I was wondering, sorry if peeps find this offensive by the way How do the Germans remember their fallen? We have our cenotaphs from ww1, our...
Hi, I think it's as follows Turret - 82075 Chasis - 82050 bqo is the id code for Krupp-Gruson, Magdeburg-Buckau, Germany The F mark...
I don't find it a female name ? FNG
Nope, the name and profile says nothing FNG
OMG, you're a girl! FNG
maybe we should invite Brown to a cowboy and indian party in York and test out the theory? FNG
essentially all modern words are made up to fit old languages. Until someone invented a machine gun there was no word for machine gun in...
did frontline forces use code for battlefield radio communications? from unit to unit, unit to commander, commander to group commander? The...
plus the panthers armour was sloped unlike the PIV and PIII it was to replace thus making more effective for less mm FNG
the germans forsaw this and had lots of radios in their panzer units which allowed them to react quickly and coordindate well. Added to that...
Tiger? I personally reckon it's the Panther. Better gun (I feel the Panthers 75mm was better than the Tigers 88m), better front armour (less...
but did the germans refer to the brits as Tommy's? FNG
even reports that can be dated to the war would suffice, the problem is that all these names seem to have arisen after the war and then been...
Nope, Richard Holmes is writing after the event and never served during WW2. He doesn't quote any contempory sources about the nicknames that...
Really? I always assume Tunisia was rotten tank country being rocky, mountenous and swampy all at the same time. FNG
I think you over romantacise the myth of the Tiger, if they were that feared the british tank crews would never of left their LCT's Besides, I...
there is no evidence from the time that this name was ever applied to the sherman by troops Obviously the germans would never use such an...
Average engagement range in Normandy was significantly less than this so that was irrelevent. Plus you were far more likely to be engaged by a...
thats not proof, I could log on to Wiki and post that Shermans were nicknamed Gandalf by Allied troops as they often popped up to save the day....
Is it me or does the turret look small? Also did germany make any other tanks with that type of wheel layout/suspesion as it looks unusual for...
