Interesting ! I've seen a great many photos of Tigers on rail cars but never seen one with the turret facing to the rear like that.
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Interesting ! I've seen a great many photos of Tigers on rail cars but never seen one with the turret facing to the rear like that.
A hole punched in the side of a Tiger II's turret by a 165 mm HESH round during British tests. The impact dislodged the 13-ton turret, lifting it up and out of its ring in the opposite direction. A 109 kg (240 lb) scab of metal smashed around inside the tank, vaporising some of the simulated crew and breaking internal components.
https://tankhistoria.com/experimental/tiger-ii-vs-hesh/
Original colour photo of panzers on the Eastern Front ... (looks like photo is mislabelled Summer 1941 -- but that looks like a long-barreled Pz IV on the right, so more likely 1942)
Pz IIIJ in southern Russian steppes, Sept 1942.
Pz IIIJ in southern Russian steppes, Sept 1942.
Excellent demonstration of how absurdly large the Maus would have been. The Tiger turret resting on top of the Maus turret looks tiny in comparison.
Whoa.
That's hard to believe.
Good pic.
That's hard to believe.
Good pic.
General Guderian observing Ferdinand gunnery practice in 1943, presumably before Kursk.
Size of that Ferdinand makes the 88 barrel look skinny.
Never seen anything quite like that before.
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I saw the picture online in an article on the Warfare History Network.
My first thought was "that's the biggest mother machine gun I ever saw".
Not sure if you can see the article with out an account.
Let me know if you can and I will post more article.
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My first thought was "that's the biggest mother machine gun I ever saw".
Not sure if you can see the article with out an account.
Let me know if you can and I will post more article.
Allied Storm in Southern France
By Christopher Miskimon U.S. Army Sergeant Vere Williams listened to his instincts as his landing craft approached the beach. It was August 15, 1944, and his unit, the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 45th Division was part of the invasion force for Operation Dragoon, the landings along France’s...
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This guy's Youtube channel is my new favorite.
"The last surviving strength report produced by the Germans dated April 10, 1945, reported 489 operational Hetzers on the Eastern Front, 79 operational on the Western Front, and 64 operational in Italy. By the end of the war, Germany had produced a total of 1,577 Hetzers. With its superb attributes as a tank destroyer, it remains one of the most renowned and unique German fighting vehicles of the late war period."
Tiger field maintenance unit.
55 years looking at every WWII photo I could get my hands on, and I am still surprised once a week by a Tiger photo I've never seen before. Russian troops passing a burning Tiger. Very early model Tiger and wide open expanse looks like it could be at Kursk? Of course it could be a posed propaganda photo as well.
Could be.
The Soviets did have a lot of combat photographers though.
That explosion in the background is impressive.
The Soviets did have a lot of combat photographers though.
That explosion in the background is impressive.
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SS-Hauptsturmführer Wilhelm Beck (Born Dec 22, 1919) peers out of the commander's hatch of a Panzerkampfwagen V Panther tank. Beck was the commander of the 2. Kompanie (SS-Panzer-Regiment 12) of the 12. SS-Panzer-Div. Hitlerjugend.
During Operation Barbarossa, he was awarded after successfully destroying 100 pieces of artillery and 13 Soviet T- 34 tanks in three weeks of fighting in Kharkov, being wounded twice without retreating from the battle.
At the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944 he was the liaison officer between the I. SS-Panzerkorps and Panzergruppe West. On 10 June 1944, the command post was attacked by fighter-bombers and Beck was killed during the attack.
During Operation Barbarossa, he was awarded after successfully destroying 100 pieces of artillery and 13 Soviet T- 34 tanks in three weeks of fighting in Kharkov, being wounded twice without retreating from the battle.
At the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944 he was the liaison officer between the I. SS-Panzerkorps and Panzergruppe West. On 10 June 1944, the command post was attacked by fighter-bombers and Beck was killed during the attack.
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When it was all over... May 1945, on some road in Germany, soldiers mixed with civilians pass by several abandoned Jagdpanzer 38(t).
Stug passing the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes.
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Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes - Wikipedia
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Great pic.
Thought I'd look up the palace
"The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello (Greek: Καστέλο, from Italian: Castello, "castle"), is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece. It is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. The site was previously a citadel of the Knights Hospitaller that functioned as a palace, headquarters, and fortress.
History
According to recent study, in the exact spot in which the palace exists today, there was the foundations of the ancient temple of the sun god Helios, and probably that was the spot where the Colossus of Rhodes stood in the Antiquity. The palace was originally built in the late 7th century as a Byzantine citadel. After the Knights Hospitaller occupied Rhodes and some other Greek islands (such as Kalymnos and Kastellorizo) in 1309, they converted the fortress into their administrative centre and the palace of their Grand Master. In the first quarter of the 14th century, they repaired the palace and made a number of major modifications. The palace was damaged in the earthquake of 1481, and it was repaired soon afterwards."
en.wikipedia.org
And today....
Thought I'd look up the palace
"The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello (Greek: Καστέλο, from Italian: Castello, "castle"), is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece. It is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. The site was previously a citadel of the Knights Hospitaller that functioned as a palace, headquarters, and fortress.
History
According to recent study, in the exact spot in which the palace exists today, there was the foundations of the ancient temple of the sun god Helios, and probably that was the spot where the Colossus of Rhodes stood in the Antiquity. The palace was originally built in the late 7th century as a Byzantine citadel. After the Knights Hospitaller occupied Rhodes and some other Greek islands (such as Kalymnos and Kastellorizo) in 1309, they converted the fortress into their administrative centre and the palace of their Grand Master. In the first quarter of the 14th century, they repaired the palace and made a number of major modifications. The palace was damaged in the earthquake of 1481, and it was repaired soon afterwards."
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes - Wikipedia
And today....