Picture of the Day

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

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)

[VonMudra]

I mean the occupation of Crete was brutal....

[THeTA0123]

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.

[Dukat]

Normandy 1944

[Oddball]

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)

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

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.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

However unlike Germans I doubt the British meant to intentionally starve the Greek civilian population.

[VonMudra]

Speaking of atrocities....

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=10b_1273590830


 

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

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.

[siben]

Knocked out Panther, Note the hole on the left side of the turret. Early model A?

[Steel_Lion_FIN]

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.

[siben]

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

[Steel_Lion_FIN]

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:



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?

[siben]

Hmm, is quite visible, strange that you can't see it on my picture.

[Cory the Otter]

It is in the lowered position in your picture.