Rick W Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Thought I would kick off a thread of vehicle photos in Europe in winter, dig into your archives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 That driver looks COLD!!!!! :-o :-o :-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 I read somewhere that the Yanks never drove with the canvas up, you have to wonder... :schocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) OK, so my picture may not be quite as old, but it is still winter, and still Europe! ( and still **** cold!!! ) Steve Edited December 10, 2014 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I read somewhere that the Yanks never drove with the canvas up, you have to wonder... :schocked: Very simple canvas on, view decreased. Fine in the rear or at home. Not so good in the battle area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 great picture Rick and looks like that Jeep has been through some deep snow judging by the snow in the wheel rims............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Speaking of winter, here's a few links... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8135162@N03/2123938726/ Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Bastogne Tigers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Is that second picture a tiger?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Does look suspiciously like an M10 tank destroyer. Mind you if one was captured would the German's not use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 The turret doesnt look like a Tiger turret does it? :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I'd go along with Tony and say M10 on 2nd pic. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hear hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 yea, i agree on it being a m10 Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoranWC51 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 A winter 1945 picture of a late model Dodge WC 51/52. (Posted elsewhere on the forum) As always, Goran N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 A winter 1945 picture of a late model Dodge WC 51/52. (Posted elsewhere on the forum) As always, Goran N Interesting about the Dodge it has doors on it, I thought these were a modern addition ?? is it a genuine 1945 pic? do you have any more like it of the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoranWC51 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 The picture is a genuine 1945 WW2 picture. This is the only clear picture of a Dodge with doors that I've found. It's not that strange with the GI's making up doors for their vehicles. I've seen all sorts of ingenious devices put on Jeep's, Dodge's, GMC's and others. The rear bustle rack on Jeeps is one example. I've been told that rear echelon mechanics used 105 mm brass shell casings as mufflers, on Dodge's, when originals couldn't be found. Still need confirmation on this to actually put a 105 mm muffler on my own Dodge WC51. As always, Goran N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Links fixes Rick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I read somewhere that the Yanks never drove with the canvas up, you have to wonder... :schocked: Correct. It was something that caught out Otto Skorzeny's Panzerbrigade 150 fifth columnists. Jeep with the canvas up? Suspicious. Americans NEVER had the canvas up. Jeep with more than three occupants? Suspicious. Got more than three people to carry? Take two Jeeps. Jeep with only one occupant who dares to talk? Suspicious. Skorzeny's Commandos were not all as multilingual as he would have liked, so he had to share out the good English speakers quite thinly. Jeep whose occupant speaks with a less-than-typical American accent? Suspicious. But it was a bitch if the occupant was from for example Louisiana with a Cajun accent and said St Louis as St Lewis. (This one was partly the reason Paras used the battlecry "Whoa Mohammed" which was difficult for any German to say without sounding like a German. According to http://www.army.mod.uk/para/history/arnhem.htm , it was coined by 2 Para in North Africa, when an Arab used the term to slow his donkey.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Bulge photos. Sheltering from Artillery fire Infantry advancing with Shermans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Out of interest how is 'Whoa' in Whoa Mohammed pronounced - is it 'Who argh' or 'Woe-a'? The fist option sounds like 'oh argh Mrs', so I guess its the second option if they were saying 'woe' like a cowboy stopping his horse (or donkey). Edited December 10, 2014 by LarryH57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The spelling is the same as the word for stopping a horse and that is the way I've always heard it pronounced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattie Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Well those pics certainly blow Alien's theory out of the water:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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