Facebook: Friends of the Tank Museum

Started by fsn, 20 July 2018, 01:53:28 PM

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British troops including men of 1st London Irish Rifles clamber over captured German tanks at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945. The sign advertising the exhibition features the 'Two Types' cartoon characters made famous by the '8th Army News'. Vehicles on display include a Tiger I, Pzkpfw IV and Nashorn self-propelled gun.

Creator: Dawson (Sergeant): No. 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit.


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Quote from: paulr on 26 May 2019, 02:38:28 AM
An attempt to stop the Americans from bombing/straffing it perhaps ;)

Probably there for when the bridge was being carried around on top of the Valentine. Most (all?) allied vehicles had stars on top (a feature rarely modelled, I feel) in NWE.

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If you look closely, the bridge is still attached to the Valentine.

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CANADIAN FORCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45.

Churchill tanks during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943. Leading vehicle is a Mk I with hull-mounted 3-inch gun, retrofitted with full track guards.

Creator: Hardy, Bert (Sergeant), War Office official photographer.



A Sherman tank of the 1st Armoured Regiment (10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division) leaving LST and being driven onto a LST pierhead of the Mulberry artificial harbour via buffer pontoon at Arromanches, 26-28 July 1944. Note a HQ Sherman tank in the background.

Creator: Harrison (Sgt) (Photographer), No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit (Undefined).


THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-47.

A tank commander of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Tank Regiment (1st Polish Corps) with his crew planning their next move during a military exercise. The tank is Valentine Mark III. Photograph taken at Dundee during a combined Military and Civil anti-invasion exercise held in the Scottish Command, 11 August 1941. The troops taking part were mainly Polish forces and Allied naval units.

Creator: Lockeyear, W. T. (Captain), War Office official photographer.
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FLAMETHROWERS IN ACTION, AUGUST 1944.

Wasp flamethrowers fitted to standard bullet-proof carriers in action. These flamethrowers had a range exceeding 150 yards.

Creator: War Office official photographer.


Pretty. :-[
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Quote from: fsn on 15 June 2019, 08:46:24 AM
. . . bullet-proof carriers . . .

Never heard them called that before!

Nice pic though.

fsn

Is that a Vickers Medium they're missing?
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Looks like it :-\

They're only pretty from this side
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The Czech-designer Panzer 38(t) had served the Germans well in the early years of the war, both from the stock captured with the fall of Czechoslovakia and with examples built under German control. By 1943, however, it was obsolete as a gun tank, and most were withdrawn to be converted into Hetzer tank destroyers. For some 60-70 of them, however, a different conversion awaited. German medium recce units had originally used wheeled armoured cars of half tracks, and these proved inadequate in the poor conditions of the Eastern Front. To meet this need for a fully tracked recce vehicle, these were converted into "Aufklarungspanzer 38(T)" - roughly "Reconnaissance tank 38 (t)" - by replacing their turrets with the open topped turret used on the sdkfz 222 and sdkfz 234 armoured cars. This mounted a 2cm gun and coaxial MG, and significantly lightened the vehicle compared to the original turret, improving speed and cross country performance

Did  not know about this one.
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Ithoriel

A tank I've hankered after a 10mm version of, for quite some time.

Now that I have a 203mm tracked howitzer, the Aufklarungspanzer 38(T) and the SG-122 are next on my "I wish someone I could deal with made this in 10mm" list.

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Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 July 2019, 12:02:57 PM
A tank I've hankered after a 10mm version of, for quite some time.

...., the Aufklarungspanzer 38(T)

Surely this is one of the easiest options of a manufacturer to offer if the have the hull, as its a simple real world mating of a hull and a turret. I suspect if you bought a 38(T) Leon would sell you a 222 turret.
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The hulls are different. Figure conversions I can do but hard edge stuff at that scale defeats me.
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Hadn't realised the hull was different- but on another look the superstructure looks more boxy and built up
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The SG-122 is not, as far as I'm aware, available to 3d print. The Ausflippitydoda 38(t), however, is...


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Sometimes when searching for photos for this page, we come across some rather unexpected images. The IDF has deployed female tank crews in the past, and experimented again with in recent years. As of April 2019, the IDF has opted not to have women serve as part of tank crew.


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