The Turret in Norway (it is still there and open for visits) is actually one of the original Gneisenau turrets. Many greetings Aglooka
After spending some time looking at photographs, I come to the following conclusion: It's not the skoda 24 cm since it's mount looks entierly...
The Giant Aglooka
Notice the captured double mg 34 being used in the background. Aglooka
This is a very good resume of many things that i told in my long posts. Congrats, i couldn't say it better in so few words ! Many greetings...
Lots of books and some googling :)
tha breakdown of German tanks is as follows: 523 Panzer I two 7.92mm machine guns 955 Panzer II a 20mm (this was not an automatic anti aircraft...
Indeed, and they disliked the drum magazines because of the rattling sound they made, they wanted straight magazines, i don't know wether they got...
But much inferior in tactical use. The turret was a one person thing, which housed the commander, who had to command the tank, keep an overview of...
Hi there, There were indeed (more or less) standard weapons for the first line divisions. The divisions of the second line were much worse. I've...
No Problem ! Aglooka
I think you are confusing this gun with the K5 gun. (two of these bombarded the beachhead at Anzio, known toghether by the troops as the Anzio...
We've seen some disposal yards of Captured German vehicles. But i wonder : Does anyone have an educated guess how many of the tanks in the...
I believe i saw footage of goliaths being used to blow up strongholds. Also there was the 'homebuild" Polish armoured...
T34/76 (the early war model) were certainly captured and used in numbers. Mostly tough without turrets as heavy prime movers and so, because any...
Another gun that was much used by the Germans was the 76.2 mm infantery gun. It was slightly modified for german use by modifying its aiming...
Also much used and prized were the 76mm and 85 mm AA guns, first on the homefront (as AA guns) later as front guns (AA + AT), both in their...
I have numbers on the Stalingrad prisoners (tough i'm not sure how accurate they are) Anyway 107.800 were captured of which 6000 ever saw the...
I always tought the German squad was build as support for its MGs (main weapon)(also made up for the shortage in manpower) While the US squad with...
What about these: The great panjadrum:Panjandrum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Or this: Neger, the mini submarine (or manned torpedo) that...
