Picture of the day
- Thread starter jwhc
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- Leduc County, Alberta
Dark Alley Dan
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MG34 + sand + Australian = profanity.
a sdkfz 232 radio car, you could dive them either direction, for such an early armoured car they were very fast and since reverse had as many gears as forward they could get out of trouble as fast as they got into it
- Location
- Algoma region
Fantastic picture!
The Italians , though their kit was mostly obsolete their mechanics were fantastic and extremely reliable and well built!
The Italians , though their kit was mostly obsolete their mechanics were fantastic and extremely reliable and well built!
Australian Desert Rats of Tobruk patrolling in captured Itaian tanks.
- Location
- Algoma region
Heres a troop of Magyars with a captured t 26===Maybe 42-43
I bet it was back in the field shortly after this
I bet it was back in the field shortly after this
- Location
- Algoma region
East front Magyar Turan2 during campaign
Dark Alley Dan
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East front Magyar Turan2 during campaign
That's a French tank, is it not?
East front Magyar Turan2 during campaign
For those interested and if you can find a copy (its apparently sold out on the Mushroom Model Publications site), this is supposed to be a very good book on Hungarian Armour in WW2: Magyar Steel by Csaba Becze.
I don't have a copy (yet) but here is one review. I have read others recommending this book: http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/axis/magyarsteelbookreviewgp_1.html
To the best of my knowledge, there is not much written in English on WW2 Hungarian armour.
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Dark Alley Dan
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It's a bad day when you don't learn something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40M_Turán_I
Thanks for that. I had no idea Hungary had indigenous armour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40M_Turán_I
Thanks for that. I had no idea Hungary had indigenous armour.
No problem. Being in North America we seem to be so focused on German, American, British and Canadian armour. Especially German. Finally we are acknowledging the tremendous role and sacrifice made by the Russians on the Eastern front.
But there is still a lot to learn about the roles played by other nationalities like the Poles, Hungarians, Rumanians, Australians, French, Italians etc...
But there is still a lot to learn about the roles played by other nationalities like the Poles, Hungarians, Rumanians, Australians, French, Italians etc...
East front Magyar Turan2 during campaign
Fantastic picture yourself!I never knew the Hungarians made their own tank either.I did find this in the net though.
:40M Turán I was a Hungarian tank of World War II - a total of 424 were made in two variants: Turan I with a 40 mm gun and Turan II with a 75 mm gun. It was based on the design of the Czechoslovak Škoda T-21 medium tank prototype.The Turan was employed by the 1st and 2nd Hungarian Armored Divisions, as well as the 1st Cavalry Division, in 1943 and 1944. Both types were hopelessly outclassed by the Soviet's superior T-34 and IS-2 tanks. The vehicle's combat début was not until April 1944 in Galicia with the 2nd Armored, during which that division lost a quarter of their tanks and failed to achieve their objectives, mostly due to the inadequacies of the Turans.
There is only one known surviving Turán II. It is on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum.
From what I've read in 'The Forgotten Soldier' and "Black Edelweiss" (and depending on how soon after capture this was taken) he is probably still quite confused as to the whole situation. And he probably very exhasted, and hungry.
