A row of destroyed “Hanomags” – France 1944

A row of destroyed “Hanomags” – France 1944

By wikingeretowJul 22, 20200 Comments
The "Hanomag" or Sd.Kfz 251 series of vehicles was a half tracked armored fighting vehicle of Nazi Germany.  Over 15,000 were built during the war, there were 22 variants of the base vehicle. These particular half tracks were knocked out by Allied air power between Carrouges and Rânes - an area below Caen and roughly a 12 km stretch of road.  There were two other attacks around the same time which eliminated the entire group.
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As seen from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious, the battleship HMS Valiant has a 15″ practice shoot during exercises in the Indian Ocean, 22nd December 1942. [OS] [800×610]

As seen from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious, the battleship HMS Valiant has a 15″ practice shoot during exercises in the Indian Ocean, 22nd December 1942. [OS] [800×610]

By wikingeretowJun 03, 20180 Comments
As seen from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious, the battleship HMS Valiant has a 15" practice shoot during exercises in the Indian Ocean, 22nd December 1942. [OS] [800x610] http://ift.tt/2hzRsOF Submitted December 16, 2016 at 04:09AM by Dokky via reddit http://ift.tt/2hqMrtK
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Panther on the Eastern Front 1944

Panther on the Eastern Front 1944

By wikingeretowMay 08, 20180 Comments
One source has cited the cost of a Panther tank as 117,100 Reichmarks (RM). This compared with 82,500 RM for the StuG III, 96,163 RM for the Panzer III, 103,462 RM for the Panzer IV, and 250,800 RM for the Tiger I. These figures did not include the cost of the armament and radio. Using slave labour on the production lines greatly reduced costs, but also greatly increased the risk of sabotage. French army studies in 1947 found that many Panthers had been sabotaged during production.The main gun was a Rheinmetall-Borsig 7.5 cm KwK 42 (L/70) with semi-automatic shell ejection and…
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