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« Reply #17385 on: 20-06-2020, 06:06:57 »


SdKfz 251/9s destroyed by the Ninth Air Force. Luxembourg, February 1945.

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« Reply #17386 on: 20-06-2020, 09:06:32 »
I always enjoy the picture of the day! Where do you find such gems?

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« Reply #17387 on: 20-06-2020, 11:06:42 »


"StuG 40 in September 1944 after uparmouring."

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« Reply #17388 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.





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.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17389 on: 22-06-2020, 05:06:51 »


Pz.Kpfw III Ausf. G, France 1944.

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Re: Picture of the Day
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17391 on: 24-06-2020, 05:06:38 »


Damaged StuG III Ausf. E from StuG.Abt. 249, Kerch Peninsula 1942.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17392 on: 24-06-2020, 15:06:14 »


Winter war Renault FT-17 still laying around in Terenttilä, July 25th 1942

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17393 on: 25-06-2020, 05:06:28 »


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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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17394 on: 26-06-2020, 04:06:22 »


Wedding, north-western Berlin. The summer of 1945.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17395 on: 26-06-2020, 19:06:08 »

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17396 on: 27-06-2020, 06:06:06 »


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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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17397 on: 28-06-2020, 07:06:22 »


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).

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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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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #17398 on: 28-06-2020, 12:06:20 »

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« Reply #17399 on: 29-06-2020, 05:06:05 »