall-14079341_8326&from=profile&z=photo-14079341_431850722%2Fwall-14079341_8326

Really?

Game screenshot.

War Thunder, to be specific

Honestly, looks more like ye olde IL-2 Sturmovik
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 24-10-2016, 20:10:53
https://m.vk.com/photo-14079341_431850722?list=wall-14079341_8326&from=profile&z=photo-14079341_431850722%2Fwall-14079341_8326

Really?

Game screenshot.

War Thunder, to be specific

Honestly, looks more like ye olde IL-2 Sturmovik
I think so too, war thunder does not have a model with a gunner like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-10-2016, 22:10:39
(http://club.foto.ru/gallery/images/photo/2008/01/25/1031000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-10-2016, 19:10:55
(http://www.history.jp/images/Hotchkiss.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-10-2016, 22:10:50
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_38a63_e17e172c_orig.4paqmkp8c2gw808w0w0o8w088.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-10-2016, 18:10:33
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqi7v1jW4S1qcytdro1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-10-2016, 01:10:24
https://m.vk.com/photo-14079341_431850722?list=wall-14079341_8326&from=profile&z=photo-14079341_431850722%2Fwall-14079341_8326

Really?

Game screenshot.

War Thunder, to be specific

Honestly, looks more like ye olde IL-2 Sturmovik
I think so too, war thunder does not have a model with a gunner like that.

I played IL-2 for many years and yes, that is IL-2 1946. The damage model, the river, the clouds that look like cotton hanging in the air, the forests, the gunners and the airplane's overall model is clear evidence to me...

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/ffd5701288edee986c0274165a563728/tumblr_mhl94mgESY1rdy94go1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-10-2016, 10:10:14
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5413/29134428.202/0_6ed5f_27ce754a_XL)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 31-10-2016, 18:10:25
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5413/29134428.202/0_6ed5f_27ce754a_XL)

These are Fiat L6/40, aren´t they?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-10-2016, 19:10:01
Ran this photo by a few people, general consensus is this is Hermann Goering Division in Sicily/Southern Italy using 'acquired' Italian tanks (either abandoned, or if in Southern Italy, captured after the armistice).  The two guys on the ground are wearing Italian tanker helmets, and the center guy is wearing an Italian tanker jumpsuit.  Officer is Luftwaffe (lending credence to Hermann Goering Division), and the license plate, though on finished, has the WL registration for the Luftwaffe.

All in all it's a really neat pic with a lot going on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 31-10-2016, 21:10:00
Maybe they were all just camped next to each other and thought it would be funny to pose together in a picture to baffle future historians :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2016, 19:11:24
hehehe, history is always more complex tha it seems

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/photo91.6tqnvuv8fow88o8g0s48o44ok.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-11-2016, 18:11:23
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/1fb2342e376bd24e_large.27lc98t1zcw0k8sggo0sw4csc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-11-2016, 21:11:34
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4524/29134428.203/0_6ed96_8e5e4f06_XL)
already posted, but always nice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-11-2016, 22:11:06
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Pz35t-Leningradsector.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 05-11-2016, 23:11:35
Seth keep posting! 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2016, 11:11:03
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Ger-and-US-tanks-after-battle-inGermany.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-11-2016, 17:11:13
Looks Fury-like.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2016, 10:11:29
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Train-Tigers-dest-by-US-in-Fra.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2016, 09:11:34
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7eyou7yFb1qbzq4yo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-11-2016, 10:11:25
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/evak_deer.1tb3tucwd98g00koow8wgwksg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-11-2016, 20:11:11
(http://www.wio.ru/aces/gal1/nnpilots.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: th_battleaxe on 15-11-2016, 10:11:11
Aha, the GC 3 "Normandie". You don't see pictures of them very often.

Nice one Seth.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-11-2016, 19:11:35
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/111.edizkw0vsl4wk4sk48gws4gs0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-11-2016, 19:11:08
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ss_totenkopf_kursk.clk6ngbwbg0s4w4wwggskw444.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 16-11-2016, 21:11:53
I have this one on the frontpage of a newspaper:

(http://i.imgur.com/bN1L786.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 16-11-2016, 21:11:02
Is there a significance to that image and the date?  Slayer, did you notice that that paper is dated November 16, 1941!  :o

Today is November 16!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-11-2016, 22:11:48
Nice find !
the picture i've found wrongly states battle of kursk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 16-11-2016, 23:11:49
Is there a significance to that image and the date?  Slayer, did you notice that that paper is dated November 16, 1941!  :o

Today is November 16!
Hehe, no that is purely a coincidence, but a nice one at that :)

I took this photograph years ago in the Wannsee villa (where the Final Solution was planned). It was there because of the article by Goebbels in the top right column.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-11-2016, 18:11:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/atak1.1fey13st1ha8484csgosgc004.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-11-2016, 13:11:56
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7p12i3JiL1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-11-2016, 09:11:31
(http://www.suomensotilas.fi/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/153609-Square4-LOGO.jpg)

6th June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-11-2016, 04:11:37
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/ab01b9b31f6b191827697e4e4ce102b9/tumblr_mq04qrxvYf1so20ito1_1280.jpg)

Alfred Jodl after surrendering
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-11-2016, 13:11:54
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/d/r/j/drj52b2e68cc14a9_1024.jpg)
Dnieper, somewhere August 26, 1943 - December 23, 1943

As an (unrelated) extra: Japanese air attack on US Navy Aircraft Carrier Task Force off Saipan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqfvYf5sMWA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2016, 19:11:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ch76_1.559v5yh1i04k4wsgg0oc44sk8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 21-11-2016, 22:11:39
Is that a Cossack sabre I see there?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 21-11-2016, 22:11:35
Looks like a captured German dress dagger of some kind to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2016, 23:11:03
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/32bbb2ab04343918b0aae6bb344478fe/tumblr_mheqdq2juT1rnqwsco1_500.gif)

 :) someone notice it.
It's easy to found what is the model (i think it is)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-11-2016, 11:11:41
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/s/t/e/ste52b2e6fcd7746_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-11-2016, 02:11:26
(http://i.imgur.com/TAGY6.jpg)

Hitler visiting the old WW1 front line trenches of his Bavarian 16th Reserve Regiment, near Fromelles, France, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-11-2016, 02:11:56
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/c/1/h/c1h52b31706d1555_1024.jpg)
Danzig/Gdansk 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-11-2016, 08:11:18
(http://i.imgur.com/iDS3pCG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 23-11-2016, 15:11:16
That plane captures my fascination about World War 2 fighters: so sleek, so underpowered, so fragile, yet so majestic. This is Finnish P-36 Hawk right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-11-2016, 18:11:58
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/32bbb2ab04343918b0aae6bb344478fe/tumblr_mheqdq2juT1rnqwsco1_500.gif)

 :) someone notice it.
It's easy to found what is the model (i think it is)
it was a SS parade dagger

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_2f319_3a586be0_orig1.cl8t3l4feoococwc40w04go0c.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-11-2016, 20:11:48
That plane captures my fascination about World War 2 fighters: so sleek, so underpowered, so fragile, yet so majestic. This is Finnish P-36 Hawk right?
Yup.

(http://i.imgur.com/2XzDfXp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 23-11-2016, 21:11:42
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2f/4e/05/2f4e0593b68df0269d4c86289455a362.jpg)
Pu Yi (the last emperor of China) captured by the Soviets in 1945.

Any of you guys if
- this pic is original/for real?
- the pic is correct? I also found it mirrored and I think, but I'm not sure, if this is the correct one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-11-2016, 00:11:09
I don't know but here's another photo of Pu Yi and the Soviets

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Soviet_Union_Military_Officer_and_Puyi.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-11-2016, 23:11:59
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/d/5/c/d5cf71e8d3a480ba_1024.jpg)
Somewhere in Poland, January/February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-11-2016, 11:11:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/warsaw_uprising___cyprian_odorkiewicz_1944.c0c1fe3jbogk0k480gok8sg4k.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-11-2016, 19:11:37
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/s/3/u/s3u52b2e68db844e_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2016, 11:11:28
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltvin3jv3R1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Quote
GNR Legionere of the 9th of September
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-11-2016, 14:11:16
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/j/u/v/juv5354db553a3fc_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-11-2016, 01:11:09

(http://i.imgur.com/2XzDfXp.jpg)

How many captured I-16s did the Finnish Air Force operated?

I mean, I know captured aircraft were pressed into service but many times they were just flown to evaluate them, but the Finns made good use of captured Soviet aircraft I believe, how?, how many and how did they managed to get them in flying condition?, captured intact on the ground (any Soviet airbase overrun by the Finns?) or miracle crash landing + repairs?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 28-11-2016, 13:11:20
From what I understand of it, pictures are from some kind of decontamination courses held in Moscow in 1942. If I'm wrong or someone knows more, please say so  :)
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/x/8/x/x8x5354ee1236664_1024.jpg)

(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/a/d/4/ad45354ee1281544_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-11-2016, 18:11:47
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/2455.33tbsodmgyck4os088owggw04.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-11-2016, 14:11:52
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/7/2/j/72j53fdbba8d3b1f_1024.jpg)
RAF crew with a Soviet reindeer shepherd at one of the polar airfields, 1st of July 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 29-11-2016, 14:11:53
Russian rambo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-11-2016, 20:11:31
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/69_1.335jbzcz8ewwsw4gcksggsocs.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-11-2016, 11:11:44
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/t/m/7/tm75355392109f2f_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2016, 18:11:24
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6nga90na41qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-12-2016, 16:12:07
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/d/8/b/d8b2e26b8690aeaf_1024.jpg)
Lwów, 29-30 August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-12-2016, 21:12:58
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/b30b6b58cbdb.80yrf1qyimck884ss4wosgsg8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-12-2016, 19:12:49
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hd_sn_99_02685.7xyg5petw3s40wgok8oo0040o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-12-2016, 20:12:51
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/k/7/e/k7e540466005e160_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-12-2016, 03:12:52
(http://i.imgur.com/P6aRvYu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 04-12-2016, 10:12:23
(http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/soviet-snipers-train-at-ranging-aircraft.jpg)
Why can't we have this in FH2?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-12-2016, 10:12:49
Why can't we have what? Lying on your back?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 04-12-2016, 10:12:48
Only map is Seelow Heights, and there is very little chance you could kill the Focke-Wulf with the Mosin-Nagant PU. But it is possible!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-12-2016, 18:12:43
A photo of Iwo Jima, and the first flag raised there, that I know none of you have ever seen before. It was taken by Captain Dan Colburn, from the cockpit of his PBM Mariner moored just off shore of Iwo. I had the honour of growing up just down the street from him, and recently he has given me his medals (DFC, Air Medal, Service Medals), and is possibly going to give me his photos from the war. This is a photo I took of one of them when I last saw him a week ago, to post for a photo to put in the medal shadowbox I'm putting together to display his awards:

(http://i.imgur.com/dG2Nnpm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 06-12-2016, 18:12:31
(http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries/T-50/photo/T_50_04_2001032802084674938_rs.jpg)


A T-50. The little brother of the T-34
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-12-2016, 19:12:12
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/japs_lingayen.19u9cpwk48ckg0ggco8oswoco.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-12-2016, 12:12:14
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor_burning-planes.jpeg)
75 years ago
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-12-2016, 13:12:07


A T-50. The little brother of the T-34
(http://i.imgur.com/g5rZXpB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 07-12-2016, 15:12:11
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7725/17148852936_73930ee529_b.jpg)

A destroyed T-70
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 07-12-2016, 15:12:45
I just love the camo the finns used on their tanks.

More wrecks:

(https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Porto_Farina_tank_wrecks_May1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-12-2016, 19:12:51
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovt1rGW1L1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)

Quote
Two WAC sergeants decorating each other with medals found in the Reich Chancellery
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-12-2016, 19:12:32
(http://i.imgur.com/BadYpFT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-12-2016, 09:12:20
(http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ZSUs-on-parade.jpg)

ZSU's 37 on parade
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-12-2016, 18:12:58
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovmlj9s6w1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-12-2016, 19:12:02
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lovmlj9s6w1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
G41 Mauser?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 08-12-2016, 19:12:07
Used by an US soldier sitting on a pile of Japanese-marked boxes?  ::)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-12-2016, 19:12:16
It's a Garand....  Why would you ever think it was a G41....
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-12-2016, 19:12:32
Canadians used them:
(PS, it looked like it had a bolt)
(https://honortheveteransblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/0191.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-12-2016, 19:12:15
Canadians used them:

You make it sound like it was a widespread thing among Canadians to use these guns in large numbers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-12-2016, 19:12:25
Nope, they only used them in tests. I mistook the Garand as a bolt-action G41. Its 8:25 in the evening and I'm kinda fuzzy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 11-12-2016, 10:12:14
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger-2-2002-Picz/KTiger-506-Captured-Big2.jpg)

Guys, can we have this in FH2?
Official source:
Captured by Americans and restored by 9th Infantry Company to running order in December 15th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-12-2016, 11:12:24
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/37/326/large_000000.jpg)
Quote
U-boat Production: Prefabricated U-boat sections at Hamburg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-12-2016, 17:12:00
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger-2-2002-Picz/KTiger-506-Captured-Big2.jpg)

Guys, can we have this in FH2?
Official source:
Captured by Americans and restored by 9th Infantry Company to running order in December 15th, 1944.

No.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 12-12-2016, 16:12:48
(http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/Tiger-2-2002-Picz/KTiger-506-Captured-Big2.jpg)

Guys, can we have this in FH2?
Official source:
Captured by Americans and restored by 9th Infantry Company to running order in December 15th, 1944.

No.
Come on, Tiger 2 kicks American ass, why not make something equal?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-12-2016, 16:12:23
Well, for starters, that KT was never used in combat by the Americans?  It was just captured, put in running order, then shipping back to the states.

So again, no.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-12-2016, 23:12:16
Unlike the British Panther 'Cuckoo' which saw action around Venlo, Netherlands, only to be abandoned by it's British crew after it broke down near Kleve, Germany. That's a more realistic candidate, but, still.



Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 13-12-2016, 00:12:14
Come on, Tiger 2 kicks American ass, why not make something equal?
Mirror balancing is horrible mate. Be glad the devs understands this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 13-12-2016, 10:12:36
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/7727103243.jpg)
1942ish
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-12-2016, 21:12:23
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/squa.dwpxstiyftc8sw4sksw4k4osk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 14-12-2016, 11:12:51
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Oktyabr'skayaRevolyutsiya1934.jpg/250px-Oktyabr'skayaRevolyutsiya1934.jpg)
A Soviet batleship 1934
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 14-12-2016, 12:12:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Oktyabr'skayaRevolyutsiya1934.jpg/250px-Oktyabr'skayaRevolyutsiya1934.jpg)
A Soviet batleship 1934
A gangut class. After modernization in 1934. The last soviet battleships were Imperatritsa Mariya-class, built in 1915
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 14-12-2016, 13:12:34
No, the last ones were the Sovetsky Souz, although they were never finished.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 14-12-2016, 21:12:04
1934 is not exactly WWII, better post it here next time: http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=2407.0
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-12-2016, 22:12:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/4081615927_9463f7b6de_.aajo9qy7f1ssw840gc8g8skc8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-12-2016, 09:12:45
1934 is not exactly WWII, better post it here next time: http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=2407.0
But the warship took part in defending Leningrad 1941-1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-12-2016, 09:12:45
(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131117215215/fhsw/images/1/1d/Pulkzerst%C3%B6rer.jpg)
A Me 262 with a 50 mm cannon from the Panzer 3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: AfterDune on 15-12-2016, 09:12:20
That is more like a thumbnail :(. Do you have a bigger pic?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-12-2016, 14:12:22
That is more like a thumbnail :(. Do you have a bigger pic?
Which one?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-12-2016, 16:12:57
It was a 50mm autocannon purpose made for aircraft, not the same 50mm as on the Panzer III.  There were two prototypes, one with the MK214, the other with the BK5.  Both were developed from the Pak38.  Since the Panzer III's 50mms were also developed from the Pak38, that makes them more or less cousins- not one in the same.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-12-2016, 22:12:16
1934 is not exactly WWII, better post it here next time: http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=2407.0
But the warship took part in defending Leningrad 1941-1943.
Then better pick a pic of it defending Leningrad next time ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-12-2016, 22:12:54
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6206/29134428.21a/0_755ee_454cedb6_XL)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 16-12-2016, 14:12:22
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/documents-non-award-photographs-ids-posters-other-ephemera/214091d1308677412-soviet-ww2-photos-mix-interesting-pictures-618v.jpg)
It looks like the Russians captured German BMW motorcycles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-12-2016, 14:12:36
TIZ AM-600 Motorcycles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 16-12-2016, 21:12:25
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6206/29134428.21a/0_755ee_454cedb6_XL)

Do you have any info on that photo? I searched it on google and apparently they are using a French 37mm gun. What could be the theater/year?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-12-2016, 23:12:34
"The French Army still had the cannon in service in 1940 as a substitute for the 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun, which was in short supply. After the defeat of France by Germany, the Wehrmacht began using the TRP under the designation 3.7 cm IG 152(f)."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-12-2016, 05:12:22
I never understood how to do that "reverse image search" to find the hidden info on Seth's images...

[img widht=750]http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=36920[/img]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-12-2016, 11:12:21
the purpose is to make you think, discover new things.
I don't have informations about ths photo unfortunately.
But this is interrestings, german manning a french 37 anti-inf gun ! Note the glasses for the gunner, so maybe a training or just soldier having fun


(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6206/29134428.21a/0_755fb_b28425a5_XL)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-12-2016, 18:12:55
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/29.35w8bneaix4ww4gwk04kwgkwo.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 20-12-2016, 13:12:05
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f5/HangmenHeaven/Military/001.jpg)
Can we have Soviet flamethrowers?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2016, 19:12:00
maybe
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llhlh6DYJS1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Too much free time ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2016, 11:12:10
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/piat.9ol8gmnipz40sk48k0wc0ksco.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-12-2016, 12:12:39
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5tcxmKMNR1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-12-2016, 12:12:49
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/4610986167_be657e3dbc_o.6lgr6w539xs8w4ksw0gwk4osg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-12-2016, 01:12:41
(http://67.media.tumblr.com/fddc56c1fa0d3c3ca396a17c42f011a3/tumblr_ocn10xAc3k1tii3ypo2_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-12-2016, 10:12:32
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/1945_japan_soldier1.7yd1y7f9jpwcg8gwskc4g4k00.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-12-2016, 12:12:23
dead link, a shame ...

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/2546875525_172563a500_o.7tcs0mpktrgo0o4gkogo0kcwk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-12-2016, 12:12:16
Encampment somewhere on the Gulf of Finland, during the assault on Suursaari. Kind of like a north africa battle.

(http://i.imgur.com/ou3dpUk.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-12-2016, 13:12:48
Hehe, that is something you dont always think of, fighting on ice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-12-2016, 20:12:04
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyltpijzUG1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-12-2016, 20:12:06
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyltpijzUG1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
"The Fallschirmjager's prank for the birthday of their lieutenant's daughter almost went wrong when she carelessly walked by their hiding place"  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2016, 12:12:57
 ;)

it deserve a meme

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2z9ydcwhW1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Weapons camouflage before it was mainstream.
Quote
A classic propaganda picture, showing the German winter version of Lawrence of Arabia. A ski-troop soldier, provided with snow goggles to protect his eyes from snow blindness, looks with a determined expression into the wide vista. The MP40 is carried on his breast with the magazine in place and the bolt in its forward position. The muzzle is fitted with the second type of muzzle cover. This was a simple rubber cap, that replaced the old style metal combined muzzle cover and cleaning rod guide. The first type is very rare, and is never found on propaganda pictures. Russia, late 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-12-2016, 12:12:20
(http://i.imgur.com/IjH8RuC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 31-12-2016, 12:12:54
Can anyone ID the helmets in the picture? This looks like a really heterogeneous mix of equipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-01-2017, 00:01:01
(http://i.imgur.com/GxSD1Vl.jpg?1)

Happy new year 1942 in the karelian isthmus.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 01-01-2017, 15:01:15
Can anyone ID the helmets in the picture? This looks like a really heterogeneous mix of equipment.

M 35 & M 40 German helmets
M 18 German helmet
M 26 Swedish helmet
Also some Russian helmets

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/Finn-Helmets.asp

I have an M 40 which was used in the finnish army, but i will repaint it to it´s original German look.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-01-2017, 17:01:42
Couple of them are Hungarian helmets actually, plus I see at least one Italian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-01-2017, 18:01:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/z442_men_of_9_commando__with_a_german_prisoner__after_thier_raid_on_the_garigliano_estuary_defences__dec_1943.aejilbeao68k0o0cgkgsk04ww.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

from the url:
Quote
men_of_9_commando__with_a_german_prisoner__after_thier_raid_on_the_garigliano_estuary_defences__dec_1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-01-2017, 21:01:42
Commandos who pose for a pic, now that's rare.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-01-2017, 04:01:35
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nMZTrJT6ABA/UQVoR6Ddo1I/AAAAAAAAUI8/a4mOr1F1kmM/s1600/Halftrack.jpg)

Bataan 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-01-2017, 22:01:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/wwii1556.ai1t3j5mmrcwww4048wwog8w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-01-2017, 18:01:52
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m314w3Kkyf1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 05-01-2017, 19:01:57
Crete?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-01-2017, 20:01:28
sorry,  Tunisia , late 1942 or early 1943. ;)

Note the mp40 cover !

A quote from the website :

Quote
A very remarkable picture;
this is the first published picture depicting the MP38 or (early) MP40 with a dust cover.
Although no information was found on officially adopted types of dust covers, it is logical that there would have been some local initiatives to develop such an accessory. This particular dust cover was designed by someone who had at least some basic knowledge about small arms and their practical use.

Clearly visible is the old style retracting handle, protruding through a hole in the cover. While protecting the weapon from dust, this cover also served as an improvised safety, since the bolt could not move backwards and cause an unintended shot. Moreover, both halves of the cover are kept together on the top side by means of push-buttons. It was thus easy to quickly remove the cover in case of an emergency.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-01-2017, 18:01:29
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m554sy6a6v1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Fascist pigs !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 07-01-2017, 10:01:12
(https://aroundtheammocan.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/avs1.jpg)
A rare AVS-36, the Soviet version of the FG-42 and BAR. It can fire automatically and semi-automatically.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 07-01-2017, 11:01:56
Wait what? a model of 1936 rifle being a copy of a 1942 model rifle? what time travelling trick is this?
Or do you mean it more or less has the same idea of being a rifle what shoots full power cartridges that is usable in semi and full auto? then i can only say that this prototype is way to light to be of any use in full auto. It also lacks a much needed bipod for that. Also, this rifle never realy got made in any numbers, the AVT-40 would be a much better example, it is a mass produced full auto version of the SVT-40. Still useless though in full auto. Much to light.

Trivia: the AVS-36 with 9 more years of development and changes is the SKS-45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 07-01-2017, 11:01:01
Wait what? a model of 1936 rifle being a copy of a 1942 model rifle? what time travelling trick is this?
Or do you mean it more or less has the same idea of being a rifle what shoots full power cartridges that is usable in semi and full auto? then i can only say that this prototype is way to light to be of any use in full auto. It also lacks a much needed bipod for that. Also, this rifle never realy got made in any numbers, the AVT-40 would be a much better example, it is a mass produced full auto version of the SVT-40. Still useless though in full auto. Much to light.

Trivia: the AVS-36 with 9 more years of development and changes is the SKS-45
I meant about the full fire capability, as it was one of the first.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 07-01-2017, 12:01:50
Wait what? a model of 1936 rifle being a copy of a 1942 model rifle? what time travelling trick is this?
Or do you mean it more or less has the same idea of being a rifle what shoots full power cartridges that is usable in semi and full auto? then i can only say that this prototype is way to light to be of any use in full auto. It also lacks a much needed bipod for that. Also, this rifle never realy got made in any numbers, the AVT-40 would be a much better example, it is a mass produced full auto version of the SVT-40. Still useless though in full auto. Much to light.

Trivia: the AVS-36 with 9 more years of development and changes is the SKS-45
I meant about the full fire capability, as it was one of the first.
Again wrong, the Federov Avtomat was developed and deployed in 1915 already. 15 years before the AVS-36
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 07-01-2017, 17:01:29
Hell, check out this sucker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGyJPFzNfU
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-01-2017, 10:01:38
Wait what? a model of 1936 rifle being a copy of a 1942 model rifle? what time travelling trick is this?
Or do you mean it more or less has the same idea of being a rifle what shoots full power cartridges that is usable in semi and full auto? then i can only say that this prototype is way to light to be of any use in full auto. It also lacks a much needed bipod for that. Also, this rifle never realy got made in any numbers, the AVT-40 would be a much better example, it is a mass produced full auto version of the SVT-40. Still useless though in full auto. Much to light.

Trivia: the AVS-36 with 9 more years of development and changes is the SKS-45
I meant about the full fire capability, as it was one of the first.
Again wrong, the Federov Avtomat was developed and deployed in 1915 already. 15 years before the AVS-36
No I meant it was AMONG the FIRST. That means there were weapons of full fire-capability made before the AVS 36
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2017, 11:01:11
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4s98c4gpf1qk6uvyo6_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-01-2017, 11:01:08
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/TBtxelqdrJI/AAAAAAAAFN0/vBxT5xGjoAc/s1600/russia-soviet-union-second-world-war-ww2-eastern-front-images-pictures-photos-016.jpg)
Soviet marines with gas masks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 08-01-2017, 12:01:32
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/TBtxelqdrJI/AAAAAAAAFN0/vBxT5xGjoAc/s1600/russia-soviet-union-second-world-war-ww2-eastern-front-images-pictures-photos-016.jpg)
Soviet marines with gas masks

wow, they look pretty epic 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-01-2017, 12:01:26
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oIAhQMTG-dU/TBtxelqdrJI/AAAAAAAAFN0/vBxT5xGjoAc/s1600/russia-soviet-union-second-world-war-ww2-eastern-front-images-pictures-photos-016.jpg)
Soviet marines with gas masks

wow, they look pretty epic 8)
Yep, so sad that we won't have marine skins or gas masks in FH2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 08-01-2017, 12:01:37
Wait what? a model of 1936 rifle being a copy of a 1942 model rifle? what time travelling trick is this?
Or do you mean it more or less has the same idea of being a rifle what shoots full power cartridges that is usable in semi and full auto? then i can only say that this prototype is way to light to be of any use in full auto. It also lacks a much needed bipod for that. Also, this rifle never realy got made in any numbers, the AVT-40 would be a much better example, it is a mass produced full auto version of the SVT-40. Still useless though in full auto. Much to light.

Trivia: the AVS-36 with 9 more years of development and changes is the SKS-45
I meant about the full fire capability, as it was one of the first.
Again wrong, the Federov Avtomat was developed and deployed in 1915 already. 15 years before the AVS-36
No I meant it was AMONG the FIRST. That means there were weapons of full fire-capability made before the AVS 36
Among the first means that it was deployed alongside the very first. There's a 20 year gap between 1915 and 1935..Thats not amongst the first m8
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-01-2017, 12:01:46
Wait what? a model of 1936 rifle being a copy of a 1942 model rifle? what time travelling trick is this?
Or do you mean it more or less has the same idea of being a rifle what shoots full power cartridges that is usable in semi and full auto? then i can only say that this prototype is way to light to be of any use in full auto. It also lacks a much needed bipod for that. Also, this rifle never realy got made in any numbers, the AVT-40 would be a much better example, it is a mass produced full auto version of the SVT-40. Still useless though in full auto. Much to light.

Trivia: the AVS-36 with 9 more years of development and changes is the SKS-45
I meant about the full fire capability, as it was one of the first.
Again wrong, the Federov Avtomat was developed and deployed in 1915 already. 15 years before the AVS-36
No I meant it was AMONG the FIRST. That means there were weapons of full fire-capability made before the AVS 36
Among the first means that it was deployed alongside the very first. There's a 20 year gap between 1915 and 1935..Thats not amongst the first m8
I know, I mean it was ONE of the first RIFLES capable of SELECT-FIRE CAPABILITY.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 08-01-2017, 16:01:09
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4s98c4gpf1qk6uvyo6_1280.jpg)
Is that thing on the right a piece of the 88 barrel? Or is it the exploded shell which made the barrel get damaged?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2017, 17:01:04
yes it's a part of the gun.
I've no info about it. It can't be an overheating because the german helmet are next to the gun (meaning no danger).
It could be a surprise lucky shot or a sabotage

here an other picture of the scene (i'm breaking the rule for you !)

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4s98c4gpf1qk6uvyo5_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-01-2017, 01:01:11
(http://i.imgur.com/DkkEEnY.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 09-01-2017, 09:01:42
(http://s23.postimg.org/pvybmult7/weapon_203mm_How_M1931_6.jpg)
A B-4 gun, known as "Stalin's Sledgehammer"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-01-2017, 19:01:37
(http://cdn.ipernity.com/119/29/49/10872949.87f54c47.560.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-01-2017, 02:01:35
(http://i.imgur.com/Uzpx2Cg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 10-01-2017, 17:01:34
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/51/fd/f9/51fdf9b0eb35997fc568e2d99bc387ba.jpg)
Tiger's end
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 10-01-2017, 19:01:17
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Uss_idaho_bb-42.jpg/1280px-Uss_idaho_bb-42.jpg)

USS Idaho (BB-42) firing at japanese positions at iwo jima, 1945. There is something special about USS Idaho. He who can tell me, gets a free internet
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 10-01-2017, 19:01:39
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Uss_idaho_bb-42.jpg/1280px-Uss_idaho_bb-42.jpg)

USS Idaho (BB-42) firing at japanese positions at iwo jima, 1945. There is something special about USS Idaho. He who can tell me, gets a free internet
She hosted tours for presidents in Alaska?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-01-2017, 19:01:08
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4o9q75PaI1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 11-01-2017, 14:01:36
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7cGCMHXqHYE/0.jpg)
Germans using old field gun in 1945. Probably Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 12-01-2017, 12:01:05
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/HMS-Rodney-training.jpg)
Training on board HMS Rodney, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-01-2017, 20:01:54
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jkugNTdJ1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 13-01-2017, 07:01:30
(http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/liekinheitin_M41R_3.jpg)
A Finnish soldier with a captured Roks flamethrower
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-01-2017, 10:01:52
(http://wio.ru/fleet/gal2/razumniy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2017, 11:01:31
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j7osT4LT1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-01-2017, 11:01:47
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j7osT4LT1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
K98 with ZF41 scope. They also fitted G-41s with ZF-41 scopes, but regarding one picture per day rule, I will just give the link.  :)
https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vaMC1eEHr4njUfx0pbx8B9_ZKmBkoTkV0UGoeUEM2lUMYTlZZDgGSg8Cvlb-RLBKWq0ThZ0J6SdUekF6CjaTFQXjxSm7Q8lyIxZXl7rTVOH2Xd5-fe2Hx53BqpTM_Q1OQ3mh7l0_AV6Y_CfWkQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/96/8f/05/968f05fd76baeced911eb208a38d2f73.jpg (https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vaMC1eEHr4njUfx0pbx8B9_ZKmBkoTkV0UGoeUEM2lUMYTlZZDgGSg8Cvlb-RLBKWq0ThZ0J6SdUekF6CjaTFQXjxSm7Q8lyIxZXl7rTVOH2Xd5-fe2Hx53BqpTM_Q1OQ3mh7l0_AV6Y_CfWkQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/96/8f/05/968f05fd76baeced911eb208a38d2f73.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 16-01-2017, 09:01:24
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKm4UYuwJmXgEBnJnyRtRh9J1AZRvCdvi1D7j7fH6mSiBnet-1zw)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-01-2017, 11:01:41
(http://i.imgur.com/D5FUExM.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2017, 20:01:53
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38r21O1PF1qk6uvyo1_500.jpg)

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German Gebirgsjäger in northern Finland at the end of 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-01-2017, 11:01:52
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-4260-37_Lorient_U-Boote_U-123_und_U-201_auslaufend.jpg)
U -123 returning to the French port of Lorient after a successful patrol in 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 17-01-2017, 12:01:47
(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/ussr/tanks/kv-1/kw-1-color1.jpg)
The power of the KV-1  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-01-2017, 18:01:41
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h78dOoAu1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 18-01-2017, 09:01:06
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/imgs/hms-queen-elizabeth-1914-super-dreadnought-battleship.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-01-2017, 18:01:18
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h110EVRu1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 18-01-2017, 18:01:25
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/imgs/hms-queen-elizabeth-1914-super-dreadnought-battleship.jpg)
HMS Queen elizabeth. But she has her full compliment of 7 15cm guns per broadside as secondary batteries, thus this mean this is a PRE-WW2 photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 18-01-2017, 18:01:55
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/imgs/hms-queen-elizabeth-1914-super-dreadnought-battleship.jpg)
HMS Queen elizabeth. But she has her full compliment of 7 15cm guns per broadside as secondary batteries, thus this mean this is a PRE-WW2 photo.
Ah, you found out the catch. 8). However, the rule is that the pictures have to RELATE to WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 18-01-2017, 20:01:42
Don't know if this picture was posted on this thread yet

http://i.imgur.com/YYaPb9q.jpg (2048x1344 image)

The picture has a swastika on it so I just put a link to it. It's a picture of a Finnish Stug.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-01-2017, 22:01:30
There's no problems with Swastikas (even less with the Finnish one) as long as they are posted for historical purposes.

Or so I believe.


(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/8f93ee3292550820f168445aa9146facc3a236eae09fcfe5038a06ac96e0a212.arzy8okfx4gss8ocsk4ks4ogk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Ordnance QF 3.7 inch
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-01-2017, 10:01:53
(http://i.imgur.com/dn9OxIM.jpg)

December 1939, freshly molotoved T-26's.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-01-2017, 16:01:34
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/imgs/hms-queen-elizabeth-1914-super-dreadnought-battleship.jpg)
HMS Queen elizabeth. But she has her full compliment of 7 15cm guns per broadside as secondary batteries, thus this mean this is a PRE-WW2 photo.
Ah, you found out the catch. 8). However, the rule is that the pictures have to RELATE to WW2.

We've been doing this quite a bit longer than you, we know the rules. :P

(http://i.imgur.com/qOOrWKE.jpg)

US Navy sailors with a bald eagle, apparently rescued from the North Pacific, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 19-01-2017, 16:01:11
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/c56549062a7081b795e9a29a59923816/tumblr_ok12w8kTgS1rqpszmo1_540.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 19-01-2017, 18:01:24
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/54/ac/e5/54ace50962aef68bd22a20fe1e057b3e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-01-2017, 00:01:04
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/t_26_finn.b2ow9szdgn4040g0kgo8so448.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-01-2017, 08:01:20
(http://i.imgur.com/y8UKujn.jpg)

3x T-34 (or is that 455 a SU-76?) knocked out in front of a position in Ihantala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 20-01-2017, 16:01:57
The nearest one looks like a T34, but the barrel looks a bit short?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-01-2017, 18:01:10
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/pyritz_02_45_1.8do8i411z1gkggco8o0w4wcw0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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SS-Panzergrenadiers of the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division armed with Panzerschrecks, disembark from trucks to defend the city of Pyritz, Pomerania 11 February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-01-2017, 19:01:07
Holy Panzerschreck Batman! :o

what's the one guy on the left holding? it looks weirdly like a beretta 38 but too big.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-01-2017, 20:01:10
According to the news reel this comes from they are all armed with Erma EMP35s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-01-2017, 23:01:23
Judging by the charging handle at the very back of receiver I would say it's almost certainly MP-35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-01-2017, 23:01:56
When you upgrade your entire Grenadier squadrons with Panzerschrecks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 21-01-2017, 00:01:58
The nearest one looks like a T34, but the barrel looks a bit short?
I was thinking the same thing, it is almost as short as a T70. The 455 is a T34 imo, the turret looks like it could be turned.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 21-01-2017, 10:01:02
All those panzershrecks, and not a single guy with some rockets for it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2017, 11:01:10
Judging by the charging handle at the very back of receiver I would say it's almost certainly MP-35.

you are correct

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According to the news reel this comes from they are all armed with Erma EMP35s.
is it this one ?
https://archive.org/details/1945-03-05-Die-Deutsche-Wochenschau-753
at 11:10
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-01-2017, 11:01:02
The nearest one looks like a T34, but the barrel looks a bit short?
I was thinking the same thing, it is almost as short as a T70. The 455 is a T34 imo, the turret looks like it could be turned.

Looks normal length to me. Here is a nice sideview of a T-34 for a proportional view (sorry for the terrible lighting, it was an extremely sunny day and I couldn't take a pic from the other side as there were other T-34s there)
(http://i.imgur.com/fseo6Fe.jpg)

As for the turret, yes, it seems to be angled a bit towards the corner closest to the camera. In this picture, you can nicely see the location of the "corner" on the front of the turret. On the picture of the Finland one, you can see that this corner is over the side armor and the angled turret armor is more or less in line with the side armor.

(http://i.imgur.com/aoLPCfU.jpg)

(disclaimer: this T-34 isn't an exact match, i think, judging by some details, the one on my pictures seems to be a bit more recent)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 21-01-2017, 12:01:53
The nearest one looks like a T34, but the barrel looks a bit short?
I was thinking the same thing, it is almost as short as a T70. The 455 is a T34 imo, the turret looks like it could be turned.

Looks normal length to me. Here is a nice sideview of a T-34 for a proportional view (sorry for the terrible lighting, it was an extremely sunny day and I couldn't take a pic from the other side as there were other T-34s there)
(http://i.imgur.com/fseo6Fe.jpg)

As for the turret, yes, it seems to be angled a bit towards the corner closest to the camera. In this picture, you can nicely see the location of the "corner" on the front of the turret. On the picture of the Finland one, you can see that this corner is over the side armor and the angled turret armor is more or less in line with the side armor.

(http://i.imgur.com/aoLPCfU.jpg)

(disclaimer: this T-34 isn't an exact match, i think, judging by some details, the one on my pictures seems to be a bit more recent)
How is this museum called?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-01-2017, 12:01:21
How is this museum called?
Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, Fort IX Twierdzy Warszawa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-01-2017, 12:01:58
(http://i.imgur.com/xaUZ2tJ.jpg)

Since we're talking about schreck blobs here  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 21-01-2017, 12:01:48
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/fhsw/images/5/5e/AS-44Winter.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121015164540)
The Russians had their own assault rifle: the AS-44!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-01-2017, 16:01:30
All the wrecks in the Ihantala picture are indeed M43 T-34-76 models, which was alongside the T-34-85 the primary tank used during battle of Ihantala. SU-76's, to my knowledge, were also involved but in smaller numbers compared to other vehicles such as the T-34, ISU-152 and IS-2. Another interesting thing is that a few SU-122's were also involved in the fighting in the area. Smaller tank types such as the T-70 were also present but their involvement in the fighting was, to my understanding, minimal as the presence of much heavier tanks was so much larger. I have only seen one picture of a knocked out tank that could be a T-70 or a T-34-76, but the picture quality is rather shite and I havent been able to find a higher resolution version of it.

However, you can see in the picture that the turret is slightly misaligned which means it is propably a T-70.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 21-01-2017, 18:01:23
All those panzershrecks, and not a single guy with some rockets for it.

I was thinking the same lol, but wouldn't they transport the ammunition in a seperate truck? I wouldn't be very comfortable driving around sitting on a bunch of rockets in a truck on bumpy roads either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 21-01-2017, 20:01:58
However, you can see in the picture that the turret is slightly misaligned which means it is propably a T-70.
You mean the wreck in front, (nr 430)? I was thinking that it might be a T34 with it's turret turned backwards.

Check these turrets for comparison:
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fhsw/images/2/23/T34_76c.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131118110650)
(http://www.geocities.ws/panzerfrontuk/t70.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-01-2017, 22:01:49
No I mean in a completely other photograph. These in Leopardi's link are all T-34-76's. Sorry for a mixup.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-01-2017, 09:01:31
(http://i.imgur.com/y8UKujn.jpg)

3x T-34 (or is that 455 a SU-76?) knocked out in front of a position in Ihantala.

To everybody going apeshit over this, its a T-34/76 with, now prepare for this, its turret aimed to the back!
One would think seeing the drive sprockets and exhaust pipes would have made some people realise it. And yes, its missing those storage tanks that are normally on the sides

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/T-34-76-1943_on_Panzermuseum_Munster.jpg)

All those panzershrecks, and not a single guy with some rockets for it.

I was thinking the same lol, but wouldn't they transport the ammunition in a seperate truck? I wouldn't be very comfortable driving around sitting on a bunch of rockets in a truck on bumpy roads either.

They carry a backpack with 3 rockets in it normally, pretty safe even in a bouncing truck, there is like 3 safety pins in those rockets and need electrical charge to fire.

But yes, could be still in the crates for storage in a different truck.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-01-2017, 12:01:38
To everybody going apeshit over this, its a T-34/76 with, now prepare for this, its turret aimed to the back!
One would think seeing the drive sprockets and exhaust pipes would have made some people realise it. And yes, its missing those storage tanks that are normally on the sides

Pretty sure we already got to that conclusion  :P

Anyway, for today, some more T-34s
(http://i.imgur.com/LiPI80U.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-01-2017, 13:01:45
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4i4b3V47p1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 22-01-2017, 23:01:16
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-360-2095-23,_Flugzeuge_Messerschmitt_Me_110.jpg)

I'm becoming rather fond of WW2 heavy fighters. The unfairly maligned "Y-Wings" of history!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-01-2017, 17:01:24
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/German-Matilda-Tank.jpg)
A British Matilda tank in the Western Desert, recaptured from the Germans who had used it against the British in Bardia, 3 January 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 23-01-2017, 18:01:00
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/German-Matilda-Tank.jpg)
A British Matilda tank in the Western Desert, recaptured from the Germans who had used it against the British in Bardia, 3 January 1942.
Maybe we can have this captured variant on Bardia, the same way we have it on Dukla Pass with the T-34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2017, 18:01:43
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/100gram.adyut42dsc8w4goc8owkwcw4g.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-01-2017, 19:01:38
(http://i.imgur.com/UxdOwYP.jpg)

Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 23-01-2017, 20:01:42
(https://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102648/07/1026480716.jpg)
Lieutenant-General Derevyanko signing the instrument of surrender of the Japanese government. He is one of the few Soviet Generals to receive the medal "Hero of Ukraine".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2017, 01:01:08
Maybe we can have this captured variant on Bardia, the same way we have it on Dukla Pass with the T-34.

And why, exactly, would we have a captured Matilda tank on a map that represents a battle in which there were no captured Matilda tanks?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 24-01-2017, 14:01:40
Maybe we can have this captured variant on Bardia, the same way we have it on Dukla Pass with the T-34.

And why, exactly, would we have a captured Matilda tank on a map that represents a battle in which there were no captured Matilda tanks?

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/German-Matilda-Tank.jpg)
A British Matilda tank in the Western Desert, recaptured from the Germans who had used it against the British in Bardia, 3 January 1942.
??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 24-01-2017, 17:01:07

Maybe we can have this captured variant on Bardia, the same way we have it on Dukla Pass with the T-34.
Among my fondest FH2 memories is watching a German take the captured T-34 on Dukla, only to be instantly pulverized by a jumpy Panther. I try and avoid captured tanks for this reason  ;D. Don't think I'd be very happy to crew one in the real war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-01-2017, 17:01:39
Maybe we can have this captured variant on Bardia, the same way we have it on Dukla Pass with the T-34.

And why, exactly, would we have a captured Matilda tank on a map that represents a battle in which there were no captured Matilda tanks?

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/German-Matilda-Tank.jpg)
A British Matilda tank in the Western Desert, recaptured from the Germans who had used it against the British in Bardia, 3 January 1942.
??? ??? ???

Different Bardia dude....  The battle in FH2 is Jan 1941, during Operation Compass (thought that was pretty obvious).  So again, why would we use it in a battle where there were none of them.  In fact, that caption is most likely incorrect on either location or date, as the next battles around Bardia (and the first involving the Germans) happened in May of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-01-2017, 18:01:11
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/lauban_031945_1.cg8rdiz917soooccso04sgo4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 24-01-2017, 19:01:59
Hungarians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-01-2017, 20:01:57
No, Germans.
Lauban March 1945
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Silesian_Offensive
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-01-2017, 20:01:18
(http://i.imgur.com/5clB37m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 24-01-2017, 20:01:42
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/be/1d/52be1d11819b308ba15a89e33337f23d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 24-01-2017, 20:01:24
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/be/1d/52be1d11819b308ba15a89e33337f23d.jpg)
New orleans class (or astoria class) for sure. Heavy cruiser. 9 x 8inch guns (203mm)
Wich ship is this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-01-2017, 22:01:03
Looks like Russian guns to me. Molotov?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 24-01-2017, 22:01:12
Looks like Russian guns to me. Molotov?
No, it is the Kirov, a sister ship of the Molotov. The design, however, is Italian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-01-2017, 17:01:43
Man those guns are simular to New orleans 8 inch guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-01-2017, 19:01:03
(http://www.oscf.net/userpix/89_lauban01c_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 25-01-2017, 19:01:05
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/de/54/9d/de549d47a5328626db0782b466d1b540.jpg)
A German officer asleep after questioning by the NKVD  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-01-2017, 23:01:16
(http://i.imgur.com/rHpIxo9.jpg)

It has seen better days
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-01-2017, 21:01:11
(http://www.oscf.net/userpix/89_lauban02b_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-01-2017, 23:01:26
(http://i.imgur.com/26xevDd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-01-2017, 18:01:56
(http://www.oscf.net/userpix/89_lauban03b_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-01-2017, 20:01:37
(http://i.imgur.com/izzFeng.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-01-2017, 13:01:32
(http://www.oscf.net/userpix/89_lauban04a_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 29-01-2017, 13:01:18
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J28787%2C_Volkssturmbataillon_an_der_Oder.jpg)
Since we are talking about Volksturm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-01-2017, 23:01:59
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/5/p/5/5p552b312fe719b0_1024.jpg)
G-5 Torpedo boat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 30-01-2017, 09:01:35
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/5/p/5/5p552b312fe719b0_1024.jpg)
G-5 Torpedo boat
Looks like a mini submarine.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2017, 18:01:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/vint2.bqh9fdlzxo8w00kcc84o44og.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-01-2017, 20:01:42
Partisans? And, staged or not?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 30-01-2017, 20:01:39
Are they holding Ross rifles or am I mistaken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 30-01-2017, 20:01:07
Are they holding Ross rifles or am I mistaken?
You are not mistaken, those are ross rifles
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2017, 21:01:12
Indeed, those are Ross rifles ! At Leningrad  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-01-2017, 04:01:06
Ross rifles were indeed issues out at Leningrad.  There were also Lebels being issued out in Moscow in '41 to the workers militias, amoung other rifles like Berdans and Winchester M95s.  In fact, I've even seen a pic of a Finn using a captured Winchester M95 in the Continuation War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-01-2017, 16:01:05
In fact, I've even seen a pic of a Finn using a captured Winchester M95 in the Continuation War.

Do you think you can find it?, if you dont mind..

(http://66.media.tumblr.com/3c87b6f59f614b277892052d776b08c6/tumblr_oaoijzwxbW1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-01-2017, 16:01:18
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20150501/4649b04f2661ed4ee12bcd2186684f78.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 31-01-2017, 17:01:46
What's that soldier in the middle shouldering?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 31-01-2017, 17:01:44
Forgotten Weapons says it's an LS-26. Maybe at a weird angle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-01-2017, 18:01:53
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/tigr_501_afr_001.a46publythk484gss4wos8ck8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 31-01-2017, 19:01:44
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/26/b8/d8/26b8d81377a41fe748bc3a2a50cd6c86.jpg)
Troops during training with gas masks take a break.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-02-2017, 20:02:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/solder_45_2_germ.dq1x4qwfgr48s4c8cwksooock.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 01-02-2017, 21:02:32
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/solder_45_2_germ.dq1x4qwfgr48s4c8cwksooock.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
widyj = width ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-02-2017, 22:02:56
 ;) thx ! sometimes i don't check what i'm posting :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-02-2017, 00:02:44
(http://i.imgur.com/DXcldZD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 02-02-2017, 06:02:37
(http://i.imgur.com/DXcldZD.jpg)
Is the second tank a captured T-50??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-02-2017, 10:02:06
Yes indeed, which served as a command tank during the battle of Tali.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 02-02-2017, 10:02:48
What's that tank behind the T-34-76?  ???

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-02-2017, 12:02:14
A T-28.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-02-2017, 15:02:22
Ah the BT-42, the Finnish KV-2 but without the armor.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-02-2017, 16:02:22
Disaster on wheels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-02-2017, 16:02:24
Ah the BT-42, the Finnish KV-2 but without the armor.

To be fair, it was a perfectly acceptable direct fire artillery support vehicle.  It was attempting to use it AS a tank that made it a problem.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-02-2017, 18:02:55
Assault gun. It was designed and used as an assault gun, ie. Sturmgeschutz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-02-2017, 19:02:47
Again, would have worked fine in that role, it was when it was attempted to be used against enemy tanks that it failed, as one should have expected :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-02-2017, 19:02:30
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bc9B2xiMUxI/Tq7U60560YI/AAAAAAAAVD8/S1dQnrLCD4k/s1600/Germans.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-02-2017, 01:02:38
Finnish Column

Is that a KV-1 between the L-62 and the BT-42?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-02-2017, 01:02:42
Finnish Column

Is that a KV-1 between the L-62 and the BT-42?

If you mean the one that you can see in the background between the turrets, yes, that is the KV-1E.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-02-2017, 14:02:32
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45z6f4ZJr1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-02-2017, 20:02:06
(http://i.imgur.com/FW8pvkU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-02-2017, 10:02:13
Is that headlight retractable?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2017, 11:02:55
yes,
it's a hotchkiss tank which have this feature.


(http://scs-assets-cdn.vice.com/int/v16n7/htdocs/candid-reich-936/6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-02-2017, 21:02:11
That's pretty cool, lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2017, 20:02:39
 ;) french drive their tanks with style


(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/japanese_25mm_anti_aircraft_gun___guam.1t5p32eza0hwkoos48wo40ws8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-02-2017, 20:02:39
(http://www.antraspasaulinis.net/uploader7/failai/siena.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 07-02-2017, 21:02:41
(http://www.antraspasaulinis.net/uploader7/failai/siena.JPG)
It is probably pre-June 1944, as part of the seawall was damaged in the bombardment, and in this one it seems intact.

(http://68.media.tumblr.com/46c65969f8b6a029fa23ba620f71ba0b/tumblr_nnw09yII4J1tdkouzo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-02-2017, 18:02:02
(https://nikolayko.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/1130.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-02-2017, 22:02:19
(https://blogg.expedia.no/slaget-om-narvik/images/narvik/Kmmu010.jpg)

Narvik?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2017, 20:02:50
yours is narvik, mine is just an armored train with tank embarkment to fight against partisan

(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=14997)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-02-2017, 18:02:09
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m423gcCjJC1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 11-02-2017, 22:02:23
(http://i.imgur.com/1CJ3LDp.jpg)
Hetzers gonna hetz
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-02-2017, 01:02:38
Hetzer?, uh, you mean Jagdpanzer 38(t)?  ;D

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Glina_church_massacre.jpg)

Serbian civilians who are being forced to convert to Catholicism by the Ustasa regime stand in front of a baptismal font in a church in Glina.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 12-02-2017, 05:02:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Finnish_Bofors.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: 2Cool2Fool on 12-02-2017, 13:02:11
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SSkpnauJxy0/T0x48IyIG4I/AAAAAAAAAHY/uhEbYbNPhrg/s1600/48833JPHanover1945.jpg)

American soldier posing in front of a wrecked Jagdpanther, Hanover 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-02-2017, 13:02:24
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/20mm1.4iwg2afyx2ck0sgsk8cw04k0o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 12-02-2017, 15:02:14
That reminds me of an arcade hall. I guess the're playing Duck Hunt
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-02-2017, 15:02:16
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-exk6aL4KvbM/U8VJP7D3BAI/AAAAAAAAQx8/LjRfTIAQwEY/s1600/skanuj003.jpg)
Marienburg/Malbork after WW II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-02-2017, 02:02:32
(http://i.imgur.com/5kl3AJE.jpg)

Battle of Okinawa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-02-2017, 18:02:50
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=14615&sid=1cbb5c17120a07a93632a4bd29d6775a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 13-02-2017, 21:02:16
Dutch army, nice :) Which battle? Rotterdam?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-02-2017, 19:02:15
Ducth cover from fire from the riverbank Maas/Meuse
not a lot of information, sorry

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/turan_001.asqehvbxuqok0w0o4osw8cog4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 14-02-2017, 21:02:28
Ducth cover from fire from the riverbank Maas/Meuse
not a lot of information, sorry
Could still be Rotterdam, then ;) Surroundings look like a city and the amount of cars also indicate that it is indie a city. Could also be another city of course, like Venlo or Maastricht.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-02-2017, 20:02:11
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=14622&sid=1cbb5c17120a07a93632a4bd29d6775a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 16-02-2017, 20:02:19
Nice pic, that's the coastline ;) (could be anywhere alongside it)

Where did you get these, Seth?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-02-2017, 21:02:49
 ;) from histomil.com.
This is a ducth maneuver
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-02-2017, 23:02:07
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=14621)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2017, 20:02:12
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/22_june_1941.4su3wvla3wg0k40c84c4ckwcw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-02-2017, 14:02:16
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/20522.3fr3zw0214mc84okksog8ko40.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 19-02-2017, 17:02:47
Man, I wish I could get that for Tali.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-02-2017, 20:02:55
We can negociate a fernch map  ;)
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6111/6344356131_d13eb3a36b_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-02-2017, 21:02:20
Did not know the .50 cal could sport a water cooled jacket
(http://i.imgur.com/WHky8j8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-02-2017, 22:02:51
These are the first ones adopted as an anti-aircraft gun. The M15 MGMC also had twin water cooled .50CAL's. .50CALS mounted on US navy ships early war also had them
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-02-2017, 22:02:30
Yea, they had them at Wake and a few other early Pacific Battles I'm guessing :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 22-02-2017, 22:02:17
Basically every US navy warship and marine unit before 1941. And a good bunch before 1942.  1942 is the big date when they were almost completly replaced by 20mm oerlikon cannons ( together with 40mm bofors guns replacing the 1.1inch medium AA gun, all wich was a huge surprise to japanese pilots).

And when you need to shoot down an aircraft, use a gun. and if that dont work
(http://i.imgur.com/VoXAjwp.jpg)

Use more gun. Like the Sextuple bofors 40mm designed by the british for their last battleship, HMS Vanguard
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 22-02-2017, 22:02:36
Man, I wish I could get that for Tali.  :)

We can negociate a fernch map 

Haha precious!!!  ;D 

(Stonne - mother of all FH2 conspiracies)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 23-02-2017, 09:02:57
Man, I wish I could get that for Tali.  :)
Unfortunately:
;) i've created finnish toys for your maps now it's time to give my french toys a map !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-02-2017, 20:02:24
 :)

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/000018f7.b98qadmygfcoswswwos408gc8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-02-2017, 07:02:59
Man, I wish I could get that for Tali.  :)

T-28s were used in Tali-Ihantala?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-02-2017, 11:02:21
T-28s were used in Tali-Ihantala?

Yes indeed. Two T-28E's were involved in a counterattack to take back the Portinhoikka crossroad. They were accompanied by a KV-1 M1942, two T-34-76's (altho only 1 took part in the battle as the other had fallen off into Juustila channel) and a T-50 as a command tank. T-28's were used to secure the rear as the rest of the "tank force" moved towards Portinhoikka, knocking out Soviet tanks along the way. Once Portinhoikka was again in Finnish hands, the T-28's were used as fire support platforms during the defensive fighting around the crossroad. Both T-28's survived the battle.

Seth's pic is from Portinhoikka.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-02-2017, 20:02:46
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/6897142550_91806ca70d_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-02-2017, 18:02:18
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/7043171595_7ee243441a_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-02-2017, 19:02:01
Ah, the Mk103, lovely canon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 01-03-2017, 19:03:26
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREUB9rS2K5Cw8nxnm5OWVqiWeq2JN1ZyDYZ_T4eYZFi2molAWW)
I wish I could be a Me-262 pilot attacking unescorted US bombers. But then again I would crash it as soon as I take off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-03-2017, 00:03:54
...
war is not a game


(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/7043171485_01960fff23_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-03-2017, 00:03:05
I wish I could be a Me-262 pilot attacking unescorted US bombers. But then again I would crash it as soon as I take off.

I'm very happy that I have had the privilege to never have seen war in my vicinity (even more so if I hear the stories and see the emotions war stories can still bring up in my family). I hope it will stay like that for me and for my offspring. I think we don't realise enough the value of peace. Bless the EU.

(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/c/7/d/c7d5354cf1dccac6_1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-03-2017, 04:03:29
How can anyone in their right mind actively WANT to slaughter other human beings....  :-\
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 02-03-2017, 07:03:47
How can anyone in their right mind actively WANT to slaughter other human beings....  :-\
I did not mean that I wanted to KILL people, just flying in the Me 262. But the bombers were sent there to scatter death over helpless German civilians. While the British bombing was reasonable, who were bombed by Germans in 1940 the Americans bombed Germany, who in return never killed a civilian through airpower on US soil.
@Seth Soldier. Yes I agree war is not a game, I only worded my sentence incorrectly. Sorry for the damage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-03-2017, 07:03:59
Actually, the British bombing could be argued to have been far more unreasonable than the American- American bombers were, at least, technically, supposed to be targeting military/industry targets, while the British pursued a night campaign that focused specifically on city destruction and civilian casualties through fire bombing and such.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-03-2017, 17:03:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Shunsaku_Kudo.jpg)
Commander Shunsaku Kudō, a "friend" among "enemies"

If you want to read some more story:
http://ww2today.com/2nd-march-1942-rescued-from-the-sea-by-the-japanese-navy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 02-03-2017, 17:03:49
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Shunsaku_Kudo.jpg)
Commander Shunsaku Kudō, a "friend" among "enemies"

If you want to read some more story:
http://ww2today.com/2nd-march-1942-rescued-from-the-sea-by-the-japanese-navy
War is truly terrifying. But good deeds slip through.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-03-2017, 18:03:38
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/p1040606.8tcc1vjbrcow00ockswgwc0wg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 02-03-2017, 19:03:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/p1040606.8tcc1vjbrcow00ockswgwc0wg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Ah the PPD  :). Stalingrad?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-03-2017, 21:03:57
yes, it's supposed to be.

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/123450.bfajoig6yf40gwgokwg88kwg0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-03-2017, 19:03:57
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/jal.blwarn3szogkgc4w0go4wowsw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2017, 12:03:19
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5117/5848517666_598c1551de_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-03-2017, 15:03:00
You dont need protection if you kill everyone first

I know Italians struggled to destroy Allied tanks across the war, but that was like, too much?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 05-03-2017, 16:03:04
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5117/5848517666_598c1551de_o.jpg)

What is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2017, 17:03:19
Semovente da 149/40 M42

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semovente_da_149/40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-03-2017, 20:03:54
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5276/5872813192_5e8a7a6ea5_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-03-2017, 21:03:37
(http://i.imgur.com/dlmcUne.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-03-2017, 19:03:32
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/leningrad_1942.1jg8ubpw62sk8w00s4o888ook.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-03-2017, 18:03:19
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/4290150988_a3baf31ebc_o.dun1130uq7cowokkwgss08c4s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 09-03-2017, 20:03:12
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/541316-2/6_003)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-03-2017, 11:03:04
(http://i.imgur.com/s8ZXwng.jpg)

Remnants of a Soviet retreat attempt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-03-2017, 18:03:02
(http://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=167422)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-03-2017, 21:03:30
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/tank_magazine_1984_10_55.6eydz6fgbecccckw4ow0gccgc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-03-2017, 12:03:58
(http://i.imgur.com/MZZSB3Y.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-03-2017, 14:03:54
Something I've been wondering for some time now: Is there a specific reason that the Fins received relatively many Sturmis and that I see other German tank types less in the pictures? (were they better for the types of fights in Finland? Did the Germans mind it less to lose them to deliveries than other tank types?, ...)

(https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/w/war-damage-reports/uss-south-dakota-bb57-war-damage-report-no57/_jcr_content/body/image_27.img.jpg/1430476292761.jpg)
Hit No. 19 to the USS South Dakota at Guadalcanal. Damage to searchlight No. 3.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-03-2017, 19:03:26
Finnish also bought panzer 4.
But Sturm was cheaper and less valuable than turret tank for Germany

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/gun1.9dhlbz57544kgo008gowcok00.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-03-2017, 03:03:00
I was aware that they also got a few P4s, but I was mostly wondering why the Germans didn't give them their more obsolete stuff instead (panzer IIs, IIIs, 38t etc.). I'd imagine the Finnish being happy with anything they could get while the nazis probably preferred to keep the heavier stuff for themselves as they also had a war to fight.

(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/animals-warming-war-torn-heartsback-in-the-day-23.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=963)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2017, 19:03:26
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=37109&sid=7626665bff48c899bc8fbd9d2406e2f3)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 15-03-2017, 02:03:50
I was aware that they also got a few P4s, but I was mostly wondering why the Germans didn't give them their more obsolete stuff instead (panzer IIs, IIIs, 38t etc.). I'd imagine the Finnish being happy with anything they could get while the nazis probably preferred to keep the heavier stuff for themselves as they also had a war to fight.

Yes and no. You are somewhat right. The finns got off pretty good.  The germans could have given the Finns more obsolete stuff. This is due to factions rating their allies. The capability of the Finnish Army was considered high and its effect in the war against Russia was considered important. Thus it received better equipment than Romania or Bulgaria who were rated less effective. The stuff those countries received was kinda ancient. Hotchkiss tanks, for example.

At the time the Panzerkampfwagen III L was considered obsolete because the germans could not mount any heavier gun into the turret, it could have been given away to some minor ally. But the germans had a better plan. A Panzer III is only one modification away from becoming a Stug III, and a Panzer 38t is only one modification away from becoming a Marder or a Hetzer. A hotchkiss cannot really be upgraded.

In the end these tank hunters, assault guns and conversions are always the second choice compared to a real medium or heavy tank. They work well when their flanks are covered and often require infantry support. Sounds to me like the finnish conditions suited the Stug III, thus it was considered an excellent choice.

The germans produced and converted more than 10.000 Stug III, I guess those 50 for Finnland didn't make a big problem.


(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/32849955/Bundesarchiv_STUG-III_production.jpg)
Stug production line.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-03-2017, 03:03:35
Thank you for the extensive answer, makes sense now :)

(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/animals-warming-war-torn-heartsback-in-the-day-2.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=963)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-03-2017, 18:03:10
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/6870838010_5d75379a8a_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-03-2017, 19:03:32
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/z5-vintage-dogs-war-600-0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-03-2017, 20:03:36
(http://i.imgur.com/Eh6Tp4m.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-03-2017, 20:03:59
Thank you for the extensive answer, makes sense now :)

(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/animals-warming-war-torn-heartsback-in-the-day-2.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=963)
Brit version of Tuskegee Airman?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-03-2017, 11:03:03
(http://i.imgur.com/xUKCZg6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-03-2017, 11:03:43
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5119/7090303329_9989a0cf30_c.jpg)

Quote
Finnish Vickers tanks
Tanks Nos. R-R-666, 672, swollen February 29, 1940, when Finns items 91 from the 1st Battalion of the Soviet heavy tank 20-th Brigade in Pen. Confirmed with a photographic journal of fighting 20-th TTBr and Finnish. According to the Finns of the 8 crew killed 3 and 1 injured. Combat log entry 91-20-th battalion TTBr: "during the attack, the pen station 1 kilometre north-west of Vârakoski with the shot two tanks Vickers.
in the background are Soviet t-28 20 from the 1st heavy tank Brigade.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 19-03-2017, 16:03:39
Hi everyone,

girlfriend is busy decorating her new house and we are looking for photographs to fill up the walls a bit.

We are specifically searching for pictures that show extraordinary moments in war, for example:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gUGr1NjwFK4/UF_omWDLFFI/AAAAAAAADWk/CGgGH4taymU/s360/0003d1a3.jpeg)

Hope you guys have some nice pictures! Doesn't matter which era.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-03-2017, 16:03:28
(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/warming-soldiers-hearts-back-in-the-day-237.jpg)
Marine combat cameraman Norman Hatch feeds a kitten he found underneath a Japanese tank on Tarawa

Past week (and longer in the past as well) I've been using http://thechive.com/category/military/ to post some images here. They used to have more images back when they had "The Brigade", but they still have good stuff.

I assume by "extraordinary", you mean images showing the human side of war in a non-shocking way?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-03-2017, 17:03:10
you should create new thread or maybe ask that in the "Picture of the Day (Other eras)" topic

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3317/5815426750_7775a27336_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-03-2017, 23:03:34
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/5871960419_ee1ec1b752_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-03-2017, 18:03:11
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2071/5814859653_bf926ebcfb_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 21-03-2017, 21:03:48
Hi everyone,

girlfriend is busy decorating her new house and we are looking for photographs to fill up the walls a bit.

We are specifically searching for pictures that show extraordinary moments in war, for example:

Hope you guys have some nice pictures! Doesn't matter which era.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/05ffaeb3e09615fd32ee6bd013ddd2f9/tumblr_mwuugvxUyr1ss9dfho1_500.jpg)

Sent you a pm with more.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-03-2017, 07:03:17
(http://i.imgur.com/JHnvKeY.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-03-2017, 18:03:49
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/imstalengrades_415.46dlgu588wkkosws0gs4wkgkw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-03-2017, 21:03:36
FH2 seelow ammo box in RL
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/panzerfaust_bad_neuenhar_1945.1bkyeqsn9vhcowkcwookockws.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2017, 20:03:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/stalingrad_1942_282.bi3opacf0q8s8wokk44kcs8k8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-03-2017, 11:03:49
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/%E2%80%98Whisky%E2%80%99_the_cat%2C_pet_and_mascot_of_HMS_Duke_of_York_%286105339563%29.jpg)
‘Whisky’ the cat, pet and mascot of HMS Duke of York
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 25-03-2017, 12:03:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/%E2%80%98Whisky%E2%80%99_the_cat%2C_pet_and_mascot_of_HMS_Duke_of_York_%286105339563%29.jpg)
‘Whisky’ the cat, pet and mascot of HMS Duke of York
This little bastard stayed awake during the entire engagement with Scharnhorst
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 25-03-2017, 20:03:19
This little bastard stayed awake during the entire engagement with Scharnhorst
Would you fall asleep then? ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-03-2017, 21:03:45
(http://i.imgur.com/NJFjGC0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-03-2017, 22:03:09
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/shutyi_b5.cp9u9qsdflkw0c8gk0wkos4wg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-03-2017, 13:03:20
(http://i.imgur.com/duy6byt.jpg)

1941, troope re-entering a forest which was part of the frontline during Winter War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 26-03-2017, 13:03:31
(http://historydaily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/color-ww2-photos-2.jpg)

Never knew that the Germans mounted the long-barreled 50mm guns on the hanomag.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-03-2017, 13:03:45
That's a short barreled 75mm gun with a cleaning stick going into it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 26-03-2017, 13:03:47
Oh, but I never heard of the 75mm on a hanomag,
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2017, 16:03:02
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4029/4572372782_92f6be0ac2_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 26-03-2017, 17:03:41
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4029/4572372782_92f6be0ac2_b.jpg)

Is that a rifle grenade attachment on the m1 carbine?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 26-03-2017, 17:03:14
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4029/4572372782_92f6be0ac2_b.jpg)

Is that a rifle grenade attachment on the m1 carbine?

Yes, you can even see 2 rifle grenades in his neck.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 26-03-2017, 17:03:19
Oh, but I never heard of the 75mm on a hanomag,

Sd.Kfz. 251/9 - Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm KwK37). Equipped with a 75 mm L/24 low velocity gun, using the same pedestal gun mount employed on the StuG III. Nicknamed "Stummel" ("stump"). In 1944, a revised modular gun mount was introduced to facilitate production that also incorporated a coaxial MG42. This universal gun mount was also used to create the Sd.Kfz. 250/8 variant and the Sd.Kfz.234/3.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 26-03-2017, 18:03:31
Oh, ok. Thanks  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-03-2017, 18:03:33
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Burma-oilfields-destroyed.jpg)
The Retreat into India: Electrical equipment at the Yenangyaung oilfields being destroyed as part of the 'scorched earth' policy pursued by the British in the face of the Japanese advance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-03-2017, 19:03:20
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4083/4963861270_05fc3976d8_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-03-2017, 20:03:00
I can't say it enough times, but thank you Seth for uploading such awesome images every day. It's very very rare that I've seen them before and each time, they are very interesting.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/desert-march-1942.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2017, 21:03:27
 ;) thx but i'm just picking the pics from an other existing forum.
I'm just picking the best one from my point of view

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/imstalengrades_417.9etp1rebiokc0wwooosg8wo0k.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2017, 19:03:24
(http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/3/12/16/f_Bundesarchim_b882a06.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 30-03-2017, 01:03:54
Apparently the cockpit that inspired the Millennium Falcon; B-29 Superfortress

(http://www.heartlandofamericaband.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060712-F-1234S-001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-03-2017, 20:03:50
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/karabinerk98k_4421.ag2uu3foc48c84gsw4ggcg4sw.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 30-03-2017, 20:03:57
Holy cow lol what kind of pants are those
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-03-2017, 21:03:52
My guess is FJ jumptrousers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-03-2017, 22:03:11
Not jump trousers, most likely Luftwaffe tropical trousers, which were often worn by all branches in Italy:

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/a0/60/16/a06016772978cd27aa002de227405964.jpg)

(https://www.atthefront.com/g_images/uni/LW/OLWT_set.jpg)
(http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af166/Hochgebirgsjaeger/Gebirgsjagers%20in%20Italy/GJ_Italy_0001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-03-2017, 23:03:48
(http://i.imgur.com/SsYgvXU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 31-03-2017, 08:03:24
Not jump trousers, most likely Luftwaffe tropical trousers, which were often worn by all branches in Italy:

What was the purpose of using potato sacks as trousers? Looks ridiculous imo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-03-2017, 17:03:10
In heat, you want very loose, billowy trousers, so as to get better air flow through your legs, and to trap cool air..  Think how Arab countries generally all wear very loose, flowing garments, and it's the same idea.  Shorts were also worn and issues, but typically weren't used in combat by the Germans, since they were considered more or less an off duty thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-04-2017, 20:04:04
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/img7311.523ujvf2xww8ossg084ssk04k.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-04-2017, 20:04:55
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/2222.17sovuxgcda8w4csc8gwoow4o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2017, 20:04:20
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ths_2011_b5n2_falling.45noz36i4b6s8s4088k400o80.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2017, 19:04:18
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/io3.8xs1xqbqphk4o040c0gkgwckk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2017, 18:04:17
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/dornier_do335__pfeil_1945.8o99y4v07xoo4k400so48ss8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-04-2017, 03:04:23
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/HMS-Dorsetshire.jpg)
What a beauty.
Her final story: http://ww2today.com/5th-april-1942-hms-dorsetshire-and-hms-cornwall-sunk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-04-2017, 13:04:17
(http://i.imgur.com/2vUFLzw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2017, 18:04:02
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/op3.52yw7carmls8okwssc84c4w8s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 06-04-2017, 21:04:59
@ Seth: eastern front?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2017, 21:04:27
yes

Quote
German sapper assault boats on Lake Peipsi. 1941
Sapper assault boats were equipped with a gasoline engine water-cooled Maybach S5 30 hp
Carrying capacity, including 6 men, is 1.7 tons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-04-2017, 09:04:36
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hitleryouth_mg42_1945.kyx0jihf6nks0ggg88soo4g8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-04-2017, 14:04:10
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/stalingrad_1942_a_shayhet.en8l66xpi60wsk8c80wwcw44c.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-04-2017, 19:04:35
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/kobe_bomb_drop_1945.2e9tmf9dua1wco40wog44wk8o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 10-04-2017, 19:04:01
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/kobe_bomb_drop_1945.2e9tmf9dua1wco40wog44wk8o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Raid on Kobe?? Or Kure?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-04-2017, 22:04:26
http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/kobe_bomb_drop_1945.2e9tmf9dua1wco40wog44wk8o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg
Raid on Kobe?? Or Kure?
The URL seems to say Kobe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-04-2017, 18:04:02
yes Kobe port May-June 1945

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/eucmhcom_nara_0109.4u0duamhwv0gw04ocok0o00oc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 12-04-2017, 14:04:07
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Louis_Slotin_and_the_Gadget_Bomb.jpg/1024px-Louis_Slotin_and_the_Gadget_Bomb.jpg)
Louis Slotin with the Gadget bomb during the Trinity test
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-04-2017, 18:04:42
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/imstalengrades_443.5e9vvk8jluw4o88ccscg04csg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-04-2017, 21:04:14
(http://i.imgur.com/pMVxaKk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 12-04-2017, 22:04:47
(http://www.imfdb.org/images/d/d1/Nepobedimye-AVS-3.jpg)
A rare photo of soviet soldiers armed with AVS-36s. Circa 1943

Bonus:
(http://c8.alamy.com/comp/FFFK31/minsk-belarus-december-20-2015-soviet-russian-medium-tank-t-34-in-FFFK31.jpg)
One of the two surviving T-34 1940 in the world. This one is in Minsk. The other one is in the Urals.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-04-2017, 12:04:29
(http://i.imgur.com/pG67VXe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 13-04-2017, 14:04:32
(https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/soviet-tank-t-museum-verkhnyaya-pyshma-russia-june-exhibit-military-equipment-69303416.jpg)
The other survivng T-34 1940 in the Urals

Bonus:
(http://static1.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/4/2/1/large1500/124256786.jpg)
A rare T-34-57 tank hunter on T-34 M1940 chasis
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-04-2017, 20:04:04
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/skijager_stg44_01_19451.3dzptcezozi8oowks00sok8ws.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-04-2017, 00:04:47
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/kobe_bomb_drop_1945.2e9tmf9dua1wco40wog44wk8o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
I know this version:
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-fall-of-imperial-japan/w17_Incendie/main_1200.jpg?1420580893)

Tokyo:
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-fall-of-imperial-japan/w14_001Tokyo/main_1200.jpg?1420580893)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-04-2017, 10:04:21
yes, because japnese home were mostly paper/wood house in cities american would use incendiary bomb to burn them to the ground

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/japy.dr40bl4dwp448gw0sco8w44k0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-04-2017, 17:04:30
yes, because japnese home were mostly paper/wood house in cities american would use incendiary bomb to burn them to the ground
Yup, I know. Only stone buildings would survive most of the time.

Toyama at night:
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-fall-of-imperial-japan/w13_00Toyama/main_1200.jpg?1420580893)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-04-2017, 17:04:56
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/launch_position_1.6y6k5esvqpkwgo88csw0kc0gk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-04-2017, 18:04:15
(http://i.imgur.com/HGebA5L.jpg)
F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-1 being catapulted from the hangar deck catapult on the carrier Yorktown (Essex-class) off Trinidad, 3 Jun 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dukat on 17-04-2017, 00:04:43
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/launch_position_1.6y6k5esvqpkwgo88csw0kc0gk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

You really should put some descriptions sometimes: It is the V1 launch site in Siracourt.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Siracourt%2C_Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command%2C_1942-1945_CL4157.jpg/768px-Siracourt%2C_Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command%2C_1942-1945_CL4157.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-04-2017, 10:04:05
You really should put some descriptions sometimes: It is the V1 launch site in Siracourt.
I think Seth makes a game out of it to spark interest ;) I already thought it had something to do with V weapons because of the tunnels and the bomb craters, btw.

Japanese reaction to all the bombings:
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-fall-of-imperial-japan/w07_05040123/main_1200.jpg?1420580893)
[/quote]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-04-2017, 13:04:58
You really should put some descriptions sometimes: It is the V1 launch site in Siracourt.
I think Seth makes a game out of it to spark interest ;) I already thought it had something to do with V weapons because of the tunnels and the bomb craters, btw.


Indeed, because when you search for the story about a picture, you find/learn a lot more than a quote
f-e

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/desant1.f4qhqzcnpeogcc0wo4kws8sc8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

you find this article (an excellent website btw):
http://www.o5m6.de/Ladoga_Tender.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-04-2017, 19:04:29
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Doolittle-raiders-in-China.jpg)
Four unidentified Doolittle Raid crewmen, who bailed out over China from Aircraft #14, are escorted in a Chinese village before being reunited with other airmen in April of 1942. Most of the crew members made it to China, either crash landing, or bailing out over land. The assistance given by the Chinese to the airmen spurred the Japanese Imperial Army to carry out a retaliatory action called the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign -- over the course of four months, entire villages were destroyed, and an estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians were killed.
http://ww2today.com/18th-april-1942-doolittle-raiders-bomb-japan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2017, 21:04:17
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/2nd_marine_rest.1mac13ja34bosggow08844osc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-04-2017, 19:04:43
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/escort1.66jztzkfyscggocs0ww00o8oo.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 19-04-2017, 20:04:48
Hunting submarines?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-04-2017, 18:04:04
yes !

Quote
Aircraft Grumman TBF Avenger from the American escort aircraft carrier USS Bogue make a circle above the site of the sinking of the German U-118 submarine in the Atlantic (1943).



(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/lo1.b4ubhjkxklws0ocw4kkkw4woo.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-04-2017, 14:04:17
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=12828&sid=f728d983e9bf5ecbfde58b3e23e29ebb)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-04-2017, 22:04:59
Banana at Breslau

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/breslau_1945_klock.73x4hxxv2iw4g8sckg8k4gkw0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 24-04-2017, 09:04:48
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhJDrH98x8M/TdNd2N-1dxI/AAAAAAAAGXQ/LzKgJ9_S0KQ/s1600/germans-using-t-60-tank-ww2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2017, 19:04:54
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/schlisselbourg11.5kcah5otos08sc08sos0s4scs.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 25-04-2017, 19:04:16
Rare AVS-36

(https://honortheveteransblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/avs-36-rian_archive_61150_great_patriotic_war.jpg?w=750&h=545)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-04-2017, 20:04:19
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/podzun_panzerjagerundsturmgeshutz_24.7lwj0no13ugw448wkccssw8cc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 25-04-2017, 22:04:02
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/podzun_panzerjagerundsturmgeshutz_24.7lwj0no13ugw448wkccssw8cc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
"Don't speak to me or my son ever again!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 26-04-2017, 18:04:27
HANS!
GET ZHE PANZERABWEHRKANONE!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-04-2017, 20:04:16
 ;)
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/wallenberg.epru8ustbaos0cswo4o0s08gc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 26-04-2017, 21:04:29
(https://i2.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SovietThompson.jpg?fit=700%2C455)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-04-2017, 18:04:16
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/panzergrenadier_normandie_1944.7fkhew7qjdcsswcgg880c008s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-04-2017, 23:04:13
(http://media.englishrussia.com/newimages//uniqueexhibition858555.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 29-04-2017, 00:04:48
Photoshop Soviet style? Doesn't look real to me.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-04-2017, 10:04:56
yes maybe, it is supposed to be the liberation of crimea
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-04-2017, 21:04:03
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/IWM-F-2141-Matilda.jpg)

Matilda I tank in 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-05-2017, 14:05:38
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/militaria_magazine_hors_serie_09___bataille_pour_moscou_1941_42_premier_hiver_en_russie_47.97xe2hi3d2wwo4880cockwsk0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 02-05-2017, 15:05:02
(https://i1.wp.com/www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/t-005.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-05-2017, 20:05:47
What's that rifle on the left?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-05-2017, 20:05:46
AVS-36 "Simonov"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVS-36
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-05-2017, 12:05:09
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hellcat_crush.8vjm5yqqbvokgk0w4k0ok8gc4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-05-2017, 20:05:04
AVS-36 "Simonov"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVS-36
Thanks, are they Finns?

(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/01/on-this-day-an-air-battle-over-belgium-in-1945/AP4501271102/main_1500.jpg?1422395092)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 04-05-2017, 08:05:40
AVS-36 "Simonov"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVS-36
Thanks, are they Finns?

(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/01/on-this-day-an-air-battle-over-belgium-in-1945/AP4501271102/main_1500.jpg?1422395092)
Maybe. Although they look more like the Volksturm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-05-2017, 10:05:40
(http://i.imgur.com/oBZcckC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-05-2017, 11:05:11
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/m8_greyhound_ramillies_1944.3hfbjrs4hoo4kgksos00ws0ks.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-05-2017, 16:05:12
AVS-36 "Simonov"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVS-36
Thanks, are they Finns?

Maybe. Although they look more like the Volksturm.

They're Finns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-05-2017, 19:05:40
They're Finns.

The Finnish roundel on the cap of the man holding the rifle gives it away. This is most definitely from the Winter War. However, exact location is a bit shady for me. Cross searching the image gives a result saying it is from Taipale on Karelian Isthmus but I havent looked at the SA-archive, wether this photo could be found from there as well and thus confirming the location.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-05-2017, 10:05:22
(http://i.imgur.com/hpz8pgn.jpg)

Since Urkupyssy is the hot topic now
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-05-2017, 11:05:02
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-03xP9rDTGbY/Uxr7ZxlNXtI/AAAAAAAA0hI/X8q8699e8Vk/s1600/MiniArt%E2%80%99s%20new%20GAZ-AAA%20wQuad%20M4%20Maxim%20(1).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 05-05-2017, 11:05:18
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Quad_Maxim_AAMG_2.JPG/220px-Quad_Maxim_AAMG_2.JPG)
Will Finns also get them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-05-2017, 10:05:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/isu152_destroyed.84m0k5alupogoww4wkosog84g.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 06-05-2017, 16:05:03
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/isu152_destroyed.84m0k5alupogoww4wkosog84g.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Ammo rack explosion?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-05-2017, 17:05:10
Possibly. A panzerfaust hit it to the spot on the left side of the gun. You can see the entry hole that well because the tree is blocking it but other photos show the hole better.

Here you can see the shooter demonstrating from where did he fire at the ISU and another soldier pointing at the spot where the faust hit it.

http://sa-kuva.fi/static/65/14/156514_r500.jpg

From SA-archive.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 06-05-2017, 18:05:08
Possibly. A panzerfaust hit it to the spot on the left side of the gun. You can see the entry hole that well because the tree is blocking it but other photos show the hole better.

Here you can see the shooter demonstrating from where did he fire at the ISU and another soldier pointing at the spot where the faust hit it.

http://sa-kuva.fi/static/65/14/156514_r500.jpg

From SA-archive.
A great motto:
A panzerfaust is a soldier's best friend.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 06-05-2017, 19:05:48
A great motto:
A panzerfaust is a soldier's best friend.

Another great motto is infantry support.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-05-2017, 20:05:37
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/uplakata1.52fbz14qyzokg4osg4kcg848s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-05-2017, 12:05:14
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/gd3.e7kd5k2d9xws840o0k84gcw8s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-05-2017, 09:05:19
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/20490.bjr04v1fa9s0oowc088c8wwos.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 09-05-2017, 20:05:58
KV2 or something like that in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-05-2017, 20:05:22
You mean the T28?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-05-2017, 11:05:28
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/rzhev_1942_flak_43_01.1875l8iw39q80wwcgkwswwgwc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 10-05-2017, 13:05:59
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/rzhev_1942_flak_43_01.1875l8iw39q80wwcgkwswwgwc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Ah Rzhev. It first looked like Essen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 10-05-2017, 21:05:55
You mean the T28?
Hehe, at first I didn't notice that tiny barrel ;) I thought it might be a KV chassis with a dismantled turret.

Well, here is the real thing in a special situation:

(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/ussr/tanks/kv-2/_cache/kv-2_a_road_sign-e1370793572305.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-05-2017, 12:05:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ff_il_members_in_western_desert.3q7e8xy9how0cw0g0o4c84gkg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 11-05-2017, 13:05:04
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/ff_il_members_in_western_desert.3q7e8xy9how0cw0g0o4c84gkg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
North Africa or Morocco??
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 11-05-2017, 23:05:47
North Africa or Morocco??
Three soldiers of the French Colonial Artillery who distinguished themselves in the battle at Bir Hakeim, from Senegal, Equatorial Africa and Madagascar, respectively
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-05-2017, 09:05:55
Nice work !  ;) that's the way to find info !
Bir Hakeim indeed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-05-2017, 09:05:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/imdenissergeevich_414_1.8jsg4dggje04ccggow8ow48cg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 13-05-2017, 10:05:41
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/imdenissergeevich_414_1.8jsg4dggje04ccggow8ow48cg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Victory day?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-05-2017, 12:05:21
yes, berlin


(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/095.clet88ptezkg8skcwk4c8owgo.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-05-2017, 10:05:19
(http://i.imgur.com/CUHgLYB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-05-2017, 20:05:12
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/t_20.deilukkygxwgswkwkccswkc00.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-05-2017, 20:05:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/t_20.deilukkygxwgswkwkccswkc00.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Two potential statics for FH2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2017, 19:05:34
indeed, for the finnish army

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/finnish.dk7fq4225ugcosw48g0w8c80g.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 16-05-2017, 19:05:28
I thought they were Russians in 1941 armed with obsolete Tsarist weaponry due to a desperate need for AT defenses. Also, will we get helmets with bushes on top off them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-05-2017, 18:05:58
i don't know

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/83id_mgteam.9sqp7d40tyoscwc8g0ccskkgo.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-05-2017, 21:05:09
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/franz_von_werra.8qcyvy3v0tookocss00wk80ow.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Roughbeak on 18-05-2017, 22:05:37
^ Awesome pic, Seth!

Where did you find it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-05-2017, 01:05:20
(http://c1.staticflickr.com/1/271/31694531803_0c7624d21a_b.jpg)

German Soldiers in their shooting post buried at the edge of a forest, their position is armed with a MG-15, a MP-40 and a K98 rifle. Soviet Union, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-05-2017, 18:05:19
those are luftwaffe felddivision,

^ Awesome pic, Seth!

Where did you find it?

it's a secret  ;)
but tbh it's easy to find it

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/17pdrATG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-05-2017, 01:05:17
those are luftwaffe felddivision,

Thank you, I was a bit suspicious of the uniform of the guy with the binoculars. I didn't know the Luftwaffe Feld-Divisions were already raised by 1942, I always thought they were more of a late war desperate measure..

(http://40.media.tumblr.com/5b5bcb6bd3547af75d14189da8b7d248/tumblr_nt57m8tGEP1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-05-2017, 12:05:55
It was formed after Winter 1941.
Since this date, german army failed to replace its losses so it was decided to optimize the human resources.
You can learn about it, beginning with the Meindl division (Leningrad front)


(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/BagadouStourm.jpg)
Quote
French pro-nazi 'Bagadou Stourm' members
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-05-2017, 11:05:53
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/mp_harley_44.1c2v0juf0g4gokkso4ggwscck.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 21-05-2017, 12:05:05
Bad boys, bad boys, whatch you gonna do?  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-05-2017, 01:05:35
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=41104)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2017, 18:05:38
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/loading_shells_cr.enemxujikjs4g8ww04cw800cs.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 22-05-2017, 19:05:21
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/loading_shells_cr.enemxujikjs4g8ww04cw800cs.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Gas canisters?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 22-05-2017, 22:05:53
No, empty artillery shellcases.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 23-05-2017, 19:05:14
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/29/49/d7/2949d79feac8b58e0cd21c245bd8a117.jpg)
Tally-ho!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-05-2017, 19:05:28
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hitleryouth_piritz_1945.13eceec48d1c004c4c0888co4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 23-05-2017, 19:05:47
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hitleryouth_piritz_1945.13eceec48d1c004c4c0888co4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Berlin?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-05-2017, 01:05:25
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8f/f6/46/8ff646acf78fcb6955b27475af94be59.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 24-05-2017, 14:05:43
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Live-fire-exercise.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-05-2017, 18:05:41
i wonder what kind of rounds thay are using (i mean, do they use tracer only ?)

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/hitleryouth_piritz_1945.13eceec48d1c004c4c0888co4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Berlin?

hitler youth at Piritz 1945

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/305a.5yx3twpbb9wc4w0oo8owg8kc0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-05-2017, 14:05:21
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/pb4y.degdk8vnfq8gcgo44oswg88sg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-05-2017, 17:05:30
They are indeed using tracers only, it's from a training to make the soldiers that cross the river used to MG crossfire above them.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/IWM-E-16827-light-tank-AA-MkI-19420915.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-05-2017, 12:05:49
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/flames_polish_world_war_ii_ww2_warsaw_uprising_insurgents_with_flame_throwers_desktop_2000x1307_wallpaper_224705.1k3hvtr3nuo00gcccgk44o80w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-05-2017, 15:05:52
Powstanie Warszawskie  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-05-2017, 17:05:05
(http://i.imgur.com/jQe05yj.jpg)
Kubus improvised armor from the Warsaw Uprising. Had the impression that it's quite a nationalist symbol for Warsovians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 27-05-2017, 18:05:29
Looks like a souped-up Opel Blitz.

Kubus means cube in Indonesian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-05-2017, 08:05:03
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/a42dce75e9c79dc013db2887ac477344/tumblr_o0ytbw43Ai1ufx0lco5_1280.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-05-2017, 11:05:14
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lv3TN27ilgg/TkcqTS4St5I/AAAAAAAACEk/VBPU6Wd1A1I/s1600/Minoru+Wada+4.jpg)

Quote
Lt. Wada, leading Marine bombers over the target
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 28-05-2017, 21:05:30
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18556252_1228646507265139_4670456845706192716_n.jpg?oh=2f461b46a4a851961504bf0200e509ec&oe=59E84951)

General der Kavallerie" Philipp Kleffel, review Wehrmacht Spanish soldiers from the "División Azul" (250th Spanish division).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-05-2017, 05:05:38
Both Condor Legion and the Blue Division are still praised in some parts of Spain, going as far as holding festivities as a tribute for them. None are worth any recognition, Legion Condor bombarded Spanish civilians without any mercy and the Blue Division were all volunteers, they all knew what they were doing.

(http://33.media.tumblr.com/8622e9f7d539d0cab1343d8afcc3d203/tumblr_nec16dLEex1riezf4o1_1280.png)

Now I don't know about this one, it seems odd to say the least. StG44 used by what looks like an SS Soldier that has the old decals on his helmet, a properly dressed SS soldier behind as well.., reenactment?.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2017, 15:05:58
He's a Gebirgsjager, not SS, and I am def gonna say reenactment on this one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-05-2017, 15:05:58
He's a Gebirgsjager, not SS, and I am def gonna say reenactment on this one.

Thank you. I thought he was SS cause he has an actual SS soldier behind...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-05-2017, 17:05:07
Yeah, that screams reenactment.  Also it just looks like a digital photo put through a filter.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-05-2017, 18:05:19
That being said, there was an SS Gebirgsjäger Division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-05-2017, 18:05:57
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Grant-tank-damaged.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2017, 19:05:57
reenactment indeed, here a version without filter:

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/arms/images/f/ff/Deutscher_Wehrmachtsoldat_mit_StG_44.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150428170115&path-prefix=de

(http://www.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/debarquement_seconde_guerre/DAT-46-L29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-05-2017, 11:05:36
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/US_cruisers_bombarding_Kiska_in_July_1943.png)
The U.S. Navy cruisers USS Santa Fe (CL-60), USS Louisville (CA-28), USS San Francisco (CA-38), and USS Wichita (CA-45), left to right, bombarding Kiska on 22 July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-05-2017, 14:05:35
(http://i.imgur.com/rYpAnLd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-05-2017, 19:05:57
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/SC167328t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 30-05-2017, 22:05:05
Never seen one with such a big muzzle break before
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-05-2017, 03:05:14
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6233/6323601019_cdc1bc7670_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-05-2017, 19:05:10
Never seen one with such a big muzzle break before

m2 gun  ;)


(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2058/5789741982_7c0bf4f942_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 31-05-2017, 19:05:21
Never seen one with such a big muzzle break before
m2 gun  ;)
Hmm, it is not a difference in modelling, hmm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-06-2017, 02:06:36
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/truck-mounted-6pdr-gun.jpg)
looks staged as fuck, but was too funny to not share it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-06-2017, 03:06:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Photo-le-molay-littry-2-1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-06-2017, 04:06:19
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/truck-mounted-6pdr-gun.jpg)
looks staged as fuck, but was too funny to not share it

I mean, the photo is staged yes, but the weapon system is a normal British 6lber Portepee.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-06-2017, 18:06:59
 ;) french did the same, a famous example at bir hakeim

(http://www.france-libre.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/histoire_canon-75-monte-grd1.jpg)

here how it worked
(http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/190559Sanstitre1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-06-2017, 01:06:01
;) french did the same, a famous example at bir hakeim
Extreme lack of binocular guy in strange pose  :P

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Ss202.jpg)
USS Trout (SS-202) coming alongside USS Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines. The gold had been loaded aboard Trout at Corregidor on 4 February 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-06-2017, 06:06:07
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/46/998/large_000000.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-06-2017, 19:06:46
(http://i.imgur.com/ttQVxGs.jpg)

Panssarikauhu gunner Esko Määttä, who destroyed 4 tanks in a half hour engagement in Ihantala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-06-2017, 21:06:08
(https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/ww2/photos/images/ww2-42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-06-2017, 03:06:14
(http://i.imgur.com/PpYkykD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-06-2017, 21:06:06
Lend lease Matilda?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-06-2017, 07:06:41
Lend lease Matilda?

Yes :)

(http://40.media.tumblr.com/b6acb48bbd52a6481c93e4609ac072c6/tumblr_nphy91Kuod1s27r5eo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-06-2017, 15:06:02
Lend lease Matilda?

No, just the british crew being shit at map reading.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-06-2017, 05:06:51
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_48ef1_419ef9e_orig1.qifc14r0yf44w8ock0k00o4w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-06-2017, 10:06:15
nice !
certainly the battle of moscow where they throw everything they had

(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/177/481113861_22b5223fce_b.jpg)

Quote
A U.S. soldier poses next to the construction of a reinforced concrete bunker.
This is the reinforcement of a pillbox H669-Ozouville The Maresquiers Querqueville on the town to the southwest along the D 118.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-06-2017, 23:06:13
(https://img.rt.com/files/2017.06/original/5936fe50c461880d438b4634.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-06-2017, 10:06:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MN-1002-07A%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg)
Schleswig-Holstein off Denmark in April 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-06-2017, 18:06:48
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-12869.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-06-2017, 20:06:23
Visiting Compiegne museum?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-06-2017, 20:06:03
no, visiting zeughaus in 1941 where banner from defeated unit are displayed

I've just found the original caption :

http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/Photos/N030976.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-06-2017, 20:06:44
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2238/1589166484_9cda5fc092_b.jpg)

Quote
Five U.S. soldiers, in front of a hedge, take a cross-shaped sign (actually a package of food rations unfolded) written in German: "seid ihr euch Soldaten ergebt umringt", that is to say, "Soldiers go you are surrounded. "
They are soldiers of the 83rd Armored Rcn Bn of the 3rd Armored Div.US.
Photo taken July 14, 1944 somewhere north-west of St. Lo, Pont-Hébert and Hauts-Vents, after fighting on July 10-11 against the Panzer Lehr.
A few comments:
The first left a turncoat M-41 and is a rated / HBT combination, like that of the extreme right.
The "big" behind (the back) and that of the far right have a Thompson SMG (submachine gun).
The third carries a Colt cal.45 to belt
The rifles are the standard model, a Springfield M1903 and M1903 Right modified Remington left.
In addition they all carry a belt M-1936 (surprising for "riflemen" who theoretically should be the cartridge belt M-1923.
Nevertheless the first left cartridge carries a relief, while the fourth nothing (Blades Chargers - ammunition in the pockets?)
Three bear the pocket compass, one of the extreme right a dagger M3.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-06-2017, 20:06:23
Quote
written in German: "seid ihr euch Soldaten ergebt umringt", that is to say, "Soldiers go you are surrounded. "

I think it's "Soldaten ergebt euch (soldiers, surrender (yourselves)), Ihr seid umringt (you are surrounded)". Would make more sense :)

(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/z4-vintage-dogs-war-600-1.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=962)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-06-2017, 02:06:43
(https://s24.postimg.org/vclie1e8l/Screen_Hunter_859_Jul._08_23.12.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-06-2017, 08:06:09
I think it's "Soldaten ergebt euch (soldiers, surrender (yourselves)), Ihr seid umringt (you are surrounded)". Would make more sense :)

Yes it is.
Soldaten ergebt euch, ihr seid umringt
"Soldiers surrender yourselves, you are surrounded".


Also is it me or do their uniforms look really sloppy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 09-06-2017, 10:06:46
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mine-laying.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-06-2017, 15:06:52
I think it's "Soldaten ergebt euch (soldiers, surrender (yourselves)), Ihr seid umringt (you are surrounded)". Would make more sense :)

Yes it is.
Soldaten ergebt euch, ihr seid umringt
"Soldiers surrender yourselves, you are surrounded".


Also is it me or do their uniforms look really sloppy?

Yah, they are.  Your point? :P  These are combat troops on the frontlines, they are doing what is comfortable for themselves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 09-06-2017, 17:06:32
Yah, they are.  Your point? :P  These are combat troops on the frontlines, they are doing what is comfortable for themselves.

I don't know, they just look more sloppy than usual to me for some reason.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-06-2017, 22:06:14
imo, the quote might be wrong, it could be a arty or engi unit / second line

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwyxmzXZS31qk6uvyo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-06-2017, 22:06:41
There is literally no reason to believe otherwise from the quote.  Springfields were, while uncommon, still being issued out to frontline units in Normandy, often for the squad's scouting section, in addition to its use as a rifle grenade launcher.  There is photo evidence of infantry in Normandy marching ashore with them just post-D-Day even.  Barring actual written evidence, I trust the quote- they have the look and carry of a recon unit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-06-2017, 20:06:25
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rationing-1942.jpg)
A view of a tray containing the ration book for a Mr Norman Franklin and his weekly rations of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 11-06-2017, 07:06:13
(http://i.imgur.com/mrDkKv1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2017, 12:06:22
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1629.jpg)

Result of an assault of a Ju87 with 37mm gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-06-2017, 12:06:28
Not all that impressive from the outside. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-06-2017, 20:06:41
Indeed but very deadly, those on the turret seems to come from the same passage

(http://i10.tinypic.com/2n16d8w.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-06-2017, 14:06:43
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/HMS_Nabob.jpg)
The damaged HMS NABOB proceeding homewards under her own steam, her stern low down in the water. She was hit by a torpedo during an operation in northern waters. Despite her damaged condition, NABOB turned homeward with a skeleton crew and reached her base after sailing 1070 miles at a steady ten knots.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2017, 18:06:39
(http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/20/46/30/panzer11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-06-2017, 01:06:39
^What the hell are those things..

(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=41122)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-06-2017, 10:06:04
^What the hell are those things..

Basically factory-made MG-pillboxes that you haul with you and bury them where you need them at.

http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt/german-armored-portable-pillbox.html

Im not entirely sure but the name Panzernest is being thrown around when talking about them.

EDIT: Here is a good in-a-nutshell picture. (https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGYkD_7QjyU/VJRVTHp3-yI/AAAAAAAAjRM/XVNLEUluFm8/s1600/panzernest%2Bbig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-06-2017, 19:06:28
indeed

(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1194.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-06-2017, 00:06:13
(http://i.imgur.com/fX28n93.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-06-2017, 18:06:16
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1156.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-06-2017, 04:06:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/german_280_mm_orudie_italy_civitavecchia_09_06_1944.7obzt5vqp2o88484gg0cgswws.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

American soldiers on a captured German 280 mm railway gun Krupp K5, damaged as a result of allied bombing in the depot of the Italian city of Civitavecchia (Civitavecchia). In Italy there were two guns in its class with the name 'Robert' and 'Leopold', nicknamed by the Americans as 'Anzio Annie' and 'Anzio Express'. Both guns were captured by the Allies in June 1944, in Civitavecchia. The guns were actively used by the Germans to bombard the Allied bridgehead at Anzio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-06-2017, 18:06:41
great memories of the moh mission

(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1045.jpg)

Quote
wschodnim 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-06-2017, 20:06:30
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/5257f406e4b08bdeab86c79b/52c18740e4b0da7f332435a9/1431554079935/img039.jpg?format=1000w)
Tribesmen from Chad training with Free French Forces in Sudan. (1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-06-2017, 17:06:58
(http://i.imgur.com/6frs48H.jpg)

Tribute to the Red Army in the Royal Albert Hall of London, February 21 1943.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-06-2017, 19:06:35
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5257d41ee4b08eec93bc1331/5257f406e4b08bdeab86c79b/52c18740e4b0da7f332435a9/1431554079935/img039.jpg?format=1000w)
Tribesmen from Chad training with Free French Forces in Sudan. (1941)

The guy in the front (right side) is losing his helmet in the picture? Lol.
Looks like he suddenly had to slow down, horse's head is tilted backwards and the guy in the back is looking at something that's happening in front of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-06-2017, 19:06:23
There is so much happening in that pic, I just absolutely love it.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/HobokEastAfrica1941.JPG)
Hobok Fort in Abyssinia captured by South African 1st Infantry Division, 1941

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-06-2017, 19:06:43
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1022.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-06-2017, 20:06:20
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/46/8a/79/468a79b85ee34bfd0f8d1a5c44592623.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-06-2017, 18:06:58
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1052.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-06-2017, 19:06:25
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-027-1451-10%2C_Toulon%2C_Panzer_IV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 19-06-2017, 20:06:32
Is that Dunkirk? Or North Africa?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-06-2017, 21:06:57
Panzer IV looks like it has a long barrel which I think would be too late for Dunkirk

EDIT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_French_fleet_in_Toulon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_French_fleet_in_Toulon)
interesting
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 19-06-2017, 23:06:04
Ah, OK. So my second guess was closer ;) I don't even know if there were battleships at Dunkirk, that's why I made that second guess in the first place.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-06-2017, 16:06:59
Nothing as big as a battleship, but lots of cruisers and destroyers, like this;
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/HMSWakeful.jpeg)

Troops under fire on the beach. The crappy quality of the photo makes me think it's real.
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Troops-under-fire-Dunkirk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 20-06-2017, 16:06:05
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/45/af/4b/45af4b44cc2e7e253f19e0d1d9d774c4.jpg)
1st Free French Division during Battle of Bir Hakeim in Libya May-June 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-06-2017, 17:06:31

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Troops-under-fire-Dunkirk.jpg)

That photo reminds me so much of a photo I posted in the old FF Forums years ago about Dunkirk as well, a couple of British soldiers and a huge explosion literally in the middle of them, one of them was crawling for cover I remember. To me, it was one of the best WW2 pictures I have ever seen. Maybe someone from back then saved it, I'd appreciate a lot of any of you guys can find it or upload it somewhere.

(http://i.imgur.com/Lulo1Xf.jpg)

Lockheed Hudson of the RAF providing cover to the retreating Allied troops from Dunkirk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-06-2017, 18:06:28
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3012/3025145201_565eae4d80_b.jpg)

Quote
Vat on top of Cherbourg, a German battery of 155 mm above the city: Fort Couplets of four pieces of 15.5 cm K.420 (f) vat.
Battery: 8./1261 HKAA (Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung-Küsten)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-06-2017, 17:06:51
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/water-supply.jpg)
The water truck arrives
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-06-2017, 18:06:38
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1008.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-06-2017, 01:06:19
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/7e6b39abdc250987a969960c8342bdd7/tumblr_nxvjdnIKAP1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-06-2017, 18:06:27
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1142.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-06-2017, 02:06:03
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/.5fzertnbcd8gko8cokgs8ws4s.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-06-2017, 18:06:46
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2543.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-06-2017, 10:06:02
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-981.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-06-2017, 03:06:16
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/9367052027_15048c7d1e_z.jpg)

Very rare 5 VS (Versuchs Schnellboot) experimental semi submersible torpedo boat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-06-2017, 11:06:20
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/U-203-Uboat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-06-2017, 21:06:47
(http://i.imgur.com/hiJDM16.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 27-06-2017, 15:06:34
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MO-0683-07%2C_Leichter_Kreuzer_%27Emden%27.jpg)
Blücher heading for Oslo
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-06-2017, 20:06:35
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-820.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-06-2017, 20:06:42
Captured AVT40?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 28-06-2017, 08:06:54
Captured AVT40?
The only way to know is to look at the trigger mechanism.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-06-2017, 18:06:18
those on the ground doesn't seemed to be avt40 at least.
So imo SVT 40 only !


(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-821.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-06-2017, 07:06:56
(http://i.imgur.com/Ov3tBUq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 29-06-2017, 15:06:53
(http://i.imgur.com/Ov3tBUq.jpg)

a ship of the finnish navy, do you know which one it is?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-06-2017, 15:06:56
Vetehis-class submarine, either Vetehinen, Vesihiisi or Iku-Turso. Dunno which.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-06-2017, 18:06:30
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2522.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 29-06-2017, 20:06:52
Crypto-pocketbattleship ;)

(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/BatHouse.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-06-2017, 06:06:27
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/48137281c6707e6619e44cd9db9d3b91/tumblr_nwu8smzO9A1t3fxp0o1_1280.jpg)

Slovak Pilot next to an Avia B-534 of the Slovak Air Force on an airfield in Ukraine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-06-2017, 18:06:48
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-876.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-07-2017, 12:07:26
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2485.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 01-07-2017, 13:07:50
What's that symbol on the tanks?

(https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/10-secret-and-strange-weapons-from-ww2-17-photos-29.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=600)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-07-2017, 11:07:10
 ;) Organisation Todt

Your picture is a fake, it is a diorama:
http://pla-zone.proboards.com/thread/139/meng-vskfz-minenr-umer-abandoned

(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-847.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-07-2017, 13:07:08
Really well made, I didn't notice that it was fake

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/anti-personnel-mine.jpg)
A South African sapper removing anti-personnel mines from protective containers, Egypt, 2 July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 02-07-2017, 18:07:23
What type of mines are those? Looks similar to the ones we have in-game but I can't tell
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 02-07-2017, 19:07:11
What type of mines are those? Looks similar to the ones we have in-game but I can't tell

Looks like A/P Mine No. 5, but I am not sure.

(https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/041852/screen/4121917.JPG)

Quote
Tobruk, Libya. 1941-10-22. A photograph showing a soldier from each of five different allied armies fighting together against the Germans and Italians. From the left they are Polish, British, Indian, Australian and Czech.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-07-2017, 20:07:18
;) Organisation Todt

Your picture is a fake, it is a diorama:
http://pla-zone.proboards.com/thread/139/meng-vskfz-minenr-umer-abandoned
Thanks and thanks :) Although the poic is a fake, the vehicle was real afaik.

Another weird vehicle:
(http://www.heritagedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bob-600x460.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: THeTA0123 on 02-07-2017, 23:07:06
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MO-0683-07%2C_Leichter_Kreuzer_%27Emden%27.jpg)
Blücher heading for Oslo
Wassent exactly a fun trip, eh?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 03-07-2017, 16:07:56
Another weird vehicle:

the Bob Semple tank if I´m not mistaken
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2017, 18:07:12
 ;) yes

(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-777.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-07-2017, 21:07:52
They lost a coin inside an MP 40?

Next weird vehicle
(http://www.weirdworm.com/img/stories/5-weird-weapons-of-world-war-2%20-the-allies/the-flying-jeep.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-07-2017, 18:07:12
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3631/3675058971_9776064af4_b.jpg)
(i'm sure i've already post this one)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-07-2017, 22:07:43
(http://i.imgur.com/lCOYviO.jpg)

"Were the russians planning a parade in Joensuu?" Ilomantsi, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-07-2017, 19:07:09
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6507131595_b7a99e73fe_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 05-07-2017, 19:07:18
Moar sabres!

(https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-6a29084d0405c3510f1c90e70a76eb4a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-07-2017, 22:07:58
(http://i.imgur.com/nZiNvAW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 06-07-2017, 05:07:00
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/7f94fb995bf83e75da394df4bd9364ab/tumblr_omj6xhwytQ1uvhbyto1_1280.jpg)

WW2's best looking butt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-07-2017, 19:07:06
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2682/4191375438_fc46309393_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 07-07-2017, 14:07:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/USS_Canberra_and_USS_Houston_under_tow_after_receiving_torpedo_hits_during_the_Formosa_Air_Battle%2C_12%E2%80%9316_October_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-07-2017, 18:07:47
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-730.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-07-2017, 23:07:04
I want that Stug in FH2 ;)

(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/BabyHelmet_Edit.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 08-07-2017, 00:07:43
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/USS_Pittsburgh_%28CA-72%29_loss_of_bow.jpg)
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) en route to Guam for temporary repairs, shortly after she lost her bow in a typhoon on 5 June 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dancho on 08-07-2017, 01:07:45
And it was still "sailable"... woah!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 08-07-2017, 01:07:18
Did we have this one already?

(http://i2.wp.com/www.twilighthistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/strange-tank-t35-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 08-07-2017, 11:07:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/NewOrleansTulagiBowMissing.jpg)

USS New Orleands (CA-32) after being hit by several japanese torpedoes during the battle of Tassafaronga. She lost everything ahead of turret number 2. More than a quarter of her length had gone including turret number 1. 180+ of her crew got killed in this hit. After the battle she sailed with only 2kn to Tulagi harbor, were here crew jury-rigged a new bow out of coconut logs, so the ship could move on to sydney to have a temporary bow fitted. The ship then crossed the pacific to the Puget sound naval yards. During her trip to sydney and later to the US it sailed backward!

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/TassaMinneapolis2.jpg)

Anyone said coconut bow?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/USS_Minneapolis_after_Tassafaronga.jpg)

By the way, during the same battle her sister ship, the USS Minneapolis, lost her bow as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-07-2017, 11:07:04
(http://i.imgur.com/4ijUSk7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-07-2017, 13:07:32
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-597.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dancho on 08-07-2017, 22:07:58
 :o These things are a lot thougher than I tought.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 09-07-2017, 17:07:14
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/6bc538e5f1932988d7831a93193ec092/tumblr_nu3juvRMKg1rwiivfo1_540.jpg)

Member of the 2. Marineinfanterie-Division, April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 10-07-2017, 05:07:26
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/USS_Pittsburgh_%28CA-72%29_loss_of_bow.jpg)
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) en route to Guam for temporary repairs, shortly after she lost her bow in a typhoon on 5 June 1945.
https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-07-2017, 17:07:57
Damn, now i'm half sad that I didn't think of adding that video as caption :p

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/HMSEskimoBowTorpedoDamageMay1940.jpg)
Eskimo participated in the Second Battle of Narvik in April 1940. On 12 April Eskimo was hit by a torpedo fired from German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele. The explosion caused severe damage, blowing off Eskimo's bow. After temporary repairs, by the shipwrights of the fleet repair ship Vindictive at Skjelfjorden in Norway, Eskimo was able to return to the Vickers Armstrong works at Newcastle for rebuilding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Eskimo_(F75)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-07-2017, 18:07:02
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2120.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 11-07-2017, 02:07:42
(http://i.imgur.com/vn27f3d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-07-2017, 16:07:32
(http://i.imgur.com/Hrqu3D0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 11-07-2017, 16:07:17
(http://i.imgur.com/U2mTah6l.jpg) (http://imgur.com/U2mTah6.jpg)

Quote
Infantrymen and Pz.Kpfw. III of 11. Panzer-Division at the position near Volokolamsk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2017, 19:07:38
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2096.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-07-2017, 20:07:13
Can't see the pic Seth :( Loading the page itself gives me a timeout.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 11-07-2017, 22:07:21
I see it just fine, Nice to see Italian equipment. I have both rifles in the picture :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2017, 23:07:44
Can't see the pic Seth :( Loading the page itself gives me a timeout.
it's server side imo, maybe the polish server is overloaded
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-07-2017, 22:07:44
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-385.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 14-07-2017, 19:07:15
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Aircrew_of_No._16_Squadron_SAAF_and_No._227_Squadron_RAF_sitting_in_front_of_a_Bristol_Beaufighter_at_Biferno%2C_Italy%2C_prior_to_taking_off_to_attack_a_German_headquarters_building_in_Dubrovnik%2C_Yugoslavia%2C_14_August_1944._C5894.jpg)
Aircrew of 16 Squadron SAAF and No. 227 Squadron RAF sitting in front of a Bristol Beaufighter at Biferno, Italy, prior to taking off to attack a German headquarters building in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 14 August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-07-2017, 18:07:07
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=35699)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 16-07-2017, 09:07:50
(http://i.imgur.com/Hrqu3D0.jpg)
Sevastopol?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rokka on 16-07-2017, 11:07:19
Finnish coastal artillery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 16-07-2017, 15:07:40
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/domwt5bfwfij0bbqzep2.jpg)

A Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank in action, August 1944. (Image: IWM)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-07-2017, 21:07:56
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-402.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-07-2017, 11:07:52
Any idea where that picture was taken?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-07-2017, 16:07:49
wanted to know the same. Reverse search in google seems to say Eindhoven
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-07-2017, 18:07:39
wanted to know the same. Reverse search in google seems to say Eindhoven

I was at 's-Hertogenbosch station last week and it seems very similar. It's why I asked.
Of course it could very well be that several train stations were built in similar style.

This is 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) station:
(http://binnenlocatietrouwfotos.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Den-Bosch-NS-Station-004-binnenlocatie-trouwfotos.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2017, 19:07:43
yes this is the place.
Note the stg in the back of the soldier !


(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2703/4484603903_254cc629d0_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-07-2017, 21:07:16
yes this is the place.
Note the stg in the back of the soldier !
How does a picture like that end up in a Polish archive?


(https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c945ca6c6d91c37aead580fba699e8b3)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 18-07-2017, 12:07:35
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Royal-Navy-submarines.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 18-07-2017, 18:07:06
yes this is the place.

Funny coincidence that you happened to post that picture within such a short time of me passing by that station to make it feel familiar!

To stay ontopic:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcuX26WVAAAVShL.jpg)
Quote
A camouflaged German Sturmgeschütz III near the train station of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2017, 19:07:40
 ;)

How does a picture like that end up in a Polish archive?

Good question !


(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-429.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 18-07-2017, 21:07:02
A camouflaged German Sturmgeschütz III near the train station of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 1944
LOL @ camouflage in the middle of the road ;)

Is this one real? Reminds me of the Capa picture
(https://k60.kn3.net/taringa/F/D/1/E/A/B/xXVallejosxX/DF2.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-07-2017, 12:07:19
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2006-0002%2C_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_109%2C_Justieren_des_MGs.jpg)
Adjusting the machine guns of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 of the Jagdgeschwader 3.

Bit off-topic here, but I guess this thread will get more traffic than the other one: I want to play FH2, but have some issues with the account stuff, anyone can help? http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=11781.msg353473#new
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2017, 18:07:12
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-470.jpg)

Quote
Admiral Otto Ciliax Norway 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-07-2017, 19:07:30
That face of the guy on the right of the pic. Just begs for captions...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2017, 19:07:48
quote added !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-07-2017, 19:07:43
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-303.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: hOMEr_jAy on 20-07-2017, 19:07:04
French soldiers surrendering in Switzerland?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-07-2017, 22:07:41
Internment- both French and lots of Polish-in-exile troops chose to be interned in Switzerland in 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-07-2017, 02:07:55
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Captured-MG34.jpg)
An Australian soldier with a captured German MG 34 machine gun, 25 July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2017, 18:07:35
(http://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-276.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-07-2017, 12:07:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-049-1553-35%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Split%2C_Panzersp%C3%A4hwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-07-2017, 18:07:43
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Warsaw_Uprising_by_Lokajski_-_Eugeniusz_Lokajski_with_cat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 25-07-2017, 00:07:44
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Belgian_anti-aircraft_gun%2C_1940.jpg)
Belgian AA, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2017, 20:07:57
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-G1230-0502-004%2C_Berlin%2C_Zoo-Flakturm%2C_Flak-Vierling.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 27-07-2017, 01:07:42
(http://merselkebir.e.m.f.unblog.fr/files/2011/02/merselkebirledrameducombat19.jpg)

French Battleship Bretagne capsizing in the port of Mers-el-Kebir after being fired upon by the Royal Navy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-07-2017, 19:07:51
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-024-3529-10%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_%C3%9Cbung_mit_Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 28-07-2017, 01:07:05
pic

Romanians?


(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/f7640bad8ca07450a9640425999f1c94ca1a4b98127c3af9cf8bd4ee8712b063.41rtpq5g896osscko00sk80s8.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 28-07-2017, 05:07:51
Romanians?

Pretty sure yes, in South Russia.

Since I'm going to see Dunkirk tomorrow;
(http://u0v052dm9wl3gxo0y3lx0u44wz.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bray-Dunes-improvised-pier-2.jpg)

A Lorry Pier :D

More cool photos here http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2015/05/a-pier-at-la-panne/ (http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2015/05/a-pier-at-la-panne/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-07-2017, 18:07:58
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3607/3337257922_2435603e2b_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-07-2017, 05:07:18
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/fbf0e6a331b506aa7eb5c6b8c37d2044/tumblr_ncngxbmxYO1rs8eayo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-07-2017, 11:07:37
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_5/s_w04_06211280.jpg)
pom pom
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-07-2017, 16:07:59
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-264-1604-05A%2C_Bordeaux%2C_Hockeyspiel_Wehrmachtsangeh%C3%B6riger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-07-2017, 21:07:02
The axis Indian army, but where?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 31-07-2017, 14:07:55
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B22419_Produktion_von_Panzer_III.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-07-2017, 20:07:27
The axis Indian army, but where?
it is supposed to be bordeaux

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-316-1199-19%2C_Italien%2C_deutsche_Soldaten_mit_italienischen_Frauen.jpg)

Italia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-08-2017, 18:08:41
(http://i.imgur.com/obTXi2N.jpg)

Ilomantsi
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 02-08-2017, 09:08:21
Did the finns use captured Zis-2 and Zis-3 anti tank guns?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 02-08-2017, 11:08:01
Looks like different length of shell cases laying around the gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-08-2017, 18:08:45
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-292-1276-12%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Atlantikwall%2C_Bunkerbau.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-08-2017, 14:08:38
(http://i.imgur.com/VlmqlS6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-08-2017, 18:08:12
(http://www.bonifatiusschule.org/uploads/images/Bunkerprojekt/01868_18a%20(2).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-08-2017, 03:08:21
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wxs-v-1YLuE/WWVSH_R3ugI/AAAAAAAANJ0/N2exPR5jqsYLJ3qHCYXSkiHtyMydc-UOQCLcBGAs/s1600/The_North_African_Campaign_in_pictures%2B%252819%2529.jpg)

This view of an air raid on an Axis plane base at Martuba, near Derna, in Libya on July 6, 1942 was made from one of the South African planes which took part in the raid. The four sets of white streaks in the lower half show the dust of Axis planes speeding along the ground to escape as bomb bursts appear near them and in upper center.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 04-08-2017, 13:08:43
really nice picture

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/RMS_Queen_Mary_20Jun1945_NewYork.jpeg/1280px-RMS_Queen_Mary_20Jun1945_NewYork.jpeg)
The British liner RMS Queen Mary arrives in New York harbour, 20 June 1945, with thousands of U.S. troops from Europe. The Queen Mary still wears her light grey war paint. Seen from near Hamilton Avenue, Weehawken.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-08-2017, 15:08:40
really cool photo^ just passed by there on my way to work this morning :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-08-2017, 20:08:50
(http://dracobooks.com/image/084/gebirgsjager064.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-08-2017, 12:08:28
(http://i.imgur.com/IESyKgS.jpg)

1942. Anyone know about these type of markings?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-08-2017, 15:08:27
Though I can't see the rest of the plane, if the < is by itself, he is the Gruppenadjutant.  Also the heart is for JG54.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-08-2017, 17:08:59
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/aeb282373705830b94cf5f1757b440c8/tumblr_n1m0dsNvA51rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-08-2017, 21:08:15
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Umschlagplatz_Warsaw_Ghetto_01.jpg)
I happened to see Janusz Korczak and his orphans leaving the ghetto. The evacuation of the Jewish orphanage run by Janusz Korczak had been ordered for that morning. The children were to have been taken away alone. He had the chance to save himself, and it was only with difficulty that he persuaded the Germans to take him too.

He had spent long years of his life with children and now, on this last journey, he could not leave them alone. He wanted to ease things for them.

He told the orphans they were going out in to the country, so they ought to be cheerful. At last they would be able to exchange the horrible suffocating city walls for meadows of flowers, streams where they could bathe, woods full of berries and mushrooms.

He told them to wear their best clothes, and so they came out into the yard, two by two, nicely dressed and in a happy mood. The little column was led by an SS man.


       - http://ww2today.com/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-08-2017, 22:08:19
(https://www.zeitensprung.de/pics/oldies/krieg/pic-0029.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 05-08-2017, 23:08:35
The guy fell off his horse?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 06-08-2017, 04:08:04
Guessing his horse startled at something?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr.ThunderMan on 06-08-2017, 18:08:28
Mess kit picture

And still in use even today.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-08-2017, 19:08:03
The guy fell off his horse?

indeed, 
Horse trot + road  = bad


(http://www.zarkanya.net/ForeignersQuarter/WaWaScans/USSWillette-captured-suicide-boat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 07-08-2017, 20:08:42
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/26/b8/d8/26b8d81377a41fe748bc3a2a50cd6c86--dark-pictures-army-soldier.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Dancho on 08-08-2017, 03:08:50
Cheeki breeeki i v damke, I am stealing that FHMax3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-08-2017, 09:08:24
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/26/b8/d8/26b8d81377a41fe748bc3a2a50cd6c86--dark-pictures-army-soldier.jpg)
Those are either M41 or SH-1 gas masks with BS MT-4 filters. I have a fad for gas masks now.

(http://www.aboutww2militaria.com/image/data/March17/dodelki/1941-year-soviet-rkka-gasmask-bs-mt-4-with-gas-mask-schm-1--129945.JPG)
And this is a BS MT-4 with the M41 facepiece. (1941 model)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-08-2017, 11:08:35
(http://i.imgur.com/EfsGKFN.jpg)

Soviet POW playing accordion, after 3 days of hell has ended in the several kilometers long porlampi-sommee motti.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 08-08-2017, 14:08:28
Wait, how are they pows?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2017, 15:08:42
See the Finns behind them?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-08-2017, 20:08:02
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161124/a707a86e3f7e73cafd23b1b4b8e29bae.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-08-2017, 20:08:56
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5036/5888669257_380840fd9f_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-08-2017, 20:08:03
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/4050506380_8a594ff2a7_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-08-2017, 20:08:20
1945?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-08-2017, 22:08:34
yes Waffen-SS in Hungary February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-08-2017, 20:08:38
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-elLUp9E3VbY/Td1on4H-QYI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/doq_Gt-wW48/s1600/stabswache_de-euros_rif.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-08-2017, 18:08:30
(http://i049.radikal.ru/1004/e7/3d44178e2c15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 14-08-2017, 18:08:55
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcodOJ4Yzy_3va75MKrxA2LbWhqniUSzdBFD9OEJsIDMNvBRuT-g)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-08-2017, 09:08:16
as44 and ppd38

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zCibDokC8ng/Tclnv1TWlBI/AAAAAAAAAyI/TXVK6O5FthI/s1600/Stabswache_de_Euros_615HJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-08-2017, 12:08:25
as44 and ppd38
I thought it was the PPD-40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-08-2017, 05:08:45
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Gesiowka.jpg)

Jewish prisoners liberated from the concentration camp Gęsiówka and the Battalion Zośka fighters during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-08-2017, 11:08:31
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-PR-Japan/img/USA-PR-Japan-128.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 17-08-2017, 21:08:38
(https://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/sweden/pansarbil_pb39_lynx/lynx_swe_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-08-2017, 22:08:52
(http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-PR-Japan/img/USA-PR-Japan-128.jpg)

Early war Pacific? Maybe a training exercise in 1940-'41?

I see Springfields and the uniforms look like early war khaki.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-08-2017, 22:08:14
i just check the website (i didn't know the pic had caption)
And yes, it was the spingfield to notice


Quote
INFANTRYMEN CLIMBING DOWN A CARGO NET of the transport President Jackson, 5 November 1943, for the trip to Bougainville to reinforce the marines. Note collapsible rubber raft (LCR) on side of transport. Before the assault on Bougainville, combat troops underwent rigorous training based upon lessons learned in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-08-2017, 04:08:08
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e2c13b875453ae23f5ac6cec86c61aa/tumblr_miqlplgRf71qbzq4yo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 18-08-2017, 14:08:41
The dummy is nice ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 18-08-2017, 15:08:56
What dummy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 18-08-2017, 17:08:10
The standing soldier leaning to the door is probably just a decoy, not a real soldier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-08-2017, 18:08:37
Seems to work perfectly.  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-08-2017, 04:08:46
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9b/2f/fe/9b2ffee03c4c80c5c8ef85a58c8436f8--nd-airborne-division-combat-medic.jpg)

1944- U.S. 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division medics, captured during D-Day invasion, display their souvenirs after being liberated by comrades in Orglandes, France.

The only Nazi flag you should be holding is a captured one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 19-08-2017, 11:08:36
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/USS_Gambier_Bay_%28CVE-73%29_and_escorts_making_smoke_off_Samar_1944.jpeg/1280px-USS_Gambier_Bay_%28CVE-73%29_and_escorts_making_smoke_off_Samar_1944.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-08-2017, 11:08:54
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_grpXUTvv4o/Tb8fRdVZTyI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/1Qb4h04rUo4/s1600/stabswache_de_euros_pm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-08-2017, 13:08:49
(http://i.imgur.com/l1um091.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 19-08-2017, 18:08:02
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XoLSzCaUn5o/WUHKaZHp7UI/AAAAAAAACtg/RM5V-Zc9f9kn5_JhywaMDf0tnGPoEbAIwCLcBGAs/s1600/HMS-Rodney.jpg)
Nelson-class battleship HMS Rodney. Perhaps my favorite ship. It had the most badass motto IMO:
"Non Generant Aquilae Columbas" - "Eagles do not breed doves"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-08-2017, 10:08:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0046-23%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-08-2017, 03:08:38
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/0d6152ecfe98ac0571e3983774e49a8b/tumblr_osqzeur8I81w636mro1_1280.jpg)

View from the turret of a Panther Ausf. D of the 5th SS Panzer Division, trundling along the railway embankment to Kovel, Ukraine. Winter 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-08-2017, 12:08:35
(https://image.ibb.co/ddOOhQ/oantherturm.png)
Clean penetration through the 100mm mantlet. Berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-08-2017, 18:08:48
(http://handcartz.smugmug.com/photos/519969447_3D97f-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-08-2017, 19:08:34
(http://cdn.ipernity.com/107/90/44/2549044.610c0dad.560.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 23-08-2017, 00:08:33
(http://cdn.ipernity.com/107/90/44/2549044.610c0dad.560.jpg)
Reminds me of this.
Spoiler
(http://www.billboard.com/files/styles/article_main_image/public/media/nsync-no-strings-attached-2000-album-cover-billboard-650-promo.jpg)

To keep it on-topic:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-761-221N-06%2C_Norwegen%2C_Panzer_%22Neubaufahrzeug%22.jpg)
Neubaufahrzeug in Norway
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-08-2017, 11:08:30

To keep it on-topic:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-761-221N-06%2C_Norwegen%2C_Panzer_%22Neubaufahrzeug%22.jpg)
Neubaufahrzeug in Norway

Oh, I loved those so much in WinSPWW2.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/USSJacobJonesDD130.jpg)
USS Jacob Jones
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-08-2017, 19:08:57
(http://www.divingheritage.com/images/torpedo1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-08-2017, 01:08:14
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/8c9942e7ca87ff81c4bc4dd43cd83cb1/tumblr_nwywm4v4oI1rqpszmo1_500.jpg)

Glider DFS-230 Sergeant George Filius that crashed into the building number 35 or 37 (according to different sources) on the streets of Attila when you try to sit on the Bloody meadow in Budapest on 4 February 1945. The pilot is dead. Gliders tried to deliver prodovolstvie armed and ammunition in the city German troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-08-2017, 18:08:34
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/British_Submarine_HMS_M2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-08-2017, 23:08:48
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L1vlbK3vPMk/TTxx8X2BMHI/AAAAAAAADdU/U9o8MSclNjA/s1600/file351.bmp)

Quote
A Panzerjager I support soldiers of the 71st Infantry Division in their attack on Verdun in June 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-08-2017, 07:08:27
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/4d07e0d110aa1.35c7myuwgdwkwwcc08k8cc48c.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

The capitulation of the Germans in the spit-Nerung Frisch, East Prussia. German and Soviet officers to discuss the terms of surrender and order surrender of German troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 26-08-2017, 10:08:14
(https://i.redd.it/o58bov7ujxhz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 27-08-2017, 02:08:21
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/79/5d/eb/795deb711e78fb1a5ce5ea36afb70ede--berlin--berlin-germany.jpg)
There is something about this picture I can't get out of my head.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-08-2017, 17:08:32
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/213a914d522668b0f4789e45b956af1e/tumblr_o1blw8PBXx1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-08-2017, 17:08:28
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4510/bt-is.a/0_589ff_b1d68a25_L.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-08-2017, 18:08:31
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J31317%2C_Berlin%2C_Volkssturm%2C_Ausbildung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 29-08-2017, 15:08:59
Volkssturm training? Real nice pic  :)

(http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/55ad4d1d371d2277018b7e35-800-602/7-inch_up_projectiles_hms_king_george_v_iw_a_9451.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 29-08-2017, 19:08:54
(http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/soviet-infantry-in-gas-masks-supported-by-light-tanks-during-training-picture-id170971978?s=612x612)

Soviet infantry, 1940

(http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/soviet-union-military-winter-training-of-the-red-army-soldiers-with-picture-id542913371)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2017, 19:08:30
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J27512%2C_Ostfront%2C_Gegenstoss_der_Division_Gro%C3%9Fdeutschland.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-08-2017, 18:08:02
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1974-006-62%2C_Bei_Monte_Cassino%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-08-2017, 18:08:47
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c272/mnankivil/xV-1730001-0084-02-0005-1942.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 01-09-2017, 07:09:54
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/knocked-out-panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-09-2017, 16:09:52
(http://i.imgur.com/g8QUjZA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-09-2017, 18:09:04
nice pic !
Inttresting to see how much smoke it produces

(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_12/s_w30_21202013.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-09-2017, 16:09:24
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/bombers_8af.1l1xlkgex04gkw8o88w8c4o48.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Bombers B-17F 'Flying Fortress' 390th Bombardment Group 8th Air US Army bombed targets in France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-09-2017, 23:09:19
(http://www.wio.ru/tank/capt/p204f-1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-09-2017, 17:09:03
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6928105130_c44f8db70e_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2017, 19:09:30
(http://denstoredanske.dk/@api/deki/files/19985/=419602.501.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2017, 00:09:53
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/Tikirocker/LunchbeforeBalikpapan.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-09-2017, 10:09:01
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/HMS-Tribune-at-sea.jpg)
Forward view from the conning tower of HMS TRIBUNE running on the surface in Scottish waters.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2017, 21:09:08
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6083410879_6f18970cf2_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-09-2017, 21:09:10
http://denstoredanske.dk/@api/deki/files/19985/=419602.501.jpg

Danes with Suomi SMG's. Cool.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-09-2017, 11:09:33
(http://i.imgur.com/JkxnLkV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-09-2017, 19:09:34
http://denstoredanske.dk/@api/deki/files/19985/=419602.501.jpg

Danes with Suomi SMG's. Cool.  :)

 ;)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-733-0031-29%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_auf_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-09-2017, 18:09:01
(http://www.wio.ru/gal2a/down/iar-80.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2017, 12:09:20
(http://www.39-45society.com/pic_orig_g_fj_norm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-09-2017, 12:09:50
(http://www.fallschirmjager.net/Bundesarchiv/General/399px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-304-0635-28.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-09-2017, 19:09:37
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0398-21A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Panzer_VI_(Tiger_II%2C_K%C3%B6nigstiger).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2017, 20:09:36
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-721-0351-05%2C_Frankreich%2C_getarnter_PKW_in_Ortschaft.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-09-2017, 00:09:09
(http://i.imgur.com/yGhUdun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-09-2017, 05:09:40
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/003e5c8cdee75ee702f7cbbdcf6a976e/tumblr_mvch9h7puN1sqeufwo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-09-2017, 18:09:08
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-711-0406-07A%2C_Russland%2C_Flak_auf_Halbkettenfahrzeug.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-09-2017, 19:09:01
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-720-0318-04%2C_Frankreich%2C_Parade_der_Milice_Francaise.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 14-09-2017, 22:09:14
Are they French?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-09-2017, 22:09:31
(https://i.imgur.com/OLWoVzj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 14-09-2017, 22:09:08
M/21? Finland only had about 200 of these right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 15-09-2017, 00:09:25
Are they French?

They are the Milice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milice
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-09-2017, 09:09:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-720-0318-04%2C_Frankreich%2C_Parade_der_Milice_Francaise.jpg)

Funny how different countries/cultures have such different ways of wearing their barets. I respect everyone's uniform but as a Dutch guy these really make me cringe lol.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-09-2017, 09:09:54
M/21? Finland only had about 200 of these right?
Yep, not many.

(https://i.imgur.com/UyNmir9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-09-2017, 18:09:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-720-0318-04%2C_Frankreich%2C_Parade_der_Milice_Francaise.jpg)

Funny how different countries/cultures have such different ways of wearing their barets. I respect everyone's uniform but as a Dutch guy these really make me cringe lol.

That's ww2, and milice style.
Just in france 1940 you had at least 3 type of beret and plenty of ways to wear it depending of the unit

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-696-0442-29%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_mit_Handgranate_auf_Posten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-09-2017, 21:09:03
Are they French?

They are the Milice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milice
I searched for Vichy unifroms but I didn't find the emblem. The Vichy one is different, so that's why I asked.

Btw, this was our "Milice"

(http://www.tessel.waddengebiedindeoorlog.nl/wp-content/uploads/LOMT00694.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-09-2017, 12:09:46
(http://i.imgur.com/yrnSxWR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-09-2017, 12:09:24
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-691-0244-11%2C_Russland%2C_Winter%2C_MG_42_in_Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-09-2017, 11:09:40
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-692-0253-24%2C_Russland%2C_Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger_mit_Schlittenhunden.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-09-2017, 12:09:03
(https://i.imgur.com/CgFnS5H.jpg)

More Finnish BAR. The few hundred pieces were mostly used by coastal troops.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-09-2017, 21:09:37
Looks like a German WW1 helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 17-09-2017, 23:09:19
My thoughts as well. It has something strange going on by the ears
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-09-2017, 05:09:16
It's the M18 'cut out' helmet.  There's various reasons given for why this was done, the most likely is that it was to make it easier to hear in combat/less likely to cause ear damage from reverberation of explosions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-09-2017, 16:09:03
And why such design was discontinued?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-09-2017, 17:09:32
My guess- they were solving a problem that wasn't all that important and didn't need solving, while adding production time.  They only made a few thousand of the helms, and the idea was never explored again.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-09-2017, 18:09:17
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-693-0284-12%2C_Russland%2C_Verlegen_von_Telefonkabel.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-09-2017, 06:09:12
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/5361a3dca46ed190ec71f0edf7a4cc1a/tumblr_oukya4VvBo1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2017, 18:09:08
interresting weapons  ;)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-692-0262-32A%2C_Russland%2C_Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger_mit_MP_43.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-09-2017, 01:09:37
(https://i.imgur.com/N02wsYN.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-09-2017, 18:09:49
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-680-8283A-21A%2C_Budapest%2C_ungarischer_General.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-09-2017, 11:09:06
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-695-0403-31%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_deutsche_Soldaten_neben_Brunnen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-09-2017, 16:09:35
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKZD3I6WkAAkZpU.jpg:large)

Japanese troops, China, 1937
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2017, 19:09:26
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-695-0411-05A%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_Soldaten_mit_%22Goliath%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-09-2017, 18:09:37
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-675-7942-02%2C_Reichsgebiet%2C_Alarm_auf_Flakturm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-09-2017, 18:09:58
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-676-7969A-25%2C_Flugzeug_Heinkel_He_177_mit_Tarnanstrich.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 26-09-2017, 19:09:16
(http://i.imgur.com/ai8nope.jpg)

Students saluting a USSR veteran, 1989.

This is one of the most heartbreaking pictures I have seen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 26-09-2017, 20:09:46
Wow, crazy that the vet survived! The human spirit and will to live is truly amazing.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa_1942_E15182.jpg)

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A Matilda tank being loaded onto a Scammell Pioneer tank transporter to be taken back to the workshops for overhaul, 3 August 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-09-2017, 18:09:44
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-679-8187-31%2C_Tannenberg-Denkmal%2C_Luftaufnahme.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-09-2017, 20:09:25
i repost it because i just pity the soldier on the right :

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-680-8282A-12A%2C_Budapest%2C_SS-M%C3%A4nner_auf_der_Burg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 28-09-2017, 22:09:04
A well known image, but I think it's a pretty nice one. Makes you wonder how the generals think about their jobs and how they like spend the few moments of free time when a war is in progress...

(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/37/839/large_000000.jpg?action-e&cat=photographs) (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194828?cat=photographs)


 (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194828?cat=photographs)
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General Montgomery with his puppies "Hitler" and "Rommel" at his mobile headquarters in Normandy, 6 July 1944. Behind can be seen his cage of canaries which also travelled with him.

FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976. © IWM (B 6542)[/url]IWM Non Commercial Licence (http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 29-09-2017, 02:09:54
i repost it because i just pity the soldier on the right :

I'm more interested in the Nimrod in the back. :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-09-2017, 18:09:39
 ;) you can also see 35m on the floor


(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EOUMgVTJWrE/S8Mb4pe9tQI/AAAAAAAAEpY/ZYQeitIvTCg/s720/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2311-03%25252C_R%2525C3%2525BCckzug_nach_Ungarn%25252C_Transport.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-09-2017, 13:09:41
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-587-2253-31%2C_Soldat_(Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger)%2C_schlafend_auf_Krad.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-10-2017, 13:10:45
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-588-2291-27A%2C_Holland%2C_Gruppe_von_Soldaten_(Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-10-2017, 18:10:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-582-2122-33%2C_Frankreich%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Fla-MG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-10-2017, 20:10:20
MG42 with drum mag?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-10-2017, 21:10:50
Mag were used in an assault configuration so the gunner can fire in the heat of the battle without worrying about the bullet band afaik (when mag is finished he switch to bullet band)

About the picture, it is certainly a temporary AA setup
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-10-2017, 15:10:59
Is it Normandy? I see anti para stakes and an FJ helmet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2017, 18:10:57
i guess. Unfortunately i don't have more information.
If you have the time, you can search it based on the location of the photographer in 1944 ;)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-582-2122-34%2C_Frankreich%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Fla-MG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-10-2017, 20:10:30
I was right: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/00679/index-8.html.de

 ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-10-2017, 22:10:00
SS Fallschirmjäger with MkB42 (H) assault rifle, Oderfront, 1945

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/13/25/d0/1325d04805de52ba63c99280e43e8d1f.jpg)

(http://i7.tinypic.com/6bc01uc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-10-2017, 01:10:32
you want one ?

(http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8jtu-gm-4692.jpg)
(from a wochenschau n°752 you've certainly seen)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 05-10-2017, 17:10:16
Yeah, same unit. I wonder how they got those. The first MKB42s were delivered in April 1943 to Army Group North (2000 weapons) to be tested by these units: 1., 11., 21., 212. Infanterie-Divisions, 93. and 18. motorized Divisions.
The next tests were supposed to take place with the MP43/1. However, there are other photos of SS troops using them, so apparently more were brought to the front:

(https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/triggertimeforum/imageproxy.php?url=http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x178/huyphuc1981_nb/sung/tu_the_ban/MKBfrontas.jpg)

Kinda weird the whole thing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-10-2017, 19:10:02
Well, SS were present Army Group North, so maybe some ended on SS hands.
After the test, the weapons were certainly sent back to Berlin.
About end of war units, i'm sure they would use eveything they can found.

That would need some deeper research   :D

(http://i2.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/000533/533405.jpg)
Quote
Sowjetunion-Nord.- Soldat mit Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen und Sturmgewehr 44 (wrong) im Schützengraben; KBZ HGr Nord
1943 Sommer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 06-10-2017, 11:10:56
Apparently the MKB42 was still produced until September 1943 even though the MP43/1 was already developed. This would indicate to me that the large scale October 1943 frontline tests also included some MKBs. The SS FJG battalion was raised in September 1943 so possibly they got some of the last produced ones, even though they are not part of the testing divisions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-10-2017, 18:10:32
(http://www.mourningtheancient.com/truth27c2bm13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 07-10-2017, 01:10:55
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/he_111_shot_down.eqg73pq129cscwgwk84wko448.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-10-2017, 13:10:32
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-584-2158-36A%2C_Frankreich%2C_General_Eugen_Meindl%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-10-2017, 12:10:46
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-584-2159-20%2C_Frankreich%2C_Soldat_mit_Gewehr_in_Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-10-2017, 16:10:40
(https://i.imgur.com/VzjSHZz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2017, 19:10:32
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-584-2161-23%2C_Frankreich%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger%2C_rauchend.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-10-2017, 20:10:24
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-577-1917-08%2C_Monte_Cassino%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_mit_Granatwerfer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 10-10-2017, 20:10:24
perfect timing or staged? I didn't know cameras had the shutter speed back then to capture such a thing without a blurr.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 10-10-2017, 21:10:14
That mortar round is not moving. I say staged also because the guy on the left can't stop laughing ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-10-2017, 23:10:35
(https://i.imgur.com/qt53fr7.jpg)

Naval battle in the Gulf of Finland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-10-2017, 06:10:12
I've seen this photo a bunch so sorry if its been posted before;
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-north-african-campaign/w06_01071175/main_900.jpg?1420519619)

Anyone know more about that Universal Carrier? Was it just modified for this photo shoot or something more common?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 11-10-2017, 10:10:24
I cannot give you a background for this specific carrier and photo. But atleast from a technological perspective, I can answer your question:

It is a "Carrier, Bren No.2" best recognizable from the sloped rear part and a single passenger comparment. It is one of the many versions of the Universal carrier family before they became "universal". This means before individual designs for specific purpose (Bren Gun Carrier, Machine gun carrier, Scout carrier, armored recognaissance, AT variants, and so forth) were all dropped in favor of the single "universal" carrier production model, we all know very well.

Below you see a top view of the Carrier, Bren No.2 showing the single passenger compartment.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O570.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-10-2017, 19:10:08
That mortar round is not moving. I say staged also because the guy on the left can't stop laughing ;)

indeed !


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-476-2072-03%2C_Rom%2C_Engelsburg%2C_Zugkraftwagen_mit_Flak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-10-2017, 19:10:10
It is a "Carrier, Bren No.2" best recognizable from the sloped rear part and a single passenger comparment. It is one of the many versions of the Universal carrier family before they became "universal". This means before individual designs for specific purpose (Bren Gun Carrier, Machine gun carrier, Scout carrier, armored recognaissance, AT variants, and so forth) were all dropped in favor of the single "universal" carrier production model, we all know very well....

Yes! Thank you! I figured it was an earlier version, but could never tell which one. Wonder how much combat that type actually saw.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-10-2017, 19:10:13
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b0/b7/c3/b0b7c3627a180c681a174388f902385f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-10-2017, 05:10:38
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/fc07f0934a3c4a0fff12c7de779c2124/tumblr_ndm3ozLGBW1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)

Quote
Tank 213 from the 2. Kompanie, schwere Panzer Abteilung 503,
passes along the Grand Rue of Bourgtheroulde, the N138, in the
direction of Rouen.The Seine is only seven kilometres away.
Little do the crews realise that they will find no heavy rafts and
no way of crossing. Their efforts to save their Tigers to fight
another day will have been in vain
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2017, 18:10:42
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/38/99/1e/38991ec5cb3466032d16a911b32ac25b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-10-2017, 08:10:19
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/d960ee9cf8652d10a95391e07b299f20/tumblr_nc4lgm3D3d1spwf52o1_1280.jpg)

A German soldier poses next to a captured French-made Polish 75 mm field gun (French: Canon de 75 modèle 1897, Polish: 75 mm armata przeciwlotnicza mle 1897) mounted atop of a railroad car at the Kartuzy railroad station, used as an anti-aircraft gun during the German invasion of Poland. Prior to World War I, Kartuzy was known as Karthaus and belonged to Germany, part of the province of West Prussia. Following Germany’s defeat, when the regulations of the Treaty of Versailles became effective in 1920, Karthaus was integrated into the Second Polish Republic and officially renamed Kartuzy. After the German invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939, Germany retook the city and it became German once more, incorporated into the German province of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia. At the end of the war in 1945, the city was again returned to Poland. Kartuzy, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. September 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 15-10-2017, 10:10:24
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/14in_shells_on_deck_of_USS_New_Mexico_%28BB-40%29_in_1944.jpg)
USS New Mexico getting ready for Guam
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-10-2017, 11:10:55
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-316-1164-04%2C_Italien%2C_K%C3%BCstenbefestigungen%2C_MG-Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-10-2017, 20:10:58
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-313-1004-19A%2C_Italien%2C_Panzerfahrzeug_mit_Panzerabwehrwaffen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 16-10-2017, 21:10:27
Taken in Belgrade. Anyone know what kind of model this is?
(https://s1.postimg.org/7neuq2a4hr/DSC_0355.jpg)
Never seen this turret / gun before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 16-10-2017, 22:10:39
Looks like a T44 with a turret which is intermediate between 44 and 54. But I wouldn't know the exact type.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-10-2017, 03:10:13
It's a T-34 (85?) chassis, but I've never seen this gun/turret before.
Here's from another angle:
(https://imgprx.livejournal.net/6f59c0fc1f0b6749eb149265fc2820280c39e68f/BRELas21_bQ4MsbY0nuSFFA-ykbd41uumpsRBg9AcSD8CyqLbnMbmtdcwxKssHQ5dScvlBtgONrkhsKkyP0t2pKgh0u2F5U5FdTlHVVZtAosTh4mH2jIaF3d3zfG5JQ0_gR2kJN64mvmHmj-uVZEg_QHMDNZoJUjDMpx75RANps)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-10-2017, 08:10:54
Yugoslav T-34 copy called Teski Tenk Vozilo A.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-34_variants

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Teski Tenk Vozilo A (Heavy Tank Type A) - This was a 1949 Yugoslav tank based on the T34 design. A total of nine prototypes were built. They were designed and built at the height of the danger from Soviet invasion when Yugoslavia was building up its weapons industry. They were designed by reverse engineering of the Soviet T-34-85 medium tank without any documentation. They are recognizable by their angled front hull corners, modified hull machine gun mantlet, streamlined turret with cylindrical cupola, muzzle brake on the gun, and external fuel tanks that appear to be notched to fit the hull. An alternate version existed, armed with a gun and a mantlet from the M47 Patton. Two examples survive. One of the prototypes is on display at the military museum in the Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade. The other surviving example is in Banja Luka barracks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-10-2017, 13:10:59
Thanks for the info!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-10-2017, 14:10:32
(https://i.imgur.com/RlYfOYA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-10-2017, 19:10:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-303-0555-34%2C_Italien%2C_Soldat_mit_MG_15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-10-2017, 23:10:31
Is that Crete?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-10-2017, 10:10:46
(https://i.imgur.com/x8z2mw4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 18-10-2017, 14:10:07
Is that Crete?

No.  It looks like Hermann Goering division in Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-10-2017, 19:10:47
Is that Crete?

No.  It looks like Hermann Goering division in Italy.

yes !

(https://i.imgur.com/x8z2mw4.jpg)

nice indeed ! a suggestion ?


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-301-1957-28%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Zwillings-Flak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-10-2017, 00:10:09
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=36529)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-10-2017, 01:10:05
(https://i.imgur.com/Coy6wLu.jpg)

Wonder what tank did that turret belong to?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-10-2017, 04:10:20
99% sure it belongs to a T-18 tank, the first Soviet-designed tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-10-2017, 23:10:53
yes it is !
there were used as bunker. This pict is from Karelia
Nice found !
Some more pictures there
https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/jsokoloff/date/2016-03-13?&p=1



(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-206-1892-30A%2C_Balkan%2C_Soldaten_bei_Schneeballschlacht.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-10-2017, 03:10:34
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0c1834230a63.abp2y38mt6o0cc8wgcs8880ks.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-10-2017, 08:10:23
(https://i.imgur.com/9AvFkaL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-10-2017, 06:10:37
(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2199.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-10-2017, 09:10:54
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Crusader-tank-sunshield.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2017, 12:10:59
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-024-3529-09%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_%C3%9Cbung_mit_Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2017, 20:10:21
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3912-20A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_in_Winterausr%C3%BCstung_bei_Rast.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-10-2017, 22:10:52
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3912-20A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_in_Winterausr%C3%BCstung_bei_Rast.jpg)

Skijäger Brigade, February 1944. One of the first units to be almost completely outfitted with MP43s. The same was true for the Kavallerie Brigade for some reason.

(http://i.imgur.com/3AGyISG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-10-2017, 03:10:28
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/a9857d6f81ece81635e4a685e0cc622f/tumblr_mkk7t3NqsB1qbsnsoo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-10-2017, 19:10:54
the panzerfaust is not set up for firing !


more for TS4ever (of the same serie):

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3912-19A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_in_Winterausr%C3%BCstung_bei_Rast.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-10-2017, 18:10:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3912-07A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_in_Winterausr%C3%BCstung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-10-2017, 21:10:26
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3913-24%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer_und_Panzer_im_Winter.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-10-2017, 00:10:47
(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-412.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-10-2017, 18:10:34
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3914-06%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer_und_Panzer_im_Winter.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-10-2017, 11:10:10
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1989-072-20%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_vor_Ruinen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-10-2017, 01:10:48
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2af122f63487e84bdadfe8135ff8c1b/tumblr_n013sudTmt1spwf52o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 31-10-2017, 02:10:50
(https://i.imgur.com/3CcsSpD.jpg)

Inside a Handley Page Halifax after a raid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2017, 11:11:07
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J14931%2C_Bei_Belgorod%2C_Panzer_VI_(Tiger_I)%2C_Aufmunitionieren.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-11-2017, 14:11:38
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-705-0270-18%2C_Russland%2C_Panzerabwehrkanone.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 03-11-2017, 05:11:40
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=36962)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 03-11-2017, 14:11:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-705-0270-18%2C_Russland%2C_Panzerabwehrkanone.jpg)
What cannon is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 03-11-2017, 14:11:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-705-0270-18%2C_Russland%2C_Panzerabwehrkanone.jpg)
What cannon is that?

8.8cm Pak 43. Same gun as the Tiger II's and Jagdpanther's (and various others), but the AT cannon variant. Huge ass cannon. Makes it look like someone used a wrong scale model lol.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/452600-4/PAK+43++88mm_)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 03-11-2017, 16:11:25
75mm PaK not enough? No problem, here is a 88mm PaK. Not enough? No problem! Here, have yourself a 128mm PaK!

(https://i.imgur.com/bevxAY8.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 03-11-2017, 18:11:57
Ah, I thought it could be that, but when I looked it up, I saw they had a different peeping hole. I searched again, looked a bit more and found the same image and others with the same peeping hole. Thanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-11-2017, 18:11:10
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-705-0270-18%2C_Russland%2C_Panzerabwehrkanone.jpg)
What cannon is that?

8.8cm Pak 43. Same gun as the Tiger II's and Jagdpanther's (and various others), but the AT cannon variant. Huge ass cannon. Makes it look like someone used a wrong scale model lol.
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/452600-4/PAK+43++88mm_)

Technically it is a Pak43/41, an interim version. The final one (PAK43) looked like this:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/8.8_cm_PaK_43_1.JPG/1024px-8.8_cm_PaK_43_1.JPG)

Note that the big bunker in Omaha had a Pak43/41 in real life, we just don't have the model.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-11-2017, 23:11:27
(https://i.imgur.com/zSBPYQr.jpg)

A german PaK 38 position in Gumboritsa, 1942. Don't know much about those german troops and their role in the southern Finnish front so early in the war. Were they given a section of the Syväri front to look after?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 04-11-2017, 00:11:13
Quote from: Leopardi

A german PaK 38 position in Gumboritsa, 1942. Don't know much about those german troops and their role in the southern Finnish front so early in the war. Were they given a section of the Syväri front to look after?

Yes.

Did some very brief check through my books:

- When the war broke out, Reinforced 163rd Division "Engelbrecht" assaults Lagoda's Karelia alongside the Finns. They face stiff resistance at Tolvajärvi area and are halted there during august. 

- After dealing with the russian pockets at Sortavala, Finns perform a pincer movement at Tolvajärvi. They attack Suojärvi and Tsalkki, while the germans assault Tolvajärvi and Loimola. This happens at the end of august.

- Germans keeps pushing to Suojärvi from Tolvajärvi and Loimola.

- Early september. After a two month pause in the assault, Finns break through at Tuulos, germans are left to guard the rear as Finns advance to Aunus, Podporoze and Lotinanpelto. 163rd Division follows the Finns along Lake Ladoga's shorelines.

- German Infantry regiments 307 and 310 are involved in fighting, assisting the Finns dealing with the Soviet strongpoints that are left behind the lines, along the roads towards the town of Aunus (Olonets).

- Finns reach Syväri. They cross it at some parts of it and begin digging in, mainly on the northern banks.

- German 163rd Division takes defensive positions at the westernmost end of Syväri, where Syväri streams into Ladoga.

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All of the above happens in july - october 1941. Then we have your photo that is set in 1942. I have to dig in deeper to find out what happened to the division afterwards, because to me it looks like the division wasnt present anymore when the Karelian Front assault started in june 20th 1944.


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EDIT: Wiki'ed the division, found what happened in the end:

Quote
The German 163rd Infantry Division was raised in November 1939. In April 1940 it was employed in the invasion of Norway, landing at Oslo, Kristiansand, Arendal, and Stavanger. Thereafter it remained on occupation duty in Norway until June 1941, when it was subordinated to the Finnish army to support operations along the River Svir during Operation Barbarossa. In February 1942 it joined the German XXXVI Mountain Corps near Kandalaksha, and remained there until the Germans withdrew from Finland back into Norway in the fall of 1944. In early 1945 it was transferred back to Germany, standing in reserve for a time at Berlin, then destroyed by the Soviets in Pomerania in March.

So yeah, that sums it up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-11-2017, 10:11:18
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-700-0256-38%2C_Russland-Nord%2C_Junkers_Ju_52.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 06-11-2017, 23:11:41
Apparently a cat mascot on the Bismark http://cheezburger.com/3126021/15-historical-photos-of-cats-during-war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2017, 23:11:35
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-681-0004-22%2C_Frankreich%2C_Radfahrtruppe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2017, 20:11:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-681-0004-07%2C_Frankreich%2C_Beobachtungsposten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-11-2017, 21:11:56
Is that a Panzer II turretbunker? Mediterranean?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-11-2017, 18:11:35
Yes !
Frankreich Beobachtungsposten

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-681-0005-05%2C_Frankreich%2C_getarnter_Unterstand_mit_MG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-11-2017, 18:11:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-641-4546-17%2C_Russland%2C_Transport_von_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-11-2017, 23:11:44
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/08436afec7d82fd96ee88e7eef5ed7cbe3b0c8fa95eeb417dedd39432a37b9eb_sicilie.33pa9hpp1mas0wsk8skkkcw00.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

M4A2 'Sherman' (first and third tank) 4th Tank Brigade British Via Giuseppe Garibaldi (Via Guiseppe Garibaldi) in the Sicilian city of Catania. Second tank is a - M5 'Stuart'.
In the background - the Cathedral of St. Agatha (Cattedrale di Sant'Agata).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2017, 16:11:45
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-635-4000-18%2C_Deutschland%2C_Flakturm_mit_Vierlingsflak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 12-11-2017, 04:11:14
Flakturm?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2017, 11:11:06
yes !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503B-08%2C_Gran_Sasso%2C_Fallschirmj%C3%A4gern_nach_Einsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Michael Z Freeman on 12-11-2017, 23:11:12
"Mourka took messages to Soviet scouts during the epic Battle of Stalingrad."

I wonder if this is some kinda myth like Russian fighting bears ? Who can say http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/forums/OtherGround/CATS-AT-WAR:2431175-2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-11-2017, 03:11:40
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/dfa820f22426bd7813f93d9c5588959354509b7b5c4052cc08fa6021a560f1de.2g28zxm7170gokkgkk4gw44g0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

German soldiers next to a destroyed Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf.C in France, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-11-2017, 18:11:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-15%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-11-2017, 05:11:28
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/10868479956_b0dcf64631_b.jpg)

A group of German soldiers following a Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger on the streets of a destroyed Italian town, in 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-11-2017, 18:11:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-25%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 16-11-2017, 12:11:57
(https://i.redd.it/v1bfl6g5y9yz.jpg)
HMS Sussex after a kamikaze hit its armour belt
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 16-11-2017, 17:11:41
That pilot is not even a shade of himself anymore. Cool pic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 16-11-2017, 18:11:13
Seems like it's an Aichi D3A Val because of visible landing gears
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 16-11-2017, 18:11:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Hinsdale_APA-120_-_kamikaze.jpg)

HMS Sussex has a 4.5" armored belt. The USS Hinsdale, a troopship, didnt. The picture shows the difference. You can identify a central large hole for the engine block/main fuselage and two holes beneath each wing caused by two bombs penetrating the armor. One of those exploded (as seen on the left), one didnt. Apparantly a third bomb was carried in the main fuselage, exploding deep in the ship in the engine room.

Okinawa, 1. April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-11-2017, 18:11:26
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-37%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 16-11-2017, 20:11:46
Are those paradropped AT guns in pieces that the FJ have to put together in order to be able to fire?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-11-2017, 20:11:08
They are recoilless guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-11-2017, 21:11:49
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_Leichtgesch%C3%BCtz_40

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10.5_cm_Leichtgesch%C3%BCtz_40
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-11-2017, 18:11:13
yes !
i will post the series

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-27%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 17-11-2017, 22:11:30
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/USS_Artisan_ABSD-1_04.jpg)

AFDB-1 with West Virginia (BB-48) high and dry in the dock, off Aessi Island, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 13 November 1944. The battleship was docked for upkeep and repair to propellers damaged when she touched ground off Leyte on 21 October.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-11-2017, 19:11:14
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-29%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 21-11-2017, 10:11:07
Seems like it's an Aichi D3A Val because of visible landing gears

The report says it was one, but the place I got the picture from guesses that it was actually a Ki-51 and that the sailors misidentified it. I personally have no idea.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Soviet-tanks-attack-near-town-of-kalach.jpeg)
Soviet troops attack near the town of Kalach, where the advancing troops from the north and south pincer movements met on 22nd November, completing the encirclement of Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 21-11-2017, 15:11:22
Where there any German generals who saw the Stalingrad disaster coming and tried to warn against it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2017, 19:11:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-30%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 22-11-2017, 11:11:53
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-639-4252-19A_Im_Osten_Panzerzug_mit_Gesch%C3%BCtz_und_Vierlingsflak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-11-2017, 18:11:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503E-34%2C_San_Felice%2C_Inspektion_von_Fallschirmtruppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-11-2017, 20:11:38
(https://i.imgur.com/KxcIVRY.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-11-2017, 23:11:21
(https://i.imgur.com/rPEvY49.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-11-2017, 00:11:38
Man I like that. Good find.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-11-2017, 11:11:11
Nice colorized photo !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1519-30%2C_Italien%2C_Ju_87%2C_Lastensegler_DFS_230_auf_Flugplatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 26-11-2017, 15:11:26
What's that plane in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-11-2017, 16:11:13
DFS 230 glider
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-11-2017, 19:11:40
(https://i.imgur.com/0uJf7b2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2017, 21:11:52
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-557-1002-10%2C_Tunesien%2C_amerikanische_Kriegsgefangene.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-11-2017, 02:11:06
(https://i.imgur.com/lnlcR6u.jpg)

Mannerheim's birthday gift to Hitler.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 28-11-2017, 14:11:26
Wow, what a beaut
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-11-2017, 20:11:40
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-557-1020-18A%2C_Tunesien%2C_Kriegsgefangene%2C_Verwundete.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-11-2017, 20:11:27
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-557-1020-05A%2C_Tunesien%2C_Kriegsgefangene%2C_Verwundete.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 29-11-2017, 21:11:16
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Stirling-bomber-engines.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 29-11-2017, 22:11:51
It is something about the Short Stirling's front that makes them aesthetic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-11-2017, 03:11:43
(https://i.imgur.com/770e9DN.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 30-11-2017, 14:11:53
(https://farm9.static.flickr.com/8345/8155342779_bc68743bcc_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 30-11-2017, 19:11:07
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/USS_Minneapolis_after_Tassafaronga.jpg)
USS Minneapolis at Tulagi with torpedo damage a few hours after the battle of Tassafaronga, on December 1, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2017, 20:11:26
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-557-1020-27A%2C_Tunesien%2C_Sidi_Nsia%2C_deutsche_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 30-11-2017, 22:11:25
Wow, what's on that truck?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 30-11-2017, 22:11:55
is that a captured M3 75mm?

(http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/gmcm3front.jpg)

Looks like it;
http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/USA/White/M2_-_M3_Half_Track/m2_-_m3_half_track.html (http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/USA/White/M2_-_M3_Half_Track/m2_-_m3_half_track.html)

I would've never pegged that photo for Tunisia :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-12-2017, 17:12:18
(https://i.imgur.com/iQAnyoS.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-12-2017, 18:12:06
is that a captured M3 75mm?
it is a T30 75 mm HMC:

(http://mblogthumb2.phinf.naver.net/20100227_85/rectek2_1267245368134lVoQl_jpg/023177_rectek2.jpg?type=w2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 02-12-2017, 11:12:28
Looks like it;
http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/USA/White/M2_-_M3_Half_Track/m2_-_m3_half_track.html (http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/USA/White/M2_-_M3_Half_Track/m2_-_m3_half_track.html)

I would've never pegged that photo for Tunisia :P

Caption says it was captured in Tunisia, I think the photo was taken somewhere in Europe (based on their clothing). Perhaps they shipped it back after their retreat from Africa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-12-2017, 11:12:31
Maybe Italy?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-12-2017, 12:12:31
No it is tunisia,  ;) it is even writing in the picture :

Sidi Nsir

Enven more information about the encounter:

http://ww2today.com/26th-february-1943-155th-battery-r-a-hold-german-attack-at-sidi-nsir
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 02-12-2017, 16:12:59
Yes, it's very muddy, which throws me off at first. I never really think about mud when I think about North Africa, even though it played a large factor in that theater.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 03-12-2017, 11:12:41
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/burnt-out-spitfire.jpg)
More Tunisia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-12-2017, 11:12:08
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-565-1406-30%2C_Sizilien%2C_Ausbildung_bei_der_deutschen_Luftwaffe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-12-2017, 18:12:37
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-567-1503-27%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-12-2017, 22:12:01
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Ju-52-strafed.jpg)

Quote
Bristol Bisleys... attack[ed] a Junkers Ju 52 with bombs and machine gun fire after forcing it down in the Western Desert. The Bisleys... intercepted the German transport aircraft while returning from a strike on an enemy train.

Cannon shells explode around the tail... The starboard engine is already on fire, and a member of the crew can be seen lying face down on the ground beneath it.

WW2 Today has some amazing stories. This Ju-52 made a '"successful" landing in the desert only to be strafed by the same planes that brought it down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 06-12-2017, 19:12:25
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/france/tanks/somua_s35/Knocked-out_Somua_S35_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-12-2017, 20:12:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-304-0614-32%2C_Italien%2C_italienische_Soldaten_auf_Posten_in_Stadt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 07-12-2017, 19:12:13
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/france/tanks/somua_s35/Char_Somua_S-35_56.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-12-2017, 19:12:41
(http://cdn.ipernity.com/119/29/46/10872946.c2224cb1.560.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-12-2017, 18:12:00
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/4561422262_f6b7d5e257_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 08-12-2017, 20:12:24
(https://i.imgur.com/MZ1gJmW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-12-2017, 11:12:59
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-297-1701-19%2C_Im_Westen%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_%22Marder_I%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 09-12-2017, 15:12:45
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/31/a0/d3/31a0d375bb916c7a0ca95d24516b66f8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-12-2017, 18:12:25
(https://i.imgur.com/Mx5Yk6v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 10-12-2017, 03:12:35
Somua in Finland?  Was that brought up by the Germans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-12-2017, 06:12:10
Somua in Finland?  Was that brought up by the Germans?
Yes, Hotchkiss tanks also.

(https://i.imgur.com/wfOCDPQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-12-2017, 12:12:19
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-297-1701-20%2C_Im_Westen%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_%22Marder_I%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 10-12-2017, 21:12:01
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/94/f7/87/94f7877375aeb586deaa30c183ef1029.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-12-2017, 23:12:52
(https://i.redd.it/qvgs8hitm4301.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-12-2017, 18:12:06
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-297-1701-24%2C_Im_Westen%2C_%22Marder_I%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 11-12-2017, 19:12:50
(https://i.imgur.com/3Ma7RCT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-12-2017, 04:12:38
(http://i.imgur.com/i2Bdtyq.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-12-2017, 21:12:37
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-297-1701-33%2C_Im_Westen%2C_Panzer_%22Marder_I%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 12-12-2017, 21:12:42
(http://www.ville-baillargues.fr/Images/Patrimoine/Gantier/devant%20un%20char%20Somua%20S35.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 13-12-2017, 19:12:51
(http://www.tankograd.com/html/img/pool/4020%2035S%2003.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-12-2017, 20:12:05
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-298-1771-19%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Schwimmwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-12-2017, 05:12:05
(http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/panzer/French%20Tanks/slides/French%20Hotchkiss%20H-39%20Light%20Tank%20%20002.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 14-12-2017, 19:12:20
hmm... I don´t think I know that tank... do you know what it is torenico?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-12-2017, 19:12:00
hmm... I don´t think I know that tank... do you know what it is torenico?

Captured Hotchkiss H35 tanks in german service.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 14-12-2017, 19:12:52
hmm... I don´t think I know that tank... do you know what it is torenico?

Captured Hotchkiss H35 tanks in german service.
thx, the turret looked unfitting to me so I thought it was another tank
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 14-12-2017, 20:12:31
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/96/2f/fa/962ffad6c37a7f5145ed7d2fbe296304.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-12-2017, 22:12:02
hmm... I don´t think I know that tank... do you know what it is torenico?

Captured Hotchkiss H35 tanks in german service.
thx, the turret looked unfitting to me so I thought it was another tank

the german replace the french rond commander cuppola with a trap
(and it is a h39 with a long 37mm SA 38 )

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-298-1761-16%2C_Nordfrankreich%2C_Panzer_IV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 15-12-2017, 21:12:53
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/00760.jpg)
It barely looks like a tank now
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-12-2017, 22:12:06
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-238-2009-02A%2C_Russland%2C_Umbau_eines_Panzer_II.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 16-12-2017, 20:12:10
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/france/tanks/somua_s35/Captured_Somua_S35_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 16-12-2017, 22:12:03
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/france/Ft17/FT17.003.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-12-2017, 22:12:31
(https://i.imgur.com/nTGhuZf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-12-2017, 11:12:03
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0595-20%2C_Russland-Mitte-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_III_in_Fahrt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 17-12-2017, 21:12:46
(http://www.drakkar-models.com/historic/turret-somua-s35-bunker-atlantik-wall/turret-somua-s35-bunker-atlantik-wall-10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 18-12-2017, 20:12:27
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/19/56/81/64/somua_10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-12-2017, 20:12:58
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0595-32%2C_Russland-Mitte-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzer_III.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-12-2017, 21:12:40
(https://i.imgur.com/lcetB6y.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-12-2017, 18:12:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-293-1464-29%2C_Nordfrankreich-Belgien%2C_Soldaten_vor_Wallmauer.jpg)

wissant
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 19-12-2017, 20:12:59
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/FOOO6907318.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: jackson on 20-12-2017, 00:12:45
but damn please sign each picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-12-2017, 01:12:58
(https://i.imgur.com/0sxaanM.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 20-12-2017, 19:12:49
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Porto_Farina_tank_wrecks_May1943.jpg)
"Porto Farina, Tunisia, May 1943"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2017, 19:12:01
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-219-0595-05%2C_Russland-Mitte-S%C3%BCd%2C_Infanteristen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-12-2017, 18:12:44
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-197-1235-15%2C_Russland-Mitte%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_%22Marder_II%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-12-2017, 19:12:20
(https://i.imgur.com/1ufVwme.jpg?1)

More destroyed ISU-152's. This seems like a common formation in the 1944 summer pics, destroyed facing each other.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 21-12-2017, 19:12:38
(http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/11/97/18/57/gr_83811.jpg)
Why the white lines?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-12-2017, 20:12:58
EDIT: Meh, can't find anything on it, maybe Seth can help
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-12-2017, 21:12:44
Plate indicate that those are from the Gendarmerie.
I would say it is a post-war photo, taken in Algeria maybe.
The white line might be to make their identification easier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 22-12-2017, 11:12:43
Plate indicate that those are from the Gendarmerie.

What did the Gendarmerie need tanks for?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-12-2017, 13:12:19
Plate indicate that those are from the Gendarmerie.

What did the Gendarmerie need tanks for?

Policing, Anti-Guerrilla warfare.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: siben on 22-12-2017, 18:12:20
Plate indicate that those are from the Gendarmerie.

What did the Gendarmerie need tanks for?
De rijkswacht in Belgium also had tanks post war. Well, more like armoured cars with a canon like the Humber.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2017, 18:12:23
Gendarmerie is part of the army (gerdarmes are soldier, training + ranks) but do "civilian" police tasks. They are supposed to fight on the frontline in a war if necessary (even if it wasn't the case during ww1).
As Torenico said, they were the first to be used for Anti-Guerrilla warfare in colonies so tanks were usefull


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-197-1235-22%2C_Russland-Mitte%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_%22Marder_II%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 22-12-2017, 19:12:32
(https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*d1XuXLNBqsUxBm50kBGjZw.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-12-2017, 02:12:48

As Torenico said, they were the first to be used for Anti-Guerrilla warfare in colonies so tanks were usefull

Indeed, they're more than enough to support local Gendarmerie actions against a small group of lightly armed guerrillas, however, for how long did these tanks served?. I know a solid number of old Hotchkiss, Renaults and Somuas served in the Gendarmerie, but for how long?.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4213/34333543603_5079943c7d_b.jpg)

Hitler and Albert Speer visiting a Ferdinand/Elephant production plant
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-12-2017, 12:12:52
Policing, Anti-Guerrilla warfare.

Right, I'm not familiar with post-war Algeria. Didn't know they had to fight a guarilla war.

De rijkswacht in Belgium also had tanks post war. Well, more like armoured cars with a canon like the Humber.

The Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Dutch gendarmerie) also has armoured vehicles (YP-408 postwar and now YPR 765). Nothing close to tanks though. Which is why I wondered why any nation's military police would need tanks. Having to fight a guerilla war seems like a logical answer though.

(https://i1.wp.com/defensie-platform.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/KMAR_ypr.jpg?fit=620%2C413)
YPR-765 of the Koninklijke Marechaussee. .
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-12-2017, 13:12:52
Algeria is an interresting case because it was a colony but considered as french region/soil
The war 1954-62 at that time was not considered as a war but as a law enforcement operation against terrorim or a pacification operation.
In a way, using gendarme allow france to have military operation but not declare it as a war.
Unfortunately, blurrying this line have also created deviant behaviour like using torture on an industrial scale to counter guerilla/terrorist acts.
 

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-198-1363-33A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_mit_Feldsprecher.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 23-12-2017, 20:12:23
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_1-H-487-35.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 23-12-2017, 20:12:19
Algeria is an interresting case because it was a colony but considered as french region/soil
The war 1954-62 at that time was not considered as a war but as a law enforcement operation against terrorim or a pacification operation.
In a way, using gendarme allow france to have military operation but not declare it as a war.
Unfortunately, blurrying this line have also created deviant behaviour like using torture on an industrial scale to counter guerilla/terrorist acts.
Much like the Netherlands did in Indonesia, going to war but call it "Politionele Actie" (action by the police), so the rest of the world would think it was an internal affair and the Dutch people would think it was a minor conflict. It also resulted in using widespread violence and torture. However, the rest of the world was not as dumb as the Dutch government thought at that time and they made up several UN resolutions against the Netherlands. And over the course of the war more and more Dutch inhabitants learned about what was going on and protested the war.
 

(https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2017-06/m3_stuart_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-12-2017, 11:12:19
(https://i.imgur.com/FNc70kL.jpg?1)

Christmas day 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-12-2017, 11:12:50
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/646301-3/s79_natale)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 24-12-2017, 16:12:38
Christmas day 1943
What's that beam of light?

(http://histclo.com/imagef/date/2013/02/ju52-rus01s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-12-2017, 21:12:40
Christmas day 1943
What's that beam of light?


I'd say a flare... which looks like it's coming from the soviet side.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 25-12-2017, 01:12:29
Ah, OK.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Stalingrad-madonna.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 25-12-2017, 22:12:22
8000 WW2 photographs has been digitalised by NTB (Norwegian Telegram bureau):
https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Historiske%20foto/

(https://www.arkivverket.no/nyheter/foto-fra-andre-verdenskrig-er-na-tilgjengelig-pa-nett/_/image/9c65b59a-b6bf-4cc9-b5ab-ac98c1bcfa9e:8e01e8bc303b9e389ce242a57ffe0eb0dd0674c6/full/L11627Fo30141709060006.jpg)
Commandos after the conquest of Walcheren comparing a pigs head to Hitler

(https://www.arkivverket.no/nyheter/foto-fra-andre-verdenskrig-er-na-tilgjengelig-pa-nett/_/image/16202dcb-5d11-44b4-acbc-a3ec25acba37:763f9ab0bf83a8327853be1909405b222063f2cf/full/L_2339Fo30141705090024.jpg)
Rudementary blockade at a road during Weserübung

(https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/cache/5003/Indekserte%20Bilder/L11130Fo30141708250066_373.t5a2e437b.m800.tif.pv.xc3d8aedf.jpg)
Reloading a rocket on an MTB in 1944. What kind of weapon is this?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-12-2017, 18:12:51
a rocket with a hollow charget, do you need its designation ?
on a PT boat /mbt it is used to sunk ship

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-198-1394-27A%2C_Russland%2C_armenischer_Freiwilliger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 27-12-2017, 01:12:10
(http://uitgeverijdeduivelsberg.nl/duivelsberg/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/politie-02-300x211.jpg)

The Netherlands had a korps policetroops aswell asside from the normal military police (marechausee), they were used to police the army, aswell as the areas under millitary command.
But they also had combat duties, like guarding the east outer defense lines in 1940, aswell as bridges. In this cappacity they would man bunkers armed with AT guns and heavy machine guns. They would be there next to the normal army personel.
The picture above is a foto of a Brandenburg command dressed in Dutch policetroop uniforms of wich a number was dispatched to capture vital bridges in may 1940 over the meuse and rhine rivers.
One or two succeeded, others were repulsed in dramatic hand to hand combat, others failed to materialise due to the team members being  to drunk to show up.

I remember one quote of a border guard from a book as follows. "His helmet appeared to be made out of papermachee, when i hit him on his helmet with my klewang (Indian army sword) it went through everything."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-12-2017, 10:12:38
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-203-1686-34%2C_Albanien%2C_Funker.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 28-12-2017, 16:12:00
Is he generating power for the transmitter by cycling?

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/He177-5.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-12-2017, 12:12:18
yes it is !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-203-1686-25%2C_Albanien%2C_deutsche_MG-Stellung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-12-2017, 21:12:24
(https://forum.axishistory.com//download/file.php?id=245081&t=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-12-2017, 22:12:07
^Now that's a new static gun we need for FH2  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 31-12-2017, 03:12:33
a hold over from WW1? I can't find the thread with that picture in axishistory
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2017, 12:12:54
It is a new version of the ww1 trench rifle periscope. It was supposed to be a semi-automatic rifle
here the designation: Deckungszielgerät 43 (DZG43)

here an english article :
https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=315

here a website to a french magazine article (you have the texte under the pic if you want to translate it):
http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-456-septembre-2013/page-44-45-texte-integral

German did some other test with mg42, panzerfaust, etc ...

(https://www.smallarmsreview.com/images/articles/art_000348/006.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 31-12-2017, 17:12:58
Seems really handy for trenches, but incredibly clumbersome for the faster paced WWII combat. I doubt that contraption would survive some manouvres or actual combat.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 31-12-2017, 19:12:30
Considering it is not made for maneuvers, that matters not.  World War 2 is "faster paced" to some, but the reality is that many times fronts quieted down for weeks or months, and in those cases trench warfare absolutely developed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2018, 10:01:43
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3669/11919666813_45a880b525_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-01-2018, 03:01:06
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5a/b0/2e/5ab02ee9df7c6bd9fea07d2c60342cc5--panzer-iv-german-soldier.jpg)

Panzer IV Ausf. H No. 536 belonging to SS-Unterscharfuhrer Willy Kretzschmar from the SS-Panzer Regiment 12 in Normandy. He has around 15 confirmed kills.

Apparently, his Panzer IV was hit by Canadian Artillery in Buron and it was immobilized for a day (explains the missing track).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-01-2018, 13:01:08
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-113-0034-26%2C_Nordeuropa%2C_Soldaten_mit_MG_08-15.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 02-01-2018, 16:01:25
That looks awfully much like Norway. And a captured Colt MG as well heightens my suspisions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-01-2018, 20:01:35
it is a MG 08-15 in Norway  ;)
 
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-103-0919-16%2C_Nordeuropa%2C_Soldaten_in_Rentierschlitten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-01-2018, 22:01:14
That can't be an MG 08-15.  It looks nothing like it. I agree that it is a Colt M/29.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-01-2018, 23:01:15
ah you are right i was fooled by the picture name and didn't look twice :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 05-01-2018, 00:01:35
(https://i.redd.it/nhuj2la0k6uz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-01-2018, 12:01:43
no sure if it is a good position ...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-028-1609-16A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Panzer_VI_(Tiger_I).jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-01-2018, 10:01:30
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-049-1553-06%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Split%2C_Einmarsch_gepanzerter_Truppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-01-2018, 11:01:14
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2935-24%2C_Russland%2C_Treffer_an_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 07-01-2018, 18:01:50
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-049-1553-06%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Split%2C_Einmarsch_gepanzerter_Truppen.jpg)

What are those two other tank types that are shown in this picture?

I know the sdkfz 251 with 75mm in the front and then the 222 third from the front, but what is between those two (which is also on the street in the back) and the tank crossing the ditch?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 07-01-2018, 18:01:28
Captured French tanks. (R35 maybe?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-01-2018, 19:01:13
yes french H39 (at least 3 of them)
and maybe one more (very far in the background)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 08-01-2018, 06:01:12
yes french H39 (at least 3 of them)
and maybe one more (very far in the background)

OK, I see that now.  I thought they looked familiar, but they looked odd to me.  I thought the one between the sdkfz 251 and 222 had no turret, but I guess the combination of the H39 being so small along with the angle of the photograph and soldiers in front makes it look odd.

Thanks!  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 08-01-2018, 17:01:25
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTCFZhrXcAArXIR.jpg:large)

A destroyed Red Army convoy in Finland.

Wasn't the quad-Maxim just added to FH2?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-01-2018, 18:01:31
Wasn't the quad-Maxim just added to FH2?

Come on, it is still on the frontpage. ;)

Yes, yes it was. It can also be seen used in a highly secretive leaked footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkz2j1qm66k).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2018, 18:01:34
(http://miliblog.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/normandy-collection-vol3-501-750/norm-514.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 08-01-2018, 21:01:52
Peenemunde?

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/09/06/070906acd685a4bd6de23ce0b051ec29--shock-wave-led-zeppelin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-01-2018, 22:01:34
Japanese Paratroopers in 1945 before a suicide mission on Okinawa

(https://i.redd.it/xjvaz00ruuaz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-01-2018, 20:01:19
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PnjruCyyH70/SQPT3oFkICI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Wrna3pAK0jg/s1600/sit%2Bups%2Btraining.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Alubat on 09-01-2018, 21:01:30
(http://img.4plebs.org/boards/hr/image/1503/42/1503422756127.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-01-2018, 18:01:27
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2922-38%2C_Russland%2C_Reparatur_Panzer_VI_%22Tiger_I%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-01-2018, 11:01:49
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PnjruCyyH70/SnowXkKPi1I/AAAAAAAAAiE/gR9mXhWZZTw/s1600/1942%2Bmalta%2Bconvoys%2B03.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-01-2018, 16:01:38
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PnjruCyyH70/Sn5W-eHyUEI/AAAAAAAAAjs/LGyvzYayPaE/s1600/1943%2Bnorth%2Bafrica%2B04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-01-2018, 03:01:35
Sturmi joyride

(https://i.imgur.com/56PLFrf.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2018, 18:01:09
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PnjruCyyH70/Sfkc169jX6I/AAAAAAAAAVg/EkP0Z2XfO20/s1600/1941%2Bcaptured%2Bweapons.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 15-01-2018, 18:01:20
Gotta be a massive Italian surrender in the desert. So,time during Operation Compass?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2018, 20:01:06
unfortunately i don't have the context

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-27%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-01-2018, 18:01:03
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-35%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 17-01-2018, 21:01:17
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PnjruCyyH70/Sfkc169jX6I/AAAAAAAAAVg/EkP0Z2XfO20/s1600/1941%2Bcaptured%2Bweapons.jpg)

http://ww2throughthelens.blogspot.de/2009/04/?m=1

Looks like, you are correct.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-01-2018, 13:01:25
(https://i.imgur.com/XrivO2C.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-01-2018, 18:01:03
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-41%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Jimi Hendrix on 18-01-2018, 21:01:51
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Narvafronten%2C_1944_-_Narvafront038.jpg/1280px-Narvafronten%2C_1944_-_Narvafront038.jpg)

Narva after artillery and air raids, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-01-2018, 07:01:06
(https://i.imgur.com/fUluMTZ.jpg?1)

Ihantala, 7.7.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-01-2018, 18:01:45
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0018-10%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Soldat_mit_Hund.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-01-2018, 03:01:36
(https://i.imgur.com/vNzxhXr.jpg?1)

A T-34(?) just boldly hitting the gas, only to be shot on fire shortly after taking the pic. Valkjärvi June 11th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-01-2018, 23:01:55
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0018-19%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 21-01-2018, 11:01:39
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0018-19%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)

Does that guy in the middle have a breda machine gun? It looks a bit like it. Could be captured from the italians I guess
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2018, 11:01:46
yes its a polizeiunit in yougoslavia in anti partisan operation.
They all use italian weapons and vehicules mixed with some german stuff (mg15, kubel)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0018-15%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Sp%C3%A4hpanzer_u._LKW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 21-01-2018, 13:01:06
yes its a polizeiunit in yougoslavia in anti partisan operation.
They all use italian weapons and vehicules mixed with some german stuff (mg15, kubel)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0018-15%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Sp%C3%A4hpanzer_u._LKW.jpg)

I have been quite interested in the battles against the partisans in yugoslavia, especially Unternehmen Rösselsprung would be interesting. Sometimes I think about how awesome maps for it would be, but there is no hope for it because the playermodels and buildings and such would need to be made.
(oh and the voices of course)

although I can´t complain, finland being in the mod is already epic ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-01-2018, 06:01:08
Prisoners of war being used to carry casualties to the rear. (Possibly Butzdorf area)

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-94th-US-Infantry-Division-at-the-Siegfried-Line.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-01-2018, 19:01:15

I have been quite interested in the battles against the partisans in yugoslavia, especially Unternehmen Rösselsprung would be interesting. Sometimes I think about how awesome maps for it would be, but there is no hope for it because the playermodels and buildings and such would need to be made.
(oh and the voices of course)

although I can´t complain, finland being in the mod is already epic ;D

yes, Yougoslavia is often a forgotten part of the war. But partisan operation is a touchy subject

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0026-26%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2018, 18:01:17
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0032-08%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Soldaten_im_Wald.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-01-2018, 19:01:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Ise_in_action-Oct1944.jpg)

Japanese (Now Hybrid-Carrier-Battleship) Ise opens fire with her main armament during the Battle of Cape Engaño, 9th October 1944. Photo taken by an airplane of the USS Essex (CV-9).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-01-2018, 19:01:35
(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003887730253362891_rs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-01-2018, 15:01:57
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/advance-on-stalingrad.jpeg)

Quote
Soviet troops move towards the village of Gorodischensko in mid January 1943, past German dead, during the advance on Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-01-2018, 18:01:55
(http://greekmilitary.net/WW2/2003128917509685058_rs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-01-2018, 20:01:49
(https://i.imgur.com/2NnbJG0.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 27-01-2018, 10:01:15

yes, Yougoslavia is often a forgotten part of the war. But partisan operation is a touchy subject

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0026-26%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)

Interesting picture of a plaza you got there! This is Raša (Arsia in Italian) town square, and it's very close to my home town. Raša is the youngest town in Istria, Croatia, built by Mussolini's regime in 1937. Remarkably the construction of the whole town from foundations to the opening lasted only 547 days.

Unfortunately the whole town ended up being frozen in time after closing of the local coal mines and factories. Today it's practically a ghost town and for that reason remains the only wholly preserved example od Italian rationalism architecture.

The unique church overlooking the square is dedicated to Santa Barbara, patron saint od the miners, and the roof is built in the shape of an upturned coal wagon.

Here's how it looks today, not much has changed really, just the monument replaced by a non fascist one:
(http://novilist.hr/var/novilist/storage/images/media/images/rasa5/9957495-1-cro-HR/rasa5_slika_u_clanku.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-01-2018, 22:01:54
thank you for the context ! It looks interresting, i will read about it asap

i will try to find the series of photos with this images on Bundesarchiv. Maybe it has more picture of the place.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0026-14%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-01-2018, 20:01:57
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0026-18%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2018, 19:01:33
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0026-17%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-01-2018, 19:01:31
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-22%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-01-2018, 20:01:27
(https://i.imgur.com/YQTGqsk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-02-2018, 18:02:21
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-497-3515A-29A,_Im_Westen,_zerst%C3%B6rte_Fahrzeugkolonne.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-02-2018, 13:02:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-012-0016-09%2C_Polen%2C_Flugzeuge_%C3%BCber_einer_Ortschaft.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 03-02-2018, 16:02:30
(https://presizely.abcmedia.no/768x%2Cprog%2Cadsh%2Cq60/https://abcnyheter.drpublish.aptoma.no/out/images/article//2018/02/02/195368720/1/spesial_stor/4711809.jpg)
Stalingrad
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 03-02-2018, 22:02:43
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/98/39/0c/98390cb8c096af6ebba9d107ed3014b2--italian-empire-italian-army.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-02-2018, 00:02:57
(https://i.imgur.com/ryZrc3A.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-02-2018, 12:02:34
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-121-0008-13%2C_Polen%2C_Treffen_deutscher_und_sowjetischer_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-02-2018, 03:02:40
(https://i.imgur.com/tuLtStn.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2018, 18:02:49
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-120-11%2C_Polen%2C_Panzer_I_am_Ufer_der_Brahe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-02-2018, 16:02:12
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Soldiers-eastern-front-Feb-43.jpeg)

Quote
German soldiers somewhere on the eastern front in February 1943.

I think I see 2 PPSH41s, an MG 26(t) and a captured DP-28. I can't tell what the guy in the back is holding, maybe another MG 26?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2018, 19:02:09
yes it is (if you lighten the pic a bit)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0015%2C_Flugzeugbau%2C_Arbeit_an_Flugmotoren.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-02-2018, 19:02:03
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-E11309%2C_Warschau%2C_Pferd_in_Flugzeughangar.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 08-02-2018, 20:02:23
Soldiers of the Red Army
(http://a.radikal.ru/a05/1802/ae/2a201fa2046a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-02-2018, 06:02:17
(https://i.imgur.com/xGvTpT3.jpg?1)

A "100 years of artillery" video was also uploaded, with more true 1080p footage rendered from films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7McG69nDZs
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 09-02-2018, 10:02:41
Soviet-Finnish front of the great Patriotic war

(http://c.radikal.ru/c00/1802/be/a880378d379e.jpg)

The Russians do not want war!  English subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoWz18-S2kQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoWz18-S2kQ)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr.ThunderMan on 09-02-2018, 15:02:34
A "100 years of artillery" video was also uploaded, with more true 1080p footage rendered from films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7McG69nDZs

Heh, I'm sure there has been rivalry between the artillerymen and jaegers for those 100 years too. Despite being a jaeger but also been in the artillery, that video was beautiful.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-02-2018, 16:02:10
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PT_boat_New_Guinea_1943.jpeg)

Quote
The night the Japanese left Guadalcanal, they came in with destroyers to pick up as many of their guys as they could. We knew they were going to leave because we had their code.

The Navy thought that they were going to take their men around to another part of Guadalcanal- on the back side. So they put us out on the back side of the island and let the Japs get on their ships. And we had lost so many PT boats by then, they didn’t want us to directly attack their ships. So we went to the back side of Guadalcanal and the Jap planes bombed us, but we didn’t get hit.

The next morning, before it got light, we headed back around toward Tulagi, and we went past where the Japs had been loading their guys on destroyers off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.

The destroyers were all gone. They’d had to leave in a hurry as it got light, because they were worried about getting attacked and sunk by our airplanes. As we got there, we saw many Japanese in the water. The destroyers just left them behind, left them floating there in the water.

I picked up thirteen of them and sat them up on the bow of my boat, and we took them back to Tulagi. I thought it was sensible, that maybe we’d be successful in getting information from them, but the Marines were mad as hell when I got them there. And they took control. They took those Japs off our boat, and I don’t know what happened to them.

But it was amazing to be out there just floating around among all those Japs in the water and picking them up. There must’ve been 500 of them out there floating around. We didn’t shoot any Japs in the water. They’d had it, and they weren’t going to fight.

-Dave Levy commander of PT Boat 59 that was later transferred to John F Kennedy.

More here; http://ww2today.com/9th-february-1943-the-japanese-leave-guadalcanal (http://ww2today.com/9th-february-1943-the-japanese-leave-guadalcanal)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2018, 18:02:27
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-056-1615-17A%2C_Frankreich%2C_PK-Soldat%2C_Zivilisten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-02-2018, 13:02:33
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-127-0362-14%2C_Belgien%2C_belgischer_Panzer_T13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 10-02-2018, 15:02:57
Victory Parade 1945. Flags of Nazi Germany defeated

(http://c.radikal.ru/c02/1802/d9/27d11224cee3.jpg)

Watch the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk97K-um2Nc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk97K-um2Nc)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-02-2018, 16:02:40
(https://i.imgur.com/z8JqxoZ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Krätzer on 11-02-2018, 10:02:05
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/cfb346d1a85636368fd51d1816b77a73/tumblr_ocgugkYaO81ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-02-2018, 12:02:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-127-0396-13A%2C_Im_Westen%2C_deutsche_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-02-2018, 18:02:37
(https://i.imgur.com/hWqO3Gl.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 11-02-2018, 20:02:27
IL-2 - flying tank

(http://a.radikal.ru/a31/1802/86/119d6528ecc9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 11-02-2018, 20:02:03
(https://i.imgur.com/hWqO3Gl.jpg?1)

I thought that was a panzer iv or iii at first, but then I noticed the hull configuration and found out it was a panzer ii.  Was this during the Lapland War or did Finland actually operate some panzer ii's? I thought they only had sturmies and panzer iv's (though were those ever delivered?)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-02-2018, 20:02:31
Was this during the Lapland War or did Finland actually operate some panzer ii's? I thought they only had sturmies and panzer iv's (though were those ever delivered?)

Without knowing the exact context of the picture, I can say that the germans had several types of tanks in lapland from the start of Barbarossa all the way until the end of the war, including Panzer II's. Finns did not have Panzer II's.

Photograph looks like it is from Continuation War since it is summer. Possibly 1941 when Barbarossa started?

Leopardi probably knows the caption.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 11-02-2018, 20:02:02
Was this during the Lapland War or did Finland actually operate some panzer ii's? I thought they only had sturmies and panzer iv's (though were those ever delivered?)

Without knowing the exact context of the picture, I can say that the germans had several types of tanks in lapland from the start of Barbarossa all the way until the end of the war, including Panzer II's. Finns did not have Panzer II's.

Photograph looks like it is from Continuation War since it is summer. Possibly 1941 when Barbarossa started?

Leopardi probably knows the caption.

OK, thanks! 

Another observation:  There doesn't look like there is any damage due to an explosion, so was the turret removed purposefully so as to keep the tank non operational? Did the soldiers who abandoned it not have explosives, so they somehow pulled the turret off (seems like that would be difficult)...though without proper equipment it would be impossible to put it back on in the field if it were captured. The guns have also been removed.

Alternatively, the Finns could have dislodged the turret and taken the weapons so as to keep it from falling back into German (or Russian) hands?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-02-2018, 22:02:18
Was this during the Lapland War or did Finland actually operate some panzer ii's? I thought they only had sturmies and panzer iv's (though were those ever delivered?)

Without knowing the exact context of the picture, I can say that the germans had several types of tanks in lapland from the start of Barbarossa all the way until the end of the war, including Panzer II's. Finns did not have Panzer II's.

Photograph looks like it is from Continuation War since it is summer. Possibly 1941 when Barbarossa started?

Leopardi probably knows the caption.
Caption says "Destroyed german tank. Latvajärvi, Ilvesvaara 1941.07.11"

(https://i.imgur.com/EeviMwe.jpg)
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Lahti L-39, that captured two tanks in running condition. (Shot through the turret and hit the commander in the head).

Viipuri, Nuoraa Aug 25, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 13-02-2018, 14:02:51
Hand-to-hand attack

(http://c.radikal.ru/c09/1802/44/8e354e678958.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 13-02-2018, 17:02:11
This page is for actual WW2 photos, not movie/reenactment stills that are aged in photoshop to look 'old.'
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-02-2018, 19:02:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-125-0251-08A%2C_Belgien%2C_Einmarsch_deutscher_Truppen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 13-02-2018, 22:02:51
Up to page 1000!
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PT_boat_New_Guinea_1943.jpeg)
A PT boat patrolling off New Guinea, 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 13-02-2018, 22:02:27
This page is for actual WW2 photos, not movie/reenactment stills that are aged in photoshop to look 'old.'
I can find another photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-02-2018, 00:02:24
(https://i.imgur.com/5kc5IDF.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-02-2018, 05:02:42
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4167/34301783112_3b71e2619e_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 14-02-2018, 14:02:54
1000 pages. Nice.

1000 days into the war 27th May 1942: Reynhard Heydrich is attacked in Prague and dies later of the wounds.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-039-44%2C_Heydrich-Attentat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-02-2018, 14:02:22
(https://i.imgur.com/YduRLd9.jpg)

The Pak 40 crew that wrecked some havoc in Sammatus.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-02-2018, 18:02:13
nice colorized photo !
1.420.599 views !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-341-0456-04%2C_Frankreich%2C_Flugzeuge_Dornier_Do_17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 14-02-2018, 20:02:54
Nice one Seth, I've got that one in my WWII presentation for 5th grade :)

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tiger-1-in-Tunisia.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 14-02-2018, 21:02:07
(http://b.radikal.ru/b05/1802/e4/a33b043f2df4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-02-2018, 18:02:16
Nice one Seth, I've got that one in my WWII presentation for 5th grade :)

 ;)

i will continue to post  the series then !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-343-0679-14A%2C_Belgien-Frankreich%2C_Flugzeug_Dornier_Do_17_Z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-02-2018, 11:02:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-341-0456-03%2C_Frankreich%2C_Flugzeuge_Dornier_Do_17.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 17-02-2018, 17:02:30
(http://a.radikal.ru/a06/1802/0c/3773d7a83737.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2018, 12:02:10
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-341-0489-10A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Flugzeug_Dornier_Do_17_Z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-02-2018, 18:02:09
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVm2HS4W0AM1qlQ.jpg:large)

Ilomantsi 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-02-2018, 18:02:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-382-0204-22A%2C_Westfeldzug%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Befestigung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-02-2018, 03:02:36
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-761-221N-06%2C_Norwegen%2C_Panzer_%22Neubaufahrzeug%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-02-2018, 17:02:36
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU4wmr3X4AA6eRC.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 20-02-2018, 17:02:45
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_91e69_bf991cb4_orig.1txmk6z08j6s0s8k040c4s8sk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 20-02-2018, 17:02:08
(http://a.radikal.ru/a37/1802/98/d980a4d752a3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2018, 18:02:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-344-0741-30%2C_Frankreich%2C_notgelandete_Me_109.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-02-2018, 23:02:39
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLj1QcxXkAEB1PD.jpg:large)

Ihantala, 13th June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-02-2018, 19:02:25
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-385-0586-16%2C_Flugzeug_Heinkel_He_111.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-02-2018, 21:02:28
(https://i.imgur.com/rw6rJHI.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-02-2018, 18:02:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-403-0308-13A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Bef%C3%BCllen_von_2cm-Trommeln.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 23-02-2018, 16:02:33
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Willow_Run_Factory.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-02-2018, 21:02:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-405-0555-34%2C_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_110%2C_Cockpit.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-02-2018, 06:02:01
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/25073250_136429743732345_8028014543951248867_o.jpg?oh=44716219e15d2e11956f515f4f8c61b4&oe=5B140AD5)

Motti in progress near the Lake Pertjärvi, Svir (Syväri) front, 17.4.1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-02-2018, 18:02:09
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/German-half-track-595x590.jpg)

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A captured German SdKfz 7 artillery tractor in the Western desert, 22 February 1943./
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-02-2018, 23:02:31
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-750-0001A-44%2C_Deutschland%2C_Halbkettenfahrzeug.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-02-2018, 00:02:20
(https://i.imgur.com/0wiuFbd.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-02-2018, 10:02:22
time to do a lathi

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-755-0164-05%2C_D%C3%A4nemark%2C_schweres_Gesch%C3%BCtz_an_der_K%C3%BCste.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-02-2018, 12:02:43
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/23456527_129407161101270_4663101782161929282_o.jpg?oh=33a5975c1204966f7d17633c87b80471&oe=5B4C5FEE)

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Finnish civilians are armed against Soviet partisans in Suomussalmi on July 7, 1943.

Most partisans attacked Finnish military supply and communication targets, but inside Finland proper, almost two-thirds of the attacks targeted civilians, killing about 200 and injuring 50, mostly women, children and elderly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 25-02-2018, 17:02:32
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Willow_Run_Factory.jpg)

One could argue that the rise of the US war machine is one of the modern wonders of the world.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-02-2018, 18:02:08
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-768-0147-15%2C_Paris%2C_Wehrmachtshelferinnen.jpg)

(https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-01-2017/Snw_Bv.gif)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-02-2018, 11:02:56
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26219549_143413686367284_6554148069467397175_n.jpg?oh=b1077c9be2b8c7e673bf4264056f6df3&oe=5B1254F1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-02-2018, 12:02:18
Nice colorized photo ! The colors look perfect.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-1019-21%2C_Frankreich%2C_Brest%2C_Soldatenbordell.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 27-02-2018, 14:02:42
(http://d.radikal.ru/d08/1802/59/9902b0d3e6b5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-02-2018, 18:02:28
Soviet Valentine in Vilnius, Lithuania (1944)

(http://oi64.tinypic.com/2567frq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-02-2018, 22:02:46
(https://i.imgur.com/o3etAzq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-02-2018, 00:02:29
(https://i.imgur.com/yGaSiKl.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-02-2018, 17:02:53
very nice picutres above !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_121-0460%2C_Belgien%2C_Kriegsbeute%2C_franz%C3%B6sische_Stahlhelme.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-03-2018, 12:03:05
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5566-24%2C_Wilhelmshaven%2C_U-Boot-M%C3%A4nner_mit_Eisernem_Kreuz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-03-2018, 15:03:29
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22770493_126304404744879_579008048090304916_o.jpg?oh=deeca83d4764e8f564ec4e98350a5d51&oe=5B0903E6)

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Captured weapons from the Soviets in Kiviniemi, December 17, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-03-2018, 20:03:18
Can we post stories? sometimes the stories are an amazing accompaniment to the pictures.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Berlin-bombed.jpg)

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Part of a vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial taken over Berlin, Germany following a series of attacks by Bomber Command during a period of six weeks and ending with that on 1/2 March 1943. The Deutschland Halle exhibition centre in the Charlottenburg district is seen gutted by fire.

And a story from Squadron Leader Alan Frank who was flying a Halifax in a night raid over Berlin.

Spoiler
Crossing Denmark we pass into the Baltic and swing towards Berlin. Now we are in the thick of the fighter defences and bursts of horizontal tracer show that the Luftwaffe is active. Over to port an aircraft bursts into flames and descends seemingly amazingly slowly to earth. It is impossible to see the aircraft type nor whether any parachutes have emerged.

Suddenly straight ahead the darkness is transformed. A single searchlight sweeps the sky, then another, then in virtually no time hundreds – the flak follows and the sky ahead is a continuous mass of flashes from bursting shells. Intelligence told us of 400 heavy AA guns in the city’s defences, but that looks like an underestimate!

Then the flare droppers get to work and perhaps a hundred parachute flares hang in the night sky. The target markers will be dropped by radar but the master bomber will try to assess their accuracy visually. The target markers resemble clusters of brilliantly coloured chandeliers bursting a couple of thousand feet up and continuing to burn on the ground.

The first markers down are red. The master bomber now picks the most accurate and directs the back-up marker force to aim green markers at it, and that is our target. Finally comes the main force – some 200 aircraft each carrying many tons of high explosives and sticks of incendiaries and the scene below passes belief.

Continuous flashes mark the burst of high explosive and sticks of incendiaries draw incandescent streaks across the city where fires quickly appear to complete a picture which Dante could hardly have visualised.

By this time we are entering the Berlin defensive ring – about 80 miles across. So long as we are only subject to barrage fire, the best bet is to grit one’s teeth and fly straight to get through as quickly as possible, but this time we are unlucky. A searchlight picks us out and almost at once we are at the dazzling centre of a cone with predicted flak coming up at us.

Dropping 2,000 feet to keep clear ofthe incoming bomber stream, I turn through 180 degrees and fly north out of range of the defences. Then I swing south again to join the tail end of the attack and try again. This time we are luckier. No searchlight picks us up and we have only the barrage and the ever present danger of night fighters to cope with. Fragments of bursting shell rattle against the fuselage and in the general tension I suddenly realise that my mouth is quite dry, but it is now as safe to go forward as back.

As the inferno that is Berlin disappears under the nose, I tell Minch, lying on his stomach in the nose studying the scene below, to takeover. With a voice of absolute calm I hear, “About two minutes to run, Skipper, left, left, steady, steady – bomb doors open please – all bombs gone. Camera has operated – close bomb doors.”

Now F for Freddy, less half her fuel load and five tons of bombs, feels positively skittish! “Course for home please, Toddy,” and we swing westward. Ahead is the frontal cloud which caused us worries on the way out. Now it offers protection from the ever present fighter threat and I fly towards it.

Once into cloud we can all relax except Toddy. From him I get the usual steady grumble about the unreliability of forecast winds, the lack of pin-points and the uselessness of the radio bearings but it does not stop me from opening the thermos and enjoying some indifferent coffee.

However we are not home yet. Over the Zyder Zee we run out of cloud and this is a notorious area for night fighters. Everybody wakes up to peer into the darkness.

Nothing is seen but suddenly Monica starts to emit a stream of excited squeaks (Monica is a device which warns us that we are being tracked by a night fighter radar). Reaction must be quick and I go into a corkscrew – a violent diving turn which spills the coffee and throws loose objects round the flight deck. An equally violent climbing turn to starboard presses us all into our seats. Thankfully Monica has relapsed into silence. We have shaken the fighter off.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 02-03-2018, 12:03:43
(http://d.radikal.ru/d02/1803/a5/2a391b00f8c3.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-03-2018, 12:03:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0460%2C_Rotterdam%2C_Brennende_Ju_52.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 02-03-2018, 12:03:51
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Damaged_USS_Growler_%28SS-215%29_at_the_submarine_base_at_New_Farm%2C_Australia%2C_in_February_1943.jpg)
The bow of USS Growler had seen better days than this...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Folke on 02-03-2018, 20:03:40
(https://i.imgur.com/sIoGmPv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-03-2018, 07:03:24
(https://i.imgur.com/bzIoIGb.jpg?1)

Did this concrete uparmor actually do any good?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 03-03-2018, 17:03:18
I imagine the weight alone would be a huge waste compared to an equal amount of steel material. But I guess if you’re just setting it up in a defensive ambush position, it’s not a huge factor.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2018, 12:03:13
yes, it is more a counter-measure againt magnetic mine

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-072-14%2C_Belgien%2C_Einmarsch%2C_Radfahrschwadron.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-03-2018, 12:03:16
(https://i.imgur.com/RXrT43m.jpg)

German Messerschmitt in Petäjäjärvi.

Finnish Air Force 100 years video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7FDRYGICO8
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 06-03-2018, 12:03:57
yes, it is more a counter-measure againt magnetic mine
Wasn't Germans the only ones who used magnetic mines as an AT role? Making for example zimmerrit reduntant and a typical example of German overingenuity
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 06-03-2018, 14:03:43
(https://dsocdn.akamaized.net/Assets/Images_Upload/2018/03/06/685a93fe-2122-11e8-a095-78eed98a48b5_web_scale_0.0592016_0.0592016__.jpg?maxheight=416&maxwidth=568&scale=both)
USS Lexington has been found by Paul Allen.

More pics:
https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-03-2018, 17:03:48
yes, it is more a counter-measure againt magnetic mine
Wasn't Germans the only ones who used magnetic mines as an AT role? Making for example zimmerrit reduntant and a typical example of German overingenuity

Reading around the internet, it is rather a protection against small arms /antitank rifle (a cheap way to add more protections)
Zimerit was used against magnetic mines

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1990-102-34A%2C_Maastricht%2C_Panzerkampfwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-03-2018, 14:03:46
(https://i.imgur.com/45yd6G7.jpg?1)

Sturmi "Aili" being loaded north of Viipuri 2.7.1944. Catched it on camera (https://i.imgur.com/PPw8WbE.jpg) myself last summer, she's still going strong  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-03-2018, 17:03:47
Yep, went to see Aili in 2016. She a beautiful lass.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-03-2018, 18:03:29
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1996-027-05A%2C_Flugzeug_Junkers_Ju_288_V1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-03-2018, 10:03:06
(https://i.imgur.com/apICQBk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-03-2018, 12:03:32
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2007-0210%2C_Belgien%2C_Zugmaschine_%22Unique%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 08-03-2018, 14:03:23
-"Hans, are you sure we wollen float all ze weg to England?"
-"Yes! Zis schiffe ist unsinkable"
-"Jawohl, but shouldn't Unternehmen Seelöwe be conducted wiz more forces than vier guys wiz a PaK 36?"
-"Don't worry. We will ZINK about zat later..."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 08-03-2018, 21:03:34
Yeah lol, that's a really weird picture :)

(https://stalingradfront.com/preview/wm-big/pic/5818_4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-03-2018, 11:03:13
(https://i.imgur.com/zGRNGud.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-03-2018, 11:03:19
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2007-0207%2C_Belgien%2C_Zugmaschine_%22Unique%22.jpg)

 ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-03-2018, 11:03:20
(https://i.imgur.com/ybpEjjV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-03-2018, 09:03:19
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L03540%2C_Berlin%2C_Metallspende.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-03-2018, 12:03:17
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DX_L4giXUAAGaVj.jpg:large)

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Finnish rifleman guarding the line, Vuosalmi 13.7.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 11-03-2018, 12:03:02
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/61/4a/c1/614ac1041f94d2fe1fd2d4e48cfa9e11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-03-2018, 00:03:08
(https://i.imgur.com/C1eSuRY.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 12-03-2018, 09:03:24
(http://b.radikal.ru/b19/1803/c6/1111c36ae8fc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-03-2018, 18:03:33
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L04352%2C_Deutschland%2C_R%C3%BCstungsproduktion%2C_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-03-2018, 21:03:18
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JHlTpD7GsE0/VbYO09raC8I/AAAAAAAAAug/ml_i5C8ft5A/s1600/VK%2B45.01%2B-%2BTiger%2BP%2BTesty.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-03-2018, 23:03:17
(https://i.imgur.com/s1na35T.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-03-2018, 17:03:44
For whatever reason I assume that is early war... that just sums it up doesnt it?

"Long road ahead".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-03-2018, 19:03:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F016198-14%2C_Rum%C3%A4nien%2C_deutsche_Soldaten%2C_Zivilbev%C3%B6lkerung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2018, 19:03:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-002-3362-13%2C_Russland%2C_Feldkabel_mit_Schlitten_verlegt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-03-2018, 23:03:18
(https://i.imgur.com/YjstMK0.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 15-03-2018, 01:03:36
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-384.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-03-2018, 19:03:23
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-007-2477-06%2C_Russland%2C_Milit%C3%A4rpolizei_in_Partisanengebiet.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 15-03-2018, 20:03:21
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-396.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FHMax3 on 15-03-2018, 20:03:36
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Soviet_Child_Soldier.JPG/800px-Soviet_Child_Soldier.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-03-2018, 23:03:28
(https://i.imgur.com/75jmYzR.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-03-2018, 18:03:28
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-064-2276-06A%2C_Frankreich%2C_leichte_Flak.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-03-2018, 11:03:40
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-142-1344-37%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer_mit_Anh%C3%A4nger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-03-2018, 19:03:50
(https://i.imgur.com/GPBe7x0.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-03-2018, 19:03:23
All you folks asking for the Maus got nothing on the real heavy hitter we need in FH2:

(https://i.imgur.com/EQxXxGr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-03-2018, 18:03:46
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-163-0318-14A%2C_Balkan%2C_Griechenland%2C_Beutefahrzeuge.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 18-03-2018, 19:03:12
Nice Balkans campaign 8) I think the Commonwealth definitely had a desert tan base with painted over green camo like in my texture pack.

(http://i.imgur.com/JVyB8cq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-03-2018, 22:03:49
 ;)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-161-0317-26%2C_Balkan%2C_Griechenland%2C_britischer_Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-03-2018, 23:03:49
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zUwRV0lr2qk/Vzf2KCxPPyI/AAAAAAAAKo0/yM4h-tyccKMq4w6ZmGgdY2OdN-HZxmiRACLcB/s1600/cruiser-4-12.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-03-2018, 00:03:39
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wellington-mine-clearance.jpg)

Quote
A Vickers Wellington DWI (Directional Wireless Installation) aircraft of No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, flying south-west over the harbour at Tripoli, during a mine-clearance operation soon after the occupation of the town by the Allies on 23 January 1943. The DWI version of the Wellington was fitted with a 48-foot diameter electromagnetic ring for exploding magnetic mines sown by the Axis forces.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-03-2018, 00:03:37
(https://i.imgur.com/UKohB82.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 20-03-2018, 06:03:30
(http://a.radikal.ru/a00/1803/98/96d18a150116.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2018, 18:03:10
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-165-0432-17A%2C_Griechenland%2C_Flak_auf_Kettenfahrzeug.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 21-03-2018, 15:03:23
Soviet soldiers distribute food to the inhabitants of Berlin

(http://b.radikal.ru/b19/1803/b0/040fade71e27.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-03-2018, 18:03:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-169-0916-15%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Beutepanzer_H39.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-03-2018, 15:03:36
(https://i.imgur.com/gHsGTlI.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-03-2018, 19:03:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-186-0184-02A%2C_Russland%2C_motorisierte_Truppen_beim_Marsch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-03-2018, 20:03:00
are those sIG33 auf Panzer Is in the middle? :D they were used a good bit in the French campaign as well.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-03-2018, 18:03:00
 ;) in ussr

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-208-0016-09A%2C_Russland-Nord%2C_Panzer_und_Krad-Fahrer_im_Wald.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-03-2018, 18:03:55
(https://i.imgur.com/rwV0dpg.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 23-03-2018, 18:03:28
and back under escort from the USSR

(http://c.radikal.ru/c00/1803/0e/5312e042986a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-03-2018, 20:03:49
Two Panthers knocked out/disabled by a single T-70, 26 March 1944:

(http://ww2live.com/sites/default/files/panther.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-03-2018, 15:03:34
8.8 cm Flak next to the ruins of the Kroll Opera, Berlin (May 1945)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1015-322%2C_Berlin%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Krolloper_am_Platz_der_Republik.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-03-2018, 16:03:17
(https://i.imgur.com/6AKMWi6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2018, 21:03:39
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-209-0090-29%2C_Russland-Nord%2C_Infanterie_und_Panzer_35t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-03-2018, 11:03:02
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/jherne/88-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-03-2018, 12:03:41
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZEFObwXUAAYTcj.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-03-2018, 17:03:07
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-212-0234-39A%2C_Russland%2C_Infanterie_geht_vor.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-03-2018, 13:03:56
T-60s w. ZiS-3
(http://oruzhie.info/images/t-60/z3t60.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-03-2018, 14:03:19
(https://i.imgur.com/l8jUTRc.jpg?1)

Ihantala, 25.7.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-03-2018, 14:03:16
T-60s w. ZiS-3
(http://oruzhie.info/images/t-60/z3t60.jpeg)

"why put beeg cannon on tenk when lietle tenk can carry around beeg cannon"
- Soviet Russia 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-03-2018, 15:03:02
"why put beeg cannon on tenk when lietle tenk can carry around beeg cannon"
- Soviet Russia 1941

The picture is from 1943 tho  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2018, 18:03:05
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-268-0158-13%2C_Russland%2C_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer_Sd.Kfz._253%2C_Funker.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-03-2018, 04:03:04
(https://i.imgur.com/W4bHh4l.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-03-2018, 09:03:52
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/195431/104440592.3cc/0_f6f09_13ba7f0f_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-03-2018, 14:03:09
I that a real pic? It somehow looks like they are posing in front of a photograph or something.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-03-2018, 15:03:21
(https://i.imgur.com/AxnHzWB.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-03-2018, 18:03:29
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-227-0274-15A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Atlantikwall%2C_Eisenbahngesch%C3%BCtz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-03-2018, 08:03:51
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/50455/104440592.2d0/0_e73ea_7b10ab32_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2018, 19:03:22
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-224-0019-22A%2C_Im_Westen%2C_Gesch%C3%BCtz_auf_Eisenbahn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-03-2018, 08:03:49
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/fc/c1/a8fcc192c4fee6e01332e5f72a9b9370.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-03-2018, 14:03:34
(https://i.imgur.com/swNbGwI.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 29-03-2018, 16:03:31
Why are the photographs from SA-Kuva always such high-resolution?  Was Finnish camera technology vastly superior or were the army photographers just very well equipped?

I am interested in what model/type of camera was used to take those photographs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 29-03-2018, 16:03:07
(http://a.radikal.ru/a06/1803/fd/2d81ab256fcb.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-03-2018, 17:03:02
Why are the photographs from SA-Kuva always such high-resolution?  Was Finnish camera technology vastly superior or were the army photographers just very well equipped?

I am interested in what model/type of camera was used to take those photographs.

It's just because most images on the web are heavily copy pasted, compressed, decompressed, re-compressed, etc.  SA-Kuva is the official Finnish archive, so they are professionally done.  Bundesarchiv is similar- very very high-resolution pictures.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2018, 18:03:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-268-0178-10%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_am_Stra%C3%9Fenrand.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-03-2018, 21:03:55
Why are the photographs from SA-Kuva always such high-resolution?  Was Finnish camera technology vastly superior or were the army photographers just very well equipped?

I am interested in what model/type of camera was used to take those photographs.
They were recently scanned at like 4K resolution directly from the original films, when the archive was digitized to public.

The WW2 video material on the FDF youtube channel looks just like new 1080p bluray movies as well, because of the same reason.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-03-2018, 08:03:57
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/985135/13354011.14c6/0_11b990_7ac27999_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 30-03-2018, 17:03:25
(http://c.radikal.ru/c20/1803/b4/a402dd48fbd6.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-03-2018, 17:03:34
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4649/38934497875_08c52d6846_b.jpg)


A German soldier posses with a former British Army Mark IV tank in the city of Soissons, at the Cathedral.

This tank was most likely taken out of a Museum or maybe a depot and used as a roadblock by the Allies during the Battle of France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-03-2018, 18:03:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-268-0180-03%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_auf_Halbkettenfahrzeug.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-03-2018, 23:03:07
(https://i.imgur.com/wr4aguh.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 31-03-2018, 02:03:05
this kills the Polikarpov :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-03-2018, 07:03:49
(https://dolny-slask.org.pl/foto/344/1945_Walki_o_Dolny_Slask_344443.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 31-03-2018, 10:03:10
(http://d.radikal.ru/d04/1803/34/46befc938e8a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-04-2018, 08:04:19
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/07/8e/ad/078ead6fd410d50e407d14b230c91238.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-04-2018, 11:04:18
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-343-0656-30%2C_Im_Westen%2C_Radar_%22Freya%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-04-2018, 21:04:11
-pic-

Any known background?. That's a thing you don't see every day...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4607/38935716385_c5bbb56496_b.jpg)


A German column is being attacked by at least a pair of British Fairey Battles during the Battle of France, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-04-2018, 08:04:12
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/17893/104440592.400/0_f94f4_5f349552_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 02-04-2018, 11:04:57
(https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29570275_164352697606716_7736984038121250744_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=6ca3a1d035f5d136104df8212a50c064&oe=5B275643)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-04-2018, 12:04:47
it must be just a scratch  ;)


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-390-1220-20%2C_Russland%2C_Flugzeug_Me_109_des_JG_54%2C_Wartung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2018, 12:04:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-390-1220-19%2C_Russland%2C_Flugzeug_Me_109_des_JG_54%2C_Wartung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-04-2018, 18:04:29
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7600/16233545804_c678f9c5d7_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-04-2018, 19:04:22
Any known background?. That's a thing you don't see every day...

"A Jagdpanzer 38(t) followed by a Panzer II Ausf. F in Neuland (Niwnice) between 18 and 22 February 1945 during the offensive on Seifersdorf (Mściszów). These machines belong to the 8. Panzer-Division (XXVII. Armeekorps, Heeresgruppe Mitte)."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-04-2018, 00:04:45
Any known background?. That's a thing you don't see every day...

"A Jagdpanzer 38(t) followed by a Panzer II Ausf. F in Neuland (Niwnice) between 18 and 22 February 1945 during the offensive on Seifersdorf (Mściszów). These machines belong to the 8. Panzer-Division (XXVII. Armeekorps, Heeresgruppe Mitte)."

Amazing!, weird to see a Panzer II in that stage of the war that wasn't even converted to something else...

Thanks :)


(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/602/31986787200_77e7d9b918_b.jpg)

Two camoufalged Königstigers belonging to the sPz.Abt.501 await the Soviets, Poland 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-04-2018, 09:04:06
Amazing!, weird to see a Panzer II in that stage of the war that wasn't even converted to something else...

Thanks :)

There were 145 Panzer II (+ 534 Pz III) "in action" by March 1945. The real number was probably higher since many of the Panzer units didn't even bother to mention the surviving, obsolete vehicles (incl. Pz II) in monthly status reports by 1944. Still very useful as a recon/support/antipartisan vehicle, plus the planned conversions (eg. Pz III into StuGs) were constantly interfered by the Allied bombing.

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/25826/104440592.2a8/0_e4249_307cdb1_orig.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-04-2018, 11:04:25
(http://wio.ru/tank/gal2/isu152-pzbeobwg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-04-2018, 13:04:54
(https://i.imgur.com/Y8xtisl.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 04-04-2018, 22:04:04
(https://ww2db.com/images/54f26cd978bf7.jpg)

Quote
Marines and Army ground crews look over the first Sikorsky R-4 helicopter to land in the fighter strip on Iwo Jima, Mar 23, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 05-04-2018, 02:04:18
(http://wio.ru/tank/gal2/isu152-pzbeobwg.jpg)
You vs the man your gf tells you not to worry about
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-04-2018, 05:04:15
That's not even a normal Panzer III, that's a Panzer III Beobachter tank- used for artillery observation.   It has a dummy cannon and the center position on the mantlet just as a spot for an MG34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-04-2018, 07:04:24
(http://i66.tinypic.com/zn0tjr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 05-04-2018, 07:04:17
САУ ИСУ-122

(http://c.radikal.ru/c38/1804/fb/1d6e2ecd3de0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2018, 12:04:08
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/ezf10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-04-2018, 18:04:00
That's not even a normal Panzer III, that's a Panzer III Beobachter tank- used for artillery observation.   It has a dummy cannon and the center position on the mantlet just as a spot for an MG34.

Interesting. I can't find a lot about their development in English. Did removing the cannon create more room for a better radio? Or did they remove the barrel to melt it down and be used in other things?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2018, 19:04:25
it wasn't setup.
afaik they used this camouflage because early artillery observation/tank commanding were too easy recognizable and were targeted in priority.
Gun for these tanks are useless, and this way you gain spaces
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-04-2018, 19:04:42
They could've gone with a little more convincing dummy gun though. It looks like they glued a toilet paper roll onto it lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-04-2018, 19:04:46
(https://i.imgur.com/mFBqRSE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 05-04-2018, 20:04:13
They could've gone with a little more convincing dummy gun though. It looks like they glued a toilet paper roll onto it lol.
I think the tube under that toilet paper roll is the actual fake barrel, but that it just came off in battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 05-04-2018, 20:04:27
Oh didn't see that. That would actually do kinda look like the regular 5cm gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-04-2018, 20:04:57
Here's a picture of a complete one.

(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pz-iii-beob-wg-beobachtungswagen.jpg)

It was indeed used to make room for more radio/ equipment. This website says they removed the large gun and hull MG as well. I just wonder why they didn't keep the coax in the same place and put the fake barrel on the center. Must have something to do with how the stuff was arranged inside.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-04-2018, 21:04:03
It was indeed used to make room for more radio/ equipment. This website says they removed the large gun and hull MG as well. I just wonder why they didn't keep the coax in the same place and put the fake barrel on the center. Must have something to do with how the stuff was arranged inside.

Pz.Beob.Wg.III were up-armored, including a specific 5 cm gun mantlet (vs. 3,5 cm on the original).
Besides Fu 8 and 4, it also carried a "Funksprechgerät f" which could transmit over distance of 4-5 km to loudspeakers mounted on Wespe or Hummel, allowing crews to hear the orders of the artilllery observation officer and his corrections of fire.

There were still 58 Pz.Beob.Wg.III in service with frontline units on January 1945, then reduced to 31 by 15 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-04-2018, 16:04:51
(http://i.imgur.com/FVkuyDm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-04-2018, 00:04:33
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29793644_166311524077500_3142018764998045040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=bcbfe2eccd5c7b42df5f0a0effa52ce1&oe=5B60856E)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-04-2018, 10:04:57
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6c/c4/bd/6cc4bd45dd0817a75e0913d188583e5f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-04-2018, 10:04:08
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/s2710.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mayhemic.MAD on 07-04-2018, 13:04:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-674-7757-18%2C_Flakhelferin_am_Horchger%C3%A4t.jpg)
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Post by: Kasztelan on 07-04-2018, 16:04:29
(http://www.newsweek.pl/g/crop/0/-1050/newsweek/634793697986430000.jpg)
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Post by: Vietcong rus on 07-04-2018, 18:04:39
(http://c.radikal.ru/c40/1804/9b/2bc9e6d86177.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 07-04-2018, 21:04:12
(https://i.redd.it/j6vrnjigryg01.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-04-2018, 10:04:56
(http://www.hotelroomsearch.net/im/city/veiano-italy-9.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-04-2018, 10:04:59
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/ncg1010.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-04-2018, 01:04:00
(https://i.imgur.com/WxnYC49.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-04-2018, 06:04:03
(https://i.imgur.com/MfAeYcQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 09-04-2018, 08:04:19
(http://d.radikal.ru/d09/1804/57/c074b37edefa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-04-2018, 11:04:53
(https://i.imgur.com/USOYZaA.jpg?1)

"Damn, the instructions are all in german"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 09-04-2018, 14:04:36
(https://d.radikal.ru/d18/1804/a3/b40035d7da9d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-04-2018, 18:04:37
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/jsdia610.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-04-2018, 07:04:24
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/111568/104440592.367/0_f1b7c_8beeed0f_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-04-2018, 10:04:59
(https://i.imgur.com/dJpSmfi.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-04-2018, 19:04:11
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/s110.jpg)
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Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 10-04-2018, 22:04:15
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/USS_Missouri_transfers.JPG)
USS Missouri transfers personnel to the USS Iowa in advance of the surrender ceremony planned for September 2nd 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-04-2018, 07:04:15
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/19/7c/ab/197cab4dc3c0e3929d0d9db37c70ee80.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 11-04-2018, 16:04:18
(http://d.radikal.ru/d24/1804/61/3784f08337bb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-04-2018, 18:04:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/USS_Missouri_transfers.JPG)
USS Missouri transfers personnel to the USS Iowa in advance of the surrender ceremony planned for September 2nd 1945.

Did they transfer personnel across those ropes? I thought that was for goods/fuel only. That's mental lol.
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Post by: Wilhelm on 12-04-2018, 00:04:05
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/2C6A/production/_100807311_63fc5e9d-eaad-4f31-8b67-05edb8d167a2.jpg)

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The Tirpitz pictured in Kåfjord with the smokescreen seen drifting across the water


Interesting finding about how the chemical smokescreen used to protect the Tirpitz left a mark on the environment!

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43727547

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 12-04-2018, 12:04:22
(https://c.radikal.ru/c38/1804/d3/e53fce98cace.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-04-2018, 13:04:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Post_War_P.1101_V1_airframe_.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 12-04-2018, 14:04:59
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9b/7b/04/9b7b045067b54e0e9c4ecd7271380141.jpg)

Explosion of a Japanese anti aircraft phosphorus bomb, type 99, Kai 3, Model 3, exploding over B24 bombers. Bombs were dropped by navy fighter interceptors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-04-2018, 18:04:01
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/pak10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-04-2018, 22:04:23
(https://i.imgur.com/IPuZtOV.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-04-2018, 06:04:08
(https://i.redditmedia.com/9OR-kPTr_kRttMTpcS5BKpc69B62FX0fS3DJUxaOdUE.jpg?w=1024&s=e5baff0f3e554facd11338be9f361b62)

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Silkkiuikku (Reddit): This field synagogue was used by the 24th jaegar regiment, which had many Finnish Jewish soldiers. Interestingly, the synagogue was situated only a few hundred meters from where German troops were stationed. Reportedly the Germans were curious about the synagogue, but acted politely.

350 Finnish Jews served in the Finnish army during the second world war. 25 of them died defending their country.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-04-2018, 07:04:13
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p3Q0eKo0OeI/TOWNT1N2wWI/AAAAAAAANPA/NyQoJdTaik8/s1600/Helping%2Bkamerad.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-04-2018, 12:04:08
(https://i.imgur.com/mqhwbCR.jpg?1)

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Strike forces breaching the city from different directions meet each other and start cheering. Soon "Kaarina" (Finnish Erika) is blasting on the streets of Sortavala.

Sortavala 8.5.1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 13-04-2018, 12:04:57
(http://a.radikal.ru/a32/1804/a1/50a8d856154f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-04-2018, 22:04:33
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/t343110.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-04-2018, 06:04:12
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4434/36150258343_35a25bfcd4_b.jpg)


German sailors along with Japanese navy officers and cadets in Kobe, Japan, 1944.

The Germans belong to the Type IXC U-510 submarine which spent some time in the Japanese port of Kobe (7 July - 7 October 1944) during their 6th Combat Patrol (April 12 - December 3 1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-04-2018, 07:04:43
(http://i.imgur.com/eKBIn2x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-04-2018, 15:04:46
(https://i.imgur.com/rjePjoL.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-04-2018, 15:04:56
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/s_f24_10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-04-2018, 08:04:30
(http://i67.tinypic.com/24yob9t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-04-2018, 11:04:03
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/t341210.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-04-2018, 19:04:52
(https://i.imgur.com/qLvc0fJ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-04-2018, 06:04:06
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/370155/83653351.411/0_ec728_5d13aa71_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-04-2018, 17:04:40
(https://i.imgur.com/eFQxqDx.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-04-2018, 20:04:27
(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/s2210.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-04-2018, 07:04:57
(http://www.ww2site.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 17-04-2018, 18:04:48
Soviet heavy multi-tanks five-tower tank T-35

(http://d.radikal.ru/d38/1804/4d/248981351a42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-04-2018, 18:04:56

(http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/16/33/33/29/t342110.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-04-2018, 20:04:35
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/23270161_128764531165533_1099185339686397394_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=dd4355b1d9649ad383eecaf590c0e43c&oe=5B731778)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Born2Kill 007 on 17-04-2018, 20:04:07
Are these T-34 pics tests of how to make tank blockades?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 17-04-2018, 21:04:51
That was a trial on how different types of tanks could pass different kinds of obstacles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-04-2018, 07:04:21
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/81/cd/7381cd581c9303e38abc93a0a2ba2714---september-soldiers.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2018, 18:04:57
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-415-1611-02A%2C_Italienisches_Flugzeug_Savoia-Marchetti_SIAI_SM._79.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-04-2018, 02:04:09
(https://i.imgur.com/dvSYMJD.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-04-2018, 03:04:18
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2838/34167021861_aeb6558253_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-04-2018, 06:04:22
(https://s18.postimg.cc/peuwb2ul5/Clausewitz_2018-05-06.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-04-2018, 18:04:33
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-424-0282-08%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Hafen%2C_italienisches_Flugboot.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-04-2018, 00:04:45
(https://i.imgur.com/9iltBSR.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-04-2018, 08:04:02
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5211/104440592.273/0_e1c9e_f4652c31_orig.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/nK6iTCT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-04-2018, 10:04:26
(https://i.imgur.com/dw1tQXM.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-04-2018, 18:04:14
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-431-0710-29A%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_109.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 20-04-2018, 19:04:44
The Seelow lines have collapsed, may the battle for Berlin commence...

(http://markevansauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Soviet-tanksd-advance-through-shattered-berlin-streets.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-04-2018, 07:04:18
Liberated Tiger from 3./Pz.Abt Müncheberg, Unter den Linden (May 1945)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/i4gu9w.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-04-2018, 14:04:42
(https://i.imgur.com/8iUc9GE.jpg)

Wounded evacuation, 6.9.1941.
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Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-04-2018, 14:04:58
https://i.imgur.com/8iUc9GE.jpg

Wounded evacuation, 6.9.1941.

I just read about that operation yesterday. They flew in supplies and fuel for the tanks and flew out the wounded. They brought a field hospital with staff on one of the planes and treated the emergency patients right there, surgeon performing operations for three days straight and kept himself awake with pervitin.
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Post by: Leopardi on 22-04-2018, 02:04:09
I just read about that operation yesterday. They flew in supplies and fuel for the tanks and flew out the wounded. They brought a field hospital with staff on one of the planes and treated the emergency patients right there, surgeon performing operations for three days straight and kept himself awake with pervitin.
Also flew off some long range patrols behind the lines that day it seems. Those are easily some movie worthy stories with epic close calls.

(https://i.imgur.com/nRTHCso.jpg?1)
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Cornet Hämäläinen's long range patrol takes off from Tiiksjärvi, 6.9.1941
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Post by: nysä on 22-04-2018, 07:04:11
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/207786547_2.7rbf2xgn7cgs4k0k448o4s8ko.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-04-2018, 10:04:04
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0041-31%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-04-2018, 19:04:59
(https://i.imgur.com/LFF8qcU.jpg?1)

Morane's hitting the beach
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-04-2018, 07:04:25
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0006-17,_Jugoslawien,_italienischer_Panzersp%C3%A4hwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-04-2018, 14:04:07
(https://i.imgur.com/DmwHIsd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 23-04-2018, 18:04:51
"Hmm, now that I have shot off the tops of all those trees... what should I shoot next?"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-04-2018, 18:04:36
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0050-06%2C_Nordafrika%2C_deutsche_Offiziere_in_Ortschaft.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 23-04-2018, 20:04:38
"Ooohhoooo, I'm the invisible ghost!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-04-2018, 07:04:02
(https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-A-Omaha/img/USA-A-Omaha-16.jpg)

“GUN EMPLACEMENT OVERLOOKING BEACH. This 76-mm howitzer (Russian) was in the strongpoint ast of E-1 draw, and was sited for flanking fire on the approaches. Open emplacements were vulnerable to naval gunfire. (Photograph taken June, 1944).”
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Post by: nysä on 24-04-2018, 08:04:31
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0f/03/05/0f03058abdfa756933ebda233bfd5bfa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-04-2018, 18:04:53
nice picture !
it looks like they were shooting it when they took the picture. The bolt is cycling

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0050-16%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldat_mit_Pfaff-N%C3%A4hmaschine.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-04-2018, 04:04:04


“GUN EMPLACEMENT OVERLOOKING BEACH. This 76-mm howitzer (Russian) was in the strongpoint ast of E-1 draw, and was sited for flanking fire on the approaches. Open emplacements were vulnerable to naval gunfire. (Photograph taken June, 1944).”

Nice view, it must have been terrifying looking at the huge invasion force and you having to operate one of these guns, probably under suppressive fire of some sort.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4620/24963139917_638b8f9b97_b.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 25-04-2018, 07:04:30
(https://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/obrazky/otvirak_1_0.jpg?itok=4uB7cG1E)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-04-2018, 10:04:29
(https://i.imgur.com/lMiE6M9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-04-2018, 13:04:41
Nice pic Leopardi. For anyone interested, guns from right to left: Swedish Kg m/21, Belgian Mle 1930, FM 24/29, Chauchat CSRG 1915, Polish wz. 28, ZB vz. 26, DT, DP, PTRD, Boys Mk I, Polish wz. 35 "Ur", PzB 39 and of course Lewis at the bottom.

nice picture !
it looks like they were shooting it when they took the picture. The bolt is cycling

Nope Seth, Dushka is open bolt gun, so bolt isn't cycling, it's ready to fire though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-04-2018, 20:04:03
oups indeed ! my bad !  :P
(*quickly correcting his dshk model)


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-783-0123-27A%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldat_mit_Panzerb%C3%BCchse.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 26-04-2018, 12:04:40
(http://b.radikal.ru/b11/1804/6f/8125853681db.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-04-2018, 13:04:41
(https://i.imgur.com/slGwbYQ.jpg?1)

II/JR30 commander and officers overwatching assault on Sortavala, 13.8.1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-04-2018, 15:04:06
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/02271.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-04-2018, 16:04:36
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-446-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 26-04-2018, 16:04:40
(http://c.radikal.ru/c23/1804/e0/e7f09edd3aaf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-04-2018, 18:04:18
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0285-14A%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldat_mit_Sandschutz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-04-2018, 19:04:28
TS4ever with a new hat :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-04-2018, 01:04:09
(https://i.redditmedia.com/FqHrBj4O3skA1me9zdlO8gCogfMcj1blYfR0cxlukuw.jpg?w=1024&s=2e25121a059f2f7eafe44f4ec6c397b6)

Italian Bersaglieri entering Dubrovnik, Croatia, during the Axis invasion of Jugoslavia, April 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-04-2018, 09:04:44
(https://spvh-smrzovka.webnode.cz/_files/200000036-89a5a8a9ef/Est.Hetzer38t%20%C3%BAstup%2020SS%20Est.1%209kv%C4%9Bt.1945%20p%C5%99es%20MB%20na%20M%C4%9Bl.%20u%20spo%C5%99it%20St%C3%A1tn%C3%AD%20okresn%C3%AD%20archiv%20Mlad%C3%A1%20Boleslav%20.PNG)

The remains of 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS in Bohemia, May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-04-2018, 16:04:30
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Lokajski_-_Wymarsz_na_akcj%C4%99_%281944%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-04-2018, 18:04:29
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-4290-10%2C_Frankreich%2C_Lorient%2C_Rettung_Schiffbr%C3%BCchiger.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-04-2018, 07:04:49
(http://i64.tinypic.com/a14nk6.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 28-04-2018, 18:04:46
(https://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/obrazky/otvirak_1_0.jpg?itok=4uB7cG1E)

This is a weird image to me.  Is this entirely legit or is it some kind of composite?  For some reason, the guy in the schwimmwagen looks like a doll figure.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: pizzzaman on 28-04-2018, 18:04:44
(http://localtvwhnt.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/gettyimages-472036192.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=1200)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-04-2018, 18:04:41
This is a weird image to me.  Is this entirely legit or is it some kind of composite?  For some reason, the guy in the schwimmwagen looks like a doll figure.

The thousand-yard stare? This has been featured in couple books, so I'd assume it's pretty legit.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-04-2018, 19:04:41
(https://i.imgur.com/qddT2zF.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-04-2018, 07:04:13
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/a9/57/a6a957e5f3a54924fcca108022ad490d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-04-2018, 11:04:20
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Bueschel-022-05%2C_Russland%2C_SS-Kavallerie-Divisison%2C_Panzersp%C3%A4hwagen.jpg)
interresting smg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-04-2018, 12:04:27
Looks like Orita Md. 1941, although proportions looks to be a little bit weird.

(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_21-227.jpg)

Participants of Warsaw Uprising as a guards after being liberated from POW camp.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-04-2018, 13:04:41
Looks like Orita Md. 1941, although proportions looks to be a little bit weird.

That's a Suomi with a coffin magazine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-04-2018, 14:04:16
Yeah, you're right, I didn't noticed barrel shroud.

 (https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_21-178-1.jpg)

Anyone has any idea if this Vickers is modified with muzzle disk by Germans, or is it Dutch 7,92mm rebarrelled De zware mitrailleur M.18 No. 2?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-04-2018, 18:04:24
The 6th SS Nord received some Suomis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-04-2018, 18:04:24
(https://i.imgur.com/aDBdM8J.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-04-2018, 20:04:53
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Bueschel-022-05%2C_Russland%2C_SS-Kavallerie-Divisison%2C_Panzersp%C3%A4hwagen.jpg)
interresting smg

According to Bundesarchiv, the picture is from June 1941 and the unit is SS-Kavallerie-Division, getting ready to parade for Himmler. So... probably not very likely a m/31 (either)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-04-2018, 22:04:35
According to Jaegerplatoon (http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/MACHINEPISTOLS1.htm) first permiit for export to Germany was given 12th of March 1942, but "Smaller deals were also done with customers like Polish State Police (20 Suomi submachine guns delivered in 1933)" and "Year 1940 French military had about 300 Suomi M/31 submachine guns, grand majority of these belonged to weapons confiscated from remains of Spanish Republican Army units, which had headed to France in end of Spanish Civil War." Considering that at the time Waffen SS had no priority in getting MP40, they had to get smg's from wherever they could. Maybe this is one of those French ones?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-04-2018, 22:04:00
Then what is it if not the Suomi?

It has a barrel shroud that has three holes on it on the side. It has the barrel locking mechanism exactly same shape and position as with a Suomi and it has a magazine that is shaped like the coffin magazine, which is a very distinct shape of a magazine.

I for one do think its a Suomi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-04-2018, 22:04:37
Are we sure the mag is coming out the bottom? If not, it might be an MP35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-04-2018, 23:04:33
It must be Suomi, just look at the stock with characteristic angle of semi-pistol grip. I feel stupid by saying it's Orita... Could benice to see the photo in higher res. I also compared lengths of the smg and Kar98k on the photo since both men are quite close, with lengths of real life guns and proportions looks ok.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-04-2018, 23:04:34
yes it is a suomi.
what is interresting is the stick drum and the date.
I wonder where it comes from. I've only seen drum magazine in foreign hand
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 30-04-2018, 00:04:04
There's plenty of photos of for example Swiss MP43-44 with 50-round double stack magazine. Again from jaegerplatoon.net : "Both 50-round box magazines and 70-round drum magazines seems to have been exported with the weapons."
and
(http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/Mp4344.jpg)

"PICTURE: Swiss Mp.43-44 submachine gun with 50-round box magazine. This was the de facto standard magazine type, which Tikkakoski delivered with the Suomi M/31 submachine guns, that it exported during World War 2."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-04-2018, 12:04:24
I guess, almost anything is possible. It could be a MP35/l like Ts4EVER was guessing, or heck even a Suomi KP; with all things considered.


(http://pomorskie.fotopolska.eu/foto/1113/1113134.jpg)

Knocked out M4A2(76)W on the grave of Major I.E. Lagutin, the commander of the 116th Tank Brigade. Chojnice (Poland) 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Balloon with mustard on 01-05-2018, 00:05:50
The upper sign tells: Honor to a warrior who shed blood for the Motherland. And the lower one: Honor to Russian artillery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 01-05-2018, 01:05:25
Huh, didn't know they lend-leased Shermans to the Soviets. Did the Soviets like the tank?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 01-05-2018, 02:05:39
Huh, didn't know they lend-leased Shermans to the Soviets. Did the Soviets like the tank?

I knew they lend-leased Shermans, but I did not know they provided the 76mm version.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 01-05-2018, 02:05:47
Huh, didn't know they lend-leased Shermans to the Soviets. Did the Soviets like the tank?

Roughly, yeah.  Not the best armour, good gun, and especially liked the actual reliability/construction/crew comforts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-05-2018, 02:05:39
Huh, didn't know they lend-leased Shermans to the Soviets. Did the Soviets like the tank?

From Steve Zaloga's book;
Quote
The Sherman was largely held in good regard and viewed positively by many Soviet tank-crews which operated it before, with compliments mainly given to its reliability, ease of maintenance, generally good firepower (referring especially to the 76mm-gun version) and decent armour protection.

it was about 50/50 in terms of 75 & 76mm guns. (~2,000 each). They only lend leased the M4A2 (& M4A4 which the Soviets rejected) which ran on a diesel engine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-05-2018, 08:05:45
Huh, didn't know they lend-leased Shermans to the Soviets. Did the Soviets like the tank?

Scroll down the page for the statistics: https://ww2-weapons.com/lend-lease-tanks-and-aircrafts/
As you can see, fairly big number of vehicles were lost in the sea (417 M3+M4)

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/516062/104440592.46d/0_ffc0b_6a983444_orig.jpg)

M4A2(76)s in Vienna, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2018, 10:05:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Theil-012-06%2C_Karelien%2C_Soldat_mit_Panzerb%C3%BCchse_im_Winter.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 01-05-2018, 20:05:47
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4478/36540126674_fea3ff2f83_b.jpg)


Probably the cutest vehicle in the entire war. Sd.Kfz. 138 Marder III Ausf. H of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-05-2018, 20:05:50
(https://i.imgur.com/9Q8KCIk.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-05-2018, 07:05:25
Probably the cutest vehicle in the entire war. Sd.Kfz. 138 Marder III Ausf. H of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte.

Second this, the Pz.Sfl.1 was pretty cuddly looking too;

(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3104/146083131.8e/0_13180d_20af7c2e_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-05-2018, 21:05:02
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-2472%2C_Flugzeug_Junkers_Ju_290_A-7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 02-05-2018, 21:05:47
Nazi's had some weird ass planes man
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-05-2018, 06:05:41
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/516998/165809419.505/0_160dc3_e9f89101_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-05-2018, 15:05:44
(https://i.imgur.com/dgDPux5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 03-05-2018, 16:05:22
In May 1945 The Reichstag

(http://b.radikal.ru/b37/1805/6a/1abbf3509dd2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 03-05-2018, 16:05:02
Berlin Victory Column, 2th of May 1945
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 03-05-2018, 21:05:18
Trailer from the movie "White Tiger"
Tank duel T-34-85 against the Tiger

subtitles are present

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNgd30P940g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNgd30P940g)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 03-05-2018, 22:05:42
that Tiger looks like something out of Captain America :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 03-05-2018, 22:05:36
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/20/69/8a2069beeb068e894ba731497f2f0534.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-05-2018, 12:05:16
(http://i68.tinypic.com/16i8lt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-05-2018, 17:05:38
Are these two guys Brits?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 04-05-2018, 18:05:58
Yeah, these are surrendering Germans.  LIkely Ruhr Pocket mass-surrender time period- the Germans drove their tanks up to surrender all their equipment and such.

That is one damn lucky Pz2 crew though.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 04-05-2018, 20:05:38
Brummbar + Pz II, wonky combo. Did the Pz II function as a command vehicle? The barrel seems to be disabled. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-05-2018, 21:05:45
StuG Brigades sometimes had PzIIs in their Begleit Batteries, so maybe there was a similar structure for Brummbär units.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 04-05-2018, 23:05:58
Recon seems more likely, as the PzII wouldn't have enough space for all the radio's to be a command vehicle. But then again late war they might've just used anything they could get their hands on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-05-2018, 07:05:07
Are these two guys Brits?

No idea, Germans are from Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216 on enroute to Anzio bridgehead (February '44).


(http://i65.tinypic.com/iqv6mx.jpg)

Liberated Panzer IV/70 (A) from 24.Pz.Div.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-05-2018, 10:05:39
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1975-036-24%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_serbische_Gefangene.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-05-2018, 14:05:30
Are these two guys Brits?

No idea, Germans are from Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216 on enroute to Anzio bridgehead (February '44).


As I said above, they are brits, so these guys are definitely surrendering.  I don't really see this being Anzio, unless you have proof to back that up.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-05-2018, 15:05:42
As I said above, they are brits, so these guys are definitely surrendering.  I don't really see this being Anzio, unless you have proof to back that up.

The same Sturmpanzer Ausf. II, same place;

http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2012/11/german-self-propelled-gun-sturmpanzer.html

and if that's not good enough, go to Bundesarchiv; 101I-312/905/4A
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-05-2018, 15:05:16
Gotcha, I stand corrected there.  Still, that makes it even more interesting if they are surrendering, or if those are actually British POWs talking with them on friendly terms?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-05-2018, 16:05:46
Looks like the OP was rather cropped. Anyway, some answers;

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/81/35/eb813531009baff8daa31323f12b6f3d.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 05-05-2018, 16:05:30
Yep, that certainly does answer that then!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 05-05-2018, 16:05:44
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_1-E-1955.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 05-05-2018, 18:05:16
Song of the Holy War. Newsreel footage. There are subtitles. You can sing along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzi52oRVsqc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzi52oRVsqc)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-05-2018, 20:05:33
Song of the Holy War. Newsreel footage. There are subtitles. You can sing along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzi52oRVsqc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzi52oRVsqc)

The thread's name is "Picture of the Day".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-05-2018, 23:05:13
(https://i.imgur.com/m66krKa.jpg?1)

Observing Viipuri from across the bay. 4.7.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-05-2018, 08:05:49
.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-05-2018, 09:05:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-036-37%2C_Frankreich%2C_Rekrutenausbildung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 06-05-2018, 11:05:54
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1101.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-05-2018, 07:05:33
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-090-3915-18A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_im_Panzerturm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-05-2018, 11:05:56
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6512/13354011.e74/0_ad5b3_288c436_XL.jpg)
Soviet recon team having fun with their trophy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 07-05-2018, 14:05:52
(http://c.radikal.ru/c09/1805/82/689cbe8d7af4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-05-2018, 14:05:53
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbzbdBmWkAIKOvj.jpg:large)

Uuksujärvi 3.9.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-05-2018, 07:05:28
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/67/a8/7967a832953a99aaefad4ebc2f428579.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-05-2018, 10:05:27
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/ae/aa/1caeaa78caabaadf05e4446767de1b30.jpg)
Happy V Day !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-05-2018, 12:05:49
(https://i.imgur.com/3Rf4YZn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 08-05-2018, 14:05:03
The Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, 1945. Pilots - Heroes of the Soviet Union.

(http://d.radikal.ru/d32/1805/e6/f605e10ae61a.jpg)

German banners to the mausoleum of Lenin. 06/24/1945

(http://c.radikal.ru/c36/1805/9d/65564b4a7b4e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-05-2018, 23:05:58
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1579_341287079328314_4194397221533202807_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=2f366fb328232cc8859c9cd9b13f5dcb&oe=5B8799D9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 08-05-2018, 23:05:21
Oh cool. Never seen that photo before. Really interesting. Got any caption for it?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-05-2018, 23:05:27
Oh cool. Never seen that photo before. Really interesting. Got any caption for it?
Private album of Veikko Pitko. That's the only surviving pic of his collection as well, the site that had all these private albums went down in 2017, but the facebook page still has the sneak peeks.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/MaailmaPalaa/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-05-2018, 00:05:52
have you tried google cache ?
Maybe the website is still available
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-05-2018, 06:05:35
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/stuh-42/stuh_42_sept43_ost.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-05-2018, 12:05:11
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6611/13354011.e74/0_ad5a2_39dd091c_XL.jpg)
The same recon team having fun bu putting pressure on a prisonner with flare guns
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-05-2018, 06:05:25
(http://img.suiauto.com/attachment/forum/201509/07/204933v4822i77e22ai7h4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-05-2018, 10:05:55
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-122-26%2C_Flugzeuge_Junkers_Ju_88%2C_Montage.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-05-2018, 08:05:03
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/cb/60/becb600e88670037e7c7a33939c7f4f4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-05-2018, 10:05:16
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/26144/9430010.2bb/0_10e76a_8fa53182_orig)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-05-2018, 10:05:43
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-037-09A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Kriegsmaler.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-05-2018, 10:05:34
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/44/22/ff442282f584e554a6e35a49abf5beb6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-05-2018, 07:05:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Bueschel-022-05%2C_Russland%2C_SS-Kavallerie-Divisison%2C_Panzersp%C3%A4hwagen.jpg)
interresting smg

Found this from a book on the SS Cavalry Division. Captioned summer 1941.

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2uyggzq.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 14-05-2018, 11:05:41
nysä
Found this from a book on the SS Cavalry Division. Captioned summer 1941.

---------------------------------------------------
And then in the winter of 1943 at Stalingrad smile disappeared...

(http://d.radikal.ru/d00/1805/9b/ea350e292375.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-05-2018, 12:05:32
Not quite "SS material"? SS-Kav.Div was busy with antipartisan operations ("Operation Sternlauf") at that time.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-05-2018, 12:05:29
(https://i.imgur.com/kj7uHi2.jpg?1)

1.12.1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 14-05-2018, 13:05:23
Leopardi

(http://d.radikal.ru/d38/1805/bb/91bf20435643.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-05-2018, 14:05:24
(http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/PPSh-2-1.jpg)

PPsh2 prototype
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-05-2018, 18:05:06
Nice find ts.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Bueschel-022-05%2C_Russland%2C_SS-Kavallerie-Divisison%2C_Panzersp%C3%A4hwagen.jpg)
interresting smg

Found this from a book on the SS Cavalry Division. Captioned summer 1941.

(http://i67.tinypic.com/2uyggzq.jpg)

nice ! So some more suomi for the unit.
i wonder if we can have access (over the internet) to the numbers and type of weapons of the division at that time


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F016223-0018%2C_Russland%2C_Kertsch%2C_Soldaten%2C_Motorrad_mit_Beiwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 14-05-2018, 20:05:22
I'll take strange Nazi hedgerow weapons for 200 Alex;
(https://i.imgur.com/E0J9j5t.png)

Quote
88mm Raketenwerfer 43 Püppchen which fired an 88mm rocket to a range of about 700 meters. Weighing about 325 pounds, it fell between the man-portable panzershreck rocket launcher and more conventional anti-tank guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-05-2018, 23:05:32
Sometimes a loudspeaker is mightier than a sword

(https://i.imgur.com/E7YL9BI.jpg?1)
Quote
Speakermen's catch, 22 prisoners in one night.
Petrozavodsk 1.10.1941

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 15-05-2018, 04:05:13
Let them know the Finns are there..

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4604/40182177301_06032781a0_b.jpg)

Tiger and Panther in action, Oratov area, Schweres Panzer-Regiment Bäke.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-05-2018, 05:05:06
(https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/2/7/2/10870272.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 15-05-2018, 12:05:00
(http://d.radikal.ru/d40/1805/91/20551726afc4.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-05-2018, 18:05:31
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-004-3626-16A%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_in_Sch%C3%BCtzenloch.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Chad1992 on 15-05-2018, 23:05:21
I'll take strange Nazi hedgerow weapons for 200 Alex;
(https://i.imgur.com/E0J9j5t.png)

Quote
88mm Raketenwerfer 43 Püppchen which fired an 88mm rocket to a range of about 700 meters. Weighing about 325 pounds, it fell between the man-portable panzershreck rocket launcher and more conventional anti-tank guns.
This would be a fun little gun in FH2.  Heres some clips of it shooting.
https://imgur.com/gallery/eOHVK
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 15-05-2018, 23:05:31
Absolutely  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-05-2018, 08:05:49
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/197923/256206008.d5/0_11d587_ffb8305e_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2018, 18:05:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1974-109-25%2C_Russland%2C_Zivilisten_und_deutscher_Soldat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-05-2018, 01:05:29
(http://www.theobservationpost.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0999e4ue8_dukw_Training_Tank-Museum-photo-No.-0999E4.jpg)

DUKW amphibious truck fitted with extensible ladders borrowed from the London fire brigades. 4 of these (named Swan 1-4) were landed with the Rangers at Point du Hoc. To assist in the mission, the ladders were fitted with a pair of Lewis light machine-guns at the top to help clear the cliff-top of any opposition.

Although three of the four arrived safely, the shoreline was too torn up by the preliminary bombardment to provide the necessary footing for the vehicles, so they were not used.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-05-2018, 06:05:06
(https://www.lifebites.bg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0_b8d8e_a3cda0e7_XXL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 17-05-2018, 12:05:58
(http://a.radikal.ru/a35/1805/a4/33645303bf6a.jpg)

(http://c.radikal.ru/c03/1805/d7/e6f036b1a833.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-05-2018, 19:05:34
(http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/50624350.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A146B19BE0A8357EA38F27E36A022E5A8E24681170FD96236F1B01E70F2B3269972)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 17-05-2018, 19:05:36
(https://i.redditmedia.com/BjCynTiGMVdzU1-kyME4zpITkuwvOl8AWsvUz8ED3S4.jpg?w=1024&s=57188d0b31959927662493b531a5a85d)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-05-2018, 20:05:00
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/t-26-finn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-05-2018, 06:05:24
(http://phistory.info/uploads/posts/2014-01/1389682355_c91638fa57c5cab5b47c3358a22de81738c055a1794a98c85ea112e72896f163.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-05-2018, 08:05:18
(https://i.imgur.com/iSiva7J.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 19-05-2018, 04:05:37
(http://a.radikal.ru/a14/1805/8f/04012ae34dfa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-05-2018, 05:05:00
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4388/37330634001_8872c76b4b_b.jpg)

Here what looks like a turretless KV used to recover or tow heavy vehicles, apparently in Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-05-2018, 08:05:13
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/58784/9430010.2dd/0_10ffdd_46398626_orig)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-05-2018, 08:05:15
(http://a.radikal.ru/a14/1805/8f/04012ae34dfa.jpg)

Soviet actors during a filming break of Боевой киносборник № 4, Moscow.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-05-2018, 10:05:49
(https://www.okieboat.com/Copyright%20images/BAT%201024.jpg)

Quote
The US developed the SWOD-Mark 9 Mod 0 Bat radar guided anti-ship bomb that used active radar homing to deliver a 1000 pound warhead. This weapon was used to destroy several Japanese ships near the end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 19-05-2018, 19:05:00

Soviet actors during a filming break of Боевой киносборник № 4, Moscow.


Nevertheless
...

Photo info:
Location: Moscow
Time of shoot: 1941
The cinematograph was released on August 9, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-05-2018, 07:05:34
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYgv-BqWkAAGaWZ.jpg)

Lend-Lease M4A2 and the crew. Elbe, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-05-2018, 08:05:06
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0502-32%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_rum%C3%A4nische_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-05-2018, 07:05:00
(http://i64.tinypic.com/jkhs9l.jpg)

Abandoned early Jagdpanzer 38(t) with six kill rings on the barrel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-05-2018, 09:05:49
(https://i.imgur.com/tCrBqln.jpg)

President Koivisto during continuation war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-05-2018, 08:05:12
(https://i.imgur.com/t2lq2jM.jpg)

Capitulation to American troops. Germany, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Vietcong rus on 22-05-2018, 08:05:49
(http://a.radikal.ru/a08/1805/0c/9f32caff6252.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-05-2018, 08:05:18
Russians with Fedorov Avtomat

(http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pervyj_russkij_avtomat_5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-05-2018, 17:05:56
(https://i.imgur.com/OzA7Xue.jpg?1)

This looks odd, KV-1 with a T-34/85'ish turret?

Same wreck from behind (https://i.imgur.com/ljI8XWK.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 22-05-2018, 18:05:26
KV-85 existed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2018, 18:05:32
That's a KV1S,
you don't play FH2 enough
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-05-2018, 20:05:59
That's a KV1S,
you don't play FH2 enough
The cannon looked way too long at a first glance to be a 76mm, but looking at it closer now that's just a shell conveniently hanging at the tip of the barrel creating the illusion  :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-05-2018, 19:05:36
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Do_335_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 23-05-2018, 23:05:52
The Pfeil must been a pain to land with that rudder sticking down
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-05-2018, 09:05:49
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2u974he.jpg)

SU-76M, 2 May 1945 Berlin
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-05-2018, 14:05:38
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/5918382178_eb0a8118cd_b.jpg)

Refurbished, older Panzer IIIs at Krupp factory grounds in Magdeburg. 20 April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-05-2018, 17:05:54
(https://img.sadistic.pl/pics/0b41d3dea912.jpg)
captured soviet weapon
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-05-2018, 08:05:16
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/39/9b/47399bf1535b4a68657ce90b20d72bc0.jpg)

Booty
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-05-2018, 10:05:43
(https://i.imgur.com/bIpr6ZC.jpg?1)

This would be a cool trench turret against everything  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-05-2018, 07:05:48
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2ll0f1c.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 28-05-2018, 09:05:51
Now that's going to speed up face modelling for FH2. Just 2 polygons and a little texture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-05-2018, 11:05:20
(https://i.imgur.com/rXM8b20.jpg?1)

Ihantala Stuka's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-05-2018, 18:05:45
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0506-09A%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Freiwillige_zu_Pferd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-05-2018, 07:05:10
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2lu8ghy.png)

Sd.Kfz. 251/21 "Drilling"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2018, 18:05:15
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0510-22%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Panzersoldat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-05-2018, 21:05:58
(https://i.imgur.com/1TM64Ve.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-05-2018, 07:05:44
(http://i68.tinypic.com/25fsk9h.jpg)

Stuarts of 1st Yugoslav Tank Brigade in late February 1945.
At least two were converted to a light self-propelled anti-tank guns w. Pak 40.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-05-2018, 19:05:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0513-11A%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Rum%C3%A4nische_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-05-2018, 20:05:00
(https://i.imgur.com/yhIZQmK.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-05-2018, 07:05:40
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/field-equipment-accessories-third-reich/931368d1454421165-m31-zeltbahn-use-period-photos-zelt-9.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-05-2018, 18:05:34
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-218-0524-31%2C_Russland-S%C3%BCd%2C_Soldaten_bei_Rast.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-06-2018, 06:06:14
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2j26olh.png)

GIs inspecting an abandoned Tiger I (early production upgraded with rough waffle Zimmerit) in Herzberger Str, Osterode am Harz, April 1945. On the German side, at least one Jagdtiger, Tiger I & II, Panzer IV/70(V), Jagdpanzer 38(t) and StuG III Ausf G participated in the battle for Osterode.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-06-2018, 11:06:51
(https://i.imgur.com/n71m42b.jpg?1)

June 26th 1944, a break after battle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-06-2018, 20:06:13
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-331-3045-17%2C_Russland%2C_Ju_52_mit_Minensprengring.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-06-2018, 06:06:35
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C831TqbWAAERsa4.jpg)

Ram Kangaroos passing through Hopsten, 8 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 02-06-2018, 11:06:11
@Seth_Solider: What is that ring on the Junkers? Some sort of radar?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-06-2018, 11:06:12
it is a electromagnetic ring to detonate sea mine, "Minensprengring" device

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/d3/3e/acd33ecdab6ad0917d411b9003a20552.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 02-06-2018, 11:06:51
Oh lol, how close do they have to fly to the surface to do that? Does not seem like you can fly very high when doing that. I imagine that one could eat oneself some nice water or even mine detonation if one flies too close.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-06-2018, 21:06:13
Nah, it's not that close. The ring fools the mine so the mine acts like a ship is coming overhead, the mine floats up and detonates below the waterlevel. No great danger for the plane involved, mostly they flew 10-20 meters above the waterlevel.

Here is a nice article on it: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/how-britain-beat-germanys-wwii-magnetic-sea-mines-bfec5558704c
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 02-06-2018, 21:06:58
Oh, lol- I thought it was one picture for a second. I could not understand how it was physically possible for a Ju to tow that thing when flying. Then I thought the Ju was also hoisted by a crane, but I could not see the cable. That made my brain hurt. Not to mention it made me feel stupid.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-06-2018, 07:06:51
(http://i67.tinypic.com/11glr9g.png)

Destroyed Flammpanzer III (on a StuG III Ausf B chassis), Hungary 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 03-06-2018, 10:06:46
@Slayer: Thanks for the article and explanation.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-06-2018, 15:06:58
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-364-2314-09A%2C_Frankreich%2C_Atlantikwall%2C_Batterie_%22Lindemann%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-06-2018, 05:06:13
(http://i67.tinypic.com/111nipl.png)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-06-2018, 18:06:20
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-364-2314-16A%2C_Atlantikwall%2C_Batterie_%22Lindemann%22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-06-2018, 07:06:18
(http://i013.radikal.ru/1711/b3/d349fde8d1c9.jpg)

Operation Totalize
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-06-2018, 18:06:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-395-1513-02%2C_Russland%2C_Luftwaffensoldaten_auf_Beobachtung.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-06-2018, 19:06:10
(https://i.imgur.com/SaoxdjJ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-06-2018, 06:06:42
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/83/17/5783170aa6752c7067670d3c6515dcd4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-06-2018, 18:06:23
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-395-1513-30%2C_Russland%2C_Luftwaffensoldat%2C_Offizier.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-06-2018, 06:06:39
(http://panzerw.narod.ru/l6-40_1.jpg)

Panzerkampfwagen L6 733(i) in Yugoslavia, January 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-06-2018, 18:06:33
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Free-French-soldiers-attend-a-mass-at-sunrise.jpg)

Quote
Free French soldiers attend a mass at sunrise during siege of Bardia Libya 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-06-2018, 06:06:22
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H37995.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-06-2018, 19:06:20
(http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/1940-Gembloux-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-06-2018, 08:06:13
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2hnnrwi.jpg)

1st Ukrainian Front. Rzeszów, Poland 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-06-2018, 15:06:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-445-1861-18%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Arbeit_an_Bordwaffen_einer_Me_210-410.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-06-2018, 07:06:53
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2s6ufjd.jpg)

Nettuno 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-06-2018, 10:06:35
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-602-B1226-24%2C_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2018, 19:06:25
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-552-0822-17%2C_Tunesien%2C_Flugzeug_Me_323_Gigant%2C_Innenraum.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-06-2018, 18:06:56
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-549-0748-12A%2C_Italien%2C_Soldat_auf_Sch%C3%BCtzenpanzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-06-2018, 00:06:59
After the attack
(https://i.imgur.com/dtm7F4h.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-06-2018, 09:06:05
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Podzun-PanzerjagerUndSturmgeshutz-24.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2018, 18:06:44
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-421-2075-24%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Hans-Joachim_Marseille_neben_VW-K%C3%BCbelwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-06-2018, 07:06:43
The spearhead of the 6th American Armored Division and abandoned Tiger II from s.Pz.Abt. 506, near Kopscheid 1945

(https://ugc.kn3.net/i/origin/http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L1vlbK3vPMk/S5Ua1w0l7DI/AAAAAAAACpQ/VytmdvA3j1o/s1600/file487.bmp)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-06-2018, 18:06:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-602-B1227-02A%2C_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-06-2018, 19:06:50
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/03414.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 14-06-2018, 22:06:47
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/03414.jpg)

Is that a C-47?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-06-2018, 22:06:47
Is that a C-47?
Almost, that's a DC-2 converted to military use, C-47 is based on DC-3.

MT-222 belongs to Ilmari Juutilainen, with 94 air victories.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-06-2018, 02:06:32
(https://i.redd.it/nvdoz1w8y6211.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-06-2018, 07:06:55
(https://kamozin100.ucoz.net/_si/0/57642423.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 15-06-2018, 18:06:10
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Podzun-PanzerjagerUndSturmgeshutz-24.jpg)
"Don't talk to me or my son ever again!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-06-2018, 18:06:10
(http://www.allworldwars.com/image/120/WaffenSS-West-012.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-06-2018, 22:06:30
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35239644_184338932274759_8189590833389895680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b528393ea6cd9e868855eb5cafc5572d&oe=5BAA1D90)

Quote
Soviet 50mm light infantry mortar round removed from Private Hugo Turunen's back in Rukajärvi area, 1944.

A piece of cloth got caught in the detonator, which saved him.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-06-2018, 00:06:03
uh bud, you got a mortar round sticking out of your back :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-06-2018, 08:06:46
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/0b/c7/900bc7320feb14842314b264ed957ae6.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-06-2018, 12:06:28
(http://www.allworldwars.com/image/120/WaffenSS-West-101.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-06-2018, 17:06:08
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34813375_1676174819139016_6536109225649635328_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=e656b3f6d63c0588d24a40c02bfbef92&oe=5BC5088C)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-06-2018, 21:06:42
@Seth what rifle is he holding?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 16-06-2018, 21:06:34
Berthier carbine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-06-2018, 22:06:27
 ;) nope
try again
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 17-06-2018, 02:06:10
It’s an R35 Lebel :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-06-2018, 08:06:49
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/83/75/91/837591aba49ed66a63368a24aa15fdee.jpg)

Avranches. 31 August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-06-2018, 10:06:23
(https://i.imgur.com/O0OAl5e.jpg?1)

Valkeasaari, 19.9.1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-06-2018, 10:06:39
It’s an R35 Lebel :P

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsBVCbl5eg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-06-2018, 13:06:54
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUaRGGPQeI/AAAAAAAAAE8/1xswsf0XanE/s1600/armia-czerwona-18.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 17-06-2018, 22:06:17
Those are... interesting tactics. Why is everyone crawling when the front of the group is already running over the hill? And why is the PPSH guy in the foreground aiming at his own guys?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-06-2018, 22:06:08
I have to imagine it's staged for epic propaganda. Most images that are published seem to go that route.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 18-06-2018, 02:06:23
It’s an R35 Lebel :P

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsBVCbl5eg
How can you tell? Foto looks to  show a bent bolthandle and wood furniture instead of metal. Looks like it has fat belly like the berthier aswel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 18-06-2018, 06:06:08
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1760/28946352418_e6716b58db_b.jpg)

Junkers Ju 88 A-4 at Luonetjärvi airfield in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-06-2018, 07:06:30
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/66903/165809419.433/0_123853_5419de1b_orig)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-06-2018, 19:06:26
It’s an R35 Lebel :P

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsBVCbl5eg
How can you tell? Foto looks to  show a bent bolthandle and wood furniture instead of metal. Looks like it has fat belly like the berthier aswel.

Ah indeed, you are right. It's a 1892 Arty berthier carbine
My excuse to you and TS4ever



(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUbeZU8bsI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/k8xhAFRkclc/s1600/armia-czerwona-51.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-06-2018, 22:06:05
(https://i.imgur.com/3XtBqc6.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-06-2018, 07:06:18
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dUTt_ery36c/VsOEHUSJwWI/AAAAAAABkyU/DwHeIluAAkI/s1600/Pz.III%2Bmit%2BSchachtellaufwerk%2Bon%2Ba%2Bflatcar.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 19-06-2018, 08:06:06
What is that? Some pz3 prototype with Schachtellaufwerk?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-06-2018, 09:06:31
Yup, a total of three prototypes were built late in 1940. They were used for training purposes after testing had been completed. Later the prototypes were fitted with dozers and were used to clean up the streets of bombed cities.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-06-2018, 18:06:42
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUcRDFOT0I/AAAAAAAAAMo/EPvAN2-XZA8/s1600/armia-czerwona-73.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 19-06-2018, 21:06:22
"Goodbye mom, I don't think I will ever see you again"

It must be so demotivating to see the huge distances in front of you and all these guys just walking, and walking, and walking.

Very beatiful pic, Seth, I'm gonna steal it for a test or an assignment ;)



Similar pic:
(http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/w-italy-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 20-06-2018, 00:06:58
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Soviet 50mm light infantry mortar round removed from Private Hugo Turunen's back in Rukajärvi area, 1944. He survived the war

(https://i.redd.it/a0xrbd9kyr411.jpg) (https://i.redd.it/a0xrbd9kyr411.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-06-2018, 06:06:04
(http://i64.tinypic.com/1o7r68.png)

Wreck of a lone Jagdtiger from s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 512. Beierfelde, Osterode
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-06-2018, 18:06:07
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUeJjiCAiI/AAAAAAAAAPc/NHlFihKD2sk/s1600/armia-czerwona-105.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-06-2018, 19:06:51
(https://loadoutroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3WiVVHnuw8Q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-06-2018, 20:06:46
(https://i.imgur.com/tKUWTlH.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-06-2018, 08:06:49
(https://360carmuseum.com/data/museums/37/expo/1940/image/2.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-06-2018, 14:06:09
(https://i.imgur.com/O77ZStb.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-06-2018, 18:06:39
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUdAvHGh3I/AAAAAAAAAOs/FDrkPmcUFoI/s1600/armia-czerwona-92.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-06-2018, 07:06:14
(https://www.quartermastersection.com/german/afvs/img/PanzerMkIIAusfL.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zakhaev22 on 22-06-2018, 21:06:49
German troops walking down the old town of Sarajevo - 1941

(https://imgur.com/nIeWZaH.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-06-2018, 07:06:23
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/49888/9430010.2bb/0_10e76b_97ce9f9d_orig)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-06-2018, 11:06:54
(http://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2012-06/1338589776_file003.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zakhaev22 on 23-06-2018, 13:06:25
Operation Barbarossa begun on 22nd of June 1941
(https://imgur.com/uL0wQS2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-06-2018, 14:06:25
(https://i.imgur.com/4sA6ix4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-06-2018, 15:06:13
(https://i.imgur.com/jBeCm84.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 24-06-2018, 01:06:11
(https://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=363331&t=1&sid=1e00ded76ee4397b60710700457baa8c)

SiG 33 with Stielgranate 42
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-06-2018, 07:06:42
(http://i68.tinypic.com/fdu45e.jpg)

Typical late war Tiger I, with an early turret on a late production chassis. Abandoned near Cologne, captured and moved to Sennelager barracks. This Tiger also appeared briefly in a 1950 British war film "They Were Not Divided".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 24-06-2018, 08:06:01
https://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=363331&t=1&sid=1e00ded76ee4397b60710700457baa8c

SiG 33 with Stielgranate 42

That is the german equivivalent of the spigot mortar/flying dustbin?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 24-06-2018, 08:06:43
No, it is against tanks. Like the Pak on Omaha, but for the heavy infantry gun.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 24-06-2018, 11:06:33
No, it is against tanks. Like the Pak on Omaha, but for the heavy infantry gun.

Suppose won't be much tank left after that thing hits it
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 24-06-2018, 12:06:58
Wiki says that it is unlike other stielgranaten not intended for anti tank but for bunker busting and clearing wire and such.
Seeing it ways 90kg I wouldn't want to be the loader when the T34 s come swarming in. Can't imagine hitting anything non stationary with something that heavy attached to the barrel either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 24-06-2018, 18:06:59
Something like this, is what I thought.

Because shouldn't the existing 155mm shaped charge shells already powerful enough to bust a tank? Looking at the Russian SU152 even a big HE shell should destroy any tank. Therefore, I was wondering, what such a shell is even for. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 24-06-2018, 18:06:56
Something like this, is what I thought.

Because shouldn't the existing 155mm shaped charge shells already powerful enough to bust a tank? Looking at the Russian SU152 even a big HE shell should destroy any tank. Therefore, I was wondering, what such a shell is even for.

Why settle for one tank when you can blow up a whole column with one shot!  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-06-2018, 07:06:51
(https://i.imgur.com/Cki0NMD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-06-2018, 18:06:23
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3692/9251687375_615b7634d2_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-06-2018, 00:06:00
Just walking the bear

(https://i.imgur.com/GzSuhzf.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-06-2018, 06:06:10
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1547/24214636775_e7d50b8fbf_b.jpg)

St. Vith
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-06-2018, 14:06:18
(https://i.imgur.com/iJzZjR3.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-06-2018, 18:06:16
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUcmNv9KaI/AAAAAAAAAN4/nvm9wy2UTJY/s1600/armia-czerwona-83.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr.ThunderMan on 26-06-2018, 23:06:29
https://i.imgur.com/iJzZjR3.jpg?1

Oh man, this brings a memory from conscript service.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-06-2018, 00:06:29
https://i.imgur.com/iJzZjR3.jpg?1

Oh man, this brings a memory from conscript service.
An unfortunate memory of a boot going awol ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-06-2018, 07:06:20
(http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/m7_passes_hummel.jpg)

M7 Priest passing an abandoned Hummel in Oudler (24 km south of St. Vith)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-06-2018, 19:06:05
(https://i.imgur.com/eny2V15.jpg?1)

Karhumäki, Dec 6th 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-06-2018, 19:06:19
(http://smallarms.ru/arms/emp/hf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr.ThunderMan on 27-06-2018, 23:06:38
https://i.imgur.com/iJzZjR3.jpg?1

Oh man, this brings a memory from conscript service.
An unfortunate memory of a boot going awol ;D

Heh, luckily not but a similar kind of crossing over a river. The tree was a fallen spruce and due to low temperatures (mid October during night) it was slightly icy thus slippery and a rinkka on your back. Never have I felt so nervous about falling.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-06-2018, 07:06:45
(http://i65.tinypic.com/25hcvuw.jpg)

Near Arnhem, September 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-06-2018, 18:06:42
(https://i.imgur.com/0YeZDtO.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-06-2018, 20:06:05
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3418780580_5b1d96fac6_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-06-2018, 07:06:48
(https://s10.postimg.cc/klciwtbll/large2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-06-2018, 10:06:59
(https://i.imgur.com/Dg9UyAZ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-06-2018, 18:06:33
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/1588324862_a0f831d624_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-06-2018, 07:06:46
.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-06-2018, 11:06:33
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/40/124/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-06-2018, 12:06:14
(https://i.imgur.com/JQ7S9jV.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-07-2018, 06:07:51
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/c9/2d/40c92d15ca54638decf10c6896a5c86b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-07-2018, 11:07:17
(http://www.oldpicz.com/picz/2016/07/Italian-invasion-of-France-1940-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-07-2018, 18:07:31
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/stug_iii/StuG_III_France_1940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-07-2018, 19:07:02
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/53/55/ee/5355eea64e9bd28693b7c46d90bd449b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-07-2018, 12:07:29
(http://i67.tinypic.com/25zqv80.png)

Staghound column of 10 Troop, B Squadron, 12th Manitoba Dragoons in Hochwald, Germany. March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2018, 19:07:30
(http://www.oldpicz.com/picz/2016/07/Italian-invasion-of-France-1940-9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-07-2018, 07:07:39
(http://i68.tinypic.com/30bmvci.png)

Destroyed SdKfz 234/4. Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-07-2018, 19:07:13
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-639-4252-20A%2C_Im_Osten%2C_Schienen-Sp%C3%A4hpanzer_Panhard_P178.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-07-2018, 08:07:47
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/4e/6e/a24e6e0d6743db7520111fdae19a8669.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-07-2018, 18:07:10
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-642-4711-08%2C_Produktion_von_Junkers_Ju_87.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-07-2018, 07:07:40
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6512/165809419.cc/0_8dd73_b411cec4_orig)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 06-07-2018, 12:07:50
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Pilot_officer_Kennedy_of_47_Squadron_RAF_Mar_1941_IWM_CM_658.jpg)
Pilot Officer Kennedy of No. 47 Squadron RAF Detachment inspecting his Wellesley bomber after engagement with two CR.42 fighters, Agordat, Eritrea, 25 Mar 1941; his gunner Sergeant German was killed
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-07-2018, 15:07:43
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0289-36%2C_Nordafrika%2C_Soldaten_mit_Funkger%C3%A4t%2C_MG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-07-2018, 08:07:53
(http://i67.tinypic.com/4zt8wh.jpg)

StuG III Ausf F(L/43) with 30 kills on the barrel. Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 201
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-07-2018, 09:07:04
(https://mblogthumb-phinf.pstatic.net/MjAxODAxMDZfNDEg/MDAxNTE1MjA4OTc0NTAy.rS3mZ6hvUS3PAIAy900IgaZbuaVFLcLmGQgSxXjREHog.xy6gbsGBYdaK68dICkNdi9eMeTwyjSnGQDPhmauRWdcg.JPEG.yumiun/A_GI_of_the_75th_Infantry_Division_peers_into_the_hatch_of_a_Hotchkiss_H_39.jpg?type=w800)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 07-07-2018, 18:07:41
The re-coloring of the tank in that photo looks kinda sloppy. Wonder who did it, and if they just guessed it was in dunkelgrau or had a source.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-07-2018, 01:07:02
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36704637_200184137356905_1181556382281760768_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b25b527627566b24c7dc2d2d4ba451aa&oe=5BDB4611)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-07-2018, 08:07:46
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/hummel/Hummel_moskva.jpg)

Hummel at display in Gorky Park, Moscow 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 08-07-2018, 17:07:00
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/stug_iii/StuG_III_France_1940.jpg)

German early war pics always make it look like they were just on a vacation lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-07-2018, 17:07:08
They were winning the war too.
When i see them, I rather think that most of them froze to death in 1941.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1974-109-03%2C_Filmberichter_im_Panzer_I.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-07-2018, 07:07:27
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/3ba2199ad8388e3257f4cbfc53dae421/tumblr_p4k9g9CL171s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg)

M4A1 (an early version with retrofitted extra armor) knocked out during the fall Of Nuremberg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-07-2018, 19:07:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-128-18%2C_Kriegsberichter_mit_Mikrofon.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-07-2018, 06:07:20
(http://www.alpha64.de/flak-frank-wojcieson.jpg)

The remains of a halftrack and a towed 8.8 cm Flak L/56. Herzberger Str, Osterode am Harz. April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-07-2018, 19:07:25
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Bundesarchiv_RH8II_Bild-B1935-44%2C_Peenem%C3%BCnde%2C_Abschussrampe_auf_Eisenbahnwagen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-07-2018, 01:07:51
Operation Husky, Sicily. This is a photo from the Bark South Assault Area, Queen Sector, Red Beach II. 10th July 1943. Troops from 51st Highland Division unload stores from tank landing craft (LCT). Open it in a new tab, it's huge ;D

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Troops_from_51st_Highland_Division_unloading_stores_from_tank_landing_craft_on_the_opening_day_of_the_Allied_invasion_of_Sicily%2C_10_July_1943._A17916.jpg)

And the same place today  8)
Google Earth (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6469924,15.0796711,3a,75y,212.5h,87.76t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPXa2kMewHl-7R68Cr44FG9xeDvmFFrels03bId!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPXa2kMewHl-7R68Cr44FG9xeDvmFFrels03bId%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya226.55696-ro0-fo100!7i7168!8i3584)

Note the big triangle markings painted on the LCTs.

And if anyone likes a little vehicle marking mystery, there is an interesting marking and more photos below.
Spoiler
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Highland-division-at-Sicily.jpg)
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Just after dawn men of the Highland Division are up to their waists in water unloading stores from landing craft tanks. Meanwhile beach roads are being prepared for heavy and light traffic during dawn of the opening day of the invasion of Sicily.

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Husky-vehicles-on-beach.jpg)
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British troops manhandle vehicles and equipment on the beaches as they are unloaded from landing craft.

(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/47/198/large_000000.jpg)
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A Universal carrier with men of Black Watch on a road near Palazzolo, 14 July 1943.

These photos show other scenes of the 51st Highland Division in Sicily.

You can see the prominent 'W' painted on the vehicles. I'n not sure what this references but there are lots of photos of 51st Division markings with this insignia. Could it stand for the 'Watch' or something else? Haven't been able to find a suitable answer yet.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-07-2018, 07:07:09
Yea, yea double post, but my 1st was before midnight and this one is after :P plus this is really cool.

(https://i.imgur.com/QCBtc6H.png)

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Men of the 1st Royal Fusiliers wait in ambush in a captured German Marder. The vehicle has been given a set of British markings, including the crudely painted roundel. It also appears to have received a coat of Light Mud and Black camouflage.

30 December 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-07-2018, 08:07:27
(https://s18.postimg.cc/f2oj7ja09/K5dp_TWunw1_I.jpg)

Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 244
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2018, 19:07:26
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-22%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-07-2018, 08:07:37
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2uikfut.jpg)

Battle worn Tiger from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 509. The turret is almost bare of Zimmerit, and the mantlet is flat, non-reinforced type - originally intended for the Tiger(P) turret (seen on at least dozen "middle production" Tiger I)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-07-2018, 19:07:09
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/21da7c5203993fc0a93ed892a4df551c/tumblr_pa0anx02MF1xsptzpo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 12-07-2018, 23:07:24
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-22%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)

What are those two MG-things?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-07-2018, 07:07:12
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Humber-scout-car.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 13-07-2018, 13:07:40
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/91c51792bb879fc328f3a7f39768f4a2/tumblr_pboztiTFwO1ws46zho1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-07-2018, 18:07:22
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-005-0015-22%2C_Jugoslawien%2C_Polizeieinsatz%2C_Truppentransport.jpg)

What are those two MG-things?

fiat revelli 14/35 ! Thx for asking !

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/e9/85/cde9851bf492959fa2c2cc81ce0547a6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-07-2018, 21:07:04
(https://i.imgur.com/nC4MwK4.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-07-2018, 07:07:48
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2igzp1v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-07-2018, 09:07:39
(https://i.imgur.com/UTGze7Z.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 14-07-2018, 10:07:56
Dude in the far right isnt sure how to feel about the plans made by the pirate commander.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-07-2018, 14:07:22
Nor is third from left in the back. ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-07-2018, 14:07:40
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-thR1FH8q81E/Wc_SKfPZi5I/AAAAAAAAyT8/uQhfASmoWOMpnrORHZGZFfbZjHqVkUT0gCLcBGAs/s1600/Lorraines%2Bin%2Bversailles.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 14-07-2018, 17:07:48
Dude in the far right isnt sure how to feel about the plans made by the pirate commander.

"I don't see what's so confusing; we rope swing from the trees onto their tanks and use our sabers to fight our way into the steerage where they keep the treasure. I've done this before guys"

(https://i.imgur.com/D61m1fQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 14-07-2018, 18:07:31
(https://i.imgur.com/D61m1fQ.jpg)

He is just realising he left the stove on back home
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-07-2018, 08:07:25
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2ynqj3m.jpg)

Near Kervenheim. 1 March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-07-2018, 07:07:48
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yMlPcntYsTw/UvXj88fJqHI/AAAAAAAAiwc/6TVI_f34SSQ/s1600/7729283630_73c798dee2_o.jpg)

Capitulation
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-07-2018, 18:07:02
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/c7d02ccc260b505a657d351aedd978e4/tumblr_pbmhtzhaSj1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 17-07-2018, 04:07:53
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1806/28047494127_a2685a38ca_b.jpg)


HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, 10 December 1941: Photograph taken from a Japanese aircraft during the initial high-level bombing attack. The battlecruiser Repulse, near the bottom of the view, has just been hit by one bomb and near-missed by several more. The battleship Prince of Wales is near the top of the image, generating a considerable amount of smoke. The Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-07-2018, 07:07:43
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2nrlu2r.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 17-07-2018, 10:07:39
@Seth_Soldier: In your previous post: Are those Lorraines with sIG 33? Those are definitely not 7.5cm guns but it's hard to tell for me whether they have that characteristic "rail" underneath the barrel.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-07-2018, 17:07:33
(https://i.imgur.com/35VNccX.png)

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Captured Soviet PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf. S was part of a trainload of ten of these tanks being shipped from repair factories in the Moscow area to Maj. Nebylov's Separate Tank Battalion of the 20th Army on the Western Front in July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2018, 18:07:43
@Seth_Soldier: In your previous post: Are those Lorraines with sIG 33? Those are definitely not 7.5cm guns but it's hard to tell for me whether they have that characteristic "rail" underneath the barrel.
those are :
15cm s.FH 13/1 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f) SdKfz 135/1

(http://www.k-k-r.de/images/ebay/DSCP6229.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-07-2018, 07:07:31
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2008.158.100_1.jpg)

MAN factory refurbished Panther Ausf D with Zimmerit. Near Dachau, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-07-2018, 08:07:31
(https://i.imgur.com/Lpeevv6.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kerst on 18-07-2018, 12:07:25
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/nemeckiy_soldat_u_mosta_nad_rekoy_berezinoy_u_plakata.6o2pvcweca88skcoockgooo04.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Spoiler
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/comment_119467_attachment_images_1.jpg)(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/grumblerr/15370162/150013/150013_original.jpg)

Studienka, 1941.


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 18-07-2018, 18:07:43
Nice! I didnt know those, otherwise I might have requested someone to make that sign. I think you can see which part of the map that is.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2018, 20:07:03
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/558/393/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-07-2018, 08:07:25
(http://i68.tinypic.com/5wasmg.jpg)

Wreck of a hybrid Panther (MNH chassis with a Daimler-Benz turret from 1945). Scrap collection point at Charlottenberg station. Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-07-2018, 18:07:32
(https://ww2db.com/images/battle_none7.jpg)

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German SS soldiers training with a 7.92mm MG37(t) machine gun, date unknown
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2018, 18:07:06
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/557/106/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-07-2018, 21:07:37
(https://i.imgur.com/N1oHEAJ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-07-2018, 00:07:39
German retreat from Lapland?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-07-2018, 06:07:46
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7c/93/33/7c9333b92e31058dc55793e11b144aea.jpg)

Abandoned 150mm SAU Sd.Kfz. 138/1 Ausf. M "Grille" of the 40th Panzer Grenadier Regiment of the 17th Panzer Division. Czechoslovakia 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-07-2018, 10:07:12
German retreat from Lapland?
Yes, although that's Finnish infantry now inspecting war spoils after a motti.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-07-2018, 18:07:53
(https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/d2a1eb60b5d4c5657268e1e58d68a4c5/5BB24EA6/t51.2885-15/e35/29415720_236473543576025_7172724138849599488_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-07-2018, 04:07:58
(https://i.imgur.com/vEtzmSa.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-07-2018, 07:07:55
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/8770244/8770244_original.jpg)

Flak Tower, Berlin. Original colour photograph taken by Cecil F.S. Newman
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 21-07-2018, 09:07:55
Suppose they had to do something with their time but why camouflage the Flak cannons on top of a big ass concrete tower lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2018, 12:07:17
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8c/6e/e8/8c6ee82a3adc089c40a51dfa2d35803d--german-uniforms-the-champs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 21-07-2018, 15:07:58
(https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/d2a1eb60b5d4c5657268e1e58d68a4c5/5BB24EA6/t51.2885-15/e35/29415720_236473543576025_7172724138849599488_n.jpg)

Did they fashion an ad-hoc armored train by fixing S35's to some flatcars?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2018, 16:07:12
yes, this way you can also disembark the tank to fights the partisan in deep territory
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/08/eb/bc/08ebbc4ad8a4a797cc3c36a977328575.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-07-2018, 08:07:56
(http://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/036/280/original/pz2d07-81473a3519a1dfe0df96634feff6cd79.jpg)

On the way to Poland
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 22-07-2018, 08:07:37
What is that thing in the foreground?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-07-2018, 08:07:59
Pz II is sitting a 10-ton flat trailer (Sd.Ah.115)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/bd/85/69bd851db3dce337b8b66c8fc0fb3d10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-07-2018, 13:07:46
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37383513_209861219722530_7673166624303611904_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=cfaadee3508845ef9088f6554a61c86b&oe=5BD6D4F9)

Äänislinna (Petrozavodsk) area, 4.10.1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 22-07-2018, 20:07:13
Pz II is sitting a 10-ton flat trailer (Sd.Ah.115)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/bd/85/69bd851db3dce337b8b66c8fc0fb3d10.jpg)

Right, thanks. Now the perspective of the tank in the background on the first pic makes more sense too, lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-07-2018, 06:07:00
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer3n/British_Army_captures_Panzer_III_unit_Oslo_jun45.jpg)

German capitulation to the British Army. Oslo 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-07-2018, 15:07:52
(https://i.imgur.com/XE01WZV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-07-2018, 18:07:47
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/10247238914_4a06884254_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-07-2018, 07:07:55
(http://i64.tinypic.com/69jog0.jpg)

Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-07-2018, 14:07:52
(https://i.imgur.com/S9HqzYB.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-07-2018, 18:07:35
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/9bb4b2338c0f88c568bf75c8e2af9625/tumblr_oz4gndIu381rwiivfo1_1280.jpg)

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A colorful group study of LRDG veterans mixing with exotically dressed Free French soldiers during one of their longest patrols during the Murzuk raid into the desert in the Fezzan, near French Equatorial Africa. (IWM E12447)

Photo and caption featured in Sting of the Scorpion: The Inside Story of the Long Range Desert Group by Mike Morgan
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-07-2018, 23:07:34
I can only ever hope to be as cool as that guy in the middle.

(http://silverhawkauthor.com/images/site_graphics/Armour/Armour--New-Brunswick/Sherman-Firefly-1c--5th-Canadian-Armoured-Division--8th-Princess-Louise--NB--Hussars--Putten--Holland--April-1945.jpg)

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Sherman Ic Hybrid Firefly tank armed with a 17-pounder Gun, 5th Canadian Armour Regiment, 8th Princess Louise (New Brunswick) Hussars, Putten, Netherlands, 18 Apr 1945.  The gun has a false muzzle brake added in the middle of the barrel with the remainder painted in a disruptive camouflage pattern to confuse German anti-tank gunners.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-07-2018, 07:07:06
(http://i66.tinypic.com/200to9e.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-07-2018, 08:07:24
(https://i.imgur.com/bWmL9xV.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-07-2018, 18:07:21
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/b16b337e68473e9bbeabeb9664f2ad7c/tumblr_pas6chONCu1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-07-2018, 07:07:43
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/b5/22/81b522e6662ed07f877a4e006cce30d0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 26-07-2018, 13:07:45
Can you tell us what this is? I have never seen something like this I think ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-07-2018, 18:07:14
(https://i.imgur.com/iZ5u7Px.jpg?1)

A short break before sweeping the burning motti in the background, 31 July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2018, 18:07:17
Spoiler
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/5b/b4/f75bb429be8dfe14f660f00e4c7e3a74.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 26-07-2018, 19:07:58
Don't let the War Thunder devs see that abomination ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 26-07-2018, 19:07:49
Fake

(http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/T-34-original-mit-88.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2018, 20:07:01
 :( ah mince, i should have been more careful
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/T_34_Mit_88cm_Fake_Tanks

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/0b7f1f26aee44a610ceb198d3f58797a/tumblr_paxw75ug6w1rdy94go1_1280.jpg)
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Fallschirmjagers of 1 Fallschirmjager Division carry wooden boxed land mines for planting near the Nettuno area of the Anzio beachhead 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-07-2018, 07:07:33
Can you tell us what this is? I have never seen something like this I think ???

"мото САУ". 37mm ChK-M1 mounted on a lend-lease Harley Davidson.

GAZ 64 variant:
(http://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/uploads/9/1/7/5/9175276/8589558_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 27-07-2018, 12:07:41
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/c1d6d271467e99b7bddf88466bdc1fde/tumblr_pc4ecwMSC11ws46zho1_1280.jpg)

“Tetrarch's” of the red army during the fighting in the foothills of the North Caucasus
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 27-07-2018, 18:07:34
Cool, had no idea they lend leased Tetrarchs to the Soviets. :)

It's weird tho, they still seem to have British 1st Armoured Division markings. Wikipedia says that barely any were used and the one's sent to the Caucasus were mainly used for propaganda footage. Maybe they didn't even bother re-painting them?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-07-2018, 18:07:53
Cool, had no idea they lend leased Tetrarchs to the Soviets. :)

It's weird tho, they still seem to have British 1st Armoured Division markings. Wikipedia says that barely any were used and the one's sent to the Caucasus were mainly used for propaganda footage. Maybe they didn't even both re-painting them?

This picture has been (mis)captioned quite few times in various publications. From one of the more recent articles: "Column of British tanks on the march. One tank clearly shows the insignia of the 1st Armoured Division and a 53 in a red square. This was an insignia used by the 10th Royal Hussars."

http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/06/tetrarch-in-ussr.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 27-07-2018, 19:07:46
That's an awesome article! 8) but it's a bit confusing. Does this paragraph suggest that the photo is still taken in the Caucasus?

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... a batch of Tetrarchs was finally sent to the USSR. The light tanks were the first to come through the south passage. On December 27th, 1941, 20 tanks arrived at Zanjan, Iran. This batch was also the last, since due to the rather humble characteristics of the Tetrarch, further orders were pointless.

Photos and letters about this shipment indicate that at least a portion of the tanks were used. Among them were some of the first built Tetrarchs, T.9266, T.9267, and T.9268, built back in October-November of 1940. Photos of these tanks show insignia of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment from the 1st Armoured Division. This unit was the first to receive Tetrarchs and used them as training tanks. To be fair, not all tanks sent were used. Serial numbers T.9315 and T9319 pop up in letters, and the tank currently displayed at Patriot Park has the serial number T.9328, all of which were built in the third quarter of 1941. These tanks had no markings and were not used as training tanks.

tbh the background looks much closer to that region than somewhere in England. Maybe they received these tanks "used" and hadn't re-painted them yet?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-07-2018, 20:07:22
That's an awesome article! 8) but it's a bit confusing. Does this paragraph suggest that the photo is still taken in the Caucasus?

Some answers from Steven J. Zaloga's "Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War II" (2017)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/a495jk.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-07-2018, 20:07:55
(https://i.imgur.com/cTiSqDO.jpg?1)

Trucks attempting to escape stopped by mines, 31 July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-07-2018, 22:07:36
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4459/37738624072_ea5fdae0ec_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 28-07-2018, 03:07:15
(https://i.imgur.com/cTiSqDO.jpg?1)
Trucks attempting to escape stopped by mines, 31 July 1941.
Did they drive into their own mines as a result of a chaotic retreat, or was it finnish mines as a result of being surrounded?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-07-2018, 05:07:52
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2iu2q0n.jpg)

schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 Tiger - "early middle" production, with a flat Tiger(P) mantlet and no Zimmerit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-07-2018, 05:07:39
(https://i.imgur.com/cTiSqDO.jpg?1)
Trucks attempting to escape stopped by mines, 31 July 1941.
Did they drive into their own mines as a result of a chaotic retreat, or was it finnish mines as a result of being surrounded?
I'd say Finnish mines as they were pocketed in, most Soviet troops were destroyed and a handful managed to escape in the last moment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 28-07-2018, 22:07:56
IS-1 at Dukla Pass
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll175/supertsar/DuklaPass.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-07-2018, 07:07:33
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/75/16/c27516827026a2561bc78dd9e1dfc87b.jpg)

Flak-Regiment 33
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-07-2018, 08:07:27
(https://i.imgur.com/TFsqGCu.jpg)

Blenheim's payload

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-07-2018, 19:07:28
(https://forum.valka.cz/attachments/17002/BK0210.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-07-2018, 23:07:05
(https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/dawaTwH9ZYFDnHxUohP9n6kzrf4DsiJ8kxgOaYXKpeA/https/vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/firearmcentral/images/f/ff/7%252C5cm_PaK_50.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-07-2018, 07:07:57
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bc/fc/2b/bcfc2b4c75bc9ae39a5926ea2e936ac2.jpg)

Flame mortar fitted to Valentine chassis, firing phosphorus bombs during Petroleum Warfare Department trials. Barton Stacey, 20 April 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-07-2018, 19:07:46
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/57a1709ee36c4ea6146efd9038ed9a45/tumblr_p78wdjneAw1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-07-2018, 06:07:18
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2qjcg76.jpg)

T-34-76 (late 1943) in Berlin '45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 31-07-2018, 15:07:09
That is the later turret model with the commander cupola. Mickey Mouse is the earlier type with two front facing hatches:

(https://i.imgur.com/dEk9hlP.jpg)

Cupola's hatches split and open to two sides.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-07-2018, 18:07:16
That is the later turret model with the commander cupola. Mickey Mouse is the earlier type with two front facing hatches:

(https://i.imgur.com/dEk9hlP.jpg)

Cupola's hatches split and open to two sides.

Corrected - thank you. Too busy looking at the "nipples"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-07-2018, 19:07:49
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2f/68/64/2f68647649cceb885e301679b1f244b0.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-07-2018, 20:07:20
(https://i.imgur.com/FhKNecN.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-08-2018, 06:08:54
(http://i64.tinypic.com/1zd9deo.jpg)

Captured KV-2 at Krupp Works, Essen 1945. According to the official US Army records, this KV-2 was used to defend the factory grounds until it was knocked out by the approaching Allies
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-08-2018, 09:08:08
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38085086_218075698901082_4548782374086770688_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=7c0b749fc78ce5d91b088bbd5cfb200c&oe=5C064270)

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Finnish motorboat approaches the village of Kuorilahti. Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle is ready to shoot enemies. 28.9.1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-08-2018, 18:08:50
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Tupolev_TB-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-08-2018, 06:08:42
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2nrkjz4.jpg)

Škoda 30.5 cm Mörser M.11. Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-08-2018, 15:08:59
(https://i.imgur.com/JjkRDgj.jpg?1)

Fake plane from the winter war
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-08-2018, 19:08:44
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cb/2d/6a/cb2d6adb0527a88b2c9474a3ac64a5b0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 02-08-2018, 20:08:45
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6UkxjpR9SE/UGy0arCgY4I/AAAAAAAABBA/5cR4FKBeAOE/s1600/IMG.jpg)

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Pz.Kpfw.B2 (f) 'Char' destroyed on 20 September in Sonnenberglaan by a 17 pdr AT gun of 'X' Troop, 2nd (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery. A large hole entirely through the tank can be clearly seen.

"Bonus" picture of Fritz doing his best Burt Reynolds on a captured Char :D
Spoiler
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h3FXyeheXdI/WSdI-U8qadI/AAAAAAAANgM/gZk1qK2-XE0Dj2lxfSBEYsIEy2vR141-wCLcB/s1600/charbp5s01-397690fcb22a4378e2e2da899b344b73.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-08-2018, 08:08:30
(https://d-pt.ppstatic.pl/k/r/1/13/08/5af17d94e7f30_o.jpg?1525812777)

Festung Breslau
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-08-2018, 11:08:50
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38239121_221377828570869_8909508604390801408_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=5c7445debda1993fbc84ac784b76b863&oe=5BCC2B10)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-08-2018, 17:08:10
Spoiler
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a6UkxjpR9SE/UGy0arCgY4I/AAAAAAAABBA/5cR4FKBeAOE/s1600/IMG.jpg)

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Pz.Kpfw.B2 (f) 'Char' destroyed on 20 September in Sonnenberglaan by a 17 pdr AT gun of 'X' Troop, 2nd (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery. A large hole entirely through the tank can be clearly seen.

maybe even the flamethrower version ?

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/ca/c8/3dcac843347a781df92d317b179cab1f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 03-08-2018, 17:08:36
Yea, I believe so :) http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-17-pounder-anti-tank-guns-at.html (http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-17-pounder-anti-tank-guns-at.html)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-08-2018, 07:08:44
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2z9mdc5.png)

Destroyed StuG IV (late production), Rhineland 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-08-2018, 08:08:47
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwVPhHSSt9I/UyjDBDMVAoI/AAAAAAAACXs/Oulu1Oxg5Nw/s1600/berlin-1945-229.jpg)

Soviet Valentines in Berlin area
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 05-08-2018, 09:08:58
Here's a challenge for you all: Find photos of lend-lease equipment in the use anywhere on the whole finnish front (not tied down to only to Leningrad and Karelian fronts, but includes Rukajärvi front and Arctic front).  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-08-2018, 10:08:42
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-08-2018, 16:08:53
(https://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/051/487/source/is1s19-938db972f29e1e0a6b66378288214b2b.jpg)

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IS-1 in Slovakia in the Autumn of 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-08-2018, 08:08:02
(https://i.imgur.com/Z6AIaDd.jpg)

IS-2 destroyed by Sturmgeschütz Brigade 912 in June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-08-2018, 18:08:52
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/65/cb/6c/65cb6c6fe6c55acdcf681d45f43b10db--german-soldier-military-history.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-08-2018, 06:08:44
(http://i64.tinypic.com/30ctzzt.jpg)

Panzerkampfwagen 7TP 731(p)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 07-08-2018, 06:08:08
Lol did you do the censorship? Swastikas are allowed in this thread for historical photos :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-08-2018, 10:08:28
Lol did you do the censorship? Swastikas are allowed in this thread for historical photos :D

Aah fixed, thanks for letting me know. Have done that on a few occasions, I thought the swastikas are an absolute no-no here
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 07-08-2018, 16:08:46
Someone can correct me, but I think only in this thread, since it's all about historical photos etc...

Also, is that captured 7TP being used in the Polish campaign? I see the solid white cross on the hatch. Is the photo from '39?

My Pic
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/15/84b701062b6dc7dbeccfe6781cc223e3d6081b_mq/y7hTZO08-J0.jpg)

There's some debate as to whether this tank belongs to 7th or 9th Guards Brigade, but it was taken in Berlin. The circle next to the '-2' is where you can tell. 2 circles would make it from 7th Guards, 3 circles would make it 9th Guards. I've seen a few books/ websites call it both.

It is also the tank our T-34/85 texture is based on :D and PointBlank made it with 2 circles and removed the slogan.
Spoiler
(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/imagesfh2/vehicles/T-34-85_5/big.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-08-2018, 16:08:24
Aah fixed, thanks for letting me know. Have done that on a few occasions, I thought the swastikas are an absolute no-no here

Swastikas are forbidden in some countries like Germany, but never in historical context (i.e. posting a photograph) afaik.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-08-2018, 03:08:27
I always liked how the Soviets painted slogans in their tanks, it looks so crude yet very cool to look at.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-08-2018, 06:08:39
Also, is that captured 7TP being used in the Polish campaign? I see the solid white cross on the hatch. Is the photo from '39?

Indeed, that was from Poland 1939.


(http://i64.tinypic.com/2rgg9k3.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-08-2018, 10:08:54
(https://i.imgur.com/wmX3u5k.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-08-2018, 18:08:58
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/cf93a2e80437f74299cfefb619fa5138/tumblr_p7t6w0bqmC1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2018, 19:08:39
My god, that looks like a legit AT rifle kill.  :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 08-08-2018, 20:08:29
Don’t recognize that mantlet. French?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 08-08-2018, 20:08:07
BT7 or T26 or something like that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 08-08-2018, 20:08:42
Yeah, I'm thinking BT7 as well.  I'm kinda willing to bet that guy inspecting it might have been the lucky AT rifleman himself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 08-08-2018, 22:08:37
Definitly a BT-7.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-08-2018, 11:08:21
(https://i.imgur.com/YbmfEEi.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-08-2018, 13:08:05
(http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9168/13354011.1346/0_e76b2_a477eab3_orig.jpg)

Third Guards Tank Army examining captured early war tanks, near Zossen training ground in Berlin 1945.
These AFVs were part of "Panzer-Kompanie Kummersdorf", but most of the obsolete vehicles were left behind to escape the Soviet encirclement - only few, scattered elements of the unit saw action in this area.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Khaine on 09-08-2018, 17:08:12
Yeah, I'm thinking BT7 as well.  I'm kinda willing to bet that guy inspecting it might have been the lucky AT rifleman himself.
Or the scene takes place in some kind of shooting range, that would explain such deadly accuracy and why he is inspecting it so closely. It could serve him in a nearby future.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 09-08-2018, 18:08:01
Yeah, I'm thinking BT7 as well.  I'm kinda willing to bet that guy inspecting it might have been the lucky AT rifleman himself.
Or the scene takes place in some kind of shooting range, that would explain such deadly accuracy and why he is inspecting it so closely. It could serve him in a nearby future.

It's one explanation, though such close inspection is common in photographs of finished battles, and the accuracy is pretty normal for that rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-08-2018, 18:08:08
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/6ceac0780a3bf3ff28b2aa95c37c2fec/tumblr_nx35u1MUao1ti7k8yo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-08-2018, 10:08:48
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2rr8cac.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-08-2018, 14:08:33
(https://i.imgur.com/KxB6k1X.jpg?1)

Any idea what is happening in this picture and what is that device?  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-08-2018, 21:08:34
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9c/e0/5e/9ce05e9885a83cff84c188cb5440d482.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-08-2018, 08:08:25
(https://s15.postimg.cc/jp44twfkr/US_Photos_Of_Same_German_Tank_And_Soldeirs1.jpg)

GIs on a StuG III Ausf G with Alkett ex works camouflage, including the trademark dark yellow "whoosh" on the bow (olive green RAL 6003 base). This StuG also had a combination of "swinging" and superstructure shürzen plates.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 11-08-2018, 12:08:04
(https://i.imgur.com/KxB6k1X.jpg?1)

Any idea what is happening in this picture and what is that device?  :P

Maybe they are signaling, like they used to on ships?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-08-2018, 14:08:39
yes you can see the morse code command.
What i don't understand is why they sit right next to it.
If an ennemy spot it, he will certainly fire at the spot ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-08-2018, 15:08:42
yes you can see the morse code command.
What i don't understand is why they sit right next to it.
If an ennemy spot it, he will certainly fire at the spot ...

Likely it is aimed backwards, with a narrow focus beam.  Thus, unless the enemy is behind them, it's not going to be seen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 11-08-2018, 18:08:51
Also it would be hard to put all of them in the picture if they weren't next to it.  :P

Given the fact that they are perfectly lit up (big light source to the left) while the trees in the background are dark, I'd say this is a completely staged photo just to show off the device and crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-08-2018, 07:08:01
(http://i67.tinypic.com/23u1zbm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-08-2018, 16:08:46
Also it would be hard to put all of them in the picture if they weren't next to it.  :P

Given the fact that they are perfectly lit up (big light source to the left) while the trees in the background are dark, I'd say this is a completely staged photo just to show off the device and crew.

This is also true.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-08-2018, 19:08:30
(https://i.imgur.com/1TOZiXt.jpg)

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A small surprise; A Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B armed with the 7.5cm KwK42 L/70 from a Panther tank... The reason for rearming this tank is not known. However, it is possible that the original gun was damaged and then replaced with the only one available at the time. This tank was probably from sSS-Pz.Abt.502, which was assigned to defend Berlin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 12-08-2018, 19:08:26
Hah, rather a unique situation. Did the Panther in the foreground was the gun donor?

The left track is also completely stripped out of the wheels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-08-2018, 20:08:31
That is not a panther gun, the kingtiger gun is just stuck in the recoiled position. This was often done to make the gun unusable when ditching a tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-08-2018, 22:08:06
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/37/48/17/37481729bc3eb425f47b606e5bfd5593--ww-tanks-panther.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-08-2018, 23:08:06
Yea the caption in the book might be wrong. Lots of books/ websites have it captioned that way. (https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=149117#p1602997)

But it seems more likely sabotaged after hitting a mine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-08-2018, 02:08:47
Observation post at Kollaa river, 10.12.1939
(https://i.imgur.com/aBqS211.jpg?1)

..and the view through it a couple of weeks and T-26's later
(https://i.imgur.com/LRhKnm4.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-08-2018, 06:08:28
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lS49WHNzcao/WzlVEZSiAdI/AAAAAAAAWEE/5UKjSnBIlIYma9sk7yVDb0pzNNaMLjg9QCLcBGAs/s1600/luchs18-f45c147a2909caaa8609a9d47ef16ee4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 13-08-2018, 16:08:21
That is not a panther gun, the kingtiger gun is just stuck in the recoiled position. This was often done to make the gun unusable when ditching a tank.

The gun seems way shorter than what it should be though, even while in the recoiled position. The 88 is about 1,5 times the length of the turret, meaning for this one half of it would have to be inside the turret (the breach hitting the turret rear).

The recoiled position of the KwK43 should look like this (note the thicker part of the barrel still partly visible):
(https://i.redd.it/bwk4so9p39hy.jpg)

So either that really is a KwK42 conversion (which seems kinda impossible for a field modification) or the gun breach was completely demolished somehow (and the gun pushed all the way into the turret) rather than just leaving it in the recoiled position.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-08-2018, 16:08:52
The gun seems way shorter than what it should be though, even while in the recoiled position. The 88 is about 1,5 times the length of the turret, meaning for this one half of it would have to be inside the turret.

This Tiger Nr. 321 from sSSPzAbt.102/502 was first disabled by a mine, along with the escorting Panther. The crew fought off Soviet infantry until night fall then made their escape attempt, but the tank was finally hit by a captured panzerfaust - only one crewman, a replacement gun loader named Wolfgang Filor managed to survive to tell the story. More details can be found from Wolfgang Schneider's "Das Reich Tigers".

Basically, a fire within the fighting compartment most likely fractured the recuperator seals and releasing the "Braun Ark".

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 13-08-2018, 22:08:20
I’d be interested to know the real story behind the tank if anyone has the book and can translate. I’ve heard the story of it being hit by a panzerfaust after a mine in a village outside Berlin and 1 crew member surviving.

The barrel does seem quite short, even if it’s disabled, as the breach would seem to be against the back of the turret.

But it would be one hell of a modification to put a Panther gun on the tank so that’s also a bit far fetched.

Basically, a fire within the fighting compartment most likely fractured the recuperator seals and releasing the "Braun Ark".

I think the typical way to disable the gun was to release the oil manually and fire it before abandoning it. This makes it seem like they tried to fire it while the tank was on fire which would be insane :o

Curious if anyone has an excerpt. :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-08-2018, 09:08:21
I think the typical way to disable the gun was to release the oil manually and fire it before abandoning it. This makes it seem like they tried to fire it while the tank was on fire which would be insane :o

Curious if anyone has an excerpt. :D

The real story? Well, that was pretty much an exact quote from the book. The tank was hit by a panzerfaust when the crew was evacuating, causing an internal fire.

Another (less detailed) action raport from "Tigers in Combat II" by Wolfgang Schneider:

"27 March 1945: Shortly after crossing the line of departure, the 1./schwere SS-PanzerAbteilung 502 is stopped by a minefield; three Tigers are immobilized.
The same thing occurs in the attack sector of the 3./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 (SS-Obersturmführer Schienhofen), which is advancing on the right side of the main road Manchnow Kietz. One tank -Tiger 32I - is immobilized after running over a mine; it then knocks out two Soviet tanks before it is knocked out by a captured Panzerfaust."

Just as a sidenote, Tigers were more or less prone to violent self-combustions, even during the road marches and these type of fires generally led to a total loss of the vehicle.



(https://ru-wotp.wgcdn.co/dcont/fb/image/is2article06.jpg)

Battle damaged IS-2 from 57th Guards Tank Brigade in the village of Rusin, Glubczyce. March 1945. According to the Soviet records, this IS-2 was hit 16 times (no total penetration) during the battle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-08-2018, 10:08:35
(https://i.imgur.com/hwsxO97.jpg?1)

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Captured english LMG's from the russians, 8.12.1939

That's kind of interesting since lend lease wasn't a thing in 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-08-2018, 14:08:01
That's kind of interesting since lend lease wasn't a thing in 1939.

Possibly from the Russian Civil War? The Empire ordered 10,000 BSA Lewis in .303 calibre and another 1,200 in 7.62x54mmR. Plus, another few hundred were shipped to the Whites in the Baltics by mid-1919.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-08-2018, 14:08:26
What nysa said- these are leftovers from the Russian Civil War and WW1.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-08-2018, 16:08:40
(http://footage.framepool.com/shotimg/qf/589879123-bermuda-shorts-russian-campaign-eastern-front-ussr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 14-08-2018, 17:08:27
(https://i.imgur.com/OI7fHML.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-08-2018, 07:08:12
(http://i68.tinypic.com/725etg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-08-2018, 10:08:49
(http://i64.tinypic.com/312h4jn.jpg)

2nd Armored Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-08-2018, 12:08:58
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43801)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-08-2018, 14:08:16
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38916096_228907621151223_6772713588097286144_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b201ef955a7d85b79912d6287f091571&oe=5C0F3E3D)

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20 ItK 40 VKT anti-aircraft gun in Loimola, 5.8.1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Zoologic on 16-08-2018, 16:08:33
Uhm, breech, not breach.

Today is known as "Black Thursday" for the Luftwaffe back in 1940. It culminated to the "Hardest Day" of the BoB in 18 August 1940.

Here is a Do-17Z of KG76 downed by a Hurricane near RAF Biggin Hill on 18 August 1940

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkqFodvXgAE1nbR.jpg:large)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-08-2018, 06:08:17
(http://i63.tinypic.com/17tjys.jpg)

8.8 cm PaK 43/3 leichter Waffenträger auf Pz.Kpfw. 38(d) at Plauer Straße, Brandenburg. April-May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-08-2018, 08:08:31
(https://i.imgur.com/2UtsaI0.jpg?1)

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Destroyed russian tank, that drove 60km/h deep in the rear of our troops, colliding with finnish cars, horses, hospital carts and even AT-guns. 21.8.1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-08-2018, 09:08:23
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f9/6b/56/f96b56dd73d6f181c6abb60b4c12517e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-08-2018, 08:08:01
(https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/twyktkqTURBXy84ZDhjNjUyNjNkODkxMjk4OTljZGI1N2M0YTU4ZmJlMC5qcGVnkpUCzQPAAMLDlQIAzQPAwsM)

Kovel, Ukraine 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-08-2018, 09:08:05
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=44208)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-08-2018, 14:08:22
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39313136_234150890626896_609292289767899136_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=7f3d631e4dfd96e164b9e255fd44189b&oe=5BF8E7B2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-08-2018, 02:08:33
(https://i.imgur.com/9ARq2Vr.png)

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A 95mm Churchill V of 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps photographed in Goch. The 107th was another regiment converted from infantry; in this case, 5th battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment of Lancaster. The Valentine on the Left is undoubtedly an Observation Post tank of an artillery battery.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-08-2018, 07:08:00
(http://www.znaci.net/images/16728.jpg)

Yugoslav Partisans in Bihac, West Bosnia. 28 March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-08-2018, 07:08:58
(https://pp.vk.me/c623223/v623223261/1eaf1/vpahLfPcPOo.jpg)

Netherlands 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-08-2018, 09:08:26
(https://i.imgur.com/wpLEQFx.jpg?1)

20.8.1941, one of the first encounters with T-34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-08-2018, 18:08:21
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/0e35e69e884e2ade2066923a34612670/tumblr_p55ujoIqLZ1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-08-2018, 07:08:50
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/ab/72/d6ab72c411f2bbb70bb6802a5c9be0f3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-08-2018, 18:08:47
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/3a8f3e0618785ba2e5920a413f485c51/tumblr_p4x82z1Y691ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-08-2018, 07:08:02
(http://i65.tinypic.com/xpc67n.jpg)

Panzer IV/70(V) from 3rd Panzergrenadier-Division left behind in Oberpleis on the eastern bank of the Rhine, March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-08-2018, 17:08:20
(https://i.imgur.com/brwQfDm.jpg)

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Shermans of the 1st Coldstream Guards photographed near the prisoner of war camp at Westertimke on 27 April 1945... The nearest Firefly is a Sherman Hybrid IC fitted with Typhoon rockets
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-08-2018, 18:08:48
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43424&sid=49441c6011d26ac0fa55766ffc8d2acd)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 22-08-2018, 21:08:27
What's the man with the hat got to do with WWII Seth?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-08-2018, 07:08:56
(http://i069.radikal.ru/1404/ec/f993108b59c0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-08-2018, 12:08:05
(https://i.imgur.com/tk5hVpq.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-08-2018, 19:08:55
What's the man with the hat got to do with WWII Seth?

I don't know. He is just having fun with what he can find !

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/792a7f3d918e5efb142fde89c69c074b/tumblr_p43u30cNGU1rqpszmo8_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 24-08-2018, 01:08:52
What's the man with the hat got to do with WWII Seth?

I don't know. He is just having fun with what he can find !
LOL, just dressing up :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-08-2018, 07:08:36
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2vnqvrs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-08-2018, 17:08:19
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/5f6ea6e4cf65ad55c4c56bb8285a966b/tumblr_inline_p4073xcIx81ru0anb_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-08-2018, 07:08:52
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2hxye74.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-08-2018, 11:08:59
(https://i.imgur.com/gjlHVQh.jpg)

The badass clerk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-08-2018, 07:08:58
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2djs6jq.jpg)

Pz III Ausf N from Panzer-Abteilung 212 in north of Udine (Italy) on its way to the Austrian border, on 2 May 1945.
After passing few kilometers (near Gemona), the column clashed with advancing British elements, destroying several Staghounds and other AFVs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-08-2018, 10:08:03
(https://bloghistorycznomilitarny.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/m4_sherman_1st_army_sniper_with_scoped_m1903_springfield_st-_fromand_france_normandy_1944.jpg)
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Sherman DD in Saint Formand - France, June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-08-2018, 11:08:05
(https://i.imgur.com/2ZdLDkD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-08-2018, 07:08:44
(http://i63.tinypic.com/zujpd5.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-08-2018, 11:08:15
(https://i.imgur.com/KATa8sK.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-08-2018, 18:08:10
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43361&sid=fdefa881ab8070d7be6783cbaec2c8b8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-08-2018, 07:08:33
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2pr89ol.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-08-2018, 09:08:55
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40059059_240862646622387_3970655067098316800_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=ca27ee0f21e37332eb20169d012da5df&oe=5C38C918)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-08-2018, 18:08:02
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43256&sid=fc9b8cf04ad16b58bdf378bd0becea85)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-08-2018, 06:08:51
(http://s008.radikal.ru/i305/1610/91/1691be68b6f3.jpg)

8.8 cm Flak 37 on a Vomag Omnibus Typ 7. Budapest, February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-08-2018, 10:08:50
(https://i.imgur.com/J0cZFrL.jpg?1)

Having some pie
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 29-08-2018, 10:08:05
"Täällon taittu jo piirakat jakaa."

Nothing wrong with some pie.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 29-08-2018, 13:08:31
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/a6f49e300a00ef81f57a5a67ad7f4e84/tumblr_pe2ffal95l1ui1npso1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-08-2018, 14:08:49
Having some pie

Is that Karelian or cabbage pie? AH's main course included asparagus soup and vegetable pudding. Yum  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 29-08-2018, 16:08:48
@Redbadd I have more pictures of that tank ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/0vknUVx.jpg)
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Four Churchills of 4th Battalion, The Coldstream Guards in 6th Guards Tank Brigade move towards Geysteren late in November 1944. The fifth tank in the line is their tame Panther 'Cuckoo' which was allocated to regimental headquarters

(https://i.imgur.com/sFBF57W.jpg)
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'Cuckoo' again. Firing at German troops occupying Geijstreie Castle. The Coldstreams were well impressed by the quality of the sights on the German tank and the accuracy of its 75mm gun when compared to their own equipment. The large, white star in a circle was more important than ever on a tank that was more likely to be identified as hostile.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2018, 19:08:35
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Warsaw_Uprising_-_Baon_Czata_with_PIAT_guns.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 29-08-2018, 20:08:28
(http://www.o5m6.de/redarmy/img/M3A1%20Stuart%20Osereika_2.jpg)

Russian Stuart tanks after an unsuccessful landing near Novorossiysk
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-08-2018, 05:08:38
(https://i.imgur.com/gNF9xWj.jpg)

Das Reich SdKfz 251/9 in Normandy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-08-2018, 18:08:42
(https://www.welt.de/img/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/mobile146531615/5282509967-ci102l-w1024/Ostfront-Deutsche-MG-Schuetzen-Unterkunft.jpg)
pickup kit
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-08-2018, 18:08:39
(https://i.imgur.com/ZpAXUn3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-08-2018, 07:08:17
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/1684c6d1ee95e30bcd527d53b6f7e3eb/tumblr_n3dbk2APCD1qbsnsoo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-08-2018, 20:08:12
(https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/04-6e0bb30f69aef3d7e4d57662313c7652.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-09-2018, 08:09:31
(http://i63.tinypic.com/nnk4r5.jpg)

"The commander arrives".  Tornio, October 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-09-2018, 08:09:47
(http://i65.tinypic.com/30rmd8x.png)

StuG III Ausf C/D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-09-2018, 10:09:42
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43214&sid=7bf86317f8bd815604192ebd58542ae7)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 02-09-2018, 13:09:29
Strictly not on-topic, but a fun find nontheless I think. I'm rewatching the series Lost and I stumbled upon this shot of what is supposed to resemble an Iraqi army base:
(https://s8.postimg.cc/l72eqwnol/lost.png)

Those are 3D models (dimensions are wrong though) of an Elefant tank destroyer (and what appears to be the front of an M3 Half Track behind the building on the right). No idea why they picked a German WWII TD instead of Soviet tanks when they were going to CGI them anyway. Thought it was fun to share.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 02-09-2018, 16:09:40
Lol that’s good. They prob bought it as a free to use model and just typed like “big tank” into the search engine. It’s a one-off shot and I’ve never seen lost but I doubt they had military advisors on the payroll.

You could prob get some fake internet points by posting it to a subreddit about details in tv or history lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 02-09-2018, 16:09:57
You could prob get some fake internet points by posting it to a subreddit about details in tv or history lol

FAKE internet points?  Mister Baker those are REAL damnit.  :'(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-09-2018, 08:09:22
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Mard-ddf.jpg)

Marder II, Ukraine 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-09-2018, 18:09:06
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43217&sid=3e8badfa1e7b0fe564fdd49217726b35)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-09-2018, 07:09:14
(https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/4/0/8/7367804.jpg)

Proskurov, Ukraine March 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-09-2018, 10:09:41
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40684640_243362933039025_1684969739564089344_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=44ff3575dc33bb66022b9e4655de19d5&oe=5BF1EDB2)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2018, 18:09:55
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43272&sid=a8e721663b8b476f0bdf1c32319960dd)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-09-2018, 08:09:41
(http://i65.tinypic.com/906qs8.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 221 mit 2.8 cm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-09-2018, 16:09:09
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/40607007_1821080384648458_6400244566670180352_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=a626730ce2224f008a9146cf265442d1&oe=5C375560)

Ihantala 30.6.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-09-2018, 19:09:40
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/af/23/e3af233e195d7510f19f8fb48f3a5c9e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-09-2018, 08:09:25
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/andrewbek_1974/78542193/2067973/2067973_original.jpg)

The End, Austria May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2018, 19:09:58
(https://diletant.media/upload/iblock/2a9/2a9d6fc75f87e62bd2f6f4daf31efedf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-09-2018, 07:09:19
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7176/6951876767_865ac49068_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-09-2018, 18:09:43
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/5b07433133ada08cbd5631ed3f5246a1/tumblr_p3qmta3JkD1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-09-2018, 03:09:00
(https://i.imgur.com/4VOZDbZ.jpg)

One of two oncoming Mitsubishi A6M5 Navy Type 0 Fighter Model 52, Zekes, that dove on USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) on 5 January 1945. The second aircraft missed, but the first, seen here as caught by a very brave photographer, appears to be bearing down right on his location, which was most likely at the after end of the escort carrier's small island.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-09-2018, 08:09:39
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2dh8z87.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-09-2018, 09:09:36
(http://i64.tinypic.com/w2k83k.jpg)

Sd Kfz 263 (6-Rad)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2018, 11:09:00
(http://nyx.uky.edu/dips/xt74qr4nm007/data/0000ua107_3/0000ua107_3_69_p/069/069.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-09-2018, 07:09:31
(http://karopka.ru/upload/comments/3d4/F-2.jpg)

Daimler-Benz Panther Ausf F/G hybrid. Leipziger Straße, Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-09-2018, 14:09:14
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41350810_245339706174681_7198115474402443264_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b322c7f7b1516515f20319abcbbcb538&oe=5C23AFDF)

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Finnish soldiers using Zyklon B as a lice (etc.) killer in Svir (Syväri) powerplant sector, 18th June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-09-2018, 19:09:18
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/5ea677a640ee329903e31a51bbdbc15e/tumblr_p383trAV6u1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-09-2018, 07:09:18
(https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2017-09/1506591604_131m-156.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-09-2018, 18:09:44
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/7c83bcc88ed7f2f6ce873e80741bb8d5/tumblr_p3bonhBgK01ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-09-2018, 07:09:57
(http://i63.tinypic.com/n4ta3o.jpg)

Marder II Ausf D2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk 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?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk 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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä 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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2018, 19:09:29
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/c549b5a2e31c25867388084154e8c0d3/tumblr_p1ldm4dfvb1szrnymo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-09-2018, 20:09:30
What's that? An AA MP34?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico 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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-09-2018, 21:09:51
(https://i.imgur.com/9mT3d4k.jpg?1)

January 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2018, 23:09:15
What's that? An AA MP34?
;) mg15
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 13-09-2018, 00:09:00
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.

It is actually the Marder II that is in World of Tanks.
Although this is the Sd.Kfz. 131 version as opposed to the 132 version in nysä's picture.

http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Tank:G20_Marder_II
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-09-2018, 07:09:35
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

I wouldn't be that harsh  :) These were training vehicles, with a considerable amount of wear and tear from being used almost weekly for more than two years. Actually, it was a Pz III Ausf M, 2 x Pz IV (w. 7.5 cm KwK 37), StuG III Ausf E and two Marder III (w. 7.62 cm Pak 36) that made it all way from Utrecht to Hechtel.

Further reading: "Autumn Gale" (Herbststurm) by Didden and Swarts



(http://i65.tinypic.com/71gwuf.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 13-09-2018, 08:09:45
@Sander93: Ouch, you're right. It has been some time since I frequently played lowtiers. I think they do have a Marder I but they made it a French vehicle. I think they call it FCM PaK and it's premium - and has 400m viewrange, like Tier 10 vehicles, but on Tier 3 because balance :D

@nysä: Thanks for the additional information.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-09-2018, 18:09:09
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/f5bba6f88c0fec78f7d6fbf6dc7f54b2/tumblr_owwexn00ZQ1wyb7nco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-09-2018, 08:09:52
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2zjb9z7.jpg)

schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 platoon leader's Ferdinand (Fgst.Nr. 150080) returning to the combat trains after an operation. The vehicle commander is Leutnant Hermann Lock and the gunner is Unteroffizier Kurt Titus. This vehicle survived Kursk, with very minimal repairs needed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-09-2018, 18:09:12
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/c294a2bd70174b2bceb072e4fe6d4b4f/tumblr_p1lcmbKKsq1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-09-2018, 19:09:53
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41761441_246795106029141_3196831432148254720_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=0fb7abe9dc7f00e66d9867da57566f52&oe=5C382605)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 14-09-2018, 20:09:29
What's that? An AA MP34?
;) mg15
Really? The grip looks very much like a Maschinenpistole grip.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 14-09-2018, 22:09:25
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0276/1899/products/MG-15-Medium-Machine-Gun.jpg?v=1386879252)

This is what you're seeing- the grip for it if it was mounted in a plane.  These guys are just dicking around/training on it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 14-09-2018, 23:09:36
Might be Luftwaffe field division troops, later in the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-09-2018, 09:09:08
(http://i67.tinypic.com/ver95l.jpg)

Early Tiger from schwere Panzerkompanie "Hummel", immobilized by PIAT fire on 19 September 1944, the eastern Netherlands
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 15-09-2018, 17:09:40
This is what you're seeing- the grip for it if it was mounted in a plane.  These guys are just dicking around/training on it.
Ah, clear now, thx. Looks a bit like an MP grip indeed ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-09-2018, 08:09:17
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/767483/13354011.14b0/0_119a0d_bb4abd9a_orig.jpg)

Zimmerited StuG III Ausf F (L/43), knocked out/abandoned next to 'Svyato-Nikolayevskiy Sobor'. Yevpatoria, Crimea (liberated on April 13, 1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-09-2018, 09:09:32
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41701003_1834141746675655_3415864039710916608_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=eeb16dca99b2b0a3ac2b1cef81fa3f2f&oe=5C2C18D9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 16-09-2018, 14:09:25
The hell is going on with blue dude's hat.  It's like a rogatywka on steriods.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 16-09-2018, 17:09:57
The hell is going on with blue dude's hat.  It's like a rogatywka on steriods.

I think it is flat on top and his head is just tilted.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 16-09-2018, 17:09:30
The hell is going on with blue dude's hat.  It's like a rogatywka on steriods.

I think it's a regular pilot/officer hat (one that is flat on top), but he is tilting his head and the cap edge has faded because of the colors/quality so you can't differentiate between the top part and the side part.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 17-09-2018, 01:09:50
They seem to be all wearing funny hats, maybe it was Friday.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-09-2018, 09:09:46
You guys and your hats  ;D

(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41665382_1834387549984408_4676734960277651456_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9fc706d1cf4ab63582324ffa519f4064&oe=5C62B054)

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Long range patrol men, a fresh Knight of the Mannerheim Cross and another one to be decorated as such later, Rukajärvi 8.9.1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-09-2018, 10:09:44
(http://i63.tinypic.com/20zxjsi.jpg)

Munitionspanzer III from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505. This type of vehicle would be nice to see in the game - especially in some late-ish maps (Studienka, Cobra, Totalize). Frail supply trucks remain behind the ABC-line, anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-09-2018, 18:09:22
And it has a PTRS  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-09-2018, 18:09:14
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/vanusha.9r35pds7tcg8owo8g8o80k844.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Mr.ThunderMan on 17-09-2018, 23:09:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/vanusha.9r35pds7tcg8owo8g8o80k844.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/K7t7gSS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-09-2018, 00:09:29
(https://i.imgur.com/8YJ8lpa.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2018, 08:09:24
(http://i66.tinypic.com/50f9s4.jpg)

Finnish ISU-152, disabled by two Soviet T-34-85 on 29.6.1944 in Portinhoikka. ISU was the leading 'tank' on the side of Börje Brotell 's "Bubi", during the Finnish counter attack.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-09-2018, 09:09:37
Extremely good picture of the ISU, never seen that one before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2018, 10:09:13
Extremely good picture of the ISU, never seen that one before.

From Erkki Käkelä's "Panssaridivisioona 1942-1944" (2017). This book has few never-seen-before photographs, even though most of the pictorial content is from SA-kuva (like always).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-09-2018, 11:09:50
I need to get that book. Thank you!

EDIT: Except I cant, because just like Lärka's book, it has been sold out and they arent making reprints.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2018, 11:09:05
I need to get that book. Thank you!

EDIT: Except I cant, because just like Lärka's book, it has been sold out and they arent making reprints.

Have you contacted Parola? It's pretty exclusive release, but they still had around 120/500 remaining when I got my copy few months ago. Lärkä's book can be occasional found from online antiquariate (or huuto.net), for example: https://www.antikvaari.fi/naytatuote.asp?id=1401920. That's actually pretty good price, considering they usually go for €60-70.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-09-2018, 12:09:36
I need to get that book. Thank you!

EDIT: Except I cant, because just like Lärka's book, it has been sold out and they arent making reprints.

Have you contacted Parola? It's pretty exclusive release, but they still had around 120/500 remaining when I got my copy few months ago. Lärkä's book can be occasional found from online antiquariate (or huuto.net), for example: https://www.antikvaari.fi/naytatuote.asp?id=1401920. That's actually pretty good price, considering they usually go for €60-70.

Thanks for the tip!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-09-2018, 18:09:29
Spoiler
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/vanusha.9r35pds7tcg8owo8g8o80k844.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/K7t7gSS.jpg)

We need bigger smoke trail effect !

(http://78.media.tumblr.com/6390a66af5d2c11072340f2d5361857d/tumblr_p24krifMHf1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-09-2018, 19:09:02
Spoiler
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/vanusha.9r35pds7tcg8owo8g8o80k844.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/K7t7gSS.jpg)

We need bigger smoke trail effect !

But the trail shouldn't go on for more than the ~3 seconds the boosters are active.

(https://i.imgur.com/nU1FOh5.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 18-09-2018, 19:09:41
Korsu-KP!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 19-09-2018, 04:09:10
No stock?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-09-2018, 08:09:39
(http://i65.tinypic.com/161auth.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-09-2018, 09:09:39
No stock?
And when you click it bigger, the muzzle looks like something out of a vacuum cleaner. Whatever the idea is behind that design :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-09-2018, 10:09:52
No stock?
And when you click it bigger, the muzzle looks like something out of a vacuum cleaner. Whatever the idea is behind that design :P

Functioned basically as a muzzle brake, minimizing muzzle flash and powder gas. You could also deploy it through the narrow view ports of the Mannerheim Line bunkers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 19-09-2018, 14:09:52
"A specialized bunker version was also produced in very small numbers (a total of 500 built) in 1941, the barrel shroud end of which was thinner and flattened to allow firing through the narrow ports of defensive bunkers.[5] This version had no shoulder stock and was equipped with a pistol grip."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-09-2018, 15:09:31
"A specialized bunker version was also produced in very small numbers (a total of 500 built) in 1941, the barrel shroud end of which was thinner and flattened to allow firing through the narrow ports of defensive bunkers.[5] This version had no shoulder stock and was equipped with a pistol grip."
Yeah starts to make sense when thinking about the observation domes on the Salpa-line bunkers. Can't fit any normal gun there, but this could be useful.

(https://i.imgur.com/lJ8lUm3.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2018, 18:09:28
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/c49a54585d3d2f013216fded21772ad1/tumblr_nx4bl1xeYI1s6zihxo2_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-09-2018, 19:09:32
Very rare Pak 41.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-09-2018, 07:09:03
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2cp59mv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-09-2018, 10:09:14
(https://i.imgur.com/KGayYhX.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-09-2018, 18:09:54
Very rare Pak 41.

indeed
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/8e81a359b9f9121d76b3e7dfa5631165/tumblr_nx4bl1xeYI1s6zihxo4_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-09-2018, 08:09:22
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/fw189_02_captured_ju87-jpg.284767/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-09-2018, 11:09:03
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/42087377_1841904005899429_4712361031098171392_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&oh=02a7f454cbd2d9e28a3cc6a3399adc24&oe=5C2BC42C)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-09-2018, 18:09:03
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/cbe9bc42e5fe9dc07b1ce18dc09a7491/tumblr_p1endeDOLQ1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-09-2018, 07:09:26
(https://blog-001.west.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/res/blog-b7-c9/s_fujii_0209/folder/970815/05/35384605/img_4?1410187174)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-09-2018, 10:09:13
(https://i.imgur.com/H9wRQPu.jpg?1)

Italians
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-09-2018, 21:09:00
(https://i.imgur.com/NWItKon.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-09-2018, 08:09:51
Seth_Soldier - That's a nice textbook example of Škoda camo, with false visors painted on.



(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/897385/13354011.14be/0_11b1eb_4692c1f8_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-09-2018, 11:09:57
(https://i.imgur.com/Z2925Xg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-09-2018, 16:09:45
Seth_Soldier - That's a nice textbook example of Škoda camo, with false visors painted on.
Cool info ! thx for sharing

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/06058998867d1e9a46ac4c2ff206e231/tumblr_p0wpr2Btgm1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 23-09-2018, 16:09:06
Seth_Soldier - That's a nice textbook example of Škoda camo, with false visors painted on.


Do you have any more information about such practices? 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-09-2018, 17:09:05
It’s a type of late war camo, similar in practice to the ambush styles. It started getting applied at the Skoda factory somewhere in September/ October of 44. http://archive.is/ULYMV (http://archive.is/ULYMV)

There’s probably books with better descriptions, but the pattern is very similar to the Czech pre-war camo

(https://forum.valka.cz/files/26.jpg)

The colors would’ve been different tho, dunklegelb, rotbraun, olivgrun most likely.

The fake visors were an attempt to draw away from the weakest part of the front of the vehicle from what I’ve read. Don’t know for sure tho
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-09-2018, 19:09:37
Besides what Matthew_Baker already mentioned, false visors became part of the standarized factory camouflage scheme. Especially Škoda used very uniform templates until the end of the production at Plzeň. BMM camo pattern was a bit more random, even the placement of two false visors differed, diagonally to the right under the visor vs. Škoda's style which ran both left and right.

This picture shows the differences between with these two manufacturers, as you can see Škoda's patterns are identical (BMM is the 2nd from the front) 

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/bb/56/f4bb56e9c6bb347899a80cba56d566b0.jpg)

If you are interested in more examples, then I'd highly recommend "In Focus 1: Jagdpanzer 38" by Lee Archer, Felipe Rodna
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 23-09-2018, 19:09:08
Thanks, yes, I was interested in the false visor aspect! 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-09-2018, 19:09:31
Anytime! I don't want to spam more Jagdpanzer 38(t) here, but here you can see "very" standard BMM factory cam with fake visors;

https://images.booklooker.de/x/0162w2/Horst-Scheibert+Panzer-38-t-Waffen-Arsenal-Band-23.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-09-2018, 22:09:43
(https://i.redd.it/mkn2t8n6sun11.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 23-09-2018, 23:09:01
The fake visors were an attempt to draw away from the weakest part of the front of the vehicle from what I’ve read. Don’t know for sure tho

Visors are primary targets for infantry small arms fire, as it's their only way to disable (or make it less effective at least) a tank without AT weapons. I don't think there's much to be gained in tank combat as I don't think WWII gunnery was accurate enough to aim for visors anyway.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-09-2018, 23:09:32
Visors are primary targets for infantry small arms fire, as it's their only way to disable (or make it less effective at least) a tank without AT weapons. I don't think there's much to be gained in tank combat as I don't think WWII gunnery was accurate enough to aim for visors anyway.

It seems like the idea was that fooling a gunner into aiming a few inches low or high could make for a better chance of the vision port not getting hit. And at the cost of a few drops of paint, why not try.

But I doubt the fake visors made any tangible difference in real life. A lot like the dazzle camo for ships in WW1, the idea in theory doesn't always translate to anything significant in practice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 24-09-2018, 01:09:50
Dazzle camo actually worked extremely well and continued to be used in WW2

And yes, false visor paint like that would work well, for confusing Soviet AT riflemen, specifically, as they were the ones who would be targeting the visors.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-09-2018, 01:09:37
Dazzle camo actually worked extremely well...

Did it have any tangible effects tho? I guess you could say it “worked” in the sense that it did confuse the enemy when they saw it. But everything I’ve read says that it was nice in theory, impressed some RN commanders, and even boosted moral to an extent but that it was statistically insignificant.

This guy on reddit did a pretty good write up with sources (long amount of text)
Spoiler
It's really difficult to say - there's a lot of anecdotal evidence that it was effective, but this isn't entirely supported by the statistics. Dazzle camouflage was not standardized, but applied differently to each ship. Some had impressive effects, with RN officers expressing their admiration:

Sighted Clam about five miles, four points on starboard bow, and for some time could make nothing of her; when about five miles distant I decided it was a tug towing a lighter with a short drift of tow rope. The lighter, towing badly and working up to the windward, appeared to be steering an opposite course. It was not until she was within half a mile that I could make out she was one ship, steering a course at right angles, crossing from star­board to port. The dark painted stripes on her after‑part made her stern appear her bow, and a broad end of green paint amidships looked like a patch of water. The weather was light and visibility good.

(Commanding Officer, HMS Martin)

Convoy was observed by three destroyers' officers running trials at distances varying from two to four miles. All these officers agreed that the dazzle painting of the Millais was a huge success; they state that it was quite impossible to state her course even approximately, except when the sun lit up her masts. Lieutenant‑Commander Harrison stated that he could not tell her course within 12 points.

(Captain Bartlett, SS Millais)

But RN submariners were more scathing about it, claiming that it had little effect on their ability to attack in trials. Dazzle painting had little effect when the ship was silhouetted against the sky, as they usually were when observed from a periscope. In addition, they usually used the masts and funnels of the ship to determine its course or range. These were less affected by dazzle camouflage than the hull shape, and so it had little effect.

The general opinion seems to be that a light grey with hinged masts would be more effective. The dazzle painting of H.M.S. Talisman through a periscope gives a slightly distorted appearance, but the course is obtained as usual from her masts and funnels.

The Admiralty set up a committee to determine the effectiveness of dazzle painting. This consisted of the Director of Naval Equipment, the Director of Statistics, and representatives from the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff. Reporting their findings on the 31st July 1918, they found little statistical evidence for the effectiveness of dazzle camouflage. Their report states that "no definite case on material grounds can be made out for any benefit in this respect from this form of camouflage". However, they recommended that its use be continued, as it had a great effect on the morale of the crews of ships with it, and had no disadvantages beyond cost.

During the war, the RN collected a large amount of statistics about merchant sailings. An analysis of this suggests minimal effectiveness for dazzle camouflage as a means of escaping attack. Between January and October 1918, 33,072 sailings were made by camouflaged ships, while 34,302 sailings were made by uncamouflaged ones. Over this period, 60% of normally painted ships attacked were hit, compared to 59% for those with dazzle camouflage. Slightly more attacks were made on dazzle camouflaged ships, but this is most likely because they were travelling the more dangerous Atlantic routes - most sailings by normally painted ships were either on the heavily escorted cross-channel runs, or along the British coast. It may also be because dazzle-painted ships tended to be larger, and thus were seen as more tempting targets for German submariners. Dazzle camouflaged ships seem, from the data, to be harder to sink, with 74% of ships hit sinking compared to 87% for uncamouflaged ships. This may show that dazzle camouflage had a significant effect on the aim of German submariners. However, it may simply result from the fact that larger ships are more difficult to sink. Of the ships attacked, 25% of dazzle camouflaged ships displaced over 6000 tons, compared to 6% of the unpainted ones.

Dazzle camouflage appears, from the available sources, to have impressed surface observers, but to have had little effect on submarine attacks.

Sources:

History of the Great War - The Merchant Navy, Volume 3, Archibald Hurd, John Murray, 1924

The Camouflage of Ships at Sea.C.B. 3098R, Admiralty, 1945

Statistical Review of the War against Merchant Shipping, Director of Statistics, Admiralty, 1918

I figure this would be pretty similar to the visors. Maybe it did fool some people, but it didn’t do enough to make any sort of significant impact on the battlefield.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 24-09-2018, 01:09:29
Iirc from a the chieftain on YouTube, Brits painted fake vision slits on tanks too. Just saw a YouTube  of the ptrd, 30mm penetration at 300 meters, that's pretty good. Reloading action is something too.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-09-2018, 02:09:43
everything I’ve read says that it was nice in theory, impressed some RN commanders, and even boosted moral to an extent but that it was statistically insignificant.

I guess this could be said about any painted camouflage tho, depends on your definition of “effectiveness;” is it effective from a tactical standpoint? - maybe slightly. But from a strategic level, other things like a convoy system, aerial recon etc.... have a far greater impact on the outcome of the engament.

Same with the vision slits, they really only apply to a very specific set of engaments, and are merely drop in the bucket when you think about all the possible engements these specifically painted hetzers could’ve encountered.

This could also go for the barrel camo on the firefly etc...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 24-09-2018, 02:09:32
Goes for putting leaves on your helmet and stuff, it feels nice to think you have some control or outsmarting your opponent eventho everybody is doing it. Got to make the best out of a shitty situation as long as you don't put too much faith in it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-09-2018, 08:09:10
Jagdpanzer 38(t) were made using low alloy Siemens-Marteneit steel, which gave a little over 50% protection compared to the high quality German armor: the 60mm front was equivalent to 35mm, while the 20mm side was about equivalent to 12mm which was intended to provide protection against light machine guns.

The whole idea to phase out StuG III/IV production in favor of Jagdpanzer 38(t) came from Albert Speer, owning to growing shortage of steel. Hitler was sold to the idea that 1/3 of more tank destroyers could be produced from the same volume of raw materials. But the Sturmartillerie wasn't too enthusiastic about the switch, due a number of unwelcome disdvantages over the StuG III Ausf G (all listed in the report "Ausstattung der Panzerartillerie" dated 12.10.1944).

Sources: "Panzer Tracts 9: Jagdpanzer" by Jentz, Doyle, "Sturmgeschütz III Vol I" by Müller, Zimmermann, OKH, General der Artillerie beim Generalstab des Heeres, 3159/44 g.Kdos

Ed: Jagdpanzer 38(t) gun shield penetration shows just how thin was the armor:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qNuMCZJS5MY/W37L1DEhuqI/AAAAAAAAdg4/_Tk-8xVFUpAzoT_CynGnvPNrEsHNqeiBwCLcBGAs/s1600/39467444_1890014144392363_1643086373839699968_n.jpg



(http://rieketrifftberlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Faminsky_BERLIN_AB_02.jpg)

Berlin, May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-09-2018, 11:09:01
(https://i.imgur.com/4G4GyvX.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2018, 19:09:11
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43074&sid=df943e10e672ce016af8a21187324636)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-09-2018, 00:09:28
pic

-Joe, isn't that a German tank?

-....fuck
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-09-2018, 08:09:59
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2j63itd.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kerst on 25-09-2018, 14:09:43
(https://forum.ww2.ru/uploads/monthly_03_2013/post-63938-0-76496100-1363827535.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-09-2018, 19:09:14
pic

-Joe, isn't that a German tank?

-....fuck

those are french :

U.S M-10 Tank Destroyer of the 3rd Company of the 11th RCA (Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique) near Rudlin

The tank is now at Saumur
An other view:
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/jagdpanzer/Panzer_IV_70_A_captured_near_Rudlin_1944.jpg)

Some pics about the Jagdpanzer IV/70
https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/tanks-2-3/jagdpanzer/

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-09-2018, 08:09:03
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2qwj8d4.jpg)

Borgward IV B "Wanze". Pariser Platz, Berlin May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-09-2018, 12:09:14
(https://i.imgur.com/zgOUSdA.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-09-2018, 15:09:08
@Seth nice! I was wondering about those markings.

(https://i.redd.it/6zqu51hb0vn11.jpg)

Quote
Flight deck of the USS Santee filled with SBD-3 Dauntless scout bombers and F4F-4 Wildcat fighters bound for Safi, Morocco during Operation Torch, November 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-09-2018, 18:09:22
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42993&sid=060da99937c10eb6796651c841af28f9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-09-2018, 07:09:12
(http://i63.tinypic.com/1550v0x.jpg)

Battle of Manila
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-09-2018, 18:09:56
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/nemeckiy_sdkfz251_dim_zavesa.cmtjk4bkn3ks4w0kw8k4wsogs.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-09-2018, 19:09:35
(https://i.imgur.com/ZNmUOhO.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-09-2018, 07:09:25
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2rrny9t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-09-2018, 18:09:22
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/tumblr_nwp2jhubbr1r3eyedo2_1280_3.34jimdcqv0yssw8ocowkcccw0.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 28-09-2018, 19:09:44
Very cool camo pattern on that Panther
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 28-09-2018, 22:09:49
First time I've ever seen a German tank with the legendary 'log' on the back that so many Soviet vehicles carried. The Stalinwood spoilers are a meme in World of Tanks  and War Thunder.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-09-2018, 09:09:36
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/a2/d9/4ea2d9d58bc7b36bb6aece0ae9cc998d.png)

StuG.Brig.177 StuG IV about to tow away SU-85
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-09-2018, 12:09:16
First time I've ever seen a German tank with the legendary 'log' on the back that so many Soviet vehicles carried. The Stalinwood spoilers are a meme in World of Tanks  and War Thunder.

What do you mean ?
Is it because the logs in world of tank was badly coded ? or something like that ?

Germans had them especially at the beginning of the war.
A famous picture:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-265-0037-10%2C_Russland%2C_Panzer_38t.jpg)
If you want, we can find you more !

Very cool camo pattern on that Panther
the quote i've found:
Quote
Combat Group Mühlenkamp 5th SS Panzer Division (5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking") in the Nuzhets-Stacja (Nurzec-Stacja). In the front of the Sd.Kfz.251 armored personnel carrier is SS Untersturmfuhrer Gerhard Mahn. Counterattacks were made in an attempt to contain the rapid advance of tank units of the Red Army during Operation Bagration. In the background, the tank "Panther" Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G. G. Man in the same armored vehicle is captured in the following photo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-09-2018, 13:09:46
the quote i've found:
Quote
Combat Group Mühlenkamp 5th SS Panzer Division (5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking") in the Nuzhets-Stacja (Nurzec-Stacja). In the front of the Sd.Kfz.251 armored personnel carrier is SS Untersturmfuhrer Gerhard Mahn. Counterattacks were made in an attempt to contain the rapid advance of tank units of the Red Army during Operation Bagration. In the background, the tank "Panther" Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G. G. Man in the same armored vehicle is captured in the following photo.

That's Ausf A late. Wiking had Panther Ausf D, early Ausf A, late Ausf A during that period.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 29-09-2018, 16:09:10
What do you mean ?
Is it because the logs in world of tank was badly coded ? or something like that ?

Nah, it's because every other Soviet tank has one and they look like spoilers. Especially because in WoT the Soviet tanks tend to have go-kart mobility for 'non bias' reasons. In War Thunder some logs actually have armor value (100 or 150mm) in the armor viewer, not sure if it's a bug or the devs are joking around.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-09-2018, 07:09:02
(http://i67.tinypic.com/3516f86.jpg)

Knocked out Panther Ausf. D from 1./SS Pz.Rg.11. in Narva
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-09-2018, 11:09:54
the quote i've found:
Quote
Combat Group Mühlenkamp 5th SS Panzer Division (5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking") in the Nuzhets-Stacja (Nurzec-Stacja). In the front of the Sd.Kfz.251 armored personnel carrier is SS Untersturmfuhrer Gerhard Mahn. Counterattacks were made in an attempt to contain the rapid advance of tank units of the Red Army during Operation Bagration. In the background, the tank "Panther" Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G. G. Man in the same armored vehicle is captured in the following photo.
thx for the correction

(now that i've searched for logs pictures, i'm going to post them)
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-38t/Panzer-38t-tank-2.jpg)

That's Ausf A late. Wiking had Panther Ausf D, early Ausf A, late Ausf A during that period.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 30-09-2018, 16:09:19
Were those logs kept as a way to get out of mud?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Eat Uranium on 30-09-2018, 17:09:55
Were those logs kept as a way to get out of mud?
Yes.  You put the log on the ground in front (or behind) the tank and then tie it to both tracks.  You can then drive forward (or backwards) by using it as an anchor.  Once it has gone the full length, you untie it and either tie it on again or you're clear of the mud.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-10-2018, 07:10:01
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2hr25wy.jpg)

 Marder II Ausf D. Quite possibly "Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Regiment Hermann Göring" in the Netherlands
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-10-2018, 13:10:36
(https://i.redd.it/tn5l48nvz8p11.jpg)

Quote
Hungarian soldier with his guitar in front of a 39M Csaba. USSR, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-10-2018, 20:10:28
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-38t/PzKpfw-38t-tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-10-2018, 21:10:13
Looks like a Panzer 38(t) of 7th Panzer Division. I assume it's in Russia since that marking was used after '41 ^

EDIT:
(https://i.redd.it/xsbrxupibkp11.jpg)

(Probably) members of the 2nd Armored Division near St Lo France, 1944 juding by the camouflage (and Google :P ). It looks like there are 3 different guns in the photo. From left to right; M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and an M1903 Springfield with an M1 Grenade Launcher.

Actually, this 2nd image confirms it as a Springfield :) seems to be the same group.
Spoiler
(https://mediastore.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR2/d/e/3/e/PAR29620.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-10-2018, 08:10:46
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/10333393_341287182661637_3537598259461501838_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&oh=0e3558c3223f36f995a7ad2d96e6a12c&oe=5C5915A1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-10-2018, 08:10:17
(http://www.arthurbondar.com/files/gimgs/83_83_Homzor_AB_10.jpg)

Destroyed Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf J with "Thoma" Schürzen. Lubin, Lower Silesia, 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-10-2018, 20:10:54
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3789/13409563384_2dd20a917f_b.jpg)

Looks like a Panzer 38(t) of 7th Panzer Division. I assume it's in Russia since that marking was used after '41 ^

EDIT:
Spoiler
(https://i.redd.it/xsbrxupibkp11.jpg)
(Probably) members of the 2nd Armored Division near St Lo France, 1944 juding by the camouflage (and Google :P ). It looks like there are 3 different guns in the photo. From left to right; M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and an M1903 Springfield with an M1 Grenade Launcher.

Actually, this 2nd image confirms it as a Springfield :) seems to be the same group.
Spoiler
(https://mediastore.magnumphotos.com/CoreXDoc/MAG/Media/TR2/d/e/3/e/PAR29620.jpg)

indeed, most of the pictures of the pzr38 with  logs are from the 7.
Nice picture of a 03A3 !
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Post by: radiosmersh on 02-10-2018, 21:10:59
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Deti_nameckie-tanki_1942_derevnya-Klinci_author-V_Tarasevich.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Deti_nameckie-tanki_1942_derevnya-Klinci_author-V_Tarasevich.jpeg)
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Children of the Klintsy village (25 km from Tikhvin in Leningrad Oblast) near abandoned Pz.38s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-10-2018, 07:10:25
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/SAU-Hummel_Pillau_1945.jpg)

Hummel and ammunition carrier attacked by the 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps. Plantage, Pillau. April 1945
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Post by: Leopardi on 03-10-2018, 16:10:51
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/42429476_1847876501968846_1136698004380581888_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&oh=4a5fca689b20f6e21109947be49e2900&oe=5C4FB46F)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2018, 18:10:37
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/14119048671_7820d579ef_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 03-10-2018, 23:10:06
Panzer IVs always seem to have trouble with bridges ;D

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These photographs were taken in the early morning of June 5, the opening day of Fall Rot, as 7.Panzer-Division advanced down a railway embankment after crossing the Somme. A Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.D with tactical number "321" lost a track just before crossing an overpass and as a result held up the entire advance. In the first photo there appears to be some discussion as to the best course of action to remove the obstacle. A Pz.Kpfw.38(t) and two more Panzer IV Aust.D are in position to assist. 321's lost track can be seen amongst the group of men beside the rearmost Panzer IV. This shot also gives a good view ofd the aerial recognition rectangles painted on the engine decks of the tanks. Rommel took this picture while standing on the hillside overlooking the site

(https://i.imgur.com/3AgGRbQ.jpg)

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In the second photo "321" has been turned 90 degrees and dragged over the edge of the embankment to allow traffic to continue across the bridge while hey decide what to do with the tank.

(https://i.imgur.com/X9mTl1d.jpg)

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Finally, "321" has been dragged all the way to the bottom of the embankment so repairs can be made. A medical unit displaying prominent Red Cross symbols is moving across the bridge led by a motorcycle-sidecar combination.

(https://i.imgur.com/uD3nbVU.jpg)

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Another photo taken at the same location as two Kradschutzen lead an Sd.Kfz.223 across the bridge. Engineers from Pionier-Battalion 58 removed the railway track and ties from the bridge deck to provide a proper roadway for the division. All the vehicles carry a "K" marking that is highly unusual as 7.Panzer-Division was not part of Gruppe von Kleist for either Fall Gelb or Fall Rot, nor were any other units in this sector. It is known that there were anomalies to this system and it is possible that the K represents something else, perhaps the commander of the unit. Or it may be that a unit assigned to Gruppe von Kleist has moved over to 7.Panzer-Division's sector.

(https://i.imgur.com/2XB6GiZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-10-2018, 08:10:34
(http://i65.tinypic.com/9jd8c9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-10-2018, 09:10:04
Panzer IVs always seem to have trouble with bridges ;D


Panzer III's don't seem much better  ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/UEvGqLZ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-10-2018, 14:10:34
Really great re-coloring of an old photo. The caption says “Hetzers in Prague, 1945” but a more reliable source says “Vehicles abandoned during an American offensive, early 1945”

Anyone wanna play a guessing game as to where these Hetzers are from? ;D

(https://i.redd.it/xec6bvho24q11.jpg)

B&W version
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAoYIvN3A6g/W2ivrrehxYI/AAAAAAAAWyw/LW1Td3l81FIR7fn94eT_A_scqD2e-8DxQCEwYBhgL/s1600/jagdpanzer38s25-b4d3fd830ae70092e69e9387c4e5aa76.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-10-2018, 17:10:26
Those Jagdpanzer 38(t) likely belonged to the "attached" 20. Panzergrenadier-Division. The location is Sagan, Lower Silesia (spring 1945).

Source: "Panzergrenadiers to the Front! The Combat History of Panzergrenadier Division "Brandenburg" on the Eastern Front" by A.Stephan Hamilton (2016)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-10-2018, 19:10:50
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-38t/Panzer-38t-Russia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-10-2018, 19:10:32
Is that what the sign reads? Zagan?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-10-2018, 19:10:28
A bit more info: the location seems to be Żary and yes, the road sign is pointing to Żagań/Sagan which is 15 kilometers to the East (from "In Focus 1: Jagdpanzer 38").
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 04-10-2018, 20:10:08
Is that what the sign reads? Zagan?
Yes, in Cyrillic it's ЗАГАН, which translates to Žaga, of which there are three locations in Slovenia.

So I'm not so sure about the "American offensive" there ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-10-2018, 22:10:56
Yea, lots of places seem to have it mis-captioned. :P

Looks just like the 'Lookout' outpost on Hurtgen Forest 8)

(https://i.redd.it/5gjw4wn8g5q11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-10-2018, 06:10:10
Jagdpanzer 38(t)s are from the final production line, with features that were introduced in late March 1945 incl. steel, spring loaded antenna base (a rubber saving measure) and welded-on rings for attaching camouflage - these types only saw action between (and around) the border area of Czech - Germany - Upper and Lower Silesia.

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(http://i.imgur.com/WTKCIpx.jpg)

Destroyed SU-85 in Luban, Lower Silesia. March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-10-2018, 16:10:36
More tanks that should’ve used bridges properly :P

A Sherman tank being recovered from the river Biferno near Campo-Marino, Italy, October 1943.
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sherman-tank-in-river.jpg)

I can’t tell for sure because the markings are covered up, but I think this is a Sherman V of the Canadian 12th Armored Regiment (Three Rivers). The turret markings indicate C Squadron (circle) 3rd Troop (number).

They were supporting the 79th Infantry Division in Termoli after Germans counterattacked the British commandos who had seized the town a few nights before.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-10-2018, 18:10:35
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-38t/Panzer_38t_7th_div_1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-10-2018, 02:10:26
Btw, in my last picture of the Sherman, does anyone know what those “wings” are on the back deck? (With the allied marking)

I’m guessing it’s wading gear of some sort, but I’ve never seen it before.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-10-2018, 08:10:09
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-10-2018, 10:10:00
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43129116_252749028767082_4115163970531229696_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&oh=2c6927070140d91ca243be9e2c10bda2&oe=5C1E2E41)

Tienhaara 25.6.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-10-2018, 10:10:00
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/3f/48/613f48f9ce70dbb1638323342e1a6105.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-10-2018, 22:10:30
(https://i.imgur.com/GUEcfXP.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-10-2018, 09:10:46
(http://i66.tinypic.com/250mn7t.jpg)

8.5cm Flak M.39 (r). Herrlisheim, January 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-10-2018, 10:10:46
(https://i.imgur.com/WDPt2gX.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-10-2018, 10:10:03
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-3-tank/Panzer_III_tanks_during_battle_october_4_1941_Russia.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-10-2018, 08:10:30
(http://i67.tinypic.com/165cg9.jpg)

Pz IV and Valentine wrecks at Dukla Pass
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-10-2018, 12:10:23
(https://i.imgur.com/tNAllta.jpg)

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Finnish major observes final stages of capturing a village from a german command tank.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-10-2018, 20:10:04
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5672/23944372495_21951ea031_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-10-2018, 03:10:09
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Pz IV and Valentine wrecks at Dukla Pass

Seems to have been a whole slew of weird tanks at Dukla Pass
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-10-2018, 07:10:23
(https://filweb.arkibas.dk/filer/visning/b510028e8afe46c695aaa028f174cf3c)

Capitulation in Denmark, early May 1945
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2018, 19:10:48
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43020&sid=57300b2d0cbdf1ee5a128be25b0bd627)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-10-2018, 22:10:41
(https://i.imgur.com/fDlSduu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 10-10-2018, 04:10:22
I think this image is originally in color, very cool to see non-desert colored tanks in the desert.
(https://i.imgur.com/Ee2MG3s.jpg)

Osprey's Italian Medium Tanks '39-'45 says that they are M13/40s of VII M tank battalion in Libya, March 1940. They were probably transferred from the Balkans since they're still in their green/grey paint (I assume they were soon over painted with desert yellow).

The side markings show it's the first tank of the first platoon of the first company.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-10-2018, 08:10:20
(https://reibert.info/media/41-jpg.419958/full?d=1457732392)
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Post by: Ts4EVER on 10-10-2018, 08:10:45
I think this image is originally in color, very cool to see non-desert colored tanks in the desert.
(https://i.imgur.com/Ee2MG3s.jpg)

Osprey's Italian Medium Tanks '39-'45 says that they are M13/40s of VII M tank battalion in Libya, March 1940. They were probably transferred from the Balkans since they're still in their green/grey paint (I assume they were soon over painted with desert yellow).

The side markings show it's the first tank of the first platoon of the first company.

Italian tanks received their yellow color in February 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-10-2018, 19:10:45
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43027&sid=d8c9e9655d3f70bc29f623e4684f0713)
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43033&sid=d8c9e9655d3f70bc29f623e4684f0713)
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Post by: Slayer on 10-10-2018, 20:10:20
This pic reminds me of a tragedy which happened close to my father's house in May 1945. There was a V1 launching installation there and kids were playing round it when one of the abandoned V1's exploded, killing four children. This is the obituary:

(https://i.imgur.com/LTEk3RS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 10-10-2018, 22:10:54
(https://i.redd.it/7txid12kqar11.png)

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M-10 of 632nd Tank Destroyer battalion Aitape, New Guinea July 31, 1944

From Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/comments/9mwt6b/m10_of_632nd_tank_destroyer_battalion_aitape_new/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-10-2018, 06:10:40
(http://i68.tinypic.com/10fn8de.jpg)

Hungarian Pz IV and StuG III Ausf. F is from StuG.Abt. 210
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-10-2018, 11:10:06
(https://i.imgur.com/KKpH3Ab.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-10-2018, 23:10:55
Finns using spears to destroy a tank ?

This pic reminds me of a tragedy which happened close to my father's house in May 1945. There was a V1 launching installation there and kids were playing round it when one of the abandoned V1's exploded, killing four children. This is the obituary:

yes, it is sad to think that even after the war it continues to kill (even nowadays)

(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43032&sid=c68f9402c609fa2c7d19decafd18e197)
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43031&sid=c68f9402c609fa2c7d19decafd18e197)


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Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-10-2018, 23:10:54
Finns using spears to destroy a tank ?

Flamethrower tank KhT-26.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-10-2018, 02:10:53
Finns using spears to destroy a tank ?

Flamethrower tank KhT-26.  :)

honestly it looks like one of those fake tanks thrown together with debris to fool the enemy ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-10-2018, 03:10:08
Finns using spears to destroy a tank ?

Flamethrower tank KhT-26.  :)

honestly it looks like one of those fake tanks thrown together with debris to fool the enemy ;D

Some of them were actually remote controlled.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-10-2018, 07:10:23
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43880014_254394901935828_4039270042985037824_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&oh=2ff52adee760cf556603faf784597ca0&oe=5C4B562A)

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Chasing partisans in the Savukoski area,
2.4.1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-10-2018, 07:10:41
(https://mmg.in.ua/inline/21914.jpg)

BMM Jagdpanzer 38(t) wreck in Czech lands, 1945
Trivia: the crew was basically blind to the right side once "buttoned up".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-10-2018, 18:10:37
"buttoned up" ?

(http://78.media.tumblr.com/e13f68b61ff1cfe4c0ea37498b03e3f3/tumblr_n1rvjpzzeb1tshtppo1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: Wilhelm on 12-10-2018, 23:10:11
"buttoned up" ?

Everyone inside the tank with all the hatches closed, so they have to rely on vision slits and periscopes to see.

(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43880014_254394901935828_4039270042985037824_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&oh=2ff52adee760cf556603faf784597ca0&oe=5C4B562A)

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Chasing partisans in the Savukoski area,
2.4.1944.

What partisans would a Finnish soldier be chasing?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 12-10-2018, 23:10:31
What partisans would a Finnish soldier be chasing?

Russian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-10-2018, 04:10:50
Yes, all the hatches down.

(https://reibert.info/media/russkie-frontovye-korrespondenty.454573/full?d=1489005623)

Soviet war correspondents
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 13-10-2018, 06:10:20
(https://i.redd.it/q7kx6jasmmr11.jpg)
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Corporal Peter Teague, of the Australian 1st Armored Regiment, showing the Japanese sword which he captured after shooting a Japanese soldier in a tunnel on Vasey Highway during the "Oboe II. Operation" on Balikpapan, the island of Borneo, Indonesia; 2 July 1945.

Also check out the Owen with the Australian in the left 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-10-2018, 09:10:56
What partisans would a Finnish soldier be chasing?

Russian.
Mostly attacks against civilian villages, which resulted in a civilian arming program. Don't know if there was any civilians vs. partisans situation, where the civilians actually succesfully defended themselves.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2018, 23:10:14
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43014&sid=c14c5f76a40956743dc133c5fc4857a5)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-10-2018, 08:10:36
(https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/image/26863174/max/1920/1080/e861b5a0486516e1aee4b3bd9d0a33c4/lk/imago58591307h.jpg)

Artillery pieces left behind in Seelow
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-10-2018, 12:10:25
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=43014&sid=c14c5f76a40956743dc133c5fc4857a5)
(https://i.imgur.com/75VHE8t.jpg)

4 vierlings and a 37mm flak on top. These would be fun mobile fortresses in an island hopping lake ladoga map ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2018, 06:10:22
(http://i65.tinypic.com/oata41.jpg)

Denmark
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 15-10-2018, 13:10:11
(https://i.redd.it/wp075l0ly9s11.jpg)

10.5cm leFH 18/3 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen B2 (f) and it’s crew.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-10-2018, 19:10:51
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/ac7591800cc28d15c782c2a1bb9196b3/tumblr_ozzzhoZli91waygj7o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-10-2018, 03:10:14
(https://i.redd.it/k583ax4dtcs11.jpg)

American DUKWs in the canals of Venice 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-10-2018, 07:10:31
(http://i66.tinypic.com/1zn8lki.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 16-10-2018, 08:10:49
(https://i.redd.it/k583ax4dtcs11.jpg)

American DUKWs in the canals of Venice 1945

Nice pic! What's the story behind this? Did the unit that liberated Venice just happen to have DUKWs or was this some kind of R&R?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-10-2018, 12:10:30
(https://i.imgur.com/WtbYB73.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-10-2018, 14:10:51
Nice pic! What's the story behind this? Did the unit that liberated Venice just happen to have DUKWs or was this some kind of R&R?

I don’t know the story behind this specific photo, but I found this blurb from a DUKW driver in the British Army. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a4105216.shtml (https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a4105216.shtml)

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When the fighting was over and the tanks were no longer required, we returned to our DUKW company. After a few weeks in a town called MESTRE we set off for VENICE and the LIDO-DI JESOLO where we set up CAMP.
THE 8th army and the YANKS had set up LEAVE CENTRES for all and sundry and we got the job of supplying these centres with everything required! When the gondoliers went on strike, the TOWN MAJOR ordered our company to run a Shuttle service up and down the GRAND-CANAL 8am-8pm until normal services resumed. THE company was being moved, ready for the far EAST (Rumours) but, thank goodness JAPAN surrendered. WAR-OVER.

Which is kinda cool 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-10-2018, 19:10:39
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/1a538066cf73291093c796d063fc94e6/tumblr_p12qrbVx4x1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
the quote was : panzer3 interior
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-10-2018, 19:10:43
the quote was : panzer3 interior

Hooly, looks like the tank Fahrgestell no (72520) has been written on the MP, making this a M.A.N. Pz.Kpfw. III (8./Z.W)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-10-2018, 23:10:22
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/RIAN_archive_997_Soldiers_and_a_gun_on_the_road.jpg)

Any ideas what gun the solider is holding?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 16-10-2018, 23:10:57
I would say it's Mosin obr. 1938
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-10-2018, 03:10:03
Could be, it would explain why the rear sight is so close to the end of the barrel. I can’t see a sight hood on the front sight tho, could be removed? Idk if Russians did that
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-10-2018, 08:10:52
(https://reibert.info/media/russischer-panzer-zerstoert-mit-stalin-orgel-katjuscha.448677/full?d=1479836610)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-10-2018, 17:10:08
Could be, it would explain why the rear sight is so close to the end of the barrel. I can’t see a sight hood on the front sight tho, could be removed? Idk if Russians did that

Actually there is no seperate sight hood like in Kar98k's in soviet produced Mosins from about 1932 onwards, ring with a front post is dovetailed to the base that is one part with a barrel (in Mosin obr. 1891/30) or pinned to the barrel (in Mosin carbines).
This one is M1891/30
(http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/1022.jpg) 
This is M38
(http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/1034.jpg)

For further reding I recommend http://7.62x54r.net
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-10-2018, 18:10:37
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/campagne_d_italie_cote_allemand/FALLAOK-F1567-L17.jpg)

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Following their operational jump on the island of Elba, the paratroopers of III./Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 7 of Major (Major) Hübner gather to the port of Portoferraio. The parachutists win the port with all means of locomotion found on site (mules, cabs, bicycles, cars or trucks). This paratrooper fighter is armed with an Italian rifle Mannlicher-Carcano model 38 (not visible in the picture). The jumping jacket has an additional non-regulatory pocket.
Date: September 17-30, 1943 Location: Elba Island, Italy
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-10-2018, 08:10:50
(http://i68.tinypic.com/xda3m.png)

StuG III Ausf C/D in trouble
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-10-2018, 17:10:12
(https://i.imgur.com/YYNgM5E.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-10-2018, 18:10:15
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/35735f3a8c7eedafcb590b8a8fa4c33c/tumblr_oi1hxqP2CG1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-10-2018, 08:10:48
(https://reibert.info/media/lfr-jpg.419073/full?d=1457732354)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 19-10-2018, 09:10:57
(https://reibert.info/media/lfr-jpg.419073/full?d=1457732354)

It must've been such a surrealistic experience for some regular German soldiers. Enlisting with pride to serve their fatherland and being hailed as heroes and mighty conquerors during the first years of the war, only to slowly start realising their leader is a madman that is leading the nation into its defeat and that they are actually serving an evil party that is exterminating people by the millions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FiveStars on 19-10-2018, 11:10:31
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/r5UAAOSwgvNZ1b-0/s-l300.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-10-2018, 18:10:32
a well know photo of a soviet soldier !

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/a6f0fd6ef678c8e4850b1274383aed39/tumblr_oqu4iklqNM1rqpszmo5_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-10-2018, 23:10:02
(https://reibert.info/media/lfr-jpg.419073/full?d=1457732354)

It must've been such a surrealistic experience for some regular German soldiers. Enlisting with pride to serve their fatherland and being hailed as heroes and mighty conquerors during the first years of the war, only to slowly start realising their leader is a madman that is leading the nation into its defeat and that they are actually serving an evil party that is exterminating people by the millions.

Heh, they kinda knew it since the beginning.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-10-2018, 07:10:13
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2dcdgr6.jpg)

Two abandoned or destroyed StuG III Ausf. G, claimed by the 1st Belorussian Front in Rogachev District, February 1944. One with the "nose art" was manufactured by Alkett, sometime between late 1943-early 1944. Notice the different cuts on the MG shields, tear-drop shaped for MG 34 and more angular one for MG 42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-10-2018, 10:10:43
(https://i.imgur.com/f6yHIXg.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FiveStars on 20-10-2018, 11:10:07
(http://materiaislamica.com/images/a/a1/Soviet9.gif)
muslim soviet soldier
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 20-10-2018, 18:10:20
(https://reibert.info/media/lfr-jpg.419073/full?d=1457732354)

It must've been such a surrealistic experience for some regular German soldiers. Enlisting with pride to serve their fatherland and being hailed as heroes and mighty conquerors during the first years of the war, only to slowly start realising their leader is a madman that is leading the nation into its defeat and that they are actually serving an evil party that is exterminating people by the millions.

Heh, they kinda knew it since the beginning.

Not only knew, but by and large, they supported it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-10-2018, 09:10:48
(http://www.arthurbondar.com/files/gimgs/84_Prigozhin_AB_07.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-10-2018, 10:10:33
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42952)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 21-10-2018, 13:10:47
(https://reibert.info/media/lfr-jpg.419073/full?d=1457732354)

It must've been such a surrealistic experience for some regular German soldiers. Enlisting with pride to serve their fatherland and being hailed as heroes and mighty conquerors during the first years of the war, only to slowly start realising their leader is a madman that is leading the nation into its defeat and that they are actually serving an evil party that is exterminating people by the millions.

Heh, they kinda knew it since the beginning.

Not only knew, but by and large, they supported it.

Yes. Dont be as stupid as the CoD devs and buy into the whole "clean Wehrmacht" myth.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 21-10-2018, 14:10:43
TS4 have you watched the end of empire series on YouTube by any chance? Or the episode with "mad Mitch".

The British army was fighting for the empire even though many soldiers thought they were fighting the good fight, they were protecting the empires interests.
He didn't say the wehrmacht was clean, just that some soldiers might have thought they were doing good.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-10-2018, 15:10:18
Yes the Germans also thought they were fighting for a good cause, and that good cause was the complete elimination of Communism and it's Jewish masters as they like to call them. The idea of "cleaning" Europe from the "Barbaric Slavs and the Jews" was well within the Wehrmacht at the time.


Hard to call it "fighting for the glory of conquest" when you're motivated by an aggressive ideology that is National-Socialism. People should stop romanticizing the Wehrmacht.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-10-2018, 16:10:01
Oh nice, arguments about Nazis :P

I would just say that talking in generalities can be dangerous. Make sure you realize that there is far more nuance to a situation than a group being wholly ‘bad’ or ‘good.’ Not that anyone’s making those assumptions, but the reality is that each group is made up of many free thinking individuals who are both ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in every aspect of their lives.

@Seth Polish campaign, nice :)

(https://i.redd.it/uu9089hh3at11.jpg)

US Marines advance behind an M4A2 Sherman on Guam in July 1944. Check out the War Photographer taking pictures behind the tank itself.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 21-10-2018, 17:10:44
@Matthew_Baker: That's an odd looking rear of a Sherman tank. Do all M4A2 have that weird hull shape at the back or is that a special vehicle?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-10-2018, 18:10:41
It's an addition. I believe it's a custom exhaust made by Seabees so that they could fit 55 gallon drums as improvised stacks for wading across rivers etc...

(http://www.tankworkshop.com/newshop/images/WWII_Allied/350037_2.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 22-10-2018, 01:10:37
I didnt want to start it but seeing TS4 beeing overly righteous provoked me. Him being the typical German and overreacting.

But are we so corrupt
that we are totally unable to do any good
and inclined to all evil?

You didnt have to be a nazi or a German to do other people harm or be evil. Or to do good.
Opportunity is what makes the difference is most occasions.
First thing after the liberation we Dutch did was raise an army to reclaim Indonesia. Imagine that after being brutalized for 5 years of occupation.
Just watch this and see what the British army was outside the World wars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OOsoqSKaw&t=708s

Question is aswell when is an individual really thinking free for himself, because he is always formed  in society, upbringing what have you.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-10-2018, 08:10:49
(http://forum.ioh.pl/graficzki/iwla_1954_dzia_o_samobierzne.jpg)

Destroyed SU-85. Chyrowa - Dukla Pass
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 22-10-2018, 15:10:44
@Matthew_Baker: Ah cool. Looks even stranger with the barrels on but it makes sense. Thanks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2018, 19:10:53
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/68/97/7868978535d72b0345bfd2a81839d3ec.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-10-2018, 19:10:09
(https://i.redd.it/ywzw0re4srt11.jpg)

Japanese troops during the battle for Shanghai, China, 1937. Notice (what I think is) a Type 11 being used by the prone soldier.

Here’s some more photos of that same street corner (probably North Sichuan Rd) taken in 1932 and 1937
Spoiler
(http://www.chinaww2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/coca3-300x195.jpg)
(http://www.shanghai1937.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cokee.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/32/40/a0/3240a09e0884a525f539fd904b942688.jpg)

And I believe that car is a Type 2587 Dowa. Based on the Vickers Crossley
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Japanese_Shanghai_Special_Naval_Landing_force%2C_Vickers-Crossley_M25_armored_cars%2C_1932.jpg/220px-Japanese_Shanghai_Special_Naval_Landing_force%2C_Vickers-Crossley_M25_armored_cars%2C_1932.jpg)
(http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Crossley_Type2587.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 22-10-2018, 19:10:40
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/68/97/7868978535d72b0345bfd2a81839d3ec.jpg)

Thought for a second that was German rambo dual wielding pistols, lol.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-10-2018, 09:10:30
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2wdt35h.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2018, 19:10:49
Spoiler
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/68/97/7868978535d72b0345bfd2a81839d3ec.jpg)

Thought for a second that was German rambo dual wielding pistols, lol.

 ;) me too the first time

Spoiler
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2wdt35h.jpg)

mg34 setup on the su ?

(http://78.media.tumblr.com/3ad9503fa27081a9e5904c61738aefe3/tumblr_p19n0eG88T1vdw2h4o2_1280.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 23-10-2018, 19:10:50
Beretta and a bunch of G43 ZFs, from the Hermann Göring Division as far as I know.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-10-2018, 20:10:35
mg34 setup on the su ?

Quite possible. This is the 2nd Ukrainian Front in Hungary on March 27, 1945.



(http://i63.tinypic.com/6j0knt.jpg)

Pz IV Ausf. H (06.1943 Vomag production)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-10-2018, 18:10:54
Beretta and a bunch of G43 ZFs, from the Hermann Göring Division as far as I know.
yes,
mauser and mosin too

Quote
Snipers from the 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring
on the streets of the city Bautzen in Saxony, Germany. April 25, 1945.

(http://78.media.tumblr.com/40ff72c2e03eec84845f924635c81234/tumblr_p0c6q9gRCb1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-10-2018, 08:10:33
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2002.337.886_1.jpg)

"Direct hit. German half track and 105MM Howitzer which it pulled, lies smashed by a direct hit from anti-tank gun firing from 3,000 yards during the Seventh Army sweep near Le Coulunvier, Southern France. On left in gully is dead driver of vehicle.' Likely Le Colombier, Alpes-Maritimes, France. 1 September 1944"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-10-2018, 18:10:49
(https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/armir.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 25-10-2018, 19:10:37
"Direct hit. German half track and 105MM Howitzer which it pulled, lies smashed by a direct hit from anti-tank gun firing from 3,000 yards during the Seventh Army sweep near Le Coulunvier, Southern France. On left in gully is dead driver of vehicle.' Likely Le Colombier, Alpes-Maritimes, France. 1 September 1944"

Looks like a 3rd ID patch on the guy to the right. Also, what kind of hakftrack was that? A sdkfz 7?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-10-2018, 20:10:53
Looks like a 3rd ID patch on the guy to the right. Also, what kind of hakftrack was that? A sdkfz 7?

No idea really, descriptions from NARA can be quite lacking in terms of further details.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 26-10-2018, 01:10:13
"Direct hit. German half track and 105MM Howitzer which it pulled, lies smashed by a direct hit from anti-tank gun firing from 3,000 yards during the Seventh Army sweep near Le Coulunvier, Southern France. On left in gully is dead driver of vehicle.' Likely Le Colombier, Alpes-Maritimes, France. 1 September 1944"

Looks like a 3rd ID patch on the guy to the right. Also, what kind of hakftrack was that? A sdkfz 7?

That is a good question.  I don't think it was a tracked vehicle; the rear wheels look far too thick for track road wheels.  It also looks like it has a cabin at the front, so it looks like it was some kind of truck or tractor.  Those rear wheels look very odd...they look really wide for a single wheel, but I can't see any gap that would suggest them being double-wheels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 26-10-2018, 04:10:00
Oh I haven't seen the burned corpse.. damn. Also there's a Panzerfaust tube and a projectile nearby, weird.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-10-2018, 09:10:00
(https://i.postimg.cc/8D5B06j0/Sturmhaubitze-10-5-cm-Sturmgesch-tz-Brigade-Unternehmen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-10-2018, 10:10:07
nmv
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-10-2018, 18:10:13
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Volturno-crossing-595x475.jpg)
Quote
American infantrymen in an assault boat haul themselves across the Volturno River in mid-October 1943 during the first major river crossing in Europe by Allied troops.
Source:
http://ww2today.com/21st-october-1943-audie-murphy-watches-the-ambush-of-a-german-patrol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-10-2018, 18:10:30
"Direct hit. German half track and 105MM Howitzer which it pulled, lies smashed by a direct hit from anti-tank gun firing from 3,000 yards during the Seventh Army sweep near Le Coulunvier, Southern France. On left in gully is dead driver of vehicle.' Likely Le Colombier, Alpes-Maritimes, France. 1 September 1944"

Looks like a 3rd ID patch on the guy to the right. Also, what kind of hakftrack was that? A sdkfz 7?
this is a heavy artillery tractor.
Certainly a Hanomag SS-100
a version:
(http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/h/hagSS100tjagach2_Baydeww2.jpg)
That is a good question.  I don't think it was a tracked vehicle; the rear wheels look far too thick for track road wheels.  It also looks like it has a cabin at the front, so it looks like it was some kind of truck or tractor.  Those rear wheels look very odd...they look really wide for a single wheel, but I can't see any gap that would suggest them being double-wheels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 27-10-2018, 01:10:01
(https://i.imgur.com/FvJZu6c.jpg)

Algerian troops of Chappuis' 7e RTA cautiously advance up a street in the foothills below the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica on August 28th, 1944.

The two in front look to be holding M1903A1 Springfields and the nearest soldier has it fitted with an M1 grenade launcher with what looks like an M9A1 rifle grenade.

They look to have Adrian helmets with covers which I haven't seen before. Also decked out in other US equipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 27-10-2018, 04:10:21
(https://i.postimg.cc/8D5B06j0/Sturmhaubitze-10-5-cm-Sturmgesch-tz-Brigade-Unternehmen.jpg)

What is up with that muzzle brake?

I don't recall ever seeing a stug with that sort before...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Oberst on 27-10-2018, 06:10:33
Isnt that a Stuh42? Early versions had muzzle brakes?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-10-2018, 08:10:58
Isnt that a Stuh42? Early versions had muzzle brakes?

StuH 42, produced sometime between 11.43-03.44, just the muzzle brake has been taken from 10.5 cm leFH 18/40. Similarly, you could also use one from leFH 18/39 (or Wespe).

Here's a late war variant, with reinforced barrel recoil mechanism (from 9.44 →) that eliminated the need for muzzle brake, but due to its bigger size it could not be used with the cast mantlet and no coaxial could be mounted either;

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/47/ef/71/47ef71f992681c5e2b66b900f7175d49.jpg)

The basic Strumgeschütz-Batterie strength (since late 1943) consisted three StuH 42 out of ten Strumgeschütz - or recommended minimum of fifth assault gun being a StuH.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-10-2018, 15:10:48
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44747941_258463638195621_3856948797233954816_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=845758e5ae61904d735da536313175b0&oe=5C42B87D)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-10-2018, 16:10:03
(https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/armir3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 27-10-2018, 16:10:05
(https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/armir3.jpg)

Does it say where that photo was taken, Seth?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-10-2018, 23:10:17
Italians on Eastern Front is my first guess, here is more:

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/8e03107u.51n2izs4lvcw4w8o0o4wc4k0g.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-10-2018, 23:10:37
^ those are greek soldier  (note the Schönauer 0314 we have somewhere)

Spoiler
(https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/armir3.jpg)

Does it say where that photo was taken, Seth?

no but i've some more.
i was searching for the wz35 use in italian army. Those picture illustrate an article.
But afaik there is an italian bundesarchiv (there were saez 1940 pictures there)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 28-10-2018, 01:10:43
^ those are greek soldier  (note the Schönauer 0314 we have somewhere)

Spoiler
(https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/armir3.jpg)

Does it say where that photo was taken, Seth?

no but i've some more.
i was searching for the wz35 use in italian army. Those picture illustrate an article.
But afaik there is an italian bundesarchiv (there were saez 1940 pictures there)



Oh, I thought those were Russian soldiers at first!  Even more interesting if they are Italians.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-10-2018, 07:10:47
(https://reibert.info/media/einmarsch-in-frankreich-krieg-im-westen-gefangene-kolonialkrieger-pow.472095/full?d=1526428114)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 28-10-2018, 15:10:09
^ those are greek soldier  (note the Schönauer 0314 we have somewhere)
Really? Did Greeks also fight in Russia? This pic was on waralbum.ru, so I assumed it was Eastern Front, and since it came up on a search for Italians on Eastern Front I thought they were Italiani.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-10-2018, 17:10:43
no, it is from the italian-greek war (28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-10-2018, 07:10:41
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/3aecc8dec93a1cb37fa3c55ecc260c5d0659473c49ab1ad0358e06e07f8c60b8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 29-10-2018, 15:10:31

no but i've some more.
i was searching for the wz35 use in italian army. Those picture illustrate an article.
But afaik there is an italian bundesarchiv (there were saez 1940 pictures there)
Do you have link to italian bundesarchiv seth?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-10-2018, 17:10:52
here :

http://dati.acs.beniculturali.it/SecondaGuerraMondiale/


(https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/armir-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 29-10-2018, 20:10:35
here :

http://dati.acs.beniculturali.it/SecondaGuerraMondiale/


 :o Thanks!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-10-2018, 06:10:34
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/f2fc0fe755c4aaa79d9a0ea1076d5944-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-10-2018, 12:10:23
Sedan 1940 ?

(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/19_5armee-13-e177.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-10-2018, 12:10:07
Yes. Chémery-sur-Bar (https://decisivehours.wordpress.com/chemery-sur-bar)

More details on the incident:

"On 14 May 1940 1./schwere Panzerabwehr-Batterie 8 lost its first vehicle, but not as a result of enemy action. The previous day German troops had establlished a bridgehead over Meuse near Sedan. French counterattacks were launched too late and did not start until 8 a.m.. For one hour Panzer-Regiment 2 and some Pak guns frustrated the French effort to throw the Germans back across the river.
   At 10.45 a.m. French tanks began to fall back. Only then could German reinforcements pour into the small bridgehead, still delayed by an enormous traffic congestion on the other side of the Meuse.
Finally the Selbstfahrlafetten of 1./schwere Panzerabwehr-Batterie 8 went into action. Before noon the French had lost 30 tanks and were pushed back to their starting line. In the meantime officers of Panzer-Regiment 2 and 1./schwere Panzerabwehr-Batterie gathered on the market square in Chémery to confer.
However, early in the morning an air strike had been requested on the village which because of poor communications could not be called off. Stukas mistook their own vehicles for French ones and swooped down with devasting effect. At least 25 soldiers died, one Selbstfahrlafette was a written-off and several others were damaged."

Source: "Autumn Gale" by Jack Didden and Maarten Swarts
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-10-2018, 13:10:35
(https://i.imgur.com/nTHEOZJ.jpg?1)

Quote
T-26E taken out by an AA gun from 50 meters. South of Petrozavodsk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 30-10-2018, 18:10:17
Thats a vickers 6-ton?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-10-2018, 19:10:28
Thats a vickers 6-ton?
Fixed :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-10-2018, 07:10:25
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/15493/9430010.1d9/0_f194f_26285a8a_orig)

A gunner from 12.SS.Pz.Div inspecting a knocked-out Firefly after Operation Goodwood
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-10-2018, 13:10:52
(https://i.imgur.com/QOi16mu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-11-2018, 09:11:06
(https://www.e1.ru/news/images/resize_850_1121/new1/423/459/images/14.jpg?_700700)

Sd.Kfz. 7/1 with armored cab. Reichstag 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2018, 09:11:58
(https://2eguerremondiale.fr/images/articles/soldat_all_drole_de_guerre_3503708485.jpeg)
Sietzkrieg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-11-2018, 17:11:52
(https://i.imgur.com/JMJ7X9s.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-11-2018, 08:11:23
(http://i65.tinypic.com/s3htvs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-11-2018, 10:11:29
(https://2eguerremondiale.fr/images/reseaux_sociaux/social_media_148.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-11-2018, 20:11:44
(https://i.imgur.com/yqmaZPT.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-11-2018, 08:11:07
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2009.364.153_1.jpg)

Isolated forest altar somewhere in Germany, spring 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-11-2018, 10:11:54
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42953&sid=61df059477283a4eae8c73a9df6728b7)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-11-2018, 11:11:47
(https://i.imgur.com/bBd1yXo.jpg?1)

Looks like some special armored volkswagen
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 03-11-2018, 13:11:54
Looks like some special armored volkswagen

The car on the left? Or that sweet ass Panzer I 8)

(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-i/Kleiner_Panzerbefehlswagen_command_tank.jpg)

@Seth is there a caption on that photo? I'm assuming Poland, maybe September/ October '39
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-11-2018, 15:11:54
Looks like some special armored volkswagen

The car on the left? Or that sweet ass Panzer I 8)


Left, the panzer I is quite nice as well  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-11-2018, 09:11:41
(http://i65.tinypic.com/1zd7z8w.jpg7)

10.Panzer-Division in France. The fall of 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-11-2018, 16:11:07
(https://i.redd.it/xnbns9vc39w11.jpg)
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Boasting a fine array of uniforms, headgear and weapons, members of the Polish Resistance lineup during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-11-2018, 16:11:45
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/20_dat-966-l3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-11-2018, 09:11:20
(http://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/369/369180-fef63690dd0df546a507eed92778aacf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-11-2018, 19:11:21
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/16_3armee-44-c1100.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-11-2018, 07:11:39
(http://i68.tinypic.com/v5yjbo.jpg)

T-34 converted into a ammunition carrier for 3./schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 in Galicia, Ukraine summer of 1944. These modifications were carried out by the battalion armorer Stabsfeldwebel Anton Brunthaler to meet shortage of ammunition carriers and recovery vehicles. By the end of July '44 , s.PzJg.Abt.653 had lost over 60% of its vehicles (incl. 20+ Elefanten) during the hasty withdrawl.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2018, 19:11:16
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/03_dg-149-2362.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-11-2018, 07:11:55
(https://i.imgur.com/iQ09QaF.jpg?1)

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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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-11-2018, 09:11:13
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2wfpe2s.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 07-11-2018, 13:11:19
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/M4-sherman-killer-kwajalein.gif)

Marines driving their Sherman around with a captured Japaneze tankette on the back, apparently.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-11-2018, 18:11:14
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/17_1armee-6-a20.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 07-11-2018, 20:11:17
Loving the French photos. You don’t usually see many of them
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier 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/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-11-2018, 09:11:32
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/371b8885918f6394bc89bbbe28c31876/tumblr_ocq2aobq9I1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg?fbclid=IwAR05i_orJL2zOgHV_NWYmUTCs86z59W1h7jnHXGk1PMI4OX-1NfqiZtFNbk)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: FiveStars on 08-11-2018, 10:11:57
intresting....berets?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä 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
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-11-2018, 19:11:02
i think the tank the most on the right sunk that day  :D

(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/35_dg-36-646.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-11-2018, 21:11:02
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45588420_262867274421924_975685203781484544_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=e0cbc7612420a180f9f63e6326b9f7cd&oe=5C6C8F4E)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-11-2018, 09:11:38
(https://www.e1.ru/news/images/resize_850_575/new1/423/459/images/2.jpg?_900)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-11-2018, 18:11:49
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/ddg/25_3armee-44-c1098.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-11-2018, 09:11:10
(http://i66.tinypic.com/rtdlrq.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 10-11-2018, 14:11:29
(https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/isu_152_zveroboy-_camo-741x554.jpg)

...Capable of dealing with the entire German Zoo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-11-2018, 16:11:49
Certainly, ISU-152 became greatly feared by German heavy tank crews. Like on 14 March 1945 in Hungary, twentyfour dug-in ISU-152 (protected by a minefield) managed to damage sixteen Tiger II from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 509. Later during the day, two sPz.Abt 509 Tiger II seized the strongpoint, knocking out all twentyfour "beast killers". After five days, all battle damaged Tiger II were repaired and running again. Ironically, only 10 days later, fourteen of these Tigers II had to be destroyed due to lack of fuel (source: Wolfgang Schneider: Tigers in Combat)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2018, 18:11:09
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/norvege/29_MARINE-260-3634.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-11-2018, 20:11:42
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3712/9430010.267/0_10629d_89061c75_orig)

France 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-11-2018, 16:11:11
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2002.337.084_1.jpg)

Anzio, Italy. 30 January 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2018, 19:11:29
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42889&sid=7fdd9053f1d566e67c340b44d1400b66)
Sent to Moscow
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-11-2018, 20:11:56
When? Must be last weeks of the war, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-11-2018, 21:11:45
When? Must be last weeks of the war, right?

Considering the Maus is intact, I think this must be taken during transportation from Germany to Kubinka. So spring of ‘46?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2018, 21:11:05
I don't know the date so yes, it is just after the war so maybe i'm a bit offtopic there.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-11-2018, 21:11:48
It’s WW2 enough for me. :) Here’s more info to back up my guess from a modeling website (http://www.themodellingnews.com/2017/01/takom-let-pair-of-maus-loose-in-der.html);

Essentially there were 2 Maus prototypes, V1 & V2.

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The working Maus prototypes remained at Kummersdorf after being tested at Böblingen. Maus V2 was ordered to Wünsdorf to protect the OKH, probably V1 was ordered there, also, as a support for the V2 if it drove into mud or to help with diving through rivers (where it would have served as generator unit for V2). V2 ended at the Hindenburgplatz, in front of the bunker Maybach I, where it was destroyed by the Germans by placing charges in the engine and fighting compartments. Because it had ammunition stowed under the turret, it was damaged more extensively than V1, with the turret being more or less intact. Maus V1 did not reach this area.

Most Maus accounts say this turret was placed on the hull of the V1 Maus and taken to Kubinka to the tank proving grounds in Russia.

Apparently it took 6 halftracks just to pull the turret off the V2.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NHsvav8jIJU/WH1jfOWShKI/AAAAAAAB-XY/sJW_vg0XeeMIM2KC_8b0_2l7pvFK_XRYgCLcB/s1600/SdKfz%2B205%2BPanzerkampfwagen%2BVIII%2B%2528PzKpfW%2BVIII%2529%2BMaus%2B%252818%2529.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fsWqMWhPLKk/WH1jfJiflhI/AAAAAAAB-XU/4K81mJuJHb4qWQc0yD3RkLHYkxruIkoLQCLcB/s1600/SdKfz%2B205%2BPanzerkampfwagen%2BVIII%2B%2528PzKpfW%2BVIII%2529%2BMaus%2B%252819%2529.jpg)
 :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 12-11-2018, 23:11:28
Ah my all time favorite tank...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-11-2018, 09:11:25
(https://i.postimg.cc/9f25Pskr/2-WK-Foto-Panzer-Marder-I-mit-17-Panzer-Zerstort.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 13-11-2018, 13:11:30
(https://i.redd.it/rp5g49pwv2y11.jpg)

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German members of the 236 Infanterie Regiment taking cover behind a woodpile against elements of the Norwegian 6th Infantry Regiment. Some of them are wearing improved camouflage such as table lace. Hønefoss, Norway April 16th, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-11-2018, 14:11:09
I bet that table lace will be an unlockable customization option in BF5.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-11-2018, 18:11:43
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/322b41b3bb26f8ae32a4ea9b99acb940/tumblr_omzb06wb611tshtppo4_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 13-11-2018, 20:11:29
A G-41 at the front? Must be important to have a nice fur lined coat and semi-auto rifle :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-11-2018, 07:11:11
(http://i68.tinypic.com/5nn62o.jpg)

Denmark, early May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-11-2018, 18:11:41
A G-41 at the front? Must be important to have a nice fur lined coat and semi-auto rifle :D
yes
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LAH soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1943.

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/40c4e2baf1a342a7ae57319459b5e8f8/tumblr_omzb06wb611tshtppo3_400.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-11-2018, 05:11:35
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2wqg3ls.jpg)

Stalingrad, 12 November 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 15-11-2018, 06:11:36
(https://i.redd.it/8vzypfrgbdy11.jpg)

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American soldiers inspect a knocked out German Marder III, Ausf. H tank destroyer from the 71st Infantry Division "Kleeblatt" in Esperia, Frosinone, Italy, 19 May 1944. I think this was part of a series of color photos published by TIME magazine at some point.

Would love to know what the “13” represents on the American helmets
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-11-2018, 11:11:23
(https://i.imgur.com/5sxTQLP.jpg?1)

Defenders of Viipuri waking up to the morning of peace, 13th March 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-11-2018, 11:11:44
(https://i.redd.it/8vzypfrgbdy11.jpg)

1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 171. Initially with fourteen Marder III Ausf. H: thirteen in 1.Ko and one as a command vehicle at Abteilungsstab. In late 1943, the second Ko. received 8 Semovente M42 da 75/18 and 75/34.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-11-2018, 18:11:10
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/b6349bd4d85e714d5b36853b973baf07/tumblr_omzb06wb611tshtppo5_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-11-2018, 23:11:20
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46485620_265305180844800_1200710463248138240_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=fce6db22da267fa7ec2b6960e1b48181&oe=5C6F17CD)

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Finnish Jaegers around a campfire at night, Pertjärvi, April 17th, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2018, 07:11:22
(http://i65.tinypic.com/1z3b2wi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 16-11-2018, 10:11:52
Wtf, is that a head?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: |7th|Nighthawk on 16-11-2018, 10:11:49
It definitely looks like one, at least the upper part :X

I wonder what happened to the Marder III. It looks like it got detracked while reversing? The rest of the vehicle looks to be in pristine condition still.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-11-2018, 14:11:59
Yea nysä I’d like to know more about what that is :-\ I’m hoping it’s a vent with someone’s fuzzy hat hanging off, but I don’t think so.

I think that marder was hit with arty on the right side (left on the photo) that side of the tank might look worse.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2018, 17:11:26
Sorry, no info precise info about the KV. The war is full of freak accidents, perhaps the commander got the hatch? Anyway, the soldiers and the vehicles on the background are German.

About the Marder: "On January 1944, the 71. Inf.Div. had quickly been transferred to the area south of Rome, and beginning in February 1944 it was in action in the Monte Majo mountain area during the battle for Cassino. After suffering severe losses and barely escaping encirclement by Allied troops several times during the 3rd battle for Cassino (German counting) the division was practicaly destroyed until May 20, 1944. Pz.Jg.Abt. 171 had lost almost half of its Marders and assault guns."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 16-11-2018, 19:11:51
Marder probably got hit by artillery as Matthew said. Note the blown up tree on the left side of the picture and explosion damage on the vehicle's right side (left for us). There's a big orange/black charred spot on the casemate and above the front hull/track you can see pieces of the armor that are torn up.

(https://i.redd.it/8vzypfrgbdy11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2018, 20:11:12
Looks like the Marder threw a track. The American artillery would have made a mincemeat of this... a vehicle had max. of 10 mm armor (4 mm at the gun shield).

(http://realm.tapatalk-cdn.com/realm/Realm/daintree61/MarderIIIH71InfDivFLHS.jpg)
(http://realm.tapatalk-cdn.com/realm/Realm/daintree61/MarderIIIH71InfDivRHS.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-11-2018, 20:11:20
It’s certainly plausible that arty hit near the tank and maybe dislodged the track. The mark on the case mate and torn up track cover that Sander pointed out would lead me to think this.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2018, 20:11:27
We can only speculate here. Another example, the same unit, same location:

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/e9/1c/dfe91c6fb04cd5d2ee70421123b45c38.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-11-2018, 10:11:59
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/9eb99e5a29838a73cd46ad93ee98ed2f/tumblr_omzb06wb611tshtppo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-11-2018, 10:11:52
(http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/Photos2/Pic_Evacuated1_high.jpg)

Dip in the Rhine, Nijmegen after the withdrawal
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-11-2018, 08:11:07
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_18-328-30.jpg)

The Polish 1st Armoured Division. 17 July 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-11-2018, 10:11:16
(http://i.imgur.com/sB26vj3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-11-2018, 08:11:20
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2d7vf52.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. A of Sturmartillerie Batterie 640. Lyon, France 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-11-2018, 16:11:54
(https://i.imgur.com/ctplcM2.jpg?1)

Väinämöinen 1st July 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-11-2018, 18:11:24
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42809&sid=d1d5c59482b734d740178d750ea03f2e)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-11-2018, 09:11:34
(https://i.postimg.cc/rFqCJc1Z/s-l1600-31.jpg)

Marder III and Pz IV Ausf. F2, 19. Panzer-Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-11-2018, 18:11:36
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/0e53664fd956577fc2fd62284328a79f/tumblr_ot0hn7cwyn1rwjpnyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-11-2018, 02:11:12
(https://i.redd.it/clbxh18rdkz11.jpg)

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French Tankers pose in front of their Char B1 bis heavy tank, 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-11-2018, 08:11:00
(https://reibert.info/media/soldaten-mit-stalinorgel-und-panzer-schoene-ansicht.462134/full?d=1502735986)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2018, 18:11:53
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/24/e5/74/24e574055b5fa38871bb7649e1125141--glasgow-highlanders.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-11-2018, 07:11:53
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/photo11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-11-2018, 19:11:18
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46495531_267842680591050_8976409514664263680_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=8a3cfa845254d6a3cc5ac6c02c91e3fc&oe=5C71A3D5)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-11-2018, 20:11:05
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/fb27df83fc5f15a97ff420f1013c20e6/tumblr_oyflqobxfV1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 22-11-2018, 23:11:26
(https://i.postimg.cc/WzgNmgd0/00b7032e-FB-IMG-1542919978037.jpg)

British soldiers in liberated southern parts of the Netherlands (1944) dressing up as 'Zwarte Pieten' (Black Petes) to help the Dutch celebrate 'Sinterklaas'. It's a yearly Dutch tradition when a Santa Claus like figure (in the center of the UC with the mantle, staff and big hat) visits the Netherlands for about 3 weeks and gives presents to all the children.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-11-2018, 08:11:47
(https://i.postimg.cc/W1K0pDvB/113499229.jpg)

11. Luftwaffen Feld-Division. Athene, Greece 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 23-11-2018, 15:11:23
Are the letters D and B just vehicle identifying purposes, as were numbers? So you can have quick and easy communication between vehicles and command.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-11-2018, 15:11:32
Are the letters D and B just vehicle identifying purposes, as were numbers? So you can have quick and easy communication between vehicles and command.

Exactly, this was the classic artillery style marking for A, B, C, D... guns.
From late 1942 LwFD were equipped with four StuGs each division, that is until late 1943 take-over by the Heer and the number of vehicles being bumped up for Lw-PzJg-Abt's
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-11-2018, 18:11:58
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/0df2a4637c5e02967013a17f0b32343b/tumblr_p08zu6dwuO1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-11-2018, 08:11:49
(http://i65.tinypic.com/ej6he.jpg)

KO-ed Jagdpanzer IV from SS-Pz.Jg.Abt. 12 (or Pz.Jg.Abt. 228). Normandy, July-August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-11-2018, 09:11:03
(http://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/762/762920-fd80e1735344d598592fc04b778e2530.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2018, 11:11:38
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42837&sid=f9093b755daa2d19ffda670ccf898511)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-11-2018, 09:11:26
(http://i68.tinypic.com/ve6hp3.jpg)

10. Panzer-Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-11-2018, 15:11:11
Got a blind tank commander ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-11-2018, 18:11:07
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42740&sid=609fcb16aeb4c59f841d4d3e0f1629bd)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 27-11-2018, 05:11:41
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5787/20883270994_0788fca879_b.jpg)

Maus with a dummy turret during testing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-11-2018, 08:11:47
(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNg9vbrzz4xguiitMpunNi8eRdYvJaZxKmXy9YzY6prBX/0DAE96D9-78AA-4666-AD1E-4B127533B0C4.jpeg)

Damaged Jagdtiger left behind in Kamschlacken, Osterode am Harz. According one testimony, Jagdtiger broke its narrow transport track whilst trying to reserve into the wood for better cover, yet another more colorful version claimed that the track (and the gun mount) got damaged by 76 mm rounds, while trying to fend off a column of American M4s.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-11-2018, 14:11:23
Weird coincidence, I will be in Osterode am Harz on Thursday.
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Post by: nysä on 27-11-2018, 15:11:12
Sounds great! I wish to visit there one day as well.
It seems like almost every single type of German AFV, new and old, was pushed into action in that area.

(http://i68.tinypic.com/2lxujr5.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2018, 18:11:14
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42739&sid=bd3ff44fa259d52c53c3dc5ca594f953)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-11-2018, 08:11:38
(https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/0/7/0/11688070.jpg)

Belarus, July 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 28-11-2018, 16:11:06
(https://i.redd.it/x3xrqmv932121.jpg)

British Gunners Dressed in Drag Manning a Coastal Artillery Piece

More Info (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/07/nothing-like-dame-britains-wartime-censor-failed-see-funny-side/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 28-11-2018, 17:11:17
British Gunners Dressed in Drag Manning a Coastal Artillery Piece

Battlefield 5 is making more and more sense now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-11-2018, 18:11:40
shotgun ammo belt spotted !

(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42742&sid=1732b0f2000e43da5742c178c1653ef7)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-11-2018, 08:11:10
(http://i66.tinypic.com/1zlaws4.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. G from 05-9.44 MIAG production line. The mount for Rundumfeuer MG and Nahverteidigungswaffe opening has been sealed off at the factory due to production bottlenecks. As availability improved, these were mounted on every StuG completed after September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-11-2018, 19:11:13
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/5de29ad171a2ac272cbbfea2fcfb3197/tumblr_owglnyHXa11s6zihxo1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 30-11-2018, 01:11:26
(https://reibert.info/media/russian-pow-jpg.412141/full?d=1457732065)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2018, 18:11:12
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42762&sid=16971a44f2a44ee802a603fabf2db5d4)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 30-11-2018, 19:11:48
So looking these last 4-5 images, I noticed that German soldiers have big hairs, or should I say, they could have haircut they wanted. Most of them are cut from side and have long on top  ;D
Question: was there any rule in German army about haircuts, or you could cut as you want but in combat you cant do that often?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-11-2018, 20:11:31
The haircuts you see there are the standard reg haircuts.  There were many cut types worn, but those are all pretty much norm regulation cuts.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-11-2018, 20:11:48
Basically, the only rule was that the hair should not touch the collar or the ears

(https://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=402553&t=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-12-2018, 15:12:02
(http://i64.tinypic.com/suw09k.jpg)

M17 MGMC from 26th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, 21st Army. Eastern Bohemia, May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-12-2018, 11:12:21
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42776&sid=4eb9752f89c7db85f2b945b56f2bcac4)

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German 37-mm ZSU Sd.Kfz.7 / 2 is preparing for battle at the corner of Budennovsk Avenue and st. Turgenevskaya in the city of Rostov-on-Don. November 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-12-2018, 11:12:22
^FH3 will need 37mm flak, there's just no FPS game where you can shoot it :D

(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47510949_271287390246579_1676060869290622976_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=8ba40071180ac5bacf2ac2aa434e1848&oe=5C9F6C3A)

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Suomussalmi 79 years ago, 1.12.1939
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Post by: nysä on 02-12-2018, 13:12:04
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/elefant_ferdinand/Ferdinand_Number_623.jpg)

Ferdinand KO-ed by a ricochet through the open drivers hatch, while trying to recover another bogged down Ferdinand. Open hatches were mandatory in cross-country conditions, due to severe overheating of the engines: at least four Ferdinande were marked as a total lost in 1943 due to engine fires.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 02-12-2018, 16:12:20
^FH3 will need 37mm flak, there's just no FPS game where you can shoot it :D


I think it's mounted on some subs in FHSW...

Anyway I want this instead :D

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/a3/74/a2a374fd9e742145b2ac5ed1c0d60044.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 02-12-2018, 20:12:39
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/elefant_ferdinand/Ferdinand_Number_623.jpg)

Ferdinand KO-ed by a ricochet through the open drivers hatch, while trying to recover another bogged down Ferdinand. Open hatches were mandatory in cross-country conditions, due to severe overheating of the engines: at least four Ferdinande were marked as a total lost in 1943 due to engine fires.

Ah, German engineering at it's finest.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-12-2018, 21:12:31
I suppose. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche was so impressed by the first captured T-34 and KV-1, that he told Waffenamt 6 just to copy them. Ironically, overheating was also a problem with Soviet tanks, so much that the tank crews were ordered to drive max. 22-25 km/h in hot and dusty weather. V-2 diesel engines also took a lot of maintenance (every 50 km), nominal warranty being around 200 km back in 1942-43.
"T-34 Mythical Weapon" by Robert Michulec and "The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa: Soviet Versus German Armour on the Eastern Front" by Boris Kavalerchik are pretty good books on the topic.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-12-2018, 09:12:34
(http://i65.tinypic.com/wk1b0o.jpg)

Munitionspanzer IV Ausf. D
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Post by: Leopardi on 03-12-2018, 13:12:34
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47104191_270873493621302_3685692353605009408_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=8ce5ee1bfedbb7e7a54847265d9c9b6b&oe=5C6464C0)

Häyhä receives Sako M28/30 donated by Swedish businessman Eugen Johansson near Kollaa, February 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-12-2018, 23:12:35
(http://i65.tinypic.com/wk1b0o.jpg)

Munitionspanzer IV Ausf. D

th's a nice pic !
i wonder the performance of a turret less pzrIV (speed, ...)

(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/artillery/flak-88/Flak_88_mm_Geschutz_Stellung_1942.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-12-2018, 07:12:50
th's a nice pic !
i wonder the performance of a turret less pzrIV (speed, ...)

No idea regarding top speed, but definitely more nimble. The conversions were rebuilt to the last factory standard with new suspension and engine grills but no extra armor plates to keep the weight down. The turret ring was also kept to ease the ammunition type selection.
Trivia-bit; initially, Germans didn't bother with factory refurbishments (not even basic automotive parts), when they converted battle worn tanks for example into Sturminfanteriegeschütz 33. Naturally, this just led to early mechanical breakdowns.

(http://i65.tinypic.com/1zwlqhf.jpg)

SU-76 crew
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 04-12-2018, 17:12:50
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/artillery/flak-88/Flak_88_mm_Geschutz_Stellung_1942.jpg)
What happened there? Flooding of the Flakposition?

(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2004.311.010_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-12-2018, 08:12:50
(https://www.trailblazersww2.org/Lachance_pics/Earl_Scott.jpg)

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Post by: Leopardi on 05-12-2018, 14:12:49
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47122184_1938184639604698_4698103681000669184_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=366b5574e1985c2d059780db7c584667&oe=5CB1100F)

Suurmäki - Bolšije Gory, 22 July, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-12-2018, 18:12:20
Spoiler
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/artillery/flak-88/Flak_88_mm_Geschutz_Stellung_1942.jpg)
What happened there? Flooding of the Flakposition?


yes, but i don't know where.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/a8/e7/95a8e77455c9fc7494de6ac263bcb8f8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-12-2018, 19:12:25
Everything about the kit and uniform seems early war, I’m taking a stab at Poland ‘39?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-12-2018, 08:12:12
(http://i63.tinypic.com/6se8wo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-12-2018, 12:12:09
(https://i.imgur.com/qYlrxa5.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-12-2018, 18:12:57
Everything about the kit and uniform seems early war, I’m taking a stab at Poland ‘39?
Maybe. I can't find the context

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/be/a0/63/bea063718f646064d363619e1814a75e--german-submarines-the-submarines.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-12-2018, 01:12:57
(https://i.imgur.com/nHbY6jy.jpg?1)
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Post by: nysä on 07-12-2018, 07:12:58
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/13287550674_ba166a9d1d_b.jpg)

Panzer-Abteilung 212, Crete
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-12-2018, 18:12:44
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/immagine_02.20cx0mo1p6xwwgkw8woggkkwg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

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German paratroopers board boats from Junkers Yu-52 (Ju.52 / 3mW (See)) to land on the island of Levita (Levitha) in the Aegean Sea.
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Post by: nysä on 08-12-2018, 08:12:04
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/264/18956921112_507f7ebf54_b.jpg)
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Post by: Leopardi on 08-12-2018, 12:12:53
(https://i.imgur.com/IPhgyxU.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-12-2018, 06:12:25
(https://i.redd.it/ziot6w6646321.jpg)

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US Staff Sergent Francis Daggert of the Military Police and a 15 year old Wehrmacht soldier in the city of Kronach, Germany 1945. I’ve read another source that said he was 10 but only told the Americans he was 15. There’s a good amount of info from an Instagram Post (https://www.instagram.com/p/BALM6MuiuKs/?hl=en)

He possibly served as flakhelfer, and was part of a group of 28 young teenage soldiers, some as young as 13, who were captured by troops of the 11th Armored Division near Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany. The youngsters had been awakened early in the morning of April 8th, 1945 and given their marching orders. They set off for the Czechoslovakian border after being told that approaching Americans would kill them if they were caught. Homesick, hungry and tired, they were picked up a week later on April 15th. After, the boys were taken to the Kronach town hall and their uniforms removed and burned, Major Ernest L Booth, personally delivered the youngsters, dressed in their civilian clothes that they had under their uniforms, to their homes in 6 different towns in the Kronach area.
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Post by: nysä on 09-12-2018, 08:12:10
(http://i66.tinypic.com/xqhvfl.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-12-2018, 11:12:35
(http://itd2.mycdn.me/image?id=838967954345&t=20&plc=WEB&tkn=*aSQiCbwwmxES3pO4vgjvY6QCTuI)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-12-2018, 13:12:13
(https://i.imgur.com/LqOZflW.jpg?1)

One last look at the frontline before leaving, Sep 20th, 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 10-12-2018, 08:12:34
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Fi-156.jpg)
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Post by: Yakovlev on 10-12-2018, 16:12:18
Captured Pz.38 used by USSR
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-12-2018, 17:12:09
(https://i.imgur.com/nkiUxOg.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-12-2018, 18:12:44
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/7f1a049195d3501b63c8a08d14137d4c/tumblr_oz840aNzN51ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-12-2018, 07:12:47
(https://i.imgur.com/GRWarrTh.jpg)

KV-1 knocked out by Sturmgeschütz-Batterie 665 in Dagda, Latvia 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-12-2018, 10:12:45
(https://i.imgur.com/GgjJO1M.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-12-2018, 16:12:29
"Yes, one with extra pepperoni please"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-12-2018, 19:12:40
(http://peterthiel.de/kriegsfoto_66.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-12-2018, 09:12:02
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/7e/7e/617e7ef880c28ed292d6bcaab8054d63.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-12-2018, 14:12:18
Awesome picture. Firefly is from A Squadron of some outfit. Any more info? Operation Blackcock perhaps? Could also be just taking up defensive positions during the Ardennes offensive in late ‘44.
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Post by: nysä on 12-12-2018, 14:12:23
Any more info? Operation Blackcock perhaps? Could also be just taking up defensive positions during the Ardennes offensive in late ‘44.

The location is Gangelt, Heinsberg (Dutch-German border) on 1 January 1945.
On a related topic, can we expect any '45 maps with British or Canadian forces?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-12-2018, 16:12:19
I hope so. Late war British have very cool equipment imo. I would love to see a Scheldt estuary map with Buffalos like Westkapelle or something too. Would be cool.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-12-2018, 18:12:26
(http://peterthiel.de/kriegsfoto_fritz-heinze_ausbildung_1940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-12-2018, 08:12:32
(http://i66.tinypic.com/euf31u.jpg)

Marder II column. Panzerjäger-Abteilung 178, 78.Sturm-Division
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-12-2018, 18:12:11
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14854278403_3b0e709206_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2018, 08:12:14
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/246231/104941735.c1/0_19608c_f7eb7f70_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2018, 08:12:29
Seth_Soldier - that is a nice picture of an initial StuG III Ausf G in RAL 7021 and with Winterketten, completed between 12.42-02.43.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 14-12-2018, 11:12:50
Seth_Soldier - that is a nice picture of an initial StuG III Ausf G in RAL 7021 and with Winterketten, completed between 12.42-02.43.
This is really impresive how much you know about german vehichles  :D Well done!
How are you with Allied vehichles? Do you maybe know from which units are two Tiger 1 that clashed with two M26 pershing at Elsdorf 2.1945? Im interested because of Pershing
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Post by: nysä on 14-12-2018, 11:12:51
Hey thanks. I am just another guy who likes spending (too much) money on books.

Tiger 201 that knocked out "Fireball" and Tiger 211 that was knocked out by Sgt Nicholas Mashlonik’s Pershing, were both from schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Funklenk) 301. These were final production Tiger I handed over by schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 in October 1944, after finishing the basic training (sSSPA 503 carried on with the Tiger II).  If you are interested about further details, then I'd highly recommend Steven J. Zaloga's booklet "Pershing vs Tiger: Germany 1945".

Trivia bit: Even though the unit had 13-15 Tigers in the inventory (March '45), only handful remained operational (plummeting down to three, all blown up by the crew, 16 April in Sprockhövel)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 14-12-2018, 17:12:50
Hey thanks. I am just another guy who likes spending (too much) money on books.

Tiger 201 that knocked out "Fireball" and Tiger 211 that was knocked out by Sgt Nicholas Mashlonik’s Pershing, were both from schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Funklenk) 301. These were final production Tiger I handed over by schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 in October 1944, after finishing the basic training (sSSPA 503 carried on with the Tiger II).  If you are interested about further details, then I'd highly recommend Steven J. Zaloga's booklet "Pershing vs Tiger: Germany 1945".

Trivia bit: Even though the unit had 13-15 Tigers in the inventory (March '45), only handful remained operational (plummeting down to three, all blown up by the crew, 16 April in Sprockhövel)
Woooo didnt expect that  :D Very detailed and informative, thank you!
If you maybe know these things too?
How that schwere abteilung 301 came at Elsdorf? Did they came to support some infantry division there or where they part of 9 Panzer division that was around there?
And: to confirm, Pershings are from 3 Armoured US that atacked Elsdorf?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-12-2018, 18:12:09
Seth_Soldier - that is a nice picture of an initial StuG III Ausf G in RAL 7021 and with Winterketten, completed between 12.42-02.43.
;) i knew someone would notice it. thx !

(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/9d/ae/51/9dae51b9abb59d1f51b673478d4d0b8b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2018, 18:12:41
Ivancic1941 - Indeed, s.Pz.Abt.301 (Fkl) was part of a smaller Kampfgruppe from the 9. Panzer-Division.
Both Pershings were from 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division - just different companies: "Fireball" - Co. F and Sgt. Mashlonik's - Co. E

(http://i68.tinypic.com/tasi0w.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 14-12-2018, 19:12:05
Ivancic1941 - Indeed, s.Pz.Abt.301 (Fkl) was part of a smaller Kampfgruppe from the 9. Panzer-Division.
Both Pershings were from 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division - just different companies: "Fireball" - Co. F and Sgt. Mashlonik - Co. E
Thank you very much Nysa!
I was thinking what map would be nice for Pershing, then I found Elsdorf and fight between Pershing and Tiger-ideal  :D . I just didnt know these little details  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-12-2018, 19:12:09
(https://scontent-otp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47435409_273144646727520_4477216450725019648_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-otp1-1.xx&oh=0535f2cc96071600cbdf09480a44e1c0&oe=5CA56E20)

Independence day in the streets of Karhumäki, December 6, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 14-12-2018, 23:12:50
Ivancic1941 - Indeed, s.Pz.Abt.301 (Fkl) was part of a smaller Kampfgruppe from the 9. Panzer-Division.
Both Pershings were from 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division - just different companies: "Fireball" - Co. F and Sgt. Mashlonik's - Co. E

(http://i68.tinypic.com/tasi0w.jpg)
:o :o :o :o map!!
THANK YOU very much! Im amased how much information you can pull when vehichles are subject. Very nice job and keep up with pictures in this thread (you and Seth  :D )
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-12-2018, 10:12:44
(https://i.imgur.com/jfBKyaB.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-12-2018, 10:12:00
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2yy3781.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-12-2018, 08:12:41
(http://i68.tinypic.com/vmxe75.jpg)

GIs from the 157th Infantry Regiment trying out the M1943 combat uniform. France, 21 October 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-12-2018, 11:12:53
(https://s10.stc.all.kpcdn.net/share/i/4/1131988/wx1080.jpg)
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German Pak at the battle for Brest-Litovsk, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Hjaldrgud on 16-12-2018, 13:12:11
I-is it aiming down into the bunker?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 16-12-2018, 20:12:40
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-2340.jpg)

Sneaky, sneaky

Hey, Nysa do you have any info about usage of captured Polish armour by Germans? Or maybe you know some book I can check? I'm mostly interested in use of 7TP.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-12-2018, 09:12:47
Kasztelan - here's some information on Polish Beute-Panzer from "Panzer Tracts 19-01":

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Operational Assignment 

On 5 February 1940 the 4.Panzer-Division reported their actual Panzer strength including six Poln.Pz.Kpf.Wg. But these were no longer listed in a detailed report dated 25 February 1940. Photographic evidence also proves that there were several 7 TP Beute-Panzer in service with normal operational units - three with the 1.Pz.Div., three with 4.Pz.Div., two with the 1.1e.Div. (renamed 6.Pz.Div.) and one with a double turret in the 31.Inf.Div.

In addition, TK Beute-Panzer were utilized by Luftwaffe security forces and various rear area army units mainly in occupied Poland throughout the war. Two Panzer-Kompanien were created to be outfitted especially with Polish Beute-Panzer: The Leichte Panzerkompanie Warschau was created on 12 June 1940 and outfitted with Pz.Kpfw. T.K.S. and 7 T.P. This unit, re-named leichte Panzerkompanie Ost on 3 September 1940, took part in a commemorative parade in Warsaw on 6 October 1940.
The le.Pz.Kp.Ost Warschau with 10 T.K.S.- Raupenschlepper arrived at Truppenuebungsplatz Mitte at Radom on 5 February 1941. As reported on 20 February 1941, training exercises couldn't be conducted because of slick ice and lack of repair parts.
One month later, the le.Pz. Kp.Ost had completed four training exercises with Panzers, including one at night. On 12 May 1941, OKH Chef H Ruest and BdE odered that a Panzer-Kompanie be created for the Fuehrer-Begleit-Bataillon to be outfitted with 21 Pz.Kpfw. (3.7 cm) (p). A special organization structure (K.St.N.1172 dated 12 May 41) was created for this Panzer-Kompanie, which included a Gruppe Staffel with five Pz.Kpfw. (3.7 cm) (p) as a reserve.
Photographic evidence shows that their 7 TP Beute-Panzer had been modified by replacing the water-cooled machineguns with German air-cooled machineguns with a rapid rate of fire. As counterordered by the OKH Chef 1-1 Ruest and BdE on 18 June 1941: The first Pz.Kpfw.Kp. fuer das rer-Begleit-Bataillon is to be immediately transferred to the Panzertruppenschule Wuensdorf. The Panzertrup-penschule is to immediately (by 19 June 1941) create a new Pz.Kpfiv.Kp.-Fuehr.Begl.Btl. from its Lehr-Kompanie.
K.St.N.1172 dated 12 May 41 still applies with the following changes:
Pz.Kpfw.38(t) instead of Pz.Kpfw. (3.7 cm) (p), one more crew member per Pz.Kpfw. (16 more in the company), and drop the five Pz.Kpfw. (with weapons) in the Gruppe Staffel. 16 Pz.Kpfiv.38(t) fully equipped with radio sets, equipment, and tools and to be acquired by the Pz. Tr. Schule Wuensdorf at H.Za.Magdeburg on 17 June 1941 and driven by road to Wuensdorf. The 21 Pz.Kpfw. (3.7 cm) (p) of the previous Pz.Kpfw.Kp. Fuehr.Begl.Btl. are to be returned through Pz.Tr.Schule Wuensdorf to the H.Za. Magdeburg.

It's also worth mentioning that a small number of 7TP were used for "internal policing duties" in Poland, Ukraine, France and Norway up to 1944.

Further discussion, pictures:
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=132&t=157670
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-12-2018, 12:12:00
Tank you, nysa, thank you very much  :)

(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-557.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-12-2018, 14:12:43
(https://i.imgur.com/HXroHmP.jpg?1)

Kollaa
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-12-2018, 18:12:45
(http://i63.tinypic.com/161me0g.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-12-2018, 19:12:04
I-is it aiming down into the bunker?

yes, certainly to destroy the armored door

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/11869429784_e29eb4f06c_b.jpg)

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HMS Reaper carrying captured German fighters Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/U3
Captured Axis Aircraft
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-12-2018, 09:12:18
(https://i.imgur.com/SVeiRD1.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-12-2018, 12:12:02
(http://i64.tinypic.com/21aai6f.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. G (Alkett 10-12.44) destroyed by Soviet artillery. Zoppot (East Prussia), February-March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 18-12-2018, 17:12:15
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-2511.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-12-2018, 19:12:07
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/07/2d/d3/072dd352d5495496d018aed6559f5dd5--aeronautica-ww-photos.jpg)

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Exhibition of captured German material: June 22nd 1943, the Soviets exhibited a variety of German Weapons and planes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 18-12-2018, 20:12:52
As well as captured Czech, French and (possibly) Italian vehicles ;D I can’t tell if that’s a Semovente in the back row of tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 19-12-2018, 03:12:36
Cool photo!  Any more information about that exhibition?  Where did the Soviets capture these assorted weapons?  Especially the aircraft...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-12-2018, 07:12:07
(https://i.imgur.com/Izu9gsy.jpg?1)

Berlin before destruction
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-12-2018, 08:12:34
Cool photo!  Any more information about that exhibition?  Where did the Soviets capture these assorted weapons?  Especially the aircraft...

Gorky Park Exhibition (1943-1945). Some links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B24_tjVPIb0
https://fishki.net/1257591-vystavka-trofejnogo-vooruzhenija-v-parke-gorkogo-1943-g.html
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-41804.html


(http://i65.tinypic.com/2mwcj60.jpg)

Jolly Marder II crew.
The famous "Kohlenklau" (Coal Thief) mascot was also painted on Marder II of Uffz. Helmut Kohlke from 3./Pz.Jg.Abt. 561, marked with 19 kill rings.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-12-2018, 18:12:09
As well as captured Czech, French and (possibly) Italian vehicles ;D I can’t tell if that’s a Semovente in the back row of tanks.
Cool photo!  Any more information about that exhibition?  Where did the Soviets capture these assorted weapons?  Especially the aircraft...


 ;) in color : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B24_tjVPIb0
but no info about their capture (or i need to search more about that)


(http://wio.ru/galgrnd/art2/bm41in1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-12-2018, 07:12:39
(http://i68.tinypic.com/1rq3js.jpg)

Tiger I "hybrid" wreck at Altonaer Str./Lessingstr., Berlin. May-June 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-12-2018, 10:12:02
(https://i.imgur.com/uq5qYXe.jpg)

T-20 moving past a german wreck. Wonder what tank that hull is supposed to belong?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-12-2018, 15:12:06
^Looks kinda like Hotchkiss H39

(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-486-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2018, 18:12:15
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/a175155da283bfe1bf19942b31b246e8/tumblr_oz3znpRQXF1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-12-2018, 23:12:08
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/48366684_278313462877305_5991810558553227264_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=ffc972065e7df21a57aa3066516335f1&oe=5CD514A9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-12-2018, 09:12:20
(http://i63.tinypic.com/15fxhf.jpg)

"Christel" and the crew. StuG III Ausf. G by Alkett (10.43)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-12-2018, 18:12:53
(https://www.rosphoto.com/images/u/articles/1405/5731265569.3g1yz5h30ym8wss4ookkwg0gk.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-12-2018, 20:12:00
(https://i.imgur.com/ez8E7BP.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-12-2018, 10:12:29
(https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/imageproxy.php?url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/jgreiner/me410_25x28_zps647ae5d4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-12-2018, 19:12:51
So many german photos these days...

(https://i.imgur.com/iUaBH1G.jpg)

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Workers at the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company celebrate the handing over of the first of many Valentine MK2 tanks made for the Russian front , in front of a workshop in Smethwick - September 22, 1941

 The Victory-V signs decorating the tank were made of stickers that read: "Speed the Tanks – for Russia!" The workers are holding a Union flag and a Russian flag and many have their fists raised in a Communist salute. Present were the Russian Ambassador to Britain Ivan Maisky and Harold Macmillan, who was at that time Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply.

 Speaking to the workers in Smethwick, Maisky declared that the tanks “will not rust in idleness” but would be sent to the front line as soon as they arrived in Russia. The first British tanks went into action on November 20, 1941, in the Battle of Moscow.

The first tank to leave the works was named Stalin and Mrs Maisky performed the honours, unveiling the name that had been covered by a Soviet flag.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2018, 23:12:20
(https://www.rosphoto.com/images/u/articles/1405/swscan00115_bmp.6ac3ho3f3ioss0scc4okokw8o.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-12-2018, 00:12:20
(https://i.imgur.com/RJOaIZY.jpg)

Recoilless rifle
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-12-2018, 01:12:30
So many german photos these days...

I agree, between them and the Finns this sub has tended towards Axis Picture of the Day ;D lets do something about it;

(https://i.imgur.com/XjAvrK3.jpg)

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"Rapide," a Renault B1bis from 1er Compagnie, 8eme B.C.C., 2eme D.C.R, was disabled on May 17 by elements of 6.Panzer Division while defending this bridge across the Oise-Sambre Canal in the town of Guise. The French commanders continually misused their armored units in situations such as this, committing individual tanks to static defensive positions without any support, instead of using their mobility and large numbers to their advantage. Although the camouflage pattern is not clear in this photo, other tanks in this unit were painted green and ochre with the pattern outlined in black.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-12-2018, 08:12:23
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2ypnqr6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 23-12-2018, 09:12:39
That guy looks like Italian on KV
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-12-2018, 09:12:49
So many german photos these days...

It's maybe because there are more battlefield pictures from the Axis side, even the German wrecks were photographed by the Allies in painstaking detail. Numerous, strategic Soviet counter-offensive operations (especially from summer 1944 onwards) are basically undocumented by photographs. And some Soviet AFVs were barely captured on film, like SU-122.

Personally, I'd love to see some new photographs of the Red Army in action, especially from Crimean Campaigns, Ponyri, Western Ukraine, Poland, Eastern Prussia etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-12-2018, 13:12:04
(https://i.imgur.com/yCzmrMk.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 23-12-2018, 15:12:04
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-515-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-12-2018, 09:12:05
(http://s018.radikal.ru/i509/1710/b4/b8bf6c0d2903.jpg)

Merry Christmas Everyone!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-12-2018, 10:12:28
Joyeux Noël

(http://www.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/noel-1939/02_2armee-43-b556.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 24-12-2018, 10:12:05
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-501-1.jpg)

Merry Christman to everyone!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-12-2018, 14:12:29
(https://i.imgur.com/tUSQ60p.jpg)

Poventsa Dec 24th 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-12-2018, 09:12:56
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/20/49/3020496ad84d5871ede333e0fedc463c.jpg)

The 502nd US Parachute Infantry Regiment examining StuG III Ausf. G, with ex works camouflage (Alkett, 10-12.44). Bastogne, 25 December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-12-2018, 12:12:11
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-16059.jpg)

Japanese and Indian (Azad Hind) soldiers in Burma, November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-12-2018, 13:12:07
(http://www.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/noel-1939/05_2armee-124-b1715.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-12-2018, 17:12:48
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47689565_276066539768664_4123490344455110656_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=de19710c745d26b6fabc1c98db5120c0&oe=5C92FD1A)

Christmas Day in Uhtua, 25 Dec 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-12-2018, 08:12:39
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/10586196/10586196_original.jpg)

Destroyed Churchills from the 36th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment. Pskov Oblast, March 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-12-2018, 16:12:55
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-514-1.jpg)

Soldier of 5th 'Kresowa' Infantry Division, Bologna, Italy, April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-12-2018, 17:12:19
From Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/comments/a9oiel/estimated_damage_report_against_surface_ships_on/)

(https://i.redd.it/757ke1wzhm621.jpg)

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On December 26, 1941, Japanese Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida and Lieutenant Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki waited in the hallways of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. This trio had just returned from one of the defining moments of the Imperial Navy: attacking the base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Nagumo was the commander of the First Air Fleet, the force of six aircraft carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, Hiryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku) that had launched the attack. Fuchida had led the first wave of aircraft from his Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 carrier attack plane (later known to Allied forces as a “Kate”) off the aircraft carrier Akagi. and signaled the famous “Tora Tora Tora”. Shimazaki had been the leader of the second wave, flying in a Nakajima B5N2 off the carrier Zuikaku.

Nagumo, Fuchida, Shimazaki and the majority of the Pearl Harbor attack force had returned to the Imperial Navy’s anchorage at Hashirajima, near Kure, on December 23 (The aircraft carriers Sōryū and Hiryū and some supporting warships had been detached to assist in the capture of Wake Island). At Hashirajima the men were received by host of admirers and congratulators, including Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto (Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet) and Osami Nagano (Chief of the Naval General Staff). Amid celebrations aboard the aircraft carrier Akagi, Nagano told Nagumo, Fuchida and Shimazaki that Emperor Hirohito wanted to hear about the attack directly from them. Shimazaki and Fuchida compared their notes with the observations of other pilots and photographs from the attack to create a concise report of damage caused to U.S. installations on Oahu. Fuchida would brief Emperor Hirohito about the attacks against naval vessels, while Shimazaki would describe attacks on airfields and other installations.

This map was drawn by Fuchida himself for the meeting and was later given to renowned Pearl Harbor researcher Gordon Prange (Fuchida also provided the English translations). The map presents a surprisingly accurate depiction of U.S. ships present at Pearl Harbor during the attack (See [this map] (http://www.navsource.org/Naval/helpers/pearlmap.jpg) for a comparison). Most ships are also identified as belonging to a specific warship class, with also surprisingly accurate results. Long red arrows represent suspected torpedo hits on ships, red dots represent hits from 800 kilogram bombs and small “x”s mark hits by 250 kilogram bombs. A key to represent the assumed damage of each ship is also visible at top.

A description of the December 26 meeting appears in Gordon Prange’s phenomenal book At Dawn We Slept. Here are some excerpts:

“Shortly after 1000 on December 26 Fuchida stood face-to-face with the man to whom he had dedicated his life. Later he admitted that leading the Pearl Harbor attack was much easier than telling the Emperor about it. With trembling fingers he spread out the large map of Oahu which he had prepared for the occasion…

His Majesty examined closely the pictures and damage charts with which Fuchida illustrated his briefing. The Emperor asked a number of pertinent questions: On what basis were the damage estimates compiled? How accurate did Fuchida consider them? Were any civilian planes shot down? Were any hospital ships in the harbor? What was the initial reaction of the Americans? Were any Japanese planes shot down because they could not make it back to the carriers?

Fuchida’s replies were equally crisp and to the point. Both Emperor and airman became so interested that time slipped by until Fuchida’s allotted fifteen minutes had more than doubled. Shimazaki next took his turn, stammering out a brief description of the damage done to Oahu’s airfields, only too happy to take no more than his scheduled ten minutes.

…Fuchida knew he would never forget this day when he had been under the same roof with his Emperor, heard him speak, and spoken to him—the highest honor to which any Japanese could aspire. Yet a certain strain had hung over the interview. His Majesty had displayed the interest of a naval man in a great naval operation, the concern on fa decent man for noncombatants, the instinct of a family man to share an experience with his wife. But he had shown no sign of exultation.”
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-12-2018, 09:12:33
(https://europeremembers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/def-SL203-battle-of-the-bulge-3.jpg)

The centre of Bastogne after the German air attack. December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-12-2018, 10:12:36
(http://www.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/noel-1939/06_dam0375-l06.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-12-2018, 13:12:37
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_18-261-60.jpg)

Soldiers of 1st Polish Grenadier Division in France, 03.05.1940, celebrating May 3rd Constitution Day (Polish national holiday that celebrates the declaration of the Constitution of 3 May 1791)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-12-2018, 08:12:40
(http://xn----7sbajmtbgkdxtctfy.xn--p1ai/media/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9/VOV/07__5_1941mod.jpg)

Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Oblast. December 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-12-2018, 11:12:32
(https://www.rosphoto.com/images/u/articles/1405/t2ec16fhjgiffof4rwolbssetevzq60_57.c50zbbpx7bww0og4gcgk04wsg.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 28-12-2018, 17:12:45
(https://i.iplsc.com/ulani-1-samodzielnej-warszawskiej-brygady-kawalerii/00075R9X16RA88IX-C122-F4.png)

Cavalrymen of 1st "Warszawska" Independent Cavalry Brigade, 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-12-2018, 08:12:51
(http://pics2.pokazuha.ru/p217/s/z/8467954kzs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-12-2018, 12:12:29
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_21-84-1.jpg)

Tankers from 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade (aka 10éme Brigade de cavalerie blindée) are taking some rest during Battle of France, on their Renault R35 modifie 39.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-12-2018, 08:12:46
(http://i63.tinypic.com/147jmb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-12-2018, 17:12:28
(https://www.rosphoto.com/images/u/articles/1405/m41rt_41r.otvwa4u94moosc4skg4ow80k.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 30-12-2018, 19:12:36
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-291.jpg)

Captain from the Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division with captured MP40, Italy 1944-45
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-12-2018, 08:12:07
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2qu4u1v.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2018, 11:12:10
(https://www.rosphoto.com/images/u/articles/1405/nomokonov_1942.5c4dd293x400cwsw48c44koog.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-12-2018, 13:12:46
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49188522_283352175706767_7590934072352833536_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=21966c07b9cbc870a997c690e71cb9c3&oe=5C8B61E1)

Soviet Polikarpov R-5 recon plane shot down by Finnish anti-aircraft gunners, 7th of January 1940, Suistamo.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 31-12-2018, 13:12:20
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWqXkbHcXKA/WvprCWwLkhI/AAAAAAAAQEM/9rWZdgbkDJEyp5v9MI_UDljlsRT4FIUNwCLcBGAs/s1600/Japanese_American_soldiers%2B%252816%2529.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-01-2019, 10:01:11
(http://i65.tinypic.com/r1n4eu.jpg)

Happy New Year 2019!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2019, 11:01:06
Happy new year 1940  :)
(https://drx.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451bdba69e20120a7944d57970b-450wi)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-01-2019, 20:01:57
(https://i.imgur.com/UIgeZlp.jpg)

Karhumäki in the first morning of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-01-2019, 08:01:50
(http://i63.tinypic.com/b4zy4o.png)

Abandoned and destroyed German equipment. Seine at Rouen, June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-01-2019, 11:01:53
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/fcdce1a5f82fe575a1d12e970224111d/tumblr_n4q22vk7vc1qi67o1o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-01-2019, 15:01:08
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/samohodka1.jpg)

The 374th Guards Heavy Self-propelled Gun Regiment. April-May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-01-2019, 18:01:34
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42662&sid=e0ddf35fffa28000e8b61f81e851ba90)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-01-2019, 09:01:27
(http://i64.tinypic.com/xe2ald.jpg0)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: RAnDOOm on 04-01-2019, 15:01:09
(https://ssl.c.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000.PzsoxwqpE4/fit=1000x750/A-Barge-Crosses-The-Irrawaddy-River-WWII-AHK.jpg)
A barge, powered by outboard motors, crosses the Irrawaddy River near Tigyiang, Burma. The men, their truck and ammunition all make the crossing at once in this way. December 30, 1944. Sgt. William Lentz. (Army)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-01-2019, 17:01:37
(https://i.imgur.com/T2Frlnq.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-01-2019, 07:01:36
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2je7ipu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-01-2019, 11:01:47
(https://scontent-dus1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49551493_285069288868389_2345274987994152960_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent-dus1-1.xx&oh=c13e43144fe0238a9abb025b9681e904&oe=5C8BD224)
20 ItK/30 BSW in the village of Harlu, 28th of July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 05-01-2019, 16:01:34
(https://i.redd.it/g3z404g7q1821.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-01-2019, 17:01:20
(https://i.redd.it/g3z404g7q1821.jpg)

Some more info on it (http://world-war-2.wikia.com/wiki/5_cm_KwK_38_L/42_auf_Matilda_%28e%29)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-01-2019, 21:01:29
cool story !

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/bc9f40dc8fd9645e6648d21fe265173c/tumblr_oybzo5iV181regz7ho1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-01-2019, 02:01:01
(https://i.imgur.com/V1Q6S50.jpg)

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The view along the back of Mt. Suribachi -  Iwo Jima February, 1945

And a story about Ulithi Atoll (https://imgur.com/gallery/mOvzk) and one of the "largest naval fleets ever assembled"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-01-2019, 08:01:24
(http://i63.tinypic.com/s2uteb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-01-2019, 11:01:29
(https://i.imgur.com/SFv2tF3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-01-2019, 14:01:08
(http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/11/19/50/21/img_0321.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 06-01-2019, 21:01:52
Nice photo Seth, it took me a while to recognize that it's MAC 1931.

(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-556.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-01-2019, 09:01:13
(http://i63.tinypic.com/i3f60p.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-01-2019, 17:01:02
(https://i.imgur.com/98J0QCf.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-01-2019, 18:01:11
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2e1rac2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2019, 19:01:13
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/623d242eb327e4de1747e1fb1dd98b6c/tumblr_oyfu6meWpw1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-01-2019, 07:01:56
(http://i67.tinypic.com/1q64a9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-01-2019, 16:01:37
(https://i.imgur.com/pYHnKxH.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-01-2019, 18:01:25
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SoFYAcKqN7o/WHi02IDpDqI/AAAAAAAB5_E/cTx9Anh3xD04SyVLDbgYoBpve1c36VRYQCLcB/s1600/FL-282_worldwartwo.filminspector.com_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-01-2019, 23:01:19
(https://i.imgur.com/R1rB5NN.jpg?1)

Summa in 1941, before winter war there was a thick forest and a village here.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-01-2019, 15:01:32
(http://i65.tinypic.com/33wuuz6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 10-01-2019, 17:01:02
Today is 78 years since the BF-108 Taifun D-NFAW that was carrying plans for Fall Gelb started the Mechelen Incident (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechelen_incident#The_Germans_call_off_the_invasion) when it crash landed in neutral Belgium.

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RSdHeZ_QeS4/Tdj2ilA6YRI/AAAAAAAAAC4/nzrIREaP4DE/s1600/Crashed+Bf+108.jpg)

The Mechelen Incident is typically citied as one of the driving factors that lead Hitler to agree to the revised plan that called for the main German attack through the Ardennes. It’s also citied as part of the reason that the French and British commanders were reinforced of their idea that the Germans would have their main force attack through Belgium as a repeat of the Schlieffen Plan of 1914.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-01-2019, 17:01:00
(https://i.imgur.com/3Cap5c8.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-01-2019, 20:01:15
(https://www.royalcourt.no/aim/kongehuset2/files/f/4/3/7114d4d32f6d754de1a8dcd5723bd5567062707590/f437114d4d32f6d754de1a8dcd5723bd5567062707590.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 11-01-2019, 02:01:33
Today is 78 years since the BF-108 Taifun D-NFAW that was carrying plans for Fall Gelb started the Mechelen Incident (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechelen_incident#The_Germans_call_off_the_invasion) when it crash landed in neutral Belgium.

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RSdHeZ_QeS4/Tdj2ilA6YRI/AAAAAAAAAC4/nzrIREaP4DE/s1600/Crashed+Bf+108.jpg)

The Mechelen Incident was typically citied as one of the driving factors that led Hitler to agree to the revised plan that called for the main German attack through the Ardennes. It’s also was citied as part of the reason that the French and British commanders were reinforced of their idea that the Germans would have their main force attack through Belgium as a repeat of the Schlieffen Plan of 1914.  In actuality, modern research has shown that the delays and plan changes previously tied to the Mechelen Incident had, in fact, already occured and were being finalized beforehand, with OKW and OKH making a series of amendments and plan alterations before and after the Incident.  Thus, the Mechelen Incident more affected Allied planning than any actual German operational or strategic changes, which were already taking place.

Fixed it for yah
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-01-2019, 02:01:47
The Mechelen Incident was typically citied as one of the driving factors that led Hitler to agree to the revised plan that called for the main German attack through the Ardennes.

Fixed it for yah

Don't forget my keywords ;) I only mean to state that this was a significant event in the lead up to Fall Gelb. The wiki actually goes into some surprising detail about its effects so I'd hope people could read about more it if they're curious.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-01-2019, 08:01:58
(http://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/648/648147-3e9eab57fd31a2722418343e6cfda466.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-01-2019, 13:01:54
(https://i.imgur.com/0QuzZv6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 11-01-2019, 13:01:30
(http://wio.ru/tank/capt/aac1937.jpg)

Soviet soldiers inspecting captured Pz.Kpfw. 612, which is actually spanish built copy of BA-3/6 named AAC-1937. I recommend reading this article for more info on this vehicles story http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/AAC-1937.php
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-01-2019, 18:01:54
(http://www.histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42478&sid=08d29a7ca432227a2efeb4f296e09017)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-01-2019, 08:01:39
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2nqxiy9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-01-2019, 19:01:34
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8527/8514691307_2f24d20097_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-01-2019, 19:01:13
(https://i.imgur.com/UvbTDih.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-01-2019, 20:01:52
@ Seth: are those French on the previous page fighting in Norway? And what is that weapon on the left in the pic with the Germans? An AT rifle?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/INDIAN_TROOPS_IN_BURMA%2C_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-01-2019, 20:01:39
@ Seth: are those French on the previous page fighting in Norway? And what is that weapon on the left in the pic with the Germans? An AT rifle?
Yes french on Norway. This pics come from www.royalcourt.no
Yes it is a pzb39 and some 5 cm Granatwerfer 36
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 12-01-2019, 21:01:45
@ Seth: are those French on the previous page fighting in Norway? And what is that weapon on the left in the pic with the Germans? An AT rifle?


How did you figure they were in Norway?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-01-2019, 22:01:58
@ Seth: are those French on the previous page fighting in Norway? And what is that weapon on the left in the pic with the Germans? An AT rifle?


How did you figure they were in Norway?

The skis would make me think they're Chasseurs Alpins. I only know of their involvement in Norway, idk if they fought anywhere else in WW2.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 12-01-2019, 23:01:41
@ Seth: are those French on the previous page fighting in Norway? And what is that weapon on the left in the pic with the Germans? An AT rifle?


How did you figure they were in Norway?


The skis would make me think they're Chasseurs Alpins. I only know of their involvement in Norway, idk if they fought anywhere else in WW2.


Oh, I was looking at Seth's more recent French photo...didn't see the one on the other page. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-01-2019, 08:01:27
(http://i66.tinypic.com/1e48cn.jpg)

A wreck of a StuG III Ausf. G from Sturmgeschütz Brigade 242. Monte Trocchio is in the background.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-01-2019, 20:01:07
(https://scontent-dus1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49753034_287814271927224_50481881661046784_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-dus1-1.xx&oh=92d9ad665c0120cb7eb1429ac9c5ad84&oe=5CB3795D)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 13-01-2019, 22:01:32
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_18-260.jpg)

One of the very few photos of Polish Independent Highland Brigade from the campaign in Norway, 1940. Soldiers posing in front of a sign left for them by Germans to convince them to surrender. It says:

Soldiers of Poland
Do you want to keep spilling your blood for England for no purpose?
Come to us without your weapons, road to Warsaw is open to you.
                                                                             
                                                                          Gebirgsjager
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-01-2019, 08:01:55
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/71fb5a6bf7b04381abee33438a62642d/tumblr_orpbaoU6Xn1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)

The 86th Infantry Division under enemy fire. Oberbrügge, 12 April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-01-2019, 18:01:10
(https://i.imgur.com/nEzI7Fo.jpg)

Looks like whitewash rifles as well
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 14-01-2019, 19:01:27
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-472-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-01-2019, 19:01:40
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/47/710/large_000000.jpg)

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British troops including men of 1st London Irish Rifles clamber over captured German tanks at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945. The sign advertising the exhibition features the 'Two Types' cartoon characters made famous by the '8th Army News'. Vehicles on display include a Tiger I, Pzkpfw IV and Nashorn self-propelled gun. © IWM (NA 22001)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-01-2019, 23:01:19
(https://i.imgur.com/bsKqCK7.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-01-2019, 08:01:31
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2wps5zo.jpg)

Grobla świętego Jerzego, Elbing. February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 15-01-2019, 09:01:20
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/47/710/large_000000.jpg)

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British troops including men of 1st London Irish Rifles clamber over captured German tanks at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945. The sign advertising the exhibition features the 'Two Types' cartoon characters made famous by the '8th Army News'. Vehicles on display include a Tiger I, Pzkpfw IV and Nashorn self-propelled gun. © IWM (NA 22001)

Damn I never realised how huge the Nashorn is, seeing it next to the Tiger and Panzer IV now.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-01-2019, 10:01:25
Damn I never realised how huge the Nashorn is, seeing it next to the Tiger and Panzer IV now.

If you measure the Tiger I with the cupola (late production), then it's around the same height as Nashorn - including the protruding gun shield piece.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 15-01-2019, 10:01:46
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-4553.jpg)

Sonderdienst officer, General Government. Note the Dutch Mannlicher No.1 Old model carbine
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 15-01-2019, 17:01:55
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/p1100061_2.69zmsmalc5sscgc8og40k4c8w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/P1100061-2.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. I in the column of trucks and Sd.Kfz. 7 halftracks during the rasputitsa. Photo possibly was taken in autumn 1941 near Rzhev.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2019, 19:01:43
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/5f46c8ff927d3d3e0d306aadf810ecd3/tumblr_oxrhq83VjD1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-01-2019, 19:01:29
(https://i.imgur.com/lGNiEnz.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-01-2019, 09:01:40
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/0a77e28b45b61d12572cf2496f343e0e/tumblr_o7p9kqcKag1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2019, 19:01:48
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/92bb10ddcb1aa05d0e175b2d2c763f1d/tumblr_oqu6aoOzuj1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-01-2019, 09:01:22
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/a2/c1/cda2c107a97a721739ae20e9da952c28.jpg)

Destroyed Jagdpanzer 38 (t) (late production by BMM). Komárom, Hungary 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-01-2019, 11:01:59
(https://i.imgur.com/4YANZ5l.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-01-2019, 12:01:52
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-522.jpg)

Group of Gebirgsjager from 7th SS Prinz Eugen Division in the mountains of Istria, October 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kerst on 17-01-2019, 12:01:21
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/na_vzorvannom_finn_dote_author_temin.ez5v5ggc9zc4gws0cccg8s08w.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)

Soviet soldiers on top of the destroyed finnish pillbox. Karelia, december 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-01-2019, 15:01:49
What units were issued with the fedorov avtomat?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-01-2019, 15:01:20
According to "Mannerheim-linja - Talvisodan legenda" book, these guys are most likely from Baltic Fleet's Coastal Escort Detachment (or Baltic Fleet's Ski Battalion)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-01-2019, 16:01:05
I remember seeing this picture with the description saying they are from OSNAZ, but sadly no source.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-01-2019, 06:01:46
(https://i.postimg.cc/0jM7tfHG/2-WK-Foto-Panzer-Marder-II.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-01-2019, 08:01:51
(https://i.imgur.com/5of2q52.jpg?1)

"Taipale Sausage", well I guess this type of ambulance kind of looked like a sausage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kerst on 18-01-2019, 12:01:49
Quote
What units were issued with the fedorov avtomat?

From what I know, because of lack of submachine guns in Red Army during Winter war some number of fedorov avtomats were issued to the recon and shock troops.

(https://www.kalashnikov.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fedorov-ch15_k.jpg)

According to the description to this photo, these soldiers from Baltic Fleet's Coastal Escort Detachment, as nysä said. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 18-01-2019, 13:01:22
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-546.jpg)

Croatian soldiers during anti-partisan action in the mountains of Herzegovina, January 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-01-2019, 18:01:15
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/b15131650dd90f8d0c9d59c8af17c4ba/tumblr_oy15geo5Pb1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-01-2019, 22:01:42
(https://i.imgur.com/eTXpx99.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-01-2019, 09:01:37
(http://i65.tinypic.com/jb1gyg.jpg)

View through StuG III Ausf. G's gun sight (StuG Brigade 276).
Sfl.Z.F.1a (5x 8°) was also used in Ferdinand/Elefant, Hornisse/Nashorn, Sturmpanzer IV, Jagdpanzer 38 (t), StuH 42, StuG IV, Jagdpanther, Jagdpanzer IV and Panzer IV/70 (A), (V)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-01-2019, 13:01:24
(https://i.imgur.com/8sFsPZa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-01-2019, 14:01:28
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-457-12.jpg)

Polish soldiers, probably from 2nd Armoured Brigade, Italy May 1944. Note the soldier on the left with Winchester M1897 (long barreled civilian version).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-01-2019, 15:01:03
(https://i.imgur.com/eTXpx99.jpg)

Can you help me identify these helmets?, I know the Finns have a solid variety of helmets, from German helmets to Italian ones, not to forget the French ones?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-01-2019, 16:01:49
I believe that helmets of the two closest soldiers are either Swedish M37 or Finnish M40, the third one have Swedish M26.

Spoiler
Finnish M40
(http://brendonshelmets.weebly.com/uploads/6/5/3/7/6537276/2222217.jpg?709)
Swedish M26
(http://brendonshelmets.weebly.com/uploads/6/5/3/7/6537276/4926683_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-01-2019, 16:01:25
Polish soldiers, probably from 2nd Armoured Brigade, Italy May 1944. Note the soldier on the left with Winchester M1897 (long barreled civilian version).

VERY cool pic. Wonder how they acquired that. Certainly not issued through their own supply lines :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-01-2019, 18:01:52
VERY cool pic. Wonder how they acquired that. Certainly not issued through their own supply lines :D

Yeah, this photo is one of a series depicting Poles helping out Germans to get out from a colapsed bunker. On this particular one they are looking at stuff they recovered. Imo that soldier is looking at this gun like he's inspecting something that he found rather than looking at his service gun. I suspect that Germans captured this shotgun either from US soldier or Italian partisant. I think I've heard somewhere that US supplied some shotguns to various resistance organisations, but I have to look it up. Regarding the possibilty of this being taken from an American, well shotguns in long barreled and "riot" configurations were provided for rear echelon troops mainly for guard duty I don't think it's likely that some GI would have take privately purchased shotgun with him but who knows? I'll definately do some research on that one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-01-2019, 08:01:35
(http://i66.tinypic.com/egdbpu.jpg)

Budapest, February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-01-2019, 10:01:18
(http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/burma-1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-01-2019, 12:01:47
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1960.jpg)

Estonian militia revising soviet POW's, Tallin, September 1941. Note a very rare Mosin obr. 1907 carbine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-01-2019, 01:01:31
(https://i.imgur.com/Xb8ui4H.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-01-2019, 08:01:54
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUIxcCYImII/W_z4tnwGdGI/AAAAAAABw7I/i3iuix1_CgQe4-7ozYXBehsdVTe31_CrwCLcBGAs/s1600/1%2Brecognition%2Bnazi%2Bflag%2Bbanne%2Bpanzer%2Btank%2Bgerman%2Bswastika%2Bsnow%2Bwinter.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 21-01-2019, 13:01:25
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-508-3.jpg)

Clouds of smoke over the battlefield after attack of Churchill Crocodiles, Italy April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 21-01-2019, 16:01:27
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lUIxcCYImII/W_z4tnwGdGI/AAAAAAABw7I/i3iuix1_CgQe4-7ozYXBehsdVTe31_CrwCLcBGAs/s1600/1%2Brecognition%2Bnazi%2Bflag%2Bbanne%2Bpanzer%2Btank%2Bgerman%2Bswastika%2Bsnow%2Bwinter.jpg)

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)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-01-2019, 16:01:49
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)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2019, 19:01:29
(http://www.warcovers.co.uk/shop/images/P/298-073.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-01-2019, 19:01:42
Great photo Seth ;) wasn’t that early type of launcher “clamped” onto the barrel with a screw?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer 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!"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 22-01-2019, 03:01:11
(https://i.redd.it/dsuzviiygtb21.jpg)

Apparently they're Waffen SS in Prague, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-01-2019, 08:01:29
(http://i63.tinypic.com/waklyc.jpg)

GIs trying out the captured MG 151/20 "Drilling". Ramagen 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-01-2019, 12:01:55
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1186.jpg)

SdKfz. 253 armed with MG15, USSR, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-01-2019, 15:01:34
(https://i.imgur.com/qSr1416.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier 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

(https://www.quartermastersection.com/american/infantry-weapons/img/M1GrenadeLauncher.png)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-01-2019, 08:01:23
(http://i63.tinypic.com/nbqemx.jpg)

Knocked out Marder III Ausf. H from 3./SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 17. Carentan, Normandy, June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 23-01-2019, 11:01:44
(https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/img/IAF-EAfrica-22.jpg)

Indian troops in Eritrea with Vickers Berthier in AA configuration. Italian East Africa, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-01-2019, 13:01:02
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr3fZUvWsAA4Hmp.jpg:large)

Camouflaged Raate road now in color  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-01-2019, 19:01:34
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1x6BaSczSKM/UpdQAgn6cPI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/GJM-0-2UNj4/s1600/IMAG0156_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-01-2019, 08:01:15
(https://i.postimg.cc/q7PYTP4V/2.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 24-01-2019, 11:01:16
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/ee/2d/0cee2ddf57febd4fc09c3663a0d092da.jpg)

Norwegian machine gun team, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-01-2019, 11:01:23
(https://i.imgur.com/10orBow.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-01-2019, 19:01:53
(https://i.ibb.co/yqq0ZKt/2011-065-2129-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 24-01-2019, 21:01:32
(https://i.redd.it/5kkk4on8uec21.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-01-2019, 23:01:10
(https://scontent-dus1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50648336_292302944811690_4714667424241156096_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-dus1-1.xx&oh=89980c88dad16b8bd2dec51cb4254371&oe=5CBCE68D)

Quote
Finnish soldier on the shore of Lake Onega, in the village of Bor-Pudantsev, 25 August, 1942.

During the Trench War (12/1941-6/1944) the defenders of the Lake Onega stayed alert in case of the enemy activity, like patrols, scouts and partisans. Finnish defense there was based on field bases, located some kilometers from each other. Liaison patrols secured the other areas. Firing sectors of the coast artillery batteries covered the whole western shore of the Lake. In winter time the guarding was increased by building ice huts on the ice, them being manned during the night time and when the visibility was poor.

Soviet patrols crossed the Lake by boats in the summer and by skis or aerosanis in the winter. Their main duties were capturing POWs, recon and sabotage. Most of their patrols operated in the north end of the Onega front, attempting to co-operate with the locals wherever possible. Field bases, specially those positioned on the Limosaari Island, were attacked quite frequently.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-01-2019, 07:01:18
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/8117920/8117920_original.jpg)

Destroyed Nashorn with Ostketten. Drohobych, Ukraine 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-01-2019, 13:01:56
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-2373.jpg)

German soldiers on Italian front (date and exact location unknown). Note the MP 28.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-01-2019, 18:01:25
Ordnungspolizei

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f4/f0/24/f4f0242fcac9cbcc5d2cc3c5be94868e--panzerkampfwagen-viii-maus-wwii.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 25-01-2019, 18:01:31
Ah German Engineering, the Maus had to be lifted in order to provide maintenance to it's tracks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-01-2019, 20:01:32
Ah German Engineering, the Maus had to be lifted in order to provide maintenance to it's tracks.

Actually, they are testing how to replace the road wheels under field conditions (20 March 1944)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 26-01-2019, 02:01:35
(https://i.imgur.com/BjsBxvZ.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-01-2019, 08:01:16
(http://i63.tinypic.com/xm63kg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-01-2019, 13:01:49
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-565.jpg)

Germans on the Italian Front, note the soldier on the left with MP 35.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-01-2019, 23:01:43
nice find !

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/e2cccd0a342a392810ab2baa1b6987da/tumblr_oxxbeybn6h1rc7erjo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-01-2019, 00:01:50
(https://i.imgur.com/zY5WBGE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-01-2019, 09:01:54
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5153/14288282513_63be1d8102_b.jpg?fbclid=IwAR2yxKIzG1r1WNJaeig7z6MXwrGxCWhbzzmyuVR35Sv05BVNJcw1tJyPobE)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-01-2019, 11:01:23
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1923.jpg)

SS soldiers searching a village on Eastern Front, two of them armed with Erma EMP-35's. For some reason civilian carries a box with ammo belt for Maxin MG. USSR, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-01-2019, 08:01:49
(http://i65.tinypic.com/157m334.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 28-01-2019, 13:01:58
(https://cdnfr2.img.sputniknews.com/images/101424/98/1014249829.jpg)

Supposedly Stalingrad, nice photo of DT in use. Also soldier just behind machine gunner armed with older Mosin Dragoon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-01-2019, 13:01:02
(https://i.imgur.com/4tXClDY.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-01-2019, 19:01:55
Spoiler
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1923.jpg)
SS soldiers searching a village on Eastern Front, two of them armed with Erma EMP-35's. For some reason civilian carries a box with ammo belt for Maxin MG. USSR, 1941.
On a next photo (the most famous) you see him dead.

(http://68.media.tumblr.com/acadfd2e5cc5d65eea66c193aee678c4/tumblr_ox93z7Vkdc1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 28-01-2019, 20:01:35
Oh, you're right I've never connected this two photos, but now that I double checked I noticed that ammo box near the corpse. Tbh that photo looks really grim, there's nothing that 100% gives away what's gonna happen but something in this scene makes it look that it's gonna be bad...

(https://reichsfoto.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/mountain-troops-of-the-waffen-ss.jpg?w=1400)

SS Gebirgsjager from Prinz Eugen Division with MP-35
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 29-01-2019, 00:01:17
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0a893abcba8e18f0d4ee732d6a7860cf/tumblr_nt9l0qLwNo1s6zihxo1_1280.jpg)

Earlier photo too, man with white hat in center.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 29-01-2019, 02:01:47
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/0a893abcba8e18f0d4ee732d6a7860cf/tumblr_nt9l0qLwNo1s6zihxo1_1280.jpg)

Earlier photo too, man with white hat in center.

Did they find them with a cache of weapons for partisans?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-01-2019, 02:01:09
(https://i.imgur.com/r9QTFXf.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-01-2019, 09:01:54
(http://i67.tinypic.com/f57y52.jpg)

Destroyed Churchill Crocodile. Schilber, Limburg 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-01-2019, 11:01:44
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_21-190.jpg)

Polish sailors guarding officers from surrendered U-249, May 1945. Both sailors armed with Lanchester sub-machine guns, note the mag pouches for insanely long 50 round magazines.


And regardind the photo oddysey of a man in white hat:

Spoiler
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1946.jpg)
That's probably the last photo of him alive
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-01-2019, 23:01:24
(https://i.imgur.com/L5ScQmD.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-01-2019, 09:01:04
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4682/38549125385_051d81a356_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 30-01-2019, 11:01:49
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/FinnishTroops_Tornio1944_002.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-01-2019, 19:01:14
(https://i.imgur.com/cRQ5Ysz.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2019, 20:01:12
Spoiler
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1946.jpg)
That's probably the last photo of him alive
We will certainly never know what really happened

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/40d224945e9e7c27d21f38c3ef41f50a/tumblr_nxppd5xsAQ1t3fxp0o1_640.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 30-01-2019, 22:01:12
Judging by that last photo, the German soldier behind/left is shouldering his gun.  Likely told him to pick the things up and start walking back to town (to keep things calm and orderly), and shot him along the way.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 31-01-2019, 00:01:00
Not to be morbid, but where would one find the final picture?  I am curious as Seth or someone said that was the more 'famous' picture, but I don't recall having seen it. Is the subject of the man in the white hat well known?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-01-2019, 07:01:00
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/33727709910_7f41d523bd_b.jpg)

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-01-2019, 07:01:46
Not to be morbid, but where would one find the final picture?

https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/1018/
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-01-2019, 12:01:00
(https://i.imgur.com/ugW5U2W.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 31-01-2019, 16:01:01
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrnZ1ZoWgAEig5S.jpg)

Canadian sniper in Italy, using combo of P14 with Warner & Swasey scope. More info about scope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVPbSt88S3Y

I'm really intrigued by this whole series of photos we were posting about that guy. I love that you can put all this pieces together and try to guess the entire story. That's why I love searching all this archives... I'm no filmmaker myself but I have this "vision" of a short film titled "Man in a white hat"... You know black & white, 15-20 minutes, based on all these photos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-01-2019, 20:01:12
Judging by that last photo, the German soldier behind/left is shouldering his gun.  Likely told him to pick the things up and start walking back to town (to keep things calm and orderly), and shot him along the way.
Yes, but we won't know the exact reason.
The left soldier seemed a trigger-happy guy.
The russian might have done a tiny wrong move like walking faster or not walking in the middle of the road.

I haven't found a good explanation.
Afaik the photograph was SS Kriegsberichter Franz Roth

and an other pic of that day:
(https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/7/4/0/12291047.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 31-01-2019, 21:01:47
The left soldier seemed a trigger-happy guy.

Yeah, I was under the same impression. If you look at the very last photo, this guy is still tense and aiming at the body, while the other soldier has his gun lowered and is doing this gesture like he was trying to calm that guy down.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-02-2019, 02:02:07
(https://i.imgur.com/Y0b0vZM.jpg?1)

German POW's, I wonder what happened to them with all the Soviet demands after the Finnish truce.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-02-2019, 09:02:23
German POW's, I wonder what happened to them with all the Soviet demands after the Finnish truce.

Over 100,000 people were turned over to the Soviet Union, including over 2,500 German POWs. It's unknown what really happened to them (most likely forced labour), whereas many/most Russians were executed as traitors.

Source: "Ei armoa Suomen selkänahasta - Ihmisluovutukset Neuvostoliittoon 1944- 1981" by Jussi Pekkarinen, Juha Pohjonen



(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/130.jpg)

Two StuG IV (mid- and late-production) claimed by the 2nd Belorussian Front. East Prussia, late January 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 01-02-2019, 12:02:45
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1451.jpg)

It looks like fortification/tank version of Suomi with a standard stock
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 01-02-2019, 14:02:08
Just a regular Suomi with a barrel shroud from the bunker variant?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 01-02-2019, 14:02:03
Sure, I suppose it works both ways  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-02-2019, 09:02:44
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/24/2b/6c/242b6cf4c7b7f9de205e45a4999343ab.jpg)

Cavalaire-sur-Mer, August 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-02-2019, 10:02:17
(https://i.imgur.com/vcDqSRs.jpg?1)

Lahti boat guarding the lake in Kiestinki
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-02-2019, 11:02:40
(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-535.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 02-02-2019, 12:02:55
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1022.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 02-02-2019, 16:02:06
@Seth: are those Romanians, or some other German ally?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 02-02-2019, 21:02:57
Look at those knifes  :o They remind me on NDH (ustasi) army knifes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 02-02-2019, 23:02:02
@Seth

Aren't they Slovenian auxiliaries of Italian Army? I think these helmets are M33's. Plus uniforms looks Italian like used by aforementioned Slovenians?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-02-2019, 08:02:43
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E7tPHIBS4ig/W459AopuyaI/AAAAAAAAA78/_-1hixyk2YM9R8kskdaV0DMKrcContVyQCEwYBhgL/s1600/351-3.jpg)

Panzerspähwagen Ford M8 (a) re-armed with MG 151/20 "Drilling" (StuG Brigade 244). Damaged and left behind in the Ruhr Pocket
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-02-2019, 11:02:10
@Seth
Aren't they Slovenian auxiliaries of Italian Army? I think these helmets are M33's. Plus uniforms looks Italian like used by aforementioned Slovenians?

@Seth: are those Romanians, or some other German ally?

No, those are slovakians. They sent some infantry divisions on the east along side the germans.
They were also use for guard duty etc ... afaik

(https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Slovaks_with_PPSH_Grenades_Attacking-px800.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kerst on 03-02-2019, 11:02:51
(https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2017-12/1513701569_0_1c0e4_90a24a6e_xl.jpg)

Traffic controller Anna Fyodorova. Leningrad, december 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-02-2019, 12:02:57
(https://i.imgur.com/NEG3f6g.jpg?1)

Quote
"Wilderness train" has stopped to the "station". At the front an uparmored Ford, that is playfully called the "Rommel".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 03-02-2019, 13:02:33
Seth, I did some search and it turns out that they are Ustashe not Slovaks

(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-536.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-02-2019, 17:02:55
Seth, I did some search and it turns out that they are Ustashe not Slovaks

You are right ! ithose are Ustashe.
I should have double check the pic caption and spotted their collar symbol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-02-2019, 07:02:22
(https://i.ibb.co/W3mhJkX/himmy.jpg)

Two destroyed Hummels, the aftermath of the Siege of Budapest
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 04-02-2019, 13:02:25
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCSgnN6WsAAkoGY.jpg)

Swedish volunteers armed with PPD-34/38's, soldier on the left has also Husqvarna m/1907 pistol under his belt. Karelia, June 1941.

And one more shot of PPD-34/38 on which you can see very akward magazine that caused a lot of issues that were resolved in PPD-40.

(http://www.info-pc.home.pl/whatfor/baza/ak/2p041.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-02-2019, 07:02:39
(https://i.postimg.cc/HLP71GDy/2-WK-Foto-Panzer.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-02-2019, 11:02:49
(https://i.imgur.com/YZg7IMn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2019, 18:02:07
(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2050.jpg)
From my pov, it is a bad idea to have so many inflammable stuff around the gun ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-02-2019, 19:02:19
From my pov, it is a bad idea to have so many inflammable stuff around the gun ...

The shockwave would blow that hay off in no time, though  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-02-2019, 23:02:15
(https://i.imgur.com/vC5MCSA.jpg?1)

9000 POW's walking out from the motti of Porlammi
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 06-02-2019, 00:02:34
(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-2050.jpg)
From my pov, it is a bad idea to have so many inflammable stuff around the gun ...

Given that there appears to be absolutely no cover at all there, I bet they'd rather risk the odd chance of setting that stuff on fire than stand out in the open like piñatas  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-02-2019, 03:02:46
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/New-Zealand-anti-tank-gun.jpg)
Quote
A New Zealand crew uses a captured anti-tank gun. Monastery Hill, Italy 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-02-2019, 07:02:07
(http://i67.tinypic.com/65px0j.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-02-2019, 14:02:46
(https://i.imgur.com/Y7r57eT.jpg?1)

 
Quote
Captured russian mines with 260kg TNT charge
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2019, 19:02:45
(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-536.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 06-02-2019, 21:02:24
From my pov, it is a bad idea to have so many inflammable stuff around the gun ...

The shockwave would blow that hay off in no time, though  :)
Also, it might have been very wet hay, which doesn't catch fire so easily.

And: the pic above was already posted by Kasztelan on the previous page, Seth ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2019, 21:02:12
damned !
Well, here a new one

(https://img.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/PIC/PIC_2-1949.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-02-2019, 01:02:55
(https://i.imgur.com/6dZdED5.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-02-2019, 07:02:17
(http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/armor_car/Other/other-15.jpg)

gep.M.Trsp.Wg Bedford w. MG 151/20 "Drilling". Berlin 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 07-02-2019, 13:02:41
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1978.jpg)

Cossack patrol from 19th SS Division. February, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-02-2019, 21:02:01
(https://billionnews.ru/uploads/posts/2013-05/1367853880_23.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 07-02-2019, 21:02:07
damned !
Well, here a new one
Is that Ukraine?

(https://dailyarchives.org/images/soldier-of-waffen-ss-in-battle-of-charkow-march-1943.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-02-2019, 07:02:00
(https://i.imgur.com/KkCZ63Z.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-02-2019, 09:02:18
(http://i64.tinypic.com/14x19ol.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 08-02-2019, 14:02:09
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Operation_Renntier_-_German_soldiers_with_horse_makes_their_way_along_the_road_to_Titowka.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-02-2019, 18:02:58
(https://www.mamerki.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mamerki_04-1024x687.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-02-2019, 00:02:09
(https://scontent-dus1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51544770_298716790836972_5109934123485495296_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-dus1-1.xx&oh=fdd269f5306b33710aeaf82e9335b94e&oe=5CE57388)

May 4th, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-02-2019, 08:02:14
(https://reibert.info/media/wehrmacht-russland-zerstoerte-lkw-lastwagen-typ-gaz-geschuetze-technik.477854/full?d=1536774419)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2019, 11:02:56
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/f9/ee/17f9ee49c9f0c4d2a97082c60c2ec903.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 09-02-2019, 12:02:54
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-759.jpg)

Outskirts of Daugavpils, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-02-2019, 12:02:56
(https://i.imgur.com/bCqMjXT.jpg)

Shop's closed. Viipuri, March 7th 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-02-2019, 07:02:26
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/15/45838865.f/0_c8b63_1f6f7785_orig)

KV-1 in Vyborg. 20 June 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 10-02-2019, 12:02:03
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-2274.jpg)

RSI soldiers marching out to the front. March, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-02-2019, 05:02:13
American Soldiers march behind an M10 in France 1944
(https://i.redd.it/8d1e2pjivuf21.jpg)

I don’t often see the Bazooka with the deflector shield in use in the field. Seems that soldiers ditched them outside of training.

Also he’s armed with an M1 which seems like a lot to carry.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-02-2019, 08:02:41
I don’t often see the Bazooka with the deflector shield in use in the field. Seems that soldiers ditched them outside of training.

Those "flash deflectors" came off easily, being constructed from fine wire mesh.

______________________________________________________________________________________________

(http://i66.tinypic.com/110hjya.jpg)

MG 34 in an anti-aircraft or "anti-partisan" mode in this case. SS-StuG.Abt. 1007 in Yugoslav highlands, September 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 11-02-2019, 13:02:48
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1049.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-02-2019, 14:02:43
(https://i.imgur.com/3iPeq30.jpg?1)

Viipuri burning up during the final days of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-02-2019, 19:02:41
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=46334)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-02-2019, 07:02:55
(https://i.postimg.cc/444L5VFg/Nemeckiy-tank-Pz-Kpfw-podbit-author-V-Tyemin.jpg)

Knocked out Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. F2
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-02-2019, 14:02:56
(https://i.imgur.com/ZsVFdnC.jpg?1)

Gramophone has been captured. Aug 8th 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-02-2019, 15:02:49
(http://derela.pl/7tp_1.jpg)

7TP tank during September Campaign, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-02-2019, 19:02:03
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5fVSfins2yk/VBcuIJDUiTI/AAAAAAAAIXw/G3QQHOOpx9Y/s1600/07210021.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 12-02-2019, 19:02:11
(https://i.imgur.com/ZsVFdnC.jpg?1)

Gramophone has been captured. Aug 8th 1941
This is one of best ww2 pictures I seen! Funny !

Seth, you started to re-post pictures from all that ww2 pictures you seen  ;D Thats picture was recently posted too
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-02-2019, 07:02:25
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/139.jpg)

Re-captured Pz.Kpfw. T-34 with a German cupola in Vyborg, June 1944

Trivia-bit: OKH established special distribution of market wares as a premium for recovering a non-operational Pz.Kpfw. T-34; 40 bottles of alcohol, for a complete engine, transmission, gun sight or radio set (6 bottles) and for a complete gun, radiator, starter etc. (1 to 3 bottles).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-02-2019, 12:02:37
(https://i.imgur.com/FbcbcAe.jpg?1)

Rukajärvi, Sept 11th 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 13-02-2019, 13:02:33
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-1930.jpg)

Waffen SS fighting in the Crimea, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-02-2019, 19:02:36
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/ZsVFdnC.jpg?1)

Gramophone has been captured. Aug 8th 1941
This is one of best ww2 pictures I seen! Funny !


Seth, you started to re-post pictures from all that ww2 pictures you seen  ;D Thats picture was recently posted too

ah my memory is failing ! too much modding for the next next release !

(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=45717&sid=70a6d26022ec3be301b3da61b0b0bddb)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-02-2019, 19:02:00
ah my memory is failing ! too much modding for the next next release !

 :o
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 13-02-2019, 20:02:47
ah my memory is failing ! too much modding for the next next release !

 :o
Haha, dont overwork yourself!
Next next release... East- west or maybe oposite..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-02-2019, 09:02:36
(http://i66.tinypic.com/b6a82u.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 14-02-2019, 14:02:27
“Bison’s” in France?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 14-02-2019, 15:02:48
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Platerowki_1.jpg)

Polish officer with women of Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion from First Polish Army. Eastern Front 1944-45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-02-2019, 16:02:46
“Bison’s” in France?

Yup.
The legendary newsreel demonstrating "Bison's" 38 kg HE round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFnVIFx_-8

Trivia-bits: sIG 33 auf Pz. I carried only four rounds, but each vehicle was supported by Sd.Kfz.10 carrying extra ammunition. The fighting compartment was only 4 mm thick, sufficient against firearms with lead bullets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-02-2019, 18:02:32
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/6bf940ce726ad96f3a038976cab86abb/tumblr_pdw6if0BXj1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-02-2019, 20:02:34
(https://i.imgur.com/YZYwTwt.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-02-2019, 07:02:12
(http://ww2history.ru/uploads/2/1464011273_2-80.jpg)

sIG 33 auf Pz. I with five kill rings
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 15-02-2019, 10:02:09
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-27.jpg)

SS machinegunner during Fall Weiss, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-02-2019, 21:02:37
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=45765&sid=5d8be412c15d25efc17af723c4fc653e)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-02-2019, 08:02:35
(http://broneboy.ru/wp-content/uploads/85-%D0%BC%D0%BC_12.jpg)

52-К of the 732nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Tula 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 16-02-2019, 12:02:29
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/world-war-2/images/f/f4/Bulgarian_Trrops_with_ZK383.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160423144359)

Bulgarian PzKpfw IV in Sofia, December 1944. Two frontmost soldiers armed with ZK-383 sub-machine guns.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 16-02-2019, 12:02:54
nvm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-02-2019, 13:02:27
.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-02-2019, 14:02:03
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1594/26265388245_83c9d8586e_b.jpg)

Another Lahti boat
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-02-2019, 16:02:41
(https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2011/07/world-war-ii-operation-barbarossa/w27_11271120/main_1200.jpg?1420520245)

Panzerjager I in Rostov on November 22, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-02-2019, 18:02:14
(http://www.ardennes1940aceuxquiontresiste.org/wp-content/uploads/StonneSoldats.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-02-2019, 07:02:48
(http://i66.tinypic.com/288w0i1.jpg)

Budapest, February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-02-2019, 11:02:07
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/64/9a/81/649a81a57b11ac6e8e8cc25a53822af6.jpg)

Machine gun team of SS Prinz Eugen Division with ZB-53.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-02-2019, 12:02:29
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=45824&sid=21a79ba1de704e4ca92cd3ab8dc10c5e)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-02-2019, 08:02:28
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2lsw60i.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. B. France, late August 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 18-02-2019, 13:02:57
(https://www.cwgc.org/-/media/images/cwgc/pages/carousels/second-world-war/india/iwm-se-3271.ashx?la=en&hash=FF53EC507E567AFC5E7AD4690956F82EA646C0E9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2019, 20:02:36
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=45671)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-02-2019, 08:02:38
(http://i053.radikal.ru/1711/2b/5384d88aa661.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-02-2019, 11:02:53
Quite famous photos of heavily armed Fallschirmjagers in Ardennes. Even one guy with Sten (or maybe Gerat Potsdam?).

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/9c/22/6d9c221fc5fbce5c211e81da66a3bb83.jpg)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f1/c5/c8/f1c5c8e07ce05ca80a538786bf508280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-02-2019, 12:02:21
(http://i053.radikal.ru/1711/2b/5384d88aa661.jpg)
Google search says Finnish troops with a 20mm flak turned into a tripod cannon?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Goljatti on 19-02-2019, 12:02:42
(http://i053.radikal.ru/1711/2b/5384d88aa661.jpg)
Google search says Finnish troops with a 20mm flak turned into a tripod cannon?

I don't belive that. The soldier on the left has a smg, that by the barrel looks like an Mp34 and finns didnt use that. I also did an google search and found a russian page with text "German soldiers with a 20mm MFR Pz.B-41." (translated)

I think that's a modified (?) Solothurn S-18
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-02-2019, 13:02:24
I don't know wether they are Finns, but I know this is Flak 38. Just compare with this
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/62/ae/c6/62aec61580c58b34776c41ff630f92da.jpg)

Also guys, I'm not a moderator or anything, but please if you quote someone, maybe put a spoiler tag on thepicture. Cause now we have the same 3 pictures on one page.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-02-2019, 15:02:20
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/3103214233_a83248f9ac_o.jpg)

A German halftrack in British service with what seems to be an American 50cal surrounded by American vehicles :)

Markings are Guards Armored Division
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-02-2019, 17:02:45
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51949022_301138447261473_4282560698849951744_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=f3e45db71ab9fbc0661d9b3a4b892916&oe=5CDFDBBF)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-02-2019, 19:02:33
maybe an attempt to reuse mg151 ?


(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/312227120385_/Foto-Panzer-2-Weltkrieg-Bild-13.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-02-2019, 09:02:25
(http://i68.tinypic.com/244s16p.jpg)

Sd.Kfz.253 with Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935. March past in Trieste, Northeast Italy. 20 April 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-02-2019, 12:02:59
(http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/image/?imageId=images-18932&profile=access)

New Zealand soldiers from 3rd NZ Division, sometime during Solomon Islands campaign. Note their makeshift camouflaged uniforms (khaki drill sprayed with pattern more suitable for jungle warfare).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-02-2019, 13:02:26
New Zealand soldiers from 3rd NZ Division, sometime during Solomon Islands campaign. Note their makeshift camouflaged uniforms (khaki drill sprayed with pattern more suitable for jungle warfare).

Very cool, didn’t know they made their own like that. I’m guessing this is probably a recon or scout attachment? Or was it actually widespread?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-02-2019, 13:02:54
Very cool, didn’t know they made their own like that. I’m guessing this is probably a recon or scout attachment? Or was it actually widespread?

It was actually widespread issue.

Here's a quote from Osprey, MAA#486 New Zealand Expeditionary Force During World War II:

Spoiler
The 8th Bde that garrisoned Fiji from November 1940 left New Zealand
with old World War I khaki drill clothing. This had not stored well,
and once in Fiji better khaki garments – officers’ SD, trousers, shirts,
shorts and bush jackets – were made up locally from Indian fabric; jackets
were often lined with muslin and had removable buttons.
When the 3rd NZ Div arrived in New Caledonia in October 1942
they still lacked good-quality tropical clothing. Soldiers were obliged to
purchase American tan-coloured ‘chino’ shirts and trousers for ‘tropical
best’, which they wore on Guadalcanal in August 1943.
At this time a New Zealand-produced KD uniform was issued, consisting of a pullover
shirt, bush shirt, and battledress trousers. Practical combat clothing
was still unavailable, and since sufficient green dye could not be obtained
the new KD clothing was camouflage-painted (see Plate F2). Also
included in the fighting dress were a ‘bottle-green’ jungle hat and
anti-mosquito gloves. New Zealand-made canvas and rubber jungle
boots were delivered but were little used, since they were coloured
white due to lack of available dye. Canvas leggings were also developed,
but not widely issued.
After landing on Vella Lavella wearing KD the 14th Bde were soon
issued with US-made combat uniforms consisting of olive drab
herringbone twill jackets (of both first and second US Army patterns),
matching trousers and short-visored HBT caps. The 8th Bde on
Guadalcanal were issued with the NZ camouflage-sprayed clothing
for operations on Mono and Stirling islands in October–November 1943.
The 14th Bde also received it on Vella Lavella for operations on
Nissan Island in February 1944. When the division was withdrawn to
New Caledonia in July 1944 the men were issued with unpainted NZ-made
KD uniforms consisting of a pullover shirt with a necktie, bush shirt
and battledress trousers, worn with the ‘Hat, Felt’.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-02-2019, 19:02:58
Very cool, thanks :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2019, 20:02:24
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=45523)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-02-2019, 07:02:11
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2002.337.592_1.jpg)

Destroyed early production (<06.1943) Hummel from Pz.Div.HG. Near Cisterna, Italy. 29 May 1944

Trivia-bit: The planned employment of Sfl.Artillerie within Panzer-Division did not go as planned in the southern and middle of Italy. "This was due to the peculiarity of the terrain and the combat situation. In actual fact the Sfl. were preponderantly employed in platoons or indeed only as an individual guns. Therefore, in no way were useful experiences obtained on the tactical employment of the Sfl. --- Losses to mechanical breakdowns are especially high when compared to losses occuring due to enemy action. --- The troops want their old towed batteries back." Waffenamt report, dated 17 November 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 21-02-2019, 16:02:24
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/27/8c/d6278cb47618015e4700d4af1a62279d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-02-2019, 19:02:23
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=45574&sid=ec2fa4dabf4dd782581ff286b1bd688c)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-02-2019, 08:02:02
(https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2019/02/06/16/20190206161843650/preview_fdf5c66008e8b39c9d54e6a82ea24661.png)

Ukraine 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-02-2019, 17:02:19
(https://collection.nam.ac.uk//images/960/84000-84999/84429.jpg)

Vickers team of the Nyasaland Battalion, The King's African Rifles. Burma, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-02-2019, 18:02:01
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/96f857a12580b1b245da13a76310305f/tumblr_pdf4aeW1Bd1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-02-2019, 07:02:42
(http://i67.tinypic.com/dgqiw8.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) Ausf. A with Pz.Abt. (verlastet), 3.leichte Division 67. Poland 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 23-02-2019, 11:02:34
(https://i0.wp.com/loadoutroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3WiVVHnuw8Q.jpg?ssl=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 23-02-2019, 16:02:49
(https://i.redd.it/36p6vdveibi21.jpg)

Quote
Dutch resistance fighters in Winterswijk after it's liberation by British forces, The Netherlands 31 March 1945. [Colorized]


Anyone wanna take a stab at the gun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-02-2019, 19:02:16
civilian hunting rifle ?
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/273127239742_/F23424-Orig-Foto-deutsche-Soldaten-stehen-an-einem.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 23-02-2019, 21:02:25
civilian hunting rifle ?
Yeah, it is probably a Husqvarna, or some other black powder double barreled hunting rifle.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-02-2019, 08:02:56
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2002.337.524_1.jpg)

Monte Cassino Abbey. 20 May 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 24-02-2019, 11:02:54
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7P7DjCS2JA/WWXjiSIVqaI/AAAAAAAAhjk/TYjtgF123-wW8pQ2zfo7oeZfQrRK3fwMACLcBGAs/s1600/Knorr-Bremse.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-02-2019, 17:02:45
Royal Marine Commandos man a Landing Craft, Support, used in the liberation of Walcheren island in late 1944

(https://i.redd.it/zgof9j4w1ii21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-02-2019, 17:02:44
Spoiler
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7P7DjCS2JA/WWXjiSIVqaI/AAAAAAAAhjk/TYjtgF123-wW8pQ2zfo7oeZfQrRK3fwMACLcBGAs/s1600/Knorr-Bremse.jpg)

I wonder how many of those or mg13 were still in used as lmg in infantry division in 1940 ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-02-2019, 18:02:48
(https://i.imgur.com/sBNhbrZ.jpg)

Firing up a Hotchkiss in Lapland
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-02-2019, 07:02:37
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2mql0g7.jpg)

Men from the Bulgarian First Army Armoured Battalion riding on a BMW R75. Road to Harkány - Siklós, Hungary. 8 March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-02-2019, 09:02:37
(https://i.imgur.com/dSWEDCt.jpg)

Suursaari March 26th 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-02-2019, 12:02:44
I wonder how many of those or mg13 were still in used as lmg in infantry division in 1940 ...

MG35/36 apparently was only used by SS and in  very small numbers. I found link to this book in one thread on axishistory forums (https://sassik.livejournal.com/348072.html). Translator doesn't do very good job with this text, but that's how I understand that: inventor tried to get this gun approved by Heer but with no success, then at the beginning of the war he approached SS and they expressed interest. There are numerous SS documents dated between January to February 1940 that talks about this gun being in some form of trials with 500 guns being made in Steyr and supposedly given to SS-Totenkopfverbande. General concensus was that gun needed some changes but in May documents mention that there are problem manufacturing barrels and there was also a small drama involving the designer. Project was terminated in June 1940 by SS that cut all ties with the designer and refused any further funding of a project.

Most photos that I've seen are either of SS or Polizei units, but none of them are clearly combat usage. There is also one photo of NDH soldier with it, number of photos of Yugoslavian partisants with this MG's.
So propably any remaining guns were, after project was cancelled, given to anti paritsan units in Yugoslavia or used for training with SS.

If anyone is interested I attached a file with text extracted from photos of that book that you can paste into a translator. It's just quickly put together txt file so sorry that it isn't formatted properly.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-02-2019, 12:02:40
(http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/warisboring.com/images/tumblr_oqmzty5QiG1s57vgxo5_12801-1024x763.jpg)

Australians testing supressed Austen and Owen smg's near the end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-02-2019, 19:02:57
Quote
I wonder how many of those or mg13 were still in used as lmg in infantry division in 1940 ...

MG35/36 apparently was only used by SS and in  very small numbers. I found link to this book in one thread on axishistory forums (https://sassik.livejournal.com/348072.html). Translator doesn't do very good job with this text, but that's how I understand that: inventor tried to get this gun approved by Heer but with no success, then at the beginning of the war he approached SS and they expressed interest. There are numerous SS documents dated between January to February 1940 that talks about this gun being in some form of trials with 500 guns being made in Steyr and supposedly given to SS-Totenkopfverbande. General concensus was that gun needed some changes but in May documents mention that there are problem manufacturing barrels and there was also a small drama involving the designer. Project was terminated in June 1940 by SS that cut all ties with the designer and refused any further funding of a project.

Most photos that I've seen are either of SS or Polizei units, but none of them are clearly combat usage. There is also one photo of NDH soldier with it, number of photos of Yugoslavian partisants with this MG's.
So propably any remaining guns were, after project was cancelled, given to anti paritsan units in Yugoslavia or used for training with SS.

If anyone is interested I attached a file with text extracted from photos of that book that you can paste into a translator. It's just quickly put together txt file so sorry that it isn't formatted properly.
[/spoiler]

thx for the info
I'm currently trying to find info about the mg13 use as a lmg at the beginning of the war. Afaik, mg34 was not completely available until 1941.
So germans had to use zb26, mg13 etc ...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4069/4636054585_1c29b168a2.jpg)

it is supposed to be at dunkirk 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-02-2019, 20:02:19
So here is the other issue of the same book/magazine I linked in regard to MG35/36 which covers MG13. https://sassik.livejournal.com/335687.html
There's nothing specific about usage during World War II, but there's one interesting bit of info:

Spoiler
"Es verblieb auch noch nach der Einführung des MG 34, ja sogar des MG 42, bei der Truppe, wenn auch nicht in den vordersten Stellungen.
Uns liegt eine Bedienungsanleitung für das MG 13 aus dem Jahre 1940 vor und in unserer Sammlung befinden sich Magazine, die mit dem Hersteller-Codezeichen S/42 versehen sind. In der Liste über die Bewaffnung der deutschen Wehrmacht aus dem Jahre 1943 werden außer dem MG 13 sogar noch die MGs 08 und 08/15 aufgeführt."

And google translate
"It remained even after the introduction of the MG 34, and even the MG 42, at the troop, albeit not in the leading positions.
We have an instruction manual for the MG 13 from the year 1940 and in our collection are magazines, which are provided with the manufacturer code S / 42. In the list about the armament of the German Wehrmacht from the year 1943, in addition to the MG 13 even the MGs 08 and 08/15 are listed."

I wish I could be more helpful, but I'll let you know if I find anything on the subject.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-02-2019, 05:02:16
(http://i66.tinypic.com/im1gkm.jpg)

SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 2 and sIG 33 auf Panzer 38(t) Ausf. H's. Boves, Italy. 19 September 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 26-02-2019, 09:02:20
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4069/4636054585_1c29b168a2.jpg)

it is supposed to be at dunkirk 1940

What are those pouches for? Looks uncomfortable af
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-02-2019, 10:02:53
What are those pouches for? Looks uncomfortable af

These are for MG 13 25-round magazines, but were also used for MG 26(t) afaik.



(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1f/31/66/1f3166a04f8cd15409ffab393ff0ad7c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-02-2019, 21:02:11
What are those pouches for? Looks uncomfortable af

These are for MG 13 25-round magazines, but were also used for MG 26(t) afaik.


Indeed. On this pic i would rather say mg13 because the curve shape is seems there.
MG13 was in used as aa gun on Krupp-Protze so i hope if we do a Krupp-Protze, we will create a mg13 aa but also used it as lmg.
But before, we need to find where and when it was used.

(https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/pDMAAOSw4gxbRIcX/$/4-x-official-ww2-photos-_57.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 26-02-2019, 22:02:40
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0WvrPdWsAUOG2i.jpg:large)

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U.S. 1st Armored Division Sherman tanks move inland from the Anzio beachhead, Italy, 1944

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0WjI_qXQAIwVXN.jpg:large)

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German soldiers of the 1st SS Panzer Division on a tank during the battle of Kursk, July 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-02-2019, 07:02:00
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2015.111.103_1.jpg)

318th Cannon Co. in Ouvrage Rohrbach. 9 December 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-02-2019, 12:02:12
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3595422394_5792f892b2_b.jpg)

African and Indian soldiers in Burma
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-02-2019, 19:02:46
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ca/d0/01/cad001359ffcbaa8eb22f20e1ffd5286.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-02-2019, 07:02:26
(http://i65.tinypic.com/23hpsif.jpg)

2. Marine-Infanterie-Division with an MG 13. Schleswig-Holstein. 28 March 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 28-02-2019, 10:02:43
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/33/10/453310c770d6854f90f7e661cb3291b9.jpg)

Couldn't find a better one, but I think the content justifies the poor quality
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-02-2019, 16:02:03
(https://lapinsota-1944.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/7/7/12779786/19441016-rovaniemi-165749-color_1_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-02-2019, 20:02:51
(http://www.k-k-r.de/images/ebay/DSCP6229.JPG)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-03-2019, 06:03:21
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2ah5hte.jpg)

Germany 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 01-03-2019, 13:03:49
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/a7/65/33a765db89358cff35a316a61cc6b55f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-03-2019, 17:03:53
(https://i.imgur.com/PEeI4AA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-03-2019, 08:03:26
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2hrpu0y.jpg)

Hornisse (02-03.43 production) from schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 560
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-03-2019, 12:03:39
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/c200a4c159a00b40ed9150e4190e12d7/tumblr_pbltgoxYve1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 02-03-2019, 12:03:05
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/PEeI4AA.jpg)

Was there any description with this photo?



(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/documents-non-award-photographs-ids-posters-other-ephemera/41801d1244907494-partisan-resistance-photos-pant_svt.jpg)

Home Army partisans during Warsaw Uprising
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-03-2019, 18:03:24
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/PEeI4AA.jpg)

Was there any description with this photo?


Nope, just a bunch of Finnish T34's. Maybe during fighting at Tali?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-03-2019, 18:03:08
Nope, thats post-Tali.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rokka on 02-03-2019, 22:03:19
Nope, thats post-Tali.
How can you tell?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-03-2019, 22:03:07
(https://i.imgur.com/gUcZHZu.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 02-03-2019, 22:03:19
Because finns never had so many T-34's in one place during the battle of Tali.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-03-2019, 09:03:27
(http://i63.tinypic.com/6zwqjt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 03-03-2019, 10:03:20
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/1a/a5/0c1aa5bd2e679f3caaa3f8894ab7fceb.jpg)

Finnish soldier showing swiss MKMS sub-machine gun to german officer. Finland bought 282 MKMS during Winter War, but the first batch showed up 5 days after the war ended. They were issued to Finnish home front troops, supplies units and coastal defence during Continuation War.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-03-2019, 13:03:15
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53041419_303870930321558_3763595093190115328_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=3025a7a8ded6d415099308f508ea2ce8&oe=5D1D180C)

Kuhlmey Stuka's at Immola airfield, June 28, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 03-03-2019, 13:03:40
Thats awesome  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-03-2019, 07:03:31
(http://i66.tinypic.com/ra6tc8.jpg)

British and French casualties after SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Germania's" attack, supported by StuGs from Sturmbatterie 660. Saint-Venant area, the north of France. 27 May 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 04-03-2019, 10:03:12
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T7SvmuEkhZo/Vt1cCMWcipI/AAAAAAAAQGI/5rIF0KxHlQM/s1600/greek.JPG)

Greek MG team with Hotchkiss Mle 1926.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-03-2019, 12:03:39
(https://i.imgur.com/QrQbH68.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 04-03-2019, 12:03:26
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/QrQbH68.jpg?1)

Alois in Wunderland having tea party with Mad Hatter?  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-03-2019, 18:03:31
The mad Hattler.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-03-2019, 19:03:49
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/610075803001027bebaf797369726e22/tumblr_pblx44YOLp1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-03-2019, 08:03:37
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2w1w8bl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 05-03-2019, 10:03:41
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/japanese-militaria/1277964d1549144882-interesting-photo-image.jpeg)

Japanese soldier with SIG M1920 smg

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/28/d5/d2/28d5d2e285a7641680f3f3939d336322.jpg)

Chinese collaborationist soldiers, two of wich are also armed with SIG M1920. Note M1920's 50 round magazine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-03-2019, 19:03:52
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53214058_307257906649527_8152184597409431552_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=7753f690b601437a8cda3bd812e6e444&oe=5D261D6B)

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Brewster (BW-374) 8th of May 1944 at Suulajärvi Airfield.

This BW-374 achieved 11 aerial combat victories in LeLv 24 (No. 24 Squadron). On June 12, 1944, the plane was shot down over the Terijoki, Lieutenant Taisto Mattila was killed.

Top 10 Finnish aces who have won victories with the Brewster:

Hans Wind 39
Ilmari Juutilainen 34
Jorma Karhunen 26,5
Lauri Nissinen 22,5
Eero Kinnunen 19
Nils Katajainen 17,5
Eino Luukkanen 14,5
Martti Alho 13,5
Erik Teromaa 13
Lauri Pekuri (Ohukainen) 12,5
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2019, 19:03:32
Spoiler
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2w1w8bl.jpg)

Nice pic ! i wonder when i was taken

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/0fb2a1b32ab18232439a1e987279d52c/tumblr_pas4x7wSZ71ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-03-2019, 20:03:08
Nice pic ! i wonder when i was taken

Not sure about the exact date, but the year is 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 05-03-2019, 22:03:53
Nice pic ! i wonder when i was taken

Not sure about the exact date, but the year is 1943
Are they maquis?

@ Leopardi: "Hans Wind" doesn't sound very Finnish to me, was he actually a German?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-03-2019, 07:03:24
Are they maquis?

No, quite the opposite; LVF in training



(http://russiannavy.net/militaryPhotos/armor/lorraine.jpeg)

One of the captured 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) LrS at the AFV collection point. El Daba, Egypt. 4 October 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-03-2019, 09:03:45
Nice pic ! i wonder when i was taken

Not sure about the exact date, but the year is 1943
Are they maquis?

@ Leopardi: "Hans Wind" doesn't sound very Finnish to me, was he actually a German?
Pretty much Finnish, born in Finland, and his father Frans Henrik Wind was born in Finland in 1888 as well. Maybe the grandfather was German? :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-03-2019, 09:03:05
Pretty much Finnish, born in Finland, and his father Frans Henrik Wind was born in Finland in 1888 as well. Maybe the grandfather was German? :P

Could be an ornamental surname coming from Swedish "Vind", considering that he was born in Ekenäs (Tammisaari) where vast majority of population is Swedish speaking (or Finnish Swedes/Swedish Finns)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 06-03-2019, 13:03:54
(https://assets.rbl.ms/18264171/800x590.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-03-2019, 16:03:46
(https://i.imgur.com/CtFa9nN.jpg?1)

Fire control radar in Helsinki, 28.10.1944. Interesting helmet markings with the crew... (https://i.imgur.com/pgOAbdR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-03-2019, 19:03:10
Are they maquis?

No, quite the opposite; LVF in training

Interresting i always through they would be trained the german way, not in french uniform at least.

(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/jagdpanther/german_tank_destroyers_Jagdpanther.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-03-2019, 19:03:28
Interresting i always through they would be trained the german way, not in french uniform at least.

In this serie of pictures, they are wearing French uniforms until the basic training has been completed:

(http://i63.tinypic.com/20kdj7l.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 06-03-2019, 23:03:12
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/jagdpanther/german_tank_destroyers_Jagdpanther.jpg)

Where is that?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 06-03-2019, 23:03:33
In my nightmares. Poor Jagdpanthers. :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-03-2019, 07:03:26
Where is that?

Butgenbach, Ardennes. Further discussion, incl. before and after shots, maps, link to after-action report here:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/jagdpanthers-in-the-ardennes-t316319.html
Enhanced color slide from 1946;
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8834/28482110782_4c59891e3c_o.jpg



(http://i64.tinypic.com/11wafdf.jpg)

Defenders of Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin. 24 April 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 07-03-2019, 14:03:17
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-446-6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-03-2019, 17:03:16
(https://i.imgur.com/1jMQydl.jpg?1)

Quote
Regiment commander has a german offroadwagon in his use, 26.10.1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 08-03-2019, 02:03:21

Defenders of Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin. 24 April 1945

Any more information on that one?. I'm curious. Very curious.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-03-2019, 08:03:02
Any more information on that one?. I'm curious. Very curious.

Willi Saeger was a German press photographer who followed the movements of scattered infantry, police and Volkstrum elements in the centre of Berlin, late April 1945. You can find more pictures from the same roll here:
https://www.bpk-bildagentur.de/shop
and search for 30021094, 30020671, 30020665, 30016555



(http://i64.tinypic.com/5kn9g1.jpg)

Vienna, May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-03-2019, 12:03:52
(https://i.imgur.com/xEcyySm.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 08-03-2019, 13:03:16
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-2159.jpg)

German and Italian paratroopers during Battle of Anzio
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-03-2019, 19:03:08
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oJswNjwgKK4/VWSFMLZ3UnI/AAAAAAAACIY/_7Gpu_zYssc/s1600/belgiumresistancenurse1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 08-03-2019, 20:03:36
(https://i.redd.it/02t5nscppxk21.jpg)

10.5cm leFH 16 auf Geschuetzwagen FCM (f)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 09-03-2019, 01:03:16
Any more information on that one?. I'm curious. Very curious.

Willi Saeger was a German press photographer who followed the movements of scattered infantry, police and Volkstrum elements in the centre of Berlin, late April 1945. You can find more pictures from the same roll here:
https://www.bpk-bildagentur.de/shop
and search for 30021094, 30020671, 30020665, 30016555


Holy shit!, I actually never seen photos from the German side during the Battle of Berlin, this is a great find. Shame it has the watermark, but great find nonetheless!.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-03-2019, 07:03:27
Holy shit!, I actually never seen photos from the German side during the Battle of Berlin, this is a great find. Shame it has the watermark, but great find nonetheless!.

There are more pictures from Berlin in the physical BPK archives, but they are still sitting on them. Anyway, some of those previously listed images have been released in some publications (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Berlin_1945_StG-44_ZF-4.jpg) and you can always buy images from BPK, if you claim to be working on a small print. They just need to know about the layout (for each image) and the est. print size. They are not keen selling images for private use, even though it's fine through little bureaucracy.



(http://i65.tinypic.com/w6tn5i.jpg)

Berlin, early May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 09-03-2019, 12:03:14
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-351.jpg)

Armoured Mercedes 4500 trucks with 37 mm Flaks. French Riviera. September, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-03-2019, 13:03:59
(https://i.imgur.com/yXgAD2W.jpg?1)

Rukajärvi drift, July 22 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-03-2019, 07:03:48
(http://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/718/718166-d2cfcd705a3a51c9efc677afa02fffa1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 10-03-2019, 11:03:35
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-723.jpg)

Abandoned KhTZ-16 in Kharkov. November, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-03-2019, 11:03:53
(https://eloblog.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/festungbreslau31.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-03-2019, 12:03:00
(https://i.imgur.com/aaWWaPa.jpg?1)

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New MG constructed by Lahti, December 3, 1942
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 10-03-2019, 16:03:53
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/aaWWaPa.jpg?1)

Quote
New MG constructed by Lahti, December 3, 1942

If anyone is interested here's a link where you can read about the gun. It's description is near the end of a page before MG-42.

https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ALMOST1.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-03-2019, 07:03:21
(http://i67.tinypic.com/s4szua.jpg)

Munitionsschlepper auf Pz.Kpfw. I with Sd.Ah. 32 trailer from Mun.Tr.Kp.(gep.) 601. Many of these taxed and worn-out chassis broke down during 7-10 days of combat. France, May 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 11-03-2019, 11:03:09
(https://historiamniejznanaizapomniana.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/ranny-polski-c5bcoc582nierze-w-koc582obrzegu.jpg)

Wounded Polish soldier during Battle of Kolberg. March, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-03-2019, 14:03:56
(https://i.imgur.com/plA0y4A.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-03-2019, 19:03:06
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/1c/fe/d41cfe7220116ffece06a9a5d1824392.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-03-2019, 07:03:22
(https://cs7.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2018/09/26/3/1537928581241988770.jpg)

"Germans blowing up buildings as they withdraw". Dvinsk, Latvia. Between 10-26 July 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-03-2019, 09:03:43
(http://www.theshermantank.com/wp-content/uploads/soviet-sherman.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 12-03-2019, 14:03:08
Certainly, ISU-152 became greatly feared by German heavy tank crews. Like on 14 March 1945 in Hungary, twentyfour dug-in ISU-152 (protected by a minefield) managed to damage sixteen Tiger II from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 509. Later during the day, two sPz.Abt 509 Tiger II seized the strongpoint, knocking out all twentyfour "beast killers". After five days, all battle damaged Tiger II were repaired and running again. Ironically, only 10 days later, fourteen of these Tigers II had to be destroyed due to lack of fuel (source: Wolfgang Schneider: Tigers in Combat)
Indeed they were and to such an extent that they falsely claimed those. I hope you don't think of me as a necromancer, but I had doubts about that encounter initially, and this (http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2018/11/cheating-at-statistics-su-strike-at.html) blog post I came across recently reinforced my suspitions even further, so I deciced to conduct my own investigation on the matter.

The only units in the area between Velencefürdő and Tükröspuszta (according to this map (https://i.imgur.com/eZkTvUo.jpg), original here (http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/maps/1945SW/3UF/Hungary/3UF_SAVO196_Mar_6_15_45.jpg)) armed with ISU-152s were 1443th SPA Regiment of 23th Tanks Corps (6 vehicles) and 363 Guards SPA Regiment of 18th Tanks Corps (4 vehicles, 3 operational) with only 4 ISU-122s (https://cdn.pamyat-naroda.ru/images/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0_020_%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%9F097%D0%A0-%D0%97%D0%A13/3418-00001-0083/00000081.jpg) lost (https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=451006781&backurl=q%5C363%20%D0%B3%D0%B2.%20%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF::division%5C18%20%D1%82%D0%BA::begin_date%5C10.03.1945::end_date%5C20.03.1945::use_main_string%5Cfalse::group%5Call::types%5Copersvodki:rasporyajeniya:otcheti:peregovori:jbd:direktivi:prikazi:posnatovleniya:dokladi:raporti:doneseniya:svedeniya:plani:plani_operaciy:karti:shemi:spravki:drugie) during the period from 13th to 15th March. Well, maybe then Germans then had mistaken ISUs for some other type of SPAG?  The only relatively closest engagement in terms of Soviet losses I could find occurred on 12th March when 60 German tanks attacked positions of 207th SPA Brigade (https://cdn.pamyat-naroda.ru/images/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0_005_%D0%9A%D0%9F047%D0%90_1%D0%A18_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0/3311-0000001-0041/00000031.jpg), disabling 19 out of 63 SU-100 it had in expense of their own 38 tanks and SPGs.
That means that either Soviet (which I highly doubt) or German battle reports are incorrect,
which is not surpising taking into account the mess in German papers towards the end of the war and the fact that many of them were simply lost.

EDIT: Added picture to comply with the rules:

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/P1050165.jpg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/P1050165.jpg)

The grave of French tankers and Char B1-bis tank near Châlons-sur-Marne.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-03-2019, 17:03:14
Well, maybe then Germans then had mistaken ISUs for some other type of SPAG? 

That means that either Soviet (which I highly doubt) or German battle reports are incorrect,
which is not surpising taking into account the mess in German papers towards the end of the war and the fact that many of them were simply lost.

I agree, AFVs were often misidentified on both sides: StuG frequently appearing as Ferdinand and Panzer IV refered as Tiger in Soviet (and Allied) battle reports, photographs. But then again, what makes you think these records are more credible or less inflated than German ones? And would you credit "TankArchives" as an objective, unbiased source?


Spoiler
(https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/isu_152_zveroboy-_camo-741x554.jpg)

...Capable of dealing with the entire German Zoo.
Just to make clear, my respond was intended in the same, somewhat exaggerated vein as the post above. Distortion and even revisionism can rise, when historical research is driven or motivated by the political compass. But we all are guilty of that. "Who pays the piper calls the tune", and so on.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-03-2019, 17:03:03
Generally loss reports are more credible than kill counts, which are often enflated and hard to track during combat. There is also an incentive in internal reports to inflate enemy losses, but not reporting your own lost vehicles is rather foolish, since that means not receiving replacements or being assigned missions above your strength. So in historical science you ususally check kill claims by looking at the opposing sides losses for the day. In the past this was rather hard to achieve for the Soviet side, but after the opening of Russian archives it has become easier and shown that German kill claims for the Eastern Front were (as for all sides) greatly exaggerated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-03-2019, 19:03:31
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Tupolev_TB-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 13-03-2019, 03:03:43
I recall the Germans being very inconsistent on their kill reports. People often bring up the "Ferdinand had a 10:1 kill ratio" and I just laugh my ass off. No way that monument to human stupidity had that kill ratio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-03-2019, 06:03:41
I recall the Germans being very inconsistent on their kill reports. People often bring up the "Ferdinand had a 10:1 kill ratio" and I just laugh my ass off. No way that monument to human stupidity had that kill ratio.

Inconsistency goes both ways. One Russian expert (Mikhail Svirin) claims, that twelve (12) Elefanten were destroyed by the Red Army in the Berlin area, six being captured infact with full ammunition. Hahah.. I mean really.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 13-03-2019, 11:03:12
(https://rg.ru/img/content/125/17/52/soldaty850_d_850.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-03-2019, 19:03:08
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/4b/12/334b124bbac257633c6cae80bd7dbb6b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-03-2019, 20:03:52
(http://alternathistory.com/files/users/m3_Lee_22.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-03-2019, 22:03:53
(https://i.imgur.com/Zkaqo3R.jpg?1)

Road to Petrozavodsk, 28th September 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-03-2019, 08:03:32
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2q80yt4.jpg)

Destroyed Hummel from "Feldherrnhalle" (or 13. Pz.Dv.). Budapest, January 1945

Spoiler
Trivia-bit: There were a high number of Hummels (21 in inventory; 16 combat-ready) in the encircled Budapest, when comparing to other (combat-ready) AFVs:
11x Hetzer, 10x Panthers, 9x Pz IV, 6x Pz IV L/70, 5x StuG, 4-6x Pz III, 4x M42 Semovente, 1x Pz II, 4x Grille, 5x Flak-Pz IV, 1x Wespe
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 14-03-2019, 11:03:53
(https://i.imgur.com/S1XOG39.jpg)

Stuart from 1st Polish Armoured Division in Thielt. September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-03-2019, 12:03:35
(https://i.imgur.com/G6BsacV.jpg)

Spanish Eduardo Diez is understandably looking rather sad. September 17th, 1941. Spanish volunteer division held Finnish troops advancing towards river Svir for over a month.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2019, 18:03:43
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=44065)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ivancic1941 on 14-03-2019, 21:03:11
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/G6BsacV.jpg)

Spanish Eduardo Diez is understandably looking rather sad. September 17th, 1941. Spanish volunteer division held Finnish troops advancing towards river Svir for over a month.
Hm,was there spanish volunteer division in Red Army? I would like to know more about it.Cant find info on internet as it all show Blue Division in wermacht.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-03-2019, 22:03:54

Hm,was there spanish volunteer division in Red Army? I would like to know more about it.Cant find info on internet as it all show Blue Division in wermacht.
Yeah, it was formed from the 3000 people that fled to soviet union during the spanish civil war. Only 7 managed to break out and escape across the Svir, along with a few hundred others (the whole division was 8000 strong).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-03-2019, 07:03:46
(http://i65.tinypic.com/30a76kw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 15-03-2019, 15:03:57
Yeah, it was formed from the 3000 people that fled to soviet union during the spanish civil war. Only 7 managed to break out and escape across the Svir, along with a few hundred others (the whole division was 8000 strong).

What was the number of this division or maybe you know where we can read more about it? I only found this short article about Spanish exiles in USSR. https://jsis.washington.edu/publication/to-russia-with-spain-spanish-exiles-in-the-ussr-and-the-longue-duree-of-soviet-history/

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As a result of the Spanish Civil War, only 4,221 Spaniards came to the USSR before World War II began. Nearly 3,000 were children evacuated during the Iberian conflict in five expeditions over stormy and dangerous seas. The remaining exiles, almost all catapulted to the USSR by Francisco Franco’s victory, included political refugees, among them leaders of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) such as José Díaz and Dolores Ibárruri, as well as doctors and medical personnel who had cared for Spanish Communists and Republican officers. A subgroup became exiles because they were stranded in the USSR: such was the predicament of the 157 Spanish pilots who had studied at Soviet aviation schools in Kirovabad and Khar′kov, and the 69 sailors from the nine Republican ships in Soviet ports at the end of the Iberian conflict. From this small number there were, of course, subtractions. About 200 Spaniards died fighting for the USSR during World War II.



(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a3/31/53/a3315310eca25e873e82e23790faf7be.jpg)

This looks familiar...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-03-2019, 07:03:20
(https://cs11.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2018/12/12/3/1544582996239647726.jpg)

ZSU M17 MGMC. Berlin, late April - early May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-03-2019, 10:03:02
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/44/1f/e3/441fe392afb4ae7e9ecdc5ec924b88e7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 16-03-2019, 12:03:31
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VErr9XIGrc/W-rjKJ7bE_I/AAAAAAAAGNo/CtwWTC2wk8Q6jE28blARuU5BUBt_X_FXwCLcBGAs/s1600/large_000000%2B%25283%2529.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-03-2019, 18:03:17
Yeah, it was formed from the 3000 people that fled to soviet union during the spanish civil war. Only 7 managed to break out and escape across the Svir, along with a few hundred others (the whole division was 8000 strong).

What was the number of this division or maybe you know where we can read more about it? I only found this short article about Spanish exiles in USSR. https://jsis.washington.edu/publication/to-russia-with-spain-spanish-exiles-in-the-ussr-and-the-longue-duree-of-soviet-history/

Quote
As a result of the Spanish Civil War, only 4,221 Spaniards came to the USSR before World War II began. Nearly 3,000 were children evacuated during the Iberian conflict in five expeditions over stormy and dangerous seas. The remaining exiles, almost all catapulted to the USSR by Francisco Franco’s victory, included political refugees, among them leaders of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) such as José Díaz and Dolores Ibárruri, as well as doctors and medical personnel who had cared for Spanish Communists and Republican officers. A subgroup became exiles because they were stranded in the USSR: such was the predicament of the 157 Spanish pilots who had studied at Soviet aviation schools in Kirovabad and Khar′kov, and the 69 sailors from the nine Republican ships in Soviet ports at the end of the Iberian conflict. From this small number there were, of course, subtractions. About 200 Spaniards died fighting for the USSR during World War II.


There was a news article on a local newspaper about an exhibition that has gathered new info about it in Petrozavodsk. Maybe you could dig out more specifics from a russian source.

(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53472658_311041642937820_8528329092934664192_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=d0b1778be032d744d96eec6065ee0511&oe=5D507D18)

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Finnish soldier looking over the battleground at Taipale (Kaarnajoki) during Winter War. Date unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-03-2019, 08:03:46
(http://i67.tinypic.com/33k8vht.jpg)

Versuchs-Panzer IV lang (V) being presented at "Vorführung neuer Waffen", next to Versuchs-Panzer IV lang (A) and Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. J. Ainring airfield area, Berghof. 6 July 1944

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-03-2019, 13:03:33
(http://oi59.tinypic.com/11u845w.jpg)

Polish PZL 37 Łoś in Romanian service. 26 were withdrawn to Romania after September Campaign and seized by the Romanian goverment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-03-2019, 19:03:17
(https://i.imgur.com/AQcOTX7.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-03-2019, 07:03:52
(https://scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/01d9652c9637e4e2da1aac4f1a145d44/5CF2F4E4/t51.2885-15/e35/28158818_436957036761505_3994756400633872384_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 18-03-2019, 11:03:09
(https://forum.axishistory.com/download/file.php?id=413004&mode=view)

Group of Czech partisans from Jan Zizka brigade. Note the Knorr Bremse MG35/36 machine gun (next to ZB vz. 26) and Polish wz. 36 grenade launcher.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-03-2019, 06:03:57
(https://theamericanwarrior.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/photo-10u-bulge135-burngerhtjan6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-03-2019, 15:03:11
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Polish_soldier%2C_machine_gun%2C_Polish_brand%2C_tank%2C_combat_vehicle_Fortepan_78270.jpg)

Polish soldiers that withdrawn to Hungary and Hungarian Border Guards checking Polish tankettes, 1939.

(http://derela.pl/tks20_hun.jpg)

"Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát..."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 19-03-2019, 23:03:04
(https://i.redd.it/unpofdlot1n21.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-03-2019, 07:03:37
(http://i65.tinypic.com/29fwk7l.jpg)

East Prussia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-03-2019, 11:03:23
(https://d-pt.ppstatic.pl/kadry/k/r/1/92/a1/552c5d9a1e080_o,size,1068x623,q,71,h,15dfd2.jpg)

Polish troops taking some rest during campaign in Norway, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-03-2019, 08:03:15
(http://i66.tinypic.com/wldc13.jpg)

Norwegian volunteer
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-03-2019, 11:03:56
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/54278674_313646989343952_7860510589494231040_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=43acf0438656d319771da39fa1d07167&oe=5D4C06BF)

Quote
Finnish soldier with a Suomi KP/-31 SMG in Valkeasaari (Mainila village), 19th of September, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 21-03-2019, 13:03:17
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-489-3.jpg)

Sunny day on the Italian front
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-03-2019, 02:03:41
(https://mikesresearchcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/141-pic8.jpg)

US Forces and a Crocodile from 79th Division at Brest.

more info (https://mikesresearch.com/2018/06/10/141-rac-regiment-crocodiles/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-03-2019, 08:03:18
(https://cs9.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2018/10/04/3/1538620129232346288.jpg)

Berlin. 3 May 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-03-2019, 11:03:06
(http://i.imgur.com/tRFNoLK.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-03-2019, 12:03:42
(https://i.imgur.com/vrQ7YVS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-03-2019, 07:03:17
(http://i66.tinypic.com/149tt9l.jpg)

A wreck of Panzer IV/70 (A) (09.1944 production) with "Thoma" Shürzen

Spoiler
Trivia-bit: Contrary to the Allied report, the on-board "gebogene Lauf" (bent barrel) for the Sturmgewehr 44 was well-liked by the crews: "The shot group at 100 meters; 35 x 50 cm. The upward drift demonstrates that the round tendended to force the barrel upward when hit the curve. We fired at signs at that distance. All of them were covered with holes. A precision-fire was not needed, area fire sufficed.
The bent barrel could be changed by the operator in a short time. The sight was in front of the prism and the aiming post was a flat portion on the muzzle." (Karlheinz Münch: "StuG.Brig. 210")
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 23-03-2019, 12:03:15
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p9Wbb5rWu_w/W7HLya5ZLfI/AAAAAAAAFSI/5PKSABz0sAkF2wIAdKHZVYU3miCYpbwqACLcBGAs/s1600/orp%2Bsokol.jpg)

ORP Sokół coming back from a patrol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-03-2019, 07:03:51
(http://i68.tinypic.com/35avkt2.jpg)

Flak 18 Sfl. auf 12 to Zugkraftwagen (Daimler-Benz DB 9 chassis)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2019, 10:03:22
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/loris/521/208/large_000000.jpg/full/510,/0/default.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-03-2019, 15:03:51
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/1052609_326342397489449_2436600460061399160_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=adb9ab88844cbe0e9eefd26d62a2eb11&oe=5D082625)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-03-2019, 15:03:09
Nice photo Seth. What is the 'drum' looking thing under the gun? Is that part of the AA mount or something in the background?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-03-2019, 08:03:05
(http://i67.tinypic.com/v3g66d.jpg)

German equipment derailed by Italian partisans in Vincenza, northeastern Italy. StuG (MIAG, 10.1944 production) is from Panzer-Abteilung 190.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-03-2019, 18:03:16
Nice photo Seth. What is the 'drum' looking thing under the gun? Is that part of the AA mount or something in the background?

no, it is an object in the background
About the quote:
Quote
EVACUATION OF THE POLISH ARMY FROM FRANCE TO BRITAIN, JUNE 1940
A Polish soldier standing by a French FM 24/29 light machine gun, mounted as an anti-aircraft weapon, on board the British steam merchant ship SS Alderpool on the way to Plymouth. SS Alderpool left the French port of La Pallice in La Rochelle on 19 June 1940 to reach Plymouth on 22 June 1940.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205234154

An other picture:
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/521/210/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 25-03-2019, 19:03:14
(https://i.imgur.com/n72RSNG.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-03-2019, 08:03:12
(http://i65.tinypic.com/mpjjd.jpg)

Grille Ausf. K and Ausf. H from 1. Skijäger-Brigade
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2019, 19:03:58
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/521/212/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-03-2019, 07:03:01
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2ahbnf9.jpg)

Poor quality, but a rare sight of Soviet M3 Lees in Kirkenes. October 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-03-2019, 15:03:58
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/431b4636f6434f30716cc413558117d4/tumblr_oaycw1MTG21qc0pn9o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-03-2019, 18:03:57
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/521/209/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-03-2019, 08:03:31
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2hz5kys.jpg)

Abandoned Panzerbeobachtungswagen III from Pz.Art.Rgt. 102, 9. Panzer-Division. Houffalize, Luxembourg. January 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2019, 18:03:56
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/521/207/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-03-2019, 07:03:08
(http://i64.tinypic.com/15pnasp.jpg)

East Prussia
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2019, 18:03:32
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/531/515/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-03-2019, 20:03:25
(https://i.imgur.com/k89qUqf.jpg?1)

Major-general Oinonen inspecting captured enemy positions in Louhivaara. July 19th, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-03-2019, 07:03:48
(http://i66.tinypic.com/i2jz0o.jpg)

Hungarian Nimróds in Galicia, Ukraine 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 30-03-2019, 17:03:22
(https://i.redd.it/gi0h3hkqn1p21.jpg)

Victorious Soviet Naval Infantry (Marines) planting the Soviet Navy Jack Flag over the bitterly contested eastern peninsula and city of Kerch, Crimea: April 11, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-03-2019, 09:03:18
(http://i67.tinypic.com/28tbacl.jpg)

Terrain intelligence for "Sturmbock Stellung". Northwest Finnish Lapland, early May 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-03-2019, 11:03:33
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/298/249/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 31-03-2019, 20:03:00
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/55849428_316321289076522_1725229740794576896_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=54c433b78e9fd546bb0fd07d20eea691&oe=5D4ADAA9)

Quote
11-year-old Nestori Lindström, who ran away from his home during the Continuation War because he wanted to help on the northern front against the Soviets. He made it there but was eventually sent back home. Kiestinki, Kananainen, December 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 31-03-2019, 21:03:51
I agree, AFVs were often misidentified on both sides: StuG frequently appearing as Ferdinand and Panzer IV refered as Tiger in Soviet (and Allied) battle reports, photographs. But then again, what makes you think these records are more credible or less inflated than German ones? And would you credit "TankArchives" as an objective, unbiased source?
Basically, what TS wrote:
Generally loss reports are more credible than kill counts, which are often enflated and hard to track during combat. There is also an incentive in internal reports to inflate enemy losses, but not reporting your own lost vehicles is rather foolish, since that means not receiving replacements or being assigned missions above your strength. So in historical science you ususally check kill claims by looking at the opposing sides losses for the day. In the past this was rather hard to achieve for the Soviet side, but after the opening of Russian archives it has become easier and shown that German kill claims for the Eastern Front were (as for all sides) greatly exaggerated.

And would you credit "TankArchives" as an objective, unbiased source?
I apologize if I haven't made that clear, but I used this article only as a starting point and conducted a separate research of my own, as you can see from my post. Neither did I claim it to be truth of the highest instance, in fact, author made several factological errors, for instance, he misplaced Tukrospuszta on the map.

I recall the Germans being very inconsistent on their kill reports. People often bring up the "Ferdinand had a 10:1 kill ratio" and I just laugh my ass off. No way that monument to human stupidity had that kill ratio.

Inconsistency goes both ways. One Russian expert (Mikhail Svirin) claims, that twelve (12) Elefanten were destroyed by the Red Army in the Berlin area, six being captured infact with full ammunition. Hahah.. I mean really.
Well, I would hardly call him a credible source, since he has a certain reputation among Russian historians, mainly for for frank fact juggling and fabrication of documents.

(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/su_100_alferov.5o6iehcl2lss0gc804c40cswc.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/SU-100_Alferov.jpg)

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Leutenant Alpherov's SU-100 in ambush during Operation Spring Awakening
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-04-2019, 09:04:17
Well, I would hardly call him a credible source, since he has a certain reputation among Russian historians, mainly for for frank fact juggling and fabrication of documents.

That's understood. However, I have seen 'reputable' German authors (Karl Ludvigsen for one) taking up the notch, as they use Svirin as primary source, instead of refering to original German documents that are widely available. But then again, this mindset is nothing new.

I guess the Finns should also take the entire war effort as a distorted, fantastic hero tale - as Russian archives/documents are the most credible, unbiased source on the topic.



(https://www.tryimg.com/u/2019/03/30/asdasd.jpg)

Panzer IV/70 (V) from SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 2, destroyed by the 3rd Armored Division on 6 January 1945. Close to Baraque de Fraiture, Luxembourg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 01-04-2019, 14:04:29
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I guess the Finns should also take the entire war effort as a distorted, fantastic hero tale - as Russian archives/documents are the most credible, unbiased source on the topic.

Nobody is saying that. Can you even read?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-04-2019, 14:04:24
Nobody is saying that. Can you even read?

No?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-04-2019, 18:04:44
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/392268200761_/WWII-1944-5-360th-Tank-Destroyers-GI-Photo-11.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-04-2019, 08:04:11
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2eupdee.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 02-04-2019, 13:04:59
(https://i.redd.it/wwmmn8xizop21.jpg)

Caption says; (https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=18215)

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German Volkssturm troops with a MG 34 machine gun in a ruined building in Silesia, Germany (now Poland), Apr 1945.

Also wearing Vz32 Czech helmets. They seem to be using an MG34 Panzerlauf? (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1524/1342/products/on9144__1.jpg?v=1505291038) but I can’t tell.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 02-04-2019, 18:04:11
(http://expositions.nlr.ru/ex_print/blockade_photos/images/1943/158.jpg)
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March 1943. Soldiers of the Leningrad front before the attack. In the foreground is the crew of a 50 mm infantrymortar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-04-2019, 20:04:58
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/352558982482_/WW2-Photo-WWII-Captured-German-Mauser-Rifles.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-04-2019, 08:04:11
(https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2019/03/19/12/20190319124049400/preview_f1954d115b1c2d54451e415491472829.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2019, 19:04:49
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/352360816352_/WW2-Photo-German-Stug-III-Stalingrad-WWII.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-04-2019, 06:04:23
(http://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/731/731685-134889d787866e78427b07c30b18b43a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-04-2019, 09:04:39
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2ewd2zr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-04-2019, 11:04:58
(https://i.imgur.com/EeliiYf.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-04-2019, 17:04:24
(https://i.redd.it/eb41aynn96301.gif)

Caption says:
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A Kawanishi H8K Type 2 Nishiki Daitei (Large Flying Boat) on Yellow Beach near King's Wharf is examined by men of the US Army's 165th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. The seaplane, which landed during the raid, was disabled with a Boys anti-tank rifle by USMC Sergeants Howard E. “Buck” Stidham and Walter Carroll and others during the Marine Raiders attack on Makin on August 17-18, 1942. An air base on Makin was completed and ready to accommodate H8K reconnaissance and A6M2-N fighter seaplanes by July 1943. After a sustained bombing in September 1943, the surviving seaplanes were evacuated, leaving 100 of their ground crew behind. After the invasion on November 20, 1943, no major counterattacks were undertaken by the Japanese during the first night of the battle, nor was there any organized withdrawal eastward. Some successful attempts were made to bolster defenses along the eastern line and a few positions at the base of King's Wharf were reoccupied and new machine gun emplacements constructed facing the American lines. One machine gun was placed in the wrecked seaplane lying in the lagoon off of King's Wharf, another at the base of King's Wharf, and three more were set up in buildings in the area immediately southward. Snipers killed three men at the tank park. As they fired upon incoming landing craft, M3 Grant medium tanks returned fire with 75mm guns, silencing the machine gun in the wrecked H8K. The wreck of the H8K was still intact on Butaritari until 1980. It later collapsed into the lagoon but the wreck is still visible.

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(https://i.imgur.com/JJUTkBg.jpg)

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M3 Lee Medium Tank, with a 75mm gun in the sponson and a 37mm gun in the turret, on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943. A medical crew waits beside their jeep for tanks to pass. ww2dbase
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-04-2019, 08:04:35
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2lc91l1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2019, 10:04:48
(https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5984201042_94e8e74452_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-04-2019, 18:04:09
(https://i.imgur.com/It9TBxI.jpg?1)

That's the most ItPsv I've seen in one pic
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-04-2019, 12:04:04
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pict/352178931766_/WW2-Photo-WWII-US-101st-Airborne.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-04-2019, 16:04:16
(https://i.imgur.com/vGAwpbV.jpg)

When trench warfare period gets boring  :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-04-2019, 19:04:57
 :D weeeeeee


(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/50/ce/a7/50cea754a116111e90bab0f76010736c--heavy-machine-gun-machine-guns.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 08-04-2019, 23:04:12
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/m_42.cimb0epxwd4cgo8s0oggw8s84.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/M-42.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-04-2019, 19:04:34
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/3f/51/d13f51e4248aa40e0bb9843cb6b28a68.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 09-04-2019, 20:04:00
(http://i.imgur.com/n210TqF.jpg?1)

I'm guessing near Petsamo, very motovski bay like
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-04-2019, 23:04:28
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3AbxjBXcAAAc8Y.jpg:large)

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Crossing the upper Kuyto. A group of Finnish soldiers make their way over the upper Kuyto with assault boats during sunrise, Karelia, 16 July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-04-2019, 12:04:10
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/47/636/large_000000.jpg)

British patrol on the Italian Front with improvised camo smock/jerkin made from captured rolls of Italian M1929 telo mimetico used for tents/ponchos. I don't know any details and there is hardly anything on the internet. If anyone knows anything about that let me know, especially I would be interested who started this practice. There are more photos under a spoiler tag.

Spoiler
Some pics of NZ soldiers
(https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm13/oldcrowfilms/P1140752.jpg)
(https://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm13/oldcrowfilms/P1140750.jpg)

and Poles from II Polish Corps
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-23.jpg)
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_24-115.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-04-2019, 13:04:28
Great photos, check out the two Thompson’s as well. M1928A1 in the lead and M1A1 3 men back.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-04-2019, 13:04:37
Great photos, check out the two Thompson’s as well. M1928A1 in the lead and M1A1 3 men back.

Yeah, it seems that there was very high number of both Thompson variants allocated to troops on that front. It's very common sight on photos. A least when it comes to Commonwealth forces, I haven't seen that many photos of US from MTO.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-04-2019, 14:04:18
They used the Thompson in the MTO because of the .45 ammunition. The Sten was used more in North Western Europe with 9mm. This made resupply easier.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-04-2019, 14:04:58
Yeah, sorry I haven't made myself clear. My point was that allocation of sub-machine guns for Commonwealth units in MTO seems to be comperatively high. Sometimes you would see almost half of a squad having smg's.

But admittedly I could just stumbled upon some particular photos that clouded my perception of the way bigger picture. So maybe I'm wrong about that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-04-2019, 19:04:23
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D30W3nXWwAEh7eb.jpg:large)

Sturmi "Aili" north of Viipuri, 2 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 12-04-2019, 19:04:06
Yeah, sorry I haven't made myself clear. My point was that allocation of sub-machine guns for Commonwealth units in MTO seems to be comperatively high. Sometimes you would see almost half of a squad having smg's.

But admittedly I could just stumbled upon some particular photos that clouded my perception of the way bigger picture. So maybe I'm wrong about that.

Commonwealth troops often had a pool of Stens or Thompsons at Battalion to issue on an ad hoc basis to patrols and recon mission.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 13-04-2019, 12:04:02
(http://kiwisinarmour.hobbyvista.com/images/LFB03.jpg)

New Zealand Valentine tanks of 3rd NZ Division Special Tank Squadron, during the campaign on the Solomon Islands. Squadron had 25 standard Mk III's and 9 converted ones with 3 inch howitzers, taken from Australian Matilda IV CS tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-04-2019, 12:04:39
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3Frc68X0AQCD7H.jpg:large)

Finnish soldier stands in front of wooden archway with the text: ”Long live this invincible banner. Long live Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin! Long live Leninism!” Riekkalansaari lake Ladoga, 29 July
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-04-2019, 10:04:59
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2ymhksz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-04-2019, 14:04:40
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3U-aNNXsAAtzF7.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-04-2019, 18:04:32
(http://i68.tinypic.com/ka3hqc.jpg)
Spoiler
Jagdpanther, Fgst.Nr. 303 018 completed by M.N.H. in December 1944.

Trivia-bit: MIAG was the only factory that assembled Jagdpanther during the ambush scheme period (August-October 1944), but like some other manufacturers, MIAG never implemented the ambush camouflage.
M.N.H. applied the disc camo variant on their Panthers during the fall of 1944, until they switched to distinctive diagonal camo pattern, which was also applied on their newly launched Jagdpanther production - starting from November 1944 until the war's end.
("Panzer Tracts 9-3", R. MacDougall, M. Block: "Panther External Appearance & Design Changes")
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-04-2019, 11:04:19
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4SEjShWAAIzmjB.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-04-2019, 13:04:00
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/ussr/tanks/t-34-85/Polish_T-34-85_tank.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-04-2019, 13:04:59
(http://i63.tinypic.com/34hj8ud.jpg)

Firefly knocked out by a Sturmgeschütz from the Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559. Three crew members were killed, the others were taken prisoners. Wasseven, Belgium. 7-8 September 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-04-2019, 00:04:38
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/af/72/8caf72d90ceda3574f167e6b1afc1e3f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 21-04-2019, 00:04:00
(https://www.quartermastersection.com/british/afvs/img/UniversalCarrier.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-04-2019, 10:04:36
nice guns there !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-04-2019, 03:04:55
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/ea/80/3eea803d8b23a71a8940cc60f428f6e8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-04-2019, 08:04:41
(http://i63.tinypic.com/xoo6dy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-04-2019, 18:04:00
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a270482f6576e15055e4fe5/t/5a44428eec212d2c092a6a5b/1514422934510/tumblr_nzbj5trvRu1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-04-2019, 08:04:03
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2qs73f4.jpg)

M3 Lees, SU-76 and T-26 in Petsamo–Kirkenes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 23-04-2019, 11:04:07
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/a0/8c/45a08c53fc91acb3b44fa9989b447e14.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-04-2019, 08:04:57
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2uqobkm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 24-04-2019, 11:04:16
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/55/119/large_000000.jpg?action-e&cat=photographs)

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A corporal of an RAF Regiment anti-aircraft flight sits on an ammunition box outside his tent to clean his Sten gun at an airfield in Libya.

Also note the tacticool pistol grip.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-04-2019, 09:04:06
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2wn67t3.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. Js (mixed fall 1944 production) from the 1.Pz.Rgt. The east of Budapest, November 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 26-04-2019, 18:04:47
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/p1090006.5bd5smawjyww840gwsw08ggog.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/P1090006.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-04-2019, 18:04:03
(https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/i/PIC/PIC_2-14360.jpg)

"The Joy of Painting with Ernst Vollbehr"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-04-2019, 21:04:05
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/polish-armed-forces-west-polskie-si-y-zbrojne-na-zachodzie-1939-1947/386304d1345651820-polish-soldiers-france-1940-a-field-kitchen-june-1940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-04-2019, 10:04:37
(http://i66.tinypic.com/xckay0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-04-2019, 12:04:17
interresting pictures !
i never those over the internet.
Most of the lvf photos i know are from bundesarchiv or video from INA
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-04-2019, 14:04:26
interresting pictures !
i never those over the internet.
Most of the lvf photos i know are from bundesarchiv or video from INA

Glad if you like. Yes, they are from my collection - just scanned and uploaded here for your pleasure/displeasure :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-04-2019, 19:04:29
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/cd/99/9acd99f30eb4e29891a2af16e18420d5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-04-2019, 12:04:29
(https://reichsfoto.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/waffen-ss-soldiers-in-russian-village.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 28-04-2019, 18:04:05
(https://i.imgur.com/nd37gAd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-04-2019, 08:04:15
(http://i63.tinypic.com/29xyec4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-04-2019, 10:04:30
(http://www.fallschirmjager.net/Vehicles/DropCanister/historic/dropcanister4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-04-2019, 07:04:13
(http://i66.tinypic.com/352ls9g.jpg)

An R 35 knocked out by a StuG III Ausf. A from Sturmbatterie 640 at distance of 100 meters
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 30-04-2019, 08:04:27

Continuing the "indecently shaped tank appendages" theme  ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/M7x22qJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 30-04-2019, 09:04:48
Continuing the "indecently shaped tank appendages" theme  ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/M7x22qJ.jpg)

The Tank Museum just did a very nice video on the Sentinel. Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBte1uA-qOs&t=1s
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-05-2019, 05:05:36
(https://alexanderandsonsrestorations.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/7a982c1bff469c02866800fa7f1c6fbd-german-soldier-german-army.jpg)

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A German officer during the battle for Normandy wearing a crude cover fashioned from U.S. parachute silk.

Also, the gun in the foreground looks like a beretta. The background.... MP41? Beretta 38/42? Don’t know.

Spoiler
(https://alexanderandsonsrestorations.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GI-cloth-on-German-helmet.jpg)

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Fallschirmjäger at Normandy wearing a cloth cover made from U.S. camouflaged cloth, secured to the helmet with chicken-wire
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-05-2019, 07:05:52
Continuing the "indecently shaped tank appendages" theme  ;D

Me? Never!  ;)

(http://i67.tinypic.com/9u27oh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-05-2019, 18:05:22
(https://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/galery/1938_lorraine_vbcp/lorraine%201938l%20vbcp%20m60090.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 03-05-2019, 03:05:20
Also, the gun in the foreground looks like a beretta. The background.... MP41? Beretta 38/42? Don’t know.
We've had this pic before, they are Berettas.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-05-2019, 08:05:13
(http://i67.tinypic.com/fmswmt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-05-2019, 09:05:31
(http://www.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/bataille_france/07_1armee-40-a617.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-05-2019, 11:05:28
(https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cb6196eb70a51412b3c900d14/images/f5e188e4-a052-4a10-8241-b20da00e830f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-05-2019, 22:05:37
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-278-0877-18%2C_Russland%2C_dekorierte_Soldaten.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-05-2019, 09:05:35
(http://i64.tinypic.com/atemg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-05-2019, 12:05:55
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/59669816_330947104280607_8477347435994152960_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=5c6381dd55ffc05c7487069c736b5d1c&oe=5D54F0D8)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-05-2019, 16:05:57
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/aa/f7/8daaf7689d3badcbf83ad5cb90c99156.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-05-2019, 19:05:03
Are those both PPD-34/38's or could the 34 mount a drum magazine too?

They have the 34's barrel shroud, which would imply they are 34's... but was it possible to have a drum for it? I understood that the improvements made to 34/38 was the fact it could use a drum magazine and that it has a simpler shroud.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 11-05-2019, 20:05:24
PPD-34/38 and PPD-34 can use both box and drum. Afaik it just happens that the drum was introduced with the modified version in '38.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 11-05-2019, 20:05:32
Brilliant, thanks for a quick answer!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-05-2019, 08:05:33
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2dv3jhx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-05-2019, 13:05:19
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/59211506_695863647483685_4617249173601779712_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=ebe7f20922c88076072d2aba622a07e1&oe=5D63AB1F)

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Boys on a heavenly road, North of Vyborg, 2 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-05-2019, 11:05:05
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2wbrlog.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-05-2019, 14:05:07
(https://i.imgur.com/7sT0D6a.jpg)

Sortavala February 2nd 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-05-2019, 18:05:25
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/f71052f2a18ea1f98e0c6f63f34210c0/tumblr_mj0l3oR87B1qbsnsoo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 13-05-2019, 19:05:15
Motovskiy Bay leak!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-05-2019, 18:05:47
(https://i.imgur.com/W8KfdD0.jpg?1)

Schneefräse
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-05-2019, 18:05:33
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/00f37b417dcb73a44675ef1fdb2428ee/tumblr_miwl75lGTg1qbsnsoo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-05-2019, 08:05:38
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/52608648_657265131343537_5137735502627078144_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=26f0aa7838fb09e182a08cabf44eb2d4&oe=5D6C79CA)

T-133 flamethrower tank at Petrozavodsk 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-05-2019, 08:05:35
(http://i67.tinypic.com/e1cj2s.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-05-2019, 22:05:48
those tracks looks very worn out !

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/88/65/15/886515bc3433d6565bfa74c7ecbd67c5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-05-2019, 08:05:18
those tracks looks very worn out !

Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 226 saw heavy battles against T-34s and KVs (incl. KV-2), as soon as they penetrated the Soviet border emplacements on 22 June 1941, around the River Bug. After ten days of battle, this unit had destroyed 107 Soviet tanks. Refer: "Sturmgeschütz vor" by Franz Kurowski. Also, the complete unit history is also being compiled by no other than Karlheinz Münch.

Btw - that's a nice commemorative pic of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 at Ploërmel, during the spring of 1943. s.Pz.Abt. 502 received 31 new Tigers in May '43. Refer: "Der Tiger Vol.2" by Volker Ruff, "TIK" by Wolfgang Schneider



(http://i67.tinypic.com/n5fr4i.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-05-2019, 18:05:17
How has this thread gone more than a day without a new post? ;D

(https://i.redd.it/k5z0j85crly21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-05-2019, 19:05:53
(http://i68.tinypic.com/o7q6ax.jpg)

The Netherlands 1944
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Post by: nysä on 22-05-2019, 18:05:07
(http://oi63.tinypic.com/2dki89y.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. J. Completed by Nibelungenwerk (October 1944)
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Post by: nysä on 24-05-2019, 08:05:46
(http://i64.tinypic.com/fkpded.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 25-05-2019, 18:05:28
(http://i65.tinypic.com/ix779v.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 26-05-2019, 18:05:48
(http://i64.tinypic.com/28150na.jpg)

Leutnant Feldner from Sturmartillerie-Lehr-Brigade 902 conducting training at Camp du Ruchard, April 1944.
The StuG III Ausf. G is from Alkett October 1943 production line, with newly introduced Topfblende mantlet, shot deflector on the commander's cupola and loader's MG shield cut for the MG 42.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-05-2019, 21:05:33
unpainted tanks are always nice to see details


(http://oi67.tinypic.com/2bxsgp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-05-2019, 01:05:44
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds1un0eXcAIFK82.jpg)

Soldiers of the 1st Polish Army with the POWs from the SS "Charlemagne" Division in the area of Pomeranian Wall, 1945. Note the pretty much entire uniform of german origin on the soldier with MP40, rogatywka beign the only thing indicating him being part of a Polish Army.
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Post by: nysä on 27-05-2019, 10:05:44
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/57296/69185483.9da/0_18d1e9_15edeb20_XL.jpg)

Hungarian troops and a Pz.Sfl.1 für 7.62 cm Pak 36. Autumn 1942.
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Post by: nysä on 28-05-2019, 11:05:53
(http://i66.tinypic.com/dqoplh.jpg)

Captured Sherman III from A Squadron, 44 RTR of 4 Armoured Brigade. Sicily, July 1943.
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Post by: Leopardi on 28-05-2019, 16:05:28
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/57077632_685454291857954_5627059632011739136_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=1e4fe565b8a2036d4a4882e92febcfc6&oe=5D59F703)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2019, 10:05:36
(http://i67.tinypic.com/108bhnb.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-05-2019, 14:05:56
Spoiler
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/57077632_685454291857954_5627059632011739136_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=1e4fe565b8a2036d4a4882e92febcfc6&oe=5D59F703)

"Bubi's" loader, Armourman Armas Launikko on 7th of July 1944. Hmm, I wonder if we are getting Vuosalmi map as well, considering the existence of "logged" and "non-logged" Sturmis...  :o



(http://i68.tinypic.com/v5x1tj.jpg)

Jagdpanzer 38(t) completed by BMM in autumn 1944, upgraded with the late type Kugellafette V and road wheels with narrower rubber rims. The vehicle was seized by the US Army in the Czech Republic during the spring of 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 30-05-2019, 17:05:15
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Albert Speer, Ferdinand Porsche and Porsche Tiger (Fahrgestellnummer 150 007) in the background. Nibelungenwerk, 27 August 1942

Spoiler
"Speer was skeptical whether the Porsche design would really be suitable for series production, despite all the efforts that had been made to prove it. The running and climbing tests in the gravel pit dramatically confirmed Speer's concerns. Even when negotiating the banks of the gravel pit, the Panzer IV was clearly superior to the Porsche Tiger. Those trials were an unqualified embarrassment for the tank designer Ferdinand Porsche". 

It wasn't until November '42, when Porsche's Tiger project was finally terminated in the favor of Henschel's design - Tiger that was initially ignored by Hitler personally, granting extra time for his favorite engineer and delaying the mass production for several months (the same was repeated later with Jagdtiger's suspension system).
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Post by: Torenico on 31-05-2019, 00:05:54
Ah Porsche, they went from making tanks to fulfill Hitler's dream of genocide to winning several Le Mans endurance races.

History never found a suitable ending for these companies, like Bayer, still in business despite their obvious role in the IG Farben.
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Post by: CaproGreene on 31-05-2019, 09:05:23
The guy left is a certain american politician. The guy at the right is some weird rocket scientist, but his face looks very familiar.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-05-2019, 09:05:41
(https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/2ww-campaign-in-the-west-100522061940-german-soldiers-after-in-a-picture-id542356147)

Dunkirk 1940
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Post by: nysä on 31-05-2019, 11:05:21
(http://i66.tinypic.com/fjorpd.jpg)

Destroyed Sd.Kfz. 234/1 from Panzer-Division Clausewitz and GI from the 47th Armored F A Bn. Hanum, April 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 02-06-2019, 14:06:01
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2nlwxab.jpg)

LSSAH in Kharkov, 1943. Loader's MG mount is a field mod, seen on LSSAH StuGs from Ausf. F to initial production Ausf. G.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-06-2019, 22:06:01
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/fe/c7/7a/1fbf4b049f38ebc38600e418bf41ec058c_mq/33936.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-06-2019, 07:06:55
(http://i67.tinypic.com/rk66wo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-06-2019, 10:06:53
(https://cs10.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2019/01/29/4/1548741068240522457.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-06-2019, 18:06:40
(http://i65.tinypic.com/28gy0xl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-06-2019, 11:06:33
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2w1s707.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C from 21.Panzer-Division, abandoned/destroyed close to Trun (Normandy). 26 August 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-06-2019, 12:06:43
interresting pattern !
i didn't know this one
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-06-2019, 13:06:50
Great :) Refer "The Combat History of the 21st Panzer Division, 1943-45" by Werner Kortenhaus. The picture comes from my collection; low-res version is featured in Kortenhaus book.
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Post by: Torenico on 09-06-2019, 02:06:15
(https://i.redd.it/g7sihnvs35331.jpg)

When the order to retreat was finally given, on 4 November 1942, the Italian troops within Panzer Army Africa were the ones who found themselves in the worst situation. Largely unmotorized and greatly weakened by the losses they had sustained in battle, they had to retreat on foot through hundreds of miles of desert, with little or no ammunition, food or water; they thus easily fell prey to the Allied motorized formations, which overtook, encircled, and destroyed them. Four infantry divisions, two armoured divisions and one paratrooper division ceased to exist.

The 102nd Motorized Division "Trento" (that by this time was motorized only in name), which had already lost half its troops in the first days of the battle, was cut off and destroyed near Bir el Abd on 4 November; General Giorgio Masina, its commander, was among those captured.

The remnants of the 185th Paratrooper Division "Folgore", after sustaining heavy casualties in the battle (where they had even resorted to attacking tanks with molotov cocktails), covered the retreat of the other units but were eventually encircled and surrendered at 14:35 on 6 November, after running out of ammunition. Its commander, General Enrico Frattini, was captured along with his deputy, General Riccardo Bignami.

The 27th Infantry Division "Brescia" withdrew to Deir Sha'la, but was destroyed on 7 November while retreating on foot towards Fuka. Its commander, General Brunetto Brunetti, had been captured on 5 November.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 09-06-2019, 17:06:54
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/12373306/12373306_original.jpg) (https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/12373306/12373306_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-06-2019, 10:06:15
(http://i63.tinypic.com/33c189c.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-06-2019, 16:06:05
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42219&sid=3cd05bc2da3021214a0e8ef56ec259d5)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-06-2019, 20:06:08
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42218&sid=3e47efccc5d5f4f0926d0465cbc0884a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-06-2019, 15:06:50
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2n0lsom.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-06-2019, 19:06:02
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42225&sid=961f8e54696383f9fca6b7fa174d0a89)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Sander93 on 12-06-2019, 23:06:05
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42218&sid=3e47efccc5d5f4f0926d0465cbc0884a)

Very cool picture. I've always wondered how the average person who probably only ever saw a car before would react to seeing a huge beast such as a King Tiger roll by. Seems like they drew quite large crowds.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-06-2019, 08:06:50
(https://fotopolska.eu/foto/751/751617.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2019, 19:06:36
Very cool picture. I've always wondered how the average person who probably only ever saw a car before would react to seeing a huge beast such as a King Tiger roll by. Seems like they drew quite large crowds.

This picture is from Budapest.

(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42227&sid=9dc6ae36120a2637832bc99cebee6cb7)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 13-06-2019, 22:06:49
^ All I see is:

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/2a50fed6-5f37-42b3-aba5-b48c99a0aa08/d8sysqw-425cc135-85e2-4a3f-b115-2ecbb0069366.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzJhNTBmZWQ2LTVmMzctNDJiMy1hYmE1LWI0OGM5OWEwYWEwOFwvZDhzeXNxdy00MjVjYzEzNS04NWUyLTRhM2YtYjExNS0yZWNiYjAwNjkzNjYuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.YCA4JpARTwMp2nFFYaSEF1cOpwdl_inwcLjg2phTPME)

Damn this Rebel Nazi scum! ;D

To stay on topic:

(https://i.imgur.com/qlU80WV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-06-2019, 09:06:41
(http://i67.tinypic.com/10412l5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-06-2019, 18:06:47
a lot of jokes were written about him after that

(http://68.media.tumblr.com/b57d1fc0350e85d06528ddb363577b45/tumblr_ovxj69tGah1vdw2h4o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-06-2019, 07:06:02
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2r60k13.jpg)
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Post by: Ts4EVER on 15-06-2019, 09:06:51
Soviet T16 tank destroyer, 1st Battle of Kharkov

(https://i.imgur.com/bfjZyKJ.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-06-2019, 08:06:48
(http://i66.tinypic.com/308cm4x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-06-2019, 07:06:54
(http://i64.tinypic.com/oid4c0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-06-2019, 19:06:49
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42285)
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Post by: Leopardi on 20-06-2019, 12:06:59
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/56356602_677791112624272_1896045486419214336_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=beafb7dee325c90dd0f5401cd7a90e36&oe=5D86C0F7)

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The retaking of Suurmäki.

A Finnish soldier carrying a Maxim machine gun, walks by a burning house at the Village of Suurmäki on the Karelian Isthmus, 22 July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-06-2019, 19:06:25
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42222&sid=20707fb03f72dba97aa7fd3d1e977acf)
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Post by: nysä on 21-06-2019, 09:06:01
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2jrw2v.jpg)

Midsummer guard duty, 1942
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Post by: nysä on 23-06-2019, 13:06:52
(http://i64.tinypic.com/5lnbxe.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-06-2019, 17:06:19
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/d2e79318e672163f116cc88801ad35eb/tumblr_ovvag4v7KM1qgggino1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 23-06-2019, 17:06:28
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/7da555425f3afdd40a38a6fbec847f01/tumblr_olumbevAaF1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)


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Post by: Kasztelan on 24-06-2019, 18:06:07
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsIbjQxWkAEDRq6.jpg)

Polish soldiers in the defensive positions around Tobruk.
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Post by: Leopardi on 25-06-2019, 12:06:13
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A lone Finnish scout on patrol in the wilderness of Eastern Karelia, 17 December 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 25-06-2019, 15:06:36
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/7f/fc/a67ffc3c0c182ba76bbd5cf6a4d4dc91.png)

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British paratroopers from the 5th Bn, 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade. Athens, Greece. 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 25-06-2019, 21:06:01
(https://i.redd.it/ja0775yv9j631.jpg)

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A Sikorsky YR-4B Helicopter Flies Near a B25J “Cornhusker” near Myitkynia, Burma after it crash landed from losing an engine. 1945

EDIT:
And an amazing video that shows this particular helicopter;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvp7Nur56bE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvp7Nur56bE)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-06-2019, 08:06:56
(http://i63.tinypic.com/o85bue.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-06-2019, 13:06:39
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/08/d8/a508d8b8775a0f092df80e2c93fb8863.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Wilhelm on 27-06-2019, 00:06:13
(https://i.redd.it/ja0775yv9j631.jpg)

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A Sikorsky YR-4B Helicopter Flies Near a B25J “Cornhusker” near Myitkynia, Burma after it crash landed from losing an engine. 1945

EDIT:
And an amazing video that shows this particular helicopter;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvp7Nur56bE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvp7Nur56bE)

Wow, I never knew such a helicopter existed that early.  I thought the German ones were the only ones at that point.  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-06-2019, 11:06:35
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xwPLU8_kWCg/Vt1cq1vk9MI/AAAAAAAAQGQ/a4TPnRiEvMM/s1600/d296beb1727dfa085ffb362f459cb452.jpg)

Greek soldiers in Albania, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-06-2019, 16:06:05
(http://i66.tinypic.com/s31nx3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-06-2019, 08:06:53
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2lk37cx.jpg)

Sorvali, Vyborg. Autumn 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 28-06-2019, 15:06:06
(https://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.360178.1438214313!/image/image.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-06-2019, 18:06:51
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/f6bd4d0cfefdb13f8c846176e5a04979/tumblr_ovn9dh3CT51ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: Matthew_Baker on 28-06-2019, 23:06:21
Okinawa Kasztelan?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-06-2019, 08:06:47
(https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2019/06/19/18/20190619183623752/preview_3bcb6e600dc5b6a5383d2b022e4e3056.png)

German military police in the Jewish ghetto. Poland 1940-1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 29-06-2019, 12:06:33
Okinawa Kasztelan?

Yep

(https://media.stripes.com/i/slidebox/images/okimed38.jpg)

M3 with a modified shield, also Okinawa.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 30-06-2019, 13:06:53
(http://www.patriaindipendente.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lisetta-Prosperina-Vallet-Partigiana-in-Valle-dAosta-big-973x1024.jpg)

Italian partisants in Aosta valley
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Post by: nysä on 02-07-2019, 17:07:02
(http://i65.tinypic.com/1grui1.jpg)

Panzer-Regiment 2, Italy 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-07-2019, 19:07:39
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/mi3ch/983718/10519043/10519043_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 05-07-2019, 11:07:02
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/56/99/5e/56995ec1fdacbed80e2efa61270a7a5f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-07-2019, 22:07:50
(https://i1.wp.com/www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cz30t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 06-07-2019, 01:07:41
(https://preview.redd.it/clbxh18rdkz11.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=064d96266660108df2c083c2424bf362fcc9fcb7)

Some of the crewmen of the B1bis n° 350 FLEURIE
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-07-2019, 20:07:08
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/world-war-2/images/7/7b/MG_15.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130116195304)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 10-07-2019, 14:07:31
(http://i.imgur.com/xuzJUA7l.png) (https://imgur.com/xuzJUA7.png)
Animated PNG on the link
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B-17G Fortress 'Miss Donna Mae II' drifted under another bomber on a bomb run over Berlin, 19 May 1944. A 1,000 lb bomb from above tore off the left stabilizer and sent the plane into an uncontrollable spin. All 11 were killed.  This was unfortunately not an uncommon occurrence.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-07-2019, 07:07:01
(http://i.imgur.com/QwHsMJu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: MajorMajor on 11-07-2019, 15:07:13
(http://i.imgur.com/QwHsMJu.jpg)

Interesing. Do you happen to have more photos of british Matildas in the 1940 campaign?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-07-2019, 21:07:16
The signs are a bit ironic in this context ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-07-2019, 08:07:38
Interesing. Do you happen to have more photos of british Matildas in the 1940 campaign?

Sorry, only couple wrecks from Arras - like "Good Luck" from 7th RTR, 1st Armoured Brigade, supposedly knocked out by an 88mm on 21st of May:

(http://i66.tinypic.com/35id2px.jpg)

You can find more on Google, check out the image search using words like knocked out Matilda 1940 and Arras Matilda.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-07-2019, 16:07:59
(http://i67.tinypic.com/315ga2x.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-07-2019, 10:07:37
(http://i67.tinypic.com/11sjxus.jpg)

SS-Karstwehr-Bataillon and 2./Panzer-Abteilung 208 on anti-partisan duty. Vipava Valley, Gorizia, late May 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-07-2019, 23:07:33
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-FmSy_XUAAUTdH.jpg:large)

Quote
Finnish soldiers at the aftermath of a Soviet partisan attack on a remote village in Suomussalmi. More than 10 burnt bodies of men, women and children were found. Suomussalmi, Finland, 7 July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-07-2019, 09:07:20
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2jeb6o7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-07-2019, 10:07:36
(http://i66.tinypic.com/bg7895.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-07-2019, 22:07:48
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/00a7049caf997248950d3c08340da271/tumblr_ouwimbcXkB1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-07-2019, 09:07:42
(http://i65.tinypic.com/nprz80.jpg)

The 16th Tank Brigade.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-07-2019, 08:07:57
(http://i65.tinypic.com/v2s4r9.jpg)

Orbec, Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2019, 19:07:43
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/97/66/39/9766391473f1a0ab45e5a2e529ea69a7--military-history-american-history.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 18-07-2019, 21:07:11
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Opi2CQzpm34/Wr_Z_tzbm3I/AAAAAAAAKME/Hyo__fhIiLsPOH_k6I6zhTc3iVBMryYggCEwYBhgL/s1600/2.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-07-2019, 08:07:17
(http://i63.tinypic.com/28vd3b7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 19-07-2019, 10:07:07
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YVL7hWzqzCI/Wr_Z_TK1sOI/AAAAAAAAKMA/at_XluiX42Mjkls4vgwNR4FS2b4epSDqgCEwYBhgL/s1600/3.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 19-07-2019, 16:07:22
"I dont want it."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 19-07-2019, 17:07:10
MP41(r), nice.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-07-2019, 18:07:54
(https://i.imgur.com/atNmMYn.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2019, 18:07:28
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/f8ab98f08d8352605ee0379f86d66ecc/tumblr_ouvhfnHAk61ut8ktco2_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-07-2019, 08:07:34
(http://i65.tinypic.com/10rnyc4.jpg)

2./Panzer-Abteilung 202 and the 6th Cossack Cavalry Regiment looking for partisans in Belgrade-Zabreb railway area. The summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-07-2019, 10:07:28
(https://i.imgur.com/UC0QF6h.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 20-07-2019, 11:07:20
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VUU_VUAZplA/Wr_Z_iuzsvI/AAAAAAAAKMI/Owe4adA_z84QgDtFLKF2imRYf3pqxLM5ACLcBGAs/s1600/1.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-07-2019, 12:07:36
nice set of weapons !

(http://68.media.tumblr.com/da59a844e1d66aeaf88d41db6e28767a/tumblr_ouuwbwIMpD1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-07-2019, 15:07:15
US forces in the fields near St Lo

(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/477768/45283359/8910595/8910595_original.jpg)

A not so subtle reminder that our St Lo map needs more bocage :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-07-2019, 09:07:33
(http://i65.tinypic.com/2lo224o.jpg)

Destroyed Panther Ausf. G from "Kampfgruppe von Poschinger". Ossenberg, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 21-07-2019, 12:07:15
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/f965a3b658b2903d7fe272b6c253db56/tumblr_nms5pkeAPv1r94kvzo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-07-2019, 07:07:38
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2ezr0qv.jpg)

Kalborn, northern Luxembourg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-07-2019, 11:07:10
Hey, nysä what kind of StuG is that? Is it actual variant or just one unique uparmored vehicle? Photo is from Czechoslovakia if it's of any help.

(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/01639.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-07-2019, 14:07:52
Kasztelan - you are quite right.
Spoiler
(http://i66.tinypic.com/257q3o7.jpg)
The StuG is from 10 Pz.Granadier Div., left behind close to Frydek-Mistek in May 1945.

It's a standard summer 1944 production by Alkett, just the Shürzen plates and the loader's MG shield have been fabricated in the field. These StuGs were assembled with a newly designed roof layout, including an opening for the Rundumfeuer-MG. However, this option was available in extremely limited quantities, until the production was finally improved by October 1944. Since no loader's MG shield was fitted, the troops quite often built their own.
Spoiler
(http://i68.tinypic.com/11m5e3a.jpg)

Also, the factory issued Shürzen plates came with a poorly designed mounting system - so many field workshops had to improvise and customize the plates (this eventually led to the factory made 'swinging' Shürzen). StuG III Ausf. G had only 30mm of side armour, that could be penetrated by a 14.5mm AT-rifle (tests were conducted on Panther Ausf. D - the 14.5mm could also fully penetrate the 40mm lower hull side of Panther Ausf. D.). I hope this help!

Refers: Müller: Sturmgeschütz III Vol 2, Panzer Tracts No. 8 and 4-3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 22-07-2019, 14:07:03
Thank you very much for a thorough reply  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-07-2019, 14:07:02
(http://i67.tinypic.com/zvufk8.jpg)

Destroyed Jagdpanzer 38(t) from Pz.Jg.Kp. 1009. Rue Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Wiltz, Luxembourg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-07-2019, 19:07:41
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/d94824f746217d75828b3aa4a4b67a54/tumblr_ouwhidvMk51ut8ktco2_r1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-07-2019, 08:07:24
(http://i64.tinypic.com/o69tft.jpg)

StabsKompanie schwere Panzerabteilung 505. Orel, May 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 24-07-2019, 15:07:20
(https://i.imgur.com/AjOe8ai.jpg?1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-07-2019, 17:07:44
Anyone know any good photos of Stug III Ausf. A’s during Fall Gelb?

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/8784188869_1ff35bf1c9_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-07-2019, 19:07:02
Anyone know any good photos of Stug III Ausf. A’s during Fall Gelb?

What do you need exactly? If you are looking for books, then I'd highly recommend "Vorwärts immer, Rückwärts nimmer!" by Thomas Anderson and "7,000 kilometers in a Sturmgeschütz" by Heinrich Engel, who served as a StuG driver (Sturmbatterie 660) during the French Campaign.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-07-2019, 20:07:40
Looking for any good photos during the campaign. Markings etc... would also be nice. I haven’t seen many Ausf A photos outside of testing.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-07-2019, 13:07:38
I'd recommend Sturmbatterie 659 or 660 markings, since they were fairly similar and both were used as "fire brigades" in France 1940. Here's one from Btt.r 659;

(http://i64.tinypic.com/ea1em1.jpg)

Just PM if you want schemes, info etc. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-07-2019, 09:07:14
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2elw3tc.jpg)

Sturmbatterie 640.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2019, 22:07:08
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2f/88/b3/2f88b38cc657b3ea37302a41f9ddf814.jpg)
i spy with my little eyes
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 26-07-2019, 23:07:08
Is that a DT on the right, Seth?



(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/pacific/peleliu/Marine_LVT-4_Flame_Thrower_Amtrac_On_Peleliu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-07-2019, 08:07:37
(https://www.valka.cz/attachments/796/313-4-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-07-2019, 09:07:29
Is that a DT on the right, Seth?

indeed !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-07-2019, 08:07:29
(http://i68.tinypic.com/28kpwg5.jpg)

Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G assembled by MIAG between 11.43 - 05.44.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: MIAG started to use Zimmerit two months (September '43) earlier than Alkett. MIAG applied the paste sparingly in thin layers, leaving bare the mantlet (incl. collars), engine deck and back of the superstructure - areas that were generously Zimmerit-ed by Alkett.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-07-2019, 10:07:04
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/68c077d9382ec52d79e88344be46fada/tumblr_ov7meyA1I41ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-07-2019, 10:07:20
(http://i63.tinypic.com/35a2c6a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 29-07-2019, 16:07:47
Nice photo! France 1940?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-07-2019, 17:07:16
Nice photo! France 1940?

Yes, Sturmbatterie 660 in Épinal, June 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 30-07-2019, 13:07:27
(https://media.stripes.com/i/slidebox/images/okimed28.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 30-07-2019, 16:07:54
(https://1.downloader.disk.yandex.ru/disk/a5c64e96b53d706922252950982cd2216ceeb3933c7f4d0146ff5dc203f82ff9/5d4087ac/dO5yFZwaEoNhlG_pJdDASPvtU8pr6BLPyu3H-IqxMsGRBMQoCZLflVgti675pJb9q_J6bpmRyOJonT3VoXnDag%3D%3D?uid=0&filename=%D0%B05_cleaned.jpg&disposition=inline&hash=&limit=0&content_type=image%2Fjpeg&owner_uid=0&fsize=509184&hid=974850e14d1af19742e6e4470397210b&media_type=image&tknv=v2&etag=4634cb5b522a24085209d43d38cd8103) (https://1.downloader.disk.yandex.ru/disk/a5c64e96b53d706922252950982cd2216ceeb3933c7f4d0146ff5dc203f82ff9/5d4087ac/dO5yFZwaEoNhlG_pJdDASPvtU8pr6BLPyu3H-IqxMsGRBMQoCZLflVgti675pJb9q_J6bpmRyOJonT3VoXnDag%3D%3D?uid=0&filename=%D0%B05_cleaned.jpg&disposition=inline&hash=&limit=0&content_type=image%2Fjpeg&owner_uid=0&fsize=509184&hid=974850e14d1af19742e6e4470397210b&media_type=image&tknv=v2&etag=4634cb5b522a24085209d43d38cd8103)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-07-2019, 08:07:44
(http://i66.tinypic.com/1tk4rd.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-08-2019, 09:08:19
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/233608/104440592.3dc/0_f78b5_b0a035f8_XXL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 03-08-2019, 16:08:51
(https://i.redd.it/43vol4uek7e31.jpg)

Commander of Soviet 149th Rifle Regiment during Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-08-2019, 20:08:53
(http://i67.tinypic.com/k32fx1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-08-2019, 19:08:56
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2wolqo1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 04-08-2019, 19:08:30
(http://strzal.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ON7-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-08-2019, 12:08:34
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/e3/4c/81e34cd19f00d52519683e049db4e4a6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-08-2019, 07:08:39
(http://i67.tinypic.com/52gx86.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 06-08-2019, 14:08:51
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-695-0423-13%2C_Warschauer_Aufstand%2C_fl%C3%BCchtende_Zivilisten.jpg)

That's a Marder II based on a Panzer II Ausf. D or E, right?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-08-2019, 14:08:55
(https://i.imgur.com/yh4EjMf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-08-2019, 15:08:58
That's a Marder II based on a Panzer II Ausf. D or E, right?

That's correct. This particular Marder II has been linked with the SS.Pz.Jg.Abt. 5, but that's most likely wrong since the SS-Wiking donated the surviving two (out of 12) Marder II to the 50. Inf.Div. in June 1943.
That sheet metal mod at the rear has been associated with training vehicles, so maybe it came from a replacement and training unit (or it's the lone survivor from the GD).

Ed: 4. Panzer-Division also had one Marder II Ausf. D/E operational after 1943.

refer: Panzer Tracts 7-2, Nuts and Bolts 24
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-08-2019, 11:08:24
(https://i.imgur.com/yV3bjhb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 07-08-2019, 16:08:43
(http://derela.pl/wz30_1944.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 08-08-2019, 02:08:52
(https://i.imgur.com/xDQrcmr.jpg)

Suursaari, shipwreck acted a soviet MG bunker
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-08-2019, 08:08:38
(http://i63.tinypic.com/nfjtci.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 08-08-2019, 16:08:33
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SBDE1l49krQ/VloCbQ2uYpI/AAAAAAAABIk/sd9AwPo8ICI/s1600/Armia%2BKrajowa%2Bi%2Bur.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 08-08-2019, 18:08:43
RIP that guy’s shoulder lol
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-08-2019, 20:08:14
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=42011&sid=fc7e57b4b081f359dcbae15b013b15fc)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-08-2019, 14:08:25
(http://i67.tinypic.com/2qkt9qa.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-08-2019, 17:08:07
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161201/3eb4de8a085c2449d445936570c1ccb6.jpg)
Soldier’s of the US 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division and 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division inspect a Vichy French FT-17 named “Le Lorraine” in Safi, Morocco after taking the city on the 8th of November, 1942. Part of Operation Torch.

Some more images of the tank here (https://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?649634-U-S-Troops-Safi-Morocco-1942)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 09-08-2019, 18:08:08
^Now that's a lot of Thompsons  :D



(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Warsaw_Uprising_-_Chwat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-08-2019, 08:08:12
(https://i.imgur.com/B4bmlh3.jpg)

8. SS-Kavallerie-Division Florian Geyer in Hungary, 1944.
StuG III Ausf A. has been upgraded w. new sprocket wheel, tracks, road wheels and the Notek light.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 12-08-2019, 12:08:44
(http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attachments/polish-resistance-ww2-armia-krajowa/68981d1260556757-home-army-pictures-21.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-08-2019, 14:08:49
(https://www.dday-overlord.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Photos-Carentan-1944-Normandie-1.jpg)

On a related topic - would it be difficult to remove the StuG IV's coaxial MG in FH2? But whoever upgraded the gunner's reticle, thank you!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-08-2019, 00:08:59
(https://i.imgur.com/JVNc4Sj.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 13-08-2019, 23:08:32
(http://gundata.ru/pp_ppd_34_hanko.jpg) (http://gundata.ru/pp_ppd_34_hanko.jpg)

Defenders of Hanko, 1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-08-2019, 17:08:56
(https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2019/07/29/13/20190729133546422/preview_0dc3c036a4c9d30210b8d9cf55eb73fb.png)

Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-08-2019, 07:08:35
(http://i66.tinypic.com/vrbo2e.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-08-2019, 10:08:54
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/da989a8a1d3006662d18236f02f59df6/tumblr_otnxmpysJf1ut8ktco3_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-08-2019, 08:08:01
(http://i63.tinypic.com/plrb5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-08-2019, 07:08:01
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2ed5m3q.jpg)

StuH 42 (11.1943 production) from StuG.Brig. 303. Karelian Isthmus 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-08-2019, 01:08:12
(https://i.imgur.com/i7z0FNS.jpg)

Assault underway in Tuulosjoki, 4.9.1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-08-2019, 11:08:16
(http://i65.tinypic.com/x2j5er.jpg)

The Bulge 1945.
Spoiler
From all German AFVs used during "Wacht am Rhein", the StuG III had the highest overall availability - with an avarage of 269 - from 16 December 1944 to 16 January 1945. In comparison, availability of Panther and Panzer IV/70 plummeted by half.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-08-2019, 17:08:55
(http://www.4and7royaltankregiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/images_Tanks_4and7rtr_tanks_00044.jpg)

Rue d'Amiens, Arras.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-08-2019, 01:08:28
(https://i.imgur.com/gZPeClT.jpg)

Soviet AT(?) bunker, Aug 27th 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-08-2019, 07:08:11
(https://i.ibb.co/mTv7HZv/asda.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 22-08-2019, 08:08:57
(https://i.imgur.com/gZPeClT.jpg)

Soviet AT(?) bunker, Aug 27th 1941.
This is mostly likely an artillery semicaponier #1006 (http://wikimapia.org/m/#lat=61.121761&lon=28.842715&z=16&l=4&m=o&tag=196) in Svetogorsk (Enso), armed with two 76mm L-17 guns (fortification version of the L-11 tank gun, which was installed on early T-34s and KVs):

(http://len-memorial.ru//9005/05312_005.jpg) (http://len-memorial.ru//9005/05312_005.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/tc8wvbt.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/tc8wvbt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-08-2019, 15:08:12
Spoiler
(https://i.ibb.co/mTv7HZv/asda.jpg)

That’s a nice photo of 6th Armored Division’s 15th Tank Battalion “Wolfpack.” You can see the red, blue and yellow triangle with a wolf’s head marking towards the rear. And they always seemed to use large white numbers on their vehicles.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8a8Qd4xSP9A/VQnslciW8YI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/yRrKKAU0h5I/s1600/1509886_267468010074543_1312088945_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-08-2019, 09:08:18
Good info. Hopefully there will be more of M4A3(105) in some future maps/updates. Gotta love its versatility.


(https://live.staticflickr.com/4734/38719270604_d383f8ac40_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-08-2019, 17:08:18
(https://i.imgur.com/HSCq6j1.jpg)

An early Jagdpanzer 38(t) abandoned/destroyed in Frýdek-Místek (Ostrava), May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-08-2019, 09:08:39
(https://i.imgur.com/nGVxALi.jpg)

Kangaroo "Joan-Margot", accompanied by troops of the Lincoln & Welland Regiment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 26-08-2019, 16:08:29
Panhard & BT-7 Alytus, Lithuania 1941

(https://pp.userapi.com/c10600/u2763375/146829589/y_267e59d8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-08-2019, 20:08:08
(https://www.histclo.com/imagef/date/2012/12/guam-cha01s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-08-2019, 06:08:32
(https://i.imgur.com/BN4iKXK.jpg)

Okinawa, 4 May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-08-2019, 07:08:15
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/196102/104440592.3ed/0_f846f_c4271d6d_XXL.jpg)

Kovel, 5 April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-08-2019, 06:08:42
(https://i.imgur.com/yUt3F7e.jpg)

Vuosalmi bridgehead, 9 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-08-2019, 21:08:05
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/b4e0ec92cc42091dc80eb713fc9b710a/tumblr_ou1y4vM2Pk1ut8ktco6_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-08-2019, 12:08:19
(https://www.valka.cz/files/aamel12-0302_204.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 02-09-2019, 18:09:46
(http://i.imgur.com/FW8WIhyl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/FW8WIhy.jpg)
SU-76s about to attack, 2nd Ukrainian Front, March 27, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-09-2019, 20:09:55
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/21ab2a3ccb86c8522b0421f68442bd31/tumblr_ou1z1tX8281ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-09-2019, 07:09:37
(https://i.imgur.com/ounpMWU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-09-2019, 14:09:32
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/69258103_382871309088186_8564165131821383680_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQkzjXZ5PQfLsYs-Mo_6M_rUevPkKdz7zVK1O8pRmUytnRyqgacYTczW_JSY4LTBrWQ&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=fe2d11101568a79db25e8f322608e5d9&oe=5E0AA0F5)

Finnish lance corporal with his Maxim machine gun. Maaselkä area, September 22, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-09-2019, 19:09:33
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/47/d5/7c/47d57cf53e081bbc2e41a844da268596--italian-campaign-smoke-screen.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-09-2019, 00:09:02
Nice photo. More of the Malta Camouflage Pattern (http://maltacommand.com/malta%20camouflage.html)

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/ffbf0489d19df48649abd7a95eb8f52c/tumblr_p3sykowQyz1qgggino1_1280.jpg)

Spoiler
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/The_British_Army_on_Malta_1942_GM1379.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/The_British_Army_on_Malta_1942_GM836.jpg)
(http://silverhawkauthor.com/images/site_graphics/Aircraft/Aircraft--Malta/Vickers_Wellington_-_Malta-Luqa_-_Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_Malta-_1940-1945-_CM4663.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-09-2019, 06:09:39
(https://erenow.net/ww/berlin-victory-in-europe/berlin-victory-in-europe.files/image068.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: LuckyOne on 05-09-2019, 08:09:11
Nice photo. More of the Malta Camouflage Pattern (http://maltacommand.com/malta%20camouflage.html)

Is this a hint of Supplies for Malta coming back as a CMP map?   ;D

(https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/eb/b7/64/ebb7647b84d2a7ce59d54809a6f3e195.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-09-2019, 06:09:28
(https://i.ibb.co/QdcmY1H/06-2.jpg)

Destroyed M4A2s from the 5th Mechanized Corps. Romania, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2019, 18:09:31
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/61abdfb64c6f354d459328bc9073ac45/tumblr_nkam1xOYvW1rdy94go3_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-09-2019, 08:09:59
(https://i.imgur.com/lgecs05.jpg)

Troops from the 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory" and a destroyed StuG III Ausf. G (Alkett, 09-12.44 production). St. Vith, Jan-February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-09-2019, 09:09:02
(https://i.ibb.co/XCStD7L/05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-09-2019, 08:09:14
(https://i.imgur.com/TjnFlqo.jpg)

Legionnaires with the 19. Panzer-Division. The sector of the 221. Sicherungs-Division, June 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-09-2019, 07:09:46
(https://i.imgur.com/jQwUiUB.jpg)

Cape Gloucester.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-09-2019, 20:09:02
(http://www.musee-resistance-azureenne.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5-Maquisards-ayant-combattus-%C3%A0-Levens-posant-devant-lh%C3%B4tel-Scribe-le-29-ao%C3%BBt-1944-clich%C3%A9-Lucien-ANHEIM.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-09-2019, 08:09:54
(http://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/2/1/3/3688312.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 11-09-2019, 16:09:03
KV-2 and...?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-09-2019, 16:09:54
Looks like a T-28
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-09-2019, 17:09:37
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/70151227_389790015062982_666952723932905472_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=AQlXzFmDBQnm7yVzd1PUDuLU4aSHs7YDjcHjfHzivW4GS8GbbzuTchQMlcA5TJWINvE&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=6c2a7165bb6d7e763fb806250f13f350&oe=5DF7B30E)

Rukajärvi, April 8, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-09-2019, 19:09:12
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/89fd3beb1324b3229a044e351570ad06/tumblr_nsezpdiznP1tzeqovo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-09-2019, 08:09:47
Looks like a T-28

That's right, it's a T-28 model 1938.
Not quite visible in this picture but that KV-2 has been "short-tracked", wearing BT-7 track links. KV was later displayed as a trophy of war at a German barracks.



(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/starcom68/13305126/2383808/2383808_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-09-2019, 08:09:51
(https://i.imgur.com/8yIfh2T.jpg)

Freshly painted Sturmi (Alkett 05.1943 production). Äänislinna (Petroskoi) 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-09-2019, 18:09:02
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bc/72/bd/bc72bdb34c84e47d49ee0c05122b3f4b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-09-2019, 07:09:44
(https://regnum.ru/uploads/pictures/news/2016/04/09/regnum_picture_1460149776406056_normal.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Turkish007 on 14-09-2019, 18:09:36
(https://external-preview.redd.it/kDnIXJT4jVxPnX05v-fkaAgMpV-ogQIKoKTizsuFr7c.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b30b6b78fc2db3483d649c521007e01ad09dd467)

Found this image online without any caption or info. Apparently some units of the Finnish army painted skulls on their helmets. This looks so cool. I wish there was a chance we could see these in FH2  ;D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-09-2019, 08:09:44
(https://i.imgur.com/ZRb8wQw.jpg)

Late production (12.1944) StuH 42 destroyed/abandoned in St. Vith, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-09-2019, 08:09:40
(https://i.imgur.com/rfozjJ3.jpg)

Endkampf diversity with Turan I, 43M Zrinyi II, Turan II, Hummel, Matilda II, Grille Ausf. K, Flammpanzer III, M15/42... Budapest outskirts, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-09-2019, 16:09:55
(https://i.imgur.com/qUjdtXr.jpg)

Boulevard Saint-Michel, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-09-2019, 20:09:14
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/02/14/34/021434a4a8c9351675c4888c4c97c0f2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2019, 11:09:54
(https://i.imgur.com/XQBhHC5.jpg)

Versuchs-Panzerjäger Panther, completed in November 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-09-2019, 08:09:04
(https://i.imgur.com/9veQIHE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2019, 20:09:05
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/2489e575240586cb31e0e1ab7556d2d7/tumblr_nr9zggWoqP1r2qr2so1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 20-09-2019, 00:09:30
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/2489e575240586cb31e0e1ab7556d2d7/tumblr_nr9zggWoqP1r2qr2so1_1280.jpg)

[SCREAMS INTERNALLY]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-09-2019, 08:09:09
(https://i0.wp.com/epochaplus.cz/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Ilustra%C4%8Dn%C3%AD-sn%C3%ADmek-sov%C4%9Btsk%C3%BDch-samohybn%C3%BDch-d%C4%9Bl-SU-85-zni%C4%8Den%C3%BDch-na-po%C4%8D%C3%A1tku-b%C5%99ezna-1945-ve-Slezsku.jpg?w=800&ssl=1)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-09-2019, 08:09:13
(https://mtdata.ru/u19/photo7EB2/20417423796-0/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 21-09-2019, 16:09:10
(https://i.redd.it/ml4p5gmlsrn31.jpg)

Rare photo of Yamato-class Battleship Musashi underway. This picture would have been taken around 1942, as the ship retains it's two 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type secondary batteries located on port side and starboard side. Such armament would be replaced before Musashi's demise in order to bolster her anti-aircraft defenses.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-09-2019, 07:09:29
(https://i.imgur.com/SYUZPwT.jpg)

1. Skijäger-Division training with StuG.Abt. 270. Winter 1943-44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 22-09-2019, 08:09:29
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/70699158_398580124183971_3743260424498315264_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_oc=AQlgJx6eC8GQrbW-G8GfhmqZu4EH2t51B3S6qElZhbqW5vaik1K9LHrOUfaNjwMU4Po&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=0cb42287a690d93b1cb71edb7b07986a&oe=5DF6F52C)

Swiss-made 20 mm Solothurn S-18-1100 (anti-aircraft gun version) positioned in the village of Termola, October 29, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-09-2019, 09:09:55
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/e7694568851270fc0e45f564565c55ea/tumblr_n2e3t3Dqx51shhjmmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 23-09-2019, 02:09:57
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Men_of_the_Border_Regiment_on_a_ferry_ready_to_cross_the_Chindwin_River%2C_between_Kalewa_and_Shwegying%2C_Burma%2C_January_1945._SE1883.jpg)

Indian Army troops crossing the Chindwin River in Burma, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-09-2019, 06:09:29
(https://i.imgur.com/y5L7jdq.jpg)

Quote
Houses are in such a bad state, the boys rather put up a tent next to it.
Maaselkä 28.11.1941
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-09-2019, 07:09:29
(http://fortepan.hu/_photo/display/129119.jpg)

Hungarians on the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-09-2019, 07:09:45
(https://i.imgur.com/4qq9Al0.jpg)

Slovenia, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2019, 19:09:18
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/86522e644952c99441ef65b7a8b0be53/tumblr_oqxfbmzyoo1sm9y4po1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-09-2019, 07:09:08
(https://i.imgur.com/bS0m44E.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J, built 01-02.1945 - destroyed 04-05.1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-09-2019, 20:09:25
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/78d294697e6876cf198476121720ec74/tumblr_oqf3c5ni9Q1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 27-09-2019, 13:09:44
(https://i.imgur.com/c3YqX4t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-09-2019, 15:09:11
(https://i.imgur.com/xUauvNk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-09-2019, 20:09:58
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/71218192_784623431941039_2287001683470843904_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=AQkUMXrpJDR7MfZ-4jwDN8x_78ci7XVXOzRi3MuG-0psB-0-4U4pvFpv0Dj8ldPdao0&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=f8179f10709a87a2db55347ed5864238&oe=5E2CD846)

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Finnish soldiers reach the outskirts of Vyborg, 21 August 1941.

The main objective for the Finnish IV Corps was the city of Vyborg, and the plan called for surrounding and quickly capturing the town. However, the Finnish General HQ did not allow IV Corps to start actively pursuing the Soviets until August 21. By this time the Soviet 43rd and 123rd Rifle Divisions had already started withdrawing from their exposed positions close to the border, while the Soviet 115th Rifle Division was racing to contain the Finnish crossing of Vuoksi. This meant that the Finnish plan of tying down the Soviets had failed before it even could have been put to action. However the crossing of Vuoksi by the Finnish 18th Division of the II Corps was assisted by the Finnish 12th Division and the Light Brigade T (named after its commander, Colonel Tiiainen, consisted of 1st Jäger Battalion, two light detachments and two artillery companies) of the IV Corps which managed to punch through the Soviet lines.

The Soviet withdrawal to the narrow part of the Karelian Isthmus allowed the Soviets to bring their numbers to bear. Soviet 115th and 123rd Rifle Divisions were tasked with throwing the Finnish back over the Vuoksi river and their attack started on 24 August. Soviet attack hit the Finnish Light Brigade T and forced the Finns to either retreat or dug in. As a result the Finnish brigade was immobilized and partially surrounded. On August 25 a chance artillery strike killed the Light Brigade T's commander, but then the Finnish forces relieving the Light Brigade T turned the attack and forced the Soviet divisions to retreat. Finnish IV Corps proceeded to cut the routes south from Vyborg. On 24 August the Finnish 8th Division crossed the Vyborg Bay and cut the coastal route out from Vyborg. By August 28 the Soviet 43rd, 115th and 123rd Rifle Divisions and been encircled at the Battle of Porlammi into a motti around the villages of Sommee and Porlampi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-09-2019, 10:09:33
(https://i.imgur.com/NnesmtR.jpg)

Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 189 field testing the Rundumfeuer-Maschinengewehr. March 1944, Ukraine.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-09-2019, 10:09:12
(https://i.imgur.com/A5kJet5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 29-09-2019, 11:09:44
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/71342570_401313650577285_4550880104833613824_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_oc=AQluJFauKf4IlofMRHskQeXpGh1fnGCCZYdYb_AHPjFEDn-Zw3tfvffOOtSrE0-D6Do&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=203ae5ae42799a8bb81ef838c428bb99&oe=5E341285)

Quote
Finnish forces retook Vyborg at the end of August 1941 and the very same flag that had been lowered in 1940 was again raised to the top of the castle tower. Pic taken on August 30, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-09-2019, 10:09:38
(https://i.imgur.com/QsHasi0.jpg)

SS-Kampfgruppe "Nord" in Kiestinki, 8 August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-10-2019, 07:10:50
(https://reibert.info/media/russische-eisen-kv-2.448718/full?d=1479842528)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2019, 18:10:09
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/80ae1df55198348976964daf6ecc4d29/tumblr_oqtmvuod9F1sm9y4po1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-10-2019, 19:10:05
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/71497331_2417092628380561_3000316869967085568_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_oc=AQkrnyuAd_kt17Wrm4dASfjgWhRVat457phOrKUjxCjPwLd4uJpuZ2oj3AvQCUDjDUU&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=db15d5d08dafa1314b6c0943389c8af5&oe=5E31DD42)

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Commander-in-chief of the Finnish defence forces, Field Marshal Mannerheim's 1939 Chrysler and 1939 Chevrolet.
8. October, 1941. Changing the flat tire.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-10-2019, 07:10:35
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/l/g/a/lga52b2e69f45b54_1024.jpg)

Partisans on reconnaissance. June - August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-10-2019, 20:10:16
(https://i.imgur.com/pVilwbC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-10-2019, 07:10:18
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2007.048.109_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-10-2019, 13:10:53
(https://i.imgur.com/tNRCPj7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-10-2019, 07:10:07
(https://i.imgur.com/X6r8YOC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-10-2019, 10:10:02
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/46/268/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-10-2019, 11:10:39
(https://i.imgur.com/p5lHUoF.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-10-2019, 15:10:44
(https://i.imgur.com/zTRSrKY.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-10-2019, 17:10:46
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/99/84/86/99848626e921fff65dc2bf93816ed855.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-10-2019, 18:10:51
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/fd026880d07e16133999ad283571227b/tumblr_or9qomCYPa1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-10-2019, 08:10:03
(https://i.imgur.com/8siHx2P.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-10-2019, 18:10:33
(https://collection.nam.ac.uk//images/960/107000-107999/107357.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-10-2019, 07:10:27
(http://static-ptl-us.gcdn.co/dcont/fb/image/hall10.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-10-2019, 11:10:30
(https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2019/09/27/13/20190927130021582/preview_cf73037940698d1b130ddb6045c529f1.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-10-2019, 19:10:24
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/51/d6/e9/51d6e9e704fb34c6a3a7cf9bff52cfcb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 10-10-2019, 21:10:06
(https://i6.imageban.ru/out/2018/08/28/df522eb19b7b3eddbcb51146a34c5a57.jpg) (https://i6.imageban.ru/out/2018/08/28/df522eb19b7b3eddbcb51146a34c5a57.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-10-2019, 16:10:06
(https://i.imgur.com/YuSIRza.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-10-2019, 18:10:20
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/23cb10f9186d5355aa545f9b1327eb12/tumblr_o95aq4ogeu1spwf52o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-10-2019, 08:10:35
(https://war-time.ru/images/blog/strelkovoe-orujie/vintovki-karabiny/rossiya-sssr/ptrs-41/pod-3/soldat-ptrs-30.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 12-10-2019, 10:10:23
(https://i.imgur.com/B12IhJu.jpg)

North of Viipuri, 2.7.1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-10-2019, 10:10:15
(https://i.imgur.com/H2v8KZk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-10-2019, 20:10:37
(https://i.imgur.com/qbGKPFq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-10-2019, 08:10:56
(https://img19.rajce.idnes.cz/d1902/3/3253/3253697_e9e10a8b7725596efade56d9aa5d42ea/images/NADRAZI_-_T-34_c._649_u_hlavni_budovy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 14-10-2019, 20:10:12
(https://sun9-40.userapi.com/c840222/v840222906/7fe91/vArfm4iiRbo.jpg) (https://sun9-40.userapi.com/c840222/v840222906/7fe91/vArfm4iiRbo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2019, 08:10:16
(https://i.imgur.com/QLooP6j.jpg)

Canadian Kangaroo crew. The Dutch-German border, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-10-2019, 22:10:20
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/7db68052146cc5d0bc0f039d1cc62a6f/tumblr_oq9sg5MAEw1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-10-2019, 08:10:53
(https://v6q9s5t8.ssl.hwcdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3WiVVHnuw8Q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 16-10-2019, 10:10:14
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/6b/59/f46b5976298ae6e0b5bc89317b89e36c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-10-2019, 09:10:46
(https://cdn.fishki.net/upload/post/2018/12/30/2822363/0e1c34ddb60e719362fb519227f84464.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Kasztelan on 17-10-2019, 10:10:29
(https://forum.odkrywca.pl/imageresize.php?plik=picsforum5/browsovjpg.jpg&x=800)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-10-2019, 19:10:16
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/78a0e674c397a6f12f40edd027ca3fbb/tumblr_oqf5br2SUi1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 17-10-2019, 19:10:07
(https://i.imgur.com/XLB9o3Q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-10-2019, 07:10:19
(https://i.imgur.com/0kkQ1Pk.jpg)

Factory-fresh Jagdpanzer 38(t), completed by B.M.M. in August/September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 18-10-2019, 10:10:51
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/5dd0dac1287a45749b0e63e14f7ddb11/tumblr_pziqhyn7DQ1yvua44o1_540.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-10-2019, 18:10:01
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/ce0645f0ac58ad9a8a907213565e87f4/tumblr_oqcz6lPdHG1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-10-2019, 07:10:45
(https://erenow.net/ww/berlin-victory-in-europe/berlin-victory-in-europe.files/image060.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-10-2019, 09:10:22
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNmSLJgx/Ha08.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-10-2019, 12:10:56
(https://i.imgur.com/ZygT4cR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-10-2019, 08:10:27
(http://opusmgau.ru/public/journals/1/article_486_cover_ru_RU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-10-2019, 16:10:40
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/71911280_411042266271090_2607952632311971840_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_oc=AQnY_7uvSP14Fs9khiywfhccCdtEeQ5EHpmHS7gbkuSL7FxPcqlcNHdIumlYtmNreE3dJqks5oi4ZsuAyScl28Cc&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=7508619643e4845689af00193e0dcfdd&oe=5E2D287F)

Smoke break. July 13, 1941, Pääsiäisvaara.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-10-2019, 07:10:59
(https://www.dday-overlord.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cristot_calvados_normandie_1944_04.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2019, 18:10:33
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/08af57d8f61e123e616f74d5cae512de/tumblr_opuj0s8Nid1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-10-2019, 08:10:31
(https://i.imgur.com/P0f3eDv.jpg)

Destroyed StuG III Ausf. G (05-06.1944 production, built on a recycled Pz.Kpfw. III chassis) from Panzer-Kompanie (Funklenk) 319, Lüttich. The company fought in the area with 10 x StuG and 36 x Borgward B IV.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2019, 19:10:37
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/5e5ae3a3e6a532cacf25973717a066a0/tumblr_opws04x4OK1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-10-2019, 09:10:09
(https://reibert.info/attachments/mitau-jpg.1314601/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-10-2019, 09:10:33
(http://i1.go2yd.com/image.php?url=0KwuuLBrTz)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 25-10-2019, 14:10:27
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/patriot_af/26406471/315605/315605_original.jpg) (https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/patriot_af/26406471/315605/315605_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-10-2019, 18:10:16
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/3fd7c9ea9fdfe61c621acda308e8b34d/tumblr_opwrym8nZG1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-10-2019, 09:10:28
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2008.383.046_1.jpg)

St. Martin de Cenilly, Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-10-2019, 09:10:32
(https://reibert.info/attachments/5700-jpg.10804142/)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 28-10-2019, 08:10:42
(https://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/075/781/content/11-7f9979f600be0914d4c66e03cc0340ab.jpg) (https://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/075/781/content/11-7f9979f600be0914d4c66e03cc0340ab.jpg)

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Crusader knocked out during Operation Crusader (note the rare Lakeman AA mount)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-10-2019, 08:10:15
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Flak-88mm-and-SdKfz-Greece-April-1941.jpg)

Greece, April 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-10-2019, 07:10:50
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnszVlaXoAAmtTg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-10-2019, 19:10:24
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/8118bb51dcaa26ff91786a1c9302fede/tumblr_ncph5cTAHR1ti7k8yo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-10-2019, 07:10:22
(https://i.imgur.com/XW3JJ8e.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-10-2019, 18:10:58
(https://i.imgur.com/40JlRQP.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-10-2019, 22:10:59
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pIkAAOSw6D5di7RL/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-10-2019, 08:10:22
(https://i.imgur.com/EfNiBct.jpg)

Befehlswagen Sturmpanzer IV being assembled at Heeres-Kraftfahrzeug-Werkstatt Wien, May 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-11-2019, 07:11:43
(https://i.imgur.com/es3SmPk.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-11-2019, 08:11:40
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xXNusQ1Wv3w/WviOCoYaBOI/AAAAAAAAUc0/xa2wSgiZ0-cJPizDwNc0FaJLj7OfVbFHQCLcBGAs/s1600/leegrant16-3be036572f80075577691fdc224396fa.jpg)

Libya, July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-11-2019, 07:11:02
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DF-9-DOUAAA-2Af.jpg)

Destroyed Panther Ausf. G (late Daimler-Benz prod.), somewhere in Germany 1945.
The standardized Dunkelgelb RAL 7028, Olivgrün RAL 6003 and Rotbraun RAL 8017 camouflage scheme was used by Daimler-Benz from early September 1944 to April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-11-2019, 10:11:29
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/6ec1f171d7e968e9e75054dd5499c83a/tumblr_opwvxbWdRF1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-11-2019, 07:11:16
(https://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/066/545/content/isu122s21-fba01acfedde8e3ef691733838cdfc88.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-11-2019, 07:11:34
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Pz-IV-na-mostu_1945.jpg)

Pz.Bfw.IV Ausf. J turned into a makeshift roadblock, Austria 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 05-11-2019, 18:11:00
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Churchill_tanks_of_6th_Guards_Tank_Brigade_in_Dulmen%2C_Germany%2C_30_March_1945._BU2766.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Churchill_tanks_of_6th_Guards_Tank_Brigade_in_Dulmen%2C_Germany%2C_30_March_1945._BU2766.jpg)

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade in Dulmen, Germany, 30 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-11-2019, 06:11:50
(https://i.imgur.com/mbPBHZ7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2019, 18:11:37
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/d18bc0d1ba61c80031f9e117a7273df8/tumblr_oq1jt1Xb7t1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-11-2019, 06:11:23
(https://i.imgur.com/2Ng0beG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-11-2019, 07:11:20
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2011.403.232_1.jpg)

Caen, 12 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-11-2019, 09:11:08
(https://forum.odkrywca.pl/uploads/forum_old/photos/picsforum27/r712a.jpg)

Destroyed BT-42 at scrap collection point. Vyborg train yard 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-11-2019, 10:11:40
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/fd773cbe5d4e23aab125cb59961f0541/tumblr_o0ytbw43Ai1ufx0lco4_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-11-2019, 06:11:00
(https://i.imgur.com/YSYObsK.jpg)

Original Agfacolor slide of Sd.Kfz. 233's waiting for shipment.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 10-11-2019, 18:11:10
Hey guys, I gotta sourcing question for yah.

I need a good photo of fallen French soldiers in 1940.  Something that shows the idea of determined, even heroic, defense in 1940.  Using it for a lecture for my students.  Appreciate any help you can offer <3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-11-2019, 07:11:31
(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/74366513_424384304936886_6205021385190801408_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_oc=AQmDCDpdUGowbhhCcXmjPkJzdSgXGZ8zLH343kMngG1XBJ79va5tRQOuKJ_OsWqPzCk&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=e743b116c44c4648026182280d69cdd8&oe=5E5E4EB2)

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Finnish cavalryman in the village of Huumola during the Winter War. Decembrer 14th, 1939.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-11-2019, 08:11:37
(https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/978/6420c7ce688b4b36bfa4f972b5095a83.jpg.webp)

Finnish long-range ski patrol withdrawing from Suopassalmi, March 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 11-11-2019, 08:11:03



https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/978/6420c7ce688b4b36bfa4f972b5095a83.jpg.webp

Finnish long-range ski patrol withdrawing from Suopassalmi, March 1944.
Poor Suopassalmi ;D "The Swedes destroyed the village in 1611 and 1718".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 12-11-2019, 02:11:36
@Von Mudra, ask in discord, far more active there. I'll ask Cpt Bou or Seth, they have many good French photos.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 12-11-2019, 08:11:39
Not really found of putting dead soldier picture without context, check my 2nd post, i think it suits better the "fighting spirit" you want to depict in your lecture

(https://i.skyrock.net/2862/66992862/pics/2686668708_2_7.png)

Dead soldier at Sedan

Last attachement, Dead spahi, unknown location

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 12-11-2019, 09:11:56
One interesting thing also for what you asked :

After the battle of Lille (May 25th - May 31st) which delayed the germans from rushing to Dunkerque, the germans made the honor to the french troops there, allowing them to parade with their weapons (June 1st).

(https://i0.wp.com/www.learning-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lille-3.jpg?resize=849%2C555)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c3/2f/b0/c32fb0230c1ce8fe4778f4a630af820c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-11-2019, 09:11:41
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2009.278.1267_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2019, 17:11:15
Hey guys, I gotta sourcing question for yah.

I need a good photo of fallen French soldiers in 1940.  Something that shows the idea of determined, even heroic, defense in 1940.  Using it for a lecture for my students.  Appreciate any help you can offer <3

Same as Cpt35, i'm not fond of showing dead person especially nowadays because people have become insensitive to violence.
But here, a link with a picture and name of the 2 dead soldiers and their actions:
http://www.picardie-1939-1945.org/le-sacrifice-de-deux-artilleurs-a-amiens/

Imo, you should try to get the daily loss and compare it to american casualties during normandy, etc ...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: VonMudra on 12-11-2019, 19:11:50
I'll note that my lectures involve plenty of violence and carnage when I do war lecture (I refuse to glorify any of it) so my students are used to seeing death.  The point is just for the slide I do on invasion of France for my WW2 lectures as a reminder that France did fight and hard, and fallen soldiers tend to have the most emotional impact for that kind of message.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-11-2019, 07:11:49
(https://warspot-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/076/344/source/germanscreens32-3055f58d1ac2eade5e3df5c9eddc678d.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 13-11-2019, 18:11:20
What Seth found is really nice, since you have all the history behind the picture, it's really great...
The events i had on my mind were Villy La Ferté (where all the unit of the Maginot Line ouvrage died) and also the Saumur Cadets, but i didn't find any picture depicting the fights and the sacrifice spirit.

Some croquis made by Geoffrey de Navacelle, during the fights at Saumur, Aunis & Montsoreau, with the retreat of the surviving cadets honored by the german troops to the Demarcation Line. Note that he only sketched (due to the fights) and finished them later by adding details etc.

(http://www.unabcc.org/s/cc_images/teaserbox_41425019.jpg?t=1434480479)
(https://saumur-jadis.pagesperso-orange.fr/recit/ch45/mortiernavacelle.jpg)
(https://saumur-jadis.pagesperso-orange.fr/recit/ch45/aunisnavacelle.jpg)
(http://www.unabcc.org/s/cc_images/teaserbox_41425050.jpg?t=1434480686)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-11-2019, 06:11:45
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2011.344.026_1.jpg)

Belgium, February 1945
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-11-2019, 09:11:40
(https://i.imgur.com/8ZFunsc.jpg)

StuG IV (late prod.) wreck that used to belong to Panzerjäger-Abteilung "Brandenburg". Koło (ex-Warthbrücken) 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-11-2019, 16:11:54
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/eb/66/9a/eb669a0ec08070138dfdfce68cd6079c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-11-2019, 05:11:24
Stug III with MG151/20.

(https://i.redd.it/r0o4s7zizuy31.jpg)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/29/1c/a9/9c622e05e6e04040b94fd27d8ca6b49f33_mq/SmartSelect_20191007-120648_Facebook.jpg)

Bonus! of a different tank :D
Spoiler
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/12849878/12849878_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2019, 08:11:24
Not that different  ;)

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/d7HELav.jpg)

This was likely one of a number of improvised Flak gun mounts assembled at SS-Artillerie-Schule I at Trebbin (further experiments at Sturmgeschütz-Schule "Burg"). Even Mr. Takiguchi wasn't quite sure if these were wartime composition images... anyway, pics are coming the estate of Otto Schwab.

Btw - I hope the devs will have some Blitzkrieg fun with the StuG III Ausf. A - in terms of max. speed and the ammunition types.



(https://i.imgur.com/c5x6FXh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-11-2019, 06:11:20
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2015.111.213_1.jpg)

Geilenkirchen, 8 December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-11-2019, 13:11:56
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xT6663dCItw/UsbhFx4noLI/AAAAAAAAIKo/dtTNv8URF0A/s1600/Germans+testing+a+Messerschmitt+Bf+109+E3,+1940.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-11-2019, 14:11:40
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8479/8158780257_10bce509ee_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-11-2019, 08:11:48
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RKKA-soldati-i-nem-moto-v-Solcah_Leningrad_oblast_jule1941.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-11-2019, 07:11:15
(https://reibert.info/media/flakpanzer-38-t-auf-selbstfahrlafette-38-t-ausf-m-sd-kfz-140-png.327094/full?d=1457720238)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-11-2019, 03:11:04
The first American tank mounted flamethrowers were modified M1A1s mounted in the bow machine gun ports of light tanks.

"Due to ignition problems with the M1A1 flamethrower, there were experiments on New Caledonia in March 1944 to mount the flame gun under the .30cal bow gun, using tracer fire to ignite the fuel."

(https://i.imgur.com/xhxp6IF.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-11-2019, 07:11:12
(https://i.imgur.com/wroguRL.jpg)

Propaganda grenade. 10 December 1943, Rukajärvi.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2019, 19:11:20
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/7016ab71afe4b1c99407c76d5ec32442/tumblr_oov9vmtEtv1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-11-2019, 10:11:22
(https://i.imgur.com/loFBNaC.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. As heading East.
Trivia-bit: Ausf. A possessed the ten-speed Maybach Variorex SRG 328 145 transmission, providing max. speed of 67. 1 km/hr at 10. gear.
Refer: Doyle & Jentz: "Sturmgeschütz Assault Gun 1940-1942", "Panzer Tracts 8: Sturmgeschütz".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-11-2019, 09:11:39
(https://i.imgur.com/HOe1u5q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-11-2019, 09:11:24
(https://i.imgur.com/FUenNHQ.jpg)

Autumn 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-11-2019, 09:11:57
(https://i.imgur.com/CvxsTZ8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2019, 20:11:34
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/a8205c8cb4215429bbc3b15a8b0db773/tumblr_oos32osh361ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-11-2019, 08:11:04
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8f/2d/95/8f2d958ab6f620ed2e06bd66990d1993.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-11-2019, 19:11:37
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/04/c8/b2/04c8b29b9738c510133c37b08b86c274.jpg)
Already i'm sure
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-11-2019, 06:11:31
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2009.131.032_1.jpg)

Reichstag, early May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2019, 19:11:23
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/d1a67c2343ab5774eb261157ade2f1d3/tumblr_onb201i1Kd1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 27-11-2019, 21:11:58
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2009.131.032_1.jpg)

Reichstag, early May 1945.

More like Brandenburg gate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-11-2019, 12:11:08
More like Brandenburg gate.

More like Simsonweg, Tiergarten.



(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2002.337.325_1.jpg)

French troops in Scapoli, 17 December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-11-2019, 08:11:56
(https://i.imgur.com/C7E8TDV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-11-2019, 07:11:32
(https://i.imgur.com/ekRVdw0.jpg)

Lower Silesia, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-12-2019, 10:12:32
(https://i.imgur.com/gLoQAwl.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 01-12-2019, 12:12:10
(https://i.imgur.com/Jpnau3Z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-12-2019, 09:12:57
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7364/9348648455_ff512d955d_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-12-2019, 08:12:41
(https://i.imgur.com/XbKEuj6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 03-12-2019, 13:12:25
(https://scontent-arn2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/78037996_444422172933099_2570040668227371008_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ohc=qkp8n8z-Id0AQmlz_Bu9adNCbARw0xniH5zpBWzKt_Buv5imlpOCkNkCw&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-2.xx&oh=900fec1c2280e72ceefd6784d582ae77&oe=5E74251E)

Svir power plant, January 11, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-12-2019, 22:12:27
(https://i.imgur.com/iIB4QS8.jpg)
description is wrong btw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-12-2019, 07:12:05
(https://i.imgur.com/NvLthbv.jpg)

StuG IV from SS-Pz.Abt.17 and H39 from Pz.Ers.u.Ausb.Abt.100. Normandy, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 04-12-2019, 11:12:37
(https://i.imgur.com/CcpisKg.jpg)

Mainila 31.8.1941
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Post by: nysä on 05-12-2019, 07:12:47
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Russian-BA64s-sthofStalingrad.jpg)

2 December 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-12-2019, 12:12:08
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49136693081_e43f702b9d_k.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-12-2019, 19:12:19
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/0a411daee1852d8ffc041067eeb26e9a/tumblr_onox5cf9fM1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-12-2019, 08:12:04
(http://www.psywarrior.com/WWIILoudspeakerTankbike.jpg)

France 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-12-2019, 20:12:23
(http://i.imgur.com/x8FKNTC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-12-2019, 08:12:22
(https://i.imgur.com/pmB6ZB4.jpg)

The Syväri Front, Lagoda side. 7 December 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-12-2019, 08:12:24
(https://i.imgur.com/JERSPlE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 08-12-2019, 16:12:14
(https://i.imgur.com/iIB4QS8.jpg)
description is wrong btw
Because? They are Finns with Suomis?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-12-2019, 19:12:10
oh i misread the description. I thought they were saying that those smg were ppsh.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-12-2019, 07:12:41
(https://i.imgur.com/V7N8vnF.jpg)

Marder III from 5./Pz.Einsatz-Abt. 20 and Jagdpanther G2 from s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 655 at Meppen scrap collection point.
Trivia-bit: Pz.Einsatz-Abt. 20 was deployed in north-western Germany with 2 x Panther, 2 x Jagdpanther, 7 x Jagdpanzer 38(t), 3 x StuG III L/24 and a unknown number of different Marders from Sd.Kfz. 139 to 138 (Ausf. H and M's). The unit surrendered on 5th of May '45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 09-12-2019, 23:12:06
oh i misread the description. I thought they were saying that those smg were ppsh.
They aren't actually saying that, but they at least suggest it. They don't say what the SMGs are otherwise.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-12-2019, 13:12:26
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2015.111.205_1.jpg)

3908th Signal Service Battalion, 10 December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-12-2019, 09:12:42
(https://i.imgur.com/3EnpnU8.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. A on the Eastern Front, still fitted with the flat faced 38 cm tracks and narrow road wheels.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-12-2019, 05:12:29
(https://i.imgur.com/xX8wEao.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-12-2019, 09:12:29
(https://2img.net/h/oi61.tinypic.com/2ugme7t.jpg)

Soviet deserter "affected by Finnish propaganda" being shown to visiting SS officers. Finnish Captain on the right was capable of interrogating the POW's in number of Baltic languages, including Mordvinian. Aunus, 19 August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-12-2019, 21:12:41
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/685108c2f9c0ab2f253974a25cde046c/tumblr_oobiebWQLC1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2019, 07:12:35
(https://i.imgur.com/fHyRfF5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-12-2019, 08:12:26
(https://i.imgur.com/uYUTTH8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-12-2019, 08:12:58
(https://i.imgur.com/oQpb3sR.jpg)

The 123 Light Aid Detachment, RCEME and a Pak 43. Hochwald Forest, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-12-2019, 19:12:36
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/d61390298900f2068e5a81befc15632f/tumblr_om4g81xn6J1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-12-2019, 08:12:08
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/227342/504584529.2/0_22c3fe_c0288573_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-12-2019, 08:12:07
(https://i.imgur.com/a2DdMZm.jpg)

Brandenburger. Unternehmen Murmanbahn ("Lutto"), 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 18-12-2019, 18:12:46
(https://i.imgur.com/RSa9b2F.png) (https://i.imgur.com/RSa9b2F.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-12-2019, 08:12:00
(https://i.imgur.com/x8EkSmq.jpg)

Yugoslav partisans examining an abandoned S35, later added to the inventory of the 1st Tank Brigade. Borje, Foča, 28 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-12-2019, 05:12:30
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2013.495.1140_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-12-2019, 09:12:33
(https://i.imgur.com/k3qi3Yk.jpg)

Military chaplain passing gifts to the II. Field Patrol. 21 December 1941, Jelettijärvi (the sector of 6. SS-Division "Nord").
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-12-2019, 08:12:44
(https://i.imgur.com/lA9dfQT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2019, 11:12:50
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/1274bdbf3c66e04d1f28feceb6de3c2a/tumblr_omnvrkFXUG1ut8ktco3_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 22-12-2019, 19:12:38
That man on the left has a lot of potential energy strapped to him :D
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-12-2019, 02:12:46
(https://i.redd.it/qsmlyqhlw7641.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-12-2019, 07:12:35
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181227/edbd21b1e750144c73bf822dad1f53bc.jpg)

M31B2 approaching the intersection of the Place Royale, Brussels, December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 23-12-2019, 14:12:23
Were those ex-Grant's and Lee's still used in the west in maintenance roles or did they actually take part in any fighting?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-12-2019, 14:12:22
The M3 was considered obsolete after the introduction of the Sherman, but as a recovery vehicle/prime mover, M31 TRV saw extensive use in 1944 until it was gradually replaced by the M32 TRV.

Further reading:
http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/tankrecovery/m31_trv.html
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Post by: radiosmersh on 23-12-2019, 22:12:37
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bvd36Yhk/Humber-1945.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/7xLZKjSH/Humber-1945.jpg)

Humber armoured car and leFH 18 destroyed by the strike of 2nd Guards Attack Air Corps, Eastern Germany, April 1945
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-12-2019, 22:12:30
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgBs9wBX4AEslQg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-12-2019, 07:12:16
(https://i.imgur.com/t8kafar.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-12-2019, 07:12:49
(https://i.imgur.com/DtW50hF.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Ts4EVER on 25-12-2019, 10:12:28
(http://content.invisioncic.com/r254563/monthly_2019_12/Nashorn.thumb.jpg.d5e21285abbc4cb22a7d8f24c573bab4.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 25-12-2019, 15:12:52
Merry Christmas!

(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Bastogne_resupply-Dec-1944.jpg)

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This photo was taken by a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer on 26 December 1944 in Bastogne, Belgium as troops of the 101st Airborne Division watch C-47s drop supplies to them. Jeeps and trucks are parked in a large field in the near distance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-12-2019, 08:12:40
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/2b33d80a2bde2538f615ec1744dee442/tumblr_oblqlzuvsZ1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 27-12-2019, 07:12:03
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/p1090874.ab1dlxppy4g00c4o0oogwgkks.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg) (http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/P1090874.jpg)

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Panzer IVs and a Tiger near Kharkiv, February-March 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-12-2019, 08:12:36
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f5/98/02/f59802ea50cc8fb46a06b0f1eaa2054a.jpg)

The 117th Cavalry Recon Squadron in Saint-Jean-Saverne, 9 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-12-2019, 08:12:28
(https://i.imgur.com/rO2kxKZ.jpg)

Sturmbatterie 640, France summer 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-12-2019, 07:12:27
(https://i.imgur.com/n83HXxf.jpg)

The coast of Ladoga, 2 April 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-12-2019, 12:12:45
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/8bec596928b12224d3d2524af347cebc/tumblr_olukurdSNv1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-12-2019, 08:12:59
(https://i.imgur.com/3xqDarg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-12-2019, 08:12:49
(https://i.imgur.com/KGQBfJh.jpg)

Happy New Year!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-01-2020, 09:01:11
(https://i.imgur.com/7yvDnXS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-01-2020, 06:01:17
(https://i.imgur.com/tuCZbEt.jpg)

The 5th Armored Division, 81st Tank Battalion. Belgium 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-01-2020, 10:01:07
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/f12b645274390dac8e0066b65c6c483b/tumblr_olnhxm6LGJ1vdj0mpo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-01-2020, 08:01:56
(https://i.imgur.com/mZ1zMmU.jpg)

Some reconnaissance. An unmarked T-50 breached the Finnish lines and drove off the embankment in Kolatselkä-Aunus, August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-01-2020, 11:01:09
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=41052)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-01-2020, 11:01:23
Seth, that's a good reference how the commanders view on the StuG III (or the scissors periscope) should look like - from Ausf. A to G.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-01-2020, 11:01:36
(https://i.imgur.com/jzdxIIv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-01-2020, 19:01:01
Seth, that's a good reference how the commanders view on the StuG III (or the scissors periscope) should look like - from Ausf. A to G.
Cool info !
unfortunately we doesn't have all our export scene in our source versioning so we can't correct it right now :(
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 04-01-2020, 19:01:12
well that's the commander's periscope, not the gunners view if I'm reading correctly. we don't have commander's periscopes in FH2 afaik
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-01-2020, 20:01:13
Cool info !
unfortunately we doesn't have all our export scene in our source versioning so we can't correct it right now :(

That's too bad. I guess no Sfl.Z.F.1a for Jagdpanther either?
 

well that's the commander's periscope, not the gunners view if I'm reading correctly. we don't have commander's periscopes in FH2 afaik

Pick StuG III Ausf. G LATE and press F3. It's the same exact reticle as on artillery observation posts with SF14Z scissors periscope.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-01-2020, 06:01:57
Never really considered that a "commander's periscope" tbh. more like a guy spotting with binoculars outside the hatch. but you can think of it that way if you want.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-01-2020, 07:01:32
Never really considered that a "commander's periscope" tbh. more like a guy spotting with binoculars outside the hatch. but you can think of it that way if you want.

Well there's no guy outside the hatch.
In reality, 10:1 magnification of the scissors periscope provided better observation of the target area than the binoculars. Moreover, the aiming sights of the StuG were superior to those of the tanks (2.5:1) or AT-guns (3:1). This is one of the reasons that attributed to the combat effectiveness and the higher armour kill rates of the Sturmartillerie.

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/yOmL02p.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/8DvDkJz.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/395/19424531744_fe853e9eac_b.jpg)
(https://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/00981.jpg)



(https://i.imgur.com/FjBoCvC.jpg)

Recovery of a Sherman that fell into a bomb crater, breaking a tread. Saint-Gilles, Manche, late July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 05-01-2020, 15:01:24
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/14669245/14669245_original.jpg) (https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/14669245/14669245_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-01-2020, 08:01:13
(https://i.imgur.com/gU1JlX9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 06-01-2020, 13:01:56
(http://livinghistory.ru/uploads/monthly_07_2016/post-19322-0-22129100-1467837477.jpg) (http://livinghistory.ru/uploads/monthly_07_2016/post-19322-0-22129100-1467837477.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-01-2020, 06:01:16
(https://i.imgur.com/jk3Sxrg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 07-01-2020, 21:01:32
Cool roof marking with the solid filled balkenkreuz;

I’m gonna use that ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-01-2020, 22:01:32
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/c18db3a011a9074475fb980b8edf5e4c/tumblr_ol6ttjaHRe1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-01-2020, 09:01:21
Cool roof marking with the solid filled balkenkreuz;

I’m gonna use that ;)

Great to hear! Here's another one, obscured by mud though;

(https://i.ibb.co/6vtTXXD/werw.jpg)

AFAIK, this was only(?) seen on vehicles from I Pz.Div.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/5f/3b/535f3bb14469968b886793f0cae13540.jpg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 08-01-2020, 13:01:46
Nice find! The only photos I’ve seen from that specific unit are low to the ground looking up. It really does seem as if all of them carried it.

I guess 1.PzDiv PzRgt2? I forget which ones had the dot after the number.

You can also see the large white square for aerial recognition on the back of the PzIV (I guess it is) from where this photo is taken.

I’d have to assume all of them are sporting the two tone camouflage as well, but it never really shows on old photos under all the mud & dust
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Post by: nysä on 08-01-2020, 14:01:02
Nice find! The only photos I’ve seen from that specific unit are low to the ground looking up. It really does seem as if all of them carried it.

Pz II is from "German Panzer II" and Pz IV (Ausf B.) from "Panzerkampfwagen IV" - both by David Doyle.

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I guess 1.PzDiv PzRgt2? I forget which ones had the dot after the number.

Right, the 2nd Regiment was with dot at the end.

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You can also see the large white square for aerial recognition on the back of the PzIV (I guess it is) from where this photo is taken.

Wasn't the white rectangle on the engine deck used by the 7.Pz.Dv.?

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9d/7e/1a/9d7e1a8f90ec4e1ddd11e56010506d3e.jpg)

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I’d have to assume all of them are sporting the two tone camouflage as well, but it never really shows on old photos under all the mud & dust

Agreed on the two-tone camouflage - with large patches of Dunkelbraun (RAL 7017), in some cases even Grün. But yeah, being covered in dust and mud resulted in a good overall camouflage effect.

A circular dated 31 July 1940, declared from that moment only the factory-provided colour was to be Dunkelgrau, mainly to save paint. Of course, that didn't stop crews from experimenting with the paints available on the front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 08-01-2020, 15:01:31
Wasn't the white rectangle on the engine deck used by the 7.Pz.Dv.?

I’ve actually seen it on tanks from a few different divisions in France 1940. The Armor at War series book “Achtung Panzer; The German Invasion of France and the Low Countries.” By Jon Feenstra has a lot of good photos of them. This is just a color plate; but the book has a photo of this same tank from 4th Panzer. As well as a few others.
(http://modelwarehouse.biz/assets/images/concord/con7041/con7041_4.jpg)
I can post the actual photo when I’m home and off mobile, but you might already have the book :D

They seem to have been put on tanks and armored cars that were likely to be at the head of the advance, that’s about the most rhyme or reason I can find to it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-01-2020, 15:01:23
They seem to have been put on tanks and armored cars that were likely to be at the head of the advance, that’s about the most rhyme or reason I can find to it.

You are quite right. Found plenty of pics from a Pz I to half-tracks. Just haven't been paying attention to this... but nice!
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2020, 18:01:51
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=40994)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-01-2020, 08:01:52
(https://i.imgur.com/3WcGU5T.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-01-2020, 07:01:02
(https://i.imgur.com/RjBMmbm.jpg)

StuH 42 (03-05.43 prod.) from Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 912 assigned to 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-01-2020, 21:01:46
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/0_3bcf2_749863bc_xl.zwzo8cfsf4g8sow44googks4.ejcuplo1l0oo0sk8c40s8osc4.th.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-01-2020, 08:01:35
(https://i.imgur.com/TvncVyI.jpg)

The 1st Ukrainian Front crossing the Dniester River in the south of Skala, the spring of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-01-2020, 07:01:35
(https://i.imgur.com/MMVkqyt.jpg)

Fischhausen, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-01-2020, 06:01:57
(https://images3.persgroep.net/rcs/G25HBz6zzxk47gnwFsRRqqciYNU/diocontent/154691813/_fitwidth/694/?appId=21791a8992982cd8da851550a453bd7f&quality=0.9)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-01-2020, 19:01:06
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/54336bdecd5157ff0e0ccba9e4d6d1db/tumblr_okoxro5uIR1tqlsy0o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-01-2020, 07:01:32
(https://i.imgur.com/oY0pHv6.jpg)

Summa, 24 September 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-01-2020, 19:01:31
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/7c3d1537adeb5dcbfe59ba44faa78265/tumblr_okexo0b7Iu1vs1oyno1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-01-2020, 09:01:34
(https://i.imgur.com/fZS8n4G.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-01-2020, 19:01:17
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/efd7de5b7943274dc479090c93c48793/tumblr_oi2yugQh0U1uryk28o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-01-2020, 08:01:11
(https://i.imgur.com/vBSuAi0.jpg)

Cromwell from 10 Pułku Strzelców Konnych, disabled by an AT-mine. Gilze-Molenschot 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-01-2020, 20:01:23
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/0c88b47ece17c229783a96f54424bc13/tumblr_ok1l3vEpCT1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-01-2020, 08:01:38
(https://i.imgur.com/99hD7XG.jpg)

Over twenty troops on board of a StuG III Ausf. F. Italo-German retreat through Nikolayevka-Belogorye, January 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-01-2020, 20:01:09
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/9aaad9e8a48b11d030f61623fbe0dfd1/tumblr_o5p4a01VLK1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-01-2020, 07:01:16
(https://i.imgur.com/rDJecn5.jpg)

The 6th Guards Tank Army in Jassy (Romania), August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-01-2020, 08:01:01
(https://farm66.static.flickr.com/65535/48877935412_1026a3c9e4_b.jpg)

Destroyed Jagdpanzer IV from Pz.Div. Müncheberg. The outskirts of Müncheberg, April 1945.
 
Spoiler
Bonus picture
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbzbqIBN01qg5z8jo1_640.gifv)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 20-01-2020, 01:01:23
Weird they arent of the same stug are they? The lower picture should show the upper stug in the back. They arent in the same possition but close to eachother, lower one seems to have driven into a ditch.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-01-2020, 07:01:05
The location is the same, but they are two different vehicles. Jagdpanzer IV has been completed between late spring - summer of 1944, whereas the StuG is max. 5 months old.



(https://i.imgur.com/0amaJwg.jpg)

Ruokolahti, 26 July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-01-2020, 07:01:03
(https://i.imgur.com/cZP4ofw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2020, 18:01:24
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/28b5ab291d4d70bf6c590d8d2315fce6/tumblr_ol6tga6o9A1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-01-2020, 07:01:58
(https://i.imgur.com/xPzuw0W.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-01-2020, 07:01:13
(https://i.imgur.com/UmJYWU6.jpg)

Sarajevo, 20 April 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-01-2020, 09:01:25
(https://i.imgur.com/TMPLerZ.jpg)

France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-01-2020, 08:01:57
(https://i.imgur.com/NyOshWb.jpg)

Säkkijärvi, 30 August 1941.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-01-2020, 10:01:19
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/e2/64/cfe264d746ba8ac93388ff3e914cb647.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-01-2020, 08:01:54
(https://i.imgur.com/NpOyKbJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-01-2020, 08:01:16
(http://wraki39.pobitwie.pl/_data/i/upload/2019/12/28/20191228200932-6f9eda7a-me.jpg)

IS wreck from the 99 Guards Heavy Tank Regiment. This was one of three IS-2s flanked by StuG.Lehr.Brig. 920, at the range of 600 meters in Łapanów-Trzciana, 20 January 1945.

Spoiler
StuG.Lehr.Brig. 920 was nearly destroyed in the beginning of the Soviet Vistula offensive, and after short re-grouping the unit was ordered to the Oder under the leadership of Major Kapp - "destroying 36 enemy tanks 3 guns and immobilizing a further 3 tanks in one day, while suffering a loss of a single gun of its own".

The brigade was virtually wiped out during the battle for Berlin, and the remnants surrendered on 27 April 1945 close to Halbe, ending up in Tangermünde on 6th of May. The unit commander Wolfgang Kapp passed away in November 2003 at age of 89.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-01-2020, 08:01:24
(https://i.imgur.com/WCFOm4z.jpg)

Echt 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-01-2020, 19:01:09
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/d02c2d0f23652e940791689cf6512ddd/tumblr_ojhe4gKuyW1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-01-2020, 07:01:19
(https://i.imgur.com/h7mUvyF.jpg)

Damaged Jagdpanther - from Pz.Lhr.Rgt. 130 or 2./s.Pz.Abt 507 - abandoned by the crew. Lower Saxony, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-01-2020, 20:01:05
(https://i.redd.it/ex3hqsofiqd41.jpg)

Quote
The American pilot Major J. D. McFarlane had to make an emergency landing with his Mustang fighter by Søllested on Lolland. Here he is seen in Copenhagen and on his way to Sweden. In the picture is a German pilot officer (right).

Photographed by the members of the Danish resistance.

March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-01-2020, 06:01:50
(https://i.imgur.com/ZgpsY8D.jpg)

Kreul, 29 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2020, 19:01:51
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/1086bf502676eaec29b4ca08f7664094/tumblr_ojjefsrKgt1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-01-2020, 08:01:47
(https://i.imgur.com/J0oKP1N.jpg)

Panther Ausf. G (M.A.N., 03.1945 prod.) from 17.Pz.Div. destroyed by a T-34-85 from the 2. Tank Battalion of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Tank Brigade. Štítná, April 1945.

Spoiler
The KO shot penetrated the reinforced 'chin' mantlet at the range of 200 meters - and as seen here, Panthers's tendency to catch fire after being hit remained, until the war's end (something that Panther commanders, and even Guderian himself, noted in their memoirs).

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-01-2020, 18:01:38
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/e0e4088c8e5382c9d017f229c4d02ef5/tumblr_oiqv2lmhzp1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-02-2020, 09:02:31
(https://i.imgur.com/K0kP6Ax.jpg)

On road to Coblenz, 9 March 1945. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-02-2020, 08:02:01
(https://i.imgur.com/D4Ifjjo.jpg)

South-west corner of Berlin, April 1945.

Spoiler
According to the strength report from 13 April 1945, Pz.Dv. "Müncheberg" was equipped with 10 (combat-ready) x Tiger I.
Five were reported as a loss between 15-17 April during the Battle of the Seelow Heights, and the remaining five were destroyed in the south/south-west of Berlin and the Tiergarten by the end of April.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-02-2020, 07:02:50
(https://i.imgur.com/KeyPPc9.jpg)

Beute KV-1 Model 1940 (LKZ, 08-09.1941 prod.). The south of Leningrad, October 1941. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-02-2020, 18:02:42
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/a2eb66b69402613ed542b60a531e5134/tumblr_oiqua50POr1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-02-2020, 08:02:14
(http://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/845/845958-c44f90985df6146b24285e28002a30b2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-02-2020, 08:02:24
(https://i.imgur.com/9SdhxIj.jpg)

2./SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 11 "Nordland" training with Sd.Kfz. 250/9s. Croatia, late 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2020, 18:02:42
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/e2ab7e908b74175bd8f30d6dd93f84f8/tumblr_oj5rftFAP21sm9y4po1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-02-2020, 06:02:31
(https://i.imgur.com/e4VtFHX.jpg)

Destroyed Befehlsjagdpanzer 38(t) (B.M.M., late prod.). Gdańsk, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-02-2020, 18:02:08
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83555239_485743898800926_660909120831881216_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=k48TBn1uX-4AX8oYOiq&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=43801b2c6dc4008b7bfc5ceb9b16dd01&oe=5EB6A7CA)

March 8, 1943, Svir River.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-02-2020, 19:02:40
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/d234592ed1355760b65b970b256988fd/tumblr_oim79dXFL51ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-02-2020, 20:02:26
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83555239_485743898800926_660909120831881216_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=k48TBn1uX-4AX8oYOiq&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=43801b2c6dc4008b7bfc5ceb9b16dd01&oe=5EB6A7CA)

March 8, 1943, Svir River.

The thought of shoveling snow out of a trench now makes me shudder.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-02-2020, 08:02:31
(https://i.imgur.com/utKju7F.jpg)

IS-2 from the 50th Guards Separate Tank Regiment, knocked out by Panthers of I/SS-Panzer-Regiment 3. 29 July 1944, Siedlce.
Spoiler
During fighting on 29 July 1944, according to units own report, 18 tanks of all types including T-34s, several IS-2s, and M4A2s, were destroyed in and around the city by the Totenkopf Division, incl. several knocked out by handheld weapons. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-02-2020, 18:02:32
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/1afdcd0ab617a723b7cb7026cf56dea5/tumblr_oim7vu81sL1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-02-2020, 08:02:32
(https://i.imgur.com/QFu315x.jpg)

Destroyed T-26 (OT-133), Ps. 164-3. The south-west of Suulajärvi, late June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-02-2020, 07:02:04
(https://i.imgur.com/M42dPeN.jpg)

T-20 Komsomolets m 1938, Ps. 755-36. The north-east of Ladoga, 27 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2020, 11:02:40
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/72d4595b11a8914720142a4a4891c691/tumblr_oim79wz62B1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-02-2020, 15:02:32
(https://i.imgur.com/4qaFDTq.jpg)

StuG.Abt. 201 in the vicinity of Moscow, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-02-2020, 18:02:10
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/34b2668abda845a42ac7e32167810227/tumblr_oinkfgeJQH1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-02-2020, 06:02:52
(https://i.imgur.com/OjUWecF.jpg)

Panzerkampfwagen 38 für 2 cm Flak 38 Ausf. L (Sd.Kfz. 140).
Spoiler
141 x Flakpanzer 38(t) were completed by B.M.M. between 11.1943-02.1944. 84 deployed in Normandy were lost by the end of August 1944, and only three Flakpanzer 38(t) with the 2.Pz.Div. and six with the 17.SS-Pz.Div. were available on the Western Front on December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-02-2020, 18:02:35
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/a3e368df51914d173940b749643c62e8/tumblr_oink4ig9nk1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-02-2020, 07:02:26
(https://i.imgur.com/wABJ7ha.jpg)

Italy 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-02-2020, 18:02:52
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/97e1b4712b3cd6f671fce55234e4701d/tumblr_oipksyhyC01ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 12-02-2020, 21:02:29
LOL, if WW2 went as portrayed in this thread, axis would have won easily ;)

Here some allies:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B7810.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-02-2020, 07:02:50
Keep it up Slayer! 

Maybe that will all change as "the largest and most complete collection of archive documents, film footage and photo materials on the Second World War will be created in Russia and will be accessible to our citizens and the whole world... our duty as a victorious power and responsibility to future generations." to quote President Putin. That's some progress, since most (federal) WWII archives not accessible online, or to the public unless you are an academic author, researcher or such.



(https://i.imgur.com/cP11j.jpg)

Eerde, September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-02-2020, 18:02:13
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/ece6e0cd6b939ee0eed5e91628883512/tumblr_oi9iweSwJ51ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 14-02-2020, 04:02:15
(https://preview.redd.it/01qy3of9zte41.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=08fe80ba08267b7cec23fd82ef1cba03b9f1dd5e)

Japanese Hospital Ship, probably Asahi Maru, in the periscope sight of USS Silversides (SS-236), 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-02-2020, 07:02:14
(https://i.imgur.com/QQsYlDQ.jpg)

Belarus, June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 14-02-2020, 15:02:56
(http://www.westervoort1940.nl/img/helm_karton_2.jpg)

Papermachee/cardboard helmet, used by Brandenburgers teams sent in to secure bridges in Dutch uniforms prior to the main German invasion of the Netherlands.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 14-02-2020, 20:02:05
Papermachee/cardboard helmet, used by Brandenburgers teams sent in to secure bridges in Dutch uniforms prior to the main German invasion of the Netherlands.

Interesting. Do you have any more information about this? An article or something?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-02-2020, 20:02:36
(https://i.imgur.com/NomkfVA.jpg)

1000 sorties accomplished. The board on the right tells about the fate of submarines.
Malmi airfield, Helsinki 1943.10.21
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 14-02-2020, 23:02:12


Interesting. Do you have any more information about this? An article or something?
[/quote]

I'd have to look for an english source, but basically it boils down to this.
Because the Dutch main center of defence was just a couple of hours drive away from the German border a serie of precoutionairy lines were erected. So along the meuse and IJsel river there was basically a lightly defended first line designed to hold up the enemy, blow bridges and alarm the main defences. Along bridges there were concrete bunkers with mg and light at, but there were no indirect fire weapons in this line.
The Germans intended to take this first line by surprise taking the bridges with assault teams from Battalion zbv 800, German soldiers with some dutch collaberators or dutch speaking germans doing the talking, in dutch "looking" uniforms.
Results were mixed. Mainly because there werent that many dutch troops around, so 30 men showing up at 2 in the morning raised suspision. After that it could go shootout with bridge blown or captured, or disarmament.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-02-2020, 07:02:27
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/61020/9430010.2f1/0_111526_31e8cff2_XXXL)

St. Vith.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-02-2020, 12:02:35
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/76dee458e6ea43cda89c4c051a717bd3/tumblr_nyqzhoPE3P1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-02-2020, 16:02:21
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/85018668_492642588111057_3443276866046132224_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=kxlJj0B0iEgAX-5FD4p&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=99db73637ef281aa627fd1fbdd8728be&oe=5ED012FC)

Mining a road in Ihantala, June 30, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-02-2020, 07:02:59
(https://i.imgur.com/vaK7WF5.jpg)

Kampfgruppe of Führer Grenadier Brigade destroyed by the US 80th Division on Christmas Eve 1944, 30 km to southeast from Bastogne.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 16-02-2020, 09:02:28
(https://i.imgur.com/CuC8IIL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-02-2020, 08:02:51
(https://dms-cf-03.dimu.org/image/03348wmSjqSk?dimension=1200x1200)

Boden 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-02-2020, 18:02:31
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/35735f3a8c7eedafcb590b8a8fa4c33c/tumblr_oi1hxqP2CG1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-02-2020, 06:02:40
(https://i.imgur.com/1EtgUNC.jpg)

Pz.Rgt. 10, 8. Pz.Dv. The unit reported 3 x KV-1 and 2 x T-34 in their inventory on 15 September 1942, and 2 x T-34 on 31 May 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2020, 18:02:16
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/8c9029f032e327e3ca9145946e25b25f/tumblr_oi9itmuLsK1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-02-2020, 08:02:23
(https://i.imgur.com/dCOESYw.jpg)

Ps. 531-16 (Alkett, 05.1943 prod.). The north of Vuosalmi bridgehead, 30 July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-02-2020, 07:02:50
(https://i.imgur.com/H2H8zaV.jpg)

M4A4s from the 5th French Armored Division, knocked out by handheld weapons. Issans area, 18 November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2020, 20:02:28
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/RussianbridgeOder1945.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-02-2020, 06:02:19
(https://i.imgur.com/OYB4y1M.jpg)

1st Lt. H.G. Foltin searching for booby traps left behind in StuG IV (late prod.) from Panzerjäger Abteilung 348. Amblève, 20 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-02-2020, 00:02:05
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/futb_all/16210681/668160/668160_original.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-02-2020, 07:02:09
(https://i.imgur.com/FEfjEoS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-02-2020, 08:02:00
(https://i.imgur.com/vMhPTL0.jpg)

Bienwaldmühle, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-02-2020, 11:02:54
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/35bcb60375541b2cd9181154d63e387d/tumblr_ohyx6rj2GD1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 23-02-2020, 23:02:24
You start by getting dressed as a soldier when you are a child, you end up as a rotten half-body in a ditch or if you're lucky enough...:

(https://i.redd.it/ydoeaqu4uii41.jpg)

German soldiers surrendering in Pomerania, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-02-2020, 07:02:12
(https://static-2.akipress.org/127/.storage/limon/images/2014leto/0080c67a81819c7fde5815596bfd49ba.jpg)

Opole 1945 (quite often miscaptioned as Berlin). 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-02-2020, 18:02:11
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/b8924e073e80b3b93fc60f0ca08d2baf/tumblr_ohu180a1kT1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 24-02-2020, 20:02:48
You start by getting dressed as a soldier when you are a child, you end up as a rotten half-body in a ditch or if you're lucky enough...
I guess this guy was luckier than those on your picture ;)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/93/6f/6f936ff3e028cabc86f06ae0760fa977.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-02-2020, 07:02:42
I guess this guy was luckier than those on your picture ;)

Depends. Certain units that had previously been deployed in the East, were donated to the Soviets as a friendly gesture.



(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/4c/a7/604ca7c9ef0ffae1322f451714f69813.jpg)

M4A2 from 1. Mechanized Corps, destroyed by 25. Pz.Gren.Div. on 31 January 1945, Küstrin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: radiosmersh on 25-02-2020, 13:02:25
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/671762599255343105/681767591433338886/111415.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 250 used as a commander vehicle in 1047th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment, 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-02-2020, 18:02:42
(http://img24.rajce.idnes.cz/d2402/5/5839/5839033_915265f31fbd0547e0fd3e3475621d07/images/cdm1_187.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-02-2020, 06:02:43
(https://i.imgur.com/BybTp3t.jpg)

Panther Ausf. G knocked out by a ZiS-3, penetrating the glacis plate on the driver's side and finished off by Il-2. Pákozd 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-02-2020, 19:02:52
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/aa/60/3a/aa603acaf810744b36dc2356c8f3e97f.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-02-2020, 07:02:25
(https://gdb.rferl.org/0DF3B362-7359-4E05-A944-B7AE0567F4F1_w1200_r1_s.jpg)

Berlin, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-02-2020, 18:02:56
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=40601&sid=e4beef065357061d9ca09e867885f1ab)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-02-2020, 07:02:21
(https://i.imgur.com/H6Rqv2G.png)

Tiger I from Panzerabteilung Müncheberg, and two Tiger II from schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 502 disabled by mines between Kietz-Golzow (often miscaptioned as Kielce or Lissow) on 27-28 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-02-2020, 18:02:29
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/5e9ccf80bbe575a46470744418c9e717/tumblr_oh82xggEKk1ut8ktco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-02-2020, 08:02:24
(https://i.imgur.com/GIAnBoB.jpg)

M4A1 Mortar Carrier from the 3rd Armored Division. Werben, 14 April 1945. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-03-2020, 07:03:30
(https://i.imgur.com/YcUFzEi.jpg)

SU-100s and M4A2s in a Berlin park, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-03-2020, 09:03:17
(https://i.imgur.com/mvwxIrC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-03-2020, 18:03:01
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=40388)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-03-2020, 18:03:42
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/081044a02256cd83106f5a88454aebfa/tumblr_ogrd9uexx81ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-03-2020, 17:03:27
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/025dc82bfb33e3d4d1b456c632610dc5/tumblr_ogqobzY6E41rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-03-2020, 22:03:06
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/b61132ca7a721af104948de963f1201a/tumblr_ogx2desC2U1ut8ktco2_1280.png)
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Post by: nysä on 12-03-2020, 17:03:02
Seth -  that's a great example of M.N.H. Panther, assembled between 10-11.44. This one was from 2./Pz.Rgt. 33, abandoned in Humain in December 1944.



(https://i.imgur.com/LgMJbR3.jpg)

Damaged Panzer III Ausf. E from 9. Panzer-Division. France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-03-2020, 08:03:24
(https://i.imgur.com/gxKUtW4.jpg)

Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 116, 5. Panzer-Division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-03-2020, 21:03:08
(https://i.imgur.com/I7SKE0X.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-03-2020, 07:03:32
(https://i.imgur.com/84ZLvtD.jpg)

KV s bolshoiy bashniy and KV-2 Model 1940. Kiev, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2020, 09:03:55
Seth -  that's a great example of M.N.H. Panther, assembled between 10-11.44. This one was from 2./Pz.Rgt. 33, abandoned in Humain in December 1944.

Cool ! thx for the story !

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42hjiMRe21r3eyedo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-03-2020, 07:03:18
(https://i.imgur.com/SnX9nnW.jpg)

Muujärvi, July 1941.
Spoiler
The eukterion has been repurposed as a "Communist enlightenment centre" and pamphlet storage, quite common practice in the Soviet Karelia. The village was later destroyed during the Continuation War.
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Post by: nysä on 17-03-2020, 06:03:46
(https://i.imgur.com/fchZaeZ.jpg)

Leuth 1945.
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Post by: Matthew_Baker on 17-03-2020, 13:03:23
Quite the badass Canadian with a captured STG-44 standing there 8)

An interesting caption from WW2 Talk
Quote
These images were taken on Feb 10th, 1945, and do not depict an advance into the village, they actually show how the Chaudieres are 'rescued' from the drowned village. The Chaudieres captured the village dry on the evening of Feb 8/9, but then were trapped by the rising water and had to move to the first floors and eventually to the attics of the houses.
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Post by: nysä on 18-03-2020, 09:03:55
(https://i.imgur.com/rhA6QaN.jpg)

SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 10 in France, 1943.
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Post by: nysä on 19-03-2020, 06:03:49
(https://i.imgur.com/TSilvLK.jpg)

Early M4A1 (09.1942 prod.) from the 191st Tank Batallion, KO-ed by Panzer IV killing two crew members. La Salle, 3 November 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-03-2020, 19:03:18
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/868939273a6c0ff33964b8bf5ab553a1/tumblr_offxtfohRK1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-03-2020, 06:03:32
(https://i.imgur.com/6LVgePt.jpg)

Jagdpanther from 1./schwere Heeres Panzerjägerabteilung 559, knocked out at point blank-range by a Canadian 6-pounder. As typical, Jagdpanther burned out after being hit giving severe burns to the crew as they were bailing out. Nieuwkerk, 7 October 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2020, 19:03:53
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/3a023a6e7e152155cc8c716d7612606e/tumblr_nj65043dpF1r94kvzo1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 21-03-2020, 07:03:45
Seth - CH =  battery commander (StuG.Abt. 210), Rostov, July 1942. 
Spoiler
Ausf. F has been painted in Tropen I scheme, consisted of RAL 8000 and RAL 7008.
(https://i.imgur.com/1m0wB9o.jpg)

Some propaganda footage from Rostov - Don here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4snl_Pv_ts



(https://i.imgur.com/PymmLE2.jpg)

Three M-32 TRV's towing a bogged and knocked out M4A3. Herrlisheim 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 22-03-2020, 07:03:01
(https://i.imgur.com/EtXeMnC.jpg)

1./Panzer-Regiment 130's Panther (Daimler-Benz, 09.44 prod.) with "classic" camouflage with ambush overlay (DB 09-10.44 production only). Hungary, December 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 23-03-2020, 09:03:55
(https://i.imgur.com/ydsbta2.jpg)

4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division in Greece, 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-03-2020, 19:03:20
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/d185d8031d750bef53cad6ccb1fe027d/tumblr_og39snx6Vw1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-03-2020, 05:03:29
(https://smolbattle.ru/data/attachments/666/666261-e932aa1d29c104151d4c3c1f4fbbeb95.jpg)

Destroyed StuG III Ausf. F from StuG.Abt. 202.  Kursk, February-March 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2020, 20:03:40
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/cc62c5ee08f84419decc7b2e21bd57ce/tumblr_ofn3mexDzT1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-03-2020, 13:03:14
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/57/fc/3457fc4fcd3fb1761e8704424b188423.jpg)

Bonn, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-03-2020, 18:03:07
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-03-2020, 08:03:08
(https://i.imgur.com/mWHXE9N.jpg)

Belarus 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2020, 21:03:44
is the bottom picture really taken from that position ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-03-2020, 09:03:18
That would seem quite optimistic with 10x magnification and 87 m/1000m field of view. Plus, it's showing ~60% of the 10 mil grid reticle.
Spoiler
(https://axis-militaria.com/wp-content/uploads/imported/6/WW2-German-Wehrmacht-Scherenfernrohr-SF-14-Z-Gi-Periscope-StuG-Hetzer-NICE-233419670726-8.JPG)

The pictures are from the same negative, that's for sure.



(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qN3s-gPWBw4/V0Semy1JRfI/AAAAAAAApoc/4_m-WKjIT48WrQv9E-l2e0RdQ5irM5tTgCLcB/s1600/Leaflet%2Bgermany%2B1945.jpg)

Utenbach 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-03-2020, 09:03:44
(https://i.imgur.com/1aSMDyX.jpg)

The Reich Chancellery garage, April-May 1945.
Spoiler
According to Alkett's last production report, 48 x StuH and 48 x StuG III were completed in April 1945 with the help of the tank crews. Vehicles left the Spandau factory on 24 April 1945, assigned to H-Stu.Gesch.Bde.249. During the last days of the war, the unit "accounted for 180 Russian tanks".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-03-2020, 09:03:51
(https://i.imgur.com/xkh9V3O.jpg)

Uuksujärvi, 3 September 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 30-03-2020, 09:03:02
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-313-1004-19A%2C_Italien%2C_Panzerfahrzeug_mit_Panzerabwehrwaffen.jpg)

Nettunes, April 1944.
Spoiler
One of eleven Universal Carriers collected from Aprillia. These overhauled carriers were assigned to Panzer-Abteilung 103, under "captured vehicles subunit".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-03-2020, 19:03:19
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/5f0eddec33745399f0ccaf475a8547bc/tumblr_ofs0ehuw1F1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-03-2020, 08:03:41
(https://cdn-s-www.dna.fr/images/F6BE4A3B-F5C0-4F8A-9A46-9CC4A8F0AFB3/NW_raw/un-char-allemand-a-mutzi-document-remis-1574364409.jpg)

Knocked out Jagdpanzer 38(t) (BMM, 08-09.44 prod.). Mutzig, November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-04-2020, 08:04:13
(https://i.imgur.com/Cu09qdX.jpg)

3rd Ukrainian Front heading towards Budapest, December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-04-2020, 10:04:11
(https://i.imgur.com/OmhYkTs.jpg)

Tiger (01.44 prod.) from 2./schwere Panzerabteilung 502. Narva, March 1944.
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Post by: Leopardi on 02-04-2020, 13:04:39
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/90397053_516206192421363_6437464864926466048_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=OJOvY-0C9mcAX_-Qfeu&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&oh=855f2d07e5d2c1aefa193a619fa206ac&oe=5EABB4DC)

Quote
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 MT-227 in Suulajärvi airfield, May 1944.

In June 17th 1944 the flight's vice leader Urho Sarjamo was shot down in this plane. Plane's remains fell on MT-299, flown by Lauri Nissinen. Both planes exploded on impact and the pilots were killed.

Sarjamo scored 12,5 victories in total. (Brewster 6.5, Messerschmitt 6).

Nissinen (Knight of the Mannerheim Cross # 69) flew some 300 missions and scored 32,5 victories in total. (Fokker 4, Brewster 22,5, Messerschmitt 6).
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-04-2020, 19:04:11
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/99/54/6d9954ff59c337ebe54b9b7478b538e5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-04-2020, 06:04:13
(https://i.imgur.com/O22sc4H.jpg)

Destroyed Panthers (M.A.N., 10-11.44 prod.) from SS-Pz.Rgt. 12. Lausdell, 19 December 1944.
Spoiler
"On 18 December 1944, we carried out the ill-fated attack on Krinkelt–Rocherath, a perfect “Panzer graveyard.” The tanks of 1. Kompanie led the way, followed by our Kompanie under Brödel. I was lined up behind [SS-Oberscharführer Johann] Beutelhauser’s tank, my Zug leader. When I got to the vicinity of the church, I saw a theater of horror. Beutelhauser’s tank was hit in front of me. I could barely make out the position of the enemy antitank gun that hit him. Beutelhauser was able to jump off his tank and get to safety. I moved my tank to the protection of a house, unaware of what I would do next. Next to me was Brödel’s burning tank; he was slumped lifeless in the turret. Along the road in front of me, all the tanks had been knocked out and four of them were burning. Only one tank was still moving, I think Freier’s, and it withdrew towards the battalion command post under my covering fire.
The surviving Panzer crews used this opportunity to withdraw under the protection of our tank, barely avoiding being taken prisoner by the encircling American riflemen. [Battalion commander] Jürgensen’s tank showed up behind me. I was determined to get out of this hopeless situation and withdrew back beyond the cross-roads. But the crossroads were targeted by the American antitank gun. The first round missed and the second struck the track and hull on the side. Luckily none of the crew was killed. The radio was wrecked and the track broken. I followed Jürgensen’s instructions and backed up; the track slipped off and the tank bogged down once the road-wheels reached the mud." - Willi Fischer, a Panther commander, 3./SS-Pz.Rgt. 12
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2020, 19:04:03
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/c9d6977ce71a71efcc207c95529a5bda/tumblr_ml4rw5RF2B1s106eqo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-04-2020, 07:04:35
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/477768/45283359/17214742/17214742_800.jpg)

Mezhdunarodny prospekt, Leningrad. January 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-04-2020, 00:04:55
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/no-way-out-for-hitler.jpg)
Quote
‘No Way Out’. Sgt J D Eilbeck uses a portrait of Adolf Hitler to make a ‘no exit’ sign at 156th Brigade HQ, 3 – 4 April 1945.

From WW2 Today (http://ww2today.com/4-april-1945-the-germans-fall-back-in-increasing-disarray)
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Post by: nysä on 05-04-2020, 08:04:41
(https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-9df4333bd4c8b169288d44958be8466f)

Sandbag armour blown away by Panzerfaust. March 14, 1945.

Quote
"If the bags did nothing more, they were certainly a morale factor as the crews were thoroughly impressed with them."
- Col. George W. Coolidge, the War Department Observers Board.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-04-2020, 07:04:32
(https://i.imgur.com/HFlKYBM.jpg)

schwere Panzerjägerabteilung 525 in Italy 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2020, 19:04:50
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/3601b01a838c1d392e20e7de49124e2d/tumblr_o58ntsSXkS1tii3ypo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-04-2020, 07:04:34
(https://i.imgur.com/aVoBicY.jpg)

191st Tank Battalion in Aschaffenburg, April 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 08-04-2020, 06:04:58
(https://i.imgur.com/wXuCU3z.png)

StuG.Abt. 201. Overhauled StuG III Ausf. A with new running gear, jack, headlights, spare tracks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-04-2020, 07:04:15
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/477768/45283359/5599704/5599704_original.jpg)

Oberforsthaus, March-April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-04-2020, 19:04:16
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/59c94dd2b54b4906aeada71a5c42f18d/tumblr_ofcmy6Xlgi1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-04-2020, 07:04:49
(https://i.imgur.com/IQU4Dec.jpg)

Knocked out Panther Ausf. D (06-07.43 prod.) from Panzer-Ausbildungs-Verband "Ostsee". Rossow, April-May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-04-2020, 07:04:37
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETLpjoRWoAABYz0.jpg)
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Post by: Leopardi on 11-04-2020, 19:04:16
(https://i.imgur.com/HThwSXU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-04-2020, 07:04:00
(https://i.imgur.com/kYVPEuh.jpg)

Original colour slide of a Karelian eukterion, repurposed as a community barn. The trees have been cut down for "defense purposes" by the Soviets. 10 June 1942, Sununsuu (1941-1944; Kontupohjan piiri).
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Post by: Leopardi on 12-04-2020, 14:04:17
(https://i.imgur.com/7lDdZSZ.jpg)

Fresh soviet prisoners, Sept 15th 1941
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Post by: nysä on 13-04-2020, 08:04:19
(https://i.imgur.com/JvrCuFZ.jpg)

'Möbelwagen' 3.7 cm Flak 36/37.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-04-2020, 12:04:36
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/f36bf27df87490cd7c7492de6d182f4b/tumblr_of2agiT2Sr1ut8ktco1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-04-2020, 07:04:19
(https://i.imgur.com/sB02gYN.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 15-04-2020, 05:04:47
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sherman_tanks_of_the_Royal_Marines_Armoured_Support_Group%2C_Normandy%2C_13_June_1944._B5456.jpg/1273px-Sherman_tanks_of_the_Royal_Marines_Armoured_Support_Group%2C_Normandy%2C_13_June_1944._B5456.jpg)

The command Sherman of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group. Normandy, 13 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-04-2020, 19:04:42
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/63c29d2503c457cc1e110f84322e3c17/tumblr_of1yopxrA91tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-04-2020, 06:04:21
(https://i.imgur.com/6U5g66R.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-04-2020, 20:04:26
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/827524cd56af419fcdb9116a4c1ef26c/tumblr_of00m9hg7L1s27r5eo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-04-2020, 07:04:47
(https://i.imgur.com/wvyYLps.jpg)

Abandoned Marder III from Panzer-Ausbildungs-Verband "Thüringen". Hünfeld, 5-6 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-04-2020, 06:04:02
(https://i.imgur.com/XRD2BHr.jpg)

Northern Pomerania, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-04-2020, 06:04:10
(https://i.imgur.com/0F5WeUd.jpg)

Staszów before (10.1944) and after (~2015).

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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-04-2020, 10:04:44
(http://www.mollymanning.com/author/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo24.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-04-2020, 06:04:16
(https://external-preview.redd.it/3Q0Whyx2PFJA6n6uQ-5Yhx9-nvsFSKa_mzajMe-X6vE.jpg?auto=webp&s=b1bc89215b63e8645a065769de175feb4906ee0a)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 20-04-2020, 15:04:52
(https://i.imgur.com/Qz6n2ck.jpg)

Quote
Here a pair of T-34 Model 1942 tanks with tank desant troops move to the front. These vehicles have the extensive applique armor peculiar to the Leningrad Front. This type of applique armor was developed by tank rebuilding plants inside Leningrad especially Plant No. 27.

The troops also look to have PPD-40s & a PPD 34/38.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-04-2020, 07:04:17
(https://i.imgur.com/KL5AVqE.jpg)

7th RWF M10 knocked out by StuG from s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 559. The M10 crew managed to bail out in time from the burning TD. ’s-Hertogenbosch, 26 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-04-2020, 07:04:59
(https://i.imgur.com/2IN1Xj6.jpg)

6th Guards Tank Corps in Przemyśl, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-04-2020, 06:04:09
(https://i.imgur.com/NaS2Abg.jpg)

Tiger from schwere Panzerabteilung 504 destroyed by its crew in Massa Lombarda, April 1945.
Spoiler
The battalion destroyed approx. 100 enemy tanks during its deployment in Italy. Of the losses, 82 Tigers were destroyed by their own crews.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-04-2020, 19:04:07
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/e79e97f6c71d6e93a550e4c0075e85f2/tumblr_mf1oazzhWo1reg6u1o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-04-2020, 06:04:25
(https://i.imgur.com/fUnoScp.jpg)

Kowel 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-04-2020, 06:04:38
(https://i.imgur.com/GnJazt0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-04-2020, 07:04:26
(https://i.imgur.com/J2M4FBt.jpg)

Kiestinki, 21 August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-04-2020, 05:04:41
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/0f/67/750f673a925b7f653179c9a4c58da5f7.jpg)

Upper Normandy, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-04-2020, 21:04:04
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8615/28297146514_50b6e6dd38_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-04-2020, 08:04:10
Seth, that's a nice set of four StuG III Ausf. F/8 - named Ulla, Erika, Gerda and Nanni - from 14. Luftwaffen-Felddivision. This unit spent the entire WWII doing garrison duties in Norway, and they surrendered peacefully to the Allies in May 1945. The Norwegian Army and NATO forces rehearsed with those StuGs until early 50s.



(https://i.imgur.com/p3aejSj.jpg)

12. SS-Panzerdivision in Belgium, March 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-04-2020, 19:04:02
Nice story !
i still wonder why they went off-road just for a few meters :P
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-04-2020, 08:04:58
(https://i.imgur.com/Uc55aSq.jpg)

SU-76Ms entering the town of Aunus, 25 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-04-2020, 06:04:53
(https://i.imgur.com/gaDnc2V.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-05-2020, 07:05:02
(https://i.imgur.com/jg94dMh.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-05-2020, 07:05:56
(https://i.imgur.com/Q6IImli.jpg)

Cleaning up sniper nests. Nürnberg, 20 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-05-2020, 06:05:29
(https://i.imgur.com/1pPwydL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-05-2020, 07:05:50
(https://i.imgur.com/pKqYHrC.jpg)

Panthers from 11. Panzer-Division after the capitulation on 4 May 1945, somewhere in Bayern.
Spoiler
Note the hard edged Olivgrün RAL 6003 and Rotbraun RAL 8017 camouflage, applied to the last 15-20 Panthers assembled by M.A.N. at Grafenwöhr, April 1945.

(https://i.imgur.com/iWNdJVP.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-05-2020, 11:05:47
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/9f115ce92347b9ec172044ad5e85e8c0/tumblr_oe6fj8N5oG1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-05-2020, 07:05:14
(https://i.imgur.com/kfqPsTw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-05-2020, 06:05:23
(https://i.imgur.com/ug6KjcZ.jpg)

Kowel, April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-05-2020, 06:05:11
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/bcd8e8522187562910c497f96da06770/tumblr_mg3nohmTwG1qk6uvyo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-05-2020, 12:05:53
that' pic is from "SS im west" in 1940


(https://66.media.tumblr.com/acd14e8bb827a3506469da6e7e19e299/tumblr_oe7qy6QGoG1rqpszmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 07-05-2020, 21:05:29
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/671762599255343105/707945889179893810/KNIL_Overvalwagen.jpg)

Overvalwagen, locally built Braat APCs for the Dutch KNIL forces in the East Indies, which saw some combat in Java in March of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-05-2020, 07:05:10
Seth, another classic there - I./Pz.Rgt.26 with GD Grenadiers in Wilkowischken, August 1944.



(https://i.imgur.com/LFZ3BHz.jpg)

The 3rd Guards Tank Army on the outskirts of Dresden, 8 May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-05-2020, 06:05:39
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sanitarnie-sobaki-RKKA_1945_Germany_author-V_Faminskiy.jpg)

Seelow Heights, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-05-2020, 10:05:30
(https://i.imgur.com/2hfcwEj.jpg)

One of T-34s captured by 3./StuG.Abt. 197 close to Poltava, October 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-05-2020, 10:05:26
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/236e388d6f8d0560ca33549ef806e9d8/tumblr_mpzw9hhVAv1reh0fqo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-05-2020, 08:05:45
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c6/27/fd/c627fd6a168a307634523d5152608e94.jpg)

The South Saskatchewan Regiment in Rocquencourt, 11 August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-05-2020, 14:05:28
A wagon that schwimms :D and one of the guys seems to have found a G43 somewhere along the way. That’s really cool. There looks to be a marking of a triangle inside a rectangle on the front of the vehicle, wonder if it’s Canadian, I’ll have to look it up.

EDIT: I’d imagine it’s more than likely a formation sign for the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division with the rest of the maple leaf covered up.
(https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehicles/markings/2divminia.gif)

The ‘69’ in a red square unit marking is probably on the other side.

Here’s another;
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/48/944/large_000000.jpg)

“Men of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, painting divisional and arm of service markings on a German Schwimmwagen captured from 12th SS Panzer Division (HitlerJugend), 6 July 1944.”
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-05-2020, 06:05:41
(https://1gr.cz/fotky/idnes/15/051/org/ERP5affa7_120_mb_nalet_AAgun.jpg)

Withdrawal through Mladá Boleslav, 8 May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-05-2020, 19:05:20
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/cc46826f73ef6a74425dbf12882f64a9/tumblr_oel438kzBA1spfzgqo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-05-2020, 07:05:02
Seth, that's another one from 14. Luftwaffen-Felddivision. Note the Tropen 2 camo scheme.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/dqnazrO.jpg)



(https://i.imgur.com/ZmFwMuI.jpg)

StuG III Ausf G. (Alkett, 12.43-03.44 prod).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-05-2020, 19:05:47
Damned ! your ref folder must be huge to know them ;)

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/e86690a447c4a7e46e4aea631b5444fc/tumblr_odkzgbZ4lB1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-05-2020, 07:05:50
Just let me know if you ever need chassis numbers of those StuGs  :)



(https://i.imgur.com/0GgVPc7.jpg)

Destroyed early M4A3 (Ford rebuild) from the 1st Div. Rottbitze, 20 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-05-2020, 05:05:38
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/7b3c101d60e23da55eb8ef445ce2c0e8/53adccd7de327b34-dc/s1280x1920/d500f6ce10f55dc8e7d91be8262a102cc74f3a6a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-05-2020, 19:05:33
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803098&role=image&size=variable)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-05-2020, 09:05:46
(https://i.imgur.com/nRV9s79.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-05-2020, 06:05:37
(https://i.imgur.com/pIk9mgc.jpg)

Koniev's First Ukrainian Front passing destroyed Panzer IV/70 (final prod.), likely from 20. Panzergrenadier-Division. The south of Berlin, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 17-05-2020, 20:05:20
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803098&role=image&size=variable)
What's that? The BEF with some puny AT gun? Looks like a pack howi, but that's not it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-05-2020, 22:05:24
 ;) i've posted just for you. Those are dutch soldiers. The website is (filtered):
https://geheugen.delpher.nl/en/geheugen/results?query=Soldaten+1939+Mobilisatie&page=1&maxperpage=36&coll=ngvn

(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803093&role=image&size=variable)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 18-05-2020, 00:05:54
Thanks man! Nice, Delpher is a great site, also for written sources like newspapers.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-05-2020, 07:05:52
(https://i.imgur.com/ID6ynLH.jpg)

Scharnhorst, 1940-1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-05-2020, 06:05:09
(https://i.imgur.com/yIOIvVq.jpg)

Knocked out Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. E from 5./Pz.Rgt. 3, 2. Pz.Div., France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-05-2020, 07:05:38
(https://i.imgur.com/Pj97IGR.jpg)

HG Nord.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-05-2020, 06:05:25
(https://collection.nam.ac.uk/images/960/101000-101999/101008.jpg)

Top view of a burned-out Jagdpanther, destroyed by Sgt. Middleton's PIAT in south of Stokt (Belgium). This was one of four s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 559 Jagpanthers destroyed on 11 September 1944.
Spoiler
"Jagdpanther was heading back towards Geel, infantry riding on top, when it struck C Company 8th DLI south of the hamlet of Skokt. It had not been possible to get AT-guns to C Company the previous night, but still C Company fired with every weapon they had. The enemy fired back and the Jagdpanther bore straight for Company HQ, but stopped just 40 meters from it. Right away Sgt J.K. Middleton, commanding a section of the carrier platoon, crawled about 40 meters with a PIAT and with his first shot disabled the Jagdpanther. The explosion killed numerous Germans and the survivors who tried to flee were machine-gunned by Middleton."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-05-2020, 08:05:00
(https://i.imgur.com/mTLyW9c.jpg)

The 1st Belorussian Front in Łódź, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-05-2020, 07:05:57
(https://i.imgur.com/3MvMZUc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-05-2020, 10:05:13
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/21/2a/6e/212a6efe0649b0bbca8c27393fea2b89.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-05-2020, 06:05:33
(https://i.imgur.com/vMMGzR0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-05-2020, 05:05:10
(https://i.imgur.com/X91rPxx.jpg)

Tiger knocked out by IS-2 or/and used as a hard target. Tarnopol, late April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-05-2020, 06:05:13
(https://i.imgur.com/lyTigzF.jpg)

Aunus-Juoksiala, 5 September 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-05-2020, 08:05:45
(https://i.imgur.com/LG3QkQU.jpg)

Sturmbatterie 659 in France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 27-05-2020, 15:05:00
Stug III ausf A, Sdkfz 250, Lorraine, civilian car, SiG 33? Or is it a French artygun?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-05-2020, 20:05:59
it is also a nice pic of a Lorraine truck from the 26e bcc which fought at Flavion  ;)

here an other pic of the location: Guise
(https://www.aisne.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/008-2ndeGuerre-1940-Guise-allemands.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-05-2020, 06:05:52
Stug III ausf A, Sdkfz 250, Lorraine, civilian car, SiG 33? Or is it a French artygun?

Not sIG 33, perhaps a French 105mm? Seth?



(https://i.imgur.com/ou7wkRf.jpg)

Quote
"The shatterproof glass on a hatch of the driver-mechanic... was made from wretched yellow or green plexiglass, which produced a completely distorted, waving view. To identify something through such safety glass, especially in a jolting tank, was impossible. Thus, the war was fought with slightly open hatches."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-05-2020, 06:05:50
(https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article19554686.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_httpscdnimagesdailystarcoukdynamic122photos13000900x738991013)

SAS in Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2020, 20:05:23
Stug III ausf A, Sdkfz 250, Lorraine, civilian car, SiG 33? Or is it a French artygun?

Not sIG 33, perhaps a French 105mm? Seth?

It is a 155 mm Court Mle 1917

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/68dd5f4ba9cd0f11ff2baed486eb78ac/tumblr_ndt5i8EnJr1twnooqo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-05-2020, 06:05:41

It is a 155 mm Court Mle 1917

Hefty. Thanks for the info  :)



(https://i.imgur.com/vHOloVv.jpg)

LAH in Kharkov 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-05-2020, 07:05:37
(https://i.imgur.com/rVJMogq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-06-2020, 06:06:21
(https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2002.337.213_1.jpg)

San Giorgio a Liri, 17 May 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 01-06-2020, 20:06:53
Stug III ausf A, Sdkfz 250, Lorraine, civilian car, SiG 33? Or is it a French artygun?

Not sIG 33, perhaps a French 105mm? Seth?

It is a 155 mm Court Mle 1917
Four out of five, I've done worse  ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 01-06-2020, 21:06:26
Stug III ausf A, Sdkfz 250, Lorraine, civilian car, SiG 33? Or is it a French artygun?

Not sIG 33, perhaps a French 105mm? Seth?

It is a 155 mm Court Mle 1917
Four out of five, I've done worse  ;)

civilian car was an easy guess !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-06-2020, 07:06:24
Four out of five, I've done worse  ;)

Yes, well done. I think even most historians would fail to spot that StuG III Ausf. A.



(https://i.imgur.com/vllehmJ.jpg)

3./Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring" in Sicily, July 1943.
Spoiler
"HG" claimed the destruction of 56 Allied tanks for the loss of 4 x StuG and 3 x StuH, whereas 17 x Tigers from 2./s.Pz.Abt 504, attached to the "HG", were nearly all destroyed between 11-14 July after claiming approx. 16 Allied tanks.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-06-2020, 19:06:55
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/2d07f5d6bdd205fc95e6081cef21d6a8/tumblr_oecvwwF9OV1tcucayo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-06-2020, 06:06:09
Seth - that's a second Pz.Slf.IV within a month. A hint, perhaps? Belarus map coming up? Stalingrad?  :o



(https://i.imgur.com/hfN2w6y.jpg)

Panzer-Abteilung (Fl) 100.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-06-2020, 06:06:09
(https://i.imgur.com/9MPEYl4.jpg)

A column of knocked out Kangaroos of 'F' Squadron, 49APCR. Winterswijk, 30 March 1945.
Spoiler
"A total of eight Kangaroos were destroyed, as well as a Stuart Tank that was leading the column. First disabling the leading Stuart, then the rearmost Kangaroo. The column of armour, traveling on a raised roadbed near the village of Winterswijk, was picked off one by one by a lone StuG III Ausf. G. Only one Kangaroo in the column managed to escape.
The British Kangaroo Regiment had just added a third fighting Squadron of Kangaroos the week before, converting 52nd Royal Tank Regiment to ‘F’ Squadron 49APCR.
It was the inexperienced troop’s first taste of combat which resulted in one Kangaroo crewman killed (Cpl. Webber) as well as several infantrymen of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Some burned alive in the disabled Kangaroos."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-06-2020, 20:06:10
Seth - that's a second Pz.Slf.IV within a month. A hint, perhaps? Belarus map coming up? Stalingrad?  :o
Sorry to disappoint you but i'm focusing on France40 until we release it !

(https://www.aisne.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/004-2ndeGuerre-1940-char-allemand.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-06-2020, 03:06:14
Technically 1 image ;D but really a sequence of images showing the progress of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway 78 years ago today.

(https://i.imgur.com/IvHdEYp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-06-2020, 05:06:54
Seth - that's a second Pz.Slf.IV within a month. A hint, perhaps? Belarus map coming up? Stalingrad?  :o
Sorry to disappoint you but i'm focusing on France40 until we release it !

Just curious! Cannot wait for the Blitzkrieg  ;)



(https://i.imgur.com/Cmnnez8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 05-06-2020, 13:06:02
Anymore info on that pic? Looks like drivers of the Red Ball Express having a photo op next to a Panzer I, so I'd guess somewhere in France, 44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-06-2020, 14:06:18
This one is a mystery, even to the owner of the photograph. But yes, the year is 1944-45.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 06-06-2020, 05:06:50
(https://i.imgur.com/Li0qgTs.jpg)

Suursaari September 17th 1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-06-2020, 07:06:27
(http://archives.ecpad.fr/wp-content/gallery/le-general-de-monsabert-rend-visite-aux-troupes-qui-viennent-de-penetrer-en-allemagne/TERRE-10246-L13.jpg)

Scheibenhardt, occupied by the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment, after being shelled by the Algerian Infantry Division. March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-06-2020, 07:06:32
(https://i.imgur.com/wgQrUsc.jpg)

Destroyed Befehlspanther Ausf. A, somewhere in Germany 1945.
Ed: likely the "Cologne Panther", with additional target shooting damage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-06-2020, 19:06:02
(https://i.imgur.com/VcHPzrj.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-06-2020, 06:06:21
(https://i.imgur.com/Vt5ePow.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-06-2020, 05:06:18
(https://i.imgur.com/eFzSL2q.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-06-2020, 14:06:03
3rd Panzer Dvision? I wonder what color the numbers are.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-06-2020, 16:06:39
Yup. Red numbers with white outlines.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-06-2020, 17:06:42
It's interesting because the majority of 3.PzDiv tank photos seem to have 'hollow' numbers with just the white outline. But certainly a few show the insides colored like most of 7.PzDiv. Even this kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen I seems to only have white outlines in some photos, but then a clear coloring in another;
(https://erenow.net/ww/panzers-sand-1935-1941-v-1-history-panzer-regiment-5/panzers-sand-1935-1941-v-1-history-panzer-regiment-5.files/image277.jpg)
(https://erenow.net/ww/panzers-sand-1935-1941-v-1-history-panzer-regiment-5/panzers-sand-1935-1941-v-1-history-panzer-regiment-5.files/image278.jpg)
(https://erenow.net/ww/panzers-sand-1935-1941-v-1-history-panzer-regiment-5/panzers-sand-1935-1941-v-1-history-panzer-regiment-5.files/image279.jpg)

Do you think there's any credence to the idea that the colors may have been based on the traditional bayonet-knot scheme? So multicolored to some extent?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-06-2020, 20:06:52
(https://www.aisne.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/012-2ndeGuerre-1940-char-allemands.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-06-2020, 07:06:13
I think so. The Germans had quite loose standardization in the numbering (incl. the colours) used during the French campaign, but it was getting "there". I have only read "To The Gates of Moscow with the 3rd Panzer Division", so that's my sole source on this colour topic. I'll ask around if anyone has some slides from the spring of 1940.



(https://i.imgur.com/jeePYsy.jpg)

Montreal Locomotive Works, 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 10-06-2020, 08:06:11
(https://i.imgur.com/4TLloyR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-06-2020, 06:06:30
(https://i.imgur.com/6Do5zx0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-06-2020, 05:06:04
(https://i.imgur.com/oz5I1FG.jpg)

Marder I auf Geschutzwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f).
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: As a safety precaution, the driver had to dismount while the Pak was being fired (as the decking was only 3.5 mm thick). Refer: Panzer Tracts 7-2, the French Tank Museum
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-06-2020, 06:06:28
(https://i.imgur.com/iAwMqTh.jpg)

Finnish troops and StuG.Brig. 303, June 1944. The StuG was assembled in the spring of '44 by Alkett.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-06-2020, 08:06:38
Thats cool! Never seen this one before.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-06-2020, 08:06:37
There are plenty more at ECPAD archives ;) They are just not categorized that well, but thanks to my French connection...
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2020, 10:06:25
that's the way to get Flippy interested with France 40 (which is also featured in ECPAD archives) !

(https://www.aisne.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/018-2ndeguerre-1940-char-allemand.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 13-06-2020, 11:06:13
that's the way to get Flippy interested with France 40 (which is also featured in ECPAD archives) !

Finnish volunteer force in France 1940?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-06-2020, 06:06:57
(https://i.imgur.com/DSk3jKs.jpg)

The 73rd Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, Petsamo-Kirkenes 1944.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: In 18 days of combat (in the northern Arctic), the regiment used 4,270 main-gun rounds, 90,000 rounds in the co-axial MG, 70,000 MP rounds and 530 grenades.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-06-2020, 05:06:59
(https://i.imgur.com/3Kr3XC6.jpg)

Abandoned s.Pz.Abt. 501 field workshop, Porto Farina (Tunis) 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-06-2020, 09:06:53
(https://i.imgur.com/0tl9hWY.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-06-2020, 05:06:50
(https://i.imgur.com/7ncHWhx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-06-2020, 07:06:59
(https://i.imgur.com/12m4zDG.jpg)

StuG IV (12.44-01.45 prod.) from 4. Panzerdivision, destroyed by Il-2 in the south of Kielpin, mid-February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-06-2020, 20:06:12
(https://www.aisne.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/006-2ndeGuerre-1940-LaCapelle-canonabandonne%CC%81s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-06-2020, 05:06:34
(https://i.imgur.com/fjWkaGM.jpg)

Pz.Rgt.6, 3.Pz.Div. France 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-06-2020, 05:06:54
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/167Div_author-F_Grasser.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-06-2020, 06:06:57
(https://i.imgur.com/3UWLYfB.jpg)

SdKfz 251/9s destroyed by the Ninth Air Force. Luxembourg, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 20-06-2020, 09:06:32
I always enjoy the picture of the day! Where do you find such gems?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-06-2020, 11:06:42
(https://www.militaryimages.net/media/stug-40.5755/full?d=1521488008)

"StuG 40 in September 1944 after uparmouring."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-06-2020, 06:06:45
I always enjoy the picture of the day! Where do you find such gems?

Happy to hear! Pictures come from various sources, from own collection (books, photographs), fellow collectors, archives (NARA, ECPAD, TsAMO, museums...), misc WWII groups and such.


"StuG 40 in September 1944 after uparmouring."

Ps.531-30, served as a training vehicle during the war.



(https://i.imgur.com/oI6S1LO.jpg)

Miss Julie Santos, one of many Manila girls who serves coffee at the YMCA to American soldiers, offers a try to Pvt. Ruben Leibovitz, left front; Pfc. Garrett Scott, driver, and Sgt. Ben Pittitan, a former Filipino scout and guerrilla who joined the 37th Div. after they landed in the north. Manila, P.I., 7 February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-06-2020, 05:06:51
(https://i.imgur.com/Fb6ZhrQ.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw III Ausf. G, France 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 23-06-2020, 06:06:09
(https://i.imgur.com/QqURGj0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-06-2020, 05:06:38
(https://i.imgur.com/7WsEk1j.jpg)

Damaged StuG III Ausf. E from StuG.Abt. 249, Kerch Peninsula 1942.
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Post by: Leopardi on 24-06-2020, 15:06:14
(https://i.imgur.com/UD5PDgk.jpg)

Winter war Renault FT-17 still laying around in Terenttilä, July 25th 1942
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Post by: nysä on 25-06-2020, 05:06:28
(https://i.imgur.com/4mwu1Uc.jpg)

B-25C "PopEye" (Mitchell serial number N5-134) from No. 18 (NEI) Squadron. 
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/N5-134.html
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Post by: nysä on 26-06-2020, 04:06:22
(https://i.imgur.com/OD0KWjs.jpg)

Wedding, north-western Berlin. The summer of 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-06-2020, 19:06:08
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803086&role=image&size=variable)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-06-2020, 06:06:06
(https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/3/7/6/13617673.jpg)

German arms collected for the photographer on 23 June 1944 at Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, the command post for the 29th Div.
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Post by: nysä on 28-06-2020, 07:06:22
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Photo-le-molay-littry-2-1944.jpg/1200px-Photo-le-molay-littry-2-1944.jpg)

Abandoned Pz.Kpfw 35 R 731 (f) from 3./schnelleabteilung 517, 716.ID. The west of Littry, 20 June 1944. Third co. was equipped with 9 x MG, 4 x mortar, 2 x Pak 40 and 5 x Pz.Kpfw 35 R 731 (f).

Spoiler
Trivia-bit: There were ~90 battle-ready Pz.Kpfw 35 R 731 (f) with various garrison units in the West, according to a report dated Jan 1944.
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Post by: Leopardi on 28-06-2020, 12:06:20
(https://i.imgur.com/ynBFwdf.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-06-2020, 05:06:05
(https://i.imgur.com/geUMVA3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-06-2020, 06:06:17
(https://sun9-12.userapi.com/c853428/v853428983/143994/zGJtcgQhXh4.jpg)

Ferntrauung
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Post by: nysä on 01-07-2020, 05:07:16
(https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/49/379/large_000000.jpg)

Udenhout, 29 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-07-2020, 06:07:09
(https://i.imgur.com/hGC6n4B.jpg)

Abandoned Tiger I from s.Pz.Abt. (Fkl) 301. Soon after knocking out T26E3 “Fireball”, Tiger reserved into the rubble of house and became immobilized. Elsdorf, 26–27 February 1945.
Spoiler
According to the report dated 1 March '45, s.Pz.Abt. (Fkl) 301 had 15 x Tiger I in the inventory but only few remained combat-ready until the end of war.
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Post by: nysä on 03-07-2020, 06:07:39
(https://i.imgur.com/cBKdcWl.jpg)

"Near Berlin", April 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-07-2020, 19:07:00
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803113&role=image&size=variable)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-07-2020, 06:07:30
(https://i.imgur.com/IBrQD0h.jpg)

Dog beach, after the initial assault. 6 June 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 05-07-2020, 06:07:33
(https://i.imgur.com/k5Cx6SP.jpg)

gr.Pz.Bef.Wg. Ausf. E from II.Abt/Pz.Rgt. 5 - or 3.Pz.Div, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Slayer on 05-07-2020, 15:07:54
German arms collected for the photographer on 23 June 1944 at Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, the command post for the 29th Div.
Those "German arms" contain American, Russian and French arms too ;)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-07-2020, 05:07:41
Right. It's quite fascinating to find Soviet pieces being used in the West, from hand grenades to 7.62cm Pak 39(r) to 8.5/8.8cm FlaK M39(r), let alone various WWI-era weapons.



(https://i.imgur.com/TcH8hk4.jpg)

Somewhere in Northern France, Autumn 1944.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: Wehrmacht still possessed 145 Pak 97/38 and FK 231(f) on 1 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-07-2020, 06:07:43
(https://i.imgur.com/aDV4yey.jpg)

30th Division, 9th U.S. Army moving through Wesel, in pursuit of the fleeing 116 Panzerdivision, March 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 08-07-2020, 05:07:34
(https://i.imgur.com/Zbin5jN.jpg)

Streetcars of Breslau being turned into street barricades, February 1945. The cars were often tipped over to provide the best protection against the enemy fire.
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Post by: nysä on 09-07-2020, 05:07:10
(https://i.imgur.com/IjpLc13.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. G from KG Käther, destroyed by Il-2. Close to Muskauer Straße (Berlin), April 1945.
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Post by: Leopardi on 09-07-2020, 15:07:59
(https://scontent-hel2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p960x960/107893971_576123183096330_8784152123867758316_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=l-D2HLMkJWkAX-LBHf1&_nc_ht=scontent-hel2-1.xx&_nc_tp=6&oh=c04799cdd4a5c4125771bcc2e5dcd498&oe=5F2C56DB)

Beware of snipers! April 18, 1943, Rajajoki.
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Post by: nysä on 10-07-2020, 06:07:38
(https://i.imgur.com/l9ctEYU.jpg)

Chevrolet G7107 Cargo in Berlin, April-May 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-07-2020, 19:07:13
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/a6ae9f5fa7df7835a2f1d8ff14031b1f/tumblr_o1wm6yTCbK1u9x6d5o1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 11-07-2020, 06:07:02
(https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/7/0/8/7233807.jpg)

SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Totenkopf” in Bajna area, January 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 12-07-2020, 06:07:12
(https://i.imgur.com/HXakA32.jpg)

Three T-70s knocked out by StuG.Brig. 276. East Prussia, August 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 13-07-2020, 06:07:49
(https://i.imgur.com/NJCbVXQ.jpg)

155 H/17 in defense of Rukajärvi, 24 August 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 14-07-2020, 06:07:54
(https://i.imgur.com/w5O0bUt.jpg)

M3A1s from 563rd Separate Tank Battalion. Ozereika Bay, 4 February 1943.
Spoiler
On the night of 3-4 February 1943, Soviet forces staged amphibious landing on the either side of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The amphibious landing at Ozereika Bay included an attempted landing by 33 M3L tanks of 563rd Separate Tank Battalion. Half of the tanks were trapped when their barge was hit by German artillery fire, preventing them from landing. Other were dropped in deep water and their engines were flooded. About a dozen made it to shore, some fighting their way into the nearby towns. The attack was crushed by German coastal artillery fire and over a thousand infantry and tanks were captured or killed. It was a disaster similar to the ill-fated Dieppe Raid of 1942. 
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Post by: nysä on 15-07-2020, 06:07:01
(https://i.imgur.com/jBxsCmT.jpg)

Panther Ausf. G, knocked out by two 76 mm rounds, killing three crew members. Hill 188 (Hungary), January 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-07-2020, 11:07:12
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8110/8518468277_406ca0f5f3_k.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 16-07-2020, 06:07:48
(https://i.imgur.com/S8deFYI.jpg)

3./StuG.Brig. 303 on Karelian Isthmus, the summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-07-2020, 04:07:28
(https://i.imgur.com/ft7Ovgx.jpg)

France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-07-2020, 10:07:06
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8391/8514705589_50acd2b8cf_h.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 18-07-2020, 05:07:53
(https://i.imgur.com/RrslBAM.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw 35 R 731 (f) destroyed by PIAT on the crossroads at Dorpsstraat and Houtstraat (Brecht), late September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-07-2020, 06:07:21
(https://i.imgur.com/BLQ8WBi.jpg)

Berlin, May 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2020, 10:07:26
nice little collection

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/cbe7d0c1a6304b9949c3b6834d32e6a4/tumblr_od8yyo9aHC1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-07-2020, 06:07:10
Seth - The armoured cover of the smoke grenade rack is missing on that Ausf. B but heck, you can always hang the mandatory/multiuse zinc bucket from it  :)

Hopefully, we'll get to see StuG III Ausf. A in the French campaign. It should have good ability to "blow some smoke" - with five smoke grenades on the rear and 10 x Nebelgranaten on board. And the speed, it could hit over 60 km/hr; it's rather telling that all Ausf. A required transmission and engine swaps after the French campaign (10 gear S.R.G.32 8 145 replaced by 6 gear S.S.G.77).



(https://i.imgur.com/tn44Pwy.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. A from Sturmbatterie 660, that got stuck in mud while supporting the infantry attack on Xertigny, 18 June 1940.
Spoiler
After knocking down a street barricade, StuG drove through thick stone wall and got stuck on marshy meadows behind it.
Uffz. Heinrich Engel fought with his Ausf. A until the end of 1941, until it skidded down the 10-meter deep slope into the Shosha river. By that time, StuG had over 7,000 km in pedometer.
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Post by: nysä on 21-07-2020, 05:07:03
(https://i.imgur.com/RTSQawm.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 22-07-2020, 05:07:33
(https://i.imgur.com/ux1xz2Y.jpg)

Karelian Isthmus, the summer of 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-07-2020, 19:07:12
Hopefully, we'll get to see StuG III Ausf. A in the French campaign.
:) i hope too

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8518/8518448857_f70b17d2c6_c.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 23-07-2020, 04:07:38
(https://i.imgur.com/Rg2Kbp6.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 24-07-2020, 06:07:32
(https://i.imgur.com/t55Jiq4.jpg)

Ihantala-Vakkila, 24 July 1944.
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Post by: Leopardi on 24-07-2020, 15:07:00
(https://i.imgur.com/jwWT0fx.jpg)

Fiat starts up. Römpötti, October 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-07-2020, 08:07:54
(https://i.imgur.com/dN99A0N.jpg)
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Post by: Leopardi on 26-07-2020, 00:07:27
(http://www.suomensotilas.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Suomipanssarit.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-07-2020, 06:07:03
(https://i.imgur.com/2kyySYI.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 26-07-2020, 10:07:27
The photo above posted by Leopardi is interesting. It has me wondering, what is the third Russian tank in the line? Thanks if anyone could help.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 26-07-2020, 10:07:20
The fourth tank as well! Thanks.
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Post by: Flippy Warbear on 26-07-2020, 10:07:44
Not a russian tank, its a Landsverk Anti II. Fourth one is the BT-42.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 27-07-2020, 01:07:23
I know the BT-42, but the Landsverk Anti II is new to me. Thanks. Learning stuff all the time.
Keep those pictures coming.....
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Post by: Redbadd on 30-07-2020, 13:07:40
(http://www.zuidfront-holland1940.nl/uploads/images/photos/hires900/NL-186.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-07-2020, 15:07:47
(https://i.imgur.com/wy8TooC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-08-2020, 06:08:09
(https://i.imgur.com/Sq5B1lC.jpg)

Stalingrad 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-08-2020, 06:08:37
(https://i.imgur.com/yalsUrW.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-08-2020, 07:08:36
(https://i.imgur.com/8QxkGue.jpg)

StuG.Brig. 249 in Ukraine, March 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 03-08-2020, 13:08:47
Wow, great photo. T-34 tracks on front. Looks like concrete extra protection on top hull. Is that a 105mm gun? Maybe a StuH?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-08-2020, 15:08:18
Yes, that's StuH 42 from early 1944 production line with a generous layer of concrete to eliminate the potential shot traps.
Note the muzzle brake from 10,5 cm leFH 18/40 often seen on StuHs built in early 1944 (stop-gap solution). On a related note, StuH 42 production numbers doubled between May-November 1944, and they still managed to squeeze out another ~192 in 1945.
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Post by: Gregb1955 on 04-08-2020, 02:08:16
Thanks, great information.  I checked the armour penetration details of the StuH 10.5cm. It is the same as the StuG 7.5cm! The larger gun used a HEAT round to penetrate 100mm. Surprised me, I thought it would be higher. Live and learn.
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Post by: A L A N on 04-08-2020, 02:08:32
Seth - The armoured cover of the smoke grenade rack is missing on that Ausf. B but heck, you can always hang the mandatory/multiuse zinc bucket from it  :)

Hopefully, we'll get to see StuG III Ausf. A in the French campaign. It should have good ability to "blow some smoke" - with five smoke grenades on the rear and 10 x Nebelgranaten on board. And the speed, it could hit over 60 km/hr; it's rather telling that all Ausf. A required transmission and engine swaps after the French campaign (10 gear S.R.G.32 8 145 replaced by 6 gear S.S.G.77).



(https://i.imgur.com/tn44Pwy.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. A from Sturmbatterie 660, that got stuck in mud while supporting the infantry attack on Xertigny, 18 June 1940.
Spoiler
After knocking down a street barricade, StuG drove through thick stone wall and got stuck on marshy meadows behind it.
Uffz. Heinrich Engel fought with his Ausf. A until the end of 1941, until it skidded down the 10-meter deep slope into the Shosha river. By that time, StuG had over 7,000 km in pedometer.


Incredible!, I go far, And I shut up in the worst way ...!, It is always nice and you learn a lot seeing each image with your description, Sometimes I take a walk around here for this reason, Keep it up, I learn more and more and I inform each detail of each vehicle!, A big greeting and I hope you are taking care friend  :) ;)
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Post by: nysä on 04-08-2020, 07:08:06
Thanks a lot for the kind words, I am really glad to hear guys :)

Gregb1955 - StuH 42 was quite versatile by 1944 standards with a wide variety of ammunition and fuzes available - some of them exclusively made for StuH 42 only. And according to some late war reports, StuH 42 could engage thicker skinned Soviet AFVS at greater ranges, while with StuK L/48 it was necessary to allow opponents to come in much closer.

The Army Group Ukraine South reported from 26 June 1944: "The Assault Howitzer continues to perform brilliantly. Ricochet fire has greatest effect. Successfully defeating tanks at up to 1 200 meters. Concentrated fire of several Assault Howitzers proved highly effective against larger pockets of resistance"

StuG.Brig. 177 stated:
"The Assault Howitzer 42, deployed together with the Assault Gun, has performed outstandingly. Rounds with impact fuzes on are highly effective on soft targets. When challenging tanks, the effect of the hollow-charge (which, as a result of its caliber and the howitzer charge, has none of the defects of the 7.5 cm HEAT round) was invariably successful. "

Another late war action report can be found from the StuG.Brig 244 unit diary (later released as "Iron Cross Brigade"), where two StuH wiped down a Soviet armoured ambush positioned at the edge of forest, while securing the flank during the withdrawal.

It's also interesting to see how the Sturmgeschütz was back to an infantry support role by late 1943 to spring 1944: "24 StuG units on the Eastern Front fired a total of 315,280 rounds of which 83.7% were fired against unarmoured targets such as infantry, buildings and soft skinned vehicles."




(https://i.imgur.com/6CBE8X2.jpg)

Croatia 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 04-08-2020, 18:08:12
(https://i.imgur.com/EeonGRw.png)

Soldiers of the 4th Polish People's Guard Battalion of the Socialist Party in Żoliborz with a captured MG42 during the Warsaw Uprising, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-08-2020, 06:08:28
(https://i.imgur.com/fTujrcp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 05-08-2020, 14:08:24
(https://i.imgur.com/hTbQzgZ.jpg)

Ihantala aerial picture
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-08-2020, 05:08:56
(https://i.imgur.com/VPyjn2H.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-08-2020, 07:08:51
(https://i.imgur.com/NlgpiQY.jpg)

Near Merville, 22 August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-08-2020, 05:08:58
(https://i.imgur.com/ANOU5AY.jpg)

Western Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-08-2020, 11:08:44
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8378/8518226769_853ab49dbc_k.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-08-2020, 07:08:45
(https://i.imgur.com/6txU09I.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-08-2020, 06:08:54
(https://i.imgur.com/hGnR4vZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-08-2020, 06:08:07
(https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2019-06/5/16/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-06/sub-buzz-27230-1559765406-1.jpg)

The roof of Fort du Homet, Cherbourg, June 1944.
Pst. Hopefully, some of these upcoming French/German arms/AFVs will make their appearance on certain 1944 maps as well… :)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-08-2020, 05:08:52
(https://i.imgur.com/3NaBRbi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 13-08-2020, 04:08:20
(https://i.imgur.com/ye80XsS.jpg)


Finnish "gunboat".
Läskelä, Jänisjoki 1941.08.15
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-08-2020, 08:08:51
(https://i.imgur.com/eN1B5l1.jpg)

German, RSI and Cossack troops in Alesso (northwest of Udine), after clearing the village of Partisans, 9 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-08-2020, 07:08:18
(https://i.imgur.com/Dh8Llfo.jpg)

Burning T-70 in Uuksujoki, close to Ladoga, 7 July 1944.
Spoiler
T-70 caught the Finns by surprise, as it rushed through the lines. At least one Finnish troop was wounded before the lone tank was KO-ed by 76 K 02.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-08-2020, 05:08:19
(https://i.imgur.com/99WNnd6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-08-2020, 14:08:34
(https://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/galery/1932_p28/citroen%20p28%2079729%2001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-08-2020, 06:08:14
(https://i.imgur.com/3e7dEed.jpg)

Spoiler
Did you know, most German soldiers were too tall to drive Marder I "buttoned up"?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-08-2020, 05:08:55
(https://i.imgur.com/b0XYAXO.jpg)

Finland, 1943-44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-08-2020, 05:08:24
(https://i.imgur.com/awlcLSR.jpg)

Bosnia, 23 January 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-08-2020, 05:08:03
(https://i.imgur.com/kxqmksi.jpg)

M15A1 CGMC crew from 3rd Armored Division, after claiming one Pz.Kpfw IV, one supply truck, killing and capturing 120 German troops. 13 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-08-2020, 19:08:08
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7293/10440718815_f515fbfc76_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-08-2020, 05:08:32
(https://i.imgur.com/YlnZrxT.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 20-08-2020, 13:08:30
(https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/j.-d.-salinger-with-typewriter-in-normandy-france-1944.jpg)

J.D Salinger somewhere in Normandy with a typewriter.

He would a few years later write Catcher in the rye, by some considered one of the best generational novels of its time
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-08-2020, 06:08:57
(https://photo-1-baomoi.zadn.vn/w1000_r1/2019_03_04_180_29860345/36ef5f279e6777392e76.jpg)

Universal Carriers and troops of the Maori Battalion in Italy, 19 October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-08-2020, 07:08:50
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/f0/55/a4f0557eff0fc9b2d14a075f69a8f418.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 23-08-2020, 05:08:55
(https://i.imgur.com/zILWMpq.jpg)

AT gun fires into motti about 300m away. Kiestinki, Louhi 1941.11.11
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-08-2020, 06:08:04
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/16380516/16380516_original.jpg)

Valentine Mk. X in the Baltics, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-08-2020, 06:08:16
(https://i.imgur.com/mtQaFY4.jpg)

Tiger B from s.Pz.Abt. 503 destroyed by 152 mm fire. Balassagyarmat (Hungary), December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-08-2020, 05:08:36
(https://i.imgur.com/b6WQ2HJ.jpg)

German POWs captured by the 9th Army during the Operation Grenade.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-08-2020, 07:08:45
(https://i.imgur.com/hwSu7R4.jpg)

Jagdpanzer IV (05-06.44 prod.) from Pz.Jg.Abt. 19. January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-08-2020, 20:08:46
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7471/16123796530_afcbd42751_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-08-2020, 04:08:55
(https://i.imgur.com/mdvsxKn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-08-2020, 07:08:09
(https://i.imgur.com/yrUwgIQ.jpg)

Pomerania, the spring of 1945. Note the ex-factory condition of StuG III, assembled by MIAG between 04-06.1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Torenico on 29-08-2020, 00:08:58
(https://i.redd.it/vbvyo2m32d151.jpg)

HMS Warspite alongside R-Class destroyer HMS Raider in 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-08-2020, 07:08:51
(https://i.imgur.com/hcxZKxg.jpg)

Kurstraße, Berlin 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-08-2020, 05:08:54
(https://fs3.fotoload.ru/f/0519/1556689827/d39dceeef3.jpg)

Well known picture, but this time in full view. Abandoned Tiger I from 3./Pz.Abt. Müncheberg at Hansabrücke-Altonaer Str, April-May 1945. This Tiger has been put together from parts made between 12.42-04.44.
Spoiler
Did you know there were more Tiger I (13 x) in Berlin area, than Tiger II (10/12 combat-ready) - April 1945?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-08-2020, 05:08:53
(https://i.imgur.com/xU0xgR2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-09-2020, 05:09:07
(https://i.imgur.com/N4KNMf4.jpg)

Flexible gunnery training at the Las Vegas Army Airfield, Nevada 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-09-2020, 06:09:02
(https://i.imgur.com/tImwaRC.jpg)

Le 3e Régiment d’artillerie de Marin.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-09-2020, 19:09:50
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/127bab10b05fb4ad5bee4fb41b7f2f89/tumblr_oc8acyEa7G1rji3x6o1_1280.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-09-2020, 05:09:52
(https://i.imgur.com/xahUuYW.jpg)

Three Polish soldiers returning from a patrol in the desert under Gazala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-09-2020, 05:09:41
(https://i.imgur.com/1fN54iz.png)

StuG.Abt. 202's repair base in Sumy (Ukraine), summer of 1943. On the left, StuG III Ausf. F (late) and on the right, Sd.Kfz. 252.
Spoiler
StuG.Abt./Brig. 202 "knocked out at least 1,017 (confirmed) Soviet tanks and SPGs", making the unit the third most decorated German assault gun unit. Curiously, the StuG.Abt. 202 had more short barreled StuGs than the L/43-48 until March 1943.
Refer: "Illustrated History of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 202" by Norbert Számvéber.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-09-2020, 05:09:36
(https://i.imgur.com/8yIK6DW.jpg)

Three Panzer IV/70(A) from Führerbegleitbrigade knocked out by 11th Armored Div. Chenogne (Belgium), late December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-09-2020, 10:09:39
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panzer-38t/Panzer_38_t_20th_Panzer_Division_and_Infanterie_Eastern_Front.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-09-2020, 05:09:58
(https://i.imgur.com/XEVLI8N.jpg)

RAF Wormingford, March 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Nilsson on 06-09-2020, 22:09:20
What can you guys tell me about this wreck?

(https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/118940495_3641849272494327_5991843965360694359_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=6zUpdQ3lWncAX8O2tZY&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=d39372aa88c811a2621c8687bebc058f&oe=5F7AA444)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-09-2020, 06:09:28
It is the T-34-76 numbered "450" that got blown up by a german Stug on the Ihantala-Kilpeenjoki road.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-09-2020, 06:09:56
Like Mr. Flippy Warbear said, it's the most famous wreck of the Battle of Ihantala.
T-34-76 was destroyed close range by StuG III Ausf. G (Alkett, 11.43-03.44 prod.) from 3./StuG.Brig. 303, commanded by Unteroffizier Willy Obeldobel who received the Cross of Liberty - 1st Class for his swift action.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/LeFdeMU.jpg)



(https://i.imgur.com/K2OQYwc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-09-2020, 20:09:48
Some picts from the photo report:
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-09-2020, 05:09:52
(https://i.imgur.com/Zrh06Gy.jpg)

https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/39263/Ott-Helmuth.htm?c=aw
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-09-2020, 05:09:44
(https://i.imgur.com/rZrCcM1.jpg)

Flammpanzer III from "GD". Kharkov, February 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-09-2020, 20:09:06
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8376/8519608546_92fe53eee4_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-09-2020, 07:09:56
(https://i.imgur.com/oVmKN7c.jpg)

Italy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-09-2020, 23:09:00
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/9657151e98a35019a6c44451221c996d/tumblr_ocmnqpRY8s1r39szco1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-09-2020, 06:09:06
(https://i.imgur.com/P0t5jZe.jpg)

Finnish troops riding on StuG III Ausf. G (Alkett, 01-05.44 prod.). Karelian Isthmus, the summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-09-2020, 06:09:32
(https://i.imgur.com/E6ZFdr3.png)

Screencap from "The Fall of Berlin" (Падение Берлина) 1949, storming Seelow Heights scene. Note the smoldering Pz.Kpfw III (Ausf. F, G or H) in the background - coincidentally, one Pz.Kpfw III was listed in the inventory of Pz.Div. Müncheberg, 13 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-09-2020, 06:09:23
(https://i.imgur.com/MbdxgU7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-09-2020, 05:09:38
(https://i.imgur.com/QRec0HA.jpg)

Troop from the Essex Scottish examining abandoned German arms, north of Nieuport (Belgium), 13-15 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-09-2020, 19:09:14
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8617/16131546848_ff62830fd4_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-09-2020, 07:09:02
(https://i.imgur.com/adtffEB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 15-09-2020, 10:09:46
I’m a bit puzzled by which tank this is?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-09-2020, 15:09:15
Ed: 38M Toldi with the engine deck up. My bad, too many beers  8)
Spoiler
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IEhUY-f7OZI/XSHKNqCIpTI/AAAAAAABKnA/_JU_5fNa9h8JIidD5TzdH_Wd7m-NDLbPACLcBGAs/s640/30116682347_6bae69fac5_o.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-09-2020, 05:09:21
(https://i.imgur.com/xvjaFRG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-09-2020, 06:09:41
(https://i.imgur.com/sHryYZ8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2020, 05:09:57
(https://i.imgur.com/BpboPmO.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-09-2020, 06:09:59
(https://i.imgur.com/7z0mVpx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-09-2020, 11:09:47
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8093/8518998786_9e729d3942_b.jpg)
Certainly a repost, but well
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-09-2020, 01:09:56
(https://i.imgur.com/wHOTw0e.jpg)

Singing ""Kaarina"" on the streets of Sortavala after recapturing the town. 1941.08.15
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-09-2020, 08:09:09
(https://i.imgur.com/2iOJnMI.jpg)

Panzer-Regiment 11.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-09-2020, 06:09:03
(https://i.imgur.com/kBJZsqq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-09-2020, 06:09:03
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/477768/45283359/17690811/17690811_original.jpg)

Dug-in Panther from Panzer-Regiment 25. Gotenhafen (now Gdynia) 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-09-2020, 20:09:00
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/3f3760d2473d5dc531692c1d9bf960bb/tumblr_obgfrmjI6Q1sli5fxo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-09-2020, 06:09:10
(https://i.imgur.com/vVSOvHP.jpg)

Vehicles from G Squadron of the 33rd Armored Regiment CCB of the 3rd Armored Division and 117th Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division. Also, destroyed Sd.Kfz. 250/9 NEU on the left. La Chapelle-Urée, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-09-2020, 05:09:07
(https://i.imgur.com/muBwzKW.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 261 in Poděbrady, early May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2020, 19:09:52
(http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/07/07/17/web-poole-1-getty.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-09-2020, 01:09:41
(https://i.imgur.com/YJLFJNG.jpg)

Gdańsk in flames, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-09-2020, 05:09:57
(https://i.imgur.com/kv73lQo.jpg)

StuGs and Panzer IV/70 (V) from Panzerjäger-Abteilung 25 in Ortwig (24 km from Seelow), early February 1945.
Spoiler
The foremost StuG III Ausf. G is from July '44 (Alkett), the following ones are late production Alkett, all in factory scheme.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-09-2020, 06:09:44
(https://i.imgur.com/Q4yUrCI.jpg)

Close to Tangermünde Bridge, 1945. Note the MG 15 converted for infantry use (official number of conversions was over 17,000 by 1944, but the real number was likely well over 20,000).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-09-2020, 06:09:38
(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/thor_2006/27434855/1084446/1084446_original.jpg)

5th Guards Tank Brigade in North Caucaus 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-09-2020, 07:09:13
(https://i.redd.it/ui1o2vbp8fj31.jpg)

"Soviet Paradise" exhibition in Prague 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-09-2020, 20:09:13
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/39ce7e1977e01ebe5a8c19bc051b898d/tumblr_mqhvwzEuKh1rsde4yo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-09-2020, 06:09:14
(https://i.imgur.com/Fi4OeMv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-10-2020, 06:10:49
(https://i.imgur.com/KNQmx2u.jpg)
Spoiler
(https://www.usmilitariacollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/yank-magazine-6-aout-1944-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-10-2020, 07:10:11
(https://i.imgur.com/Y1rHueh.jpg)

Porsche Tiger developer team, incl. Prof. Porsche, Franz Reimspieß (the designer of Wv logo), Emil Rupilius, Otto Zadnik and Ferry Porsche on test Tiger(P)'s engine deck. The fall of 1942, a month before the final trials at Berka.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/yOvINL7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-10-2020, 06:10:34
(https://i.imgur.com/vo4sjvn.jpg)

Soviet POWs, incl. Turkish conscript from the Caucasus and Siberian Tatars. Aunus, 24 April 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-10-2020, 05:10:37
(https://i.imgur.com/ihtX43u.jpg)

Original colour slide (8-bit scan) of Panzerjägerabteilung 42 on rail, HG Nordukraine 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-10-2020, 11:10:02
(https://i65.servimg.com/u/f65/14/55/40/83/2_5_fl10.jpg)
 :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-10-2020, 06:10:40
(https://i.imgur.com/9mOD3OB.jpg)

150 H /40 in Tammela during The Continuation War (date unknown). 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-10-2020, 06:10:59
(https://d3n32ilufxuvd1.cloudfront.net/57f773462aa31a0078116425/759301/upload-ff379950-3020-11e7-b4d6-c7520692d82f.png)

Wien 1945.   
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-10-2020, 17:10:43
(https://i.imgur.com/wN3FI69.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2020, 19:10:05
(https://www.zdf.de/assets/einmarsch-polen-100~2400x1350?cb=1567164868290)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-10-2020, 08:10:44
(https://i.imgur.com/gtjhsfI.jpg)

8th Princess Louise's Hussars during firing exercise in Italy, 2 March 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-10-2020, 06:10:46
(https://i.imgur.com/snCChkA.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-10-2020, 06:10:28
(https://i.imgur.com/ypwwPk2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-10-2020, 06:10:22
(https://i.imgur.com/j1jZozZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2020, 19:10:17
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/3/2918/13938492399_aa5f250632_b.jpg)
it is certainly a repost
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-10-2020, 06:10:55
(https://i.imgur.com/uBxNqiU.jpg)

Paczków 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2020, 06:10:11
(https://i.imgur.com/oi6xafv.jpg)

Former "Das Reich" T-34 at US Army ordnance holding area, Paris 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2020, 06:10:35
(https://i.imgur.com/ZLQQ0mo.jpg)

Sd.Kfz. 10/5 and Mauser C96 under new management. Sandomierz bridgehead, early 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2020, 06:10:58
(https://i.imgur.com/kIOM8lL.jpg)

Destroyed Befehls StuG III. The east of Berlin, April 145.
 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-10-2020, 05:10:07
(https://i.imgur.com/a5R1QuQ.jpg)

Mnichovice, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-10-2020, 06:10:50
(https://i.imgur.com/uksYLLS.jpg)

Yugoslavia, December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-10-2020, 06:10:21
(https://i.imgur.com/Glj4Iux.jpg)

Destroyed Panzerbefehlswagen IV Ausf. J (10-11.44 prod) from 9. Panzerdivision, Ardennes.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 20-10-2020, 11:10:24
The cupola looks very different. Any more info on this type of command tank?
Thanks for the great photos. Much appreciated.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-10-2020, 13:10:08
Panzerbeobachtungswagen IV had a cupola from Sturmgeschütz...

(https://i.imgur.com/GltJD0e.jpg)

...but in this case you are looking at a turret basket lid left in open position;

(https://i.imgur.com/jmubiaG.jpg)

You can see the new pivoting cupola hatch, introduced after mid-October 1944.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/2JShuB3.jpg)

Regarding Panzerbefehlswagen IV - starting in March 1944, refurbished Pz IV were converted to this role, incl. mounting racks, transformers, junction boxes, wiring, antenna mounts, and the GG 400 aux elecrical generator. Stowed ammunition was reduced from 87 to 72 to make room for the radio equipment.
88 Panzerbefehlswagen IV were converted between March-July 1944, followed by Ausf. J version - featuring a special pivotable mount designed to fit on the left side of the turret roof through which the T.S.R.1 periscope was extended. This allowed the gunner and commander to make simultaneous observations.

:)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 21-10-2020, 03:10:31
Yes, I can now see the open basket lid open. An optical illusion at first glance. Thanks for pointing that out.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-10-2020, 05:10:42
Anytime Greg.



(https://i.imgur.com/CoCpjgE.jpg)

Marmon-Herrington from the 1st Royal Dragoons.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 21-10-2020, 12:10:14
(https://i.imgur.com/JjjpZYv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 21-10-2020, 16:10:19
(http://indisch-anders.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/KNIL-47_Palembang.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-10-2020, 06:10:28
(https://i.imgur.com/sXVU9aI.jpg)

Hungarian troops somewhere on the Eastern Front, the winter of 1942-43.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2020, 19:10:20
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7396/11274121985_129519c2cf_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-10-2020, 06:10:05
(https://i.imgur.com/rrj7CMq.jpg)

Captured French erotica, 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-10-2020, 06:10:57
(https://i.imgur.com/4sLyOOO.jpg)

Instandsetzung. StuG III Ausf. G - assembled by MIAG in November 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-10-2020, 06:10:57
(https://i.imgur.com/OcRq985.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-10-2020, 06:10:42
(https://i.imgur.com/nOHCraf.jpg)

Mechanised corps, Stalingrad 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-10-2020, 06:10:59
(https://i.imgur.com/MODcOYQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-10-2020, 07:10:40
(https://i.imgur.com/4sCLgkC.jpg)

The south of Lake Ilmen (Ilmajärvi), March 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-10-2020, 19:10:34
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8604/27992116170_c6bfef7665_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-10-2020, 05:10:42
(https://i.imgur.com/aeXtjXo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-10-2020, 05:10:48
(https://i.imgur.com/I7gnPp0.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-10-2020, 06:10:54
(https://i.imgur.com/2joxBMm.jpg)

Collection dump close to Obec Štítina. Wrecks include: IS-2, ISU-152, SU-76m, T-34-76 m1942, StuG IV (late), Jagdpanzer 38(t) and Sd.Kfz. 250/9.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-11-2020, 06:11:09
(https://i.imgur.com/8KCc39s.png)

12e Régiment blindé du Canada near Lucera, 21 October 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-11-2020, 06:11:36
(https://i.imgur.com/K0AqZgB.jpg)

Destroyed Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. E from 3. Pz.Rgt, 2. Pz.Div., somewhere in the Balkans 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-11-2020, 19:11:33
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/3c87b6f59f614b277892052d776b08c6/tumblr_oaoijzwxbW1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-11-2020, 04:11:32
(https://i.imgur.com/Qatxx97.jpg)

KV-2 Model 1940 destroyed by its crew. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-11-2020, 08:11:38
(https://i.imgur.com/N1Tq3QR.jpg)

Austria, May 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-11-2020, 06:11:04
(https://i.imgur.com/bOO2jnw.jpg)

The south of Forst, mid April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-11-2020, 08:11:47
(https://i.imgur.com/TcQ0eN5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2020, 19:11:57
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/7aca307f090d1441b8d0ce3184d516d7/tumblr_oa5z3l7N7u1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-11-2020, 08:11:13
(https://i.imgur.com/VgrCyjD.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-11-2020, 07:11:37
(https://i.imgur.com/KIP0Jd7.jpg)

Italy 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-11-2020, 06:11:25
(https://i.imgur.com/6DNXUch.jpg)

Column of T-34-85s, knocked out by StuG.Brig. 177.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-11-2020, 07:11:32
(https://cs9.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2020/05/24/8/159032583412891392.jpg)

SU-76M heading towards the Jasna Góra Monastery, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-11-2020, 11:11:11
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/bfc8b9320325d5f88fe4c943d1d0c603/tumblr_o5yne9kAcS1rwiivfo1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 11-11-2020, 08:11:47
(https://i.imgur.com/mEUYwX1.jpg)

1. Marine-Infanterie-Division near Zehden (Western Pomerania), February 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 12-11-2020, 05:11:26
(https://i.imgur.com/xDFyyGy.jpg)

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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-11-2020, 11:11:49
(https://media-cdn.sueddeutsche.de/image/sz.1.1110674/940x528)
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Post by: nysä on 13-11-2020, 02:11:25
(https://i.imgur.com/fVQmheI.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. L with penetrated upper bow plate (5 cm), likely being cannibalized for parts, next to StuG III Ausf. G (late prod.) and Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H.
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Post by: nysä on 14-11-2020, 06:11:20
(https://i.imgur.com/o7bC3JE.jpg)

Near Latvia, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-11-2020, 07:11:37
(https://i.imgur.com/0HdIcUr.jpg)

These two tanks were knocked out by Pak 40, camouflaged under the S-Bahn bridge, while escaping the  "Goliath" (Sd.Kfz. 303) attack that previously had destroyed five Soviet tanks. The massive explosion drew more tanks to the scene, that were also knocked out by the same, hidden Pak. Alexanderplatz, 27 April 1945. Refer: Panzers in Berlin 1945.
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Post by: Leopardi on 15-11-2020, 21:11:07
(https://i.imgur.com/ir9haCE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2020, 07:11:40
(https://i.imgur.com/8fQkNbw.jpg)

Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-11-2020, 06:11:00
(https://i.imgur.com/v0mZzvV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-11-2020, 19:11:43
(http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:SFA03:SFA022803515&role=image&size=variable)
Warsaw 1939
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-11-2020, 08:11:23
(https://i.imgur.com/m1GrlL2.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-11-2020, 07:11:48
(https://i.imgur.com/UBOmLEf.jpg)

Coastal artillery at Saunaniemi, January 1942.
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Post by: nysä on 20-11-2020, 06:11:00
(https://i.imgur.com/JUOoMLT.jpg)

Valentina Nikolaeva from the Volkhov Front, serving as a radio operator of captured Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. G.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 20-11-2020, 21:11:49
(https://i.imgur.com/SXIdjPv.jpg)

Near Karhumäki, late 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-11-2020, 07:11:21
(https://i.imgur.com/UXXP74u.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 22-11-2020, 00:11:55
Love these photos! Look at the German stick grenade and where he has it placed!
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Post by: nysä on 22-11-2020, 06:11:26
Love these photos! Look at the German stick grenade and where he has it placed!

I am glad you like 'em Greg!



(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_6CnNw6WNl8/X0LEYEjjNHI/AAAAAAAAq3M/lAMqaoqJDMwyIdDTtD1BstEogSeXXPaxACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/86-9672594bcbcfea20c0952c25942b5548.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-11-2020, 11:11:08
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/b92dabf901de6e8babaf4bc691192f08/tumblr_o8xpjvtA8u1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 23-11-2020, 07:11:30
(https://i.imgur.com/8kJw23Z.jpg)

Weapons obtained from dead desántniki at Orimattila, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-11-2020, 05:11:23
(https://i.imgur.com/lS1kGlY.png)

Panzer IV Ausf. F2 with chassis in 'Tropen II' and turret in RAL 7021.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/bTGDY9g.jpg)
RAL 8020 + 7027 (Tropen II)
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Post by: nysä on 25-11-2020, 07:11:20
(https://i.imgur.com/W1iYxty.jpg)

Nyíregyháza, October 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 26-11-2020, 05:11:00
(https://i.imgur.com/4m4ju0p.jpg)

Captain Brady from the 35th Tank Battalion.
Spoiler
"During the two days at Guebling (11/44), the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion suffered 181 casualties. The 35th Tank Battalion had only 15 medium tanks remaining that were fit for action (this out of a total complement of 53).
The 35th also lost one of their most experienced company commanders, Captain Brady, who suffered the loss of his arm during the battle. (Years later, at a reunion of the members of the division, Brady lamented that the 37th Tank Battalion seemed to always garner the lion's share of the division's fame. Pointing to his missing arm, he reminded his audience that the 35th had done more than their share of fighting.)"
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Post by: nysä on 27-11-2020, 06:11:07
(https://i.imgur.com/dncI2hD.jpg)

US paratrooper examining abandoned/destroyed Marder I from Pz.Jg.Abt. 709, Sainte-Mère-Église.
Stationed at Câtelet, 1./Pz.Jg.Abt. 709 had 9 x Marder I, 2./ 12 x 7.5cm s.Pak and 3./ 9 x 3.7cm Flak (Mot.)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2020, 19:11:44
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c9/78/a9/c978a966b48ab71547bb79b69d334cc7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-11-2020, 07:11:58
(https://i.imgur.com/Rz51BNn.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 29-11-2020, 06:11:40
(https://i.imgur.com/xxYUB5o.jpg)

One of two KO-ed StuGs (both MIAG prod. w. Zimmerit) from StuG.Abt. 1243 destroyed by 57mm Gun M1, under the command of J. Atchley from the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment on June 7, Route nationale 13 to Sainte Mère Eglise.
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Post by: nysä on 30-11-2020, 05:11:52
(https://i.imgur.com/LTbLNCn.jpg)

III Panzer Corps in the village of Buki, Skvirsky district, 20 February 1944.
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Post by: Leopardi on 30-11-2020, 07:11:36
(https://i.imgur.com/7Q5kwVg.jpg)
A soviet commander and soldiers are found inside a bunker, but they refuse to come out after a prisoner tries to persuade them.

Rest of the story:
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/Zz04Pzv.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4rlbyMl.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VXouYxi.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PPQ8blE.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-12-2020, 05:12:56
(https://i.imgur.com/6g9pJqy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-12-2020, 19:12:25
(https://myntransportblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/1941-latil-truck-used-by-the-german-wehrmacht.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-12-2020, 07:12:34
(https://i.imgur.com/u6oZ9FX.jpg)

Kharkov 1943.
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Post by: nysä on 03-12-2020, 06:12:01
(https://i.imgur.com/mmA6wcj.jpg)

An Italian NCO pouring wine for Finnish military official, at an Italian field mess in Sortanlahti, October 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-12-2020, 06:12:25
(https://i.imgur.com/G0rKu67.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-12-2020, 19:12:33
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/25f407f6d021f29559dac82ad967022d/tumblr_o8000aZMpa1reg6u1o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 05-12-2020, 01:12:46
Any idea what the soldier on top of the tank is holding?

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-12-2020, 09:12:38
(https://i.imgur.com/0DheA6j.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Redbadd on 06-12-2020, 00:12:50
Any idea what the soldier on top of the tank is holding?
Minedetector, think it belongs with the guy just climbing on with the backpack.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-12-2020, 09:12:40
(https://i.imgur.com/cHFzLYS.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 07-12-2020, 07:12:13
(https://warnet-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/pictures/000/001/617/content/pak_97_21-8c25b7ab455b1800fcbbf949a82e3be9-0929d671cbd3f631ce09d331ff0c9ffe.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-12-2020, 06:12:44
(https://i.imgur.com/9OCwwCi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-12-2020, 06:12:54
(https://i.imgur.com/GChshS0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-12-2020, 07:12:23
(https://i.imgur.com/aZwkf9W.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-12-2020, 19:12:01
Hungarian pak ?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-12-2020, 04:12:31
Hungarian pak ?

Correct :)



(https://i.imgur.com/oUYjmZ7.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-12-2020, 07:12:38
(https://i.imgur.com/q0QDJto.jpg)

Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod, 1943. From left to right: I.B. Bulygina (foreman), E.S. Kryukova; standing: A.M. Zadvornaya, Z.A. Breikina, A.G. Yermolayeva, S.G. Sulmakova, S.A. Tokareva.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-12-2020, 07:12:32
(https://i.imgur.com/wX1o5x3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 13-12-2020, 08:12:42
Any date or location on the above picture?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-12-2020, 10:12:33
Any date or location on the above picture?

I have no idea about the location, but the StuG is from March - October 1941 production line, being either Ausf. C or D... So guessing, the timeline is 1942, or even later... considering the battle worn appearance of the StuG.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 14-12-2020, 05:12:37
(https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/lagg3/lg3/lg3f2.jpg)

LaGG-3
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2020, 18:12:13
(https://i.imgur.com/wI04PYG.jpg)

The Battle of Montagnola, September 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-12-2020, 13:12:48
(https://i.imgur.com/E94VNT7.jpg)

Captured Estonian-born desántnik Alexej Ivanoff in his 'full' gear. Unlike other desántniki captured in Finland, Ivanoff was handed over to the Germans. Riihimäki, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-12-2020, 08:12:17
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8548/8709209747_1518607f7e_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-12-2020, 13:12:19
(https://i.imgur.com/i5UJY5R.jpg)

Sturmgeschütz Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 500 in the front of Emperor's Castle, Poznán 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-12-2020, 06:12:13
(https://i.imgur.com/jWnx88y.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-12-2020, 06:12:15
(https://i.imgur.com/7Oc5MSc.jpg)

Burma 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-12-2020, 06:12:34
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpSnq1MXcA8as7h.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2020, 10:12:56
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=40047)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-12-2020, 06:12:52
(https://i.imgur.com/orJZZBG.jpg)

Battle aftermath in Ostpreußen 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 22-12-2020, 07:12:29
(https://arsof-history.org/weasel/images/800/weasel_01.jpg)

M29 Weasel in Italy.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-12-2020, 07:12:18
(https://i.imgur.com/dDWIpj9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-12-2020, 11:12:03
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e95a63ff45ca0bba11b233878a3215dc/tumblr_o3dnce27Un1rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-12-2020, 06:12:26
(https://i.imgur.com/Vy3inKO.jpg)

Merry Christmas Y'All.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-12-2020, 07:12:23
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uVOUZbQnzC0/XnvU3rsFzUI/AAAAAAAAVCc/sMfH29aWifYiaQeWkFXCjPM7R-VaD4cHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Italian_Campagn%2B%252812%2529.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-12-2020, 10:12:38
joyeux noel !
(https://www.39-45.org/files3945c/10060_France,%2025%20d%C3%A9cembre%201939.%20Portrait%20d%E2%80%99un%20soldat%20du%20311e%20r%C3%A9giment%20d%E2%80%99infanterie%20d%C3%A9guis%C3%A9%20en%20P%C3%A8re%20No%C3%ABl..png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-12-2020, 06:12:41
(https://i.imgur.com/cygzVuy.jpg)

Battle aftermath in Chaumont, December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-12-2020, 06:12:59
(https://i.imgur.com/jrjqEgg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 27-12-2020, 19:12:06
(https://i.imgur.com/STv1lWX.jpg)

Long range patrol sets off from Tiiksjärvi, Sept 6th 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-12-2020, 07:12:13
(https://i.imgur.com/bFqnRR4.jpg)]
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-12-2020, 07:12:35
(https://i.imgur.com/m3fBULi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-12-2020, 07:12:30
(https://i.imgur.com/IDbCGff.jpg)

The 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Rue Proudhon, Brest 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-12-2020, 05:12:55
(https://i.imgur.com/XDzxDoC.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-01-2021, 08:01:44
(https://i.imgur.com/l8lDf6J.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-01-2021, 11:01:59
Bonne année !
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/fff36c8a28b62148be9430d3cfba18a6/tumblr_o6jxhtpldA1sli2zio1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-01-2021, 07:01:29
(https://i.imgur.com/g7CSpYA.jpg)

Close to Kiev, September 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 02-01-2021, 19:01:49
(https://i.imgur.com/VILRl6l.jpg)

Vuosalmi bridgehead, 30.7.1944
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-01-2021, 06:01:37
(https://i.imgur.com/ClpVo6Z.jpg)

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-01-2021, 08:01:04
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4126/135322351.4d1/0_f29f5_b8fc59c_XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-01-2021, 07:01:01
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/7d/52/177d52def1b02d6f8e4f3115ec26a101.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-01-2021, 06:01:23
(https://i.imgur.com/qCfdxam.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-01-2021, 06:01:18
(http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/galery/1917_ft-r/FT-TSF%20001%2002.jpg)

“Kinderwagen der Grand Armée". Char Renault TSF abandoned during the Battle of France.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-01-2021, 07:01:32
(https://i.imgur.com/c9z6RYk.jpg)

Destroyed Pz.Spa.Wg Panhard 179‐P204(f) from Res.Bat.4.SS.Polizei-Division (or Sicherungs-Regiment 1). Pacy-sur-Eure, Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-01-2021, 05:01:59
(https://i.imgur.com/kFQP0Xb.jpg)

The Sea of Azov towards Rostov 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-01-2021, 06:01:58
(http://alternathistory.com/files/users/valentine_ussr_18.jpg)

Valentine IX tank crossing the Dnieper, November 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-01-2021, 06:01:08
(https://i.imgur.com/Ka1E1LG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-01-2021, 19:01:41
(http://histomil.com/download/file.php?id=39483)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-01-2021, 04:01:46
(https://i.imgur.com/lBUvTIl.jpg)

Wreck of a command StuG III Ausf. G (MIAG 08.1943 prod.). The summer of 1944, Kuuterselkä.
Spoiler
Ps. 531-29 commanded by Captain Kvikant had destroyed two T-34-85, one ISU-2 and one supply truck full of ammunition, before it was disabled by T-34-85 (?) during the early morning of 15 June 1944. The vehicle was abandoned and destroyed by its crew. Captain Kvikant died two days later from a shrapnel wound to the head (he refused orders to wear a helmet). The gunner, Lance Corporal Haapamäki destroyed IS-2 during the battle of Vuosalmi, 13 July 1944.

Sources: Käkelä: "Suomalaisten rynnäkkötykkien kohtalot", "Panssaridivisioona 1942-1944", Irincheev: "Vyborg 1944", http://www.kanneljarvi.fi/alasivut/sivu2/Kuuterselk%C3%A4netti.htm
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-01-2021, 07:01:47
(https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/tanks/sherman-tank/M4_9th_Guards_Mech_Corps_Austria_45.jpg)

The 9th Guards Mechanized Corps in Balaton area, 17 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-01-2021, 06:01:01
(https://i.imgur.com/JZc0wEB.jpg)

France 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-01-2021, 07:01:11
(https://i.imgur.com/n7NNvb3.jpg)

The First Bulgarian Army in Hungary, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 18-01-2021, 18:01:54
(https://www.militaryimages.net/media/13510.92210/full?d=1521513482)

Interesting tracks
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 18-01-2021, 21:01:46
Interesting tracks

I believe they're Winterketten track extensions used to help in the winter conditions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-01-2021, 06:01:43
Like Matt said, those are so-called winter tracks based upon widened standard tracks.
Spoiler
Late type "winterketten":
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0-frZxiDU0/XrBT17zDzTI/AAAAAAAA-C0/BL_AN9uorZEasAcaD7KpGTNXG9dbMWKmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Winterketten%2Bspecs.jpg)
These were later replaced by more robust "eastern tracks", introduced in the summer of 1944. Ostketten were enlarged outwards and secured by bolts, making them easier to install. They helped to decrease the rolling resistance and ground pressure - for example, T-34-76 showed ground pressure of 0.71 kg/sq cm, Jagdpanzer IV with Ostketten had "only" 0.67 kg/sq cm -  but they were twice as heavy as the standard tracks.
Spoiler
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NahoTyAf4JA/XrBZ83Y6LVI/AAAAAAAA-Dk/vySO9xc0EZ4C4hANFfBp4MkAb-CIyz5BwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Ostketten%2Bspecs.jpg)
Comparison:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FLFzaMQgs2Q/XrBmagRWl3I/AAAAAAAA-EE/xoeXpiEhK5s0IDowFuOTS0OSXoXarGDdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ost%2Bwinter%2B3a.jpg)




(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/237726/141128800.3ca/0_17f7c1_8984e35d_orig.jpg)

The 38th Guard Rifle Regiment of the 14th Guard Rifle Division climbing over Carro Armato L6/40 light tanks, destroyed/abandoned during early September 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-01-2021, 06:01:46
(https://i.imgur.com/Aq20hTh.jpg)

20 February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-01-2021, 06:01:41
(https://i.imgur.com/HWc9Vdn.jpg)

Lotta's on AA duty. July 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2021, 19:01:16
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/51/d6/e9/51d6e9e704fb34c6a3a7cf9bff52cfcb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-01-2021, 06:01:09
(https://i.imgur.com/ESQOse1.jpg)

Gunsmiths inspecting variety of arms used by the Germans in Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-01-2021, 07:01:49
(https://i.imgur.com/cauX7Fx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-01-2021, 06:01:09
(https://i.imgur.com/hsbhvJa.jpg)

Ukraine 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-01-2021, 06:01:15
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-315-1140-26%2C_Italien%2C_zwei_Soldaten_mit_MP_auf_Landstra%C3%9Fe%2C_beobachtend.jpg)

Italy 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-01-2021, 06:01:35
(https://i.imgur.com/BuAPZ9U.jpg)

The 1st Armoured Guard Army, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-01-2021, 05:01:45
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/st_III.jpg)

StuG.Brig. 189 moving through Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, late October 1944. Note the makeshift MG shield taken from Sd.Kfz 251 on the StuG (built approx. July '44).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-01-2021, 19:01:55
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/690ab165f823304d393b0c5c1f2cc498/tumblr_o61tq5tNR31rc7erjo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-01-2021, 10:01:39
(https://i.imgur.com/Dudw5kP.jpg)

The Third Battle of Kharkov.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-01-2021, 06:01:32
(https://i.imgur.com/XsYiZiU.jpg)

The 1443rd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment from the 23rd Tank Crops in Schwechat, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-01-2021, 05:01:23
(https://i.imgur.com/IZPMbag.jpg)

Mannheim 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-01-2021, 06:01:38
(https://i.imgur.com/oAueJCh.png)

StuG III Ausf. A in France 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-02-2021, 05:02:50
(https://i.imgur.com/RtlrhS3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-02-2021, 06:02:16
(https://i.imgur.com/Gl9QmPv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-02-2021, 06:02:05
(https://i.imgur.com/hEFPe5h.jpg)

Downsview, Ontario 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-02-2021, 19:02:50
(https://historiek.net/wp-content/uploads-phistor1/2015/03/unnamed.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-02-2021, 04:02:49
(https://i.imgur.com/fbWXuWg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-02-2021, 05:02:31
(https://media.johnnybode.com/2020/03/soldater-dricker-1024x778.jpg)

Lembeck, 29 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-02-2021, 06:02:12
(https://i.imgur.com/rMzDEl5.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-02-2021, 07:02:24
(https://i.imgur.com/ben69YA.jpg)

Exhibition of captured vehicles at Kiev 1945, including StuG IVs (late prod.), Grille Ausf. H, Marder III (Sd.Kfz.139), Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. F.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-02-2021, 06:02:22
(https://i.imgur.com/4KPwtRL.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) Ausf. D from 7. Panzerdivision in real colour.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 08-02-2021, 17:02:54
Nice, always good to see true color photos. I guess an Ausf D would place this timeframe in the autumn of 1940? Interesting to still see the aerial recognition square on the rear.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-02-2021, 08:02:08
Nice, always good to see true color photos. I guess an Ausf D would place this timeframe in the autumn of 1940? Interesting to still see the aerial recognition square on the rear.

No exact date given. I think this could be Ausf. C, since I cannot see the new flanges on the chassis side... however, the rivet spacing on the MG bulge seem to be matching Ausf. D.



(https://i.imgur.com/E9LkRIV.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-02-2021, 06:02:51
(https://i.imgur.com/OPjcDao.jpg)

Propaganda-Gewehrgranate.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-02-2021, 19:02:09
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DjIAAOSwFWdgIZy9/s-l1600.jpg)
Ebay pic so it will disappear one day
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-02-2021, 06:02:02
(https://i.imgur.com/omdfN8v.jpg)

Vilnius, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-02-2021, 06:02:34
(http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/singsonginbarenton.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-02-2021, 06:02:05
(https://i.imgur.com/9QVOLTO.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-02-2021, 06:02:08
(https://i.imgur.com/jK2M1eL.jpg)

Destroyed Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J (12-01.44 prod.), Bennwihr 1945. Note the standardized late war factory camo.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/vSkA2xx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-02-2021, 07:02:17
(https://i.imgur.com/Iv704zb.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 15-02-2021, 18:02:37
(https://i.imgur.com/4QLt9Dd.jpg)

January 29th 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-02-2021, 10:02:19
(https://i.redd.it/yeq6vyqgs6g61.jpg)

Sinitsino, 5 July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-02-2021, 06:02:50
(https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio/2018/06/01/the-avre_880e9001.jpg)

Kleve, 12 February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-02-2021, 05:02:25
(https://i.imgur.com/qZSPATW.jpg)

Recovery of StuG IV with a final drive damage, early 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-02-2021, 06:02:04
(https://i.imgur.com/j4KSVwk.jpg)

Sgt. Heil and Craftsman Griffiths of the attached Kangaroo LAD. (123rd Light Aid Detachment, RCEME attached). January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-02-2021, 10:02:40
(https://delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/596/565/076_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-02-2021, 05:02:00
(https://cdnimg.rg.ru/i/gallery/daca1402/12_8fcf4ad8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-02-2021, 06:02:06
(https://i.imgur.com/PM9Vp3U.jpg)

M4A2 undergoing slope testing at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-02-2021, 09:02:21
Any idea how steep that is?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-02-2021, 09:02:20
Steep  :)
Spoiler
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/2267/adb84615d25bb33c_large.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/2267/3bf4ddbc8bf1452c_large.jpg)

According to the official tech specs, M4A2 (early and late) had the max. grade of 60°, which was quite excellent compared to an average of 30° of the German tanks and tank destroyers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 21-02-2021, 10:02:41
I would not want to be inside that thing when it decides to capsize.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-02-2021, 05:02:40
(https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/german-advance-from-holland-to-belgium-picture-id50715201?s=2048x2048)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-02-2021, 06:02:33
(https://i.imgur.com/FAWdGKV.png)

s.Pz.Abt. 501 in Witebsk area, December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-02-2021, 08:02:04
(https://external-preview.redd.it/SccJ3Z3UnSFJHJlKpOZj8hAWPRfTW9Z6pwhlDCtIUZ0.jpg?auto=webp&s=eddef45494277abb9f585c55966c0c1dcafb04ba)

M4A2 from French 2nd Armored Division knocked out by Pak 40, killing the entire crew. Paris, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-02-2021, 07:02:44
(https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2019-01/1546632411_2.jpg)

The 2/7th Middlesex Regiment, late February 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-02-2021, 06:02:25
(https://i.imgur.com/DTyYfou.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-02-2021, 06:02:14
(https://chindits.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/p33.jpg)

LVT (A)-4s in Peleliu 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-02-2021, 07:02:08
(https://i.imgur.com/IjCLSLf.jpg)

Third time around, battle of Kharkov
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-02-2021, 06:02:54
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1944_Ukraina_gaubitsa-M-30_Maultier_author-Shajhet.jpg)

Ukraine 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-03-2021, 06:03:06
(https://d.radikal.ru/d06/1909/78/8b92b9249ac0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-03-2021, 06:03:19
(https://i.imgur.com/f6hv9b8.jpg)

AT training with Estonian volunteers. Huuhanmäki, June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-03-2021, 19:03:53
(https://delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/906/815/587_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-03-2021, 06:03:47
(https://i.imgur.com/AEg1LEU.jpg)

Georgian Legion training in Cherbourg.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-03-2021, 06:03:45
(https://i.imgur.com/I70fAJW.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. G (Alkett, 07-08.44 prod.) from Stug.Brig. 394, destroyed 17-18 October 1944 during the siege of Würselen.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-03-2021, 06:03:58
(https://i.imgur.com/cIov1JU.jpg)

M4A3 (HVSS suspension) from 4th Armoured Division, near Bastogne. 8 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2021, 19:03:07
(https://delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/001/195/929/016_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-03-2021, 07:03:47
(https://i.imgur.com/r6cMXuS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-03-2021, 06:03:05
(https://i.imgur.com/XHt9C9A.jpg)

Crossing Syväri river, 23 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Flippy Warbear on 07-03-2021, 08:03:03
Always impressed by the soviet fashion of rafting stuff across. I wonder how much anti-air did they have present to cover these crossings or were they completely certain that the finns had no air support at all in the Olonets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 07-03-2021, 10:03:19
(https://i.imgur.com/Sm5SNKr.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-03-2021, 06:03:54
Always impressed by the soviet fashion of rafting stuff across. I wonder how much anti-air did they have present to cover these crossings or were they completely certain that the finns had no air support at all in the Olonets.

Bair Irincheev might know the precise answer. But just as a comparison, in Vyborg the 21 Army deployed 92 AA guns (mostly 76-85mm) against ground targets.



(https://i.imgur.com/TQuAu5e.jpg)

After the Siege of Budapest 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-03-2021, 06:03:54
(https://i.imgur.com/BEsqrsc.jpg)

Lt. Malloy (L) and Lt. Earl Kelly, 10th Armoured Infantry Battalion.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-03-2021, 06:03:08
(https://i.imgur.com/bx6v4u3.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-03-2021, 06:03:43
(https://i.imgur.com/79ERlkI.jpg)

Knocked out Tiger Ausf. B (with pre-production turret) from s.Pz.Abt. 506, Dörnholthausen 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-03-2021, 06:03:02
(http://images.vfl.ru/ii/1569084275/93784c5d/27937866.jpg)

Romania, April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-03-2021, 06:03:49
(https://i.imgur.com/WD9Z8Zq.jpg)

Field workshop in Ihantala, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-03-2021, 06:03:56
(https://i.imgur.com/IFGJTui.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-03-2021, 06:03:19
(https://i.imgur.com/sdqkXgD.jpg)

M36 in trouble.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-03-2021, 06:03:10
(https://i.imgur.com/yLh0xUs.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-03-2021, 07:03:07
(https://i.imgur.com/9Texd2A.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-03-2021, 19:03:00
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image125.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-03-2021, 06:03:23
(https://187011.selcdn.ru/thumbnails/photos/2017/09/04/mib0yqxskquk8ouy_1024.jpg)

Vienna, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-03-2021, 19:03:49
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image137.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 18-03-2021, 19:03:10
there is some writing on the back of that Panzer II, but I can't make out what it says.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-03-2021, 23:03:03
Quote
Liquid refreshment for the crew of a Panzer II. The name of a crewmember killed in action has been painted on the rear of the turret of the tank. This was relatively common practice early in the war, and it was also done in prewar years to denote comrades killed in training accidents. The crewmembers have also “misplaced” their beret/crash helmet combinations for a traditional French “Basque” cap, which features a national insignia and a “skull” from collar-tab insignia. This practice was also occasionally encountered—as long as it received the countenance of the chain of command—since the beret/crash helmet was almost universally disliked.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 19-03-2021, 06:03:46
(https://i.imgur.com/CYZQBTw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-03-2021, 06:03:43
(https://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B10235.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-03-2021, 15:03:45
Daimler with the little john, very cool. 8)

Quote
Liquid refreshment for the crew of a Panzer II. The name of a crewmember killed in action has been painted on the rear of the turret of the tank. This was relatively common practice early in the war, and it was also done in prewar years to denote comrades killed in training accidents. The crewmembers have also “misplaced” their beret/crash helmet combinations for a traditional French “Basque” cap, which features a national insignia and a “skull” from collar-tab insignia. This practice was also occasionally encountered—as long as it received the countenance of the chain of command—since the beret/crash helmet was almost universally disliked.

Thanks! That's super interesting, first time I've heard that.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-03-2021, 19:03:51
 ;)

(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image066.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-03-2021, 06:03:48
(https://i.imgur.com/ZKQSnT5.jpg)

Destroyed StuG III Ausf. F from StuG.Abt. 667.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-03-2021, 05:03:27
(https://i.imgur.com/x7BoK99.jpg)

AMD CDM Panhard in anti-partisan op, France 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-03-2021, 06:03:29
(https://i.imgur.com/khHTqeX.jpg)

One of 400 Sockellafette la für 5 cm KwK 39/1 Bordkanone, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-03-2021, 19:03:23
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image139.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-03-2021, 05:03:28
(https://i.imgur.com/ERcIxjo.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-03-2021, 05:03:23
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/char-b_01_beute-jpg.364324)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2021, 19:03:41
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image177.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-03-2021, 04:03:27
(https://i.imgur.com/oftYsIp.jpg)

Tali-Ihantala.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-03-2021, 06:03:47
(https://i.imgur.com/PqWObeH.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-03-2021, 19:03:53
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image154.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-03-2021, 05:03:27
(https://i.imgur.com/atkk4c6.jpg)

Berlin 1945.
Quote
"It was the time of full daylight, but to us, it seemed that the battle was taking place in the evening twilights. Somebody later said to me that on the 30th April was a sunny day in Berlin. Not a glint of it could come down to us through the smoke" - Stepan Neustroev
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Rawhide on 27-03-2021, 10:03:36
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B68mx-1CcAAYbL7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-03-2021, 07:03:21
(https://i.imgur.com/nRcDaTm.jpg)

StuH 42 (Alkett 10-11.43 prod.) from StuG.Abt. 177.
Quote
"The Sturmhaubitze, deployed together with the Sturmgeschütz, has performed outstandingly. Rounds with impact fuses are highly effective on soft targets. When challenging tanks, the effect of the hollow-charge round was invariably successful." - StuG.Abt. 177, report dated August 1943
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-03-2021, 06:03:52
(https://i.imgur.com/rvubyW2.jpg)

Destroyed T-26 in Krim 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2021, 19:03:43
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image070.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-03-2021, 06:03:36
(https://i.imgur.com/Xk7mCE6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-03-2021, 06:03:42
(https://i.imgur.com/XVFiYkm.jpg)

Scouts from the 229th Guards Light Artillery Regiment examining a destroyed SU-85 in Mykolaiv Oblast, March 1944.
Spoiler
Scout on the right, Andrey Stepanovich Galeta was promoted to Lieutenant in 12/1944 and was later killed during the Battle of Berlin, 27 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-04-2021, 06:04:07
(https://i.imgur.com/XE0I6DT.jpg)

Near Haulthausen, late March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-04-2021, 04:04:41
(https://i.imgur.com/iigpjSC.jpg)

The first of many Canadian Kangaroos, cut and bolted together in the Netherlands and nicknamed "Marion" - the wife of Bill Copley, a Canadian soldier from southwestern Ontario.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-04-2021, 19:04:49
(https://erenow.net/ww/blitzkrieg-france-1940/blitzkrieg-france-1940.files/image114.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-04-2021, 08:04:01
(https://i.imgur.com/uV574ko.jpg)

Staff Sergeant Esko Määttä, after destroying four Soviet tanks within 30 minutes. Ihantala 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-04-2021, 05:04:41
(https://i.imgur.com/YHNTWR7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-04-2021, 06:04:13
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SAU-StuG-III-v-Italy_1944.jpg)

StuG.Brig. 907 in Italy, May 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-04-2021, 06:04:25
(https://i.imgur.com/thXGdvI.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-04-2021, 06:04:20
(https://i.imgur.com/AbW6bGG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-04-2021, 06:04:04
(https://i.imgur.com/h1VIZJ1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 09-04-2021, 01:04:12
Anyone ever seen this device on a Panzer I before? (Taken in Warsaw 1939 after the battle).  (http://wraki39.pobitwie.pl/_data/i/upload/2019/03/17/20190317230027-dd6af2c8-me.jpg)

I assume it’s some antenna fitting for a radio, but the Panzer isn’t a befehlswagen and I’ve never seen it before.

that website has a whole series if anyone wants to have a look. http://wraki39.pobitwie.pl/index.php?/search/1720 (http://wraki39.pobitwie.pl/index.php?/search/1720) first time seeing anything like it

On the discord someone suggested rails for a fascine, which is interesting.

The number (I09) is a 'command' number afaik and one of the captions says "Z.Art.Rgt.53.001 # 055 Photo soldiers Art.Rgt.53 at destroyed armored tank in WARSAW Poland 1939." So I wondered if maybe that was antenna added on as a way to back fit an Fu 6 transmitter to the Aus B chassis and maybe it's a tank for forward artillery spotting.

Not sure tho.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-04-2021, 05:04:42
(https://i.imgur.com/irFnj5V.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-04-2021, 05:04:47
(https://i.imgur.com/xsJEfO0.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-04-2021, 11:04:08
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/r30AAOSwG11d2~4A/s-l1600.jpg)
Direct link from ebay (will disappear), i still haven't found a good image upload website
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-04-2021, 06:04:30
(https://i.imgur.com/fFImVEN.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-04-2021, 06:04:38
(https://forum.kerch.com.ru/uploads/imageproxy/15.__-1420.jpg.6324b39ed59bf90c2505225af943f60c.jpg)

Lend-lease vehicles in Kerch (Crimea), April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-04-2021, 19:04:37
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/780502281303883796/816037968346349568/Infanterie-der-SS-Panzergrenadier-Division-LSSAH.jpg)
1940 Netherlands, LSSAH
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-04-2021, 06:04:47
(https://i.imgur.com/4mUOfNa.jpg)

Rheindahlen, late February 1945.
Spoiler
Destroyed StuH 42 (07-09.1944 prod.) and a M5A1 Stuart from the US 83rd Division with Balkenkreuz to pass it off as German and with German-speaking US soldiers tried to capture a bridge over the Rhine in Oberkassel near Dusseldorf. The ruse failed and the Germans destroyed the bridge. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-04-2021, 05:04:45
(https://i.imgur.com/CGvD6Gf.jpg)

Czech lands 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-04-2021, 04:04:23
(https://i.imgur.com/daqLwzv.jpg)

Marder II from Pz.Jg.Abt. 228, North Rhine-Westphalia 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-04-2021, 05:04:22
(https://i.imgur.com/pzW4geV.jpg)

One of ten Comets destroyed at the Essel Bridgehead, April 1945.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/pyKCU6R.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-04-2021, 19:04:32
(https://i.frog.ink/grnFe6iC/fx1251.jpg)

Bergues 1940

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Foto-20-ID-Beobachter-MG-Stellung-BERGUES-b-Dunkirchen-Frankreich-1940/393202585095?hash=item5b8cb34e07:g:5XIAAOSwTfNgU0Wf
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Post by: nysä on 17-04-2021, 04:04:20
(https://i.imgur.com/ETV2T9g.jpg)

Tiger Ausf. E (early prod. with some refurbishments) from "KG Schulze". Tiger "F01" was knocked out by Sgt. Harding's Comet at Ostenholz road, 1030 hours, 13 April 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 18-04-2021, 05:04:58
(https://i.imgur.com/k8wV0MJ.jpg)

16. SS-Pz.Gren.Div. Reichsführer. South of Lake Balaton, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-04-2021, 06:04:57
(https://i.imgur.com/8J0lUB2.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 20-04-2021, 06:04:37
(https://i.imgur.com/aUDSUqX.jpgjpg)

7th Guards Tank Corps in Berlin suburbs, 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 21-04-2021, 06:04:26
(https://i.imgur.com/Gx4qXqr.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 22-04-2021, 06:04:19
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/db/1b/d2/db1bd2a38b2a000d7dce1fd0bcc74933.jpg)

Potsdamer Platz, 2 May 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-04-2021, 19:04:32
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/fff36c8a28b62148be9430d3cfba18a6/tumblr_o6jxhtpldA1sli2zio1_1280.jpg)
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Post by: Leopardi on 23-04-2021, 00:04:30
(https://i.imgur.com/9YNN1iy.jpg)

II/JR 11 men preparing for battle at the last defensive line of Winter War, along the Kääntymä road. June 21 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 23-04-2021, 05:04:30
(https://i.imgur.com/nQQ6EhO.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-04-2021, 19:04:10
(https://img.17qq.com/images/usceurhx.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-04-2021, 05:04:03
(https://i.imgur.com/wSa1xpY.jpg)

Delft, May 1945.
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Post by: Matthew_Baker on 24-04-2021, 06:04:41
Nice, M4 composite hull 8)
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Post by: nysä on 25-04-2021, 05:04:24
(https://i.imgur.com/fIlIyCj.jpg)

Incomplete or destroyed 88 Kwk 43/3 auf Sockellafette IIa (450 were delivered).
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Post by: nysä on 26-04-2021, 04:04:53
(https://i.imgur.com/89oVElR.jpg)    
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Post by: nysä on 27-04-2021, 05:04:37
(https://i.imgur.com/3OPaS8v.jpg)

M3 W-309731. Souk-el-Arba, 23 November 1942.
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Post by: nysä on 28-04-2021, 05:04:48
(https://i.imgur.com/1wU8rT6.jpg)

Piața 1 Decembrie 1918, Botoșani, Romania, April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-04-2021, 19:04:53
(http://www.trailblazersww2.org/nationalarchivepics/pic35_3bn_274_sign.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 29-04-2021, 05:04:36
(https://i.imgur.com/0mzGx6E.jpg)

2e Division Blindée heading to Royan, April 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 30-04-2021, 06:04:40
(https://i.imgur.com/vu6Pb1t.jpg)

SU-101 undergoing field trials, 27 April 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 01-05-2021, 05:05:44
(https://i.imgur.com/BMKPntx.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 02-05-2021, 05:05:27
(https://i.imgur.com/yWNZHgF.jpg)

Beutepanzerkompanie AOK Afrika.
Spoiler
This Mark VI was knocked out, along with the rest of Beutepanzerkompanie, at Minqār Ralât (Egypt) late October 1942. The majority were claimed by tank busters of No. 6 Squadron RAF and No. 7 Squadron SAAF.
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Post by: nysä on 03-05-2021, 05:05:43
(https://i.imgur.com/Z8k0rEe.jpg)

Hungary 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 04-05-2021, 05:05:53
(https://i.imgur.com/PDpPXtV.jpg)

51st Highland Division in Leignon area, January 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 05-05-2021, 06:05:38
(https://i.imgur.com/BmJDQYp.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 06-05-2021, 06:05:23
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/28561/57727470.2c/0_15e91c_62fb5ef5_orig.jpg)

German and Romanian remains on Cossack Bay, near Sevastopol, May 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-05-2021, 06:05:39
(https://i.imgur.com/at32MYi.jpg)

Kovel, April 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-05-2021, 06:05:01
(https://i.imgur.com/OuK2K4m.jpg)

Poznań 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-05-2021, 04:05:03
(https://i.imgur.com/0zOijRj.jpg)

Final production Jagdpanzer 38 by Škoda.
Spoiler
Note the two small notches on the Rundumfeuer-MG shield for 150 round Gurtsack, only seen on late production JgPz 38s.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-05-2021, 05:05:33
(https://i.imgur.com/ZXqJq1a.jpg)

In original colour: Sd.Kfz. 233 and Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. F from Pz.Abt. 190, 90. leichte-Division captured by the 1st Ranger Battalion at El Guettar (Tunis), the spring of 1943.
Spoiler
Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. F still exists and basically in running condition, at U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, Fort Benning, GA.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 10-05-2021, 17:05:09
That's a cool photo, going to post it on the discord for ppl. True color photos are hard to find, can still see the dunkelgrau underneath. That yellow circle on the PzII hull is an addition by the Rangers I guess? I wonder it's significance.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-05-2021, 02:05:58
That yellow circle on the PzII hull is an addition by the Rangers I guess? I wonder it's significance.

It's a Presidential Unit Citation, earned by the 1st Rangers.



(https://i.imgur.com/HPGgQr4.jpg)

Tiger B (with a pre-production turret) from Panzergruppe Paderborn, left behind in the front of Gasthof Klosterkrug (Falkenhagen), April 1945.
Spoiler
Formed at the end of March 1945, out of the training tanks of Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 500. In the end, the unit had:

15 x Tiger E
3-4 x Tiger B
4 x Panther
3 x Pz.Kpfw. III


In comparison, 13 x Tiger E and 12 x Tiger B, 21 x Panther were available in Berlin area, 16 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-05-2021, 03:05:50
That yellow circle on the PzII hull is an addition by the Rangers I guess? I wonder it's significance.

It's a Presidential Unit Citation, earned by the 1st Rangers.

Do you have any more info on where you found that? It's hard to see how a presidential unit citation of a blue rectangle with a gold border would translate to that circle with stripes.

Someone on missing lynx suggested it's an 18th Infantry Regiment marking with the 1st ID, but that doesn't seem to make sense either.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-05-2021, 07:05:02
Someone on missing lynx suggested it's an 18th Infantry Regiment marking with the 1st ID, but that doesn't seem to make sense either.

Either huh?

http://armorfortheages.com/MilitaryVehicles/PzKpfwII/PzKpfwII.html

This has been also mentioned in few books and booklets on the topic (Panzerwrecks or such), I'll see what I can find.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 11-05-2021, 17:05:29
Either huh?

http://armorfortheages.com/MilitaryVehicles/PzKpfwII/PzKpfwII.html

This has been also mentioned in few books and booklets on the topic (Panzerwrecks or such), I'll see what I can find.

"Huh," would be a good way to put it. I'm curious how the distinguished unit citation would manifest itself as that, when the ribbon looks very different. Although the Executive Order states that;

Quote
An appropriate streamer, emblem, or guidon band, of such form and design as may be determined by the Secretary of War, may be displayed by the organization, unit, detachment, or installation described above, to which such citation is issued.

Would be interested to read more documentation of where that emblem/ insignia comes from.
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Post by: nysä on 12-05-2021, 05:05:41
Would be interested to read more documentation of where that emblem/ insignia comes from.

I contacted the guys at old Patton, maybe they can explain it.



(https://i.imgur.com/1qCctEI.png)

Seelow, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-05-2021, 10:05:44
(http://liberationtrilogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gall-photosnotinbook-451.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-05-2021, 07:05:12
(https://i.imgur.com/JEpyOUN.jpg)

6.5 mm M/14 being used in Granholm coastal fort in area of Hanko Peninsula, September 1941.
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Post by: nysä on 14-05-2021, 07:05:14
(https://i.imgur.com/RUMZEKM.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. G (MIAG, 03-05.44 prod.).
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Post by: nysä on 15-05-2021, 07:05:28
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1944_Nettuno-Anzio.jpg)

Nettuno-Anzio.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-05-2021, 06:05:50
(https://i.imgur.com/Fq9TxEv.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 17-05-2021, 06:05:57
(https://i.imgur.com/zfdLoOQ.jpg)

1. Fallschirmjäger-Division and Pz.Rgt. 4 in Italy.
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Post by: nysä on 18-05-2021, 06:05:38
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy8-001.jpg)

The northern shore of Lake Balaton, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-05-2021, 05:05:21
(https://i.imgur.com/EoeE9zN.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-05-2021, 07:05:59
(https://i.imgur.com/XsOWwmR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-05-2021, 06:05:00
(https://i.imgur.com/QSyVj7n.jpg)

LAH StuG III Ausf. A's shelling an enemy position. Barbarossa 1941.

Quote
Fired without delay fuse:

"The 7.5 cm Gr Patr KwK is a conventional high explosive shell with the standard impact fuse kl.AZ. 23. The fuse has an adjustable delay of 0.2 sec. The shell is used to combat troops in the open or with light cover or in trenches. Larger fragments will penetrate light armoured shields and steel helmets. "

Fired with delay:

"On level ground at low angles at deflection, ricochets are a certainty. These are suited to combat against moving targets in the open or when hidden in trenches or behind houses. If the deflection is great enough to avoid a ricochet, the shell will have the impact effect of a mine, destroying targets under cover, in shelters and in houses."

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-05-2021, 05:05:43
(https://i.imgur.com/0fbaOrJ.jpg)

Sevastopol 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-05-2021, 11:05:24
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/k126/kilroy9/pol181id.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-05-2021, 06:05:47
(https://i-a.d-cd.net/aa11a6ds-1920.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-05-2021, 05:05:33
(https://i.imgur.com/hZoArID.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-05-2021, 06:05:19
(https://i.imgur.com/wLrqTwx.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-05-2021, 05:05:16
(https://i.imgur.com/LLVMBQv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-05-2021, 19:05:41
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/dcec666780f6e9e62169e7564e9738dc/tumblr_o58ht0GkYa1s6zihxo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-05-2021, 05:05:59
(https://i.imgur.com/cfthdep.jpg)

July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-05-2021, 06:05:39
(https://i.imgur.com/sAu51aB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-05-2021, 06:05:11
(https://i.imgur.com/6dwvi0G.jpg)

Italian units training at Senne, July 1944.
Spoiler
Tiger (~07.43 prod.) in the background is from Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 500, later to be consolidated with schwere Panzer-Kompanie "Hummel"
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2021, 10:05:22
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/k2IAAOSwEY9gr0vM/s-l1600.jpg)
Norway July 1940
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-05-2021, 06:05:21
(https://i.imgur.com/Fi0OHLJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Leopardi on 30-05-2021, 21:05:10
(https://i.imgur.com/ZBf8Qb8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-05-2021, 06:05:35
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/frid06419lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-06-2021, 05:06:21
(https://i.imgur.com/eZXQq5a.jpg)

Vitebsk Oblast 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-06-2021, 05:06:54
(https://i.imgur.com/scO27Bb.jpg)

Tannenbergsthal, 1 May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-06-2021, 00:06:14
(https://delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/001/096/400/608_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-06-2021, 19:06:07
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9757/104440592.ed/0_c8443_61dcc039_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-06-2021, 19:06:52
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zwgAAOSwEeFU6iXv/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-06-2021, 19:06:44
(https://lvdneng.rosselcdn.net/sites/default/files/dpistyles_v2/ena_16_9_extra_big/2016/10/26/node_65081/11658512/public/2016/10/26/B9710070565Z.1_20161026112052_000%2BGBA7RFMPL.3-0.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-06-2021, 11:06:46
Seth, regarding Tracteur Blindé, can you pivot/open the driver's armoured panels?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-06-2021, 19:06:07
Seth, regarding Tracteur Blindé, can you pivot/open the driver's armoured panels?
Unfortunately no,
it was built from the marder so i didn't think about adding this feature.

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1awAAOSwYndgn81T/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-07-2021, 12:07:34
Indeed, that would have been a nice feature... even regarding Marder I, the driver had to exit the vehicle before it could be fired. Quite literally, a 7.5 cm Pak 40 auf Slf.LrS  8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-07-2021, 19:07:18
(https://forum.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/028706/28706732_15005.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-07-2021, 14:07:13
Seth - can we expect any new German armour, or recycling the same old (sans the later type ammo)?  ???
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 27-07-2021, 17:07:04
we've definitely got some German armor coming in the next release 8)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-07-2021, 12:07:38
Oh, nice!  :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-07-2021, 19:07:04
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/36946950/IMG_0030.jpg)
it can be frustrating to wait for the french player model to release France 40,
but don't worry, we are already working hard on the next releases after this one.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-08-2021, 19:08:24
(https://actualites.musee-armee.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MA_BA_ExpoMol-3_20150731.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-08-2021, 12:08:45
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ADwAAOSwOq9gvjLN/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-08-2021, 09:08:15
(https://www.historical-media.com/images/2019.4.15/a/DSC_9223.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: CptdeS35 on 21-08-2021, 10:08:58
(https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/36946950/IMG_0030.jpg)
it can be frustrating to wait for the french player model to release France 40,
but don't worry, we are already working hard on the next releases after this one.

Woouuuuld you look at this fieldkitchen !
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-08-2021, 19:08:20
a flat tire stopped the whole convoy !

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8OEAAOSwFKxhA8ll/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-08-2021, 19:08:28
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/YKcAAOSwNSxhKJKA/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-09-2021, 19:09:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/e1MAAOSwgtJhDPea/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-10-2021, 19:10:44
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pmcAAOSw~9phVtva/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-10-2021, 19:10:16
(https://krigsmuseet.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fjellkrigen-Foto-Narvik-Krigsmuseum-kopi.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-10-2021, 18:10:13
(https://i.imgur.com/9zXbzDc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-10-2021, 19:10:21
 :D hé hé hé,
i saw this photo and some others on ebay recently
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2021, 22:11:46
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3s4AAOSwv6BhfUDf/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-11-2021, 18:11:05
(https://i.imgur.com/n6kI2ww.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-11-2021, 11:11:39
(https://i.redd.it/qsfn6us2l0x41.jpg)

Luxembourg, late 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-11-2021, 19:11:44
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/YKcAAOSwNSxhKJKA/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-12-2021, 19:12:29
(https://delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/001/393/143/823_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-12-2021, 06:12:53
(https://i.imgur.com/RZ6T9Bv.jpg)

Denmark, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-12-2021, 16:12:56
(https://i.redd.it/9qz7fifhtcq41.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-12-2021, 18:12:15
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/36gAAOSw1uJhqIdc/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2021, 14:12:31
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8332/8142116714_0320fe37f4_b.jpg)

774th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Gürzenich, Cologne. 17 December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-12-2021, 07:12:40
(https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2018/10/03/14/20181003142353834/original_c24c156765c4aff637ede3df8b4c0ea4.jpg)

25 February 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-12-2021, 18:12:28
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MjaF-AEfu84/Vh6lbakmOJI/AAAAAAABjGE/tCIpLFqTTGw/s1600/40mm%2BBofors%2BAA-gun%2Bfinnish.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-12-2021, 13:12:03
(https://i.imgur.com/SttkWPz.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. G (MIAG, ~10.44 prod.) in the 3rd Armored Division sector, late February 1945.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: MIAG built 1,295 StuG III Ausf. G in 1944 vs. only 123 guns by 3/1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-12-2021, 05:12:14
(https://i.imgur.com/YcMX8UK.jpg)

The British 4th Armoured Brigade during the Liberation of Weert, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-12-2021, 14:12:17
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/gettyimages-542911017-1.jpg)

Close to Kharkov, May 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2021, 10:12:55
Nice pic ! i didn't know Bisons lasted that long
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-12-2021, 14:12:23
That one is likely from siG 33 (mot S) Kp 701, which supposedly received three new-build guns from Magdeburg (plus two other possible re-builds from Vienna) in 2/1942 after losing all their original guns during the winter.

Funny enough(?), sIG 33 (mot S) Kp 702 actually praised the gun and considered it "modern":
Quote
"the sIG (mot S) has performed very well as an assault gun during the campaign in Russia.... ideal for the lead echelon of the Kampfgruppe in the Panzer division.... The low trajectory of the gun, when firing with the No. 4 charge, is very effective for attacking a point target such as a bunker or dug-in-artillery, or MG nests or mortar positions, with a minimal expenditure of ammunition...
Just the massive effect of a 15cm high-explosive shells detonating near enemy tanks will normally cause the attack to turn away; this was even applicable to the KV-2. A stationary tank or any that approaches head-on can be destroyed at 300 to 400m range by firing two or three shells propelled by the No. 4 charge..."

Info/quote(s): "Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions" and "German SPG in on the Battlefield"

Further commentary here; https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/SiG-33_Bison.php
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-12-2021, 05:12:02
(https://i.imgur.com/BDnuuMz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-12-2021, 08:12:33
(https://i.imgur.com/JadWUGy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-12-2021, 10:12:27
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CYwAAOSwvlZhoTqq/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-12-2021, 15:12:50
(https://i.imgur.com/ll0QUr5.jpg)

s.Pz.Abt. 502 near Neva River (Lake Ladoga), January 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-01-2022, 10:01:21
(https://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img93.jpg)

Goldap, October 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-01-2022, 17:01:55
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3x8AAOSwmlthzwb8/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-01-2022, 06:01:59
(https://www.thearmorylife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/article-c96-broomhandle-first-true-combat-autopistol-6.jpg)

Germany, the spring of 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-01-2022, 08:01:56
(https://assets.jungefreiheit.de/2019/12/Budapest-1536x1101.jpg)

Breslau (or Budapest), March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-01-2022, 10:01:37
(https://crop.kaleva.fi/Jt7QGNb7jGA7TD-ub21GMtPEEhs=/fit-in/4000x4000/smart/https%3A//lorien-media-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/migration/kalevafi/default/11b1499a-2aab-11e1-9cf1-12314303c108/original-20061109-061109narvi1.jpg)

Narvik 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-01-2022, 17:01:29
(https://iohotnik.ru/wp-content/uploads/d/2/9/d2921168c075ec7a84ed688048242520.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-01-2022, 11:01:18
(https://i.imgur.com/z9ZM7I7.jpg)

The collection point at Jindřichův Hradec train station, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-01-2022, 16:01:27
(https://i.imgur.com/aqpSxT8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-01-2022, 20:01:51
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QiUAAOSwQ51h4bfO/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-01-2022, 16:01:18
(https://i.imgur.com/eT3TcwE.jpg)

Gun "A" from sIG Kp. (mot S) Kp 701 and Pz III Ausf. G from Pz.Rg. 33, 9. Pz.Dv., the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: SadCamelion on 23-01-2022, 19:01:28
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QiUAAOSwQ51h4bfO/s-l1600.jpg)


This looks interesting, do you know where that is or what gun we see here?
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-01-2022, 19:01:55
it was under a genric name "franz atlantikwall"
imo it's a coastal gun
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-01-2022, 10:01:32
(https://i.imgur.com/xEvAdq5.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. F/8 "Ruth" (09-10.42 prod.) from an unknown Luftwaffen-Felddivision.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-01-2022, 12:01:01
(https://i.imgur.com/qxCxOU8.jpg)

Matilda II knocked out by Pz.Rgt. 204, late May 1942. The southeast of Kharkov.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-01-2022, 08:01:47
(https://i.imgur.com/qSJBaSF.jpg)

6. Luftwaffen-Felddivision, Pskov Oblast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-01-2022, 05:01:05
(https://i.imgur.com/QGxIfe4.jpg)

Kharkov 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-01-2022, 11:01:26
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GYkAAOSwWHVh3oOm/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-01-2022, 08:01:02
(https://i.imgur.com/Rg0WiQ0.jpg)

Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-02-2022, 15:02:12
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Jeep_at_Mayen%2C_Germany%2C_16_March_1945_%28176250400%29.jpg)

Mayen, 16 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-02-2022, 17:02:47
(https://i.imgur.com/LYOyIdc.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. J from Pz.Abt. 129, originally destroyed by artillery fire on 15 December 1944. The province of Ravenna, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-02-2022, 04:02:46
(https://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/galery/1935_amr35/amr35%20zt2%20m3031%2001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-02-2022, 12:02:00
 :) ah those AMR,
maybe one day if players really enjoy the french release
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-02-2022, 17:02:38
(https://i.imgur.com/HuRlsd9.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-02-2022, 14:02:04
(https://i.imgur.com/cwI4Rdt.jpg)

The observation post of the 7. Panzer-Division. Belarus, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-02-2022, 14:02:15
(https://i.imgur.com/WL6lZZO.jpg)

5. SS-Panzerdivision “Wiking”.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-03-2022, 19:03:21
(https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/media/catalog/product/cache/2035e42cb3957df04446a3b51a252a38/2/3/2391635_1_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-03-2022, 19:03:57
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1g8AAOSway5iKgvC/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-03-2022, 19:03:33
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7811/45820514585_100c897029_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-03-2022, 08:03:51
(https://i.imgur.com/QK1ySDi.jpg)

Ordzhonikidze 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-03-2022, 09:03:45
(https://i.imgur.com/qIzo7LM.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2022, 09:03:05
bf2 bunker:

(https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2hj73en/la-seconde-guerre-mondiale-ww2-des-soldats-allemands-envahissent-la-france-14-juin-1940-rue-de-paris-france-2hj73en.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-03-2022, 17:03:05
(https://i.imgur.com/jUNWH80.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-03-2022, 19:03:32
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2i8AAOSwoblhmm2w/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-03-2022, 05:03:31
(https://i.imgur.com/sQe1BdB.jpg)

16.Panzer-Division on to the Stalingrad siege. Armored personnel carriers of the Schützen-Bataillon 16 (gep.).

Quote
16.Panzer-Division created a special armored infantry batallion (gep. = gepanzert, armored; everyone on APC) gathering all the APCs of its motorized infantry (Grenadier) regiments for the summer offensive of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2022, 19:03:50
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gPEAAOSwEWViN55k/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-03-2022, 19:03:30
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/17sAAOSw2m1iOED2/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-04-2022, 19:04:48
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8BkAAOSw9KZiSHvo/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Gregb1955 on 06-04-2022, 05:04:35
More information on type and nationality of this vehicle please.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 06-04-2022, 15:04:30
Luftwaffe personnel(?) inspecting a Belgian T-13 tank destroyer; https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/belgium/Belgian_T13.php (https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/belgium/Belgian_T13.php)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-04-2022, 16:04:36
(https://i.imgur.com/RuiiDza.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2022, 19:04:13
Same tank, T13 type 3
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4IYAAOSwwERiSHjW/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-04-2022, 11:04:17
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cMkuou-hwUo/XBJW7bhwocI/AAAAAAAAb2w/oLrVqtKJg6s_olEZL-7X_WF8vRrph2s6wCLcBGAs/s1600/eotpho7xdt6z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-04-2022, 19:04:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oMAAAOSwn7JYFheh/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-04-2022, 19:04:44
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rmkAAOSw~i1iU8fJ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-04-2022, 11:04:14
(https://i.imgur.com/qvxwRIm.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-04-2022, 10:04:57
(https://i.imgur.com/kG3D7ZS.jpg)

Göttingen, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-04-2022, 09:04:01
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XoYAAOSwjaZiWcGm/s-l1600.jpg)

Louvain 1940

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouwerij_Zeeberg
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-04-2022, 11:04:12
(https://i.imgur.com/Zq3xuKM.jpg)

SdKfz 251 from Sturmgeschütz-Batterie 660 being evacuted through Chantes, 24 June 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 18-04-2022, 14:04:09
Looks like one of the 300ish 'unarmored' ones.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-04-2022, 08:04:22
(https://i.imgur.com/U4u7U7z.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-04-2022, 05:04:14
(https://i.imgur.com/1M7cLS8.jpg)

Sturmbatterie 659 in France, May 1940. According to several troop diaries, the spring of 1940 was exceptionally warm.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-04-2022, 06:04:38
..
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-04-2022, 06:04:52
(https://i.imgur.com/uFvyNGD.jpg)

Dormition Cathedral in Mglin, Bryansk Oblast. August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-04-2022, 19:04:00
new pic from ebay:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/811190135197794314/966775393216503808/s-l1600_43.jpg)

From the same unit of the unique tank survivor:
http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/belgium-1940-carden-loyd-t13-b2-tank.html
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-04-2022, 11:04:11
(https://i.imgur.com/XMw5Vle.jpg)

 I./Panzer-Regiment 202
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-04-2022, 07:04:54
(https://i.imgur.com/LN144NJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-04-2022, 05:04:26
(https://i.imgur.com/CMKC2al.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. F/8 (09-10.42 prod.), followed by StuG III Ausf. B (11.40-02.41 prod.) with Winterketten.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-04-2022, 12:04:36
(https://i.imgur.com/cWVSVLe.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. G from Pz.Ausb.Verb Thüringen, close Schmalnau 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-04-2022, 09:04:27
(https://i.imgur.com/NgGfk2b.jpg)

A 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 from the 342nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, stuck in Lauterbach (Germany), February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-04-2022, 09:04:29
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Cp8AAOSw6~liam4V/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-05-2022, 09:05:47
(https://i.imgur.com/4yF9zFj.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-05-2022, 17:05:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/skQAAOSwzGNiam4A/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-05-2022, 17:05:59
(https://i.imgur.com/xAPN5yL.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-05-2022, 08:05:21
(https://i.imgur.com/4XAXuXw.jpg)

StuG Lehr Batterie 901 in Ukraine, early 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-05-2022, 10:05:32
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/q34AAOSwX5hibQD9/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-05-2022, 18:05:17
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/k~wAAOSwEZ9ibQE7/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-05-2022, 17:05:50
(https://i.imgur.com/pwLUv3f.jpg)

The new weapons exhibition. Rastenburg, May 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-05-2022, 08:05:38
(https://i.imgur.com/3KBWOWT.jpg)

Sd.Kfz.231 8-rad from Kradschützen-Bataillon 43, 13. Panzer-Division. The summer of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-05-2022, 09:05:12
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dGkAAOSwgnZib5ny/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-05-2022, 08:05:10
(https://i.imgur.com/SNYBS77.jpg)

Withdrawal from Crimea, the early spring of 1944. StuG III Ausf. G in the front is MIAG production from the summer of 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-05-2022, 14:05:49
(https://i.imgur.com/6lcNSoa.jpg)

T-34-85 knocked out by StuG.Brig. 912. Pskov-Opochka, the summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-05-2022, 15:05:37
(https://i.imgur.com/uxRlQiw.jpg)

Belgium, December 1940.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-05-2022, 10:05:29
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NdUAAOSwSIxij36e/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-06-2022, 19:06:45
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nUIAAOSwOBdincBR/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-06-2022, 22:06:04
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DzkAAOSwmEZin1py/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-07-2022, 10:07:40
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lO0AAOSw8NVisCwL/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MyQAAOSwTHZisCy0/s-l1600.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-07-2022, 09:07:34
(https://i.imgur.com/CGVcUQP.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-07-2022, 16:07:23
(https://i.imgur.com/AXwEO5Y.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-07-2022, 17:07:47
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qHQAAOSwkQpivwtC/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-07-2022, 17:07:36
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8~UAAOSwDIhixsuQ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-07-2022, 18:07:19
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3ysAAOSwdrpizG-V/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-07-2022, 18:07:10
(https://i.imgur.com/9u4bbKu.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-07-2022, 18:07:47
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tL0AAOSwNPxiues8/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-07-2022, 18:07:18
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xEsAAOSw0Lxifg7b/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-07-2022, 06:07:20
(https://i.imgur.com/5cl8bCD.jpg)

Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-07-2022, 19:07:19
1945 ! i hope it was just a way to flee and not to fight

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/F~wAAOSwTxBiYR1G/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-07-2022, 09:07:18
1945 ! i hope it was just a way to flee and not to fight

No battle damage but it's marked by the US 462nd Ordnance Evacuation Team. This is really reflecting the end phase of the war - to quote Hauptmann Horst Zobel, the commander of the Pz.Abt.Müncheberg "our tanks were from depots, part training tanks, part firing ranges, that had been returned to a serviceable order as far as possible with the existing spare parts... these tanks were basically intact, although they were NOT new. We could not test-fire the cannons, although this did not cause a problem on the battlefield.".
It's also known that obsolete vehicles were not always even listed in unit dispositions.



(https://i.imgur.com/5lUHAa2.jpg)

Karlsruher Straße 3, Berlin 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-07-2022, 19:07:28
thx for the info !

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6q8AAOSwBnJi1kmL/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-07-2022, 13:07:37
Welcome!

(https://www.armedconflicts.com/attachments/796/41865082_2231598216853681_3686569235602997248_n.jpg)

Halbe 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-07-2022, 17:07:45
(https://i.imgur.com/3cJp400.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2022, 19:07:58
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ItkAAOSwUz1i1kmL/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-07-2022, 06:07:43
(https://i.imgur.com/KS0TQWL.jpg)

October 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-07-2022, 06:07:55
(https://i.imgur.com/gLObFJk.jpg)

Latvia 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-07-2022, 07:07:05
(https://i.imgur.com/GxWSFFF.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-07-2022, 08:07:16
nice to find one in france in 1944 !

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/r7oAAOSwmRtirGrF/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-07-2022, 05:07:04
(https://i.imgur.com/2qAcoct.jpg)

Tiger #308 (mid-production), commanded by s.Pz.Abt. 502 Hauptmann Leonhardt. Lithuania, the summer of 1944. Abt's 1000th kill was claimed by Leonhard's crew on 26 September 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-07-2022, 06:07:54
(https://i.imgur.com/AJ7Xglz.jpg)

T-34 with an F-34 armed turret on a Model 1940 chassis.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-07-2022, 05:07:58
(https://i.imgur.com/9bQLB1k.jpg)

Pskov, summer 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-07-2022, 19:07:18
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kbYAAOSw-FViztjX/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-07-2022, 05:07:01
(https://i.imgur.com/d08IHfw.jpg)

Sturmpistole being demonstated to Finnish visitors, Germany 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-07-2022, 19:07:53
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cYsAAOSwq09isGyS/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-07-2022, 06:07:10
(https://i.imgur.com/UWQlxw7.jpg)

'Bunker blasters' (both StuG III Ausf. B) from StuG.Abt. 226, mid-1941.
Delayed-fuse shells by the L/24 were very effective against bunkers and buildings.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-07-2022, 05:07:54
(https://i.imgur.com/Jew963C.jpg)

Somua from Panzer-Abteilung 211 under KG Tornio, in the front of Kemin Pirtti. Lapland War, early October 1944.
Spoiler
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ck/@65.7368842,24.5664675,3a,75y,353.61h,88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sobfgSlrFiDqD4_1764p5qA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x45d54b296756d813:0x6714789ae3fbcbb!2sKemin+Pirtti!8m2!3d65.7373535!4d24.5657643!3m4!1s0x45d54b295b16bcb5:0x1ac5095c097b1869!8m2!3d65.7367705!4d24.5651958
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-07-2022, 05:07:53
(https://i.imgur.com/ECBaQiR.jpg)

Liberated American POW at Le Havre airfield, 3 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-07-2022, 12:07:35
 :D coca cola

Possible photo from Stonne 1940 from a Artillerie Rgt.34 soldier album
(more pics like gaillac and pzr wreck in the same album)
(in discussion internally):
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0AMAAOSws8Bi5VJL/s-l1600.jpg)

If true, that would be exceptionnal
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-08-2022, 05:08:45
(https://i.imgur.com/PQKdgOZ.jpg)

Schwimmwagen from StuG.Brig. 303 parked near Hotel Torni. Helsinki, the summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-08-2022, 05:08:54
(https://i.imgur.com/l9AJAx2.jpg)

Oberleutnant Johannes Brandenburg and a fellow officer with Kaffee-Konserve.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-08-2022, 19:08:34
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XuUAAOSwLHZgpWOZ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-08-2022, 05:08:12
(https://i.imgur.com/XDGGAGE.jpg)

Czech troops fooling around on a Škoda built Jagdpanzer 38, Spring-Summer 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-08-2022, 04:08:45
(https://i.imgur.com/gSdX0QT.jpg)

Bratislava area 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-08-2022, 08:08:54
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/V4sAAOSwuCdi5Ahj/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-08-2022, 06:08:40
(https://i.imgur.com/GWu6vY0.jpg)

Nappy time in the Karelia Isthmus, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-08-2022, 19:08:33
France 1940
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MasAAOSwM-Ni6g8e/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-08-2022, 05:08:50
(https://i.imgur.com/SncgxDK.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-08-2022, 05:08:41
(https://i.imgur.com/NhZW2bZ.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. F/8 (9-10.42 prod.) from Pz.Jg.Abt. 61, 11. Pz-Div., lost during the fall of 1944 in Baume-les-Dames.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-08-2022, 07:08:38
(https://i.imgur.com/3EZJN0k.jpg)

Abandoned Tiger E from 4./s.Pz.Abt.506, near Bastogne. Started as Pz.Kp. Hummel (w. 14 early-early mid. Tiger E out of Pz.Ers.Abt. 500), the surviving eight Tigers were consolidated into s.Pz.Abt.506 on 18 December 1944, forming the fourth company.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-08-2022, 05:08:19
(https://i.imgur.com/K3orA0G.jpg)

10th Mountain Division in Italy, 1945.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: The Div moved to Udine on 20 May and joined the British 8th Army to prevent further westward movement of ground forces from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-08-2022, 06:08:51
(https://i.imgur.com/rxKGn6k.jpg)

Beutepanzer wrecks at Deurne Airport (Antwerp), 10 November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-08-2022, 10:08:50
it saw combat, interesting !

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SL4AAOSwGelinv8A/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-08-2022, 05:08:08
(https://i.imgur.com/Dy0eoV6.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. A from StuG Batt. 660, 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-08-2022, 05:08:06
(https://i.imgur.com/Exza0p1.jpg)

Tunisia, 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-08-2022, 19:08:28
(https://www.delcampe.net/static/img_large/auction/001/524/043/012_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-08-2022, 05:08:27
(https://i.imgur.com/tLi9nkt.jpg)

Panzerjäger I wreck from Pz.Jg.Abt. 605, near Tobruk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-08-2022, 05:08:41
(https://mediaradar.dk/wp-content/uploads/2005/04/FHM-275414-2048x1385.jpg)

The 6th Guards Tank Army in Vienna, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-08-2022, 05:08:41
(https://i.imgur.com/pcD7JvO.jpg)

German troops passing by a Soviet 45 mm AT gun m1937 during the counter-attack in Lower Silesia, April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-08-2022, 06:08:32
(https://i.imgur.com/ml0jZyU.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. F/8 (9-10.42 prod.) likely from Luftwaffen Feld-Division. Note the loader's makeshift MG15 mount.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-08-2022, 06:08:08
(https://i.imgur.com/iRUqSig.jpg)

One of two Panzerjäger Renault R35(f) left behind close to Wijbosch, September 1944. Needless to say, the 506th Regiment Command post and Colonel Sink were not very impressed by it.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-08-2022, 10:08:03
But it can always be an annoying problem

(https://www.delcampe.net/static/img_large/auction/001/524/042/880_001.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-08-2022, 06:08:32
Indeed, but I guess with those Jagdpanthers roaming in the nearby area... It's still pretty impressive that they captured this vehicle fully operational; many 'veterans' broke down during the road march. 20 km/h max. speed was rather gentle tho  8)



(https://i.imgur.com/oWv8kCO.jpg)

Close to Seelow Heights. Tiger has an early chassis and what seems like a pre-1943 turret with a loader's MP port.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/FZa4b2C.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-08-2022, 07:08:40
(https://i.imgur.com/hejKNY2.jpg)

North Africa 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-08-2022, 09:08:58
(https://i.imgur.com/bE06YQD.jpg)

Höngen, 20 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-08-2022, 08:08:22
(https://i.imgur.com/jQ5iXas.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-08-2022, 14:08:16
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WMAAAOSwd49jA5GH/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-08-2022, 07:08:36
(https://i.imgur.com/BOQPvMy.jpg)

'Das Reich' close to Kharkov. Peresechnaya, April 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-08-2022, 06:08:29
(https://i.imgur.com/fKpDSjG.jpg)

Troops from the Calgary Tank Regiment driving around with Sd.Kfz.11/4 (OR 5). Italy, 27 May 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-08-2022, 19:08:19
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HacAAOSw5-ljA5EB/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-08-2022, 05:08:03
(https://i.imgur.com/Ibj2Hvw.jpg)

Destroyed half-track from the 6th Armored Division. Near Wardin, 16 January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-09-2022, 05:09:33
(https://i.imgur.com/bJTOuAU.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-09-2022, 05:09:44
(https://i.imgur.com/aRLjmHK.jpg)

Soviet nurses and an officer from the 15th Inf.Div., Thuringia-Kurhessen Division. 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-09-2022, 06:09:50
(https://i.imgur.com/1PzpF8E.jpg)

Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 24, 24. Panzer-Division in Italy 1943, soon heading to the Ostfront. The future Knight's Cross recipient Oberwachtmeister Erwin Krüger had a nickname "der blaue Krüger", referring to his heavy drinking habit. He survived the war and died at the age of 49.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-09-2022, 06:09:41
(https://i.imgur.com/V7r3CI5.jpg)

Halbe death alley, late April 1945.
Some unusual vehicles found at Halbe: StuG III Ausf. C/D (pictured), Waffenträger mit 88 mm PaK 43 L/71, Carro Armato M13/40s, Pz I Ausf. B mit Drilling MG 151/20, Wespe ammunition carrier, Panzerpähwagen Humber(e) and a wide array of captured/modified half-tracks, trucks, cars, motorcycles etc.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-09-2022, 05:09:43
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/rfc/FRE_007371.jpg)

B-26 Marauder (#42-96165) nicknamed 'The Big Hairy Bird' of the 397th Bomb Group takes off from Péronne, January 1945.
The Marauder had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber, at 0.5 per cent per mission. One Marauder, named 'Flak Bait', survived 202 combat missions.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-09-2022, 05:09:01
(https://i.imgur.com/f0jGTzu.jpg)

Lake Balaton, March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-09-2022, 21:09:16
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RhMAAOSwfspjA5Zm/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-09-2022, 12:09:37
(https://i.imgur.com/juud0zb.jpg)

Finland 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-09-2022, 15:09:33
(https://i.imgur.com/Lp610S2.jpg)

An early StuG III Ausf. F from StuG.Abt. 230. Note the factory applied Tropen II scheme.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-09-2022, 07:09:22
(https://i.imgur.com/kNSQHco.jpg)

Looking busy at the Workshop V, 'Porsche Tiger'. Nibenlugenwerk, Austria, April 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-09-2022, 18:09:27
(https://i.imgur.com/JNAisHa.jpg)

Brand new StuG III Ausf. F/8s for StuG.Abt. 201. Ostrogozhsk-Rossosh, December 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-09-2022, 19:09:51
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cCEAAOSwLX5i9QAH/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-09-2022, 06:09:52
(https://i.imgur.com/k2U1qq6.jpg)

Finland, December 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-09-2022, 06:09:14
(https://i.imgur.com/dXcVAeg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-09-2022, 06:09:48
(https://i.imgur.com/zKptGnW.jpg)

Kharkov, March 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-09-2022, 06:09:14
(https://i.imgur.com/Bm8Ifid.jpg)

Two destroyed Panzer IV/70(V) (late prod.) from 20. or 18. Pz.Gren.Div. The south of Berlin, 21 April 1945.
There were a total of 35 Pz.IV/70(V) in and around Berlin in April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2022, 06:09:40
(https://i.imgur.com/t19z3KX.jpg)

8. Panzer-Division in Kiev, 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-09-2022, 17:09:12
(https://i.imgur.com/BPlt75R.jpg)

Sturmbatterie 660.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-09-2022, 10:09:45
(https://i.imgur.com/JCHlqth.jpg)

Pz.Rgt.29, 12 Panzer-Division near Leningrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-09-2022, 22:09:47
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Y1wAAOSwMY9jMDxr/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-09-2022, 17:09:37
(https://i.imgur.com/H599nOq.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-09-2022, 06:09:54
(https://i.imgur.com/mZom8yE.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-09-2022, 05:09:26
(https://i.imgur.com/BPXzQRj.jpg)

Split, 28 September 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-10-2022, 08:10:36
(https://i.imgur.com/kviAZAG.jpg)

Sagutyevo, Bryanskaya Oblast, August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-10-2022, 06:10:53
(https://i.imgur.com/TvidnxG.jpg)

Halbe, 26-27 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-10-2022, 06:10:18
(https://i.imgur.com/zwT3eqy.png)

Courland, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-10-2022, 19:10:40
interesting example !

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XVoAAOSwgNZjNAmz/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-10-2022, 16:10:32
(https://i.imgur.com/x4xxXqO.jpg)

10. SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg" withdrawing through Maaseik, the fall of 1944.
Spoiler
Bonus:
(https://i.imgur.com/oklvwxc.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-10-2022, 06:10:46
(https://i.imgur.com/JqWB5gI.jpg)

Destroyed early Tiger E (w. steel road wheels) from Pz.Gruppe "Paderborn". Close to St.Georg Church (Paderborn), April 1945. In the end, the unit had 15 Tiger E, three Tiger B, four Panthers and four Panzer III. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-10-2022, 05:10:21
(https://i.imgur.com/Oo0h8Pq.jpg)

Burnt-out T-34-85 (Factory 183 prod.) in Lankwitz, Berlin 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-10-2022, 06:10:04
(https://i.imgur.com/9XEbHkI.jpg)

The surrender at Courland, May 1945. Most StuG IV seems to be "late-mid" production with Rundumfeuer MG, vertical exhaust mufflers, no Zimmerit, but still with four return rollers.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-10-2022, 19:10:42
 ;) we will try to fix the ingame Rundumfeuer MG sight for the next release
( but not sure about the camera position :( )

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Za0AAOSwPF5jNvAB/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-10-2022, 05:10:58
Hey, thanks Seth, that would be great! Btw - was the Jagdpanther's gun reticle updated?



(https://i.imgur.com/AeKwY5a.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-10-2022, 06:10:39
(https://i.imgur.com/ORg9Byg.jpg)

Sturmpanzer IV Ausf. IV (late prod.) from 3./Stu.Pz.Abt. 219, abandoned on the road to Staňkov, Chlum u Třeboně 1945. Note the hard-edged factory camouflage.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2022, 10:10:09
Hey, thanks Seth, that would be great! Btw - was the Jagdpanther's gun reticle updated?
Yes we will try to have a Sfl.Z.F. 1a

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Ig4AAOSwQlRjQHmN/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-10-2022, 05:10:03
(http://www.vwoks.si/images/prenos/Schwimmwagen_704TD_bat.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-10-2022, 04:10:23
(https://i.imgur.com/N9aDNJL.jpg)

A view of Kharkov through StuG III Ausf. B's Rundblickfernrohr 32. The spearhead of StuG.Abt. 197 was the first German unit to reach the city outskirts in 20 October 1941, inflicting heavy personnel and material losses to the Soviets.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-10-2022, 08:10:29
(https://i.imgur.com/9WC3p9l.jpg)

Captured train w. Lend-Lease Valentine. Likely location: Rostov. The Fall 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-10-2022, 19:10:37
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7wIAAOSwGTljQ~ab/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-10-2022, 06:10:05
(https://i.imgur.com/HX5BaTQ.png)

Ropsha (Leningrad), January 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-10-2022, 04:10:55
(https://i.imgur.com/InRa2B1.jpg)

Ferdinand #722 (s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 654) after field overhaul.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2022, 07:10:57
(https://i.imgur.com/vu4QV05.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-10-2022, 09:10:10
(https://i.imgur.com/1Fvrjrb.jpg)

One of three T-60s from 12. verstärkte Polizei-Panzer-Kompanie in Mogilev, 1943. This unit was initially equipped with captured Soviet light tanks, before switching to Pz III and M42 Semovente in November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-10-2022, 06:10:02
(https://i.imgur.com/zOiktRl.jpg)

The 712th Tank Battalion on a rest break in Joudreville, early November 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-10-2022, 05:10:43
(https://i.imgur.com/QzdkDiy.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-10-2022, 19:10:00
Captured Belgian mg
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~XoAAOSwsWBjSYBQ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-10-2022, 14:10:17
(https://i.imgur.com/2ItLqdS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-10-2022, 15:10:53
(https://i.imgur.com/P0VXSaU.jpg)

Finns at Sturmartillerieschule Jüterbog, the summer of 1943 (image credit: Pekka Peltomäki).
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2022, 10:10:52
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/z8IAAOSwesNjUBNb/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-10-2022, 11:10:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oVEAAOSwNYdjQ~b-/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 01-11-2022, 10:11:12
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IUAAAOSwWuRjXPul/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-11-2022, 19:11:13
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nQEAAOSwLEljXSjB/s-l1600.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-11-2022, 21:11:38
better pic of the t13
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FJUAAOSwV~Rjcmqr/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2022, 19:11:34
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cTIAAOSwV~RjY47n/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-11-2022, 19:11:39
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mL4AAOSw4qhjY46x/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2022, 20:11:52
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nBMAAOSwvXVjd5VL/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-11-2022, 18:11:14
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sscAAOSwZPRje2ig/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WXkAAOSwOs1je2jD/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2022, 19:11:58
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PdMAAOSwvKNjXPqQ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 01-12-2022, 13:12:49
1200 pages good Lord! :o what's our next milestone? :D

Maybe posted before;
(https://i.imgur.com/K3l0pgW.png)

Quote
Artistically gifted crew sitting on their StuG. III Ausf. G (Alkett/MIAG April - September 1943), probably in the winter of 1943-1944, somewhere on the Eastern Front.

What might be a Baron Munchausen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchausen) cartoon painted on the skirt.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-12-2022, 20:12:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zA4AAOSwR7RjXPrr/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-12-2022, 09:12:19
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ppQAAOSwgtRjj1kv/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-12-2022, 11:12:22
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/05QAAOSwCiBjXPsa/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-01-2023, 19:01:03
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/p1AAAOSwcnVjrB8m/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-01-2023, 16:01:55
Famous 26eBCC Lorraine at Guise (plenty of pics of the location):
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6RQAAOSwubVjtykI/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-01-2023, 19:01:10
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MdAAAOSwotdjuFxb/s-l1600.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-01-2023, 19:01:01
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/he8AAOSwDsZjuFum/s-l1600.png)
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Post by: Rawhide on 21-01-2023, 11:01:50
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Ghetto_Vilinus.gif)

Quote
Abba Kovner (back row, centre) with members of the FPO in Vilna

Quote
The Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye was a Jewish resistance organization based in the Vilna Ghetto that organized armed resistance against the Nazis during World War II. The clandestine organisation was established by Communist and Zionist partisans. Their leaders were writer Abba Kovner, Josef Glazman and Yitzhak Wittenberg.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-01-2023, 19:01:15
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SjoAAOSwjeVjyvpQ/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/orsAAOSw7fVjyvoU/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-02-2023, 10:02:15
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tf8AAOSwxwNj2qZh/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2023, 20:02:50
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/A6sAAOSwCkRj4RTF/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-02-2023, 20:02:08
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qLUAAOSwgIVj5R0D/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2023, 09:02:26
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/hwMAAOSw6Ddj77vG/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-02-2023, 20:02:33
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yGUAAOSwEnVj8QF7/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-02-2023, 20:02:50
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kB4AAOSwQg9j94DS/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-02-2023, 10:02:30
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qf8AAMXQuCdThKl5/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-03-2023, 17:03:14
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kyMAAOSwSNxj-0gu/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-03-2023, 20:03:21
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3DsAAOSwPP9kAkkp/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 10-03-2023, 19:03:55
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zTsAAOSwx5ZjMFIE/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-03-2023, 19:03:22
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fz4AAOSw3IBj-nTM/s-l1600.jpg)
lorraine 38
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-03-2023, 19:03:28
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/hE0AAOSw~2pkEJw0/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2023, 19:03:19
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sHMAAOSwXv9kFzTm/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-03-2023, 20:03:57
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NRMAAOSwlzBkIqE-/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 30-03-2023, 17:03:54
(https://i.imgur.com/uGIf024.jpg)

Finland 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-04-2023, 10:04:05
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NRMAAOSwlzBkIqE-/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-04-2023, 20:04:00
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/P88AAOSwiOlkHe1m/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-04-2023, 18:04:49
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RI4AAOSwIXlkI9wZ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-04-2023, 20:04:26
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Hz8AAOSwSElkNTO9/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-04-2023, 19:04:09
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fJEAAOSwXhpkOWTQ/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 22-04-2023, 09:04:14
(https://i.imgur.com/GSiQoS1.jpg)

Seelow Heights 1945.
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Post by: nysä on 26-04-2023, 18:04:11
(https://i.imgur.com/6i8fnUG.jpg)

Leutnant Johann Straub, StuG.Abt. 1007 (7.ID).
Spoiler
HGr.Mitte report mentions about 44 tanks destroyed by StuG.Abt. 1007 (eighteen of them by a Lt. Straub), during 20 days of fighting in July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 28-04-2023, 20:04:37
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nv4AAOSwcPNkQ4ZO/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 03-05-2023, 08:05:06
(https://i.imgur.com/B2WIWuq.jpg)

Flammwagen B-2(f) "bodenständig" and a Würzburg radar station at Nieuwpoort-Bad, Fall 1944. 
Spoiler
The Canadians managed to captured at least six operational 15,5 cm K420 (f) at Nieuwpoort and they were soon used against German fortications at Adinkerke.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-05-2023, 10:05:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jfsAAOSw6zBkPq-m/s-l1600.jpg)
German tanks, german newspapers
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-05-2023, 20:05:19
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/L6UAAOSwtGFkUkj9/s-l1600.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-05-2023, 13:05:24
(https://i.imgur.com/yPu77Ge.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 30-05-2023, 15:05:26
(https://i.imgur.com/MsqwA4A.jpg[)

Balga Peninsula, March 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-05-2023, 19:05:02
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9loAAOSwJVVkczVz/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-06-2023, 13:06:50
(https://i.imgur.com/XibRopj.jpg)

Zehden bridgehead 1945.
Spoiler
(slide from a color propaganda film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6FQa2CcDqs.
Trivia-bit: In March 1944, 425 examples of Flak 8.5/8.8 cm 39 (r) were in use with home-based AA units. In the final months of the war, most of these guns were transferred to frontline units, and another 100 were utilized as Festung-Pak in the West.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-06-2023, 19:06:27
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ldEAAOSwJVVkehUG/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-06-2023, 19:06:30
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IBEAAOSwOwdkeash/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oPoAAOSwDF1keNRg/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-06-2023, 19:06:01
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JYkAAOSwN6ZkjCNR/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 01-07-2023, 10:07:41
(https://i.imgur.com/CddlUbm.jpg)

Far from a crisp propaganda shot... a veteran Ausf. F from StuG.Brig. 303. Karelian Isthmus, the summer of 1944.
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Post by: nysä on 08-07-2023, 18:07:29
(https://i.imgur.com/9jglmMk.png)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-07-2023, 09:07:10
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CdsAAOSwM9tkpVzj/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 15-07-2023, 17:07:08
(https://i.imgur.com/chrk1hv.jpg)

77th Guards Rifle Division at Klessin Manor, 24 March 1945.
Spoiler
Panther from 1./Pz.Rgt. "Brandenburg" was knocked out on 22 March by artillery/AT-fire. The commander Lt. Eimer was killed during the break-out just short of the German lines.
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Post by: nysä on 20-07-2023, 10:07:22
(https://i.imgur.com/auaEm5j.jpg)
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-07-2023, 19:07:23
zimmerit breaking from the shock ?

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/H9kAAOSw1VpkrrwW/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-07-2023, 09:07:41
zimmerit breaking from the shock ?

Yes. Zimmerit was divided by an anti-spalling grid, limiting the damaged surface as far as possible by the grids and the shock would not be transferred through the material itself.
The penetrating shot obviously killed the commander (SS-Untersturmführer Norbert Neven du Mont) of this early production Ausf. A:

(https://i.imgur.com/bVUbdB0.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 03-08-2023, 17:08:56
(https://i.imgur.com/hsnFGnt.jpg)

Tiger E from s.Pz.Abt. 503 at Mariupol railway station. Early spring 1943.
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Post by: nysä on 05-08-2023, 07:08:43
(https://i.imgur.com/aTsdQxO.jpg)

SdKfz. 221 from the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "TK" in France, June 1940.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-08-2023, 09:08:37
interesting that german cross plate !

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NkQAAOSwa2xkkBgy/s-l1600.jpg)
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Post by: nysä on 07-08-2023, 07:08:28
(https://i.imgur.com/PXnRfo0.jpg)

Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-08-2023, 09:08:48
(https://i.imgur.com/9ccphrn.jpg)

«Братская могила для семи братьев». Note Panzer III Ausf. J in the background.
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Post by: nysä on 10-08-2023, 12:08:34
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2j5mubxRzBI/YC4QRwf_yeI/AAAAAAAALSA/zj_nnt682J4a6iG6AXdOt3WitJD9IjhDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1130/4-1.jpg)

Summer 1941.
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Post by: nysä on 11-08-2023, 15:08:49
(https://i.imgur.com/6Mo0rUS.jpg)

Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaitsev and a StuG IV (late/final prod.). Berlin outskirts 1945.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-08-2023, 19:08:55
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Cn0AAOSwP8lk0k4M/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-08-2023, 07:08:38
(https://i.imgur.com/Krr96Cw.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 17-08-2023, 18:08:50
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mZQAAOSwZaFk21xi/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-08-2023, 11:08:14
(https://i.imgur.com/yJwYSWw.jpg)

LAH.
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Post by: nysä on 23-08-2023, 15:08:47
(https://i.imgur.com/WKXWsDm.jpg)

Northern Ostrobothnia, the fall of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-09-2023, 09:09:12
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8fcAAOSwAoNk7iKB/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-09-2023, 09:09:08
(https://i.imgur.com/IUMsFS1.jpg)

6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord" with 50 brand new Schwimmwagens in North Ostrobothnia, the summer of 1943.
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Post by: nysä on 13-09-2023, 06:09:57
(https://i.imgur.com/XYTjzHn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-09-2023, 08:09:18
(https://i.imgur.com/4k6JJ9O.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-09-2023, 07:09:00
(https://i.imgur.com/Ckdph8q.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. Fs and a Sd.Kfz. 252 from StuG.Abt. 667 heading towards Rzhev, the fall of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-09-2023, 19:09:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/p6oAAOSw~ENkqB28/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-09-2023, 06:09:10
(https://i.imgur.com/kuaHkun.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-09-2023, 07:09:21
(https://i.imgur.com/L2rW3Jx.jpg)

Egypt, May 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-09-2023, 07:09:18
(https://i.imgur.com/juGnZ2w.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F1 from 13. (verstärkte) Polizei-Panzerkompanie SS-Polizei-Regiment 14 near Kočevje, 12 December 1943.
Spoiler
The town (German: Gottschee) had been a German-populated enclave for centuries and its civilation population was evacuated before the battles of December 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-09-2023, 14:09:32
(https://i.imgur.com/Qq2a9XB.jpg)

KG Knöchlein of 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer-SS" and the Barbarigo Battalion at the Anzio-Nettuno Front.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-09-2023, 17:09:25
(https://i.imgur.com/cpTnmmv.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-09-2023, 17:09:42
(https://i.imgur.com/4CD1KMz.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-09-2023, 19:09:07
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/b0YAAOSw31tky2GN/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-09-2023, 09:09:24
(https://i.imgur.com/w5WN60U.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-09-2023, 08:09:29
(https://i.imgur.com/QO4dpBK.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-09-2023, 16:09:49
(https://i.imgur.com/jmxqTUs.jpg)

Stalingrad.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-10-2023, 17:10:50
(https://i.imgur.com/ATsmNd7.jpg)

Men from StuG.Abt.259. The southeast of Zaporozhye, the fall of 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-10-2023, 17:10:31
(https://i.imgur.com/9nUSZ6v.jpg)

Housewife responsible for arresting a Soviet desant (Aron A. Tauben) in Kiikala, 20 June 1941.
Spoiler
A Soviet Jewish Tauben offered the family some chocolate as a friendly gesture.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-10-2023, 10:10:50
(https://i.imgur.com/U5nTZGZ.jpg)

Schönhauser Allee, Berlin 1945.
Spoiler
The same StuG later:
(https://i.imgur.com/7EtIcMn.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-10-2023, 19:10:31
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ny0AAOSw3ztkHJfj/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-10-2023, 07:10:33
(https://i.imgur.com/ZwAu7qp.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-10-2023, 14:10:41
(https://i.imgur.com/Zm4mJyG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-10-2023, 19:10:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KycAAOSwuQRlJPVc/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-10-2023, 07:10:18
(https://i.imgur.com/kYAHAY6.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-10-2023, 08:10:11
Testy. Removed.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 15-10-2023, 10:10:39
very modern photo ! i see the "CE" logo on PORIT  ;)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/N0YAAOSwgFVlJrIz/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-10-2023, 07:10:13
very modern photo ! i see the "CE" logo on PORIT  ;)
Yes, lol. It will be soon copied and posted in certain WWII groups though...  ;)



(https://i.imgur.com/HptrxgM.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-10-2023, 17:10:43
(https://i.imgur.com/0i8PljG.jpg)

Troops of the 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division firing German positions with a damaged but operational 8,5/8,8 cm Flak M39 (r) that was left behind in Offendorf area. 20 February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-10-2023, 10:10:36
(https://i.imgur.com/KicGRlY.jpg)

The Artillerie-Lehr-Regiment field exercise at the Jüterbog training area. Note StuG III Ausf. A2s with Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. G chassis.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: StuG III Ausf. A series (30 + 6) was exclusively assembled by Daimler-Benz.
DB's experimental tank production started in May 1934, and the production ceased on 24 April 1945. The Soviets assembled some DB Panthers at the beginning of June '45 but their fate is unknown.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-10-2023, 06:10:03
(https://i.imgur.com/b9z6XA0.jpg)

Captured Soviet Jewish desant. Hanko sector, July 1941.
Spoiler
Desant's tools:
(https://i.imgur.com/dvDYk16.jpg)



Trivia-bit: It has been estimated that around 1,500 desants were sent to Finland. Out from 817 captured desants, 470 were executed, 174 were killed during the capture attempt and 147 were sentenced to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Five commited a suicide before the execution, five got killed during Soviet air raids, one escaped and fifteen were released after the end of the war.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-10-2023, 19:10:46
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BlsAAOSwwvRlJ~ry/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-10-2023, 12:10:13
(https://i.imgur.com/cOKMmzO.jpg)

Glogów, March-April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-10-2023, 11:10:50
(https://i.imgur.com/OfT1HiV.png)

Southwestern Berlin 194x.
Trivia-bit: there were at least thirteen Tiger E operational in and around Berlin area in April 1945.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/r5Cqq5w.jpg)
Similar early Tigers with Zimmerit and one with late tracks, the West of Germany 1945. Note unreinforced Tiger(P) mantlet on all of them.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-10-2023, 08:10:11
(https://i.imgur.com/zxGcHU1.jpg)

NSKK crew with a Deckungszielgerät on a coastal fort, somewhere in Finland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-10-2023, 11:10:09
(https://i.imgur.com/GF0NRtg.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 23-10-2023, 19:10:48
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/z4EAAOSwv~1lJP0G/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-10-2023, 18:10:01
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eAEAAOSw91FlIkIP/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PlUAAOSwCtBlNr8B/s-l1600.jpg)


Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-10-2023, 15:10:51
(https://i.imgur.com/wiz4hjt.jpg)

StuG.Brig. 303 in Finland, the summer of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-10-2023, 17:10:07
(https://i.imgur.com/PQokUpG.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-10-2023, 19:10:51
the only norwegian tank
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qG0AAOSwK3RlOVjJ/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oxwAAOSwP-tlOWo3/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-11-2023, 10:11:24
(https://i.imgur.com/bxQusFj.jpg)

Separate light-infantry detachment preparing for an anti-partisan duty. The province of Lapland, April 1944.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-11-2023, 09:11:06
Guise 26bbc "je grogne" lorraine:
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IXwAAOSwo~1lQPoC/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UVgAAOSwTvhlKObt/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-11-2023, 16:11:34
(https://i.imgur.com/WJREcjB.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 06-11-2023, 19:11:16
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/idUAAOSwpnFlQ7uJ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-11-2023, 15:11:29
(https://i.imgur.com/uXNpWaK.jpg)

Lorient, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-11-2023, 17:11:46
(https://i.imgur.com/UGm6lrF.jpg)

Pz.Jg.Abt. 521 close to Dnepr, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-11-2023, 13:11:19
(https://i.imgur.com/LFWUL2a.jpg)

StuG III Ausf. B at full speed.
Trivia-bit: did you know early variants (Ausf. A-B) could reach up to 70 km/h? With the late Ausf. B more robust gearbox was introduced and the max. speed was limited to 40 km/h.
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Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-11-2023, 17:11:21
interesting fact indeed !
 i haven't worked on a stug so i never checked those infos

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HWoAAOSwP-tlS-Dn/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-11-2023, 13:11:30
interesting fact indeed !
 i haven't worked on a stug so i never checked those infos

The same applied to Pz.Kpfw. III until Ausf. G - 40 km/h was the regulation, but who really followed that during the Blitzkrieg. It was all engine, gearbox, running gear et al. overhaul in the fall of 1940. Also, early StuG had certain mobility benefits in comparasion to Pz.Kpfw. III.
 

(https://i.imgur.com/mwsgZkR.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 13-11-2023, 18:11:54
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OAEAAOSwC3RlT0MZ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-11-2023, 07:11:50
(https://i.imgur.com/M26HoRS.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 16-11-2023, 18:11:06
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SAUAAOSwFANlPpHg/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 16-11-2023, 19:11:56
Nice, not many photos of those little bastards :)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-11-2023, 14:11:17
(https://i.imgur.com/8tGW3nO.jpg)

1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 21-11-2023, 18:11:11
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/a68AAOSw~f1lPoTF/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-11-2023, 05:11:52
(https://i.imgur.com/R67OIoo.jpg)

Normandy.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-11-2023, 15:11:14
(https://i.imgur.com/jFTaKq7.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-11-2023, 10:11:14
(https://i.imgur.com/gZOCybd.jpg)

Field full of "desant poles". Suurkylä, 28 March 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-11-2023, 16:11:59
(https://i.imgur.com/g7M5zZb.jpg)

After the Battle of Chambois, August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-11-2023, 16:11:27
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eS8AAOSwPhFlXJEg/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-11-2023, 16:11:35
(https://i.imgur.com/JkIQsuG.jpg)

BT-5 destroyed by the Germans. Salla, July 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-11-2023, 15:11:28
(https://i.imgur.com/2FFFAIt.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-11-2023, 20:11:13
(https://i.imgur.com/v9qBv5E.jpg)

Char B1 Bis Nr. 416 "Hautvillers" destroyed by repeat fire (leading to an electrical fire) from a Pz.Kpfw. IV of 10. Pz.Division. Stonne, 15 May 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-11-2023, 18:11:09
(https://i.imgur.com/OE0Axqv.jpg)

Replenishing a Stuka with SC 50. Immola, 28 June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-11-2023, 19:11:17
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BokAAOSwNOFkqUnD/s-l1600.png)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-12-2023, 08:12:02
Hats off to Seth and to the research team for a complete overhaul of sighting/optics system on the AFVs. Truly impressive work there, never say never, huh.



(https://i.imgur.com/VcSAvFb.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-12-2023, 19:12:39
Hats off to Seth and to the research team for a complete overhaul of sighting/optics system on the AFVs. Truly impressive work there, never say never, huh.


And we hacked the bundlemesh to fix the remote german mg (because the export scene was lost)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/o20AAOSwf2tlZfkn/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-12-2023, 11:12:27
Just excellent. Merci beaucoup!



(https://i.imgur.com/EZXMuwM.jpg)

Field overhaul at StuG.Brig. 177, the spring of 1944. Generous amounts of concrete with embedded track links, and beams are being added as an extra "protection".
Spoiler

(https://i.imgur.com/sCRbo18.jpg)

The battalion received few used StuG IVs in March '44.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-12-2023, 05:12:58
(https://i.imgur.com/ldywaxA.jpg)

Destroyed Grille Ausf. K. close to Gannep, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-12-2023, 11:12:07
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bvYAAOSwGStk17NT/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-12-2023, 12:12:13
(https://i.imgur.com/t7eFNnc.jpg)

Kovel 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-12-2023, 05:12:02
(https://i.imgur.com/VuUOwNU.jpg)

Next to Tuuloksenjoki (modern-day Тулокса), 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-12-2023, 06:12:03
(https://i.imgur.com/Wte8bI8.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-12-2023, 16:12:40
(https://i.imgur.com/kOKiGth.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-12-2023, 19:12:51
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PKcAAOSwTT9kOXxK/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-12-2023, 08:12:42
(https://i.imgur.com/UX21a0I.jpg)

Just like other units with a reasonable K/D ratio, StuG.Abt. 202 still had older vehicles in its arsenal, incl. eight Sd.Kfz. 252, two StuG III w. L/24, six StuG III Ausf. F w. L/43, in late 1943.
Spoiler
All older guns were removed from the Gliederung by January 1944, as the unit received new guns. Older vehicles were usually donated to the nearby units, cannibalized for parts, or sent to the rear echelon.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-12-2023, 07:12:54
(https://i.imgur.com/w6xNZJ4.jpg)

Kursk Oblast, early fall 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-12-2023, 13:12:39
(https://i.imgur.com/UWj3zba.jpg)

Fire control view through a Scherenfernrohr. There's a Soviet concrete bunker just below +20. Ohta (Охта), March 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-12-2023, 08:12:01
(https://i.imgur.com/arKS2Wn.jpg)

Béziers, August 1944.
Trivia-bit: 2./Pz.Jg.Abt. 61, 11. Pz.Div. took over 7 x Panzerjäger 38 für 7.62 cm Pak 36 from 273. Res.Pz.Div. in June 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-12-2023, 10:12:35
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AVcAAOSwHelkmWMn/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-12-2023, 10:12:54
(https://i.imgur.com/w2YS23c.jpg)

Two knocked out M4A3 (76)s likely from the 14th Armored Div. Barr area, 12 December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-12-2023, 05:12:39
(https://i.imgur.com/vDOTD80.jpg)

320. Infanterie-Division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-12-2023, 05:12:07
(https://i.imgur.com/32OGNEg.jpg)

Destroyed StuG IV (late prod.) from Pz.Jg.Kp. 1012a. Sankt Vith.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-12-2023, 16:12:03
(https://i.imgur.com/8hxuT5A.jpg)

Destroyed Panther Ausf. G (M.A.N. 10.44 prod) of I./SS.Pz.Rgt. 2. Issued to the regiment in November and knocked out by a point-blank Bazooka shot on 25 December in Trou de Loup.
Spoiler
https://www.grandmenil.com/trou-du-loup-2/?fbclid=IwAR2Y6H511hK0eFh9ecyqzfGJVPAU72ZDm52chjPvYX5KuB6VC6gzY-9S4ig
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-12-2023, 05:12:15
(https://i.imgur.com/Hs5m9bC.jpg)

Taking cover behind a T-28 that has been disabled by a mine. 5 September 1941, Nuosjärvi (Кро́шнозеро).
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/H7l0PS2.jpg)

The captured T-28 was repaired in couple days and was commanded by Second Lieutenant Lauri Törni.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-12-2023, 09:12:32
(https://i.imgur.com/KPP1AGf.jpg)

Wrecks from 256. Infanterie-Division. ~July 1944, east of Minsk.
Trivia-bit: Pz.Jg.Kp. 256 had nine combat-ready (seven in repair) Marder I on April '44. To quote the unit report "With the exception of the (Sf.)Jäger Marder I, the other weapons and vehicles have been proven useful".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 26-12-2023, 17:12:31
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-3QAAOSwRUlkR8er/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-12-2023, 16:12:28
(https://i.imgur.com/ojmVb7r.jpg)

'Wirbelwind' of 21. Pz.Div. destroyed by the US 9th Air Force. 28 December 1944, near Metz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-12-2023, 10:12:26
(https://i.imgur.com/rFbdNRu.jpg)

Destroyed Sd.Kfz.251/9s of Panzer-Grenadier-Lehr Regiment 901 or 902. Tilly, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-12-2023, 08:12:51
(https://i.imgur.com/tPoH3QN.jpg)

Artillery fire-control at the II/JR 12 line. There are abandoned/destroyed Soviet tanks in the background, including a IS-2 and four T-34s. Ihantala, 7 July 1944.
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/6gcCYEp.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 31-12-2023, 09:12:22
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/p4cAAOSwg2FkKVQV/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-01-2024, 08:01:40
(https://i.imgur.com/UJFdbPR.jpg)

US tank destroyer crew and a Flammpanzer 38 wreck, early 1945.
Trivia-bit: A great loss of Flammpanzer 38 was attributable to difficult road conditions (icing and repeated steep descents), with minor motor and gearbox damage. Also the vehicles were not broken-in sufficiently (only with 25-50 km on the odometer) and the crews were not familiar with the Czech chassis, making the basic maintenance tasks difficult (plus, no spare parts supplied!). 
Spoiler
JgPz 38 had poor performance on hard frozen ground, leading to skids or slide offs. To improve traction, 20 'Greifer' could be fitted on every 9-10 tracks but this required a speed reduction to 10km/h to prevent further damage to the drive train.
At the end of war, some former test/training JgPz 38s were photographed with prototype winter tracks (planned for late '45 production with JgPz 38 D):
(https://i.imgur.com/UCff3T0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ms8RL3s.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-01-2024, 19:01:38
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KycAAOSwuQRlJPVc/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-01-2024, 04:01:04
(https://i.imgur.com/a43aagM.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-01-2024, 06:01:30
(https://i.imgur.com/zAXnbSH.jpg)

Railway yard at Siegen with Sd.Kfz.7, Sd.Kfz.251, Hummel (late/final prod.), Renault AHN1(?) and Sturmmörser Tiger. The spring of 1945.
Spoiler
The elements that managed to escape the Ruhr Pocket were ordered to raise a Kampfgruppe from the remnants of 116.Panzerdivision with the following order of battle:

- HQ with mixed signal company
- One tank company with 14 Panzer V's
- Two armoured infantry companies, with 8 medium APCs, with 80-100 enslisted men per company
- One mixed company with AA platoon, incl. a 5x 2cm guns (towed), 3x 3.7cm guns (towed), and 2x 8.8cm guns (towed); one recon platoon, incl. three sections - two with 2 light scout cars each and one section with two 8-wheeled scout cars, one platoon with 8 x Sturmmörser Tiger
- One supply company
- One motor transport company (50 tons).

The KG never reached the ordered strength due to lack of troops and the scattered elements moved in north of the Harz Mountains.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 05-01-2024, 19:01:25
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rxcAAOSwtqtlHCUP/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-01-2024, 18:01:11
(https://i.imgur.com/B2cBL7t.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-01-2024, 09:01:58
(https://i.imgur.com/bKtJRE7.jpg)

Tiger of schwere Panzerabteilung 501 and M4A2 of the 5th Mechanized Corps. Korsun–Cherkasy, February 1944.
The 5th MC's losses were: 92 M4A2s, 25 Valentines, seven SU-152s, eight SU-85s and 14 SU-76s during the fighting in January-February 1944, with 1100 men killed and 5003 wounded.
Spoiler
Trivia-bit: The unit also struggled with Sherman's poor traction on the icy roads and in 20-30 cm deep snow banks; during the initial movement seven M4A2s slid off the road and became stuck, and 17 tanks fell behind on the way for technical reasons - out of those 17, four M4A2s were left behind due to damage to the main clutch and another two tore their tracks.
According to the after action report from the 5th MC, the effective range of M4A2's 75mm was 800 meters as penetration at greater ranges was insufficient. It took seven to eight direct hits at 800-1000 meters to destroy Pz.Kpfw. IV. Generally, three to four rounds or two to three bursts of MG fire was enough to supress a soft target.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-01-2024, 07:01:54
(https://i.imgur.com/TwLG7v3.jpg)

Diverse prisoners of war, including a Cossack, an Uzbek etc. Ihantala, July 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 08-01-2024, 18:01:49
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PA0AAOSwvJRlmBkd/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-01-2024, 06:01:10
(https://i.imgur.com/zbiKVoo.jpg)

The wrecks of Panzerbeobachtungswagen III and Ford V 3000 S from 9. Pz.Div in the front of La Vieille Auberge. Houffalize, January 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-01-2024, 07:01:34
(https://i.imgur.com/VqhDOWp.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. M15/42 738(i) with riding Cossacks. Yugoslavia 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-01-2024, 06:01:47
(https://i.imgur.com/PhlAEsa.jpg)

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G destroyed by American forces, Bad Sachsa 1945. Note the horseshoe on the drivers plate and the T-34 tracks mounted on the bow.
Spoiler
"The track links of the Russian T-34 have proved particularly effective as secondary stern armor. They fit like a glove."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 11-01-2024, 20:01:49
German Marinefährprahm in narvik 1942

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5VwAAOSwwCdloC2n/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LjgAAOSwqtRloC2m/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/87wAAOSwcaNloC5O/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HOYAAOSwIqRloC5~/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/54YAAOSwLbxloC6C/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-01-2024, 06:01:27
(https://i.imgur.com/l2vqdyY.jpg)

A fully waterproofed version of Topfmine A, Germany 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-01-2024, 05:01:15
(https://i.imgur.com/bC6xNXJ.jpg)

"Decapitated" M4 Sherman (turret in the foreground) and Pz.Sp.Wg. AB41 201 (i) from 1./Fallschirmjäger-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 (attached to 331. Infanterie-Division). Le Merlerault, mid-August 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-01-2024, 06:01:02
(https://i.imgur.com/ADKcdWI.jpg)

Two battle damaged StuG III Ausf. Bs of 3./StuG.Abt. 226 and a "Pz4" (Pz.Sp.Wg. Panhard 178-P204 (f)) waiting for repairs. Smolensk, the summer of 1941.
Spoiler
It was reported that by 31 July 1941, StuG.Abt. 226 had knocked out 107 tanks (mainly Soviet light tanks but also some T-34s and a KV-2; later with a point-blank shot in the running gear) and were reassigned to XXXVII. Armeekorps and 2. Panzerarmee of Generaloberst Guderian.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 14-01-2024, 18:01:14
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/hcQAAOSw3dllXMNv/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-01-2024, 07:01:48
(https://i.imgur.com/mbgtjrl.jpg)

Hungarian 1. Armoured Field Division with a captured Soviet M3 Stuart, the summer of 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-01-2024, 06:01:33
(https://i.imgur.com/u6uk6AL.jpg)

Kharkov 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-01-2024, 05:01:11
(https://i.imgur.com/b2rHZZh.jpg)

Mired and destroyed Flakpanzer IV (3.7 cm Flak 43) 'Möbelwagen', likely from s.SS.Pz.Abt. 502. Close to Berlin (Halbe), May 1945.
Spoiler
s.SS.Pz.Abt. 503 was another unit with four Flakpz.IV (3.7 cm) in Berlin, April 1945. 
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-01-2024, 07:01:38
(https://i.imgur.com/QIeVfD6.jpg)

One of three schwere Spahzug in Belgrade, captured in the spring of 1945.
Trivia-bit: these Panzerjägerwagen were specifically built with Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf. J turrets. The cars were supplied with an electric drive and were able to uncouple from the train remotely. Note the factory camouflage and simplified roof layout on the turret.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-01-2024, 19:01:28
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-01-2024, 08:01:57
(https://i.imgur.com/ygod1Kc.jpg)

Pz.Jäg. I (2nd Series) from Pz.Jg.Abt. 605 knocked out in El Alamein, being moved to England for an examination.
Trivia-bit: "The troops emphasize the excellent accurancy of the 4.7 cm Pak(t), up to a range of 1,000 meters the first round will be a hit. Regarding the special cirumstances in the desert, the armour penetration is too weak. Of all small calibre weapons, the 4.7 cm Pak is rated as the best."
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-01-2024, 07:01:06
(https://i.imgur.com/4iMvlpg.jpg)

StuG.Abt. 184. According to K.St.N. 446 from April 1941, each Sturmgeschütz Batterie was allotted a total of 11 solo motorcycles and two sidecar motorcycles.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-01-2024, 07:01:01
(https://i.imgur.com/2SG5THa.jpg)

Destroyed Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. N. "Close to Rhine, 1945".
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-01-2024, 15:01:41
(https://i.imgur.com/bs7Qjrq.jpg)

Neiße 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 22-01-2024, 19:01:24
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CZkAAOSwcyJlrXz0/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-01-2024, 07:01:54
(https://i.imgur.com/cTPXBOZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-01-2024, 19:01:19
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6nkAAOSwsrJlrreJ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-01-2024, 08:01:42
(https://i.imgur.com/a9czx9I.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-01-2024, 15:01:45
(https://i.imgur.com/B1csI4l.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-01-2024, 07:01:06
(https://i.imgur.com/utQhVtg.jpeg)

Assembly area for the attack on the Pont du Bouc bridge on 3 December 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 29-01-2024, 19:01:09
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OMcAAOSwCcNlpVzQ/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 30-01-2024, 07:01:53
(https://i.imgur.com/vloJZJW.jpeg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 30-01-2024, 19:01:58
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nYgAAOSw7IdltTIR/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 31-01-2024, 06:01:38
(https://i.imgur.com/mmAhO75.jpeg)

Gilze, the fall of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-02-2024, 06:02:20
(https://i.imgur.com/T5K1rGH.jpeg)

Bulgarian Panzer IV Ausf. H (06.43 Vomag prod.), the fall of 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-02-2024, 05:02:13
(https://i.imgur.com/U3DJsFI.jpeg)

Two Panther Ausf. G (12.44-01.45 H.N.H. prod.) abandoned by their crews during the batte of Vyškov.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 02-02-2024, 21:02:18
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~scAAOSwtdllujbl/s-l1600.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-02-2024, 12:02:36
(https://i.imgur.com/apekcDR.png)

2./StuG.Abt. 667's StuG III Ausf. F (08.42 prod.) with Hugo Primozic and the crew, late 1942.
Primozic's team destroyed 45 enemy tanks during the fighting in the central sector of the Eastern front. Of these, 24 were destroyed just in one day (15.09.1942) and in doing so was able to prevent an enemy breakthrough. By the end of December, they had destroyed 60 enemy tanks (the entire crew was awarded with the German Cross in Gold).
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/OqwNNAI.jpeg)

Having earned two of the highest German awards of the war smart looking officer Hugo Primozic was a popular motive for the propaganda. Until today Hugo he is one of the most famous historical characters of the Sturmartillerie. His face can be found everywhere in the literature and on the internet.
Primozic proved that he was a valuable und capable soldier able to turn the tide on the battlefield. So one may wonder why such an experienced and distinguished officer never returned to the frontline - at least as a Zugführer if not Batterieführer like a lot of other highly decoratet Sturmartilleristen?
One reason is Hitler himself. He gave an order that forbade Primozic to return to the frontline. As the first Unteroffizier of the Heer who earned the Eichenlaub and personaly promoted to Leutnant by Hitler himself he obviously valued Primozic very high.
But it should also be added that Primozic's superior officers stated that his qualities as a personality and soldier where very good - but "only" average as an officer. Risking the loss of an Eichenlaubträger and a showpiece of the Sturmartillerie as an „ordinary“ Zugführer seemed not like an option. So Primociz had to follow the order to stay away from the front like other highly decorated men.
Primozic was probably not happy beeing bound to the „Heimatkriegsgebiet“ but nevertheless fullfilled his duty. It turned out he was not only formidable in combat but also skilled as an instructor. For more than two years he trained young recruits as Sturmartilleristen sharing his wisdom and experiences as an eastern front veteran. His fellow officers and subordinates liked and appreciated him as a very friendly and modest comrade.
In these two years while working with subordinates Primozic's must have developed his personality as an officer. His last assessment from February 1945 stated that he was unrestricted qualified ("uneingeschränkt geeignet") as Batterieführer.
Primozic’s incomplete personal file contains correspondence from March 1945 concerning his last rank. Several superior authorities and finally the Inspekteur der Artillerie supported Primozic’s preferentially promotion („vorzugsweise Beförderung“) to Oberleutnant. Sadly the file ends at this point. Probably due to the chaos of the Endkampf papers got lost and never reached the personal file. It is possible if not likely that in the last days of the war Hugo Primozic was promoted to Oberleutnant but he never received word and any proof got lost.

Source: Christian Bauermeister
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-02-2024, 16:02:54
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 04-02-2024, 17:02:00

Spoiler
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Having earned two of the highest German awards of the war smart looking officer Hugo Primozic was a popular motive for the propaganda. Until today Hugo he is one of the most famous historical characters of the Sturmartillerie. His face can be found everywhere in the literature and on the internet.
Primozic proved that he was a valuable und capable soldier able to turn the tide on the battlefield. So one may wonder why such an experienced and distinguished officer never returned to the frontline - at least as a Zugführer if not Batterieführer like a lot of other highly decoratet Sturmartilleristen?
One reason is Hitler himself. He gave an order that forbade Primozic to return to the frontline. As the first Unteroffizier of the Heer who earned the Eichenlaub and personaly promoted to Leutnant by Hitler himself he obviously valued Primozic very high.
But it should also be added that Primozic's superior officers stated that his qualities as a personality and soldier where very good - but "only" average as an officer. Risking the loss of an Eichenlaubträger and a showpiece of the Sturmartillerie as an „ordinary“ Zugführer seemed not like an option. So Primociz had to follow the order to stay away from the front like other highly decorated men.
Primozic was probably not happy beeing bound to the „Heimatkriegsgebiet“ but nevertheless fullfilled his duty. It turned out he was not only formidable in combat but also skilled as an instructor. For more than two years he trained young recruits as Sturmartilleristen sharing his wisdom and experiences as an eastern front veteran. His fellow officers and subordinates liked and appreciated him as a very friendly and modest comrade.
In these two years while working with subordinates Primozic's must have developed his personality as an officer. His last assessment from February 1945 stated that he was unrestricted qualified ("uneingeschränkt geeignet") as Batterieführer.
Primozic’s incomplete personal file contains correspondence from March 1945 concerning his last rank. Several superior authorities and finally the Inspekteur der Artillerie supported Primozic’s preferentially promotion („vorzugsweise Beförderung“) to Oberleutnant. Sadly the file ends at this point. Probably due to the chaos of the Endkampf papers got lost and never reached the personal file. It is possible if not likely that in the last days of the war Hugo Primozic was promoted to Oberleutnant but he never received word and any proof got lost.

Source: Christian Bauermeister
Interesting !

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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-02-2024, 15:02:04
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Panzerjäger 4,7 cm (t) auf Renault R35 (f), found between Bailleul - Leper (Ypres).
This was one of nine training vehicles (originally from Panzerjäger-Abteilung 304) that left Calais on early September 1944. Seven vehicles broke during the road march and surviving two became involved in 'Market Garden'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 06-02-2024, 07:02:04
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Ready for Kursk.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-02-2024, 07:02:34
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-02-2024, 12:02:19
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-02-2024, 16:02:23
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Knocked out Panther Ausf. G (08.44. M.N.H. prod.) at M.A.N. factory, sent for 'factory maintenance', Nürnberg 1945. M.A.N. were responsible for the repair and refurbishment of all Panthers that were returned from the front for major repairs.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 09-02-2024, 18:02:59
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-02-2024, 14:02:41
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-02-2024, 05:02:20
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One of two Tigers from schwere Panzer-Kompanie "Hummel" in a support of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division near Eschweiler, November 1944.
Spoiler
The unit soon lost one of its Tigers to antitank fire (19.11), followed by the death of company commander Hauptmann Hans Hummel, near Lindern (20.11).

Trivia-bit: Hptm Hummel was formerly the commander of the 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504 in Sicily, and was seriously injured in the knee on 11 July 1943, on the first day of the invasion - from a shot that penetrated through the escape hatch. 2./s.Pz.Abt. 504 lost 60% of its Tigers in the first three days of the invasion and there were only four remaining by the mid-July. The sole remaining Tiger '222' was ferried to Messina in mid-August, just to break down soon after with a suspension damage at Calabria.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-02-2024, 15:02:56
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Jagdpanther G1 destroyed by a FAB-100 bomb. According to the Soviet report, the gun mantlet was also penetrated by a 76mm artillery round. Balaton area, 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-02-2024, 19:02:46
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-02-2024, 06:02:38
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The Battle of Narva, early 1944. Tigers are of 2./s.Pz.Abt. 502 and other AFVs are from Führer-Begleit-Bataillon.
Spoiler
s.Pz.Abt.502 had 70 Tigers in its inventory on 19 April '44, followed by the loss of Carius' Tiger '217' (ko-ed by a 152mm gun) on 20th.
By late 1944, 502 still had some early Tigers left (some with switched turrets, or refurbished to the current factory standards). Couple of these veterans survived until the end of war - for example, '218' (built before 4.43) was destroyed by the crew at the harbour of Pillau on 24 April 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-02-2024, 11:02:19
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March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 16-02-2024, 06:02:16
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2. Kompanie, Aufkl.Abt. LAH, 24 July 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 17-02-2024, 05:02:43
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Renault AHN in Bulgarian service.
Trivia-bit: Bulgaria imported over 900 of AHx from Germany in 1943, becoming the the second most frequently found cargo vehicle in the Bulgarian army after Opel Blitz.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 18-02-2024, 06:02:45
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Aachen, February 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 18-02-2024, 10:02:13
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 19-02-2024, 05:02:05
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Near Caserta, September 1943.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 20-02-2024, 08:02:57
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Bad Godesberg, 23 March 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2024, 19:02:46
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 21-02-2024, 06:02:58
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3. Fallschirmjäger-Division in Finistère 1944.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 22-02-2024, 05:02:35
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Pyritz 1945. Note the StuG III Ausf. F/8 and Tiger B (s.SS.Pz.Abt 503) on the left column.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-02-2024, 05:02:27
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Hummel (06.43 prod.) from the 17. Armee in Crimea, early 1944.

Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 24-02-2024, 08:02:36
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106. Panzer-Brigade 'Feldherrnhalle'.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 25-02-2024, 07:02:31
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Renault FT at Flugplatz Stade (an airfield 285 west-northwest of Berlin), 1946.
Spoiler
About 100 Renault FT types were used to guard airfields.

It would be fun to see one in Op. Cobra.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 25-02-2024, 09:02:42
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 26-02-2024, 05:02:29
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Benghazi, 29 January 1942.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 27-02-2024, 06:02:22
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 27-02-2024, 19:02:37
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 28-02-2024, 05:02:43
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Registration of captured German equipment, southeast of Stalingrad, January 1943. Two Renault AHN are from 371. Infanterie-Division.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 29-02-2024, 07:02:18
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Renault AMR 35 ZT-4 with the Avis 1 turret, once used by German security forces. Pilsen airfield, the spring of 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 01-03-2024, 05:03:17
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Knocked out Panther Ausf. A (M.A.N. fall '43 prod.).
Spoiler
Note the penetration through the turret MP Stopfen.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-742nlYKpdvM/YalKpY1J-oI/AAAAAAAA0gY/VFVA8sHNfUgk1-bggUgEpB-RHFgtE9OpACNcBGAsYHQ/s1500/weak%2Bspots%2B2.png)

One after action report described how the port plug was blown into the turret by a 45mm hit killing the loader and the commmander.
The ports were deleted in December 1943 after the introduction of Nahverteidigungswaffe.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 02-03-2024, 07:03:43
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Training at the Atlantic Coast.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 03-03-2024, 06:03:30
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Soldiers of the 1re Division Blindée and StuH 42 (final prod.) wreck, Berlin 1945.
Trivia-bit: late StuH 42 (from 09.44) did not have space for coaxial MG due to the renewed recoil mechanism w. enlarged breech. However, Rundumfeuer MG and Nahverteidigungswaffe were fitted as factory standards by the fall of '44.
Spoiler
They were 17 x StuH 42 in Berlin, 10 April 1945; ten from the final production batch were allocated to Panzer-Division 'Müncheberg' and six to H.Stu.Art.Brig. 249. Alkett reported completing ~45 StuG and 45 StuH 42 in April 1945, with the help of the crews.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 03-03-2024, 09:03:45
British mine in france
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 04-03-2024, 06:03:29
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'Wiking' Panther Ausf. A's mantlet, penetrated by a ZiS-2 on 28 March 1944 in Kovel.
Spoiler
Two destroyed Panthers remained on the railway embankment until 17 April when the bodies of the crew were finally recovered.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 05-03-2024, 07:03:04
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 07-03-2024, 05:03:21
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10.5 cm leFH 18, Opel Olympia and Renault AHN next to the forest warden's office. Halbe, May 1945.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 07-03-2024, 18:03:39
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 08-03-2024, 06:03:10
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 09-03-2024, 07:03:02
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Gorky Street, Smolensk, August 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 10-03-2024, 06:03:55
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 11-03-2024, 06:03:16
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Sturmgeschütz-Batterie 660 in Lithuania, 22 June 1941.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 12-03-2024, 05:03:07
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 12-03-2024, 19:03:06
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 13-03-2024, 06:03:54
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20.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Estland Nr. 1) in Turnov, May 1945. The Hetzer is late/final production by BMM.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 14-03-2024, 05:03:13
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Wrecks of "Becker Funnies", Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 15-03-2024, 05:03:23
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Gebirgsjäger rehearsing in Lapland.
Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-03-2024, 19:03:18
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: nysä on 23-03-2024, 10:03:43
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Title: Re: Picture of the Day
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 24-03-2024, 19:03:27
cool pic !

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