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    Valentine/Covenanter Tag

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    On 2/14/2020 at 1:30 AM, John Pearson said:

    I have always wondered if the Valentine DD model had a similar tag but marked as "turret must be to the rear" so as to allow using the compass afloat?

    If the turret was to the front, the gun would foul the floatation screen.

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    unbelievable

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    Cariboo weighs in at ~13,000kg, less ~1500kg for the engines & say 500kg for the tail? So around 11,000kg. Chinook can lift just under 11,000kg, so pretty much maxed out!

     

    finally a Ferdinand #3

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    13 hours ago, draganm said:

    not sure i follow, if it was officially re-named Elephant in May 1944, and this vehicle  was destroyed prior to 1944, like at Kursk in 1943 prior to vehicle modernization, then it would be a Ferdinand no? 

    Also having a hard time believing that footage was staged, there are shells exploding just yards away from the Soviet combat infantry.  Surely you wouldn't risk trained combat troops like that for a video.

    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. 

    finally a Ferdinand #3

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    9 hours ago, draganm said:

    another interesting photo of the right/rear corner of vehicle. Why you ask :) there's a video of  a Soviet heavy Machine-gun blasting away at this location. A few seconds later what appears to be same vehicle on fire and this area scorched of paint.   talk about "close combat" , did they just get the metal hot enough to ignite rounds inside?  at 1:11 in

                . Always wondered why, now i wonder  is it because of this port? Is it a Vision port (no slit), a place to chuck out grenades? If you know please chime in .

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    does not appear any armor penetration occurred here, though at 2 minutes in the same veicle it's really burning

    One thing to remember, is that the vast majority of "Combat films", were staged. So these are taken after the Germans had abandoned the battlefield. The majority of the Ferdinands, were abandoned after running over mines & their running gear were damaged too badly, for the crews to repair; or by mechanical failure, mostly their engines & a lack of spare parts to repair them. Only 3 suffered armour penetrations, one hit by a heavy shell on the roof, two more by 76.2mm hits on the flanks.

    The shear weight of them, meant recovery was extremely difficult, requiring 5 Sdkfz 9s, to tow one.

    Thus the Ferdinands shown burning, were either set alight by pouring petrol into the engine louvres & ignited, or a smoke grenade was let off, for the purposes of filming them.

    The DP28 LMG, shown firing at one, would be completely incapable, of doing anything bar scratching the paint.

    It's a pistol port. Early Panthers had them too.

     

     

    finally a Ferdinand #3

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    9 hours ago, draganm said:

     

     

    some questions posted on their FB page abut whether they have  a Ferdinand or an Elephant. Differences are  roof plate (with/without cammander Cupola), the front plate armor (with/without Ball MG), or the very first pic they posted of engine deck-plate. That would point clearly at a Ferdinand based on the 1 remaining example of each showing cooling intake grills

    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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    ww2 Sturmgeschutz found in Polish river

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    On ‎7‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 11:03 PM, Highland_laddie said:

    What I find really interesting is the state of preservation.  Yes it's come up in lots of bits, the fact that the wheels still rotate I find astonishing. 

    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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