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Posted: 4/19/2017 10:31:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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cologne march 1945
Commandos make their way over a bomb crater 
The censor has denied us recognition of this Sherman stuck in a bomb or shell crater in the middle or Red Beach 1. 
One of the 3.7inch AA guns in it's enclosure. The square compartments are the magazines that housed the ready to use shell's. There were central magazines that stored the amunition nearby. 
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Posted: 4/19/2017 11:50:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/20/2017 3:25:05 AM EDT
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Here's some fantastic colour pics from another thread
You'll have to click on the links though Link Russian female snipers |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 5:31:12 AM EDT
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http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/59/948/large_000000.jpg
Looks like one commando is carrying an Stg 44. |
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Posted: 4/20/2017 6:21:40 PM EDT
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Flak damage on a P-47.
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Posted: 4/20/2017 6:41:29 PM EDT
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Panther tank disguised with sheet metal to resemble an American M-10 as part of deception operations in the Ardennes offensive.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:21:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:22:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Troll_toes]
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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:24:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:26:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:27:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2017 2:28:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2017 6:05:29 PM EDT
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Another P-47 pic.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 7:39:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/21/2017 7:44:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher:
Another P-47 pic. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher:
Another P-47 pic. 'LUCKY WRIGHT'S ESCAPE Lt "Lucky" Edwin Wright, just over 19 yrs. old, just returned from his 39th mission- over Munster. He got hit by flak but continued on his mission dropped his bombs, did a spot of strafing and retuned. When he got back he found a hole 8ins. in diameter through his 11ins. diam prop blade, caused by a direct hit from an ack ack shell. If the shell had deviated an inch and a half either side, his blade would have severed and he would have been brought down. This is the 6th. time that Wright has been hit by Flak and is now known as “Lucky Wright”. He has 5 and a half months of combat to his credit and 39 missions. He belongs to a Republic Thunderbolt Squadron commanded by Major J Sherwood. |
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Posted: 4/22/2017 11:23:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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japanese soldiers, 1945, nagasaki, atomic bomb damage is what the caption said.
View of the collapsed forward section of the flight deck of the carrier Hornet (CV 12) in the aftermath of a typhoon on June 5, 1945. 
A heavily damaged midget submarine base constructed by occupying Japanese forces on Kiska Island, photo taken sometime in 1943, after Allied forces retook 
a faux japanese tank carved out of volcanic ash rock on iwo jima 1945 
HMS Jarvis 
B-29's prop flew into fuselage after damage during Yokohama raid; landed safely at Iwo Jima 
Lockeyear W T (Lt) -- Portrait of a soldier from No. 3 Commando 
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Posted: 4/22/2017 12:54:19 PM EDT
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Okay guys, I found this photo yesterday and I have no idea what the half spheres are on this PzKpfw III. Any ideas?
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Posted: 4/22/2017 1:42:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By E-95:
Okay guys, I found this photo yesterday and I have no idea what the half spheres are on this PzKpfw III. Any ideas? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/04/c8/b2/04c8b29b9738c510133c37b08b86c274.jpg |
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Posted: 4/22/2017 2:15:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer:
It looks like a Panzerbefehlswagen Ausf. H with dummy gun. I am going with speakers for psychological warfare. They dont look like a sound locator system.  Attached File"We have a loudspeaker here, and when we go into battle we play music, very loud. It kind of... calms us down." |
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Posted: 4/22/2017 3:55:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer:
It looks like a Panzerbefehlswagen Ausf. H with dummy gun. I am going with speakers for psychological warfare. They dont look like a sound locator system. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer:
Originally Posted By E-95:
Okay guys, I found this photo yesterday and I have no idea what the half spheres are on this PzKpfw III. Any ideas? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/04/c8/b2/04c8b29b9738c510133c37b08b86c274.jpg |
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Posted: 4/22/2017 5:44:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ACDer]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By E-95:
You're probably right that it's a Befehlswagen. I don't see the star antenna for the FuG 6 but it's likely hidden in the tree branches. But I don't think those are speakers. I'd think you'd be able to see the voice coil in the center. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:16:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By E-95:
You're probably right that it's a Befehlswagen. I don't see the star antenna for the FuG 6 but it's likely hidden in the tree branches. But I don't think those are speakers. I'd think you'd be able to see the voice coil in the center. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By E-95:
Originally Posted By ACDer:
Originally Posted By E-95:
Okay guys, I found this photo yesterday and I have no idea what the half spheres are on this PzKpfw III. Any ideas? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/04/c8/b2/04c8b29b9738c510133c37b08b86c274.jpg |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:44:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ACDer]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1:
I wonder if it's some sort of IR emitters? Like the Vampir system they had? 
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:54:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dog1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer:
The vehicle mounted system was called Uhu. This is an example of the IR search light used in conjunction with IR equiped Panther tanks. http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m250/acder/473frbhik1xx.png 
I'm wondering if that is some sort of evolutionary step in the Uhu. I just don't think those are speakers or some sort of sound detection system. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 3:21:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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some WWI listening devices.
WWII Air listening device to hear Airplane engines 
landing crafts on the shores of okinawa 
usaaf a 20 bombing nichols field philippines 
Aerial view: A Grumman TBF-1 Avenger flies over fields bombed by U.S. soldiers 
Japanese tank crew on a break near the Mongolian border 
milkman during the blitz 
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Posted: 4/23/2017 3:57:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1:
Yes, but they also had smaller Uhu systems like this one on a Panther. http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/dio/rwpanth/Image21.jpg I'm wondering if that is some sort of evolutionary step in the Uhu. I just don't think those are speakers or some sort of sound detection system. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1:
Originally Posted By ACDer:
The vehicle mounted system was called Uhu. This is an example of the IR search light used in conjunction with IR equiped Panther tanks. http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m250/acder/473frbhik1xx.png http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/dio/rwpanth/Image21.jpg I'm wondering if that is some sort of evolutionary step in the Uhu. I just don't think those are speakers or some sort of sound detection system. 
I would think that like any illumination device it would have the ability to be aimed. They look like they're in a fixed position on the hull. Frankly I'm still completely stumped. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:03:42 PM EDT
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I'm stump too....I have never seen that. I have looked through the dozens of reference books that I have in my library on German armor and have never seen that figuration on a Panzer 3.
It's possible it's some sort of field conversion or some sort of experimental set up. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:14:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1:
I'm stump too....I have never seen that. I have looked through the dozens of reference books that I have in my library on German armor and have never seen that figuration on a Panzer 3. It's possible it's some sort of field conversion or some sort of experimental set up. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:17:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By E-95:
I've looked through all my reference books as well and found exactly bupkis. But I think you're right, it has to be something experimental. If for no other reason than we can't seem to find any other photos of it and no one I've talked to knows shit about it. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:17:42 PM EDT
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I asked for help on another page if anyone could help identify the mystery panzer equipment. I went through a couple of lists of panzer III variants and prototypes and did not find anything yet.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:22:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dog1]
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Does everyone think this is a Eastern Front tank? I do.
The reason I say that is on the Western Front the Allies were very good at taking German equipment that was something they had not seen and putting it in armor collection yards for further study. If this tank had been seen on the Western Front there would have been pictures taken of it and it would have ended up in one of Zaloga's books. I don't think the Russians did that much not, from what I have seen. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:26:22 PM EDT
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Thanks for keeping this going
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:35:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1:
Does everyone think this is a Eastern Front tank? I do. The reason I say that is on the Western Front the Allies were very good at taking German equipment that was something they had not seen and putting it in armor collection yards for further study. If this tank had been seen on the Western Front there would have been pictures taken of it and it would have ended up in one of Zaloga's books. I don't think the Russians did that much not, from what I have seen. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:39:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RakkinBaggyPants]
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:41:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:44:35 PM EDT
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Well I'll be damned. Nice find sure the hell looks like speakers.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:51:15 PM EDT
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sure does look like those, when I tried searching for german speakers, even with wwII in the title kept getting all new technology currently made.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:11:05 PM EDT
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Lo and behold my buddy got back to me with the same info- propaganda speakers
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Posted: 4/23/2017 6:22:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RakkinBaggyPants:
Propaganda Speakers https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/155286/a008-193745.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/155286/original-193705.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/155286/0-c5a59-49e04e50-XL-193707.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/155286/0-c5d20-57c2d19a-XL-193708.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/155286/369912-320-193711.JPG |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 6:35:33 PM EDT
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I still think that was a Eastern Front tank. I bet they used it in the initial stages of Operation Barbarossa to try to get Russian soldiers to surrender.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 6:39:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: E-95]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dog1:
I still think that was a Eastern Front tank. I bet they used it in the initial stages of Operation Barbarossa to try to get Russian soldiers to surrender. |
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Posted: 4/24/2017 1:25:56 PM EDT
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The programm was called "Aktivpropaganda in den Feind" - active propaganda into the enemy.
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Posted: 4/24/2017 11:00:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Tiger with all the jerry cans l it can carry, believe its Tunisia
 Attached Filesoldiers in bunks on army transport ss pennant 
British troops play football in the snow, France, 1939 .jpg)
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Posted: 4/25/2017 3:43:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
Tiger with all the fuel it can carry, believe its Tunisia |
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Posted: 4/25/2017 8:06:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
Some of these canisters are white or white marked, I say it's not fuel, it's water. |
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Posted: 4/30/2017 11:41:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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SdKfz 251/16 equiped with flamethrower 
Coast Guard Flotilla 10 tied up in the background 
US cruisers of Task Force 18 at sea en route to Guadalcanal on 29 January 1943 
June 6, 1944: German prisoners-of-war march along Juno Beach landing area to a ship taking them to England, after they were captured by Canadian troop 
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Posted: 5/2/2017 9:41:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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USS Barb record for sinking most Japanese tonnage. Gato class submarine
Description of December 12, 1944: After being hit in a Japanese air raid, a B-29 Superfortress explodes in ball of fire, while crewmen of the U.S. air base try to fight the inferno on Saipan, Mariana Islands 
An RAAF Kittyhawk fighter-bomber lands at No. 3 Strip near Gili Gili, September 1942. The RAAF's contribution to the battle was decisive 
Japanese seaplane tender Chitose before conversion to light carrier 
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:51:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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USS Guavina post war
August 1945 after a refit and overhaul with 5inch deck gun added. 
in Norway 
bombs falling astern of hms ark royal during an attack by italian aircraft during the battle of cape spartivento 
San Diego 1946 mothball fleet 
US fleet at Majuro Atoll 1944 
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Posted: 5/8/2017 8:11:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
USS Guavina https://warontherocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/USSGuavina.jpg in Norway https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c7/0e/9c/c70e9c2cadce4404ab450c67f650837b.jpg bombs falling astern of hms ark royal during an attack by italian aircraft during the battle of cape spartivento https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4d/b9/cb/4db9cbc689b514ea30b0b78156fc55dc.jpg San Diego 1946 mothball fleet https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b2/23/ad/b223ada52c51b8b48861483356bfd97a.jpg US fleet at Majuro Atoll 1944 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/US_fleet_at_Majuro_Atoll_1944.jpg |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 8:18:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ACDer:
The sub picture is post war. She's been given a GUPPY streamlining conversion to the conning tower. |
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