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Posted: 11/24/2020 10:56:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: They put a jack under the gun mantlet to rotate the turret slightly, I gather that at a certain angle the corner of the KV-2 turret blocks the hull hatch from opening. That must have been hard on crew survival rates. These guys punched a ticket for the Shtrafbat |
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Posted: 11/24/2020 10:58:41 AM EDT
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 Maus, 1944, Böblingen. |
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Posted: 11/24/2020 11:37:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: "Well, shit, now what?" https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/b156b30ee20757e0a85e053e0d4c4f72_jpg-1698202.JPG ^Look how deep the track and fender got buried. They put a jack under the gun mantlet to rotate the turret slightly, I gather that at a certain angle the corner of the KV-2 turret blocks the hull hatch from opening. That must have been hard on crew survival rates. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/af5ab7f729fcbfcbabef7ea27d054eaf_jpg-1698203.JPG Could have been worse though https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/tumblr_okvq23sD3p1uh80vpo1_1280_jpg-1698204.JPG Reminds me of this twitter feed from the other thread on post war military vehicles. Oops |
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Posted: 11/24/2020 1:33:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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KV-2 parts randomly distributed across the terrain:
 Attached FilePossibly related to the gun going banana peel:  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileSeveral similar shots of wreckage in this video (without gun banana peels), I guess it was typical for a KV-2 to flip the turret and blow the tracks widely apart when the huge ammo rack cooked off:  New Rare KV-2 WW2 Footage - ??-2 ???????? - ????, ???? ???? ????????? 2 - part 1. Right at the beginning of this one is excellent film of a KV-2 kablooey:  Failed To Load Title  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/25/2020 2:23:15 PM EDT
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"Damn I look goooood."
 Attached FileA sword would be a bit too much, but he needs one of those gaudy Nazi daggers tucked in the belt. |
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Posted: 11/25/2020 3:16:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: hdhogman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: KV-2 parts randomly distributed across the terrain: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/2uEGlw5_jpg-1699615.JPG Possibly related to the gun going banana peel: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/6ImggWM_jpg-1699616.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/WszzOod_jpg-1699619.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/v3UiOzU_jpg-1699621.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/1JRtcme_jpg-1699620.JPG Several similar shots of wreckage in this video (without gun banana peels), I guess it was typical for a KV-2 to flip the turret and blow the tracks widely apart when the huge ammo rack cooked off:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GYwdndIHRcRight at the beginning of this one is excellent film of a KV-2 kablooey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdDlB_YAQikhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/25026716422_f6efd1a13c_o_jpg-1699644.JPG WOW! Self Destruct Mode. Never saw one disassemble itself into components like that before, Thanks! What Elon Musk calls R.U.D., "Rapid Unplanned Disassembly, and being a way of understating that a rocket exploded". |
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Posted: 11/25/2020 7:16:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: KV-2 parts randomly distributed across the terrain: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/2uEGlw5_jpg-1699615.JPG Possibly related to the gun going banana peel: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/6ImggWM_jpg-1699616.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/WszzOod_jpg-1699619.JPG Very cool and interesting! While I seriously doubt I will ever need to know that the KV-2's gun was right hand twist rifling, I somehow feel better knowing that little factoid. Looks like 32 lands and grooves, but I could be off a few either way. |
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Posted: 11/25/2020 9:16:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/26/2020 2:12:25 AM EDT
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U-505 after capture being towed behind USS Guadalcanal
 Attached File Attached FileAlongside the Guadalcanal  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/26/2020 7:23:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryTell me more about this pic please? My German mother’s family is from there. They still live there to this day... |
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Posted: 11/26/2020 7:55:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 22caliberKIDD: U-505 after capture being towed behind USS Guadalcanal https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/321106/806FF5A8-267A-49AF-9FB6-8FB47F3BF0A4_jpe-1702105.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/321106/7D6887AC-478B-4FFB-8494-2300560B521F_jpe-1702106.JPG Alongside the Guadalcanal https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/321106/D73A0F0C-EC94-44D4-86EE-3E2DF2486FF2_jpe-1702107.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/321106/5C43F895-F1CB-42BE-8393-F91D609A0F69_jpe-1702108.JPG Ballast casts from U-505 Western Electric studied the boat for a while (research) and years later made these casts (drink coaster size) for all their employees from the ballast they still had on hand. My grandfather worked at Western Electric at the time, he was very proud and displayed it prominently.  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/26/2020 10:04:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Napoleon451: Ballast casts from U-505 Western Electric studied the boat for a while (research) and years later made these casts (drink coaster size) for all their employees from the ballast they still had on hand. My grandfather worked at Western Electric at the time, he was very proud and displayed it prominently. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/301156/8F6EE5E2-B45D-4531-8F0C-74D14D6A3083_jpe-1703274.JPG That’s an amazing souvenir....Your grandpa has every right to be proud of that. Very cool... |
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Posted: 11/26/2020 10:50:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/26/2020 11:18:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/56204/1F32840D-CFA5-4DAB-B260-8A60F05679D5_jpe-1703643.JPG The only guy giving the Nazi salute is Belgian. Is it because he is SS while the others aren’t? |
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Posted: 11/26/2020 11:49:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 22caliberKIDD: Is it because he is SS while the others aren’t? SS-Sturmbrigade Wallonia  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/27/2020 1:46:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/56204/1F32840D-CFA5-4DAB-B260-8A60F05679D5_jpe-1703643.JPG The only guy giving the Nazi salute is Belgian. His autobiography is pretty interesting. Leon Degrelle The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer, 1941-1945 https://www.amazon.com/Eastern-Front-Memoirs-Volunteer-1941-1945-ebook/dp/B00STMD0A8 |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:23:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TexFive-O: Tell me more about this pic please? My German mother’s family is from there. They still live there to this day... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TexFive-O: Tell me more about this pic please? My German mother’s family is from there. They still live there to this day... Sorry, no further information about this picture. The only thing I know they tested the Maus tanks in Böblingen until late 1944. 
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:28:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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1942, machining the face of a cast hexagonal T-34 turret, mirror surface visible on finished one at bottom right. The cast "cheeks" of the gun mount for this turret variant were welded onto the face. No earpro or eyepro for the operator:
 Attached FileTrack mounted submerged arc welders attaching T-34/85 turret roofs. The roof plate has been tacked on by manual stick welding at the corners, but wire fed track welders that are many times faster are used to complete it. Gun mount cheeks are part of the turret cast now:  Attached FileHull floor. Good photo of the flux and weld wire feed of submerged arc welders:  Attached File Attached FileRussian mass production of armor owed very much to automatic submerged arc welding developed by Ukrainian engineer Evgeny Paton and his son Borys Paton  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 12/2/2020 9:56:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/3/2020 11:25:35 PM EDT
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 The Home Guard:Seated at the dining table with his wife, a veteran Sergeant of the Dorking Home Guard in Surrey, England gives his Tommy gun a final polish before leaving home to go on parade. The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed services (regular military service was restricted to those aged 18 to 41) or those in reserved occupations. Excluding those already in the armed services, the civilian police or civil defence, approximately one in five men were volunteers. Their role was to act as a secondary defence force in case of invasion by the forces of Nazi Germany. Colour by Jake Colourised PIECE of JAKE Photographer: Puttnam Collection: IWM |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 8:38:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/5/2020 10:01:48 PM EDT
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That Bf109 is from JG26 Schlageter. Galland's stomping ground.
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Posted: 12/5/2020 10:16:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/5/2020 10:37:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt_sporter: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/CD607DFF-2266-4044-AE99-A2E6B5F4ADCB_jpe-1716872.JPG US marked Mosquito? |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 10:44:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: US marked Mosquito? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: Originally Posted By Colt_sporter: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/CD607DFF-2266-4044-AE99-A2E6B5F4ADCB_jpe-1716872.JPG US marked Mosquito? Yup. Some reverse Lend Lease. Reconnaissance use mostly. |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 10:45:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wtfboombrb: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/1587517241073733435605_jpg-1379795.JPG Something about this one look "reenactory" to me. |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 11:17:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UtahShotgunner: Yup. Some reverse Lend Lease. Reconnaissance use mostly. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UtahShotgunner: Originally Posted By DOW: Originally Posted By Colt_sporter: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/CD607DFF-2266-4044-AE99-A2E6B5F4ADCB_jpe-1716872.JPG US marked Mosquito? Yup. Some reverse Lend Lease. Reconnaissance use mostly.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 10:43:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Something about this one look "reenactory" to me. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FightingHellfish: Originally Posted By wtfboombrb: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/369185/1587517241073733435605_jpg-1379795.JPG Something about this one look "reenactory" to me. Disagree strongly. Looks like Iwo Jima. |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 10:50:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Firefinder37: https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s1080x2048/128932793_178209343970843_3106628734844959651_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=GjSN5vlMmwEAX_DOzTQ&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&tp=7&oh=4c03312de8a34f40cb0835118fca9370&oe=5FED502F The Home Guard:Seated at the dining table with his wife, a veteran Sergeant of the Dorking Home Guard in Surrey, England gives his Tommy gun a final polish before leaving home to go on parade. The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed services (regular military service was restricted to those aged 18 to 41) or those in reserved occupations. Excluding those already in the armed services, the civilian police or civil defence, approximately one in five men were volunteers. Their role was to act as a secondary defence force in case of invasion by the forces of Nazi Germany. Colour by Jake Colourised PIECE of JAKE Photographer: Puttnam Collection: IWM For some reason that picture looks like its out of a Monty Python skit. But I do respect the old mans fortitude. |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 11:14:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher: AT-21 gunnery trainer. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1670/at21_gunnery_trainer_jpg-1717059.JPG Cute little plane, but sounds like all in all it didn't work out that great. A good indication that at the time there was still a lot of trial and error and experimentation happening in aircraft design. |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 12:33:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: hdhogman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Meadowmuffin: For some reason that picture looks like its out of a Monty Python skit. But I do respect the old mans fortitude. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Meadowmuffin: Originally Posted By Firefinder37: https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s1080x2048/128932793_178209343970843_3106628734844959651_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=GjSN5vlMmwEAX_DOzTQ&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&tp=7&oh=4c03312de8a34f40cb0835118fca9370&oe=5FED502F The Home Guard:Seated at the dining table with his wife, a veteran Sergeant of the Dorking Home Guard in Surrey, England gives his Tommy gun a final polish before leaving home to go on parade. The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed services (regular military service was restricted to those aged 18 to 41) or those in reserved occupations. Excluding those already in the armed services, the civilian police or civil defence, approximately one in five men were volunteers. Their role was to act as a secondary defence force in case of invasion by the forces of Nazi Germany. Colour by Jake Colourised PIECE of JAKE Photographer: Puttnam Collection: IWM For some reason that picture looks like its out of a Monty Python skit. But I do respect the old mans fortitude. Yes the Gentleman's wife reminds me of the one character that frequently dressed as a woman, no offense to the Mrs., I think it's the hair. |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 8:01:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 13starsinax]
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 Attached FileMesserschmitt Me 262 V3, PC+UC, takes off on its first flight at Leipheim, 18 July 1942.  Attached FileMesserschmitt Me 262 V3, PC+UC https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/messerchmitt-me-262-v3/ |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 8:27:29 PM EDT
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War or not, if I ever even thought about cleaning one of my firearms on her tablecloth in the dining room, my frau wouldn’t sit calmly by with her knitting needle.....she’d be chasing me out for good!
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Posted: 12/6/2020 11:16:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hdhogman: Yes the Gentleman's wife reminds me of the one character that frequently dressed as a woman, no offense to the Mrs., I think it's the hair. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hdhogman: Originally Posted By Meadowmuffin: Originally Posted By Firefinder37: https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s1080x2048/128932793_178209343970843_3106628734844959651_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=GjSN5vlMmwEAX_DOzTQ&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&tp=7&oh=4c03312de8a34f40cb0835118fca9370&oe=5FED502F The Home Guard:Seated at the dining table with his wife, a veteran Sergeant of the Dorking Home Guard in Surrey, England gives his Tommy gun a final polish before leaving home to go on parade. The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed services (regular military service was restricted to those aged 18 to 41) or those in reserved occupations. Excluding those already in the armed services, the civilian police or civil defence, approximately one in five men were volunteers. Their role was to act as a secondary defence force in case of invasion by the forces of Nazi Germany. Colour by Jake Colourised PIECE of JAKE Photographer: Puttnam Collection: IWM For some reason that picture looks like its out of a Monty Python skit. But I do respect the old mans fortitude. Yes the Gentleman's wife reminds me of the one character that frequently dressed as a woman, no offense to the Mrs., I think it's the hair. All of the Pythons dressed as women multiple times. Terry Jones looked most like her in his "old British woman" roles. Runner-up look-alike would be Graham Chapman. |
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Posted: 12/6/2020 11:23:28 PM EDT
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This looks to be a prototype as turret has no guns and appears to be weighted only for testing. Furthermore it can be implied it is a captured specimen as the hammer and sickle and star stencil have been applied. Soviets also appear to be doing something with it. Applying mud maybe for some reason. Interesting fact 188 tons with a 128mm gun and a 75mm coax.
ETA: Ref to the Maus pics of course |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 12:15:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Panzernest prefab machinegun bunker, pulled out by tank recovery vehicle in Italy:
 Attached File Attached FileFiring port with armored shutter, Kursk:  Attached FileRear hatch:  Attached FileCart wheels were attached and they were towed to their location upside down, then tipped onto the ground or into a hole:  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 12:53:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Panzernest prefab machinegun bunker, pulled out by tank recovery vehicle in Italy: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/M31_Italy_jpg-1719285.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Panzernest_drawing_jpg-1719287.JPG Firing port with armored shutter, Kursk: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/4004_original_jpg-1719292.JPG Rear hatch: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/crab-3_jpg-1719302.JPG Cart wheels were attached and they were towed to their location upside down, then tipped onto the ground or into a hole: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/fixt_jpg-1719296.JPG I wouldn’t mind having one of those in my front yard 
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Posted: 12/7/2020 4:24:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Panzernest prefab machinegun bunker, pulled out by tank recovery vehicle in Italy: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/M31_Italy_jpg-1719285.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Panzernest_drawing_jpg-1719287.JPG Firing port with armored shutter, Kursk: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/4004_original_jpg-1719292.JPG Rear hatch: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/crab-3_jpg-1719302.JPG Cart wheels were attached and they were towed to their location upside down, then tipped onto the ground or into a hole: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/fixt_jpg-1719296.JPG I was kinda "meh" until the last photo. Seeing them on wheels is awesome and something I had never seen before. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 6:49:04 PM EDT
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Some cool photos from Pearl Harbor, then and now.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/navy-created-incredible-photos-comparing-181500441.html 
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Posted: 12/9/2020 9:12:01 AM EDT
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4,500 model airplanes hung from the ceiling of Union Station, 1943
 Attached File Attached File"In 1942, shortly after Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt committed the U.S. economy to the production of 60,000 warplanes that year, and suggested that as many as 185,000 aircraft might be produced by the end of 1943. He turned out to be almost correct. In June 1944, TIME reported 171,257 aircraft produced since Pearl Harbor. In 1942, however, those were Herculean goals, yet to be achieved, and as part of an effort to help Americans understand the task before them, a fleet of 4,500 model airplanes was suspended from the ceiling of Chicago's Union Station. Once you absorb the spectacle of 4,500 planes, of course, then comes the whammy: That's only 1/48th of the production goal. The image above is 600 pixels wide. At that scale, if your monitor's pitch is 72 dpi, an image of all 185,000 planes would be 33 feet wide." |
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Posted: 12/9/2020 9:20:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: 4,500 model airplanes hung from the ceiling of Union Station, 1943 https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/8132_chicago_union_station_concourse_int-1722225.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Model-Planes-on-the-Ceiling_jpg-1722224.JPG "In 1942, shortly after Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt committed the U.S. economy to the production of 60,000 warplanes that year, and suggested that as many as 185,000 aircraft might be produced by the end of 1943. He turned out to be almost correct. In June 1944, TIME reported 171,257 aircraft produced since Pearl Harbor. In 1942, however, those were Herculean goals, yet to be achieved, and as part of an effort to help Americans understand the task before them, a fleet of 4,500 model airplanes was suspended from the ceiling of Chicago's Union Station. Once you absorb the spectacle of 4,500 planes, of course, then comes the whammy: That's only 1/48th of the production goal. The image above is 600 pixels wide. At that scale, if your monitor's pitch is 72 dpi, an image of all 185,000 planes would be 33 feet wide." I'll bet the people in Germany and Japan felt like that's what the sky looked like late in the war. |
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Posted: 12/9/2020 2:29:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/9/2020 2:58:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/9/2020 3:13:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/9/2020 3:27:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Jerret_S]
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My cousin posted these of my one grandpa this veterans day. I cropped the name off the letter. Was signed
corporal (name) Rubber department. (Where he worked)  Attached File Attached FileSadly I dont really remember him. He passed when I was maybe 8 or 9. I didnt even know he served before I saw this. I guess he worked at MSA before the war is who the letter is addressed to. Is there any place I can look up his name to find any records? |
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Posted: 12/9/2020 4:42:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jerret_S: My cousin posted these of my one grandpa this veterans day. I cropped the name off the letter. Was signed corporal (name) Rubber department. (Where he worked) https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/120507/FB_IMG_1605118346249_copy_576x622_jpg-1722714.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/120507/FB_IMG_1605118338093_jpg-1722717.JPG Sadly I dont really remember him. He passed when I was maybe 8 or 9. I didnt even know he served before I saw this. I guess he worked at MSA before the war is who the letter is addressed to. Is there any place I can look up his name to find any records? Start here: NARA |
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Posted: 12/9/2020 6:28:29 PM EDT
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Vanquished
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Posted: 12/10/2020 6:55:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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The Germans didn't throw anything away and were perfectly capable of the kind of improvisations we sometimes rag on the Russians for, for instance the Selbstfahrlafette fr 3.7 cm Pak 36 auf Renault UE(f) - German Pak 36 slapped on top of a captured French utility track, 700 assembled and used to invade Russia. Gun crew was extremely vulnerable. Note the lashed down tree limbs used as wheel chocks:
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileThe Germans captured 3,000 Renault UE's in all, which they used as artillery prime movers, rough terrain supply vehicles, snow plows, cable layers, airfield security machine gun carriers, and many other things. Prime mover  Attached File20mm carrier  Attached FileMG carrier  Attached FileRocket artillery  Attached FileTraining T-34 vizmod  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/15/2020 10:47:15 AM EDT
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Circus elephants Kiri and Many move a wrecked car from a bombed out garage in Hamburg, 1945
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Posted: 12/15/2020 2:02:18 PM EDT
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