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    If the turret was to the front, the gun would foul the floatation screen.
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    Not a lot, I'd say. 57 examples of the W31 type G4 were made, which rather indicates how good they were. 6x4 arrangement.
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    A well-decorated pilot, Knights Cross. Survived the war & died in 1990.
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    Gun's entire length, is 1.25m
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    https://u0v052dm9wl3gxo0y3lx0u44wz-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/40-ton-tracked-recovery-trailer-image-1.jpg
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    It looks like a 2" mortar.
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    XM607, was the first Vulcan to bomb Port Stanley's airfield. It's now parked at RAF Waddington, by the side of the A15. The photo shows its engine exhausts, have their blanking plates, so is this when it was being moved for display?
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    A Sexton. 25pdr SPG.
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    unbelievable

    Pzkpfw-e replied to monty2's topic in Aviation

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    The Soviet's attitude towards their citizens, wasn't exactly one of care! The soldiers may even have been from a Shtrafbattalion, (penal battalion), so "Run past that tank, or I'll shoot you". The name is related to the date, all the surviving vehicles were remanufactured prior to May '44. So on 30th April, they're all Ferdinands, from 1st May onwards, they're all Elefants.
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    It's an Elefant. It's an Elefant, as the name was changed on 1 May 1944, by order of the OKH. The post-Kursk upgrades (The most visible external alterations being, the addition of a ball-mounted MG 34 in the hull front,a new commander's cupola (modified from the standard StuG III cupola) for improved vision, re-designed armored engine grates (for better bullet and shrapnel protection) and the application of Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste, were carried out between January & April '44.
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    The Valentine tank entered service in July 1941. The small trucks are Morris CS8s, towing 2pdr antitank guns. The 6-wheelers are (I think) Leyland Retrievers, towing 3.7" AA guns.
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    I'm guessing that a pressed steel version, would be cheaper & also not requiring the use of a "Strategic" material?
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    Arabic numerals.
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    Interesting photos. Got a date for them? The tanks are a Cromwell (Reg 27ZR10) - probably a MkIV and a Centurion MkIII. The Universal Carriers on the railway flatbeds & I think it's an M3A1 Scout Car, he's sat on the bonnet of.
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    http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=47936 I believe the lead vehicle is a Universal Carrier, marked for the 15th Scottish Division. Behind it, is a Loyd Carrier.
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    https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/extraordinary-alderney-visit/#.Xe5xq3d2vIU
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    Attach pieces of tree as camouflage? https://images.app.goo.gl/CTjDLPYXYqThde6E9
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    There's a T34/85 doing the rounds, advertised at $250,000!
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    The one on the right, looks like a Bedford OY.
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    Leaking dumped chemical weapons, is a problem in several regions. An awful lot of stuff was dumped at sea, after WW1. Mustard gas is leaking from dumped munitions near Knokke, Belgium. The Baltic has several leaking dumps, from German WW2 chemical munitions. "Operation Sandcastle" was one disposal operation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sandcastle
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    Must be my German ancestry! DSCN0911.MOV
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    Sunk into a nice, anoxic mud, in fresh water. Bearings well packed with grease before it went for its swim, so no surprise at the state of preservation. There's a number of uTube clips showing T34s, dragged from similar bogs, wheels rolling nicely & one of the pair of bogeys from a Porsche-suspension Jagdtiger, that've been out in the fresh air for decades, that spin quite happily.
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