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La Segunda Guerra Mundial en Color
- Tema iniciado Rober D
- Fecha de inicio
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Qué fotaza Rober, parece tomada la semana pasada!!!!!!!!!!!!
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US infantrymen rest on their Jeep, listening to a shortwave radio.
In the background is a concrete pill-box on the West Wall of the Siegfried line.
The chalked up box-score would indicate that they are listening to the Baseball 'Streetcar World Series'. This was Game 5 between the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardials, dating this photo as Sunday the 8th of October 1944.
(note - the Jeep has a wire cutter fitted to the front, it was used to protect personnel in open vehicles against taut-wire traps. It was first used late in World War II and mainly installed as a field modification. There were no standard models, but wire cutters usually consisted of a piece of iron installed vertically on the front bumper coming up between two and three feet above the windshield of the vehicle when raised)
(Colourised by Allan White from Australia, added research by John Winner, US)
In the background is a concrete pill-box on the West Wall of the Siegfried line.
The chalked up box-score would indicate that they are listening to the Baseball 'Streetcar World Series'. This was Game 5 between the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardials, dating this photo as Sunday the 8th of October 1944.
(note - the Jeep has a wire cutter fitted to the front, it was used to protect personnel in open vehicles against taut-wire traps. It was first used late in World War II and mainly installed as a field modification. There were no standard models, but wire cutters usually consisted of a piece of iron installed vertically on the front bumper coming up between two and three feet above the windshield of the vehicle when raised)
(Colourised by Allan White from Australia, added research by John Winner, US)
afrosorafrosor
Toma rober.
El calefon con orugas...
Muy buenas fotos Walter!!!
con lo que me gustan estos bichitos blindados...tremendas, me encantaron!
manosmanosmanos
Muy buenas fotos Walter!!!
Las encontré y me acordé de tu reciente desvió al lado oscuro!
Beretta 951
futuro licenciado en historia
Beretta 951
futuro licenciado en historia
Texan rasante...
estas no eran de la saf post ww2
Beretta 951
futuro licenciado en historia
me parecía que mi memoria no me estaba dejando a pata
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The crew of a British Light Tank Mk.VIB having a "brew up" and cooking their Christmas dinner beside their vehicle, in Libya, North Africa.
31st of December 1940.
(note - they are sitting on fuel or water containers and using a cut in half, empty can (a "flimsy" - the infamous 4-Gallon non-returnable petrol tin) for heating the food, referred to at the time as a "Banghazi Fire". The tanker seated in the middle is holding a can of 'Pilsner Lager'.)
(© IWM E 1501)
Capt. G Keating - No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit.
The Mk VIB was also used in the North African campaign against the Italians late in 1940 with the 3rd Hussars and the 7th Armoured Division. Late in 1940 the British had 200 light tanks (presumably the Mk VIB) along with 75 cruiser tanks (A9, A10, A13) and 45 Matilda IIs. An attack by the 3rd Hussars on 12 December 1940 resulted in the tanks getting bogged down in salt pans and severely mauled. The 7th Armoured Division had 100 left on 3 January 1941 and 120 tanks on 21 January at which time they were used in flanking far into the rear and gathering up scattered Italian troops, sometimes joining or leaving the main attacks to the Cruiser and Matilda II tanks. The 2nd RTR continued to battle the Italians with light tanks as late as 6 February 1941.
(Colourised by Benjamin Thomas from Australia)
31st of December 1940.
(note - they are sitting on fuel or water containers and using a cut in half, empty can (a "flimsy" - the infamous 4-Gallon non-returnable petrol tin) for heating the food, referred to at the time as a "Banghazi Fire". The tanker seated in the middle is holding a can of 'Pilsner Lager'.)
(© IWM E 1501)
Capt. G Keating - No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit.
The Mk VIB was also used in the North African campaign against the Italians late in 1940 with the 3rd Hussars and the 7th Armoured Division. Late in 1940 the British had 200 light tanks (presumably the Mk VIB) along with 75 cruiser tanks (A9, A10, A13) and 45 Matilda IIs. An attack by the 3rd Hussars on 12 December 1940 resulted in the tanks getting bogged down in salt pans and severely mauled. The 7th Armoured Division had 100 left on 3 January 1941 and 120 tanks on 21 January at which time they were used in flanking far into the rear and gathering up scattered Italian troops, sometimes joining or leaving the main attacks to the Cruiser and Matilda II tanks. The 2nd RTR continued to battle the Italians with light tanks as late as 6 February 1941.
(Colourised by Benjamin Thomas from Australia)
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A Fallschirmjäger Obergefreiter loading a 75mm round into the breach of a PaK 40 anti-tank gun mounted on a Marder II (Sd.Kfz. 131) Panzerjäger, somewhere in Russia, March 1943.
The Marder II was based on the Panzer II chassis. It's weaknesses were mainly related to survivability. The combination of a high silhouette and open-top fighting compartment made them vulnerable to indirect artillery fire, shrapnel, and grenades. The armour was also quite thin, making them vulnerable to enemy tanks or infantry.
The Marders were not assault vehicles or tank substitutes; the open top meant that operations in urban areas or other close-combat situations were very risky. They were best employed in defensive or overwatch roles. Despite their weaknesses they were much more effective than the towed anti-tank guns they replaced.
(Source - Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-580-1113-20)
(Colourised by Doug - Researched by John Winner)
The Marder II was based on the Panzer II chassis. It's weaknesses were mainly related to survivability. The combination of a high silhouette and open-top fighting compartment made them vulnerable to indirect artillery fire, shrapnel, and grenades. The armour was also quite thin, making them vulnerable to enemy tanks or infantry.
The Marders were not assault vehicles or tank substitutes; the open top meant that operations in urban areas or other close-combat situations were very risky. They were best employed in defensive or overwatch roles. Despite their weaknesses they were much more effective than the towed anti-tank guns they replaced.
(Source - Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-580-1113-20)
(Colourised by Doug - Researched by John Winner)
US infantrymen rest on their Jeep, listening to a shortwave radio.
In the background is a concrete pill-box on the West Wall of the Siegfried line.
The chalked up box-score would indicate that they are listening to the Baseball 'Streetcar World Series'. This was Game 5 between the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardials, dating this photo as Sunday the 8th of October 1944.
(note - the Jeep has a wire cutter fitted to the front, it was used to protect personnel in open vehicles against taut-wire traps. It was first used late in World War II and mainly installed as a field modification. There were no standard models, but wire cutters usually consisted of a piece of iron installed vertically on the front bumper coming up between two and three feet above the windshield of the vehicle when raised)
(Colourised by Allan White from Australia, added research by John Winner, US)
fierro!!!!!!
Sep.
Seguro que si lo agarras vos o el otro habitante del fin del mundo,le mandan GNC...
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