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  1. Spartanroller
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    Amphibious armour

    Following on from the wildly popular 'Wheel-and-track vehicles' thread, I would love to hear everyones views on amphibious tanks. Most armies had...
    Thread by: Spartanroller, Oct 15, 2010, 97 replies, in forum: Armor and Armored Fighting Vehicles
  2. Jim
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    Rifleman Ganju Lama

    Rifleman Ganju Lama MM, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Burma - 23rd June 1944 "...the enemy put down an intense artillery barrage lasting an hour on our...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 7, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: British WWII Medals and Awards
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    The Mulberry Harbours

    To enable the forces already on the Normandy coast on D-Day to be reinforced and kept supplied with utmost speed it was necessary that two...
    Thread by: Jim, Oct 3, 2010, 10 replies, in forum: Normandy Landing Beaches
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    The Home Guard is Four Years Old

    Progressive development had been the keynote during the fourth year of Britain's Home Guard army, which was first formed under the title of Local...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 26, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: The Home Front
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    The Crab Flail Tank

    Valentine Scorpion III, 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, Suffolk, January 1944 Events moved so fast once the mine-clearing flail tank was...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 25, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Allied Motorised Weapons
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    Training To Be A Driver/Wireless Operator

    During my first few weeks in the army we were given various aptitude tests and it was discovered that I had an affinity for reading Morse code for...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 23, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Ron Goldstein
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    Lieutenant The Lord Lyell

    Lieutenant (temporary Captain) The Lord Lyell (57781), Scots Guards (Kirriemuir, Angus) From the 22nd April, 1943, to 27th April, 1943, Captain...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 19, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: British WWII Medals and Awards
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    The Kraftfahrzeug 11

    Before the introduction of the standard {Einheit) vehicles, the German army made extensive use of commercial cars as a means of motorizing the...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 17, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: German Military vehicles used during WWII
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    Bedford QL

    Bedford’s involvement in four-wheel drive vehicles began in 1938, during the development stages of the square nosed 15-cwt Bedford. It was...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 17, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    Ford F60

    To meet her urgent need for motor transport the UK turned to the Commonwealth for a degree of support, the major supplier to the UK from the...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 10, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    OM Autocarretta

    [img] Many of Italy’s trucks were of old design, but during the build-up of the Italian armed forces before the outbreak of World War II some...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 5, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: Italian Military vehicles used during WWII
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    The AEC Matador

    [img] The AEC Matador 4x4 tractor first appeared in 1939, and was built to a War Office specification to tow 4.5-in (114-mm), 5.5-m (140-mm)...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 5, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    Leyland Hippo

    [img] Designed as a heavy load carrier, the Leyland Hippo 6x4 10-ton truck entered military service in 1944 and eventually proved its worth...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 5, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    German Fortifications

    First written for the War Illustrated 1942. German fortifications were being built on a large scale along the coasts of Norway, the Low...
    Thread by: Jim, Sep 2, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Hitler's Atlantic Wall
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    Doomed Convoy

    Convoy PQ17 had become the bait in a trial of strength between the Allied and German Navies. A serious error of judgement resulted in a huge...
    Thread by: Jim, Aug 22, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Merchant Navy During WWII
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    Major General Percy Hobart

    Major General Percy Hobart began his career in the Bengal Sappers and Miners and then transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment. He was, therefore,...
    Thread by: Jim, Apr 22, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: General Chatter
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    Military Vehicles used on D-Day

    M3A1 Scout car in France during the summer of 1944, its overall olive drab painted over with a black pattern. [IMG] Dodge 4x4 weapons...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 22, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    VCL Tankette

    A single British soldier of the Royal Tank Regiment mans a Vickers Carden-Loyd (otherwise known as VCL) Tankette during trials which were carried...
    Thread by: Jim, Jun 18, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Allied Military vehicles used during WWII
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    frederic Joins War44...

    Welcome frederic! to war44 forums please introduce yourself by telling us where you are from, your interests in WWII or just History and how you...
    Thread by: Jim, Mar 28, 2008, 2 replies, in forum: ☆☆ New Recruits ☆☆
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    Propaganda T-34

    This is a special version of the T-34 Model 1943 converted to a propaganda vehicle and equipped for psychological warfare with loudspeakers in...
    Thread by: Jim, Feb 8, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Russian Motorised Weapons
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