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

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Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

You're asking questions you know the answer to Nobby..
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fsn

Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Raider4

Good stuff! Don't think I'd have liked to be in those cruisers when they took their flying leaps into the river. Can hear my spine screaming at the thought of it.

pierre the shy

A13 Cruisers described in the soundtrack as being "remorseless juggernaughts mowing down all before them".....purhaps a tad optimistic?

But they do seem to make good bulldozers......must remember that tactic next time we play a 1940 game with built up areas  ;)

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
we are not now that strength which in old days
moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.

Steve J

Great footage but the crews must have been a bit shaken up afterwards!

fsn



During the second world war, the German forces made extensive use of captured vehicles to supplement their own production, often using the lighter examples as the basis for conversions to carry more powerful weapons in limited-traverse mounts to give them a new lease of life. This German Geschützwagen Mk VI 736 (e) was based on British Mk VI light tanks abandoned or captured during the 1940 campaign, replacing their original machinegun turrets with German 10.5 cm leFH 16 light howitzers.


Aw! It's like a baby Wespe!
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

paulr

That sums up just how desperate the Germans were for vehicles X_X
Lord Lensman of Wellington
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Steve J

Desperate but I don't know about you, but I love them!

fsn



The Scottish soldiers wore a kilt as a part of their uniform and their outfit seems to grab some attention. This Italian woman is curious to know what all those pleats are about.

This picture was captured in 1944 after the liberation of Rome. This news of liberation led to an exciting environment with celebrations around the city. When Hitler passed the orders regarding the military forces to leave Rome, people headed to the streets to throw flowers on vehicles on the roads.
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Looks like far too much gun for the chaissis on the Mk Vi.
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fsn

Is that what she's saying about the kilt?
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!


fsn



Original wartime caption: The Atherton Jack in operation with a Churchill tank.
Creator: War Office official photographer, Captain Console.
Source: © IWM H 23763


Hang on. That's not a Churchill. Anyone got an explanation?
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!