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Armor (Tanks)
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Andy2205
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I'll be heading to Belgium for a Battle of the Bulge tour next week. I'll photo any armor we come across. I know there is a King Tiger near Trois Ponts.
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An American soldier inspects a German self-propelled gun "Marder II" (Sd.Kfz.131 7.5 cm
Pak.40/2 auf Fahrgestell Pz.Kpfw.lI Ausf AF (Sf)),
destroyed by the US 5th Army in Rome. 1944. The Germans had spiked the barrel.
Pak.40/2 auf Fahrgestell Pz.Kpfw.lI Ausf AF (Sf)),
destroyed by the US 5th Army in Rome. 1944. The Germans had spiked the barrel.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), struck a mine; the road wheel of the first bogie assembly was destroyed. Western Front, Italy, near Rome, May 1944.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), struck a mine. It was evacuated for repairs.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), was disabled by a mine. In the foreground is a Pz.Kpfw.V "Panther" medium tank from I.Pz.Reg.4. Western Front, Anzio-Nettuno beachhead area.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), has struck a mine. A column of Pz.Kpfw.V "Panther" tanks is visible in the distance.
Western Front, Italy, near Rome, May 1944.
German grenadiers in the Nettuno beachhead, Italy, marching along a rain-soaked, muddy road; a Panzerjäger "Tiger (P) Elefant" from
1.s.Pz.Jg.Abt.653 is in the ditch.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), struck a mine. It was evacuated for repairs.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), was disabled by a mine. In the foreground is a Pz.Kpfw.V "Panther" medium tank from I.Pz.Reg.4. Western Front, Anzio-Nettuno beachhead area.
An "Elephant" from 1.s.Pz.Jag.Abt.653, bearing tactical number 111 (commanded by Lt. Werner Haberland), has struck a mine. A column of Pz.Kpfw.V "Panther" tanks is visible in the distance.
Western Front, Italy, near Rome, May 1944.
German grenadiers in the Nettuno beachhead, Italy, marching along a rain-soaked, muddy road; a Panzerjäger "Tiger (P) Elefant" from
1.s.Pz.Jg.Abt.653 is in the ditch.
Andy2205
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gunner30
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The spare parts situation for such a limited production vehicle.must have been a bitch
Andy2205
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King Tiger #300 from 3.Kompanie s.Pz. Abt. 503 at Sennelager training ground in Paderborn Germany in September 1944 before heading to Hungary to take Part in Operation Panzerfaust in October 1944.
The photograph was taken on May 11, 1945 at 10:30 am, in front of the Saint-Paul hotel, in the pocket of Saint-Nazaire. This German Tiger I tank was in service with the French army and contributed to the liberation of the village of Saint-Nazaire's pocket. It had been named "Bretagne".
The Centurion (A41) was conceived in the closing years of the Second World War and entering service shortly after the conflict ended.
Designed to replace the earlier division between infantry and cruiser tanks, it combined mobility, armour, and firepower in a single platform.
The first prototypes arrived in Germany in May 1945, too late to see combat in Europe, but the tank would go on to serve in numerous conflicts worldwide for decades. Early versions, such as the Mk 1 and Mk 2, were armed with the 17-pounder (76.2 mm) main gun, supported by a coaxial 20 mm Polsten cannon.
A simplified British version of the Swiss Oerlikon autocannon, the Polsten offered a high rate of fire and the ability to penetrate light armour, giving the crew a powerful secondary weapon against vehicles, fortified positions, and infantry.
Designed to replace the earlier division between infantry and cruiser tanks, it combined mobility, armour, and firepower in a single platform.
The first prototypes arrived in Germany in May 1945, too late to see combat in Europe, but the tank would go on to serve in numerous conflicts worldwide for decades. Early versions, such as the Mk 1 and Mk 2, were armed with the 17-pounder (76.2 mm) main gun, supported by a coaxial 20 mm Polsten cannon.
A simplified British version of the Swiss Oerlikon autocannon, the Polsten offered a high rate of fire and the ability to penetrate light armour, giving the crew a powerful secondary weapon against vehicles, fortified positions, and infantry.
Andy2205
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A German Tiger occupying Germany—under French command!
Tiger | "Colmar", pictured in Germany in September 1945, had survived the war to serve with the French occupation forces.
The soldier on the left is identified as mechanic
Rondeau, who reportedly kept the tank running with help from around half a dozen German prisoners of war. Maintaining a captured Tiger was a considerable task, particularly without a dependable supply of spare parts.
Recovered by French forces after being abandoned in Normandy, the tank was initially named "Bretagne".
It served with a French unit equipped with captured German armour before joining the 6th Cuirassier Regiment and being renamed "Colmar."
Armed with the formidable 88mm gun, the Tiger had been one of Germany's most feared tanks. This example went on to spend longer in French service than it had under German colours.
Its story continued after occupation duty, with technical trials at Satory before it eventually entered the collection of the Musée des Blindés at Saumur, where it survives today.
Tiger | "Colmar", pictured in Germany in September 1945, had survived the war to serve with the French occupation forces.
The soldier on the left is identified as mechanic
Rondeau, who reportedly kept the tank running with help from around half a dozen German prisoners of war. Maintaining a captured Tiger was a considerable task, particularly without a dependable supply of spare parts.
Recovered by French forces after being abandoned in Normandy, the tank was initially named "Bretagne".
It served with a French unit equipped with captured German armour before joining the 6th Cuirassier Regiment and being renamed "Colmar."
Armed with the formidable 88mm gun, the Tiger had been one of Germany's most feared tanks. This example went on to spend longer in French service than it had under German colours.
Its story continued after occupation duty, with technical trials at Satory before it eventually entered the collection of the Musée des Blindés at Saumur, where it survives today.
gunner30
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" Can I bring this home as a war trophy?"
MordeanGrey
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Is that really resting on just a wooden sawhorse? Not sure I'm climbing underneath that...