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

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FierceKitty

South African unit? The puff adder is certainly one of our many venomous snakes.
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fsn

Fifth Army, Borgo Sabotino area, Italy. 23 May 1944. The Sherman had been incapacitated by an anti-tank mine and then a demolition charge was used to render it unusable by the enemy.

It's an early direct vision M4 with the very early narrow M34 mantlet. Not a commonly seen tank in service, not many of these were shipped overseas.






Dammit. I though it was a Transformer.  :(
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Steve J

Looks like some old model kits that were shot up by a .177 airgun in the 1970's! When hit by a .22 the results were markedly worse.

paulr

Imagine your feelings driving past that in another Sherman X_X
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Not from the Tank Museum, but an odd camouflage:



Anyone know anything about it?

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Dont think so Matt, that looks like an L7 105mm, the Aussies only had 20pdr. The fume extractor is slightly offset.
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pierre the shy

Nope not Aussies - I reckon they are Dutch for 5 reasons:

1. Personal weapons slung round the necks of 2 crew members are UZI 9mm SMG (without magazines).
2. The inverted rank badges and lapel badges on the stuffed battledresses shown in front of the crew.
3. US style helmets on the crews packs
4. small Dutch flag on the right front track cover next to the "B.4" marking (just to the right of the right most crewmembers hand).

And thanks to ianrs54 who posted while I was writing this reply  ;)
5. The main gun is a NATO 105mm L7

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pierre the shy

11 July 2020, 06:54:15 AM #113 Last Edit: 11 July 2020, 06:56:59 AM by pierre the shy
This further photo confirms 100% that its indeed a Dutch Army vehicle......

https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/733bac24-eb18-11df-a391-13966e870614

A translation of the narrative of the left says

"Centurion MK 5-1 main battle tank of the BRAVO squadron 101 Tank Battalion Hussars Prince Alexander (RHPA) at the Boskamp military complex. The tank is equipped with the 105 mm L7A1 gun with gas extractor in the middle but without the associated insulation blankets.
The tank has the first version camouflage pattern, a later version consisted of larger colored areas. Only Centurion tanks of 101st Tank Battalion have been equipped with camouflage cartridges. The crew who entered the tank all carry a pistol FN 9 mm Browning as a personal weapon and two pistol machine guns 9 mm UZI as an additional weapon for near security. Later this became the personal armament for the shooter and the loader and for these two the gun expired. they also all wear the "tank helmet" in their left hand."

The photo is dated 1965.
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Fashion in Post-Liberation Paris, 1944.
How quickly things start to get back to normal.
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Quote from: fsn on 15 July 2020, 07:16:00 AM
Fashion in Post-Liberation Paris, 1944.
How quickly things start to get back to normal.


Several posts about Centurions and no reaction, and now a post about fashion?

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A lovely shot of a cold war British Armoured Regiment – the Queen's Dragoon Guards, I am told – formed up.  We have recce Ferrets in front, then the main mass of the unit's Chieftains, then support detachments in FV432 APCs and variants, then finally the logistic "tail" with Land Rovers, Bedford 4 tonners and amphibious Stalwarts



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A column of German technology on the march in Tunisia.
In addition to the German armored personnel carriers Sd.Kfz. 251 and Sd.Kfz. 250, as well as Opel Blitz cars, a large number of captured American M3 armored personnel carriers and Willys MB jeeps are visible.
February 1943.
Source: waralbum.ru
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