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  1. Kai-Petri

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    The Sturmpanzer (also known as Sturmpanzer 43 or Sd.Kfz. 166) was a German armoured infantry support gun based on the Panzer IV chassis used in the Second World War. It was used at the Battles of Kursk, Anzio, Normandy, and was deployed in the Warsaw Uprising. It was known by the nickname Brummbär (German: "Grouch")[Note 1] by Allied intelligence,[1] a name which was not used by the Germans. German soldiers nicknamed it the "Stupa",[2] a contraction of the term Sturmpanzer. Just over 300 vehicles were built and they were assigned to four independent battalions.

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    It used a Panzer IV chassis with the upper hull and turret replaced by a new casemate-style armoured superstructure housing a new gun, the 15-centimetre (5.9 in) Sturmhaubitze (StuH) 43 L/12 developed by Skoda. It fired the same shells as the 15 cm sIG 33 heavy infantry gun. Thirty-eight rounds, with separate propellant cartridges, could be carried. It used the Sfl.Zf. 1a sight. The combined weight of the shell and cartridge (38 kilograms (84 lb) for an HE shell and 8 kilograms (18 lb) for a propellant cartridge) made the work of the loader arduous, especially if the gun was elevated to a high angle.
     
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    The wreckage of Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" T-359 that was shot down by Squadron Leader Cresswell of 77 Squadron RAAF on a November night in 1942 and crashed near the Adelaide River on Koopinyah Station. The national marking, the port machine gun blister of the fuselage and a large section of the main plane and part of the port wing can be seen. All of the crew were killed in the crash and buried in Darwin.
    "Pilot Kiyoshi Akamatsu
    Co-Pilot Saburo Takahashi
    Observer Kaku Yoned
    Observer Tadashi Wada
    Observer Mitsuo Takano
    Observer Takeshi Nomiguchi
    Radio Houichi Fukuya
    Radio Ietomi Hachigou
    Maintenance Naoyuki Fujise"
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    "(4146 x 2407) USS Scorpion was a steam yacht in commission in the United States Navy,it had a battery of four 5"/40 guns located on her sides, fore and aft of the superstructure. This was by far the heaviest battery fitted to any yacht converted for Spanish-American War service."
     
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    "USS Maine Coastal Defense Ship"
     
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    "[5652 x 4252]USS Mississippi (BB-41) operating at sea in the late 1930's. She has three Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft on her catapults."
     
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    "[2822 x 2216]Brazilian cruiser Bahia at an unknown date, but after a mid-1920s modernization (as indicated by the three funnels)."
     
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    "The Australian County class heavy cruisers HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra, Princes Pier, Melbourne, c. 1931 [3200 x 2552]."
     
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    "Front view of the Nashorn, showing the improved travel lock that was released by a cable from inside the vehicle. These Nashorn “crewmen” are actually British soldiers, as this vehicle was captured somewhere in Italy."
     
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    "River monitors of Austro-Hungarian Danube flotilla in action during counter-offensive against Romania, WW1, late 1916 [Colorized] [1800 x 1345]."
     
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    "Take-off of the Martin PBM Mariner flying boat. Autumn 1944. (Take-off is performed using the JATO system)."
     
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    "Vought F4U-4 Corsair of U.S. Navy Bombing Fighter Squadron 82 (VBF-82) “Checkmates” on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) in 1946."
     
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    "Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gather at the nose of a plane named "Miss Fifinella" (Beechcraft Model 18) the mascot designed for the women by Walt Disney Studios, 1944. [1000×1195]"
     
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    "HMS Ark Royal's Skuas lining up on her flight deck. [1300x886]"
     
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    "BMP 1, M2 Bradley, Boxer and an M270 MLRS next to each other."
     
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    "Aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable escorted by the destroyers HMS Wizard and HMS Urchin, 1945 [2048 x 1764]."
     
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    "1175x747] Postcard of the "Our Navy" series, showing the armoured cruiser HMS Roxburgh."
     
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    "Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer IJN Shiranui seen from the battleship IJN Kongou during refueling, photo taken in the Indian Ocean. April 7, 1942."
     
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    I like a photo like that!
     
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    Having trouble posting pix from my cellphone now. I’ll try again tomorrow.
     
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