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iannima

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    University
  1. For the little that it is worth, I can confirm that your truck is likely to have been in service in the NVA of the DDR. Because the fitting pictured above (presumably for a rifle) is typical DDR
  2. A "standard" colour is a bit of a misnomer because it is well known that Soviet production meant substantial variations depending on availability of this, that and the other... All Eastern Block colours are only ever approximated with RAL codes in any case. What is commonly said in the Gaz 69 German forum is that the East German green (4 doors background) is best matched by RAL6003 and that the Soviet green (2 doors foreground) is best matched by RAL6014. But seriously... the Soviet could not manage to clothe their soldiers in the same shade of browny green, let alone paint their vehicles...
  3. Back in the DDR by tatraskoda, on Flickr Amphibious! by tatraskoda, on Flickr Trabant Kübel by tatraskoda, on Flickr
  4. Videos: Western saboteurs had left the Trabi without fuel to disrupt the parade but a spare jerry can put things to right quite quickly
  5. Once again a most enjoyable event. The military contingent comprised two Gaz 69 A (one is mine ); one Gaz 46; one Uaz 469 and one Trabikübel.
  6. Very nice indeed! Congratulations! I know that you are unlikely to care... but for your information... your vehicle bears the insignia of the Border Guards (Grenztruppen). In the DDR only the GT, the Bereitschaftpolizei (riot police) and the Stasi Wachregiment had the Fug. The Army had the BRDM2 or SPW40P2 as the official nomenclature had it.
  7. My own darling and that of some friends ... From the official website:
  8. For the record: that was a Gaz 46 with most emphatically NOT original canvas and upholstery...
  9. It was indeed a great weekend and the organisers should be amply congratulated Elvington is always the first show of the season for me and a firm favourite as all the fencing makes for excellent pseudo-authentic photo opportunities recreating the Anti-Fascist Protective Barrier (= Berlin Wall as known in the East). This year there was the added bonus of winning the third prize for the post war class with my pride and joy... Saturday night under canvas was interesting...
  10. My sources indicate that the track themselves are 300 mm. wide. The overall width (with the track cover included) is 2940 mm. Would that help?
  11. Genosse! we salute your arrival on this most progressive part of the forum ! Although you wear the uniform of the NATO aggressors, we know that in your heart of hearts you belong to the people! :laugh:
  12. 99% of the footage is East German with a couple of Polish T55s thrown in. The "singing" :shocked: ...such as it is... is in German... so why the Russian text at the beginning and the end?
  13. The show started as an East Berlin day, to provide an occasion for using the East German trams that the Museum acquired some time ago. In this logic, the presence of members of the military of the four occupying powers and their vehicles is consistent. In the past, my own Land Rover was always allowed in.
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