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8.8cm flak mounted on a Vomag Omnibus 7
An interesting photo as the Vomag Omnibus 7 was a civilian transport vehicle. There isn’t a lot of information available about the Omnibus 7. The variant is known as the Vomag 88mm Flak 18 Waffentrager. It is an example of the need to get such an excellent but horribly immobile weapon into battle and as […]
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88mm Flak Ambush – Holland 1944
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British troops fire a captured Pak 40 near Monte Cassino
The Battle of Monte Cassino was a series of four costly assaults by the Allies in the Italian campaign. The defending German forces held the Winter Line series of three defensive lines across Italy, centered around the town of Monte Cassino – Highway 6 ran through here all the way to Rome. The plan was […]
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Nebelwerfer Batteriy Firing
Nebelwerfer – “Smoke Mortar” The Nebelwerfer was originally developed as a method of delivering poison gas and smoke shells, it was developed for the “Nebeltruppen” or smoke troops, this was all part of a disinformation strategy to fool the League of Nations. In combat it was given the nickname by the allies of “Moaning Minnie” […]
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10.5cm leFH-18/40 auf GW Lorraine Schlepper(f) knocked out in Rouen – August 1944