reddog9x19
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^ These boys are not afraid of any Tigers
Great movie!
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Great movie!
Dark Alley Dan
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Like to hunt? Like to fish? Gotcha covered.
And what are we looking at here? Looks like a go-kart with a 37mm aa gun on board.
And what are we looking at here? Looks like a go-kart with a 37mm aa gun on board.
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So the Verdammt Englisher refuses to throw in the towel, and it looks like you have to schlep a lot of stuff across the channel. What do you use?
The Siebel Ferry, of course.
Power via either two diesel truck engines or, if built by the Luftwaffe, two gas aircraft engines.
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The Siebel Ferry, of course.
Power via either two diesel truck engines or, if built by the Luftwaffe, two gas aircraft engines.
http://3.bp.########.com/_rqH4fUbko2U/TNCVYLvM_uI/AAAAAAAASWc/Gjqp4UP0Xas/s1600/invasion+siebelfaehre+003.jpg
Like to hunt? Like to fish? Gotcha covered.
And what are we looking at here? Looks like a go-kart with a 37mm aa gun on board.
You are looking at a Flak kubel made by 1SS div workshops. 1 SS transferred to France after a hard winter in Russia with virtually no combat strength left in early 44. almost all it's combat vehicles were used up and left in Russia, 90% of it's infantry was dead or wounded. To refit, the division built suitable kit for training while awaiting new kit. This is a standard Kubelwagen with the trunk cut down and the 20mm install as mobile flak. As the division refitted these "funnies" were passed to other units. This one appears to be under heer ownership judging by the uniforms, likely the 21st Panzer given the location (Lisieux) is division echelon area, and they list flak kubelwagens in the HQs of their motorized infantry regiments. 21 Panzer was mix of home built kit from German, Belgian and French armies.
Certainly possible, though the original photo should be easy enough to produce? (Worth noting that the Gebirgsflak 38 weighed less than 400 kg.) I am aware of the weight and CG/balance issues, but at first glance at least, the shadowing in the photo looks authentic. If it is doctored, it should not be too hard to find the actual photos that were modified to create it. I am interested in the truth of the matter, rather than vouching for any particular claim.
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Dark Alley Dan
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Kinderkubelwagen:
"Pedal faster! Ivan ist kommt!"
Wonder if that dude was a double amputee or something. He must have teeny legs.
Should have had a Panzerkubelwagen:
Asking an awful lot of, what, 25 hp?
"Pedal faster! Ivan ist kommt!"
Wonder if that dude was a double amputee or something. He must have teeny legs.
Should have had a Panzerkubelwagen:
Asking an awful lot of, what, 25 hp?
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Yakoovlev Mandrake Yak-25RV. They changed the wings from swept to glider like straight and longer wings from the normal Yak-25.
Can anyone say U two? 60,000 ft ceiling
The Yak-25RV (NATO Mandrake A) was only equivalent to the U-2 in intended role, certainly not in lineage, performance or capability. The Mikulin turbojets were prone to flameouts at the intended service ceiling of 21,000 m, and they dropped it to 19,500 m. They were able to get back up to 21,000 m in the Yak-25RV-I, but that was with the cameras removed and serving in the intercept practice/simulation role. Most ended up being converted to drones for the same duty of acting as targets for interceptor practice. The MiG-25R/RB (NATO Foxbat D/B) was the successor platform.
I would love to make model of it.This is as close as I could get.Very old paper model of prototype of Yak-25.
Click for original size.
Model
https://designer.home.xs4all.nl/models/yak-25/yak-25-2.htm
Just don't tell the depot Oberfeldwebel that you let this guy borrow your Kubel... He never returned them in one piece.
On July 22 of 1944, 1st Lieutenant Otto Carius with his company of eight (early and mid production) Tigers advanced towards village of Malinava (northern suburb of Dunaburg) in order to halt the Russian advance. 1st Lieutenant Otto Carius and 1st Lieutenant Albert Kerscher (one of the most decorated commanders of sPzAbt 502) took a Kubelwagen in order to check if the village was already occupied by Russians. They discovered that village of Malinava was already occupied by the enemy. Carius recognized that the Russian tanks in the village were only advance troops waiting for the main force to arrive. He decided to recapture the village before the arrival of reinforcements. Carius returned to his company for briefing and explained his plan to take the village. He decided to attack the village using only two tanks because there was only one road leading to the village and rushing all of his Tigers would be dangerous. Six Tigers remained in the reserve while Carius and Kerscher's Tigers moved towards the village of Malinava. Speed was the essence of Carius' strategy and it was decisive to upset Russians and immobilize their tanks.
Bingo...
Carius had the nickname "Kubel-killer" due to adventures of this nature (although in this instance, the Kubel appears to have survived). He was a very pro-active commander, and would abscond with dispatch drivers' Kubels to do personal reconnaissance ahead of their lines. This led to a lot of close calls and numerous wrecked Kubels.
It's a shame he was fighting for the wrong team. By all accounts, he was an honourable fellow, deeply concerned for the welfare of the men who served under him. A "lead from the front" commander who would take extraordinary personal risks to get a better understanding of the battlespace. His disdain for politics is likely a key reason why he rose through the command chain as slowly as he did. His performance in the field was absolutely impressive.
Point 303 inch from top of rifling not from bottom of grooves. Funny enough it calculates out to be 7.92 mm..... same as the German 8mm....
but I digress.
