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The basic hull armor tub for the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B...
The basic hull armor tub for the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B (Sd.Kfz.182) was fabricated primarily by Krupp, then sent to Henschel & Sohn in Kassel-Mittelfeld for final assembly.
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StuG.III Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 142/1) knocked out 300 meters north of...
StuG.III Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 142/1) knocked out 300 meters north of Hotel de Ville in Sainte-Mère-Église by M4 tanks of Co.C 746th Tank Battalion supporting 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day +1(should be...
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A Pz.Kpfw.V ‘Panther’ Ausf.D belonging to the...
A Pz.Kpfw.V ‘Panther’ Ausf.D belonging to the Panzer-Lehr-Division, after an air attack by the U.S.A.A.F., July 25, 1944 in the offensive area south of Saint Lô, France.
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Hitler’s last appearances outside the bunker was on his...
Hitler’s last appearances outside the bunker was on his 56th birthday, 20-04-1945, as Arthur Axmann presents him a group of decorated Hitler Youth members in the garden of the Reichskanzlei.
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Alkett was its own entity. While on some projects it would take technical direction from outside sources in the production of armor, it was ran by directives of the Panzertruppen Inspektor, and other...
View Article"I object and take exception to everyone saying that Obama and Congress are...
“I object and take exception to everyone saying that Obama and Congress are spending money like a drunken sailor. As a former druken sailor, I quit when I ran out of money.” - Bruce L. Hargraves USN...
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operationkino: Poor Hippocrates, he just wants...
operationkino: Poor Hippocrates, he just wants friends. Fallschirmjager: And people say I have no right to detest those who do not even possess a mere modicum of intelligence. I hope the spirit of dear...
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What first looks like a fairly standard Panzerkampfwagen IV is...
What first looks like a fairly standard Panzerkampfwagen IV is in fact something quite rare;a Panzerbeobachterwagen IV. This is the first and only picture as far as I know showing the turret roof...
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen with men of Jasta 11.
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen with men of Jasta 11.
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Wilhelm Balthasar was born on 2 February 1914 at Fulda in...
Wilhelm Balthasar was born on 2 February 1914 at Fulda in Hessen. He served in an Artillery Regiment from 1933 but transferred as a Leutnant to the Luftwaffe in 1935. In November 1936, Balthasar joined...
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demons: A lot of V2 rockets without their...
demons: A lot of V2 rockets without their warheads Fallschirmjager:I get such a Kriegsboner for the so-called Vergeltungswaffen (Vengeance) weapons, I wonder if these were the ones that were found near...
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elkofhiisi: A painting of Lemminkäinen’s mother gathering his...
elkofhiisi: A painting of Lemminkäinen’s mother gathering his broken body from the dark river, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1897.
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A T-34 Model 1943 approaches a knocked out German PzKpfw III and...
A T-34 Model 1943 approaches a knocked out German PzKpfw III and PzKpfw 38(t) during fighting on the Western Front west of Moscow in September 1942. This is an early production Model 1943 with the...
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A good example of a STZ T-34 Model 1942 with welded turret. This...
A good example of a STZ T-34 Model 1942 with welded turret. This shows most of the key distinguishing features including the Barrikady hatchet-shaped gun cover, the front turret undercut, the rear...
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An IS-2m of the Polish 4th Heavy Tank regiment crosses a fascine...
An IS-2m of the Polish 4th Heavy Tank regiment crosses a fascine bridge during operations in Germany in April 1945. This was an improvised short-term means to move heavy equipment across a destroyed...
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A rare view of an IS-2m fitted with stand-off screen armor on...
A rare view of an IS-2m fitted with stand-off screen armor on its turret during the Berlin operation. While some of the anti-Panzerfaust screens were made from looted bed-springs, many were made by...
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An IS-2m of the 7th Guards Tank Brigade in Berlin May 1945. The...
An IS-2m of the 7th Guards Tank Brigade in Berlin May 1945. The injured cameraman in the foreground is Roman Karmen who later produced the “Unknown War” television series about the Soviet Union in...
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