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Posted: 12/22/2017 11:01:45 AM EDT
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Under the terms of the Armistice with France, the unconquered portion of France, Vichy France, was to remain neutral. It contolled what remained of the French Fleet. When the German Army moved into Vichy France to seize the fleet, the order was given to scuttle the ships:
La Glassonnaire class light cruiser: 
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Posted: 12/22/2017 11:08:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/22/2017 12:08:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stryfe: Not that picture, the first one with all the Marines and the LVT. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91913/1534755-623553827774413-367687764833658937-o-117565.JPG |
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Posted: 12/23/2017 6:04:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/24/2017 4:12:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/24/2017 4:13:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/24/2017 4:37:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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GI Christmases
Miniature Xmas tree - note the 03 Springfields in the background: 
Santa rides a Sherman (or the Brits celebrate Christmas): 
At home in Jolly ole England in the safety of a homemade bomb shelter: 
Here's how some Jerries celebrated Christmas: 
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Posted: 12/25/2017 1:43:24 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/25/2017 3:26:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/25/2017 5:53:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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coastal defense battery
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Posted: 12/26/2017 2:05:34 PM EDT
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Yugo partisans
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Posted: 12/28/2017 11:37:10 AM EDT
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One of two top ships to earn battle ribbons in the WW II USN:
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Posted: 12/28/2017 11:44:48 AM EDT
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This is the other ship, CV-6 Enterprise
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Posted: 12/28/2017 10:48:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Mountain Troops
Actress Marjorie Main is hoisted by soldiers of the 96th “Deadeye” Division during welcome home celebration in Los Angeles. 
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his command vehicle, a jeep nick named “Rough Rider.” This photograph was taken in Italy, Jan. 1944. 
Lockheed The exterior of Building 61, Plant A-1, at the Union Air Terminal 
San Diego 
Douglas Aircraft Company 
Boeing Factory camo 
A German tank in Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1943 
Battle of Britain store 
March 1945 
On the way to Rome - Italy 1944 
504th parachute infantry regiment WWII holland 
2nd Armored Division  Hellcats of at Espiritu Santo Navy Hellcats on Espiritu Santo island in February Navy Grumman Hellcats of Fighting Squadron 40 on the ground at Turtle Bay 
crews at work after B-29 Crash Landing 
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Posted: 12/28/2017 11:44:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: JQ66]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
coastal defense battery https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/91913/120_50V2-401241.JPG 
The germans had the biggest AA gun, and made it a twin! 128mm. Could be a similar or same gun as they used in their Jagdtigers - huge beasts. The dual mount guns were even placed on top of the massive concrete flak towers - flakturm - that they built around cities (another idea george lucas used in SW from WWII). .jpg)
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Posted: 12/28/2017 11:55:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JQ66: i thought that top photo might be an air defense artillery site (german), not a coastal artillery. But the guns are a little different, and the crew uniformas are not german. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2oyKID5pn_0/VcsEPnI6RxI/AAAAAAABkWQ/Rvf6bHbPzIc/s640/podwjne_dziao.jpg The germans had the biggest AA gun, and made it a twin! 128mm. Could be a similar or same gun as they used in their Jagdtigers - huge beasts. The dual mount guns were even placed on top of the massive concrete flak towers - flakturm - that they built around cities (another idea george lucas used in SW from WWII). http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-twPMBi_dhBU/VTUd4u3cAVI/AAAAAAABcww/SprJenALSCw/s1600/Takom%2B128mm%2BZwilling%2B%232023%2BBOXART%2B(4).jpg |
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Posted: 12/29/2017 12:25:59 AM EDT
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I think it is Finns like huskers said. the SA-Kuva watermarks had tons of finn pics and some german. I think it might be a naval turret without the shield , but all kinds of coastal guns were a big thing in previous wars and parts of WII.
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Posted: 12/29/2017 5:34:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dog1]
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 Destroyer Escort USS Fiske broken in two and sinking. She was torpedoed by U-804 on August 2nd 1944. |
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Posted: 12/29/2017 9:05:44 PM EDT
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Regimental Combat Post, Iwo Jima. |
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Posted: 12/29/2017 10:16:47 PM EDT
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Type XXI u-boats being assembled:
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Posted: 12/30/2017 12:17:53 PM EDT
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Tom
And Jerry 
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Posted: 12/30/2017 11:52:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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smoke generating unit  
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Posted: 12/30/2017 11:56:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/1/2018 4:34:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/4/2018 12:55:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Type XXI u-boats being assembled: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wreckhunter.net%2Fimages%2Fclass-xxi-section.jpg&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fww2live.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F20152704210428.jpg&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brendtandbrendt.com%2Fseafare%2FWWII%2520German%2520Submarines%2F00058-1.jpg&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-GrNSvgcoWkM%2FTkqrbcjyBzI%2FAAAAAAAAB7Q%2FWNgjmwfn_ec%2Fs1600%2Fu2501vuedukiosqueetquip.jpg&f=1 |
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Posted: 1/5/2018 2:35:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By luv_the_huskers:
I believe the coastal battery is Finnish. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By luv_the_huskers:
Originally Posted By JQ66: i thought that top photo might be an air defense artillery site (german), not a coastal artillery. But the guns are a little different, and the crew uniformas are not german. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2oyKID5pn_0/VcsEPnI6RxI/AAAAAAABkWQ/Rvf6bHbPzIc/s640/podwjne_dziao.jpg The germans had the biggest AA gun, and made it a twin! 128mm. Could be a similar or same gun as they used in their Jagdtigers - huge beasts. The dual mount guns were even placed on top of the massive concrete flak towers - flakturm - that they built around cities (another idea george lucas used in SW from WWII). http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-twPMBi_dhBU/VTUd4u3cAVI/AAAAAAABcww/SprJenALSCw/s1600/Takom%2B128mm%2BZwilling%2B%232023%2BBOXART%2B(4).jpg (120 mm coastal gun with 50 caliber barrel, model Vickers on double gun mount) Calibre: 120 mm (bagged ammunition, no cartridge case) Barrel length: 600 cm aka L/50 Weight in action: 5700 kg (single gun) / 17382 kg (double gun) (*) Rate of fire: 8 shots/min (max), 5 shots/min (practical) (**) Muzzle velocity: 790 - 915 m/sec Traverse: 360 degrees Elevation: Old single mount: - 10 degrees, + 20 degrees New single mount: - 10 degrees, + 30 degrees Double gun mount: - 10 degrees, + 30 degrees Max. range: 18.5 km / 16.5 km (***) Ammunition weight: 23.0 kg (HE) Ammunition types: HE, APHE, star shell Country of origin: Great Britain / Russia |
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Posted: 1/5/2018 8:24:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster: My dad had an Engineering professor at University of Chicago who worked on that project. He said the first couple snorkel test were less than successful. 
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Posted: 1/5/2018 8:41:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MBUZICHOMA]
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Posted: 1/5/2018 8:51:22 PM EDT
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In honor of the Soviet women who help defeat the Wehrmacht.Russian women served as snipers, artillerists, truck drivers, nurses, mechanics, ground crew, aircrew (pilots, bombardiers), nurses, surgeons, medics, laundress, cooks, tankers, sappers, machine gunners and other roles in the Soviet Army. One sapper lieutenant was ignored by her platoon until she proved herself as a capable leader. When they were ordered to clear a building of mines, some artillerist insulted her. She didn't understand it but one of her men did and asked permission to break ranks. She granted it and her sapper tore into the smart mouth artillerist. It soon degenerated into a free for all brawl between both units until a more senior officer intervened. She later learned that she was insulted and that her platoon was defending her honor.
As medics, they were affectionately called, "little sister" and loved for their heroic sacrifice when they exposed themselves to crawl out and retrieve wounded men, carry them and their weapon back to Russian lines. Men protected them too by offering their bodies as shields to protect them from gunfire. Postwar it was different and those sae women were scorned and ashamed to wear or display their medals. While Socialism touted gender equality, Russian culture did not discard all its prejudices and women who fought or served in the armed forces were viewed as frontline whores and were less than desirable. Men and even veterans of the same war would shun them in favor of the stay at home Russian woman. 
A good book on them is The Unwomanly Face of War. It is a series of interviews of women who served the Soviet forces in the war. |
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Posted: 1/6/2018 5:27:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/6/2018 5:35:30 PM EDT
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How about some PAK 40 pics please!
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Posted: 1/6/2018 5:41:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Posted: 1/8/2018 5:14:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/8/2018 1:50:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
@Dracster - please elaborate! Moar details. The Type XXI u-boat snorkel were defective? Please! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Originally Posted By Dracster: My dad had an Engineering professor at University of Chicago who worked on that project. He said the first couple snorkel test were less than successful. |
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Posted: 1/8/2018 7:07:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/525552_9a4537b1d56e6a07582ab33d077d8cdf-414360.JPG Bf-109 in a wind tunnel. |
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Posted: 1/8/2018 7:43:55 PM EDT
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mas 38 submachine gun,
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Posted: 1/8/2018 7:59:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
mas 38 submachine gun, http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mas38-02.jpg |
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Posted: 1/8/2018 10:35:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 715700]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gunwritr:
How about some PAK 40 pics please!   Attached FileETA: a few thousand Estonians went to Finland to fight in Finnish uniforms rather than German. This is an Estonian crewed PaK 40 of the 14th anti-tank company of Infantry Regiment 200 "The Finnish Boys" during the defensive battles of summer 1944  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 1/11/2018 3:53:33 AM EDT
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thanks!!
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Posted: 1/11/2018 5:44:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Interesting way to solve the bore axis and stock axis problem for ease of manufacturing. That had to mess with the minds of the soldiers since the lines on the receiver aren't parallel to the bore axis. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Originally Posted By somedude:
mas 38 submachine gun, http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mas38-02.jpg The bolt rode back and forth in the channels you see parallel in the receiver. French "innovation" in firearms... |
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Posted: 1/11/2018 5:47:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Bigger_Hammer]
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From Wikipedia
The MAS-38 was chambered for the 7.65mm Longue cartridge, which although similar to the .30 Pedersen cartridge is not an exact copy. The 7.65 French Longue cartridge is several millimeters longer than its predecessor used by the Pedersen device. This was also the cartridge used for France's M1935 series of service pistols, allowing for limited standardization, but with the effect of preventing French soldiers from using captured enemy ammunition. The MAS-38 is easily recognizable due to its unorthodox receiver layout. This is because the receiver and butt diverge in alignment from the axis of the barrel by several degrees, making the weapon compact as its bolt recoils inside a tube running through the buttstock, while also enabling a lighter bolt to be used by providing mechanical disadvantage to the pressure from the expanding propellant gases. To allow a natural aiming stance, the butt had to drop while the receiver had to remain in alignment. This required that the bolt approach the breech at an angle and the face of the bolt was cut obliquely to allow it to close evenly on the cartridge. The MAS-38 also features an unusual safety catch: the bolt was locked (in either the forward or rear position) by pushing the trigger forward. A valuable feature was that tools were not required for its disassembly. A very high quality weapon, the MAS-38 was machined from solid steel with only a few stamped parts. It was designed with a buffered sear assembly to prevent wear and increase the life of the internal parts. A dual range sight system was concealed within the receiver so as to be out of sight until it was flipped up for use. The odd appearance of the MAS-38 did not detract from its accuracy, but its cartridge was underpowered compared to the German 9mm standard pistol ammunition. The German army seized the MAS plant in 1940 just as the MAS-38 was entering large-scale production. The Germans accepted the gun as a substitute standard weapon, naming it the 7.65 mm MP722(f). They continued production of the gun for their own armed forces and supplied some to the Vichy French. On April 28, 1945, it was used by Italian partisans to shoot the former Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. French "innovation" in firearms... BIGGER_HAMMER 
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Posted: 1/11/2018 5:55:12 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Bigger_Hammer]
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Murdoc Maru...
Replica of Japanese Cruiser built in the California Desert to train Army Airforce Bomber crews... 
Murdoc Maru |
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Posted: 1/11/2018 7:42:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2018 1:42:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/13/2018 7:08:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/13/2018 7:42:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CSW223]
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Those look like broken guns...the children are sitting with...any information on that pic...had the allies gone through?
ETA looks like the STG 44’s are missing their shoulder stocks |
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Posted: 1/13/2018 10:27:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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Infantry Division waiting for friendly units to arrive to aid them to fight against the German forces. Prüm, Germany, 1945
after the 1st night of Battle of the Bulge 
Troops of the 80th US Infantry Division advance cautiously down a ruined street in Germany 
DUKW crew resting 
US 1st Army captures the villages of Brisy, Rettigny, Renglez and approach the German border, 19 January 1945.  Men of the Royal Norfolks Division clearing enemy resistance in Kervenheim Germany 3 March *note* 1st man has a german mp-40  
WWII 1945 U. Soldier - American soldiers of Div. cross the Rhine River on a pontoon bridge during the Allied drive towards Berlin.  
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Posted: 1/16/2018 1:36:20 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2018 5:29:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2018 11:59:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
TECHNICAL MANUAL WAR DEPARTMENT No. E9-369A Washington, 29 June 1943, GERMAN 88-MM ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN MATERIEL  . It's not like I have an 88 and ammunition in my yard though. 
2/KRRC after Alamein 
Shermans 
Tea time. You may brew up: 
Poor bloody infantry and Matilda II: 
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