- Location
- Bramptonistan Burka-burka Durrp
Socialist officers and cadets celebrating Christmas, 1941.
Picture of the day
- Thread starter jwhc
- Start date
This picture was taken in Hungary, the store sign says Spice and deli store...
The truck is a Csepel I think behind the tank.
The truck is a Csepel I think behind the tank.
Here's the first post in this thread:
No offense intended, Tiraq, but it would appear that the posting of a picture followed by discussion was the intent of the original poster. I for one welcome the chat. It allows me to learn quite a bit, and that's why I use the Interwebs.
And in the spirit of Joe's request:
Name that tank!
Apparently this is a re-touched photo made to look like Canadians. Somewhere out there there is an article that shows the original pictures and then the modifications to 'Canadianize' it.
O'Kelly's Boys
Regular
- Location
- Grande Prairie
Wow, I was just looking at the SA-kuvagalleria last night and downloaded that pic. There are a couple more of him that are also very good.
and are they each expected to drink a whole bottle of wine for dinner?
- Location
- Bramptonistan Burka-burka Durrp
Absolutely.
I'm just reading a book called "Ten Years to Alamein", by Matthew Halton. He was a Canadian journalist who was in Europe from the early 30s. Interesting stuff. He interviewed Goering, Benes, Daladier, Blum, Dollfuss, among others.
"War is both inevitable and necessary, and therefore it is imperative and the nation's mind must be directed towards it from childhood....Children must learn to infect the enemy's drinking water with typhoid bacilli and to spread plague with infected rats...." Professor Ewald Banse's Wehrwissenschaft: "the latest (1933) manual for German teachers."
"War is both inevitable and necessary, and therefore it is imperative and the nation's mind must be directed towards it from childhood....Children must learn to infect the enemy's drinking water with typhoid bacilli and to spread plague with infected rats...." Professor Ewald Banse's Wehrwissenschaft: "the latest (1933) manual for German teachers."
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The post #3713 by drache on page 373 ; is one of three photos on pages 287, 288 of “War in Korea”, by D.M. Giangreco, Presidio Press, 1990.
The posing #3735 by screwtape, about the being commandos is correct.
They are Royal Marine Commandos who have been landed behind enemy line by US Marine amtracks 8 miles south of Songin to destroy a section of railway tracks in April, 1951.
The post #3713 by drache on page 373 ; is one of three photos on pages 287, 288 of “War in Korea”, by D.M. Giangreco, Presidio Press, 1990.
The posing #3735 by screwtape, about the being commandos is correct.
They are Royal Marine Commandos who have been landed behind enemy line by US Marine amtracks 8 miles south of Songin to destroy a section of railway tracks in April, 1951.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Here's the first post in this thread:
No offense intended, Tiraq, but it would appear that the posting of a picture followed by discussion was the intent of the original poster. I for one welcome the chat. It allows me to learn quite a bit, and that's why I use the Interwebs.
And in the spirit of Joe's request:
Name that tank!
Looks like this one. Although this one is missing a few bits.... Not totally convinced though.
Dark Alley Dan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Darkest Edmonton
Very cool followup pic. Same rare tank, two different angles. Thanks for that!
Here's some additional weirdness:
And a sister ship, restored and in the correct livery:
God bless the French - always stylish.
Here's some additional weirdness:
And a sister ship, restored and in the correct livery:
God bless the French - always stylish.
Dewoitine 520, a match for the 109E in many ways.
Hispano engine but only 900-odd horses, 20mm cannon through the propellor hub.
Like a lot of French equipment of that immediate pre-War era, too few, too late.
First production batch was October, 1939, total of about 900 built. A few got out to England, at least one was brought to Canada.
109E had it for speed, the Dewoitine had the 109E for maneuverability.
I think there are some photos in my Dad's wartime negatives. Have to search them out and make prints.
Hispano engine but only 900-odd horses, 20mm cannon through the propellor hub.
Like a lot of French equipment of that immediate pre-War era, too few, too late.
First production batch was October, 1939, total of about 900 built. A few got out to England, at least one was brought to Canada.
109E had it for speed, the Dewoitine had the 109E for maneuverability.
I think there are some photos in my Dad's wartime negatives. Have to search them out and make prints.
- Location
- Beaverlodge, Alberta
Water must be fairly cold there? They look pretty well preserved. Anyone need parts?
Found at the bottom of a bog near River Warta, Poland, salvaged British Valentine IX light tank, one of 2,000 tanks in the service of the Red Army in WWII. In the winter of 1944, the tank tried to cross a frozen bog but the ice broke and the tank sank. Discovered and pulled out of the mud in 2012.
For anyone interested, there's several videos on youtube of WWII tanks being pulled out of bogs and swamps in Russia. In amazingly good shape too.
