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[sledge]

The problem with these trips is that they're addictive!!

-Steve[/QUOTE]

I think a motorcycle tour of North Africa would be amazing as soon as things calm down in Libya and Egypt. Apparently there are still lots of vehicles in the desert (no rust!) and most of the battle sites and cemetaries are rarely visited. Whose in????

 

[CanadianAR]

I've also heard that north africa still has amazing stuff. Too bad about all the BS. I'm in but ill take an ATV

 

[Juster]

So can John get some Volkssturmgewehr 1-5's in? In 7.62x39? .

I feel sorry for the German in the bunkers, even though they were the bad guys.

 

[CanadianAR]

1-5s would be sweet!!

Someone should tool up for it! Would mainly be a labour of love, and recoup some costs from a limited amount of sales.

 

[jbmauser]

I haven't seen an interior photo of the tiger at Vimoutiers before. Nice!!


-Steve

I love the pic of the engine through the exhaust port! I would have done the same thing if I was there. lol.

 

[Desert_Fox]

1-5s would be sweet!!

Someone should tool up for it! Would mainly be a labour of love, and recoup some costs from a limited amount of sales.

Check out GunLab on YouTube and the Interweb. Same guy from "Forgotten Weapons" is making some VG1-5s.....

He made some posts on the K98k Forum too...

Check out the video of him stamping some VG1-5 Receivers.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Thanks for posting! All are very interesting. Pretty cool Tiger and T34 pics.

 

[purple]

I saw that Tiger when I visited Normandy 25 yrs ago. Did you get to see the Polish memorial on Mt Ormel ridge?

 

[smak_daddy]

Amazing. Thanks for the photos.

 

[wd113]

Thanks for the pics, someday I would like to see some of it in person....

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

Dude, that's incredibly awesome. I've only been to Europe once and it was to back pack through Italy at the age of 21 when I was more interested in picking up girls then checking out old milsurps....

 

[CanadianAR]

I did not see the polish memorial.

My gf is not interested in this stuff at all, so my time was really limited for war type stuff. I had to make some tough choices on what to see.

 

[scott585]

that tiger was blown up as well, there is no suspension in it, the top of the hull is bulged, and the turret is split in half

 

[CanadianAR]

Yes, it was disabled by the retreating germans with charges. Still a rare beast.

 

[joe n]

I love the pics! We crossed many of the same paths. Thank you for sharing!!
We spent about 30 minutes at the Louvre and two days on the beaches of Normandy. My wife and I were actually on Omaha Beach for June 6 at 0600, it was incredible!

 

[CanadianAR]

I love the pics! We crossed many of the same paths. Thank you for sharing!!
We spent about 30 minutes at the Louvre and two days on the beaches of Normandy. My wife and I were actually on Omaha Beach for June 6 at 0600, it was incredible!

I have heard about some of your trip and am quite jealous about the time when you went. Crazy place it must have been.


Thanks guys. A few more.

Arc D'Triomph Which is way bigger then I had imagined, HUGE


Gun base


A few more it illustrate the violence of the casement explosion.







Funny story. While walking from the casements down the fire control bunker, a nasty storm blew in, it was closer to run to the bunker, so the girlfriend and I sheltered in the bunker for about 20 mins until it passed. HAHA.
View from bunker in storm.


The tigers frontal armor, without reference its difficult to see but about 100mm.




A pic of the catacombs, 7 million skeletons down there.


A few pics of the wall, and the foundation of the gestapo headquarters. It has a display about nazi racism and crimes and such.







http://s102.photobucket.com/user/CanadianZZZ/slideshow/

The Reichstag


and a couple of vesuvius' crater, which was just awe inspiring, still active and still smoking.....

 

[action jackson]

Awesome pictures..Thanks for posting!!

 

[jbmauser]

Wow! The volcano is really impressive. Great pics!