Company of Heroes: Eastern Front
Other discussions (Read-Only) => Eastern Front => Topic started by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on November 01, 2011, 07:31:06 PM
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a thread to post interesting pictures and their descriptions, i have a whole folder full of interesting pictures
first photo is of a captured KV2 with a commanders cupola installed on it by the germans
second photo, a german halftrack that has both wufrahmen rockets and a 37mm cannon, an interesting combination
third photo, a cromwell turret used as a fortification, cant remember if it was a german captured one or if it was british
4th photo, an interesting one, where a t34 rocket launcher was mounted on a captured german halftrack, the halftrack was then towed into place and the rocket laucher fired at the enemy. the elevation was controlled by that elevation mechanisms of a pak40 lol
5th photo, a staghound mounting rockets, it was used operationally very late into the waye
6th photo. a heavilly modified panzerIV turret which mounted a russian 76mm field gun be used as a pillbox
7th photo, i remember someone saying that the armor of the king tiger was never penetrated frontally, heres proof otherwise. i beleive it was an su100 that knocked it out
8th photo, king tiger that was knocked out, more details in photo
9th photo, king tiger ( a rare heschell model) , knocked out by a 2in mortar, a very lucky hit
10th photo description "That tank apparently blew up after being hit, which cause the superstructure to be ripped off, landing to the left of he vehicle (barely visible on the photo, and the turret to fly into the air, turning up-side-down mid-air, and landing back on the tanks hull."
11th photo, damage by IS2 rounds against a tigers front glacis plate
12 photo: "A soldier in the tank recovery section of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) examines damage inflicted by an 88mm anti-tank gun to the barrel of a Sherman tank, which is about to be recovered from the battlefield, October 1942. Another shell hit can be seen on the side of the turret. The tank and crew survived."
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The german KV-2 is pretty interesting. Was it easy for the germans to convert SU tanks to german tanks ???
So many rockets on vehicles :P
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It was not that hard to add commanders cuppola's to tanks i wouldnt think, the germans did the same thing to many captured french tanks as well, and with captured t-34's
(http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/su/t-34/t-34early/t-34_turret_15.jpg)
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Was there a special battalion full of mismatch and random captured tanks ???
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i beleive they were distributed into groups and given as needed, here is a description of where that T-34 and other vehicles were allocated
2.Kompanie/Panzer-Abteilung z.b.V.66 - created for Malta invasion (Operation Herkules) with a strength of at least 10 heavy russian Beute-Panzer. In July 1942 the 2.Kp. (russian Beute-Pz.) / Pz.Abt.z.b.V.66 was transfered to H.Gr. Mitte. On the 31 May 1942 this unit had a 9 T 34, 1 KV I, and 1 KV II.
27 March 1944 2/z.b.V.66 was attached to Ski-Jaeger-Brigade 1 (renamed 1.Ski-Jaeger-Division on 15 Jun 44) and renamed to 4.(Pz.)Kp./schw.Ski.Btl.1.
On the 30 december 1944 l.Ski.Jg.Div. reported a strength of 28 T 34, of which 9 were operational.
aslo some more interesting captured vehicles
picture 1- bren carrier with a flak 38 mounted on it
picture 2- caption "This is also a fascinating captured Firefly featured in several photos, complete with extended end connectors on the tracks, spare track links welded to the hull front, side, and turret, and a German muzzle brake on the 17 pdr"
picture 3- captured sherman used as an armored recovery vehicle
picture 4- description "The Yugoslav 1st tank brigade was organized near Bari, on the Adriatic coast, and equipped with the M3A3 and a handful of the older M3A1 version of the Stuart family. A total of 56 tanks and 9 AEC armored cars were delivered by the Allies to the town of Dubrovnik, and supported the Yugoslav 4th Army. In November 1944, the unit captured the town of Sibenik, and found a variety of German equipment, still in working order. This included, a German 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti tank gun, some Renault UE carriers and some 2 cm quadruple flak guns. A brigade mechanic named Vlajko suggested that they use the captured weapons to upgrade the Stuarts. The upgrades simply removed the turrets and added supports for the guns as well as some armor to protect the crew. The tank destroyer version with the Pak 40 lasted throughout the campaign and were encountered by New Zealand troops in the contested city of Trieste at the end of the war."
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Next best thing to a wasp carrier - Flak carrier ;D
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Lol, Stuart with Pak 40. Next thing we know, RMC will have Stuarts mounting 17lbers :P.
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I'm sure the Stuarts won't survive from the shot of its 17pders, even when it used a fixed turret :P. At least the german didn't stick any pak 38 or 40 to a bren, maybe they did but it failed miserably and don't have a chance to appear on photo.
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Jagerbren ;D. Germany's fast lighting AT bugger :P
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A captured T-34/76 with german tracks:
(http://www.majhost.com/gallery/GerritGriebl/ww2/t34-06.jpg)
German troops in Africa. Nice detail; The gun portee ;)
(http://www.majhost.com/gallery/GerritGriebl/ww2/dakmorrisnq2.jpg)
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What are those trucks carrying ??? PaK gun ???
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heres a kinda funny one, this calliope has a bust of hitlers head on its left fender
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo161/robotnikman/calliope.jpg)
a soviet armored train with a KV2 turret
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo161/robotnikman/bepo_013.jpg)
the result of 25 pounder HE rounds hitting the side of a tiger,
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo161/robotnikman/hitsfrommultiple25pounderHEroundsontigersidearmour.jpg)
stuart jumping over stuff
(http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo161/robotnikman/tank_jump_over_car.jpg)
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robotnik, how do you get so many good pictures?
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Imagine the poor crew in that flying tank when they land XD Great pics however! :D
I want the staghound with rockets in EF ! It would be neat <3
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EXTREME STUART RACING >:D That looks so fun :3
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Robotnik you forgot the Panzerjeager Bren 731 (e) :P
Also one of my other crazy finds:
A Panzer IV modified to mount a 88mm Flak piece by removing its cupola, you guys might one day see it in the 1949 mod, because Lord Wiffleby really liked my idea on what to do with this design.
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Robotnik you forgot the Panzerjeager Bren 731 (e) :P
;D next level Eselschreck
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Why do the Germans have so many Bren Carriers XD ? Did they like capture a Brit armor Depot or something? :3
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Dunno man, just dunno
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By the way does anyone have any info on that second pic I posted, it would be nice to learn more about. I think that it was really a field improvisation thing, not done in a factory but I'm not exactly sure, that's why I would like to know if you have any other info on it
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Im just curious. But would the recoil from that 88 gun cause it to harm the Panzer chassis? Or maybe flip it over ;D?
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I don't think so, if they could fire an Pak 40 from the back of an RSO, then should have few problems firing an 88 from a Panzer IV.
RSO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSO/PaK_40#RSO.2FPaK_40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSO/PaK_40#RSO.2FPaK_40)
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Wow the RSO with Pak 40 looks so future-istic
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I CAN SEE THE FUTURE!!!! IT LOOKS LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is this what 2012 will look like? ;D ;D
EPIC!
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Why do the Germans have so many Bren Carriers XD ? Did they like capture a Brit armor Depot or something? :3
in 1940 or so when the brits were evacuating from france, they left a lot of equipment behind, which the germans then ended up putting to use. the bren carrier was one of those many vehicles
also some more interesting photos
photo 1- "A PzKpfw IV, or rather what is left of it, from Panzer Lehr Regiment near Audrieu (France). During the British attack of June 10, which was supported by large calibre naval guns, a shell must have scored a direct hit. The type can still be identified as an Ausf H by the small engine on the rear of the body."
photo 2- drawaing of an m10 "sonic", it had an array of loudspeakers mounted on it and it played sounds of tanks running and firing to confuse the enemy
photo 3- list of modifications germans commonly made to captured T34's (unfortunately its in russian so maybe someone who knows russian can translate?)
photo 4- a captured french halftrack fitted with 16 81mm mortars
photo 5- russian drawing on how to destroy an elephant
photo 6- description in photo
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The m10 with speaks looks funny :3. Did they really use this ???
So many mortar guns. I wonder how they loaded all of them at once :P
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Is this real picture from WW2? ;D
(http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp23/duck9411/1279764464205.jpg)
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secret weapon of WW2 why did you post this? This is going to be in ostheer Tier 9999 unit :p.
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hmmmm :P
tier 4 tiger 1 < tier 9..........polar bears ???
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Super Yeti polar Bear hybrids :P
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Super Yeti polar Bear hybrids :P
well my mistake XD. Armed with.....snowballs :P
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if a sniper was in that suit, he would beast. i know i would crap my pants if i saw a polar bear trying to snipe me.
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He would also be a very big target ;D. Unless this is winter fighting :P
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first picture, a tiger flipped over by either naval gunfire or a bomb
second picture, a special anti tank rifle grenade that was fired from PTRD or PTRS anti tank rifles to improve anti tank performance
third picture, a stug that somehow ended up in a river
forth picture, what happens when artillery hits a hetzer
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The misadventures of Haumptman Voss and Shultz ;D
The flipped tiger looks funny ;D
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Cool pictures robotnik! Those tanks really got pwned! ;D
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again, where do you get these awsome pics?
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So im gonna contribute with a couple pix aswell for this awesome thread! ENJOY
(http://i43.tinypic.com/25frriv.jpg)
pak 36
(http://i43.tinypic.com/kd66g7.jpg)
anzio annie
(http://i42.tinypic.com/352etmp.jpg)
Eselschreck
(http://i44.tinypic.com/9aa4qe.jpg)
Hitlerjugend
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2irxb39.jpg)
Sneaky MG
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Damn those kids are really young :o
And that MG's camo is pretty good :P
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pretty good is an understatement.
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not for todays camo, (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9721/demotivationalposter.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/demotivationalposter.jpg/)
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For a sec I was like hmmmm, I know some one is hiding some where ;D. Oh there he is ;D!
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Ninja GI's
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picture 1, german soldier's using captured thompson smg's
picture 2, soviet experimental GIRD-X missile, similar to the V1, V2
picture 3, panther in the ardeenes offensive, took many hits but was finally put out by a 90mm
picture 4, impact of a 122mm gun against a panther from an IS2
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That panther armor is pretty resilient :P
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Wow, Soviet guns were pretty sh*tty.
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Say that to the T-34s that were invincible to everything except 88's when they were introduced to Jerry.
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Stuka bombs
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Say that to the T-34s that were invincible to everything except 88's when they were introduced to Jerry.
Really? I thought the T-34's sloping armor just bounced of a few shots, not practically acted as a forcefield ???. Im just curious, not trying to be mean :P
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When the T-34 came out most of german tanks were inferior, the germans had only few panzers that could penetrate its armour.
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Could the Panzer IV or V(Panther) rival it ???
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Could the Panzer IV or V(Panther) rival it ???
Yea they outgunned and outpanzered it.
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Panther wasn't developed yet. P4 needed upgunning before it could properly face T-34s.
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Panther wasn't developed yet. P4 needed upgunning before it could properly face T-34s.
Yea that was the problem those tanks warent avaible at the time the t-34 was causing havoc on the eastern front. So the germans launched a stopgap plan to upgunn/modify most of their obsolete panzers to TankDestroyers ( Mobile anti tank guns Marders as they were called) They managed to hold out with that until late 1942 or so - when the panther and tiger came to take care of the problem.
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Is that why the Marder I - III were developed ??? ? I always thought they were supposed to be TDs :P
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Is that why the Marder I - III were developed ??? ? I always thought they were supposed to be TDs :P
Yea the marders were developed because the German army needed more mobile and more powerful antitank options, which was very necessary when the t-34 came out.
and heres a couple more pix from me.
(http://i41.tinypic.com/4f71f.jpg)
Oblivious woman
(http://i42.tinypic.com/wjj1bd.jpg)
Jagdpanther
(http://oi42.tinypic.com/14j47lc.jpg)
ME 262
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Nice pics Snugz!
Sadly most of the Me262 were scraped after the war :(
Never shown pic of a secret weapon that could have changed the war
(http://www.imcdb.org/i427369.jpg)
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Never shown pic of a secret weapon that could have changed the war
HAHAH WTF is that thing? PanzerKampfwagen Ramsch VI ?
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More like a transformer that was so drunken, that it even didn´t know what it was transforming into XD
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Looks like one of those old soviet war movie tanks that they mocked up to look like a tiger?
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Is that some sort of spoof?
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More like a transformer that was so drunken, that it even didn´t know what it was transforming into XD
Haha made my day :D
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http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=548512
Have fun ;)
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wow. i wonder how much they are selling THAT movie prop for.
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I'd love to drive a Tiger tank around my neighboorhood ;D. Pimpin' in my Kampfwagen ;D . Sorry if I spelled that wrong :P
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What if someone steals it?
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Then I'll finds them and get it back :P. Seriously, where do you intend on hiding that from me XD?
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Love the fact they basically built the Tiger in a corrugated shack. Pfft, factories... overrated.
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Im wondering if the front is original
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i thought they said none of it was original, but i might be wrong
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it was probrably some propaganda photo showing people that german tanks were crap, if so they lied badly and people would have been terrified!!
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found 2 interesting ones
1st one: amphibious bren carrier. It used oil drums to help it float and a few were used in burma
2nd one: general abrams personal sherman, Thunderbolt-VII
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There was a General named Abrahms? Its that where the M1A1 tank gets it's name from ???
Bren looks funny ;D. Nice pics :P
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There was a General named Abrahms? Its that where the M1A1 tank gets it's name from ???
Yes.
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There was a General named Abrahms? Its that where the M1A1 tank gets it's name from ???
Yes.
Every American tank uses the name of a former general ;)
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Lee, Sherman, Stuart, Pershing, Bradley etc.
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I didn't know there was a General Pershing :P
I learn new thngs everyday ;D
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Fish...... General of the Army (one of very few men to hold that title, he was a 5 Star General) John J. "Blackjack" Pershing led the Marine Expeditionary Force during the American intervention into WW1. Prior to that he led the hunt for Pancho Villa in Mexico. He was the most famed American general of his time and he died during the earlier stages of WWII.
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Fish...... General of the Army (one of very few men to hold that title, he was a 5 Star General) John J. "Blackjack" Pershing led the Marine Expeditionary Force during the American intervention into WW1. Prior to that he led the hunt for Pancho Villa in Mexico. He was the most famed American general of his time and he died during the earlier stages of WWII.
TY for sharing that :D. I wonder if there are any other "general" tanks :P
Was there a General Stryker ???
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(http://images.wikia.com/x-men/images/9/9c/Stryker_Movie.jpg)
Col. William Stryker XD...
Seriously... wikipedia says this:
The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: Private First Class Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II and Specialist Four Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.
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Wow, what a coincidence :o. 2 guys, same last name, same prestigeious award :P.
Are there any other vehicles with people's names ???. I cant think of any atm :P. There the "deuce and a half" which is not a name but I forget why its called that
Oh there's the Greyhound! Is there somone named Greyhound ???
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M36 Jackson, M551 Sheridan, M47-M60 Patton, M41 Walker Bulldog, M24 Chaffee, M4 Sherman, M3/M5 Stuart, M1 Abrams, M26 Pershing/Super Pershing, M3 Lee or M3 Grant (depending on turret)
Armored Cars were named after dogs more than often. It's just we have very few in service atm, if any.
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WWII Tanks were commonly named after Civil War generals in particular.
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Oh yeah! I forgot the Patton and the Jackson.
Who was Chaffee ???
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"Father of the Armored Forces"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adna_R._Chaffee,_Jr.
Jackson was a prominent Civil War General for the Confederacy. He tag-teamed with Lee in multiple operations and was a tactical genius. Genius as it may be he was killed by friendly fire.
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There were two Jacksons :P. Andrew Jackson (1812 general) and Jeffersn Jackson IIRC (US Civil War)
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There were two Jacksons :P. Andrew Jackson (1812 general) and Jeffersn Jackson IIRC (US Civil War)
It was named after this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson
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Whoopsie :-[. I mixed up the names :P. My bad
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Brits wouldn't name a tank after a General that kicked their ass at the Battle of New Orleans (Andrew Jackson) :P
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Oh. I didn't know it was a Brit tank XD
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It wasn't a Brit tank, they just had a tendency to name American tanks they received over Lend-Lease
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M48 Patton, my friend's gramps knocked a few of those out.
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BTW is there a real tank called the Paladin ???. Im under the impression there is a artillery tank called the Paladin :P. Was there a General Paladin ???. That would be a cool name :D
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I think self propelled artillery follows the practice of naming things after church related things, aka M7 preist
of course the brits started the practice of naming tanks after generals and self propelled arty after church stuff
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So is there a Paladin Church ???
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actaully, i meant its more related to church related positions, such as deacon, preist, sexton, ect
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What does a Paladin do in a church?
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Im not sure, i think its a holy knight of the church or something
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You mean like a zealot who will kill everyone who is not Christian?
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You mean like a zealot who will kill everyone who is not Christian?
Not quite :P. Its more of a holy armored knight. So yes, robotnix is right ;D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin
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Heres a video of a bunch of unpublished German Photos, just in slideshow form. There are 2 videos, here's the first. Not sure what to make of these pictures :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrXIVRdcsU&feature=g-vrec&context=G2c0853bRVAAAAAAAADg
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http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/unplugged/superman-spider-man-friends-photobomb-history-005141667.html
Thought this might be interesting to share :)
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some more random stuff
1- sturmtiger
2. allied propaganda flyer
3. some m10 variations
4. comparison of sizes of HE shells (152mm, 88mm, 122mm)
5. german guide of weak spots to aim for on t34 with 50mm pak
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1st pic: T34 with armored skirts
2nd pic: rammtiger, about 3 of them were built
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Im assuming "RamTigers" were used to ram but what exactly did they ram ???
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Me thinks some hapless and unaware tank who wishes to be turned on its side for its carelessness
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It could be used for making the path through a bocage much less annoying.
BTW, Robotnik thanks for posting the T-34 with skirts, I think Lord Wiffleby will like that as a thing for the Soviets in "1949". What year was this done, and if you would happen to know, by which country?
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^ i beleive the skirts were added around 1943, and were done by russia
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Im assuming "RamTigers" were used to ram but what exactly did they ram ???
Rammig was a tactic frequently used by the Germans in Russia. All kinds of vehicles are written about as being rammed but the most common is ATGs
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I once had a dream where me and my highschool class were having a sports class.
I then tried to impress my highschool crush with running the slider track and there I got run over by a rammtiger .
True story ! :D
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I once had a dream where me and my highschool class were having a sports class.
I then tried to impress my highschool crush with running the slider track and there I got run over by a rammtiger .
True story ! :D
BREAKTHROUGH!!!
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Sommar awesomeness +1
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Some blueprints of weird designs proposed by germany based on the hetzer chassis
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More pictures of rammtiger
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Did the Ramtiger ever have a gun?
And I am seeing a pattern here. German philosophy: The bigger, the better ;D
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^ nope, no gun
it was meant to destroy barricades and obsticals
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What a waste of tiger chassis. But I like the 16-1f, WoT should have it or burn all the French tanks! >:(
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I like the waffenträger, Put a 88 on a little mobile platform. For defensive operations I think it would be very effective! Quite cheap too if you think about its lack of turret armour etc.
Dont need a specific crew either. If somebody dies its easy to jump onboard and take over his role. Where to store the ammo however would be hard :S
The first black and white photo of the rammtiger btw, Is it just me but doesnt it look like.. a little bit photoshoped? I hope not because I think its a really cool tank but I wouldnt be suprised if it was never made.
Like Dann88 said, its kind of a waste to take a tiger, a mobile fortress like COH describes it XD And make it into a noncombat vehicle..
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A rare early sherman which mounted the shorter m2 75mm
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Here are reasons you dont want to mess with an ISU-152
1st photo: Damage a 152mm High explosive round vs panther turret.
2nd photo: damage of a 152mm armor piercing round vs sturmpanzer IV brummbar. notice the massive hole and how much of the superstructure has cracked or caved in on itself
3rd photo: comparison of the size of a 152mm AP round vs 122mm and 88mm AP round
4th photo: comparison of the size of a 152mm High explosive round
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I have some that Sommarkatze sent me a while back, that he never posted up here.
#1 is a Japanese rifle shield, designed and tested for the home invasion. They were simple pieces of stamped Steel akin to the Soviet SN-42 armor, except lacking the bulge
#2 is a weird weapon called the Grossfuss which seems to have been related to the StG family of weapons in one way or another.
#3 is a K43 (G43 really) with an StG-44 mag and re-chambered for the shorter 7.92x33 Kurz that I believe we call the K43/46.
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pic 1: soviet armored train with kv2 turret
pic 2: It looks like the allies were working on something similar to the kugelblitz. armed with a 40mm bofors and 2 .50 cal in a ball turret
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The T52 is awesome! I want that as a reward unit! :D
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That we be quite a fun thing to have Sommar, maybe I'll talk to Wiffleby about it
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here is another view of the t52
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pic 1: soviet armored train with kv2 turret
pic 2: It looks like the allies were working on something similar to the kugelblitz. armed with a 40mm bofors and 2 .50 cal in a ball turret
What is with the canadian Skink anti air tank ;) Quad anti air tank? ^^
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^ nope, thats no skink AA
this is the skink, and for those who dont know it was a canadian grizzly tank armed with 4 20mm cannons, so something like an allied whirblewind. it saw some service around the end of the war
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Ah. Sry. Bad phrasing ;D
pic 2: It looks like the allies were working on something similar to the kugelblitz. armed with a 40mm bofors and 2 .50 cal in a ball turret
-> I want to bring the Skink in mind. Skink looked like a quiet heavy and good anti air tank similar to the Kugelblitz ^^
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I want the Skink as a reward units for the British churchills <3 Hell, the reward for that one should replace all the churchills. They kinda suck imo, sadly ;/
(http://www.imagesup.net/dt-1313470317141.png) (http://www.imagesup.net/pt-1313470317141.png)
Here is a unique fun non combat vechicle!
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Apropo Kugelblitz;
Here is the only "possible" picture of a Kugelblitz i know.
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Night Vision Scope on a M1/M2 Carbine
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrSLQnUn5OrxjjduJ-ODUoX_uLzcFwoBXQW2LVHmSjedYOc2NvGQ)
Bent ppsh for shooting around corners
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSPUGM5c9sVO5ONAak8X8mE7eQ3X-xi3y3KPp1LR-JRtmScDs7M)
I got these from Neosdark's powerpoint of World War 2 weapons. So these are taken from him.
Got to give credit where credit is due.
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Oh don't post that link up, I'm finishing my next version
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Also you forgot to put in the Night Vision PPSh-41 O0
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I found a few more interesting photos
Photo 1: the KV-7, an experimental soviet assault gun, which had 1 76mm cannon and 2 45mm cannons. when Stalin first saw it, his comment was something like "Who needs three cannons? It would be better to mount one, but good one,"
Photo 2: Another interesting soviet experimental weapon. this is powerful light 25-mm semi-automatic AT gun LPP-25 (1942). It was developed for airborne companies and guerillas (partisans) in Soviet Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy. Very light (202 kg), it could be towed by every vehicle and even by 3 crewmembers for short distances. But that excellent and very necessary gun remained experimental, only 3 were made (order to produce 30 LPP-25 by factory No.92 as the first series was rejected).
While a very small gun, it was capable of penetrating up to 146mm(!!!!!) of armor at 100m. thats a lot for such a small gun, and able to pierce the 102mm frontal armor of the Tiger.
Photo 3: The soviets made some very interesting and groundbreaking things before the war which for one reason or another where not used, this is one of them. The name of this torpedo boat is L-5 (Levkov-5). Soviet professor V.I.Levkov developed the first serial naval air-cushion vessels in the world in 1935-1940 (they were built by Moscow aircraft plant No. 84 and No. 445). These strange vessels were called "Crocodiles" by sailors.
Some where capable of speeds up to 50 knots, and were usually armed with a few torpedo tubes and around 2 to 4 DKSH MG's
Despite the absolutely forward-looking design and excellent specifications, Levkov's torpedo boats had some disadvantages - the main was complicated control, especially during stormy or windy weather. At full speed a huge amount of splash formed which decreased visibility from the cabin. Also aircraft engines quite often overheated because of horizontally location.
All Levkov's boats were preserved at Litke naval base in Kronshtadt after the beginning of German-Soviet war in 1941. After the war all of them were scrapped in 1947 as "obsolete" boats despite the fact that nobody in the world had such boats and famous British serial hoverships by Christopher Cockerell appeared only in the beginning of 1960s! Professor Levkov was forgotten unfortunately.
Image 4: The "Nahuel" D.L. 43 tank was a medium tank developed in Argentina during World War II. It was the Argentine equivalent of the M4 Sherman and the M3 Grant American medium tanks. About 12 tanks were produce and sent into battle, because M4 chermans were becoming much more available. It had a 75mm gun similar to that of the sherman and cromwell, and 80mm sloped armor
The naem Nahuel translates into the english word tiger
Images 5 and 6: The SU-76P. These were build during the seige of leningrad, and mounted a short barrelled 76mm howitzer (similar to the OBR used in game) on the chassis of a T26. They served until 1944 when the seige was broken, but apparenly some of the few vehicles continued service later on in the war. They were made due to a lack of high-explosive rounds for 45mm guns, as none were able to be delivered during the seige
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(http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b597/Doddlebug90/lossy-page1-800px-ISU-152-2_initial_varianttif_zps87b7a73e.jpg)
Found this when i was skulking around wiki reading about tanks ;) If wiki can be trusted on this, its a ISU-152-2, a version of the ISU-152 made to be a pure tankhunter.
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Me likey :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Yep, it as only a prototype though
It had a long barreled version of the 152mm howitzer, but there were problems with the guns stability and quality, and the war ended before these problems could be fixed
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Yep, it as only a prototype though
It had a long barreled version of the 152mm howitzer, but there were problems with the guns stability and quality, and the war ended before these problems could be fixed
Yeah, the cannon had barrel reliability issues right ???
anyway found some more pics ;D
First one is of a stock ISU-122 i think, looks late-war.
(http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b597/Doddlebug90/isu122_3_zps0d59fd23.jpg)
the other pic is another ISU-122 but it has a longer cannon, guess its another prototype. (its a ISU-130, thanks Robotnik, wasnt sure what it was^^)
(http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b597/Doddlebug90/isu130_1_zpsb7fb6873.jpg)
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Robotnik I've been meaning to ask you, have you any pictures of a MP40/I in combat or at least in a soldiers hands?
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MP40/I?
Not MP40/II?
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Yep, it as only a prototype though
It had a long barreled version of the 152mm howitzer, but there were problems with the guns stability and quality, and the war ended before these problems could be fixed
Yeah, the cannon had barrel reliability issues right ???
anyway found some more pics ;D
First one is of a stock ISU-122 i think, looks late-war.
(http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b597/Doddlebug90/isu122_3_zps0d59fd23.jpg)
the other pic is another ISU-122 but it has a longer cannon, guess its another prototype.
(http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b597/Doddlebug90/isu130_1_zpsb7fb6873.jpg)
The second one is the ISU-130. it mounted a 130mm naval cannon, similar to the one mounted on the SU100Y which saw limited service, Though it looks very similar to the ISU122S
Robotnik I've been meaning to ask you, have you any pictures of a MP40/I in combat or at least in a soldiers hands?
No i don not unfortunately
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MP40/I?
Not MP40/II?
I'm surprised you aren't aware of this Rommel, but since there was no first modification for the MP40, then the MP40/II is a misnomer, perhaps a reference to the dual magazines. Its official name is the MP40/I.
My source: http://www.forgottenweapons.com/submachine-guns/mp40i-dual-mag/ (Skip to the last paragraph)
Robotnik I've been meaning to ask you, have you any pictures of a MP40/I in combat or at least in a soldiers hands?
No i don not unfortunately
Oh that truly sucks, I've been meaning to get one for my Powerpoint
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I asked because there were a MP40/I (a prototype) and a MP40/II (used in combat).
Unfortunately my computer is broken so i cant search for a pic in my datas.
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I'm fairly sure, as I (and my source) have pointed out, that the weapon I'm referring to is the MP40/I (the MP40 with dual magazines)
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Would any one have any picture of the M26 Pershing in combat?
Also anyone have any pictures of a Jagdpanther in combat that aren't easily found by a Google search?
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Aint that famous video recording from a real battle during the end of the war where they take out a Panther having a Pershing in it?
http://youtu.be/NBI9d0-IfEM
Thats a Pershing alright.
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Well I mean something other than that one XD
I've certainly seen this video Sommar
EDIT: Something interesting I found while running about on the WoT Wikia:
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Yesterday I have visited the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow and came up nice and huge photo exhibition of Stalingrad Siege. There were a lot of rare and very interesting photos taken from Wehrmacht and Soviet Archieves including Freelancer photographers who were there at that time. I have taken these photos by Mobile phone so don't expect high quality. Hope you enjoy.
Link to Gallery: http://sdrv.ms/YwVQC3
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/4894/wp20130504084.jpg)
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^ very nice to see ;D! Interesting to see such photo's since i doubt i would have the funds any time soon to travel to Moscow and see it myself lol
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I'm glad someone checked and like them. Thx :)
Well these things are free of charge, we're comrades anyway right? ; )'
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Found this rare photo today lying around in my histroy stuff folder
I thought only 2 pictures of the kugelblitz existed, but heres one of its turret up close
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Where the kugelblitz turret operated with pedals ? I dont mean like a bikecycle XD It were powered by a engine of some sort but did the shooter control it with pedals ?
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Where the kugelblitz turret operated with pedals ? I dont mean like a bikecycle XD It were powered by a engine of some sort but did the shooter control it with pedals ?
Im not sure actually. I think the turret was too small for someone to fit inside. My guess is maybe they developed a remote control system, and maybe pedals were used. I know pedals were used to fire the guns for the M15a1 CGMC, one to fire the .50 cals and one to fire the 37mm, so its definitely a possibility a similar system was used on other vehicles of other countries
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Also some otheer intresting pictures i found. We all know how the sherman chasis was flexible enough to allows to perform 1000+1 different roles, well here are a few other variants i found
1st picture- A sherman variant tested with a stubby 155mm howitzer
2nd picture- A sherman variant tested with a 7.2 inch rocket launcher instead of a main gun
and unrelated
3rd picture- A 90mm AA gun with some kill markers on the barrel, from either tanks or aircraft
4th picture- panzernest removal
5th picture- Another photo of the very rare ostwind. The second historical photo ive found of one
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Here is an interesting soviet weapon I found.
it was a 37mm airborne anti-tank gun. I cant find much more info on it because all the info I find on it is in russian, but it served during the last few years of the war, and was capable of being transported by glider or paradropped. Its main feature was its recoiess design, though I dont completely understand how it worked it seems like it had some of the aspects of an anti-tank gun and a recoiless rifle
Using sub-caliber rounds it could penetrate 86mm of armor at a range of 500 meters
(http://i.imgur.com/O9SHOP5.jpg)
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Finnish Defense Forces have released 800 pictures from ww2 if anybody's interested
http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng# (http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng#)
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Thanks for sharing, man! Those are awesome! :D
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Here is how you assemble a single track link of a kettenkrad. I can o ly imagine how complicated the treads of a tiger or panther were
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Tiger and Panther were less complicated ;D
As far as i know the Kettenkrad was called the most complicated vehicle of ww2. And perhais this tracks were one of the reasons for this reputation. Nightmare to fix ^^
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A neat picture of a captured StuG III G in full mobile concrete bunker mode and mounted MG replaced with an StG44.
(http://s26.postimg.org/68psqz6ix/11312684_733572323439229_9037829643274777734_o.jpg)
I believe the Finns bunkered up their Sturmi's in a similar fashion.
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That's interesting... >:D.
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Hi everyone,
I've found a most peculiar photo (see attached).
No, it's not the worlds weirdest car crash, but rather an ingenious camouflage technique -- This Sonderkraftfahrzeug 250/1 was in a 'hull down' position with a civilian car perched on top. Brilliant!
Credit where credit is due: This picture is taken from 'German Armoured Cars and Reconnaissance Half-Tracks 1939-45' by Bryan Perret.
Cheers, CoHtaku.
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As far as i know it is one of this famous "Market Garden" picture. The german army tried to save as much as possible. I have a couple of fotos where cars were put on halftracks, trucks or car that were pulled by halftracks, ect ect.
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Hello Gerrit,
The book states that the photograph was taken in Italy in 1943. I wasn't aware of this being done before, so feel free to post some of your own photos if you like. :)
Thanks, CoHtaku.
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(http://www11.pic-upload.de/thumb/04.07.15/1xalabb71we.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-27573799/schrott3.jpg.html)(http://www11.pic-upload.de/thumb/04.07.15/3gzc3dz3rbni.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-27573800/schrott1.jpg.html)(http://www11.pic-upload.de/thumb/04.07.15/7n3bewkbjaa.jpg) (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-27573801/schrott2.jpg.html)
The german retreat during Operation Market Garden; The Wehrmacht tried to save everything they can.
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Thanks, they're most interesting. ;)
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Again diving into the weirder parts of the internet, I stumbled across this...
(http://vrtifacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Ship.jpg)
Apparently Soviet Infrared goggles from the early 40's, I can't find additional information to confirm wether or not this image is bullshit :-X
http://vrtifacts.com/night-vision-goggles-of-red-army/ (http://vrtifacts.com/night-vision-goggles-of-red-army/)
The original source of this information is at the bottom of the page, but the images have expired. The only source the 'source' gives is "Military Literature", which is vague as fuck ;D
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Super necromancer resurrection of this thread but, I have an old book at home with pictures. One shows a marine with almost identical infrared googled with the description that they were used on Okinawa in 1945. So, it might not be to impossible that the soviet had something as well? ;P I gonna find a picture of it!
Edit: picture
(http://s3.postimg.org/toejhq6w3/IMG_1800.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/r72sagmzj/full/)
image upload no compression (http://postimage.org/)
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That's weird XD... but thanks for the contribution. I guess they didn't want to lose the tech race against the Germans.
I wonder how useful were these weapons to them, perhaps it made no difference :-\.
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NP, who knows. According to the text underneath the picture it says those googles played a considerable role on Okinawa.
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I never even knew this before, but apparently the IS-2 has a hull machine gun. It was not in a ball mount, and was in a fixed position. On early hull models the barrel stuck out from the hull slightly and could be seen if you looked close. On models with the newer hull design the barrel was not visible, but if you looked closely you could see a little hole in the left side of the hull where the gun fired through. You can see the hole clearly in this picture if you zoom in.
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IS 2. it s a feature that exist at WT even mg are not functional (camo is 5 mm and fantaisist)
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As far as i know the hull MG was added when the IS-2 were modernised into the IS-2M cold war standard.
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The machinegun placement on the hull of the IS-2 never made much sense to me. It would have had only been periodically manned by the loader, and if the XRay mode in WT is right, it would have had the powder charges for the shells blocking access most of the time. So yeah, not the most comfortable gun position ever, but I suppose Soviet tanks weren't exactly 5 star hotels :P
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Found this interesting one the other day. A Yugoslavian M4 mounting a soviet 122mm gun
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How the hell did they even manage to fit that. Goddamn Yugoslav Tardis Sherman.
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They had more projects where they tried to put heavy weapons on outdated tanks.
E.g. the Vozilo A:
(http://ftr.wot-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tip-a.jpeg)
or the M-320 tank:
(http://i.imgur.com/QAnGR.jpg)
or this T-54 with Hellcat turret for training:
(http://i.imgur.com/y5xFxZtg.jpg)
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Last 2 pic are dead :(
PS: Nice pictures :)
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New pics added ;)
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Found a picture of the Hungarian Nimrod AA tank with its giant anti-tank 'grenade' fitted on the gun
(http://i.imgur.com/IHYWpYd.jpg)
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Jeah. A rare picture of the hungarian 42M "Kerngranate" ;)
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Those crafty Hungarians.
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Not sure whats going on here :P
(http://i317.photobucket.com/albums/mm374/mauther/military/paper20kv-1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Kbff4iG.jpg)
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They are studying enemy tanks, their shape for fast recognition, maybe weak spots in armor.
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"Waffen SS machine gunner and sniper during the third battle of Kharkov 1943"
(https://i.redd.it/0jl1653lw7oz.jpg)
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Found this photo of an attempt to upgun the T-60. Its a new 37mm gun, but it uses the same ammo as the 37mm AA gun in use by the army, so it wasnt too bad for its size. Unfortunately it was still too big for the turret
(https://i.imgur.com/HT1QKBR.jpg)
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so you will include it in the game?
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so you will include it in the game?
Because he is posting a photo of a prototype?
This is a thread for interesting pics - and not a "next ef content update thread" ;)
To add more pics:
(http://forum.valka.cz/files/matilde-ii-kwk-50.jpg)
Matilda II tank. The turret was removed and replaced with a 5cm gun. Used by training units in the Netherlands. Fate unknown.
(http://forum.valka.cz/files/bez_n_zvu_135.jpg)
Field improvisation of a german field repair shop USed by the 18. and 3. Panzer-Division during the heavy winter fights in 1941/42 near Kharkov.
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Was just a joke. Lol you germans are overly serious!!!!
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Sorry but i cant differ between a normal sentence and a joke when there is no help (e.g. emoticon or something else) :-\
Soviets were ordered to use any weapon to fights against low level close attack aircrafts.
Even anti tank rifles had to fire on planes.
(http://broneboy.ru/wp-content/uploads/s-PTR-18.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/93/52/40/935240d55c66da39c88efdc4332e5c68.png)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/39/6c/e6/396ce6431f2d74ae82055f95c3b94ad9--german-army-wwii.jpg)
Think this one is kinda cool, its an Japanese military observer with an Hungarian Officer!
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Found a picture of a T-70 tank upgraded with a VT-42 45mm gun, based on the long barreled 45mm anti tank gun.
About 10 were converted and may have saw combat. 1 T-80 also was upgraded with the gun but it remained a prototype\
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/01/73/df/0173df7936e9006d7a19217eb04b6c16.jpg)
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Looks like a WoT-tank.