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

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paulr

Geilenkirchen doesn't sound like it's in Normandy ;)
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THE BRITISH ARMY IN ITALY 1944.
A 17-pdr anti-tank gun and crew near Cassino, 17 May 1944. A Sherman tank can be seen in the background.



Can't help thinking that chap with the binos i going to get a frightful shock if someone pulls the trigger on the 17pdr.   
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THE BRITISH ARMY IN ITALY 1944.
M10 tank destroyers of 'A' Troop, 111st Battery, 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, 6th Armoured Division, in the Arno valley near Florence, 11 - 14 August 1944.
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The Fiat 2000 was the first Italian tank. It was notably large and heavy (40 tons, versus 28 for a British Mk V) and was armed with a 65mm howitzer in a rotating turret and no less than 10 machine guns. However, only two prototypes were produced before the war ended, and the remainder of the original order of 50 was cancelled. Attempts to use the two prototypes in the colonial war in Libya was unsuccessful due to its speed, which was low even by Great War standards
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Steve J

I knew it was large, but didn't realise quite how large!

fsn

I've heard that before.




Many, many BTRs. As an aside, this is the photo you should point to whenever someone tells you that the shade of "Soviet green" you've used on your model isn't quite right  :)
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Those are some great photos.
That last one is the advert for We Buy Any BTR . com (mee)

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Quote from: fsn on 03 November 2018, 09:51:20 AM

The Fiat 2000 was the first Italian tank. It was notably large and heavy (40 tons, versus 28 for a British Mk V) and was armed with a 65mm howitzer in a rotating turret and no less than 10 machine guns. However, only two prototypes were produced before the war ended, and the remainder of the original order of 50 was cancelled. Attempts to use the two prototypes in the colonial war in Libya was unsuccessful due to its speed, which was low even by Great War standards

I think you could probably drive a CV33 underneath this.  Would make for a comidramatical entrance to the battlefield.   

fsn

04 November 2018, 05:25:56 PM #38 Last Edit: 04 November 2018, 05:32:31 PM by fsn

THE BRITISH ARMY IN ITALY 1944.
Sherman tanks of 46th Royal Tank Regiment and a German 155mm gun, captured by the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment, 23 January 1944. The gun was a vintage First World War French piece.


A Sherman tank of 46th Royal Tank Regiment towing a German 155mm gun, captured by the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment, 23 January 1944. The gun was a vintage First World War French piece.
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Quote from: fsn on 03 November 2018, 09:57:58 AM
I've heard that before.




Many, many BTRs. As an aside, this is the photo you should point to whenever someone tells you that the shade of "Soviet green" you've used on your model isn't quite right  :)

Another great Flames of War scenario.

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

o make it serious again, none of the British tanks in the pictures have any white stars on them, how common was that ?
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Quote from: ianrs54 on 08 November 2018, 08:48:08 AM
o make it serious again, none of the British tanks in the pictures have any white stars on them, how common was that ?

In NWE I thought white stars on the sides of British tanks was very rare. As they were perceived as aiming points for German gunners. White stars on top where much more common - as virtually all aircraft where allied so it was good to show you were friendly.
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