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Offline Born2Kill 007

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13185 on: 02-06-2015, 03:06:36 »

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.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13186 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.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13187 on: 02-06-2015, 21:06:25 »
Quote from: 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.

More like an M10 Wolverine.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13188 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.


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)
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13189 on: 02-06-2015, 23:06:24 »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13190 on: 04-06-2015, 09:06:56 »
A factory of Lockheed in Burbank, California, before and after camouflage.





A Boing factory in Seattle with a fake neighborhood



Sorry for multiple post, but this was way too interesting.
« Last Edit: 04-06-2015, 09:06:46 by Oberst »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13191 on: 04-06-2015, 17:06:58 »
Quote from: siben on 02-06-2015, 21:06:25

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
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13192 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
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13193 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)

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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.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13194 on: 07-06-2015, 08:06:57 »
Quote from: Born2Kill 007 on 02-06-2015, 22:06:36

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?.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13195 on: 07-06-2015, 12:06:22 »
Quote from: Torenico on 07-06-2015, 08:06:57
Quote from: Born2Kill 007 on 02-06-2015, 22:06:36

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.
« Last Edit: 07-06-2015, 15:06:52 by Krätzer »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13196 on: 10-06-2015, 02:06:47 »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13197 on: 10-06-2015, 11:06:28 »
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Haha! The teamkiller picture! It's always the guy with the flamethrower!
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13198 on: 10-06-2015, 11:06:21 »
^ That looks 'shopped.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #13199 on: 10-06-2015, 18:06:17 »
Yeah can't imagine a WWII era camera can capture both sections of the pictures this sharp.
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