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Offline Cory the Otter

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1920 on: 03-01-2010, 04:01:24 »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1921 on: 03-01-2010, 06:01:44 »
German mobile pillbox as a exhibit in Moscow, 1945.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1922 on: 03-01-2010, 06:01:53 »
Vickers tank? i dont get it :P



German soldier and his new toy, a Panhard 178, France 1940.

I guess that Armored Car goes straight to the SS Police Units..


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1923 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.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1924 on: 03-01-2010, 07:01:43 »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1925 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


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1926 on: 03-01-2010, 07:01:29 »
German mobile pillbox as a exhibit in Moscow, 1945.


What is in the top left, and what does the sign read?

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1927 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.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1928 on: 03-01-2010, 12:01:33 »
German mobile pillbox as a exhibit in Moscow, 1945.


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..
« Last Edit: 03-01-2010, 13:01:09 by Ciupita »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1929 on: 03-01-2010, 20:01:48 »


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.
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I usually imagine my own sounds with it, like `tjunk, tupdieyupdiedee` aaa enemy spotted, ratatatataboom

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1930 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

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1931 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?

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1932 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"

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1933 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" !

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1934 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...