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Offline nysä

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15255 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.




Knocked out M4A2(76)W on the grave of Major I.E. Lagutin, the commander of the 116th Tank Brigade. Chojnice (Poland) 1945

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« Reply #15256 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.
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« Reply #15257 on: 01-05-2018, 01:05:25 »
Huh, didn't know they lend-leased Shermans to the Soviets. Did the Soviets like the tank?

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« Reply #15258 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.

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« Reply #15259 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

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« Reply #15260 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;
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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.

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« Reply #15261 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)



M4A2(76)s in Vienna, 1945

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Re: Picture of the Day
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« Reply #15263 on: 01-05-2018, 20:05:47 »



Probably the cutest vehicle in the entire war. Sd.Kfz. 138 Marder III Ausf. H of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte.


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Re: Picture of the Day
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15265 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;



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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #15266 on: 02-05-2018, 21:05:02 »

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« Reply #15267 on: 02-05-2018, 21:05:47 »
Nazi's had some weird ass planes man

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Re: Picture of the Day
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« Reply #15269 on: 03-05-2018, 15:05:44 »