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[AP]

 

[gewehr76]

marcel marceau

 

[AP]

marcel marceau

Bingo -- and French Resistance .. and as a Jew it must have been pretty dicey at times!

 

[Sharps '63]

Re: X craft

I got claustrophobic just looking at this pic ....
Where did they find men ready to go to war in these confined spaces?

 

[AP]

Re: X craft

I got claustrophobic just looking at this pic ....
Where did they find men ready to go to war in these confined spaces?

Damn good question "Mad Dogs and Englishmen " I guess... at least I see he has a "pot to piss in"!

 

[MarkCNP]

 

[VuDu666]

X- Craft

If you think that's tight, imagine fitting 4 or 5 guys, depending on the model into this. Tightest tank ever, I can vouch from personal experience.

 

[Gibbs505]

I'll bite. Who is he?

Read about him here

http://auschwitz.dk/Kolbe.htm

 

[Ganderite]

If you think that's tight, imagine fitting 4 or 5 guys, depending on the model into this. Tightest tank ever, I can vouch from personal experience.

This is the first picture I have seen of the inside of a tank. Can you explain the plumbing I am looking at? Is the big brown thing at the top the recoil tubes of the main gun?

 

[fat tony]

No idea what tank that is

Some outstanding colours in there, though.

 

[Gibbs505]

no idea what tank that is

some outstanding colours in there, though.

t34/85

 

[Rod B]

I thought the pics were of a midget submarine.

 

[RMXC51]

t34/85

Wow, considering the 85 had the enlarged and improved turret - imagine the hell of being in a T34/76 or original model!

 

[Michael Dempster]

 

[scott585]

This is the first picture I have seen of the inside of a tank. Can you explain the plumbing I am looking at? Is the big brown thing at the top the recoil tubes of the main gun?

the seat in the foreground is for the driver, the seat next to the breech is the gunner, the seat folded up further back is for the commander. the boxes on the floor were for ammo, and the t-34 had no turret basket so as the turret rotated, the loader had to walk around on those, which might be empty and open from hurried loading. his seat is the triangle folded up on the left

next to the commander's seat looks to be ready racks for more ammo. the 2 recoil buffers are below the breech of the main gun and the (elevation? traverse?) handle is in front of the gunner. the green box mat be a heater core or something. the center thing under the gun is probably a rotating connector to supply power to the turret

 

[MarkCNP]

Uncramped:

 

[AP]

the seat in the foreground is for the driver, the seat next to the breech is the gunner, the seat folded up further back is for the commander. the boxes on the floor were for ammo, and the t-34 had no turret basket so as the turret rotated, the loader had to walk around on those, which might be empty and open from hurried loading. his seat is the triangle folded up on the left

next to the commander's seat looks to be ready racks for more ammo. the 2 recoil buffers are below the breech of the main gun and the (elevation? traverse?) handle is in front of the gunner. the green box mat be a heater core or something. the center thing under the gun is probably a rotating connector to supply power to the turret

http://www.allworldwars.com/T-34 Tank Service Manual.html#2

 

[kjohn]

Indian soldiers charge towards a German tank to take a PoW.

View attachment 29339

 

[kjohn]

Eastern Front
1940-41
Indian soldiers arrive in Singapore

View attachment 29340

Lots of nice SMLE's there!

 

[john@]

Japanese, but I can only make out about 1% of it.

The lower article is saying something about October 1944, 2400 people, 1000 people.