Fallschirmjäger-Gefreiter Dieter Kalb of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6/7. Kompanie, April, 1944.
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Fallschirmjäger-Gefreiter Dieter Kalb of Fallschirmjäger...
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Watching London Boulevard
Who ever did the casting was flawless, love seeing the guys from other English Gangster films.
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Plate01: A Sd.Kfz.253 leichter Gepanzerter...
Plate01: A Sd.Kfz.253 leichter Gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen (armored observation vehicle) taking a hand at trying to tow a Kfz.79 Henschel 33D1 Werkstattkraftwagen (work shop truck) in the Russian mud.
Plate02: A Sd.Kfz.252 leichte Gepanzerte Munitionskraftwagen (light armored munitions carrier) takes it turn at trying to pry the same Kfz.79 Werkstattkraftwagen from the dense Russian mud.
Of note here on the Sd.Kfz.252 is the front armored plate is removed allowing you to see the early style radiator shutters used for cold starting/engine warming, very similar in design to the Sd.Kfz.251, with vertical slats operated by a lever and arm from the driver’s position inside the vehicle.
On latter latter versions this complicated design was dropped in favor of a simple, single horizontal flap assembly that hinged open and shut behind the nose plate just ahead of the front chassis plate, along with the driver controlled left-hand engine door that was opened from the driver’s position.
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Plate01:This Sd.Kfz.253 DAK crew certainly have as much creature...
Plate01:This Sd.Kfz.253 DAK crew certainly have as much creature comforts as possible given their location and been very successful in adding their personal invetory. They have two catering sized cans that are or were full of what appears to be figs. The large tins are marked as “Spezial Delikatesse Frischgebaken” (Special delicacy baked/or cooked).
The tent pole stays are secured with Panzer I track-wheels and there appears to be a leather motorcycle pannier hanging off the rear of the Sd.Kfz.253 leichter Gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen.
Of note here is the “bed-frame” antenna attached. These were needed due to the long ranges the war in the Western Desert campaigns were to have.
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Plate01:A Sd.Kfz.250/12 leichter Messtruppanzerwagen with an...
Plate01:A Sd.Kfz.250/12 leichter Messtruppanzerwagen with an extra stowage box (the oblong box on the rear) for range finders and other important ‘specialist’ equipment. The role of the vehicle is for extended range artillery spotting, ranging and surveying. They were also used to position their own artillery for maximum effort. Anybody who has seen episode number 3 “Carentan” of the Band of Brothers series can tell you just how well German artillery was ranged.
This picture was taken by Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel
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Plate01: Perhaps the best-known Sd.Kfz.250 ever built....
Plate01: Perhaps the best-known Sd.Kfz.250 ever built. Rommel’s Sd.Kfz.250/3 leichter Funkpanzerwagen “Greif”, often misquoted as a Sd.Kfz.250/5 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen it most definitely is a Sd.Kfz.250/3. The soldier standing on the left is standing on the seat box seen in the Sd.Kfz.250/3 series, but missing from the Sd.Kfz.250/5 series of half-tracks. It is a middle production vehicle with the track mounted semaphore indicators, but has the earlier medium height indicators. Of note is the spare aerial in its own brackets with a supplementary support tip of the semaphore.
The leather cover for the Notek light is still in place, the headlights have their own factory lens covers made of leather, the tracks hanging from the front lifting hooks, as does the tow cable. In the background to the right is Rommel’s personal Horch Kfz.21 Funkbefehlwagen plus a Kfz.15 Dienstwagen to the left,
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A well camouflaged Sd.Kfz.250/3 (Alte) leichter Funkpanzerwagen...
A well camouflaged Sd.Kfz.250/3 (Alte) leichter Funkpanzerwagen sits in wait as its crew plays a round of Scat, Russia 1941.
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A camouflaged Sd.Kfz.250/10 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (3.7 cm...
A camouflaged Sd.Kfz.250/10 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (3.7 cm PaK) belonging to a Großdeutschland Division reconnaissance battalion, Russia during training exorcises, July 1942.
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ppsh-41: German soldiers change their PaK 35/36 anti-tank gun...
German soldiers change their PaK 35/36 anti-tank gun position on the Volkhov front, January 1942.
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John Waters: Why You Should Watch Filth
John Waters: Why You Should Watch Filth
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John Waters: Misses Perverts
John Waters: Misses Perverts
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duchessvonwhatever replied to your video: John Waters: Why You Should Watch Filth God, I love that...
God, I love that man!
Fallschirmjager:
That man…I cannot explain how much he influenced me (and still does) to this day. When I watched his little ‘stand up’ bit, it was like listening to my inner thoughts being transmitted back to me. The fact he is so outspoken and doesn’t take himself so seriously is nothing short of magical. I just wish Divine was around to have enjoyed his/her much deserved fame. Thank the powers that be that this man is here for all us filthy minded sinners and purveyors of perversion!
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John Waters: Coming Out Is So Square
John Waters: Coming Out Is So Square
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duchessvonwhatever replied to your post: duchessvonwhatever replied to your video: John… I...
I don’t think I’ve seen that actually. He’s so fabulous and fantastic and the things he says are just great. Yes, Divine should’ve been here to see it. He’s the saint of the sinners!
Fallschirmjager:
Netflix has it, and I cannot say this enough; if you are a John Waters fan, his little stand up is nothing short of amazing. It’s been a while since I have laughed that hard or better yet said to myself “Here is a man who actually gets it.” People are so uptight about the most frivolous, but why try to change them…fuck with them. Have fun and make do with what you have, and by all means…if you can’t take a joke, then fuck off! I won’t know what to do with myself when he passes away.
Hell I even have a letter from him from around 86 or so. I wrote to him because I had just seen Pink Flamingos and I wanted him to know that he had influenced me.
He even sent me an autographed ‘Smell-O-Vision’ card!
I’m just grateful we have folks like him who like to prod and poke the American mindset, and to show us how silly we are.
Not to mention this wonderful quote:
“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.”
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Plate01: A Sd.Kfz. 250/1 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen in service...
Plate01: A Sd.Kfz. 250/1 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen in service with Deutsche Africa Korps, with a Sd.Kfz. 7/2 Flakwagen in the background watching the skies.
This is a really good reference to model builders and armor buffs alike.
Here we have the sharp angled ‘Alte’ (old) style bodywork, you can see how the Panzer grau RAL 7021 is showing through the remnants of mud applied camouflage. Also the tool arrangement (such as the jerry-can over the exhaust compartment) and the Notek light on the front driver’s side of the fender.
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Plate02: An interesting picture of a rare variant of the Sd.Kfz....
Plate02: An interesting picture of a rare variant of the Sd.Kfz. 251/5 - Schützenpanzerwagen für Pionierzug, it is armed with a PanzerAbwehrKanone-35/36 (PaK35/36) in the “Zugführer” role while in service of the DAK. What also makes this cool in my book is it is the “Alte” bodym with the mounts for the inflatable rafts/bridges being used as equipment lockers, as well as being a command vehicle.
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fckyeahhplovecraft: bouletcorp: “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu...
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn” - Défi impro (Festiblog)
Thanks, silent-hunter, for sharing this with us!
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suomisodassa: Finnish Stug III getting...
Finnish Stug III getting resupplied
Tali-Ihantala, 1944
Fallschirmjager:
For all things Finnish StuGs, I suggest here!
This is a really cool picture, and the number on the plate on the left of the photo puts this as a MIAG (Mühlenbau und Industrie AG) produced StuG from Braunschweig.
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"Christianity is increasingly regarded as a tale told by an idiot, full of inhuman ideas and absurd..."
“Christianity is increasingly regarded as a tale told by an idiot, full of inhuman ideas and absurd prejudices, signifying nothing. Its main social function of course is delude and to keep order among the justifiably malcontent.
But even prison should be seen as preferable to religious lobotomy.”
- William Shakespeare
But even prison should be seen as preferable to religious lobotomy.”
- William Shakespeare
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The crew of a well camouflaged Panzerwerfer 42 auf...
The crew of a well camouflaged Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette Sd.Kfz.4/1 mounting theten round 15cm Nebelwerfer-Zehnling 42 launcher resupplying its internal ammo stores, unknown unit, Russia.
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